No Second Chance After Death
Some people believe sinners will have a second chance to become saved after they die. In some cases, they misinterpret a particular Bible verse they think supports this idea. In other cases, they assume that God’s love will compel Him to provide another chance. Is there a second chance after death? Such a view contradicts…
Heaven for Infants and Young Children Who Die – Part 2
[Ed. Note: In Part 1 we considered: The Universal Need for Salvation; When Do Children Become “Responsible”?; God’s Purpose in Salvation ; No Infants Mentioned in Hell; Jesus and Little Children. We now continue.] The Attributes of God The attributes of God certainly relate to the issue of heaven for those who cannot believe.[1] For example,…
Heaven for Infants and Young Children Who Die – Part 1
There is perhaps nothing more difficult in the world than for a parent to bury a child. How heart-wrenching it is for a mother and father to watch as the casket containing their beloved son or daughter is lowered into the ground. Understandably, an issue of great concern to Christian parents relates to the eternal…
Were the Days of Creation 24 Hours Long? The Significance of Evening and Morning
“And there was evening, and there was morning, ______ day.” As you may recall from a previous article, this is one of the four phrases Moses uses to structure Genesis 1. This particular one is how Moses concludes each creation workday (days 1-6, see Genesis 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31). Since it plays a…
Yahweh Rohi – The Lord is My Shepherd
“The LORD is my shepherd [Yahweh Rohi]. I lack nothing” (Psalm 23:1) Philip Keller gives us a beautiful description of what the shepherd means to the sheep. He explains, “[David] knew from firsthand experience that the lot in life of any particular sheep depended on the type of man who owned it. Some men were…
Were the Days of Creation 24 Hours Long? Moses’ Unique Construction for Numbering the Days
In Genesis 1, Moses numbers the days of creation using a unique construction. In fact, he presents them in a way that is different from all other numbered sequences in the entire Old Testament. This should get our attention! Moses is clearing wanting to alert us to the fact that he is up to something…
Were the Days of Creation 24 Hours Long?
In our last article, we examined how Moses presents a different order of events within Genesis 2 than he did in Genesis 1 – particularly the order of God creating Adam and then the animals. This diverse ordering is not due to misinformation or multiple authors.
Yahweh Shammah – The God Who is There
God was incredibly gracious to the Israelites in making His presence known to them. Just a few familiar examples are the pillars of cloud and fire by which He led them out of Egypt and through the wilderness (Exodus 13). When He appeared on Mount Sinai to Moses, we read, “the glory of the LORD [YHWH] settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the LORD [YHWH] called to Moses from within the cloud” (Exodus 24:16)
Assessing Personal Visits to Heaven – Part 3
The Connection with Occultism A number of Christian researchers have noted a connection between near-death experiences and occultism. John Ankerberg and the late John Weldon, for example, affirm that the near-death experience is largely one form of the occult out-of-body experience (OBE), in which the soul allegedly leaves the body and travels around the so-called…
Assessing Personal Visits to Heaven – Part 2
Assessing Near-Death Experiences In what follows I will first summarize problems with typical near-death experiences (NDEs). I will then discuss the possibility of legitimate NDEs. The goal will be to separate fact from fiction. A Preliminary Observation: These Are Not Final Deaths We begin with the recognition that while these experiences are “near-death” experiences, they…
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