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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.”
IN THE CENTER AND AROUND THE THRONE: (See note following Rev 4:4).
These...
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.”
Another good explanation of the “sea of glass”:
“The sea of glass appears...
Revelation Chapter 4
VERSE 6 “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.”
BEFORE THE THRONE THERE WAS A SEA OF GLASS, LIKE CRYSTAL:
As explained by Brother...
Revelation Chapter 4
VERSE 5 “And from the throne preceded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.”
NOTE: Here there is a transition in the narrative obscured by the verse division (or lack of it). The...
Matthew Chapter 24
VERSE 17 and 18 “Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.”
“These statements indicate the propriety of haste in flight out of "Babylon," as soon as each SEES the abomination...
Matthew Chapter 24
VERSE 15 and 16 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.”
“The Greek word rendered "mountains" may with...
Matthew Chapter 24
The Trouble in the End of the Gospel Age
Matthew's and Mark's accounts are almost identical. Matthew says:
“Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), “then let...
Matthew Chapter 24
The Trouble in the End of the Jewish Age
As was stated in our previous post Luke's account centers more on the trouble upon fleshly Israel which culminated A.D. 70 whereas Matthew’s account centers on the spiritual aspect and the trouble coming upon nominal spiritual Israel...
Note: you may wish to go back to Part 7 in this study as I mistakenly posted Part 6 twice and we never got to Verse 14, sorry for the error.)
Matthew Chapter 24
As was stated in our previous post it was noted that our Lord deliberately ignored the first question respecting when the stones of...
A list of the parallels between the Jewish age and the Gospel age, continued from our previous post.
1) An Advent Movement took place at the Time of Jesus' Birth, thirty years prior to His Advent and Anointing, as Messiah at His Baptism (Matt. 2:1-16; Acts 10:37, 38)
Actual presence of the...
We would now like to take a look at the correspondences or parallels between the two houses of Israel.
Number (1) refers to prophecy relating to the Jewish age and the fleshly house, and number (2) relates to the Gospel age and the spiritual house.
1) The House of servants 1 Cor. 10:18; Rom...
“God's dealings with the nation of Israel were of a typical character; yet few have any adequate conception of how fully this was the case. It has doubtless been observed by many that the apostles, particularly the apostle Paul, in instructing the Christian Church, frequently refer to some...
“And He will be as a sanctuary, but a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, as a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble; they shall fall and be broken, be snared and taken.” Isa 8:14, 15
We believe the following will...
Matthew Chapter 24
VERSE 14 “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.”
“Here again our Lord clearly showed the disciples that the end of the age was much farther off than they had supposed; that the message of...
Revelation Chapter 4
VERSE 4 “Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads.”
AROUND THE THRONE WERE TWENTY-FOUR THRONES:
Here, in this picture representing the beginning...
Words and Phrases
The Twenty Four Elders
The following is presented in support of our fifth and final view that the 24 elders represent the 24 divisions of the Old Testament Scriptures.
“The identity of these elders is considered by some brethren to be a reference to the office of the...
Words and Phrases
The Twenty Four Elders continued.
We continue with our examination of the texts in support of the 3rd view that the 24 elders represent the Church in its glorified condition.
Rev. 5:5
“One of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the...
Words and Phrases
The Twenty Four Elders
We would now like to present scriptural support for the 3rd view in our study in which it is believed that the 24 elders represent the Church in its glorified condition.
As was stated in our previous post, the identity of these “elders” is considered...
Words and Phrases
The Twenty Four Elders continued.
4) Another possibility that many Bible students favor is that the twenty four elders represent 24 Old Testament prophets. This seems like a likely solution at first glance, even though there are more than 24 prophets in the Old Testament (I...
Words and Phrases
The Twenty Four Elders continued.
3) As was stated in our previous post of the five most predominant views as to whom the twenty four elders represent the most widely held is that they represent the Church in the glorified state.
Our Futurist friends naturally hold to this...