I’ve started a new poll asking opinions about who people think will become more or less the leader in the circle that the Book of Revelation calls the “kings of the east”. This is pretty much just a poll out of curiosity, and there are no extra merit points for…
Cathedral of the Archangel, Moscow I’ll keep this somewhat short, as I had to spend part of last night working on a customer’s machine trying to get it ready before the weekend, and I’m pretty much beat. I am out of energy, but when I look at the current…
US Sec’y of State Hillary Clinton and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych at Munich conference in 2012 Photo by Frank Plitt, used under CCA-SA (CNN) – Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday sharply denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “stunning, willful” actions in Crimea, characterizing the move as an “invasion”…
Page from French Psalter Another point to keep in mind has to do with the kind of biblical literature we are dealing with when seeking to interpret a passage. The Bible contains a variety of genres or styles of writing ranging from the overtly poetic, such as the Psalms,…
Woocut from Luther’s Bible for Revelation 17 depicting the Beast and Babylon the Great 1. True Gospel The world had lost the Gospel. They didn’t know what the Gospel was: I came among the True Church of God of the Sardis Era, They didn’t know what the Gospel was,…
Map of Asia from Infoplease.com Click on image to go to original interactive map All generalities are false, including this one. ~ Alexander Chase, American journalist and editor of the Tipton, Nebraska Courier I suppose it is meet to mention the other power center of the endtimes, the kings…
“The Daughters of Zelophehad Illustration from the 1897 Bible Pictures and What They Teach Us: Containing 400 Illustrations from the Old and New Testaments: With brief descriptions by Charles Foster This is Part 2 of the series “The 4 Women of Revelation”. In Part 1, I went into an introduction…
Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square, 2013 Photo by Edgar Jiménez Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson. ~ Time.com, “The Choice: Nancy Gibbs on…
Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, where some say Jesus was born Photo by Darko Tepert Donatus, 2006 46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. 47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?…
“Daniel’s Prayer” (1865) by Sir Edward Poynter 11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. ~ Rev 3:11 Context is everything. Preterists and skeptics alike try to use the above to discredit the notion that Christ’s Kingdom will come as promised, and…