The story of Ruth is a delightful story of love, faith and fidelity teaching the wonderful principle of redemption. (Redeem means: to buy back, recover, as to redeem from sin by sacrifice) It is set in the time of the judges,...
The knowledge to be sought after in the Bible is not what you would learn at school in the usual subjects. The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God (I Corinthians 3:19).The knowledge spoken of in the Bible is the...
In the beginning God specially created man to be in His image and after His likeness. God’s plan was to fill the earth with His glory (Numbers 14:21). However, man was also given freewill – the ability to decide for Himself....
We learn about Abraham in the book of Genesis. Abraham was the son of Terah and is known as the founder of the Hebrew nation. His family settled in Ur of the Chaldees. Abraham had two brothers, named Nahor, and Haran....
The story of Jacob can be found in Genesis 25 to 50. In the order of things Abraham & Sarah had a son called Isaac late in life and Isaac married Rebekah who in turn gave birth to twin sons Esau...
We first hear about Noah in Genesis 5, which begins with “this is the book of the generations of Adam.” Right from the start, we see that Noah is going to be special as he is the only member of this...
Who was Adam? There is perhaps no story in the Old Testament better known today in popular culture than that of the Garden of Eden. If you recall, this is the story about the first man, Adam; the first woman, Eve;...
So, we’ve talked about specific cities and people, but what about history on a broader scale? The book of Daniel, chapter 2, written around 550 BC, contains a pretty amazing story of world history which at that time was still mostly...
The Bible is mostly concerned with the affairs of God’s people — the Jews. Consequently, there are a lot of things said by the prophets about the future of this people. At the beginning, Abraham was promised a land. In addition,...
The prophet Isaiah wrote about Babylon: And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them. It will never be inhabited or lived in for all generations; no...
