Tag: Articles
-
The Son of Chaos – Behind Blood Falls
Terror Rift is a real place. The earth bears witness to a past torture by outside forces from space. It faces significant danger from beneath, as well, from volcanic activity. Most of us are familiar with the newsworthy eruptions happening around the world. Fewer imagine the witches’ brew that simmers beneath Antarctica’s frigid exterior. Mt.…
-
Like a Scroll – Behind Blood Falls
The Day a Space Rock Split the Sky The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. – Revelation 6:14 Twice in the last hundred years, Near-Earth Objects have shaken Russia. On June 30, 1908, a meteor estimated to be…
-
With Those Who Weep – Behind Blood Falls
…weep with those who weep. – Romans 12:15 Today’s episode of Behind Blood Falls contains a personal message from the author. A Nation Savaged A small, white chair lies upended along an Israeli road among what was once the happy trappings of a planned picnic. Nearby, a car reamed with bullet holes sits deserted and…
-
Falling Stars – Behind Blood Falls
A fearsome thing is coming upon the Earth. I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe…
-
The Secret – Behind Blood Falls
A secret is a terrible thing to bear. Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. – Psalm 44:21 There are myriad types of secrets. Some are trifles, only important to us. Others are life-shattering and may even have legal implications. If it’s a good secret, it’s hard to…
-
The Red Heifer – Behind Blood Falls
What is the big deal about a red heifer? Isn’t it just a cow? A heifer is a young, female bovine that has not yet given birth. After a heifer has had a calf, she is called a cow. A heifer born completely red, without so much as two hairs of a different color, is…
-
The Third Temple: Will It Be Built? – Behind Blood Falls
A National Yearning Whose Time Has Come? As we read and study Biblical prophecy, we realize its fulfillment necessitates the presence of a Third Temple. Separate from Christian eschatology, Orthodox and Conservative Jews have long yearned for a new temple at its historical foundation on Mt. Moriah. Today, this movement is growing. The Temple Institute,…
-
King Herod and the Temple Mount – Behind Blood Falls
The largest building on the Temple Mount in Jesus’ day wasn’t the Temple. Herod’s Royal Stoa won that designation. A stoa in classical Greek architecture is a covered portico or walkway. It was usually walled at the back, open at the entrance, and supported by columns. During his reign, Herod built a large, three-story stoa…
-
Icy Desert – Behind Blood Falls
Desert at the Bottom of the World Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station and the South Pole The southernmost point on the globe features a moving center, altitude sickness, and the largest desert on the planet. A desert is a region receiving less than 250 millimeters (ten inches) of precipitation per year and can be either a…