The Day of the Lord will be a fearful time of judgement, darkness, and horror. The Scriptures provide no grounds for anyone to assume that God is on his side during this time; misguided self-assurance is the sole basis for the …
In Mark 13:37, Jesus Christ commands us to watch: “And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!” Many translations, as it does here, add the exclamation point after the word “watch,” or to the synonyms they use for …
Too few understand the true and wonderful meaning of the first day of the seventh month on the Hebrew calendar. (The date on the Gregorian calendar varies.) On it appears the first autumnal new moon, marking the holy day the Jews call …

(1) Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. (2) So fire went out from the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. (3) And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, saying:
‘By those who come near Me
I must be regarded as holy;
And before all the people
I must be glorified.’ ” So Aaron held his peace.
Surely these men did not deliberately intend to sin. However, notice how quickly God's sense of justice reacted, striking these men dead in their tracks and burning them to cinders. Obviously, they either did or failed to do something …
People enjoy playing pranks on one another. They set someone up, make something seem true, and then have a little fun when others fall for it. Some cultivate the personality trait of “pulling someone’s leg.” They like “having a little joke,” deliberately misstating something or deliberately misunderstanding. At best, the goal is to create a little camaraderie. People may befriend others in a flirtatious way, frivol, wink, trifle, or tease—all intended as friendly gestures. Over time, behavior like this can become well-refined, practiced to the point where, with the right enunciation or …
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