The Reformed Olive Press

                                                          Abuse in Marriage Although there are very few examples of abuse within a marriage context in the Bible, I believe God’s heart is for the oppressed and broken-hearted. His character is consistent from the Old Covenant into the New. It has been taught by the Church that only Adultery and Abandonment are the only grounds for Biblical Divorce. I respectfully disagree on this premise. In this blog, I will challenge this idea with a variety of scriptural proofs and lines of logic. The human heart is a cesspool of wickedness. It will find loopholes to destroy someone’s life apart from Adultery and Abandonment? Sadly, with this line of thinking, the only thing the Victim Spouse can do is separate from their perpetrator. The following examples below are not divorce-able offenses according to ...

  14 Reasons that No One went Heaven before 70AD : An Argument against the Traditional Church View of the Resurrection Did Jesus and the dead saints (who were in Sheol/Hades) ascended to Heaven together in 30AD? No, there is not one passage in the Bible that says that. The closest passage we see is in Revelation 20:1-6. In 30 AD, there was a resuscitation of dead saints from Sheol/Hades, but there is no indication they went to Heaven afterwards. Skeptics claim that the following passages below are support for the saints going to Heaven in 30AD (at least after Christ’s ascension). However, a closer look would indicate otherwise. My theory is that the dead saints ascended to Heaven in 70 AD, and not at the cross or the ascension of Christ, which is popularly taught in the Church today. ·         Misinterpretation #1- Zechariah 9:9-12: Jesus’ First Coming ·         Zechariah 9:9-12 English Standard Ver...