Isaiah 25:1 |
Vol. 10.01
January-February 2018 |
THE REIGN OF THE
LORD IN ZION
– The News of Life. Obadiah 21
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Prepare the
Table, Watch in the Watchtower, Eat, Drink ...
Isaiah 21:5 |
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ONE SHALL BE TAKEN
AND ANOTHER LEFT
“I
tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall
be taken, and the other shall be left.”
–
Luke 17:34.
Looking at the things due during the day of the
revelation of his
presence, Jesus says: “I tell you, in that
night [before
the day
has dawned, yet a part of that day] there will be two in a bed; one will be
taken, and the other left. Two will be grinding together, the one will be taken,
and the other left.” [Luke 17:34-35 — Diaglott]
A bed is a place in which to rest; it is here used, we believe, to represent the
resting place of the church — the
belief or
creed. The same bed is here referred to in Isa.
28:20.
The prophet is speaking of the stumbling of the church (v.
13)
and of the flood of trouble coming upon them (v.
18),
and says:
“When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then you shall be trodden
down by it; from the time that it goes forth it shall take you [the trouble
will commence with the church]; for morning by morning shall it pass over,
by day and by night [increasing like a flood of waters]; and it shall be a
vexation only until he shall make you to understand
doctrine.”
[The church has largely substituted doctrines of
men for those
of God, and they will be vexed and perplexed by the spread of Infidelity, etc.,
until they come to understand God’s word and plan. Then their perplexity and
trouble will be at an end, for they will see that the whole
plan is working out gloriously to the praise of God and the good of His
creatures.]
“For
[the vexation is because] the
bed
[creeds — belief] is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it.”
The creeds cramp any who have any degree of development. When we were babes
we could rest in them, but by reason of growth in grace and knowledge some
are coming to find themselves in a very uncomfortable place — no rest there
now; it will be quite a relief to get out of such a
bed.
It is from this short
bed that some
will be taken in the day when the Son of man is present, turning the light of
truth upon error and bringing to light all the hidden things of darkness. During
this time before the sore vexation of the falling house comes, some will awaken
and get out of such a short, uncomfortable man-made bed, into the
liberty
wherewith Christ hath made them free, and some will be left. Some will be so
short that they will feel no inconvenience, and others so sleepy and drowsy as
to not notice the matter, and will so remain until the Gospel house, beds and
all, become a mass of ruins; then these will “come out of great tribulation.”
“Two will be grinding together.” Grinding is the preparing of food for the
household —
this, then, seems to refer specially to the teachers in the church. Some of
these will be taken and some left.
The disciples inquired where they would be
taken to, and
Jesus answered: “Where the body is, there will the eagles be assembled.” The
ones taken
from the bed and from grinding are likened to eagles; they live high up above
the world, in the mountains, far-seeing; having eyes adapted to looking at the
light. (How they represent the intelligently earnest Christians.) What causes
the assembling together of the eagles from various quarters? It is hunger, and
because they see the prey — the food — a long way off — the food attracts them.
They come to eat the carcass — the food. Now look at the wonderful figures Jesus
has given us.
1.
First, he will be present invisibly, as the lightning, and men will eat, drink,
and know not in the days of the Son of Man;
2.
Second, in this day all that are on the
house-top
should escape before the storm destroys the house
(nominal
church) and injures many in it;
3.
Third, in the night, before the day has fully come, some, both of grinders and
of those not at ease in the short bed, will escape;
4.
Fourth, these thus attracted away will be like eagles;
5.
Fifth, the thing which
takes them
away is a desire for food;
6.
Sixth, such as thus seek food find it and meet the others similarly hungry and
they feed together.
How
true this picture is! The church has more preaching and teaching and forms than
it ever had, yet no
food is found by the “eagle class.” The eagles are hungry, and it is
their hunger which takes them away, and every such hungry one thus separated,
the Lord will feed. As they come to feed, they find others of “like precious
faith” and character, who have forsaken all for truth — the food.
Thus the “gathering” of the ripe wheat — of the jewels — of the eagles — is now
in progress, and by and by these will be glorified with their
head — Jesus
— changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye from human and mortal
conditions, to spiritual and incorruptible. Let us say in the words addressed to
Lot: “Escape for thy life, look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the
plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.” — Gen. 19:12-17.
FLEE BEFORE WINTER.
The above subject (Luke
17:31)
is found with other connections in
Matt. 24:17-21,
viz: “Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his
house...and woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in
those days!
But pray you that your flight be not in the winter (neither on the Sabbath day)
for then
shall be great tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world to
this time; no, nor ever shall be.”
This has been very generally applied as having its fulfillment with the Jews,
after their house
was given up and at its destruction, which followed the end of its seven years
of favor. We believe that these Scriptures did have
a fulfillment
there, but that they apply to the end of
this age
especially — in fact, everything which occurred to the Jews during their harvest
was a shadow
of what occurs now during
this harvest.
To the Jew, it was literally fulfilled; they fled from literal Zion, left
literal housetops, fields, beds and mills, and Josephus tells us that mothers
ate their own offspring in
those days.
But we are looking for the
substance
there shadowed. We have found the meaning of the
“bed” and of the
“grinding mills” and of the
“house-top.”
Now let us see who in Zion are they that give suck and are with child in these
days. We suggest that Paul and Peter and Isaiah tell us who the children are.
Written to new converts, we read:
“As
new-born babes,
desire the sincere milk of the word that ye may grow thereby.” (1
Pet. 2:2.)
Again, written to those who made slow progress in divine grace and knowledge, we
read: “I have fed you with milk and not with meat” — even as unto
babes. (1
Cor. 3:2).
“For when for the time you ought to be teachers [suck givers] you have need
that one teach you again, which be the
first
principles
[milk] of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of
milk, and not of strong meat. For
every one that uses
milk
[first principles
only]
is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a
babe. But
strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age
[men
— it is when grown to this full age and size of manhood in
Christ, that the
bed is found too short — that
a man
cannot stretch himself on it] even those who by reason of use have their
senses exercised.”
Heb. 5:12-14.
In
Isa. 28:9
we read: “Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand
doctrine [the deeper elements of his Word and plan]? Them that are weaned from
the milk and drawn from the breasts.”
The nominal church today is composed largely of those who give no evidence
whatever of being begotten of the Spirit — consequently are not even (embryo)
babes in Christ, and have neither part nor lot in spiritual things. Of those who
are spirit-begotten, how few have reached any degree of growth — how few are
men — nearly
all are babes
in Christ. We love babes — new-born babes especially, but
we feel disappointed, and disposed to chide them (as Paul did), when for the
time they ought to be teachers, they still have need that one teach them the
first principles. They themselves are much to blame that they are
“unskillful in the
Word,”
for the strength comes “by reason of
use.”
We should not confound these
babes with the class referred to as
babes by
Jesus, unto whom he says God reveals his plans, hidden from the prudent. There
is a sense in which we always should be
babes — in
meekness and simplicity. We should always be Christ’s “little ones.” Paul
defines the distinction between the two classes of babes in
1 Cor. 14:20.
If now we have found that nearly all the true Christians of today (like the
Corinthian church of Paul’s day) are babes not weaned from the milk, but still
needing it, who shall we suppose to be those who give suck in these days? We
answer, they are the ministers, class leaders, and Bible class teachers of the
church. They almost all boast of giving only first principles — milk; and they
seek by all means to prevent those in their charge from wandering off and
getting even a morsel of
meat — from
hearing anything which would cause their
“senses” to
be exercised.
As we progress into the time of the church’s trouble, (Zion’s travail) when
truth and error are both attacking her and causing her pain, until all of God’s
true children are delivered out of her — the brunt and severity of anguish will
come mostly upon those that “give suck.” They will find (and even now are
beginning to be alarmed) that not only will the babes cease to come into her,
but many (yes, ultimately
all) of those
now being fed with milk will be weaned and learn to eat meat or die of
starvation. “It shall be for a vexation
only until He
shall make you to understand doctrine” — or to eat
meat.
Isa. 28:19,
margin.
One day is with the Lord as a thousand years. (2
Pet. 3:8.)
The seventh thousand (or Sabbath — “the seventh day is the Sabbath”) commenced
in 1874, consequently we are now in the Sabbath day of our text: “Pray [desire]
that your flight be not on the Sabbath.” The Jewish law placed restrictions upon
the people on the Sabbath, and hindered them from journeying as much as they
might desire — therefore, if bound by those laws it hindered flight.
How is it now? Is there any special hindrance to escape from nominal Zion since
we entered the seventh day? We answer, Yes; those who stood fast in the liberty
wherewith Christ hath made us free, and were not entangled by any yoke of
bondage or creed of men, were in a favored position. Those who get weaned now
and eat the strong meat of present truth (see
Matt. 24:45,46
— which shows that “meat in
due season”
will be given when the Lord shall have come and is
present),
and hear the Lord’s word, saying: “Come out of her, my people, that you be not
partakers of her sins and receive not of her plagues.” (Rev.18:4) If they now
attempt to obey, they will find such
laws in force
in Zion
as will make it difficult to get out
quickly
unless those man-made
laws are
disregarded.
But we read: “Pray that your flight be not in
winter.” How
shall we understand this? We believe that we are now in the “harvest,” and that
it is composed of two parts, or as shown in
Rev. 14:14-18,
two
harvests. The first period of gathering the “first fruits of the wheat” and a
succeeding period of harvesting of the
“Vine
of the Earth.”
The first a time of favor, the latter a “time of trouble such as was not since
there was a nation.”
It is with reference to this first period harvest that we understand all
references and exhortations to the Bride or “little flock” stand related. It is
her harvest time and if we rightly interpret the Word, all who will have part in
that company and be overcomers will come out of “Babylon” before
this harvest
ends. Harvest always comes in
summer and is followed by the
destructive frosts of
winter. In
the figure used by our Lord we believe that the
second harvest or time of trouble
stands to the first harvest soon to end, in the relation of
winter. With this thought see the
force of Jesus’ words pray (seek, desire) that you may get out before winter —
in season to be an
overcomer.
We know that some
will say: “The harvest is past — the
summer is ended
and we are not saved.” “Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed
times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their
coming; but my people know not the judgment
[dealings] of
the LORD. How do you say, we are wise and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo,
certainly in vain made He it. [They
use very
little of it]....The wise man is ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo they
have rejected the Word of the LORD and what wisdom is in them?” (Jer.
8:7-9,
19-22.)
No, Zion knows not the time of her
visitation,
and soon, when the harvest and summer are ended, it will also be true that the
Lord is not in Zion — there is no king in her, there is no
balm in
Gilead — no physician
there and
those then in Zion will have lost the
“especial”
salvation, the prize
of being made the
heavenly Zion.
This “winter”
time coming is the time of Zion’s travail when the great majority of her
children will be
brought forth but those who will be members of the first-born will
come forth
before the travail and we know not how soon thereafter, they will be
“changed
in a moment in the twinkling of an eye.” Thus we read,
“Before
she travailed she brought forth;
before her
pain came she was delivered of a man child [the overcomers]. Who hath heard such
a thing? ...for as soon
as Zion travailed
she brought forth her
children [the great company].”
Isa. 66:7.
In view of these things can you wonder that Jesus says escape from the
house before
winter?
The harvest is nearly over; the summer will soon be ended, and the winter of
trouble will soon be here — “Come out of her my people.” Rev. 18:4.
LUGANDA TRANSLATION in
brief.
Omu Alitwalibwa Omulala Alirekebwa
Mbagamba nti Mu kiro ekyo babiri baliba ku kitanda kimu;
Omu alitwalibwa, n’omulala alirekebwa – Luka 17:34
Oburiri ky’ekifo ky’okuwumuliramu, era wano kikozesebwa okulaga okukkiriza oba
okuwumula kw’Ekkanisa (ebiyigirizibwa). Kino, kye tusoma mu Nabbi Isaaya 28:20 –
“Kubanga ekitanda kimpi omuntu n’okuyinza n’atayinza kukyegololerako;
n’eky’okwebikkako kyako kifunda n’okuyinza n’atayinza kukyebikka”. Omulanzi
ayongeera okulaga ebin’atuka ku Kkanisa mu Isaaya 28:13, – Okwesitala
kw’ekkanisa, era mu olunyiriri lwe 18 nti – “N’endagaano gye mwalagaana n’okufa
erijjulukuka, so n’okutabagana kwammwe kwe mwatabagana n’amagombe tekulinywera;
ekibonyoobonyo ekiryanjaala bwe kiriyitamu, ne kiryoka kiribalinnyirira wansi.
Buli lwe kinaayitangamu, kinaabakwatanga; kubanga buli lukya kinaayitangamu
emisana n’ekiro: era okutegeera ebibuulirwa kuliba ntiisa nsa.” Kino kikakasa
olunyiriri lwa 20, era kiraga nti omuntu bw’akula aba tayinza kujja mu kitanda
ekyo, eky’obuto!
Kino ekitanda ekimpi abamu mwe bajjibwa mu kiseeera ky’okudda kw’Omwana w’Omuntu
mu kiro; Kuba ekitangala ky’okujjakwe oba Amazima, ga kwekula obulimba. Wano
abamu ba kuzuukuka era betwalire ekitangala ky’amazima, songa abalala bakusigala
kuba bbo tebalabawo njawulo. Abuzukuse ne bava mu bulimba era ekkizikiza, bawona
ekiseera ky’enyumba okugwa songa abalala bakufira mu bitanda byabwe elw’ekigo
ky’enyumba!
Abakazi babiri baliba nga baseera (oburo) wamu; omu alitwalibwa, n’omulala
alirekebwa (Luka 17:35). Kino kiraga abo abli mu murimo gw’okusumba oba
okuburira enjiri abantu!
Abayigirizwa n’ebabuza nti nga batwalibwa wa? Yesu n’adamu nti, awaba omulambo,
Ensega we zikunnganira – Luka 17:37. Ensega zibeera wa ggulu era zirengera wala,
ziraba mangu ekitangala. Kano kaboneero kalungi akalaga abakkiriza. Era
ekikunnganya esenga y’emmere weri. Bino bya kutuukirira nga: Yesu wali kyama,
abali waggulu ku nju batwalibwa nga enju tenagwa, Obudde obw’ekiro nga Olunaku
lw’enkya mulindwa lunateera (naye ekiro ky’olunaku mulindwa), Abatwalibwa
balinga esenga, era emmere weri ensega weziraga, Bw’ekityo abo abanoonya amazima
bakunganiira awali ekibakusa era ne begata n’abo abagala amazima – ne balya
bonna.
Kale, okunganya abalonde ba Mukama kugenda mu maaso, amakungula g’ebirimba
by’engano ebyengedde, okukunganya amayinja g’omuwendo, oba ensega zikungana. Mu
bwangu, bano bakwegata kinomu ku Mukama wabwe era bawebwe ekitiibwa ky’obugole,
nga, Ensigo y’Abulahamu ey’omukisa. Kale gano g’emagezi eri buli omukkiriza,
okulabula eri Loti n’abenju ye. Olubereberye 19:17 – Awo bwe baamala
okubaggiramu ddala, n’ayogera nti Dduka oleme okufa; totunula nnyuma wo, so
tolwa mu lusenyi lwonna; ddukira ku lusozi, oleme okuzikirizibwa.
MUDDUKE MANGU NGA EBIRO BY’EMPEWO TEBINABA !
Omutwe gwaffe wagulu gw’eyongeera okugaziwa mu Matayo 24:17-21 – “… Naye
ziribasanga abali embuto n’abayonsa mu nnaku ezo! Nammwe musabe ekidduko kyammwe
kireme okuba mu biro eby’EMPEWO, newakubadde ku ssabbiiti: kubanga mu biro ebyo
waliba ekibonyoobonyo ekinene, nga tekibangawo kasookedde ensi ebaawo okutuusa
leero, era tekiribaawo nate.”
Kino kirabika nti kyatukirira ku bayudaya, naye entuuko yakyo namaddala, erindwa,
kuba byonna eby’atuuka ku makungula g’abayuddaya byali kisikirize ky’ebyo
eby’omurembe gwaffe, ogw’enjiri. Ensi y’abayudaya nga esanaawo, kyali
kifumbamutuku ! kale, abayonsa mu biro ebyo bebani? Omutume Petero n’Omulanzi
Isaaya bayogeera kubo: 1 Petero 2:2 – ng’abaana abawere abaakajja bazaalibwe,
mwegombenga amata ag’omwoyo agataliimu bulimba, galyoke gabakuze okutuuka ku
bulokovu”. Era Paulo ategeeza mu 1 Abbokolinso 3:1 – “Nange, ab’oluganda,
ssaayinza kwogera nammwe ng’ab’omwoyo, naye ng’ab’omubiri, ng’abaana abawere mu
Kristo”. Era Paulo akkatiriza mu Abbebulaniya 5:12-13 – “Kubanga bwekibagwanira
okubeera abayigiriza/ abasomesa be bibulirwa ebikkulu, mwetaaga nate omuntu
okubayigiriza ebisookerwako eby’olubereberye eby’ebigambo bya Katonda; era
mufuuse abeetaaga amata, so si mmere nkalubo. Kubanga buli anywa amata nga
tannamanya kigambo kya butuukirivu; kubanga mwana muto”. Mu Isaaya 28:9 – Ani
gw’aliyigiriza okumanya? Era ani gw’alitegeeza ebibuulirwa? Abo abaleseeyo
okuyonka era abavudde ku mabeere. Wano tukiraba lwatu nti abakkiriza mu
makkanisa mangi tebafuukanga baana bawere, era bangi eby’omwoyo tebabimanyi.
Kino kiraga lwatu nti abayoonsa be basomesa oba bakabona b’ekkanisa (Abasumba) !
Olunaku lwa Ssabiiti olwogeerwako lwe luno, olunaku olumu eri Mukama lwa myaka
1000 (2 Petero 3:8). Kale okuva mu 1874 AD twatandiika olunaku lwa Mukama era
kiraga lwatu nti olunaku luno si lwangu. Ssabiiti ya bayudaaya yalina amateeka
mangi agakugira omuntu okutambula ku lwa ssabiiti nga bwayagala! Kino kiraga nti
nemu lunaku lwa Mukama, sikyangu anbantu okuva mu maddini oba amakkanisa mwe
bazalidwa oba mwe bakulidde – Oluganda, eby’efuna, ebiwandiikidwa, n’ekinyuumo
bibakugira! Mu Kubikkulirwa 18:4, Mukama n’akowoola nti “Mukifurumemu mmwe
abantu bange, muleme okusa kimu n’ebibi byakyo, era muleme okugabana empeera
y’ekiibi nakyo! Bangi abiriremera yyo! Abo abayayanira okuba mu Sayuni
balyejjusa okuba nga balekebwaawo, era nga tebali mu Sayuni ey’omu ggulu,
etegekeddwa nga Omugole ategekeddwa bba – Okubikk. 21:9-10.
Tulaba nga Mukama agamba nti “Musabe, ekiduko kyammwe kireme okubeera mu biseera
eby’empewo/ enkuba”. Tulaba nga amakungula ga mitendeera ebiri – agasoka ge
g’ebirimba by’engano, ate amalala ge g’ebirimba by’omuzambibu gw’ensi –
Okubikkulirwa 14:14-18 ! Amakungula agasoka, bonna abalonde ba Mukama oba
omugole w’omwana gw’endiga wa kuva mu babuloni! Amakungula g’omuzabibu gw’ensi
ge g’oluvanyuma era mu kiseera ky’akatyabaga akanene ku nsi!
Kale tumanyi nti abamu, baliyogera nti “Ebikungulwa biwedde, ekyeya kiyise,
naffe tetulokose” (Yeremiya 8:20); Weewaawo, kasida ow’omu ggulu amanyi ebiseera
bye ebyalagirwa; ne kaamukuukulu n’akataayi ne ssekanyolya zirabirira ekiseera
mwe zijjira; naye abantu bange tebamanyi kiragiro kya Mukama. Mwogera mutya nti
tulina amagezi, n’amateeka ga Mukama gali naffe? Naye, laba, ekkalaamu
ey’obulimba ey’abawandiisi ewandiise ebitali bya mazima – Yeremiya 8:7-8.
Kino ekiseera ky’empewo oba enkuba, ky’ekiseera kya sayuuni eky’okuzaaliramu
abaanabe, abangi; naye abo abasika bw’obwakabaka be basoka, abaana ababereberye
era omugole wa Kristo! Tusoma mu Isaaya 66:7-8 – “Yali nga tannalumwa n’azaala;
obubalagaze bwe bwali nga tebunnatuuka n’azaala omwana wa bulenzi. Ani eyali
awulidde ekigambo ekifaanana bwe kityo? Ani eyali alabye ebigambo ebifaanana bwe
bityo? Ensi erizaalwa ku lunaku lumu? Eggwanga liriva mu lubuto mulundi gumu?
Kubanga Sayuuni yali nga kyajje alumwe n’azaala abaana be”. Bwatyo Mukama waffe
Yesu bwe yalaba ekiseera ekyo n’obwetavu eri abamukkiriza okudduka mangu
ng’olunaku olwo telunaba era bw’erutuuka, nti mu kifulumemu – Okubikk. 18:4,
Amiina!
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— Eph. 3:11, Emp. Diag.
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SOME BIBLE TOPICS TO BE COVERED:
(EGIMU KU MITWE EGIYIGIBWA)
1. Why does God permit Evil/ Satan to do
injury?
(Lwaki Katonda owekisa aleka Satan okukola
obubi?)
2. The Most Holy Faith — the Faith which was
delivered to all Saints.
(Okukkiriza okutukuvu enyo - Okwaweebwa
abatukuvu ba Katonda.)
3.
The study of Bible Covenants.
(Okuyiga Endagaano Za Katonda mu baibuli)
4.
Church History— The Seven Churches and
Seven Angels; Rev. 2
(Ekanisa Omusanvu ne
Bamalayika baazo Musanvu
—
Okubikkulirwa 2)
5.
The Armageddon & The End of the World.
(Olutalo ddekabusa era
olwenkomerero y’ensi)
6.
Tongues, Miracles, Visions and Prophesying.
(Ebyamagero, Okulabikirwa, Okwogera mu nnimi
era n’Obwanabbi)
7.
The TRUE Christian Baptism!
(Okubatizibwa okuli mu byawandikibwa, okw’amazima.)
And many others (Nebirala)!!!!
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DESIRING GOD’S GREAT BLESSING!
Desiring to obtain God’s blessing but indifferent in doing His will results in
failure. Serving and improving the life conditions of your fellow men towards
God, is one source of God’s blessing. Therefore, desiring to spread God’s
Message of life but thinking you are too busy with work of whatever sort, poor
to give financial support as you may not have enough for food, or you are not
talented to speak, or feeling bodily imperfection that a person may ask you what
you can not explain; yes in whatever form of constraint: We advise you to
consider the many and varied opportunities the LORD of heaven has placed before
you to serve your fellow men and women; Example, obtain copies of this monthly
Newsletter — look at People interested in God’s word around you; at work place,
home, neighbors, at your church, sending a copy to mother, father, friends &
relatives in different places of the Country. Those who could promote this work
in other right way, the opportunity stands. Yes, how refreshing and motivating
you may contribute to changing Peoples lives, and yourself be God’s righteous
Servant in the belief of Christ and the TRUTH.
GROWING IN FAITH
Growth in faith is
a desired state of Christian for desired fruitage of Christ likeness; But this
must be in line with the will of God as expressed in 1 Thess. 5:21 KJV — “Prove
all things; hold fast that which is good.” In line with this exhortation we
advise all who are earnest students of Scriptures and our Newsletter, to prove
all our studies with the only standard given by God (Isaiah 34:16) and please
communicate to us! It is also, our privilege to share the message of God’s love
with others; hence we advise those who received the first publications to share
them with God’s People.
Christ’s Kingdom is a monthly
Publication by Uganda Bible Students:
All
enquiries and subscriptions to be addressed to:
The Editor, Christ’s Kingdom, P. O. Box 28734, Kampala, Uganda.
Email:
Eliezer_biblestudy@yahoo.com
Tel: (+256) 753 116202 / 0776 116 202.
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You can visit www.bibletoday.com for more on
Bible studies.