Volume 25, No.3, Aug. 2014
The Field of Blood
“One of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said ... What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver” (Matthew 26:14, 15). The 30 pieces of silver given to Judas have some interesting history connected with it. First, according to Exodus 21:32, thirty pieces of silver [...]
The Name of Jehovah
“And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am Jehovah” (Exodus 6:2). My observation is that many avoid all forms of Jehovah/ Yahweh/Yahavah in order to stay away from the Jehovah’s Witnesses sect. Often this may be so, as very often they lose arguments with Jehovah’s Witnesses. (Decades ago the local Baptist minister, in non-confrontational discussion, suggested that is likely why the [...]
Claiming His Kingship
“Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass” (Matthew 21:5). Why did Jesus ride into Jerusalem as King? Certainly, this had to be a confusing signal to the disciples. After seeing him ride in as king they may have thought that maybe all that talk about him coming to Jerusalem to die [...]
Elijah at Mount Horeb
“And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God” (1 Kings 19:8). Elijah the prophet lived during a time when Israel had strayed from the proper worship of Jehovah. Ever since the kingdom of Israel divided in the days of Rehoboam and Jeroboam, the northern kingdom [...]
Queen Esther
“And [Mordecai] brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter” (Esther 2:7). Queen Esther was selected as a consort for the great king from young ladies throughout the empire. Only the fairest need apply, for [...]