Revelation Chapter 6 The First Seal As a further support of the first view note the following excerpts taken from Brother Levi Jacobs discourse entitled, “Opening of the Seven Seals. “And I saw, and behold a white horse; and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.” What is the significance of this dramatic picture? Horses, in the Scriptures, represent doctrines, a white horse, in…
Revelation Chapter 6 The First Seal VERSE 1 “Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.” The LAMB (Jesus) breaks the First Seal. The breaking of the Seals is representative of revealing the major prophetic tendencies of each of the periods. ONE OF THE FOUR LIVING ONES: It seems important in the series of the first four Seals that…
How exactly will the other nations who survived Armageddon receive the same blessing as the “holy remnant” of Israel is receiving? “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘IN THOSE DAYS (when the earthly phase of the kingdom is established) ten men (representing all other nations of the earth that will gather about Israel at that time) from every language of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man (in other words in the restitution work, fleshly Israel shall…
As you recall in Part 6 of our study it was suggested that: “Restitution blessings (the restoring of all things, Acts 3:19-21) will begin with the generation living at the time of the inauguration of the Mediator’s Kingdom. Who specifically will these consist of? This would encompass all who survived Armageddon, BEGINNING FIRST with the “holy remnant” of Israel. As we read: “At that time Michael shall stand up (assume control), the great prince who stands watch over the sons…
Revelation Chapter 6 As was stated in our previous post there are two views held by the brethren as to the meaning of the four horsemen of the apocalypses specifically in regards to the first horse and rider. Here we present the two views and those who support them. The First Seal In support of the first view we note the following: As explained by Brother Anton C. Frey in his, Notes on the Revelation of Jesus Christ: “And I…
Revelation Chapter 6 The First Seal “The seals about to be broken by the risen Lord are none other than those affixed to the scroll seen earlier…as held fast, and as kept secret, in the hand of the Almighty One (Rev 5:1). The initial disclosure of the contents of the scroll pertains to what the future would hold in store for God’s elect; that is, it is the shocking revelation of the then soon-to-come aberrant behavior of the professed Church…
Heavens first law is order “For as all in Adam die, even so shall all in Christ be made alive, but each one in his own order: Christ the first-fruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming (parousia: presence).” 1 Cor 15:22, 23 As ALL of Adam’s posterity were counted in as sharers in his sin and thus in his condemnation this irrespective of their own will, so ALL DIE. Even so (in the same sense, and to the…
MUST ADAM FIRST BE REDEEMED? Accepting the Scriptural presentation that “By one man’s disobedience sin entered into the world, and death as a result of sin, and thus death passed upon all men, for that all are sinners” (Rom. 5:12-19); accepting also the declaration of Scripture, “As by man came death, by man also comes the resurrection of the dead” (1 Cor. 15:21); also the assurance that “As all in Adam die, even so all in Christ shall be made…
BAPTIZED INTO MOSES–BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST If the Church is to be members of the great Mediator, why is not Israel, who was baptized into Moses, (1 Cor. 10:1, 2) thus, made members of the Mediator of the Law Covenant? The Divine arrangement which used Moses, Aaron, the tribe of Levi and all Israel as types is complex, so that the unlearned and unstable are in danger of wresting them to their own injury. Whoever will begin with the Passover type…
This same expression, “after those days,” mentioned in Jeremiah’s prophecy (31:33), occurs in connection with Joel’s prophecy of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Through him the Lord declares the ultimate pouring out of the Divine blessing, the Holy Spirit, upon all flesh; but he informs us that it will be “AFTER those days.” It is still future; hence here is another evidence that this expression, “after those days,” signifies after the completion of the work of the selection of…