Millennia ago a war was waged in heaven between the forces of good and evil. This battle and its outcome are briefly described in Revelation 12:7–9. The losers, Satan and the evil angels, retreated to Earth, where they commenced a regime of rebellion against heaven. Through deception, they usurped Adam and Eve’s dominion and sought […]
Today, most Bible-believing Christians would be shocked to know that popular beliefs they’ve been taught about the antichrist are based on a clever plan developed over 400 years ago to destroy their churches. The authors of the plan eventually died, and the blueprint lay unknown for several centuries until a group of men breathed life […]
When Jesus began His public ministry, He proclaimed, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15. What fulfillment of time was He referring to? Jesus was referring to the 70-week prophecy of Daniel 9, which revealed the exact year that the Messiah would […]
“And I will give power unto My two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.... And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their dead […]
On the night preceding the memorable day on which Luther affixed his 95 Theses to the door of the castle-church of Wittenberg, the elector Frederick of Saxony had an impressive dream. On the morning of October 31, 1517, the elector told it to his brother, Duke John, who was then residing with him at his […]
Nearly all forms of ancient sorcery and witchcraft were founded upon a belief in communion with the dead. This custom of consulting the dead is referred to in the prophecy of Isaiah: “And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should […]
The San Francisco Chronicle of February 12, 1929, exploded with the headline, “Mussolini and Gasparri Sign Historic Roman Pact, Heal Wound of Many Years.” The words chosen for the report paralleled the words of Bible prophecy penned over 1,800 years before, detailing the revival of the Papacy. “And I saw one of his heads as it […]
In 1943, the fate of World War II hung in the balance. The Nazis were still going strong and Spain, which was neutral, teemed with German spies. A uniformed corpse washed onto a Spanish beach. In his pockets were found a British identity card, pictures of a girlfriend, and ticket stubs. To his hand was […]
Neither religious liberty nor toleration were features of the Virginia colony for most of the first two centuries of its history. From the beginning, the colony believed they could only control their members by “religion and law. They exercised despotism in both.”1 The Church of England was the established church of Virginia and sought to […]
The Roman Emperor Constantine had a problem—how to maintain unity across his far-flung empire. Despite centuries of persecution, Christianity was still growing. Admittedly, Christians were peaceable citizens who worked an honest day and paid their taxes. Who wouldn’t want an empire filled with such good people? But the pagans feared that the growing Christian population […]