Category: Bible Study

It is completely understandable to feel unsettled when you first encounter what Ezekiel describes in chapters 40–48. After spending time in the letter to the Hebrews — with its thunderous declaration that Christ offered himself “once for all” and that the veil is torn, the priesthood fulfilled, the sacrificial system completed — you turn to…

When Jesus dictated seven letters to seven churches in the Book of Revelation, he was not writing in the abstract. Each letter was addressed to a real community, in a real city, facing real pressures — and each letter drew on imagery the original readers would have immediately recognised. The letter to Laodicea is no…

At Christmas, we often focus on the atmosphere, but there’s a juridical necessity behind the incarnation that we must understand to fully appreciate the proclamation of the good news. Everything revolves around the concept of the Go’el. But let’s start from the beginning.

For centuries, Jacob has been popularly characterised as a trickster, a deceiver who manipulated his way into receiving God’s blessings. Many sermons and commentaries depict him as an opportunist who exploited his brother Esau’s weakness and deceived his father Isaac. However, a closer examination of the biblical text challenges this portrayal. Jacob was not a…