1. In the Beginning

Those who understand God’s Divine Plan have a great advantage. They are blessed to have a better understanding of the true character of God and of our Lord Jesus, and what we should be doing to serve them. This is no small blessing, for they have often been misrepresented.…read more

2. Preparations for Eternal Life A Grand Opportunity

In the Garden of Eden, the human family had not yet been prepared for eternal life. Though created in beautiful perfection, our first parents lacked much in understanding and wisdom. To fail such a simple test (Genesis 2:17) also indicated a lack of trust in the great Creator. Knowing there was much to teach His human family, God’s plan included the lessons that experience would ingrain in the human heart.…read more

3. Joseph’s Work of Blessing A Picture of Blessings to Come

Bible Students have long believed that the experiences in Joseph’s life picture similar experiences in the life of our Lord Jesus. How beautiful that God would reveal His magnificent plan of salvation using many individuals and events. “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope” (Romans 15:4)….read more

4. Today in Prophecy The Rise of Historical Negationism

Negationism first appeared in the 1987 book by French historian Henry Rousso, The Vichy Syndrome. Rousso differentiated between legitimate historical revisionism in Holocaust studies and politically-motivated denial of the Holocaust, which he termed négationnisme (negationism). It has since come to represent the denial of historic crimes.… read more

5. News and Views Current Events

Religious Churches in Kansas, California, Maryland, Illinois, Virginia, Texas and elsewhere have been donating to RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit organization based in Rye, New York, that arranges payoff of medical debt, which contributes to two-thirds of bankruptcies, according to the American Journal of Public Health… read more

6. Ezekiel Diagrams Ezekiel’s Temple

7. Ezekiel’s Vision of a New Temple A Picture of the Kingdom

Our subject is one of the most remarkable visions recorded in Scripture. In fact, the last nine chapters of the book of Ezekiel are devoted to this unusual vision. The scene follows Jacob’s Trouble depicted in the previous two chapters, illustrating the blessings which will follow the great Time of Trouble...read more

8. The New Jerusalem A New Government for the Kingdom

The present ecclesiastical heavens and the evil social structure of earth will pass away in Armageddon. It will be replaced by the earthly phase of God’s kingdom. The fact that this New Jerusalem is coming down from God out of heaven shows the first phase to be in operation will be spiritual. When the church is glorified, it will begin setting up the earthly kingdom. … read more

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