Matthew's gospel records that while concluding the last supper, Jesus and the disciples sang a hymn. 'Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured...
If you do a search for 'end times' in your Bible (using biblegateway.com) you won't find that phrase in the text anywhere. You might see it a few times in the chapter titles that translators add, such as for Daniel 12 and Matthew 24. But...
There is a clear and simple way to understand the number 666 in the Bible. It does however take some background to explain. In English we have separate symbols for our numbers. So 1 = one, and 2 = two and so on. But in Greek...
The book of Revelation almost didn't make it into the Bible. Back then not everyone agreed about what it meant or how useful it was. Today, it's place in the Bible is less of an issue, but we are still coming to the place of...
The book of Revelation is apocalyptic - full of symbols - and at times hard to understand. But not all of it. The part of the book of Revelation which is written in plain language is actually the component where John is told to write...
Sometimes the most ordinary words carry a most extraordinary meaning, such as the word until in the Bible. In Matthew 1:25 we see it used concerning Mary, who did not consummate her marriage with Joseph “until” after Jesus was born. “But he did not consummate their marriage...
There’s something to know about the interesting number, one thousand in the Bible. In the Koine Greek language the word used is χιλιάς (kilias) which is where we get the word ‘kilo’ in English, as used in kilometre (a thousand metres) or kilogram. (a thousand grams) And, in...
The Bible is full of language that sounds clear, but turns out to have another meaning. It’s straightforward once you know what the true meaning or meanings are, and we can recognize that the disciples were confused by this at times, but so often we...
It turns out that the dating of Revelation has a HUGE impact on the potential interpretation of it, and the behaviour of its readers, and even entire countries. If you believe that Revelation was written before 70AD, then it was written before the destruction of the...
I used to think that the rapture could not possibly happen until everyone had a chance to hear the gospel. This was based on two verses: Firstly Matthew 24:14 which states “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a...
