“But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased” (Dan. 12:4). Commenting on this, Christian scientist Sir Isaac Newton said, “Personally, I cannot but believe these words concerning the end of the times. One […]
Will all the saints be raptured? We answer this question with a decided YES. In doing so, we are quite aware that some earnest believers would reply, NO, and that this contrary assertion is made with Scripture quotations alleged to support it, and urged with a large degree of argumentative skill. Controversy, however, is not […]
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible , and we shall be changed. 1 Corinthians 15:52 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible […]
There are two fundamental questions on the issue of imminency. First, did the New Testament saints believe in it? And second, what does imminence really mean? The first question should be easy to answer. If the New Testament believers were waiting expectantly for the Lord to return, surely it would say so in the epistles. […]
The Christian’s hope of the Lord’s return is a certain hope, “an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast,” a hope “laid up in the heavens”; “He that cometh shall come, and shall not tarry.” But more than this, it is a practical hope, influencing every part of the life, energizing and purifying it. […]
Just about half-way between the time that Malachi laid down his pen, closing off the Old Testament, and the moment when the living Word would appear on earth, a boy was born in far-off China. Qin Shi Huang (259-210 bc) in his fifty eventful years is credited with unifying China and is recognized as the […]
Let me begin by apologizing to those whose announcements in the Front Lines section of this magazine are past due. I hope it doesn’t affect those who attended your conference and trust the Lord blessed your event in spite of my tardiness. (This might be a good spot to remind all those who send in […]
Not long after arriving in Ireland in 1984, I heard a speaker at the YMCA say that when he had become a Christian in the late 1960’s the real test whether a person was accepted as a true Christian or not was if they knew Reggie Fry. It was thought that if they knew Reggie […]
The present land of Iraq straddles the ancient river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates. In fact one of its old names was Mesopotamia, meaning “the land between the rivers.” The region’s earliest mention is found in the Bible’s very first account of geographical locations, giving the names of the four waterways that branched from […]