“Time Is Like the Unseen Wind” From Meditations in Ecclesiastes David Huffstutler April 26, 2023 Time is like the unseen wind, a sigh for each past day… The present is soon blown behind, never here to stay. Memories of the things I knew, a kite sometimes held high… Other things that I eschew, the… Read More »
Imagine trying to give a posthumous goodbye to someone you deeply loved after that person died from murder, an accident, or an overdose from illegal drugs. Imagine slowly saying goodbye to a loved one who is dying from incurable disease. Imagine trying to formulate a goodbye to a spouse who suddenly ends your marriage by… Read More »
The rapture is the event in which “the dead in Christ will rise first” and “then we who are alive, who are left” are “caught up together… in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air” (1 Thessalonians 4:16–17). We can never know when exactly the rapture will take place, but Scripture at least… Read More »
1 Thessalonians 3:13 refers to “the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His holy ones” (literal translation). Are these holy ones angels, God’s people, or both?1 Angels Some conclude holy ones are angels for multiple reasons. First, Paul could be echoing Zechariah 14:5, a text speaking about our Lord’s final descent to earth to… Read More »
Man’s first son, he tilled the ground, but God had no regard. A fallen face, he killed his brother. He wandered from the Lord. Then fire and darkness, sorrow and pain, torment without end. Thousands of years, our present age, and then a thousand to come. Perhaps he hears the gnashing of teeth from others… Read More »
“The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth” (Ecclesiastes 7:4). This verse has often run through my mind this past couple of years. I have provoked many houses to mourning. Others call my fellow police chaplains and me “grim reapers” because… Read More »
What happens to people who never hear the gospel? What an awful question—to consider those who never hear the gospel, die in their ignorance, and suffer for eternity. Their fate is eternal torment by fire. It should make every Christian shudder. But is it fair for them to be judged in this way? To never… Read More »
So far, we have seen Paul declare that the Corinthians will indeed be resurrected and made alive in Christ (1 Cor 15:20–22). Paul then described the first two orders of the resurrection as Christ the firstfruits and and believers who will be resurrected at His coming (1 Cor 15:23). Finally, there will be those who… Read More »
Last week, we explored that God will raise all believers from the dead at the coming of Christ, whether at that coming’s beginning or end. This week, we will consider the resurrection of unbelievers. In contrast to “those who belong to Christ” who are resurrected “at his coming,” there are those who do not belong… Read More »
I have read some crazy claims that people have made, supposedly based upon numbers in the Bible and specifically from the numbers in prophetic passages. The primary error of these errors is to find some secret word from God within the actual Word of God, as strange as that may seem. It’s one of the… Read More »