by Neil Silverberg | Nov 16, 2025
The Tanakh begins with the words, “In the beginning,” introducing God as the Creator of all things. Moses, the author of the Torah, does not attempt to explain God’s origin, nor does he speculate on how He came into being. Rather, the text presupposes God’s eternal...
by Neil Silverberg | Nov 14, 2025
I recently was a guest on a podcast (knownthepodcast.com) hosted by three women from our church (one is my daughter-in-law). They asked me to talk about the importance for believers to study the Old Testament. It took no arm-twisting to do so, since it is one of my...
by Neil Silverberg | Nov 11, 2025
“And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a...
by Neil Silverberg | Nov 9, 2025
In the previous blog, we were introduced to the vision of the throne of God, which John sees immediately after the Son of Man sends his seven letters to the churches. Revelation Chapter 4 is clearly a vision of the Father, the God of Creation, embodied in the four...
by Neil Silverberg | Nov 5, 2025
In the previous blog, we focused on the vision of the Son of Man, which opens the book of Revelation (1:12-20). We saw that the first verse of the letter makes it clear that this writing is about the unveiling of a Person, and not about the unfolding of future...
by Neil Silverberg | Nov 2, 2025
If we are to look for a fitting title for the book of Revelation, we need not look beyond the first verse. John introduces it as the “Revelation of Jesus Christ.” According to most modern interpreters, a fitting title would be The Revelation of Tank Movements in the...