Tag: Remnant
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The Story Is Not Over – Genesis 49:27
Genesis 49:27 “Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.” Benjamin speaks of a victorious remnant. Jacob closes with a strong image. Benjamin is not pictured as weak, cornered, or barely surviving. He is pictured as a wolf, ravenous, forceful, and…
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Is There Any Truth in You – Genesis 42:14-16
Genesis 42:14-16 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be…
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Swallowed by the God of Israel – Revelation 12:16-17
Revelation 12:16, 17 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have…
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The Flood That Could Not Drown the Promise – Revelation 12:15
Revelation 12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. The picture is fierce. The serpent cannot stop the plan of God, so he tries to overwhelm the people of God. He comes like a flood.…
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A Voice in the Dark – Revelation 3:1
Revelation 3:1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write: When we come to Sardis in the panorama of church history, we come to the Reformation. And to understand why that matters, we have to feel just how dark the age before it had become. The period of Medieval Catholicism had descended into…