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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="040c8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div> <B>By His Grace and for His Glory!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. </B></div> <div> <B>2 Timothy 2:15</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="148f8480.jpg" border=0 width="504" height="72" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT> </div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Restoration Ministries"><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B> | </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meetings"><U><B>Meetings</B></U></A><B> | </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U><B>About Us</B></U></A><B> | </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A><B> | </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Body Life"><U><B>Body Life</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Articles"><U><B>Articles</B></U></A><B> | </B><A HREF="id129.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="End Times Forum"><U><B>End Times Forum</B></U></A><B> | </B><A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Voices from the Past"><U><B>Voices from the Past</B></U></A><B> | </B><A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Great Links"><U><B>Great Links</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Bible Light</U></B></div> <bR> <div> This link is devoted to studies in the Scriptures.  The articles here will attempt to take a passage, theme or word from the Scriptures and present it in such a way that it brings greater understanding and edification.  </div> <bR> <div> We may include references to the original languages and structure, but will try to make them understandable to those without understanding of the Hebrew or Greek.  The numbers in parentheses correspond to the Strong's number system used in many modern reference helps.  </div> <bR> <div> If you have any questions about anything you read in these studies, please e-mail them to <A HREF="mailto:restorationgj@peoplepc.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:restorationgj@peoplepc.com"><U>Timothy King</U></A>.  Also, if you have any comments about any article, contact me and those that could edify will be posted.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>Bible Passages</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701180066ff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sam Frost</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> on </B><A HREF="id120.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Weeds Among the Wheat"><U><B>Matthew 13:24-30, 37-43</B></U></A></FONT>  <B>Sam Frost examines the "Parable of the Weeds Among the Wheat" in light of Jesus' teaching on His coming and the end of the age</B>.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701180066ff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sam Frost</B></FONT><B> on </B><A HREF="id100.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sam Frost on Matthew 16:2728"><U><B>Matthew 16:27-28</B></U></A><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Sam Frost looks at the details of this passage in order to bring understanding to the "timing" of Christ's coming. Sam is outstanding in his attention to details.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id211.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="King Glory Grace"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">On Glory and Unity</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>by Timothy King</B></FONT><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>These are some thoughts on the connection between glory and unity, themes found in Jesus' priestly prayer of John 17.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id194.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="King Pierced"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Pierced to the Heart</B></U></A> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>by Timothy King</B></FONT>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Here are some reflections on Peter's Pentecost sermon and why it affected his hearers the way it did. What caused them to be "pierced to the heart?"</B></FONT> </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id199.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="King Paul Barnabas"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Paul, Barnabas and the Unity of Believers</B></U></A><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>by Timothy King</B></FONT><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>The "split" between Paul and Barnabas in Acts 15:36-41 has always been portrayed as hostile.  But does the conflict have to be seen as one of strife?</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id125.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="When We Were in the Flesh"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">"When We Were In the Flesh"</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>by Jon Zens</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" > <B>Should Romans 7:7 ff. shape the Christian's self image?  Is Paul here describing the Christian's struggle or is he speaking of the pre-Christian, under-law experience?</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">No Spiritual Couch Potatoes!</B>  <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="No Spiritual Couch Potatoes!"><U>(Romans 12:11a)</U></A> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>by Timothy King</B></FONT>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Paul exhorts his readers to not be lazy when it comes to diligence.  But in what are we to be diligent?</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Red-Hot in the Holy Spirit!</B>  <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RedHot in the Holy Spirit!"><U>(Romans 12:11b)</U></A> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>by Timothy King</B></FONT>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>What is Paul talking about when he exhorts us to be "fervent in the Spirit?"</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701180066ff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sam Frost</B></FONT><B> on </B><A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sam Frost on 2 Peter 3:113"><U><B>2 Peter 3:1-13</B></U></A><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>What Sam does for Matthew 16:27-28, he now does for 2 Peter 3:1-13.  Who are the scoffers and what about the delay of His coming and the destruction of heaven and earth?</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id141.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Light from 1 John"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Light from First John</B></U></A><B> by "The Geeks of Greek"</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Our Thursday night meetings have mined some rich nuggets as we've gone through 1 John in the Greek text.  Here's some of the fruits of our labors.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">"Every Eye Will See Him"</B> (<A HREF="id154.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Every Eye"><U>Revelation 1:7</U></A>) <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>by Greg Rasaka</B></FONT>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Is the coming of Jesus to happen only if it comes on a global scale, or is there a more localized meaning to these words?</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id210.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Zens Babylon"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Dialogue on "Is America Babylon</B></U></A><B>?" </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>by Jon Zens</B></FONT><B>  </B>Jon has an e-mail dialogue with David Dyer on the queston of whether America is the "Babylon" in the book of Revelation.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>Bible Themes</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id217.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Zens Ten Commandmnts"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A Review Article of "Ten Commandments Twice Removed"</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>by Jon Zens</B></FONT><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Jon reviews a book that exhorts us to return to following the Ten Commandments.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id197.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Delagrave Chips"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Day of the Lord</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>by </B><B>Dan Delagrave</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B><B> Otherwise called "Let the Chips Fall Where They May."  Greg looks at the concept of "The Day of the Lord" and compares scripture with scripture.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id198.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rasaka Satan"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Doctrine of Satan</B></U></A><B> </B> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>by Greg Rasaka</B></FONT>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Greg takes us back to the Scriptures to examine its teachings on Satan and the devil.  His findings may rock your canoe!</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Heaven and Earth"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Heaven and Earth</B></U></A><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>by Greg Rasaka</B></FONT><B>  Are we to </B><I><B>always</B></I><B> understand the Bible's use of "heaven and earth" as literal, or do the Scriptures sometimes use this phrase in reference to something else?</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id150.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Law Preaching"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Must the Law Be Preached Prior to the Gospel?</B></U></A><B> </B> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>by Jon Zens</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Subtitled, "A Brief Examination of Proof-texts for 'Law Preaching'.”  This is actually an addenda to Jon's critique of "Hell's Best Kept Secret."  </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The New Jerusalem"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The New Jerusalem</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>by Valori Farrell</B></FONT>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>What is the "New Jerusalem" as described in the book of Revelation?  Is it something we are still waiting for, or is it a present reality to be enjoyed by all true believers?</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id121.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Parables of Jesus"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Parables of Jesus and the End of the Age</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>by Sam Frost</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" >   <B>A three-part study on the parables of Jesus and what they teach about Christ' coming, the end of the age, judgment and other aspects of eschatology.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id209.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="West Identity"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Will the Real Ishmael Please Stand Up?</B></U></A>  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>by Hal West</B></FONT>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Much of the modern church believe that the modern Arabs are the descendants of Ismael.  But what is the apostolic teaching on this subject?</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id212.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="West Ishmael 2"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Hal West Answers a Question about Ishmael</B></U></A>  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>by Hal West</B></FONT>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>A reader asks a question of Hal about his article "Will the Real Ishmael Please Stand Up?"  This is Mr. West's brief answer.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>Bible Words</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Whos the Real Heretic?"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Heresy</B></U></A> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>by Roger Lange</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" > <B>It is not uncommon for some in Christian circles, when they disagree with another believer, to point the finger at the offending doctrines and cry "heresy!"  But according to Scriptures, what does "heresy" really mean?</B></FONT></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>