Elijah Series: Steps Towards Revival Pt. 2 (1 Kgs 18:16-40)
Steps Towards Revival Pt. 2 When Obadiah went and informed Ahab, the king went to meet Elijah. When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is it really you, the one who brings disaster on Israel?” Elijah replied, “I have not brought disaster on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the LORD’s commandments and following the Baals. Now send out messengers and assemble all Israel before me at Mount Carmel, as well as the 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets o
Elijah Series: Steps Towards Revival Pt. 1 (1 Kgs 18:1-15)
Steps Towards Revival Pt. 1 Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the LORD told Elijah, “Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.” So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria. So Ahab summoned Obadiah, who supervised the palace. (Now Obadiah was a very loyal follower of the LORD. When Jezebel was killing the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two
Eschatology Series: The Rapture (Posttrib or Pretrib?)
The Rapture What is the rapture? The word rapture comes from the Latin translation of the phrase “caught up” in 1 Thessalonians 4:17. It says, “Then we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.” In 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18, Paul taught the Thessalonians that when Christ descends from heaven, believers who had died will immediately be resurrected with glorified bo
Eschatology Series: The Tribulation
The Tribulation What is the tribulation period? While on the earth, Christ warned his disciples that they would experience “trouble and suffering” as a consequence of following him and living in a fallen world (John 16:33). However, he also warned them of a “great tribulation” which the entire world would experience (Matt 24:21, cf. Rev 3:10). In it, God will judge the unbelieving world (2 Thess 2:11-12, Rev 3:10) and save a people who will worship him during Christ’s millenn
