Introduction to Isaiah

Isaiah 1:1 1The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah (ASV, 1901). Here the prophet himself begins the long sixty-six-chapter book which he wrote over four successive kings in Israel (740 to 680 B.C.). He lived in Jerusalem and was blessed to be used of God almighty to bring an incredible volume of prophecies to this world while living in the Southern kingdom of Judah. According to chapters 7 and 8, Isaiah was married and had at least two sons, Shear-jashub and …

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The True Meaning of Hanukkah

Amir’s commentary on Hanukkah, as Jews worldwide commemorate the “Festival of Lights”. ***************************************** Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is a holiday based on the story and tradition of the Jewish people’s defeat of the Seleucid Empire (Syrian-Greeks) in the Holy Land. In the 2nd century BC (165) a small army of Jews called the “Maccabees” staged a rebellion against the Seleucids during their attempts to Hellenize the Jewish people and Land of Israel. A Jewish tradition at the time was to light Chanukiah (Hanukkah Menorah) in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem daily. As tradition tells, when the …

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The Greatest Story Seldom Told – by Jack Kinsella

The Greatest Story Seldom Told – by Jack Kinsella The Bible is under attack, as it has been since it was first compiled, but with a special fervor and intensity unique to this generation. What makes this generation unique is that the principle attackers are believers themselves. It is possible to be a believer in the Bible and not be a Christian, although it doesn’t seem so until you think about it. Personally, I know lots of people who say they believe in God, or believe in the Bible, but who have never surrendered themselves to Christ. Most other religions …

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The Cost of Discipleship

Salvation is a free gift of God that comes through faith in His Son Jesus. The Cost of Discipleship Matthew 10:24-42 24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? 26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. 27 What I tell …

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Hid With Christ in GodHid With Christ in God

Hid With Christ in God You are complete in Him…for you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall you also appear with him in glory. (Col. 2:9, 3:3-4) Christ has not merely given us a new life because He died, but He has given us HIMSELF – if we are in Him, HE IS our life. This is how we are complete in Him. Everything is within life, and nothing is outside of it – and the Person of Christ constitutes the very life of the …

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