Now some may inquire, how comes it that this (knowledge of God’s provision 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, when Christ came, bringing life and immortality TO LIGHT through the Gospel. The Jews up to that time supposed that all the promises of God were to and…
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 if we find their restitution (recovery) mentioned you will be satisfied. But why should they not have an opportunity to obtain eternal life as well as you or…
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, because it is testified to us now. Christ was a ransom for you before you were born, but it was…
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, that less than one billion were Saints of God – (prospective members of) the Church – the bride. What of the hundred and fifty plus billions who died out of…
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 God giving mankind any law, and very little light of revelation. One promise shine’s out, “The Seed of the Woman to Bruise the Serpent,” and even this required future revelation in…
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 synchronous with the sounding of the seventh trumpet. Rev 11:15. Here the mystery [church] of God is finished, and “the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our Lord and His…
Why does Christ Come? Let us examine briefly the arguments presented by both post-millennialist and pre-millennialists, comparing them with the Word – and Plan of God. The first (post-millennialist) expect that through the efforts of the Church, the world will be converted, and thus the millennial age introduced, at the close of which the Lord will come, wind up earthly affairs, reward believers and condemn sinners. That to convert the world, bind Satan, make “the knowledge of the Lord to fill the whole earth,” and “nations to learn…
That the second coming of our Lord Jesus occupies a prominent and important position in the teaching of the apostles and prophets, as well as of Jesus himself, is a fact that can scarcely fail to have been noticed by every Bible student. Yet, from various causes, very many of those who profess to love Him, and whom we have reason to believe do, are not much interested in it. A few endeavor to figure it away by applying it…