Blog entries by Harvest 1874

The First Resurrection We will now show from the scriptures that there are three different types of resurrections mention in the scriptures. By “type” of course we mean the manner or way in which the resurrection is to take place. First off we have already shown that there is to be a...

The following are some interesting questions asked by a member of the forum in response to our study of the Resurrection. First question: Am I right in thinking that the first resurrection will take place at the end of the tribulation period? Actually the first resurrection takes place prior...

What of the Resurrection, Who is it for? In this study we will be looking at the four different types of resurrections. First off, what do the scriptures say of the resurrection, and who will be resurrected? “But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was...

It is recalled that to God's ancient people there were appointed five great festivals, all of a pictorial or illustrative character: 1) The Feast of Trumpets -- welcoming the new civil year on the first of Tizri (September, October), one day only. The feast was of special significance every...

“A correct understanding of the reign of the church is difficult to grasp unless one appreciates also the concept of the two phases of the kingdom of God. The church, together with Christ, will constitute the spiritual ruling class. They will direct the affairs of the kingdom in a manner similar...

How clear is the fact that there is to be both a spiritual and an earthly phase to God’s Kingdom! And yet even the Master’s disciples at first could not understand this. Just as their conception of the Kingdom was limited to the idea of a selected Jewish nation under the headship of an earthly...

Continued from previous post. Since we understand the importance given to Moses in explaining every minute detail involved in the Tabernacle and its ceremonies, that every jot and title had to be exactly performed in the type due to the fact that it illustrated something greater and far more...

Continued from previous post. “You shall also take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram.” (Exod 29:15) “The ‘ram of burnt offering’, (the first ram) pictured the identical consecration already portrayed in the sacrifice of the bullock, but from a...

Continued from previous post. Now the question is asked if as the scriptures state God has provided these various agencies (viz. apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers), “Is it right to follow the teachings of any ONE MAN? “The Scriptures answer, “One is your Master, even...

In Acts 8:26-40 we read of an Ethiopian eunuch, who on his way back to Ethiopia was found reading from the scriptures, the prophet Isaiah, but who apparently did not understand what he was reading, so the Lord sent Philip to him saying, “Do you understand what you are reading?” the eunuchs reply...

Continued from previous post. “Then you shall kill the bull before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting. You shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour all the blood beside the base of the altar.” (Exod 29:11, 12)...

Continued from previous post. “You shall also have the bull brought before the tabernacle of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bull.” (Exod 29:10) “Note that Moses, and not Aaron nor his sons provided the bullock for this occasion, the consecration of...

We continue from our previous post. “Then you shall take the garments (the Holy Garments), put the tunic on Aaron and the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate, and grid him with the intricately woven band of the ephod. You shall put the turban (the “mitre”) on his head, and put the...

The Consecration of the Priesthood is found in Leviticus Chapter 8:1-36 NOTE: It will be noted that similarities exist between Exodus Chapter 29 and Leviticus Chapter 8 in regards to the consecration of the priesthood, the difference is merely that the first deals specifically with the...

The directions given to Moses for the construction of the Tabernacle may be found in Exod. 25 to 27, and the account of the performance of the work, in Exod. 35 to 40. The picture above on the left is one of the many typical representations of the Tabernacle found on the internet, one which we...

“The Tabernacle is the key to the divine plan, which alone explains the “mystery” of this Gospel age, which is the church and her special call to the privileges of sacrifice now and of glory by and by." "And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those...

The following are some interesting questions asked by a member of the forum in response to our study of the Mediator and the New Covenant. I'm curious as to why you think the new covenant is not already in place? In Reply, The New Covenant cannot go into place (become operative) until the...

“Behold the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant which they...

Having we hope now determined who specifically the Mediator is we would now like to address our last question, where and when does this mediation begin? More to the point where (or with whom precisely is the new covenant mediated) and when will this mediation commence? “Behold the days are...

We continue once again with our forth question, who specifically is the Mediator? In this study we would like to take a quick look at the “Testator” to see how this is related to the Mediator. Testator: a person who has made a will or given a legacy. “And for this reason he is the Mediator of...