After the Last Supper, Jesus entered the final temptation he had to face, Gethsemane. Death was ahead, and Jesus had to pass through it. It was the necessary way to establish a new relationship between God and man. The trial that the Lord passed through in the face of death is definitely not the test of death that we usually imagine. Countless people have died in this world, and many have even shown fearlessness in… Read More »Gethsemane
On the 10th day of the first month of the Jewish calendar, Jesus entered into Jerusalem, as the Lamb of God needed to be selected and examined, according to the Old Testament (Exodus 12:3), for the sacrifice made on the 14th day of the month (Exodus 12:6). The importance of this last week of time Jesus spent on earth with his disciples before he was betrayed and crucified surpasses the rest of all human history… Read More »The Last Supper and the death of Jesus
Allan Milne Lees’ article Why The Internet Is Destroying Civilization is an interesting read. Written by a talented and insightful writer, but tinted with a bias. The Internet is infested by not only lies that are designed to induce fear and prurience (which are highlighted by the author in the article), but all kinds of lies, including that are designed to induce false hopes or to work as deceitful sedation (which are neglected in the… Read More »The Internet is a test
Isaac Newton, the greatest scientist the world has known, spent more time studying the Bible than science, and left voluminous writings. Few know this, and even fewer have actually paid any attention to what Newton wrote about Bible and his faith. I have long heard of Newton’s so-called “religious writings” but never was interested in reading any of them because I had assumed that Newton, being such an extremely smart “science man”, must have approached… Read More »Isaac Newton on the end times and Revelation
In the English language, the word ‘man’ in certain general context refers to ‘mankind’, representing both male and female. In other words, at a high abstract level, ‘Man’ includes both man and woman. Only when we understand God’s plan and creation of Adam, man and woman, can we appreciate the spiritual significance of this representation and relationship without secular sexism. “And God said, Let us make Adam,” (Genesis 1:26) “And God created Adam in His image,… Read More »Adam, Man, Woman
“And while they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, Take and eat; this is my body.” Matthew 26:26. All moving beings on the earth need to eat and need food. And it was not a need that came after Adam’s sin and fall. When Adam was first created, God prepared food for him. “And the LORD God caused every tree to grow out… Read More »The Lord’s body that is broken
“Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.”. Acts 17:1-3. “Now while Paul waited for… Read More »The Death Knot
There is an important word in English, ‘conscience’. All other languages have an equivalent concept. If you look in a general dictionary, the definitions of the word ‘conscience’ in English and other languages are basically the same in their secular concepts. But a person who reads the Bible and is familiar with the Word of God will realize that there is a difference between the concept of “conscience” in secular vocabularies and the concept in… Read More »The Conscience
If you are holding something to yourself, not necessarily something that’s bad, but could be something that feels good, an honor, a treasure, a right, not only legitimate but even a blessed right, will you willingly lay it down and give it up if the Lord asks you to do just that? You will if, and only if, you see how the Lord emptied Himself, took a lowly form, took such humility, was obedient onto… Read More »Humility in the ruins of sin
Reading of an article by a young writer, “Anything But Christian: Why Millennials Leave the Church” left me in pain. One can easily call such Millennials faithless and impious. But I’m actually very touched by the article. As the writer cries out, “we want Jesus!” (not the church amenities and niceties). But today’s churches offer very little real “Jesus”. Youth is the best window to seek and find truth. Even a young person’s anger is… Read More »The Window of Youth