Trinitarians often claim that Jesus raised Himself from the dead by His own power based on two passages which are both badly misinterpreted, John 2:19-22 and John 10:17-18. These are given as proof both for the doctrine of “hypostatic union” (that Jesus was fully divine and fully human simultaneously) and that the dead are conscious and active. The first problem with this claim is that there are a host of Scriptures which flatly contradict it,…
When I was pastoring Oasis Christian Church in Florida, I was forced to change my position on the topic of judgement and hell from “eternal torment” to “Conditional Immortality.” I came to this conclusion solely from my personal study of the Scriptures. The trigger that forced me to begin revaluating this topic was Romans 3:3-6. In that passage Paul discussed God’s judgment of the whole world. He quoted from David’s prayer of repentance in Psalm…
Below is a sermon I preached in 2013 shortly after I published my book, “The TIME of the END.” This sermon emphasizes the critical necessity of God’s presence among us as we are heading into the opening of the 7-sealed scroll of Revelation 5:1 — 8:1. Most Christians are woefully unprepared for what is about to happen in the next 3-5 years. And most churches and pastors are just entertaining “sleeping” members, making them comfortable,…
I finally completed translating the Gospel of Mark. All that is left to complete my translating the LGV New Testament is the Gospel of Mathew which I hope to complete this year. Randy and his Fellowship are working through the review process for the rest of the NT books. So far, Luke, John, and Acts have been finalized, and they are working on Romans. LGV Gospel of Mark LAST GENERATION VERSION Update: I have completed…
Having studied biblical history and prophecy for most of my adult life, two significant truths stand out. First, the major events of history are no accident, especially regarding Israel and the nations that interact with her. Second, ancient history regarding Israel repeats. 1. The Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem and subsequent exile was repeated in the Roman destruction of Jerusalem and subsequent exile.2. Antiochus Epiphanes’ defiling the Temple in 165 BC which Daniel called the “abomination…
President Trump has announced May 17 as a national day of rededication of the USA to God. This exactly seven weeks before July 4th. During the ceremonies He is going to read from 2 Chron. 7 which describes the dedication of Solomon’s Temple and contains the following promise. 2 Chron. 7:14 (NKJV)14“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways,…
Daniel 9:25 (NKJV) “Know therefore and understand, That FROM THE GOING FORTH OF THE COMMAND TO RESTORE AND BUILD JERUSALEM until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times.” Evangelical Christian (Dispensationalist) commentators link this “command” to the one allegedly given to Nehemiah by Artaxerxes Longimanus to repair the walls around Jerusalem (Neh. 2). The ONLY REASON this particular…
“Israel is set to host the Middle East’s largest ever LGBT festival at the Dead Sea in June 2026. The new festival, ‘Pride Land,’ intends to transform the middle of the Judean Desert into a colorful pride city from June 1 to June 4.” This is intentional blasphemy. The location of the festival is just a few miles from Mount Sodom, at a resort area on the western side of the Dead Sea called Ein…
In February I posted an article called “Is this just a coincidence?” It concerned President Trump’s proposed “Independence Arch” in Washington DC which he first announced during the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) in 2025, and whether this might have some kind of prophetic implications regarding the fulfillment of Revelation 12. On Friday, April 10th, the last day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, Trump posted an update on Truth Social. He announced that the construction…
Every time you see the above clause in your English Bible, it is a FAKE translation. The Greek Text reads τῇ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων, pronounced “tA mia tOn SabbatOn”, literally, “the first [day] of the Sabbaths.” The word σαββάτων (SabbatOn) translated ‘week’ is not even a Greek word, but a transliteration of the Hebrew word “Shabbat” (Sabbath), repeating the phonetic sound using Greek letters, and it is PLURAL (Sabbaths), not singular. There was a perfectly…
Our CHRISTIAN PASSOVER is Thursday evening, celebrating Jesus’ last Passover with His disciples! Jesus said He would not eat it again until He observes it with His disciples in His Kingdom (Luke 22:15-18, cf. Ezek. 45:21-25). The article below traces the history of the CHRISTIAN PASSOVER. John led the churches of Asia Minor to observe it annually on this date for decades after AD 70. But it was eventually replaced by the bishop of Rome…
Most Evangelical churches teach a deadly brew of false doctrines regarding our salvation. When combined, these deceptions lay a trap for Christians in the end-times, setting their church members up for destruction like sheep to the slaughter: 1. That our “salvation” is complete from the moment we believe the Gospel 2. Once we “believe” we can never be lost 3. The time of great tribulation is not for the “Church” These deadly doctrines are assembled…
When Jesus’ disciples asked Him about the signs they should watch for which would announce His coming and the “end of the age,” He began with the following warning: “Take heed that no one deceives you” (Matt. 24:4 NKJV). When Paul later addressed the coming of Christ and “our gathering together to Him” (2 Thess. 2:1) he likewise warned, “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the…
From my several years-long interactions with Biblical Unitarians, I have observed that their denial of Christ’s “preexistence” is based entirely on a faulty philosophical foundation rather than on a biblical foundation. Once their philosophical axioms are assumed, the Scriptures which at face value teach preexistence (such as Genesis 1:26; Micah 5:2; John 1:1-18, John 3:13; John 6:38; John 8:56-59; John 16:27-31; John 17:3-5,24; Colossians 1:15-20; Philippians 2:6-8, Hebrews 1:1-2,10-12, etc.) are forced to conform to…
In October 2025, President Trump proposed an enormous arch to be built in Washington DC for the 250th Independence Day celebration. The proposed design, pictured below, was first posted on X by the architect firm (Harrison Design) on Sept. 4th, 2025. It has a winged woman atop the arch flanked by two eagles. She is holding a torch in her right hand, and a shield in the left hand. On Oct. 9th, the model of…
It is becoming increasingly obvious that we are now in the final stage of the fulfillment of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the great image, the feet of iron mixed with clay out from which will soon come the ten toes (10 kings). However, the odd mixture of incompatible materials, the iron mixed with clay, has been a bit of a mystery until recently. At least one of the early Christian writers (Hippolytus “Treatise on Christ and…
One of the reasons so many Christian youths walk away from the Faith is because the churches only teach WHAT to believe instead of objectively demonstrating WHY what they are teaching must be true. They do not teach the “WHY” because asking the hard questions exposes some of their own doctrines to critical review. They cannot defend some of these objectively using sound logic and sound biblical interpretive principles. They often give the illusion of…
I have been sounding the alarm that the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the reelection of President Trump will be the catalysts for the rise of the 10 kings out from the old Roman Empire. These are the 10 toes of Nebuchadnezzar’s image in Daniel 2, and the 10 horns on the 4th beast (Roman Empire) of Daniel 7 & Rev. 13, who are the 10 kings who align with the Antichrist (little horn) in…
I recently discovered that Amazon/Kindle has cancelled my account, meaning that they will no longer publish The Mystery of the Mazzaroth or The TIME of the END. Amazon has been selling The TIME of the END since 2012 and The Mystery of the Mazzaroth (2nd edition) since 2013. Both books have been removed from Amazon’s website, along with all of the reviews. The only explanation I have been given is that my account (books) “violates…
In my post dated June 22, 2025, titled “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” I mentioned that nothing in Revelation requires that these four occur during the limits of the 70th Week. That seven-year period (known as the “Tribulation”) contains two specified blocks of time, 1260 days for the prophesying of the two witnesses and 42 months (time, times, & half a time) for the duration of Antichrist’s reign of terror. I have in the…
As I am working towards completing translating the Last Generation Version of the NT, I also intend to build a dedicated website for the LGV. I have purchased the domain name “thelgv.org” for this purpose (please save the link). Currently, that link points to the LGV page on 4Winds, for which I also have created a new header image. But after I complete the two books remaining, Matthew and Mark, I intend to migrate all…
All four Gospel accounts take great pains to identify Jesus as the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy. He is identified in the Gospels by five different prophetic titles: “the Son of David,”1 “the Christ,”2 “the Son of God,”3 “the Son of Man,”4 and “the King of the Jews.” John’s Gospel goes further in clarifying the “Son of God” title by adding, “only-begotten”5 and “only-begotten from the Father.”6 All of these titles come directly from Old…
Most Christians who are “Futurists” regarding Daniel’s 70th Week (7-year Tribulation) place the opening act of the book of Revelation at the beginning of that 7-year period. This is the opening of the first four seals in Revelation 6, releasing the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. This allegedly takes place immediately after the “rapture.” This timing is not based on any requirements of the text, but due to the pressure of Dispensationalism and its pre-tribulation…
Today, in the heart of “Mystery Babylon, Mother of Harlots,” the conclave to select a new pope commences. Bishops wearing purple and Cardinals wearing red1 have flocked to Rome for this occasion. The death of pope Francis at this juncture in world history is significant. The Roman Catholic Church has been drifting significantly to the left for some time, but Francis was far more radical than any of his predecessors. The “woman” (Rome) has been…
Last night Diane and I hosted the Passover meal, a sweet time of fellowship around remembering Jesus’ last Passover with His disciples. Rather than celebrating it when the Jews observe their Passover on the 14th or 15th of the month Nisan, this year I decided to observe it on the correct weekday (Thursday night) in order to keep the focus on the sequence of Jesus’ passion week. As I am typing this, around 8:30am Friday…
Revelation 7:13-17 (LGV) 13 Then one of the elders responded, saying to me: “Who are these dressed in white robes, and where did they come from?” 14 And I said to him: “My master, you have observed.” And he said to me: “These are the ones who emerge out from the great tribulation, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore they are before the throne…
Eph. 5:17,24-27 (LGV) 17 Consequently, do not be foolish, but consider what the will of the Master is. … 24 Therefore, just as the assembly is subordinate to the Anointed One, so also wives [must be] to their own husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as the Anointed One also loved the assembly and gave Himself up for her, 26 that He might set her apart, cleansing [her] through the bath of…
Rev. 19:6-9 (NASB) 6 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude and as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. 7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.” 8 And it was given…
It has been thirteen years since my book on biblical chronology was published. In part 1, I laid out the case that the earliest Christians were correct in their claims that Christ’s Kingdom would arrive on earth 6,000 years from creation and provided the biblical evidence in support. I then presented the case that the Feast calendar in Lev. 23 and Sabbatical-Jubilee calendar in Lev. 25 provide the grid for all biblical chronology, and that…
Throughout most of the book of Acts, Christianity was considered a denomination or “sect” within Judaism (called the “Nazarenes”1), the other Jewish sects being the Pharisees,2 the Sadducees,3 and the Essenes.4 Membership of Gentiles was allowed in the synagogues, but always in a secondary status and only by making a commitment to observe the Law of Moses and undergoing circumcision. In the new Nazarene (Jewish-Christian) Faith, many assumed that the same was required of Gentile…
The distinction which divided Apostolic Christianity from all forms of Gnosticism was “preexistence” of Jesus, whether the divine Person of Logos (Word) actually “became flesh,” (a total transformation of ontological nature), that the Son of God literally “emptied Himself” of His equality with God by “becoming in the likeness of men,” “being made like unto His brethren.” All forms of Gnosticism denied that the Man Jesus preexisted and denied the possibility of a divine being…
Philippians 2:5-8 provides a critical proof that Jesus literally preexisted as God’s divine Son before He “became in the likeness of men.” This passage, plus Colossians 1:15-20, and several from John are absolutely decisive as long as the interpreter sticks to the norms of lexical meanings of the Greek terms and the norms of the Greek grammar and syntax. Unfortunately, both modern Trinitarians and Unitarians fudge in this regard in order to prop up their…
Hebrews 1:1-2 is used by ‘Biblical’ Unitarians as proof that the Son of God did not exist before the prophets. Yet they seriously misrepresent what the text actually indicates. They ignore the many similar statements in both the Old and New Testaments which limit this statement to God’s using the prophets to warn rebellious Israel (the “fathers” after the exodus), and they seem oblivious to the parallel with Jesus’ parable of the Vineyard owner who…
Richard from the “Faithful Theology” YouTube channel asked me to participate in a live discussion with himself and a Biblical Unitarian, Aaron. The intent was to answer a few questions from those who deny the pre-human existence of Christ. The conversation got off to a rocky start due to technical difficulties, and Richard could not directly participate. Because of this, the 5 main questions I had agreed to answer were not really presented. However, Aaron…
So-called ‘Biblical’ Unitarians claim that the Son of God only existed, before becoming flesh, only in the MIND of God as a figment of His imagination, in His “plan.” To support this claim, they typically begin with 1 Peter 1:20 which states that He was “foreknown” before the “foundation of the world” but was “manifested” in these times. They then appeal to the Calvinistic interpretation of “foreknown” (pro-ginosko), as having knowledge of someone before they…
Ephesians 6:10-13 (LGV) 10 Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Master and in the power of His strength! 11 Put on the full armor of God so that you may be able to withstand the trickery of the Slanderer, 12 because we do not struggle with flesh and blood, but with authorities, with powers, with the princes of the darkness of this age, against spiritual conspirators in the celestial dominions. 13 Therefore take up…
Every Sunday morning at 10:00am I teach our adult “Bereans Bible Class.” We just began a new series “Old Testament Survey” which I am audio recording. The audios and notes are being posted on the 4Winds main page for those interested in following along or using the material to teach your own class. I will try to upload the audios and notes on Mondays. https://4windsfellowships.net
I just completed preaching a 4-day revival (Oct. 13 through Oct. 16) at Dial’s Church in Gray Court, SC. This church has a very long history, founded in 1808 by Francis Asbury, (the famous Methodist circuit-rider evangelist who was ordained by John Wesley himself). The church was founded in the home of Martin Dial with 13 original members, two of which were black slaves. Martin Dial was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. The graveyard…
Tonight at sunset begins Rosh Hashana, the anniversary of the first day of Creation Week, and the birthday of Jesus Christ. This is the anniversary of the day that the “Word,” who was in the beginning with God and through whom all things were made, “became flesh and dwelled among us,” appeared in the creation through the Virgin birth. The data for calculating Jesus’ birthday is given in Revelation 12. The woman (Virgo) clothed with…
One of the key differences between those who believe in the personal reign of Christ on earth for a thousand years and those who deny it is the question of the resurrection of the dead. Is there only one general resurrection of all of the dead? Or is there a distinct resurrection first of only the righteous? The “pre-millennial” interpretation requires a staged resurrection, the first being separated from the second by a thousand years….
According to the KJV, NKJV, and the Catholic Douay Rheims Bible, Nebuchadnezzar claimed that the fourth Man in the fiery furnace was “like the Son of God.” However, the vast majority of modern versions have “like a son of the gods.” This difference is because the KJV, NKJV do not slavishly follow the Hebrew Masoretic Text, but sometimes revert to readings in the Greek Septuagint especially in Christologically significant passages. On the other hand, most…
Biblical Unitarians validate their unbelief regarding the Son’s pre-human existence primarily on an argument from silence. They claim that the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke) say absolutely nothing about preexistence. They then attempt to filter all of the preexistence language in John’s Gospel through a fabricated “Jewish” philosophical paradigm so that none of it is taken literally. However, they miss one of the most important conversations Jesus had with the Jewish scholars concerning Psalm 110:1…
In the past I have taught that the “Root” of the “Olive Tree” in the parable in Romans 11 is the Abrahamic Covenant. I was wrong. It is the “Seed” promised in the Abrahamic Covenant, who is Christ according to Galatians 3:16. This is God’s Son who was betrothed to Israel first under the Mosaic Covenant, but then again under the New Covenant. Here is my reasoning: Romans 11:16-29 (NKJV) 16 For if the FIRSTFRUIT…
We are beginning section “D” of Bereans Bible Institute Module II on the doctrine of God and His Only-Begotten Son. This section will deal primarily with the “proof-texting” done by Biblical Unitarians (Socinians) and their specific arguments in their attempt to prove that Jesus had no pre-human existence, and that He was not LITERALLY the “Son of God,” not LITERALLY “begotten” out of God, fathered by God Himself. In this first installment, I tackle the…
One of the most important themes which runs through the entire Bible is the Marriage of the Son of God. The Old Testament refers many times to Zion/Jerusalem & Israel as being “betrothed” to the Lord. The prophets declare her harlotry during this betrothal period, and emphasize that the Lord has divorced her for a time (as illustrated by her exile and the desolation of the Temple). Yet He promised to take her again as…
I just completed the 5th video lesson in section “C” of the Bereans Bible Institute Module 2. This lesson deals with a topic I covered in much greater detail in a previous post on this blog at the following link: “To Whom has the ‘Arm of the Lord’ been Revealed?” Scripture uses the metaphors of Yahweh’s “Mighty Hand” and His “Outstretched Arm” in describing both the creation of heaven and earth and especially the exodus…
From time to time throughout my ministry I have been compelled to acknowledge that I have taught incorrectly in the past, and to correct those errors. Well, here is another one. I have taught that “the angels who sinned” mentioned in 2 Pet. 2:4 and Jude 1:6 were fallen heavenly messengers. This is the traditional interpretation found throughout Christianity. However, I have always been uneasy about this view for two reasons: I have also repeatedly…
Isaiah and Micah were contemporary prophets, both prophesying in Judah during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. Both prophets prophesied concerning the deliverance of king Hezekiah’s kingdom from the siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib, king of Assyria. The deliverance was because of Hezekiah’s prayer to Yahweh and was accomplished by Yahweh’s Messenger killing 185,000 Assyrian soldiers in one night. Isaiah 36-39 tells the story of this siege and miraculous deliverance. But the fascinating detail,…
The same “Messenger of Yahweh” who confirmed the Covenant to Abraham, who was “the Mighty One of Jacob,” who appeared to Moses in the burning bush, was also with Israel in the pillar of cloud and fire and spoke to Moses on Mt. Sinai. He then led Israel through the wilderness, at times punishing them severely for their rebellion, yet leading them to the Promised Land. He was the “ROCK” of Israel who Paul identified…
The “Mighty One of Jacob” was Yahweh’s “Messenger” who appeared to Jacob at the top of a ladder. Jacob anointed with oil the Stone at the base of the ladder, and named it “Bethel,” the House of God. The vision of the ladder, with Yahweh’s “Messenger” at the top and the Anointed Stone at the base, is an allegory of the descent of Yahweh’s Messenger’s from heaven to become the “Christ,” the Anointed “Foundation Stone.”…