Jeff Mezera
About our Chronology and Time Prophecies
"Without chronology," says Dr. Hales, "history would lose its most valuable characters of truth and consistency, and scarcely rise above the level of romance" - Martin Anstey, The Romance of Bible Chronology (1913). The Jewish nation had a Divine chronicler. "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets" (Hebrews 1:1). "Knowing this first, [...]
Harmonizing Habakkuk 3:9
"Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah ..." (Habakkuk 3:9, AV) Considered by most translators and commentators as an obscure and difficult to translate passage, Habakkuk 3:9 has confounded interpreters for centuries. The United Bible Societies Bible Translator Handbook states that "with so many possibilities to be found in reputable translations (and many other [...]
The Convincing Spirit of Truth
"Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment" (John 16:7-8). What did Jesus mean when he [...]
Constantine and Christianity
A remarkable turn of events in 313 AD The Edict of Milan was one of the first documents in the history of the world to promote freedom of religion. It was a boon for Christians who up until that point had been severely persecuted during a ten year policy of intolerance initiated by the emperor Diocletian. The document was beneficial for all parties. It [...]
The Epistle of Barnabas
There have been several other chroniclers in history as well as those who have written about time prophecies. Pastor Russell comments on the “venerable tradition” is in his second volume of Studies in the Scriptures, The Time is at Hand. “Here we furnish the evidence that from the creation of Adam to AD 1873 was six thousand years. And though the Bible contains no [...]
The Eternal Debate
(This is the forepart of a lengthy treatise excerpting writers throughout the age respecting hope for the unsaved. The portion below takes us through only the second century of the Christian era.) Both Jews and Christians have debated for centuries about eternal life, the immortal soul, hell, and the scope of God's salvation. This debate reaches from the Jewish writers, the early Church, to [...]