Ben Gatrelle

In this two part article, Why Have You Forsaken Me, we will take a look at the common belief of why Jesus in his last hours cried out to God saying, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" We will look at scriptures and logic to prove that God in fact did not forsake Christ. That Christ himself was once again being an example to us of how we should not let our emotions or feelings rule over us and lead us to places contrary to what God through the scriptures has told us.

In this two part article, Why Have You Forsaken Me, we will take a look at the common belief of why Jesus in his last hours cried out to God saying, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" We will look at scriptures and logic to prove that God in fact did not forsake Christ. That Christ himself was once again being an example to us of how we should not let our emotions or feelings rule over us and lead us to places contrary to what God through the scriptures has told us.

A recent discussion prompted me to review the scriptures and the reasons why I believe Christ's return to establish his kingdom, the resurrection of the dead in Christ, and the "translation" of the living saints, commonly called "the rapture" all happen at the same time, at the blowing of the "Last Trumpet" of 1 Cor 15:52.

This essay is written for all those to whom God has made promises that have yet to be fulfilled. It is an encouraging word to you and in defense of Jacob who held on to the promises God made to him in spite of opposition and struggles. Jacob is a man whom God loved and promised to bless from before he was even born.

Romans 9:6
"Not all of the people of Israel are the true people of God." (New Contemporary Version)
"For it is not everybody who is a descendant of Jacob (Israel) who belongs to [the true] Israel." (Amplified version)
"For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel." (New International Version)

What it means to "Lay a fleece before the Lord." How do we test to make sure what we are hearing is indeed from God?

I have been saved. I am being saved. I will be saved.

Excerpt of chapter titled "Eternal Rewards" from the book in progress, "A Love God Rewards"

Email chain letter offers proof that God is in control... or does it?

Before time, before anything that is or was or will be, was God. He existed without beginning, without end, all sufficient, all in all. And out of this solitude, God created the heavens - his throne room. Beasts of heaven, with wings, faces, bodies made to bow, breath given to praise. Angels of light, endowed with thought, and freedom, the servants of the almighty. For an eternity...