The “1290 Days” According to the purpose of God, it was not until the end of the “1290 days” (years) after the taking away of the “daily sacrifice,” and the setting up of the “desolating abomination” (in 539 A.D.), that the Sanctuary class was first to gain understanding of the Scriptural times and seasons (Dan. 12:8-11; and note that the sense of this passage is clearer if Verse 10 is read after Verse 11). As the 1290 symbolical days commenced…
Ezekiel Chapter 26 We continue once again with, VERSE 19 “For thus says the Lord God: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring the deep upon you, and great waters cover you.” The Lord will indeed bring the deep (the “sea”) upon Great Babylon, and it will completely cover her, this is what is implied in Rev 18:21 at the final demise of the “great city”. “Then a strong angel took…
Ezekiel Chapter 26 VERSE 17 “And they will take up a lamentation for you, and say to you: “How you have perished, O one inhabited by seafaring men, O renowned city, Who was strong at sea, She and her inhabitants, Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!” And they, the (former) “princes” (the various leaders, rulers, both civil and ecclesiastical) of the sea (the waters, the peoples, multitudes, nations and tongues, Rev 17:15), will lament at the…
Ezekiel Chapter 26 VERSE 12 “They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; they will lay your stones, your timber, and your soil in the midst of the water.” Verse 12 as we had suggested at the beginning of our previous post, begins the first of the “many nations” (verse 3) following Nebuchadnezzar who would come against Tyre, in this instance the reference to laying the stones, timbers…
Ezekiel Chapter 26 Verses 7–14 are a prophecy of the destruction by King Nebuchadnezzar of the first Tyre, when the city was on the mainland. Actually it appears only verses 7-11 pertain to the destruction of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar, verses 12-14 appear to be more in regards to some of the other “nations” mentioned in verse 3 that would destroy Tyre beginning with the destruction brought by Alexander the Great and those aligned with him in 332 B.C. followed by…
Ezekiel Chapter 26 Excerpts for this study come primarily from Brother Frank Shallieu’s studies on the Book of Ezekiel, and from other related Bible Student resources as well as my own personal studies. As with many prophecies, this prophecy has a dual application, not only referring to the destruction of literal Tyre, but of greater importance to us, the destruction of symbolic Tyre as well. Tyre symbolically represents ‘Babylon’ typing the kingdom of Satan. Tyre is likewise used as a…
The next text cited as a proof of eternal torment is Matt 25:41: “Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.” This is from The Parable of the Sheep and Goats and describes the fate of the disapproved ones at the end of the millennial age. Is there anything in this scripture to indicate that those in the fire are preserved alive?…
Consider carefully the scriptures that are used to teach eternal torment. Do not imagine that a study of such scriptures is too elementary, for though convinced the doctrine of eternal torment is false, many mature Bible Students cannot readily explain the scriptures used to support the doctrine. Consider the first: “And he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb; and the smoke of their torment ascends…
The following excerpt was taken from a discourse by Brother Robert S. Seklemian entitled, “Thus Saith the Lord” “Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures; and said unto them, Thus it is written.”–Luke 24:45, 46 The expression, “Thus saith the Lord,” is used over 400 times in the Bible plus many similar expressions such as “It is written,” or “The word of the Lord came unto me,” or “I, the Lord, have spoken it.” They call…
“THE TIME OF THE END” Although the Antichrist legally lost its persecuting power and sovereignty in 1799 A.D., it still exists as a system, and will not be destroyed finally till the full end of the “time of trouble such as never was,” spoken of by the prophet Daniel (12:1). This great time of trouble began in autumn of the year 1914 A.D., when the “times of the Gentiles” legally came to an end. Papacy is in itself one of…