Kingdom Ready Blog

There is now a schedule for new blog posts, with a different writer each day of the week.  From this point on I will be posting once a week, on Mondays.  Today I will finish the article I started, and continue with another one next week. (Please note I added another passage of Scripture to Part 1 which I had missed before.)

I believe Jesus was born in the late summer/fall.  Yet this is the time of the year that most folks talk about the birth of the Messiah, so I thought I would post this interesting article on Isaiah 9:6.  You can find it originally posted at “koinonia.”  The bold lettering is my doing.  I found these statements to be particularly insightful.

WHAT IS IN A NAME? (ISAIAH 9:6)

by John H. Walton

Here in revelation a verse of scripture has captured my attention:

Rev 13:7a And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them:

Now based on what is written in this whole passage does it look like God has given the power to the beast or is it the devil?

Rev 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

As many of you have probably noticed, I have delayed in saying anything about this passage. The reason being that I needed a lot of time and space to deal with it. What I am going to attempt to do is to understand how the apostles and the early church understood terms “judge” and “Israel.” Then I will apply that understanding to this passage. I will quote the entire passage in largeprint and comment on each phrase as necessary.

28 And Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration

Regeneration=παλιγγενεσια The only other time this word is used in the New Testament is in Titus:

by Jon Burke (Fortigurn)

Prophecy is one of the central subjects of the Bible, but unfortunately remains one of the most contentious and hotly disputed among Christians and non-Christians alike.  The importance of prophecy to the Bible cannot be overstated.  It has been estimated that the up to one third of the Bible actually consists of prophecy, and Bible prophecies are probably the most oft quoted passages by other parts of Scripture.