Verse 9 reminds us that not only should we not turn against God in our trials and in our waiting for the coming kingdom, we should also not turn against those who are closest to us. James 5:9 The Message 9 Friends, don’t complain about each other. A far greater complaint could be...
Revelation 20 concludes with these solemn words, “Whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:15). Fortunately, that’s not the end of the story. The next verse reads: “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the fir...
The Plurality in God: The very first verse of Genesis presents the plurality of God, with Genesis 1:1 using a plural subject and a singular verb, that is, In the beginning gods He created the heavens and the earth. Elohim is the plural of the typical Hebrew word for God, which is El...
Some believers feel that the church will not be saved out of the time of wrath, but will be savedthroughit. Today’s verse, Revelation 13:7, tells us that those saints who are on earth during the Tribulationwill not bedelivered from wrathbutwill be overcome by the devil. The Church and...
“eagles,” but the reference is most likely to the vulture, which the Greek word includes with eagles as a class. The meaning of this much discussed verse is either that the corpse represents the returning Christ, whose appearance will attract the attention of the entire world, that is, ...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Versionso that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,New Living TranslationFor I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of ...
And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.Listen to the "Verse by Verse" episode covering this scripture.The return of Jesus ...
In Exodus the 4th chapter and the 10th and 12th verse, Moses said God spoke to him. God talked to a man lip to ear, and He said… "I'm slow of speech." Moses said; "I'm not sufficient; I–I–I can't go." He said, "Who made man to talk, or Who made him dumb? Who ...
In this post we will turn our attention to verse 16: “…that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,” As we did with the previous post, we will tackle this verse a phrase (or two) at a time....
Verse(Click for Chapter) New International Version This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” New Living Translation for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and...