7.6 The Great Apostasy

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. 2 Cor 1:12 Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart Read More…

7.7 The Victor …………………

Jesus’s second coming. There is a sense of expectancy throughout the prophetic books of the Old Testament  describing the coming of the Lord Messiah to reign on this earth. Every Jewish child was taught about the messiah to come. He was to be the glorious and mighty ruler over the whole earth, ruling with a Read More…

7.4 The Beast was, & is not, the 8th.

The Beast of Revelation 17 (&13) (continuation of post 7.2, a mid-2023 interpretation) Not many interpretations address a clue given by the angel, who advises John in V7 that he will ‘tell him the mystery of the woman’ and the mystery of the Beast carrying the woman. Previously I had tried to understand Rev13 beast first before moving Read More…

7.1 The Witnesses

Revelation 11 describes the ministry of the two witnesses. In reading this chapter it seems clear that they operate out of Jerusalem. In addition, the reference to them as the “two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the Lord of the earth” give their ministry a distinctly Jewish flavour. Will their ministry specifically Read More…

4.2 Corruption of the Gospel

The corruption of the gospel: Do you believe the gospel is under attack? Are there people who consciously attempt to undermine or corrupt the message of salvation? If the apostles were warning the church against a corrupted gospel in the first century (1&2 Timothy, Titus and Jude), can we expect this to continue today? It Read More…

4.3 Christian Zionism*

Gal 3:13,14, 28 “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us, for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree: {3:14} That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit Read More…

4.4 Science and Evolution*

Statistics and the Origin of Life A 2009 New Scientist article stated: There is no doubt that the common ancestor (the first life form) possessed DNA, RNA and proteins, a universal genetic code, ribosomes (the protein-building factories), ATP and a proton-powered enzyme for making ATP. The detailed mechanisms for reading off DNA and converting genes Read More…

3.1 God’s patterns in scripture

Most of us growing up in Christian families or in a Christian environment will have come across the repeated occurrence of the numbers seven, twelve and forty. Who can forget Joseph’s interpretation of Pharaoh’s dream, the seven fat cows and the seven emaciated cows arising out from the Nile. How Joseph’s description of these cows, Read More…