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Revelation Chapter 3, Part 12

Revelation Chapter 3, Part 12

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Choosing the right messenger Amongst orthodoxy (the professing church) there are various opinions as to who exactly the seven messengers may be who are mentioned in Revelation Chapters 2 and 3 with one group suggesting that they are literal angelic beings while the other insist that they are human messengers. Let us consider the sensibleness of the two to see which makes more sense. The first idea, that the messengers were actual angelic beings suggest “that each church had a…

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Revelation Chapter 3, Part 11

Revelation Chapter 3, Part 11

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Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 12-13 continued “He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him my new name. He, who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says…

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Revelation Chapter 3, Part 10

Revelation Chapter 3, Part 10

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Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 12-13 continued “He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him my new name. He, who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says…

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Revelation Chapter 3, Part 9

Revelation Chapter 3, Part 9

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Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 11 “Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.” “The promise of coming quickly was of special meaning to those nearer the end of the Philadelphia period. It was the stimulus for the Miller and Wolff movements —the Adventists. Since the “Time of the End” was to occur in Philadelphia, the book of Daniel was to begin to be understood. “Although I heard, I did not understand….

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Revelation Chapter 3, Part 8

Revelation Chapter 3, Part 8

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Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 10 continued, “Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.” “The test of patience seems to have had a more marked occurrence toward the latter part of the Philadelphia era. Indeed, also, the characteristic feature of “brotherly love,” which Divine Providence used to denote this sixth stage of the Church,…

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The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, Part 9

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, Part 9

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Comment: We use Psa 119:62 to show that the resurrection of the Ancient Worthies will occur at a crisis or turning point: “At midnight I will rise (from the sleep of death) to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.” Therefore, “midnight” can also signify a crisis or turning point in the parable and does not have to pinpoint 1874 as the start of a new day. “Midnight” will be a crucial turning point for the feet members….

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The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, Part 8

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, Part 8

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Returning to Verse 7: “And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.” We note that the very first thing to happen after the midnight cry is that the virgins awoke. (They had been slumbering—see Verse 5.) All of the virgins “arose” (awoke) and trimmed their lamps. The hour of the beast is fast approaching when the nominal Church will come into…

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The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, Part 7

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, Part 7

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Having in our previous post considered several reasons why the class was rather reluctant to change the time line for the application of this prophecy we should now like to consider several other points from another standpoint—from the standpoint of TODAY. Here is the question: Could these happenings of the past have providentially occurred to lock this subject until a later date? The answer seems to be yes, and will become more apparent as we continue. Matthew 24 tells about…

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The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, Part 6

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, Part 6

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Having presented the common or orthodox view of this parable we should here like to present another possible interpretation, note none of the essential lessons which we gleamed from the first have been changed it is simply the time for the application of this parable that is being reconsidered now. Upon further study the class had deemed that certain points in the parable merited reconsideration. One point is that ten virgins went forth and the Bridegroom did tarry. After the…

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The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, Part 5

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, Part 5

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Matthew Chapter 25 Verse 11: “Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.” This event will take place AFTER the door is shut—and after the foolish virgins realize it is shut. However, the pleading “Lord, open to us” means they want the door to be opened, which is quite different from those in the Johnsonite movement, who blithely accepted the supposed fact that the door is shut and had no desire for it to be opened….

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