Category Archives: Word Studies

The Greatest Love Story Never Told: Why God Will Save All People

Editor’s Note: This letter was originally published on SecretEvangel.com in 2008. It has taken me more than six months to write this letter. Why so long? Because it discusses my beliefs and how they’ve changed over the last five years. … Continue reading

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#48 – 3 Harvests (Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles)

3 Harvests of Souls We have already seen multiple times how the Law is “a type and shadow of good things to come.”  Within the Law there are details concerning 3 specific harvests, which I mentioned in the previous blogs.  … Continue reading

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#41 – Putting His Enemies Under His Feet

This is the last blog I have that will fall under the Judgment theme.  So far we have looked at Death (and the 2nd Death), the Lake of Fire, Destruction, Punishment, Wrath, Judgment and various other related issues.  To my … Continue reading

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#40 – Principles of Judgment – Part 2

In this series on Judgment we have looked at every description of judgment Scripture gives us; and we have seen how in every instance it points towards restoration and life.  Judgment is never final, it is never the end.  The … Continue reading

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#39 – Wrath

The Problem Having looked at every description used to convey God’s judgment upon the lost and disobedient, we have only to explore one last term – Wrath. But here lies a problem, at least for me.  I desire truth, I … Continue reading

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#38 – Punishment – Gr. Kolasis

So far we have looked at 4 terms used in Scripture to convey judgment in the afterlife.  In this blog we will look at the term that is found in the most notorious reference to supposed “eternal damnation.”  This reference … Continue reading

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#37 – Destruction – Part 2

In the last blog we saw how the Greek word Apollumi not only means “utter destruction” (and is used in such a sense not only concerning past things, but also to describe future judgments) but also that it means “lost.”   … Continue reading

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#36 – Destruction – Part 1

In the last 2 blogs we saw how death leads to life.  We saw that death is the one appointed way for man to rise to a higher form of life through the loss of his old fallen life.  We … Continue reading

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#35 – The Second Death – Part 2

We saw in the last blog that death is the penalty for sin and that though Christ suffered that penalty of death for us, we still have to follow His example and die to sin and our selfish nature even … Continue reading

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#34 – The Second Death – Part 1

We saw in the previous 3 blogs that the Lake of Fire portrays that cleansing, purifying and refining fire that comes from the Law as it puts our old, fallen, selfish nature to death and conforms us to God’s standard … Continue reading

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