Right now, across the United States, governments are restricting public and private gatherings. Texas Government Code, Section 418.108, authorizes the mayor and the county judge to control ingress, egress, movement, and premises-occupancy, as an emergency power. As of today, public gatherings are being limited to less than 50 people in...
In 1 Sam 13, Saul was the king of Israel. He had reigned 2 years when Jonathan and the thousand men who were with him smote a garrison of the Philistines [1 Sam 13:2-3]. The Philistines retaliated by gathering themselves together to fight with Israel [1 Sam 13:5]. There were...
With the spread of Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, some people are saying that this disease is the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. They suggest that this virus is a pestilence, as in Matt 24:7. A pestilence, by definition, is a contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent (on a...
Rom 2:16 says that “God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ.” Ecc 12:14 says, “God shall being every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” How is it possible that God can judge the secret things? God will...
In Eph 2:4-10, Paul wrote about being quickened together with Christ, when we are saved. Before we were saved, we walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, who is the devil. However, now that we are saved, we are...
In Ps 143:8, twice David said to the Lord “Cause me.” To cause is to make it happen. He said, “Cause me to hear thy loving kindness in the morning.” And he said, “Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk.” By searching for the phrase “cause me,”...
The church in Sardis had a name that they lived, and yet they were dead. There are so many Christians like this today. Because we are saved, we are alive in Christ. We are born again. We have eternal life. We are going to heaven when we die. Yet, despite...
Before we were saved, we were dead in trespasses and sins. According to Rom 5:12, death came as a result of Adam’s transgression against Gen 2:17. When Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, everything about them was affected by death. And so,...
In Num 2:12-13, God told Balaam, specifically, not to go with the men who came from Balak and not to curse Israel because Israel was blessed. So, Balaam knew, in no uncertain terms, exactly what God wanted him not to do and why. When Balak’s men came back and tried...
When Israel went into the land of Canaan, they conquered the land by little and little. God could have killed all the inhabitants in a day, but the land would have been overrun by beasts. After four and a half years, Israel had conquered enough land that they could distribute...
