The view many have of God as being one whose very nature is anger and judgment is so perverted. They fail to see the truth in those Old Testament stories. “All these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition…” (1 Cor. 10:11). “Whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we…might have hope”…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by Dan Jenkins (Page 3)
There are several words used to describe our relationship to God and all that happened the day we were saved. Words like salvation, redemption, forgiveness, sanctification, and perhaps others which the Bible uses to indicate all that changed on that day. Each of these emphasize what transpired at the time when we were washed in His blood. Another word that is used…
There are words we use which in a sense describe the title of these thoughts. They are simple words we all understand, and the feeling we have as we use them often describes individuals who have deceived us and sometimes hurt us in the past. No one has any joy dealing with one who is phony, one who is a fake, one…
It was in the spring of the year when the barley the Jews had planted began to ripen, and they entered the fields. The Jews came together at this time for one of the three annual feast days, and part of the harvest was waved before God. Every Jewish male was required by God to come and spend time together rejoicing in…
When you first read the words of Paul in Galatians 3:11 you may not immediately understand the impact of what He said. “But that no one is justified by the law is evident…” This truth forces you to deal with how men were saved during the times of the Old Testament if no one is justified by the law. How could anyone…
Jesus described the church by saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard…” (Matt. 20:1). We read these verses and easily understand what He was talking about. We know who that Man was who owned the vineyard, but have we spent enough time thinking about what the Owner…
There are some really long words in our language. I remember years ago when I first heard what was at that time the longest one. It was antidisestablishmentarianism. I learned it when watching the national spelling bee. It took me a while to learn it, but I mastered how to say it. “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” is not recognized as a word, but a nonsense…
The return from Babylonian captivity is truly one of the least known parts of the history of Israel but marks one of the most remarkable periods in the lives of God’s chosen people. When Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, left the city of Jerusalem, he left nothing but ruins behind. The walls were gone and no longer was there a temple, a priesthood,…