Gary Vail

Absent from the Body? Now What?

for we live by faith, not by sight—so we are confident and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:7–8 (LEB) “Absent from the body, present with the Lord” is a misquoted verse from Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians. It usually is usedContinue reading “Absent from the Body? Now What?”

The Worthless Shepherd

“Woe, my worthless shepherdwho deserts the flock!May a sword fall on his armand on his right eye!May his arm wither completelyand his right eye be utterly blinded!” Zechariah 11:17 (LEB) Often we see the subject of a worthless shepherd or leader who does not fulfill their duties of leading people on a righteous path. TheyContinue reading “The Worthless Shepherd”

Traditions or the Word of God?

For God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘The one who speaks evil of father or mother must certainly die.’ But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or his mother, “Whatever benefit you would have received from me is a gift to God,” need not honor his father,’ and you make voidContinue reading “Traditions or the Word of God?”

Religion, Doctrine and Cults

If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds,Continue reading “Religion, Doctrine and Cults”

Earthly Kingdom by Force or Spiritual Kingdom by God? Dispensationalism and Zionism.

Jesus replied, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews. But now my kingdom is not from here.” John 18:36 (LEB) Yeshua walked the earth in the first century at a time whenContinue reading “Earthly Kingdom by Force or Spiritual Kingdom by God? Dispensationalism and Zionism.”

The Meek Will Inherit the Earth

Blessed are the meek,because they will inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5 (LEB) The world can be an unfriendly and intimidating place. We have forgotten how to maintain a simple life, and have embraced a society that cries for more war, is quick to get angry, and has completely mixed religion with politics to a pointContinue reading “The Meek Will Inherit the Earth”

Observing Times

But at that time when you did not know God, you were enslaved to the things which by nature are not gods. But now, because you have come to know God, or rather have come to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental spirits? Do youContinue reading “Observing Times”

Overtaken

The alien that is in your midst shall ascend over you, higher and higher, but you shall go down lower and lower. He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, but you shall be the tail. Deuteronomy 28:43–44 (LEB) The Bible has been fractured today byContinue reading “Overtaken”

The Regathering

And a highway shall be there, and a way,and it shall be called the way of holiness.The unclean shall not travel through it,but it is for them, he who walks on the way;and fools shall not wander about. Isaiah 35:8 (LEB) Those who hold to the theology of dispensationalism, most evangelicals, and many others, viewContinue reading “The Regathering”

Wars and Confusion

And when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison and he will go out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to assemble them for battle, whose number is like the sand of the sea. And they went up on theContinue reading “Wars and Confusion”