Why do we suffer? How can a good and mighty God allow good people to suffer? These questions have bothered humans for eons. The Book of Job gave the readers a big picture unknown to the characters in the story. Thus, it gave the readers an answer unknown to the characters within. It tells that God is not obligated to answer humans, though He has a good reason behind any allowed suffering. Trust in the goodness of God is the ultimate stage of divine-human relationship. Faith answers questions by removing the desire of asking.

The books of First Corinthians (16 Chapters) and Second Corinthians (13 chapters) are almost as long as the book of Romans (16 chapters), but Romans receive much more attention from the Church. Perhaps it is because Romans focused on Salvation, and the Corinthian letters focused on Sanctification.

While it is essential to know how to be saved, it is also important to know “what now” after it. The Bible provided guidance through “First Corinthians: Sanctification through the Beatitudes,” and “Second Corinthians: Faithfulness through Ministry.”

If I Corinthians is like a list of guidance for life and a light spanking of children, II Corinthians is like what parents would say after the reluctant spanking and the desired repentance: Warm comforts, lavish gifts, guilt and justification, and deep sharing of heart.

The two Pauline epistles to the Thessalonians are traditionally called the “Eschatology Letters.” While most of the two letters are about how to live the Christian life correctly, the context is in an intense eschatological expectation in the first century of the Christian era. The “end-time fever” lasted for four centuries during 200 B.C.—A.D.200. How Paul taught the Thessalonians is very relevant for the Christians today, who have seen more signs of the End Time than all the generations before.

The Kingdom of God has four stages: (1) the Fuzzy (Providential) Kingdom (from Creation to Babel); (2) the Visible Kingdom (OT Israel, from Abraham to Christ); (3) the Spiritual Kingdom (NT Church, from Christ to the Second Coming), and (4) the Full Kingdom (Millennium). The Book of Daniel dealt with the rise, fall and the promised restoration of the Visible Kingdom. The Five Pillars of Matthew introduces the Spiritual Kingdom to the world.

The Kingdom of God has four stages: (1) the Fuzzy (Providential) Kingdom (from Creation to Babel); (2) the Visible Kingdom (OT Israel, from Abraham to Christ); (3) the Spiritual Kingdom (NT Church, from Christ to the Second Coming), and (4) the Full Kingdom (Millennium). The Book of Daniel dealt with the rise, fall and the promised restoration of the Visible Kingdom. The Five Pillars of Matthew introduces the Spiritual Kingdom to the world.