Living in Nelson, New Zealand is always full of surprises. We soon move from spring to summer so plants are displaying their beauty. While walking alongside the Maitai River, I took a break, resting on one of the shaded river seats. The shade is coming from a tree that I am not sure about. However…
How can it be that Israel, a tiny nation of around 10 million people located in the Middle East, can command global attention day in and day out. A nation vilified by so many. This hatred is palpable and for me can only be explained through spiritual eyes with biblical understanding. As mentioned in other…
Is God a jealous God? I will come to that puzzling question in a moment. First, this is a photo I took a couple of days ago in my city of Nelson. As I drove back home I looked in the rear vision mirror and this is what I saw. God’s handiwork. A beautiful cloud…
Did you know that Yeshua was a carpenter who grew up and lived most of His life in the village of Nazareth? Let me share an experience that Yeshua had in Nazareth once He had commenced His public ministry. I am drawing from a passage in Mark’s gospel. It touches on three important truths. That…
On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. [John 7:37] We are really blessed to live only an hours drive from the Abel Tasman National Park. Many visitors from overseas make this a goto destination for bush…
Isaiah. A prophet of Israel who spoke to his day and to coming days. God through Isaiah, foretold the first coming of the Messiah as a suffering servant and also His anticipated second coming as the King to sit on the throne of David. How so? God knows the end from the beginning. He is…
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. [PSALM 139:13] Psalm 139 is one of the great psalms of scripture, written by King David yet as is the whole of the Bible, divinely inspired by God. We discover that…
The Lord told Moses, “Buds will sprout on the staff belonging to the man I choose.” [NUMBERS 17:5] Aaron’s (almond) rod, or staff, played an important part in God’s plan to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into the Promised Land. In ancient Israelite culture, a rod was a symbol of authority. Shepherds used…
And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast. [LUKE 2:42] Israel has recently completed the unearthing of the Pilgrimage Road in Jerusalem. Why is this important? For me it is yet another dramatic proof of the veracity of scripture. The Bible is not a…
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. [JOHN…