Nadab and Abihu (Lev. 10) ; and when the Lord comes to earth (II Pet. 3; Rev. 19:20). Our God is a consuming fire (Heb. 12:29). If you are going through deep wa ters; if you are having difficult times; if you are under stress and strain, look up to the blessed Lord Jesus Christ. Things will never be equal in this life and world. Thank God, however, when our Lord Jesus comes again, He will set all things straight. Those who deserve divine punishment, will receive it at His almighty hand. Don’t take the matter of vengeance into your own hands; leave it with God. If you have never received the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour, trust Him at once, while there is still time.
obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil” (Rom. 2:8-9). The Christians will not be free from trouble until Christ returns, but when the Lord does come, the trouble makers will be punished. Now, the troubled child of God is to rest (v. 7). Reliance upon God’s righteous judgment helps to slacken the tenseness. While it is possible to relax under pressure, it is not always easy. We can rest in Christ while we wait for His coming. In reading verse eight, we are reminded that the righteous judgment of God against sin has often come to sinners in the form of literal fire. Consider the case of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 19);
Dr. Lehman Strauss (left), propheticBible teacher, shares a time of fellowship withDr. Samuel H. Sutherland, Biola president. Dr. Strauss will be featured at the August Biola Family Bible Conterences this sum er. The 21st annual Biola Conference will be held at Mount Hermon,Augusttf to t7 and the annual Conference at The Firsin Bellingham, Washington, August 25 to 3t.
Dr. John C. Whitcomb, Jr., professor of Old Testa ment at Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana, brings a series of messages to the Talbot Theological Seminary. Seated behind him is Dr. Charles L. Feinberg, dean of Talbot Theological Seminary. Dr. Whitcomb presented the annual Lyman Stewart lectures for the school.
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