Acts 1:11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” The debate surrounding the rapture of the church is currently very topical indeed. We …
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Pruning
John 15:2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. There are a few reasons why vinedressers prune their vineyards. Pruning helps maintain the desired shape and structure of the vine, preventing uncontrolled growth. By removing …
Manna
Ex 16:15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread the LORD has given you to eat.” Two Hebrew words mah and nah form the word manna, and it literally means “What is it?” …
Mount Moriah
Gen 22:2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.” God has for centuries had a plan regarding Jerusalem, a plan that will culminate in the return of the Lord to …
God’s Tabernacle
Hebrew 8:5 The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain. Christians who have the view that the Tabernacle …
Summertime
Matthew 9:37-38 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” In the natural, we are currently in the grip of a very cold spell here in the Western Cape, with very low temperatures …
God’s promises
1 Kings 18:1 After a long time, in the third year, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.” We find the vivid account of the spiritual showdown between 850 pagan priests and one true prophet of God, Elijah, in 1 …
Fifty
Acts 1:3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. In the wider church community, we have just celebrated Ascension Day, commemorating the day that Jesus ascended into heaven. …
My God-given identity
Judges 6:11-12 Then the angel of the LORD came and sat beneath the great tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash of the clan of Abiezer. Gideon son of Joash was threshing wheat at the bottom of a winepress to hide the grain from the Midianites. When the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon, …
Discernment
Rev 22:18-19 And I solemnly declare to everyone who hears the words of prophecy written in this book: If anyone adds anything to what is written here, God will add to that person the plagues described in this book. And if anyone removes any of the words from this book of prophecy, God will remove …