Oxford Bible Church - Living in the Last Days

The new revised and expanded edition of this book by Derek Walker is available from all Amazons internationally, and also from www.oxfordbiblechurch.co.uk. See also my 5-part Youtube Series: The Imminent Invasion of Israel Russia's recent attack on Ukraine changes the world-situation and helps set the stage for the fulfilment of Ezekiel 38-39 - an amazing End-Time Prophecy about a massive Invasion...

In order to inspire the Philippians to have an attitude of humility before God, serving others and putting their needs and interests before our own, Paul gives us the supreme example of our Lord Jesus. This awesome passage, a holy of holies of Scripture, reveals how Christ, who is fully God, humbled Himself completely in order to accomplish our salvation, revealing His inward attitude and motivati...

Having emphasised the need for unity in the Church, in Philippians 2:1-4 the apostle Paul urges them to use the divine resources at their disposal to strengthen their unity through humility. He contrasts the 2 ways that we can relate to each other in the Body of Christ: (1) pride, selfish ambition and vain conceit (me first) - the way of satan, which brings strife, or (2) in humility considering o...

Paul said: "to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain... having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better." We discuss what happens when we die? Do we stay conscious? As Philippi was a Colony of Rome, so Paul reminded the Church at Philippi, that they were a colony of Heaven on earth, and that therefore they needed to conduct themselves as citizens of Heaven. This means that th...

The Apostle Paul shares from his experience in Rome, of how God has used him to advance the Gospel there, even though he had been in chains for almost 2 years. In fact, God has used his chains to get the Gospel to all the 10,000 soldiers of the Praetorium Guard, as well as to many others in Caesar's Palace. Moreover, Paul's boldness to preach Christ, despite his chains, had stimulated all the Chri...

God wants our love to abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that we may approve the things that are excellent, that we may be sincere and without offence till the Day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. We explore the rich meaning of this inspired language, and how God wants us to be full of both...

Pastor Derek takes an in-depth look at the Messiahship of Jesus, showing how He fulfils all the prophecies of the Messiah, that speak of Him being the unique God-man, with the full anointings of Prophet, Priest and King. We discuss how His Messiahship is fully revealed in His 2 Comings - the Sufferings and the Glory. The first time He came to suffer and die for our sins and for our salvation, and...

We make a detailed verse by verse study of Paul's inspired prayer for the Philippians, discussing our fellowship in the Gospel, and how God's grace enables us to persevere in faith and grow spiritually. The God, who has begun a good work in us, will surely complete it in the Day of Jesus Christ!

After seeing how the Gospel is the fulfilment of the Year of Jubilee, we look at the dramatic story of how Paul planted the Church at Philippi during his 2nd Missionary Journey in Acts 16, when he brought the Gospel into Europe for the first time. We discuss the history and strategic location of Philippi, as the gateway between Europe and Asia, and how it became a Roman Colony, with special status...

What does it mean to be a saint? What does it mean to be in Christ? What is the grace of God, and what fruit does it produce in our life? What is the Gospel? We explore these great themes, which Paul introduces at the start of His letter to the Philippians.

We study the background to Philippians in the Book of Acts, giving a potted history, leading up to Paul's imprisonment in Rome (AD 60 - 62), after appealing to Caesar. We see that Paul was in prison for preaching Jesus as the risen Messiah, and the key issue for him was the defence and confirmation of the Gospel. During these 2 years under house arrest, chained to soldiers, God used Paul's chains...

According to Deuteronomy 28, the Curse of the Law includes every kind of sickness (v61), and Jesus redeemed us from the Curse by becoming the Curse for us when He hung on the Tree of Calvary (Galatians 3:13-14). Therefore, Christ has redeemed us from all sickness, having taken the curse of sickness when He hung on the Tree. This proves that Healing is in the Atonement. Healing therefore belongs to...

There is only one remedy for the curse – the Cross of Christ, where He redeemed us from the curse, having become a curse for us, so that we might receive the blessing of healing through faith (Galatians 3:13-14). The curse is the consequence of sin, and is described in Deuteronomy 28:15-61, and it includes every kind of sickness (v61). So every sickness is part of the curse, and Christ has redeeme...

Christ is the fulfilment of the Type of the Passover Lamb. 1Corinthians 5:7: “Christ OUR PASSOVER LAMB is sacrificed for us.” There were 2 provisions through the Passover Lamb: (1) the BLOOD of the Lamb purchased their forgiveness for sin and deliverance from judgment, (2) eating the FLESH of the Lamb gave them strength and HEALING for their journey. Psalm 105:37: “He brought them forth (in the Ex...

In Numbers 21 the Israelites sinned and as a result fiery (poisonous) serpents bit them, resulting in death. These SERPENTS are a picture of SIN, which contains POISON, that produces SICKNESS unto DEATH. When the people repented and asked for salvation from these serpents and their poison, God revealed His REMEDY for sin and sickness by giving a wonderful picture of the Atonement of Christ. "The L...

The Jubilee is the type of the Gospel. The Gospel is the fulfilment of the Year of Jubilee. The whole basis of Jesus’ ministry (including His healing ministry) was the fulfilment of the Year of Jubilee, which speaks of the blessings of grace released on the basis of the Atonement. Jesus claimed He made healing available to all because He was the fulfilment of Jubilee, for in the Year of Jubilee ev...

The Bible gives us a number of Pictures of Salvation that prove healing is the Atonement. In this teaching we look at the healing of a leper (Luke 5:12-15). This is the first of 4 Messianic Miracles, which were specific signs of the Messiah. The others are casting out a dumb spirit, healing of a man born blind, and (4) resurrection after 3 days - the sign of Jonah. The special significance and sym...

God dealt with SIN and SICKNESS in the same way, because they are connected together. Likewise, FORGIVENESS and HEALING often go together in the Bible, which is consistent in declaring that Jesus bore our sins and our sicknesses on the Cross (Psalm 103:1-3, Isaiah 53:3-5,10-12, 1Peter 2:24). Sin and sickness belong together, because sickness is part of the curse of sin, so Jesus had to deal with t...

The foundation for our faith to receive our healing is the very same foundation as for receiving our forgiveness – the Atonement of Christ. Because Jesus died for all of our sins, therefore forgiveness is available to all of us. In the same way, Jesus died for all our sicknesses, so healing is available for all of us (Psalm 103:1-3, Isaiah 53:4-6, Matthew 8:16-17, 1Peter 2:24). Jesus took the CURS...

Healing (along with forgiveness) is God's will for His people (Psalm 103:3). This is made clear from the fact that healing is in the Atonement. The book of Isaiah is the Mount Everest of Bible Prophecy and Isaiah 53 is the peak - being the greatest prophetic proclamation of the Atonement of Christ, which makes it abundantly clear that physical healing is in the Atonement, as well as forgiveness of...

In Nahum 3, God spells out the righteous reasons for His total judgement of Nineveh, including her constant cruelty, harlotry, sorcery, deception, robbery and slavery. We explain her sin of harlotry as leading nations into greater idolatry and worship of false gods, and how it relates to the harlot sitting on the beast in Revelation 17. God describes His judgement on Assyria in terms of the Babylo...

Nahum's vivid description of his vision of the fall of Nineveh gives a blow by blow account of the sequence of events, including the flood of water, which breached her walls and made her destruction inevitable. We explore the execution of a just war, and why it is right for God to judge evil. We see how the proclamation of Good News that the Divine Warrior has triumphed, resulting in peace for His...

Nahum gave detailed description of how Nineveh would be completely destroyed, including the special role of a flood of water and a consuming fire. We see how the historical records and archaeology confirm that Nahum's prophecy was fulfilled exactly. We also see that one major reason for God's judgement upon Assyria was that her kings set themselves and conspired against the Lord and His people, an...

God reveals Himself as the Divine Warrior, the Lord of nature, moving in irresistible judgement against Nineveh, through a vivid poetic description. Although He is slow to anger, He will by no means acquit the guilty, and when His anger is aroused and released there is no escape. But He is always reaching out to save those who put their trust in Him. He knows who belongs to Him, and He will be the...

An overview of the Book of Nahum and its relevance to our time. Nahum is the sequel to Jonah. Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, had repented when Jonah warned them that the Lord would destroy their city. As a result God had mercy on Assyria. But after a time, Assyria returned to her evil ways, and in 655 BC God's patience finally ran out. Through His prophet Nahum, the Lord declared that He would b...