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THE ENSIGN MESSAGE

THE BASQUES

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There is much evidence in Scripture to show that Israel has been, and still is, a scattered people, in spite of the fact that the great majority of the nation has been gathered in the isles of the west (II Sam. 7:10). The blindness which God cast upon this people as to their identity and…

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THE PERSIAN KINGS AND BIBLE CHRONOLOGY

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BC dates: There are two very important prophetic time scales which must have correct BC starting dates. The one is the seven “Times” of punishment Jerusalem had to endure, and the other is the “Seventy Weeks” allotted to Daniel’s people for the Messiah to accomplish His redemption mission. It is these two questions which have…

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A STUDY IN THE BOOK OF MICAH

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MICAH The name Micah means ‘Who is like God?’ and although one would expect a prophet to be  a  very  devout person, Micah seems to have been anything but.  In his earlier years he does not appear to have an understanding of the law although he was intent on honouring God in his own way….

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JESUS WAS NOT A JEW

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“Who do men say that I, the Son of man, am? And they said, Some [say that thou art] John the Baptist, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets He saith unto them, But who say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son…

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ISHMAEL AND THE ARABS

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“He will be a wild man; his hand (will be) against every man and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.” – (Genesis 16:12) TURNING to an Encyclopaedia, we read that “Arab” is a name loosely applied to all the Arabic- speaking peoples of the Near…

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