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God the Creator, and Immortality!

sam — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 02:01:53 +0000

Man, the image bearer!

The Bible truthfully presents God as the Creator, who created all that surrounds us. It is stated in the first verse of the book of Genesis, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Then it describes how He created all by the power of His word, and finally, at the epitome of all, He created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him. (vs 27). Man is different from animals because he is created in God’s image, and God wanted him to be His representative and His image bearer on earth.

man- material and immaterial parts.

Chapter 2 gives a detailed account of how man was created by God. When all else was created by the power of His word, man was created differently. It says in 2:7, “then the LORD formed man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” Make a note of the material and immaterial parts in him from the very creation. He was formed by God out of dust from the ground, and he also has an immaterial part, because God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.

Man is dependent on God for the breath of life on a continuous basis. This is the immaterial part of God in man’s existence and continuity, that dust/ground or nothing from earth or the universe can provide. Life originated from God and continues to be divine and heavenly.

Therefore, man has material and immaterial parts- the dust out of which he was made and the spirit that God gave to him. When life ends, or death occurs, the Bible says, “the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.” Ecclesiastes 12:7. Death, in essence, is the separation of spirit from body. The material part returns to earth, and the immaterial part goes to God who gave it.

Who should I really fear?

Jesus said, and it is recorded in Matthew 10:28, “And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” God decides, at the end of life, where man’s spirit goes. Do not fear those who can kill only your body, but love and fear God, who can destroy both soul and spirit in hell.

An Example provided by Jesus!

Jesus attested the truth with the example of Lazarus and the rich man in Luke 16:19-31, by saying the soul of Lazarus went to the place of comfort, which really meant heaven; however, the rich man’s soul ended up in the place of torment, which is the horrible place of agony in fire (vs. 24).

Macro structure attests the truth!

The macro structure of the Bible, if thoroughly analyzed, reveals this -Jesus Christ is the promised Messiah according to the promises of God, from the pages of Old Testament scriptures, and he is the long-awaited seed of the woman (Gen 3:15), through whom the “worldwide blessings of salvation” are expected to come to all people everywhere (Genesis 12:3), who was meant to be the lamb that takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29), and the fulfillment of all the Old Testament animal sacrifices in his person and work, and specifically the Passover lamb whose blood was applied on the door posts and lintels for the redemption of the Israelites, who would bruise the serpent who is the devil from the beginning, who deceived our first parents in Eden, and continued to deceive his posterity throughout the history.

The conqueror who conquered and fulfilled the promise!

Christ, the Messiah, fulfilled the first and other several hundreds of promises of God when He died, buried and rose again for the sins, and there-by bruised Devils’ head. The Bible graphically illustrated the defeat of the devil in Colossians 2:14-15 when it said what the promised Messiah did on the cross – “having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.”

death swallowed up in victory.

The great Apostle Paul wrote in 2nd Corinthians 15:54, “Death is swallowed up in victory”. Yes, your death can also be swallowed up in victory. The sting of death is the power of sin that alienates people from God, and the power of sin is the Law. But listen how he concludes that section by saying this – “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Provided you come to Christ Jesus, the God’s promised Messiah for your salvation and eternal life, and accept him as your savior who only can save you, then assuredly, you have the victory over death because in a moment at the time of death, you will be in heaven, the place of all comfort, as happened to Lazarus, and will not end up in the place of torment and agony. The Bible promises, “there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1.

Friend, are you in Christ? do you want to be found in Christ, when the life comes to an end here? Jesus said, “God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16. Mark- “whoever believes in Him (Christ Jesus) shall never, never perish, but have everlasting life – they possess eternal life in them as they live here on earth. At the moment of death, heaven and eternal life becomes reality for them.

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Blessings and Thoughts for the New Year 2026!

sam — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 01:45:48 +0000

Another year is winding down, and a new Year with all its new opportunities emerges right before our eyes.

If you are like me, you would say the past year, the year 2025, was not a good one. It was not a good one for me. I am here and writing this to you because God has healed me by sending His word that has the power to heal people. Psalms 107:20 says. “He (God) sent His word and healed them.” The one who created all from nothing by His omnipotent word can heal us from whatever illness you and I faced with. God healed me and please join me in praising Him. However, the 2025 will end in a day or few hours. We are almost on the eve of a brand-New Year 2026.

We don’t know what all is in it, but God knows all the days and details of the new year. Psalm 139 says “Your (God’s) eyes saw my unformed body; (when I was in my mother’s womb)
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.”

When there was not even one day for me while I was inside my mom, God wrote about all the days he ordained for me in His book. Of course, don’t you know for sure and sure that he knows all the details about the coming year?

Remember Isaiah 40:30-31 says, “Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

If we hope in the Lord, seek him in our daily needs and struggles, then the Lord will renew our strength; by that strength he provides, you will soar on wings like eagles. You will run and run by not growing weary, and you will walk and not become faint. You see, this promise is set in contrast to even the youths that grow tired, weary, stumble and fall.

The secret is seeking the Lord and hoping in Him. You will press on to the future to fulfil your purpose for which God called you. We hope you won’t hang on to the past hurts and disappointments. I read in a book written by Tony Evens that God hits a moving stone. Indeed, God hits the moving stones who are ready to move to the future and not stuck in the past. The one who continually looks backward and sits in the ashes of the past is not for God’s purposes.

Philippians 3 says, “Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”

In a nutshell, God’s counsel is let the past go. Do not dwell on your past errors and mistakes; instead, move forward leaning and trusting the Lord. There is no time to waste in God’s calling and appointments. You must press on to lay hold of that for which He (God) laid hold of you. You have a purpose to fulfill in the plan and purpose of God.

Acts 13:36 says, “David served God’s purpose in his own generation, then he fell asleep (meaning he died after fulfilling God’s purpose in his life). God testified this about David, and God also said elsewhere about David, “a man after my own heart.” You see, despite all his greatness and sins, God testified that David served the purpose of God in his generation. You can also get up from the ashes of your frustrations, with a new strength that God grants to serve His purpose in this our generation.

God gives brand new strength and visions when you are broken before God, understanding the ‘true you’ and settling any accounts that are not settled yet with him, by asking to forgive you because of the shed blood of Christ. You may not be able to settle all debts with other human beings, but you can repent and confess to God. There begin the brand-new days ordained by God for you. The Bible says, “the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.” It has the power to erase it all and give a new, powerful and goal-centered beginning for the year 2026.

Listen, no one can imagine what God would accomplish by you when you place your faith and trust in God through the merit of Jesus Christ. No, no one can imagine. You will testify to it all later before you close your eyes on this planet earth.

Look forward. God has new things for you. He has plans and purposes for you. You walk into it in the New Year 2026.

This group is here to encourage you to do it.

Happy New Year!

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The Greatest Gift You Can Ever Imagine is Yours!

sam — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 21:22:05 +0000

Christmas reminds us that heaven is for whoever (anyone – for it is for all who believe in Jesus).

It does not look at your background, past history, or even future performances, but heaven is for those who only believe in the gift God gave to all people.

I should be a fool if I don’t accept such down-to-earth and simple God’s loving offer to all.

The Bible says, “whoever believes in the only begotten Son of God” shall not perish but have eternal life.

The moment anyone believes in the Son of God, Christ Jesus, he or she will never, no never perish, but have (current immediate possession) eternal life.

Jesus did not say you believe and let me assess your life if you qualify for heaven and eternal life.

No, Jesus said in John 3:16, whoever believes in him will never, no, never perish, but at the same moment of faith in Jesus, have eternal life.

Jesus’s statement affirm, heaven is not based on works or performances, but on belief in Christ Jesus.

The best verse on this Christmas is John 3:16, “for God so loved the world that whoever (anyone) who believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Have you believed? If not, why haven’t you yet believed in him? May this be a Christmas season, a time that your future address will change permanently from earth to heaven.

The moment you die, you will be in heaven if you believe in Jesus Christ. Nothing else or more do you have to do for eternal life and possess heaven at the moment of your death.

Just look at Jesus on the cross for your sins, on your place and believe in Him!

The historical context Jesus is connecting with the new birth to heaven is the fiery serpent incident recorded in Numbers 29. Those who looked at the serpent Moses raised on a standard is healed from Poisonous serpent’s bite and poison and they did not die. The poison of fiery serpent did not impact them to destroy them or result in death.

It may sound too simple to them in the original context test in Numbers. However, everyone who looked at the bronze serpent lived and not died. Just as those who looked at the serpent Moses raised saved from destruction and death, everyone (whosoever) look at Jesus in belief will be saved and never be perished but have eternal life guaranteed in heaven.

Accept God’s gift and you will be glad, eternally forever.

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The Message Christmas Light can bring to mind.

sam — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:37:35 +0000

Message of Christmas Lights!

Christmas lights inspire all of us. When we took our children to see the Christmas lights, it was always a memorable experience. We look at them and get amazed, and then we take pictures and share them with others. This year, my employer requested that we share pictures of Christmas lights and decorations of our house or neighboring houses, because people are excited to see the beauty of these lights.

The light captures our attention and imaginations. It gives peace, hope, and confidence for the future.

I was told the custom of Christmas trees goes back to a period when the trees were adorned with candles, which, of course, symbolized Jesus Christ being the light of the world.

The lights of Christmas can be a powerful testimony to the world about God, about whom the Bible says in 1 John 1:5-7. It says there that “God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.”

The fact that God is light also immediately conveys the message that in Him there is no darkness. Light and darkness are contrasts to each other. As light is for goodness, rightness, or righteousness, darkness stands for bad and evil things. In God, there are no bad, evil, or sinful things. He is full of Light. Christmas lights portray in the minds of people the beauty and goodness of God.

We want to walk and associate with God, who is light, don’t we? However, how is that possible? As sinful and bad by nature in ourselves, how can we have fellowship with God, who is holy and full of the Light?

Christmas gives an answer to that puzzling question. Remember, Jesus said, and it is recorded in John 8:12. He said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” In essence, Jesus is the way for us to have fellowship with God, who is holy and full of light. If we follow Jesus, we don’t need to walk in darkness, but we will have the light of life. There is no need to be afraid of the darkness on our way, or walking in darkness, because Jesus, His word, and promises to give the light to walk in fellowship with God.

There is an operating system continually in motion when we follow Jesus Christ. John said in above cited verse in 1st John that “but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.” Note the phrase the blood of Jesus! This is the operating system of continual purification, helping us to walk with God- the blood of Jesus Christ and nothing else.

It is not by going to Mecca or Sabarimala, it is not bathing in the rivers of Gangas or visiting a holy place you consider, but it is the belief and trust in Him (Jesus), who died and then rose again victoriously for our bad and evil, whom God gave for our purification and salvation, that keeps us in walking with God in light.

Every year, the Christmas lights deliver a message to us. God is light, and in Him there is no darkness. Those who wish to have fellowship with God can find full fellowship and acceptance in the blood of Christ. The reason is that the blood of Christ is the only ransom that can pay off our debts of sin that we owe to God and make us perfect in the sight of God to walk with Him.

Beloved, did you ask God to purify you to get forgiveness and then fellowship with God by the blood of Jesus Christ yet? Try a simple prayer with the God of the universe now. He will purify from all blemishes by the merit of Jesus’s blood. You will be glad in this Christmas season of the year.

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Premillennialism is the right approach- from the Old to the New Testaments!

sam — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:42:36 +0000

Premillennialism is the belief that the promised Messiah, a suffering servant, a mighty and eternal king, the Old Testament prophesied and expected throughout the Old Testament Scriptures, would come and establish the kingdom per the numerous prophecies. This is the straightforward and clear understanding of anyone who reads the Old Testament in its plain and literal sense. The book of Psalms, major and minor prophets, consistently echoed the pre-millennial theology of the future king and His kingdom established on the earth. There is no escape from this truth when we read the Old Testament.

The arrival of the Messiah and the establishment of the kingdom promised in the Scripture was and is still the expectation of the conservative Jews and their teachers.

The New Testament never rejects or casts out this expectation, repeatedly laid down in the Old Testament. On the contrary, the New Testament reemphasizes the concept of premillennialism.

In Luke 1:32-33, Mary is told by the angel, in relation to the child Jesus, “He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.” Did you notice it says the Lord God shall give to Him (Jesus) the throne of His father David, and He (Jesus) shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom shall have no end.”

Matthew, in the first verse of his book, trace the genealogy of Jesus Christ to “the son of David, the Son of Abraham” and draws the promised seed line of the Old Testament Scripture to Christ Jesus. By noting “the son of David”, he drew attention to the Davidic covenant God made with David in 2nd Samuel 7:12-21 and introduced Jesus as the heir and king to the promised throne of the eternal kingdom.

In a nutshell, the New Testament picks up the expectation of the Old Testament and points to Jesus as its fulfillment/ The King and kingdom promises of the Old Testament find their fulfillment in Christ Jesus. How did Mary understand this announcement? As a devoted Jew, the only way she would have understood this announcement was as the literal fulfillment of the Davidic covenant God made with David in 2nd Samuel 7 and the hundreds of prophecies of its fulfillment in the Psalms & prophetic literature of the Old Testament. She didn’t take the announcement by spiritualizing it as the amillennialism did to the Old Testament promises of the Messiah.

Amillennialism teaches there is no kingdom promises to be fulfilled although the Scripture – Old and New testaments- underlines the truth of the king and future kingdom. They come with no kingdom expectation by allegorizing or spiritualizing the covenants God made with his people. Pre-millennialism believe all the covenants and promises of God will fulfill literally, as many had already fulfilled with pinpoint accuracies and history attests this fact.

Post Millennialism, the other alternative thought came up with the rise of the Roman Catholic Church is the belief that the world will get better and better with the influence of the church ending in a golden age and then Christ returns. Christians will become the dominant influence and force resulting in peace and prosperity before the second advent of Christ. The Bible in contrast pictures an opposite view that world will become increasingly more evil, and faith will be tested and rejected by many.

Both amillennial and post millennial theology do not accept the fulfillment of God’s promise of a literal future king and kingdom as promised in the Old Testament. Pre-millennialism believe in the expectation of the orthodox Jews and the Old Testament and New Testament expectation of the future king and kingdom on this earth.

Again, notice in Matthew 20:20-23, the mother of James and John asked for special privileges in the kingdom for her sons. Her expectation was that Jesus, as the promised king of the Old Testament he would establish the kingdom. Jesus, by replying to her saying it is the Father who ultimately decides who sits on the left and right of the king, did not reject his kingship or the promised kingdom of the Old Testament that would come, but just pointed out it is the Father who decides the assigning of seats.

The New Testament never rejected the kingdom promises but always emphasized them by saying they are going to happen.

In Acts 1:6, the disciples’ expectation of the Old Testament promise of the kingdom is still intact and well, even after the death and resurrection of Christ. But they wanted to know when it would happen. When the disciples wanted to know when the kingdom was going to be restored to Israel, Jesus did not say they are in error, but confirmed that they were not in error, and the kingdom would be restored to Israel, but only said that it was not for them to know the “times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power” (Acts 1:7). In short, he said they are correct in their belief and hope of the kingdom, but the times is set by God.

Apostle Peter underlined the premillennial belief in his sermon on the day of Pentecost. He refers to the Davidic covenant and its fulfillment in the risen Christ Jesus in Acts 2:29-35. Peter reinstated this again in 3:19-21. He said the period of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.”

Apostle Paul raises the question of the future of Israel in the book of Romans. In Romans 11, he discusses and gives answers to the question of whether there is any possibility of God rejecting or casting Israel off from covenantal promises. Listen, Paul says there, ‘God forbid, ’ and another translation says ‘no means.’ (NIV).

He wrote this-”I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew.” The theme of Romans 11 is that although Israel is in unbelief presently, due to their unbelief and hard-heartedness, which became, of course, the pathway for worldwide blessings to come out of the seed of Abraham, the Messiah Jesus Christ, and they will repent and mourn over their Messiah and be restored at the second coming of Christ. Paul continued to write, “For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And so, all Israel will be saved, as it is written:

“The Deliverer will come out of Zion,
And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
For this is My covenant with them,
When I take away their sins.”

Concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election, they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.”

The book of Revelation presents the best and most profound structure of pre-millennialism in its pages. The basic structure of the interpretation of the book is given in chapter 1:19. There are three sections in this book according to the structure given there. (1) Write the things that you have seen (chapters 1 about risen Christ Jesus), (2) the things which are (chapters 2-3 about the churches), and (3) things that shall take place after these things (future after the church age described in 2-3), Church in heaven 4-5, tribulation begins in chapter 6, Christ comes back in his second coming in chapter 19, establishment of the kingdom and the final judgement in 20, and eternal state (new heavens and new earth) in 21-22. This is the sensible and only logical findings a sincere and literal reader can arrive at, and it has never been fulfilled in history, and demands future fulfillment.

The disciples, the early church, the book of Acts, the Christians in the first and second centuries, sustained the pre-millennial approach to the Bible, which was the approach of the Old Testament and Jewish expectations. The third century witnessed opposition to premillennialism. Dr. John F. Walwoord wrote this, “It is not surprising that opposition to premillennialism should arise. All forms of true doctrine have opposition, and even the majority view in the history of doctrine is not necessarily the right one. The point of great significance is the form in which the opposition arose. It was not the product of orthodox studies in the Scripture, nor of the application of tried and true hermeneutics. It was rather the subversion of the plain meaning of Scripture, not only as applied to the millennial question but all other areas of doctrine.” (walvoord.com).

However, the 3rd century had its premil thinkers and writers, the names included Cyprian (200-258), Commodian (200-270), Nepos (230-280), Coracion (230-280), Victorinus (240-303), Methodius (250-311), and Lactantius (240-330).

After the 3rd century, with the rise of the Roman Church, opposition to the pre-millennial expectation arose; although a minority in the Roman Church held to premillennialism, they were not vocal enough for the position. In reformers’ time, with attention turned to a renewed interest in in-depth Bible studies, the original pre-millennial approach of the Old Testament, Jewish teachings, the early church, 1st and 2nd centuries belief system again re-shaped the theology of the Christian movement by moving toward the right interpretation of premillennialism.

To close a short survey on the topic of premillennialism, I am again quoting a paragraph from John F. Walvoord.

“Rooted in the Old and New Testaments, a product of literal interpretation, nurtured by the Apostles and the early church, eclipsed for centuries by the dark shadows of pagan philosophies and allegorizing methods of interpretation, emerging once more as a dominant strain in Biblical theology in these eschatological times, premillennialism is more than a theory, more than a doctrine. It is a system of Biblical interpretation which alone honors the Word of God as infallibly inspired, literally interpreted, and sure of literal fulfillment. It has stirred the coals of evangelicalism, created interest in Biblical study, and constituted a preparation of God’s people for the coming of the Lord for His saints. Premillennial truth has been an inestimable blessing to those who have received it. To them the Bible has become a living book to be interpreted in its ordinary sense. It is significant that the Bible study movements have usually been premillennial, and institutions which emphasize the study of the text of Scripture, as illustrated in the Bible institute movement, have often been an integral part of the premillennial movement.” (walvoord.com/article)

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The Abrahamic Covenant-the ground of all other covenants-Davidic & New Covenant

sam — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 21:41:52 +0000

There are people who think Israel has not future in God’s plan and the Abrahamic covenant is either already fulfilled or God changed His plan due to Israel’s disobedience.

God is faithful to all His promises, and all will be literally fulfilled, as many of them have already been fulfilled with pinpoint accuracy in history. If He is not faithful to His word, we have nothing to hope for. If He, as God, breaks promise, then He becomes unfaithful and untrustworthy, and our salvation is only a wish, not a reality.

Do not question God’s promise in the OT scripture. Jesus said this, “For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.” Not even a small stroke or comma will have to change. All will be accomplished.

The unconditional and everlasting promises in Abrahamic covenant given in Genesis 12:1-3, 7, 13:15, along with confirmation ceremony and ratification by animal sacrifices in Genesis 15:10-21 regarding the land part of it, with the exact details of the boundaries of the land, and subsequent reiterations of the same covenant to Isaac and not to Ishmael, and Jacob and not to Esau, (Genesis 26:1-4, Genesis 28:1-4 & 10-14},
and repeated by David in 1 Chronicles 16:15-18, and Psalms 105:10-11 and several others later by major and minor prophets although has partial fulfillment in the past in the time of Josuah and Soloman was not fully fulfilled in the history.

These verses and others confirm the covenant God made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are unconditional and everlasting. It was not based on the faithfulness and obedience of Abraham, Issac, Jacob or their posterity, but was hinged on the Word and faithfulness of God only.

Joshua 13 attests that the whole promised land was not possessed in 13:1-2. However, the land that was conquered then was only divided among the tribes.

The exile prophets- both major and minor prophets- expected and prophesied numerous times about the future regathering to the land for its full fulfillment (if the land promise was already fulfilled in Joshua or in Solomons, why this fulfillment prophecies after Joshua and Solomon by prophets?},

Abrahamic Covenant along with the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant (coming king and kingdom on this earth {2 Samuel 7), as it was postponed per Christ’s own words in Acts 1:6-8, before His ascension to heaven, (this restoration time is only in Fathers calendar),

will be when God who made the New Covenant with Israel after the expectation and description of the regathering to the land with the king, (the context of New Covenant is regathering to the land in Jeremiah 31:31-34) who in this age incorporated the church as the beneficiaries now in a partial sense, will consummate it with the repentance of the nation Israel when they look to the one who they have pierced and mourn and cry over their Messiah in the near future, as prophesied by Zechariah 12:10-14 and 13:1).

All the covenants Abrahamic (which is of course the ground of all other subsequent covenants), Davidic, and New Covenant will be fully fulfilled at that time.

Israel has a beautiful future and a blessed future in the plan of God, as Jeremiah wrote after the prediction of the New Covenant that Israel will last forever, and it did in history miraculously, and we see them as a beautiful nation as promised, and the worldwide blessings promised to Abraham came out of them thought the Savior whom God had sent for forgiveness and salvation, and regathering to the land from all the ends of the earth happening now right in front our eyes, as Jeremiah and Ezekiel and other prophets prophesied.

Jeremiah wrote, “Thus says the LORD,
Who gives the sun for light by day
And the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,
Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar;
The LORD of hosts is His name:

36“If this fixed order departs
From before Me,” declares the LORD,
“Then the offspring of Israel also will cease
From being a nation before Me forever.”

37Thus says the LORD,
“If the heavens above can be measured
And the foundations of the earth searched out below,
Then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel
For all that they have done,” declares the LORD.

Paul presented a well-explained argument for Israel’s continuity and restoration in Romans 11. The promise of Israel’s restoration is well explained. Their unbelief in Christ opened the door for Gentiles’ acceptance, but God does not reject or cast them out or ignore the promises made with them. They will be restored, and all the covenant, Abrahamic, Davidic, and the new covenant, finds their fulfillment at that time in the near future. Paul ends the discussion by exalting and glorifying God for His amazing wisdom and knowledge in carrying out His plan.

Read below and praise God!

All Israel Will Be Saved

25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, 26 and in this way all Israel will be saved. As it is written:

“The deliverer will come from Zion;
he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
27 And this is my covenant with them
when I take away their sins.”

28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, 29 for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable. 30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you. 32 For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.

This is a wonderful doxology that came out of Him with heartfelt praise to God, who sums up the history of His plan in a beautiful way, fulfilling all His covenants and promises, without failing none of His words.

Doxology

33 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable his judgments,
and his paths beyond tracing out!
34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?”
35 “Who has ever given to God,
that God should repay them?”
36 For from him and through him and for him are all things.
To him be the glory forever! Amen.

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The storyline of the Scripture and the Gospel in ‘one long sentence’ and one paragraph

sam — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 03:32:16 +0000

The storyline of the Scripture and the Gospel in ‘one long sentence’ and one paragraph

The Gospel, the good news acknowledges that humanity’s first parents Adam and Eve were created by God after the wonderful creations of this earth and heavens, in all goodness and perfect because He stated all good and after the creation of Adam and Eve, God even said ‘very good’,

however, man has chosen to disobey God and plunged all mankind in to a fundamental problem that is called sin, and God who is love and just, brought a temporary solution to the sinfulness of man by animal sacrifices, to make known to them that He is holy and we are not, and he cannot and will not tolerate sin, and the penalty of sin is always death, by bending down the bulls and animals to death as a temporary substitution for their sins but they had to repeat it again and again, whenever they mindful of their sins,

however, the animal sacrifices also foreshadowed and looked forward the full and once and for all solution of sin problem through the covenants He made with Abraham that is called the Abrahamic covenant that promised a people, land and through them a ‘worldwide blessings’ in Genesis 12:1:3 through His seed, the promised Messiah,

and reiterated to King David, (Davidic covenant 2 Samuel 7 verses 11 (b) to 20) that God would make an everlasting house and kingdom through David’s distant future descendant and king, although David wanted to make a house for God then and there), which was the expectation of the nation Israel His people, and they called Jesus the son of David anticipating promised Davidic covenant fulfillment in Him, and Mathew correctly traced the genealogy of Jesus Christ in Matthew 1 to David and Abraham (”This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham),

and the New Covenant, Prophesied by Jeremiah in Jeremiah 31:31-34, an era in the future that was promised to the tribe of Judah and Israel in Jeremiah 31, which will usher in to the full and complete forgiveness of sins by the cleansing, and indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and this New Covenant was inaugurated by Jesus, the promised Messiah, in the upper room on the Passover evening (Luke 22:20, Matthew 26:27-29), about whom the angel announced the meaning of the name Jesus is he will save his people from their sin (Matthew 1:21),

and although the New Covenant was inaugurated and the new entity called the church (which consists of Jews and Gentiles) is the beneficiary of it currently, its full fulfillment is yet in future, because it is promised to Judah and Israel and I would say majority of them rejected Christ which was the pathway for the “worldwide blessings” promise coming out of Israel by including Gentiles in the new entity called the church, and the full fulfillment as prophesied by Jeremiah has not fulfilled yet in all its ingredients, although some are, will be fulfilled in the second coming of Christ when the kingdom will be restored to Israel (Acts 1:6) and Romans 11:25-27 where Paul confirms the future restoration of Israel and the way of full salvation as promised in the New Covenant (refer vs 27), “ I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, 26 and in this way[e] all Israel will be saved because it is written: “The deliverer will come from Zion;
He will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
27 And this is my covenant with them
when I take away their sins”,

therefore, the church is the beneficiary of the New Covenant on the basis of Christ’s sacrifice of His body and blood for once-and-for-all forgiveness; however, the full fulfillment of the New Covenant is still in the future as Paul beautifully presented this in the above verse by writing “The deliverer will turn godlessness away from Jacob (Israel) and this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins”,

and dearly beloved, the Gospel, the good news, which all people everywhere must hear, follows a long and well-attested storyline from Genesis to Revelation because in the final chapters of Revelation, there is a reversal of the bad events and curses from Genesis 3- the results of sin and consequently, in the near future, there will be no more death, pain, or mourning, which were the consequences of sin,

and all those who are saved ‘worldwide’ by the merit of the promised Messiah, Christ Jesus—based on the Abrahamic covenant of worldwide blessings through the seed of Isaac and Jacob, and the fulfillment of the Davidic Covenant by the distant descendant of King David who will reign eternally, and the full fulfillment of the New Covenant in Christ Jesus for the forgiveness of sins—will see God’s face as in Genesis 1 and 2. God will again dwell with His redeemed people forever, just as in the beginning.

(Indebted to studies with Professor Dr. Mark Yarbrough of DTS, and my resultant above one sentence and one paragraph attempt of the structure of the Gospel story, came out of my studies and resultant thought process based on the Biblical theology and interpretation).

Pease read and be convicted of the truth of God’s Word. He loves you and has already built a beautiful plan for you and your future, regardless of our fallen estate, in the person and work of Christ Jesus, who is the fulfillment of the old scripture scriptures.

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How do we know God?

sam — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 03:51:11 +0000

God revealed and still reveal Himself through the creation around us. Of course, it is a silent confirmation and conviction to the hearts about the truth of the creator God, who created the universe.

Day to day and night to night, it pours out his confirmation to the people with no voice or talk. Silent confirmation of God.

And this is called the general revelation to all people everywhere about the existence of God who created all.

Listen what Bible says in Psalm 19:1-4 regarding general revelation.

“The heavens declare the glory of God;
And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.
Day to day pours forth speech,
And night to night reveals knowledge.
There is no speech, nor are there words;
Their voice is not heard.
Their line has gone out through all the earth,
And their utterances to the end of the world.

However, God has special revelation revealed in detail about Him. Where do we get it?

It is in the Word of God, in the pages of the Bible. The more you read and understand the Bible, the more you and I well get to know God.

God breathed the knowledge about Him freely through the pages of the Bible to anyone who want to know Him and His plans.

Listen what 2nd Timothy 3:16-17 says,

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

In essence, it says all the pages of the Bible are breathed out of God or inspired by God, so that we can live a God honoring life. How do we live a God honoring life without reading and knowing the Bible? Therefore, it is fundamental to read and study the Bible to know the ways and plans of God.

How did the Bible or Prophecy came into existence? How did the 66 books of Bible is so united in its theme although written over a span of 1500 years by different authors who lived in different times and cultures and did not know each other.

Yet it is one book. How did it happen?

It is the wonder working of God in revealing about Him. This is why it says the Bible is God inspired and God breathed.

Listen what 2 Peter 1:21 says.

“For prophecy (the Word of God in the Bible) never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.” Yet they wrote what exactly God want them to write to reveal Him to the world. And it is in our reach to read and know God and His beautiful love, care and plan for us.

The major and final special revelation of God is in the person and work of Jesus Christ. In my teachbible.org I have a logo in the first page that says this,

“To Know the Bible, is to Know God

To Know Christ, is to Know God Personally.”

Listens what the Bible says in Hebrews 1:1-3 about the special revelation of God in the person of Christ Jesus.

“In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.”

God after revealing Him through our ancestors and prophets in the past, now in this age, He had finally revealed Himself and talked to us by His Son, Jesus Christ, who is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His being, who sustains all things you and I see by His powerful word. Not only this, but also, he provided forgiveness and purification for sins and sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

Excited to know God? Find Him and know Him through the general revelation. However, find Him and know Him in detail by knowing the Bible and the person and work of Jesus Christ.

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Genesis 3 Event and Man’s free will to choose God

sam — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 01:39:42 +0000

The Historical paradigm shift of the Genesis 3 event, and man’s self-will!

Brief essay- impact of Genesis 3 on Adam’s posterity.

Genesis 3 marked a paradigm shift for humanity. We long to be in the perfection and peace (shalom) stage where Adam and Eve were originally in Genesis chapters 1 and 3. We know we have lost perfection and peace, and we long for it. But we cannot go back into that perfect garden, as humanity was placed out of it, and cherubim and a flaming sword were placed forbidding re-entrance.

Do humans have the free will to choose the true and living God by themselves? If not, when did they forfeit their free will? With careful observation, didn’t humanity forfeit the free will capacity to choose God and his garden that grants perfection and shalom in Genesis 3? It does not mean man lost the capacity to choose between good and evil, although this ability to choose good continually is tarnished after the Genesis 3 event. This does not mean man is a robot; the ability and all the image of God are still there in humanity, but not in the way it was prior to the fall. As we progress from Genesis 3 to succeeding chapters, the matter of the sinful bent gets worse and worse. No wonder God saw this when He stated, ‘The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.” Genesis 6:5. After the Genesis 3 event, we may remember, God had to take the initiative searching for Adam and calling his name (Genesis 3:8), (not the other way around), because Adam, with his wife, hid among the trees of the garden. God had to provide him a solution, which He did.

Genesis chapter 1 and 2 portrays the perfect knowledge of goodness, perfect perfection, and perfect shalom. Things that happened in chapter 3 changed everything. It may be safe to say they had free will in its full sense prior to Genesis 3. When the page of chapter 2 is turned over, the moral fabric of man is devastated and is in a tarnished/damaged condition after the knowledge of good and evil. It appears they had the knowledge of only good before; now, the experience of evil in chapter 3 brought horrible consequences for them and their posterity. Evil bent and sin bent was so strong that it hindered even his self-will capacity to choose/seek God, submit, or obey him. God had to put them out of the garden by placing cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life, because God didn’t want them to live in this depraved capacity eternally by eating from the tree of life.

All creations God created in Genesis chapter 1 were stated as ‘good’. Repeated statements of ‘it was good and good’ in chapter 1 must be noted. And God’s creation climax was the creation of man and woman in the ‘image of God’. Then it says it was ‘very good’. The awareness of the creation of man and woman in the image of God was ‘very good’ in the sight of God, when all other prior creations were ‘good’ in the eyes of God. Seeing the image of God in another person, regardless of their color or ethnicity, is the foundation of our respect for one another. You and I must see the image of God in another person, although currently the image of God is in a tarnished form after the big incident in Genesis 3. The image of God is still there, but in a lesser form than in chapters 1 and 2 of Genesis due to the entrance of sin in Genesis 3. The same is with the self-will capacity to choose God.

With chapter 3 and the serpent’s crafty deception and a free will challenge was placed upon Eve and Adam who, unfortunately, stood passively beside her (without standing on his ground of the truth God communicated directly to him and of course, Eve had only secondhand knowledge from Adam about the command), during the conversation between the serpent and Eve, they both used their free will capacity to choose between good and evil, by choosing to disobey God.

From that point onward, the humanly unsolvable problem became sin, because man is tainted by sin by the knowledge of evil. The free will to choose God is also tarnished and tainted, and the knowledge of evil is something humans could not handle by themselves, but God had to intervene (still needs to) supernaturally to help them find a solution. God gave an immediate solution (3:21) and provided a permanent solution in 3:15. No wonder the Bible says

Romans 3:10-11: In the natural state, “there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God”.
Psalms 14:1-3 and 53:1-3: These Old Testament passages are quoted in Romans to support the argument, saying, “There is no one who does good, not even one,” and that “They have all turned aside”. The principle is that a person is unable to seek God on their own initiative, but rather, a person must be drawn to God by God’s own action and the power of grace.

First of all, we must understand the predicament of human nature since Genesis 3. Not only physical death of man and other things happened to his posterity (Genesis 3:14-21), but spiritual death (separation from God) was the immediate result, which Paul picks up and portrays its seriousness in Ephesians 2:1,4,8 – dead in trespasses and sins and unable to save themselves without the quickening intervention of God in mercy and his great love. Salvation is read as the gift of God and not to be earned. Per Jesus, the Holy Spirit has to convict man of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8). God uses His already saved children also in the process of His salvation, because he gave the great commission. We read how his salvation operates in the book of Acts by the examples of the Apostles in reaching out to the people tainted by sins.

Because of Adam’s disobedience in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:11), sin entered the world and became part of human existence. Everything drastically changed -not only human nature but also the nature of the earth has changed due to the curse by God because of the original sin in Genesis 3:17-19. The whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth (Romans 8:22). Earthquakes, tsunami, and wildfires, sickness, death, human relationship issues with one another, you name it, all are connected to the Genesis 3 event.

Adam is the common ancestor of every human being; we all inherit the sin nature, and the consequences of original sin impact all faculties of our nature. We are born with a natural desire for rebellion, self-interest, and disobedience. In Romans 7, Paul says, “For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.” Left to ourselves, we cannot seek after God, for the simple reason that seeking God is a good and holy thing. Sinful and evil-bending flesh is incapable of good and holy things (Isaiah 64:6).

The Good News is the only News for Adams posterity.

The good news is this – Paul wrote this- “For if, by the trespass of the one man (Adam), death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!” Romans 5:17.

“Just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. For just as through the disobedience of the one man (Adam) the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man (Christ Jesus) the many will be made righteous.” Romans 5:18-19.

The problem of sin of humanity is resolved by God himself as he promised in Genesis 3:15 and in subsequent Old Testament literature. The solution is Christ Jesus, the promised Messiah, as our representative. You and I can identify with Jesus (no longer need to identify with Adam), whom God sent for the solution of our sins. God calls you today to resolve the humanly insolvable problem by trusting and putting faith in what Jesus did. He died and victoriously rose again to get you back into his garden. The last book of the Bible ends with the reentrance to the garden which we lost in Genesis.

The Bible is a beautiful story of the lost garden, its perfection, and shalom by the disobedience of Adam and Eve but regaining it all by the merit of the obedient, sacrificial death of Christ for salvation and our faith in Him. The Bible focuses on God’s and mankind’s story. It is the true story of fallen mankind, and it is also a story of what God did for Him to regain the paradise, which was lost, and we long for with an intense desire every day as we live on this earth with the consequence of sin. However, the story of God and mankind beautifully ends in revelation in the last book of the Bible- Revelation – in another regained garden with all its beautiful perfection and shalom. The redeemed people and God live together in that future regained garden. (Revelation 22).

Over the centuries past the Gensis 3 event, mankind cried a lot due mainly to one reason- the consequences of sin resulted from Adam and Eve, and also personal sins due to evil/sin stemming from it. However, I am thrilled when I read the verse in Revelation that says, “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.” Revelation 21:4-5.

We also know there is a ‘free will’ concept to choose God or not to choose God by humanity’s ability is elevated and floating around these days. However, people do not have much self-will capacity to choose God apart from the power of His grace and intervention in their lives in their fallen nature after Genesis 3. The totality of this power of grace to come to God and continue in Him is testified by Apostle Paul himself when he wrote the sum and substance of his life. “But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.”

Indeed, by the grace of God, and by his favor, I am what I am. Nothing else.

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Dispensationalism and Mid-Act dispensationalism

sam — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 01:15:42 +0000

Brief Article on Dispensational, covenant theologies, & response to Mid-Acts ultra dispensationalism.

Readers of the Bible recognize that there are continuities and discontinuities in God’s dealings with people. Examples of continuities include the fact that salvation has always been by God’s grace and appropriated through faith in Him, and God is faithful to the one who puts his or her trust in Him.

Understanding the continuities and discontinuities is cardinal to knowing the Bible and its message. This is the basis of dispensation. Many people attack dispensation, not really understanding what it means. It is a theological system for studying the Bible by recognizing both continuities and discontinuities in God’s revealed plan. Another theological system is called covenant theology, which focuses on continuities and not much on discontinuities. Our readers here in our group, we hope, do not use comments/languages that ridicule the systems of thought behind them. Dispensation recognizes the observed continuities and discontinuities in the Bible. Basically, that is all the truth. Covenant theology does not pay attention to discontinuities, but dispensational theology does. Covenant theologians and Dispensational theologians do not hate each other. They present the results of their studies. Based on this truth, try to study and analyze the scripture without commenting in ignorance. When we respond in comments, there is no place for unnecessary arguments or hate speech. Covenant theologians are brothers in Christ.

However, careful readers who observe the scripture also understand certain things have changed over time. These must be observed as discontinuities. For Example, the Law was given through Moses only in a later time in the Bible, and the period before that was not under the Law, because the Law was not given before the Law. The Law and ordinances had a period of time. Now we do not bring animals to our churches to sacrifice on our pulpit, do we? The church does not stone children who curse (Lev 24:10-16). There was a distinction between clean and unclean foods in the period of Law, but not anymore because of what God advised Peter to do (Acts 10:9-15) and Paul wrote in Romans 14:14.

Now, if one wants to know what ‘traditional’ dispensational theology is, read the writings of Dr. Ryrie, Dr. Walvoord, Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer, etc. Dr. Ryrie’s dispensational theology is a good book to begin with.

There are two dangers we should be aware of- one is failure to see the distinctions or discontinuities as the apparent issue of covenant theology (for example. How God dealt with the people before the period of the Law, and what changed after the Law given by Moses, how God dealt with His people in the Old Testament, and now in the New Testament period, the distinction between the promises given to Israel and the promises given to the newly formed church in the NT.)

The second danger is the ‘ultra dispensationalism approach’ of inserting discontinuities where they do not occur. The traditional dispensationalist theologians warned against the possibilities of ultra-dispensationalism in their writings. This is why mid-act dispensationalism is generally viewed as ultra dispensationalism because of its adamant approach to another dispensationalism beginning in Acts 9, and their argument that the beginning of the church happened only after Acts 9 and not in Acts 2 when Jesus sent the Holy Spirit as He promised. Acts 9 is only about the conversion of Saul to Paul, and it does not say anything about the beginning of the church. They emphasize two gospels, one for Jews only before Acts 9, and a gospel for the Gentiles and the church beginning only in Acts 9 by the effort of Paul, the Apostle. Mid-Act dispensationalism also rejects the need to get baptized. Mid-Act also rejects the Spirit baptism that happened in Acts 2.

Now, the above points suggest that the mid-act dispensationalism is an ultra-dispensational approach by inserting discontinuities where they do not really occur. Jesus himself commanded, and it is recorded in Mathew 28:19 this, “Go therefore, and make disciples of all ‘nations’, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit.” There were no two gospels in this command. There is only one gospel, and that is for all the nations as he commanded there, and not just for Jews only. This is further amplified by Jesus’s command in Acts 1:8 that says, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth”. Their witness duty commanded by Christ was not just for Jews only up until Acts 9, but it was immediate and universal, including a gentile plan of salvation in it. Jesus also said in the preceding verse in 4 this – For John baptized with[a] water, but in a ‘few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit’.” Did we notice Jesus said they will be baptized with the Holy Spirit in a ‘few days’, which was fulfilled in Acts 2? Baptism of the Holy Spirit and water baptism both happened simultaneously in Acts 2.

Mid-Act dispensationalism inserts discontinuities and ignores continuity of the New Testament by saying the baptism of the Holy Spirit happened only later in Acts, with the emergence of Paul. Baptism of the Holy Spirit is essential to prove the forming of the body of Christ, called the Church (1 Corinthians 12:13, where it says, “For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit”). This is the only definition of the baptism of the Holy Spirit in the Bible to know what that means. Baptism of the Holy Spirit is the work of the Holy Spirit by which He adds people of varied backgrounds to the body of Christ, which is the church, He being the head of it.

The book of Acts validates that the Spirit baptism happened on the day of Pentecost thereby church was formed when Jesus sent His Spirit as He promised. The two verses that support this view are in the book of Acts and do not need to go to any other places. They are Jesus’s own statement in Acts 1:4 when he said – You will be baptized with the Holy Spirit in a few days, which was the arrival of the Holy Spirit and His baptism of the first body of believers into to Church in Acts 2, and 11:16 where Peter looks back to the Acts 2 incident and attests Spirit baptism already occurred. This verse attests that baptism of the Holy Spirit happened to ‘Gentiles’ prior to the conversion of Paul (11:18). Read these two verses and compare. We will be convinced of the Spirit baptism in Acts 2. Spirit baptism was also followed by water baptism of 3000, all of whom were not Jews only, but people from every nation under heaven (Acts 2:5), and amplified by verse 9- Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Mesopotamia, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia.

I also want to say Mid Acts dispensationalism believers are believers in Christ and our brothers and sisters. I fully believe they and all believers will be in heaven by the merit of Jesus Christ. However, wanted to write a brief essay about different forms of theological studies that our readers will be aware of.

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