Mysteries Unpacked
The mysteries the New Testament says were hidden since the world began and are now revealed in Christ: the falling away, Babylon, the priesthood, the incarnation, death and what lies beyond it. Each essay takes one and follows it through the whole of Scripture.
Is Death the End? What the Bible Says Death Really Is
Every culture explains death, softens it, reinterprets it. Scripture refuses to call it natural. Death is separation from the life of God — and the empty tomb, not philosophy, is…
10 Aug 202610 min Mysteries Unpacked
What Really Is the Gospel?
Familiarity hides its depth. The gospel is not a doctrine to accept or a moral appeal — it is the announcement of a decisive act of God in history, promised…
9 Aug 202611 min Mysteries Unpacked
The Mystery of the Incarnation: God Manifest in the Flesh
Eternity stepped into time without ceasing to be eternal. Why redemption required the Incarnation, how the Old Testament prepared the ground for it, and what to make of the objections…
8 Aug 202612 min Mysteries Unpacked
Two Messiahs in the Bible? The Mystery of One Messiah, Two Missions
Isaiah promises a King whose throne never ends. Daniel says the Messiah will be cut off. Both are declared with prophetic certainty, neither is symbolic — and the Old Testament…
7 Aug 20268 min Mysteries Unpacked
Where Did Moses Write About Jesus? The Messiah’s Two Missions
The prophets are usually blamed for the puzzle. They did not create it. Moses had already built it into the Law — redemption before inheritance, sacrifice before glory, priesthood before…
7 Aug 20268 min Mysteries Unpacked
Road to Emmaus: How Jesus Unveiled the Greatest Mystery
The prophets proclaimed both the suffering and the glory and never explained the link between them. On the road to Emmaus the risen Christ supplied it in a single sentence…
7 Aug 20268 min