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J. R. Charlesworth
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A Jewish Wedding
Eastern custom has always been very different from our own European culture. Here a gentleman lifts his hat upon entering a home; in Israel he would remove his shoes. Similarly a typical Hebrew weddin…
J. R. Charlesworth
Aspects of Jewish Life
1973 Volume 24 Issue 2
Exposition
Asher
The keynote is happiness! This emotion seems to impregnate all the recorded facts about Asher. The name itself, given to Zilpah’s second boy, means “happy”. The plural form of the word, ashere, begins…
J. R. Charlesworth
The Twelve Tribes of Israel
1975 Volume 26 Issue 4
Exposition
Benjamin
In her barrenness, Rachel had threatened Jacob: “Give me children, or else I die”, Gen. 30. 1. She extended this demanding attitude to Jehovah, who acceded to her request for a second child, 30. 24, b…
J. R. Charlesworth
The Twelve Tribes of Israel (1974-1976)
1976 Volume 27 Issue 2
Exposition
Both Young and Old
Living as we do in an age when a notorious faction of society seems to be obsessed with the neurotic whims of militant adolescents, it is wise for us to review in the light of Holy Writ what ought to …
J. R. Charlesworth
1973 Volume 24 Issue 4
Exposition
Dan
The name of each of Jacob’s sons was specially chosen in the light of circumstances. When Rachel saw this boy, she said: “God hath judged me (Heb. dananni)”, Gen. 30.6, and named him “Dan”. Over the y…
J. R. Charlesworth
The Twelve Tribes of Israel
1975 Volume 26 Issue 2
Exposition
Gad
Leah claimed Gad (and Asher) in the same way as Rachel adopted Dan and Naphtali. Actually Gad was the son of Zilpah, Leah s maid, and was the seventh of what was ultimately to become a family of thirt…
J. R. Charlesworth
The Twelve Tribes of Israel
1975 Volume 26 Issue 3
Exposition
Israel’s Population
The land of Palestine has been peopled since primeval times. Some settlements of great antiquity have been discovered by archaeologists whose conclusions, as one would expect, confirm the correctness …
J. R. Charlesworth
Aspects of Jewish Life
1972 Volume 23 Issue 4
Exposition
Israel’s Provinces and Administration
The Old Testament records show how the land of Palestine was apportioned to the tribes of Israel, Josh. 13-17. The subsequent, chequered history of God’s earthly nation brought about many changes. Dur…
J. R. Charlesworth
Aspects of Jewish Life
1972 Volume 23 Issue 3
Exposition
Issachar
As Jacob’s workmen were busy harvesting the wheat crop, five-year-old Reuben played idly in the field. He noticed some attractive little cup-shaped white and purple flowers growing wild. Uprooting som…
J. R. Charlesworth
The Twelve Tribes of Israel
1975 Volume 26 Issue 1
Exposition
Jesus as a Child of Twelve
Throughout the Holy Bible the number twelve is connected with divine administration. This may be observed in such passages as Exodus 28. 21; Numbers 1. 44; 1 Chronicles 27.1-15 j Matthew 19.28; Mark 3…
J. R. Charlesworth
1972 Volume 23 Issue 1
Young Believer’s Section
Joseph
"These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph…”, Gen. 37. 2. It is with this special father-son relationship that the biography of Rachel’s elder boy really begins. The story occupies a quarter of the b…
J. R. Charlesworth
The Twelve Tribes of Israel
1975 Volume 26 Issue 6
Exposition
Judah
Strong in character, Leah’s fourth boy grew up to have influence with his brothers and his father. When he suggested that Joseph’s life should be spared, “his brethren hearkened unto him’, Gen. 37. 26…
J. R. Charlesworth
The Twelve Tribes of Israel
1974 Volume 25 Issue 5
Exposition
Letters of Commendation
The way in which such letters were used in New Testament times is shown by the following eight examples. A Letter of Confirmation, 2 Cor. 3. 1-6; 13. 1-6. The constraint of Paul is seen as, with court…
J. R. Charlesworth
1966 Volume 17 Issue 2
Study
Levi
Leah, in the hope that the birth of her third son would unite her more fully with her husband, called the child Levi, Gen. 29. 34, which means “closely joined” from the Hebrew root lavah. Jacob, on th…
J. R. Charlesworth
The Twelve Tribes of Israel
1974 Volume 25 Issue 4
Exposition
Manasseh and Ephraim
Josephs two sons were born at a significant stage in his career. His marriage to Asenath was one outcome of the deprivation he had suffered; and it is helpful to observe that if he had not left his fa…
J. R. Charlesworth
The Twelve Tribes of Israel
1976 Volume 27 Issue 1
Exposition
Ministry of the Word
We shall consider (i) the gift of public ministry; (ii) the brethren who minister; and (iii) the ministry which they present. The Gift of Ministry is: Appointed by God, Eph. 4. 7-16. This truth, which…
J. R. Charlesworth
1969 Volume 20 Issue 1
Study
Naphtali
Jacob moved in thought steadily from son to son as he gave each his parting blessing. The tenth he chose was Naphtali, leaving the legitimate offspring of Rachel until last. Naphtali’s mother was Bilh…
J. R. Charlesworth
The Twelve Tribes of Israel
1975 Volume 26 Issue 5
Exposition
Notes on John’s Second Epistle
The second Epistles of the New Testament may be studied as bearing upon practical issues relating to Christian conduct in “the last days”. Each applies the doctrines enshrined in the corresponding fir…
J. R. Charlesworth
1969 Volume 20 Issue 5
Exposition
Peter, James and John
Three brawny fishermen, whose differing characters have given colour and charm to their immortal names, have a message for us today. James, the unobtrusive elder son of Zebedee and Salome, might turn …
J. R. Charlesworth
1970 Volume 21 Issue 3
Study
Reuben
When Jacob called his sons around him, to give them his prophetic blessing, he naturally turned first to his oldest child. The Words of Jacob. “Reuben, thou art my first-born”, Gen. 49. 3. Leah surely…
J. R. Charlesworth
The Twelve Tribes of Israel
1974 Volume 25 Issue 2
Exposition
Reverence
Concerning multitudes of our fellow men and women, it may be truly said that “there is no fear of God before their eyes”, Rom. 3. 18. Irreverence is so blatant in almost every section of society that,…
J. R. Charlesworth
1973 Volume 24 Issue 5
Exposition
Simeon
At the birth of her second son, Leah’s hopes revived. She said: “Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated (lit. 'not loved’)* he hath therefore given me this son also”, Gen. 29. 33. She called the…
J. R. Charlesworth
The Twelve Tribes of Israel
1974 Volume 25 Issue 3
Exposition
The Governing Authorities
The Lord crystallized the truth concerning the authority of Pilate, the Roman Governor in Jerusalem, when He said, “Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above”…
J. R. Charlesworth
1970 Volume 21 Issue 5
Exposition
The Jewish Calendar
The Israelites divided the year into twelve months, i Kings 4. 7, based upon the moon’s phases. Because their calendar was not related to the solar year, a thirteenth month, called Adar Sheni (Second …
J. R. Charlesworth
Aspects of Jewish Life
1972 Volume 23 Issue 5
Exposition
The Jewish Religious Parties
Around us today are many critics of the truth of God. Atheists, humanists, modernists, spiritists and others all contribute in an attack upon the foundations of the Faith. Like Solomon, we realize tha…
J. R. Charlesworth
Aspects of Jewish Life
1972 Volume 23 Issue 6
Exposition
The Jewish Synagogue
"Synagogue" is a transliteration of a Greek word, used repeatedly in the Gospels and the Acts, to mean a place where people were led together with the main purpose of hearing an interpretation of the …
J. R. Charlesworth
Aspects of Jewish Life
1973 Volume 24 Issue 1
Exposition
The Twelve Tribes of Israel – Introduction
Reference to the State of Israel, in its history, as “The Twelve Tribes”, Gen. 49. 28, has become common parlance. In point of fact there are thirteen tribes. Eleven of Jacob’s sons headed one family …
J. R. Charlesworth
The Twelve Tribes of Israel (1974-1976)
1974 Volume 25 Issue 1
Exposition
Thoughts on John’s Gospel
The introduction of John’s Gospel is unique. This introduction, 1. 1-18, contains the whole treatise of John’s testimony in embryo. The prologue, vv. 1 -14, leads on to the witness of John the Baptist…
J. R. Charlesworth
1976 Volume 27 Issue 4
Exposition
Zebulon
The families which belonged to Judah, Issachar and Zebulun (Leah’s fourth, fifth and sixth sons), camped on the eastern side of the tabernacle during the pilgrimage to Canaan, and moved together, thro…
J. R. Charlesworth
The Twelve Tribes of Israel
1974 Volume 25 Issue 6
Exposition
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