Tag Archives: Jesus Christ
25
Jun
Revelation: Pergamum, Satan’s Throne
Revelation 2:13 “I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
I know where you dwell…where Satan dwells.
The church at...
18
Jun
Revelation: Pergamum, A Two-Edged Sword
Revelation 2:12b The One who has the sharp two-edged sword says this:
Jesus is the owner of the two-edged sword. He is the one talking to the churches. This is another example of Jesus defining who He is. The two edged sword is previously noted to be in Christ’s possession in...
11
Jun
Revelation: Historical Pergamum
Revelation 2:12a And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write:
Ancient Pergamum today is essentially Bergama, Turkey. Today, not much is left of the ancient city but ruins. The city was located about 60 miles north of Smyrna. It is the northern most church in the Book of Revelation....
04
Jun
Revelation: Smyrna…Matter of Eternal Life or Death
Revelation 2:10b-11 Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.
This is the closing statement to the church at Smyrna from...
31
May
Pentecost/Shavuot/Feast of Weeks: Reading the Book of Ruth
Leviticus 23:15-16 ‘You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete Sabbaths. You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall present a new grain...
18
May
Tribulation: Temple or Tabernacle Tent…”naos”
Is a “temple” necessary for the tribulation? Would a tent of meeting structure or tabernacle work? After all, the antichrist needs something to defile. This is the second installment in a three part series. The link below is to the first post in the series.
https://godinanutshell.com/2017/05/13/tribulation-temple-or-tabernacle-tent-hieron/
2 Thessalonians 2:4 …who opposes and...
14
May
Tribulation: Temple or Tabernacle Tent…”hieron”
This is the first in a series of three posts regarding the Temple during the time of the Great Tribulation. I will give a shout out to Christian author Sheryl Wright Stinchcum. We had some dialogue about a year ago over this issue that prompted the series when posted on my...
06
May
Cloning Jesus
An Oxford geneticist and a theologian are teaming up to find the DNA of Jesus Christ. The Oxford University geneticist is George Busby. The theologian is Pastor Joe Basile. The History Channel has completed a special on the topic called “The Jesus Strand”.
The team has looked at the Shroud of...
23
Apr
Revelation: Ephesus…Hey Listen!
Revelation 2:6 ‘Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
The Nicolaitans are a difficult group to track. There is no reliable documentation to confirm their identity. They are suspected to participate in pagan feasts and orgies. -Holman Bible Dictionary
Some critics argue...
16
Apr
Resurrection: The Atheist Demands Proof
The atheist, always wanting proof. The arguments are all the same. The Bible does not count as evidence so they say. Jesus is imaginary. The Bible is a fairy tale and just a book of stories. Religion is for the weak minded. Insert next cliché here…
The atheist claims to have...
