Matthew 24

Coming Events and Present Duties Being Plain Papers on Prophecy J.C. Ryle, 1879 What Time Is It? "The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light." Romans 13:12 Reader, you and I are in a world which is rapidly rolling... Read More

Conditions in the past Arthur Pink, 1938 "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which one can say, 'Look! This is something new'? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time." Ecclesiastes 1:9-10 Ho... Read More

CREDULOUS SIMPLETONS Arthur W. Pink (1886-1952) "A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps" (Proverbs 14:15). As we all know, there is a class of people who are so gullible that they believe almost everything they hear, every story that is told, every promise that ... Read More

Does God Love Everyone? Arthur Pink 1. John 3:16 2. 2 Peter 3:9 3. The Holy Spirit Will Not Be Resisted 4. Why Preach to Every Creature? One of the most popular beliefs of the day is that God loves everybody, and the very fact that it is so popular with all classes ought to be enough to arouse the s... Read More

Fleeing out of Sodom! Jonathan Edwards Doctrine: Do not look back when fleeing out of Sodom! Contents: 1. Sodom is a city of filthiness and abominations 2. Sodom is a city appointed to destruction 3. It's destruction is exceedingly dreadful 4. It's destruction is universal 5. It's destruction is eve... Read More

'Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.' John 5:58, 29. Q-38: WHAT BENEFITS DO BELIEVERS... Read More

BEHOLD THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH! By Stan Thomson For centuries, the Church slept unawares of the coming of Christ for His bride. 150 years ago, the Spirit of God raised up men to recover this precious truth. The midnight cry went forth: "Behold the Bridegroom cometh!" (Matt. 25:1 - 7). What was the eff... Read More

NOTE CHAPTER 6 THERE are three different words used in the Greek Testament in relation to the Lord's Coming. Parousia means primarily "presence" (see 2 Corinthians 10:10; Philippians 2:12), and it is used of any person's arrival (see, e.g., 1 Corinthians 16:17; 2 Corinthians 7:6, 7; etc.). In secula... Read More

NOTE CHAPTER 3 THE Divine judgment of the 70 years' Servitude to Babylon fell in 606 B.C., which was the third year of King Jehoiakim, and the year before the accession of Nebuchadnezzar. The Jews refused to bow to the Divine judgment thus inflicted upon them, and in the ninth year of the Servitude ... Read More

A FRUITFUL cause both of skepticism and of error is ignorance of what may be described as the ground plan and main purpose of the Old Testament Scriptures. "The whole Scriptures are a testimony to Christ: the whole history of the chosen people, with its types and its law and its prophecies, is a she... Read More