Can we really know what the Bible does and does not say about the end times? Let's take a look at some different viewpoints of the End Times and what it all really means. First, let's take a closer look at eschatology, the study of the end times, and try to break down each theo...
My relatively new practice ofmeditating on God’s promiseswhen I can’t sleepled me the other night to wonder what all theBible has to sayabout God’s love for us. The only verse I could recall in my half-awake state wasJohn 3:16, but I knew there were many more. The next morning...
What does Heaven look like? What does the Bible say? The Bible provides several vivid descriptions of Heaven, particularly in the Book of Revelation, although these descriptions are often symbolic and open to interpretation. According to Revelation chapters 21 and 22, Heaven, or the New Jerusalem...
What is the rapture? The meaning or definition of the rapture is the idea that the coming of Jesus will take place in two separate stages. (Please note: the following paragraph cannot be supported from the Bible). The first will be a secret rapture—or carrying away of the saved to he...
Those who accept a martyr’s death are promised a crown, but nowhere does the Bible grant an exemption for those who reject Jesus, coercion notwithstanding. Not in the Church Age, and not during the Tribulation. “Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall ...
I wanted to know: what does the Bible tell us? It was just this past year in a Bible Study when this subject came up: Predestination and Election. When I heard the explanation, my initial reaction was: this doesn’t sound right or seem to reflect the God whom I came to know through...
Those who accept a martyr’s death are promised a crown, but nowhere does the Bible grant an exemption for those who reject Jesus, coercion notwithstanding. Not in the Church Age, and not during the Tribulation. “Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall ...
Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease? 2You have plantedthem, and they have taken root; they grow and bear fruit. You are always on their lips but far from their hearts. 3Yet you know me,Lord; ...
Pip, the protagonist of Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations," moves from poverty to luxury when his benefactor, Abel Magwitch, determines to "make a gentleman--and, Pip, you're him!" However, Pip's idea of a gentleman evolves into something different f
That’s touching on romanticism, but as the Bible itself says, [We] have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly.— Hebrews 12:22 Literally. Robert Jastrow and Malcolm Thompson,Astronomy: Fundamentals and Frontiers(Santa Barbara, CA: Wiley, 1977), 4, 12. ...