House of Prayer One might think that eschatology has nothing to do with the house of prayer, but that would be incorrect. We have established the relationship of the body of Christ, i.e. the Christian church as the hope of Israel (Col. 2:17; Eph. 1:13-14; 3:21) and the local church as having continued relevance in the present church age (Zech 4:1-2; Rev. 1:19). This naturally leads us to ask questions about worship? Should we worship? Does worship and prayer have any relevance in the kingdom today? In prophecy, God spoke of the inclusive body of Christ as the house of prayer. During the ...

When many examine the hope of the gospel in the scriptures, they believe that it is a “Christian” hope. What do I mean by that you might ask? Don’t Christians have hope? Well yes and no. (We’ll explain that later, so don’t check out just yet. The scriptures however focus primarly on Israel’s hope. To help us understand this we’’ll answer the question, what was Israel’s hope? Paul, a Christian said for he “hope of Israel” he was bound with a chain for preaching the gospel. (Acts 28:20) From there we’ll show how this relates to Christians. Finally we’ll discuss the nature of that hope. That’s a lot to cover in a brief writing as this. There Is One ...