Old Testament

I was reading the book of Habbakuk, and when I came to chapter 2 I was amazed at how applicable it is to the world today (as it was to the world then) when the Lord responded to the prophet’s lamentations:

I will stand on my guard post
And station myself on the rampart;
And I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me,
And how I may reply when I am reproved.

Then the LORD answered me and said,
“Record the vision
And inscribe it on tablets,
That the one who reads it may run.

“For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
It hastens toward the goal and it will not fail
Though it tarries, wait for it;
For it will certainly come, it will not delay.

“Behold, as for the proud one,
His soul is not right within him;
But the righteous will live by his faith.

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In Jeremiah 36, we read of how Jeremiah the prophet was instructed by God to write down all the warnings against Israel and Judah on a scroll and have it read to King Jehoiakim and the people of Judah during the fourth year of the latter’s reign.

This was during the time when the Babylonians under King Nebuchadnezzar had subdued both Israel and Judah and made the latter a vassal state.

After spending a period of time in Babylon, Jehoiakim was restored to his throne by King Nebuchadnezzar and made a vassal.

Alas, he continued to sin against the LORD, and stubbornly refused to turn away from his evil ways even after having tasted punishment when he lost the kingdom of Judah.

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Have you ever been stumped and just left speechless by some of the ‘little’ nuggets of information and wisdom given to us by God in the Bible?

Here’s a confession: I often try to skip the genealogies in the Bible because, well, sometimes they can be a little dry. I did read the one in Genesis 5 and the one in Matthew 1 but that’s just about it.

However, I watched this little nugget of information presented by Steve Hadley, a pastor at Harvest Family Fellowship in Reno and when the punchline was presented near the end of the video, I was just simply floored.

Watch it, and I think you’ll be as amazed and simply flabbergasted as I am!

Our God is an AWESOME GOD indeed!

Halleluyah!

Does the term “fearing God” equate respect for, and reverence of God?

This particular thought has been occupying most of my conscious thoughts on the train to and from work the past couple of days so I thought I would share what I’ve learned.

Today, many sermons focus on love, forgiveness, the goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father, grace, the end-times, etc, but I have read or heard very few on the fear of God.

Don’t get me wrong — it’s all good that we are learning about love, grace, forgiveness and even about the persecution that is to come, but there are very few teachings on the fear of God, and I wanted to learn more.

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Finally, it’s the Shabbat and today is also finally the day when I can pay a visit to Hephzibah Christian Fellowship and find out more about them.

Finding the place was a breeze. After alighting at Queenstown MRT station, it was only about a 350 meter walk to the building itself.

As advised by one of the elders, Michael, I arrived a little late as he had previously told me that services don’t really start on time as they usually have a home group at church that he leads.

It All Looks Good!

The service is held on the fourth floor, but Michael was on the second floor of the building to welcome me, which was really nice of him. Upon entering the service hall, I was pleased to find no extraneous decorations like images of saints or a figure on a crucifix. In fact, there wasn’t even a crucifix to be seen anywhere, which is great.

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