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• 21st Feb 2024

  Daniel’s Seventy Weeks

  One of the more challenging passages of the Hebrew Scriptures to interpret and understand is Daniel 9:24-27, the prophecy of the ‘seventy weeks’ or ‘seventy sevens’. Sam Storms writes, “One might well argue that Daniel 9:24-27 is both the most complex and the most crucial text in either testament bearing on the subject of biblical…

• 17th Dec 2022

  Who are the “spirits in prison”?

  Many Christians believe that, between his crucifixion and resurrection, Jesus went to Hades (the place of the dead) and preached to the people who had died in the time of Noah. This is called the Harrowing of Hell. But did this really happen? A key verse on which this teaching is based is 1 Peter…

• 5th Dec 2022

  A Meditation on 1 Samuel 31 – The death of Saul and his sons

  This chapter describes the death of Israel’s first king. The scene moves from David’s successful reclamation of captives and property in the south to the major battle taking place in the north. There is no parallel success for the main Israelite army. Most fled and many were killed. It seems that the Philistines targeted Saul…

• 1st Dec 2022

  David strengthened and restored

  Meditation on 1 Samuel 30 – David is strengthened in the Lord and recovers everything The narrative is straightforward. Having been dismissed by the Philistine leaders, David and his six hundred men travel back to Ziklag, which they had made their home. The journey time (three days to travel 50 miles) may indicate their fatigue…