It would be more correct to say that God created through the agency of angels. However, the point still unanswered is whether or not man was made in the image of God or of the angels only. The term ‘Elohimi …
Seven essays — filling 150 pages of highly interesting and factual research on the so-called scientific evidence for evolution, and demonstrating how weak and unsubstantial the evidence really is — is what this book offers. The essays cover quite diverse …
Incredible as it may seem, there are sound reasons why we could see the Arab-Israeli discord moving into more accord during 1977. Walter Eytan has written a most informative article in the 3-12-76 issue of the “Israel Digest” headed “FRESH …
Dating methods such as Carbon 14 have been cited as definitely proving that man has been on the earth for at least 30,000 years. This age for man conflicts with Biblical chronology which dates the beginning of man’s existence on …
What was the purpose of God In providing the prophets?
God had redeemed Israel from slavery in Egypt and had called her to nationhood and service. He had given her the law which did two things for her: committed her …
God has constituted men and women as thinking beings. He has communicated to them in words. Communication in words pre-supposes a mind which can understand and interpret them. God has revealed Himself in words to …
It was in January 1971 that a private circular was distributed, setting ‘out the need for, and the possibilities of, producing a magazine to pinpoint the faults and fantasies bedeviling the Australian brotherhood and to call for a return to …
Question:
In Exodus 33 God refused Moses the sight of his face, but presented his back parts. Is this referring to God personally or to angelic manifestation?
Answer:
If we believe that God graced the scene by His person, and …
It has always been understood by Christadelphians that the sun, moon, stars, and the earth have been in existence for millions of years and that the events of Gen. 1:3 refer to a re-organisation following a state of chaos which …
The war in Lebanon began in a simple enough way — merely a political upheaval about disparity in government representation. Its development, however, has been anything but simple, and Bible students can now detect the …
Travelling inland from Haifa, following the foothills of the Cannel Range as they wind north, one may follow the Kishan River upstream through the gorge to the mighty plain of Esdraelon or Jezreel — once the great granary of Egypt …
At the beginning of Matthew 20 is the parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard. This parable is one of the most difficult to understand, especially as some of the details are not referred to elsewhere. Because of this, it …
Angels from heaven, or mortal angels?, would sum up the question. The Hebrew term ‘Walak‘ is less applied to heavenly angels than to mortals, but this rule is reversed in the New Testament. However, in some instances, the pattern of …
Most of us have a set of beliefs and practices inherited from parents or taught in childhood. Many of us have accepted these uncritically ‘en bloc’. Every culture depends upon the transmission of past into present, whether the repetition is …
When we went to the U.K. a few years ago, I took with me a little summary of Bible teaching that I had drawn up, and submitted it for comment to several brethren whose opinion I valued. One brother in …
What is the significance of the phrase “From Dan to Beersheba”?
Dan was a town at the northern extremity of Palestine and Beer-sheba at the southern extremity, so that the phrase means “throughout Palestine”; see 1 Sam. 3:20.
Is Malachi …
SYNOPSIS: A method of determining great ages for rock deposits has been developed and’ is widely used. The method depends on measuring the ratio of pure parent elements and the disintegrated daughter elements in the host rock. …
Question:
What is the significance of unleavened bread at the memorial meetings?
Answer:
Jesus himself used unleavened bread to represent his body given for his disciples. Was this because no other bread was available during this national festival, or is …
For how many years have we all heard the cry from our platforms to “come to Bible class”? So many, perhaps, we dare not count them. And yet, over the years, the pattern does not seem to change — the …
The emergence of Soviet Russia as a major aggressive power since 1917, with consequent prospects for the fulfilment of Ezekiel 38, have ex¬cited the Brotherhood for a number of years now. This article raises the possibility that the events of …