focus on the kingdom

Let’s explore the topic of the Kingdom of God, the resurrection, and the idea of going to heaven. Here are some key points I've learned since leaving Watchtower: The Kingdom of God: Jesus emphasized the Kingdom of God throughout his teachings. However, he never explicitly spoke about going to...

Source: Focus on the Kingdom, November, 2022 Proposition 154. This Theocratic Kingdom includes the visible reign of the risen and glorified saints here on the earth. G.N.H. Peters, The Theocratic Kingdom, 1884, p. 571-593 “[The...

Source: Focus on the Kingdom, November, 2022 Confirmation from current scholars on adoni, “my lord “F. Brown, S.R. Driver, and C.A. Briggs observe further that variations of pointing, particularly between adoni and adonay, are set forth to distinguish between human and...

Source: Focus on the Kingdom, November, 2022 Three Questions for Amillennialists Premillennialism describes the belief that at the Second Coming Jesus, as Messiah, will raise the faithful dead and establish with them a thousand- year long (millennial) Kingdom on the earth...

Source: Focus on the Kingdom, November, 2022 by Carlos Xavier, Georgia The New Exodus and New Passover The Gospel writers present Jesus as the new Moses, who leads a new people of God (i.e., Jews and Gentiles) in a new Exodus. So throughout the Gospels we see a contrast between the new...

Source: Focus on the Kingdom, November, 2022 by Kenneth LaPrade, Texas Grace, Faith and Works: Some Biblical Clarifications I will begin my thesis by briefly recounting some of my former beliefs and attitudes on basic concepts regarding “grace,” “faith,” and “works,”...

Source: Focus on the Kingdom, November, 2022 John 1:14 provides one of the most solemn statements in the whole of Scripture. That verse announces that “the word became flesh [a human being] and tabernacled among us.” The word “became” tells us with complete clarity and certainty that...

Source: Impersonal Word of God Becomes Personal Son of God What does Luke 1:35 have in common with John 1:14? Let’s find out. Luke 1:35: “The angel answered, ‘Holy spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy child...

Sunday 5/30/21 9:00 AM Faith Stories Sunday 5/30/21 10:00 AM Tikkun Olam (repairing the world) Synopsis: Much is to be done to accomplish God's promise. "Behold, I am making all things new", Rev. 21:5. God has appointed his son to "reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet."...

Saturday 5/29/217:00 PM A Twisted Paul and a Rejected Jesus? Anthony Buzzard Biography: Born in Surrey, England; educated at Oxford University and Bethany Theological Seminary. MA in theology and modern languages. Part-time staff of Atlanta Bible College. Anthony continues to write, teach...

Saturday 5/29/21 3:00 PM (followed by faith stories) The Gospel of the Kingdom of God Synopsis: Instead of other "gospels", "This Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached around the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come." (Mt. 24:14 OGF) In our understanding...

Saturday 5/29/21 2:00 PM SIMPLY Jesus: Biblifying and Depaganizing, YHWH’s Messiah Synopsis: With a hint from George Barna in Pagan Christianity, we will attempt to relook at the LORD’s Christ in several ways. First, there are about 90 times Jesus said “I am” in the New Testament. Who did HE...

Saturday 5/29/21 11:00 AM (followed by faith stories) Post-Tribulation Resurrection & Rapture: The End-Times Timeline According to Jesus. Tracy Zhykovich Biography: Tracy is a career missionary who served in Russia for nearly 20 years. She continues to serve in missions and alongside many...

UK/US meeting Wednesdays 2:30 PM New York Time / 7:30 PM London Time Online International group that does a chapter and verse orderly bible study Live every Wednesday, starting 2.30 pm EST to 4pm EST Please email at: [email protected] for the link for the meeting. For related lessons...

Elohim and Other Key Terms The Danger of Confusing the Doctrine of God by Inventing Our Own Definitions and Vocabulary A Presentation at the One God Conference in Tyler, Texas, July 25-27, 2003 Anthony Buzzard Source Link: Elohim and Other Terms (focusonthekingdom.org) Elohim and Other Key...

Aionios — The Word to Unlock the Future by Anthony Buzzard in the July 2003 edition of "Focus on the Kingdom" newsletter. Two things struck me recently as evidence that the Bible is not holding its own against the winds of theological confusion which are blowing so violently. Firstly, an...

God Lord Vs Human Lord Adon = Lord Adonai (adon "eye") = Lord God refers to God Adoni (adon "knee") = Human Lord found 195 times never refers to diety Example Psalm 110:1 Just think your knee is lower than your eye. Adoni (knee) is a human lord and Adonai (eye) is the Lord God almighty...

Source: Focus on the Kingdom June 2007 The Two Destinies of Man: Hell or Immortality in the Kingdom Jesus referred often to the awful destiny of the wicked, namely their destruction in Gehenna or hell-fire. The hell of which Jesus spoke was not, however, the endless torture of popular...

Source: Focus on the Kingdom Newsletter Believing Jesus’ Gospel by Arlen F. Rankin To believe the gospel is to be saved; not to believe the gospel is to be condemned (Mark 16:15, 16; Rom. 1:16; Mark 8:38; Luke 9:26). To believe the Son is to have everlasting life; not to believe the...