1 Thessalonians 5:14,(3560) - to admonish, warn, exhort. a. Lexicon: Second person plural, present tense, active voice, imperative mood. b. Warn ( KJV), admonish . c. Context, Paul is writing the church at Thessalonica, not because of sin but rather because of persecution. This church faces an unbelieving Jewish population…
local time, with the Rapture sweeping across the globe, time zone by time zone. The vast majority of Christian groups did not accept Camping’s predictions. Some even explicitly rejected them, citing Bible passages including the words of Jesus Christ stating “about that day or hour no one knows” (Matthew 24:36). Following the failure of the prediction, media attention shifted to Camping’s response. On May 23rd, he stated that May 21st, had been a “spiritual” day of judgement and the…
for the purpose of Christ’s Second Coming. Many Puritans had similar beliefs as Calvinists. Their idea was God predetermined everything. There was nothing anyone can do to change anything because God already put it in stone. The Puritans preached an apocalyptic message stating the end will occur after the abomination, which is the Catholic Church, is destroyed. Some people are also labelled as Postmillennialist. Postmillennialists beliefs were towards the coming Kingdom of God. They…
interpretation of Psalm two. It will concentrate on the literary structure and the central message of Psalm two. The big picture that the author wants to visualize through Psalm two is about the coming of the Messianic rule of Jesus Christ as the King. This Psalm gives the reader theological positions that focus on Jesus Christ (Christocentric) that come to rule heaven and earth as the undisputed sovereign King. The primary theme of Psalm two is about blessed are those who take refuge in Him…
at the second coming of Jesus would be carried up into heaven, while those who died before the end would return to Earth and miss the jubilation in Heaven. This misconception caused a panic on two fronts. The Thessalonians and Corinthians were worried that they…
definition of Christian, it says in part anyone who believes in Christ or his teachings or is baptized in his name. The true name of the “Mormons” is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. One would assume with Christ in the name they would be considered Christians. Christianity…
different images that were sculptured on the tympanum tell a unique story about Christ. The tympanum, a vertical, triangular space that forms the centers of a pediment is located on the central portal of the cathedral. In particular, this one displays the depiction of the Last Judgment. The Last Judgment is the second coming of Christ and the final judgment of God to all humanity,…
work but he is just a mortal man. Eventually King David gives into sin but ask for forgiveness and redemption. It becomes clear that the covenant cannot be fulfilled with King David but it would need to be the Son of David, the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ to make the kingdom whole. Towards the end of the partial kingdom we see that after the death of King David and his heir King Solomon Israel falls into wickedness and is fractured into 2 smaller…
or her awful sins because of the news of Jesus’ second coming. “Even so Come” an amazing song, which produces joy and purpose in one’s life. “Even so Come” purpose proves to produce an incredible song. Kristian Stanfill once mentioned in an interview about the purpose of his incredible song, “What do we do right now? Go and make disciples of all nations.” He also mentioned in the interview about this song to remind the believer that since Christ has not returned to tell God,” Hey God I’m…
Within the art piece, the first thing my eye as a viewer is drawn to is the large, bright, atrophying body of Christ. The body of Christ is emphasized so much through light, which glistens his skin, but also through lines along his body signifying distress and atrophy. These lines along his body further set the solemn mood of the art piece, in a manner that, if the main point…