The idea of people being scattered and gathered is prominent in the Bible for better and for worse, although God has seemingly preferred scattering because of man’s rebellious spirit. This isn’t intended to be an exhaustive study, but the contrasts provide a different view of the story of mankind and the church. The first two…
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Satan’s Jealousy of Man
Just think of the magnificence of the Garden. Everything in the earth was new and glorious, fresh from the Creator’s mind and hand. How amazing that must have been! To top that off, God made man, the epitome of all that He had conceived. Observing everything that God had done, His divine sons cheered. They…
Called To Suffer
Why is it many people don’t understand that being called to become a disciple of Jesus Christ involves suffering, that rather, they believe it is supposed to be a comfortable life filled with material blessings? The Lord was quite clear to Saul when He called him on the road to Damascus where he became the…
God’s Divine Family Council
In the Book of Job, we get a glimpse of how God’s Divine Council works. Somewhere in the beginning, God created the heavenly host. Whether this was before the account of creation that we read about in Genesis or during, we don’t know. Since Scripture is silent about God creating His divine family, it’s likely…
Jesus & the Sons of God
I read a fascinating book recently that has changed how I look at the entire scope of Scripture. That’s a tall order because most of us gain a certain bias through the teachings we’ve had via sermons we’ve heard and various studies in which we’ve engaged. My Biblical view is and remains one that looks…
A Conspiracy Theory About the Garden & the Fall
Did you ever have one of those days when you began pondering the mysteries of God and wonder how something happened or came about in the Kingdom? That’s been me lately. Recently I’ve been studying the pagan religion of Hinduism, and how the practice of yoga plays into that. As someone has said, “There is…