Posts Tagged ‘Mount Zion’

Can End Time Beliefs Lead to Death?


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Can end time beliefs lead to death? Unfortunately, this question has already been answered. Some years ago, Branch Davidian Seventh-Day Adventsist Leaders saw the June 1967 Israeli-Arab War as a sign of the imminent end. Ben Roden interpreted Isaiah 31:5, “As birds flying so will the Lord defend Jerusalem,” as Israeli Jets which rendered Arab planes inoperable.

Here is a prime example of lifting a text out of context. God speaks about Judah trusting and seeking Egypt and their “horses” to save them from the Assyrians. However, God saves Hezekiah by destroying 185,000 of Sennacharib’s army by the angel of the Lord. See chapters (more…)

What Do the Firstfruits of the Spirit Have to Do with Eschatology?


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Firstfruits of the Spirit

Most of the lessons I grew up hearing about giving
were sermons on Proverbs 3:9–10 about the
firstfruits.

Never would I have asked “What Do the Firstfruits
of the Spirit Have to Do With Eschatology?”
At
that time, I had no clue about the richness of
the teachings of the firstfruit imagery in Scripture.

We were taught not to spend our money until we
first gave a portion back to God. The concept of
giving God the best and the first fruits offerings
begins with Abel and Cain, (Gen. 4:3, 4).

One major problem with those who seek to
understand the end time is a failure to understand
the feast of the firstfruits and how it relates for (more…)

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