THE PEOPLE OF GOD QUESTION WHY THEY ARE NOT BLESSED Malachi's Strong Warning for Israelite's who doubted God's Love is shocking! The last Prophet gave some startling messages to the returnees about their love for the most high God. God loves His people even when they are misguided. The people were not appreciating or feeling…
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Is This The Only Chance For Salvation? The Three Resurrections
SURELY THIS IS NOT THE ONLY DAY OF SALVATION God in His fairness, has another time period for most to gain salvation because most in this age, are allowed to be deceived by Satan. This period is often referred to as the day of salvation when all get a fair chance to repent. One cannot…
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Does Galatians Cancel the Biblical Holy Days?
DID THE APOSTLE PAUL CALL THE ANNUAL SABBATHS WEAK AND BEGGARLY? Some Bible scholars assert that Paul canceled the Old Testament Holy Days for New Covenant gentile believers. Other scholars assert the obvious truth that these Holy Days were observed by the early church. Then they were in later centuries, replaced by worldly days. Were…
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The New Covenant Passover (Lord’s Supper): When, Why and Warnings
WHY THE BIBLICAL HOLY DAYS ARE A GUIDE TO SALVATION The Biblical Days are not arbitrary, they convey the salvation plan of God to us. Note the first one - the Passover; it conveys the message of God passing over our sins because of the blood of the Lamb. John 1:36, “And looking at Jesus…
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Samuel: the Last Judge and a Consequential Transitional Leader of Israel
THE MIRACULOUS BIRTH, THEREBY EARNING SPECIAL ATTENTION Some of the great prophets in the Bible had miraculous births from mothers unable to conceive. This led to the child being given special importance and attention such as Isaac and John the Baptist. Hannah asked the High Priest for a child and if her prayer was answered,…
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The “Baptism of Fire” in Matthew 3:11, is it Something We Should Seek?
CAN WE PROVE THAT THE BAPTISM OF FIRE IS NOT A POSITIVE OUTCOME? Many believe that this baptism is also one of spiritual fire within the believers. They say it will ignite a fire within the believer. Is this the primary meaning of Mathew 3:11? This may appear at first glance, to be a desirable…
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Did Christ Mistakenly say He would Return during the Lifetime of His Disciples?
MANY CLERICS AND SCHOLARS LIKE TO ASSERT THAT JESUS WAS WRONG Some critics of the Bible look often for statements they can use to claim that the word of God is quite fallible. They wish to exploit anything they can use. We must become competent workman in our use of the Bible. Let us look…
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The Profound Three C’s of Deep Bible Study
COMMIT OUR HEARTS TO REALLY KNOWING AND LOVING GOD Our goal is to know God, not just know about him. We need to know Jehovah our God – His laws, and how He thinks, in order to really understand Him. We need to use Bible study to help develop a deep relationship with God. Isaiah…
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“Line Upon Line, Here a Little There a Little,” Why is the Bible Difficult to Understand ?
GOD KNOWS THAT MOST CANNOT HANDLE THE PRESSURE IN SATAN'S AGE Often people ask, “Why would God make the Bible hard to understand?” A good deal of the word of God is not so clear that one cannot misunderstand it. This is obvious. Most of the prophets will somewhat alter their topics every fifteen verses…
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Paul’s Dramatic and Powerful Entrance into the City of Rome
THE APOSTLE BUILDS DYNAMIC CREDENTIALS ON THE TRIP INTO ROME When the Apostle to the gentiles arrived in the capital city of the entire gentile world, he arrived with tremendous credibility and gravitas. God had allowed him to perform miracles and give divine advice to his shipmates during the stormy, dangerous trip to Rome. Paul had…
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