All Israel will be saved – Understanding Romans 9-11
Introduction In chapters nine to eleven of his letter to the Romans, the apostle Paul deals with the questions: “Did God reject His people? Had God’s promises to Israel failed?” “Yes,” might be a...
View ArticleFaith over Works
The identity of the Messiah is usually considered to be the pivotal issue that divides Judaism and Christianity. However, authors Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin suggest that whether or not Jesus...
View ArticlePresent Day Tongues – Is it the same as the gift of tongues manifested in the...
Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. They said to each other, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them...
View ArticleThe Keys of the Kingdom – Matthew 16 and the church of Rome
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others,...
View ArticleBinding and loosing
Dies auch in Deutsch erhaeltlich “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven”...
View ArticleThe Torah of Messiah
“Hear now, O Israel, the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you....
View ArticleIshmael and Isaac – born of the flesh, born of the Spirit
If the strife between Arab and Jew began with Ishmael and Isaac, then reconciliation begins there too. Scripture speaks of the brothers’ separation but also mentions their reunion at Abraham’s grave....
View ArticleSatan bound for a thousand years
The events described in Revelation 20 and their placement in the sequence of end-time events are difficult and controversial. A messenger comes from heaven and binds Satan for a thousand years. (Most...
View ArticleGod’s promise to Abraham and its fulfilment
The Lord God revealed that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent’s head (Gen. 3:15), but His redemption plan only comes into view with the call of Abraham in Genesis 12. Two religions emerge in...
View ArticleAn end before the End
– Part 3 of a series: Is this the end? Salvation distress and glory for the Jew first To the Jews were given, ‘the adoption as sons … the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the...
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