In the Old Testament, a city gate was the primary seat of local government, serving as the official town hall, law court, and executive center, the designated location for elders and kings to sit and conduct the business of the state. As a judicial center, elders sat at the gates to hear legal cases, settle disputes, and deliver formal judgments. With the gate as an executive court, kings held audience and addressed their subjects from the gate to signify they were officially attending to...

The further back history reaches, the scarcer extra-scriptural evidence becomes. Yet absence of archaeological proof does not disprove biblical events. Scripture itself is physical, historical evidence. The New Testament (NT) survives today as a remarkable artifact, with manuscript abundance far surpassing other ancient texts. Julius Caesar, arguably antiquity's most towering figure, is attested by only 250 manuscripts, none older than 9th century. Believers copied scripture sacrificially...

God’s covenants with the seed of Abraham are literal, unconditional, and yet to be fully realized. Consequently, Satan’s primary design is the total subversion of God’s kingdom program by seeking to annihilate the Jewish people, thereby attempting to make God’s promises fail. Satan’s designs began with the attempt to pollute the messianic line. The Devil understands that if the natural branches are destroyed, the literal fulfillment of the Davidic Kingdom cannot occur. This is why, in...