George B. Eldridge
Summer, Winter, and Sabbath (Matthew 24)
In the 24th chapter of Matthew, which we call "Our Lord's Great Prophecy" verses 20-22 read: "But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there [...]
Contrasting the Two Gardens
When our Lord entered the garden outside of Jerusalem, the Garden called Gethsemane, one's mind is immediately reminded of another garden, the Garden of Eden. The contrasts between the two are most striking, indeed. In Eden, all was delightful and perfect. In Gethsemane, all was dark and foreboding. In Eden, Adam and Eve spoke with an enemy. In Gethsemane, Jesus sought his Father in [...]
Balaam / Judas
The fate of Balaam was similar to that of Judas, and their characters bear a marked resemblance to one another. They both tried to unite the service of God and Mammon and met with failure. Balaam acknowledged the true God as a steppingstone to the acquirement of riches and worldly honor, and because of this, he stumbled and fell, and was broken. Judas expected [...]
Matriarch Prophecies
In view of the fact that the Hebrew nation has been known as “the children of Israel,” a closer look should be given to the children of Jacob from which the nation took its name. Since Chapters 29 and 30 of Genesis record the early history of these twelve sons of Jacob, it follows that their history, in some way, corresponds with the history [...]
Five Wise Virgins Sue for Inheritance
“And Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, had no sons, but daughters, and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Malah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.” (Numbers 26:33) In Numbers 27:1-7, the daughters of Zelophehad, all five, came before Moses to plead a case for their inheritance. They were of the Tribe of Manasseh. Their argument was that their father had died in [...]