Volume 10, No.3, Aug. 1999
Balaam’s Fourth Prophecy
Balaam is an enigma. That he was greedy seems clear. That he had some courage is also in evidence. That he was an enemy of Israel is certainly implied. He was honest enough to warn Balak that he would speak no more and no less than he was authorized by God. The passage does not imply he was a false prophet, for his predictions [...]
Let This Cup Pass From Me
There are a few words of Jesus in the garden that should be most sobering for us. "O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt... O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done". (Matthew 26:39,42) We do not [...]
Jacob at the Ford Jabbok
Long ago a great scenario of the plan of God was enacted through the lifetimes of four generations. In Abraham's life we glimpse the age of faith leading up to the coming of the seed of promise. The first stage was from Eden to the flood, suggested by the death of Terah, when Abraham passed over the river from the old order and began [...]
Foxes
In an article titled "Samson" (Beauties of the Truth, May, 1997), we observed that the 300 foxes Samson set running through the fields of the Philistines, tails ablaze with torches, represented God's burning judgments against the Roman power (compare Revelation 8:8) . This is consistent with Luke 13:32 which records Jesus' designation of Herod, the ruler appointed by Rome, as "that fox." Recently two [...]