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In the visions of the Apocalypse (Revelation) we read of a wonderful scroll in the right hand of the great King who sits upon the throne of universal dominion. This scroll is a forceful representation of the divine plan, originally existing only in the mind of God, and which could not be made...
Let us now consider our previous question, viz.,
Why should God continue his blessings, of which life is the chief, to those who after knowing and being enabled to conform to his just requirements, will not do so?
It is just: because God is under no obligation to man. Man is already his debtor...
Emerging from that blackness of error called Calvinism (with its heaven of blessing for the "little flock" and its eternal torment for all others, as taught by good but sadly deceived men – John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, Charles H. Spurgeon and others – ) into the glorious light of the goodness...
What about the 120 years?
120 years prior to the flood the Lord warned Noah that the present age of mankind had but 120 years remaining before He would destroy them from the face of the earth (Gen 6:13). Noah then immediately commenced to warn his contemporaries of this impending judgement...
The following we add as a supplement to this study as it coincides with our study here. It was taken from our study on Matthew Chapter 24, “Our Lord’s Great Prophecy”
We would like here to present a bit more insight in regards to the “watches” mentioned in Luke 12:38, which we hope might aid...
"THEY WITHOUT US SHALL NOT BE MADE PERFECT."
– Heb 11:40. –
We remark, incidentally, that following the gathering of the Church to glory, as peviously outlined, will come the resurrection of the holy ones of the past, – "Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and all the holy prophets," whose resurrection...
"BLESSED THE DEAD WHO DIE."
Furthermore, we note a beautiful analogy here; for, thus considered, our Lord's resurrection a few days after his taking of office as King in typical Israel, corresponds to, or parallels the resurrection of the Church, "the body of Christ" a few days after his taking...
THEY KNEW NOT THE TIME OF THEIR VISITATION.
– LUKE 19:44. –
Our Lord reproved the teachers of Israel because they did not discern the signs of the times; because they "knew not the TIME of their visitation." His words imply that their ignorance was a mark of carelessness and unworthiness, and...
In our previous post, Part 12 we noted:
"In reading the narrative of our Lord's appearance to his disciples after his resurrection, the fact seems generally to be overlooked that he appeared only a few times, in all, and that these visits were always brief, and that between these visits, after...
THE LORD’S WORK FORESHOWN IN HIS PARABLES.
(We have reposted this blog post, because it was inadvertently deleted, sorry for the inconvenience to those follwing this study.)
His work is clearly outlined in various of his parables, which were given that the Watchers might know – might not be in...
"THAT WHICH IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT IS SPIRIT."
We call to mind also our Lord's explanation of spiritual things to Nicodemus, in which he declared plainly that only those who are born again can either enter into, or SEE the Kingdom of God (because as we had previously seen this is a spiritual...
PRESENCE GRADUALLY REVEALED.
In our previous post we drew the line of distinction between the parousia and the epiphania or apokalupsis of our Lord, quite sharply, to assist the reader in noting their difference of signification. As a matter of fact, however, the bright shining of the present...
PAROUSIA IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
The word parousia occurs in the following texts of the New Testament in each of which it should be properly translated "presence:" –
"What shall be the sign of thy presence?" – Matt 24:3
"So shall also the presence of the Son of Man be." – Matt 24:27,37,39...
THE DAYS OF WAITING ARE FULFILLED.
(4) Take another line of prophecy: we find that the 1260 days, and the 1290 days, and the 1335 days, so particularly set forth in Daniel's prophecy, and corroborated in Revelation, have had fulfilments; –
The *1260 days ending in A.D. 1799.
The *1290 days...
THE JUBILEE PROPHECY.
(3) Note another prophecy, similarly hidden in type in the Mosaic law, – Israel's Jubilee Year. No one is prepared to understand this line of prophecy who has not first learned that the second coming of our Lord is not for the purpose of destroying the world, but for the...
TYPICAL ISRAEL'S EXPERIENCES WERE PROPHETIC.
(2) Take another line of prophecy, concealed, and yet very simple and easy of appreciation when once the mind grasps it. The Scriptures show us that the fleshly house of Israel and all of its institutions and affairs were typical fore-shadowing’s of...
"IN THE DAYS OF THESE KINGS."
(1) We have a number of general prophecies, indicating that we are living in the time of the Master's second presence.
We have already referred to Daniel's testimony respecting "the time of the end," in which many will run to and fro, and knowledge will be...
THE TIME OF THE PAROUSIA (PRESENCE).
It will doubtless surprise many (especially those in the nominal or professing church, many of whom are the Lord’s true children, consecrated, howbeit merely “babes in Christ” lacking any true development in the knowledge and graces of our Lord due to a lack...
PAROUSIA VS. EPIPHANIA, APOKALUPSIS.
Because not heedless, careless, indifferent servants of the King, but faithful and earnest ones, the Watchers have scrutinized every little particular which fell from the lips of him who spoke as never man spoke; and all the messages which he has sent them...
HOW ARE WE TO WATCH?
Our watching consists not in looking up into the sky, – “stargazing;” for those who study the Lord’s Word to any purpose soon learn that “the day of the Lord so cometh as [like] a thief in the night,” and that its dawning cannot be discerned with the natural eye.
If the...