If there was ever a formula for God to intervene in a situation, we see it in the life of King Jehoshaphat. Please don’t misunderstand me. God cannot be put into a box and manipulated by us in any way. Thus, for there to be a sure-fire blueprint for gaining what we want through some…
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Awaken Bible Prophecy Update 5-19-21: The Transhumanist Fallacy
Awaken Bible Prophecy Update 5-19-21: The Transhumanist Fallacy Are people becoming less than human in order to theoretically become more than human? We’re going to consider some of the aspects of the very public push to achieve immortality with the intention of kicking God out of the equation for good. In so doing, we’re going…
2 Kings 19:28 – My Hook in Your Nose
Hezekiah’s believing loyalty toward Yahweh earned him many blessings. The Lord in 2 Kings 18:5 even went so far as to say: He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel, so that there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him, nor among those who were before him. High praise…
John 5:38 – You Do Not Believe
There have always been those who did not believe in the God of all creation. They have turned from Him in their willfulness or ignorance and followed other gods. These gods are indeed real; they are spiritual beings in rebellion to their Father who created them. In the grand scheme of things, Satan has risen…
2 Kings 5:20 – Gehazi’s Greed
The account of the Syrian commander Naaman and the prophet Elisha is one that teaches us much about the ways of God. The underlying narrative is that in the Ancient Near East (ANE) there was a territorial concept about the gods. Deriving from the Genesis 11 account of the Tower of Babel where Yahweh came…
John 3:5 – Water and Spirit
We’re all familiar with the account of the Pharisee Nicodemus coming to Jesus at night. Jesus called him the teacher of Israel (John 3:10); as such he was an important, highly regarded man. It’s why he came at night. His intense curiosity about Jesus got the best of him, but he couldn’t risk anyone seeing…