The cross of Jesus was Paul's "boast" (Gal 6:14) not only because it demonstrated God's mercy and patience in light of the coming day of judgment, but also because it was the clearest model and pattern for how he - and every disciple of Jesus - should live as we await that day. -Joshua Hawkins

The cross is Jesus laboring to earn your salvation. - Bob Sorge

When you watch Jesus resolutely climbing the hill to His crucifixion, you’re watching a Man who’s seeking “the honor that comes from the only God” (John 5:44). - Bob Sorge

The cross doesn’t undermine but rather exalts, magnifies and glorifies the character and nature of God. -Stuart Greaves

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” — Mt 3:2 

This is synonymous with: 

Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, And the earth will be shaken from its place at the fury of the Lord of hosts in the day of His burning anger. — Isaiah 13:13 

“Repent!” “The kingdom is imminent!” These are common themes in the OT and NT to live in light of knowing God’s coming wrath and to be spared of it to be part of His coming Kingdom. - TJ Sewob

Heaven will not wipe away your tears. Nor angels. Nor loved ones. Only Jesus, with scarred and tender hands. One by one by one. -Matt Smethurts

There were many who looked at Jesus on the cross but were never saved. Multitudes still do the same—onlookers who view the cross as a curiosity, but don’t receive what Jesus died to give them. - Bob Sorge

As Christians, we have one of two options: either to humble ourselves before God or be humiliated. If I fall on his Word it will break me to pieces, if his Word falls on me it will grind me to powder. -Leonard Ravenhill

The “wiping away of every tear” is our vindication as well as His on that Day. - TJ Sewob

The cross shows that the lower you lay your life down, the higher the Father can lift you. -Bob Sorge

 Confidence in the love of God frees you from self-preservation -Corey Russell

My teaching on the introduction to the End of the Age. Audio. Notes. Audio 2. 

Because Christ physically, literally rose from the dead, I have nothing to fear when facing my own death. If you insist that his resurrection is just a symbol and not a historical fact, it removes the heart of the Christian message and strips it of its power (1 Corinthians 15:19).

-Timothy Keller

“We are to be rewarded… and I am not sure but that the brightest rewards will be for those who have borne burdens without murmuring. …he will take the lily, that has been growing so long among thorns, and lift it up to be the glory and wonder of all the universe.” —Andrew Bonar

“Because lawlessness is increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.” Matthew 24:12–13 

The cold failure of many in the church does not dampen in the slightest Jesus’s confidence that his saving purposes will be achieved. -John Piper

Suffering and intimacy kiss at the cross. Who would even want to arrive at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb without any scars? - Bob Sorge

Anything on the scale of misunderstanding to martyrdom is fair game for a disciple of Jesus. - Joshua Hawkins

"Prayer, unlimited in its possibilities, stands midway between heaven and earth; with one hand it reaches up to heaven, with the other down to earth; in it, faith prepares to receive, what charity is ready to dispense." -Alfred Edersheim

Beyond daily manna from heaven, the Israelites had a miraculous cloud by day and fire by night dwelling "continuously" in their camp (Num 9:16). They rejected God and wanted to return to Egypt over fish, cucumbers, melons, leeks, onion, and garlic (Num 11:5, 20).

We have so much spiritual fantasy concerning signs and wonders. Miracles are wonderful and to be prayed for, but we are profoundly disconnected from the mysterious depths of iniquity and unbelief that dwell in the human heart. - Stephen Venable

“Every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it.” 

Purgeth what? The branch that bears the fruit! ‘Oh, I thought once I started bearing the fruit of the Spirit the Lord would leave me alone.’ Oh no, because you are bearing fruit he puts the scissors in here and the knife in there. The branch that bears the fruit that gets the knife! -Leonard Ravenhill

In the last days... Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the Lord Almighty has spoken. —Micah 4:4 

The Lord will restore His Creation -TJ Sewob

In that day the Lord will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below. They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many days. Isaiah 24:21-22 

The Lord will restore His Creation -TJ Sewob

“All have sinned and lack (ὑστεροῦνται) the glory of God.” Romans 3:23 

Lack in what sense? Romans 1:23. We “exchanged” the glory of God for substitutes. We prefer/value/esteem/enjoy/treasure other glory more. 

Especially our own. -John Piper

Between the Jewish and Christian communities, 2000 years of reactionary theology has produced one group that scorns the Torah and the Mosaic Covenant, and another group that scorns Jesus the Messiah. His return is sure going to bring a lot of surprises for everyone. -Joel Richardson

"Though I am less than the least of all God's people..." 

Said the man who wrote more than half of the New Testament. So what does that make you and I? -Gab Cali

Recordemos hoy, el ÚNICO oráculo profético que resuena a través del cielo y la asamblea de los poderes es: ¡JESÚS MESÍAS, REY DE ISRAEL, VIENE! ¡El Día ha sido designado! TODO lo demás no es de confiar y es infiel a las palabras de Dios. Por tanto, esperemos pacientemente.

-Henry Bruno

“The overwhelming usage of ‘kingdom’ in the second-century Christian literature is eschatological. When believers of the first two centuries said ‘kingdom’ they meant the return of Jesus to rule from the throne of David over all the earth” - E. Ferguson (via Tyler Luedke)

The way to the Father is as narrow as the wood on which Christ was crucified. -Bob Sorge

"Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy." (Romans 15:8–9) 

God's enduring covenant with Israel is why Gentiles will glorify him. -Joshua Hawkins

His love for you is so strong it killed Him. He died just for you, and He meant for you to take it personally. -Bob Sorge

Intertextuality is one of the keys to a solid Biblical hermeneutic. The intertextual links between different prophecies is often what confirms the correct interpretation. Those who ignore intertextuality frequently come up with novel, biased, and incorrect interpretations. -Travis Snow

“The life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.” Leviticus 17:11 

Remove the blood: life goes, death comes. Thus Christ gave his life in death by blood. -John Piper

Beloved, I am burdened right now for the Body of Christ. There are many people that have been shaken this last year and are ready to draw back. Many are disillusioned because of the intense political divisions and disappointments in society. Many are grieving because of the tragic moral failings of spiritual leaders we once revered. Many are hurting because of the general sense of loneliness and isolation from authentic Christian community we've had to endure during this pandemic. In the light of this, I want to encourage you that the answer is not drawing back in our faith; the answer is refocusing our eyes. When the author of Hebrews wrote to a Christian community experiencing great shaking and suffering he encouraged them to "put their eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith." The answer to the problems we face in these perilous times has not changed. It has always been the same. We must set our eyes on Jesus again! -Allen Hood

On the day of Pentecost, Peter said, what? “Read the Four Laws”? Or “go to a convention for a weekend”? Or “take something to calm your mind down because you’re upset”? 

No; Peter said the same thing as Jesus and the same thing as John the Baptist, he said, “Repent!” (Acts 2:38) In Luke 3:8 it says John the Baptist began to preach and to say: "Repent"! And in [Mark 1:15] it says Jesus “began to preach and say,” what? "Repent"! 

- Leonard Ravenhill

Open the Book of Exodus and contemplate the earth shaking terror and majesty of what happened when God came down before the people at Mount Sinai. 

Then consider that the Bible frames that historical event as a faint foreshadow of the absolute glory of the return of Jesus. -Joel Richardson

Grant me, oh God to complete the race and die humble and deeply aware of my own poverty. - Joel Richardson

The issue on which everything stands is not whether or not you like Christianity, but whether or not He rose from the dead. -Timothy Keller

For we are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field, God’s building... each one’s work will become obvious. For the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire 1 Corinthians 3:9, 13 

The "works" here are disciples, not moral deeds. The Day will reveal shallow discipleship. -John Harrigan

The opposite of joy is not sadness. It's hopelessness. -Timothy Keller

I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning Isaiah 46:9-10 

Protology and eschatology: the theological bookends that hold biblical revelation together. -John Harrigan

If there is one word to associate with the prophet's ministry, it is "repent." Anything that claims to be "prophetic" yet is totally devoid of the message of repentance is not worthy of the name. -Dr. Micheal Brown

C.I. Scofield said God is going to rapture the Church and take it to heaven and purify it, and get the Bride there. That’s wrong. It says in the book of Revelation: “the Bride hath made HERSELF ready.” (Revelation 19:7) -Leonard Ravenhill

“Jesus did not need to come into this world to reign in heaven. He was reigning in heaven before He came into this world...He was born into the Royal line of Israel so that as the Son of David he can rule from David’s throne in Jerusalem.” - Dan Gruber

For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low Isaiah 2:12 

The day of the Lord and the two ages are the assumed context for the sayings about the first/last (Mt 19:30) and exalted/humbled (Mt 23:12) -John Harrigan

“The one thing that prophetically defines Messiah, more than anything and everything else, is that he restores the (Jewish) Davidic kingdom. So if there is a Jesus who does not do that, then that Jesus is not the Messiah” - Dan Gruber

 My teaching on Psalm 24. Audio. Notes. Audio 2. 

As the day of the Lord and the restoration of all things approach, what is the charge to believers?

Be diligent to be found in him without spot or blemish, and at peace. - 2 Peter 3 Diligence = peace. Don't quit. -Joshua Reese

 Sometimes Jesus brings a whip to YOUR temple (your life) and says, “This WILL be a house of prayer.” - Bob Sorge

“We don’t need another sermon!”

I’m always bothered by this sentiment. Singing scripture moves the heart Preaching scripture provokes the heart Teaching scripture stabilizes the heart We need 10,000 sermons and more about Jesus everywhere in every nation until He comes.

-David Sliker

The true test of a servant is how they respond when they are treated like one. -Lee Cummings