I love how the Recovery Version says concerning Enoch in Heb. 11:5, “By faith Enoch was translated so that he should not see death”. Most versions say, “By faith Enoch was taken up” – but, if you think about it, to be translated means that you were once in a certain realm (or language) and […]
Seeing how Religion was Invented, What Religion Does, and the Result of Religion
I have always been puzzled by the record in Genesis 4 concerning Cain and Abel bringing an offering to God – how come Cain took the lead to do it, he worked really hard to present something to God, and he was all-in-all “a good person”, but God rejected his offering? On the other hand, […]
A Built-up Church Has the Presence of God – God’s Presence is Everything to us
After seeing that God’s desire and His focus today is to build up the church for the preparation and bringing in of the New Jerusalem, we need to continue to see the conditions of a built-up church today as depicted by the conditions of the New Jerusalem. The church is the miniature of the New […]
All Believers are Priests of God; Satan Struggles Against the Temple of God
God’s goal is the temple of God – He desires to gain His house, His church, His building, His temple, the place of His dwelling and where He can rest. God knows this, and Satan also knows this – this is why Satan attacked the temple of God and did his best to destroy it […]
Seeing the Pattern of the Lord Jesus as a Man of Prayer in the Gospels
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For God to accomplish His will, He needs a people on the earth that would pray His will for Him to do it. God doesn’t need only “prayers once in a while, when we remember or when we are reminded by others” – God needs men of prayer. With Daniel as a man of prayer […]