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The Bible gives detailed description to the Sanctuary in Exodus 25 – 40. Its complete design and services illustrate the plan of salvation. The first sanctuary, that was built by Moses, consisted of a tent with wooden side walls (Ex. 26:15–26). The roof had four layers of material. The inner side was made of fine … Read more

The Bible explains that tithes (Leviticus 27:32) were used for three purposes: -To support the Levitical ministry (Numbers 18:21). The tithe was used for the income of the priests. The tribe of Levi (the priests) received no portion of land for crop-growing and business operations, while the other 11 tribes had the land divided between … Read more

Out of fourteen disciples [twelve disciples + Matthias (replacement to Judas) + Paul = fourteen disciples], one was lost forever Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus, and nine were martyrs. Four were local missionaries in Jerusalem/Judea. The rest were foreign missionaries who left their local surroundings to be church planters. And according to the historians Hippolytus … Read more

It is probable that during the reign of Queen Athaliah, who worshiped the false god Baal, that the high priest of Jerusalem knew of Athaliah’s evil intentions to destroy the temple of God and cease its religious objects. So, he and the priests hid the Ark of the covenant to protect it from this evil … Read more

The Bible in the book of Acts chapter 7 tells us that Stephen was the first martyr in the early apostolic church. Stephen was “a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 6:5). Not much is recorded about his personal life. Tradition has it that Stephen and Philip were both of the … Read more

God had ordained that the theocratic church should exercise its outward priestly function through the family of Aaron’s that had been set apart for that purpose. unfortunately, Korah and the Levites in his company already possessed great privileges beyond those of the other tribes but were not satisfied. They desired to have the same prerogatives … Read more

When a person sins in the church and truly repents, Christ offers him forgiveness (Galatians 6:1; 1 John 1:9). And the church must offer him forgiveness as well (2 Corinthians 2:5–11). And when a pastor commits adultery he also receives forgiveness from God and the church but he must go through the church discipline that … Read more

Philip was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. The name Philip (Gr. Philippos) means “fond of horses.” He was a native of Bethsaida (John 1:44), near the northern end of the Lake of Galilee. He also was among those surrounding John the Baptist when the latter first pointed out Jesus as the Lamb of … Read more

The temple of God or the sanctuary was divided to three sections: the Court, the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place. The Most Holy Place was separated from the Holy Place by a veil (Hebrews 9:3). The Most Holy Place had one piece of furniture which was the Ark of the Covenant (Exodus 25:10–22). … Read more

The Protestant Reformation, began when Martin Luther posted the Ninety – five theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle church in 1517. Martin Luther protested the Catholic Church’s corrupt practice of selling “indulgences” to absolve sin and other unbiblical doctrines. The Protestant Reformation caused a great awakening and revival to the Biblical teachings. This … Read more