Eternal life resides in Jesus and in Him alone. No one else! This is true now and will also be the case after Jesus removes His true church from the earth.
In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
What do people need the most? The answer remains the same as it’s always been: A clear understanding of the Gospel. By this I mean that people need Jesus, not the one that so many today create in their mind but but the One revealed on the pages of Scripture.
The falling rain outside my office reflects the gloominess I feel today. It’s just one of those melancholy days that many of us experience from time to time under the weight of living in today’s world.
Through the struggles of my past, I have learned the value of clinging to God’s Word when the cares of this world threaten to undo me.
In The Triumph of the Redeemed, I tell how the Lord healed my twenty-year bout with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). He did so through my hope of Jesus’ imminent appearing as over time, my understanding of the blessedness of my future with Him brought healing to my soul.
Relief came as I focused on five biblical aspects of our glorious future that begins with the Rapture.
The harm that this teaching causes extends beyond the walls of the churches where it’s proclaimed. The belief that the church, rather than Israel, fulfills all of God’s kingdom promises to the Jewish people breeds antisemitism among Christians, which far too often spells over into the unbelieving world.
I often hear statements such as, “Today is no different than any other time in history; look at what happened in the last century with its deadly wars.” Others point to New Testament times when immorality across the Roman Empire rivaled that of our day.
Is our day truly unique? Do we live in the season of Jesus’ imminent appearing?
The verse speaks directly to the day in which we live. It assumes many things that couldn’t possibly be true unless Israel was once again a nation, yet still in unbelief. The words Jesus spoke on this occasion also provide us with insight into what we will see happen in the Middle East in the coming year.
What’s the allure of false teaching, particularly in regard to future things? Why do so many people go astray from what the words of Scripture tell us about what’s lies ahead for us and the world?
These questions again came to my mind after I received an email boasting that “dispensationalism is on the decline.”
