spirituality
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In Genesis 2:17, God said, “but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it. For in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.”. Why didn’t God want Adam and Eve to know good and evil? Isn’t that the one tree that they should have…
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“Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,” (Ephesians 5:18) Have you ever wondered why the apostle Paul contrasts being “ever filled with the Spirit” with “don’t be continually drunk with wine”? Couldn’t have Paul used a better illustration? Well, a person inebriated with alcohol doesn’t have control…
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(Romans 1:1-17) One of the greatest books in all the New Testament is the book of Romans. Chapters one through three really is one literary context; chapter 1:18 through 3:20 deals with the need for all men to be saved. The Apostle Paul is the indisputable author of this epistle to the believers in Rome.…
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(cf. Judges 6:11-7:22) Gideon was one of the many judges God raised up in Israel during the time when the tribes were very loosely identified as they had no central shrine, and no central worship. They got into big trouble in the Judges period so God would raise up from this tribe, and that tribe…
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(Revelation 22:1-21) Now we’ve come to the final chapter of the book of the Revelation, and notice in verse 1, “Then he showed me a river of the water of life,…” – for this ideal of a river which the angel now shows him, John’s been drawing from Ezekiel 47:1 and following, a river that…
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(Revelation 21:9-27) In verse 9, “Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” – this is the same angel back in Rev. 17:1 who brought the last…
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(Revelation 21:1-8) Chapters 21 and 22 of the book of Revelation really form one unit although in chapter 22:6 begins in an appendix to the book. What has been demonstrated in most of technical commentaries is that there is a background to most of the elements of the closing section dealing with heaven in Rabbinical…
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“When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released…” (Rev. 20:7-15) It’s future passive which means God’s going to let him loose, and there’s going to be a purpose in it. “…from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations…” – it’s amazing to me that people who have been with Christ…
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Of course ‘a thousand years’ is symbolical in the sense that one thousand is the cube of ten, the number of completeness.
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I must admit Revelation 20 has caused great controversy among many sincere believers, and so i approach this chapter with much prayer. Chapter 20 is obviously related to chapters 19, 21, and 22. I personally see it as being in chronological order although some sections of the book have not been in chronological order. The…