The Three Sin Offerings of Jesus on the Cross or God Is Not Playing Games If you were playing hockey, you might call it a hat trick. If you were playing the ponies, you might call it a trifecta. If you were playing basketball, you might call it triple doubles. These illustrations are three …
The Scandal of the Lord’s Supper
The Scandal of the Last Supper or The Blasphemy of the Blood! Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him …
What the Name of God Really Means
Your Salvation is on the tip of your tongue! or What’s in a Name? "And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns …
The Scerets of the Barley Harvest
The Secrets of the Barley Harvest or The Real Reason Jesus Came at Passover But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law. (Galatians 4:4) But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen …
Lessons From the Gospel of Mark
Right on the Mark! Or All the basics of Christianity I learned from the Gospel of Mark At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on …
The Magnificent Magi, Part 2
The Magnificent Magi and the True Meaning of Christmas: Worship or When the Legend Becomes Fact, Print the Legend “And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is he who was born king of the Jews? …
The Magnificent Magi, Part 1
The Magnificent Magi and the Prophecies of Daniel or How God Uses the Foolish Things of the World to Shame the Wise The king talked with them, and out of them all not one was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king’s personal service. As for every matter of wisdom …
The Real Lingeage of Jesus Part 2
The Families of Prince Joseph, Princess Mary and the Birth of Prince Jesus (Isaiah 9:6,7) or The Benefits of Being Poor and Persecuted Out of the stump of David’s family will grow a shoot - yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root. Isaiah 11:1 But the angel said to her, “Do …
The Real Lineage of Prince Jesus, Part 1
The Prince, the Princess and the People Problem or How the House and the Lineage of David Almost Died Off The Lord also declares to you that the Lord will make a house for you. When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, …
The Blood of Jesus and the Virgin Birth
The Pure Blood of Christ and the Virgin Birth (Matthew 1:23) or The First Artificial Insemination in History Leviticus 17:10-14 'For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the …