Tag: Old Testament
Thompson-Chain Jeremiah: The message of the weeping prophet
Thompson-Chain Jeremiah. An overview of the prophet’s message. In this post, Thompson-chain Jeremiah, you’ll find a summary of the message and words of the Old Testament prophet. He holds a title among many biblical scholars as, “the weeping prophet.” He earned the title because of the many tears shed for the woeful spiritual condition of…
Thompson-Chain Isaiah: Analysis of Prophet Isaiah’s message
Thompson-Chain Isaiah: A summary of the Book of Isaiah. Thompson-Chain Isaiah: This is a great place to start in your study of the prophetic books in the Bible. This is part of a series of posts in which I’ll emphasize the importance of studying the Bible as opposed to casual reading. In this post,…
Turkey wants full control in Middle East. The secret is out.
Turkey lost control in the Middle East when the Ottoman Empire fell. They want that control back. And they lust for the return of their Empire. I believe they won’t rest until that control returns. In fact, they have set strategic goals for their country. And if they attain just some of those goals, they…
The End-of-days doctrines of the early Church fathers
End-of-days: The early church and the last days. The early church believed they were living in the last times or the end-of-days. We find clear evidence of that in the writings of the disciples. And that literary evidence continued for the next two hundred years after the death and resurrection of Christ. (Then an allegorical…
Leaven in the Kingdom Parables: It is sin
Most teachers misunderstand the parable of the leaven. The word leaven is another word for yeast. Many Bibles translate the original word as yeast instead of leaven. So for this article, if your Bible has “yeast” in this passage, just insert leaven instead. And yes, the pun is intentional. Here’s the passage, and like most…
Jesus is Savior, God, and the I Am. Isaiah 43:8-13
God says He is the only Savior and God. In the New Testament, we learn that Jesus is also the Savior, God, and the “I Am.” But if the Father is the Savior, and Jesus is too, why does God say there is no Savior beside him? The answer to the mystery lies in the…
The Millennial week and Bible Prophecy
What is the Millennial week? The Millennial week is a term used by Bible scholars that refers to a particular version of interpretation in regards to biblical prophecy. The Millennial week theory is seen as a preposterous idea by many of today’s scholars. Many, but not all, biblical and secular scholars look at the idea with…
What’s your view of the Kingdom of God? Is it glorious?
The Futurist’s view of Bible prophecy versus the Preterist. I hope you have a high expectation for what the future Kingdom of God will be like. God’s Old Testament prophets surely did. But according to the amillennialist point-of-view, we are living in the glory now. Amillennialism has a weak vision of the future. The current sinful world…
Death and Resurrection of the Jewish Messiah 3 days of hell Psalm 16
Psalm Sixteen: The death and resurrection of Jesus after three days in hell. The Death and resurrection of Jesus is a fact of history. If it didn’t happen, the Word of God would have failed in a key prophecy from David’s Psalms. The Bible predicted it so it had to happen. Peter, the one who…
