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Saturday, January 10, 2026
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
GOD'S ETERNAL KINGDOM FOR HIS SAINTS FROM DANIEL 7
AI Overview
Key Meanings:
- Victory Over Oppression: The vision shows fierce beasts (representing worldly kingdoms) attacking God's people, but God judges them, destroying them and giving power to the saints, showing divine victory over human tyranny.
- The "Son of Man": The "One like a Son of Man" (Jesus) comes on the clouds, is given eternal dominion, glory, and a kingdom that will never end, linking the saints' reign to His.
- Eternal Kingdom: The "holy people" (believers)
possess the kingdom forever, not just a temporary earthly rule, but an everlasting dominion where God's justice prevails, contrasting with the fleeting nature of human empires. - Reign with Christ: Believers will reign with Christ, serving and obeying, experiencing a transformed reality where God's rule is supreme, a fulfillment of promises about sharing in His heavenly rule.
- Context of Persecution: The prophecy speaks to times of intense trial (like the Maccabean era or future tribulations), assuring faithful followers that their suffering is temporary and they will ultimately triumph with God.
In essence, it's a promise of God's ultimate triumph, establishing His eternal kingdom through Jesus, where His loyal followers will participate in His righteous rule forever.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
The 4 Major Themes of the Bible
While the Bible is not formally divided into the four parts of Creation, the Fall, Redemption, and Restoration, this framework is a common way to summarize the overarching story and major theological themes. Instead of being a formal structure, it is a narrative pattern woven throughout the biblical text.
The narrative pattern explained
This four-part theological framework summarizes the primary biblical story, which unfolds across both the Old and New Testaments.
- Creation: The Bible begins with the story of God creating the heavens and the earth, culminating in the creation of humanity in his image. The narrative emphasizes that God's original design was for a perfect and good world where humanity could live in harmony with God, one another, and all of creation.
- The Fall: In the book of Genesis, sin enters the world when humanity rebels against God. This act of disobedience has profound consequences, leading to humanity's separation from God, a cursed world, and the introduction of suffering and death.
- Redemption: Following the Fall, the rest of the Bible recounts God's plan to redeem and rescue humanity and creation from the power of sin and death. This plan unfolds over time through God's relationship with the Israelites and culminates in the person of Jesus Christ, who sacrifices himself to pay the ultimate price for humanity's redemption.
- Restoration: The final stage points to the future, when God will "make all things new". This prophesied new creation, described in the book of Revelation, is the ultimate fulfillment of God's redemptive plan, where there will be no more sin or death.
Why this is a narrative framework, not a formal division
The actual literary structure of the Bible is organized very differently.
- Literary divisions: The Christian Bible is formally divided into two main sections, the Old Testament and the New Testament, with the books in each part organized by literary type.
- Old Testament: Books are commonly grouped into the Pentateuch (the first five books), Historical Books, Wisdom Books, and Prophetic Books.
- New Testament: Books are organized into the Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles (letters), and the Book of Revelation.
- Thematic arc: The Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration framework provides a powerful lens for understanding the single, unified story that runs through these distinct literary sections. It helps to trace the progression of God's relationship with humanity and his ultimate purpose from Genesis to Revelation.
Thursday, September 25, 2025
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Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Can You Have Faith for God to Heal You Through Medical Science, or a Doctor?
Yes, many Christians believe God can and does heal through medical science, viewing doctors and medicine as tools that God uses to bring about healing. Some see it as a demonstration of God's wisdom and provision, as He created the human body and endowed it with the capacity to heal, and also gave humans the intellect to develop medical knowledge and practices. Others believe that while God is ultimately the source of all healing, He often works through natural means, including medical science, to restore health.
Here's a more detailed explanation:
- God as the ultimate source of healing:Many Christians believe that God is the ultimate source of all healing, regardless of the method used.
- God's wisdom and provision:God created the human body and endowed it with the ability to heal. He also inspired humans to develop medical knowledge and practices to aid in the healing process.
- Medical science as a tool:Some Christians view medical science as a means through which God works to heal, seeing doctors and medicine as tools in His hands.
- Faith and trust:While acknowledging the role of medical science, Christians often emphasize the importance of faith and trust in God's ability to heal, even when relying on medical treatment.
- Seeking wisdom:Some Bible passages encourage believers to seek wisdom from God when making decisions about their health, including whether to seek medical treatment.
- Not all healing is miraculous:While some Christians believe in miraculous healing, many also believe that God often works through natural means, including medical science, to bring about healing.
- Some see faith and medical science as complementary approaches to healing, where prayer and faith can be combined with medical treatment.
SHOULD CHRISTIANS SEE DOCTORS? GOT QUESTIONS.ORG
There are some Christians who believe that seeking medical attention is demonstrating a lack of faith in God. In the Word-Faith movement, consulting a doctor is often considered a lack of faith that will actually prevent God from healing you. In groups such as Christian Science, seeking the help of physicians is sometimes viewed as a barrier to using the spiritual energy God has given us to heal ourselves. The logic of these viewpoints is sorely lacking. If your car is damaged, do you take it to a mechanic or wait for God to perform a miracle and heal your car? If the plumbing in your house bursts, do you wait for God to plug the leak, or do you call a plumber? God is just as capable of repairing a car or fixing the plumbing as He is of healing our bodies. The fact that God can and does perform miracles of healing does not mean we should always expect a miracle instead of seeking the help of individuals who possess the knowledge and skill to assist us.
Physicians are referred to about a dozen times in the Bible. The only verse that could be taken out of context to teach that one should not go to physicians would be 2 Chronicles 16:12. “In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted with a disease in his feet. Though his disease was severe, even in his illness he did not seek help from the LORD, but only from the physicians.” The issue was not that Asa consulted physicians, but that “he did not seek help from the LORD.” Even when visiting a doctor, our ultimate faith is to be in God, not the doctor.
There are many verses that speak of using “medical treatments” such as applying bandages (Isaiah 1:6), oil (James 5:14), oil and wine (Luke 10:34), leaves (Ezekiel 47:12), wine (1 Timothy 5:23), and salves, particularly the “balm of Gilead” (Jeremiah 8:22). Also, Luke, the author of Acts and the Gospel of Luke, is referred to by Paul as “the beloved physician” (Colossians 4:14).
Mark 5:25-30 relates the story of a woman who had trouble with continual bleeding, a problem that physicians could not heal even though she had been to many of them and had spent all of her money. Coming to Jesus, she thought that if she but touched the hem of His garment, she would be healed; she did touch His hem, and she was healed. Jesus, in answering the Pharisees as to why He spent time with sinners, said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick” (Matthew 9:12). From these verses one might sift out the following principles:
1) Physicians are not God and should not be viewed as such. They can sometimes help, but there will be other times when all they will accomplish is the removal of money.
2) Seeking physicians and using “earthly” remedies are not condemned in Scripture. In fact, medical treatments are viewed favorably.
3) God’s intervention in any physical difficulty should be sought (James 4:2; 5:13). He does not promise that He will answer the way we will always want (Isaiah 55:8-9), but we have the assurance that all He does will be done in love and thus in our best interest (Psalm 145:8-9).
So, should Christians go to doctors? God created us as intelligent beings and gave us the ability to create medicines and learn how to repair our bodies. There is nothing wrong with applying this knowledge and ability towards physical healing. Doctors can be viewed as God’s gift to us, a means through which God brings healing and recovery. At the same time, our ultimate faith and trust is to be in God, not in doctors or medicine. As with all difficult decisions, we should seek God who promises to give us wisdom when we ask for it (James 1:5).
Physicians are referred to about a dozen times in the Bible. The only verse that could be taken out of context to teach that one should not go to physicians would be 2 Chronicles 16:12. “In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted with a disease in his feet. Though his disease was severe, even in his illness he did not seek help from the LORD, but only from the physicians.” The issue was not that Asa consulted physicians, but that “he did not seek help from the LORD.” Even when visiting a doctor, our ultimate faith is to be in God, not the doctor.
There are many verses that speak of using “medical treatments” such as applying bandages (Isaiah 1:6), oil (James 5:14), oil and wine (Luke 10:34), leaves (Ezekiel 47:12), wine (1 Timothy 5:23), and salves, particularly the “balm of Gilead” (Jeremiah 8:22). Also, Luke, the author of Acts and the Gospel of Luke, is referred to by Paul as “the beloved physician” (Colossians 4:14).
Mark 5:25-30 relates the story of a woman who had trouble with continual bleeding, a problem that physicians could not heal even though she had been to many of them and had spent all of her money. Coming to Jesus, she thought that if she but touched the hem of His garment, she would be healed; she did touch His hem, and she was healed. Jesus, in answering the Pharisees as to why He spent time with sinners, said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick” (Matthew 9:12). From these verses one might sift out the following principles:
1) Physicians are not God and should not be viewed as such. They can sometimes help, but there will be other times when all they will accomplish is the removal of money.
2) Seeking physicians and using “earthly” remedies are not condemned in Scripture. In fact, medical treatments are viewed favorably.
3) God’s intervention in any physical difficulty should be sought (James 4:2; 5:13). He does not promise that He will answer the way we will always want (Isaiah 55:8-9), but we have the assurance that all He does will be done in love and thus in our best interest (Psalm 145:8-9).
So, should Christians go to doctors? God created us as intelligent beings and gave us the ability to create medicines and learn how to repair our bodies. There is nothing wrong with applying this knowledge and ability towards physical healing. Doctors can be viewed as God’s gift to us, a means through which God brings healing and recovery. At the same time, our ultimate faith and trust is to be in God, not in doctors or medicine. As with all difficult decisions, we should seek God who promises to give us wisdom when we ask for it (James 1:5).
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