Maranatha - "Your kingdom come..."

We attended a church service yesterday. It started off with a children's play, re-enacting the events leading up to the birth of Jesus. It was quite endearing. It was followed up with a main message by the Pastor. The focus of the message was Jesus as King. He used Matt 2:6, which was a quote from  […]

"The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast." Rev 13:3b How could this have been even remotely possible in any other time in human history but today? The "global collective" - group-think mentality enabled by the "world wide web".  […]

It's an assumption that the first "seal" coincides with the beginning of the last "seven" in Daniel's "seventy sevens" prophecy. Because it's an assumption, it may or may not be correct. I think this assumption probably has something to do with people attributing the  […]

Our Father in Heaven has given a considerable amount of thought and planning into His Day. There are a thousand bits and pieces recorded in Scripture about this event and the resultant aftermath - the restoration of all things - His kingdom. The account given by Jesus, and recorded by Matthew  […]

I suspect there have been many "Christian" theoretical frameworks that have developed over time like Dispensationalism - and so many more of the other -ism's that exist out there. Many of these nuanced ways of thinking become established as doctrine. All of these "cages" will get  […]

How do you know when you've taken the meaning of a passage too far? Here's a helpful thread from Joel Richardson. The Bible doesn’t actually teach that there will be a “One World Religion.” When many Christians hear this, they will object that Rev 13 seems to suggest otherwise: “[The Beast] was  […]

"Another negative result of the Church’s ignorance concerning Israel is her relative impotence and inability to articulate accurately the full gospel message, most particularly to the Jewish people. Far too many Christians view the Gospel, or “the good news,” in the most minimalistic of terms, something along the lines of “Jesus died for your sins so that someday, when you die, you can go to heaven forever.” The fact of the matter, however, is that the good news as it was proclaimed by Jesus and the apostles was so much more than this. It involved the full testimony of God, from creation to the great covenants of God, to the atoning death and resurrection of the Messiah, to His return to judge the earth and restore the kingdom of Israel."

- Joel Richardson (exerpt from "When a Jew Rules the World")

In this course, Joel Richardson surveys some of the most important and foundational passages and themes related to the subject of eschatology. From Genesis to Revelation, Joel presents a clear overview of the Lord’s prophetic plan for the ages. This course will clear away much of the fog of  […]

"In Romans 11, Paul (a Jewish Pharisee who went on to write at least a third of the New Testament) warns particularly about two major pitfalls in Gentile approaches toward Jews who do not embrace Jesus as Messiah" arrogance (Romans 11:17-18) If some of the branches have been broken off,  […]

In my short existence (61 yrs), there has never been a time when there has been so much wide spread disruption. So much so, that it's become cliché to comment on the disruption of "these days". Take note! He will shake the world a little bit before He comes to shake the world a lot! All  […]