According to Webster’s Concise Dictionary of the English Language the word “nobel” is defined as excellent, honorable, worthy, righteous, fine, impressive, magnificent and splendid.  “Nobility” refers to an individual who is part of a class of nobel people.  In the spiritual realm “nobel” defines a true saint of God.  The qualities the word entails is […]

In Psalm 2:1-11 we find God, speaking to us through the psalmist by way of the Holy Spirit, putting the world’s power brokers in their place.  Most of those of high political status believe, as did Nebuchadnezzar, that they achieved that status by their own efforts.  They do not realize that only the Almighty has […]

If the Holy Scriptures are indeed holy (Rom. 7:12); if they were written by holy men of old as they were moved by God through His Holy Spirit (2 Pet. 1:21); if they are Truth (Jn. 17:17); if they must be studied in order to be approved by God (2 Tim. 2:15); if they must […]

Who determines the outcomes of political elections?  In free nations where people are allowed to vote, consensus holds that the citizens of those nations determine who will lead them for the next several years.  Is this true?  In the Holy Bible we are told that the answer is both yes and no.  In one sense […]

Prior to the Word’s coming to earth as Jesus of Nazareth (Jn. 1:1-4,14) His prophets wrote about His unusual, uniquely special, obedient people who were His spiritual lights who proclaimed and obeyed His Law the midst of the religious darkness in which their Israelite brethren and their Gentile neighbors lived.  One of His saints’ identifying […]

The word “peculiar” is normally used to describe an entity that does not fit into the mold ascribed to it by the society in which it exists.  Though the word can be used in both a positive and a negative sense, it is normally used in a derogatory manner.  Beginning early in life we human […]

In the Book of Genesis, chapter 11 we find a story that every Sunday School child knows by heart.  It involves the entire population of the world that has gathered on the plains of Shinar, an area today occupied by the nation known as Iraq.  Initially God had created three races of people from Noah’s […]

In the spiritual sense, to resurrect means to bring back to life.  To resurrect a human being means that he/she was once alive, then died, and now has been brought back to his/her former living status.  Beginning with Adam and Eve, man has been fascinated with the subject of death and the possibility of life […]

Iniquity is defined in the Greek language as “LAWLESSNESS.”  Jesus warned that He would reject “workers of iniquity” on the Day of Judgment.  These will be church people who, during their time on earth, had refused to obey His Law (Mat. 7:23).  In Matthew 24:12 He equates iniquity/Lawlessness with a lack of love for His […]

In the Garden of Eden were trees of every kind that produced fruit of every kind, all of which were available to Adam and Eve as sources of food.  Two particular trees were placed in the center of the garden so that no matter which way they walked they would encounter both trees.  One of […]