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 ...

An exciting and rich prophecy in the Old Testament is that of Ezekiel 37. This prophecy encompasses the full landscape of the gospel. It's themes are both intriguing yet simple enough for those willing to slow down for a few minutes to read and understand them. Originally, I understood Ezekiel 37 to be a prophecy about the Jews return from Babylonian Captivity in 536 B.C. However, I became a bit more fascinated with the prophecy after preparing for some lectures on the resurrection. I knew that this prophecy was used largely by rapture ready enthusiasts to teach about the coming of a third temple in Jerusalem. However, there were too many textual difficulties ...