Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
What is the important takeaway from Col 1 considering Paul’s use of the same phrase in other places?
Col 1:16 because in him were created all things in the heavens and upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or lord…
We read in Ex 16:13- 18 how Israelites were fed with Manna from Heaven:
In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. When the layer of dew lifted, there on the surface of…
"And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”"Luke 23:43, ESV.
The Greek word used for paradise (Παραδείσῳ) has three meanings, according to Strong’s Concordance:
A garden, taken from the anc…
Matthew 5:17 and 18 from the NASB:
Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not
come to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, until heaven
and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke s…
In Mat.11:12
… the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence … (KJV)
What was meant by suffereth in current day use? Please.
If the above is so, then we have an "end time", heavenly revelation of God’s throne being surrounded by 144,000 spiritual beings, apart from the ever present "four living creatures" and the "angelic realm", th…
Matthew 11:12
But from the days of John the baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens is taken by violence, and [the] violent seize on it. (Darby)
Matthew 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suf…
When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
Revelation 5:8, NASB
Why did the…
Pneuma 33 (2011) 391-408 Dialogue Fire from Heaven: Pentecostals in the Secular City Nimi Wariboko Katherine B. Stuart Professor of Christian Ethics, Andover Newton…
It would appear that the answer can hardly be found in the "Earthly" realm. The answer has to be found in the "Heavenly" realm, given the close relationship to the "Almighty", Himself, (not to mention the fact…
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. (Matthew 11:12, NKJV)
What does this verse mean?
The entire tribe of Dan is absent from the list of those tribes which are to be found in heaven.
Here is the list given in Revelation 7.
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were
sealed an hundred and forty and four…