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When Does the Lord Smite Edom?
Isaiah 63:1 Who is this who comes from aEdoma, with dyed garments from aBozraha? This one who is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength?
I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
2 Why is your apparel red, and your garments like one who treads in the winepress?
3 I have trod
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Virgins and Stewards, Part 2: Answers
1) Why does Luke say “return from the wedding”? What happened to the virgins?
The two passages, from Matthew 25 and Luke 12, clearly prophecy two separate comings of the Lord: The first, to take “the virgins…in with Him to the wedding.” Matt. 25:10 The second, to “return from the wedding” to “his ho
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Virgins and Stewards, Part 1: Questions
Matthew 25:1 “Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with th
Turning Evil into Good
Our pasts are our teachers and guides.
Now, even though we have done foolish and evil things in the past, if, because of them, we have learned not to do such things, then God has brought the good of wisdom out of our past foolishness and evil. Thus, good fruits in our lives can be harvested out of our past evils, even as good fruits of a garden may be derived from composted dung.
Two prime examples of this principle are seen in the lives of Pe
Trials and Temptations
A trial (a.k.a. a test) is a transition point when a choice must be made. Trials come every day.
A temptation comes when one listens to an evil spirit when meditating about a choice to be made.
One can blink away the evil spirit’s temptations. Literally.
God does not tempt anyone, but God does try everyone.
Eternity is when/where trials are not found, because the choices have been made.
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The Three Mass Resurrections of the Dead
FIRST:
John 5:25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour comes, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and the ones hearing shall live.”
“Hearing” here is meant according to the Hebrew verb shâmăh, which implies, besides hearing, also receiving and obeying the message heard. That m
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The Three Heavens
There is a lot of misunderstanding about the three heavens/worlds above this material world. They are not places, as we generally understand that word: they are spiritual states of consciousness.
The New Jerusalem is a state of collective consciousness, that of the Bride of Christ. The Bride of Christ is the spiritual union of all b
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The Three Earthquakes of Revelation
Some people believe and teach that the the Seals, Trumpets and Bowls of Revelation all take place concurrently. Others teach that only the Trumpets and Bowls are concurrent, and are part of the Seventh Seal. There are many reasons why neither of these things is possible, when all of the other scriptures, particularly th
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The Temple-Sanctuary and Court of Revelation 11
Revelation 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod. And the angel stood, saying, “Rise, and measure the naos [lit. sanctuary] of God, and the altar, and those who worship in it. 2 But the court which is outside of the naos cast out and measure it not, for it is given unto the Gentiles; and the hol
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The Tabernacle and the Court, Part 3:
The Holy Place
The first two articles of this series showed that the Court of the Tabernacle consisted of two unseparated parts, representing the physical body and the soul, as well as the first two requirements of the Gospel:
1) A discipleʼs commitment to sacrifice his unholy desires of the flesh, and
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The Tabernacle and the Court, Part 2:
The Partly-Enclosed Court and the Laver
In Part 1 of this series, it was shown that the first, lowest area of the Tabernacle-Court complex held the Altar of Burnt Offering. It symbolizes the first stage of the Gospel: the sacrifice of all of a discipleʼs fleshly appetites that are contrary to Godʼs Commandments.
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The Tabernacle and Court: What They Represent
The Mosaic Tabernacle-and-Court (and later, Solomonʼs Temple-and-Court) is the Divine Pattern; is the Way; is the Gospel; is Man. All of the essentials of Godʼs Creation, as well as of His Plan of Salvation, are represented in the Tabernacle-and-Court, with its implements, ordinances, and sacred feast d
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The Tabernacle and Court, Part 4:
The Most Holy Place
Under the Mosaic Law of the Israelite Covenant, only the High Priest was allowed to enter into the Most Holy Place of the Tabernacle, and only on one day each year. Lev. 16:2, 34; Heb. 9:7 On that day, the Day of Atonement, he was required to enter the Most Holy Place twice:
Leviticus
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The Son of Perdition Is a Patsy
When Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested on November 22, 1963, he asked the police what he was being charged with. They told him the murder of President Kennedy. He then said, “So Iʼm the patsy.” A few days later, he was dead and despised.
Whether or not one believes Oswald shot Kennedy, what he said was true: Kennedy was d
The Sobering Situation in Israel
In an analysis of Israel’s strategic threat environment and imperatives published at the Claremont Review of Books, author and military analyst Mark Helprin distinguished the threat Hamas poses to Israel from the threat Israel faces from Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon and Iran.
Hamas, Helprin explained, is not and has never been an existential threat to Israel. Hezbollah and Iran are existential threats to Israel. Hezbollah’s arsenal of 150,000 rockets an
The Shekhinah is the feminine manifestation of Deity, the original and continuing “visible manifestation of the Divine Presence.” She is the aspect of Deity that voluntarily limits itself, thereby providing a place and means by which the holiness of the Infinite Light is able to become tangibly expressed. (Because Infinite Light cannot be perceived by finite beings; rather, only a limited part of its radiance.)
In Hebraic thought, the feminine is the outward form and vessel, being the recep
The Psalm 83 War: When?
Another popular but misguided teaching these days says this: Psalm 83 is a prophecy about an End Time war against the nation of Israel.
In fact, this psalm, along with other closely related psalms, speaks about a past event that took place in 485 B.C. In that year, the newly-crowned Emperor Xerxes of Persia, dealing with rebellions throughout the empire at the death of his father Darius, allowed the neighboring enemies of the rebellious province of Judah to puni
The Prophetic Parable of Esther
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Chapter 1: A king of kings makes a great feast “for all the chiefs [sarim] and servants of the power of” his realm. Esth. 1:3; cf. Rev. 4, Luke
The Prophetic Heritage and Destiny of Joseph; Part 1
Isaiah 17:1 The oracle/doom of Damascus. Behold Damascus, being deposed from being a city; and it shall become a ruinous heap. 2 The cities of Aroer being forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 3 Then fortification (or, defense) shall cease from Ephraim, and dominion from Damascus. And the remnant of Syria shall be like the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. 4 And
The Prophesied Restorations of Israel and Judah After 7 Times: Summary and Comparison
United States: Because of their religious beliefs and their poverty, most of America’s early colonists were outcasts of Britain and other parts of Northern Europe.
Israel: Jews were outcasts in Europe before the 18th century’s Age of Enlightenment, due to religious, racial, and economic prejudices.
United States: The Reformation of the 16th century brought the colonists hope for religious
The Prophesied Restorations of Israel and Judah After 7 Times
The 7 times prophecy of Leviticus 26 speaks of the judgment of all of the Israelites, that is, both Israel and Judah. God prophesied their expulsion from their lands to take place at the point when His chastisement of the people for their rebellions reached its limit. “I will bring the land into desolation…and I will scatter you among the heathen.” Even if the people in their exile were to later repent – “if their uncircumcised h
The Prophesied Restoration of Judah After 7 Times, Part 2: 1947 – 2000 AD
On May 14, 1948 AD (5944 AA), the Jews in Palestine established and proclaimed the independent State of Israel. This had been made possible by the United Nations, which had sanctioned the partition of Palestine into Jewish and Palestinian-Arab states on Nov. 29, 1947 (late 5943 AA).
7 times earlier, in the Autumn of 538 BC (3423 AA), Babylon fell to King Cyrus of Persia, and the Babylonian Empire was thereafter
The Prophesied Restoration of Judah After 7 Times, Part 1: 1878 – 1897 AD
On August 8, 1878 AD, Petach Tikvah (Door of Hope) was founded, the first Latter-Day Jewish agricultural settlement in Palestine. In 1879 (5874 AA), it produced the first Jewish harvest in that land to be sold in Jerusalem since the destruction of the Temple by the Romans. Three years later, in 1882 AD (5877 AA), the first large Aliyahs (“Ascents”/Returns) of Jews to their ancient homeland began.
7 times before 1
The Prophesied Restoration of Israel After 7 Times, Part 2: 1754 – 1783 AD
On May 28 and July 3-4, 1754 AD (5747 AA), skirmishes between George Washington’s colonials and French forces in the Ohio Valley sparked the French and Indian War. This conflict lasted nearly nine years. During the war, the American colonial governments were greatly strengthened, and they acquired extensive territory.
7 times earlier, a corresponding period of about nine years, 731-22 BC (3227-36 AA), covered th
The Prophesied Restoration of Israel After 7 Times, Part 1: 1578 – 1744 AD
On June 11, 1578 AD (5569 AA†), Sir Humphrey Gilbert was granted a 6-year patent by England’s Queen Elizabeth to explore and colonize North America. The first (failed) expedition, led by Walter Raleigh, took place between Sept. 1578 and May 1579. Gilbert was lost at sea during another attempt in 1583. Raleigh received a new 6-year patent on May 25, 1584, and planted colonies on Roanoke and Croatan Islands in present-
