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Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week; that is to say, in the beginning, for the evening and the morning was the first day. Jesus appears in the midst, just as His presence is in the midst of us as we gather today (this same day; now) in His name. And in His presence is peace. READ MORE…
‘Do not cling to me.’ The King James Version says ‘Touch Me not’, and of course we ask, why does Jesus say this? He touches so many who need healed, and scripture invites us to ‘reach out and touch The Lord.’ [See Matthew 9:20-22]. Jesus gives the reason as ‘for I have not yet ascended to The Father.’
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John’s account of finding Jesus’ tomb — the stone rolled away — is low key, personal, compared to the other gospels, all of which mention angels in some way or another. John does not, but as the disciple whom Jesus loved, he races ahead and is first to arrive, with Simon Peter — who had denied Jesus following. However, Simon Peter is typically the bolder and enters the tomb first.
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Paul states that he has suffered the loss of all things to gain Christ. What he is saying to us clearly, is that all else should be to us of no consequence; we need to know and be rightly related to our Lord Jesus Christ. He distills into two short verses, the essence of the Book of Job.
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A new year. A new day. “A new day is dawning, the light is shining forth”. That is a promise that The Lord extends to His people. He says unequivocally Behold, I make all things new. And how much more can there be, but all things. And He says these words are true and faithful. Who can doubt it?
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I decided to head out just before dusk to the sea. I simply needed to breathe the sea air, and listen to the gentle lap of the tide coming in. The last cry of the gulls. A moment just to be, at the end of a day. A day I will never see again. Such magical wonder in that.
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A few days ago, I listened to Ellel Ministries ‘Let’s Talk’ podcast in which the lines from Mark 8 came up in connection with Andy and Cath Taylor’s topic, which was ‘Out of Apathy’. I had never seen this connection made in that way and I felt led to look at these verses, headed ‘A blind man healed at Bethsaida’.
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Scripture makes no mention of three kings. In various versions I have looked at, we see ‘wise men’ mentioned most often. The Amplified Bible has ‘astrologers’ bracketed after wise men, while others show ‘magi’, ‘mages’, ‘scholars’ and ‘spiritual priests’. The word translated as ‘wise men’ is a name given by the Chaldeans, Medes and Persians to …
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So let us now look at this work with the eyes of the faithful, in the full knowledge and experience of scripture and see what is revealed.READ MORE…
We are so familiar with the story of the birth of Jesus that we recognise a painting such as ‘The Adoration of The Kings’ by Jan Gossaert, as a depiction of the Nativity. It could be a Christmas card. And yet when you consider the detail of the painting, this is not a straightforward interpretation of the story from Matthew.
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