One of the most important themes of Jesus’ ministry is the theme of “kingdom.” Matthew uses the phrase, “kingdom of heaven,” while Mark and Luke prefer the term, “kingdom of God.” Almost everything Jesus taught revolved around the idea of the kingdom, but many of us...
When read in the Hebrew order, the final book of the Old Testament is Chronicles; which, of course, our Bibles break into two separate books. I want to share why Chronicles makes so much more sense when it is read as the last book rather than reading it immediately...
When someone became king in Israel, a priest would pour oil on that man’s head and he would then be known as the Lord’s “anointed.” The Hebrew word for “anointed” is “messiah.” So this is the story of two messiahs, Saul...
