Leaving Uncle Laban: ‘Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the gods’

Leaving Uncle Laban: ‘Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the gods’

Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 26, 2023 WORDS OF LIFE Genesis 31 31 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.” 2 And Jacob noticed that Laban’s attitude toward him was not what it had been. 3 Then […]

‘As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man’

‘As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man’

Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 19, 2023 WORDS OF LIFE 36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For […]

What I saw at the Second Coming: The big story – I

What I saw at the Second Coming: The big story – I

Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 21, 2023 Following is the first in a series of excerpts from a new book, What I Saw at the Second Coming: The Big Story by R.J. Morton. | PROLOGUE | He who speaks does not know. He who knows does not speak. — Lao Zi *  *  * “But concerning […]

Back to the garden: The Bible’s final chapter and the ‘Tree of Life’

Back to the garden: The Bible’s final chapter and the ‘Tree of Life’

Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 5, 2023 WORDS OF LIFE Revelations 22 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood […]

God put the one he trusted to Satan’s test; As the Creator He is unimpressed talk

God put the one he trusted to Satan’s test; As the Creator He is unimpressed talk

Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 29, 2023 WORDS OF LIFE Job 1 8 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” 9 “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. 10 […]

‘He who sits in the heavens laughs, and in his wrath he terrifies them’

‘He who sits in the heavens laughs, and in his wrath he terrifies them’

Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 8, 2023 WORDS OF LIFE Psalm 2 Why are the nations in an uproar, and their people involved in a vain plot? 2 As the kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers conspire together against the Lord and his anointed one, they say, 3 “Let us tear off […]

The Son ‘can do only what he sees his Father doing’

The Son ‘can do only what he sees his Father doing’

Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 1, 2023 WORDS OF LIFE John 5 13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there. 14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something […]

‘Everyone who does evil hates the light . . . But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light’

‘Everyone who does evil hates the light . . . But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light’

Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 28, 2023 WORDS OF LIFE John 3 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could […]

As ‘people holy to the Lord your God,’ you should ‘burn their idols’ and ‘show them no mercy’

As ‘people holy to the Lord your God,’ you should ‘burn their idols’ and ‘show them no mercy’

Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 17, 2023 WORDS OF LIFE Deuteronomy 7 When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations — the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you— 2 and when the Lord […]