COPYRIGHT WARNING Nearly 700 years before Jesus came into the world, the prophet Isaiah described the Salvation which God would offer to the world and the fact that it would be completely His work and none of man’s efforts or… Read More ›
The First Arrival of the Messiah
Events and prophecies that deal with the first appearance of the Messiah on earth.
He Spoke the Universe Into Existence, But He Spoke Not a Word in His Own Defense
COPYRIGHT WARNING Although the prophecies of the Old Testament describe the Messiah as God, specific predictions such as the prophecies written by Isaiah, also define Him as: pouring out His soul unto death. Possessing the power of creation and destruction, the… Read More ›
Jesus Carried All Your Sins So You No Longer Have To
COPYRIGHT WARNING Those who break the law of God are considered guilty by God and are spoken of as bearing their sins. Leviticus 22:9 They shall therefore keep My ordinance, lest they bear sin for it and die thereby… Hebrews… Read More ›
Jesus Died for 100 Trillion Sins
Jesus knew ahead of time, all things that were going to transpire regarding His death and resurrection. He had determined every event before He created the first man on the earth. The plan of salvation for all people was not… Read More ›
Jesus Suffered For, and Took the Sins of, Those Who Would Never Receive Him
COPYRIGHT WARNING One of the great mysteries of the universe is that it pleased the Father to bruise His Son and put Him to death for the sins of all people. Why God would allow His Only Son to suffer… Read More ›
For Just One Sin…
COPYRIGHT WARNING For just one sin–Jesus had to die. It was not the entire culmination of all human sin and suffering which compelled Jesus to leave heaven and die for us. It was the suffering of one person, one sin–which… Read More ›
The Sovereignty of God and the Free Will of Men
COPYRIGHT WARNING How much of what we do everyday is determined by our own actions, and how much is determined by the plan and purposes of God for our life? Each day, we make a myriad of choices which determine the… Read More ›
Is the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Supported by Reliable Evidence?
COPYRIGHT WARNING In the present modern age of the internet and computer technology, the world has the largest assembly of information ever known. The ability to search or write on any subject has become commonplace amongst those who have a… Read More ›
Jesus Bore All Sickness While Paying For Our Sins on the Cross
COPYRIGHT WARNING: One of the purposes of the Messiah was to bear the curse of our sickness upon His body, at the Cross, and deliver us from all sickness forever. This is widely debated amongst Bible commentators. You will find… Read More ›
The Suffering of God at Man’s Unwillingness to be Saved
COPYRIGHT WARNING Luke 19:41-42 Now as Jesus drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are… Read More ›
When our Assumptions About God Prevent us From Being Saved
COPYRIGHT WARNING I have often pondered the fact that many people today still reject Jesus Christ. They do so of their own free will, with full knowledge of who Jesus is, and what the eternal cost is for rejecting Him… Read More ›
Why the World Hates Jesus and Those Who Follow Him
COPYRIGHT WARNING Mark 13:13 And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved. John 15:18 “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it… Read More ›
God Does Not Choose–Based on Physical Appearance, He Looks at the Heart
COPYRIGHT WARNING God’s choice for those who will lead others, does not depend on their outward appearance, education, or family background. The Lord chooses people for service based on their inner heart and their desire to do all that He… Read More ›
Why the King of kings Came into the World–Poor and Destitute
COPYRIGHT WARNING The idea that the King of kings would be born to a poor family in the most unlikely of towns, to a nation which had only a distant memory of glory, is unthinkable. Yet, these were the circumstances… Read More ›
Difficult to Believe: That God Would Permit His Son to Die for Sinners
COPYRIGHT WARNING Nearly 600 years before Jesus came into the world, the prophet Isaiah described a world in which very few would receive God’s Messiah. Isaiah 53:1 Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the… Read More ›
All Time and History Itself is Marked By Jesus Life, Death, and Resurrection
COPYRIGHT WARNING Isaiah 52:15a So shall He sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths at Him; For what had not been told them they shall see, And what they had not heard they shall consider. In the Hebrew language;… Read More ›
Jesus Healed the Scars of all People–Yet He Will Bear His Own Scars Forever
Isaiah 52:14 Just as many were astonished at you, So His visage was marred more than any man, And His form more than the sons of men… It is clear that after Jesus suffered through the scourging, beating in His… Read More ›
How Much Jesus Suffered For Us
COPYRIGHT WARNING Matthew 27:26 Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified. The purpose of the scourge was to exact a confession from the accused, before being put to death…. Read More ›
When God Learned
COPYRIGHT WARNING A mystery of the ages, is found in the fulfillment Isaiah’s Prophecy of the Messiah: Isaiah 50:4 “The Lord GOD has given Me The tongue of the learned, That I should know how to speak A word in… Read More ›
That God Would Die For Us
COPYRIGHT WARNING It is a paradox of the Bible that the One who spoke the universe into existence would be willing to come to earth and lay down His life for us. This character of Jesus as a servant sets… Read More ›
Why Would God Create Man–Knowing that It Would Require the Death of His Son?
COPYRIGHT WARNING Most of us as human beings, wish that we had the ability to know in advance–the results of our decisions. If we knew ahead of time, the consequences of our actions, we would all make better choices. Why then did… Read More ›
How, Why, and When: The Judgement of God (Past and Future)
COPYRIGHT WARNING Many people mistakenly assume by the present inaction of God to judge their sins that God’s love will not allow Him to condemn them to hell. God is the embodiment of love. He is the reason that love… Read More ›
How Peter Knew the Birth of Jesus Church Was a Fulfillment of Prophecy
COPYRIGHT WARNING It was on the 50th day after Jesus was offered as the Passover Lamb that Pentecost was celebrated. Jesus waited until this specific time to pour out the Holy Spirit on His Church. It was this amazing power… Read More ›
“You Have Heard That it Was Said,” The True Meaning of God’s Law
COPYRIGHT WARNING Matthew 5:17-48 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot… Read More ›