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Revelation Chapter 16 Verse 19: And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. The literal kingdom of Babylon was composed of three...

“The Seven Last Plagues and the Destruction of Babylon” As we have discussed in our previous study entitled. “The Timing of the Seven Last Plagues”, which please see, there are three typical viewpoints held among the brethren with regards to the pouring out of the Seven Last Plagues, that is as...

Revelation Chapter 14 VERSE 9-12 continued “Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full...

Revelation Chapter 14 VERSE 9-12 “Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into...

Revelation Chapter 14 VERSE 8 “And another angel followed, saying, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.” “And ANOTHER ANGEL FOLLOWED… “This angel is said to FOLLOW the first one. But the Greek for...

Revelation Chapter 14 Introduction to the Harvest Chapters “Much study has gone into the interpretation of Chapters 14 through 19 with greatly varying results. To attempt to decide which interpretations may be correct, it is probably helpful to attempt to draw a BIG PICTURE of these chapters...

Revelation Chapter 14 VERSE 4 continued “These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being first fruits to God and to the Lamb.” In our previous post we learned just who...

THE PARABLE OF THE DRAG-NET The seventh and last of the Kingdom parables is that of the Dragnet. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a net that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every kind; which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels...

Having considered the first four of the little group of seven parables recorded in the 13th chapter of Matthew we move on to the fifth. THE PARABLE OF THE HIDDEN TREASURE “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes...

“Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.” (Matt 13:33) PROFESSING CHURCH ASSUMES BABYLONISH CHARACTER (Excerpt taken from The Herald of Christ's Kingdom, October 1921) “Into these...

THE PARABLE OF THE LEAVEN HIDDEN IN THE MEAL “Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.” (Matt 13:33) The fourth parable, that of a woman who hid leaven in three measures of meal...

THE PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD SEED “Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the...

The Harlot’s Name! “The Revelation of our Lord to the Apostle John is a book of signs, in which the things stated symbolize the things meant. To illustrate: In this book a woman is used to represent a church—a pure woman, a pure church—a false woman, an apostate church. In Rev 17:1-6 a picture...

“And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me (the John class, representing the Lord’s people still in the flesh here at the end of the gospel age, i.e., during its Harvest), saying unto me, ‘Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great...

THE VOICE OF PRESENT TRUTH It becomes an important question then: Have ALL God’s people heard this Voice? We answer that we do not think all have yet heard; hence there must be many true Christians still in Babylon, partakers of her sins, but confused because of ignorance, because of lack of...

“…He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.” (John 10:3-5) “Come out of...

Babylon's Doom continued We continue with what the prophet Isaiah had to say in respects to the daughter of Babylon in Isa 47: "Therefore, hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures; that dwells carelessly; that says in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a...