The Book of Revelation speaks of the battle of Armageddon. Is the current conflict between Israel and Iran connected to it? We’ll look at the conflict between God’s plan to dwell in our midst and the opposition by the nations of the world. God promises judgment to the nations but deliverance and reconciliation to individual people. Armageddon is not the end of the world but the beginning of a new age of deliverance, peace and beauty.
Portals Part 3: The Nations Struggle to Control the Gate of Heaven
In the third “Israel: God’s Interdimensional Portal” we will look at the struggle to control the “Gate of Heaven” introduced in earlier videos. Throughout history, world empires have sought to control Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem. Today, Islam claims the area as its own, struggling against the modern state of Israel that formed after World War II. What does the Bible say about the nations and this area?
Portals, Part 4: Jesus’s View of Heaven and Earth
In the early centuries of Christianity, some “Church Fathers” were influenced by gnostic teaching and provided an avenue for those teachings to become a part of the Christianity we have inherited. Escaping earth and “going to heaven when we die” is one gnostic concept, expressed in modern Christian language, that has permeated Christians’ thinking. In contrast, Jesus taught his disciples to pray for the establishment of God’s kingdom on the earth.