All of Israel Will Be Saved
August 1st, 2011 | Eschatology | No Comment
Does The Bible Say All of Israel Will Be Saved?
Why do some believe that the Bible teaches that all of Israel will be saved? Usually this question is asked based on the text in Romans 11:22-27. Particularly, in verse 26, Paul says and so all Israel will be saved. The English Standard Version (ESV) reads:
“And in this way all Israel will be saved…” We will give our thoughts on this text later. But, here are some of the concerns which must be answered in this seeming difficult text.
Does the text mean every individual in Israel?
Was Paul speaking of all ethnic ...
The Local Church Survived the Great Tribulation
March 31st, 2011 | Christian Prophecy | 4 Comments
The Local Church Post 70AD?
What is the status of the local church post 70 AD? Some see no relevance for the local church after Christ's returned in the first century. They believe that the church only continued up to that point, claiming it was a Jewish institution. We dealt with that fallacy in the previous article on Israel's Hope - The Body of Christ. We strongly encourage you to look at some of the points we made.
Since we discussed the "body of Christ" in particular, our focus was on the church as the divine institution sent down from heaven by ...
What Is The Resurrection All About?
May 3rd, 2010 | Resurrection | 2 Comments
What is the resurrection all about? So many believe and teach that one day God is going to open the graves, reassemble the bones of people from the past centuries up to the present and bring them out of the tombs. It will be a reenactment similar to that of the scene from Michael Jackson's thriller video with people coming out of the ground.
Is that resurrection? If so, what did David mean when he said, "As for me, I will see your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness"? (Psa. 17:15) Was David ...
A Natural and a Spiritual Body?
January 23rd, 2009 | Resurrection | 2 Comments
A Natural and a Spiritual Body
In 1 Corinthians 15:44, the Apostle Paul speaks of the contrast between a natural and a spiritual body. Today, we hear a lot about “spirituality” especially from a new age perspective. However, most people claiming to be spiritual are completely out of harmony with the manner in which the term is used in Scripture.
In fact, the way many use that term is what the Bible emphatically calls the “natural” man. There are two Greek terms used to describe these contrasts. When these are understood, the difference between the natural body and the spiritual body becomes ...