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2 Thessalonians Chapter 2
A word of Warning, continued
Although the warning here comes near the end of this chapter (Verses 9-12 respectively) nevertheless for the sake of those not so familiar with the implications of the text we should begin with Verse 1 in order to get the full picture of...
Matthew Chapter 24
A WORD OF WARNING
Typically it has been the practice of the Lord’s spokesmen to avoid discussing anything which is deemed to be neither edifying nor uplifting to a believers walk, this would most assuredly include anything involving the great time of trouble and the dark...
Matthew Chapter 24
VERSES 23 and 24 “Then (during the period described in verses 15-19) if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. For false Christ’s and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.”...
One of the many stumbling blocks we observe in correctly interpreting this prophecy is in establishing the proper sequence of events. Unfortunately many imagine events as one directly following the next just as it is written, but that is not how events are being described.
Perhaps a review of...
Revelation Chapter 4
VERSE 8 continued, “The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!”
As taken from The Keys of Revelation.
Wings are used...
Revelation Chapter 4
VERSE 8 “The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!”
Similar to the vision we see here in Revelation, is that which...
Words and Phrases
The Four Living Creatures
HOW DO WE KNOW THE FOUR BEASTS REPRESENT GOD'S ATTRIBUTES?
It has become standard Bible student response to say that the four living ones (four "beasts" in the KJV) of Revelation represent the four attributes of God —Wisdom, Justice, Love, and...
Exodus 24:9-11 - these verses read as follows:
“Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity. But on...
“You are my friends if you do whatever I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.” (John 15:14, 15)
Our Lord’s disciples had a unique...
Revelation Chapter 4
VERSE 7 continued, “The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.”
(3) MAN:
“God is love,” says the apostle (1 John 4:8, 16). That...
Revelation Chapter 4
VERSE 7 “The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.”
It is important that these four are numbered. When the study of the first...
Matthew Chapter 24
Continued from previous post.
Verse 21 “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.”
Only eight people survived the Flood of Noah’s day. In the coming “flood,” more will be saved. How many? We...
Matthew Chapter 24
Once again,
Verse 21 “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.”
“In the days previous to the flood the fallen angels had materialized and taken human wives, and violence was in the earth. In...
Matthew Chapter 24
Verse 21 and 22 “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.”
When the trouble...
Matthew Chapter 24
VERSE 22 “And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.”
What is the thought of “for the elect’s sake”?
“By means of” or “through” the elect, these days will be shortened because the Church glorified...
Matthew Chapter 24
VERSE 20 “And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath.”
The “Sabbath day” is the 1,000-year period of the Seventh Day, beginning in A.D. 1874. It is the “Seventh Day” since the fall of Adam. The usual literal Sabbath is 24 hours long, however a Sabbath...
Matthew Chapter 24
VERSE 20-22 “And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be...
Matthew Chapter 24
VERSE 19 “But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!”
There are spiritual "babes," as well as fleshly babes, and bastards as well as sons. The Apostle Paul describes his interest in gospel work as that of a mother travailing with...
Revelation Chapter 4
VERSE 6 continued, “Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.”
“The propitiatory lid or cover to the Ark of Testimony, the only article of...
Revelation Chapter 4
VERSE 6 continued, “Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.”
The Common Version translation of the words “four beasts” (Greek zöon) and...