Genesis 6:1-5 is one of the most fascinating and troubling passages in the entire Bible. Some people want to make what is conveyed here an entirely human scenario, but that completely misses what’s really going on and the larger Biblical narrative. The text tells us that the sons of God (bene Elohim – Hebrew) took…
Posts Categorized: Sons of God
Prophecy Message: Things Past – Things to Come
In the Sunday morning service of New Beginnings Church on 8-2-20, I had the great privilege and awesome responsibility of bringing the message. It is one of Bible prophecy that provides an overview of these issues: What’s God’s Plan What’s His Purpose? Where Do We Go from Here? I pray you’ll receive these words in…
Gods Over Nations – Then & Now
Have you ever considered the cultures described in the Old Testament and wondered why today we don’t see similar practices? How could there be such depravity in those times and not in our current era? What happened to the gods, the idols, the sexual perversions, the abominations with children, even the cannibalism? Did all this…
Prophecy Update: Chaos – Connect the Dots
Lately we’ve seen an incredible outbreak of violence around America. At one point I Googled “list of cities with violent protest.” From Wikipedia I ended up with a forty-five-page document showing every state with cities large and small plus a description of the protest activity. How should we as Christians view all this? This essay…
Three Timing Views of the Tribulation
The timing of the 7-year Tribulation and the unfolding of the plagues have come under scrutiny in recent years with differing views from that proposed in the past. It used to be among the pre-Tribulation crowd (of which I am one) that a Traditional understanding prevailed. Subsequently, a Modified version of that came on the…
Idols: Then & Now
In our westernized, Christian worldview, the idols of old made of stone and wood make little sense. We wonder how the peoples of the Ancient Near East (ANE) could be so foolish as to think that a statue of some sort was worthy of worship. How stupid could they have been back in those days? …