<b>"the Lord your God is gracious and merciful".</b>  All who come to God in true humility and repentance find grace and mercy. It is when we acknowledge we deserve punishment from Him we may find mercy. God's graciousness calls on His mercy. Under Hezekiah Israel needed to put right the evil that had permeated the ... Read more

<b>"most of them did not even know why they had come".</b>  They were just carried along with the crowd and found themselves in the amphitheatre crying, 'Great is Artemis of Ephesus' for two hours on end. (This was the demonstration orchestrated to oppose the Apostle Paul.) People today don't know why they do a lot ... Read more

<b>"and there was no more sea".</b>  In several chapters in Revelation sea is mentioned: chapter 4 describes a sea of glass, like crystal before the throne. Ch.5 every creature in the sea crying blessing and glory unto the Lamb. Ch.7 the wind was not to blow on the sea and an angel was given permission ... Read more