Oxford Bible Church - Living in the Last Days

When we pray in tongues, a river of life flows out of our spirit (where the Holy Spirit dwells) through our mouth: “out of his heart will flow rivers of living water” (John 7:38). This divine river carries life, healing, supernatural power and gifts. Hilary shares the results of medical studies showing that extended praying in tongues activates areas of our brain which release hormones, resulting...

Immediately after the Rapture all believers will stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ. This is not a judgment to determine our eternal salvation (or condemnation), but a judgement of our works to determine our eternal rewards. Derek takes us through the 4 major passages on this Judgement: (1) Romans 14:10-13 (with James 2:12-13, 5:8-9), (2) 2 Corinthians 5:9-11, (3) 1 Corinthians 4:2-5, (4) 1...

Starting with the promise of Jesus in John 14:1-3 that He will return from Heaven, specifically for believers (His Bride), to take us to be with Him in Heaven, Derek shares the classic passages on the Rapture, especially 1Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1Corinthians 15:51-58, sharing how there will be 2 blasts of the Trumpet of God. The first Trumpet will sound causing the dead in Christ to be raised an...

God's faithfulness is the foundation for our faith and hope for the future. God is faithful to keep all His promises to us, despite our weaknesses and failures. Peter's message exalting our faithful God will encourage you and build your faith in the Lord. If you are facing trials and challenges, it is especially important for you to meditate on God's faithfulness, so that you can look to Him, hope...

Hilary shares her testimony of how she became seriously sick in body and hardened in heart through her involvement in the occult, but despite that, Jesus wonderfully saved her, and delivered her from the power of satan, and completely healed her body. You too can be saved, healed and delivered by the Lord Jesus Christ, for: "ALL who call upon the Name of the Lord (Jesus) shall be saved (delivered,...

Jehoiakim reigned 11 years (609 - 598 BC). In Jehoiakim's 11th year, Nebuchadnezzar came and brought his reign to an end by taking him to Babylon in chains (2Chronicles 36:5-6), but he died on the journey and his body was cast out and exposed to the elements, so that he did not receive a proper burial, just as Jeremiah had prophesied (36:30, 22:19). His son, Jehoiachin, was only installed as king...

Jeremiah prophesied that there would be (1) 70 years of Servitude to Babylon of Israel and the nations (609 - 539 BC, Jeremiah 25:9,12, 27:1), (2) 70 years of Captivity in Babylon (607 - 537 BC, Jeremiah 29:10), and (3) 70 years of Desolations of the Land (588 - 518 BC, Jeremiah 25:8-11, Daniel 9:2). When Cyrus conquered Babylon in October 539 BC, this brought the first period of 70 years to an en...

After Necho killed Josiah, his son Jehoahaz became king for 3 months, before Necho replaced him with Jehoiakim. Jeremiah 25:1-3 proves that these 3 months were within his accession year. Daniel's Captivity in Babylon in the 3rd Jehoiakim (Daniel 1:1, 2Kings 24:1) marked the start of the 70 years of Captivity. Thus, Israel came under Babylonian domination, one year BEFORE the famous Battle of Carch...

Because of Solomon's compromise with idolatry, the 430 years of sin against God's Presence in the Temple (Ezekiel 4:1-8) started as soon as it was dedicated by Solomon in 1018 BC, when God's Glory filled the Temple, and continued until God's Glory departed the Temple in 588 BC, as witnessed by Ezekiel. So these 430 years correspond exactly with the time that God's Presence dwelt in the first Templ...

In Ezekiel 8-11, Ezekiel had a 2nd major vision where he saw the Glory of God leaving the Temple on account of Israel's idolatry, which was even going on within the Temple itself. This idolatry had aroused God's anger, so that He was now ready to move in Judgment. The departure of God's Presence from the Temple marked the start of this time of Desolating Judgment, as signified by the scattering of...

We study the ministry of Ezekiel and his visions, as he warns Israel about the soon-coming Judgment of Desolations coming on Jerusalem and the Land, as a result of their idolatry. Ezekiel 4:1-8 reveals the 430 years of sin, which led up to the final Siege of Jerusalem in 588 BC, which marked the start of these Desolations, which were prophesied to last 70 years in Jeremiah 25:11. These 430 years o...

We explain the 390 years of Israel's sin (1018 - 628 BC) followed by the 40 years of Judah's sin, the 40 years of Jeremiah's warnings from 628 - 588 BC (Jeremiah 25:3), which led up to the final Siege of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 4:1-8), which marked the start of the 70 years of Desolations of Jerusalem and the Land from 588 - 518 BC (Ezekiel 4:9 - 7:27), as prophesied in Jeremiah 25:8-11. We show that t...

The prophet Jeremiah ministered during the reign of King Josiah. For 40 years, from 628 - 588 BC he warned Judah to repent or else God would send desolating judgments upon her, but she refused (these are the 40 years of Judah's sin in Ezekiel 4:6). Therefore, when time ran out in 588 BC, the final Siege of Jerusalem by Babylon began, which marked the start of the Desolations of Israel and Jerusale...

After Hezekiah the next king was Manasseh, followed by Amon (both evil kings), followed by Josiah (a good king), who was killed by Pharaoh Necho of Egypt at the battle of Megiddo in 609 BC. Josiah's reign coincides with the decline and fall of the Assyrian Empire. In 612 BC the Assyrian capital, Ninevah, was destroyed by Babylon, just as Nahum had prophesied, and 609 BC marks the final end of the...

This is the 4th and final part of our study on King Hezekiah's reign. After a recap of the previous videos on Hezekiah, Derek reveals the full typology that results from realising there were 2 invasions by Sennacherib in the reign of Hezekiah, where the rerun of Hezekiah's 15 years is a type of the rerun of Daniel's 70th Week (the coming Tribulation). We see how Sennacherib, the Assyrian king, is...

My book: 'The Imminent Invasion of Israel' (available on Amazon) discusses in detail the unfulfilled prophecy in Ezekiel 38 of an invasion of the Mountains of Israel in the latter days, by a coalition of nations led by Russia, Iran and Turkey. God Himself will intervene and judge the invaders, resulting in his Name being glorified in the nations (a world-wide revival). See also my 5-part youtube s...

The Christian life is the expression of our personal love relationship with the Lord. The spiritual disciplines are for the purpose of drawing closer to God, and deepening our relationship with Him, and thereby growing spiritually. Derek shares how to introduce a new believer to the life of a disciple of Jesus, based on God's love and grace to them. It's all about loving God based on His amazing l...

The essence of the Christian life is our love relationship with God rather than following a list of rules. A disciple is a follower of the Person of Jesus, who wants to be as close as possible to Him. This does involve discipline. There are important disciplines that are part of being a disciple, like Bible reading and having a devotional time with God every day, with praise, prayer and confession...

Ephesians 2:5-9 describes our salvation by grace through faith (the New Birth of our spirit), when the Holy Spirit imparted the resurrection life (grace) of Christ to our spirit giving our spirit (1) life, (2) victory and (3) dominion, for we were (1) made alive together with Christ, (2) raised together with Christ fall above all enemies, and (3) seated with Christ above all. As we were saved by H...

Romans 1:16-17 tells us the Good News of Christ is that the POWER of God unto SALVATION is freely available for all who believe, for the righteousness of God is revealed (1) from (saving) faith to (2) (living) faith; as it is written, “(1) The righteous (by faith) shall (2) live by faith.” First (1) through saving (justifying) faith, we received the IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS of Christ, then (2) throug...

God is whole hearted and wants us to be the same - not half-hearted or double-minded. He wants us to trust in Him and be fully committed to Him. While we are on the fence, in a place of indecision, we're not safe. This is seen in Joab's revenge on Abner, when he lured him into the gates of Hebron (2Sam 3:27). The gates of a city represent the place of decision, where you are neither in or out. Heb...

Believers are those "who have fled for refuge" to Jesus to find salvation in Him (Hebrews 6:18). God assigned 6 Cities of Refuge to Israel, to which a man could flee if he killed someone by accident, and find safety. Jesus offers Himself to us as our City of Refuge, and if we run to Him we will be saved (Proverbs 18:10).

Many are concerned about taking the Covid Vaccine, because it could be something to do with the Mark of the Beast, and therefore spiritually dangerous. Others are concerned about the natural risk of taking it. Pastor Derek discusses these issues in the light of the Bible.

To follow Jesus, for His sake (because we love Him), we must deny (ownership of) ourselves and relinquish control of our own lives, surrendering ourselves, our independence, and our every blessing to His Ownership and Lordship (Matthew 16:24). When we do this, although we are poor (owning nothing), we are able to possess and enjoy all things which God freely gives us, with thanksgiving (Matthew 5:...

The main key to possess our Promised Land is to embrace the truth that God is our Owner and that He owns every blessing of grace that He gives us to possess (Matthew 16:24-26, 1Corinthians 6:19-20). The essence of sin is rejecting God as our Master and Owner and going our own way, independent from God, taking control of our own soul and life (pride), and trying to own the blessings of life for our...