Third Millennium Ministries

Because prophecy was fundamentally a tool God used to motivate his people to obey his covenant, it was also fundamentally conditional. In other words, the prophecies about Israel’s restoration were conditioned upon Israel’s repentance and renewed covenant obedience.

As a work of divine grace, forgiveness involves all three persons of the Trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

We’ll consider the basic idea of God by looking at what theologians often call the “singularity” of God, the fact that the God of the Bible is the one and only true God.

The Bible is long, and memorizing all of God's instructions for his people is difficult. This is why teachers in the Bible sought to find which of God's Biblical instructions should be prioritized.

God established feasts to give Israel regular ways to enjoy the blessings of his presence, and the gospel of John made clear how Jesus fulfilled the significance of these feasts.

When we look at Scripture, it quickly becomes clear that the Bible often speaks of God revealing himself in his actions as well as words. Both word and act revelation are important for us to understand what God teaches us.

We can be confident that what Old Testament poets told their readers about the past, present and future was true. But they often described history in ways that were something other than straightforward. And for this reason, to know what poets actually intended to communicate about objective historical facts, we have to understand the literary conventions of Old Testament poetry.

Although the Bible was written for us, it is not written directly to us. What are the significant similarities and differences between the church in Acts and the contemporary church?

Many religions and philosophies teach that the material universe is amoral, that is, neither good nor evil. Others actually say that the world is evil. Is creation inherently good?

Three main guides help reveal the significance of a text in Scripture: the writer of the text, the document itself, and the original audience for whom the text was written. In order for us to interpret the Bible responsibly, it’s very important for us to understand each of these guides.

We often think of the activities of Angels and Demons in terms of our personal, individual lives, but Scripture occasionally talks about spiritual battles.

From time to time, evangelicals use the expression sensus plenior, meaning the “full sense” of Scripture. How do we define the "full value" of a Biblical text?

More than any other person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit is active in our lives, making sure that we receive forgiveness, and joy, and goodness, and strength, and peace, and all the other blessings of salvation.

The story of Jesus’ temptation is a familiar one. The Holy Spirit drove Jesus into the desert where he fasted for forty days before being tempted by Satan. But even in his physically weakened state, Jesus remained spiritually and mentally powerful. This experience caused him to grow in compassion and understanding for us as we suffer and struggle with temptation in our own lives.

Different theological traditions have different beliefs about the nature and extent of God’s plans. Some believe that God’s eternal plan includes every detail of history. Others believe that God has fixed certain things and not others. But we all agree that what Christ accomplished is central to God’s plan — that God ordained salvation in him, and that Christ won’t fail.

The first thing Scripture says about humanity is that we’re the image and likeness of God. This is one of the primary ways God thinks about the human race.

The terminology “new covenant” comes from the prophet Jeremiah, who predicted that God would grant a covenant of final renewal to Israel and Judah after Israel’s exile in the last days.

What events does Scripture mention as precursors to Christ's return? Watch this topic video to hear a discussion on the three most prominent precursors to Christ's return.

Just as the Garden of Eden was a precursor of the tabernacle and temple, Adam and Eve were precursors of the priests that ministered in those sacred buildings. What are our priestly obligations as Christians?

What are the three traditional marks of the church and how can they help Christians know which churches they should embrace?