In Revelation 7:3 a divine command is issued to the four angels who control the winds of destruction on earth, that they should hold back from inflicting havoc until the “servants of God” have been sealed as God’s own, with His mark on their foreheads. They constitute a company of 144,000 (vv. 5–8),Read more

Jude 9 and Jude 14 are the passages that raise this question. Verse 9 refers to a controversy between the archangel Michael and the Devil in regard to the disposition of the body of Moses after he had died on Mount Pisgah: “But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about tRead more

Among nonconservative New Testament critics, it is common to brand 2 Peter as spurious and nothing more than a pious fraud. Yet there is hardly any epistle in the New Testament canon that contains more definite testimonies as to the identity and personal experience of the author than this epistle. NRead more

Hebrews 11:32 says very dramatically, “And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets” (NASB). The most striking manifestation and proofs of their faith and zeal are listed in vv. 33–34, followed by the reference toRead more

Two passages in the Epistle to the Hebrews come up for discussion in connection with this challenge to the doctrine of the preservation of the saints taught in John 10:28; these two passages are Hebrews 6:4–6 and Hebrews 10:26–31. Both teach that a professing believer is capable of turning against tRead more