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Calvary is at the crossroads of history and eternity. Actually the pathway of the cross began in eternity. The book of Revelation says that Jesus was “the lamb slain from the foundation of the world” (Rev. 13:8). Someone has said, “The cross was no ambulance sen …

In this chapter everyone is doing the wrong thing. It all began when Esau and Jacob were born and when Isaac and Rebekah each chose a favorite son. Isaac, now at the age of 137, was thinking about death and the giving of his patriarchal blessing. This blessing had to be given in accordance …

Most commentators agree this psalm belongs to the time when God overthrew Sennacherib’s hosts before the gates of Jerusalem. Like Psalm 75 it is a hymn of praise. We are told how God is great (v. 1) and His fame is known in (Zion) Jerusalem (v. 2). He is known because of His defe …

Nicodemus was a Pharisee and a member of the Jewish ruling council (v. 1). When he came to Jesus, he said that no one could help but be impressed by the signs and wonders that Jesus did (v 2). As a Pharisee, Nicodemus lived by the strictest possible religious rules. In his response, Jesus …

The first 8 words are very special (v. 1). “And God remembered Noah, and every living thing.” “Every living thing” was on the ark in a sea of nothingness. God sent a “wind” over the earth and that the waters then receded (v. 1). After 40 days it stopped raining (v. 2), then for 150 days (about …

This verse states that unrepentant sin “shall not go unpunished” (v. 5). God makes use of the wicked to execute righteous vengeance on each other; and he will be glorified by their destruction at last. Though sinners strengthen themselves and one another, they shall not …

As this chapter opens, we find two opposing parties ready to leap at each other’s throats. Haman’s decree had stated that on a certain day (13th day of the 12th month) anyone could kill the Jews and take their property (v. 1). This was the very day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to do away …

In these verses, the apostle once more takes up the question of sexual immorality, a sin that was prevalent in Corinth. The temple of the love goddess, Aphrodite, was there. It employed more than a thousand prostitutes and sex was part of the worship ritual. In other words, Corinth was a morally …

What would you like to be doing when Christ returns (v. 14). That is how you should be living every day. While you are waiting, you should make certain that the Lord finds you pure, spotless, and living at peace” (v. 14). We should be living in eager expectation. Don’t for …

This passage can be divided into three sections with each introduced by the words “Moses said: “Moses said he wanted God’s presence to be with them as they journeyed toward the promised land (vv. 12-13). In response, God reversed his threat and promised to go with …