What Jesus knew – He told His disciples at various times of His coming death and resurrection: (NASB) Luke 18:31-33 “Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, ‘Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things which are written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.32 ‘For […]
Christendom celebrated the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem yesterday. Prophecy(NASB) Zechariah 9:9 “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!Behold, your king is coming to you;He is just and endowed with salvation,Humble, and mounted on a donkey,Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”Fulfillment(NASB) Luke 19:29-36 “When He […]
God’s word says:(NASB) Acts 4:12 “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.” For salvation, for eternal life ~ there is no other person, no other gods, none by which anyone can go […]
Consider Peter, a disciple chosen by Jesus.In the last hours of Jesus’ life, Peter had tried to defend Jesus from being arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane. (John 8:10-11) After Jesus was arrested and led away, Peter followed at a distance (Matthew 27:57-58). Peter denied knowing Jesus three times, as Jesus said he […]
Dr. Luke wrote the book of The Acts of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the apostles. He was careful to interview those that had been in that house on that day when God gave His Holy Spirit. (Luke 1:1-4; Acts 1:1) One hundred twenty men and women were present (Acts 1:15). […]
The Mount of Olives is located east of Jerusalem about a Sabbath day’s journey. (Acts 1:12) Jesus rode on the back of a donkey on His triumphal entry into Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. (Mark 11:1) Jesus took His twelve disciples to the Mount of Olives during the last week of […]
(NASB) Acts 1:9 “And after He said these things…” What were “these things” that Jesus said? Using Acts 1:4-5, 7-81- wait in Jerusalem2- wait for what the Father had promised3- you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit, not many days from now4- the time of restoring the kingdom of God to Israel is […]
(NASB) Luke 24:50-53 “And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.51 While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven.52 And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,53 and were continually in the temple praising God.” […]
Waiting…waiting…many times is hard. We become impatient, surly, prickly, difficult to be around…while we wait. Waiting to be doing something other than what we feel we’re trapped in at this time in our lives. Many times as we wait, we grit our teeth, every day! What did the resurrected Lord Jesus say to […]
John the Baptist understood what it was to give credit to Jesus, the Son of God. John was a popular man at one point in time. Then Jesus came and asked John to baptize Him. John tried to argue his way out of doing that. But Jesus insisted. Then John saw and heard amazing things […]