The leaders of Ephraim and Manasseh are deeply involved in witchcraft, the occult, and various pagan worship practices. These abominations are carried out in a clandestine and surreptitious manner, hidden from public view.

Sparks are flying between President Joseph Biden and Prime Minister Boris Johnson. These cracks in the Special Relationship come at an inopportune time.

Modern Israel has a form of religion, but it is empty and unsatisfying because it refuses to obey God and substitutes the traditions of man in its place.

The promise given to Abraham was actually the Gospel, extending God's blessing to his family and all the nations — eternal promises of land and people.

Putting together biblical and secular history as well as prophecy, we can be reasonably certain as to the locations of the tribes of Israel today.

Destruction comes from a gradual withdrawal from intimacy with God rather than outright rejection. We must be vigilant against spiritual complacency.

God frequently bypasses the firstborn, selecting for His purposes another sibling. Jacob selected Joseph's second son, Ephraim, to receive the blessing.

As members of God's family, we are admonished to separate ourselves from the Babylonish system as Noah prepared himself from a hopelessly corrupt world.

We are going to have to find ways to make God's way appealing to people of alien cultures, gently bringing them to a tipping point.

The firstborn privileges indicate prominence, carrying the birthright promises. In the New Testament, the firstborn did not always correspond to actual birth order.

Although selfless service is not valued today, it is at the core of God's character and a trait we must emulate to go to a higher level of Christian living.