Month: April 2018
The Paradox of a Righteous Lot
Pete Garcia Most of us alive here in America tend to see the world with a western worldview. This worldview works fine for everyday life, but can cause the average western believer consternation when trying to make sense of certain parts of the Scriptures. All Scripture is giving by inspiration of God through the Holy Spirit (2 Tim 3:16), but what we fail to sometimes take into account, was that the men who physically wrote the Bible, were all from the Oriental world. The Old Testament was written almost entirely in Hebrew and with a small portion in Aramaic. The …
Does the Bible Teach a Rapture of Saints Prior to the Anti-Christ’s Apperance & Day of the Lord Judgements?
Article by Keith Sherlin, ThD; PhD; © Christicommunity TOPIC: RAPTURE & 2 THESSALONIANS (ESCHATOLOGY) QUESTION: “Does 2 Thessalonians 2:3 discuss the rapture of the church or the final spiritual rebellion of the church? I have been told that this is one of the clearest and most direct statements on the pre-trib rapture if the Greek is properly translated. But some tell me that the Bible never gives a clear statement on a pre-trib rapture. I’m confused.” ANSWER: You have asked one of the best questions on this subject. Remember that a lot of those teaching the Bible today do not …
EGYPT, JORDAN CONDEMN ISRAEL’S USE OF FORCE AGAINST GAZA PROTESTERS
“It’s an unacceptable escalation in Gaza. We condemn Israel’s violence against peaceful protesters and the innocent lives who went to practice their right of expression to reject the occupation.” BY REUTERS APRIL 2, 2018 gypt and Jordan both condemned Israel’s use of force against Palestinians who were protesting along the Gaza border, in a joint press conference held in Cairo on Sunday. At least 15 Palestinians were killed and more than 1,400 injured in clashes with Israeli military forces, during protests to mark Land Day on Friday. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi stressed that the recent developments have …
The Invitation
The Invitation What will we be doing in the Millennium? By Jim Allen Do you ever wonder about the Millennium and what you will be doing during the 1,000-year reign of Christ? I do. In fact, most do from time-to-time. But, along with wondering come the questions: What will we look like? What will we think? What power will we be given to serve the King of Kings? Even though the Apostle Paul wrote we are new creations in Christ, we struggle to know what that means (2 Corinthians 5:17). We are yet unglorified, undone, imperfect, and hidden away in …
Q. How come I can hear what God is saying to me and know when I need to do something, but often I cannot act on it.
Gracethrufaith Question of the Day: Q. How come I can hear what God is saying to me and know when I need to do something, but often I cannot act on it. I can’t seem to get my body under control. I understand that its not my works but my belief, which is that I’m redeemed by Jesus and what he did, it just really frustrates me. A. First, let me commend you for your honesty. Many Christians fool themselves into thinking they’re doing just fine in the sin department and a few actually claim to have stopped sinning altogether. …
“Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.” Isaiah 53:4
“Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.” Isaiah 53:4 Whatever the cause of grief may be, there is rich comfort in the remembrance of the sorrows of Christ. It assures us that Christ understands our pain. In the garden he went a stone’s cast farther than any of his disciples went. The picture is a parable to us. It is always so. Wherever you bow in the deep shadows of grief, you have but to lift up your eyes, and you will see Jesus in still deeper shadows—a stone’s cast beyond you. His sorrow was sorer than …
A Heart for God
We know we love God when we consistently—though imperfectly—make His desires our own. A Heart for God Acts 13:16 – 13:22 16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with [his] hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. 17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it. 18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. 19 And when he had destroyed seven …
Left To Our Own Devices
By Grant Phillips One of the most frightening thoughts that comes to mind, is the thought of God turning us over to our own devices. You might say, He washes His hands of us and walks away. I’ll never forget what one of our coaches said to us in high school. It went something like (leaving out the expletives), “When I’m on your case, I see potential in you. When I’m not on your case, I’ve washed my hands of you.” That has always stayed with me, and I found it to be true later in life when I did …
Firstfruits and the Resurrection of Messiah Yeshua
By…Jane Diffenderfer/women of valor The Firstfruits of the resurrection is a term that the New Testament gives to define the Messiah. Firstfruits is not a Sabbath, but it is a Biblical holy day that commemorates the greatest defeat of the enemy of our God. When death was given its final blow, and life was restored by the blood of the Lamb. Anciently, this day was celebrated as an agricultural festival of the first harvest of barley. It is a fully loaded holiday on many levels. When Messiah said He did not come to abolish the Torah of Moses, but to …
What the Resurrection of Jesus Means
It is not on man’s terms and will, but on God’s, that man finds the salvation that he needs; the power of God and the wisdom of God. Through the preaching of Christ crucified, God calls people by opening their eyes of faith to believe the Gospel. For us who are saved, it is through the power of God that we believe the Gospel and experience the regeneration that draws us unto belief. It is not just the world at large that considers the cross “foolishness”. The nations whose politicians have boasted of great wisdom and of the culture they …
Yeshua, the Passover Lamb of God
By…Jane Diffenderfer./ women of valor Jesus [Yeshua] is the reason for the Passover season. He is the Passover Lamb and the Firstfruits of the resurrection. Those who follow Messiah are unleavened by the sincere teaching of the Master. As we count three days and nights from Yeshua’s burial before the annual Sabbath of Unleavened Bread, we can anticipate the joy of the resurrection at the end of the weekly Sabbath. As the first day of the week began, Yeshua was raised from the tomb. At the same hour that the wave sheaf of the firstfruits of the barley harvest was raised …
