The very special nature of the Sabbath Day has been shown already. It is God’s own special day, a day set apart from the other six days, a day that is holy unto the Lord, and Jesus claimed to be the Lord of the Sabbath. It is therefore the Lord’s Day, or to use a more frequent title the Day of the Lord. [Read more…]

There are four references to the Day of the Lord in the New Testament. These provide us with certain additional facets of information over and above what has already been learned from the O.T. [Read more…]

Revelation 1:10.  John, in exile on the Island of Patmos, just off the coast of Asia Minor (now Turkey), receives many distinct revelations from the Lord, and is told to write them down and send them to the Churches in Asia. In his introduction, he says, “I was in the spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet.”  Due to the long-held traditions of the English church, most people reading these words obtain the impression that John was sitting in a trance one Sunday afternoon. Nothing could be further from the truth. [Read more…]

A very cowed, despondent, and troubled Elijah had fled from the wrath of Ahab’s wife Jezebel, who was crying out for his blood. [Read more…]

Straight away we are presented with the pattern of the week in Genesis. It was divided into two portions, the six days of Work, and one day of Rest. Six days for man to operate, followed by one day when he was required to turn aside and realise that he was walking in a sacred temporal zone, where work was forbidden, and worship to take its place. [Read more…]

“Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.” So says Paul in 1 Corinthians 5:7. This significantly important statement provides us with yet another study into millennial periods of time. [Read more…]

Our attention must now turn to the fourth chapter of John’s Gospel, and the account of our Lord’s brief stay in Samaria. We read that “Jesus left Judaea and departed again into Galilee, and He must needs go through Samaria.” (Verse 3) In the Greek it says, “it was necessary for Him to go through Samaria.” But He could hardly do otherwise, because a trip from south to north would require Him to pass through Samaria. [Read more…]

In this final chapter we shall be looking at the occurrences of the expression “The Third Day.” Already we have come across it in the prophecy of Hosea chapter 6, and saw that it had a veiled reference to the Millennial Reign, when resurrections would occur. [Read more…]

It is very instructive to read the chronological passages found in the works of Josephus. There are several anomalies, and with the critical eye of an investigator, one can perceive the work of forgers, who came upon Josephus’s original account, and tried to organise it in accordance with their own agenda, a scheme that reveals itself with a small amount of arithmetical computation. [Read more…]

We have shown that the chronological works of Josephus have been tampered with over the centuries, and probably most of this occurred in the second and third centuries of the Christian era.  In this appendix I would like to have a look at some of the grand tour chronologies of Josephus, and see what they tell us. [Read more…]