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The rapture is a rejoicing event ! 1Corinthians 15:51

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Our May 2025 issue is now online at truthandtidings.com:

Editorial: The Names of God
David Petterson

Elohim and Adonai
A. J. Higgins

El Elyon: Most High God
John Dennison

El Shaddai
Shawn St. Clair

Yahweh: I AM THAT I AM
Matthew Cain

Jehovah Jireh
Don Draper

Jehovah Rophe: The Lord Heals (Exodus 15:26)
Jack Hay

Jehovah Nissi: The Lord our Banner
Stephen Harper

Jehovah Makadesh: The Lord Sanctifies (Leviticus 20:8)
David McAllister

Jehovah Shalom
Clive Barber

Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord our Righteousness
John Meekin

Jehovah Rohi: The Lord is my Shepherd (Psalm 23:1)
Mike Knox

Jehovah Shammah: The Lord is There (Ezekiel 48:35)
Donald Armstrong

Tidings
Eddie Wong

El Roi: The God Who Sees
Paul Barnhardt

Interesting read for Bible student.

Evidence of a seven-day week in the Ancient Near East: part 2—the Israelite calendar and the lunar cycle Sabbaths every 7 days don’t quite fit the yearly cycle. But careful study of the Bible and other historical sources reveal the lunar and solar based calendar used.

Is there a hidden message in the name written by Pilate? John 19:19.

The Uncreated Light Give Light To The World. Read Genesis 1:3

God is the Creator of light. Genesis 1:3

Rainbow references shows God’s powerful promises. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

The Bible contains 63,779 documented cross-references in one well-known dataset, linking its 66 books into a deeply interconnected narrative. It was written over about 1,500 years by roughly 40 human authors from different times, backgrounds, and regions. That long span, combined with its internal continuity, is one reason many readers see it as a remarkably unified book.

Christians also commonly point out that the Old Testament contains more than 300 messianic prophecies, which they believe are fulfilled in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus in the New Testament. There are other sacred texts and influential books that are remarkable for their own reasons, but no other book is exactly like the Bible in the way it combines multi-century authorship, canon-level unity, prophetic continuity, and global influence.

Scriptural insight.

ORPHAN GENES - EVIDENCE OF DESIGN

In the grand narrative of evolution, every gene should trace back through an ancestral family tree. Yet modern genetics has uncovered thousands of orphan genes—genes with no known evolutionary relatives, unique to specific species or groups. These genes don’t show the expected gradual development through mutation and inheritance. Instead, they appear suddenly and fully functional, without any evolutionary precursor.

What makes orphan genes especially striking is their vital role in living organisms. Far from being “junk DNA,” many of them are essential. In humans, some orphan genes are critical for brain development. In bees and ants, they influence social behaviors. In yeast, they are required for survival. These genes are not optional extras that might have evolved gradually—they are functional necessities from the very beginning.

For creationists, orphan genes point directly to design. They demonstrate the uniqueness of each created “kind,” rather than a continuous evolutionary tree of life. Orphan genes are like genetic fingerprints, showing that life did not arise by blind chance or random mutation, but by purposeful creation. Evolution struggles to explain them, but they fit seamlessly into the biblical account: each creature made according to its kind, complete from the start.