seven churches

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...

"He spoke many things unto them in parables." - Matt 13:3. The following lesson comes from an article from The Herald of Christ’s Kingdom dated February, 1956 and compliments our study on Mystic Babylon its rise and fall as well as providing some needful insight into several of our Lord’s...

Revelation Chapter 1 VERSE 14 “His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire.” HIS HEAD AND HAIR WERE WHITE LIKE WOOL, AS WHITE AS SNOW: “The Master’s hair is compared to wool to signify his wisdom and likeness unto the “Ancient of days”; he is...

Revelation Chapter 1 VERSE 13 “and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.” AND IN THE MIDST OF THE SEVEN LAMPSTANDS: Thus overseeing them all (Compare Matt 18:20.) The following...

Revelation Chapter 1 VERSE 12 “Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lamp-stands.” “The message that was to be sent was not limited to the seven literal churches named, but symbolically represented the entire church or Gospel age. In a...

Revelation Chapter 1 VERSE 11 “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.” “The words “I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and”, are not found in the...

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.”...

Seven Churches The Lord decided to divide the history of the Christian Church into seven periods -- periods which are unique in their experiences, history, and doctrinal understandings. He gives each of these periods a symbolic name and introduces us to them in Rev 1:11. Jesus watches over...