The other Roman governor who fulfilled prophecy About twenty years before Pontius Pilate assumed control of Judea, a procurator by the name of Caponius was installed by Rome. The year was AD 6. His governorship would set in motion the fulfillment of one of the most important predictions found in the Bible. To understand this, […]
Linked in life Four key passages paint for us the portrait of the church as the mystical body of Christ: Romans 12:4-5; 1 Corinthians 10-12; Ephesians 1-4; and Colossians 1-3. Taken together, they present to us four great principles. Unity without unanimity The one body has many members (1 Cor. 12:12, 20, 27; Eph. 4:4; […]
Exceeding. Abundant. Above. Betrayed by his brothers, sold into slavery, and wrongfully imprisoned, Joseph’s story is enough to drive one to a therapist. And his suffering was made worse by its contrast to earlier days. Once a loved and favored son from a prestigious and wealthy family, Joseph had even had dreams of a bright […]
All positions have been filled. I recently started a new job, the position having been made vacant by the resignation of my predecessor. On my first day of work, the first place my new employer showed me was the barren office with the empty seat that I would now call my own. Regardless of the […]
He loves righteousness and hates wickedness. The contemporary scene is marked by injustice and oppression. Crime abounds on every inhabited continent. The suffering masses cry out for someone to punish the guilty, protect the weak, and liberate the oppressed. Corruption in the judiciaries of the world only adds to the pain that iniquity causes all […]
Man’s need and God’s desire Ever since Adam’s sin alienated mankind from God, man has needed a mediator: someone who could bridge the gap between man and God. Conscious of his own inability to accomplish this, Job longed, “For He is not a man as I am that I may answer Him, That we may […]
Christ meets both the requirements of God and the needs of man. I find it remarkable that, although 1 John was one of the last epistles to be written, John had not lost his sense of awe and wonder at the truth he records in the opening verse. John was now an old man. It […]
The Lord Jesus has priority in time, in dignity, and in power. The term firstborn is used three times of the Lord Jesus Christ in relation to others: the Firstborn of every creature (Col. 1:15); the Firstborn from the dead (Col. 1:18); the Firstborn among many brethren (Rom. 8:29). An excellent definition of firstborn is […]
Shadow or substance? Messianic Judaism, like all movements, is diverse. But it has two major problematic characteristics that are common throughout the movement. The first is the “recovery” of the Name of God that supposedly leads to proper worship by removing an alleged pagan linguistic influence. Secondly, there is a desire to return to the […]