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# Daniel Lazich

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- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (42) Romans 9:1 – 11:36](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/06/16/the-message-in-romans-42-romans-91-1136/) - Did God reject the Jewish people? In the first eight chapters of Romans, Paul presented the objective truth of the gospel logically and systematically. The objective gospel consists of what God accomplished on behalf of sinful humankind while he was in the body here on earth. The objective truth of the gospel includes the creation
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (41) Romans 8:12 – 39](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/06/09/the-message-in-romans-41-romans-812-39/) - The conquerors in Christ. “And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose, because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among the many brothers and
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (97) Revelation 20:1 – 6](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/11/07/a-testimony-about-jesus-97-revelation-201-6/) - The thousand years. The believers who have surrendered themselves to God and Jesus Christ have gone to heaven to be with Jesus for a thousand years. However, those remaining on Earth will continue to face difficulties. They will persist in their efforts to ensure their long-term survival through self-centered, overconfident means. But they won't receive
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (96) Revelation 17:1 – 18:24](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/10/30/a-testimony-about-jesus-96-revelation-171-1824/) - The Thousand Years As envisioned by the architects of the Global System, the final arrangement of the ten groups of nations and their leaders will become clear during major crises. These ten influential nations, known as the ten kings in the Book of Revelation, will agree to jointly manage the world’s affairs and lead in
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (95) Revelation 17:1 – 18:24](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/10/30/a-testimony-about-jesus-95-revelation-171-1824/) - The prostitute and the ten kings continued. Jesus stated that “there will be great global distress” before He returns. Matthew 24:21. The system being established worldwide will inevitably lead to severe distress that humanity has never faced before. Jesus said that this global distress would occur just before His return. “Immediately after the distress of
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (94) Revelation 17:1 – 18:24](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/10/04/a-testimony-about-jesus-94-revelation-171-1824/) - The Prostitute and the 10 Kings continued. The sixth kingdom described in Daniel chapter two is the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire was divided into two distinct regions: the Western and Eastern parts. Emperor Constantine assigned the oversight of the Western region to the Bishop of Rome. However, the Bishop of Rome's selfish ambitions distracted
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (93) Revelation 17:1 – 18](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/09/26/a-testimony-about-jesus-93-revelation-171-18/) - The Prostitute and the 10 Kings continued. “The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast.” Revelation 17:12. Satan gave the beast, the seventh kingdom, his power, his throne, and great authority to rule the
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (92) Revelation 17:1 – 18:24](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/09/12/a-testimony-about-jesus-92-revelation-171-1824/) - The seventh kingdom continued. The feet of the statue in Daniel chapter two represent the seventh biblical kingdom. However, the kingdom symbolized by the feet will “remain for only a brief time as a uniform single entity.” (It is possible that the world will split into ten groups of nations before the full realization of
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (91) Revelation 17:1 – 10](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/09/05/a-testimony-about-jesus-91-revelation-171-10/) - More details about the great prostitute and the ten kings. The great prostitute is not only associated with the seventh kingdom but also symbolizes the attitude of the seven biblical kingdoms described in the books of Daniel and Revelation. “Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. There I saw a
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (90) Revelation 17:1 - 18:24](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/08/28/a-testimony-about-jesus-90-revelation-171-1824/) - More details concerning the prostitute and the ten kings. Previous blogs highlighted how Satan used six biblical kingdoms to prevent the arrival of the Messiah. Perhaps Satan thought that if the Messiah never came, God's plan for humankind would fail. But Satan's efforts failed. The six biblical kingdoms acted against the people through whom God
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (89) Revelation 16:17 – 21](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/08/22/a-testimony-about-jesus-89-romans-1617-21/) - The great city falls, continued. After the collapse of the central global authority, the world will split into ten regions. The most influential country in each area will lead that region. These leading countries are the ten kings symbolized by the ten horns of the seventh head, as described in the Book of Revelation. The
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (88) Revelation 16:12 – 16](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/08/15/a-testimony-about-jesus-88-revelation-1612-16/) - The great city falls! “The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath.” Revelation 16:19. As mentioned in the previous blog, the great city functions as the center of global
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (87) Revelation 16:1 – 21](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/08/08/a-testimony-about-jesus-87-revelation-161-21/) - It is done, heaven announced! “The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, 'It is done!” Revelation 16:17. The phrase “It is done” means that all decisions about God and Jesus Christ have been finalized. No further decisions will be
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (86) Revelation 16:1 – 21](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/08/01/a-testimony-about-jesus-86-revelation-161-21/) - The seven last plagues. “I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with seven last plagues – last because with them God’s wrath is completed.” Revelation 15:1. The fulfillment of Jesus' commission to proclaim the good news of the kingdom will culminate in the return of the King of kings and Lord
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (85) Revelation 14:6 – 12](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/07/28/a-testimony-about-jesus-85-revelation-146-12/) - The Remnant proclaims the good news. The World Trade Organization (WTO), which now acts as a global coordinating body, guides nations in building a synchronized global economy and encouraging closer integration among sovereign countries. This type of economy, known as the economy of scale, has the potential to generate wealth, leading people to believe they
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (84) Revelation 14:6 – 12](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/07/18/a-testimony-about-jesus-84-revelation-146-12/) - The Remnant will proclaim the gospel. The good news, presented as the everlasting Gospel, is that God, through Jesus Christ, has defeated Satan and everything related to evil. Only those who have died to themselves will inherit eternal life through Jesus Christ, the everlasting Gospel. “He said in a loud voice, Fear God and give
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (83) Revelation 14:6 – 13](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/07/11/a-testimony-about-jesus-83-revelation-146-13/) - The Remnant will proclaim the good news of the Kingdom. The proclamation of the good news of the kingdom of God, Jesus Christ, will face significant opposition. This opposition will come from both within and outside the churches and denominations where the righteous in Jesus Christ fellowship. The good news—the gospel of the kingdom—will divide
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (82)](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/07/04/a-testimony-about-jesus-82/) - The Remnant must proclaim the good news. "He said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation." Mark 16:15. Those who are righteous in Jesus Christ have proclaimed the good news throughout the centuries of Christianity. The good news is Jesus Christ, the good news of our salvation. However,
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (81) Revelation 7:1 – 17](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/06/28/a-testimony-about-jesus-81-revelation-71-17/) - The sealed ones. When John observed the great troubles associated with the opening of the sixth seal, he exclaimed, “For the great day of His wrath has come, and who can withstand it?” Revelation 6:17, NKJ. Then John heard an angel instructing the four angels not to damage the earth until they sealed the servants
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (80) Revelation 6:12 – 17](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/06/21/a-testimony-about-jesus-80-revelation-612-17/) - Who can stand? – The sixth seal. “Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red;” Revelation 6:12. The opening of the sixth seal illustrates, in a dramatic way, the nature
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (79)](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/06/13/a-testimony-about-jesus-79/) - The unavoidable troubles continued. It will soon become clearer which countries will make up the final G10, the ten horns of the seventh kingdom. The definitive composition of the G10, representing the ten kings of the seventh kingdom, should be more precise after the year 2030 and well before 2050. Despite the initial tumultuous period,
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (52)](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/11/22/a-testimony-about-jesus-52/) - The fall of humankind. The deliberate, intelligent decision made by the human spirit that God gave to the first-man Adam could only result in two states. A correct decision would make the human spirit perfect. (This fact has been demonstrated by Jesus in the desert. Hebrews 2:10, 18.) A wrong intelligent decision by the first
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (78) Revelation 17:16](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/06/06/a-testimony-about-jesus-78-revelation-1716/) - The unavoidable troubles continued. “The ten horns that you saw, and the beast - these will hate the prostitute and make her desolate and naked. They will consume her flesh and burn her up with fire.” Revelation 17:16. Chapters 17 and 18 of the Book of Revelation describe the fall and punishment of the harlot,
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (77)](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/05/29/a-testimony-about-jesus-77/) - The unavoidable troubles. “For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.” Matthew 24:21. Experts in global economic matters anticipate significant challenges like those described in the above verse. Humanity has never faced issues of magnitude and severity expected to impact
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (76)](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/05/16/a-testimony-about-jesus-76/) - Did the Reformation contribute to the idea of a global economic order? Experts engaged in discussions about the global system assert that the beliefs held initially by the Reformers have significantly influenced the concept of a global socio-economic system. They explain that when Western Christianity wielded religious power in Europe, the clergy taught that anyone
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (75) Daniel 12:4](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/05/08/a-testimony-about-jesus-75-daniel-124/) - Achievements and the Pitfalls Inherent in the “One World” System. “But you, Daniel, close and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.” Daniel 12:4. The architects of this concept envision a future where global trade and commerce result in fewer restrictions
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (74) Revelation 17:18](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/04/25/a-testimony-about-jesus-74-revelation-1718/) - The great city. “As for the woman you saw, she is the great city that has sovereignty over the kings of the earth.” Revelation 17:18. The World Trade Organization (WTO) is a Sovereign and independent global coordinating authority located in Geneva, Switzerland, a nation known for its neutrality. Geneva is the "Great City" in the
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (73) Revelation 13:18](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/04/17/a-testimony-about-jesus-73-revelation-13-18/) - The number 666. What is it? “This calls for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the beast’s number, for it is man’s number, and his number is 666.” Revelation 13:18. Revelation chapter 13 describes a global system created and implemented by humans, without outside influence or guidance. The Bible states that God established an
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (72) Revelation Chapter 13](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/04/10/a-testimony-about-jesus-72-revelation-chapter-13/) - The growing role of the WTO, the image of the first beast. After World War II, the United States of America (USA) convened a series of multinational trade and commerce decision-making meetings known as the Global Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations. The road to a multinational consensus has been rough, with occasional significant
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (69) Revelation Chapter 13](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/03/21/a-testimony-about-jesus-69-revelation-chapter-13/) - The beasts of Revelation 13 continued. “Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.” (Revelation 13:14) The efforts by
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (71) Revelation 13:11 – 18](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/04/03/a-testimony-about-jesus-71-revelation-1311-18/) - The beast from the earth. “Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.” Revelation 13:14. The efforts by
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (70) Revelation Chapter 13](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/03/28/a-testimony-about-jesus-70-revelation-chapter-13/) - The beasts in Revelation 13 continued. In the author’s analysis, the beast, with its two parts in Revelation 13, does not refer to an influential individual or a leader. The beast is not located in a specific geographic region. The coordinating authority, the World Trade Organization (WTO), is in Geneva, Switzerland. The beast in Revelation
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (68) Revelation 13:1 – 10](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/03/14/a-testimony-about-jesus-68-revelation-131-10/) - The beasts of Revelation 13 continued. As stated in the previous blog, the seventh kingdom will be a secular, not a religious system. Some religious leaders are concerned that the people may not support religious organizations in such a system. Accordingly, the three monotheistic religions are exploring how to influence the global system's formation to
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (67)](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/03/07/a-testimony-about-jesus-67/) - The beginning of the implementation of the “One World” concept. The concept of the system, whose implementation is ongoing, originated in sixteenth-century Europe. This system is the appearance of the “beast out of the sea.” The original intent was to restructure the European sociopolitical and economic landscape. However, the European Imperial ambitions and wars stopped
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (66) Revelation 13:1 – 10](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/02/28/a-testimony-about-jesus-66-revelation-131-10/) - The seventh kingdom continued. Additionally, the confidence that Jesus would return during the Roman Empire's rule contributed to the difficulty in understanding the seventh kingdom. Therefore, Jesus reminded the believers that he would not return during the Roman Empire but during the seventh kingdom on earth. Jesus said that preceding his return, “there will be
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (65) Revelation 13:1 – 10](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/02/22/a-testimony-about-jesus-65-revelation-131-10/) - The beast out of the sea continued. The seventh kingdom is alluded to in Daniel 2:41– 44. However, Daniel's description of the seventh kingdom is limited in scope because its nature appeared strange compared to the then-standard concept of a powerful kingdom. Even John, in the first century CE, did not understand the meaning of
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (64) Revelation 13:1 – 10](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/02/15/a-testimony-about-jesus-64-revelation-131-10/) - The beasts from out of the sea. The ten horns are ten kings or ten influential countries of the world. They will continue the formation of the seventh kingdom and rule the world by consensus or accord. Ten kings will assume power after the failure of the global socio-economic system being established now by the
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (63) Revelation 13:1 – 10](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/02/08/a-testimony-about-jesus-63-revelation-131-10/) - The beast out of the sea continued. “Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns were ten diadem crowns, and on its heads a blasphemous name. Now, the beast that I saw was like a leopard, but its feet were like
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (62) Revelation 13:1 – 10](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/01/31/a-testimony-about-jesus-62-revelation-131-10/) - The beasts of Revelation Chapter 13 continued. The readers of the Book of Revelation should remember that John observed the vision; he did not participate in it. John did not have to stand on the seashore. He observed an event in progress on the seashore, but he was in heaven. The readers must also notice
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (61) Revelation 12:17 – 13:10](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/01/23/a-testimony-about-jesus-61-revelation-1217-1310/) - The beasts in Revelation 13 – The dragon became enraged. The two beasts depicted in chapter 13 of Revelation function as one system, one beast, which is the seventh kingdom serving Satan's final effort to recover from his losses. As one system, what the beasts, described in Revelation 13, will carry out on the earth
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (60) Revelation 13](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/01/18/a-testimony-about-jesus-60-revelation-13/) - The beasts in Revelation chapter 13; an overview. In his message to the churches, Jesus reminded the believers of his mission while he was in the body here on the earth. He came to liberate humankind from slavery to Satan. He came to save humanity from guilt and punishment for sin. Jesus explained the need
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (59)](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/01/10/a-testimony-about-jesus-59/) - The benefits we reap because of the Mystery of God. The Cross of Christ is what he suffered on the cross at Golgotha. He separated from his body his perfect life, or spirit, which is the sacrifice for the world's sin. God then put into the body of Jesus the sinful life of humankind. By
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (58)](https://dreadfulday.com/2025/01/04/a-testimony-about-jesus-58/) - The Cross of Christ. The human spirit, the life of humankind, sinned in the garden of Eden, and it had to die forever as the wage for sin. Such is the righteous requirement by the Moral Law, the foundation of our universe. Sinners could not be helped to become righteous. Sinners had to be re-created
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (57)](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/12/28/a-testimony-about-jesus-57/) - The three categories of temptation. “because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but from the world.” 1 John 2:16, NET. The lust by the flesh, the lust by the eyes, and the
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (56)](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/12/21/a-testimony-about-jesus-56/) - The temptation of Jesus. Jesus Christ is the Second or Last Adam. He is the representative of the new humankind. We can logically conclude that God informed the first Adam of the Enemy's presence and that he would try to enlist him in rebellion against God. In like manner, God prepared Jesus for the temptation
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (55)](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/12/14/a-testimony-about-jesus-55/) - The recreation of humankind. The last blog stated that humankind became absolutely helpless because of the decision in the Garden of Eden. The sinful humankind could not change its miserable predicament no matter how much it wanted. God and only he could replace the fallen human spirit - nature. He had achieved the re-creation of
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (54) Genesis 3:7](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/12/06/a-testimony-about-jesus-54-genesis-37/) - The consequences of the fall of Man. “Then the eyes of both of them opened, and they knew they were naked, so they sawed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.” Genesis 3:7, NET. The first thing that happened was that humankind, in Adam, lost God's image. The glory of God no longer covered
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (53)](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/12/01/a-testimony-about-jesus-53/) - Humankind sins. In his effort to find a home, Satan approached the woman in the Garden of Eden. He cleverly rearranged the words in God's command and asked the woman if it was true that God commanded the human pair what fruit they could eat and what not. His goal was to engage her in
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (51)](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/11/15/a-testimony-about-jesus-51/) - Why did humankind need a Savior, continued? Since intelligent decisions are irrevocable and irreversible, whatever the first man – Adam decided at the beginning of human history applied to humanity throughout its history. The decision by the representative of humankind – Adam had to remain such without the possibility of reversal. Because the first –
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (50)](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/11/08/a-testimony-about-jesus-50/) - Why did the Messiah have to come? To answer this question, we need to start with humankind's creation and what happened to it subsequently. When we understand humankind’s creation and fall, we will understand why Christ, the Savior, had to come to the earth. Also, we will understand whether Jesus accomplished everything humankind could not
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (48) Revelation 12:7 – 16](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/11/01/a-testimony-about-jesus-48-revelation-127-16/) - Satan's attempt to kill the Messiah. “So the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, who is going to rule over all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne, and she fled into the wilderness where a place had been by God,
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (49) Revelation 12:17](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/10/29/a-testimony-about-jesus-49-revelation-1217/) - Why did Satan so fiercely oppose the coming of the Messiah? Satan knew that the child Jesus, whom he wanted to kill, would overthrow him as the prince of this world. Satan knew that God planned to save humankind from guilt and punishment for sin and return the earth to his Dominion. Therefore, Satan was
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (47) Revelation 12:1 – 6](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/10/18/a-testimony-about-jesus-47-revelation-121-6/) - Satan's evil plans concerning the baby Messiah. "Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (46)](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/10/11/a-testimony-about-jesus-46/) - Our benefit from the Cross of Christ. We concluded that Jesus offered his sanctified body as the Mercy Seat for the removal of sin we committed in the Garden of Eden by having our sinful spirit, life, die the second death in his body. “So when he came into the world, he said, Sacrifice and
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (45)](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/10/04/a-testimony-about-jesus-45/) - The annual atonement ritual performed by Aaron’s priesthood had two parts. The first part was the sacrifice for sin. The second was the transfer of the people’s sins onto a scapegoat. The earthly annual atonement ritual was a shadow that pointed to the cross of Christ. It also reminded the people that God would remove
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (44) 2 Corinthians 5:14](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/09/27/a-testimony-about-jesus-44-2-corinthians-514/) - How did we die in Jesus? The Cross of Christ is a joy for everyone because sinful humankind died in Jesus Christ on the cross at Golgotha as the wage for sin. “For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all died.” 2 Corinthians 5:14,
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (43) Revelation 12:1 – 18](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/09/21/a-testimony-about-jesus-43-revelation-121-18/) - The seventh trumpet continued. Throughout humankind's history before the Messiah, God reminded the faithful that his mystery would soon be fulfilled. “This is what the Lord says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed.” Isaiah 56:1, NIV. More than one thousand
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (42) Revelation 11:15 – 19](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/09/13/a-testimony-about-jesus-42-revelation-1115-19/) - The Seventh Trumpet “Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying: The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.” Revelation 11:15, NET. The noun Christ in Greek, and Messiah in Hebrew and
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (41) Revelation 12:1 – 6](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/09/06/a-testimony-about-jesus-41-revelation-121-6/) - The prelude to the seventh trumpet. “Then a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth.” Revelation 12:1 – 2, NET. The
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (40), Continued](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/08/30/a-testimony-about-jesus-40-continued/) - The two witnesses continued. While in the body here on earth, Jesus Christ and his work are the ultimate, final, and full witness for God. Jesus Christ, in his person and by his mission, revealed and accomplished his Father’s plan for humankind. The Father testified of Jesus Christ. “And the Father who sent me has
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (39)  Revelation 11:1 – 14](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/08/25/a-testimony-about-jesus-39-revelation-111-14/) - The two witnesses in the Old Covenant time Throughout the Old Covenant times, there were two witnesses to what God would do on behalf of humankind. John alludes to Moses and Elijah as an example of power given to the witnesses. God gave the power to the two witnesses to ensure that his plan for
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (38) Revelation 11:3 – 14](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/08/17/a-testimony-about-jesus-38-revelation-113-14/) - The Little Scroll. What is to be prophesied? The sixth angel proclaimed that the mystery of God would be accomplished during the sounding of the seventh trumpet. What is the mystery of God? The incarnation of the Savior and the wonderful exchange on the cross at Golgotha is, by far, the greatest mystery ever witnessed
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (37) Revelation 9:13 – 12:11](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/08/10/a-testimony-about-jesus-37-revelation-913-1211/) - The little scroll. Events associated with the fourth trumpet announced three woes that would affect the people on the earth. However, the events associated with the fifth trumpet demonstrate that the people’s sufferings did not lead them to repent their evil activity. The sixth trumpet demonstrates that one-third of the people on Earth were killed
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (36) Revelation 9:13 – 21](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/08/03/a-testimony-about-jesus-36-revelation-913-21/) - The Sounding of the sixth trumpet The Sounding of the sixth trumpet announced the period of Satan’s concerted efforts to eliminate the people of Judah, through whom the Messiah would come. The sixth trumpet covers the period of the four successive kingdoms Satan employed to, if possible, prevent the birth of the Messiah. “Then the
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (35)](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/07/27/a-testimony-about-jesus-35/) - The First Five Trumpets The opening of the seventh seal introduced the seven trumpets. The seven trumpets provide more detail concerning Satan's effort to oppose God's plan for humankind. However, we should refrain from reading the seven trumpets with strict chronology and literalism. No recorded events in humanity's history match those portrayed in the first
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (34)](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/07/22/a-testimony-about-jesus-34/) - The opening of the fifth, sixth, and seventh seals The fifth and sixth seals reveal that believers paid the ultimate price throughout history because of their loyalty to God. Perhaps the Enemy reasoned that if he eliminated those loyal to God, the Messiah would not need to come. When his plan failed, he persecuted those
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (33) Revelation 6:1 – 8](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/07/20/a-testimony-about-jesus-33-revelation-61-8/) - The first four seals opened. The opening of the first four seals provides an overview of what Lucifer would do in response to his expulsion from heaven. His main goal was to prevent the coming of the Messiah into the world. Lucifer, Satan, knew that if the Messiah did come, that would be the end
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (32) Revelation 6:1 – 7](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/07/13/a-testimony-about-jesus-32-revelation-61-7/) - The Lamb opens the seals of the scroll. When the Lamb, Jesus, had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders sang, “You are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals.” Revelation 5:9. The seven seals on the scroll were probably in line. However, John did not say whether Jesus
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (31) Genesis 1:31 – 3:22](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/07/06/a-testimony-about-jesus-31-genesis-131-322/) - The fatal decision and its consequences The Woman was deceived and became a sinner by transgressing God’s explicit command. However, she did not make humankind a sinner, only herself. Adam's intelligent decision and deliberate choice impacted the whole of humanity. Adam's decision was willful and deliberate. He knew what the consequence of disobedience would be.
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (30) Genesis 1:31 – 3:22](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/06/29/a-testimony-about-jesus-30-genesis-131-322/) - The fall of humankind. God made everything very good. Everything that humankind needed to enjoy eternity with God had been made. All were accessible to man. "God saw all that he had made - and it was very good!" Genesis 1:31, NET. God informed the first human beings that an evil force exists; it opposes
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (29) Revelation 6:3 – 17](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/06/22/a-testimony-about-jesus-29-revelation-63-17/) - Did Lucifer win a home? Lucifer conquered what he hoped to be his home, but not by force because he needed the authority to employ force. The only option for legally possessing a domain was to convince its inhabitants to give it to him voluntarily. Accordingly, by applying a deceptive approach, Lucifer convinced the first
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (28) Revelation 6:3 – 17](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/06/14/a-testimony-about-jesus-28-revelation-63-17/) - Lucifer was expelled from heaven. “I looked on when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with thunderous voiced, ‘Come!’ So I looked, and here came a white horse! The one who rode it had a bow, and he was given a crown, and
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (27) Revelation 6:1 – 2](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/06/07/a-testimony-about-jesus-27-revelation-61-2/) - Why did Lucifer rebel against God? Lucifer is the highest order of created intelligence. (Lucifer means the shiny one). He was the light bearer. God is light; therefore, Lucifer represented God wherever he went. However, Lucifer was not satisfied with who he was; he wanted to be God. “How you are fallen from heaven, O
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (26) Revelation 5:1 – 14](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/06/01/a-testimony-about-jesus-26-revelation-51-14/) - Only Jesus is worthy to open the scroll. Chapters four and five of Revelation present Jesus, who ascended to heaven and, as the High Priest on the morning of the day of his resurrection, entered the Most Holy and presented himself to the Father. Also, Jesus was identified as the only worthy One to take
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (25) Revelation 5:1 – 14](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/05/25/a-testimony-about-jesus-25-revelation-51-14/) - What was written on the scroll? John saw the Scroll rolled up and sealed with seven seals, indicating that only the legal owner of the property could take the Scroll and break its seals. The Scroll on the right side of one sitting on the throne had writing on both sides. What did it say?
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (24) Revelation 5:14](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/05/19/a-testimony-about-jesus-24-revelation-514/) - The enthronement of Jesus. John begins the report from heaven by describing the events associated with the Scroll. The Scroll symbolically portrays events related to the history of the conflict between good and evil. “And I saw on the right-hand side of the one sitting on the throne a book, written within and on the
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (23) Revelation 4:1 – 11](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/05/12/a-testimony-about-jesus-23-revelation-41-11/) - Adoration of Jesus. The splendor of the throne, its surroundings, and adoration confirmed that he who sat on the throne was the King of kings – Jesus Christ. Such an unequaled splendor could belong only to the one who was dead and is now alive forever, Jesus Christ. John observed “four living creatures” who never
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (22) Revelation 4:1 – 11](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/05/03/a-testimony-about-jesus-22-revelation-41-11/) - Was the door to heaven open? After the message to the seven Churches, John looked up to heaven and saw the open door. NET. John, after hearing the voice, was immediately in spirit. “After these things I looked, and there was a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice I heard speaking to
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (21) John 20:17](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/05/02/a-testimony-about-jesus-21-john-2017/) - Jesus ascends to heaven on the morning of his resurrection. Jesus ascended to heaven on the day of his resurrection to enter the Most Holy and open the door for all. Unfortunately, not all want to enter through the door that Jesus opened. When Mary recognized Jesus in the garden, she fell at his feet.
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (20) Revelation 3:8](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/04/19/a-testimony-about-jesus-20-revelation-83/) - The open door that no one can shut. Jesus tells the Church in Philadelphia, “I know your deeds. (Look! I have put in front of you an open door that no one can shut.)...” Revelation 3:8, NET. While still on earth, Jesus assured his followers that he was the door to heaven. Jesus assured them
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (19) Revelation 3:14 – 22](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/04/12/a-testimony-about-jesus-19-revelation-314-22/) - Laodicea self-deceived. Jesus gave the apostles the Holy Spirit so they could understand the Scriptures. He did so on the evening of the day of his resurrection. “And after he said this, he breathed on them and said, Receive the Holy Spirit.” John 20:22, NET. This was the ‘Early rain’ for the apostles. When Jesus
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (18) Revelation 3:14 – 22](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/04/05/a-testimony-about-jesus-18-revelation-314-22/) - Laodicea, the self-deceived Church. The Church in Laodicea needed something to proclaim. Therefore, she waits for the later rain to receive the message. However, the later rain does not bring the message. The Laodicea needs the message. Therefore, she needs the early rain. The latter rain is the power to proclaim the message that comes
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (17) Revelation 3:7 – 22](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/03/29/a-testimony-about-jesus-17-revelation-37-22/) - The weak versus self-deceived congregation. The Church in Philadelphia was weak or poor. The members of the Assembly in Philadelphia had little to demonstrate. However, they held on to Jesus. Therefore, Jesus praises the church in Philadelphia for its faithfulness despite its lack of means to show its achievement. In contrast, the Church in Laodicea
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (16) Revelation 3:4](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/03/22/a-testimony-about-jesus-16-revelation-34/) - The faithful remnant. Christian Congregations always had the faithful remnant in their midst. “But you have a few individuals in Sardis who have not stained their clothes, and they will walk with me dressed in white because they are worthy.” Revelation 3:4, NET. Through the power of the Cross of Christ, we are free from
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (15)](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/03/15/a-testimony-about-jesus-15/) - Consequences of self-deception. As noted in previous blogs, Jesus disapproved of a compromise in the Church’s teachings. Jesus chastised the Congregations who tolerated teachings in the spirit of Balaam and Jezebel. The teachings in the spirit of Balaam and Jezebel do not reject the sound gospel outright. They only insist that other well-sounding ideas and
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (14)](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/03/09/a-testimony-about-jesus-14/) - Dangers of compromise. Throughout Christian history, some individuals practiced the spirit of Jezebel. They introduced teachings and interpretations of Scriptures that did not initially appear to contradict the sound gospel. Gospel is the good news. The good news is Jesus Christ. Those who practiced the spirit of Jezebel did not oppose Jesus Christ openly. On
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (13) Revelation 2:1 – 29](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/03/01/a-testimony-about-jesus-13-revelation-21-29/) - Consequences of self-deception. Believers who have experienced the power of the cross of Christ should follow Jesus' instructions despite the Pergamum and Thyatira type of circumstances. The Churches in Pergamum and Thyatira did not promote teaching contrary to apostolic teaching. However, they tolerated those who advocated teachings and practices contrary to the sound gospel. Revelation
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (12) Revelation 2:1 – 29](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/02/23/a-testimony-about-jesus-12-revelation-21-29/) - The consequences of self-deception. The self-deceived Christians believe that if they do their best, Jesus will do the rest. However, if the sinners could do anything for their salvation, why would they need help? The self-deceived must realize they cannot contribute to their justification and salvation. The self-deceived believe that if they improve their behavior
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (11) Revelation 2:1 – 29](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/02/16/a-testimony-about-jesus-11-revelation-21-29/) - The consequences of self-deception. “For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.” Philippians 3:18, NET. Enemies of the cross of Christ are those who acknowledge Jesus and his achievements. However, they do not recognize a fully
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (10) Revelation 2:1 – 29](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/02/09/a-testimony-about-jesus-10-revelation-21-29/) - The self-deception problem. “To the Church in Ephesus.” Jesus did not reprimand the Church in Ephesus for not doing enough. On the contrary, he acknowledged their efforts and assured them he was with them. Jesus reminded the believers, “I see you; I know what you do, and I am with you.” However, Jesus reminded the
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (9) Revelation 2:1 – 29](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/02/02/a-testimony-about-jesus-9-revelation-21-29/) - What does Jesus expect? “But I have this against you: You have departed from your first love.” Revelation 2:4, NET. Jesus repeated this phrase in three messages to the assemblies in Asia Minor, where John was a spiritual leader. At first, the believers in some of the assemblies accepted and fell in love with Jesus,
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (8) Revelation 2:1 – 29](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/01/26/a-testimony-about-jesus-8-revelation-21-29/) - Jesus sees and knows his Church. In the message to the congregations, Jesus assures the believers that he knows his Church; he does not only know about her. To know his Church means he is with her and among the congregations wherever they are. To each of the seven assemblies, Jesus says, “I know your
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (7) Revelation 1:4 – 20](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/01/19/a-testimony-about-jesus-7-revelation-14-20/) - John hears Jesus. “I turned to see whose was speaking to me, and when I did so, I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the middle of the lampstands was one like a son of man.” Revelation 1:12 – 13, NET. Jesus portrays the churches as lampstands. Why? The seven congregations to which Jesus referred
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (6) Ephesians 3:12](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/01/12/a-testimony-about-jesus-6-ephesians-312/) - The presentation of Jesus continued. “This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ’s faithfulness.” Ephesians 3:12, NET. In the Old Covenant, the high priest presented the people to God. And he spoke to God on
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (5) Revelation 1:4](https://dreadfulday.com/2024/01/06/a-testimony-about-jesus-5-revelation-14/) - The letter to the Churches. John begins the letter to the churches by stating from whom the message is. “From John to the seven churches that are in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from “he who is” and who was, and who is still to come, and from the seven spirits
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (4) Revelation 1:4 – 6](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/12/29/a-testimony-about-jesus-4-revelation-14-6/) - Greetings to the churches. Verse 4 of Revelation chapter 1 is John’s beginning of the Letter to the Churches. Those who forwarded the letter from Ephesus to other Churches may have included the previous three verses as an instruction to the readers and forwarding statement. What kind of Jesus do we find in John's letter
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (3)](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/12/23/a-testimony-about-jesus-3/) - How should we read the book of Revelation? The message in the book of Revelation is clear. The entire book presents Jesus as the key figure. The book of Revelation aims not to present an influential individual, not the Antichrist, the Satan. The only hero in the Book of Revelation is Jesus Christ. It is
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (2)](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/12/15/a-testimony-about-jesus-2/) - Introduction continued. John wrote the letter to the Churches in Asia Minor from Ephesus after his release from the prison on the island of Patmos. He uses the past tense when he says "was" on the island of Patmos. This indicates that it is after the Patmos. The letter was then copied and sent to
- [A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS (1)](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/12/08/a-testimony-about-jesus-1/) - Introduction. This Blog series will cover the book of Revelation. The author of the Blogs will not employ the traditional interpretations of the prophecy. The goal of this series of Blogs is to present Jesus Christ. Who is Jesus, and why the Christ? This series of Blogs will build on the understanding, needs, and events
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (66) Romans 15:5 – 13](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/12/01/the-message-in-romans-66-romans-155-13/) - Examples of misinterpretation of the scriptures. “Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus, so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 15:5 – 6, NET. Paul preached the gospel from Jerusalem to
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (65) Romans 15:1 – 13](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/11/24/the-message-in-romans-65-romans-151-13/) - Avoid the misinterpretation of the scriptures. The principles Paul presented in chapter fourteen apply to the reading and understanding of the scriptures. No one has the right to adopt the scripture to personal preferences. The scriptures testify of Jesus Christ; therefore, personal preferences must be abandoned in favor of the message in the scripture. “For
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (64) Romans 14:13 – 23](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/11/21/the-message-in-romans-64-romans-1413-23/) - Exhortation to the strong in faith. “For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by the people.” Romans 14:17 – 18, NERT. All people are brothers
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (63)](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/11/11/the-message-in-romans-63/) - “For none of us lives for himself and none of us dies for himself. If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.” Romans 14:7 – 8, NET. Members of the body of Christ should not promote
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (62) Romans 14:4 – 12](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/11/03/the-message-in-romans-62-romans-144-12/) - The responsibility of the believers. “Who are you to pass judgment on another’s servant? Before his own master he stands and falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.” Romans 14:4, NET. The noun “servant” above refers to a servant who is committed for life to his master. Paul,
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (61) Romans 14:13](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/10/28/the-message-in-romans-61-romans-1413/) - The responsibility of the believers. “Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.” Romans 14:13, NET. Paul’s instructions reveal a set of essential rules that must shape the attitude of the members of the body of Christ, Christianity.
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (60) Romans 14:1 – 2.](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/10/20/the-message-in-romans-60-romans-141-2/) - Exhortation to mutual forbearance. In Romans chapter fourteen, Paul brings us to grips with balancing the response to the objective gospel in conformity with two laws. The first law is the law of personal liberty. Personal liberty does not permit us to do things that are lawful but may have a negative influence on others.
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (59) Romans 13:1 – 14.](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/10/13/the-message-in-romans-59-romans-131-14/) - Responsibilities of members of the body of Christ. Paul asserts that the responsibility toward the ruling authority by the members of the body of Christ extends toward other members of Christianity and the society where they reside. “Pay everyone what is owed: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (58) Romans 13:1 – 14](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/10/06/the-message-in-romans-58-romans-131-14/) - Christians and civil authorities. “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.” Romans 13:1, NET. In Romans chapter twelve, Paul delineated the responsibility and duty of the members of the body of Christ, the Church.
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (57) Romans 12:1 – 21](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/09/30/the-message-in-romans-57-romans-121-21/) - The believers’ response to the objective gospel. Because of God’s mercies and the riches of his love toward us, we must be devoted to God and serve him in self-denial and a sense of responsibility. Paul urges the believers. “Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (56) Romans 12:9 – 10](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/09/22/the-message-in-romans-56-romans-129-10/) - The subjective experience of the objective truth of the gospel. “Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.” Romans 12:9 – 10, NET. The universal principle of selfless love regulates newborn Christians. Therefore, Christians must
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (55) Romans 12:1 – 21](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/09/15/the-message-in-romans-55-romans-121-21/) - The subjective part of the gospel. In Romans chapters 12 through 16, Paul addresses the believers’ response to the objective truth presented in chapters one through eight. We have an obligation because of what God has accomplished on our behalf. We are indebted to God to live a life controlled by the Holy Spirit and
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (54) Romans 9:1 – 11:36](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/09/08/the-message-in-romans-54-romans-91-1136/) - A warning to Gentile believers. The apostle Paul asserts that God did not reject all of Israel and that those who have fallen off can be brought back. “And even they if they do not continue in their unbelief - will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.” Romans 11:23,
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (53) Romans 9:1 – 11:36](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/09/01/the-message-in-romans-53-romans-91-1136/) - Warning to the Gentile believers. After presenting a convincing assertion that God did not reject Israel, Paul turns to Gentile believers. “Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, If somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.”
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (52) Romans 9:1 – 11:36](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/08/25/the-message-in-romans-52-romans-91-1136/) - Who received the promised righteousness? “So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.” Romans 11:5 – 6, NET. The remnant before the birth of the Messiah, at the
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (51) Romans 9:1 – 11:36](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/08/19/the-message-in-romans-51-romans-91-1136/) - Did God reject Israel? “So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendent of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.” Romans 11:1, NET. The Jewish leaders and those afraid of them rejected Jesus as the promised Messiah. Who, then, among the Israelites, received
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (49) Romans 9:1 – 11:36](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/08/04/the-message-in-romans-49-romans-91-1136/) - Who will be saved? Salvation does not come through human obedience to the letter of the law. “But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart (that is, the word of faith that we preach) because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (50) Romans 9:1 – 11:36](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/08/11/the-message-in-romans-50-romans-91-1136/) - Who will be saved? God saved the world from guilt and punishment for sin through the body of Jesus on the cross at Golgotha. “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.” John 3:17, NET. The Son of God did
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (48) Romans 9:1 – 11:36](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/07/28/the-message-in-romans-48-romans-91-1136/) - Paul’s concern. Paul was concerned about the salvation of the Jews. Romans 10:1. Salvation is not possible without acceptance of the righteousness from God, Jesus Christ. Pursuing righteousness through performance in the flesh is evil in God’s eyes. There is one God, one Savior, Jesus Christ, one righteousness, and one salvation. The Jews were zealous
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (47) Romans 9:1 – 11:36](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/07/22/the-message-in-romans-47-romans-91-1136/) - Did God reject the Jews? The Jews believed that if they fulfilled, in the flesh, the requirements of the law of Moses and performed the Temple rituals, they would be without sin. Accordingly, they could not see the need for justification by removing sin. There was nothing to remove because they were without sin, they
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (46) Romans 9:1 – 11:36](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/07/14/the-message-in-romans-46-romans-91-1136/) - Did God reject the Jews? The Jews misunderstood why the need for the Messiah to come to earth. In self-pride, they concluded that the Messiah would be the final and enduring liberator of the Jewish Nation. A succession of foreign powers occupied Judah, so the Jews felt oppressed. However, the Temple in Jerusalem stood during
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (45) Romans 9:1 – 11:36](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/07/08/the-message-in-romans-45-romans-91-1136/) - Did God reject all of Israel? “Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But whoever denies me before the people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.” Mathew 10: 32 – 33, NET. Therefore, the Jews who accept Jesus Christ and acknowledge him before the
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (44) Romans 9:1 – 11:36](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/06/30/the-message-in-romans-44-romans-91-1136/) - Did God reject the Jewish people? “This means it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of the promise are counted as descendants.” Romans 9:8, NET. God called Abraham, not because of who he was at the time of calling, but because of whom he would
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (43) Romans 9:1 – 11:36](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/06/24/the-message-in-romans-43-romans-91-1136/) - Did God reject the Jews? “I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed – cut off from Christ – for the sake of my people, my fellow countryman.” Romans 9:2 – 3, NET. Why was Paul so concerned about the people of Israel?
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (40) Romans 8:12 – 39](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/06/02/the-message-in-romans-40-romans-812-39/) - How does a believer respond to the Holy Spirit? The yielded believers possess the perfect and indestructible life of Jesus Christ. Therefore, virtuous living while still in sinful flesh is not their choice but an obligation. The perfect life of Jesus Christ is not an inheritance but an unconditional gift from God. Therefore, yielded believers
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (39) Romans 8:1 - 11](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/05/26/the-message-in-romans-39-romans-81-11/) - Life of a believer and its demonstration. A person who has died to himself so that Christ can live in him has the assurance of a victorious eternal life. A yielded believer possesses a victorious life because God has delivered him from the power of sin through the body of Jesus Christ. Sinful human beings
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (38) Romans 8:1 – 11](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/05/20/the-message-in-romans-38-romans-81-11/) - Life of a believer. In chapter seven, Paul stated that sin exploited a command to incite sinful desires in the sinful flesh. The sinful human spirit made the flesh weak and unable to resist sin’s influence. Therefore, sin employed what was good to produce undesirable results in the flesh. However, the law is not defective,
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (37) Romans 7:13 – 25](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/05/13/the-message-in-romans-37-romans-713-25/) - The wretched man. The yielded believers have two natures. One is the sinful biological nature, the flesh, inherited from the first man Adam. The other is the new human spirit received from the second man - Jesus Christ. The yielded believers are guided by the Holy Spirit, whom the Father sent to dwell in them.
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (36) Romans 7:5 – 12](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/05/06/the-message-in-romans-36-romans-75-12/) - The consequences of the change of husbands. In chapter seven, the first four verses, Paul clarified his assertion that humankind is not under the law. It is not under the Law’s dominion because the sinful life of humankind died in the body of Jesus on the cross at Golgotha. Only eternal death could dissolve the
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (35) Romans 7:1 – 4.](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/04/28/the-message-in-romans-35-romans-71-4/) - The sounding of the sixth trumpet. “So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God.” Romans 7:4, NET. Humankind’s marriage to the law was dissolved through
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (34) Romans 7:1 – 4](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/04/21/the-message-in-romans-34-romans-71-4/) - Freed from marriage to the law. “So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from the law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress. Romans 7:3, NET. Paul emphasized
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (33) Romans 7:1 – 4](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/04/13/the-message-in-romans-33-romans-71-4/) - Freed from marriage to the law. “Or do you not know, brothers and sisters (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a person as long as he lives? Romans 7:1, NET. Translators of the Bible employed the noun “person” about the one ruled by the law.
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (32) Romans Chapter 6](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/04/07/the-message-in-romans-32-romans-chapter-6/) - Summary. The preceding blogs presented Paul’s assertion that yielded believers do not sin because they have died to the law and thus are free from sin’s power. The whole of the old humankind died in the body of Jesus on the cross at Golgotha. Being dead to the law means being free from the law’s
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (31) Romans 6:15 – 23](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/04/01/the-message-in-romans-31-romans-615-23/) - Re-emphasis. Previous blogs presented Paul’s repeated emphasis on what God has accomplished for sinful humankind. God had the sinful spirit of humankind die in the body of Jesus Christ on the cross at Golgotha. Humankind now has a new spirit, a new life, in Jesus Christ, the Second Adam. Jesus Christ is our righteousness from
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (30) Romans 6:15 – 23](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/03/24/the-message-in-romans-30-romans-615-23/) - Grace is not made available only. It has been fulfilled. “But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.” Romans 6:22, NET. God removed from humankind the disgraced sinful spirit, the sinful life, through his Grace, Jesus Christ, on the cross at
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (29) Romans 6:12](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/03/18/the-message-in-romans-29-romans-612/) - Why did the “old man” have to die? “For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace.” Romans 6:12, NET. Here the Apostle Paul presents the good news in a nutshell. Unfortunately, many of the first-century believers misunderstood what Paul was saying. Accordingly, Paul endured much grief
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (28) Romans 6:3 – 11](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/03/10/the-message-in-romans-28-romans-63-11/) - The solution to the human sin problem. “We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin.” Romans 6:6, NET. The human spirit God put into humankind on the day Adam was created sinned
- [MESSAGE IN ROMANS (27) Romans 6:1 – 2](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/03/03/message-in-romans-27-romans-61-2/) - Freed from sin’s dominion. An overview. “What shall we say then? Are we to remain in sin so that grace may increase? Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?” Romans 6:1 -2, NET. How did the sinful humankind fie to sin? Some first-century Christians maintained that sin was justifiable.
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (26) Romans 6:1 – 14](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/02/24/the-message-in-romans-26-romans-61-14/) - Freed from sin’s dominion. An overview. We understand from the previous blogs that because of disobedience by one man Adam, the whole of humankind became helpless slaves to sin. Sin was the lord over humanity until the cross at Golgotha. However, God destroyed sin and the sinful human spirit on the cross at Golgotha forever.
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (25) Romans 5:12 – 21](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/02/17/the-message-in-romans-25-romans-512-21/) - The amplification of the concept of justification. The earlier blogs presented Paul’s forceful assertion that the justification of sinful humankind was because of God’s love and the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. God loves humankind so much that he delayed the punishment for sin in the garden of Eden. He delayed his wrath against sin to
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (24) Romans 5:1](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/02/10/the-message-in-romans-24-romans-51/) - The benefit of justification by the faithfulness of Jesus. “Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand and rejoice in the hope of God’s glory.” Romans 5:1 –
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (23) Romans 5:18](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/02/03/the-message-in-romans-23-romans-518/) - Did all people sin in Adam or like Adam? “Consequently, just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people.” Romans 5:18. God created humankind (all its members) in one Man, Adam, on the sixth day of creation. God breathed
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (22) Romans 5:18](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/01/28/the-message-in-romans-22-romans-518/) - The illustration of justification continued. Consequently, just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people.” Romans 5:18, NET. The Greek text also reads that just as one transgression that applied to all people came condemnation of all people came
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (21) Romans 4:5](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/01/20/the-message-in-romans-21-romans-45/) - The illustration of justification continued. “But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness. Romans 4:5, NET. Jews could not accept that legal justification could be granted to those who did not obey the law of Moses. The Jewish law
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (20) Romans 4:4](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/01/14/the-message-in-romans-20-romans-44/) - The illustration of justification continued. In Paul’s time, the Jewish Christians insisted that non-Jewish Christians must obey the requirements of the law of Moses, including circumcision. They insisted that obedience to the law of Moses was required to justify sinners. Paul counteracts this claim with a logical argument. “Now to the one who works, his
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (19) Romans 4:1 – 3](https://dreadfulday.com/2023/01/07/the-message-in-romans-19-romans-41-3/) - An illustration of justification. Paul employs the example of Abraham for additional clarification of justification. “What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has discovered regarding this matter? For if Abraham was declared righteous by works of the law, he has something to boast about – but not before God.
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (18) John 12:32 – 33](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/12/31/the-message-in-romans-18-john-1232-33/) - The wonderful exchange of life on the cross “’ And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.' Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die." John 12:32, 33, NET. "Draw all people to myself" does not mean that each
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (17) John 6:63](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/12/24/the-message-in-romans-17-john-663/) - How could Jesus be all-in-one? To understand how Jesus could be the sacrifice for sin and the scapegoat in his body, we must accept Jesus’s definition of life. “The spirit is the one who gives life; the flesh counts for nothing; the words I speak to you, are spirit and life.” John 6:63, From a
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (16) Romans 3:25](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/12/16/the-message-in-romans-16-romans-325/) - The Mercy Seat – continued. “God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.” Romans 3:25, NET. The literal rendering of the Greek text is: “Whom set forth God a mercy seat
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (15) Romans 3:25](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/12/10/the-message-in-romans-15-romans-325/) - The Mercy Seat. “God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.” Romans 3:25, NET. Paul, in Romans 3, refers to Jesus Christ as the atoning sacrifice, how the atonement is accomplished,
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (14) Romans 3:24 – 26](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/12/01/the-message-in-romans-14-romans-324-26/) - The Mercy Seat. We have learned thus far that whole of humankind became an irrevocable sinner in the garden of Eden. There are no exceptions. Also, there are no privileged people in the eyes of God. All are sinners, unable to do anything about it through their effort. However, because God loves humankind, he justified
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (13) John 4:14](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/11/25/the-message-in-romans-13-john-414/) - How did God justify sinful humankind? Continued. “And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world." 1 John 4:14, NET. God the Father commissioned Jesus to the earth and redeem humankind from slavery in the kingdom of sin and darkness. And to save it
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (12) Romans 3:23 – 24](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/11/18/the-message-in-romans-12-romans-323-24/) - "By his grace," what does it mean? "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." Romans 3:23, 24, NET. Traditionally, "justified by his grace" presented a problem when determining its true meaning. The difficulty results
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (11) Romans 3:21 – 25](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/11/11/the-message-in-romans-11-romans-321-25/) - How did God make humankind righteous? In Romans chapters 3 through 7, Paul presents the very core of the good news, the completed and perfect salvation in Christ Jesus. God made us righteous in Jesus. He did not declare us righteous by covering our sinfulness. He removed our sinfulness from us and thus made us
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (10) Romans 3:20](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/11/04/the-message-in-romans-10-romans-320/) - The core of the problem. Why was sinfulness such an insurmountable problem for humankind? God created Man in his image. However, humankind sinned in the first man Adam. Therefore, Man became unrighteous and lost the image of God. Humankind should have died forever the instant it sinned in the garden of Eden. However, God established
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (9) Romans 3:9](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/10/28/the-message-in-romans-9-romans-39/) - What shall we conclude? In the first two chapters of Romans, Paul established that Jews and Gentiles are sinners, and neither has an excuse for it. Neither one has an advantage concerning righteousness from God. However, God loves the equally. The Gentiles, despite having testimony by nature, did not seek God. Jews, even though they
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (8) Galatians 3:19, 24](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/10/21/the-message-in-romans-8-galatians-319-24/) - Why the law? "What, then, was the purpose of the law? It was added because of transgression until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was put into effect through angels by a mediator." Galatians 3:19, NIV. "The law was added because of transgressions," why? Paul answers, "The law was added
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (7) Romans 2:23](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/10/14/the-message-in-romans-7-romans-223/) - Jews and the law. "You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law?" Romans 2:23, NET. While those who were not Jews had an implicit knowledge about God in what was created, the Jews had a direct revelation. Because they received the oracles of God, Jews bragged about their self-perceived advantage. The
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (6) Romans 2:11](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/10/07/the-message-in-romans-6-romans-211/) - No one has the advantage. "For there is no partiality with God." Romans 2:11, NET. There is no advantage in being a blood descendant of Abraham. There is no advantage in belonging to a specific religious group or organization. There is no advantage in being born of well-respected parents. There is no advantage in possessing
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (5) Romans 1:28](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/09/30/the-message-in-romans-5-romans-128/) - The self-righteous are guilty also. Paul established that the unrighteous, sinful humankind, were guilty of sin even though they did not have the law. Humans are guilty of sin in the garden of Eden even if they did not sin personally. Before the Old Covenant, prophetic visions, and the written code, humankind had what God
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (4) Romans 1:20](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/09/23/the-message-in-romans-4-romans-120/) - The wrath of God continued. Paul begins his theological presentation by asserting that the sin problem was so big that only God could solve it. Sin is a power that only God can defeat. The wrath of God is his hatred of sin. However, God does not hate sinners. Why does God hate sin? God
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (3)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/09/17/the-message-in-romans-3/) - The wrath of God After introducing himself, greeting the saints, and explaining why he longed to see the believers in Rome, Paul begins the letter to the Romans by describing the need for the manifestation of the power of God in the world. "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (2) Romans 1:11](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/09/09/the-message-in-romans-2-romans-111/) - The reason for writing the letter to the Romans. "For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you." Romans 1:11, NET. Paul wanted to visit the Church in Rome, but for an unknown reason, he could not fulfill the wish before he wrote the letter
- [THE MESSAGE IN ROMANS (1)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/09/03/the-message-in-romans-1/) - Introduction “From Paul, a bondservant of Christ Jesus called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.” Romans 1:1, NET. Being a bondservant of Jesus does not connote drudgery but honor and privilege. To be dead to self so that Christ can live in us is the greatest service to God, who
- [THE MESSAGE IN THE GALATIANS (12)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/08/26/the-message-in-the-galatians-12/) - Are we free from moral obligations if the law is no longer our guardian and tutor? "For you are called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge in your flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law can be summed up in a
- [THE MESSAGE IN THE GALATIANS (11)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/08/19/the-message-in-the-galatians-11/) - What should we do? “But what does the scripture say? ‘Throw out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the son of the free woman.” (Galatians 4:30, NET). To free themselves from the power of sin, the yielded believers must renounce flesh and
- [THE MESSAGE IN THE GALATIANS (10)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/08/16/the-message-in-the-galatians-10/) - A son of the enslaved person or a son of the free? "Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. But one, the son by the
- [THE MESSAGE IN THE GALATIANS (9)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/08/05/the-message-in-the-galatians-9/) - Under the tutor – the law. “Now before faith came we were held in custody under the law, being held as prisoners until the coming faith would be revealed. Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ so that we could be declared righteous by faith. But now that faith has come, we are
- [THE MESSAGE IN THE GALATIANS (8)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/07/29/the-message-in-the-galatians-8/) - God did not give the law to the righteous people! “Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion. They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently. But we know that the law is good if
- [THE MESSAGE IN THE GALATIANS (7)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/07/23/the-message-in-the-galatians-7/) - The issue continued. Salvation by grace and obedience to the law must always be discussed as separate subjects! “I do not set aside God’s grace, because if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing!” (Galatians 2:21, NET). Christians must never study and discuss the justification and salvation by the faithfulness of
- [MESSAGE UN THE GALATIANS (6)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/07/16/message-un-the-galatians-6/) - The issue. The issue concerning the justification and salvation through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ arose from misunderstanding the act of justification of sinners. Jews maintained, and unfortunately, some Christians do so today, that sinners must first repent and abandon their evil ways before they can be justified by “faith.” Paul, however, argues that sinners
- [MESSAGE IN THE GALATIANS (5)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/07/11/message-in-the-galatians-5/) - The troubling issue. The method of salvation was an all-consuming issue among Jews who accepted Jesus as the Messiah and the Jews who did not. For both groups of Jews, the entire Torah with its ten commandments was the only way to salvation. Paul forcefully refutes this premise. Some Christians think Paul addressed the ceremonial
- [MESSAGE IN THE GALATIANS (4)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/06/17/message-in-the-galatians-4/) - The Good News, apart from human effort. The message Paul summarized in verses 3 and 4 in the previous blog was for him such good news that he abruptly ends his description of it with" Amen." Paul stated, ‘it is so,' ‘it will be so forever; therefore, he made it the core of his letter
- [MESSAGE IN THE GALATIANS (3)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/06/10/message-in-the-galatians-3/) - As stated in the previous blog, the Judaizers maintained that belief in Jesus Christ is not enough for our salvation. They insisted that faith in Jesus could only be the first step a sinner must take in the process of justification and salvation. Also, presently, some Christians maintain that the death of Jesus Christ on
- [THE MESSAGE IN THE GALATIANS (2)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/06/02/the-message-in-the-galatians-2/) - “I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are following a different gospel – not that there really is another gospel, but there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ.” (Galatians 1:6, 7, NET). Judaizers were
- [THE MESSAGE IN THE GALATIANS (1)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/05/28/the-message-in-the-galatians-1/) - The letter from the Apostle Paul to the churches in Galatia is a critical letter for the modern-day Christians also. The issues Paul addresses in his letter to Galatians exist in the Christian community today. Even the sincere believers are sometimes confused and misled by often a deliberate perversion of the gospel, the good news
- [COVENANTS (13)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/05/20/covenants-13/) - The new covenant. The covenants before Mount Sinai were God’s grants. They did not require a contribution or participation by the covenant recipients. However, the covenant made at Mount Sinai was not a grant. The covenant at Mount Sinai was an agreement between the people and God. The agreement was made at the request of
- [COVENANTS (12](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/05/13/covenants-12/) - The problem with the Old Covenant established at Sinai. The people’s agreement at Mount Sinai did not establish a method of salvation. It did not institute a way to God for sinful humankind. God only can establish the way to him for the created orders of intelligence. The covenant at Sinai represents a human effort
- [COVENANTS (11)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/05/06/covenants-11/) - The people broke the covenant. The agreement, the covenant that people made with God at Sinai, became ineffective. Why did the Old Scriptures covenant become useless? “For if there had been nothing wrong with the first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. But God found fault with the people and said: ‘The
- [COVENANTS (10)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/04/29/covenants-10/) - Sinai agreement continued. The ten statements (commands) that God gave to the people were not beyond people's ability to obey physically or outwardly. However, the people were not aware that their sinful nature could not obey the spirit of God's requirements. The New Covenant Christians have the same problem. Some of those who consider
- [COVENANTS (9)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/04/23/covenants-9/) - The agreement at Sinai continued. At Sinai, God reminded the people that He was the One who delivered them out of slavery in Egypt. Therefore, they should have no other gods besides Him. Exodus 20:2. God then spoke the first two commandments in hearing by the people. God's voice and the display of His glory
- [COVENANTS (8)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/04/15/covenants-8/) - The covenants continued. The people of Israel were sincere in what they promised to God at Mount Sinai. The people thought that they could fulfill what they promised. They were certain concerning their promise because they did not know that they were sinners by nature. The people were not aware that their decision in the
- [COVENANTS (7)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/04/09/covenants-7/) - The agreement at Mount Sinai. God’s promises, or grants, covered thus far are God’s unilateral and unconditional actions on behalf of sinful humankind. However, the agreement with God that the people made at mount Sinai is not God’s unilateral and unconditional action. The agreement made at mount Sinai involved two parties. The response to the
- [COVENANTS (6)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/04/02/covenants-6/) - Review of the covenants, or grants, addressed in previous blogs. Previous blogs presented God’s grants (Covenants) given to individuals He chose from among the sinful humankind. God's promise of a Savion he made in the garden of Eden applied to all of humankind. God created the whole of humankind in the first man Adam. God
- [COVENANTS (5)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/03/26/covenants-5/) - The covenant with Abram continued. The territory that God promised to Abram did not become a part of the nation of Israel until King David. Even the city of Salem (Jerusalem) did not become a part of Israel until King David conquered it and made it the capital of the nation of Israel. The kingdom
- [COVENANTS (4)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/03/18/covenants-4/) - The covenant with Abram “On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, ‘To your descendants I give this land, from the River of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates.’” (Genesis 15:18). So, God called Abram to go to the land He would show him. When Abram arrived in the land,
- [THE COVENANTS (3)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/03/12/the-covenants-3/) - The covenant with Noah and his sons continued. The covenant with Noah and his descendants is God’s unilateral action on behalf of His enemies, the rebellious humankind. God did not place a condition for his promise. Instead, God assured the rebellious humankind that He would watch over them whether they loved him or not. For
- [THE COVENANTS (2)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/03/05/the-covenants-2/) - The covenant with Noah and his sons. “Then God said to Noah and his sons with him: “I now establish my covenant with you and your descendants after you and with every creature that was with you – Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of the flood; never again will there
- [THE COVENANTS (1)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/02/26/the-covenants-1/) - Covenants in the Old Testament Scriptures. The Old Covenant Scriptures present several promises that God gave to the people. Bible describes these promises as covenants. Usually, the covenant is an agreement between two parties. However, some of the covenants described in the Bible are not an agreement between two parties. Examples of these grants, or
- [Earth Then and Now (4)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/02/19/earth-then-and-now-4/) - The consequences The Earth’s collision with an extrasolar body shattered the Earth’s crust, like breaking an eggshell when dropped. The breakup of the Earth’s crust released water from within the Earth’s crust. The force of the collision, combined with water pressure, propelled the water high into Earth’s atmosphere, which fell in the form of heavy
- [Earth Then and Now (3)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/02/12/earth-then-and-now-3/) - What caused the change? The present condition of planet Earth supports the real possibility that Earth has in its past experienced violent cataclysm. The unique characteristic of the Pacific Ocean's basin supports the probability that an extra-solar body impacted the Earth. The impact may have occurred in the time of the biblical flood. Ancient flood
- [Earth Then and Now (2)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/02/04/earth-then-and-now-2/) - The original condition Our knowledge about the formation and function of celestial bodies is in its infancy. Numerous studies concerning our universe are ongoing. Human knowledge about our universe is increasing. Nevertheless, what we know about our universe leads us to conclude that planet Earth and other bodies in our solar system formed out of
- [Earth Then and Now (1)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/01/29/earth-then-and-now-1/) - The Earth’s configuration before and after the flood. The planet Earth is a sphere comprised of layers, or shells, like an onion. The upper shell is the crust, on the surface on which life as we know it thrives. Originally, the Crust enveloped the planed as a continuous shell. The soil on the surface of
- [CREATION (12)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/01/22/creation-12/) - Creation from nothing. What does the creation from nothing mean? The scientific data concerning the universe of spacetime (our universe) indicate that the All-knowing Intelligence created it from nothing. The "nothing" is not an empty region of space. It refers to the very beginning of the expansion of spacetime. Humankind cannot study and define the
- [CREATION (11)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/01/14/creation-11/) - What is the meaning of the six critically tuned parameters? Scientists discovered the six fine-tuned parameters presented in the previous blog by analyzing the observed characteristics concerning our universe. Other critically tuned parameters exist in our universe. However, the six fine-tuned parameters appear to be the most puzzling. Some, among scientists, are hoping for a
- [CREATION (10)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/01/09/creation-10/) - The puzzling nature of our universe. Advanced observation and study of our universe revealed six (6) essential parameters that govern the universe's expansion. The six parameters, as described, are the six non-dimensional, critically tuned numbers in scientific reports. No scientific theory has ever predicted the six governing numbers. The six critical parameters are not related
- [CREATION (9)](https://dreadfulday.com/2022/01/01/creation-9/) - Does the Creator exist? Historically, those who observed stars and contemplated the meaning of it all have concluded that a higher being who is above it all exists. It is the same today. Data and images obtained through the most advanced instruments imply that intelligent selection has initiated our universe. Also, the data indicate that
- [CREATION (8)](https://dreadfulday.com/2021/12/25/creation-8/) - Is there a Creator? The knowledge we have gained recently shows that quantum physics and Christian theologians can cooperate in studies about God the Creator. Theological implications inherent in quantum physics and quantum cosmology are unprecedented. It quickly became evident to quantum cosmologists that it is necessary to have answers to theological implications for science
- [CREATION (7)](https://dreadfulday.com/2021/12/17/creation-7/) - Humankind’s mind and the universe are inseparable. A Notion that humankind was in the center of the observed reality suffered loss beginning in the 1970es. Rise of the quantum physics and quantum cosmology dominated scientific research. It quickly became obvious that an all-knowing intelligence had tied together humankind’s mind and the universe we observe. Also,
- [CREATION (6)](https://dreadfulday.com/2021/12/11/creation-6/) - The root of the problem was the local worldview. Science and Philosophy maintained that our reality (What we observe) is local. Theology embraced the same worldview. Accordingly, there was one worldview in one locality, in another a different one. The conviction that our reality is local persisted until the end of the 20-eth century. The
- [CREATION (5)](https://dreadfulday.com/2021/12/04/creation-5/) - Ancient cosmology and human nature. The ancient and classical cosmological concepts revealed the problem concerning understanding human nature. People understood that human beings were mechanical automation isolated from the universe. As such, humans were not an integral part of the universe. Religion maintained that human beings' highest aim and responsibility was strict adherence to locally
- [CREATION (4)](https://dreadfulday.com/2021/11/27/107/) - CREATION (4) Limited cosmology and worldview continued. Newton’s Clockwork universe theory maintains that our universe is static – not changing but fixed. Students of the Bible and theologians liked the unchanging universe. They reasoned that because the Creator is unchanging, therefore, His creation is also unchanging. Because the Creator remains the same, all his creation
- [CREATION (3)](https://dreadfulday.com/2021/11/20/creation-3/) - The earth-shaking emerging cosmology. The clockworks universe comforted theologians in their sorrow because the emerging cosmology overthrew humanity as the crowning center of it all. Accordingly, some theologians found a way of exploiting the emerging cosmology in their favor. However, their consolation did not last long. The classical philosophy introduced an impediment to the clockwork’s
- [CREATION (1)](https://dreadfulday.com/2021/11/06/creation-1/) - How should we understand the creation? To understand the biblical narrative of creation, we should; Understand that the Bible does not describe the creation of our universe or its beginning. Observe that the biblical narrative of creation only describes the preparation of the planet earth for the carbon-based intelligent life – humankind. Therefore, the creation
- [CREATION (2)](https://dreadfulday.com/2021/11/11/creation-2/) - Creation according to ancient cosmology. In ancient and biblical cosmology, humans and the earth were the centers of the God's dominion. THE MAN WAS IT! Accordingly, theological thinkers maintained that all activity by God and heavenly beings was directed down to earth. The ancient times’ people did not know that the universe existed. They did
- [Welcome To My Blog!](https://dreadfulday.com/2021/10/07/welcome-to-my-blog/) - Welcome. My name is Daniel Lazich, author of From Creation to Re-Creation. I will post blogs related to the subject of my book. I aim at presenting excerpts from my book and, where appropriate, amplify and add detail. I invite you to visit my website and follow my blogs as regularly as possible.
- [Media And Events](https://dreadfulday.com/2021/10/07/media-and-events/) - Pictures, book trailers, book signings, speaking engagements, and other guest appearances by the author will be posted on this page.

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- [Buy The Book](https://dreadfulday.com/buy-the-book/) - From Creation to Re-Creation: God’s Actions on Behalf of Sinful Humankind, From Creation to the Re-Created in Jesus Christ Daniel Lazich This book employs unprecedented theological implications to assert that the creator's existence is necessary for the universe and humankind in it to exist. ISBN 13 (SOFT): 9781664242739 ISBN 13 (HARD): 9781664242722 ISBN 13
- [Previous Publications](https://dreadfulday.com/previous-publications/) - Jesus Simplified: Jesus, through John in Revelation, Clarified the Mystery of God Kindle Edition A new and thought provoking book “Jesus Simplifiedâ€, (or: Jesus’Mission Simplified) places Jesus where he belongs, in center of Scriptures. While it does not try to unpack each seal, trumpet, and plague, it does provide compelling insight that resolves the difficulties
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- [The Book](https://dreadfulday.com/the-book/) - Within the last forty years, scientific discoveries and knowledge about our universe contain unprecedented theological implications. They imply that the creator exists, more so than ever before. These discoveries have developed a worldview that challenges both theologians and scientists to engage in a mutually fruitful dialogue. From Creation to Re-Creation uniquely presents God’s accomplishments as
- [The Author](https://dreadfulday.com/the-author/) - Daniel Lazich has been reading and studying the Bible since the age of five. He concentrated on the gospel as proclaimed by the Apostle Paul. An aerospace engineer, Lazich has been involved with advanced technology research and development for the US military for most of his career. He has studied the nature of the universe
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