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Dying to the Resurrection: Introduction
William Ramey

The resurrection from the dead is one of the most fundamental and vital teaching in the New Testament.  The Scriptures teach that because Jesus died and arose from the dead, so too those who are His people will be raised from death to life with an imperishable spiritual body at His coming when He returns to inaugurate His kingdom.  When the last enemy (death) has finally been abolished by Him, the redeemed will be subsequently clothed with immortality before the destruction of the old heavens and earth and the creation of the new. PDF

The Church Next Door
Tony Stinson

"Who do you say that I am?" was Jesus' searching question to His disciples.  After hearing Jesus teach concerning the Kingdom and confirmed by the demonstration of His miracles countless times, Peter said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God" (Matthew 16:16).  What did Peter mean scripturally by ascribing the title "Christ" to Jesus and the term "Son"?  Mr. Tony Stinson gives a brief scriptural answer to these questions during a clear presentation of the Gospel that Jesus preached.  Unfortunately, it is not the Gospel that most are accustomed to hearing on a Sunday morning.  more

NTGreek In Structure: The Structure of Paul's Letters
Robert Bailey

Mr. Robert Bailey has updated his tremendous work of The Structure of Paul's Letters (Fourth Edition, May 28, 2010) which may be downloaded as a single file.  The Pauline structures presented by Mr. Robert Bailey are in Adobe 9.x PDF format and backward compatible to Adobe 7.0 PDF format.  Regardless the size of your computer screen, they will automatically open to 100% of the original document size.  This feature works properly for Internet Explorer 6.x or higher.  Other browsers may not support this feature.  Regardless, you will be able to view, download, or print the files available.  However, because of the propriety Greek font used in these documents, editing of the files is password protected.  more

Three Days and Three Nights
Mrs. Gloria McElheney

Three Days and Three Nights is an essay by Gloria McElheney that investigates the biblical evidence for the time period that Jesus was actually in the grave.  Mrs. McElheney goes to great length to demonstrate scripturally that Jesus was in the grave for three days and three nights, and not just part of it.  In the Foreword of the essay, she states the purpose for writing it: "Perhaps it would be edifying at the very beginning to explain my purpose in such an auspicious undertaking as a clarification of the difficult biblical texts relating to the time period involved in Jesus' death.  It all began when a woman in the Bible study that I led asked me why there was so much confusion about how long the Lord was actually dead, since He had clearly stated that much like Jonah, He would be dead for three days and three nights.  Given the usual time table beginning with the crucifixion on "Good Friday" and ending quite correctly with His resurrection on the following Sunday, this didn't compute."  more

Kingdom Studies: Will You Be Disqualified?
Iain MacMillan

In the biblical series, Will You Be Disqualified?, a difficult but serious question is addressed.  Is it possible for a redeemed individual to be disqualified from part or their entire inheritance?  What constitutes the inheritance?  What the Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians, he believed that it was possible for him to be disqualified (1 Corinthians 9:24-27).  Since it was possible for Paul to be disqualified, does this infer that we too may be disqualified?  We also invite you to join us on Sunday mornings at 11:30 AM Pacific Time to watch the live broadcast available via Internet.  more

Kingdom Studies: Jesus Christ, Our High Priest: Once For All
William Ramey

It was Israel's high priest's official duty on the Day of Atonement to enter twice into the earthly Holy of Holies, first to offer a bull's blood as a combined sin-offering for himself and the other priests (Leviticus 16:3, 6, 11-14), and then again to offer a goat's blood as a sin-offering for the people (Leviticus 16:5, 7-9, 15, 20-22).  Therefore, Israel's high priest was required to enter the Holy Sanctuary twice on the Day of Atonement.

However, after the ascension of Jesus Christ and His appointment by God as our High Priest, the author of Hebrews states that He only entered the heavenly Holy of Holies once.  This discordance between the earthly high priest's two-fold entrance and that of Jesus' into the heavenly Holy Sanctuary should raise the question, "Why did Jesus enter only once into the Holy of Holies and not twice? more

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