Were the Jews justified in rejecting Jesus as their long promised Messiah and the kingdom which He in all sincerity offered them? The charge is made that the Jews—who were most competent to judge the issue—denied His claims, while the Gentile Christians received Him. How do you respond to this? In his book, Israel in […]
The command to “be holy” is inseparably bound to a biblical understanding of the Christian life, yet many believers today view holiness as an optional status achieved by only a few godly saints—a “pie-in-the-sky” state of being reserved for the eternity. Mr. MacDonald brings the concept of holiness to ground level where we all live: […]
When I first began to work for God in Chicago, a Boston businessman was converted there and stayed three months. When leaving, he told me that there was a man living on such a street in whom he was very much interested, and whose boy was in the high school. He said that he had […]
If the question means are we presently in that kingdom period commonly called the millennium, the answer is “No.” And for some very good reasons: 1. There can be no millennium until Christ comes again. Even if you don’t believe in the Rapture of the Church first (and I certainly do), how can you believe […]
W. E. Vine’s definition of the Greek word basileia, translated “kingdom” in the New Testament, is so informative that we quote it in full: Basileia is primarily an abstract noun, denoting sovereignty, royal power, dominion, e.g. Rev. 17:18, translated “[which] reigneth,” lit., “hath a kingdom” (rv, margin); then, by metonymy, a concrete noun, denoting the […]
A careful consideration of the teaching of our Lord in the Gospel by Matthew would show a dramatic change at the end of chapter 12 and the beginning of chapter 13. Up to this point the King has been presenting His credentials to the nation of Israel. But after careful examination of those claims by […]
This year is the 50th anniversary of the double helix design of the DNA molecule. On top of this the Human Genome Project announced it has completed a “final draft” of man’s DNA sequence. Yet even as they celebrate their burgeoning knowledge in the field of genetics, they are once again discovering how much they […]
God set mankind on the earth. In Eden He planted that wonderful Garden that should be its possessors’ delight and pleasure, for “Eden” means “pleasure land,” or “loveliness.” Christ and the New Testament guarantee the historicity and literality of the opening chapters of the Bible. Everywhere the Lord and His apostles treat them as accounts […]
Sometimes it’s hard to tell when we have believed a lie from the devil and when our own deceitful hearts have tricked us. Of course, Scripture warns us not to excuse ourselves by blaming others for our own misdeeds (see Jas. 1:13-14). But there is no question that the devil “is a liar, and the […]