I was notified by a friend and reader of ’The Burning Bush’ that the following tweet had appeared on the internet.
That was mounted 2 hours ago (about 9.00 pm) and I just saw that the BB site has had over 1100 hits and the number is rising steadily!!
(1260 as I send out this email).
That is what you call ’shooting yourself in the foot’! I hope it really hurts 😊.
The article he is complaining about is:
The blinded mind of a sodomite
May many benefit from this ‘advertising’ of the BB by this supporter of perversion.
He claims that what I wrote about him was ‘homophobic.
That is untrue if he is claiming that I was inciting hatred against those of his perverted persuasion.
However, I certainly would incite hatred against ‘sodomy’ of which Michael Palmer is a supporter.
In hating such a sin I am following in the footsteps of the Psalmist.
“Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way,” Psalm 119:104.
“Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies,” Psalm 139:21-22.
More importantly, I follow my Saviour Who said:
“But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate,” Revelation 2:14-15.
The Saviour ‘commends’ the hating of the doctrines of the ‘Nicolaitans’, a 1st century heretical sect.
There are things and practices which Christians are exhorted to hate by the Lord.
Be that as it may, whatever the Christian may feel about sodomy and related perversions, it is nothing to the expression of wrath that the Lord will manifest in that day referred to in Romans 1:18.
“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness.”
(Written in haste!)
Sincerely in Christ’s name,
Ivan Foster
This the second article containing comments I have penned on Matthew 24:1-31.
I would consider this portion of God’s Word as one of the most important and relevant section of the Holy Scriptures for this day in which we live!
It speaks of those events leading up to the final seven years of this age and then goes into even greater detail regarding the second half of that season, the last three and a half years, or as they are referred to in the Bible, a thousand two hundred and threescore days, the time, times and half a time and the forty-two weeks, Revelation 11:2-3, 12:14.
I trust that you will be helped by what is here written.
Sincerely in Christ’s name,
Ivan Foster.
“All these are the beginning of sorrows,” Matthew 24:8.
Thoughts arising from my reading of this chapter as part of my daily reading and which are the second section of a brief study of Mathew 24:1-31. I hope to continue the study on a weekly basis.
Let us come to the words of this verse, which forms the basis of our study.
1. The meaning of the word ‘beginning’. The word carries the meaning of ‘the origin’. It first appears in the New Testament in Matthew 19:4. “And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,” Matthew 19:4.
From that act of creation, very much has sprung! Likewise, that is what the Saviour is indicating. The wars, famines, pestilences and earthquakes will give rise to very great sorrow.
2. This age is to end in sorrow and suffering. That is what sin and rebellion against God brings! “Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death,” James 1:15. (more…)