"Fear thou not: for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousness. For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will [...]
"Human historians relate man's achievements, his victories in battles, his success in climbing to worldly greatness. God's history describes man as heaven views him. In the divine records all his merit is seen to consist in his obedience to God's requirements. His disobedience is faithfully chronicled as meriting the punishment he will surely receive. In [...]
Heman Gurney was born on January 28, 1818. He initially encountered William Miller’s writings in 1838. Two years later, Joseph Bates shared with him a copy of the Millerite periodical, Signs of the Times. After careful study, Heman S. Gurney, a blacksmith by trade, accepted William Miller’s teachings that Christ was coming soon. Heman was a [...]
2 Samuel – 1 Kings 1:1-40 David deeply mourned the death of beloved Jonathan and Saul the king, They were bold heroes never fearing anything… In Israel great changes then took place, One era ended – an altogether new one was to face. Now David 30 years of age, inquired of the LORD where he [...]
In the year 1520, Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer, was trying to find a maritime route to the spice lands in South-East Asia. As he was travelling, he entered into an unfamiliar body of water. This water was different from that of other oceans, because it was so peaceful (pacific). For this reason, he called [...]
The situation that Habakkuk faced was the imminent invasion of the southern kingdom of Judah by the Chaldeans (another name for the Babylonians). This invasion eventually happened at the end of the sixth century BC, and Jerusalem fell to Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC. The Lord revealed to Habakkuk beforehand that the Chaldeans were to punish Judah for [...]
What wilt thou that I should unto thee? I believe many would answer in different ways according to the situation they are in. I recently read that one of the multibillionaires on earth bought one of the social media platforms, costing him about billion dollars and I wondered, what if that rich man asked you [...]
Since the great flood, the rainbow has been remembered as the symbol of God’s promise. Unfortunately, that is not what crosses the minds of most Canadians when they see a rainbow nowadays. In Canada, the rainbow is rather known to the public as the symbol of so-called “gender diversity,” or, in other words, the LGBTQ [...]
"Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so He giveth His beloved sleep.” Psalm 127:1–2 Is there [...]
"Those who are engaged in the sacred work of opening the Word of God to others, must be sure that they themselves are eating and digesting that Word. They must watch over themselves, weeding from the heart and character the fungus growth which causes deformity and weakness. ‘Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, [...]