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Clear searchAbraham, Lot, divine wrath, and a pattern that must be used carefully
Does God Remove the Righteous before He Judges? Abraham, Lot, divine wrath, and a pattern that must be used carefully When Abraham learns that judgement is approaching Sodom, he asks one of Scripture's great questions: "Shall not the Judge of all…
Read article →Isaiah, John, and the Divine Identity of Jesus Christ
…burden needing human support. Isaiah 43:25 adds the forgiveness of transgressions. YHWH blots out Israel’s sins for His own sake. His saving power includes the restoration of a guilty people, not merely their relocation from one empire to another. The exclusivity requires precis…
Read article →Christ the promised Seed, Gentile inheritance, and Paul's final blessing
…and therefore shares the blessing found in Him. Gentiles are sons of God through faith, clothed with Christ, recipients of the Spirit, and heirs. Yet equality in Christ does not abolish every created or historical distinction. Male and female do not cease to exist because both p…
Read article →Near-death experiences, neuroscience, and the authority of Christ
…l comfort such claims provide, Christians cannot accept them merely because they arrived clothed in radiance. God has spoken decisively in His Son. Jesus Christ is not one witness among many The Christian case does not rest upon assembling enough modern accounts to make an afterl…
Read article →The incarnation, the limits of created perspective and the love philosophy could not imagine
…rial world towards the divine source of all things. Matter occupied the lowest level. In Plotinus, it could be described in terms of privation (the absence or lack of positive being and goodness), darkness and evil—not because every physical object was equally wicked, but because…
Read article →Responding to five common criticisms without defending what Scripture does not require
…ed work of Christ” Ezekiel 40–48 describes a future temple, priesthood, offerings, land allotments, and a transformed river. A straightforward reading creates a serious question for premillennial dispensationalists: how can sacrifices occur after Christ's once-for-all offering? H…
Read article →El, the Exodus, and the God Who Came from Sinai
…ding to the number of the sons of God. For the LORD’S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.” The merger theory reads Elyon, the Most High, as the Canaanite El distributing nations among his divine sons, with Yahweh receiving Israel as his assigned portion. B…
Read article →Why apantēsis does not settle the timing of the rapture
…r narratively. The Bride is in heaven, the marriage of the Lamb is announced, and she is clothed in fine linen, "clean and white" (Revelation 19:7-8). Heaven then opens. Christ rides forth to judge and make war, followed by heavenly armies clothed in "fine linen, white and clean"…
Read article →The gathering of the elect, one taken and one left, and Paul's revealed mystery
…hold were preserved. Those swept away were the objects of judgement. Luke's parallel adds Lot: he departed from Sodom, and fire destroyed those who remained in the condemned city. Christ concludes, "Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed" (Luke 17:30). M…
Read article →The LORD, Zion, and the meaning of Beulah in Isaiah 62:4–5
…h the soil. The LORD is Israel’s husband, while the land is His possession and Israel’s allotted inheritance. Nevertheless, Isaiah intentionally applies marital language to the relationship between the people and the land. The land is “Married,” and Zion’s sons “marry” her. This…
Read article →Divine judgement, the character of God, and the promise of escape
…as objects of the same punitive act directed against the city? God's answer was to remove Lot before the fire fell. Peter draws the principle explicitly: the Lord knows "how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished…
Read article →A response to Hank Hanegraaff on resurrection, Daniel’s final week, and the Tribulation
…are gathered. Several events surrounding AD 70 have been proposed as the abomination. Zealots profaned the temple and shed blood within its precincts. Roman armies carried idolatrous standards. After the sanctuary had burned, soldiers brought their standards into the temple area…
Read article →Testing Islam's evidence for divine revelation
…n analogy is not a scientific description. The translation of ʿalaqah has ranged through clot, clinging thing and leech-like substance. The vocabulary can be adjusted towards whichever modern feature the apologist wishes to emphasise. The verse does not supply microscopic anatomy…
Read article →The divine identity of Jesus across the Gospels
…oming ruler before whom the kingdoms of the world must answer. The high priest tears his clothes and charges Him with blasphemy (Mark 14:63-64). The high priest's judgement is not infallible merely because he made it. But his reaction confirms that Jesus' answer was not heard as…
Read article →Why a loaded label does not settle the question
…gement, the marriage of the Lamb has taken place. His wife has made herself ready and is clothed in “fine linen, clean and white”, which John identifies with “the righteousness of saints” (Revelation 19:7–8). When Christ descends, the armies in heaven follow Him, “clothed in fine…
Read article →Spiritual ecstasy, altered states, and discerning what is from God
…ve Hunt repeatedly warned that occult and New Age ideas could enter churches after being clothed in Christian language. Ray Yungen later raised similar concerns about contemplative practices being presented as prayer, spiritual formation, or a rediscovery of ancient Christian wis…
Read article →Creation, judgement, and the coming reign of Christ
…etite. The chapter's inventory is arresting. Gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine cloth, scented wood, ivory, costly timber, bronze, iron, marble, spices, wine, oil, flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, chariots, slaves, and "souls of men" pass through the same market (Rev…
Read article →The brothers of Jesus, the sons of Mary, and an argument of strong plausibility
…me. When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.” —Psalm 69:7–12 The whole passage concerns suffering ca…
Read article →The glory philosophy could not contain
…melius made the Gospel tell a different story. The Word, he said, came down into bodies, clothed Himself in flesh, and then, after the body’s dissolution, was restored to deity. (See Note 2.) At first glance, this can sound surprisingly Christian. Nearly every landmark is present…
Read article →The Gospel, Human Perception, and the Illuminating Work of the Holy Spirit
…their rulers acted through ignorance—and calls them to repent so that their sins may be blotted out. Ignorance, guilt, and the invitation to mercy appear in the same address. Acts 3:13–19. Paul similarly says that he obtained mercy because he acted ignorantly in unbelief. Yet he…
Read article →Trusting God when voices seek to weaken our confidence
…right either. Where Hezekiah took the threat Hezekiah was deeply distressed. He tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord. He sought the word of God through Isaiah. Later, when a further threatening message arrived, he read the letter and spread it b…
Read article →Earth-dwellers, heaven-dwellers, and the literary structure of the Apocalypse
…iving creatures worship around it. By Revelation 19, the Bride is prepared in heaven and clothed in fine linen before Christ descends. The contrast has pastoral force. Revelation asks where one's citizenship and worship belong. The earth under the beast is not the place of safety…
Read article →The positive argument of the whole series, brought together
…ipture also repeatedly shows Him distinguishing and removing before judicial destruction. Lot is taken out before fire falls. Isaiah calls God's people into hidden chambers until indignation passes. Abraham's appeal remains morally significant: "Shall not the Judge of all the ear…
Read article →How Christians can think politically without surrendering conscience to a package deal
…ce without deserving your silence when it does wrong. Support is not absolution, and a ballot is not a vow of undivided loyalty. The struggle for a clear mind Political judgement has never been easy. It is particularly difficult in an environment designed to keep us reacting. We…
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