Were the Jews Justified in Rejecting Jesus?

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 […]

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Defining Our Terms

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 […]

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Paradise Reborn

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 […]

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