Wat staat er in de Bijbel

Geeft het u niet dat men op een komische wijze in contact komt met wat er in de Bijbel staat dat mag het een aangename verrassing zijn om jongeren, die tegenwoordig weinig interesse hebben in God en het Woord van God, de inhoud van de bijbel te leren kennen. > What's in the Bible

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Egypt in the picture

Egypt had also been a mighty power in the Middle East. The period of its greatness was about 1600 BC, when the armies of the conquering Pharaohs pressed southwards into the Sudan, westwards along the north African coast, and northwards through the land of Canaan (later Israel) and into Syria.
The land invaded by Nebuchadnezzar who overran Israel, sacked Jerusalem and burnt its temple, and carried thousands away captive to Babylon is now back in the picture with an opposite wealth. For 2500 years Egypt has remained, as Ezekiel prophesied it would, "a lowly kingdom", always dominated by others. But Egypt and the Egyptians did not disappear. They still exist, and though many claim that they have even recovered a measure of independence in recent times, thanks to massive financial support from the U.S.A. and Saudi Arabia, not many people got something from this economic funding.  Lots of the people have not enough to eat and no work. There were no prospects but now thousands have put their hope in a new peaceful revolution.

Egypt has been one of the United States' closest allies in the region but this governments’ reign now looks increasingly likely to fail.  This crisis follows the toppling of the Tunisian president a few weeks ago who fled the country after widespread protests forced him from office. Surely we see distress of nations and the sea and waves roaring. The sea and waves are symbolic of people raging against each other.

George W. Bush had previously pushed Hosni  Mubarak for democratic reforms but the head of state has perhaps promised a lot to his people and to the outside world, but kept 'his country' good in chains.

The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, with 600,000 members, stands for the re-establishment of the Islamic Empire (Caliphate), the takeover, spiritually or otherwise, of the entire world, and jihad and martyrdom. It has front organizations in the UK, France, and the United States. The danger exist that they are going to exploit the situation and the figure like Mohammed ElBaradei in order to hijack the Egyptian revolution at a later stage. We may not forget that that ever since the Brotherhood was founded over 80 years ago, it has engaged in political terrorism, assassinating Prime Minister Mahmoud al-Nuqrashi Pasha in 1948, trying to kill President Abdul Nasser several years later, supports Hamas, and more.
The Egyptians should well be aware what it could implicate if the Moslim Brotherhood comes into the governement. A leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt told the Arabic-language Iranian news network Al-Alam on Monday that he would like to see the Egyptian people prepare for war against Israel.

No casualties yet recorded by our brothers and sisters in Egypt. Our brothers and sisters seek seeing "(God's) righteousness" and find it important to try to develop a love of God's character, which means that we want to be worthy Christians showing our love for God His creation, our neighbours, and our love in God's Kingdom because righteousness will be glorified there.

We know that there is a fascinating prophecy in Isaiah 19 that speaks of God setting Egyptian against Egyptian. (Isaiah 19:2,4) As with all prophecies this has both a latter and future fulfilment. As we see Egyptian being set against Egyptian we see a latter day fulfilment now. In verse 4 of that chapter it speaks of a “fierce king” ruling over them. In fact Daniel 8:23 speaks of this fierce king. He is none other than the king of the north who will invade Egypt.

In the gospel of Luke, Jesus describes the nations (multitudes) rising up against nations (multitudes). This month we got reverberations from the mass protests in Tunisia and Egypt to be felt around the Arab world. Is it the woe of the multitude of people? US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the Middle East is facing a "perfect storm" of unrest and nations must embrace democratic change. Democracy (Liberty or freedom of the people from monarchies)  is one of the froglike spirits spoken of in Revelation 16 which gather all nations to battle. Brother Andy Walton agrees with Hilary Clinton:" We can see before our eyes how this spirit of people power will indeed bring war and conflict.... – the status quo is simply not sustainable. There is a day in which God will judge the earth by that man who he has appointed – even Jesus Christ."

January 2011 in the news

Weekly World Watch 1st - 8th Jan 2011‏

There was a Huge gas find for Israel Nations gather for war over Israel's oil find Nations arrive in Israel and surrounding nations to influence the peace process
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1. The UN has turned down Lebanon’s demand to intervene in delineating its sea border following Israel’s discovery in the Mediterranean of the Leviathan gas well – billed as the world’s biggest find in a decade. UN Spokesman Martin Nesirsky explained that UNIFIL’s mandate applied to coastal waters, not to delineating maritime lines.
   The enormous find of gas off Israel’s shores has the potential to become an enormous destabilising influence in the region. This article explains it could easily lead to conflict.
   We know for certain from the scriptures that when Russia attacks Israel it is because it sees a spoil worth taking.
2. How interesting that at the time the nations are beginning to question maritime maps of the ocean bed to establish who owns what – we also see the rumblings of conflict between rival nations.
3. Australia's wettest spring on record gives Queensland to face 'biblical' flood covering an area of the size of Germany and France!
4. The true impact of the natural disasters that occurred in 2010 are still to be fully felt.
   Altogether a total of 950 natural catastrophes were recorded last year, including five “great natural catastrophes:” the earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and central China, the heat wave in Russia and the floods in Pakistan. 2010 not only resulted in substantial losses, but also an exceptionally high number of fatalities – nearly 300,000.
   We now see food prices rising quickly due to the crop destruction with nations like Russia banning grain exports. Jesus spoke of a time to come when there would be great earthquakes and famines. We see large scale famine as a distinct possibility with these events. Whatever happens though NOTHING will separate US from Christ.
5. When the natural order of things stops working it causes alarm. Just today over 1000 dead birds have literally rained down in Italy! Mainly turtle doves but also other birds like pigeons. There is a very interesting passage in Amos which connects falling birds and warning & alarm! (Amos 3:5-7)

Further we got a.o. in the Weekly World Watch 9th - 15th Jan 2011‏
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1. Palestinians say they'll go to UN for recognition
2. Lebanon's government collapses after Hezbollah pulls out
3. Israeli troops on alert after Lebanese government falls
4. Brazil was reported in the Weekly World Watch slides just one month ago. They were the first nation to recognise an independent Palestinian State. One month later they have suffered their worst ever natural disaster.
5. An extensive study of tree growth rings says there could be a link between the rise and fall of past civilisations and sudden shifts in Europe's climate.
   The natural disasters we have been recently witnessing are a tiny foretaste of the tremendous upheaval that is to come -  which will usher in the long awaited Kingdom of God.

Weekly World Watch 9th - 15th Jan 2011‏

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More natural disasters and crisis in Lebanon.

1. The push continues for a Palestinian state. The Palestinian foreign minister says he will seek United Nations recognition for a Palestinian state in September and is currently lobbying for votes worldwide.
2. 2005 was a tumultuous year for Lebanon. The prime minister of Lebanon Rafik Hariri was assassinated. This provoked the “Cedar Revolution” where hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets.
3. A senior Israeli military officer says thousands of troops in the north are on alert following the fall of the Lebanese government.
   Authorities are concerned that the political turmoil in Lebanon will spill over into renewed violence on the Lebanese-Israel border. For Lebanon itself, the boom that has followed decades of turmoil could be brought to a shuddering halt as violence resumes.
4. Last year (March 2010) the US and Russia concluded a deal to cut their deployed arsenals of nuclear missiles by 30%. With great fan-fare it was announced this was the biggest breakthrough for arms control for two decades. Operational strategic nuclear weapons would reduce from 2,200 to 1,550. Now Russia is developing a replacement for the world's most devastating intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in a move that risks reviving a global nuclear arms race.
5. Brazil was reported in the Weekly World Watch slides just one month ago. They were the first nation to recognise an independent Palestinian State. One month later they have suffered their worst ever natural disaster.
6. Roman rise and fall 'recorded in trees'
   Climate instability is linked to the stability of civilisation. As we see increasing natural disaster we can expect increasing instability of the nations. Again we see how the two are linked. We believe that God causes the initial disaster which in turn changes the course of history with nations falling and rising. The final natural disasters will see the fall of the kingdom of men and the rise of the kingdom of God. The natural disasters we have been recently witnessing are a tiny foretaste of the tremendous upheaval that is to come -  which will usher in the long awaited Kingdom of God.

Weekly World Watch 16th - 22nd Jan 2011‏

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1. In Bible language the king of the north has come south – down towards the mountains of Israel – to pledge support for those who want Israel removed from the land.
   The president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev said "Russia's position remains unchanged." and pledged his nation's continued support in helping the Palestinians acquire a modern, unified and sovereign state.
2. Russia wants to be very involved in “finding a solution” to the conflict of the Middle East.
3. EU pushed to get tougher with Israel. European diplomats are calling for strong action against Israeli policy in a secret document made public recently.
   The report mentioned recommends the following steps: that East Jerusalem be treated as the capital of a future Palestinian state; that EU officials decline Israeli security in the eastern sector of the city; and that EU politicians refuse to visit Israeli government offices located beyond the Green Line.
4. The Stuxnet computer virus, created to sabotage Iran's nuclear programme, was the result of collaboration between at least one Western power and the Israeli secret service, a British cyber security expert has found. 
5. South African flood deaths rise following weeks of heavy rains that began in December.
   Meteorologists say southern Africa's floods are caused by El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which has also been linked to recent flooding in Australia and the Philippines.
   Jesus tells us that at the time he returns there will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines. There will be plagues and pestilence. Interestingly the word translated “earthquake” is also translated as “tempest” in the New Testament. 

Weekly World Watch 23rd - 29th Jan 2011

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1. Tens of thousands of Egyptians fed up with crushing poverty, unemployment and corruption poured out of mosques after Friday's noon prayers and battled police with stones and firebombs.
2. Egypt has been Israel’s closest Middle East ally. Mubarak has worked with no less than 8 Israeli prime ministers and was of course the leader that signed a peace agreement with Israel in 1979. It was at that time that Egypt positioned itself on the side of Saudi Arabia, as head of the pro-American camp. The fading power of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's government leaves Israel in a state of strategic distress. Without Mubarak, Israel is left with almost no friends in the Middle East; last year, Israel saw its alliance with Turkey collapse.
3. Oil prices surge on Middle East unrest.
4. Less than 24 hours after the breakdown of its nuclear dialogue with the six world powers in Istanbul, Iran announced plans Sunday, Jan. 23, to send a fleet of warships, including a home-made destroyer, on operational and intelligence-gathering missions to the Red Sea and on to the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal.
5. Ireland is upgrading its diplomatic relations with the Palestinian territories in recognition of progress being made by the Palestinian Authority, and is condemned by the Israel's government.
6. Violence. The scenes that perhaps 20 years ago would have shocked us to our core are now so regular and common place its just another suicide bombing like at Moscow's Domodedovo airport.
   The world has become so violent that it must be similar to the days of Noah.
   When God looked down on the world around 4,500 years ago it was described as being “filled with violence”. The word violence means just that but also cruelty and injustice. As we see innocent victims blown up as they went about their own business we see extreme cruelty, total injustice and terrible violence. We live in the days of Noah

Weekly World Watch 30th Jan - 5th Feb 2011‏

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In this weeks WWW

Uprising in Egypt + some fascinating Bible verses that speak of these events...

We don’t need Wikileaks to tell us what the Bible has told us in advance. We read in the scriptures that the nations (at the time of end) will be in a race to make weapons – to prepare for war. We read in Zechariah 14 of the final battle over Jerusalem.
In this chapter we read of the effects of the war. Many have noted that the effects mentioned in this chapter to those who perish in the war are very similar to the effects caused by nuclear weapons. Flesh dissolving as people stand there, their eyes and tongues melting away. These are the effects of a nuclear weapon. They may be used…

1. We have been watching incredible scenes in Egypt this week. Thousands and thousands of people determined to remove their government. But there has been much violence in the process with fighting between those Egyptians who want President Mubarak to continue in power and those (the majority it appears) who don’t.
2. We've seen Iran essentially take control of Lebanon, where its proxy, Hizbollah, has ousted a relatively pro-Western prime minister and inserted its own candidate. We've seen the King of Jordan rush to sack his cabinet amid escalating protests. We've seen reports that similar demonstrations are planned for Syria, where the president, Bashar Assad, will find it far harder to get away with gunning down the crowds than his father did in 1982. And most dramatically, we are seeing the regime in Egypt – the largest, most important Arab country – totter, as President Mubarak faces unprecedented popular protest, and the likelihood that he will have to step down sooner rather than later.
3. Egyptian officials blamed "terrorists" for an explosion which tore into a gas pipeline from Egypt to Israel and Jordan, and sent flames towering into the sky near the Gaza Strip. A leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt told the Arabic-language Iranian news network Al-Alam on Monday that he would like to see the Egyptian people prepare for war against Israel.
4. Protest wave spreads out over Arab neighbours. Unrest in Tunisia, Yemen and Jordan.
   In the gospel of Luke, Jesus describes the nations (multitudes) rising up against nations (multitudes).
5. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the Middle East is facing a "perfect storm" of unrest and nations must embrace democratic change.
6. Tension in the Middle East and Asia has given rise to an escalating atomic arms and missiles race which has “the direct potential to lead to nuclear war,” leaked diplomatic documents disclose.

Bible exhibition

  Short video which shows you do not need a big venue to present the Christadelphian exhibition.

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Christadelphian Bible Exhibition




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Financial aid requested by Nagarajan

From our Brother K.Nagarajan we got this request:

"My Dad had a heart attack on 7th of December and under emergency
conditions He was treated and had to be done ANGIOPLASTY with 3 stents
in his arteries. and is now recovering.

The medical expenses has been very high and our Christadelhians from
AUstralia and Hyderabad paid for it . There is still deficit of Rs 3.5
Lacs to pe paid.

Please , kindly , send some help from your ecclesia , directly to Bro
Tim at Hyderabad , who is coordinating here

OR

bro Tim is co-ordinating from Austarlia,

Bro TIM HARRINGTON at Australia
email :rollaway ,
or Phone No Australia +61397267664

Please keep in your prayers and infor the ecclesia members and do the
needful at the earliest.

in Lords Love

Sis Divya
Sis Naomi
GUJARAT
INDIA"

Those who would like to help this family in isolation are welcome to do so. You are welcome to contact the ACBM North West India  Secretary Tim Harrington [613] 9726 7664 e-mail: india_west@acbm.org.au

Doctrine van de Drievuldigheid

Verdedigers van de doctrine van de Drievuldigheid of Drie-eenheid eisen dikwijls dat het een mysterie is dat niet goed kan begrepen worden maar dat wij uit geloofsredenen werkelijk zo moeten aanvaarden zoals het is.  Voor vele Christenen is het een dogma of vastomlijnd begrip dat aan geen beredenering meer onderworpen kan worden.  In de Katholieke Kerk heeft men zo meerdere zaken die men aanschouwt als waarheden waarvan de Kerk plechtig heeft verklaard dat zij door God geopenbaard zijn en derhalve door de mens moeten worden geloofd.  Maar de berichten van de Bijbel, de overlevering in de Heilige Geschriften werden altijd helder betekend.  Zij hoefden in geen complexe taal opgesteld worden want dienden voor het gehele volk.  Iedereen moest de Bijbelse Waarheid kunnen verstaan.  De Bijbelboodschap was bedoeld eenvoudig en ongecompliceerd te zijn.

Het wordt soms dat beweerd als de meerderheid van Christenen gelooft in de Drie-eenheid, zij gelijk moeten hebben.  Nochtans, heeft de meerderheid zelden gelijk.  Zie b.v.  de ervaringen van Noah en Jezus zichzelf.

Het is verleidelijk te zeggen dat het een academisch argument is en niet echt belangrijk.  Nochtans, wanneer u tot in de details gaat kijken en er echt gaat over denken is de doctrine van de Drie-eenheid onzin voor de basis en betreft het cruciale Bijbel onderricht dat God zijn zoon gaf om voor ons te sterven.  (b.v.  Johannes 3:16)

Bij de afsluitng van 2010 gingen de Broeders in Christus van Burton-upon-Trent ook dieper in op dit onderwerp.  U kan een samenvatting van hun Bijbeluur presentatie vinden op Burton Christadelphians in het artikel: The Trinity: paganism or Christianity?

Om verder een beter inzicht te krijgen raden wij u aan om ook de geschiedenis van het Christendom even verder in te kijken.  Wij zouden als Christenen die persoon moeten volgen door wie wij de naam Christen dragen, namelijk Jezus (Yeshua) van Nazareth.  Jezus volgen is dan een van de eerste stappen die wij moeten doen in navolging van zijn andere volgelingen de apostelen.  Deze Joden brachten ook niet Joden tot het geloof in de Messias maar hadden weerwerk in hun eigen geloofsgemeenschap de Israëlieten en in het Romeinse Rijk met al de Griekse en andere invloeden.

De Belgische Bijbelstudenten zullen in de volgende weken het verhaal van het ontstaan van de Drievuldigheid verder uitspitten in hun artikelenreeks over de Geschiedenis van het Christendom:
Geschiedenis van het Christendom met De Vroege dagen van het Christendom: de Eerste Eeuw; Positie en macht; en de in de komende weken en maanden nog te verschijnen artikelen:  Minimaliseren van Gods Kracht de Heilige Geest; Verhoging Afdwaling (Naar de Tweede Eeuw en verder); Hellenistische invloeden; Politiek en macht de eerste prioriteit; de Universiteiten; en andere.


Lees ook: De Bijbel als Gids; Vele kerken
Diepgaander: Heilige Drievuldigheid of de Heilige Drie-Eenheid
Is God drie-eenheid
Geloof in slechts één God
God Helper en Bevrijder
Eigenheden aan God toegeschreven
Jehovah wiens naam heilig is
Eigenheden aan Jezus toegeschreven
Geloof in Jezus Christus
Reden en dat Jezus niet God is
God, Jezus Christus en de Heilige Geest
God versus goden
Afgoderij

In English: Bible guide; Many churches; First Century of Christianity; Position and power;

The Trinity: paganism or Christianity?

Compromise and accomodation

A summary of the Bible Hour presentation at the Christadelphian Hall, Blackpool Street, Burton-upon-Trent on Sunday 5th December 2010 on the compromise and accommodation between Christianity and the religions and philosophies of the world can be found in: The Trinity: paganism or Christianity?

What had once been a simple faith which could be understood by the man in the street, became a complex system of theology which was the preserve of an educated elite. The Christian church became an establishment with political influence and political power. It also became divided.

You also can find more about the historical developments how the Trinity came in to Christianity at the Belgian Biblestudents in the continuation from the articles:  The First Century of Christianity & Positioning of those in power, in Power and position and to be published later Early days of Christianity: Minimizing the power of God’s Force the Holy Spirit; Second Century; Hellenistic influences; Politics and power first priority; Blending of Jewish, Oriental, and Hellenic thought; a.o.

TheBible4Life KJV Jubileum

TheBible4Life Launch Event
TB4L will be launched at the Campaigns Fraternal in Warwick on 12th February GW. All of the new resources will be available there for you to collect and begin distributing.
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New Resources available for ordering
TB4L resource packs have been sent out to all UK ecclesias. These include the Bibles, Bible Newspaper, Why I Believe the Bible DVD, Bible Insert, Bookmarks and Bible Reading Planner/Handbooks. Order forms have been included but resources can be ordered online at the Dedication website
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Briefing material available online
If you are looking for material to use in briefing your ecclesias on the project you may find what you are looking for in the outputs from the Positive Preaching Day held in November
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De Bijbel vieren

Het Koning James Bijbel Genootschap is gevestigd om de 400ste verjaardag van de Koning James Bijbel te vieren die in 1611 werd vervolledigd.

Eén van de vele gebeurtenissen en projecten die in dit jubileum jaar zullen plaatsgrijpen over het verenigd Koninkrijk en rond de Wereld is de tentoonstelling welke een beeld schets van deze merkwaardige vertaling welke een hele wereld veranderde.

Deze tentoonstelling gaat de geschiedenis en ontwikkeling na van de Bijbel in het Engels van zijn Latijnse, Griekse en Hebreeuwse voorlopers naar moderne privépersuitgaven. Naast de 1611 KJV, kan men bij de meer dan dertig onderdelen op de tentoonstelling een dertiende-eeuwse Latijnse Vulgate en een blad van de Gutenberg Bijbel vinden. Verder een vijftiende-eeuwse Wycliffe Gospel Boek en een blad van een Wycliffite Lectionarium, de 1550 Textus Receptus gedrukt door Robert Estienne, zestiende-eeuw Engelse uitgaven die met de 1538 tweetalige Nieuwe Testament de Engelse versie van Tyndale en de Latijnse versie van Erasmus bevat.

Until Sunday, 20 February 2011

Time: Daily, M-F 9.30 to 8.00; Sat & Sun 11.00 to 4.00

Location: 230 Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Organisation: Dunedin Public Libraries

Topic: Bible

Website: http://www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz/

To download a PDF catalogue, please visit: http://www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz/heritage/reed-gallery/let-there-be-light. To request a printed copy of the catalogue, please contact Anthony Tedeschi, Rare Books Librarian (atedesch@dcc.govt.nz).

Celebrating the Bible in English

'Let There Be Light': Celebrating the Bible in English

An exhibition tracing the history and development of the Bible in English from its Latin, Greek and Hebrew antecedents to modern private press editions.
In addition to the 1611 KJV, the more than thirty items on exhibit include: a thirteenth-century Latin Vulgate and one leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, a fifteenth-century Wycliffe Gospel Book and one leaf from a Wycliffite Lectionary, the 1550 Textus Receptus printed by Robert Estienne, sixteenth-century printed English editions starting with the 1538 diglot New Testament containing the English version by Tyndale and the Latin of Erasmus, and finely printed editions by John Baskerville and the Golden Cockerel Press.

Until Sunday, 20 February 2011

Time: Daily, M-F 9.30 to 8.00; Sat & Sun 11.00 to 4.00

Location: 230 Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Organisation: Dunedin Public Libraries

Topic: Bible

Website: http://www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz/

To download a PDF catalogue, please visit: http://www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz/heritage/reed-gallery/let-there-be-light. To request a printed copy of the catalogue, please contact Anthony Tedeschi, Rare Books Librarian (atedesch@dcc.govt.nz).