Monday, April 16, 2001

Brother John Thomas in "Faith In The Last Days" on PAGE 288 of CHAPTER 27 of THE SON'S POST-MILLENNIAL SUBJECTION TO THE FATHER says basically the same thing that we said yesterday:

“THE passage in which this idea is found is 1 Cor. 15. Paul affirmed that the resurrection of those "in Christ" ([1 Cor. 15:22-24] would happen at his coming. In the next verse, he says, "Then cometh The End". [1 Cor. 15:22-24] He does not say how long after Christ's coming it would be to that end. Indeed, he did not know, for, "the times and seasons" [Dan 2:21; Acts 1:7; 1 Thess. 5:1] were reserved by the Father in His own power, until He revealed them to Jesus Christ, "who sent and revealed by his messenger to his servant John"[Rev.1:1)]”

Thus, Brother Thomas has arrived at the same point as ourselves.

Now Brother Roberts makes the following point about the first three plagues which were upon the Israelites and rest of the plagues which were not. This is quoted from "The Visible Hand Of God" Pages 107-108: [CHAPTER 12: pages 148-149 3rd edition]

“No: the magicians gave it up. They admitted the action of a divine power in the case. They admitted it to Pharaoh, but Pharaoh was in no mood to be influenced. "Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them as the Lord had said" (Ex. 8:19). Another blow impended, but before its infliction it was deemed suitable to address to Pharaoh another summons to surrender. "Yahweh said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh: lo, he cometh forth to the water: and say unto him, Thus saith Yahweh, Let my people go, that they may serve me. Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarm of flies shall be there, TO THE END THAT THOU MAYEST KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD IN THE MIDST OF THE EARTH. I will put a division between My people and thy people: tomorrow shall this sign be." Note the object of the miracle -- (which was that of all the Egyptian miracles) -- that God's existence and power might be known; and consider the mode of it. It will tax the most brilliant imagination to conceive a more effective, a more unmistakable mode of showing the fact that God was at work-the isolating of a specified district from the operation of the plague: and the fixing of a time for its commencement.”

Since the very first Passover and the Second have parallels is there an interesting parallel here. Yes there most certainly is! Consider the following:

1. The water turned to blood.
2. The frogs.
3. The lice. These were the first three plagues that were upon the Egyptians and the Israelites.

Now let us jump forward to our time and consider us or spiritual Israel:

1. AIDS which is a plague in the blood.
2. Mad cow disease.
3. Hoof and mouth disease.

Thus we have blood and animals the source of all the problems. Luke 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. This passage seems to have a direct fulfillment in the above incidents. Then we must look forward for Yahweh's making a distinction between us and the rest of the world because we are scattered throughout the world. Hence we will have to be gathered to Sinai or Yahweh's inner chambers as it says in

Isaiah 26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. Here we will have protection from what is coming upon the world.

Thus this is another sign of May 7/8 that we looked at previously.