Renewed to Honor

A Wikipedia page shows that people the earth called as Great . Among this list are several kings, emperors, mighty ones who conquered many lands. These are indeed the mighty men, great leaders of earth. A close look at their lives tell that they were in power either by proxy, conquest, inheritance or abduction or election. All these so called greats were either nobodies or princes until they took the power in their manner. There has not been a baby who could be called King. Yet, the wisest of men from the east came to meet the one who was born King (of Jews) [Matthew 2:2]. The came to worship him. They came to make the peace treaty with him before he declared war. A tactical move in wisdom.  Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him. (Psalm 2:12 ESV) Jesus did not come as a prince to inherit the kingdom or a revolutionary to take over a kingdom (in fact Jesus moves away) but was born King. B...

 Words to encourage someone through bereavement Romans 8: 38: A love that death cannot separate. In the story of Sodom, Abraham asks God ( Genesis 18:25) - will not the judge of all creation be just? In the story we see that God promised Abraham that even if there were 10 people in a tiny city who loved God, because God was and is a just God, he would not destroy the city. The thief on the cross was saved at the last moment and he was crucified for the right reasons, yet like Paul says, there is a love of God that cannot separate us even in death. It is not that there is a purgatory of sorts, but rather there is a God who can and does speak to the soul of a man. We were once dead in our sins with our hearts bent away from God but God in his sovereignty took mercy on us and rescued us. This is the God we believe in.  Thessalonians 4:13-14 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind,...

Essay on Amillennialism  Introduction Isaiah was an Israelite prophet believed to have lived in the 8th Century BC. He would have lived in the period between the kings Uzziah (approximately 767 BC) and Hezekiah (approximately 686 BC). Traditional view states that Isaiah wrote chapters 1-39 and the rest were written by others somewhere around the exile of the Israelites to captivity 605 BC and some parts after the exile.  However, for the sake of this essay, I would refer to the author as the author, as the validity of the authorship does not fall in the scope of this essay. What matters is how we see the 60th Chapter; in the light of God stepping into the world as the man - Jesus. This essay looks at the Church, the body of Christ and the bride of Christ i.e. made up of all believers who take the role part in sharing the suffering along with Christ. Approach I have approached this portion with a mild view of supersessionism (replacement theology), with an emphasis on mild econ...