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Revelation Chapter 8 Introduction to the Seven Trumpets (Rev 8:2-6) A WORD REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS INTRODUCTION For reasons which will become more apparent when Verse 6 is discussed, it is likely that the Introduction to the Seven Trumpets is constructed something like this: Verse...

Revelation Chapter 5 VERSE 12 “saying with a loud voice: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and glory and blessing!” “Many of the descriptions that applied originally to Jehovah can now be applied to our Lord Jesus. If we look in...

Revelation Chapter 5 VERSE 11 “Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands.” THEN I LOOKED: For the fourth time in this chapter (5:1, 2, 6)...

Revelation Chapter 5 VERSE 9 “And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; for you were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation.” “After Christ had proven worthy, all the scriptures...

Let us now examine some more texts which support the fact that our Lord was indeed a created being. Our first text comes from one we mentioned in our precious post, Col 1:15 “…who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.” What does the word born mean? The dictionary...

Was our Lord a created being? Rev 3:14 clearly states that our Lord is “the beginning of the creation of god”, but what exactly does this imply? The Scriptures inform us that all things are OF our Father; that he is the first cause of all things; and that all things are BY (or through) our...

CHRIST IN US With this thought we pass to the last of Paul's studies of our relationship to Christ. He showed that our life IN 'Christ is dependent on our having the spirit of Christ in us, for that spirit is our source of life. "If any man has not the spirit of Christ," he wrote, "he is none...

Being IN Christ Jesus was also explained by the Apostle in another series of word pictures, in the first of which the consecrated followers of the Lord are likened to members of his Body. In the twelfth chapter of the first letter to the Corinthians he used this metaphor to explain how unity in...

BEING IN JESUS CHRIST The Apostle introduced another aspect of our relationship to the Lord in the thought that we are IN him. Jesus illustrated this for us not only in the symbol of the Vine, but also in that of the Wedding Garment. The original meaning of the word translated "garment" was...

Under the thread entitled, “The "In Christ" Doctrine”, written by Robert Pate, and posted by H. Richard the writer posed the question: “How does one get “In Christ?” His reply, “All who have accepted (placed their faith in) Christ as their savior are "In Christ." Eph 1:12-13 says, "That we...

How and what specifically do we sacrifice? Scriptural Usage of the Term "Sacrifice" “The word "sacrifice" may be used from different standpoints. If an animal were killed for some benevolent reason or purpose, it might be spoken of as a sacrifice, particularly if it were something done in...

What are the requirements of Discipleship, following in the Master’s footsteps? "Then Peter said, “See, we have left all and followed you.” So He said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of...

Revelation Chapter 5 VERSE 8 continued, “Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.” (As explain in The Keys of Revelation) “For...

Revelation Chapter 5 Worthy Is the Lamb “Just as we saw the 24 elders and the 4 beast fall down and worship God in Rev 4:9-11, in turn they witness that Christ is now able to open the book and to be worthy of worship. This next verse, in symbol, is saying that wisdom, justice, power and love...

Right about now many are probably thinking to themselves this all seems much too complicated, the Gospel of salvation is not supposed to be this complicated it’s supposed to be simple, viz. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved," (Acts 16:31). This is true for the most...

So then from what we have gathered thus far in order for us to become participators in Christ death we must not only be willing to share in his baptism, his sacrificial death, but we must likewise be willing to drink from his cup share in the experiences which he endured, the sufferings, trials...

In our last post in answer to the question: What is pictured by the Cup? We had determined that the Cup was a picture of the Sin Offering experiences of Jesus and the Church, of the sufferings, trials, ignominy and self-denials he endured and what all who would be joined to the body through his...

In the Communion or Memorial Service two emblems are brought to our attention, the bread and the cup, here though our focus is upon the cup. (Excerpts here were taken from an article entitled, Why two emblems? by Brother George Tabac) What is pictured by the Cup? The Cup is a picture of the...

"Are ye able to drink of the Cup that I shall drink of ?” (Matt 20:22) “We might think of the word Cup as representing various experiences of life-that everybody has, his or her Cup of mingled joys and sorrows. But Jesus used the word in a different sense. When He was in the Garden of...

"Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death (Made participators with him)?" (Rom 6:3) What does it mean to be a participator in Christ death? How do we participate with him in his death? It might be helpful if we first asked about his...