Spiritual Blindness (Part One): The God of This World

The true God is consistently and exclusively shown to blind while working out His purposes, so who is the '[G]od of this world' (II Corinthians 4:4)?

Who Is the 'God of This World'? (Part One)

Translators use a lowercase "g" in "god of this age [or, world]" in II Corinthians 4:4, yet it is the true God who blinds; He alone opens and closes eyes.

Who Is the 'God of This World'? (Part Two)

As Moses had to veil his luminous face, so, metaphorically, the God of this age mercifully blinds carnal individual for now because light hurts their eyes.

God is Still on His Throne!

God Is Still on His Throne

The LORD is on His throne in Heaven, the location before which God's resurrected saints will occupy on the Sea of Glass.

Jesus and the Feast (Part One): Alignment With God

Only in John 7 do we find some evidence of Tabernacles and the Eighth Day, providing a gold mine to discover what was on Jesus's mind during this time.

Wilderness Wanderings (Part Three) - Handpicked Children

God has allowed carnal nature to remain in His people so He can determine whether they seriously want to defeat the downward pulls of the flesh.

Before the Foundation

Christ was a type of Adam, similarly enduring a piercing of the side, dying for His bride, so that His Helper could be brought into being.

Christ's Mission Statement

Luke 4:16-21 and Mark 1:14-15, statements from Christ made at approximately the same time, constitute the composite mission statement directed at His disciples.

Sovereignty, Election, and Grace (Part One)

God, as Creator, takes the initiative (as the potter over the clay) for the elect's salvation, enabling us to build the repertoire of habits called character.

The Doctrine of Israel (Part Nine): Romans 11

Paul poses two questions in Romans 11: Has God discarded Israel for all time? Will God graft physical Israel into the Covenant people of Abraham?

Truth-Based Worship Vs Spiritual Confusion

God never accepts worship that comes from human reasoning and the traditions of man. The starting point for worship must always be God and His revelation.

So Far Away

When the children of light judge and condemn those living in this world, they become the world and move away from God.

Hebrews: Its Background (Part Two)

Hebrews emphasizes that Jesus qualified as High Priest, teaching us about living by faith in the New Covenant, which mandates that we keep His commandments.