I am the LORD. (Lev 19:16) This phrase, which is repeated regularly in the books of Moses in the NKJV bible, is simply the word Jehovah or Yahweh (YHWH). In later Jewish history the word was considered so sacred that they would not say it rather using the word Adonai meaning Lord, which is why […]
September 2017
Rom 13:9b-10 “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilment of the law. Sometimes that simplest of words in our bibles hide a significant meaning. This is true for this word “fulfilment”. Jesus had used it in the Sermon on the Mount when He […]
August 2017
2 Chr 18:16 Then [Micaiah] said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.’ “ This chapter describes the story of when Ahab, king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, go to […]
Book reading-Markus Maria Profitlich
July 2017
2Ch 16:7-9 … Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him: “Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on the LORD your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand. Were the Ethiopians and the Lubim not a […]
June 2017
Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing… And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, each man under his vine and his fig tree … all the days of Solomon. (1 Ki 4:20,25) These are wonderful verses about the condition of Israel under king Solomon. […]
Monthly word: December 2016
And [Joseph] called His name Jesus. (Matt 1:24b) It is easy to overlook Joseph’s part in the Christmas story. But it is worth considering what is written about him, because we see a wonderful man from whom we can learn much. As we look through the four gospel accounts, Luke’s record focusses on Mary, while […]
Monthly word: November 2016
Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,(Heb 3:7-8) It is worth remembering that it is possible for us to harden our hearts against God. This is something to be avoided, at all cost. Perhaps the best known example of someone hardening their heart is Pharaoh, when […]
Monthly word: September/October 2016
Rom 2:3-4 And do you think this, O man, you who judge those practicing such things, and doing the same, that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? There are two important […]
Monthly word: August 2016
Isa 45:8 … And let the skies pour down righteousness … This verse expresses one of the deepest longings God’s hearts; that righteousness should flood the earth. In the days of Noah, God had seen the wickedness of man and it caused Him to regret having created man. God had expected and hoped for a […]