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  • The Book of Revelation: Jesus’ Message for Then and Now

    The Book of Revelation: Jesus’ Message for Then and Now

    I have been working on a new book for most of the year. It is now out on Amazon. The…

    Begin the Journey: The Book of Revelation: Jesus’ Message for Then and Now
  • The Bible As Truth

    The Bible As Truth

    For a long time family and friends had been telling me that I should write a book about what I have been learning from studying… Read more.

  • Ecclesiastes: a word to the wise, demystified

    Ecclesiastes: a word to the wise, demystified

    November 28, 2024 During a classic episode of operator error, I lost this post on my original website. Here it is again. Many scholars believe… Read more.

  • Death and Judgment: Exploring the Final Frontier

    Death and Judgment: Exploring the Final Frontier

    While Gene Roddenbery had us imagining a future of exploration that included “space: the final frontier,” human beings have been confronted with a real frontier… Read more.

John Valade

The love of God leads me to the study of the Sacred Scriptures.

The Author

“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth..”

— Paul of Tarsus

Essays

  • The Book of Revelation: Jesus’ Message for Then and Now

    Mar 12, 2026
  • The Bible As Truth

    Mar 11, 2026
  • Big Bad Giants

    Mar 29, 2026
  • Ecclesiastes: a word to the wise, demystified

    Mar 11, 2026
  • Death and Judgment: Exploring the Final Frontier

    Mar 11, 2026
  • Eternal Rest

    Mar 10, 2026
  • God as the “First and the Last” in Isaiah and Revelation

    Dec 15, 2025
  • The Smoke of Babylon’s Torment

    Dec 8, 2025
  • Living Waters and the Feast of Tabernacles

    Oct 16, 2025
  • The Dominion of the Son of Man

    Oct 4, 2025
  • Festival of Atonement 2025

    Oct 2, 2025
  • Feast of Trumpets Sermon 2025

    Oct 1, 2025
  • I Will Raise it in Three Days

    Sep 16, 2025
  • The Restrainer and the Restraint in 2 Thessalonians 2

    Sep 8, 2025
  • Moses, the Prophets, and the Road to Emmaus 

    May 20, 2025
  • Here Be Dragons! Ye Olde Fashion Dinosaurs!

    May 17, 2025
  • First Day of Unleavened Bread 2025 Message

    Apr 14, 2025
  • Book of Revelation – Part 5

    Apr 10, 2025
  • The Word of God in Hebrews 4

    Apr 3, 2025
  • Book of Revelation – Part 4

    Apr 1, 2025
  • Book of Revelation – Part 3

    Mar 17, 2025
  • Revelation: The Throne and the Seals

    Feb 24, 2025
  • Revelation and the Character of God

    Feb 12, 2025
  • Revelation For All Time

    Feb 11, 2025
  • The Ultimate Election

    Jan 28, 2025
  • Who Can Baptize?

    Nov 6, 2024
  • In Revelation 13:10 Who, Exactly, Dies by the Sword?

    Nov 1, 2024
  • Prophetic Previews of Pentecost

    Oct 28, 2024
  • The Two Goats of Atonement Day

    Oct 14, 2024
  • Come to the Feast!

    Oct 4, 2024
  • Baptism: a Rite of Passage (to the Promised Land)

    May 27, 2024
  • Kingdom Faith – Part 2

    May 23, 2024
  • Naomi, Ruth and the Promised Land

    May 18, 2024
  • Reflections About Jesus by an Almost-Soldier

    May 17, 2024
  • Time Capusule: My Covid Vaccine Mandate Response

    May 8, 2024
  • Kingdom Faith – Part 1: Faith beyond the trial

    Apr 15, 2024
  • New Menu Item: Video Sermons

    Mar 31, 2024
  • Death and Judgment: Exploring the Final Frontier

    Jan 11, 2024
  • Have You Ever Wondered…?

    Dec 28, 2023
  • The Bible As Truth

    Jul 10, 2023
  • Two Witnesses: A Pattern

    Dec 26, 2022
  • The Feast of Tabernacles and the Eternal Dwelling Place

    Oct 10, 2022
  • The Day of Atonement and “Goat for the Lord”

    Oct 8, 2022
  • Understanding the Times

    Apr 6, 2022
  • A New Song to the Lord

    Apr 1, 2022
  • Be Wise, My Child

    Mar 17, 2022
  • Here Be Dragons! Ye Olde Fashion Dinosaurs!

    Feb 22, 2022
  • New YouTube Music Video Channel

    Feb 16, 2022
  • Last Supper – Messianic Song Service

    Apr 5, 2020
  • The Jesus of (Non-Christian) History

    Mar 8, 2020
  • What Was John Trying to Convey in His Gospel?

    Mar 4, 2020
  • Will the Real Mount Sinai Please Stand Up

    Mar 1, 2020
  • Forgiveness: More Complicated Than We Think

    Feb 23, 2020
  • The Holiness of God

    Feb 2, 2020
  • Three Narrative Creeds of the Old Testament (Part 1)

    Jul 18, 2019
  • The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail

    Jul 12, 2019
  • Paul, Abraham and Circumcision

    Jul 8, 2019
  • Pentecost and the Seal of a New Covenant

    Jul 5, 2019
  • Common Grace

    Jun 27, 2019
  • New Songs

    Jun 26, 2019
  • Natural Disasters and God’s Goodness

    Jun 19, 2019
  • Did Jesus Claim to Be God?

    May 30, 2019
  • Not By Bread Alone

    May 21, 2019
  • Palm Sunday and the Lamb of God

    May 10, 2019
  • David and Melchizedek

    May 6, 2019
  • New Covenant Passover/Lord’s Supper

    May 3, 2019
  • Revelation In Perspective

    Mar 13, 2019
  • The Eighth Day

    Mar 6, 2019
  • Sons of God and Daughters of Men

    Feb 14, 2019
  • The Word of the Lord

    Feb 5, 2019
  • Paul, Epimenides and Acts 17

    Dec 2, 2018
  • Miracles of the Day of Atonement

    Oct 26, 2018
  • Atonement and the Great High Priest

    Oct 12, 2018
  • With a Blast of Trumpets

    Oct 9, 2018
  • New Atheists’ Complain: “God is a Moral Monster” and the “Weird Laws of the Bible”

    Sep 19, 2018
  • A Breakup and a Cooling Off Period

    Aug 27, 2018
  • Freedom

    Aug 24, 2018
  • Signs and Wonder

    Aug 22, 2018
  • These Are the Days that the Lord Has Made

    Aug 8, 2018
  • The Foolish Nation

    Jul 26, 2018
  • The Rule of Law

    Jun 14, 2018
  • Family Ties

    May 29, 2018
  • Ancient Nations in the Bible

    May 12, 2018
  • The Prophet

    May 9, 2018
  • Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

    Apr 30, 2018
  • Psalm 8: Son of Man

    Apr 16, 2018
  • Testing (at) the Waters

    Apr 12, 2018
  • Twenty-Two New Songs

    Apr 8, 2018
  • The Worst Feast Ever!

    Apr 5, 2018
  • Lord’s Supper Service

    Mar 30, 2018
  • Passover Praise Song at the Last Supper

    Mar 24, 2018
  • John Lennox on the Book of Acts

    Feb 4, 2018
  • The Sanctity of Human Life

    Jan 25, 2018
  • A Shroud of Mystery

    Sep 14, 2016
  • “For in Six Days the Lord Made the Heavens and the Earth”

    Jul 26, 2016
  • Pentecost – A Law Written on the Heart

    Jul 22, 2016
  • What Easter Represents Is Important

    Apr 14, 2016
  • Does Science Have Limits?

    Apr 3, 2016
  • Understanding the Times

    Mar 9, 2016
  • How Did We Get the New Testament?

    Mar 5, 2016

The “other Essays”

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