Experiencing the Manifold Grace of God
I can't believe we made it to our last week of study. What an absolute joy it has been to dive deep into the names of God with you. I feel like He has orchestrated every detail of this study, not only in the timing and order of the names, but in the relevance they've [...]
We will begin this week's study with Jehovah Shalom: The LORD is Peace. It has been estimated that out of approximately 4,300 years of recorded history, there were around 300-500 years of peace, approximately 10.000-14,000 wars, which killed roughly 200-500 million people. Approximately 6,000 to 8,000 peace treaties were made, many of which were broken. [...]
"Only a few weeks had elapsed from the time the children of Israel left Marah, the place of bitter waters, till they reached Rephidim, the scene of Jehovah's revelation of Himself to them as Jehovah-Nissi, Jehovah my banner. At Marah, we will recall, in healing the bitter waters of that place, He had revealed Himself [...]
Jehovah Jireh and Jehovah Rapha share a common connection in the testing of God's people. When Isaac was a young man, God tested Abraham saying, "Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the [...]
"God has not only inspired the pages whereon His names appear, but He has announced or revealed His names specifically to men with special reference to the meaning of these names."Lewis Sperry Chafer This week, we are studying the names Adonai and Jehovah. As we track the revelation of God's names in the life of [...]
Dear friends, I am thrilled to embark on a study of the Names of God with you. Proverbs 18:10 says, "The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous run into it and are safe" (NASB95). He is our refuge! God's names reveal His character. As we grow in the knowledge of who [...]
Although the fall of Babylon takes place in Revelation 16:17-21, it is described in greater detail in Revelation 17 and 18. These two chapters contain the final parenthetical section in the book of Revelation and describe the two aspects of Babylon's fall: the spiritual (as seen in the world system of the harlot) and the [...]
Revelation 16 introduces us to the seven bowl judgments. "The seven angels to whom were given the seven plagues symbolized in the seven vials [bowls] are now commanded to pour out their divine judgments upon the earth" (Walvoord, The Revelation of Jesus Christ, p. 231). Precept Austin adds, "As each bowl is poured out, those [...]
Simply Persuaded 