The presidential election of 2020 was one of the most contested in American history. Nearly everyone was following the polling data to see how their candidate was doing, especially in battleground states. Polls are determined by probability estimated from sample data. In other words polls are based on the mathematical likelihood, or percentage, of a future event becoming reality. But …
What the Bible says about Pandemics
A pandemic is generally defined as a disease which affects a large percentage of people worldwide. Such is the Coronavirus. Let’s begin in the last Book of the Bible. The apostle John is given a glimpse of things that will happen after the church is raptured. “After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. …
Current Challenges in America
Some of the challenges facing America today include the division and riots in various places, understanding the 2020 presidential election, the current pandemic, and the economy. The best way to understand these challenges is to consult the Bible to determine the basis of such issues. Presently our nation is extremely divided. But the division is not liberalism vs. conservatism, nor …
Who God is and what He requires.
The book details God’s love for His chosen nation Israel, and His church. He loves both in the same way as demonstrated by His mercy and grace. But He is also righteous and just and requires total obedience to all of His commandments and statutes. Because man is created in the image of God, man is to emulate God’s attributes. …
When does life begin?
Even though Israel was/is God’s chosen nation, they were guilty of killing children by offering them to false gods. “They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons, and shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan…” Psalm 106:37-38 God said that such an abomination never entered …
Characteristics and Occupants of New Jerusalem
The end of the journey for those who have accepted God’s gracious gift of salvation and eternal life; i.e. the bride of Christ, will live in New Jerusalem forever. The apostle John was given a glimpse of the heavenly city. “And he (angel) showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the …
God’s Gift of Eternal Life is Offered Freely to All
The majority of people are focused on this life with present and tangible rewards, while giving little thought to the future which will never end. Yes, our future will never end. The question is how we will spend eternity. Every person will ultimately die. “And as it is appointed for men to die once…” Hebrews 9:27 And then after death, …
Jerusalem From Eternity Past to Eternity Future
New Jerusalem will have a ‘great and high wall’ in which are twelve gates; each gate being a single pearl. And on each gate is the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The wall of the city rests on twelve foundations. Each foundation is adorned with a precious stone and on each foundation is the name of …
God Will Dwell Forever With His People
God and man will be face to face once again. “And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, ‘Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.’” Revelation 21:3 The separation resulting from sin in the Garden of …
The Fulfillment of God’s Plan for His Chosen
The final two chapters of Revelation describe the eternal state of the redeemed from all ages. Redeemed man will experience supernatural phenomena incomprehensible to the finite mind during this age of universal curse. Inasmuch as man was created in the very image of God, redeemed man will share in God’s finest throughout all eternity. The prayer Jesus taught His disciples …