Born.Again.Christian.

Exodus 25:10-22 Every physical thing in the OT is a picture of a much greater Spiritual thing to come. Whilst the NT tells us how to live, the OT tells us why to live. The OT is the foundation to the NT and should not be neglected. Joshua 1:8 tells us to meditate in the word day and night. We should be pouring over the OT and seeing what it reveals to us. The greatest revelations from reading God's Word will come from the OT. Those revelations will then be clarified and understood through reading the NT. The greatest physical picture of grace and Christ is the Ark of the Covenant. Exodus tells us of the beginning of the Israelites. It follows the exodus from Egypt, the giving of the covenant and the instructions of God to build the tabernacle - a House for God to be. The Ark of the Covenant was a place where the Lord God abided. It was placed in the centre room of the Tabernacle, known as the 'Holy of Holy's'. Exodus 25:2 tells us that it is from the sea...

Christians are subject to persecution all over the world, some countries worse than others. As in America and other Western countries; persecution of Christians in Britain is minimal, however definitely present. Rather than physical trials, persecution in the West has begun on the platform of freedom of speech. The call for equality and promotion of minority groups has seen Christians silenced in recent years. Many Christians are arrested for preaching the gospel in Britain and prevented from manifesting their faith. Although there is often outcry in the media at the systematic removal of religion from the public sphere, it continues to get worse. It is because of this current climate of hostility towards Christianity that we must be firm in what we believe. There is a tendency to class certain parts of the Bible as ‘not important’ and other parts as ‘important’. For example, the fact that Jesus died for our sins is ‘important’ to what we believe, however it does not matter if ...