In his letters to the Corinthians and Thessalonians, Paul described the rapture of the church taking place at the sound of "the last trump," when the dead in Christ shall rise first, and the living Christ shall be caught up together with them in the air to meet the Lord. In Hebrew, it is called "a shofar," which is made from a ram's horn.
The shofar blasts had four different sounds that signified different actions, but the final blast was loud and long. This is what they heard when God spoke on Mount Sinai in the wilderness. John wrote in Revelation that God's voice is the sound of the shofar. Some rabbis claim Satan hates the sound of the shofar, because he cannot tell the difference between the sound of the shofar and God's voice! When he hears it, he trembles.
Very soon. God is going to sound the last blast, and we will be out of here!
April 12, 2024
In his letters to the Corinthians and Thessalonians, Paul described the rapture of the church taking place at the sound of "the last trump," when the dead in Christ shall rise first, and the living Christ shall be caught up together with them in the air to meet the Lord. In Hebrew, it is called "a shofar," which is made from a ram's horn.
The shofar blasts had four different sounds that signified different actions, but the final blast was loud and long. This is what they heard when God spoke on Mount Sinai in the wilderness. John wrote in Revelation that God's voice is the sound of the shofar. Some rabbis claim Satan hates the sound of the shofar, because he cannot tell the difference between the sound of the shofar and God's voice! When he hears it, he trembles.
Very soon. God is going to sound the last blast, and we will be out of here!
April 11, 2024
Some of the saddest words in the Bible: "and he died." The first man, Adam, lived to 939, but he still died, and he wasn't supposed to die! Why did he die? Because he chose the wrong tree and never ate from the Tree of Life! This Tree was the centerpiece of the Paradise God created for him and Eve. Tragically, they never ate of its fruit. They chose the wrong tree! The penalty was physical and spiritual death, and lest they eat of the Tree of Life and live forever in their sinful state, God banished them from Eden.
The greater tragedy: Because Adam died, we all die! Sin and death entered the world we inherited, and in order to restore our access to the Tree of Life now in Heaven, Jesus chose to die on the cross – the tree of death.
April 10, 2024
Some of the saddest words in the Bible: "and he died." The first man, Adam, lived to 939, but he still died, and he wasn't supposed to die! Why did he die? Because he chose the wrong tree and never ate from the Tree of Life! This Tree was the centerpiece of the Paradise God created for him and Eve. Tragically, they never ate of its fruit. They chose the wrong tree! The penalty was physical and spiritual death, and lest they eat of the Tree of Life and live forever in their sinful state, God banished them from Eden.
The greater tragedy: Because Adam died, we all die! Sin and death entered the world we inherited, and in order to restore our access to the Tree of Life now in Heaven, Jesus chose to die on the cross – the tree of death.
April 9, 2024
Some of the saddest words in the Bible: "and he died." The first man, Adam, lived to 939, but he still died, and he wasn't supposed to die! Why did he die? Because he chose the wrong tree and never ate from the Tree of Life! This Tree was the centerpiece of the Paradise God created for him and Eve. Tragically, they never ate of its fruit. They chose the wrong tree! The penalty was physical and spiritual death, and lest they eat of the Tree of Life and live forever in their sinful state, God banished them from Eden.
The greater tragedy: Because Adam died, we all die! Sin and death entered the world we inherited, and in order to restore our access to the Tree of Life now in Heaven, Jesus chose to die on the cross – the tree of death.
April 8, 2024
When the New Testament writers want to define the love of God, they point to the cross. But when they want to define the power of God, they point to the empty tomb. But God's ultimate power exceeded the raising of Jesus from the dead after three days, because others have been raised from the dead. He not only raised Him out of the tomb, but He raised Him "Far above ALL principality and power and might and dominion, and above every name that is named, in this world and in the age to come"!
April 5, 2024
When the New Testament writers want to define the love of God, they point to the cross. But when they want to define the power of God, they point to the empty tomb. But God's ultimate power exceeded the raising of Jesus from the dead after three days, because others have been raised from the dead. He not only raised Him out of the tomb, but He raised Him "Far above ALL principality and power and might and dominion, and above every name that is named, in this world and in the age to come"!
April 4, 2024
Scripture commands us: "Open your mouths for the cause of those who have no voice and who are appointed to destruction." Unborn babies whose mothers have a mark on the calendar--not for the day of their births, but for their appointments with the abortionist, are appointed for destruction. They have no voice, and we must open our mouths for them.
Pro-Choice is an euphemism for Pro-Death. Abortion is tantamount to child sacrifice in the Old Testament, and God hated it. He forbid Israel to partake of it, and any who did was to be put to death. But that's not all: God said those who witnessed child sacrifice and looked the other way and did nothing, He would also judge. God not only will judge those who provide and have abortions, He will judge His people if we fail to lift our voices on behalf of the aborted ones!
April 3, 2024
Scripture commands us: "Open your mouths for the cause of those who have no voice and who are appointed to destruction." Unborn babies whose mothers have a mark on the calendar--not for the day of their births, but for their appointments with the abortionist, are appointed for destruction. They have no voice, and we must open our mouths for them.
Pro-Choice is an euphemism for Pro-Death. Abortion is tantamount to child sacrifice in the Old Testament, and God hated it. He forbid Israel to partake of it, and any who did was to be put to death. But that's not all: God said those who witnessed child sacrifice and looked the other way and did nothing, He would also judge. God not only will judge those who provide and have abortions, He will judge His people if we fail to lift our voices on behalf of the aborted ones!
April 2, 2024