Matthew 24:28 For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together. “Eagles” here is an unfortunate translation. You see, it’s a vestige of 13th century vocabulary when EAGLE meant any number of large birds of prey. More precisely, neser is translated as “vultures” and suddenly the picture comes together a little better,… Read More »
God Meets Needs
Exodus 16:17-18 Then the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less. So when they measured it by omers, he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one’s need. There was no lack. The glutton had just… Read More »
Stumble
John 16:1 “These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble.” Jesus, speaking to His disciples as He leads them from the Upper Room to the Garden of Gethsemane, explains to them the reason why He has told them all the things of the past few chapters, saying that… Read More »
Who can be against us?
Romans 8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? In this world, we will face trials and tribulations … suffering. Suffering is not abandonment. God’s greater plan sees all things restored. God will not leave us or abandoned us. His plan is that He… Read More »