Revelation is practically impossible to understand without a knowledge of Jesus and familiarity with the other books of the Bible, particularly the book of Daniel. Many of what John describes are in the book of Daniel and many other passages of scripture. 3.) The objective of the book is to...
Look then what is in the Holy Scriptures, and you shall find it but a letter of death and ministration of condemnation while it is separated from him. Christ is the very life and spirit of the scriptures by whose virtue they quicken our souls. If you consider the perfect rule of righte...
This is the date Jesus was baptized by John (anointed) and he began his ministry as the prophecy predicted. Here is an important verse in connection with Jesus’ baptism: “When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, a...
Mat 20:23And he said unto them,Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with:but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but [it shall be given to them] for whom it is prepared of my Father. Mat 26:42He ...
As Jesus was baptized by John in the Jordan, a voice from heaven proclaimed, “You are my Son, the beloved; with you I am well pleased” (Mark 1:11). Given what we have learned about Jewish language for kingship, this statement might at first seem merely to be a recognition of ...
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According to Christian belief, just after he was baptized by his kinsman John the Baptist Jesus began his public ministry. According to the Luke, he was about thirty years old at the time. Jesus used a variety of methods in his teaching, in particular parables and metaphors. ...
Instead, Jersak defines the wrath of God as “God giving us over” the destructive consequences of our own decisions. As we all know, decisions have consequences. While God seeks to protect us from the consequences of sin through Scripture, wise counsel of friends, and the indwelling Holy Spi...
3Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. ...
And in my view, I am not caring whether it contradicts or seems to contradict some Scripture. In my view, Paul, in the Galatian passage quoted above, gets it right. Yes, that has to do with baptism and salvation, but out of that comes God’s ideal: one new humanity with no ...