In Revelation 3:1 we find Jesus instructing the Apostle John to write a letter to His church located in the city of Sardis, telling the church there that He knows their WORKS, that they have a reputation for being spiritually alive, but that they are spiritually dead. He goes on to say that they are […]

The Lord woke me up early, as usual, telling me to get up and get on with my WORK and my ministerial commission. Normally, I know what I will be writing about before I sit down at the computer. However, this morning I had no inkling, not so much as a hint. When that happens […]

When studying the death of Jesus of Nazareth it is common for Bible students to focus on the Words He uttered while His life slowly left Him: “IT IS FINISHED.” This is understandable when considering what His death did for the world. However, Christ’s death, as eternally important as it was, constituted only one third […]

During Creation Week the Godhead (“us”–1:26) created fish, birds, animals, etc., each after its own “kind” (Gen. 1:20-25). Being created “after its kind” there was instilled within each “kind” the instinct to breed only with those of its own “kind.” This physical law guaranteed that each newborn would be like all others of its “kind” […]

Found in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21, the prophecy voiced by Jesus from the Mount of Olives has affected, is affecting and will continue to affect every human being on earth. However, the carpenter from Nazareth was not the first to utter such warning words to the people of this world. As the […]

The Ancient Israelites were called by God to be His “light to the Gentiles” (all non-Israelite people)–isa. 42:6; 49:6. What made Israel God’s people was her agreement to obey His Ten Commandment Law (Exo. 19:5,6,8) which He then proclaimed to them audibly from atop of Mt. Sinai (20:1-17), then wrote it in stone and later […]

Were the Europeans right? Has the grand American experiment failed? In 1787 a group of Americans came together to form what came to be known as the Constitutional Convention. These men knew that they were going where no group of people had ever gone before. They were going to establish a nation based on the […]

Biblically, the world is divided into two categories of people: Israelites (God’s people–saints) and Gentiles (Satan’s people–heathen). In Isaiah 42:6 and 49:6 God commissioned the nation of Israel (Heb.–“power with God”) to be His light to the Gentile world. But before their call to serve the Lord, Israel, in accordance fulfillment of ancient prophecy, would […]

The key to the “when” question relative to the New Covenant’s entrance into the lives of God’s Very Elect saints was answered during the Last Supper when Jesus said concerning the wine, “This IS My blood of the NEW COVENANT which IS shed for many,” referring to what would take place later that day, not, […]

In Mark 14:22-24 we find Jesus of Nazareth symbolically referring to what He had said in Jeremiah 31:31 when He prophesied about a New Covenant that He would provide for His Very Elect saints in the future. In Mark 24 He is having His final meal with the disciples (soon to be apostles–“sent ones”) whom […]