When Jesus was giving His prophetic discourse, He gave His disciples a progression of events of the last days. Matthew records that as Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age? The answer to the first … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2013
Tell Us, When Will These Things Be?
While Jesus was seated on the Mount of Olives, during what has been described as His Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24 the disciples came to Him privately and said, tell us, when will this take place, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age? He responded by saying deception will be very widespread and many will be led … [Read more...]
Biblical Prophecies of the Nation of Israel–Part 2
They will be re-gathered from all nations In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to bring back the remnant of his people— those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt; in southern Egypt, Ethiopia, and Elam; in Babylonia, Hamath, and all the distant coastlands. He will raise a flag among the nations and assemble the exiles of … [Read more...]
Biblical Prophecies of the Nation of Israel–Part 1
The Bible predicts the course of Israel’s history accurately for the past 3,500 years… Listed below are a few Scriptures predicted by the prophets before they happened: Promise of a Land Now the Lord had said to Abram: Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great … [Read more...]
Old Testament Prophesies Fulfilled in Jesus Christ–Part 4
MOCKED AND INSULTED Prophecy But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. (Psalm 22:6-8 KJV) Fulfillment And those who … [Read more...]
Old Testament Prophesies Fulfilled in Jesus Christ–Part 3
BETRAYED BY A FRIEND Prophecy Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. (Psalm 41:9 KJV) Fulfillment And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them. (Mark 14:10 KJV) And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was … [Read more...]
Old Testament Prophesies Fulfilled in Jesus Christ–Part 2
BORN OF A VIRGIN Prophecy Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (which means ‘God is with us’). (Isaiah 7:14 KJV; See Genesis 3:15) Fulfillment Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, … [Read more...]
Old Testament Prophesies Fulfilled in Jesus Christ–Part 1
People who have doubts about God’s ability to reveal the future to us through the His Holy Word the Bible need to look at the record of Jesus Christ. Jesus really did say and do what the Bible reports, beginning with His claims about His own Divinity: He said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. … [Read more...]
The Second Greatest Commandment
Have we lost sight of the second greatest commandment which is to love one another? Jesus said in John 13:34, I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too should love one another. “Love is of the heart. It is the fruit of the Spirit. The Bible says..... For God’s love has been poured out in … [Read more...]
The Dangers of an Individualistic Society
We now live in a society that is dominated by the individual. Of course there are many reasons for this individualistic society but one of them is the historical breakdown of the extended family. The generations of family, friends and relatives no longer live in close proximity to each other and we meet far less frequently, if at all. This means … [Read more...]