“To make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery.” (Eph. 3:3-6, 9.) To show men the conditions upon which they might become sharers with Jesus, joined to the body of Christ, the true Church, to see the method of administration or operation of the mystery by which they might become sharers with Jesus in the execution of God’s plans. This is where many stumble, lacking a proper understanding of the “The Two Salvations”, and the distinction between the…
“In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound [i.e. in the forepart of his sounding,] the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.” (Rev 10:7) It is our understanding that we are now living in the days of the voice of the Seventh Angel. The evidence is that these trumpets mentioned by the Revelator and by Paul (1 Cor. 15:52; and 1 Thess 4:16;…
From what we’ve gleamed from some of the statements found on the Christian forum we frequent under the thread: The Mystery Revealed to Paul it is evident that there exist a lot of confusion over just what constitutes the “mystery” being spoken of by the Apostle Paul in Eph 3:1-12 with some imagining he was simply referring to the gospel of salvation itself. This of course could not be the case because the Apostle states that this mystery was not…
The Bible does not divulge the exact length of each creative day, but there are indications that each of the creative days was 7,000 years in length. Although there are those who would have us believe that the “days” of creation were literal twenty-four-hour days they were not; they were eras of time, each era having an obscure dark beginning, described as “EVENING,” and a bright ending of the accomplished project, described as “MORNING.” In accordance with this, it should…
The Days of Creation The whole premise behind the idea that each of the creative “days” were of a literal 24 hour duration is unfounded, it is based upon the erroneous assumption that God Himself is subject to time, to the same time restraints he placed upon man. With God time is not reckoned as it is with us (See Psa 90:4; 2 Pet 3:8). God is immortal, eternal without beginning of days or ending and therefore not subject to…
VICTORY OVER DEATH Then, “when this corruption shall have put on incorruption, and when this mortal shall have put on immortality,” shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, “Death is swallowed up in victory.” (1 Cor 15:54) Was death a good thing? No! Whose victory is this? The victory of our Lord, the victory of our Heavenly Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ. When will death be swallowed up? After he shall-have accomplished his mission. And how…
HOW ARE THE DEAD RAISED? The apostle then discusses the matter of the body (1 Cor 15:35-38), and says, “But someone will say, “How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?” He IS NOT speaking of how are bodies raised up, but “How are the dead raised up.” He is speaking of the soul, the being, NOT speaking of the body; what kind of body will they (the soul or being) have when they are…
The following remarks were made by the Pastor in response to a live debate he was having with the Rev. Dr. E. L. Eaton, a local Methodist minister. “The Scriptures teach that all mankind when they die are dead. It seems a strange proposition to have to make to an intelligent audience, that when a man dies he is dead; but, nevertheless, it is necessary to show this, because the majority of people, under the dominion of tradition from the…
A little further clarification: To our understanding, all who died previously to our Lord’s parousia (the Second Advent) passed into a “sleep” or “unclothed” condition to wait for this time, when the sleeping should be awakened in resurrection by their Lord, or the unclothed be clothed upon of their spiritual body—their house from heaven. It has not been a blessing to die and thus fall asleep; but NOW since we live in the time when we may step from the…
Having examined the first proof text (Phil 1:21-23) supplied by our friend, which he believes supports his theory that upon death the Christian goes immediately to be with the Lord we should like to take a look at his second text, 2 Cor 5:6-9: “We are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good…