The Seven-fold Spirit of God

In the beginning, 'the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters' (Genesis 1:2). After the creation of man, He resided and moved in man. But after the Fall, God's Spirit manifested through Prophets and His servants. Select people were given the Spirit, but only in a certain form to complete a particular …

Manna from Heaven & Water from a Rock: The Word and the Spirit

‘In their hunger you gave them bread from heaven and in their thirst you brought them water from a rock’ ~ Nehemiah 9:15 When the Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years before reaching the Promised Land, they needed food and water to keep alive. So God tells Moses, ‘I will rain down bread …

The River and Tree of Life

‘There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the Holy Place where the Most High dwells’ ~ Psalm 46:4 One of John’s vision of the New Heaven and Earth given to him by Jesus Christ concerns the River of Life. John writes, ‘And he showed me a pure river of water …

The New Jerusalem

At the time when ‘heaven and earth will pass away’ (Matthew 24:35), a new heaven and earth will be created. John sees in a vision and writes, ‘Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea’ …

The Man of Lawlessness

A mystery inscribed in the Book of Truth is the Man of Lawlessness, also known as the Man of Sin. He is also referred to by other terms throughout the Bible. Jesus first reveals this mystery when He tells Daniel, ‘Soon I will return to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I go, …

The Two Witnesses

During the Beast reign, or the abomination that causes desolation of the Holy place, Two Witness will appear. John in his vision sees Jesus telling him of the mystery; ‘I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth’ (Revelation 11:3). Although prophesies spoken by people is …

The Beast, its Image and its Number

While the Book of Revelation is a prophetic book (as all other Books in the Bible), it also takes time to revisit the birth of Jesus Christ. John sees a vision of ‘a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head’ (Revelation 12:1). …

The Paradox of Power and Persecution

‘Save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God’ ~ Matthew 27:40 The crucified Christ who once said that, ‘I am the resurrection and the life’ (John 11:25), is dying on a cross. He appears powerless- mocked, insulted, beaten, disfigured, stripped, and nailed to a cross. Jesus seems powerless, and …

Crucified Christ

When Jesus Christ is mentioned, many notions form on people’s mind depending on their outlook. For some, He is the blue-eyed guy with shoulder-length hair patting a lamb, or making odd hand gestures, hanged on their walls. For others, He is a mighty prophet renowned for His miracles but is now long gone. Dead. Still, …