Accurate Head Knowledge Leads to Accurate Heart Knowledge
The slavery disaster that arose in the churches in the 1830s has a thought-provoking posture on the human error of reading Scripture. Southern supporters of slavery fortified the idea that slave-holding was biblically necessary and numerous in the North saw it as completely unjustified and conflicting with the Bible. Yet others in the North saw... Continue Reading →
The colonial era of American history was a far more biblically sophisticated and knowledgeable world than ours today. While several did not hold Christian faith, they were formed and existed within its value system. The colonial-era birthed the national tenet of “God Bless America”, moments of silence, and “In God We Trust”. Yet our era... Continue Reading →
I chose to write about Martin Luther for this blog because he was successful, due to his passion, abilities to execute and the circumstances he was granted to make it possible for his passion to come to fruition. This spells a person who made an impact on this world. Passion Martin Luther was born of... Continue Reading →
Millennium Eventually Jesus Christ will come back to earth (Rev. 11:15) and resume God's theocratic kingdom program with Israel. He will judge all unbelievers and bound the ruler of the false kingdom (Rev. 20:2-3). He then will sit on David’s throne in Jerusalem and rule as King. “At the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in... Continue Reading →
Grace After His resurrection, Jesus spent time with those whom He had chosen (John 15:16), providing instructions for the new form of the theocratic administration or kingdom (Mark 16:15). The basis of this instruction was the Kingdom now involved both the Jew and Gentile and the Holy Spirit would be with them and all believers (John... Continue Reading →
New Covenant Then Jesus fulfills the New Covenant on the cross. The New Covenant is defined as "a covenant between God and his people that is anticipated in the Old Testament (Jer 31:31) and fulfilled in the New Testament (Luke 22:20; 1 Cor 11:25; Heb 9:15; 12:24). The new covenant involves forgiveness of sin, spiritual transformation,... Continue Reading →
Christ John then continues the same message of “repent” and adds that the Kingdom is near (Matt. 3:1-2). John is the forerunner of Jesus, the Messiah. Jesus is born (Luke 2:10-11) and continues the same message of John: repent; the kingdom is near (Mark 1:14-15). At His baptism (Matt. 3:15) Jesus was recognized by God... Continue Reading →
Prophets Eventually the administration of the kings ended after David and Solomon, and the administration of the prophets began. Deuteronomy 18:18-19 predicts God would raise up a prophet like Moses, having God’s authority. So, in the same way Moses carried the theocratic administration, the prophet was to carry it on. After Solomon’s passing, the kings only had authority... Continue Reading →
Davidic Covenant David was then anointed as king (1 Sam. 16:12-13) and God made a covenant with him. The Lexham Bible Dictionary defines the Davidic Covenant as “the promise made by Yahweh that He would establish for King David a ‘house’ or a dynasty of kings who would perpetually reign over God’s people.” Pentecost adds more to... Continue Reading →
Kings The new form of the theocratic administration was through kings. The first king in this new administration was Saul (1 Sam. 8:22). Saul reigned for a time, but then disobeyed. 1 Samuel 15:28 says “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors—to one better than you.”
