Day: February 7, 2019
Question 9: What is the “great star” of Revelation 8:10-11?
Posted on February 4, 2017 by Ariel Ministries Revelation 8:10-11 says: 10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter. (ESV) Answer: Whenever the word “star” is used symbolically in the Scriptures, it always symbolizes an angel. The context determines whether it is a good angel or a …
Faith and Grace:
Through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand…therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace…”the just shall live by faith.” (Romans 5:2; 4:16; 1:17) Faith accesses the grace of God. “Through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand.” When we first trusted in Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we enjoyed our initial access into grace. God intends for His children to continue accessing grace day by day throughout their lives. Every time we face any matter with dependence upon the Lord Jesus, …
Suffering the Loss of All Things
Philippians 3:8-9 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— I have suffered the loss of all things and do count them as dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in Him, …
I stand in awe..
This broken.. shattered soul was a disaster..A train-wreck of abused emotion..I was convinced I was a mistake..I was worthless and deserved to be hurt and betrayed..I allowed my emptiness to lead me to dark places..So dark I was a part of it.. The depth of it..I begged God daily to take me..But where He took me is not where I ever dreamt of..He took that black hole and filled it with sunshine..He took the clouds and showed me different ways to look at them.. He taught me I was not who I always felt I was..I was His.. I was …
The Mystery of the Menorah
The Mystery of the Menorah God commanded Moses to make a Golden Menorah for the wilderness tabernacle. Why? What happened to it after the Temple was destroyed? Where is the Menorah today? Is it important to have it again or was it only a mere shadow of something far greater? Will we have it in […]
