By Sylvester Hassell The Gospel Messenger–April 1897 Dear Bro. Hassell- With many others I have become more interested of late than ever before on the subject of prophecy, and I have read your article in the MESSENGER for November, 1895, on Eschatology; or, The Doctrine of Last Things, Cox’s Exposition of Revelations, Graves’ Seven Dispensations,…
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Sylvester Hassell On The 1000 Year Reign
The following is from History Of The Church Of God, From The Creation To A.D. 1885, by Cushing Biggs and Sylvester Hassell, pages 258-261. Hassell presents three historic viewpoints of the 1000 year reign, as mentioned only in Revelation chapter 20. Primitive Baptists, as with most predestinarians and historic theologians, are basically a-millennialists. This writing examines…
Revelation: The Big Picture
By Michael Gowens “Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.” Revelation 1:3 No portion of God’s word has evoked more conjecture, diversity of opinion, and general confusion among professed Christians than the Book of…
The Resurrection of the Lord and of the Body
By Sylvester Hassell The resurrection of the souls of the elect from the death of sin to an everlasting life of righteousness is called also the new birth or birth of the Holy Spirit, a passing from death unto life, and a new creation, and it is effected by the Spirit of God in the…
Press Toward The Mark
By Bufrey Dean Paul gives us timely instructions for the New Year. ”I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:14) As we anticipate the next 12 months of 2007, some people might eagerly look forward to what each day will bring. Others might be…
For the Bruised and Battered
By David Dyess II Last Sunday my pastor spoke on ‘Hope’. After thinking about his message for several days, I began thinking about how we lose sight of the control that God actually has. We have hope in God, the Son, and the Spirit, but do we embrace the entirety of that hope? Hope is…
Hope
By David Dyess II Last Sunday my pastor spoke on ‘Hope’. After thinking about his message for several days, I began thinking about how we lose sight of the control that God actually has. We have hope in God, the Son, and the Spirit, but do we embrace the entirety of that hope? Hope is…
Walk Worthy of Our Calling
By David Dyess II I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forebearing one another in love; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one…