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Angels & Demons-What are They?
R. 3490
"The Scriptures expressly show that the fallen spirits would be held under restraint for a long time, and that those restraints would gradually be relaxed in the judgment of the great day. (Jude 6; 2 Pet. 2:4.) Thus, it is not surprising to watchers to note that the chains are being gradually loosened, and that these 'wicked spirits' have greater liberties than ever before. 'BE NOT HIGH-MINDED, BUT FEAR.' There is still danger to those who 'don't believe in spirits,' and who regard as superstitious the Bible narratives of how our Lord and the Apostle cast out demons, and how all wizards, witches, mediums and others who proposed to hold communication with the dead were strictly prohibited in Israel. There is more danger to the self-confident, who 'dare investigate anything,' and who boast 'a mind of their own,' than of the humbler ones who say 'let us fear to tamper with what God has forbidden.' The beginning of the trap is a bait to curiosity -- a visit to a 'medium, 'a seance' with friends, at a neighbor's home." R. 3490
Antichrist- who or what, is it?
Read online excerpt from The Time is at Hand (Chapter 9): "The Man of Sin - Antichrist"
"As the Christ consists of the true Lord and the true Church, so Antichrist is a counterfeit system consisting of a false lord and an apostate church. For a time it is permitted to misrepresent the truth, practice deceit and counterfeit the authority and future reign of the true Lord and his Church, and intoxicate the nations with false claims and assumptions." The Time is at Hand , p. 172
Read online booklet: Can We Identify Antichrist?
Read online excerpt from The Time is at Hand (Chapter 9): "The Man of Sin - Antichrist"
Baptism
"Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection." Romans 6:3-5
"We, who are by nature Gentiles, cannot do better than accept this very complete explanation of the true baptism addressed by the Apostle Paul to the believers at Rome-- many, if not all, of whom had been Gentiles, 'children of wrath.' In three verses here the Apostle deals most thoroughly with the subject of baptism as it applies to us. These verses are very generally used to prove all the various doctrines of baptism, but quoted especially by our brethren who recognize baptism as signifying immersion in water. Let it be clearly noticed, however, that the Apostle makes not one word of reference to water baptism. Water baptism is merely a symbol, or picture of the real baptism; and the Apostle, in these verses explains, from various standpoints, the true, the essential baptism, without which no one can be considered a member of the body, or Church of Christ, while all who receive this baptism, of whatever name or place, color or sex, are to be counted as members of the Ecclesia , members of the New Creation." The New Creation , pp. 434-435
Read the online excerpt (Chapter 10) from The New Creation : "The Baptism
Bible Chronology
"The Bible, our God-provided history of the first three thousand years, is the only work in the world which--beginning with Adam, the first man mentioned in history - whose name, the time of his creation and death are recorded, and from whom his descendants can be traced by name and age in successive links for nearly four thousand years--furnishes us a clear and connected history down to a period where secular history is well authenticated...the Bible record extends to the first year of Cyrus, B.C. 536, a well established and generally accepted date. There the thread of Bible chronology is dropped--at a point where secular history is reliable.
God has thus provided for his children a clear and connected record down to the present time. The Bible by its prophecies even supplements history, down to the consummation of 'the restitution of all things,' in the end of the seventh millennium, whence a new era of eternal blessedness will begin to date. The Bible is therefore the only record in the world which furnishes a view of human history as a whole. It carries us from the lost paradise of Genesis to the restored paradise of Revelation, tracing the pathway of humanity into eternity. Taken together, the history and prophecy of the Bible afford a panoramic view of the whole course of events from the creation and fall of man to his reconciliation and restitution. In the Bible alone, therefore, we may expect to find a record which will order aright the inharmonious periods and chronological irregularities which the annals of human history at first sight present--into harmony with each other and with the periods of nature."
The Time is at Hand , pp. 37-38
The Day of Judgement
"Popular Christian novels that flood the bookstores today prey on people's fears and sensationalize the horrors of those who are left behind in a 'tribulation' of the Judgment Day.
How differently did the prophets and apostles regard the promised day of judgment! Note the exultant prophetic utterance of David: 'Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, the Lord reigneth. Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the Lord, because he cometh to judge the earth. O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endureth forever.' (1 Chronicles 16:31-34) This exclamation of the coming judgment upon the earth is certainly cause to rejoice!" Excerpt from The Day of Judgment: Popular Christian Theories Exposed
Read online excerpt (Chapter 8) of The Divine Plan of the Ages : "The Day of Judgment"
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