Volume 2, No.1, Jan. 1991
In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
With this statement, a candidate is baptized and welcomed as a new member of the body of Christ. The phrase taken from Matthew 28:19 followed Jesus' command to baptize all nations. But is this phrase really the saying of Jesus? Or was the scripture altered during the third century to support the development of the doctrine of the trinity? Since the concession that 1 [...]
Atonement: Leviticus Chapter 9 vs. Chapter 16
Bible Students have long appreciated the Plan of God as it is illustrated in the Tabernacle arrangement of the ancient Israelites. This Tabernacle or tent had two compartments containing articles of gold. It was placed in a courtyard surrounded by a high white curtain. The Tabernacle's construction details are recorded in the book of Exodus. A structure alone benefits no one. There must also [...]
Three Days and Three Nights
PROBLEM In Matthew 12:40 Jesus indicated he would be in the tomb for "three days and three nights" an expression in our time and culture that implies three 24 hour time periods, or 72 hours. The rest of the biblical record, however, indicates the time was considerably shorter (Friday afternoon to Sunday morning). How do we harmonize this apparent disagreement? An understanding of Hebrew [...]
Israel, Iraq and the Gulf Crisis
A LAND BROUGHT BACK FROM THE SWORD “After many years thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of [...]