WAS THERE A TRANSITION INTO THE PRESENT DISPENSATION? Many, if not most, in the mid-Acts community believe that there was a transition into the dispensation of the mystery. I believe that there are problems with that suggestion, both logically and Scripturally. But before we get into those problems, let us be certain that we understand […]
THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH ? INTRODUCTION This paper is written from the point of view that the Church which is His Body began after Acts 28:25 when Israel was put aside as God’s chosen people. If the reader does not hold to that view I suggest he/she read the paper When Did the Church […]
A STUDY OF HOW TO INTERPRET THE PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST I am certain that the reader needs no illustration to prove just how varied are the interpretations of the parables of Jesus Christ, so I will not belabor the point. This paper, as the title suggests, is not primarily to offer yet another interpretation, […]
THE OUT-RESURRECTION AND THE PRIZE OF THE HIGH CALLING THE OUT-RESURRECTION AND THE PRIZE OF THE HIGH CALLING THE OUT-RESURRECTION Phil. 3:10-11, “I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings, becoming like him in His death, and so somehow to attain to the […]
A STUDY OF HELL INTRODUCTION This study of hell will be, in one sense, very difficult, and in another sense, very easy. Difficult, because most Christians have a concept of hell which, in many cases, comes from what was taught them in early childhood. Concepts formed in early childhood are often very difficult […]
WAS ISRAEL LO-AMMI THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NEW TESTAMENT? PART II “THE GLORY OF THE LORD DEPARTED” In part one we discussed the scriputral reasons for my belief that God’s Word teaches that Israel had been taken back as His people after the 70 year Babylonian captivity, and also the arguments of those who believe otherwise. […]
GEHENNA E.W. Bullinger writes the following paragraph about Gehenna in the Companion Bible, Appendix number 131. “This is the transliteration of the Heb. Gai Hinnom, i.e. the Valley of Hinnom or ‘the Valley ‘ of [the sons of] Hinom, where were the fires through which children were passed in the worship of Moloch. In the […]
FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THE DEITY OF JESUS CHRIST This paper will address three passage that give scriptural evidence of the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ. Those passages are: I COR. 15:24-28 EPH. 1:10 COL. 2:9 I COR. 15:24-28 “Then cometh the end, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the […]
THE APPARENT CONTRADICTION IN REVELATION 21:1 We read in Rev. 21:1, “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away….”. This verse tells us that the present earth and heaven that will one day be replaced by the new heaven and new earth […]
THE COMFORTER The Comforter is spoken of in the following passages: Jn. 14:16-18, “And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know […]
WHAT CONSTITUTES A CHANGE OF DISPENSATIONS? I have read in various writings of those who hold the mid-Acts position that the present dispensation began when Paul was converted on the road to Damascus, or when the message of salvation was preached to the Gentiles, or when any number of other events occurred. These and other […]
DANIEL’S 70 WEEKS Most students of the Bible agree that there is a parenthetical period of time of nearly two thousand years in the 70 weeks written about in Daniel chapter nine. If there were no parenthetical period, we should have already seen the antichrist and the tribulation, which is the subject of the […]
A STUDY OF THE OLIVE TREE, THE FIG TREE AND THE VINE We read in Judges nine of the olive tree, the fig tree, the vine and the bramble. Some believe that these trees represent Israel. Furthermore, in a discussion of Romans 11, Judges nine is often suggested as the Scriptural evidence that the olive […]
WILL RESURRECTED SAINTS SIN? Most of us believe that there will be no sin in resurrection life. Until I began this study I thought the same, but was quite surprised to realize that I was wrong. That is to say, in my opinion, despite what most believe, the Word of God does indeed tell us […]