Salvation is a term used in the Bible very broadly. There are three main aspects of salvation, and we do well to understand and distinguish them. In fact, many errors have arisen from not understanding how the Spirit of God is using the term “salvation” in a given passage of scripture. As always, context is […]
Main article: Key Players and Terms in Prophecy Related: The Personal Beast; Antichrist The revival of the Old Roman Empire is a common theme in prophecy. It is described clearly twice in Daniel and twice in Revelation: Daniel 2 (the “feet of iron mixed with clay”) Daniel 7 (the “fourth beast” with “terrible iron […]
Main article: Battles of the Indignation Related: The Great Tribulation; The Prophetic Week The indignation is a 75 day period that will occur at the end of Daniel’s seventieth week. It is a technical term in the prophetic scriptures that refers to a series of judgments. A number of references will make clear that […]
The Ten Commandments (the Decalogue) were given to Moses on Mt. Sinai. The ten commandments are central tenets of God’s law, and they were later expanded on to fill in the details. The ten commandments give God’s bare minimum standard for man. The do not give us the full revelation of God’s character and will […]
Aquila and Priscilla. Aquila was originally from Pontus, which is the Black Sea region of modern Turkey. Aquila was a Jewish believer living in Rome with his wife Prisca as tent-makers, when they are first mentioned in Acts 18. Their names are found six places in the New Testament (Acts 18:2, 18, 26; Rom. 16:3; […]
Related: New Testament Apostles and Prophets; Servanthood; Office, Gift, Priesthood Introduction. Every believer has been given a special gift to aid them in their service for the Lord, and to benefit the whole body of Christ. These spiritual gifts are special abilities, and they are supernatural, although they do not always appear to be “miraculous” […]
What is the Millennium? The Millennium is the literal, undisputed, 1000-year-long reign of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is the time when the glory of Christ will be displayed to this world. It is the time when Christ will take what rightfully belongs to Him. It is the “end goal” of the purpose and counsels of God. By the end of the millennium, every enemy will be put down and the kingdom delivered up to God (1 Cor. 15:24-28).
Related: Justification; New Birth; Cleansing; Footwashing; Holiness Sanctification. The verb “to sanctify” means ‘to declare or set apart as holy, or for a holy purpose’. God is holy (Rev. 4:8), and all that is in association with God or in proximity to Him must be holy too; “Who shall ascend into the hill of […]
Main article: Key Players and Terms in Prophecy Related: The Personal Beast; Revived Roman Empire The coming prince is mentioned only twice in scripture. He is mentioned in Daniel 9, as the prince of the people who destroyed Jerusalem. Which people destroyed Jerusalem? The Romans, in A.D. 70. This man will be the political […]
Main article: Battles of the Indignation Related: Harvest Judgment; Judgment of the Quick and the Dead The Vintage (Winepress) Judgment. The winepress judgment, also known as the vintage, will take place at 1335 days measured from the middle of Daniel’s seventieth week (Rev. 14:17-20; Isaiah 26:20 – 27:5; Isaiah 63:1-6). Those destroyed are Russia […]
Related: The Son of Man The Son of David is a title of the promised Messiah, according to: the Davidic covenant (2 Samuel 7:12-13), the prophetic scriptures that speak of Him; e.g. “And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots” (Isa. 11:1), […]
Judaizing teachers are mentioned in many of the Epistles: they had made inroads among the Corinthians (2 Cor. 11:22), the Philippians (Phil. 3:2), the Colossians (Col. 2:18), the Cretans (Tit. 1:10), but nowhere with as much success as among the Galatian assemblies. The tendency towards natural religion has been the bane of Christianity. They were […]
Related: Cleansing Footwashing. The very first subject brought out in the upper room ministry (John 13 – 17) is footwashing, which represents the work of refreshment and removing daily defilement for the maintenance of communion. It comes first before the rest of the upper room ministry, because we cannot enjoy Christ with defiled feet, […]
Main article: Millennium and Eternal State Related: The Intermediate State; Heaven The Father’s House is the eternal dwelling place of God that will be shared with the redeemed (John 14:2). Is it where the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit will be for all eternity, in the circle of divine light and love. When Jesus […]
Main article: Preliminary Events in Prophecy Related: The Great Tribulation The covenant. The leader of the revived Roman Empire, called “the prince that shall come”, will be instrumental getting a treaty or “covenant” online between his people (Rome) and “the many”, which refers to the Jews. “And he shall confirm a covenant with the many for one week;” Daniel […]
Related: Prayer Paul’s prayers. Not including benedictory prayers at the ends of his epistles, Paul records twenty-eight of his prayers! It is nice to trace these prayers through his writings. We are very thankful for them because they give us: (1) an insight into the heart of the apostle, and (2) a pattern for the way we should pray. […]