General Expositions Concordant  Studies   MANY claim that neither Enoch nor Elijah ever died and that they remain alive today. It is said that both were “taken to heaven,” and that they remain there even at present, living in the very presence of God Himself. Various Jewish and Christian legends, some of them quite ancient, have been…

General Expositions  The Evangel of Our Salvation A LEADING THEME of the evangel is that “Christ frees us!” Indeed, “For [or “in”] freedom Christ frees us!” (Gal.5:1). Likewise, we are told that “in this One [Christ] everyone who is believing is being justified” (Acts 13:39). Clearly, the heart of Paul’s evangel is that, “Being justified…

General Expositions Current Delusions REFUSE is the most fitting term Paul could find for all of his undoubted physical advantages. “We,” he says, “are the Circumcision who are offering divine service to God in spirit, and are glorying in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in flesh.” He goes on, “And am even I having…

General Expositions A  Mild  and  Quiet  Life PUTTING ON THE PANOPLY of God is something which cannot be accomplished without “praying on every occasion” (Eph. 6:18). This signifies that the various phases (girding the loins, putting on the cuirass, etc.) should each be accompanied by such prayers and petitions, as were practiced by Paul and his associates. Some people…

General Expositions  The Unveiling of Jesus Christ “And I will be endowing My two witnesses and they will be prophesying a thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees, and the two lampstands which stand before the Lord of the earth. And if anyone is wanting to injure them,…