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John 3:12-13 and Death – Messianic Insider 25 September, 2025

John 3:12-13 and Death - Messianic Insider 25 September, 2025
Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee reviews John 3:12-13. Does this passage definitively speak against a Believer’s consciousness going to Heaven at time of death? Or, is there some context which some have overlooked? This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.
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Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee reviews John 3:12-13. Does this passage definitively speak against a Believer’s consciousness going to Heaven at time of death? Or, is there some context which some have overlooked?

This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.


THEOLOGY ROUNDUP

Messianics and the Afterlife – Book: link


NEWS ROUNDUP

the following links were referenced in this episode

DISCLAIMER: a reference made to one of these links does not imply an endorsement of all of the ideas or views presented

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov meets with US Secretary of State Rubio in New York.: link

Israel is the Jews’ homeland and Jews have always lived there. You can look it up. It’s in this book called the Bible: link

First look at President Trump’s new Presidential Wall of Fame at the White House….: link

House Republicans plan to introduce a bill this week directing the U.S. Treasury to mint 400,000 silver dollar coins bearing Charlie Kirk’s likeness: link

Steve Witkoff on Gaza war: We’re hopeful – and I might say even confident – that in the coming days we’ll be able to announce some sort of breakthrough: link

‘Islamic NATO’ in the making – why Saudi-Pakistan deal could be game changing: link

Former FBI Director James Comey is reportedly expected to face indictment in the coming days.: link

In a 1985 New York Magazine profile, “The Bachelor Billionaire,” Les Wexner describes a dybbuk, a Jewish folklore spirit, as a driving force behind his relentless ambition to build The Limited empire.: link

President Donald Trump outlined a comprehensive plan to end the Gaza war: link

Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez announced that he will send a navy vessel to escort the Gaza flotilla.: link

As Iceland is preparing to hold a referendum on joining the EU, the union’s greatest proponent of federalization and a “United States of Europe” Guy Verhofstadt has traveled to Iceland: link

Tucker Carlson: “Israel did 9/11 to drag us into war with Iraq.”: link

Total lie. In fact, Israeli PM Ariel Sharon told Bush NOT to invade Iraq, because Iran was a far bigger threat.: link

Hey @TuckerCarlson , who are the people saying that @netanyahu is “running around the Middle East telling people that he controls Donald Trump.”: link

“The early Christians in Jerusalem and Galilee met in synagogues. They were Jews who followed Jesus, also known as Judeo-Christians.”: link

Macron: Trump promised me that if Israel annexes the West Bank, it will be a red line for the US and the end of the Abraham Accord: link

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit back at Tucker Carlson after the former Fox News host questioned Jewish ties to biblical Israel, accusing him of siding with America’s enemies and misunderstanding Jewish and Middle Eastern history: link

Denmark announces it’s considering to invoke NATO Article 4 after a second night of unknown drones shutting down several airports.: link

In addition to meeting with Trump at the White House, Netanyahu will address the UN, confront criticism over the war in Gaza and the failed Qatar strike, and hold talks on a possible security agreement with Syria amid continued U.S.-brokered negotiations: link

BETAR STATEMENT ON SOUTH PARK’S DISGUSTING ATTACK ON ISRAEL: link

Can we finally admit we lost WW2?: link

U.S. fighter jets scrambled to intercept Russian warplanes near Alaska: link

WaPo: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth calls a rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals and admirals at Quantico, Virginia, Tuesday.: link

BREAKING: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth calls a “rare, urgent meeting” of hundreds of generals and admirals.: link

NATO Allies are divided over whether the alliance should make it a policy to shoot down Russian fighter jets that violate NATO’s Airspace: link

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov states that NATO and the European Union have “declared war on Russia” through Ukraine: link

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