Staying faithful and learning to trust
Hosea Chapter 2 draws the clear parallel between Hosea and his unfaithful wife and God and his unfaithful nation. God can no longer call the nation of Israel his wife because she is no...
Author: Helen Redfern
From disowned to being called children of the living God
So Hosea married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. Hosea 1:3 God told Hosea to marry a promiscuous woman. So he did. God instructed them to call their...
Looking beyond the label
Yesterday, we saw how God told the prophet Hosea to marry a promiscuous woman. Which led me to think about labels. Because that woman was known as a promiscuous woman. That is what people...
You’ve got to be kidding me
Hello again! Today we start an exciting new chapter in our journey through the Bible. We’re opening the Book of Hosea, which is the first of twelve short books at the end of the...
Go your way till the end – and shine!
Today we arrive at the last chapter of the Book of Daniel. The end of this book focuses on the end of time. The end times are a fascinating subject to some who pore...
This almighty God with a gentle touch
Daniel 10 describes how in the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a revelation is given to Daniel about a great war, which leaves him greatly distressed. At that time I, Daniel, mourned...
I know who holds the future
In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian kingdom— in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures,...
A leader of pure evil
Daniel’s vision in chapter 8 is of a ram and a goat. The ram has two horns of different lengths and runs this way and that. No animal could stand against it, and none...
Fantastic beasts and a fantastic future
The first half of the Book of Daniel contains the action; the second recounts some of the dreams and visions Daniel has had over his lifetime. These dreams and visions are apocalytic. Apocalyptic literature is...
Being odd for God
In the last post, we learnt how this decree had come to pass. This decree that no one should pray to anyone else except the king. And what is Daniel’s response? He just carries...
