Category: bible
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The Witness of the Stars by Rev. Bullinger
The Witness of the Stars explores celestial signs representing Christ and redemption through chapters that detail constellations and their meanings.
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Witness of the Stars: The First Book. The Redeemer.
The First Book. The Redeemer. (His First Coming.) “The Sufferings of Christ.” The First Book is occupied with the PERSON of the Coming One. It covers the whole ground, and includes the conflict and the victory of the Promised Seed, but with special emphasis on His Coming. The book opens with the promise of His…
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Daniel and the Lions
DANIEL AND THE LIONS When Darius came to the throne, upon the death of Belshazzar, he set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty princes. Over these he appointed three presidents, of whom Daniel was first. Now the princes and other presidents were jealous of Daniel, and sought to find some fault against him; but…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: A Blind Man Who Saw
A BLIND MAN WHO SAW Once upon a time there was a boy who had a call to be a preacher. Now this boy was Scotch, and the fondest ambition of a Scotch mother is that her son shall become a minister. You may believe that this particular lad’s mother was very, very happy. So…
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Jonah at Nineveh
JONAH AT NINEVEH Jonah was commanded to go to Nineveh, and cry out that the city should be destroyed on account of the wickedness of its inhabitants. But instead of obeying God’s command he fled in a ship that was bound for Tarshish. Then a great storm arose, and the shipmen cast Jonah into the…
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Introduction to the Witness of the Stars
Introduction For more than two thousand five hundred years the world was without a written revelation from God. The question is, Did God leave Himself without a witness? The question is answered very positively by the written Word that He did not. In Rom. i. 19 it is declared that, “that which may be known of…
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The Brave Hebrew Boys
THE BRAVE HEBREW BOYS Brave boys and girls! We all wish to be brave, do we not? Then we must learn to say “No,” when tempted to do wrong. These Hebrew boys were young nobles who had been carried captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; but though in a strange land, subject to the mighty king…
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Elijah Fed by Ravens
ELIJAH FED BY RAVENS God was displeased with King Ahab, and sent His prophet, Elijah the Tishbite, to say unto him, “As the Lord God of Israel liveth there shall not be dew nor rain for years in all Israel.” God knew that these words would make Ahab angry with Elijah, so He commanded Elijah…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: Alas, The Marks
ALAS, THE MARKS There is an old, old story about a father who had great difficulty in making his boy obey. The boy did wrong in spite of all that the father could say or do. One day the father said to the boy, “Here is the shed door, now every time you do wrong…
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The little Captive Maid
THE LITTLE CAPTIVE MAID Naaman was a great general in the army of the King of Syria, who esteemed him highly, because it was Naaman that led the Syrians when God gave them victory over the Israelites. But in spite of his bravery and his high position, he was miserable, because he suffered from a…