Unfortunately many being blinded by prejudice are unable to see past the colored lenses of the creeds they wear; they approach the scriptures carrying way too much “baggage” most of which was derived in the dark ages through the doctrines and precepts of men. This baggage clouds their judgment and thus they are unable to approach the scriptures with an open mind so as to be to be taught of the Lord. Rather they are compelled by these preconceived ideas…
THE ORIGIN OF THE “MAN OF SIN” Led by our investigation thus far to look for the Evil One in the Church of God, we find all the other language of the prophecy pointing in the same direction. The first stage in the predicted development of the wicked one is that of APOSTASY. Speaking of the return of Christ, Paul says, “For the day will not come except there come a falling away first.” The Greek word for falling away…
In this study it is our goal to determine the person or nature of the “Man of Sin”, where he comes from, and how it is that he sits in the temple of God. “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition.” In our previous study on the ANTICHRIST the “Man of sin” (“The Antichrist Reveled”) as…
The “*sons of the prophets” (theologians) will disbelieve that the Elijah, the true Church has been taken; but upon the class who shall see (the Elisha class who believe it to be so), a double portion of the Elijah spirit comes. No wonder if this class becomes awake to the grandeur and importance of their work, when they realize the establishment of the kingdom–the glorifying of the Elijah class. And this is shown in type. Elisha received the double portion…
Before translating Elijah, the Lord arranged that he should prepare and instruct his successor, and sent him to Elisha as such. (1 Kings 19:16). So, if we have found Elijah to represent the over-comers, the “Bride” or “Body” of Christ, we might reasonably infer that Elisha is the representative of those who shall succeed the over-comers, as the Lords mouth-piece on earth; hence our interest in his career. From the time of his call to be the successor, Elisha followed…
“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with THE VOICE of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.” (1 Thess 4:16) Here the Apostle Paul connects this utterance with Christ’s own words concerning that event, “the dead shall hear THE VOICE of the Son of God,” we can but identify Michael with our Lord Jesus Christ Himself. “Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming,…
“At that time Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands watch over the sons of YOUR people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book.” (Dan 12:1) Recall in our previous post we quoted Gabriel as saying: “Do you know why I have come to you? And now…
There are several proof texts which we believe confirm to us that the Arch angel Michael was none other than our Lord in his pre-human existence some of these were mentioned in our first post but here we would like to examine them as well as some others a bit closer. Our first text is found in Daniel Chapter 10 “We have a hint here and there in the Scriptures which indicates that Satan has his representatives at the courts…
Here we present a side by side comparison of the life of Elijah with the history of the true church to help us more readily see the similarities between the two. These are striking coincidences, and we believe are not accidental, but with Jesus, we believe that to those (of the Israelite’s) who could “receive” Johns testimony, he to such filled the office or work of Elias, which the church more fully accomplishes. The expression, “turn the hearts of…
The history of Elijah the prophet, called in the New Testament Elias, is one full of interest to us, not only because it is a history of a courageous and faithful servant of God, but because we believe that he was also a TYPE, and that, through the medium of his life, God has given us illustrations of some of the deep things of His word. Before touching upon Elijah as a type we wish to call attention to the…