Presence of God

This is the last of 12 articles in this series on the Presence of God. In the previous article, it was shown from Galatians 3 […]

Before leaving Acts 2 and looking at other texts that give "the promise of the Holy Spirit" a broader meaning than receiving the Spirit, we […]

We have seen from scripture the eschatological orientation of the Holy Spirit’s work and mission in the time between the absence and the parousia of […]

In the last article, we began a study of the Holy Spirit and his work during the absence of Christ from the viewpoint of the […]

Our purpose here and in following articles is to scan the period of time between Christ’s departure and his second appearing from the viewpoint of […]

It generally is recognized that the goal of redemptive history (man’s restoration to God’s perfect reign of peace and righteousness) is consummated in the "second […]

It is important to see in scripture the correlation of Christ’s absence and the Spirit’s presence from the standpoint of Christ’s second appearing (John 14:1-3). […]

Christ came into the world of Old Testament Israel to "put away sin" (Heb.9:26-28) and to "bring in everlasting righteousness" (Dan.9:24-27; 2 Pet.3:13), thereby effecting […]

The book of Revelation sometimes is referred to as the capstone of Bible prophecy. It is apparent in chapters 21-22 that the goal of God’s […]

Most students of the Bible would agree that man’s restoration to the reign, the fellowship, and the presence of God is the goal of redemptive […]