The selection of the three Apostles is a sign that what is about to happen is of theological significance; the five people invited by Jesus to come into the room when the child is healed signifies the gift of God's grace applied through the faith of the believers, and the seven gathered...
when the transition or movement is made to the Revealed or Preached God in the preaching or proclamation as when one leaves the world to return to the church, becomes the absolute and unconditional guarantee for the promise of the Revealed or Preached God to the elect. ...
‘The men of the middle ages lived in the Bible and by the Bible.’ When twelfth century theologians observed-as they sometimes did-that many things were held by the church that were not found in Scripture they seem to have had in mind only liturgical customs or pious practices. An extra...
Passover: Seven Days or One Day?– When we followRabbinic Traditionof Passover instead of Scripture, we fall into disobedience. We fail to celebrate Messiah’s Passover, for Rabbinic Tradition does not celebrate Passover, but only Unleavened (Luke 22:1) — which [by Tradition]is calledPass...
“When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.Then he says,‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds itempty, swept, andput in order.Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits mo...
Dinocrates going out from a gloomy place, where also there were several others, and he was parched and very thirsty, with a filthy countenance and pallid colour, and the wound on his face which he had when he died. This Dinocrates had been my brother after the flesh, seven years of ...
This is an elementary truth to most of us who have been blessed to see the spiritual meaning of the Scriptures, yet it is a profound truth, actually, a blessing [Mat 13:17], when we first have our eyes opened to see it. Jesus Christ isnot coming out therenor will He be found out...