Literature

Priests in the wilderness: I. Outside religion and culture

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Who was this man sent from God? Being a Levite, John the Baptist was born into the priesthood and raised with all the priestly knowledge according to custom and tradition. We’d expect to find him in the temple in priestly garb, carrying out his priestly duties. In the beginning of Matthew, however, we encounter him in an unlikely placeβ€”in the wilderness of Judea (3:1).

Tasting the secret of “continuing”

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β€œπ΄π‘›π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘¦ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘’π‘’π‘‘ π‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘‘π‘“π‘Žπ‘ π‘‘π‘™π‘¦ 𝑖𝑛 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘“π‘’π‘™π‘™π‘œπ‘€π‘ β„Žπ‘–π‘ π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘π‘œπ‘ π‘‘π‘™π‘’π‘ , 𝑖𝑛 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘˜π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘œπ‘“ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘¦π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ β€¦β€ (𝐴𝑐𝑑𝑠 2:42)β€œπ΄π‘›π‘‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘¦ 𝑏𝑦 π‘‘π‘Žπ‘¦, π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘’π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘‘π‘“π‘Žπ‘ π‘‘π‘™π‘¦ π‘€π‘–π‘‘β„Ž π‘œπ‘›π‘’ π‘Žπ‘π‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘‘β€¦β€ (46) What are we...

Look unto Me

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β€œπ΄π‘›π‘‘ π‘Žπ‘  π‘€π‘œπ‘ π‘’π‘  𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑝 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘π‘’π‘›π‘‘ 𝑖𝑛 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘€π‘–π‘™π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘›π‘’π‘ π‘ , π‘ π‘œ π‘šπ‘’π‘ π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘†π‘œπ‘› π‘œπ‘“ π‘€π‘Žπ‘› 𝑏𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑝 / π‘‡β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘’π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘œπ‘›π‘’ π‘€β„Žπ‘œ 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑠 π‘–π‘›π‘‘π‘œ π»π‘–π‘š π‘šπ‘Žπ‘¦ β„Žπ‘Žπ‘£π‘’ π‘’π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘›π‘Žπ‘™ 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒. / πΉπ‘œπ‘Ÿ πΊπ‘œπ‘‘...

Love and prophesy

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β€œπ‘ƒπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘’π‘’ π‘™π‘œπ‘£π‘’, π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘ π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘›π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘™π‘¦ π‘ π‘π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘™ 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑑𝑠, 𝑏𝑒𝑑 π‘’π‘ π‘π‘’π‘π‘–π‘Žπ‘™π‘™π‘¦ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ π‘šπ‘Žπ‘¦ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘β„Žπ‘’π‘ π‘¦β€ (1 πΆπ‘œπ‘Ÿ. 14:1). First Corinthians chapter thirteen focuses on love, even concluding that love is far superior to things like prophecy, tongues...

The great statue in Daniel and the world situation

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β€œπ‘Œπ‘œπ‘’, 𝑂 π‘˜π‘–π‘›π‘”, π‘€π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘€π‘Žπ‘‘π‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘”, π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘€π‘Žπ‘  π‘Ž 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 π‘”π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘ π‘–π‘šπ‘Žπ‘”π‘’. π‘‡β„Žπ‘–π‘  π‘–π‘šπ‘Žπ‘”π‘’, π‘™π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘”π‘’ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ 𝑖𝑑𝑠 π‘π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘”β„Žπ‘‘π‘›π‘’π‘ π‘  π‘ π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘π‘Žπ‘ π‘ π‘–π‘›π‘”, π‘ π‘‘π‘œπ‘œπ‘‘ π‘œπ‘π‘π‘œπ‘ π‘–π‘‘π‘’ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’; π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ 𝑖𝑑𝑠 π‘Žπ‘π‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘›π‘π‘’ π‘€π‘Žπ‘  π‘“π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘”β„Žπ‘‘π‘“π‘’π‘™. / πΆπ‘œπ‘›π‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘›π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘  π‘–π‘šπ‘Žπ‘”π‘’, 𝑖𝑑𝑠 β„Žπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘ π‘€π‘Žπ‘ ...

Gathering unto eternity

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𝐴𝑛𝑑 π‘€β„Žπ‘’π‘› π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘¦ π‘€π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑, 𝐻𝑒 π‘ π‘Žπ‘–π‘‘ π‘‘π‘œ 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠, πΊπ‘Žπ‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘˜π‘’π‘› 𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑑 π‘œπ‘£π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘›π‘œπ‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘šπ‘Žπ‘¦ 𝑏𝑒 π‘™π‘œπ‘ π‘‘. / π‘†π‘œ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘¦ π‘”π‘Žπ‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘š π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒 β„Žπ‘Žπ‘›π‘‘π‘π‘Žπ‘ π‘˜π‘’π‘‘π‘  π‘€π‘–π‘‘β„Ž π‘π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘˜π‘’π‘› 𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠 π‘“π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘š...

His discipline in love to recover His people

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A year ago, nobody would have believed that one single event would bring all of humankind together to question and reevaluate our modern life. But suddenly, everything changed on a scale that no human...

Serving the Hiding God: II. Priests before His throne

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Read part 1 here. The people who seek to know the disposition of our hiding God, to find Him and abide in Himβ€”these are the people who become His priests, carrying out the fellowship...

Serving the Hiding God: I. His temperament & His work throughout the ages

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9 And to enlighten all that they may see what the economy of the mystery is, which throughout the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things, 10 In order that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenlies the multifarious wisdom of God might be made known through the church... (Eph. 3:9-10)