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Genesis - Explained and Applied 01

The Beginning

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Genesis 1 - 50 / MGdK /
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In the book of Genesis, we find the beginning of all things, such as the creation of heaven and earth, the institution of marriage and family, the first sin and, as a result, death and the offering for sin. The coming into being of God we will seek in vain in it. God has no beginning. He is the eternal God Who "in the beginning was" (Jn 1:1).
The way God personally reveals Himself to people in this book is impressive. He speaks confidentially with them, as a man does with his friends. Thus He comes to Adam in the coolness of the evening, He tells Noah His intention about the Flood and He visits Abraham and speaks to him. The book ends with the history of Joseph. In it, we have an impressive picture of the rejection of Christ and His ultimate government over the world.

Last rev. 16-10-2019 by: J. Noordhoek

Exodus - Explained and Applied 02

The Exodus

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Exodus 1 - 40 / MGdK /
Size: 145x210 - 290 pag. / 865 kb

Exodus has two subjects:
1. The redemption of the people of Israel from slavery (Exodus 1-24);
2. The dwelling place of God, the tabernacle, among His people (Exodus 25-40).
There are still a few important events in this book. We see that the law is given (Exodus 20) as the foundation of God’s relationship with His people. We also see that the priesthood (Exodus 28-29) is given on the basis of the grace of God for His people. Through the priesthood, it is possible to maintain the relationship between the people and God if the people fail in the holiness appropriate to God’s dwelling among His people.

Last rev. 16-10-2019 by: J. Noordhoek

Leviticus - Explained and Applied 03

Come Near to God

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Leviticus 1 - 27 / MGdK /
Size: 145x210 - 236 pag. / 766 kb

The word Leviticus is used in the Septuagint – the Greek translation of the Old Testament by the ‘seventy’ – as a summary of the subject of this book. It is meant to express that this book is about the rituals and ceremonies for which the tribe of Levi is set apart. Yet this book is not so much about the service of the Levites as about the service of the priests, although of course they are also of the tribe of Levi.
The book of Leviticus brings us into the sanctuary, into the heart of God. In what the sanctuary represents, we see what is in God’s heart. There God wants to have fellowship with us. Leviticus is the book of fellowship. Fellowship is ‘partnership’, having the same part. Our fellowship is with the Father and the Son (1Jn 1:3). With the Father we share what we have seen of the Son. With the Son we share what we may know of the Father.

Last rev. 28-10-2019 by: J. Noordhoek

Numbers - Explained and Applied 04

The Wilderness Journey

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Numbers 1 - 36 / GdK /
Size: 145x210 - 308 pag. / 952 kb

In the book of Numbers we see God's people in the wilderness in the presence of enemies. They are a people of warriors to defend the sanctuary. Numbers describes the journey of the people through the wilderness on their way to the Promised Land. God provided His people with all kinds of aids for that journey; these are also described. We also see how the people behave on the journey. Because since Sinai the law is the foundation of God's dealings with them, we see how God punishes directly when the people transgress and fail. At the same time we also see that God is a God of grace, who does not leave His people.

Last rev. 02-04-2020 by: M.G. de Koning

Joshua - Explained and Applied 06

The Inheritance

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Joshua 1 - 24 / MGdK /
Size: 145x210 - 198 pag. / 708 kb

The first part of the book of Joshua describes the struggle that the people of Israel must fight to conquer and take possession of the land of Canaan. In the second part, it is mentioned how the land is divided among the tribes.
The Christian also has a struggle to fight, but that is a spiritual struggle. He has also received blessings to enjoy. The devil and his angels want to try to prevent the Christian from also enjoying those blessings. That gives rise to struggle. At the end of the letter to the Ephesians is spoken about that struggle and how victory can be achieved (Eph 6:10-20).

Last rev. 12-04-2021 by: J. Noordhoek

Judges - Explained and Applied 07

The Decay

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Judges 1 - 21 / MGdK /
Size: 145x210 - 330 pag. / 1027 kb

The hallmark of the book of Judges is that "everyone did what was right in his own eyes". This is also the characteristic of the time in which we live. The histories in this book are therefore illustrations of the life of God's people in our time. It is not possible to read this book of the Bible without being challenged by it. Whoever takes to heart the lessons of the book of Judges will be changed by them.

Last rev. 24-04-2021 by: J. Noordhoek

Ruth - Explained and Applied 08

Grace

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Ruth 1 - 4 / MGdK /
Size: 145x210 - 72 pag. / 344 kb

In the book of Ruth it is about restoration of lost and forfeited blessings. In Ruth we see someone who, as a Moabitess, has neither part nor share in God's people and no prospect of ever belonging to them. Yet God's grace offers a possibility and that is by connecting her to a redeemer, namely Boaz.

Last rev. 03-05-2021 by: J. Noordhoek

1 Samuel - Explained and Applied 09

David: Shepherd and Fugitive

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1 Samuel 1 - 31 / MGdK /
Size: 145x210 - 278 pag. / 944 kb

The great theme in this book is not the person Samuel, but that of which he is the forerunner and which was introduced by him: the kingship. The ultimate goal is the establishment of the kingdom of God in Him to Whom the prophetic ministry, of which Samuel is the representative, points: the Lord Jesus Christ. The greatest act of all that we find of Samuel in this book is the anointing of David. In David we see the picture of the true David, the great Son of David, the Anointed, Christ, Who is always before God's attention.

Last rev. 12-05-2021 by: J. Noordhoek

2 Samuel - Explained and Applied 10

David: King & Father

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2 Samuel 1 - 24 / MgdK /
Size: 145x210 - 206 pag. / 764 kb

The history of David which began in 1 Samuel continues in this book. Yet it is also a new beginning. The first book ended with the death of Saul, the king after the heart of man. This book is about David. It is also about him from chapter 16 of the first book. There he becomes the rejected king. Now it is about him as the crowned king.
Another aspect of David is also discussed at length in this book, and that is David as a father. Its description contains many lessons for fathers and parents.

Last rev. 24-05-2021 by: J. Noordhoek

1 Kings - Explained and Applied 11

The Kingship in Decay

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1 Kings 1 - 22 / MGdK /
Size: 145x210 - 214 pag. / 764 kb

The books 1 and 2 Kings are one book in the Hebrew Old Testament. In 1 Kings (and also in 2 Kings) we see kingship as entrusted to man and through which he is put to the test. We see how the king and with him the people depart further and further from God.
We also see that God sends prophets to make His people return to Him. In 1 Kings this is especially Elijah. The performance of this man of God is impressive. Elijah is an example of how each of us can be a man of God in a time of decline, in which we also live.

Last rev. 27-08-2021 by: J. Noordhoek

2 Kings - Explained and Applied 12

The Two Exiles

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2 Kings 1 - 25 / MGdK /
Size: 145x210 - 228 pag. / 784 kb

In 2 Kings we see the development of the history of God's people that began in 1 Kings. We see the decline of king and people in an increasing degree. Again, we see that God sends a prophet. That prophet is Elisha, the successor of Elijah.
The beginning of 2 Kings is primarily an account of the grace of God through Elisha to an apostate nation. Despite that grace, the people slip away from God completely. Consequently, the book ends with the carrying away of the ten tribes by the king of Assyria and the two tribes by the king of Babylon.

Last rev. 16-07-2021 by: J. Noordhoek

1 Chronicles - Explained and Applied 13

The House of God

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1 Chronicles 1 - 29 / MGdK /
Size: 145x210 - 210 pag. / 783 kb

1 Chronicles, along with 2 Chronicles, is written after the return of a remnant from the Babylonian exile. The chronicler primarily describes the history of the kings of the two-tribes kingdom. He does so from the perspective of the grace of God. In 1 Chronicles, David is the main character. We see how he is particularly committed to God's house, a subject that runs like a thread through Chronicles. David's preparations for the building of the temple are described in detail. There are many spiritual lessons to be learned from this for what is now God's house: the church of the living God

Last rev. 09-08-2021 by: J. Noordhoek

2 Chronicles - Explained and Applied 14

The House of David

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2 Chronicles 1 - 36 / MGdK /
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The second book of Chronicles begins with the reign of Solomon and the building of the temple. This is followed by the histories of the kings of Judah from the house of David and their decline. The book ends with the exile of the people and the destruction of the temple by Nebuchadnezzar. However, the last two verses of the book also give us a new beginning. In those verses we see the work of the Spirit in the Persian monarch Cyrus, who sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom that anyone who wants to may return to Jerusalem to build the house of God.

Last rev. 09-08-2021 by: J. Noordhoek

Ezra - Explained and Applied 15

The Return

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Ezra 1 - 10 / MGdK /
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In Ezra and Nehemiah we see the LORD bringing a remnant back to Judah and Jerusalem from the exile in Babylon. In the book of Ezra, the remnant rebuilds the altar and the temple. For us, this represents: the return to original biblical worship (altar) and being a church (temple).

Last rev. 09-08-2021 by: J. Noordhoek

Nehemiah - Explained and Applied 16

The Rebuilding

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Nehemiah 1 - 13 / MGdK /
Size: 145x210 - 216 pag. / 790 kb

In Ezra and Nehemiah we see the LORD bringing a remnant back to Judah and Jerusalem from the exile in Babylon. In the book of Nehemiah, the wall around Jerusalem is rebuilt. This shows us that in order to serve God in the place where He dwells, there must be a realization that separation from the world is necessary.

Last rev. 09-08-2021 by: J. Noordhoek

An Explanation Of The Gospel According To Matthew

Behold, Your King

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Matthew 1 - 28 / MGdK / Behold Series 1
Size: Spec - 330 pag. / 1021 kb

The Gospel to Matthew is rightly placed as the first book of the Bible after the Old Testament. In the Old Testament a King is announced over and over again Who will deliver His people and make them head of all nations. Matthew makes it clear that with the coming of Christ that King has come. Whoever reads this Gospel with the desire to see Christ as King will "see the King in His beauty" (Is 33:17).

Last rev. 17-08-2020 by: J. Noordhoek

An Explanation Of The Gospel According To Mark

Behold, My Servant

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Mark 1 - 16 / MGdK / Behold Series 2
Size: Spec - 230 pag. / 755 kb

Mark presents the Savior as the true Servant of God. The Lord Jesus takes the place of Israel who has become an unfaithful servant. Compared to the other Gospels, we find few words of the Lord in this Gospel, but we read more about His work and service. This is succinctly expressed in the key verse of this Gospel: "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many" (Mk 10:45).

Last rev. 20-10-2020 by: J. Noordhoek

An Explanation Of The Gospel According To Luke

Behold, The Man

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Luke 1 - 24 / MGdK / Behold Series 3
Size: Spec - 426 pag. / 1260 kb

Luke presents the Lord Jesus as the Son of Man, the Man of God for all men. In Him God reveals Himself in redeeming grace to lost men. He addresses Himself in his gospel to all mankind. Here the law is replaced by saving heavenly grace. This Gospel shows not only the solution to the problem of sin, but also what God in His grace wants to make of us: sons in whom He finds pleasure.

Last rev. 26-10-2020 by: J. Noordhoek

Rock Solid 1 - The Letter to the Romans

An Explanation of This Letter Especially for You

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Romans / MGdK /
Size: 135x200 - 198 pag. / 1049 kb

This book helps you to read and study the Bible. Romans is the first letter of the New Testament. If you’ve just started your journey to read through the Bible with Romans, you have made a good choice. In it you’ll discover how God saw you while you were unsaved and how He sees you now that you know Jesus Christ as your Savior. This knowledge will give you assurance of having made the right choice.

Last rev. 28-10-2016 by: P. Versteeg

Rock Solid 2 - The First Letter to the Corinthians

An Explanation of This Letter Especially for You

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1 Corinthians / MGdK /
Size: 135x200 - 296 pag. / 942 kb

The first letter to the Corinthians deals with the church and your place in it. When we look at it outwardly, the church is no longer a unity. There are numerous groups and churches. This letter answers the great question: ‘Where can I find the place where the church gathers?’ But you will not find the exact mention of a place where that happens.
In this letter you will find a wide variety of topics. Most of them are about how the church should function in practice, or the way everything should happen in the church. And because you are a member of the church of God, all that is written in this letter is also very important for you.
In this book I would like to examine with you what this apostolic letter says about the gathering of believers, for they form the local church.

Last rev. 28-10-2016 by: P. Versteeg

Rock Solid 3 - The Second Letter to the Corinthians

An Explanation of This Letter Especially for You

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2 Corinthians / MGdK /
Size: 135x200 - 174 pag. / 939 kb

What makes this letter so impressive is that it appears that it is written especially for you. You were certainly not in all the situations Paul was in and most probably you will not come into such situations. However one can learn much from Paul’s example of how he conducted himself in these situations. This of course will be a great help to you. Anyone who wants to serve Christ in his life will have to face difficult situations. It will also be the same in your case if you want to serve Christ.

Last rev. 15-08-2018 by: M.G. de Koning

Rock Solid 4 - The Letter to the Galatians

An Explanation of This Letter Especially for You

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Galatians / MGdK /
Size: 135x200 - 96 pag. / 663 kb

In this letter Paul writes about justification through faith. This he also does in his letter to the Romans. The difference is that he writes this letter to believers who were inclined to rob this tremendous truth of its power and blessing by introducing again the law in their lives. Whoever does this, affects the perfection of the work of Christ. He demonstrates in an unquestionable way how faith and law exclude each other completely as the means to be justified before God. Therefore the letter to the Galatians is a very impressive and essential complement to the letter to the Romans.

Last rev. 28-10-2016 by: P. Versteeg

Rock Solid 5 - The Letter to the Ephesians

An Explanation of This Letter Especially for You

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Ephesians 1 - 6 / MGdK /
Size: 135x200 - 186 pag. / 989 kb

If you read and reread this letter you will be more and more impressed by the greatness of God’s heart. Nobody else than God alone could think of blessing sinners – who were spiritually dead, living at the same time rebellious against Him – with enormous riches, instead of devouring them by His righteousness and holiness.

This letter shows you as a Christian what your real blessings are, where to find them and where they come from. You will discover that the blessings of the Christian are spiritual, are found in heaven and originally come from the heart of God.

Last rev. 28-10-2016 by: P. Versteeg

Rock Solid 6 - The Letter to the Philippians

An Explanation of This Letter Especially for You

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Philippians / MGdK /
Size: 135x200 - 200 pag. / 1082 kb

The letter to the Philippians is a description of a Christian’s pilgrimage through the wilderness of this world. However, a Christian is not concerned with the things around him on the earth, but with Christ in heaven. His journey is towards Him. He gives up anything that prevents him from achieving this goal.

The intent of the letter to the Colossians is that you receive teachings from the things mentioned in it and begin to reflect on them. The result, no doubt, is that your heart and your eyes will be filled with the glory of the Lord Jesus. I can assure you that eventually your soul will be overflowing with gratitude, joy and confidence.

Last rev. 28-10-2016 by: P. Versteeg

Rock Solid 7 - The Letters to the Thessalonians

An Explanation of This Letter Especially for You

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1 Thessalonians / MGdK /
Size: 135x200 - 154 pag. / 871 kb

This volume is about two letters of Paul to new converts who lived in the port city of Thessalonica in Macedonia. Therefore, I think you will read this book with great interest. Although this book is written for young people, it does not mean that this book was not intended for mature believers. Older believers can be recently converted and in that sense be young believers. But also believers, who already have been living with the Lord for a long time, will be appealed to by the freshness of the faith of the new converts in Thessalonica. I hope that also those believers will be encouraged by this book.

Last rev. 28-10-2016 by: P. Versteeg

Rock Solid 8 - The Letters to Timothy, Titus and Philemon

An Explanation of This Letter Especially for You

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1 Timothy / MGdK /
Size: 135x200 - 278 pag. / 1091 kb

In his first letter to Timothy Paul is demonstrating him which line of conduct he has to teach the believers, so also us, regarding their behavior in the church, the house of God.
You may call the second letter to Timothy a farewell message of Paul. He leaves a spiritual inheritance behind: the truth that God has committed to his trust. He exhibits how the believers are supposed to deal with it when he is not there anymore.
The letter to Titus deals with the maintenance of order in the local churches of God as seen in the daily believer-to-believer relationships and their conduct in the world.
In the letter to Philemon you see that the Christian faith not only consists of what you believe, but also of how you practice the faith.

Last rev. 10-11-2016 by: M.G. de Koning

Rock Solid 9 - The Letter to the Hebrews

An Explanation of This Letter Especially for You

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Hebrews 1 - 13 / MGdK /
Size: 135x200 - 240 pag. / 953 kb

The letter to the Hebrews is called by someone fittingly: the letter of the opened heavens. In this letter the writer is directing your attention to an opened heaven. And what do you see there, or better said, Who do you see there? Christ. You see His glories as God and His glories as Man, for He is both perfectly and truly God and perfectly and truly Man.
The writer shows that the whole Old Testament worship service has been fulfilled in Christ. That’s what makes this letter very significant in our days. It learns to look at Christendom through God’s eyes. You will recognize how God wants to be served and worshipped, so that at the same time you may reject everything that is not in accordance to that.

Last rev. 19-11-2016 by: P. Versteeg

Rock Solid 10 - The Letters of James and Peter

An Explanation of This Letter Especially for You

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James / MGdK /
Size: 135x200 - 258 pag. / 1277 kb

James writes in his letter about the practice of the life of faith. He addresses everyone who confesses to belong to God’s people and tells them that the works of faith to other people are the only proof that there is real faith present in the heart.
In his first letter, Peter directs your heart on Him Whom you have come to love, although you can‘t see Him now. He also expresses what God wants to teach you about the grace that He shows in the Lord Jesus. That is to subject yourself to His will.
His second letter Peter writes as his spiritual testament. This letter is full of warnings related to the decay caused by seducers.

Last rev. 19-11-2016 by: P. Versteeg

Rock Solid 11 - The Letters of John and Jude

An Explanation of This Letter Especially for You

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1, 2, 3 John - Jude / MGdK /
Size: 135x200 - 158 pag. / 681 kb

In this book I want to read together with you four letters from the Bible. Of these four letters, three are written by John and one by Jude. These letters are of great interest in the end times in which you live. Many rock solid truths are attacked and made uncertain. These letters show that what you have received in Christ and have become is absolutely certain. By reading and understanding these letters you will be strengthened in your faith.

Last rev. 23-11-2016 by: P. Versteeg

Rock Solid 12 - The book of Revelation

An Explanation of This Book Especially for You

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Revelation 1 - 22 / MGdK /
Size: 135x200 - 314 pag. / 1077 kb

This last volume, how could it be otherwise, is about the Bible book Revelation. In the previous books of the Bible the truth of God has come to you in the form of letters. In these letters it is about the church of God which according to her nature and calling belongs to heaven. In Revelation it is about the earth and how God comes to His purpose with it. In all God’s acts you see the Lord Jesus as the Center. It is all about Him, about His future. Everything is seen and judged in the light of the relationship to Him.

Last rev. 30-11-2016 by: P. Versteeg

The Christian and the law

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Size: A4 - 19 pag. / 776 kb

All orthodox Christians agree in general that one can never deserve heavenly bliss by keeping the law. Only those who have sincerely repented for their sins and have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ by faith are saved. In this point there is no difference of opinion possible, if indeed we want listen to what the Bible says; for several times it is written that no flesh can be justified before God by works (see Rom 3:20,28; Gal 2:16; 3:11, Cp. Rom 4:6; Eph 2:8-9).

Last rev. 14-02-2016 by: M.G. de Koning

Sexuality, a Gift from God

Is it allowed to have sex before and outside of marriage?

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Size: Spec - 43 pag. / 187 kb

Are sexual relationships allowed before and outside of marriage? Misconceptions about sexuality, leading to bad practices, is one of the most important causes of weakness in the Christian witness on earth.