“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with THE VOICE of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.” (1 Thess 4:16) Here the Apostle Paul connects this utterance with Christ’s own words concerning that event, “the dead shall hear THE VOICE of the Son of God,” we can but identify Michael with our Lord Jesus Christ Himself. “Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming,…
“At that time Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands watch over the sons of YOUR people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book.” (Dan 12:1) Recall in our previous post we quoted Gabriel as saying: “Do you know why I have come to you? And now…
There are several proof texts which we believe confirm to us that the Arch angel Michael was none other than our Lord in his pre-human existence some of these were mentioned in our first post but here we would like to examine them as well as some others a bit closer. Our first text is found in Daniel Chapter 10 “We have a hint here and there in the Scriptures which indicates that Satan has his representatives at the courts…
Here we present a side by side comparison of the life of Elijah with the history of the true church to help us more readily see the similarities between the two. These are striking coincidences, and we believe are not accidental, but with Jesus, we believe that to those (of the Israelite’s) who could “receive” Johns testimony, he to such filled the office or work of Elias, which the church more fully accomplishes. The expression, “turn the hearts of…
The history of Elijah the prophet, called in the New Testament Elias, is one full of interest to us, not only because it is a history of a courageous and faithful servant of God, but because we believe that he was also a TYPE, and that, through the medium of his life, God has given us illustrations of some of the deep things of His word. Before touching upon Elijah as a type we wish to call attention to the…
In Job 38:7 we read that when the earth was created, “The morning stars (plural, which we believe there were only two, the Logos and Lucifer) sang together, AND all the sons of God (the rest of the angels) shouted for joy.” Our Lord referred to himself as one of these morning stars in Rev 22:16, when he stated, “I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.” Satan likewise at one time was…
“The name Jesus means one who saves – a savior. But God’s plan for saving the world from sin and death is so comprehensive that in order to help us understand all its implications God, through his Word, has given Jesus many and varied TITLES, each giving some particular viewpoint regarding the work he will perform in regards to the kingdom and the salvation of the world. Previous to this time our Lord was given the title of the Logos,…
Matthew Chapter 24 VERSE 31 continued, “And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” Luke 21 shows clearly that the Church will be complete just prior to the great Time of Trouble and Jesus’ revealing to the world (in the fire of the great day). Luke 21:26–28 reads: “Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for…
Matthew Chapter 24 VERSE 31 “And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” The Sinaitic MS omits the word “sound“, which we believe to be in harmony with the general teachings of the trumpets. “This work (of gathering His elect) will be in progress in the interim, during the “harvest.” The angels (messengers of the new…
Matthew Chapter 24 VERSE 30 continued, “Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.” There are actually two views as to who exactly is being referred to in this verse as the “tribes of the earth”. 1) As mentioned in our previous post is that they represent…