Month: September 2014

What Does The Bible Say? The Sabbath Year (Shemitah)

Published: September 27, 2014
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley The weekly Sabbath is one of the foundations of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible, often called the five books of Moses). The Israelites were commanded to rest from their labors on the seventh day of the week, because in six days the Lord made the […]

Is There A Second Chance?

Published: September 24, 2014
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley If you believe as I do that the Bible teaches the rapture of the Church will occur before Daniel’s 70th Week begins then you’ve no doubt wondered what will happen to those among your friends and family who will miss it. Will they get another chance to be saved?

The Man From Eternity

Published: September 17, 2014
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley NOTE: This study, from 2012, is a fitting addendum to our recently completed series on why the Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah. But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over […]

Why Do Jews Reject Jesus As The Messiah? Part 2

Published: September 13, 2014
Commentary by Jack Kelley I was recently asked to respond to seven reasons why Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah. These seven reasons have been featured on a Jewish “anti-missionary” website as part of their effort to discourage Jewish conversions to Christianity. In part one I responded to the first four of these reasons, so […]

Then You Will Know That I Am The Lord

Published: September 10, 2014
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley Some form of the phrase “then you will know that I am the Lord” appears in the Book of Ezekiel 50 times. Prior to the Babylonian captivity (605-535 BC) the Lord used it most often in the context of judgment, whether against Israel’s leaders (Ezekiel 11:10), the nation as […]

Why Do Jews Reject Jesus As The Messiah? Part 1

Published: September 6, 2014
Commentary by Jack Kelley In the last decade or so, a number of Jewish “anti-missionary” ministries have cropped up to combat the increasing conversion of Jewish people to belief in Jesus as the Messiah of Israel. They have come on the scene because in the words of one of these ministries, “More Jews have converted […]