A STUDY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT TERMS FOR GOD’S KINGDOMS There are many terms that describe God’s rule. They include “the kingdom of Heaven”, “the Kingdom of God”, “the kingdom of His dear Son” etc.. Some believe that all these terms refer to the very same thing. But if that is true, why did the […]
IS THERE AN ELECTION WITHIN AN ELECTION? ARE ALL BELIEVERS IN THE DISPENSATION OF THE MYSTERY MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH WHICH IS HIS BODY? There are many that hold to the Acts 28 position, ie. that the Church began after Acts 28, that believe that only those believers who understand the mystery revealed to Paul […]
THE WIFE AND BRIDE OF REVELATION THE WIFE AND THE BRIDE OF REVELATION The question that I will address in this paper is whether the wife of Rev. 19 and the bride of Rev. 21 are two different groups in the same dispensation. This question is part of the broader question of whether there are […]
WHAT EXACTLY IS THE MYSTERY THAT HAD BEEN HID IN GOD? From my discussions with Christians who are honestly searching the Word of God, I have realized that many do not really understand exactly what the secret was that had been hid in God. I hope this paper will help alleviate that problem. The mystery […]
WHO IS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD? The “Angel of the Lord” is the messenger of Jehovah. I believe that Christ is the “Angel of the Lord“. This suggests that Christ existed before His birth to Mary in the form of man. That is exactly what Scripture tells us is the case. We read in […]
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 last […]
Sit Thou At My Right Hand “SIT THOU AT MY RIGHT HAND” We read in Psalms 110:1, “The Lord said unto my Lord, ‘Sit Thou at My right hand Until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool”. This verse has become, through misinterpretation, one of the verses which has come to put Jesus Christ in […]
SALVATION: A UNIVERSAL TRUTH If something is true of all dispensations for all men, I refer to it as a “universal truth”. There are three universal truths that impact on salvation as a universal truth and will be discussed in the sections below: THE NATURE OF GOD SALVATION BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH REWARDS THE NATURE […]
WHEN DID THE CHURCH BEGIN? I believe that the Church, the Body of Christ, began with the beginning of the dispensation of the mystery. That mystery was that “through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus” (Eph. 3:6). In […]
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 […]
IS THE CHURCH CALLED TO HEAVEN? Some believe that the church which is His body is called to earth for resurrection life. Others say it is to heavenly places that we are called. In order to come to a scriptural understanding of this question, we will study the following topics: FAR ABOVE ALL HEAVENS EPH. […]
A STUDY OF NEW TESTAMENT BAPTISMS When most people think of baptism they think of water baptism. But there is a baptism that is decidedly a dry baptism, i.e. no water (I Cor. 10:1-2). And there is also the baptism into Jesus (Rom. 6:3). There is a baptism “by the Spirit” ( I Cor. 12:13). […]