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WHO WERE THE ANCIENT IRISH? – From “Great Britain’s Rank Among The Nations”

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“Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, Thou hast increased the nation: Thou art glorified: Thou hast removed it far unto all ends of the earth.”—Isaiah 24:7 The name of Sparta, or the Spartans, is enough to bring forward remembrances of much that we read in   our early days. The Spartans have left a name…

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THE ENGLISH WORD – “GENTILE” – A SAD ERROR IN TRANSLATION

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An examination of this word, and how it came into the English language from the Bible, shows that it was evidently coined by the translators of the Authorised Version to express a view point that was biased due to their individualistic understanding that excluded the main national theme of Israel from the New Testament. Ignorant…

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CHAPLAIN’S PAGE – “A CALL TO ARMS”

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In this politically correct society, any mention of arms or warfare is strictly ‘no go.’ Any form of resistance to the nation’s plunge to extinction is viewed with suspicion. This is not only so on the political front, but also within the church of Christ. There has never been a time such as this when…

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AS I SEE IT – A FAMINE OF THE WORD!

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“Behold the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD” [Amos 8:11] The world today needs the Word of God. Our world is in a total state of chaos, full…

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THE OLD TESTAMENT “ISLES” POINT TO BRITAIN

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ISAIAH’S PROPHETIC ALLUSIONS to the restoration of Israel in connection with islands are many and striking. What had Israel or Judah of old to do with islands? In the Old Testament times they were in no way connected with them, and of this much we are certain from subsequent history;- the Jews also have  had…

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