Over and over and over again in the word of God, we see peoples’ reactions to being in the presence of God. Even in the presence of glory, Moses was commanded to take off his sandals, for he was standing on holy ground (at the burning bush).

Yet over and over and over again, we hear of people claiming to have been in the presence of God or Jesus and have had casual conversations with Him. Have gone on with their business as if nothing untoward has happened. Let's compare some of these alleged sightings to the Bible.

Further Resources

How should a Christian respond to people who claim, “I saw Jesus”?

Strange Fire Conference archive of sermons and Q & As. This conference addressed the faults and false doctrines of the Charismatic Movement.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2022/02/04/they-saw-god-and-lived/

News article:

“Last week, the husband of former Miss Mississippi was fatally shot in front of his 2-year-old child while sharing the gospel with people in Montgomery, Alabama.” (Thomas Hand, Jr.)

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2022/02/03/shot-and-killed-point-blank-in-alabama-while-giving-the-gospel/

The sad news of the apparent suicide of Miss USA pageant winner Miss Cheslie Kryst broke the other day, and I've been musing on her words in an article she wrote less than a year ago where her plaintiveness in searching for a life of meaning were so similar to Solomon's in Ecclesiastes.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2022/02/01/when-you-have-it-all-and-it-isnt-enough/

Book review of Johnny Cash's novelization of the life of Paul.

I looked at the question of “Is novelizing a book of the Bible or a Bible character’s life adding to scripture?” here.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2022/01/31/man-in-white-by-johnny-cash-book-review/

Justin Peters video "Why Are Charismatics so Weird?" https://youtu.be/de0VlmHIeK4

Team Pyro- Dressing for Church: “Sister … Show Mercy!” https://teampyro.blogspot.com/2012/04/sister-show-mercy-repost-4.html

G3 Chris King: Raising Hands in Worship https://g3min.org/raising-hands-in-worship-biblical-practice-or-conditioned-behavior/

Ken Ham's Creation to Babel commentary/devotional for families

CARM.org's essay Can we trust the Bible as a historical document?

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2022/01/29/prata-potpourri-activating-the-holy-spirit-raising-hands-in-worship-creation-curriculum-dressing-mercifully-more/

Dreamers! So many people have claimed to have had a dream… ‘O, it was so vivid … I have never dreamed like this before … it HAS to be from God … what does it MEAN?’ they say.

Have you heard a false teacher claiming a dream came to them from God? Has a friend said that? I have read that and heard people say that. With the weird dreams comes an attempt to interpret them. It’s natural to be curious about what goes on in our minds, especially when we are asleep.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2022/01/28/i-dreamed-a-dream-was-it-from-god-what-does-it-mean/

Genesis 30:14-16. Rachel ‘bought’ Jacob by trading him to Leah for a night of passion because she wanted Leah’s son Reuben’s mandrakes that Reuben had found and brought to Leah.

“Mandrakes! I want those!,” Rachel said, coveting. She schemed and bargained for them. So what’s so hot about mandrakes? What are mandrakes? Are they valuable? Are they a plant, mineral, or something else? Why did Rachel want them so badly she was willing to give over her precious Jacob to the ‘lesser’ wife for a night in order to obtain them? Tune in to learn a bit of cultural and natural history of this mysterious plant.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2022/01/27/i-want-those-mandrakes-rachel-said-so-what-are-mandrakes/

The other day I introduced a series examining the LORD’S “Four Sore Judgments.” (Links just above). In other translations they are called the “LORD’S Four Severe Judgments.” They’re mentioned in Ezekiel 14:21: “For thus says the Lord God: How much more when I send upon Jerusalem my four disastrous acts of judgment, sword, famine, wild beasts, and pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!“ The four are Sword, Famine, Pestilence, and Beasts. Wesley's notes says, "How much more - If they could not be able to keep off one of the four, how much less would they be able to keep off all four, when I commission them all to go at once." Tune in to the final podcast on this particular bundle of judgments that God sometimes deems necessary.

Previous Death By Beasts essay mentioned in the podcast here.

The whole series:

Introduction

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2022/01/26/gods-four-sore-judgments-4-beasts-2/