Romans 11:33-36 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor? Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him? For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen. (NIV)

Under this theme we explore the awesome, mind-boggling redemptive plan completed by God through Christ. This was a plan that could not and did not fail to accomplish God’s purpose because our God purposes and then he accomplishes in accordance with that purpose.

Daniel 9:24 Seventy sevens are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. (NIV)

Revelation 22: 10 Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, because the time is near.” (NIV)

In this section we look at various aspects of biblical prophecy, especially its fulfillment in relation to Christ’s second coming or “Parousia”.

I John 4:16-18… God is love. Whosoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment because in this world we are like him.. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment…(NIV)

I Corinthians 13:4-8 Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it its not self-seeking, it is not easily provoked, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails…(NIV)

Under this category we take a fresh look at God’s nature. Orthodoxy has much to say about God’s nature and much of it is confusing and designed to instill fear. What about God’s nature can we “hang our hat on”, so to speak? What characteristic of God is the explanation of his very essence and our very existence?

I Corinthians 15: 24-26 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion authority, and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. (NIV)

Hebrews 2:14-15 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death - that is, the devil - and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death (NIV)

Under this theme we analyze the final phase of God’s redemptive plan and follow it’s prophetic fulfillment both in content and timeframe. God’s redemptive work in Christ is logically incomplete until Christ’s second appearing. Any eschatological understanding which postpones that completion into our future leaves us with a less than complete salvation. The implications of such incompleteness are profound. This section ties closely with the preceding theme of Prophetic Fulfillment.

Romans 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is God’s will is-his good, pleasing, and perfect will. (NIV)

In this section we look for that hidden source of divine power that can bring about the kind of change in our society and the world at large for which many if not most of us pray. This power must be able to bring about the kind of changes so desperately needed to stem the rising tide of despair over the present course of mankind. That transforming power cannot be the old fear-based religions of the past. Those have never brought about the kind of changes we need. A new message with a new power is required and the old, old story rightly understood is just that message. Therein lies the paradox.

Matthew 6:10 “Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

Romans 8:38-39 “...neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God, that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

If, as developed in our other themes especially Prophetic Fulfillment, God has already fulfilled all prophecy, how does that impact our spiritual life and our spiritual purpose while in this physical existence? What is God’s plan for mankind today, in light of his having already completed his entire redemptive purpose? Much of this remains unexplored and yet to be developed. However nothing could be more important than understanding what God’s love has accomplished for us through Christ and directing that understanding to transform our personal lives and the societies in which we live. The implications of a fully completed salvation have to be profound, because it is easy to see how much of our current societal worldview is based on the old fear-laced, yet to be consummated salvation. This theme overlaps many of those previously described.

Matthew 13:45 Again the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. (NIV)

In this alliterative “play on words” we seek to deal with miscellaneous topic which may not logically fit elsewhere. Hopefully what resides here will be useful, maybe even of “great value”.