The concept of a Bride Company runs through the Old Testament, but it is not until after our Lord’s resurrection that we find clearer information, mainly from the writings of the Apostle Paul. [Read more…]
Archives for January 2018
49. Remnants
Isaiah cries concerning Israel, ‘Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved’ . . . . Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. Rom 9:27, 11:5 [Read more…]
48. The Awakening
“For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them and go away; I will take them away, and no one shall rescue. I will return again to My place till they acknowledge their offense. Then they will seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.” [Read more…]
47. Israel’s Deep Sleep
Isaiah 29:10-11. “For the LORD has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets, and covered your heads, the seers. And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” [Read more…]
46. Deep Sleep
“And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.” Genesis 2:21.
DEEP SLEEP. Hebrew TARDEEMAH, from the verb RADAM, to sleep. In this first reference to sleep in the Bible, we are presented with something akin to modern surgery, and the use of anaesthetics. We are not told how much time was needed for this surgery, but “the Lord closed up the flesh in its place”, quite like a modern operation. And then He brought Adam out of the “anaesthetic” and presented him with a wife. [Read more…]