Again, we have found the word to teach that the Jewish age was given as a pattern, or shadow, or illustration of the Gospel age, and we have found it so. The latter being on a higher plane than the former, but otherwise its exact counterpart. It was 1840½ years from the beginning of the age to their harvest when Jesus was present in the flesh to that fleshly house. And it was 1841½ years from the commencement of our Gospel age at Pentecost…
W. Now we will glance hurriedly at some of the evidences that we are NOW in “the days of the Son of Man.” I will not attempt to prove the points of time. Q. I have followed you so far, and can agree with your position fully, but when you come to prove that Jesus is now present and ask me to believe it without any sight evidence, I am afraid I have not strong enough faith to believe it. W….
“THIS SAME JESUS SHALL SO COME IN LIKE MANNER.” Q. Now with regard to Jesus’ second coming, does not this text, ‘You men of Galilee, why stand you gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven’ Acts 1:11, teach that when he comes, he will be seen by his watching disciples? Will he not appear in the flesh to prove…
Q. If Jesus after his resurrection was a glorious spiritual body, how was it that the disciples never saw his glorious body? Why did he appear to them as he had done before his death? W. If Jesus had appeared to them and shown his glory, they would probably have been so alarmed as to be unable to receive instructions; besides if they had gone forth saying the Lord arose and appeared to us in glory, they would have been…
A dialogue between brethren. Questioner. – It is some time since we have had a talk together Brother W., and I have called now to make a few inquiries. I want you to give me in a few words, your reasons for believing that Jesus is now present. Watchman. – I am glad to talk with you upon so interesting a subject, and shall try to answer your queries. You are aware, I presume, that I and all true Bible…
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…