Judgment

By Al Felder Few truths in Scripture are more sobering and more hope-filled than the return of Jesus Christ. The same Lord who came in humility, lived among men, died for sin, rose in victory, and ascended into heaven will come again. That promise is not a side note in the Christian faith. It is one of the great anchors of the believer’s hope. For the world, the return of Christ will mean judgment, exposure, and the end of false security. But for believers, it means something

By Al Felder Jesus’ parable of the wheat and tares is one of the clearest kingdom teachings about life in a world where good and evil grow side by side—and even more, about why hypocrisy and lawlessness can exist among God’s people for a time (Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43). This parable doesn’t excuse sin. It warns the church. It also corrects a common mistake: thinking our main job is to “hunt tares.” Jesus shows that God will separate perfectly at the end, and until then, Christ

By Al Felder Jesus told two back-to-back parables in Matthew 25 that press the same urgent question from two different angles: Will you be ready when the Bridegroom comes, and will you be found faithful when the Master returns? (Matthew 25:1–30). These are not parables aimed at atheists who openly reject God. They are aimed at people who identify with the kingdom—people who expect the Lord’s return and who would say they belong to Him. That’s why they are so searching. They w

By Al Felder Jesus said, “The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son…” (Matthew 22:2–14). That parable is more than a story about a banquet. It is a picture of God’s invitation, man’s response, the consequences of rejection, and the only way someone can be accepted at the King’s table. What Makes the Invitation So Shocking? In Jesus’ day, it would have been unthinkable for subjects to ignore a royal invitation. Yet the parable begins

“For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.”— Hebrews 2:5 This world, broken by sin and filled with sorrow, is not our final home. As Christians, we look forward to something far better: the world to come, a place of rest, righteousness, and eternal fellowship with God. Scripture calls us to lift our eyes beyond this life and set our hope on what God has prepared. A World Designed by God Unlike what some false teachers claim today,