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Q. I want very much to believe we are living in the last days (I certainly don’t like the prospects for the future in a post Christian world).  I have been waiting expectantly for Christ’s soon return for at least the last 25 years and like many before me pray that my generation will be the one that doesn’t taste death but will be able to experience the Rapture instead.  Looking at the world events it surely seems like time is moving quickly, but I have one problem/question.  It seems like now that it is American’s that are in the firing line, American Christians that may face persecution, America that might collapse that everyone is more sure that the end is near.  Our brothers and sisters the world over have been suffering for years.  Christians are being martyred all over the world, why now just because America might suffer the wrath of God for our sins are we so sure that it really is approaching the last of the last days? Read Post »

Q. I have a question. No man knows the day or hour, but we can know the season. I assume you are a pretrib individual, but what has you so interested in the fact that the Rapture happens JUST prior to the trib? Could not the Rapture happen this very day? What makes you feel that 2018 is the date by which point in time all prophecy will be fulfilled? Why couldn’t the date of 2015 (7 years from now) be that critical point rather than 2018? Read Post »

Q. About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?” that is, “MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?” Matthew 27:46

In the ninth hour on the cross why did Jesus cry out?  I know why I would cry out but it seems so unlike Jesus. It could be interpreted as a lack of faith and I’m puzzled. Thank you for your answer.

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Q. I have always wondered when God writes “He will supply all your needs, and that “we are not to worry about the clothes we wear, food to eat”.

But then I see those in very poor, third world countries and I am sure there are believers there. How do they not worry and wonder if their needs will be met when conditions are so terribly bad?

There are many believers who are losing homes and jobs now even in the US, and I wonder why God allows His children to lose everything but then says not to worry, that He’ll supply those basic needs? Read Post »

Q. Please help me understand the following. You state that only the Church Age Saints will live in the New Jerusalem during the Millennium.  And that the Church Age Saints will be able to go back and forth from the New Jerusalem and earth.  What scripture supports that those Saints will be able to go back and forth?  Is the New Heaven and New Earth created after the Millennium?  Also, when the New Heavens and New Earth are created will the Church Age Saints still reside in the New Jerusalem or will they live on the New Earth?  Does scripture give insight what they will be doing (work, play, create, govern etc.) with regard to the New Heavens and New Earth?  Thank you for any clarification on the above. Read Post »

Q. I so enjoy your website.  Your MP3 Bible Studies along with your articles have truly strengthened my faith and it helps to give me a stronger desire for God and His Word.

I have a question about the term “prophesying” in the Bible.  Although I am clear on what “Prophecy” itself is, specifically as it relates to the hundreds of prophecies about the Lord in the old and new Testaments and the “forth-telling” of coming events , when I read how people began to “prophesy” as the Spirit of the Lord came on them, I’m not too clear on it’s meaning.  I am confused about what that means in a practical sense. Read Post »

Q. I just want to thank you and thank the Lord for blessing you with all the devotion you put into studying and teaching his word.

I have listened to all your messages and read your articles on the rapture. The Holy Spirit has lead you to doing a great job of studying the scriptures and coming up with your reasoning on the rapture coming at pre tribulation. You left no doubt in my mind as to agreeing with you fully, until I was listening to a pastor that was being interviewed about the rapture and his  point of view was  how he didn’t believe in any rapture of the church, and that even the scriptures don’t come right out and mention the word rapture in them. I even looked up rapture in the bible dictionaries, and the word rapture is not listed. Read Post »

Q. Why did Moses send his wife Zipporah away? Read Post »

Q. My friend is going through a hard time of not knowing whether to listen to God’s will or listen to her parents.  God is telling her what He has planned for her and how she should live to carry out His will; however, her parents don’t agree with God on this subject (basically, if my friend listens to God, she will need to take major loans for college and her parents don’t want her to take loans out… her mom is still paying off college loans and has a family to take care of and doesn’t want her daughter to go through the same thing).  I’m really concerned for my friend and care about her a lot. She and I both pray about it constantly.  Is there any scripture or any advice that could help her situation?  She really wants to follow God’s will but finds hurt in disobeying her parents. Read Post »

Q. My church is sponsoring a Women’s Conference soon and have chosen as the theme ” Empowering the Christian African American Woman in Strength, Faith, and Fellowship”.

What Bible passages are appropriate for this theme? Please reply and advise. Read Post »