Grace and glory (H. Smith)

Psalm 84

Scriptures: Psalm 84     Keywords: Grace

This beautiful Psalm gives prophetically the latter day experiences of the godly remnant of Israel, when, delivered from their long captivity, they travel back to God’s dwelling place in Zion. The spirit of grace that breathes throughout the ... morePsalm makes it easier, than in many other Psalms, to draw from it an application to the Christian, as he too passes on his pilgrim way to the Father’s house on high.

Jacob’s Dream – its New Testament Fulfillment (H. Smith)

Genesis 28; Hebrews 13,5b

Scriptures: Genesis 28; Hebrews 13     Keywords: Letter to the Hebrews; Jacob

The writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews 1 alludes to the fine scene recorded in Genesis 28. In Hebrews 13:5, we read, “He has said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.” Thus the promise made to Jacob is appropriated to the ... moreChristian. So we may rightly conclude that in the story of Genesis 28 there is a shadowing forth of good things to come. In Genesis God is speaking to one of the fathers in a dream; in the Epistle to the Hebrews we have, no longer the partial revelation of a dream, but, the full revelation in the Person of the Son.