One of the most frequently discussed questions in biblical interpretation concerns the virgin birth of Jesus, particularly in relation to Matthew’s citation of Isaiah 7:14. Matthew 1:23 quotes the prophecy as saying, “Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel.” Critics often argue that this wording misrepresents […]
Category: Bible Exposition
Are You Gog? A Book Review In an age when end-times speculation floods bookstores and YouTube channels alike, Are You Gog? stands apart as one of the most rigorously biblical treatments of Ezekiel 38–39 you may have ever encountered. This compact yet densely argued volume takes the reader on a verse-by-verse journey through one of […]
Will the kingdom of God be established on earth or in heaven? Answer: on earth 🌍 at the second coming of Jesus Christ. He asked us to pray for the kingdom to come and for God’s will to be done on earth as it is in heaven. This teaching is reechoed throughout the scriptures and […]
By Sir Isaac Newton. IN scripture we are told of some trusting in God and others trusting in idols, and that God is our refuge, our strength, our defense. In this sense God is the rock of his people, and false Gods are called the rock of those that trust in them, Deuteronomy 32:4, 15, […]
By Sir Isaac Newton. IN the first ages of the Christian religion the Christians of every city were governed by a Council of Presbyters, and the President of the Council was the Bishop of the city. The Bishop and Presbyters of one city meddled not with the affairs of another city, except by admonitory letters, […]
By Sir Isaac Newton. THE kingdoms represented by the second and third Beasts, or the Bear and Leopard, are again described by Daniel in his last Prophecy written in the third year of Cyrus over Babylon, the year in which he conquered Persia. For this Prophecy is a commentary upon the Vision of the Ram […]
By Sir Isaac Newton THE times of the Birth and Passion of Christ, with such like niceties, being not material to religion, were little regarded by the Christians of the first age. They who began first to celebrate them, placed them in the cardinal periods of the year; as the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, […]
By Sir Isaac Newton THE Vision of the Image composed of four Metals was given first to Nebuchadnezzar, and then to Daniel in a dream: and Daniel began then to be celebrated for revealing of secrets, Ezekiel 28:3. The Vision of the four Beasts, and of the Son of man coming in the clouds of […]
By Sir Isaac Newton. THE second and third Empires, represented by the Bear and Leopard, are again represented by the Ram and He-Goat; but with this difference, that the Ram represents the kingdoms of the Medes and Persians from the beginning of the four Empires, and the Goat represents the kingdom of the Greeks to […]
By Sir Isaac Newton IN the reign of the Greek Emperor Justinian, and again in the reign of Phocas, the Bishop of Rome obtained some dominion over the Greek Churches, but of no long continuance. His standing dominion was onlyover the nations of the Western Empire, represented by Daniel’s fourth Beast. And this jurisdiction was […]