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First John, chapter 2, part 3

The apostle tells us in 1 John 2:15, 15 Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Yet we read in… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2018/01-2018/first-john-chapter-2-part-3/

First John, chapter 2, part 2

There are some whose belief system is based upon truth, and others on experience. Both are equally vital, but some are unbalanced one way or the other. If truth has no experience,… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2018/01-2018/first-john-chapter-2-part-2/

First John, chapter 2, part 1

When John wrote his letter, he did not divide it into chapters and verses. That task was done many centuries later. Hence, the second chapter continues seamlessly from the first,… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2018/01-2018/first-john-chapter-2-part-1/

First John, chapter 1, part 3

1 John 1:5 says, 5 And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. The concept that “God is… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2018/01-2018/first-john-chapter-1-part-3/

First John, chapter 1, part 2

In the introduction to John’s first letter, he says in 1 John 1:1, “what we have seen [horao, “to stare”] with our eyes,” using the word horao, “to stare.” He follows up by saying… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/12-2017/first-john-chapter-1-part-2/

First John, chapter 1, part 1

John begins his first letter in 1 John 1:1-3 this way: 1 What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we beheld and our hands handled,… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/12-2017/first-john-chapter-1-part-1/

Introduction to the First Epistle of John

John wrote his epistles many years after writing his gospel. The Wycliffe Bible Commentary says that John’s first epistle probably was written about 90 A.D., a short time before… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/12-2017/introduction-to-the-first-epistle-of-john/

Praise

There are two main words translated “praise” in the Hebrew scriptures: halal and yada. The first is often seen in the word halleluyah, “praise the Lord.” The word halal… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/12-2017/praise/

Spiritual warfare in heaven and in earth

Last Sunday, December 17, Darla and I and others from the Minneapolis area met with the group from Cloquet, where we had held our Tabernacles conference in October. The Father had… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/12-2017/spiritual-warfare-in-heaven-and-in-earth/

An Israeli view of Trump's Jerusalem decision

Here is a view from the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, which expresses concern about evangelical views of prophecy today. https://www.haaretz.com/amp/israel-news/.premium-1.827591… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/12-2017/an-israeli-view-of-trumps-jerusalem-decision/

The Land Between Two Rivers, by Alan Newton

KJV Genesis 15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/12-2017/the-land-between-two-rivers-by-alan-newton/

Kingdom thinking in the age to come

The law of God is largely designed to establish and define rights, as this is the core of a true system of justice. Victims have rights to compensation; lawbreakers have the right… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/10-2017/kingdom-thinking-in-the-age-to-come/

Marking the end of an era and a new beginning

The Las Vegas shooting on October 2, 2017 involved more than one shooter in the Mandalay Bay Hotel itself, but there was also at least one other who was shooting into the front… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/10-2017/marking-the-end-of-an-era-and-a-new-beginning/

First Corinthians 16--Greetings and Benedictions

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 16:10, 11, 10 Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without cause to be afraid; for he is doing the Lord’s work, as I also am. 11 Let no one… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/10-2017/first-corinthians-16-greetings-and-benedictions/

1 Corinthians 16--Donations for Jerusalem

Having proven that the dead will be raised and not left in the grave forever, Paul concludes in 1 Corinthians 15:58, 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable,… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/10-2017/1-corinthians-16-donations-for-jerusalem/

First Corinthians 15--Victory over Death and Hades

Epicurus was born in 341 B.C. on the island of Samos, which was not far from Ephesus. When his teacher quoted a Greek poem, saying, “Verily, first of all chaos was created,”… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/10-2017/first-corinthians-15-victory-over-death-and-hades/

First Corinthians 15--The secret revealed

The image of the heavenly and the image of the earthy is described by Paul in terms of clothing and in terms of housing. It is the container in which our conscious being lives and… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/10-2017/first-corinthians-15-the-secret-revealed/

First Corinthians 15--Natural and spiritual order

In 1 Corinthians 15:44 Paul links the two bodies, one “natural” and one “spiritual,” suggesting the principle that natural things are reflections of the spiritual. He has already… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/10-2017/first-corinthians-15-natural-and-spiritual-order/

First Corinthians 15--Two bodies

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:35, 35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?” Such questioning would have been typical… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/10-2017/first-corinthians-15-two-bodies/

First Corinthians 15--Results of believing in resurrection

In 1 Corinthians 15:30 Paul asks, 30 Why are we also in danger every hour? He means to say that if the dead are not raised, if there is no resurrection, then what is the… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/09-2017/first-corinthians-15-results-of-believing-in-resurrection/