32. The Sun-Clothed Woman and Her Male Son
The Unveiling of Jesus Christ The Concordant Version CHAPTER 12:1-6 THE SUN-CLOTHED WOMAN AND HER MALE SON THE first “sign” in the Unveiling, specifically so-called, is that of the sun-clothed woman, with the moon beneath her feet, in the throes of bringing forth the male son. Strange as it may seem at first, signs are…
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The Unveiling of Jesus Christ The Concordant Version CHAPTER 11:19 THE TEMPLE SECTION GOD now makes His home in the bodies of His believing people (1 Cor. 6:19; 2 Cor. 6:16). So long as the temple stood, and its ritual was recognized, this august indwelling was true only of His beloved Son. In Him, the…
Read More30. The Seventh Trumpet
The Unveiling of Jesus Christ The Concordant Version CHAPTER 11:15-18 THE SEVENTH TRUMPET THE SEVENTH TRUMPET is the third woe (Rev.11:14). It ushers in the kingdom. It is not only the culmination of God’s indignation against the nations, but includes the era of Israel’s resurrection and reward, and the judgment of her apostates, who are…
Read More29. The Two Witnesses
The Unveiling of Jesus Christ The Concordant Version CHAPTER 11:3-14 THE TWO WITNESSES GOD has never left Himself without witnesses among mankind. When revelation is silent and men are mute, nature bears a constant testimony to His imperceptible power and divinity. In these days of scientific investigation, the voice of nature is very insistent. Every…
Read More28. The Temple Transferred
The Unveiling of Jesus Christ The Concordant Version CHAPTER 11:1-2 THE TEMPLE TRANSFERRED THE political redemption of the earth and the supremacy of the priest nation must be based on the sacrifice of Christ and the worship of God. During the present eon, there has been many a struggle between church and state for supreme…
Read More27. The Seven Thunders
The Unveiling of Jesus Christ The Concordant Version CHAPTER 10:1-11 THE SEVEN THUNDERS THE sixth trumpet is still sounding. Its effect on the votaries of the world religions has been described. They are the object of the most fearful supernatural visitations that this world will ever see. Their religions are superhuman and their judgment corresponds.…
Read More26. The Second Woe
The Unveiling of Jesus Christ The Concordant Version CHAPTER 9:13-21 THE SECOND WOE THE sixth trumpet is the second woe. The woes are distinguished from the preceding trumpets not only by the intensity of the inflictions but by their character and the means of divine indignation. The inanimate creation was marshaled against mankind in the…
Read More25. The Woe Trumpets
The Unveiling of Jesus Christ The Concordant Version CHAPTER 8:13-9:12 THE WOE TRUMPETS THE first four trumpets summon the inanimate forces of nature to wreak vengeance on mankind: the last three are inflicted by living agents. The hail, the fire, and the blood, the burning mountain, the torch-like star, the eclipse of heaven’s luminaries–these give…
Read More24. The First Four Trumpets
The Unveiling of Jesus Christ The Concordant Version CHAPTER 8:1-12 THE FIRST FOUR TRUMPETS HITHERTO, from the time that John was called by a trumpet through the open door of heaven (4:1), our ears have been greeted by voices and thunders, by loud proclamations and the commands of the Lambkin, by the prayers of the…
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The Unveiling of Jesus Christ THE SEVEN TRUMPETS “BLOW the trumpet in Zion . . . For coming is the day of Yahweh! For it is near! A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of cloud and murkiness . . . ” (Joel 2:1,2). The trumpet was blown in Israel both in war and…
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