December 10 Read Ezekiel 12 Judah did not seem to learn from Ezekiel’s earlier prophecies and words, so God sent the rebellious captives another sign. Ezekiel had to move all of his belongings out of his house through a hole that he made in the wall. This would be a picture of how Zedekiah would […]
The twenty-third century of history begins with a rather lonely and depressing scene. Jacob is on a journey. He is alone, leaving his home and family. He is fleeing the wrath of his brother, Esau, and heading toward the land and the family of his uncle Laban, where his mother grew up. Outwardly, it would […]
Young people, Amalek is coming to attack you and to destroy you utterly. Are you ready to fight? Is your sword in your hand? Are you following Jesus, your brave captain? Is Jehovah your banner? According to the text Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. Amalek was a nation in southern Canaan made […]
God leads all of his children in special ways throughout their lives to fully prepare them for their particular place in heaven. Each way he leads is different and unique. For some, college awaits them, for others, full time jobs. The problem we so often have is in discerning that special way God is pleased […]
1 Peter 2:11: “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.” As God’s people, we are all called to live the antithesis, that is, to live as strangers and pilgrims in the world. God would have us stand against the devil, the world, and our […]
Dear Schuyler, I must disagree with the September 2013 answer that hell is eternal. God’s decrees are an eternal word. God’s decree of reprobation is eternal. God’s decree of election is eternal. God’s counsel, the collection of his decrees and words, is eternal. However, just as Satan is, and likewise just as I am […]
For those of us who live in the United States of America, our president is Barack Obama, the forty-fourth president of the United States. To say our president is a polarizing figure is an understatement. People have very strong opinions about their president. Significantly, therefore, children and young people will have very strong opinions about […]
Friendship with God is our greatest gift of joy. That friendship shown us in the death of his Son Is the greatest friendship there ever shall be. In Christ Jesus, God’s friends we ever remain. No one can pluck us from this amazing bond, For God who is sovereign has made us his friends God […]
The editorial in this issue was written by Rev. Gerald Vanden Berg, whose name is probably not familiar to you. This is partially due to the fact that he is long deceased, and partly because he wrote the article for the December 1948 issue of Beacon Lights, a few decades before most of our readers […]