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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 typ ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 W ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, confir ...

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 abo ...

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 ...

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 Mat ...

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 occ ...

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 hearkene ...

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. ...

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 ro ...

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 h ...

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:

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 ...

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 ens ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 se ...

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 a ...

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 gi ...

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 ...

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 Solom ...

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 inte ...

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 ...

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 witne ...

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 ...

J. R. Charlesworth

The Twelve Tribes of Israel

1974 Volume 25 Issue 6

Exposition

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