Destroy with the Brightness of His Coming? Will Jesus destroy with the brightness of His coming? Will the lights turned up so bright when He comes that it actually kills anyone? Could that possibly be the meaning? Traditional Legal Model – It is commonly understood that devouring fire at Christ’s Second Coming will burn up […]
The Second Coming of Jesus – What Will it Be Like? Are you looking forward to the Second Coming? What will the Second Coming of Jesus be like? Will the Lamb become a Lion? Is Jesus coming in vengeance to destroy and punish? This is a supporting page for the pages the Lion of the […]
Psychological Projection in the Bible People will often project their own faults and negative feelings onto others; like thinking others are as bad as me so I don’t have to feel so bad. Psychological Projection in the Bible actually happens quite often. This page is posted as a supporting page for the page on the […]
The Lion of the Tribe of Judah The reference in Revelation to ‘The “Lion of the Tribe of Judah” is sometimes used to promote the idea that Jesus, when He returns at the Second Coming, will come in the character of a lion (with vengeance) in contrast to His First Coming (with the character of […]
Matthew 27:46 meaning Jesus’ Father had forsaken, abandoned, rejected His only-begotten Son – so it is commonly thought. If the Father could forsake even His own Son, wouldn’t that make us feel less secure about God’s attitude towards us? Could the Father have done that? This study will show otherwise. God DID NOT forsake His […]
Note: these are the notes used in this study of Hebrews 10:28 presented April 1, 2023. The video of this study appears at https://youtu.be/1kPsrn6FJ9c It is only 34 minutes long as we forgot to resume the recording after the break so I am posting the notes here. The point of the break is indicated below […]
Understanding Dispensations in Biblical Theology Have you been confused about talk of dispensations in the Bible? On this page we will help with understanding dispensations in Biblical theology but in a different way. In the Bible, periods of time during which God has dealt with people in different ways. People have variously identified up to […]
A covenant definition or illustration I like to use is that of a landowner agreeing to pay money to a contractor to build a house. The contractor agrees to build the house using specifications provided by the landowner in exchange for the money. The house is the subject of the covenant but it is not […]
A Challenge for the Character of God Skeptic I received this question from a skeptical commenter to my website: “How on Earth do you read the Bible and come away with the conclusion that God doesn’t destroy? Ever heard of Sodom and Gomorrah?” The question came with a list of supporting points (see list below, […]
Exodus 21:17 is a difficult verse. If applied literally today as most understand it, many children would die. But was that the actual meaning or the intent? Let’s look at some other examples of this term to help us with the meaning. “And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely (H4191) be […]