Whenever we have been taught to believe an idea or concept that most people accept as truth, but without testing it, without looking at that concept on its merits, then we are not doing what God told us to do. "1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because …
Continue reading Testing the Spirits – Part I: What Spirits?
" cleanse out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened, for also our passover for us was sacrificed -- Christ," (1 Cor. 5:7, YLT) Many people are missing the sweet and precious significance of Jesus Christ being the "Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Rev. …
The angels came and took our beloved son Brian home tonight, October 8, 2021 at 5:17 pm. In our sorrow and grief we also rejoice for he was covered by the blood of the lamb, and by Christ's passover. Psalms 116:15, "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints."
I believe we have greatly misunderstood God's word in many areas because of our current, traditional education system. The teachings today have implanted many pictures in our minds which are problematic when comparing to God's word; and which we then try to force upon God's word. One example of how our schooled or learned biases …
Yom Kippur was the second fall feast in Israel called the Day of Atonement, and the Day of Verdict. In the fall harvest festal timeline God commanded three feasts: 1st day of the 7th month (Tishri) - Yom Teruah - Feast of Trumpets - also called Yom Hadin, Day of Judgment (Lev. 23:23-25) 10th day …
In Parts V - VII of this series we saw that the specific parameters God set in the prophesy of Gog of Magog in chapters 38-39 limited the time, the geographical locations, and the object of the battle to Judea and Jerusalem of the first century AD. With those set limits there could be only …
Continue reading Ezekiel in Revelation- Part VIII: On The Mountains of Israel
God set parameters for both the time period and the geographic location for the battle of Gog of Magog in Ezekiel 38-39, and as referenced in the final battle of Rev. 20. God set the purpose for this battle, which was the 2nd destruction of Jerusalem, "against My land" (Ezek. 38:16). So, we can know …
Continue reading Ezekiel in Revelation – Part VII: Who was Gog?
"1 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: 2 `Son of man, set thy face unto Gog, of the land of Magog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy concerning him, 3 and thou hast said: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against thee, O Gog, Prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, …
Continue reading Ezekiel in Revelation – Part VI: The Land of Gog
With some expectation of stepping on toes, we approach a prophesy that is greatly contested and misunderstood, and has confused many commentators for centuries - the battle of Gog of Magog. According to Jewish belief, the battle of the prophesy of Ezekiel 38, 39 will precipitate the Messianic redemption - Excerpt from "The Battle of …
Continue reading Ezekiel in Revelation – Part V: The Time of Gog of Magog
"And it cometh to pass, in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], in the fifth of the month, I am sitting in my house, and elders of Judah are sitting before me, and fall on me there doth a hand of the Lord Jehovah, 2 and I look, and lo, a likeness as the appearance …
Continue reading Ezekiel in Revelation – Part IV: The Image of Jealousy / The Image of The Beast
The parallels of God's word define His metaphors and symbols. One thing is compared to another thing, and the symbol is defined. In Ezekiel chap. 15, God compared the people of Jerusalem to the vine tree in the forest. 6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, …
Continue reading Ezekiel in Revelation – Part III: Jerusalem, the Vine Tree and the Winepress
The judgment carried out against Sodom & Gomorrah for the sins of the people was literally and actually fire and brimstone. Abraham bargained with YHWH that if He found even ten (10) people who were righteous, YHWH agreed He would not destroy the cities. "And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and …
Continue reading Ezekiel in Revelation – Part II: Sodom & Gomorrah
The prophet Ezekiel was YHWH's messenger (angel) to the Israelite in captivity in Babylon. "3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.... 5 And …
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Strong's 5674 "abar", alienate. The definition: to pass over, through, or by, pass on; most prominently to cross over a stream or land border, to transverse, emigrate; as well as to pass away, cease to exist. (1) It is such a joy to connect the dots in YHVH's word. While researching the first use of …
When we read the Bible and come across the personal pronoun "you", does it always apply to us? Does every direction Jesus spoke to His disciples almost 2,000 years ago also apply to us when we read it in our generation, in our day and time? "3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is …
" So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation." (Heb. 9:28, KJV) The English word chosen in Heb. 9:28 as "save" or "salvation" is the Greek word "σωτηρία" or "soteria" and it means "deliverance, salvation". It …
Continue reading Which Salvation Arrived in AD 70? Heavenly or Physical Salvation?
"And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord [is] as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day;" (2 Pet. 3:8, YLT) This verse has been taken out of context and has been used to express the belief in a timing mechanism for God's …
How is it that we are so easily trapped by assumptions? I have read a few attempts at an answer to those who deny the need for immersion (baptism) for salvation by appealing to the thief on the cross who asked Christ to remember him (Luke 23: 33-43). The usual answers come about half of …
Something to ponder - Is the lake of fire literally speaking of a place, or is it a symbolic image of a process? "And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel." (Ex. 24:17, KJV) "For the …
A teacher and brother in Christ stated a few months ago that the first century AD was long past and that we did not have to consider it any longer; that it was finished. I was so very astounded by his statement, in light of the fact that it was the first century AD - …
Continue reading The First Audience Perspective of Romans 13
God created trees to be fruit bearing. Some give seeds, and nuts. Some give juicy fruits. Some have leaves that are useful for healing, and herbal remedies. Some of the nuts and seeds are useful for oils. A fruitful tree is life giving, good for food. A tree that is not fruitful is often cut …
Part I of this series on the Signs of the Feasts discussed the meaning of the Hebrew idiom / phrase "Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord" and found that this was associated with the three pilgrimage feasts for Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles; and that by using that phrase Christ had …
Continue reading The Signs of The Feasts – Part III: The Thief In The Night
Lev. 23:24-25, " 24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. 25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord. " …
Continue reading The Signs of the Feasts – Part II: Christ Told His Disciples When He Would Return
Much of the Christian world in the west knows very little of the ancient Hebrew customs, culture, and their idioms. For several generations Christians have been taught that we do not need to know the Old Testament because we are under the New Testament. This teaching could not be more wrong because the New Testament …
Continue reading The Signs of The Feasts – Part I: Christ Told the Pharisees The Time of His Return
Does John 3:13 contradict OT scripture for Enoch and Elijah's translation into heaven? "And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven." (John 3:13, KJV) This question pops up frequently. John 3:13 only becomes confusing because of our perspective when …
Continue reading Frequent Mistakes – Part VII: The Translation of Enoch & Elijah
The commonly held belief of the prophesy of 2 Peter 3:5-13 is a very touchy subject with many people who are reading these scriptures literally. But, they are not balancing them with the entirety of the scriptures. They focus on these verses and lift them completely out of the Bible to stand alone as the …
Continue reading Frequent Mistakes – Part VI: The End of The World, or….???
Psa. 18:2, "The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;..." (KJV) I have opined before of those who insist that all of the Bible must be taken literally. Surely it is evident that the poetry used in Psalms 18:2 is a literary device to express the idea of God's strength, shelter, and …
Continue reading Frequent Mistakes – Part V: Roses are red, Violets are blue….
When it comes to reading the Bible, the western English speaking world is at a great disadvantage. We have been trained to take things at face value, and to be very literal minded. But, the peoples of the Eastern world have a much different mindset, and are very familiar with poetical language, metaphorical prophesy, and …
Continue reading Frequent Mistakes – Part IV: Where Was “All The World”?
On this last day of the year 2017 it seems appropriate to speak of the last day as defined in the scriptures. If we begin with a faulty premise, then all of our conclusions will be wrong. Many people have been taught to believe that "the end" referenced in the Bible was speaking of the …
Many people fail to link the prophesy of Christ's ascension in Daniel with the vision of Christ before God's throne in Rev. 5:6 as the same event. That they are the same confirms the contemporary nature of Revelation's prophesy to the first century A.D Christians. Acts 1:9, " And when he had spoken these things, while …
Continue reading Frequent Mistakes – Part II: Rev. 5:6, The Ascension of Christ
One frequent claim against Revelation having already been fulfilled is that Nero as the beast died and therefore could not be the beast that was revived. We don't know Roman history very well. Many people make the mistake of assuming that the wounded head of the beast revived. But, the wounded head, though one of …
Continue reading Frequent Mistakes – Part I: Rev. 13:3 The Wounded Head
The English word "resurrection" does not appear in the Old Testament of the King James Version of the Bible, though the concept does. In the New Testament of the KJV the Greek meaning for "resurrection" is simply a raising up (Strong's Greek 386 - "anastasis"). For the purposes of this essay we will use the …
When our favorite Uncle Joe calls to tell us he will be traveling through our town next week and wants to come and stay with us a night or two, we gladly say "Come, stay." We pick up and clean the house. We might even bake some of his favorite foods. We prepare a guest …
Matt. 24:29-31 - in the King James Version - 29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of …
The exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt (late to mid- 15th century BC) is recognized by most students of the Bible to parallel the cross of Christ in the new covenant. We recognize that the exodus from the slavery and bondage to a sinful and idolatrous nation was the type / foreshadow of …
Continue reading The Promised Land: Between the Cross and the Kingdom
When God was angry with a people or nation, He would send a prophet to warn them to repent before He would send judgment upon them. The language of prophesy contained certain elements and structure that repeated no matter which nation or country the prophet was sent to warn. Let's examine some of these elements. …
I laugh each time I read the account of Jonah and his warning to Nineveh. It is funny when we can look from a safe distance back in time, and are removed from the immediate circumstances. But, Jonah had very real feelings about what God had told him to do, and most of us today …
Continue reading The End of The World: The Jonah & The Whale Syndrome
The words Gabriel spoke to Daniel recorded in Daniel 9:24-27, 24 `Seventy weeks are determined for thy people, and for thy holy city, to shut up the transgression, and to seal up sins, and to cover iniquity, and to bring in righteousness age-during, and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of …
God's language of prophesy is a challenge because it is a majestic and grand metaphor, a hugely poetical style. The metaphors and poetry which He used were to provide the sovereign and supreme import, the full vision and implications of what became the actual or literal outcome. The judgment was pronounced from heaven above in …
Continue reading The Signs of Revelation – Part VIII: The New Heavens and New Earth
Psa. 46:8, "Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth." (KJV) Looking at Revelation from the Old Testament (OT) is both enlightening and reaffirming. God's word is true and His judgments are righteous (Psa. 19:9; 33:5; 119:137, 160). If sometimes in our study we do not understand why …
Continue reading The Signs of Revelation – Part VII: The Plagues of Egypt
The first five parts of this series have discussed in some detail the signs and symbols found within the prophesy of John, the Revelation of Christ. All of the signs and symbols of Revelation are based upon Old Testament (OT) prophesies, and can be determined from the scriptures within the OT. The OT is the …
Continue reading The Signs of Revelation – Part VI: The Judgment Day, Chapter 20
We have been decoding some of the signs and symbols of the prophesy of Revelation, so that we can better understand the meanings of the book. The code is from the Old Testament (OT), and we are using scripture to interpret scripture, as only God can interpret His word. (Dan. 2:18-22) Once we recognize the …
Continue reading The Signs of Revelation – Part V: The Animal Symbols of the Battle
This series on the book of Revelation is defining the prophesy by looking into the source code. The source code for Revelation, and all of the New Testament (NT), is the Old Testament (OT). The NT is the OT revealed! By decoding the component pieces of the prophesy we can better understand and identify the …
Continue reading Signs of Revelation – Part IV: Symbols of the Throne Scene Chap. 4 – 5
Remembering that the New Testament (NT) is the Old Testament (OT) revealed, we continue the theme from Parts I and II of this series, that we must look to the OT for the signs and original meanings in Revelation. The code of Revelation is the OT. Part II of this series discussed the nature symbols …
Continue reading The Signs of Revelation – Part III: Codes of the Colors and Numbers
Part I of this series established the background and time period of Revelation as the first century A.D., the generation which Christ said would not pass until all was fulfilled. (Matt. 22:36, 24:34) Therefore, the events of Revelation "which must shortly come to pass" and which were "at hand" all occurred in that same century …
Continue reading The Signs of Revelation – Part II: Codes and Symbols of Nature
The book of Revelation is not a chronological account of the second appearance of Christ. Rather, it is thematic; tracing the steps through one vision, before beginning another vision and moving through that to its end. This happens several times to encompass the visions of Christ coronation, then the great tribulation and the battle between …
Continue reading The Signs of Revelation – Part I: The Time of His Coming
We have a perspective problem. Many people think nothing of taking the words that Christ spoke to His disciples in the first century AD out of time and place, and making them applicable to some future event and generation. Matt. 10:23, "... Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son …
Under the old covenant established in the exodus wilderness between God and the house of Israel, the Israelites built a tabernacle where the priests could enter under prescribed conditions to meet with God, to offer sacrifices for the sins of the people, and to minister unto God. This tabernacle was built of curtains, animal skins, …
Continue reading God’s Definitions – Part II: The House of God
It is sometimes difficult for people to look at things from God's perspective. We have to imagine ourselves looking down from His point of view to see ourselves as He does. We also have to realign our ideas so that they accord with His definitions. The only way to know what He has said, and …
Continue reading God’s Definitions – Part I: The House of Israel
We struggle with many left over concepts that the Protestant Reformation brought along with them out of the Catholic church. Martin Luther's education within the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) still carried the lessons he had been taught from their priests. One of these lessons is the misunderstanding about 1 Cor. 14:26-30: "26How is it then, …
Continue reading Is A Woman Commanded to Keep Silent in the Church?
Gen. 15:6, speaking of Abram, " And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness." Some people read the statements from the Old Testament about Abram's belief in God being reckoned unto him for righteousness, and use it as an example for us today. However, they are failing to consider …
It appears that the giants were called by many names, sometimes by the name of the lands they occupied, and other times by their reputation. So, let's take a closer look at the giants of old. For the most part, the references are from Young's Literal Translation as the generic translation of the King James …
Continue reading Giants: Rephaim, Zamzummim, Emim, Amorite, Anakim, Nephilim, Zuzim
"37 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, 2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they …
Continue reading The Valley of Dry Bones, a Picture for the Children of God
There are many bits and pieces, many supposed parts and chapters that comprise the Book of Enoch that is passing around today. The most used appear to be based upon the translations of the Ethiopic Book of Enoch found at the S.O.A.S. (School of Oriental and African Studies) Library at the University of London, printed …
2 Cor. 4:1-4, "1Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint, 2 but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before …
Continue reading The God of This Age, and The Prince of The Power of The Air
The Western mindset tends to very literal interpretation of the Bible, believing the words of the prophets to be descriptive of physical reality. But, the Bible was written in the Eastern metaphorical, poetical style where physical things we can see represent spiritual things we cannot see. For instance, according to Clarke's commentary, Micah 2:6 literally …
Luke 12:56, "Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?" Jesus spoke these words approx. 30 -33 A.D, and were recorded by Luke approx. 60 - 62 A.D. 2 Tim. 3:1, "This know also, that in the last …
Christ tells the chief priests and elders of the temple a parable in Matt. 22:1-14: "1And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, 2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden …
Continue reading The Burning of Jerusalem, and the Hadean Death
The numbers found in the Bible have both literal and symbolic meanings. The context, or the subject matter of the scripture tells us when the numbers recorded in the scripture are literal, and when they are figurative, or symbolic. For instance, the following scriptures all have a literal numeric value: Ex. 38:25, "And the silver …
Continue reading The Thousand Year Reign of Revelation 20 – Is It Yet Future?
Gen. 49:1, "And Jacob calleth unto his sons and saith, `Be gathered together, and I declare to you that which doth happen with you in the latter end of the days." (Young's Literal Translation, [YLT]) or Gen. 49:1, " And Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together, that I may tell you what shall …
Continue reading THERE ARE NO END TIMES! The Latter Days Are Not Our Days!
Christians follow the scriptures of the Bible as given by Yahweh, the Great I Am, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (renamed Israel), and of His uniquely begotten son, the Christ, the promised seed of Abraham, the Messiah (Jesus). Muslims believe in Allah, who they claim is the one true God of the prophet …
Continue reading The One True GOD – But, there are two of them! Allah or Yahweh?
"24Seventy weeks are determined for thy people, and for thy holy city, to shut up the transgression, and to seal up sins, and to cover iniquity, and to bring in righteousness age-during, and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies. 25 And thou dost know, and dost consider wisely, from …
There exists so much evidence of the first century prophecy of Revelation that it is hard to keep narratives brief, and I am unable to make this a short post. I ask that you bear with me, as I have had a difficult time limiting the information. The previous post, The Whore of Babylon, presented …
The book of Revelation is difficult to understand, and is much twisted and misused in our day, as many Christians today are not well studied in the secular histories of either Israel or Rome, and without that knowledge it can be very hard to grasp all of the clues. But, there are internal evidences in …
Many Christians are disadvantaged in that we are not well grounded in the Old Testament scriptures. We have been taught for so many generations that as we are now under the new covenant of Christ, that the old covenant is then no longer relevant. This leads many to assume that there is no need to …
Some readers may believe I have been harsh or hateful in recent posts referring to the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) as being of Satan. But, this is exactly what our Lord and Savior did when He called Peter "Satan". In the post "Liars & Murderers ... God Says They Are The Same" (see the post …
The Roman Catholic Church is teaching its members that they wrote the Bible. This is a lie against the Holy Spirit! This teaching contradicts the Scriptures. I am sure it amazes Moses, David, Solomon, and the other writers of the Hebrew Old Testament books which existed long before the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) was …
Continue reading Lies of the Roman Catholic Church – Part VI; The Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit
The wickedness and evil of the concepts of priests and an earthly priesthood are so abominable that my soul cringes to even discuss these creations of the Roman Catholic Church. The priests of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) are conceptions of ungodly men, who determined that Christ was not enough, that His sacrifice was not …
Continue reading Lies of the Roman Catholic Church – Part 5; The Blasphemy of the Priesthood
There is some confusion regarding the day that Jesus was crucified during the Passover week, and the actual day He was resurrected. The confusion is a matter of a language barrier between English perception and the Greek of the New Testament which was customarily understood in the first century A.D. We need to study very …
What a web the Roman Catholic Church has weaved! Each error of the Roman Catholic Church builds upon the previous error, promoting even more error to try to solve a problem the previous error created. The concept of original sin is one of the most heinous invented by the Roman Catholics, because of the further …
Once upon a time everyone knew that immersion in water was required to be added to the body of Christ, to be saved! Even the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) knew it! Jesus himself gave us the example when He went to his second cousin, John the "Baptist", son of Zacharias, to be "baptized". (Matt. 3: …
Continue reading Lies of the Roman Catholic Church – Part III; Baptism is NOT Sprinkling
In Part I of this series we examined the Catholic lie that Peter and Paul founded the church at Rome. This next lie, that Peter is the rock upon which the church is built, is based upon the views of individual men, bishops and priests, and their writings within the Catholic Church; which the Catholic …
Continue reading Lies of the Roman Catholic Church – Part II; Peter is Not THE Rock of the church
Once upon a time, in the first century A.D., there were Christians who assembled to worship the Lord in a pagan and idolatrous place called Rome. The congregations of these early Christians were trying to follow what they had been taught by others who knew of Christ, and appear to have been meeting in the …
Continue reading Lies of the Roman Catholic Church – Part I; The Pope Has No Apostolic Authority
Some people took exception to my previous post, “Nephilim.. Fallen Ones?”, and are still struggling with the uses of the Hebrew word that has been transliterated in some Bible versions in Genesis 6:4. So, let’s take a second look at the subject matter in a slightly different way. Both men and angels are created by …
Gen. 6: 1-7, "And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them, 2 and sons of God see the daughters of men that they [are] fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen. 3 And Jehovah saith, …
Shredding The Veil 