The Spirit World MEN have conceived an inordinate curiosity concerning those creatures in the universe which are not within the range of their faculties, especially those in the heavens, beyond their ken. Because contact with these has been chiefly through messengers or legates, it has become common to call them “angels,” as if they all…

The Spirit World FAITH is the first requisite in pleasing God. Even conduct must take a lower place, for faith alone can give it the flavor which is acceptable to Him. Yet, in these last days, when the faith has been so seriously diluted with tradition, the emphasis should be placed, not on faith alone,…

The Spirit World CELESTIAL SPIRITS IN Colossians 1:16 we read that thrones, and dominions, and sovereignties, and authorities were created in the Son of God’s love. We may take these as the various forms of superior stations among God’s creatures, in heaven as well as on earth. They seem to differ in kind as well…

The Spirit World ADDENDUM An Interesting Suggestion‘’ IN REGARD to one item of “The So-Called Angel World,” I wish to offer a suggestion. Is not Jude, in writing to the Circumcision, recalling events which occurred in the history of Israel and during the wilderness journey, the accounts of which we have in the Old Testament…

The Spirit World GOD ALONE IS SELF-EXlSTENT. He was First of all things. This being a Bible truth, all else must have come into being by Him. Satan who was first called the Serpent, is a product of God’s own hand. Genesis 3:1 tells us that the serpent became the craftiest of all field life…

The Spirit World Notes on Isaiah LOADS OF THE NATIONS AND ISRAEL’S BLESSINGS YAHWEH’S COMPASSION ON ISRAEL (14:1-3) The kingdom belongs to Yahweh’s people, and to the house of David. Through them and through David’s greater Son, Jesus Christ, the nations will be ruled and blessed. His dealings with them have this in view. Therefore…

The Spirit World IN CONSIDERING the subject of Satan it is very necessary to have our thoughts anchored in the basic declaration of Paul, that “For us there is one God, the Father, out of Whom all is…and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through Whom all is.” In the creeds of Christendom there seem to be…

The Spirit World Our Place In God’s Plan WE WISH to call attention to a very special blessing which may come to us through this partitioning of the word of truth; that is, a safeguard from certain spiritual dangers which threaten the ecclesia more than ever today. God warns us against these as follows: “Now…

The Spirit World WE have been urged to review a pamphlet entitled “The Devil—An Expose.*” As only a few of our readers are exercised about this matter we do not feel it wise to go into the subject thoroughly at this time. Yet it may be helpful to correct immature methods of study and point…

The Spirit World THE creed of the demons has been compiled. It calls for careful consideration, for it is the rock on which the church will be wrecked. Let us not be deceived into thinking that the warning against giving heed to seducing spirits and their doctrines is intended for the world. God warns His…