The History of the Gospel Age Church The importance of history cannot be overestimated most especially as it pertains to the history of the Gospel age church. Unfortunately, the vast majority of professed Christians have little or no knowledge of church history. They may know something about the early days of the church its founding by the Lord and the apostles and its progress up until about the time of the fall of Jerusalem, but beyond that it all becomes…
As stated in our previous post before we delve into the history of each of the seven churches and their respective angels, we would first like to ask, What are the qualifications for being one of the Seven Angels? The following excerpt comes to us from the New Albany Notes on Revelation. “Much discussion has gone into naming the seven messengers (angels) to the seven Churches. On the whole, Bible students have been in basic agreement as to the identities…
Zechariah’s Vision The foregoing vision given Zechariah confirms what we were discussing in our previous post concerning the divine channels chosen to dispense the truth to the household of faith. In the narrative found in (Zech 4:1-14), Zechariah was given another vision by the angel of the Lord, and the angel (messenger) asked him, “What do you see?” Zechariah answered saying, “I am looking, and there is a lamp-stand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, and…
The Seven angels and the Proper Food On the Lord’s Day the apostle John banished upon the island of Patmos was in spirit when he saw one like the Son of Man standing in the midst of seven golden lamp-stands. In his right hand he held seven stars. He later explained to John that the seven stars were the angels (or messengers) of the seven churches, and that the seven golden lamp-stands represented the seven churches. (Rev 1:9-20) These seven…
Ordained to Preach So where do we find these meek ones whom the Lord Himself has anointed (ordained or commissioned) to preach the Word? How do we distinguish them from the rest? When seeking the truth, we should not be looking to world or to the worldly church for the true teachers of God’s Word, such are not to be found there. Babylon (Christendom) has long since fallen and is no longer used by the Lord. Babylon has indeed held…
“The meek will he teach his way” (Psa 25:9) Can we trust any outside sources in our quest for truth, sources found outside of orthodoxy, the professed church? How are we to be sure of any of them? The Lord states that we are to “try the spirits” to test the doctrines from whomsoever they emanate, to prove for ourselves (by the Word of God) whether they speak for God or for the evil one. The problem here is that…
An Important Lesson “For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh (according to their own estimation), not many mighty (not many great, or learned), not many noble (for the noble and the great usually trust too much in themselves and are not ready to accept the Lord’s way), are called (When the lists shall be proclaimed, the names of many who have been greatly honored and esteemed amongst men and who many expected to…
A Stumbling Bock “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.” (Isa 55:8) The problem is that the vast majority of professed Christians have great difficulty in accepting this fact, that the Lord’s ways of doing things are not the same as our own, that his ways are superior to ours. This has led to much of the confusion existing in the professed Church today. They have chosen the worlds way over…
It has been mentioned in our study on Chapter 14 (Revelation) that the three angels (messages) of this chapter pointed to the date A.D. 1878, and that it represents not only the time in which the nominally professing church (Great Babylon) was cast off, but that several other key events took place at this time. 1) It likewise marks the beginning of the Laodicean stage of the church, the seventh and last stage, and 2) Most importantly of all it…
“Let no one hastily conclude that there are no evidences of Restitution about us, nor that the Sun of Righteousness is not already gilding the watch towers (the prophets and others so appointed) of Zion and enlightening the world. Let him, on the contrary, reflect that we are already in the day when the hidden things are being made manifest (lies and corruption both in the public and government don’t go long hidden and undisclosed); and let him remember that…