THE JUBILEE An outstanding year in the history of the nation of Israel was that on which fell their last typical jubilee, 626 B.C. As pointed out in Section XXII (“Rest and Restitution” Part 23 and 24 in our study), God commanded the nation of Israel to observe every 50th year in a very special manner. The land was to be wrought for six years, allowed to rest on the seventh, and then after seven of these periods of seven,…
The Four Empires Parallels “According to the Prophet Daniel’s inspired interpretation, each of the four sections of the great metallic image seen in vision by Nebuchadnezzar, symbolized a phase of the Gentile dominion (Dan. 2). In another vision, granted to Daniel (Chap. 7), these phases are seen in a different aspect. From Nebuchadnezzar’s viewpoint the Gentile nations were to be admired as being like a great man; but from the view-point of God’s servant they appeared beast-like. Thus: Universal…
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION “The passage leading to the Pit, changing as it does from a steep downward, to a horizontal, direction, evidently represents the fact that through the invention of the art of printing, and the work of the Reformation, the people in general have been awakened from their long slumber of ignorance and superstitious reverence for kings and clergy, and have secured liberty by means of which they have successfully fought many of the influences that were slowly but…
The Second Death “While the Subterranean Chamber symbolizes the “Bottomless Pit,” where Satan is to lie bound for a thousand years, it also symbolizes the “lake of fire and brimstone,” which is the Second Death (Rev. 21:8) After the 1000-year reign of Christ, when the Adamic death will have been destroyed through the process of resurrection (1 Cor. 15:25, 26; Hosea 13:14), Satan is to be loosed from the Bottomless Pit for a “little season.” He will go out and…
The Great Pyramid’s Connection with Bethlehem in the Holy Land Joseph Seiss suggested that, if a straight line were drawn between the Great Pyramid in Egypt, and Jerusalem in Palestine, the angle at which this line would run north-eastward from the Pyramids latitude would be the same as the angle at which the passages in the Great Pyramid ascend and descend, 26° 18′ 10″. This suggestion, however, he had no means of putting to accurate mathematical test. We ourselves deemed…
THE DATE OF THE GREAT PYRAMID’S ERECTION “Visitors who enter the Great Pyramid in the night-time may see the North Star shining down the Descending Passage. This star did not always occupy its present place, for owing to the precession of the equinoxes the constellations slowly change their apparent positions in the heavens. The celebrated astronomer Sir John Herschel, who had this phenomenon drawn to his attention by Col. Howard Vyse, calculated that the polar star at the time of…
Further Time-Parallels in the Jewish and Gospel Ages “In the time-measurements noticed so far, and in a number of others yet to be considered, the Great Pyramid clearly corroborates the duration and parallelism of the Jewish and Gospel Ages. The length of each of these Ages is proved from the Scriptures to be exactly 1845 years, so that any date in the former has its parallel date in the latter 1845 years afterwards (See diagram, page 102, shown above). It…
First of all the Holy Spirit is NOT a “Who” it’s an “It” A broad definition of the words “Spirit of God,” or “Holy Spirit,” would be—the divine WILL, INFLUENCE, or POWER, exercised anywhere and everywhere, and for any purpose in harmony with the divine will, which, being a holy will implies that the steps and operations of the Holy Spirit will be in harmony with holiness. God exercises his Spirit or energy in many ways, using various agencies in…
The “Fullness,” and the “Times,” of the Gentiles “By the time-calculation of Section XII it is proved that the upper south wall of the Grand Gallery indicates Autumn of the year 1914 A.D.; and if our understanding regarding the completion of the membership of the Body of Christ, explained at length in the previous Section (XVIII, “The New Covenant Age: The First Resurrection”, Part 21 and 22 in our study), is correct, this date saw the “fullness” of the Gentiles…
As a new member of a bible study forum I noted that various discussions had been made on the subject of dispensationalism, some arguing for, others against, that is to say whether or not it was a man-made doctrine or one actually taught in the scriptures. First of all it might help if we define what a “dispensation” is, as there are various meanings or definitions to this term. Dispensation: an act or instance of dispensing; distribution; for example the…