Reflections in Christ by Savannah

According to movies, yes. According to other churches, yes. Well, transferring from Paradise to hell, or vice versa, is unbibli c al. The Bible tells us that when a person dies, he is going to face the initial judgment. (Heb9:27) It's either he will go to Paradise or hell. That would be their temporary home while waiting for the final judgment. Can You Ever Leave Hell Once You're There Jesus tells us in Luke 16:26 about the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus where the rich man is asking Abraham for some relief in hell. Then Abraham responded: "And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. " The keyword here is: "b etween us and you there is a great gulf fixed". Meaning, there is no way for you to leave wherever you are. You don't need to feel sorry about them because on their own free will, they choose to be in hell in...

In the Old Testament, the Promised Land refers to the physical land which is Canaan. This land was said to be inhabited by seven nations, and these are Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. That was the Promised Land of Yahweh to Abraham and to the Israelites back then. In the New Testament, the Promised Land has changed into the New Jerusalem which is spiritual.  Let me explain. This all started when the people of Babylon, led by King Nimrod, decided to build a tower, known as the Tower of Babel, to reach the heavens. Their goal was to make a name for themselves and prevent being scattered across the earth. However, God saw their pride and ambition as an act of defiance. To stop them, He confused their language, causing them to speak different tongues. Unable to understand each other, they abandoned the project and was scattered across the world. This story can be found in Genesis 11:1-9 KJV And the whole earth was of one language, and of ...

In Abraham and Jacob’s time, in the Old Testament, the Promised Land refers to the physical land which is Canaan. This land was said to be inhabited by seven nations, and these are Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. That was the Promised Land of Yahweh to Abraham and to the Israelites back then.  Canaan Map 1 Canaan Map 2 In the modern times, the land that once was Canaan now encompasses Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.  Modern-day Israel Does that makes them all the Promised Land? Of course not. It is clearly written in the New Testament that the Promised Land has changed into the New Jerusalem which is spiritual.  One thing that many people failed to recognize is that the Canaan was a large region that included not only the Canaanites but also other groups like the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, Jebusites and Girgashites, as mentioned in the Bible. Whenever people hear the word "Canaan", they always thi...

Many believers misunderstand the concept of speaking in tongues. Today, many Christians assume that speaking in “strange tongues” simply means rapidly moving the tongue in an unusual way. However, according to the Bible, speaking in tongues is a supernatural ability to speak in a language that the speaker has never learned. When the believers of Lord Jesus received the Holy Spirit in Pentecost, the Holy Spirit empowered them to speak in strange tongues. In Acts 2:4–12, it is written: And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, ...

There is no historical and biblical proof that December 25 is Yeshua’s birthday. The first three centuries Christians never celebrated Yeshua’s birthday. They are more focus on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. They do celebrate Easter, but not the death or birthday of Yeshua.  I often see contemporary Christians cite Tertullian of Carthage, Hippolytus of Rome, and Liber Pontificalis as references on why Jesus birthday was December 25. However, it seems like they intentionally ignore Clement of Alexandria who never mention the date December 25 as Jesus birth in his writings, and Origen of Alexandria who solemnly rejects the idea of "birthdays" as they viewed it tied to "pagan worship" in their time. Because some writings were disregarded, vulnerable Christians just blindly accept December 25, failing to recognize that all 1st-3rd century Christians did was "speculate", "calculate", and "debate" Jesus' birthday. They actually never ...