Are We Living in the Last Days?
December 8th, 2008 | Day of the Lord | No Comment
Ask 9.99 out of 10 people are we
living in the last days? No doubt,
they’ll say yes.
How do they know? Just look at
the signs, they say.
Why does every generation believe
they have a corner on the signs of
Christ’s return?
Are we living in the last days again?
Is the end coming again? Are we
about to be raptured, again?
Why doesn’t someone stop and
smell the burnt coffee beans of
on again, off again eschatology?
How many times do they need to
cry wolf, before tiring of this?
Wasn’t Hal Lindsey and Edgar
Whisenant enough in the 80’s?
How soon do some forget or
ignore the facts?
These Hagee types would rather
nuke the world than give up their
prophecies ...
Resurrection in Ezekiel 37:1-14, Can These Bones L...
October 23rd, 2008 | Christian Eschatology | No Comment
The resurrection of Israel is vividly portrayed through the
metaphor of dry bones resting in the valley. The question
raised by the prophet in Ezekiel 37:1-14, is "Can These
Bones Live?
A glimpse of the historical setting for this prophecy is found
in 2 Kings 24-25. Because of the evil of Jerusalem and Judah,
God cast them out of his presence in the 11th year of
King Zedekiah's reign.
The Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzer encamped the city
and built a siege wall around it holding the people hostage in
for almost 2 years.
This created a severe famine leaving the people locked up
in the city without food. In a desperate attempt to ...