The Believer was an Australia magazine published intermittently between 1971 and 1980. Distribution was primarily within Australia. Stated editorial aim was “to speak clearly and specifically on matters of general concern in the Australian brotherhood”.
Despite the fact that fasting became very much a ceremonial part of Israelitish worship, it is interesting to note that the word “fasting” does not occur in the Pentateuch at all. It has no place in the early establishment of …
The aim of these articles has been to show that our differences are not incompatible. Readers will remember Bro. Roberts’ excellent defence, in the preface to ‘Nazareth Revisited’, of the differences in the various records left us …
It is now necessary to bring this survey and study to a close. We have not covered every facet of the subject but we do feel we have laid a firm and reasonably comprehensive foundation. The question which forms our …
It was in the first year of Darius that the things recorded in chapter 9 took place. This would, therefore, be almost immediately after the overthrow of Babylon. ‘It is evident that there was correspondence between the prophets …
Much of what Isaiah foretold has already happened. Destruction was promised, and has come to…
— BABYLON (Chapter 13) — ASSYRIA (Chapter 14) — ETHIOPIA and EGYPT (Chapter 18-20) — ARABIA (Chapter 21) — PHOENICIA (Chapter 23)
But Chapter 24 …
No word in the Scriptures has given the translators more trouble than the word ‘curse’. There are about 20 words in the original tongue which the translators have rendered as curse, but many have little relationship to the subject matter …
The above prophecy by Daniel has only been fulfilled within recent years. Firstly, by the organisation of domestic and international airlines, thus enabling more and more to “run to and fro” and, secondly, by the liberalising of facilities for higher …
Could Hosea 13:6-9 be a precursor to the four beasts of Daniel 7?
Yes, I think so. Daniel 9:2 shows that Daniel was a keen Bible student and studied the written works of the previous prophets; and Hosea (op. …
All the parables of Jesus were based on the simple things in life, so, as we should naturally expect, agriculture forms the basis of many of them. Two of the earliest were ‘The Sower’ and ‘The …
In the last few years there has been a flood of investigation with many tapes of tongues and interpretations. An article in Christianity Today related the results of the analysis of taped tongues-speech by a group of U.S. Government linguists. …
A glance at the dictionary will show that “nature” is a word with a very broad spectrum of meanings; and this breadth carries over when “nature” is linked with “human”. This creates a built-in liability to misunderstandings and “communication barriers”; …
The dating of the vision of chapter 8 is “in the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar”, and this would be approaching the end of the power of Babylon. The vision was given to Daniel “in …
1. What do you think of the “day for a year” basis for interpreting prophetic dates generally?
Not much. I think it Is rather tenuous to base such a rule of thumb on specific references like Numbers 14:33-34 or Ezekiel …
It only needed now the three short days in the grave, the perplexity of visitations to an empty tomb, the gradual awakening realization that it was empty because the Lord had risen; the slowly and hardly won conviction in wooden …
The Gospel accounts of Christ’s resurrection differ. Are these differences reconcilable? For instance, when the women come to the tomb Matthew’s angel is seated astride the stone outside, but Mark’s within. Luke mentions two angels within, both of whom are …
One of the two Australian stamps issued for Christmas this year reproduces Durer’s engraving of the Adoration of the Magi. Oddly enough, hardly any of the facts linked with them and portrayed in the picture are Scriptural.
One of the …
We have developed the proposition that modern Pentecostal practice is basically a form of self-hypnosis. It is not surprising therefore, to find examples which are no more than the training of the subconscious. Koch gives two examples which illustrate this. …
To see the shepherd leading his sheep was a sight with which all were familiar, and the relations between the two were totally different from what they were, and are, in western lands.
The shepherd …
The reference to the above words — “very good” — in connection with the discussion of Adam’s condition before and after the fall, as reported in “The Believer”, of Jan./Feb. ’73, is encouraging; and the C.S.C. are to be commended …
From whose belly do “the rivers of living waters flow” (John 7:38)? Jesus, or the believer? And what prophecy is here quoted?
The quotation could be drawn from either Zech. 14:8. Ezek. 47:1 or Isa. 12:3. Or perhaps John has …
It must be evident to all that terms like `mind’ and ‘flesh’ are not merely ambiguous; they are ultra-ambiguous. There are so many aspects, conditions, phases and departments of both mind and flesh (any one of which …
Seeing that modern tongue-speakers dogmatically assert that Spirit Gifts did not die out after the Apostolic era they have an obligation to demonstrate this assertion from history. There is a similar situation here to that of the British Israelite. Both …
When we consider the qualities that we as Christians should possess we realise that the list is a most formidable one. Yet it is not for us to select from among them the ones that we would like to excel …
Paul says that anyone in Christ is a “new creature”. Our reformation is the evidence of our faith. Further, the Scriptures endorse the principle of progress “unto perfection” or maturity. A simple test based upon Galatians 5 v. 22 should …
It was David who put the question to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men?” David was a fugitive at En-gedi, and Saul, with 3000 chosen men, was pursuing him. David spared his life in the cave, …
Many of us say, “What can we do in the service of the Lord?” Young people, let us remember that the older members of the ecclesia (not our ecclesia, but the Ecclesia of God) are there for our instruction.
Look …
One missing link in the world situation has been the relative disinterest of many nations who have been able to ignore events in the Mideast. The oil shortage with its attendant worldwide economic recession has changed all that. From the …
Students of the Bible are well aware of the scarcity of Israel’s historical records, for long periods of time elapsed in which no events or records have come down to us. When invaders destroyed cities, inevitably records would be destroyed; …
As has already been suggested, while there are close similarities between chapter 2 and chapter 7 of this prophecy, there are also wide differences which will require careful study. This vision was given to Daniel in the first …
About 400 years after the time of Christ, Jerome translated the Scriptures into Latin. This, the Vulgate, became part of the Bible, in fact it became the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1525, while England was still a …