Rise of the Religious Zionists in Israel “In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old” (Amos 9:11). Shortly after Israeli National Security Minister Ben Gvir descended from the Temple Mount in January, he received a letter from the Jewish organization, Returning to the Mountain, asking him to approve a Passover Sacrifice on […]
A Precious Quality “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name” (Luke 11:2). — Adapted from an article in the December, 1942 Dawn Magazine Reverence is a “profound respect mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place, or an exalted thing.” This is consistent with the meaning of the various Hebrew and Greek words used in the Bible to describe the proper attitude we should have toward our Heavenly Father. In our opening text the Greek […]
Our Period Today “The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels” (Matthew 13:39). The text above is part of Jesus’ explanation of the parable of the wheat and tares, which was parable seven of the series recorded in Matthew 13. The Greek word rendered “world” in the common version, quoted above, is aionos, which means “age.” It is so rendered in the RVIC and many other clear translations, […]
Preparing for the Kingdom “When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh” (Luke 21:28). We have come a long way through the harvest, the ending period of the Gospel Age, toward the Kingdom. Brethren living early in the harvest forecast that the time of trouble would arrive at the close of 40 years, which from 1874, would be 1914. There the time of trouble predicted in Daniel 12:1 did […]