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Mar 10th, 2010 |
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Category: Things to Think about
NOR will any other creatures either in heaven or in earth receive such marks of special favor as are and ever will be the portion of the beloved Bride of Christ. Although the whole family in heaven and in earth will be blessed through Him, His Wife, co-operating with Him in His work, will alone be His companion, His confidante, His treasure.
Tags: Bride of Christ, kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, little flock Posted in Things to Think about |
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Feb 9th, 2010 |
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Category: Booklets (click on booklet name), Christian Character, Psalms
The Psalm which constitutes our lesson is supposed to have been composed by the Prophet after his heart had returned to peace with God through assurance of divine forgiveness of his sins. Its opening sentence takes this standpoint. David was the blessed man who had experienced divine forgiveness and covering of his transgression, his sin. He was the man to whom the Lord no longer imputed iniquity and in whose heart was no deception, no secret longing for sin, with merely the restraints of fear, but who had a heart and mind fully turned away from sin and in absolute accord with divine justice and all of its righteous requirements.
Tags: Ahithophel, Amalekites and Amorites, Bathsheba, forgiveness of sins, Great Company, King David, little flock, ove of Christ constraineth, Psalm 32, repentance, satisfaction for sins, sin is covered, transgression Posted in Booklets (click on booklet name), Christian Character, Psalms |
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Feb 8th, 2010 |
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Category: 1st & 2nd & 3rd John, Verse by Verse (Click on Book name)
Basically the word “spirits” pertains to doctrine, but it is like the word “conversation” in the King James, which we change to “conduct.” Therefore, it is helpful to think of “spirits” as being both the doctrine and the disposition, or character, of the one who is pronouncing the message. The false element professed to be prophets, taking the position that they were speaking the truth. However, the listener had to be cautious. Since John spoke so much about “love” in this epistle, we can add the thought of “conduct” as well. Thus the listener was to test the doctrine of the speaker and observe his character, conversation, and conduct to see if they squared with Scripture and the qualifications of a bona fide Christian. Both the doctrine and the spirit that accompanied the doctrine were to be tested. In fact, testing and careful consideration were essential “because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” We are not to be too trustful of what we hear and of what one professes to be.
Tags: agape, AntiChrist, Apostle Paul, born of God, Dark Ages, day of judgment, discerning of spirits, doctrines of demons, false doctrine, false prophets, fear hath torment, God in the flesh, God incarnate, God is Love, Great Company, half God and half man, Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, little flock, Mystery of Iniquity, only begotten son, Papacy, perfect in love, perfect love casteth out fear, propitiation for our sins, Saviour of the world, Son of God, Son of Man, spirit of antichrist, spirit of error, Spirit of truth, spiritually discerned, try the spirits, Universal Salvationists, vicarius filii dei, Vicegerent of Christ Posted in 1st & 2nd & 3rd John, Verse by Verse (Click on Book name) |
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Jan 29th, 2010 |
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Category: Special Features (click on Article name)
Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
The Queen And Her Virgin Companions
Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand [...]
Tags: Bride of Christ, clothing of wrought gold, Great Company, Great Multitude, king's daughter, king's palace, little flock, Psalm 45, raiment of needlework, Robe of Christ's Righteousness, the bridegroom, virgins her companions, wedding garment of the bride, wise virgins Posted in Special Features (click on Article name) |
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Jan 29th, 2010 |
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Category: Special Features (click on Article name)
UNDER the symbol of white raiment the Lord throughout His Word represents the righteousness of those whom He accepts as His people. Their righteousness in the future state will be a personal righteousness or holiness; and the guarantee of this is the promise that all who are accounted worthy, as “overcomers” of the world to be joint-heirs with Christ in the heavenly Kingdom, will in the resurrection be granted new, perfect, spiritual bodies, free from sin and impurity of every kind, and fully in harmony with their new wills or characters developed during the trial-time of this present life.
Tags: 144 thousand, book of life, father in heaven is perfect, fruits of righteousness, Great Company, Great Multitude, Great Time of Trouble, hundred forty four thousand, lamb's book of life, little flock, Mystic Babylon, palms of victory, Parable of the Wedding Garment, parables, righteousness of the saints, Robe of Christ's Righteousness, unspotted from the world, wedding garment, white raiment, wise and foolish virgins Posted in Special Features (click on Article name) |
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Jan 12th, 2010 |
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Category: Song of Solomon, Verse by Verse (Click on Book name)
The King James Version properly has a new paragraph here. Song 3:1,2 and 5:2-6 tell of two bedroom scenes. Chapter 3 gives the Little Flock’s attitude when they are awakened, and Chapter 5 contrasts the Great Company’s attitude when they are awakened. The Pastor’s writings furnish many clues and ideas, which, when collated, result in pictures that are tenfold clearer. Details and other truths are revealed in the collation.
Tags: Ancient Worthies, aughters of Jerusalem, Babylon, bed of spices, black as a raven, Bride of Christ, Clayton Woodworth, dropping sweetsmelling myrrh, drunk my wine with my milk, eaten my honeycomb with my honey, eyes of doves, feast for the birds, feast of fat things, fingers with sweetsmelling myrrh, Great Company, Great Multitude, holy remnant, ivory overlaid with sapphires, Laodicean spirit, little flock, Marriage of the Lamb, my hands dropped with myrrh, Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, sacrifice for the birds, scapegoat, second death, The Finished Mystery, Zola Levitt Posted in Song of Solomon, Verse by Verse (Click on Book name) |
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Dec 23rd, 2009 |
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Category: Questions You Ask (click for the full answer), Revelation
That being said, Babylon the great, is a sectarian division, i.e. the Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church. It was once a “golden cup” in the hand of the Lord (Jer. 51:7; Rev. 17:4), The True Church was taken over by the Nicolatian spirit (Lording over God’s Heritage–development of the Clergy and Laity classes). But until the Reformation they were the only source of God’s Word. Not that they used it, because they had become “babylon” i.e. confusion. They allowed traditions of man equal weight with God’s Word (you can see that in an article on the Vatican Nativity scene here, though it is an older article it does show that they prefered to harmonize tradition rather and God’s Word).
Tags: apocalyptic symbols, babylong the great, book of Revelation, Bride of Christ, church and state, Come out of her my people, fall of babylong, God's heritage, golden cup, great whore, Holy Roman Empire, inquisition, Jezebel, john wycliffe, laity, Lamb's wife, little flock, Marriage of the Lamb, Mother of Harlots, nicolatian spirit, Protestantism, Roman Catholic Church, search the scriptures, sitteth upon many waters, study to show yourself approved, Vatican, wise and foolish virgins, work out salvation Posted in Questions You Ask (click for the full answer), Revelation |
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Dec 21st, 2009 |
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Category: John, Verse by Verse (Click on Book name)
The loving of one another is qualified: “as I have loved you.” We look to Jesus to see how he loved his disciples. For one thing, he criticized them. The Gospels do not emphasize politeness in the sense of Jesus’ being very careful in everything he said lest he offend. Words, thoughts, and messages were what he presented. We learn from these as well as from what he did NOT do with regard to his disciples. For example, consider how much time he spent in fellowship with them. He had many capabilities and could have gone off and done many other things, but he devoted much time to them. They were always tagging along with him. He fellowshipped with them continuously, trying to make them understand what God’s will was. This verse suggests we should be familiar with Jesus—with his parables, teachings, acts, etc. Sadly, many Christians give little thought to Jesus’ life and ministry, but they spend a great deal of time on other subjects.
Tags: brotherly love, Dark Ages, Father is the husbandman, Garden of Gethsemane, Great Company class or Second Death, I am the true vine, Jesus died at Calvary, lay down his life for his friends, little flock, love one another, no cloak for their sin, Spirit of truth, world hate you, ye bear much fruit Posted in John, Verse by Verse (Click on Book name) |
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Dec 20th, 2009 |
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Category: The Basics (click on Article name)
None will deny that throughout the Gospel Age there is a large class who have never heard of the only name given under heaven and amongst men whereby they must be saved and who, therefore, have never had an opportunity of becoming members of the Lord’s flock. That they have gone to heaven without a knowledge of the “only name” is unscriptural as well as unreasonable, and that they have gone to eternal torment without an opportunity for salvation is equally unscriptural and unreasonable. That the Lord intends to use the Very Elect Little Flock of this Gospel Age as his kings and priests during the Millennium, to carry his mercy and favor to all of these and to give them an opportunity of becoming members of the human flock to whom he will be pleased to give eternal life, is both reasonable and Scriptural.
Tags: eternal torment, gehenna, hell fire, Kingdom age, little flock, Millennium, unscriptural Posted in The Basics (click on Article name) |
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Dec 19th, 2009 |
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Category: Verse by Verse (Click on Book name), Zechariah
What does the “red horse” represent? Usually a horse is a doctrine or message that goes through the earth on a mission. Here is where the writings of the Pastor have proven very valuable, for they show that the color red refers to the Ancient Worthies. The red heifer that was slain in connection with the Tabernacle sacrifices is a picture of the Ancient Worthy class (Num. 19:2-10). As further confirmation, the memory or example of the Ancient Worthies is spoken of in the Book of Hebrews as the “ashes of an [red] heifer” (Heb. 9:13). After the flame of a fire goes out, smoke continues to ascend for a while. In the antitype, sometimes the smoke is favorable, and sometimes, as with mystic Babylon, it is the opposite. The figurative smoke of the burning (destruction) of the mother system will forever be a memorial to future generations; that is, what has happened in past history will forever be etched in memory.
Tags: abel, Ancient Worthies, and Noah, Artaxerxes king of Persia, Cambyses, Cyrus the Great, Darius Hystapses, Darius the Great, Elijah and Elisha, Enoch, four carpenters, Great Multitude, little flock, man riding upon a red horse, month Sebat, my servants the prophets, myrtle trees, Nebuchadnezzar, not have mercy on Jerusalem, red heifer, second year of Darius, seventy years desolation, Smerdis, Smiting of the Image, son of Berechiah, Third Temple after Jacob’s Trouble, Xerxes Posted in Verse by Verse (Click on Book name), Zechariah |
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