[Revelation 19] Let’s face it – the languages of the world are quite something. I am fascinated by it and especially the history thereof. There are so many; so complicated and there are people so talented to conquer cultures, one word at a time. A language is the eye of insight into a nation, the…
Author: Ansophie Joubert
Writer and speaker in women's ministry.
62. Surely it will come.
[Revelation 18] We are in the first days of a new year. Something new is such a delight. There is deep satisfaction in the idea of new. A clean start, a new beginning, something different and fresh, redesigned, renewed, restored – an inspiring thought. We have just relived the days of Christmas again. On that…
61. The woman rules the mountains
[Revelation 17] We hear a great deal about women in our society today. Rightly so. I look back in history and understand the obsession with equality. Since the earliest times and over many centuries women have been treated appallingly, oppressed and abused. Although Eve was made for Adam as a wife and the other half…
60. Could this be love?
[Revelation 16] Our world defines love very specifically, even arrogantly as if anybody knows what it really means. The world around us would like to be the all and everything of perfect love. It might be in a moment’s sexual pleasure – of course, that is why they say they “make love”. It might be…
59. The two songs of heaven – come and sing it now!
[Revelation 15] From my heart the very best for 2017! I pray God’s richest blessing on all of you and your plans for this year. May every promise in His wonderful Word be the content of your year and future. May you be filled with hope and faith and that every day will be a…
58. Come to the mountain!
[Revelation 14] It is one of the most powerful metaphors in the whole Bible. God chose a mountain for the Israelites to meet with Him. Moses went up the mountain to receive the Law in the presence of the Most High. When the Israelites were slaves they worked in the pits of Egypt making bricks…
57. Underworld of the unknown
[Revelation 13] The unknown is scary, frightening, creepy, terrifying – yes all of this, and sinister, threatening and evil. All of these words and every synonym conceivable could describe the feelings of the ancient world towards the sea. It is understandable. The sea was a mystery of gigantic creatures and dark, unknown waters erupting in…
56. A baby and a dragon – really?
[Revelation 12] We live in the age of fantasy stories. I sometimes get the impression the filmmakers are enjoying themselves even more than their audiences, who travel into magical and mysterious worlds with life-like characters appearing real. The discussions around the latest idiosyncrasies of authors and directors, sound bizarre and outlandish. It is a weird…
55. Calendars and calculators.
[Revelation 11] Counting and measuring are the brushstrokes of the mathematicians to illustrate and colour the world into a comprehensible picture. I am in awe of the astrophysicists, the astronomers, the geologists, archaeologists and numerous other disciplines that count, name and number our universe. Our sciences are expressed in the results of the measuring rods…
54. Eat this book…
[Revelation 10] Our modern world is quite focused on eating. Food is culture, part of that which defines and determines our everyday. I once read that 95 percent of conversations in France centre on food (and the other five percent on how to avoid taxes!). It might not be true, though – it is not…
Pebbles of Perpetuity 