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The following warning goes out to the nations in the end times. It is a prophesy of their destruction.  Over what? Jerusalem!

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. — Zechariah 12:9 (KJV) Read more »

Paul tells the church at Thessalonica that they were ensamples. Now this is a word that is not used much today, but it means: An example; a pattern or model for imitation.

So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. — 1 Thessalonians 1:7 (KJV) Read more »

Do you every feel that the ground is falling out from beneath your feet? I am speaking in the spiritual sense.  You can just feel yourself falling.  Hurry! Hurry!  Lord Jesus, help me!

Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. — Psalm 38:22 (KJV) Read more »

It is amazing to see how many people in the Bible seem to have a religion unto themselves.  It is of man and of their own invention.  Sometimes it as simple as following blind traditions handed down to them from their fathers.

Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? — Zechariah 7:5 (KJV) Read more »

In Colossians, chapter 3, we are given the exhortation to set your affection on things above. We are then told how to do that. Put off the old man.  Put on the new man. Lie not one to another. In other words, don’t live in sin. Read more »