We always have to keep in mind the time each book of the Bible was written so that we do not become confused. Taking the scriptures out of their proper time causes the scriptures to become anachronistic, and brings confusion. Much of the present tense and future tense verbs and adjectives Jesus and the Apostles …
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As a Roaring Lion
8Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up, 9 whom resist, stedfast in the faith, having known the same sufferings to your brotherhood in the world to be accomplished. (1 Pet. 5:8-9, YLT) Translated more correctly in the Complete Jewish Bible - …
The Revealing of the Sons of God
Whenever the scriptures seem confusing, or are hard to understand we need to stop and look at our underlying assumptions and beliefs. When we bring our preconceived ideas, or learned perspectives to the study of God’s word, then we color God’s meaning with our thoughts. This will always leave us struggling to learn God’s meaning …
Coming In The Clouds – Judgment
I have spoken of this in other posts, but here I want to concentrate solely on this concept as many people are still expecting to literally see God coming in the clouds. God speaks in parallels at times. He will mention one thing, and in the very next part of the verse say it differently …
The New Jerusalem – The New Heaven & Earth Covenant
The prophesies from the Old Testament of the new covenant and the new Jerusalem are being falsely taught as literal. Many have been taught to believe that the words “forever,” and “no more” apply to a land based, earthly nation state of Israel. Those teaching these prophesies to be a literal rebuilding of the city …
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Hades Is No More
I have gone over this before in parts in several other posts, especially in the posts The Burning of Jerusalem, and The Hadean Death; and The Gathering of The Elect. But I want to drill down a little more on the prison of Hades as many people are still not understanding that there is no …
Christ’s Passover
" 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. …
Our Son
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."
Is The Earth Hanging Upon Nothing?
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 – The Day of Atonement
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 …
Crossing Over
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 Does “You” Mean “Me”?
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 …
Which Salvation Arrived in AD 70? Heavenly or Physical Salvation?
" 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 …
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A Day Is AS a Thousand Years
"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 …
The Thief On The Cross
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 …
The Lake of Fire
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 …
The First Audience Perspective of Romans 13
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 - …
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The Fig Tree and The Mountain
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 …
The Resurrection in Three Parts
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 …
The Days of His Visitation
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 …
The Gathering of The Elect
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 Promised Land: Between the Cross and the Kingdom
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 …
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The End of The World: The Jonah & The Whale Syndrome
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 …
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Daniel and The End Times
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 …
Did Christ Lie to His Disciples?
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 …
God’s Definitions – Part II: The House of God
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, …
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God’s Definitions – Part I: The House of Israel
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 …
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Is A Woman Commanded to Keep Silent in the Church?
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, …
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Do You Need To Be Baptized To Be Saved?
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 …
Giants: Rephaim, Zamzummim, Emim, Amorite, Anakim, Nephilim, Zuzim
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 …
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The Valley of Dry Bones, a Picture for the Children of God
"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 …
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The Book of Enoch – Fable or True
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 …
The God of This Age, and The Prince of The Power of The Air
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 …
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Micah’s Prophesy – No More War?
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 …
The Zionist Lie of “These Last Days”, or “How Is It That You Do Not Discern This Time?”
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 …
The Burning of Jerusalem, and the Hadean Death
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 …
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The Thousand Year Reign of Revelation 20 – Is It Yet Future?
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 …
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THERE ARE NO END TIMES! The Latter Days Are Not Our Days!
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 …
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The One True GOD – But, there are two of them! Allah or Yahweh?
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 …
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Seventy Weeks of Daniel Chap. 9
"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 …
Heaven & Earth Have Passed Away
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 …
When Jesus Called Peter “Satan”!
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 …
Passover, the Crucifixion, & the Lord’s Day; or Did Constantine Change the Day of Worship?
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 …
Behold, I Thought…..
Seems there are a lot of different beliefs about what God’s word says. Some people say, I believe this, others believe that. They don’t back it up with scripture. They can’t cite a scripture to support what they believe. They just believe something because they want to believe it. Their belief seems right to their …
It’s Not The End of The World – Part III; Judgment Language in the Old Testament
The Old Testament is our school master, bringing us to an understanding of God’s Law, His expectations, His standards, and His methods, and His nature. God even has a language of figurative metaphors which He uses in prophesy and judgment. The books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel are rife with God’s judgment language. Every time …
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It’s Not The End of The World – Part II; Time Texts of the New Testament
There is such fear expressed all over the internet and in many books about the return of the Lord, the Apocalypse and Armageddon, and the end the world. Many dates have been predicted for Christs' return that always come and go without result. Instead of questioning their basic understanding of God's word, the false prophets …
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Shredding The Veil 