(Jeremiah 51). Jeremiah enjoined Seraiah to bind the prophetic roll to a great stone, and cast them together into the Euphrates. The meaning of the act was explained--"Thus shall Babylon sink and shall not rise," &c. (Jeremiah 51:63-64). The great dead mass, sinking helplessly by ...
16 For we have not been telling you fairy tales when we explained to you the power of our Lord Jesus Christ and his coming again. My own eyes have seen his splendor and his glory: 17-18 I was there on the holy mountain when he shone out with honor given him by God his Father; ...
But, he explained, he feared that if any attempt was made to correct this false doctrine and publicly confess the truth, many of their members, especially those of older standing and heavy tithe payers, would be unable to accept it. He feared they would lose confidence in the Church if ...
(Page 898,899) The four metals (This writer believes there are five) composing the image and are explained as symbolizing four empires (vv. 38-40), not necessarily possessing the earth but divinely authorized to do so (v. 38), and fulfilled in Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece (under ...
Let us notice exactly how Jesus explained this FIFTH world- shaking event in PLAIN language. "Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake" (Matt. 24:9). Notice, Jesus used two pronouns — "THEY," ...
“The cup of blessing which we bless,is it notthe communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break,is it notthe communion of the body of Christ?17For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread”(1 Corinthians 10:16–17). ...
33 However, it may very well be explained that the immediate purpose of the letters could possibly exclude such references as they were not behind the intent of John. The evangelist Timothy had labored at Ephesus as well; yet he is not mentioned. Would this nece4~anity imply the passing ...
since the introduction of higher criticism has so influenced the church, that attempts have been made to harmonise Genesis with the increasingly popular ideas of geologists promoting the notion of slow and gradual change and the concept that the past can be explained in terms of forces we observe...
Many studies confused the images of the Virgin with the mulier amicta sole, as pointed out by Yves Christe (1996b) who explained the need to “return” to patristics so as not to misinterpret them. The first to clearly identify Mary with the Woman Clothed with the Sun was Oecumenius in...