For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. (I Peter 1:18-19) All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world . (Revelation 13:8) I’m not finding the passage I want to right now, which speaks of God’s plan for the sacrifice of Jesus from creation, or possibly before. Since I can’t come up with the right words for the search engine, Revelation 13:8 will have to do. It says what needs to be said, that the death and res...
It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.’” (Romans 14:11) Here we go, once again, we’re being told that God can’t cope without our constantly reminding Him that He’s so much better than we are. His ego just can’t it if we don’t treat Him like He’s special. Isn’t that precisely what the Pharisees had against Jesus? He insisted on claiming that He was better than they. Not only did He use messianic titles like “Son of Man,” but He even claimed that “the Father” (AKA God) and He were one. What audacity! The hubris was beyond measure. Now, suppose you walked up to a vehicle in a parking lot and someone shouted, “Stop! What do you think you’re doing?” ...