I discovered that the terms “kingdom of heaven” and “kingdom of God” were synonymous. They have the same meaning. I believe that in order to understand the Scriptures fully that IT IS important to understand context. Not only Scriptural context (we should be careful about pla
We talk about going to heaven after we die, but maybe we should be talking about God’s will being done here on earth before we die! We talk about people being good and moral–following the principles of God so that we can avoid hell after death. But I want to INSPIRE YOU with the possibility of
We have been discussing over the last months the Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount, the most prolific of Jesus’ teachings and wisdom. I want to take a small side path for a few days and share with you Jesus’ teachings on the kingdom of heaven. This ties in directly with all that He taught
In the last of the eight BE-ATTITUDES, Jesus tells us in verse 10, ” Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” This one sounds tough, doesn’t it? How can we feel blessed while being persecuted and mistreated? The qualifying thoug
In the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 24, Jesus was teaching about His return. What we will look at today is near the end of what is called the the Olivette Discourse. This discourse is known as the “Little Apocalypse” or the “Synoptic Apocalypse” because it includes Jesus’ descriptions of the end times
As we continue to study the Kingdom of heaven/The kingdom of God, we will look at Jesus teachings concerning religious hypocrites. I want to point out that in Matthew 23, Jesus was not talking here to the Jews (though the Pharisees were Jews). He was talking to the Jewish religious leaders and thos