(Luke 1:27) Mary is a virgin engaged to be married to a man named Joseph. They both live in Nazareth, a city in the province of Galilee. (Luke 3:1) Israel is under Roman subjection when the angel Gabriel brings the long awaited message to the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:26-35) that the Holy Spirit of God will come upon her, the power of God will overshadow her, she will conceive and bring forth a son, she will name him Jesus, and He will be called the Son of God.This definition and [...]

This is important because it finishes explaining the "family fight" that started at the beginning of time between Cain and Able, how God kept Jesus' true purpose a secret, why some people say God told two lies in the scripture, why there can be no permanent peace between the Middle East nations and the coming time when Jesus will be King of the Jews. (Luke 3:23-38) The lineage is unbroken from Jesus back to God through Mary’s bloodline as was prophesied; remember the quote in (Gen. 3:15), “THE WOMAN'S [...]

(Lev. 16:3-4) Aaron had to wash his flesh before he could begin the duties of high priest.  (Matt. 3:1-17 esp. V.15) Jesus told John, to baptize Him to fulfill all righteousness (Lev. 16:4) because that act (the washing of Jesus) completed the law of preparation (Heb. 4:14) for when the great High Priest would be installed in His office. (2nd SUPERNATURAL EVENT; again, remember the second part of the OVERSHADOW definition) the Spirit of God descends upon Jesus and the promised seed is endowed with authority. (Luke 4:1-13) After His baptism Jesus [...]

NOTE: Cyrene was settled by the Greeks in 650 B.C. At the time of the crucifixion of Jesus Cyrene was the capital of the Roman district of Cyrenaica. Cyrenaica was located on the northern coast of the African continent in what is modern-day Libya. (Mark 15:21) Simon the Cyrenian was the father of Alexander. Obviously no self-respecting Jew would name his son Alexander after the famous Greek conqueror Alexander the Great, a Gentile (non-Jew) because Antiochus, a Greek general in Alexander's army, had outlawed the Jewish religion and defiled the temple in [...]

This article reveals 4 of the most astonishing Biblical events you will ever read. Since they are of such magnitude they will be told in a semi-story style with scriptures included for verification. Put yourself in Jesus' disciples' place. What would you do, think and feel if everything you had believed in, committed yourself to and counted on had been killed? (Matt. 26:56) The disciples had fled when Jesus had been killed. (John 20:19) They had scattered then met at some secret place and now were hiding for fear of [...]

(John 11:25-26, Rom. 8:11 & 1Cor. 15:20-23) Jesus is the firstfruits of resurrection. (Matt. 28:6-16) The women go to the Lord’s grave but Jesus has risen from the dead, early in the morning, from that stinking, hateful hole in the earth and has left to go to Galilee (Matt. 28:16) where He has a prearranged meeting with the eleven disciples at a predetermined place. (Matt. 28:6) An angel tells the women the Lord has risen. (Matt. 28:9-10) With vast excitement the women are on the way back to tell [...]