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In our last post Brother B. was pondering the latter half of the Apostles statement found in 2 Thess 2 1-4, -“Who sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” Asked, How could Papacy fulfill this? The temple at Jerusalem had been destroyed hundreds of years before Papacy’s rule...

We continue where we left off in our previous post. B. But, can we say the Papacy denies God or Christ? Is the language – “Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped,” – applicable to that system? A. Yes; as Paul said of some: “They profess that they know...

This is a correspondence between two brethren truth seekers as they discuss the topic of the Antichrist. They are simply addressed as Brothers A and B for convenience. B. – Good evening, brother A., I have wanted for some time to inquire your views of the “Man of Sin” – “The Antichrist.” Who...

It has been asserted that the life which Christ laid down for the world was not the natural, but that which he had with the Father; which – spiritual life – he laid down at his incarnation and took up at his resurrection; Wresting with John 6:63. “The flesh profits nothing,” from its true...

The Bible student is often puzzled with the question, How many kinds of life are there; and what is the difference between them? Our authorized version answers the question vaguely, if at all. The word life, as found in the New Testament, is, in most places, a translation from one of the two...

The same writer who says Christ died because He was mortal, also says He died to get rid of His flesh, and show us the way into the holiest and that He went through as the First and our Forerunner, the last of which is true; but if as the same writer assumes Christ and the Saints are all raised...

Those who oppose the vicarious offering of Christ, admit, of course, that he died, and to give an explanation of the cause of His death falls upon them, and it is attempted. They deny that in any sense He died in our stead, and one statement made in explanation is: Christ became one of us, to...

Paul declares that there is one mediator between God and men – the man Christ Jesus, “who gave himself a ransom for ALL, to be testified in due time.” 1 Tim 2:5,6. How few of the Gospel Church are prepared to receive such teaching with any degree of complacency; yet it is a glorious truth, and...

I firmly believe that a profound, divinely ordained correspondence exists between things spiritual and things natural. Observe the order of my words: Between things spiritual and things natural, putting things spiritual first. This is a vital point. For we are wont to think that it is by a...

There are some very dark and strange things in the Bible – things which to many seem irreconcilable with the character of justice and love which we ascribe to our Heavenly Father. “God is love,” and “by the grace of God Christ tasted death for every man.” “He is the propitiation for our sins...

Ages have rolled around, yet the seed of Abraham, although a nation and partially possessing Canaan for a time, have never yet had those promises to Abraham FULFILLED. “I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee.” “And I will give unto thee and to thy seed after...

Because of the shortness of human life, we act quickly ourselves and expect others to act so, and we can scarcely avoid carrying the same thought with us when we go to the investigation of God’s Word. We read – “Yet a little while, and He that shall come, will come.” We think, as we look back...

“The plan of salvation comprehended in the three worlds, is progressive in its character, requiring ages for its development. There seems to have been but one age definitely marked in the world before the flood, but this present evil world is sub-divided into three ages. The first, Patriarchal...

“The past, present and future of the family of man are all included in the "Three Worlds." 1) The world that was before the flood, 2) the world that now is, and 3) the world to come. The history of mankind and the history of the Gospel of Christ are inseparable; hence, the plan of salvation...

Now some may inquire, how comes it that this (knowledge of God’s proviso for all nations, the whole world) has not been seen long ago? We answer, God gives light and knowledge to his people just as it is due. The world was left in almost entire ignorance of God's plan until the Gospel age...

In our last post we mentioned that God intends to bless not only the nation of Israel who went astray from Him, but likewise all nations and peoples. In the scriptures He mention some by name. Let us take a look at one such nation an illustration that will be forcible: The Sodomites. Surely...

Due time. Ah, now we see what we were missing. God has a due time for everything. He could have testified it to this hundred and fifty plus billions in their life time. Then that would have been their due time; as it was not so, their due time must be future. We know that now is our due time...

What about those who have died before the plan of God has thus reached its fullness? There have lived on earth since creation (a little over seven thousand plus years), over a hundred and fifty billion human beings. Of these the very broadest estimate that could be made with reason would be...

Election vs. Free Grace We believe the Scripture to teach both, but that it requires the observance of "Heaven's first law," order, to rightly divide the word of truth on this subject. First, we will glance at Election. During the age preceding the deluge, there is no Scriptural account of...

The question asked in our previous post concerns our Lord and when precisely He will assume control of matters. The answer is: When the Gospel Church, "His body," Ecclesia, is complete. Evil now being permitted for "the trial of your faith," the perfecting of the saints. This time is...