Bible
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“The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.” 1 Peter 4:7 The first Epistle of Peter, in many parts is really a series of prayers, but this one in chapter 4 verses 7-11 has some very interesting things to say to us about some elements in our life…
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(cf. 2 Thess. 2:1-10) The idea of anti-Christ or anti-Messiah is a biblical principle that runs all through the Bible. Genesis 3:15 has the first mention of it, “the serpent is going to bruise the Messiah’s heel, and the Messiah will crush that serpent’s head”. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-10 is the most definitive and the most…
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Psalm 19 basically talks about how has God communicated to human beings. Man has fallen into sin, and you and i are not what God has intended us to be. Fallen human beings only use 10-20% of their potential brain. We are drastically hindered from the marvelous creatures made in the image of God, and…
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In their book entitled “How To Read The Bible For All It’s Worth”, the authors make a statement in there, and it shocked me when I first read it. I think it’s true that 95% of the Old Testament prophecies have already been fulfilled in the Incarnation. Only 5% of Old Testament prophecies are future.…
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More often than not, one’s presuppositions determine his interpretation of the book of Revelation, and i must admit i am as biased and guilty of that as anyone else, though pushing one’s bias to be the standard for everyone else is the height of arrogance. I think there is a key principle that is crucial…
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Chapters 38 and 39 of the Book of Ezekiel depict God’s final defeat of evil among the nations which gets personified by a ruler who’s named Gog from the land of Magog. Now this name is derived from a genealogy of ancient kingdoms and lands from Genesis chapter 10. And it referred to powerful nations…
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Jesus’ Sermon on the mount as recorded in Matthew from chapter 5 and chapter 7 as it speaks to us is extremely hard. It certainly is for our age as it is for the Kingdom Age to come, and yet when it impacts our life, we become extremely uncomfortable. It’s an ethics in which no…
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In 2 Thessalonians chapter 2, the apostle Paul specifically addresses a specific issue related to the 2nd Coming of Jesus and the day of the Lord. Somebody in the Thessalonian church community had been spreading wrong information in Paul’s name, saying that God’s final act of justice on human evil, the day of the Lord…
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(1 Thess. 5:14b) “…be patient with everyone.” This is a present imperative which means this is not an option but a command. If God was patient with you all this time, sure you can have patience with others. Yes, it’s true people get on our nerves all the time, because we are all different. We…
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There are some Old Testament passages that say, if we’re not willing to turn and confess known sins in our lives our prayers will be detrimentally affected. You may not know it, but the Holy Spirit will bring to mind whatever you are upset about, and when He brings it to mind, we need to…