Volume 17, No.1, Feb. 2006
Summer, Winter, and Sabbath (Matthew 24)
In the 24th chapter of Matthew, which we call "Our Lord's Great Prophecy" verses 20-22 read: "But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there [...]
A Friend Loveth Like a Brother
''A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity" (Proverbs 17:17). A different and more correct rendering would give the verse thus: "The true friend loveth at all times, and loveth like a brother born for adversity." We are to be on our guard against merely whimsical friend ship, a friendship that is governed by moods and incidental and ever-changing [...]
Enoch and Elijah
These two Ancient Worthies both had a miraculous ending to their lives. Of Enoch it was written simply, "Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him" (Genesis 5:24). Of Elijah, "There appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire ... and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven" (2 Kings 2:11). Most brethren who express a thought on [...]
Crimson Garments from Bozrah (Isaiah 63:1-3, 5, 6)
Who is this that cometh from Edom [the land of Esau, who for one earthly morsel sacrificed his spiritual inheritance - Edom thus typifying the nominal Church and so-called Christendom], with dyed [crimson, RSV] garments from Bozrah [the capital of Edom signifying the Papacy]? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling [riding on horseback] in the greatness of his strength? I [the risen [...]
Lo, I Am With You Always
The setting for our lesson is a storm on the Sea of Galilee. "Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side" (Matthew 8:18). The press of the crowd to follow Jesus and witness his many miracles began to tax his strength, and he wished to go by boat with his disciples to the other side [...]