In your article on the End Times According To Jesus Part 4 you mention Matt24:31. Since that verse follows the verses on the Tribulation, doesn’t that verse refer to the elect that make it thru the Tribulation gathered to enter the earthly Millennial Kingdom about to begin? I think verse 30 is the Second Coming. Doesn’t the term Son of man refer to Our Lord in earthly terms?

I found your article on defending the Pre-Tribulation Rapture at Rapture Ready. Could the disappearance/vanishing in Psalm 12 describe the Rapture? If so, then could the rest of the psalm outline the events following the Rapture, including the duration of ‘seven times?’

There are some prophecy experts who have alluded to the possibility of a significant time gap between the Rapture of the Church and the onset of the Tribulation as indicated by the inauguration of a treaty between Israel and the Antichrist. One teacher who has mentioned this in passing is (a well known prophecy teacher) but I do not find it explicitly explained in his writings. Do you have an opinion on this and does the Bible hint at this possibility?

I have two questions – my first question – is their a language also called “speaking in tongues” (not to be confused with “speaking in different kinds of tongues” for interpretation) that God gives us to use during worship and private prayer? Jude 20; 1 Cor.14:4.

My second question is – Over the years I’ve heard people from different denominations debate on how a person should be baptized. One denomination says that one should be baptized in “Jesus Name”, while another denomination says that one should be baptized “In the Name of the Father, Son & Holy Ghost”. Is there scripture in the Bible to support that a person should be baptized in “Jesus Name”? and being baptized in “Jesus Name” is the only way a person will receive the gift of speaking in tongues?

Thank you for being available to assist us. Last night my wife and I struggled with this from Mark 4:10-12.

When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables so that,

” ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’”

We just couldn’t explain to ourselves why Jesus appears to be intentionally preventing some from coming to forgiveness by using parables.

We’d really appreciate some help here. Thank you very much.

Who is Michael the archangel in Daniel 11? Is this Jesus?

P.S. Love your articles.

I have a question regarding recent events in Jerusalem. An online news source is reporting that plans are being drawn up by MK Uri Ariel for the construction of a synagogue on the southeastern corner of the Temple Mount. In fact, Ariel is meeting with rabbis and other public officials later this week in this regard. Today, November 6, Sheikh Raad Salah, head of the Islamic movement in Israel promises bloodshed (and also refers to the synagogue as the “holy temple”) and violence.

While is not the Third Temple, it is nevertheless proposed in order to allow Jews to pray on the Temple Mount. It’s a first step, if it happens, and I wonder if something such as this attempt at a place of worship in that location could be the “spoil” spoken of in Ezekiel which would bring the Islamic nations against Israel?

One of the leaders at our church doesn’t believe Jesus is God. He believes Jesus is the Son of God and/or a lesser god but not God Almighty. I have placed in our church bulletin many passages and brief commentaries on the deity of Jesus Christ over the past year since I took it over.

This same man believes that plural wives and slavery should be condoned.

The pastor won’t confront him on this subject about the deity of Christ because he’s afraid he will leave our congregation and go somewhere else where he may get taught wrong doctrine.

I don’t think he is doing this man any favors by tip toeing around the truth. I am afraid that if he doesn’t believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, he can’t really be saved.

Can you help me on this matter?

Where can I find information online about the layers of heaven, hell and their names?

I have a question regarding the “beast” out of the sea,who is wounded and is as dead.

a)The league of Nation was formed after world war 2 but did not last long and seemingly died.

b)The United Nations is a resurrection of the first.

c)All the countries of the world are represented in it and give their allegiance to it.

d)America, after Iraq now also does things through the UN

e)The UN is as toothless as the league of nations was but if a powerful figure had to take charge and use the pooled power of all the nations world wide would it not be a powerfull force?

f)I understand that “Beast” will come out of the old Roman Empire but are all the European countries not on the UN and giving their full support to it????

g)The leaders of the UN to date have been weak and greedy people,what could happen if “satan” put a man in that position?.