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Two Erroneous Solutions
Two very ingenious, but, to our understanding, erroneous, solutions of these difficulties are worth a moment's attention. The main difficulty of the parable is, of course, the apparent injustice of giving all the laborers the same wage. And to escape this difficulty some...
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace...
“During the early years of the fourth century, a heated controversy raged between the Arians (named after Arius, their leader), and the Trinitarians, led by Athanasius. The Arians maintained that Jesus is a created being, pre-existent, though having a beginning in time, a son in the normal sense...
Orthodox: of, relating to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine.
Approved by whom?
Orthodoxy: the right opinion.
Who exactly determines whether something is the right opinion or not?
In answer to both of these questions we would say it’s generally the ones in charge, whether...
“Israel is used in many instances to typify the Christian Church. For instance, when they left Egyptian bondage, they were a type of God’s children who hear his call to come out from the world and engage in his worship.
The wilderness journey represented the tedious pilgrimage through which...
“Some have the idea that Israel lost her chosen status when she, as a nation, did not accept Jesus as her long promised Messiah. These Christians apply all prophetic scriptures about Israel to themselves, hence, Replacement theology. However, the Apostle warns against such a mistake,
“For I...
Revelation Chapter 1
VERSE 8, continued from previous post.
*Though Jesus is referred to as the “mighty God,” and although he himself declared that “all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth,” it is not proper to refer to him as the “ALL mighty God” for the same reason it is not...
Revelation Chapter 1
VERSE 8 (as explained from "The Keys of Revelation"), “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
As previously stated,
“Verse 8 abruptly interrupts John’s narrative and the opening theme...
Words and Phrases
The Alpha and Omega continued.
“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one...
Words and Phrases
The Alpha and Omega The following excerpt (Appendix B, Item # 741) was taken from the “New Albany Notes on Revelation”.
“For an explanation of this phrase, please see the comments on Revelation Chapter 1 Verse 8. This appendix was added because a challenge to the thoughts...
Revelation Chapter 1
VERSE 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
This verse is seemingly isolated from what has come before it or what follows it. But, if we BEHOLD, it is the important end of the...
Revelation Chapter 1
Continuing with our study of Verse 7 from our previous post,
“Though God’s wrath or vengeance will be expressed in general and widespread trouble, drastic reforms destructive of evil will likewise be executed. Righteousness will begin to flourish, and favor will be shown...
Revelation Chapter 1
VERSE 7 continued, “Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.”
As was stated in out last post we would like to present another perspective of verse 7 as...
Revelation Chapter 1
VERSE 7 “Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.”
BEHOLD
This little word (somewhat similar to SELAH in the Psalms) is of extreme import as we search...
Revelation Chapter 1
This verse continues the Apostle Johns benediction.
“To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood…
VERSE 6 “…and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”
AND HAS MADE US A KINGDOM...
Revelation Chapter 1
VERSE 5 “…and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood…”
AND FROM JESUS CHRIST
“Jesus is the last mentioned in this series (unlike...
Revelation Chapter 1
VERSE 4 continued, “John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne…”
FROM HIM WHO IS AND WHO WAS AND WHO IS TO COME
“Wherever it is found, the...
Revelation Chapter 1
Greeting the Seven Churches
VERSE 4 “John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne…”
JOHN
“With simplicity John addresses himself to his task. He...
Revelation Chapter 1
VERSE 1 “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John.”
"The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him"
“The introductory words of this...
Revelation Chapter 1
VERSE 1-3 “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things...