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  1. Harvest 1874

    The Glory

    All who are called may take the second step—SANCTIFICATION To sanctify is to set apart or separate to a special thing or use. God's will is that all justified ones should be sanctified or set apart to his service as we read: "This is the will of God even your (believers) sanctification." 1...
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    The Glory

    The foregoing represents the “First Step” which is symbolized by passing beneath the “Entrance Curtain” into the Tabernacle courtyard. The entrance curtain or “gate” as it is likewise referred represents Christ Jesus our Lord. This was the only entrance, the only gateway in which to enter the...
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    The Glory

    Justification, Sanctification, Redemption These are the three steps by which we are to reach "the prize of our high calling"--glory, honor and immortality. Not one of these steps can be omitted by those who win the great prize, nor can they be taken in any way but their order as directed in the...
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    The Only Way, Part 8

    Once again we enter the courtyard through faith in Christ as represented in the entrance curtain, the first step. "We see, then that justification by faith, faith in Christ, our first step toward holiness, brings us into a condition of peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (Rom 5:1)...
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    The Only Way, Part 7

    For the moment we should like to proceed on to individual’s 4 and 5 in our examination of the courtyard, and return to 2 and 3 a bit later as 4 and 5 represents those individuals who are making proper progress as antitypical Levites (justified believers) on their way toward the true purpose or...
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    Hell . . . The Bad News.

    You state: I recall Jesus referring to the lake of fire as an everlasting punishment where there will be lots of crying and gnashing of teeth. But I also recall Jesus stating that hell was prepared specifically for Satan and his angel gang. So I've always had the view that if someone gets tossed...
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    Hell . . . The Bad News.

    Is the wages of sin death or is it eternal torment as some professed Christians attest? I myself like many others come from a rather large family in which we all share various views on religion, personally I chose to take the Lord at his word on this matter that “the wages of sin is death” (Rom...
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    The Only Way, Part 6

    Let us now take a closer look at, …condition, along with the various steps necessary for entry, for progress as antitypical or prospective Levites, and what it takes to reach the next condition, the “Holy condition” as depicted by the first chamber in the Tabernacle, the “Holy”. While we’re...
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    The Parable of the Wedding Feast, Part 4

    THE WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH The ultimate consequence of not responding to the call, and not putting on a wedding garment, is "weeping and gnashing of teeth." This difficult phrase appears seven times in the New Testament — six times in Matthew, once in Luke. The account in Luke provides...
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    The Parable of the Wedding Feast, Part 3

    THE WEDDING GARMENT A crucial point in the parable is the absence of a wedding garment. There has been much speculation as to the source of the wedding garment. Some declare it was the custom in Jesus’ day to present wedding guests with garments. However there is little evidence to support such...
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    The Parable of the Wedding Feast, Part 2

    TWO CRISIS In the parable Jesus dramatized two crises his followers must experience. THE FIRST CRISIS is God’s calling, viz. “But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.”(1...
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    The Parable of the Wedding Feast, Part 1

    “And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said: “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. Again, he sent out other servants...
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    The Only Way, Part 5

    “The Courtyard and the Tabernacle may properly be viewed from two different standpoints, the one representing the final accomplishment of those things typified and the other representing the tentative accomplishment of those things and the progress toward their full attainment. Into this...
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    Who is the Bride of Christ?

    We have posted a study on the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares on our blog on this site, which please see, it may reveal further light upon the subject.
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    Who is the Bride of Christ?

    We asked: Are you saying you believe the faithful are the twenty-four elders? Who do we think the twenty-four elders are? Well for starters we don’t believe they are actual individuals at all. We’ll get to that in a short, but first a little clarification so as to avoid confusion, when we...
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    Who is the Bride of Christ?

    This is not a teaching my brother, a doctrine this is a fact, the tares are not only in the professing Church but they are the majority. I would suggest a thorough study of the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares, but let us take a look at the first 3 verses. VERSES 24 and 25 “Another parable...
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    Who is the Bride of Christ?

    As we had stated in out previous reply, there is only one Church, but there are seven stages in the development of that church. This Church being compose of both a true element (the wheat), and a false element (the tares), the tares did not enter into the Church until the last of the Apostles...
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    Incarnation

    We agree with everything said here accept for the part about our Lord's pre-humn existence, we believe that he did indeed possess a body, a physical form and that it was a glorious spiritual body, not as glorious as that which he now has, but still a body nonetheless, and it was this body that...
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    Incarnation

    We believe he is a god (Theos, a mighty one), but not The God (Ho Theos, the Almighty Himself).
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    Who is the Bride of Christ?

    God’s will is that all those in Christ be fully sanctified, "This is the will of God even your (believers) sanctification (setting apart)." 1 Thess 4:3 Many have fully set themselves apart, “consecrated” themselves to God, however it is still up to the individual to make their calling and...
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