We should not think of Jesus delivering the kingdom to the Father in 1 Corinthians 15 as if he is relinquishing His post and ending his reign. First, if deliver here means surrender, or abdicate, what does it mean in verse two? The same word in the same chapter speaks of Paul delivering the message…
When Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 15:24, “then comes the end,” the “end” is the same consistent end spoken of throughout the New Testament – the end of the Jewish era. We have nothing in the scriptures that use this language to refer to the end of time or the end of the world (kosmos)….
Admittedly, the resurrection is not easy for a person of mortality to comprehend, fully. This writing may need to be revised or recanted if further study leads to another conclusion. Anyone who arrogantly digs his or her heels in the ground and makes no effort to re-think and investigate previous conclusions have allowed pride to…
Daniel’s prophecy not only gives us the time but describes the event as a resurrection. After the great tribulation, multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake. It reads, “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has…
From the preceding discussion of the marriage to the gathering of the elect, all of them relate to the same glorious event. Consider when this was expected to come. One vision has Christ’s new wife making herself ready for the marriage (Rev. 19:7). In another vision, John sees the prophets and saints rewarded “immediately after”…
When Paul summarizes the resurrection theme in the Corinthian letter, he is writing to some who were denying the resurrection, which may be the result of the perverse teachings of Hymenaeus and Philetus who taught it had already passed. If it had already passed, then the obvious conclusion is that some were not expecting it,…
It is clear that the marriage of the Lamb takes place “immediately after” the burning of Jerusalem. Jesus, the bridegroom, makes his appearance and the bride has made herself ready (Rev. 21:1-2). This bride is not old Jerusalem with whom God had married. The parable refers to the inviting of others, which is a reference…
The parable of the marriage feast (Matthew 22:1-14) presents the initial invitation given to Jews. The day before delivering this parable, Jesus makes His triumphant entry into Jerusalem. He went to the Temple and drove all that sold and bought in the Temple. The following day when Jesus delivers this parable, and the chief priests…
When the Word became flesh and was born of the virgin Mary, his presence as a man had the effect of personally confronting his adulterous wife. There was an opportunity to repent but she continued in the same fashion as the generations before her. This is not so far fetched, as Paul teaches that in…
As we follow Ezekiel’s description, we learn that Israel played the harlot with all of her lovers that passed by, which is a reference to the idolatrous practices of foreign gods and other abominations like sacrificing her children to those gods ( Ezek. 16:15-43; Lev. 18:21; 20:1-5; 1 Kings 11:7, 2 Kings 23:10). Jehovah explains…