Glory has been a synonym of light, as is seen in Moses' face reflecting God's glory through the radiance of light and in Jesus Christ's dazzling return as depicted by lightning. Although most of Israel and a sizable portion of God's …
In 1974, three events occurred that had significant impact on my mind. Each of them bears on the theme of this article, as well as being a theme of the Day of Pentecost. Two were movies. One I observed at Ambassador Auditorium, its …
Exodus 12:24 commands, "And you shall observe this thing [the Passover sacrifice] for you and your sons forever." The redemptive death of Jesus Christ fulfilled the ancient Passover sacrifice almost 2,000 years ago, but this verse …

(11) And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. (12) But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, (13) from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. (14) For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
We are those who are "perfected forever." However, "perfected forever" does not mean we are morally perfected. Rather, His one sacrifice is perfectly adequate to assure our standing before God. As we have seen, the sacrifices show Him …
As the world continues to reel and lurch, tossed about by strong and conflicting forces, one cannot have a conversation for long before the well-worn topics of leadership and government arise. The man or woman at the helm — whether local, national, or global — is continually watched, praised, and pilloried, depending on a person's assessment of his actions relative to what he would do in his stead. Love it or loathe it, our leadership—those individuals or bodies of men and women who greatly influence what course our life will take—is constantly in our purview. Conversations about …
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