The great river Euphrates has long symbolized the boundary between God’s people and their enemies.
Read MoreThe fifth trumpet plague is a mere prelude to the sixth. Now is the time to look to the Lord for every need. Now is the time to trust Him fully, lest the upcoming tests approaching the world landscape dismantle a weak faith.
Read MoreNo amount of military protection or governmental legislation can shield us from the rebellious thinking that the Destroyer is working day and night to put into our minds.
Read MoreSurely no one sets out to be a false prophet. It is in departing from the truth that falsehoods enter into thinking, thus displacing truth—with the aid of the father of lies.
Read MoreHistory and prophecy go hand-in-hand, but not for the purpose of packing church-goers full of information. No! Its purpose has much more to do with developing the kind of character that will change hearts and prepare Christ’s people for His return, while winning the attention of others toward the only Savior (who also happens to know the future).
Read MoreIt is only in trusting His promises and obeying His instructions that His people will be enabled to see their own way through this dark time while setting a winsome example for others. This world is not our home (yet!) but is soon to be transformed to its original condition.
Read MoreThese teachings place barriers before every person born into the Islamic faith. But God is more than able to call His people out of this false religious system, and He is doing it every day.
Read MoreAs we learn to trust and obey Him more fully, it will be understood and accepted that He is preparing us to stand firm in the faith, even after the winds of strife are let completely loose in the final season of tribulation.
Read MoreThe word of God supports the facts of history, just as they have unfolded. Our Omniscient Creator and Redeemer foresaw it all.
Read MoreHis desire to cleanse us from every harmful habit and attitude is rooted in a love that is beyond our imagination. As we grow in Him, His cleansing is accompanied by ever-growing discernment.
Read MoreThe giving of this key is a frightening prospect unless one also understands that the ultimate blessings of God rest upon all who accept His grace to remain faithful to Him. Even in the happiest of circumstances, total surrender to His will accompanied by total reliance upon His grace are necessary . . . .
Read MoreThe last three woes of the trumpet judgments, as we will see in incredible detail, are directed at papal Rome and her followers. Because of the deadly influence of her false doctrines and her unwillingness to repent, increasing judgments only increase her rebellion and iniquity.
Read MoreRepeatedly the Bible cites darkness to symbolize the absence of the gospel, sin, and judgment. These three are facets of one thing: rejection of any part of the word of God, for in its wholeness is the saving message of the gospel.
Read MoreChurch people who prefer teachings that do not harmonize with Scripture will certainly get what they prefer. But eventually they will discover that, apart from repentance and seeking forgiveness, they will drift further and further away from the Lord, leaving a deadly wake of influence.
Read MoreThese last days, which correspond to the Old Testament Feast of Trumpets (the yearly ten-day period of self-examination leading up to the Day of Atonement), we are past the time of sinning in ignorance. Today, we are invited to examine ourselves in light of the full availability of the Word of God.
Read MoreIt is a historical fact that not a single Christian perished in the destruction of Jerusalem. Jesus had given a warning of what was to come, and because they believed and acted upon His words, they escaped the judgment that fell upon the city and the unbelieving multitude.
Read MoreThere are incalculable benefits for those who are willing to learn the lessons of the past, including and especially of the tenderest care and highest purposes of our Redeemer.
Read MoreThe tabernacle was filled with symbols of the LORD’s divine work to separate us from sin and its sticky residue. By faith, we are to accept that He is able to completely extricate us from the tangled web of sin.
Read MoreTheir cry was a plea for justice and deliverance. Do not mistake it as a demand for revenge, for every true saint will rejoice over the conversion of an enemy.
Read MoreThe sound of the trumpet was a message of good tidings because, in every situation that occasioned its use, it was a herald of God’s deliverance of His faithful people.
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