The Other Side of the Prophecy

And the people will be oppressed, each one by another, and each one by his neighbor; the youth will storm against the elder and the inferior against the honorable.  Isaiah 3:5  NASB Oppressed – Contemporary believers often turn to Isaiah 2:4 as a description of peace in Millennial Kingdom.   “And He will judge between the nations, and…

The Uncreation

God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Genesis 1:31  NASB All that He had made – Gutenberg destroyed the Bible.  Oh, yes, he printed it in German, but in the process he forever changed that way we understand the…

A One-Time Insight

In the Law it is written, “By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me,” says the Lord. 1 Corinthians 14:21  NASB Strange tongues – The Greek term translated “strange tongues” (ἑτερογλώσσοις similar to     ἑτερόγλωσσος)  is a hapax legomenon, …

The Apostle’s Sources

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,  1 Corinthians 15:3-4  NASB Received – Who told Paul that Yeshua died for our sins, was buried, and rose from the…

Future History

Then I will take My hand away and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen. Exodus 33:23 NASB My back – By now you realize that this translation must be incorrect. God is spirit. He is not corporeal. He does not have a “back.” This is a case where the…

Political Suicide

The people also to whom they are prophesying will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and there will be no one to bury them—neither them, nor their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters—for I will pour out their own wickedness on them. Jeremiah 14:16 NASB…

History and Prophecy

The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah . . .   Jeremiah 1:1-2a NASB   Came – How do you read the Bible? Obviously I am not asking about the…

The Messianic Telescope

“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people,” Luke 1:68 NASB Visited us – When John the Baptist is named, Zacharias regains his ability to speak. According to the text, Zacharias was “filled with the holy spirit” and prophesied. We know the Sunday School story,…

When Is Then?

For I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands and bring you into your own land.  Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.  Moreover, I will give you a new heart…

The Road to Delphi

Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. 1 Corinthians 13:8 NASB Gifts of prophecy – Read this verse in a few other translations. You will immediately notice that the NASB adds…