News from The Kingdom

The Encyclopaedia Britannica states about Halloween:

“In ancient Britain and Ireland, the Celtic festival of Samhain eve was observed on October 31, at the end of summer. This date was also the eve of the new year in both Celtic and Anglo-Saxon times and was the occasion for one of the ancient fire festivals when huge bonfires were set on hilltops to frighten away evil spirits. The date was connected with the return of herds from pasture, and laws and land tenures were renewed. The souls of the dead were supposed to revisit their homes on this day, and the autumnal festival acquired sinister significance, with ghosts, witches, hobgoblins, black cats, fairies, and demons of all kinds said to be roaming about. It was the time to placate the supernatural powers controlling the processes of nature. In addition, Halloween was thought to be the most favourable time for divinations concerning marriage, luck, health, and death. It was the only day on which the help of the devil was invoked for such purposes. (more…)

Have you ever prayed only to wonder if the words in your heart made it above the ceiling? Perhaps you’ve pondered if anybody up there is even listening. Oh yes, we’ve all at times wanted to shout, “Hello! Anybody home?”

At times, I’ve wondered if I’m just like a big bat sending out prayerful sonar signals that only bounce off the ceiling back upon my already burdened heart, leaving me further blinded to the Almighty’s reality for me. How about you? (more…)

Bible prophecy shows the United States will not be the world’s preeminent power indefinitely. A new superpower is rising to challenge the United States and the other English-speaking nations.

For over 60 years, since the end of World War II, the United States has been the world’s preeminent power. For four decades it had a rival, the Soviet Union. But since the fall of communism there has been only one global superpower. Nations have risen and fallen throughout history. The United States is no exception. Eventually, inevitably, America will lose its supremacy, just as the British lost theirs to the United States. (more…)

There are days, like yesterday as we visited a couple of pastors related to us, that we have to give answers on our faith and on the reasons why we act different from other professed Christians. The questions that came yesterday was regarding to the observance of the Holy Feasts. Why do the Theocratic Church observe the “Jewish” Festivals?

According to the account of the New Testament, Jesus observed the Passover, the Feast of Tabernacles and the other festivals that God gave to Israel; we follow His example. The reason why we do so is because those sacred festivals still applicable for Christians today. (more…)

A huge particle accelerator experiment is about to start and a tiny group of people believe it could spell the end of the world. But why are we so obsessed with the possibility of apocalypse?

The world will end. That much is a certainty. But it may not be soon. And in all probability it will not come to a shuddering, fiery, boiling, cataclysmic end on Wednesday this week. (more…)