Kingdom Parable of the Wedding Feast

June 11th, 2010 | Parables | No Comment  
Kingdom Parable of the Wedding Feast Matthew 22 contains the Kingdom Parable of the Wedding Feast. In these fourteen verses, much about man's relationship to God is summed up in this parable. Additionally, it is definitely an end times parable having much to say concerning the wedding feast. The reader should notice that this kingdom parable is a direct commentary on Ephesian 5:23f and Revelation 19:7-8, where the marriage of the Lamb comes at the fall of Babylon. More on this later. The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son. He sent invitations through his ...
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Resurrection and Mystery Babylon

February 6th, 2010 | Book of Revelation | 4 Comments  
Resurrection and Mystery Babylon go together like chocolate and peanut butter.  They are inseparable in Scripture. We endeavor in this writing to show that the identity and judgment of Mystery Babylon corresponds to the time of the resurrection. Mystery Babylon and the Last Trumpet In Revelation 11:8-18, Mystery Babylon is identified as the city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. This clearly marks Jerusalem as the subject of the mystery. Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem outside the gates, (Heb. 13:12). During His ministry he stated that it could not be that a prophet perish outside ...
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Has the Last Trumpet Sounded?

April 10th, 2009 | Eschatology | No Comment  
Image via Wikipedia Has the last trumpet sounded? By the last trumpet we mean the eschatological trumpet that consummates the last days events. According to Numbers chapter 10, Israel learned the meaning of the use of the trumpets through the instruction of Moses. Specific details for the gathering of the assembly, advancing, going to war and in the accompaniment with the appointed feasts were assigned to the blowing of trumpets. The Trumpets and the Covenants In one of the most audible times of Israel history, —the giving of the law at Sinai, loud trumpet blasts sounded. The trumpet and voice of words were so frightful that the people who heard ...
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Seven Clues to Mystery Babylon in Revelation

March 16th, 2009 | Eschatology | 22 Comments  
From Fear and Fascination to Faith and Facts My first encounter with the book of Revelation was fear. Who didn’t get a few chills running down their spine about the number 666, the “mark of the beast,” the seven plagues and this dramatic portrayal of the endtime? That fear kept me from wanting to know more about this book, though I was drawn to it. Then I stumbled across a study that made an intelligent versus fanciful media-hyped approach to the book. It addressed Revelation  as a codedmessage, but written to the first century church who were part of its history and time. That ...
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Three Clues to Mystery Babylon

January 26th, 2009 | Revelation Bible Study | 5 Comments  
Three Clues To Mystery Babylon Three clues to mystery Babylon are only part of the evidence for identifying the mysterious women in the prophetic book. In Revelation 17, we are introduced to a harlot woman enshrouded in a mystery. We are never explicitly told who this woman is. Nevertheless, there are three clues to mystery Babylon in Revelation  which easily solve this mystery. In fact, there are several clues but three are sufficient for our purpose. Years ago when my son was about 11 or 12 years of age, among other things, we bought him a Rubics Cube as a gift. I tried without ...
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