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Has Brexit just spoiled “End Times” prophecy?

Has "Brexit" just spoiled “End Times” prophecy?   In a word, no.   Unless of course you are of a Dispensationalist view, then this sudden exit from the European Union by Britain will have caused you some theological holes you may feel the need to patch up. There’s already been some satire articles posted in light of this, highlighting the errors of Dispensationalism and its main adherents tendency to interpret Biblical prophecy by the current news headlines. One such article, by The Babylon Bee, poked fun at the current events by writing that “premillenial dispensationalists around the world held emergency meetings Friday morning, frantically adj...

From Dust to Redemption: The Meaning of Ash Wednesday

...od (e.g., Job 42:6, Daniel 9:3, Jonah 3:6). By the 8th century, the imposition of ashes on the forehead became a common practice in the Western Church. Pope Urban II (r. 1088–1099) helped formalise Ash Wednesday as the official beginning of Lent, reinforcing the idea of a season of penitence leading up to Easter. The name “Ash Wednesday” itself comes from the tradition of marking the faithful with ashes, typically in the shape of a cross, while the priest or minister recites words such as, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return” (Genesis 3:19) or “Repent, and believe in the Gospel” (Mark 1:15). The Lenten Fast Fasting has alw...

An Examination of Conditional Immortality (Part One)

...d anger: Job 16:9He has torn me in his wrath, and hated me;he has gnashed his teeth at me;my adversary sharpens his eyes against me. Psalm 35:16…they impiously mocked more and more, gnashing at me with their teeth. Psalm 112:10The wicked see it and are angry; they gnash their teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked comes to nothing. Lamentations 2:16All your enemies open their mouths against you; they hiss, they gnash their teeth, they cry: “We have devoured her! Ah, this is the day we longed for; at last we have seen it!” Notice how gnashing, anger and despair are linked together throughout these verses. Contrast this with how Jesus uses the ph...

When Church History and Science Collide

...32:7–8, Job 38:31–33, Amos 5:8, Psalm 19:1. But what makes this supernova of 1054 even more interesting isn’t just that it happens in the same year, but the same month! The Great Schism is generally dated to 16th July 1054 as the clinching moment of the Eastern and Western church parting ways (with the excommunication of the Patriarch of Constantinople, Michael Cerularius), and this supernova was visible in the northern sky during the day from around the 4th July for over 20 days, which would lead right up to (and slightly beyond) the 16th of July! Crazy, right? You might call all this coincidental or circumstantial, but I just thought it was an interest...

Was the omniscience of God a developed idea?

...ong with Job 21:22; Psalm 33:13-15; Psalm 90:8; 1 Chronicles 28:9; the view of God as knowing all we do, say and think becomes more apparent and the earlier passages from Genesis appear not to line up with this picture of God, as they do seem to suggest that God didn't "just know" everything that was happening without having to go and see for himself (although Gen 4:8-9 would give the impression God didn't know something, until you read verse 10). But then, maybe this was just a limited understanding from the primitive Hebrews perspective on how God works and acts? Then again, I suppose this would all rest on how "literal" you read it or how in/fallibl...