Our dear brother in Christ, David Lee, of Southern California, has been writing to us recently about the Cameo series, and we have shared some good fellowship together. One of the interesting things he mentioned concerned the origin of the words pioneer and pawn. He found from Webster’s Dictionary that they had both derived from an Old French word for a foot soldier, one who plods along at the command of his commanding officer into regions unknown. What better way of expressing the work of the humble pawn in the cosmic chess game, the one that reached the “other side” and enabled the Queen to return. What David didn’t know was that we intended to finalise this series by introducing the pioneering concept. [Read more…]
Archives for October 2007
62. Cameo. Part 3
The Book of Job is to be treasured above all others in respect of the Cosmic Chess Game. No matter if theological criticism tries to destroy the credibility of the book, it remains as the only clear portrayal of what goes on “behind the scenes” in respect to cosmic warfare. In this number we shall first of all make a list of the lessons to be learned, mainly from the first two chapters of the book, and then ask ourselves what the book as a whole represents in terms of Cameo. [Read more…]
61. Cameo. Part 2
In this part of our investigation I should like to draw upon a portion of a teaching prophecy that we were privileged to hear during a meeting on 17th July 1980. The tape recorder was on, so we were able to make a transcript. Here it is. [Read more…]
60. Cameo. Part 1
I wonder how many of our lady readers may have in their possession a cameo brooch, or perhaps a cameo ring? Perhaps it was made by the prestigious Wedgwood firm. If so, then it will probably be moulded in “Wedgwood blue” acolour known throughout the world due to the popularity of Wedgwood ware. Josiah Wedgwood founded his pottery business in 1759, when he was just 29 years of age. He became known as “the father of English potters.” In 1787, as a result of his concern for social reform, he helped Thomas Clarkson and Granville Sharp to form the “Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.” Sadly he never lived to see this come to fruition in the days of William Wilberforce, having died in 1795. He produced the Abolition Society’s seal which showed a black slave in chains, kneeling, hishands lifted up to heaven. The motto read: “Am I Not a Man and a Brother?” [Read more…]
59. Rules of Engagement
Way back in August I was pleased to be able to share Paul Fox’s essays with a wider readership. His subject wasFreewill and God’s Sovereignty. Since then we have been thinking along similar lines, and in this number I should like to present the substance of what my son-in-law Andrew shared with us during a time of fellowship recently. I have entitled it Rules of Engagement, and it may bring to mind a film of that title, in which an American Operations Commander was Court Marshalled for apparently disobeying the rules of engagement laid down by the Military. The point of the film was to show that he in fact didn’t disobey, but was set up by higher powers that were, unknown to him, working against his better interests. [Read more…]
21. The Second Coming of Elijah
The Prophet Malachi (4:5) foretold the coming of Elijah, prior to the “great and dreadful day of the Lord.” He would turn the heart of the fathers to the children, etc. The High Priest and many other faithful Jews would always leave a place at their table, in case he suddenly appeared. Some Jews persist in this practice today. [Read more…]