What is the rapture?
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhy we should believe in the ‘Rapture’ (from the Latin for ‘caught up’)
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Should we worship on Saturday or Sunday?
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11092 The question of whether Christians should worship on Saturday (the Sabbath) or Sunday is one that generates considerable debate, particularly with the influence of Seventh-day Adventism and certain Hebrew Roots movements that insist Saturday observance is binding on all believers. Understanding what Scripture teaches about the Sabbath, how the early church transitioned to…
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Has Revelation already happened?
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 10187 The idea that Revelation has already been fulfilled is not a fringe curiosity. It is one of the most significant interpretive questions in all of biblical eschatology, and the answer a person gives will shape how they read not only Revelation but the entire prophetic landscape of the New Testament. The view that…
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Will we remember our earthly life in heaven?
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10127 Few questions about the eternal state are asked more frequently than this one: will we remember our earthly lives in heaven? The question carries real emotional weight. For some, it is a question born of hope: will I remember the people I loved, the experiences that shaped me, the life I lived? For…
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What is the resurrection of the just and unjust?
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10151 The New Testament teaches that every human being who has ever lived will be raised from the dead. This is not a general, undifferentiated event but a structured sequence involving two distinct resurrections separated by the millennial reign of Christ. The categories of “the just” and “the unjust” are not merely descriptive. They…
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What are the books opened at the final judgment?
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 10150 Revelation 20:12 describes a scene of terrible finality: “And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.”…
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What is the new heaven and new earth?
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 10060 The Bible’s story doesn’t end with souls floating around in heaven forever. Instead, it culminates in “a new heaven and a new earth” where God dwells with His people in physical bodies on a renewed creation. This is the biblical vision of eternity, and understanding it transforms how we think about heaven, our…
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What is the Second Resurrection?
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 10098 If the first resurrection is the resurrection of the blessed, the second resurrection is its tragic counterpart—the resurrection of all who have died apart from saving faith in God. While Scripture speaks with great hope about the resurrection of believers, it addresses the second resurrection with solemn warning. Understanding this doctrine should move…
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What is the First Resurrection?
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10097 The phrase “first resurrection” appears only once in Scripture, in Revelation 20:5-6, yet it represents one of the most significant events in God’s prophetic programme. Understanding what the first resurrection is—and who participates in it—helps us grasp God’s plan for His people across the ages and gives believers tremendous hope for the future….
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What about chronic illness?
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 60111 Chronic illness presents one of the most sustained tests of faith a believer can face. Unlike an acute crisis that resolves one way or another, chronic conditions persist — day after day, month after month, sometimes for decades. The sufferer is not facing a moment of trial but a way of life, and…