Volume 19, No.2, May 2008
“Towards God” (John 1:1)
The efforts of the outstanding scholar and Christian John Wycliffe in the 1370's produced the first English Bible translation still somewhat readable. Written by hand on costly parchment, these precious texts were concealed and carried throughout England by preachers willing to risk their lives so that God's work could be made intelligible to the common people. With his characteristic intellectual boldness, Wycliffe in this [...]
Our Glorious Crown
"Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown and set it on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest' " (Zechariah 6:9-11, NAS). No cross, no crown. This spiritual axiom is clearly expressed in Scripture. "It is a faithful saying: for if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: If we suffer, we shall also reign [...]
“The Lord is Near to All who Call on Him.” (Psalm 145:18)
I work in a large university, and much of my time is spent helping students solve academic and personal problems. While my work is rewarding, it is sometimes overwhelming, even though I know that God uses me to help people who are facing difficulties. Toward the end of the academic year, I was exhausted from helping other people find solutions. One morning when a [...]
The Heavens Declare the Glory of God
"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, [...]
The Wedding
"She is all glorious within" (Psalms 45:13). For upward of twenty centuries the door has stood open for the completion of the Church; but the time must come when she will stand before the Son of God, adorned as a bride for her husband (Revelation 21:2, R6024). All eyes in the celestial realm are on the bridal pair. The bride's beauty of form, her [...]
Kohen-Levi Conference
"The Gathering of the Tribe," Jerusalem, July 2007 As a follow-up to the article, "The Sons of Aaron and Levi," Beauties of the Truth, 19, 1 (February 2008), a reader from Germany noticed mention of a conference for Levites in Jerusalem July 15-19, 2007. These dates commemorate the traditional remembrance of the death of Aaron. "Just days before the holiday commemorating the destruction of [...]
Enoch, Methu- selah, Lamech
Enoch, Methuselah and Lamech were the last patriarchs before Noah, in the genealogy of Genesis chapter five. Enoch is mentioned by the Apostle Jude as "Enoch ... the seventh from Adam," who prophesied of the judgment coming (Jude 1:14). That judgment was the flood, but Jude's mention of it shows that the judgment then also applies to something future from Jude's day. Also, Jesus [...]