Biblical Holy Days are beneficial for believers and society as a whole. The first of the Holy Days help us focus on celebrating the sacrifice of Jesus and our commitment to him. The Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread remind us of the personal sacrifice Jesus made for us.
The people of this world are guilty of sin. Two things are needed to bring mankind back to God. The number one thing is paying the penalty for sins and for true repentance. Secondly, we must learn to stop sinning. The evil influences that keep luring us back into sinful behavior must be removed from our lives. Both functions are done by the love and power of the true Messiah Jesus.
The obvious answer is NO! No one should doubt that all ships no matter which galaxy they are from, must obey the laws of physics. Just for the sake of discussion let us imagine that God created life in a very, very distant galaxy. God assumed as we all would that the distance quarantined mankind from this other specie. Yet somehow they came up with technology to traverse distances that should take hundreds of years to travel.
One area in which we can all advance our knowledge of scripture is grasping Paul’s advice to his Thessalonian congregation and younger evangelist:
We believe that our future physical and spiritual security rest upon knowing the basic scriptures regarding the end of the age. God will send terrible plagues upon all who worship the Beast dictator.
When Jesus came on the scene what was the position of the Sabbath in the minds and hearts of worshipers of the true God? The Sabbath was the sign of the creator God and of their covenant relationship with God. It marked, which God they worshiped. See Ex 31:13-17, Deut. 5:12-15 and Ezekiel 20:12. All Jews were fully aware of their tragic history regarding the cruel exile.
Why did Constantine the first Christian Emperor of the Roman Empire try this merger? He believed that it would help him rule the empire. Did he contaminate the worship of the true God or help? Does God allow the blending of his true worship with pagan customs? The answer is an obvious No!
Episode 381 Why The Biblical Holy Days Are Good for Mankind And Why Some Are So Misled?
The concept of using mindless, rote, memorized prayers will clearly not build a relationship with God. However; God does tell us to be persistent in prayer.
Judah had entered a period of great moral decay. They had become paganized and antagonistic to God’s true prophets and his word. Crime and corruption were rampant so God had withdrawn his protection. They were being devoured by the world power of their day, Babylon. Yet, God protected true believers and the moral individuals remaining.
Is it appropriate that some churches are ignoring the teaching of end of the age prophecies? We assume that some have been emotionally let down when their teachers seemed to be wrong. They wish to protect themselves by ignoring nearly one quarter of all Bible teaching. Is this what God wants or what the Devil would like to see? Did the original Apostles preach end times prophecy?
God tested the first man, Adam. He put the first family in the beautiful Park, the Garden of Eden. God put the choice of two ways of life before them in the form of two trees. One was the tree of life and access to God’s Holy Spirit, and the other the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
The founders of America and many of its citizens have believed for years that this nation is blessed by God.
The wave sheaf offering is the focal point of the count down to fifty or Pentecost and the real meaning of the Holy Day. Pentecost is more accurately called the Feast of First Fruits to God.
Jeroboam was given the northern ten tribes of Israel. God promised him that his dynasty could be lasting like that of King David if only he would obey. However he feared the unified religion of the true God built around the Temple in Jerusalem. Therefore he made two enormous blunders. First he altered the Holy Days and built them around pagan representations of God.
Paul talked about cutting the work short. We are going to look into this obscure and usually unnoticed scripture for a deeper understanding. Paul when talking about Israel mentions that God will cut short His work on Earth to stop the moral slide of His people. If God had not CUT SHORT the time what would have happened?
Job’s trial was so frustrating because he could not really know what was taking place. He and his three friends faced unknowable spiritual forces.
One of the themes of the Bible is that Israel would almost never repent and turn back to God without a lot of pain and suffering.
me clerics assert that you cannot lose your salvation. They assert “ Once a person has accepted Christ as Savior, they may wonder if it is possible to lose that salvation. What if they commit a sin? What if they commit a lot of sins? What if they do something very, very wrong? Is it possible to be saved, and then lose that salvation? Fortunately, the answer is a resounding “no.” Once a person has accepted Jesus Christ as Savior, he/she is forever saved. This fact is referred to as the doctrine o...
The Apostle Paul makes it abundantly clear that our resurrection at Jesus’ second coming is tied to our being given eternal life. Further in the resurrection chapter, he explains that the resurrection of Christ during the Days of Unleavened Bread or within the Days of Unleavened Bread is related to our being brought back from the grave to live eternally as immortal spirit being.
Many are seriously concerned about the planet. Most of those with this concern would be shocked to know that Jesus the Messiah will have to return to this planet to save it. All life would be poisoned or otherwise destroyed if not for the second coming of Christ. Jesus gave this stark warning :
Theologians at seminaries usually state that Paul was saying new covenant believers were free from the laws of God.
We believers know of the wonderful rewards awaiting those that have passed away. This was covered in our previous program. Now we wish to review biblical evidence on how all of us should view it. This includes our eventual passing as well. How should we see it? First of all, God indicates that the passing of a true lover of God is a positive exit from a troubled world.
The Apostle Paul wrote to a church started by one of his disciples that had never seen him face to face but had been immersed in his teachings and no doubt felt they knew him.
The second coming of Jesus Christ is probably on the near horizon. Many surprises are up and coming no doubt, but will the second coming of the true Messiah be one of them? What is the clear biblical answer to this question? What does this mean for us the true believers?
History of mankind proves that appeasement always ends in disaster. Giving in to evil encourages all the more evil. Appeasing evil dictators or evil pagans or criminals only makes matters worse.
ARE WE TO BECOME PRIVILEGED VIEWERS OF THE BEATIFIC VISION? ARE WE TO BECOME JUST VIEWERS IN HEAVEN, or will we be His REAL sons after the resurrection? Does it matter? Will Christians be, in a sense, “baby Gods” as newborn members of God’s Family or just foster kids? Do believers have an unbelievably wonderful future?
Episode 387 A Look At Power, Prayer And Pentecost!
God is developing new members of his family. Therefore we need to be more like God, full of unselfish love. We must repent of our selfish, sinful ways and learn to resist them and thereby build truly loving character. This has always been the number one goal. Note what is said in the Old Testament.
One part of Biblical wisdom is often misquoted and twisted by the secular world is regarding economic issues and prosperity. Sometimes they misapply the Bible to help support socialism(communism).
