Meeting in the air

meeting in the air

On September 11, 2001, under the deceptive cover of a clear blue sky, a new day had begun. It was the usual workday, and most people were experiencing their typical routines as they traveled to work to earn their daily bread. But this day was about to exit the realm of the typical. There was soon to be a meeting in the air.

Unbeknownst to most inhabitants of our planet, 19 Islamic extremists had been planning to turn the world upside down. As Americans prepared for their usual, the unusual happened and it happened quickly.

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The Sinners’ Bible

Sinners' Bible

The Sinners’ Bible is a classic example of how important modifiers are to the meaning of a sentence. The Sinners’ Bible is an edition of the Bible published in 1631 by the royal printers in London. It was meant to be a reprint of the King James Bible.

The name “Sinners’ Bible” is derived from a mistake made by the compositors of the new publishing. In the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:14, the word “not” in the sentence “Thou shalt not commit adultery” was omitted. This changed the sentence into “Thou shalt commit adultery”!

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The day is approaching

The day is approaching

How does a trip to Paris and Rome verify an old Bible prophecy? And how does that ancient prophecy warn us of an important future prophecy? It all has to do with the fact that “the day is approaching!”

“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”
(Hebrews 10:25)

Both an external look and an internal look of Hebrews verify that the target of v. 25 was a group of Jews who had converted over to Christianity. These Christian Jews were encouraged to keep up with their diligence to Christ’s church as they saw a particular day approaching in their lives. But what day could that be? It could not be the day of the Rapture as that is coming as a thief in the night and no one but the Heavenly Father knows that day (Acts 1:7).

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