The Altar of Incense: What It Meant in the Tabernacle
The altar of incense stood inside the tabernacle, immediately before the veil separating the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. Priests burned incense…
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Eternal Conscious Torment: What Does the Bible Really Teach?
I believe the final fate of an unbeliever is the second death, the irreversible destruction of body and soul after resurrection and judgment. That…
The Bride of Christ: Who Is She in the Bible?
Calling the Church Christ’s Bride tells us something about both His love and our responsibility to Him. He has joined His people to Himself,…
The Hidden Wisdom of God: What Paul Meant
Paul says the rulers who crucified Jesus did not understand God's hidden wisdom. They opposed Him, yet their actions could not prevent God from…
What Is Heaven Like? The Christian Hope Beyond Death
The Bible gives Christians good reason to face death with hope, but it never asks us to pretend that losing someone is painless. A…
Hell and the Lake of Fire: What Does the Bible Teach?
If I warn someone about judgment, I ought to want him to escape it. Turning hell into a punchline or using it to intimidate…
The Fall of Jerusalem in AD 70: What Jesus Fulfilled
Jerusalem’s fall in AD 70 fulfilled Jesus’ warning that the temple would be destroyed. It did not fulfill His bodily return, the resurrection, or…
The Woman in the Ephah: What Zechariah 5 Means
Zechariah saw a woman confined inside a measuring basket, then watched two winged women carry it away. The angel identified the woman as Wickedness…
Who Is Apollyon? The Destroyer in Revelation 9
In Revelation 9, John identifies Apollyon as the angel who rules over the terrifying beings released from the bottomless pit. He tells us this…
Beginning of Sorrows: What Jesus Meant in Matthew 24
Jesus spoke of wars, famines, pestilences, and earthquakes, then called them the “beginning of sorrows.” He also told His disciples not to be terrified…
The Two Lampstands and Olive Trees: What Revelation 11 Means
Revelation 11 calls God's two witnesses olive trees and lampstands, using a picture that first appears in Zechariah 4. I understand these witnesses to…
Cherubim in the Bible: What Are They?
The little winged infants familiar from later art do not prepare us for the cherubim in Scripture. At Eden they guard the way to…