Some are certain John’s Revelation is about the end of human history. Others take a broader view that John’s Revelation has to do primarily with spiritual things believers of every era and culture will benefit from. #Revelation11 #TwoWitnesses
Hebrews: Definition of Faith
Have you ever felt a small curl of melancholy, or maybe a tendril of fear, or a root of bitterness, or a little flame of anger, asking “Why me?” What does it mean to persevere, to be patient in affliction, to have joy and contentment in every circumstance?
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2 Peter 2: Fallen Angels
There would be a time of corruption and villainy, but then would come God’s decisive judgment in ways that would summarily dispense with the wicked and would rescue the innocent.
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“His Death Shall Bring It”
But though God’s judgment was delayed, it was no less certain. It was inevitable; that day had already been marked down on the calendar. Assuming the chronology of Methusaleh’s life corresponds with Noah, then the very year Methuselah died, that’s the year the Flood came—you see, if you tot up the years from Lamech’s birth, to Noah’s birth, and Noah’s age when the Flood came, you get the same number as Methuselah’s age when he died.
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Walking Through Those Pearly Gates
In a court of law, conviction comes right before sentencing. But, it seems, in God's courtroom conviction comes before the crossroad of commitment. "Sentencing," if we want to call it that, seems to be sourced in the individual, not in God. And all this was terribly important, evidently, to Enoch.
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Enoch Walked By Faith
We might say, from Cain’s life, that he certainly believed God existed, he believed God was God. He surely understood the story of creation, the stories his parents had told him of Eden. He had assuredly seen with his own eyes the seraphim with their flaming swords, guarding the gates of paradise. He had even made, albeit half-hearted, sacrifices to God. There was nothing missing in Cain’s belief system. So, what made Cain different than Seth?
