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’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...
When I was in ninth grade, a preacher in the Philippines had made the news predicting that the world was going to end the next day at around 11am. A bunch of my otherwise godless classmates were worried that it was all over. At the...
In a number of messages, John has referred to books that he has read. As a result of this, we frequently receive emails asking for a list of books that John recommends. This post creates an easy way to answer those questions by providing a...
This September Isaac Jenkins and myself visited the Solomon Islands on behalf of Peace Apostolic Ministries to minister at an annual Leadership Summit in Honiara. Pastors were in attendance from most of the Solomon Islands provinces, including Choiseul where one pastor travelled 5 days by...
A year ago I began to address formally the subject of eschatology – for very good reasons, as I will explain. But most pastors I meet say they are “pan-millenialist.” This is the good-natured position that they “believe it will all ‘pan out’ OK in...
