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Amos 4:12: A Meeting with God Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.'97Amo_4:12 1. The writings of the prophet Amos have a peculiar interest to the student of the Bible. They are the earliest extant Hebrew prophecy of any length upon the date of which scholars are agreed. But it is not to students alone … Continue reading “210. AMOS 4:12: A MEETING WITH GOD”

Autor: JAMES HASTINGS

Hos 14:5-6: The Blessing of the Dew I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.'97Hos_14:5-6. Hosea was a poet as well as a prophet. … Continue reading “208. HOS 14:5-6: THE BLESSING OF THE DEW”

Autor: JAMES HASTINGS

Autor: JAMES HASTINGS

Hos 2:15: The Valley of Achor And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope.'97Hos_2:15. The Prophet Hosea is remarkable for the frequent use which he makes of events in the former history of his people. Their past seems to him a mirror in which … Continue reading “207. HOS 2:15: THE VALLEY OF ACHOR”

Dan 6:10: Open Windows And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem;) and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.'97Dan_6:10. Windows as we use them … Continue reading “204. DAN 6:10: OPEN WINDOWS”

Dan 12:13: A Promised Inheritance But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and shalt stand in thy lot, at the end of the days.'97Dan_12:13. 1. Daniel was one of the favoured ones under the Old Testament dispensation. Like Enoch, who walked with God and was not found, for God … Continue reading “205. DAN 12:13: A PROMISED INHERITANCE”

Eze 37:3: Life from the Dead And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.'97Eze_37:3. 1. There is perhaps no passage in all the Bible which, for weird imaginative power, surpasses Ezekiels Vision of Dry Bones. By means that are as simple as simple … Continue reading “202. EZE 37:3: LIFE FROM THE DEAD”

Autor: JAMES HASTINGS