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Timeline for Christ’s Second Coming

First, let's look at Daniel 9:25: Dan. 9:25 “So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with pl...
13 June 2013
Determining the meaning of the names of the 7 Churches

Some of the meanings of the names of the Seven Churches provided in our Revelation Study can be determined through the etymology of the names themselves, while in other cases Pastor Armstrong relied on the work of other scholars, who have research...
5 October 2012
Life after Death?

The Bible teaches that after death comes to the body, our spirit exists eternally. After the believer's body dies, angels will escort our spirit to Jesus' presence in the Throne Room. The unbeliever's spirit descends to Hades (Hell) to wait in tor...
20 January 2012
Bottomless Pit vs. Lake of Fire?

The Bible has much to say concerning the destination of men's souls at death and the dwelling place for demons. First, the Bible teaches in 1Corinthians 15 that our existence is one partly of flesh and partly of spirit. The flesh of our bodies is...
14 December 2011
Ezekiel's War

The war described in Ezekiel 38-39 is a war prosecuted by Gentiles nations, led by a mysterious ruler, against Israel and Jerusalem. From the details given in Ezekiel, we can attempt to place the war in the overall timeline of eschatology. First,...
14 December 2011
Where do we go when we die?

The experience of death differs depending on whether a person is a saint (i.e., saved by faith in the Lord) or an unbeliever, and when in history a person lived. For all humanity, the Bible teaches that when a person's body dies, the body returns...
27 September 2011
How is the Earth destroyed?

In Revelation 21, John describes the moment when the Earth and Heavens are destroyed to make way for a new order and a new Heavens and Earth, but Revelation doesn't tell us the manner of that destruction. We look elsewhere in the Bible to find Pe...
6 September 2011
Where is the Church in Revelation 4 & 5?

In John's description of that moment in Revelation 4 & 5, he notes only the Spirit and the elders and doesn't specifically mention seeing the Church saints present, but we come to conclude the church WAS present based on the evidence. First, ...
6 September 2011
Can you explain Matthew 5:19?

To answer your question, let's look at the full context of Jesus words in Matthew 5: Matt. 5:17 “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. Matt. 5:18 “For truly I say to you, until heav...
27 March 2011
Am I part of the Jewish remnant?

The remnant of Israel is the "believing" and faithful element among all Jews. In the days prior to Christ, the remnant were best described by the Lord Himself in 1Kings 19, when He said to Elijah in 1Kings 19:18: Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel,...
15 July 2010