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Having presented the common or orthodox view of this parable we should here like to present another possible interpretation, note none of the essential lessons which we gleamed from the first have been changed it is simply the time for the application of this parable that is being reconsidered...

Matthew Chapter 25 Verse 11: “Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.” This event will take place AFTER the door is shut—and after the foolish virgins realize it is shut. However, the pleading “Lord, open to us” means they want the door to be opened, which is...

Matthew Chapter 25 Verse 9: The foolish virgins were told to go to the marketplace of experience to buy the extra oil. “The wise answered... go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.” Verse 9 refers to the difficult experience at the end of the age where some will sell the truth...

Matthew Chapter 25 VERSE 11-12 “Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.” The door is still open. To date Jesus has not made the announcement “I know you not.” Therefore, we are still in the period...

Matthew Chapter 25 VERSE 6 “And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.” What is “midnight”? It is the end of one day and the BEGINNING of the next. Specifically, “midnight” is October 1874, the beginning of the seventh 1,000-year period. (See...

Matthew Chapter 25 In this study (taken from Brother Shallieu’s study on the Book of Matthew) we will be taking a look at this parable from two perspectives, the first is the common or usual interpretation as held by most Bible Students and the second is one which was gleamed after a bit more...

Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 8 “I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept my word, and have not denied my name.” The “little help” (Dan 11:34) or power that they were given is from a couple of different...

Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 8 “I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept my word, and have not denied my name.” The “deeds” (or works) of this church are not mentioned. The simple statement, “I know your deeds,”...

Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 7 continued “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens” “This portion of Verse 7 asserts the sanctity and authority...

Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 7 continued “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens” “Philadelphia means brotherly love. Luther’s doctrine of...

Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 7 continued “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write…” “Luther possessed extraordinary talents, uncommon genius, a copious memory, astonishing industry and perseverance, superior eloquence, a greatness of soul that rose above all his human weaknesses...

As we stated in our last post we will be bypassing the second through fifth church series and jumping to the sixth and seventh as these pertain more specifically to our day. Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ‘These things says He who is holy...

Continued from previous post What part of Daniel 11 specifically points to the date 1799? Verse 40 pinpoints Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt as marking the date 1799, the beginning of the Time of the End. “And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him [Napoleon]: and the...

Continued from previous post Verses 41- 43: "He shall enter also into the glorious land [Palestine], and many shall fall: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom and Moab, and the principality of the children of Ammon. [Napoleon kept to the coast, and did not enter but passed by these...

Continued from previous post Verse 40 “And at the [fixed or appointed] time of the end shall the king of the south [Egypt] push at him: and the king of the north [England] shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen [the Egyptian Mamelukes, etc.], and with many...

Continued from previous post Verse 36 “Then the king shall do according to his own will: he shall exalt and magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been accomplished; for what has been determined shall be done.”...

Continued from previous post Verse 34 and 35 “Now when they fall, they shall be aided with a little help; but many (“Tares”, nominal Christians) shall join with them by intrigue. And some of those of understanding shall fall, to refine them, purify them, and make them white until the time of...

Continued from previous post Verse 31 “Arms shall stand on his (the wining “kings”) part (i.e. Papacy) [or, "strong ones out of him stand up"--Young's translation], and shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the continual sacrifice, and they will SET UP, the desolating...

Continued from previous post It should be recalled in Chapter 7 Verse 7 that when Daniel first had his vision of the fourth beast “dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly” (which all readily concede is a picture of the forth universal empire, Pagan Rome) that he likewise noticed that it...

We continue now with our discussion of Daniel Chapter 11 with our Sister. Sister Ann states: We now come to the part of Daniel's prophecy that most of Christendom applies to the second coming of Christ. However, take a look at the evidence and see if that is really the case. "The King (of the...