Some 30 years ago, my wife and our youngest daughter were playing in our backyard. It was a rather large back yard, and one of the features that sold us on the house. We we looking for plenty of room for our three children to play without wandering into the streets. Then one afternoon, while playing in the backyard, we heard this loud boom from what sounded like an explosion. The next thing we saw was a ball of fire and objects falling from the sky. Our daughter terrified with fear, began to cry. While my wife’s motherly instinct overcame my curiosity of what had happened, she ...

Much controversy exists over the resurrection of the dead. It is often denied that the 1 Corinthians 15 has anything to do with Israel. Is1 Corinthians 15 Israel’s resurrection? Many see Jesus’ death on the cross as God’s last word to Israel. Those who do are very tight-lipped about anything that speaks of Israel beyond the cross, (AD. 30). These are usually found in the Amillennialist camps. The cross becomes their line of demarcation. From that point forward, everything is all about Christians. On the other hand, there are Dispensationalists who see everything in the scripture after the cross as related to national Israel. They believe the church is simply a parenthetical “spiritual annoyance” until ...