The first time the word “gospel” is used in the New Testament is, of course, in Matthew 4:23, where we read that Jesus “went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom.” What was this gospel message? That the kingdom of God was at ...
THE SECOND COMING: What if Jesus Is Buried in the Galilee?Kiesling, Stephen
The Bible says, “While they [the disciples] watched, He [Jesus] was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men [angels] stood by them in white apparel, who also said, ‘Men of Galilee, ...
when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. ‘Men of Galilee,’ they said, ‘why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.’” (Acts 1:7-11)...
Jesus told us very clearly: 17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17 (one of Jesus’ followers documented Jesus saying this in the gospel) 14 After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming...
Thought to have been born a few years after the crucifixion of Jesus around A.D. 37, Josephus was a well-connected aristocrat and military leader in Palestine who served as a commander in Galilee during the first Jewish Revolt against Rome between 66 and 70. Although Josephus was not a fol...
The birth of Christ may be the most famous Bible story of all, reprised annually in nativity scenes across the world each Christmas: Jesus was born in a stable, because there was no room at the inn. Where is Nazareth now? Located in the beautiful Lower Galilee region of Israel, and fam...
Great multitudes followed Him—from Galilee, and from Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.” (Matthew 4:24-25 NKJV) Syria? I have not heard that saga about Jesus was spread throughout all of Syria. Can we attest to the fact that Jesus went throughout Syria? No, I ...
(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the...
Because Jesus is God, the gospel as referred to by Jesus and as proclaimed by Him is the gospel of God. Mark 1:14-15 states, “Now after John had been delivered up into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the king...