Revelation Bible Study One of the messages gleaned from Revelation Bible Study is that the end is not the end and by that we mean the end of time and or life on the planet. The Apocalypse sheds more light on the passages in the prophets and in the gospels which speak of the life and the message of God continuing after Jesus' return or parousia. The word parousia means presence. It affirms that Christ is here with believers today. Obviously, this refers to His spiritual presence. Erroneously, many believers expect a physical bodily return of Christ of the same nature  in ...

Parables of the Kingdom The parables of the kingdom, are some of Jesus' most memorable teachings. One, because of they form short, memorable stories taken from the culture of His day. Secondly because of the clarity in which He expressed their simple truths. Another reason is that they engage the curiosity forcing one to contemplate and to think deeply about them. Matthew chapter 13, contains many of His parables. They all are focused on the imminent arrival of the kingdom of God. One of the most well known is the parable of the sower. This story definitely focuses on the responsibility one ...

Image via Wikipedia As a third grade student, we had devotionals in our public school classroom everyone morning which involved the class singing in unison what is typically known as the Lord’s prayer, See Matt 6:9–13. I later learned that this is the prayer that the Lord taught his disciples to pray. In that sense, it would more aptly be described as the disciples prayer. See Lk 11:1ff. However, after studying the prayer, I discovered that I could not conscientiously pray that prayer as Jesus taught his disciples to pray it. Why is that? Well, it’s because it is a prayer of the coming of the kingdom. In that prayer, Jesus taught ...