Jacob and Esau and the Seed of Abraham

November 16th, 2010 | Eschatology | No Comment  
The Seed of Abraham Part Two God further clarified that the fleshly descendants of Abraham were not the seed of Abraham by choosing Jacob over Esau through whom the promise would be fulfilled? If all the fleshly descendants of Abraham were entitled to the promise God could not have chosen Jacob and rejected Esau. Yet, the text says of the twins, (for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls), it ...
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Who Is the Seed of Abraham?

November 15th, 2010 | Eschatology | 2 Comments  
Identifying The Seed of Abraham Who is the seed of Abraham? What is their inheritance according to the promise? Who are the descendants of Abraham after him and what about their inheritance? These questions sum up the entire bible in terms of God's relationship with his people. The promise of deliverance from sin and death alluded to in Genesis 3:15, is carried through Abraham then more narrowly through Isaac and Jacob. The Promised Seed of Abraham God gave Abraham the promise according to Genesis 12:1-3. "Now the Lord had said to Abraham; Get out of your country, from your family and from your ...
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Flesh and Blood Shall Not Inherit the Kingdom of G...

November 5th, 2010 | Eschatology | 4 Comments  
The Kingdom of God and Resurrection 1 Corinthians 15 is butchered by most interpreters, especially the text regarding inheriting the kingdom of God, (v. 50). In this writing, I want to suggest another angle from which to consider the meaning of inheriting the kingdom so that the focus is not on human bodies coming out of graveyards. This view distorts the chapter and runs far amiss of what the apostle had in mind. Flesh and Blood and the Kingdom of God As we examine the context of 1 Corinthians 15:50, we should question why Paul uses the concept of "flesh and blood" as ...
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Is the Great Tribulation Ahead?

November 3rd, 2010 | Eschatology | No Comment  
Anxiety in the Church Over the Great Tribulation The great tribulation prophecy in the Old Testament continues to baffle readers of the Bible.  Is this event soon to occur? Should we be fear? For those who are Preterists, we know that this concern is totally unfounded. There is not such notion as a tribulation in our future related to any of the end times prophecies of the Bible. There are no signs of the times that signal such an event is near. Yet, many will never take the time and read to discover the simplicity of fulfilled Bible prophecy, at least not ...
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