“And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.” Revelation 16:16 The Greek word for “place” is: Topos - lit. - a place geographically Topos - fig. - a position or state of mind. While the majority of preachers use this scripture to justify a rapture. The “them” being spoken... Continue Reading →
Isaiah 1:24-31 ..disobedience begets wrath
disobedience begets wrath .... 24 Therefore saith the Lord (H113 controller, soveriegn [human]), the Lord (H3068 YHVH) of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Oh!, I will ease (H5162 avenge) me of mine adversaries (H6862 opponents), and avenge (H5358 punish) me of mine enemies: (H341 'oyeb (o-yaɓe') subv. 1. hating. 2. an adversary.) Look closely at how the same... Continue Reading →
Knowing when Messiah returns…. Part 2
Knowing when Messiah returns.... Part 2 In America we have this near obsession with the clock, whether it is time to get up or go to bed. Like the pop song says "time keeps on ticking, ticking, into the future." Yet the "church", under their dispensational theology, has not focused on the times that YHVH... Continue Reading →
Knowing when Messiah returns.. Part 1
Knowing when Messiah returns.... Part 1 The world immediately says that we cannot possibly know when Jesus will return. Your average American conservative evangelical immediately offers up the canned answer of their current pulpit pastor. Matthew 24:36-38 “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.... Continue Reading →
No Rapture: Part 4 – Heaven on Earth
No Rapture: Part 4 - Heaven on Earth Having been guilty myself of calling this earth several things, one being a type of hell, I found myself in need of repenting to God. After considering the section in part one of this series concerning Job, I saw that the earth was not as God had... Continue Reading →
No Rapture: Part 3 – The Watchman
No Rapture: Part 3 - The Watchman Every episode of "The Lone Ranger" that I can recall had a basic theme of Tonto going into to a town to sort of check things out. One could flip a coin on whether or not Tonto would be captured by the bad guy. The role of the... Continue Reading →
No Rapture: Part 2 – Patience is a virtue
No Rapture: Part 2 - Patience is a virtue... Remember those times you have been placed on hold during a phone call. It really doesn't matter if it is a company, friend or relative anything over 30 seconds of dead air space is a little unsettling. Once, ok probably more than once, I actually timed... Continue Reading →
No Rapture: Part 1 – Throwing baby out with the bathwater
Legend has it that the phrase "throwing baby out with the bathwater" originates from a time when the whole household shared the same bath water. The head of household (eldest male) would bathe first, followed by the men, then the Lady and the women, then the children, followed lastly by the baby. The water would be so... Continue Reading →