"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

"As for me I am poor and needy, yet the Lord thinketh upon me." -Psalm 40:17  [KJV] My soul, sit down, and reckon up thy true riches. See what are thine outward circumstances, and take an inventory of all thine inward wealth. Thou art, by nature and by practice, one of the children of a bankrupt father, even Adam, who lived insolvent, and died wretchedly poor in himself, having entailed only an inheritance of sin, misery, and death, with the loss of divine favour, upon the whole race of his children.     By nature and by practice thou art poor in the sight of God, despised by angels on account of thy loathsome disease of sin; thine understanding darkened; thy will corrupt; passions impetuous, proud, selfwilled; all in opposition to the law of God; exposed to all present evil, everlasting evil; a slave to Satan, a willing captive in his drudgery; hastening daily to death, to the second death, and with an insensibility which is enough to make every heart mourn that beholds the

                                                          Cities of Refuge , Part VI Golan. by D.G. Miles McKee   As you remember, in previous weeks we’ve seen that six places were appointed as cities of refuge in Israel ... Kedesh, Shechem, Hebron, Bezer, Ramoth and Golan (Numbers 35:11; Joshua 20:7-8).  The reason for there being six cities and not merely one was that anyone who had unintentionally committed manslaughter would have no more than a day's journey to reach the nearest sanctuary. The names of these cities tell us a great deal about the Saviour.   Our final city in this mini-series then is that of Golan. So, what does the name ‘Golan’ tell us about Jesus? Golan  literally means  Joy .  This name once more points us to the Saviour for He is our chief joy. We may have other minor joys, but Jesus is our "chief joy!" The gospel contains great joy. When the angels arrived in Bethlehem, what did they announce? They announced good tidings of great joy!  Because of J