The Father’s Kingdom – Life in the Age (Part 8)
Wolves eating with lambs and lions eating straw like oxen are hallmarks of the land of Israel during the Millennial …
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Death Defined – Concerning Them which Are Asleep (Part 8)
Adam lived to be 930 years old. What died the day he ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil? We know it wasn’t his body because if it had, we wouldn’t be here. His soul didn’t go immediately to Sheol, so it wasn’t his soul. Adam breathing, eating, and procreating after he ate the forbidden fruit is evidence that death is not a cessation of existence; it is a change of state. The Adam on the other side of sin was not the same as the Adam before. His spirit was dead. As his children, we were born spiritually dead.
She Is not Dead, but Sleepeth – Concerning Them which Are Asleep (Part 5)
The Lord doesn’t use language haphazardly. As odd or bizarre as His statements may seem, they are true statements. When He says that a dead person is sleeping, He is not denying the reality of the corpse. He is simply defining the state of its dormancy. And He is using a very profound analogy. But before we look at that, we need to discuss the concept of soul sleep.
What Is Man that Thou Art Mindful of Him? – Concerning Them which Are Asleep (Part 2)
God’s relationship with mankind is unique. Before the creation of this world, the Almighty was thronged with sentient, free-will, moral …
Concerning Them which Are Asleep – Part 1
Euphemisms smooth the edges and take the sting out of many sharp declarations of bare facts. We use them to …
Payment and Penalty – Eternal Redemption (Part 3)
We read in 1 Peter 1:18-19 that Christ paid with His blood to ransom us from the worthless behavior we …
Redemption Is a Generational Plan – Generations (Part 4)
God’s warning to Adam contained no ambiguity. Biting into the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and …
Loosed from Death (Loosed by the Blood – Part 5)
We were ransomed by the precious blood of Jesus Christ. His blood ate away like acid the cords that bound us. The ropes of sin could not longer tie us down to death, division, and a destroyed destiny.
The Purchase of Blood (Part 1) – Redemption Redefined
The purchase of blood is Christianity 101, a foundational truth of our faith that we need to understand. If you have been in the faith for a long time, you might not find much new here. But it would grieve me not to remind you of these things. And as we proceed, you may find that your foundation could use some shoring up.
