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Page 12 of 19Galatians 76:1
@@@^“Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted His people, He hath redeemed Jerusalem. The Lord hath made bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Galatians 87:1
@@@^“Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted His people, and will have mercy upon His afflicted. But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.” Isa. 49:7-14.
Galatians 90:1
@@@^“But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. And My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; when it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.” Isa. 32:8, 14-20.
Philippians 7:2
@@@^The action here projected against a backdrop of God’s coming judgments upon the land of ancient Israel, because of their rebellion, cannot possibly, in the very reason of things, be limited merely to that land. It simply cannot, in other words, be narrowed down, as some think it can, to mean that only the land of God’s people has been or will be made “void” and left “desolate” and “without form”, — without light and without bird or beast or inhabitant, — and the rest of the earth be left to enjoy all these blessings. The scripture must, on the contrary, be taken just as it reads, showing that the whole earth is to suffer the same end. In view of this fact, therefore, the term @9the earth@7 obviously cannot be interpreted, as has been done by some, to mean the “land” — Palestine only.
Philippians 13:2
@@@^Thus, at Christ’s second appearing, both all the righteous and all the wicked receive their rewards: the righteous dead are raised to life everlasting, and the righteous living are changed to immortality in the twinkling of an eye, and are then with the resurrected taken to heaven (1 Cor. 15:52, 53; 1 Thess. 4:15-17) while the wicked living go into their graves (2 Thess. 2:8; Isa. 11:4; Heb. 10:27; Luke 19:27). And since from the resurrection of all the righteous to the resurrection of all the wicked (Rev. 20:5), there stretch a thousand years (the millennium), this period, obviously, then, cannot be a time of receiving rewards, but rather must be a time in which the righteous enjoy in heaven the rewards already received, and in which the wicked rest in their graves.
Philippians 15:1
@@@^These verses, carrying the continuity of thought, describe @9what@7 the Lord is to do to the earth whereas those omitted (Isa. 24:2, 3, and 7 to 18 inclusive), as indicated by the omission marks, contain parenthetical thoughts describing @9how@7 He is to do it, and declaring that He will bestow upon one class of people all the blessings, and bring upon another class all the curses. Verses 2 and 3 unveil the earth emptied of all its inhabitants, irrespective of anyone’s position, whether of honor or of dishonor — from the pious priest down to the lowly slave. And verses 4 to 12 disclose that all the joy will be taken away from the people; that great calamities will overtake them just before the earth is made empty; and that “when thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.” Isa. 24:13. In brief, these verses reveal that just prior to the emptying of the earth, there shall be a great shaking among the people, with the result that all who are @9not@7 found steadfast in Christ, — the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:6), — shall fall; whereas those who are found steadfast, shall be the “left,” and thus being
Philippians 47:1
@@@^“The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of My sanctuary; and I will make the place of My feet glorious. The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations” (Isa. 60:9-15) in the land
Colossians 18:3
@@@^Those who have attempted to crowd “the sixth hour” that signalized Jesus’ trial in Pilate’s judgment hall, and “the sixth hour” that commenced the darkness while He was on the cross, — a period of twelve hours, — into a “watch” of four hours, think the two scriptures are in perfect harmony with their idea, when in plain fact, as here seen, they are as irreconcilable as night and day! Yet these same ones are having no end of perverse enjoyment in their not being able to reconcile the “midnight seizure” with the time as tabulated in the aforementioned time-table, which, according to their understanding, represents three or four hours discrepancy! Why have they not used the “watch system” here where it @9can@7 be used?
1 Thessalonians 30:1
@@@^The key of the interpretation to this “honey” is found in Revelation 10:10. “And I took the little book,” says John, “out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.” This honey-sweetness (explained in detail in our Tract No. 5, @9Final Warning@7), represents the joy that came to the believers in William Miller’s time, through their whole-hearted belief that the Lord was coming in the fall of 1843 A.D. to take them to their home in “the land that is very far off,” where their eyes would “see the King in His beauty.” Isa. 33:17. But as the day passed, and the expected event failed to materialize, then overwhelming disappointment, as depicted by the little book’s turning “bitter,” came to everyone who, in honest expectancy, yearningly anticipated that long-hoped-for journey through the starry heavens to the city “foursquare” — the Capital of the earth made new.
1 Thessalonians 31:2
@@@^This cordial invitation to eat of spiritual “butter and honey,” hitherto never paralleled in quantity or quality, is especially extended to those who are inclined to doubt. Accept this unprecedented invitation, my brethren, and you will convince yourselves of the sincerity and judgment which prompts our plea, and will realize at first taste that the product from these noble creatures is all that you need to keep you not only alive and well but also in joy and peace from “henceforth” and forever! And though there is an innumerable multitude to be fed, you need not fear a shortage of food, for The Universal Dairy has
1 Thessalonians 32:1
@@@^When God promised to lead ancient Israel into a land “flowing with milk and honey,” such a condition did not literally obtain in Canaan, so the expression could only have been metaphorical then finding its fulfillment in the fact that there the prophets did prophecy and write the Scriptures, thus flooding the land with “milk and honey” — truth and joy.
1 Thessalonians 41:3
@@@^Because when He finally restores His vineyard, the Lord will nevermore desert it or permit it to be fouled by “briers and thorns,” man’s joy should be unbounded, causing him to praise God by day and night for His never-failing love! Still more thrilling is the thought that a multitude is now on the very stage of passing from this mortal state into immortality — never to experience the unconscious state of the dead! May this call stir every reader from his long slumber (Matt. 25:5), and urge him to strive as never before for the “mark” of the living God (Ezek. 9:4).
2 Thessalonians 3:3
@@@^“The kingdom of heaven,” He says, “is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.” Matt. 13:44-46.
2 Thessalonians 4:2
@@@^Let us come out of the stupor of presuming on God’s grace, yet regarding Him responsible for any consequent issue of our life. He has perfectly done His part in fully charting the narrow path to the kingdom; now let us do our honest best to follow therein to the end of the way, for the joy that awaits us there! But never shall we do so save in returning to the old landmarks by forsaking the Devil, who has turned God’s people from “the Way, the Truth, and the life” (John 14:6), into “a way which seemeth right unto a man,” but the end of which “are the ways of death.” Prov. 14:12.
2 Thessalonians 61:2
@@@^But ever to the faithful, as the tares have cast them out of their churches, the Lord’s comforting assurance has been: “Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.” Luke 6:22, 23.@9 @7
2 Thessalonians 63:1
@@@^Being the one shining example of a church never guilty of thwarting or trying to thwart in any way her members in their exercise of their inalienable right to investigate and to accept for themselves whatever their conscience bid them investigate and accept, she alone contributed nothing to the grievous condition calling forth the scripture: “Hear the Word of the Lord, ye that tremble at His word; your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for My name’s sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but He shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed” (Isa. 66:5) in the
2 Thessalonians 123:3
@@@^That the sincere Bible student might know the saving truth for this time; that knowing it, he might follow it whithersoever it leads; that if he be baptized for the dead, he might be among the resur- rected just, or if he be baptized for the living, he might be among the translated: in either case being changed “in a moment, in twinkling of an eye” (1 Cor. 15:52), forever to be among the redeemed immortals, delivered from pain and sorrow, having entered into life and joy everlasting, — this, dear reader, is the sole object in publishing and getting into your hands this truth-laden booklet. If you are determined to enter into the glory it reveals, you will gratefully heed its clear-ringing lesson to
1 Timothy 49:3
@@@^Consequently, the bitter’s cathartic and tonic virtues denote that the Word of God, though indeed a bitter to one’s carnal taste, is to the honest, who love It for the good It will do them (purify the heart and soul), their sweetest joy; whereas to the dishonest, whose carnal taste is their god, and who love not the truth, the Word is as gall to their taste. And doubly so it is because they love, above the ways of salvation, the ways of the world, and these It condemns.
2 Timothy 5:7
@@@^So also is every true Christian divinely enabled to suffer or to rejoice. Hence, whatever betide him, whether it be suffering and sorrow, or wellbeing and joy, the trusting child of God dare credit only the Lord and none other for his portion. And remember that “there hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” I Cor. 10:13.
2 Timothy 11:4
@@@^“The agonizing ones,” declares the Spirit of Prophecy, “are the only ones who will @9urge@7 their passage through the strait gate and narrow way that leads to life eternal, to fullness of joy and pleasures forevermore. Those who @9merely@7 seek to enter in will never be able. The entire Christian life of many will be spent in no greater effort than that of seeking, and their only reward will be to find it an utter impossibility for them to enter in at the strait gate.”—@9Testimonies@7, Vol. 2, p.480.