What is water baptism? (Taken from part 32 of the “Heavens Declare” series) By Preston Eby http://www.kingdombiblestudies.org/tablecontents.htm There is a most remarkable incident which took place in relation to the glory cloud when the children of Israel came out of Egypt. This incident is little known by God’s people, but it happened to testify to [...]

FREE WILL AND THE BEAST “Science promised man power… But, as so often happens when people are seduced by promises of power, the price is servitude and impotence. Power is nothing if it is not the power to choose.” – Joseph Weizenbaum; scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rene Descartes (1596-1650, French mathematician, philosopher), one of [...]

LOVE YOUR ENEMIES Turn on the news just about any day of the week and you can see various groups of people whom many Christians might view as their “enemies.” A short list may include the following: Liberal politicians who voted to have the Ten Commandments monument removed from the Alabama courthouse Those who live [...]

The Law of the Offerings The Five Tabernacle Offerings and Their Spiritual Significance by Andrew Jukes CONTENTS Preface The types in general The burnt-offering The meat-offering The peace-offering The sin-offering The trespass-offering The offering as a whole Appendix << Main Page — Forward >>

THE DILEMMA Most Christian based denominations teach us that we all have a moral obligation to our Creator. Since none of us could ever live up to what our loving Creator expects of us, a sacrifice was offered in our place, namely the Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God. Because of this [...]

GOSPEL OF JUDAS CONTROVERSY EXAMINED The news has been buzzing with the appearance of an ancient Coptic manuscript entitled The Gospel of Judas. [For those who do not know their church history, Judas Iscariot was one of Jesus’ twelve disciples who later ended up betraying Him, which would eventually lead to the Lord’s crucifixion.] The [...]

THE LUCIFER MYTH Many theologians refer to the Book of Isaiah to try and show that sin first entered God’s creation, not in the Garden of Eden, but with Lucifer’s rebellious fall from glory: “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which [...]

WILL GOD’S MERCY REALLY ENDURE FOREVER? In the Bible we often find certain thoughts or ideas being expressed repetitively. As I have pointed out in other articles, God always confirms His Word in the mouths of two or three witnesses in order to lend credence to what is being said. So when we find a [...]

SEVEN DEADLY SPIRITS Many people are familiar with, or at least have heard about, the seven deadly sins that are mentioned in Scripture. Proverbs 6:16-19 tells us: These six things the Lord hates, and seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look A lying tongue Hands that shed innocent blood A heart that devises [...]

O HELL, WHERE IS THY VICTORY? In the King James Version of the New Testament, the word “hell” can be found a total of 23 times. It was translated from the Greek word Gehenna (Strong’s G#1067) a total of 12 times, from the word Hades (G#86) a total of 10 times, and from the word [...]