Many scriptures emphasize perseverance and faithfulness as an essential key to salvation. Israel’s travel from Egyptian slavery to the Promised Land of Canaan is a type of a Christian’s journey to eternal life in the Kingdom of God. This parallel is made clear in Hebrews, chapters 3 and 4, plus the number one theme of Hebrews is spiritual perseverance. In the Olivet Prophecy, Jesus warned that God’s people would face many kinds of persecution, betrayals, trials and temptations, and emphasized “he who endures to the end shall be saved” (Matthew 24:13). We must steadfastly persevere by staying close to God until we enter the “Promised Land.”

Don Hooser

United Church of God Pastor

Don Hooser is a minister for the United Church of God. He and his wife Judy live in his home in McKinney, Texas, during the winter months and in her home in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, during the summer months. His wife Elsie died in August 2020 and he married Judy on January 1, 2022.  Mr. Hooser graduated in 1963 from Southern Methodist University with a degree in mechanical engineering, and graduated in 1966 from Ambassador College, Big Sandy, Texas.  For most of the time since then he served as a church pastor.