The purpose of the ministry of Jesus was to try to convince the Jews that He was the son of God and their Messiah. The scribes and Pharisees had taught them the Law, but once Messiah had come, the law would be superseded, to be [...]

Jesus said to Pilate, “For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice”. Then Pilate asked, “What is truth?” (John 18:37-38) When you look [...]

There is no scripture which tells us exactly what Paul's "thorn in the flesh" was. It is often thought that it was an eye impairment brought about by seeing the risen Christ. When Paul, (then named Saul), was traveling to Damascus to persecute the [...]

Several Scriptures provide guidelines as to the importance of studying God’s word and how to fellowship about it. 2 Timothy 2:15, "Study to show thyself approved unto God…rightly dividing the word of truth." When people have different understandings, it is always a good idea [...]

Samson grew to become the strongest man of the Bible. In the tribe-land of Dan, which was next to the country of the Philistines, there lived a man named Manoah. One day an angel came to his wife and said:"You shall have a son, and when [...]

The Masoretic Text is the definitive text of the Hebrew Bible. It was primarily  edited, fixed and standardized from old Hebrew manuscripts by a group of Jewish scholars known as the Masoretes or Masorites in Tiberias, Israel, between the 7th and 10th centuries C.E.  [...]

1 Peter 1:3-5 reads, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an [...]

The account of the deluge in the Genesis is the echoed in the memory of all of mankind in Asia, Europe, and both North and South America.  But where is the Ark? In answer, one of the great scholars of ancient near-eastern texts who [...]

Yes! The Bible is God's Plan for the entire human race from its origin, its experience with sin and death, to its glorious return to perfection. We learn of man's beginning in Genesis 1:27-28, "God created man in his own image, in the image [...]

Light is a key topic introduced in Genesis and brought to a close in Revelation. Understanding this theme reveals the gospel for all mankind. God is the source or Father of light. “…God is light…” 1 John 1:5, James 1:17. We can uncover the way [...]

The Bible is thousands of years old. Different books of the Bible date back more than 3,000 years. In fact, some believe the book of Job may have been written during the time of the Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. That would date it [...]

The point of the letter to the Romans is this: Completely dedicate your life to serving God. We need to remember that Paul wrote this letter to the early Christians in Rome which was a mix of Jews and Gentiles.  Paul reminds them and [...]

This wonderful promise is a foretelling of the Messiah. Moses led his people out of the land of Egypt and stood between them and God in all their relationships with Him. He mediated between God and Israel. Peter told us that Jesus was the [...]

The intertestamental period—often called the “400 silent years”—refers to the time between the final Old Testament prophet, Malachi, and the appearance of John the Baptist and Jesus Christ. It is described as “silent” because no new prophetic revelation or inspired Scripture came to Israel [...]

“For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel [...]