Bible Prophecy by Rick Lange

WHY?                 Have you ever wondered why God has allowed sin and mayhem and war to go on so long? Why not nip it in the bud, say at the Gates of Eden? Why not put an end to it at the Tower of Babel? Well, then what about at the cross? Jesus more than paid for this planet, this universe and everyone in it at the cross. So why do sin and suffering still rules the planet?                 People like to point fingers at the Jews. They have become sort of a scapegoat for us… someone to blame for killing the Messiah… and yet we all participated in His death. You may say, “No uh uh, not me”; But if you have ever sinned, even by a wrong thought , even by not doing what the Holy Spirit prompted you to do for the good of mankind, you have betrayed the King of glory.          ...

IF PEOPLE ONLY KNEW                 There are many ways to look at the history of our world, but one of the prominent ones in the Bible is world history from the perspective of seed. We are in the middle of a seed war that began at the gate of the Garden of Eden and is coming to a climactic head in our day. Right from the start, it seems, this war was manifested through humans according to their choices.                 The first and great theme is that of Cain and Abel. One of them (Abel) brought an offering in obedience to God. It was the sacrifice of a lamb and thus rightly portrayed Calvary in advance. Cain brought an offering of his own choosing and God rejected it because, rather than representing our redemption through the blood of Jesus, it represented the works of Cain’s own hands.      ...

THE GREATEST TRADGEDY                 Together Abishai and I are working on recording 3 CD projects made up of music I have written for this occasion. One CD is called “Into the Holy of Holies” and is a worship CD based on the patterns of the Sanctuary as we move from the outer court to the Holy Place and to the Most Holy Place.                 The second CD is called “Quiet Reflections” and it is based upon songs I have written of a quiet and thought provoking nature. It is a reflection of our relationship with God and of the holiness of life and purpose in this world.                 The third CD is called “On Every Island”. In it I have written a collection of songs reflecting the carefree musical sounds of the Caribbean. I love that genre a...

TIME FLIES                 I don’t know if time is speeding up or if I am slowing down. But life seems something like a treadmill where some unseen hand keeps turning up the dial so that we can barely keep up.                 It is already time once again to sort out the monthly truck load of food for second harvest. On Saturday, the people will begin lining up by about 8 AM… the parking lot and surrounding areas will be filled with cars and something close to 300 people will come for the food that helps them make it through the rest of the month.                 When Paul and Barnabas went up to Jerusalem to submit Paul’s Gospel to the early church leaders and apostles, they were given the right hand of fellowship. And it was understood that whil...

OUR   AUTHENTIC   REDEEMER                                 Thanks in part to Pope Francis, the part of Christianity that is falling away and joining him in his coalition of religions, is also giving up on two of the great pillars of faith upon which Christianity has stood for 2000 years. They are giving up on the deity of Jesus Christ and they are giving up on the promise of His return.                 I would suppose that these “adjustments” are necessary if one is going to justify becoming a part of the coming global kingdom of the antichrist. After all, I had grown up thinking that a pope would someday impose his brand of Christianity on everyone, once again beheading and burning at the stake all heretics, but this pope is doing som...

IMPORTANT ISSUES                 I think it is becoming increasingly important to do a little research to see what the leaders of our churches are doing these days. There are certain signs that a church is falling away. Sometimes it is an entire denomination and sometimes it involves individual churches. Either way we want to be a part of the true Bride of Christ and not be joined to a harlot organization: THINGS TO CHECK FOR: 1.        Are they following the politically correct crowd, by embracing things that ae against God’s Word? 2.        Are they abandoning the fundamentals of the Gospel, like repentance, holy living, the blood of Jesus, the cross of Jesus, the New Birth, or living by the Holy Spirit and the Word? 3.        If they are making nice with Rome. 4.      ...

THE JOY OF BELONGING (PART TWO)                 When it comes to marriage, there is no better example of the pure and chaste Bride of Christ than the Tabernacle of Moses. The woman as a chaste virgin offers herself to her Husband as a living sacrifice and comes into a covenant relationship with Him. Then the marriage is consummated in the Holy Place which is the place of daily relationship. Then the seed of promise enters within the womb (The Most Holy Place) and the man child is conceived.                 This is the perfect picture of being born again where we become married to Christ. He plants His seed of promise in us and the man child grows up in us. If we feed that baby in our womb with the Word of God and with prayer and intimacy… if we live by the spirit that has been planted in us, it will grow to maturity and wil...