Truth Be Told: A Blog by Pastor Bill Alderson

  For a child will be born to us [nation of Israel] , a son will be given to us, and the government [ misra – rule, dominion] will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful [ pele - a wonder, a miracle, a marvel, something unusual or extraordinary]. Counselor [ yaats – consultant, advisor, Jethro in Exodus 18:19] , Mighty God [ eel gibbor – brave, strong, mighty] , Eternal [ ad - perpetuity, unforeseeable future] Father, Prince of Peace [ shalom – tranquility, wholesome] . There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace on the throne of David and over his kingdom , to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from then on and forevermore [ olam - a very long time] . The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.                              Isaiah 9:6-7 The above passage, ...

  Little children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now, many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us. But you have an anointing [ chrisma ] from the Holy One, and you know all things .                    1 John 2:18-20 These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you. But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you , and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him .                        ...

  Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But an hour is coming, and now is when the true worshipers will worship [proskuneo] the Father in spirit and truth; for such people, the Father seeks to be His worshipers. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth .              John 4:20-24 In Old Testament times, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob built altars to the Lord and called on His name. In Genesis 24:63, And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening, and he lifted his eyes and looked, and there, the camels were coming . This kind of worship of God was unstructured and required no priest to c...