What exactly is the millennium or the 1,000 year reign of Christ? What is the Millennium? The Millennium is a thousand year period of time where it is thought that Jesus Christ will reign and rule for a thousand years but is the 1,000 years only descriptive of a long period of time or is it a specific one thousand year time period? Is this what Isaiah the Prophet wrote about in Isaiah 2:4 which says “the Lord shall be... Read more
Does the Bible say much about our health? If so, what? Promise of Long Life The Ten Commandments gave the first promise of a long life as we can read in Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you” and where the Apostle Paul later expounded on this by writing; “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father... Read more
Is there any evidence that God is a man-made idea or creation? Who Created God? The argument that if God created everything, then who created God has many fallacies to which Professor Edgar Andrews (Professor Emeritus of the University of London) addressed in his book “Who Made God?” The atheist might say that evolution made us but then we could ask “Who made evolution?” with the answer being “everything around us,” to which we could then ask, “Who made everything... Read more
What does the Bible say, if anything, about retirement? Retirement of the Levites There is really only one place that even comes close to the subject of retirement but it is for one profession alone that retirement is mentioned (although not by name) and that is the Levitical Priesthood. In Numbers 8:25-26 God tells Moses that it will be “from the age of fifty years they shall withdraw from the duty of the service and serve no more. They minister to... Read more
Why doesn’t the Book of Esther ever mention God by name? Silence of God? The silence of God doesn’t mean the absence of God and so it is in the Book of Esther, where God’s never mentioned by name, but He is inferred in the book because the Jews fasted over their impending extermination and why would they fast if there was no God to fast before? When Mordecai discovered a plot to kill all of the Jews, he informed... Read more
Does the Bible say where hell is located? What do the Scriptures say about this? What is Hell Like? Hell has been described, mostly by Jesus, as a “fiery furnace [and] in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matt 13:42) but is also described as a furnace of fire, judgment of fire, a fiery oven, a lake of fire, flames of fire, a burning wind, the unquenchable fire, and fire and brimstone but it’s also called... Read more
Here are seven Bible verses about aiming high in life. Philippians 3:13-14 “Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead. I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” The Apostle Paul adds to these verses by writing, “Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in... Read more
Does the Bible say about nightmares or bad dreams and their meanings? Dreams and Visions God used Joel the Prophet to write of a coming time when dreams and visions would be the method for God to communicate; at least for some and that was fulfilled on the Day of Pentecost and during the first century church but today, that is the exception I believe because we have the whole Word of God and the whole counsel of God with... Read more
What happens right after death according to the Bible? After Death; Judgment What happens after someone dies? To know for certain, we need to see what the Bible says about that in order to can gain the most accurate information possible. One verse that tells us what happens after death is that there is a judgment that comes. The author of Hebrews wrote “And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment” (Heb... Read more
Here are five prayers for a spouse that is cheating. Prayer for Conviction Righteous God in heaven, I am praying that You would send my cheating spouse a conviction of their sin and that this would move them to confess it and to repent of it. I know that Your Spirit can move the heart of even a pagan or unbelieving king (Prov 21:1) and so I ask You to send Your convicting Spirit to cause my spouse to see... Read more
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