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I am a Gentile Christian. I do not relate to Jesus as my King but my Spouse. Jesus is the King of Israel. So, Jesus is a King, but not my King. I relate to Jesus as my Savior, Spouse, and Son of God (God's Son). The Kingship of Christ is not the case with Gentile Christians/Spouses.

There are several Raptures mentioned in the Bible, such as 1. Enoch (Gen 5:21-24; Heb 11:5) 2. Elijah (2 Kings 2:11) 3. Jesus’ Ascension (Acts 1:9-11) 4. Church Age Saints (1Thes 4:13-18) 5. The Two Witnesses in the Middle of the Tribulation (Rev. 11:3-12) 6. Tribulation Believers (Rev...

The New Covenant The new covenant guarantees Israel a converted heart as the foundation of all her blessings. According to the Old Testament principle that such a conversion can not be affected permanently without the shedding of blood, this covenant necessitates a sacrifice, acceptable to...

A definition of covenants A divine covenant is (1) a disposition of God, whereby he establishes an unconditional or declarative compact with man, obligating himself, in grace, by the formula, “I WILL,” to bring to pass of himself definite blessings for the covenanted ones, or (2) a proposal of...

καὶ ἐξαλείψει πᾶν δάκρυον ἐκ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ὁ θάνατος οὐκ ἔσται ἔτι, οὔτε πένθος οὔτε κραυγὴ οὔτε πόνος οὐκ ἔσται ἔτι· [ὅτι] τὰ πρῶτα ἀπῆλθαν. "He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed...

What are some of the differences when Christ appeared as a man in the OT compared to appearing as a man in the NT?

Rev 4.4 is the first mention of the 24 elders and they represent the Church based on their description. 2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. 3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone...

Daniel's 70th seven (of years) is recorded in Dan 9.27 where we are told that mid way through this time (3 1/2 years) of trouble he (the Antichrist) will bring an end to sacrifices and offerings. So, the 70th seven is divided into two halves. In Revelation we are told that half of the 70th seven...

We have all heard that God has a plan for our lives. Where is this doctrine taught in Scripture?

2.24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone (NET Bible) ὁρᾶτε ὅτι ἐξ ἔργων δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος καὶ οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως μόνον. Lets start with a corrected translation first before looking at one of the details You see that a man is justified by works, and not only...

You have probably heard that the Judgment seat of Christ takes its meaning from the Olympic Games. The scholars say that the Judges would sit on a raised platform and hand out rewards for the winners of the contests. I checked 30 commentaries by noted and not so noted scholars to find out just...

GJohn 1.18 θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε· μονογενὴς θεὸς ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο. No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known. There is a textual variant here that has made this a very...

Without any introduction, here are the words the Apostle John chose to begin his gospel: EN ARCHi HN hO LOGOS KAI hO LOGOS HN PROS TON QEON KAI QEOS HN hO LOGOS Roughly translated: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John realized the staggering...

The Text-Critical Case Against Biblical Inspiration seems to imply that if we have anything less than full certainty about the text of the Bible, then we can't have confidence in it or its inspired origin. But this is to ask of history more than it can ever supply. What we should expect from...

1.1 Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος en archi hn o logos in beginning was the Word This is just a brief statement about the verb used here. It is the verb EIMI. It is in the Imperfect Tense. And en archi simply refers to the a beginning. Which beginning is contextually developed. Here the beginning is of the...

When the Caliph Othman fixed a text of the Qur'an and destroyed all the old copies which differed from his standard, he provided for the uniformity of subsequent manuscripts at the cost of their historical foundation. A classical text which rests finally on a single archetype is that which is...

KJV Ezek. 39.2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel... NIV Ezek. 39.2 I will turn you around and drag you along. I will bring you from the far north and send you...

1.21 over and far above every ruler, everyone delegated into a position of authority, every mighty one, and every sovereign dictator, as well as anyone of any reputation, not only in this epoch of human (Church Age) history, but also in the next one (Millennium) to come 1.22 and He has...

Why scribes copied NT manuscripts different from other scribes. 1. Is the text produced by a “pastor personality” who will transcribe the text into the vernacular of his people, smoothing out the reading kind of like the Message or the Living Translation does in English? This personality is...

1.18 your innate capacity to perceive and understand spiritual truth is now in a permanent enlightened state, as a result of this, you may now acquire (come to possess) a fully formed vision of the nature of our hope (final destiny) as it relates to His divine invitation, as well as what the...