matthew-24:36-25:30

What about those old "friends" who stay around to tempt you or drag you down? All friendships made for selfish reasons before your conversion must go on the altar of sacrifice with all other things that belonged to your past life. All future friendships as well as those you keep from the past must b... Read More

Reference has been made to the declaration in 2 Thessalonians 2 that the day of Christ should not come until "the apostasy" as well as "the man of sin" had been seen. Also to Matthew 24, where the great tribulation, "such as was not from the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be... Read More

The careful student of the Scriptures cannot avoid the conviction that from the time our Lord was taken up from the midst of His friends, they waited and watched for His appearing again. When they went down into the grave, they left their believing and longing expectation as a precious legacy to tho... Read More

"Christ is coming!" is the trumpet call that is sounding all over the world today. From some quarters we hear its blast and peals loud and clear. There are those who are thrilled with the very thought of His Coming. There are others who do not want to hear about it. Believers who today are truly loo... Read More

Every year now makes our relation to the Lord's coming a matter of more vital and urgent importance. Questions are being settled now which shall determine, not so much our salvation, but our position in the coming age, our reward or loss. Some are going "to reign in life" (Rom. 5:17); some will be "... Read More

When you pick up a paper like "Herald of His Coming," you expect to find articles focusing on the Second Coming of Jesus. You do find that, although not as one would expect. There’s very little in the way of speculation concerning future events. Most Christians seem to want to talk of nothing but sp... Read More

In Matthew 24 Jesus uses a parable to teach about being ready for his return: “Be ye also ready: for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man cometh. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, who his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that serv... Read More

Beside (1839) (existemi from ek = out + hístemi = to stand) literally means to stand out from or to stand outside oneself (and thus to be beside oneself). To put out of position, to displace or to change. To remove from its place. For example Aristotle writes "you won't budge (existemi) me from my p... Read More

Immature (3516) (nepios from nê = negative + epos = not able to talk) means literally not speaking and thus a small child above age of a helpless infant but probably not more than three or four years of age. Figuratively as here in Romans nepios refers to a person who lacks experience, is untried or... Read More

Chosen (1588) (eklektos from verb eklego which in middle voice [eklegomai] means select or pick out for one's self which is derived from ek =out + lego =call) means literally the "called out ones" or "chosen out ones". The idea of eklektos is the ones who have been chosen for one's self, selected ou... Read More