A STUDY ON THE WORD "SPOIL" AS USED IN MATTHEW 12:29 In this verse, our Lord gives us considerable information in regard to the sequence of events, here at the end of the Age. Being so brief, it is necessary that we carefully consider the meaning of each word, in order to get the correct meaning. In this verse, the word "spoil" needs careful [...]

Some question has arisen concerning Leviticus 9:24. What offering is it which was here consumed? Some have felt it to be (1) the daily evening offering; others feel it to be (2) the remains of the sacrifices earlier in Leviticus 9; yet others have thought it to be (3) one of the animals of verse 2. The answer seems to be hidden in the [...]

Many have been plagued by the fruitless arguments of a well-known organization whose adherents make much of the question of what it was upon which Jesus was crucified (or "impaled"). One brother was accosted with the question at a fair booth: "Why do you have Jesus hanging on a pagan symbol?" His answer as classic: "Because it was pagans who killed him." Perhaps the [...]

"SETTING UP OF THE ABOMINATION THAT MAKETH DESOLATE" 4TH-5TH CENTURIES. THE CHURCH'S ROLE IN A COLLAPSING EMPIRE. "The Papacy was concerned with holding the Church together and protecting it from the invading barbarians. During the course of these invasions, both the popes and the bishops in the Roman Empire found themselves acquiring property and power by default as the Roman administration collapsed. This fusion [...]