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Anastasis--Resurrection
“We find that while men use the word resurrection in a very general way, the Bible uses the Greek word anastasis, represented by our English word resurrection, in a very particular manner. The common view of the doctrine of resurrection is shown by Webster's definition...
Having in our study entitled “The Church under the Abrahamic Covenant, not the New Covenant” considered those who will participate in the Resurrection of Life, i.e. the Church, the great company and the Ancient Worthies, we will now consider those who will take part in the Resurrection of...
In order to qualify for the great salvation one must first have participated in the common salvation.
One must first have become a believer, been justified from the Adamic curse through faith in the finished work of Christ before they could present themselves an acceptable sacrifice to the...
"To make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery." (Eph. 3:3-6, 9.)
To show men the conditions upon which they might become sharers with Jesus, joined to the body of Christ, the true Church, to see the method of administration or operation of the mystery by which they might become sharers...
"In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound [i.e. in the forepart of his sounding,] the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets." (Rev 10:7)
It is our understanding that we are now living in the days of the voice of...
From what we have gleamed from some of the statements found on this forum under the thread: The Mystery Revealed to Paul it is evident that there exist a lot of confusion over just what constitutes the “mystery” being spoken of by the Apostle Paul in Eph 3:1-12 with some imagining he was simply...
The Bible does not divulge the exact length of each creative day, but there are indications that each of the creative days was 7,000 years in length. Although there are those who would have us believe that the “days” of creation were literal twenty-four-hour days they were not; they were eras of...
The Days of Creation
The whole premise behind the idea that each of the creative “days” were of a literal 24 hour duration is unfounded, it is based upon the erroneous assumption that God Himself is subject to time, to the same time restraints he placed upon man. With God time is not reckoned...
VICTORY OVER DEATH
Then, "when this corruption shall have put on incorruption, and when this mortal shall have put on immortality," shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, "Death is swallowed up in victory." (1 Cor 15:54)
Was death a good thing?
No!
Whose victory is this...
HOW ARE THE DEAD RAISED?
The apostle then discusses the matter of the body (1 Cor 15:35-38), and says, "But someone will say,
“How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?”
He IS NOT speaking of how are bodies raised up, but "How are the dead raised up." He is speaking of the...
The following remarks were made by the Pastor in response to a live debate he was having with the Rev. Dr. E. L. Eaton, a local Methodist minister.
“The Scriptures teach that all mankind when they die are dead.
It seems a strange proposition to have to make to an intelligent audience, that...
A little further clarification:
To our understanding, all who died previously to our Lord’s parousia (the Second Advent) passed into a "sleep" or "unclothed" condition to wait for this time, when the sleeping should be awakened in resurrection by their Lord, or the unclothed be clothed upon of...
Having examined the first proof text (Phil 1:21-23) supplied by our friend, which he believes supports his theory that upon death the Christian goes immediately to be with the Lord we should like to take a look at his second text, 2 Cor 5:6-9:
“We are always of good courage. We know that while...
Once again a quick review of what we have learned from our examination of Phil 1:20-23
“According to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by LIFE or by DEATH. To me to live...
In our previous post the question was asked as to what truth and how much of it we must understand to be held accountable, the answer being it is not the quantity of the truth that makes us accountable, but rather the quality or type of knowledge understood. This knowledge is that which all true...
What exactly constitutes “the knowledge of the truth”, and upon denial of this truth, what constitutes the sin unto death?
We answer that the sin unto death is a sin against light and knowledge. No man can sin the sin unto death unless he has knowledge. It is not a sin of ignorance; it is a...
Thus far in our examination of Hebrews 6:4-6 we have determined that those,
1) Who were once enlighten
2) Who have tasted the heavenly gift
3) Who have become partakers of the Holy Spirit
4) Who have tasted the good word of God
5) Who have tasted the powers of the age to come
…Were in fact...
In our examination thus far of Heb 6:4-6 we have established that those who were ONCE enlighten, were definitely those who had previously been made righteous, cleansed by the blood, thus (at one time) true followers of the Lord, for the scriptures are quite implicit that, “truth [light...
We now continue with our examination of Heb 6:4-6 to determine to whom it applies. In our previous posts we took a look at the opening part of Verse 4, viz.
“For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened…”
Upon investigation we established two facts,
1) That only those who have...
THE ENLIGHTENED continued
“For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance...