2026 – Volume 37
The New Creature and the Flax Plant
“Who can find a virtuous woman? ... She seeketh ... flax, and worketh willingly with her hands" (Proverbs 31:11, 13). Linen is so interesting that it made us pause and ask whether the processing of flax into linen has symbolic implications for the New Creature. When considering the coverings of the tabernacle, the outer covering was of seal or dugong skin, then the ram [...]
The Sacred Elements of the Bread and the Wine
"Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life" (John 6:54). Every year, consecrated followers of Jesus Christ gather to obey Jesus’ command, “This do in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19). In this service, we share the sacred elements of bread and wine, symbolic of Jesus’ body and blood. We use the word “sacred” to describe them, but this is not understood [...]
God’s Great Redemptive Desire
“Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time” (1 Timothy 2:4-6). The plan of God is often viewed through an exceedingly narrow lens. If the commonly [...]
Solomon’s True Gold, Ecclesiastes
“Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the inter pretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed” (Ecclesiastes 8:1). “Have you found anything?” the bookstore owner inquired of the earnest rabbinical student with a wisp of a beard. The student was sitting cross‑legged on the floor searching through the [...]
On the Nephilim
Genesis 6:1-8 (RVIC). "And it came to pass, when man began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them, (2) that the sons of God saw the daughters of man that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose. (3) And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not strive in man for ever, in [...]
At That Time, Daniel 12:1
In Daniel 12:1, “at that time” encompasses a broader time span than being solely the moment of Christ’s return. The basic premise being suggested is that the phrase incorporates a preparatory period commencing with “the time of the end” mentioned in Daniel 11:40. It encompasses the prophetic dates ending the 1260, 1290, and 1335 days. These periods were not only preparatory for the Lord’s [...]
All the Torments of Revelation
Revelation’s symbols both confuse denominational Christians and arm them with scripture texts seemingly unanswerable in challenging Present Truth. The fearsome creatures with their unnatural assemblage of body parts arising from the pit are empowered with the torment (Basanidzo) of a scorpion when it stings a man (Revelation 9:5). How does this relate to the original sense of Basanidzo (G928), which had nothing to do [...]