1. Will the cry of universal peace ever be a reality, and enduring peace be inaugurated permanently through peace conferences and a federation of earthly powers? “For when they shall say, Peace and safety: then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape,” I Thessalonians 5:3. [...]
1. How does God regard sins of ignorance? “And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent,” Acts 17:30. 2. To whom is sin imputed? “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin,” James 4:17. 3. In what [...]
In the first place we must know what is the Holy Ghost. Some suppose the Holy Ghost is one thing, and the Holy Spirit another. But the same word is translated as “Spirit.” and “Ghost.” The Holy Spirit is the better term, and is more easily understood. We find the Holy Spirit in existence before [...]
1. What did Jesus especially say about Hell while He was on earth? “And if thine eye offend thee pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire where their worm dieth not, and the fire [...]
1. What comparison does the Lord make with His church on earth, showing that it is an organized body, with all members working together? “For as the body is one, and hath many members and all the members of that one body, being many are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit [...]
1. In what terms do we have the nation of Russia mentioned in divine prophecy? “Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,” Ezekiel 38:2. 2. Where did the names of Magog, Meshech and Tubal originate? “Now these are the [...]
1. What does God say concerning the dispersion of the Jewish people among the nations of the world? “I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth,” Jeremiah 29:18. “For, lo, I will command, and I [...]
NOTE: In the preceding lesson we have learned of the scattering and regathering of the Jews, and also that at the appearing of Christ, this people will say “Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord,” There certainly are some reasons why this condition will exist at this time. One reason is, [...]
NOTE: In the preceding lesson we have learned that the Jewish people were scattered among the nations of the earth as God said they would be. This chastisement commenced in the year 606 B.C., under Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and the prophet said it would last for a period of twenty-five hundred and twenty (2520) [...]
1. What great calamity befell the Jewish people? “For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve,” Amos 9:9. 2. During this time would there be a colony or government established by them? “Yet shall not the least grain fall [...]