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Revelation Chapter 1 VERSE 10 “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet…” I WAS IN THE SPIRIT ON THE LORD’S DAY: John’s perspective for the entire book of Revelation is that of standing in OUR DAY —the “Day of the Lord” which both Peter and...

Revelation Chapter 1 VERSE 9 continued (As taken from the “Keys of Revelation”) “No doubt John only partially understood the meaning of the many and varied apocalyptic visions he witnessed. However, it was manifestly clear to him that the symbolism's did portend surprising developments...

“The Churches, Seals, and Trumpets all have introductory passages. The Seals have two complete chapters (4 & 5). The Trumpets have only five verses (8:2-6). The Churches have as their introduction one half of Revelation’s opening chapter in which Jesus presents himself with all of those...

The Introductions to the Seven Churches, Seals, and Trumpets Part 1 of Revelation (1:9 - 14:5) consists of the chapters dealing with the five views of the Gospel Age including its Harvest. We usually call the first three views “The Seven Churches,” “The Seven Seals,” and “The Seven Trumpets.”...

DIVINE METHOD OF DEALING WITH THE CHURCH Now, my dear brethren, we have before our minds the Ransom, the necessity for it, the time when the Sacrifice for sin was made, and the time when the merit of that sacrifice is to be applied for the world of mankind. But, meantime, the Church receives...

WHY THE DELAY OF OVER NINETEEN CENTURIES Just here someone may ask, "Why is it that our Lord did not make application of the merit of His sacrifice at Pentecost? Why this long delay of nineteen hundred and more years before He begins this work of blessing the world?" We reply, if it had not...

HOW THIS ECONOMY OPERATES This economical feature of the Divine Plan is a most wonderful thought. By one man's disobedience God permitted the results of that transgression to affect all of Adam’s children. All mankind were involved under the original sin of the one man. "Wherefore as by one...

THE ECONOMY OF THE DIVINE PLAN Often when a child I wondered why God did not give all mankind the same opportunity that He gave Adam, why all were not permitted to come into Eden and have a fair chance as Adam had. But in later years when I came to see the beauty of the doctrine of the Ransom...

THE DOCTRINE OF INCARNATION UN-SCRIPTURAL But we had greatly been troubled about the subject of incarnation, as even some of the Truth people seem to be; for they still misuse this word. There is nothing in the Bible on this subject, and there is no truth in this doctrine. *Incarnation means...

ECONOMY SHOWN IN RESPECT TO REDEMPTION This Divine quality of economy is manifested even in the great Plan for human salvation. When first my mind grasped this thought, I exclaimed, "Wonderful! Nobody but our Heavenly Father Himself would have thought about this principle!" Having been reared...