The literature of modern Israel grows apace. There are so many facets in the inhuman and aching variations that are part of the history of our days. In broad outline there is the now familiar story: the Balfour Declaration; the …
There are two beliefs each of which, if applied indiscriminately, might lead to serious error in the consideration of prophecy:
That many prophecies in the Bible have a dual fulfillment. That many historical events recorded in the Bible have a …
Some of the most sorrowful and yet beautiful words of Scripture are those which were penned by David, as recorded in 2 Sam. 1. 19-27, on hearing of the tragic deaths of Saul and Jonathan on Mt. Gilboa at the …
About 632 B.C., Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, the great and noble Asnapper of Ezra 4. 10, died and from that time the power of Babylonia gradually supplanted that of Assyria, until in 625 B.C. it became entirely independent under the …
Jesus said “Whoever does the will of my father is my brother, my sister, my mother” (Matt. 12. 50 N.E.B.), and consequently his followers became a brotherhood—a family. This family nature of the body of Christ is stressed over and …
The preaching of Christ and the Apostles swept all before it in the first and succeeding centuries of this era for two reasons. Firstly, men and women were attracted by the simplicity of Christ’s teachings, as compared with the philosophical …