The Church Fathers comprehended the role of Christ’s Apostles. They understood Christ gave the Church the Apostles to complete God’s will.

Yahweh’s writers engaged multiple literary styles to convey God’s message.

Audiences of all times must seek His meaning by understanding historical environments.

Authorial Intention: Meaning is determined by the intention of the author.

The faithful have the very words of God which were dictated in a manner that only He could conceive and supervise.

As such, the word few, as presented by Jesus in Matthew 17:13, carries heavy implications.

Hence, Yahweh is not a genie who gives us what our heart desires, for man’s heart cannot be trusted (Jeremiah 17:9). 

Christ has given us an example of how to honor Him. We should be encouraged and never dismayed by the act of prayer!

In our everyday conversations, our words should be solid; we do not have to install oaths in our speech.

Do we count others better than ourselves? Within the house of the Lord, are we willing to mend fences at any cost?

In this third blog in a series on the Beatitudes, I am reflecting on blessedness connected to mercy, purity, and peacemaking.

"Messiah tells us that blessedness starts with being poor in spirit."

“As Jesus delivered His Sermon on the Mount, He initiated His discourse with the Beatitudes.”

“The very building blocks of the sexes predispose them to unique attributes.“

In reality, God has held the clock at one second to midnight for thousands of years.

Matthew 5:4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”

“Not only is Jesus pre-existing and eternal, but He possesses all of the attributes of God.”

“Yahweh, our God, is unsurpassed...I reflect on His greatness, He created all that I see from nothing. “

Think about this...heaven is filled with “no-names” from this existence.

“Military conflict is often the self-inflicted climax of various sinful deeds that occur over time.”