But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. Matthew 24:8 I just finished a series on what Jesus refers to in the Olivet Discourse as “the beginning of birth pangs”. I summarized them across the synoptic gospels in the last post which is helpful to see the contributions of each to the …
End Time Prophecy in the Gospels Part 9 – Earthquakes
“The first mainshock was slightly stronger than the second with an estimated difference of 0.11. This corresponds to one of the largest tremors in over 2,000 years of Turkish history.” (phys.org article) I’ve looked at earthquake raw data myself. Data is easily manipulated by people who do not understand proper statistical data analysis and hypothesis …
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End Time Prophecy in the Gospels Part 8 – Troublemakers
The Gospel of Luke is the only gospel that mentions plague as a birth pang sign. This does not conflict with the other two so called “synoptic” gospels. It supplements the other gospels with additional information in the parallel passages. Adding additional detail is common for the gospel of Luke. To get the complete picture, …
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End Time Prophecy in the Gospels Part 7 – Famine
They cry “we are dying” but who hears them? We in the west have no understanding of famine although many of our own citizens even in America go hungry every day. But in many third world countries, famine is a widespread plague upon the land affecting large numbers of people. From Google Bard: “According to …
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The Asbury Revival and Habakkuk 1
The President of the student body was interviewed recently by Fox News about what’s happening at Asbury College. She said that a scripture being shared among those attending is Habakkuk chapter 1, specifically Hab 1:5. Habakkuk 1:5The Lord’s Surprising Answer“Look at the nations and pay attention!You will be shocked and amazed!For I will do something …
The Treasure
The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Matthew 13:44 Everything anyone needs to know about the coming Kingdom of God is right there in the scriptures. …
The Woman at the Well – Chance Encounter or Messianic Mission? Part 1 – The Location
A few years ago, I was asked by my home church leader to lead a study on John 4. I’ve read John 4 many times. It’s a short story about an apparent random encounter between the Lord and a Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. As I prepared for the bible study, what I found in …
The Book of Ruth – a Christmas Story?
The Book of Ruth is not typically considered a prophetic book or a Christmas story. I think its both. The book is tucked away between the book of Judges and 1 Samuel, bridging the two time periods. The book has four short chapters and if you take about 30 minutes to read through it – …
The Holy City – New Jerusalem
Cities of the world are lawless cesspools of violence, murder, drugs, looting, homeless encampments full of Hepatitis and COVID, garbage and used needles all over the sidewalks and streets, criminal gangs at war with each other, it goes on and on. This is where the “powers that be” of the world want us to live. …