Hope Lives

If interested, please, read part one first. Bel and the dragon: "Now Daniel had commanded his servants to bring ashes, and those they strewed throughout all the temple in the presence of the king alone: then went they out, and shut the door, and seal it with the king's signet, and so departed...

The narrative of bel (14:1–22) is a folk tale ridiculing worship. In it, the king asks Daniel "Do you not think that Bel is a living god? Do you not see how much he eats and drinks every day?" Daniel proves through a ruse that the sacred meal of bel is actually consumed at night by the seventy...

He is risen. Revelation 1:17-18 "And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: [18] I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of...

Come to nothing: The gospel of humility. Humiliation is a hard word to accept and is not spoken of often (or least I haven’t heard it). But there is a truth in it. It is not attractive to the world in light of: All work of man will be brought to nothing. We are told of the judgement of works and...

Clouds with no rain (Spirit): Proverbs 25:14 [14] Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. 2 Peter 2:17-20 [17] These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. [18] For when they speak...

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. Luke 6:48-49 [48] He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and...

1 Samuel 21:8-9 [8] And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste. [9] And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the...

In reference to a question asked on another blog post titled: The harlot. “What do you mean 'out of the window'” Joshua 2:15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. In Joshua 2: 18 Rahab is given instruction to...

There is more than one reference to 'harlot' in the word. What is a harlot? The concordance says: a primitive root(highly fed and therefore wanton); to commit adultery: fornication. To commit idolatry. Harlot being one that is highly fed and therefore wanton. "For all that is in the world, the...

The Lord(Spirit) never looses control of steering those that are His. Acts 27:1-44 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. [2]And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we...

What is the darkness? Pride, arrogance, hated, oppression, condemnation, haughtiness, respecter of persons, absence of love, absence of grace, absence of mercy. Absence of Christ. Nowhere in the fruits of the Spirit listed in the word of God is there any of these listed as fruit. The fruit comes...

Genesis 15:3-4 [3] And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. [4] And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. "Out of...

The significance of the Finger of God, or the right hand, or the palm: "But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, not doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you." (Luke 11:10) This topic still confuses me. There is still something withheld. There is still so much there. This is only a...

Recently I visited my favorite shop. The man that runs it is someone my family has grown to know well. He is a real character. Very warm and inviting, but also a little out-there. I will call it conspiracy theories. This day, as I listened to his most recent discoveries, in the midst, he stopped...

"Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old." (Matthew 13:52) Scribe: a writer that is (professionally) scribe or secretary:-town-clerk...