Biblical prophecy and the last days—the rapture, tribulation, second coming, millennium, and final judgment.
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 10013 This question lies at the heart of understanding the Bible’s storyline. How we answer it affects how we read prophecy, how we understand God’s purposes, and how we see ourselves as believers today. The distinction between Israel and the Church is one of the fundamental insights of dispensational theology, and Scripture makes this…
Reading Time: 7 minutesQuestion 10061 One of the most common questions about heaven concerns whether we will recognise our loved ones there. Will families be reunited? Will friendships continue? Or will we be so transformed that earthly relationships become meaningless? Scripture gives us good reason to believe that we will indeed recognise one another in heaven, and that…
Reading Time: 8 minutesQuestion 10174 When we read through the list of the twelve tribes in Revelation 7, something immediately stands out. The tribe of Dan is missing. For a book so rich in Old Testament symbolism and Jewish imagery, this omission cannot be accidental. The question we need to ask is not just “Where is Dan?” but…
Reading Time: 5 minutesPersonal note: I have posted this (in advance) on the day and time of the funeral of our esteemed brother-in-Christ, Deacon, Captain of Boys’ Brigade at Oldfield Baptist, and well-known and beloved man in the community, Martin Smith. Question 10055 When Christians speak of heaven, we’re talking about the dwelling place of God and the…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 3062 When we think of resurrection in the Bible, our minds naturally go straight to Jesus rising from the dead on Easter morning. And rightly so, His resurrection is the central event of all history. But Scripture records other instances where people were raised from the dead, both before and after Jesus’ own resurrection….
Reading Time: 7 minutesQuestion 10041 In 1 Kings 9:3, God tells Solomon: “I have consecrated this house that you have built, by putting my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.” Yet Solomon’s temple was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC, and the second temple was destroyed by the Romans…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 2060 This is one of the most challenging questions people ask, and it deserves a thoughtful, biblical answer. The difficulty many have is reconciling the love of God with the reality of eternal punishment. But let’s look at what Scripture actually teaches us. God’s Nature: Love AND Justice We need to understand that God’s…
Reading Time: 11 minutesQ10035 Babylon appears prominently in the final chapters of Revelation, described as “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations” (17:5) and “the great city that has mighty dominion over the kings of the earth” (17:18). Two entire chapters—17 and 18—are devoted to describing her nature, her influence, and her spectacular destruction. But…