One thing I put on my list of things I like about the Feast was hope. Hope is the opposite of despair. Evil brings despair. Before the Feast of Tabernacles was an MSNBC.com article about ”3 children found shot dead after custody battle”. A divorced man was afraid of losing…
We often compare the idea of a Christ-ruled Millennium as a time of rest. It is compared to the Sabbath on occasion, and that’s not without good reason. However, there will be work to be done in the Millennium – lots of work. Garden of Eden Sometimes, we think about…
Interesting question. I think it partly depends upon your interpretation of some events that are prophesied. Even with Satan put away, there will still be human nature to contend with. Satan is just one of three enemies Christians today have to face. The other two are carnal nature and the…
One of the online dictionaries gives an example of “the era of the Romans”. Of course, Rome fell. It came to an end. COG people often talk about “church eras”. Many believe the “Philadelphia era” has come to an end. Yet, some still claim that the Philadelphians are around. How…
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don’t know anything about. ~ Wayne Dyer It seems that the critics British Israelism or Anglo Israelism are the ones that try the hardest to remain willfully ignorant. Whether or not you believe the theory, there are some facts…
I have this idea for a novel. A President is voted into office, but he has a hidden agenda. As catastrophe after catastrophe takes place, he gradually takes control of the banks, the financial institutions, the auto makers and the oil companies. The banks in turn take possession of peoples’…
Earlier this week, I posted in part 1 that the message to the Church at Philadelphia in Rev 2 – 3 was different than the other churches. Certainly, it is the only church He did not chastise. It is the only church He promises to keep from the Great Tribulation….
I was reviewing the article I wrote for Associated Content “The Significance of the Seven Churches of Revelation” last night. It dawned on me that there is something different about that church in Christ’s message to them. One of those differences is not a promise to return. He promises to…
15But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: … 43The stranger that…
I like to read The Consumerist blog from time to time, although some of the language used in the comments is a bit of a turnoff. According to a recent article “National Pork Board Attempting To Halt Sales Of Canned Unicorn Meat“, the ThinkGeek site recently posted a parody that…