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In Prophecy Today

Are the present events in Israel and the Middle East part of prophecy? People get excited, worried, or disturbed. We like stability and consistency. We need to calm down and remember that the Bible predicts that all the governments of the world will fall. We may all argue about the details. But the governmental systems of this world are doomed.

How are we to know what The Revelation and other prophecies mean? Over the millenniums, the protestant churches have created four different systems to explain prophecy. These systems are called Hermeneutics. If you have never heard of Hermeneutics, please look at our post.

They are: 

  • The Preteritist — everything has already been fulfilled.
  • The Historicist — the predictions are in the process of fulfillment.
  • The Futurist — all predictions are in the future.
  • The Spiritualist — the events described are only symbols of spiritual realities and struggles without any literal or historical application

We are Historicists. Historicists generally feel that we are presently between the Sixth and Seventh Bowls or Vials.

For context, the Seals covered the fall of the Roman Empire, the Trumpets covered the Middle Ages, and the Bowls covered the Modern Age. The Sixth Bowl covered the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of the false teachings of the three frog spirits.

Now it is time to move on to the Seventh Bowl. This post was taken from our book Opening the Seals.

Seventh Bowl – It Is Done!

We now enter a point in the prophecy where we feel we are presently living. To some extent, this is speculation. We can draw some inferences from other fulfilled passages, but until the facts appear in the newsfeeds or history books, we can never be sure of our speculations.

17   The seventh angel poured his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, “It is done!”  18 And there were flashes of lightning, voices, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake such as had never been since men were on the earth, so great was that earthquake. 

19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered great Babylon, to make her drain the cup of the fury of his wrath. 

20 And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found;  21 and great hailstones, heavy as a hundred-weight, dropped on men from heaven, till men cursed God for the plague of the hail, so fearful was that plague. Revelation 16:17-21

This bowl is poured out in judgment over the air (Eph. 2:2) where Satan has authority as the prince of the air. Soon, he will be in a hole in the ground for a very long time, a “thousand” years.

And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,  Revelation 20:2 

The Loud Voice

A loud voice from the throne of God delivers a great pronouncement. “It Is Done!” We have heard the loud voice before. However, this time the voice is emphatic. God’s judgment is finished. God speaks through lightning, voices, thunders, and a great earthquakes. 

This is a momentous occasion, as it has never happened like this in the entire history of man.

Flashing of Lightning, Voices, Peals of Thunder

Lightning

Flashes of lightning usually accompany thunder, showing God’s assumed power, which causes people to tremble. The flashes are compared to arrows and the speed of His movements.

2 Samuel chapter 2 speaks of God scattering David’s enemies.

And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and routed them. 2Sam. 22:15

Voices

The voice of the Lord can be comforting or condemning, loud or soft. [Psalm 29] However, in The Revelation, we see voices in the plural. They seem to represent God’s majestic presence.

This is in opposition to His still, small voice. Elijah heard that voice when he was exhausted, frustrated, and lonely.

The last literal hearing of God’s voice is in John 12:27-36. Where the people heard thunder in a voice that said God would glorify His own name by the sacrifice of Messiah, and that His sacrifice would bring judgment on the ruler of this world, i.e., Satan.

Thunder

The voice of God sounds like thunder when it is about His administration of justice.

As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel; but the LORD thundered with a mighty voice that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion; and they were routed before Israel. 1 Sam. 7:10

Thunder is the voice of God in the administration of His justice. Flashes of lightning usually accompany thunder, showing God’s all-powerful might, which causes people to tremble. A reminder here that this is a book of symbols, and one should not look for literal earthquakes or thunderstorms. This is God pronouncing judgment on the enemies of His people. The people of God have three enemies in The Revelation: The Dragon Beast, which is the Devil, The Govenmental Beast, which is the western powers of Europe, and the Beast from the Earth, which is the Papacy.

Great Earthquake

Earthquakes in prophecy represent God’s administration of justice, revolution, or social upheaval that benefits God’s people. These upheavals remove from power those who stand in the way of truth. Earthquakes in prophecy mean fallen or crushed nations, usually brought about by war.

The Great City

There are several theories among Historicists as to what is meant by the Great City. 

Rome

Those who believe it refers to Rome point out that it is a city on seven hills. It is the great Babylon of chapter 17.

Rev. 17:9 This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated;

Back in Chapter 11, Rome is “the great city.”

. . . and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which is allegorically called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. Revelation 11:8

One’s first thought is that our Lord was crucified in Jerusalem, which is not technically correct. The Lord was crucified just outside Jerusalem. Yes, Jerusalem was the city that rejected her Messiah. They then persuaded the Roman authorities to rid them of Him. To be clear, Messiah was killed by Roman soldiers, on Roman soil, under Roman law, in occupied Judea.

Constantinople

Those who like Constantinople, now called Istanbul, point out that this city was also built on seven hills, to replace Rome as the capital of the Empire under Constantine.

Jerusalem

Jerusalem is built on six hills. But if one counts the Mount of Olives, one can get to seven. Jerusalem is presently famous for being in four parts. There is a Jewish quarter, a Muslim quarter, a Christian quarter, and an Armenian quarter. It seems odd to think of it falling into three parts. Further, do we really need Jerusalem to fall again?

The Ten Nations of Western Europe

Back in chapter 11, there is another reference to the city, but it is not the great city.

13 And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.  Revelation 11:13

Among Historicists commentators, there are two predominant theories about who or what this Tenth was. Some theologians hold that it is France and the French Revolution. Other mostly English commentators say it was Henry VIII breaking with Rome and establishing the Church of England.

All this must be considered as we watch to see what falling into three parts represents.

Three Parts

There are only two passages where “three parts” are mentioned in Scripture. In the Torah, the nation of Israel is told to divide the land into three parts so that a man-slayer can easily flee to a city of refuge.

You shall prepare the roads, and divide into three parts the area of the land which the LORD your God gives you as a possession, so that any manslayer can flee to them. Deuteronomy 19:3

Ezekiel was told to cut his hair and divide the pile into three parts. Each part described Israel’s punishment for idolatry: fire, sword, and scattering.

1   “And you, O son of man, take a sharp sword; use it as a barber’s razor and pass it over your head and your beard; then take balances for weighing, and divide the hair.  2 A third part you shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are completed; and a third part you shall take and strike with the sword round about the city; and a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will unsheathe the sword after them.  3 And you shall take from these a small number, and bind them in the skirts of your robe.  4 And of these again you shall take some, and cast them into the fire, and burn them in the fire; from there a fire will come forth into all the house of Israel.  5 Thus says the Lord GOD: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the center of the nations, with countries round about her.  6 And she has wickedly rebelled against my ordinances more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries round about her, by rejecting my ordinances and not walking in my statutes.  Ezekiel 5:1-6

The passage embodies the concept of judgment. Whatever we may speculate.

Babylon Remembered

Babylon, by all Historicist teachings, is the apostate religion of the Roman Church. Claiming to follow Christ while teaching that one needs all this pagan paraphernalia they borrowed from the mystery religions. They then persecuted anyone who disagreed that they had that authority. [INQUITION]

The Cup

to make her drain the cup of the fury of his wrath

The cup is metaphoric. Throughout the Bible, it represents what one deserves for their personal or corporate behavior. A good life gives one a cup overflowing with goodness, and a bad life gives one a cup too bitter to drink. Our Lord, in His humanity, did not want to drink our cup. That cup was the bitter one. That cup represents the struggle to bring salvation to an undeserving, sinful people. The cup is what the law demands. Mankind was created under the law. But we broke that law, and now live under the consequences of that action.

And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; remove this cup from me; yet not what I will, but what thou wilt.” Mark 14:36

This is the last cup to be served. It is served to the apostate church.

The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and bedecked with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; Rev. 17:4

Render to her as she herself has rendered, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double draught for her in the cup she mixed. Rev. 18:6

We don’t know what a double draught of the INQUISITION looks like. It is far past time to remove all false teachings from our hearts.

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues; Rev. 18:4

Every Island and no Mountains Found

Symbolic of individual kingdoms. The islands and mountains were no longer to be found. Judgment on the Nations of the Former Imperial Powers of prophecy is about to cease in their current form. Our present political structure of boundaries, borders, and governments is about to be radically changed. 

Most believe that this indicates the Kingdom of Messiah will come to rule and reign, for it is the end of the Times of the Gentiles. Hallelujah! 

And in the Spirit he carried me away to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,   Revelation 21:10

Great Hailstones

In prophecy, hailstones represent God’s discipline of false prophets. The hailstones are used to destroy their deceptive teachings.

And the LORD will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and tempest and hailstones.  Isaiah 30:30

Great judgment in the form of tremendously heavy hailstones dropped from heaven. And rather than repent, some men will curse God. Fear comes upon those who worshipped the beast, as it is now obvious that judgment awaits them as well! The hailstones represent God’s impassioned hatred of false prophets. The saints under the throne will be avenged.

Current Events

We are now in the Seventh Bowl of The Revelation and current history.

The great city has not been divided into three parts.

The Church of Rome, although greatly weakened in her authority, is still making pronouncements from the Vatican.

The kingdoms and nations of the world have not fallen, but they look like they might do so very soon.

This Scripture could be fulfilled at any moment! We are living in interesting times. With most of the nations of the world angry with God, Israel, and all Christians.

Even so, Lord, Come!

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On The LORD’S Day 

What Day is it?

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet Rev. 1:10

The phrase, “Lord’s Day” has raised questions as to whether this was the Sabbath or Sunday. The Sunday worshipers claim that Sabbath worship was replaced with Sunday worship. The Sabbath-keepers are equally sure that this is a reference to Sabbath or Saturday.

However, on careful consideration, we would like to offer a different opinion. Throughout the Revelation we see everyone wearing white. And the twenty-four elders have golden crowns and censors. These twenty-four elders or in Greek, presbuteros, (from where we get the word presbyters) are meant to represent the twenty-four courses of priests that served in the temple. [I Chron 24:7-18] It should be noted that the only time priests wore white was on Yom Kippur. [Lev. 16:4, 32]

Since the remainder of the book’s imagery is represented as happening on the Day of Atonement, it seems only natural that this “Lord’s Day” is the holiest day of the Biblical feast days, Yom Kippur.

What marks Yom Kippur out? It was the only day on which one could seek forgiveness for intentional sin. Every other day or sacrifice was for sins of omission or not knowing what the right thing to do was. But, for intentional sins, or sins of commission one had to wait till Yom Kippur to make things right before God.

The point of The Revelation is that it is ALWAYS the Day of Atonement before the Throne. On this one day, we can always repent and become righteous. On this one day, we can always make things right. On this one day, we can always seek forgiveness. Then the day ends, and the Book of Life is opened and one is either found in it or not. It will be too late to seek repentance and forgiveness for it is no longer available. Then the Day of Atonement that we live in, will be over.

Then there will dawn new heaven and a new earth.

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The Revelation is a Roadmap for God’s People or History, Prewritten

Beatus d’Osma, 11th century

God’s Direction Revealed in the Old Testament

In the Old Testament, God gave His people a look at their future through the prophets, thus providing them with guidance throughout their history. 

Sometimes the prophets gave a general warning or encouragement about the nation as a whole but, occasionally the information was very specific. Prophecies began in the Garden of Eden, leading through the ages of the death and resurrection of the Messiah. 

The Kingdom Age was foretold as the Kingdom being given to a people other than Israel after the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. 

  • Genesis 15:13-24; Exodus 2: 8,12 The Sojourn in Canaan and Egypt
  • Genesis 49; Deuteronomy 33 Possession of the Land and the Distribution of the Tribes
  • Lev. 26:18, 21, 24; Daniel 4:25 The seven times curse or 2520 years of Gentile Imperial Rule
  • Numbers 14:33-34 Forty Years in the Wilderness
  • Judges 13:5 The Victories of Samson
  • 1 Samuel 15; 28; 1 Chronicles 28:5 The Reigns of David and Solomon
  • 1 Kings 11:31 The building of the Temple and the separation of the kingdoms
  • Isaiah 10; Joel 1; Hosea 8:11 The Assyrian Invasion and Following Captivity
  • Isaiah 7:8 The time of the Captivity
  • 2 Kings 10:30 The Reign of Jehu’s family
  • 1 Kings 13:2 The Reign of Josiah
  • Jeremiah 25:11,14 The Seventy Years Captivity
  • Dan 2, 7 The four Imperial Nations of Babylon, Medio-Persia, Greek and Rome
  • Daniel 9, Zechariah 9 The birth, ministry, and death of Messiah, His Resurrection, The spread of the Gospel, The Fall of Jerusalem and the Temple
  • Daniel 11 The succession of Persian kings, The reign of Alexander, the wars of Syria and Egypt
  • Zechariah 10 The scattering of Israel and the regathering of Israel

God’s Direction for the Saints Revealed in The New Testament

Our God is immutable, meaning He does not change. The same guidance He gave to His people in the Old Testament applies in the New Testament.

There are those that believe prophecies in The Revelation are largely about a future seven years of tribulation involving great destruction. If this is true, it has left His followers with no instructions or warnings for 2000 years. However, the text itself says otherwise.

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants what must SOON take place; and he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, Rev. 1:1

Would God not do the same for His people as He did for ancient Israel?  Would He leave us with 2000 years of silence-as the Dispensationalist’s teach? Everything about The Lord’s provision for Israel would lead us to expect a fuller and more detailed foretelling. Not scantier! 

And, so it is that He put it all down in one book, The Revelation. Then, added that no one should add anything to the book. The course of history is set out for all to read.

. . . and if any one takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book. Rev. 22:19

The book of The Revelation is that foreordained history of God’s people from 98 AD to The New Jerusalem. It is our “roadmap,” our guiding light.

However, one must put in the time and read the history books, while comparing them to the prophecy. It is also a sound practice to read the Old Testament prophets and their fulfillments in order to understand the symbolic language of prophecy. [See Also: Hermeneutics ]

The Early Church understood these principles-not with complete clarity-but beginning brush strokes were being applied to the painting of history. Followers approached prophetic events with all dread and earnestness. They understood that the Gospel would triumph and cause the fall of the Roman Empire. But, they did not look forward to that day; they knew the Lawless-One would step into the void left by the Empire’s fall.

By the time of the Reformation, the Church began to understand that the Seal Judgments were fulfilled with the decline and fall of the Roman Empire and that the Trumpet Judgments were the Dark or Middle Ages. Finally, scholars that followed the Reformers witnessed the beginning the Bowls or Vial Judgments unfolding. The great twin persecutors of God’s children; the Roman Church; and the Ottoman Empire would soon be losing their power and prestige.

As the centuries rolled by, each new generation is gifted with a greater understanding as prophecy and corresponding events match up. More light is available as more events are fulfilled. Greater and brighter is the message as each detail becomes clearer in fulfillment.

Unfortunately, the Dispensationalists have clouded people’s minds with futile speculations. They rather recently invented, contrived, and supposed themselves into believing in things that are not in the Bible at all. There is no seven-year tribulation, there is no future political antichrist, and there is no rapture. These are all creations of their own imaginations. They jump from verse to verse in vain attempts to explain things that are simply not there. At the same time they neglect serious in-depth study of what is actually written in the Bible.

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We live in the End Times

At least that’s what many in today inherited churches are teaching. But is that valid?

If we are living in the End Times, what were Paul and Peter talking about?

Now these things happened to them as a warning, but they were written down for our instruction, upon whom the end of the ages has come. 1Cor. 10:11

He was destined before the foundation of the world but was made manifest at the end of the times for your sake. 1Pet. 1:20

The end of all things is at hand; therefore keep sane and sober for your prayers. 1Pet. 4:7 

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? 1Pet. 4:17 

If they were living in the End Times, what ended? Obviously Paul and Peter did not use this phrase to mean the end of ALL time or the end of OUR time. They were not thinking it was the end of our time, They had no concept or our time. They must have been speaking of THEIR time. In their time, the kingdom of Judea was at its end. The Messiah had told them that the Kingdom of Heaven/God was here. (See Also: The Kingdom of Heaven)

The second problem we now have is most of the inherited churches in the twenty-first century have miss understood the nature of the Kingdom and teach that the Kingdom of Heaven/God is delayed. The Kingdom was announced by both John the Baptists and Messiah Himself, therefore unless one thinks they were false prophets, there is something about the nature of the Kingdom that those teaching a delayed Kingdom have missed.

Those that teach a delayed Kingdom want a perfect world with the Messiah on a physical throne sitting in a physical temple. Just as the Pharisees had wanted the perfect Jewish Kingdom, where the Jews ruled the Gentiles, and all nations would have to come to Jerusalem to worship in a physical temple. They didn’t like a non-temple kingdom, where all are sons of Abraham. 

There is a time coming for a New Jerusalem, but that is not The Kingdom John the Baptist, Messiah, Paul, or Petter were talking about.

The time of Jewish polity was ending, and the faith was going out to the Gentiles.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” Rev. 22:13 

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Not One Tear

We are often accused of being anti-catholic. This is simply not true. Catholic is Latin for “universal.” We believe in the universal church although we prefer congregation. We just don’t believe that The Church of Rome is part of it. The Church of Rome’s history and teachings has been one of violence and intolerance. Like the Empire before them, they have violently put down any who said anything they didn’t want to hear. 

When confronted with these facts the common response is “that was then,” we’re not like that now. To which we respond “God has not forgotten one tear.”

Thou hast kept count of my tossings; put thou my tears in thy bottle! Are they not in thy book? Psa. 56:8

He will swallow up death for ever, and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth; for the LORD has spoken. Is. 25:8

The Crusades and INQUISITION, are solely the Church of Rome’s responsibilities. She is truly drunk with the blood of the saints and anyone else that got in her way. This is not to say that there are no true believers in her ranks, but they need to recognize her for what she is and leave.

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues; Rev. 18:4 

Her Judgment is Sure

And he called out with a mighty voice,  “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! It has become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt of every foul spirit, a haunt of every foul and hateful bird; Rev. 18:2

Fallen is in the indicative, which is past tense in English. To be fallen is to be judged. Babylon is judged as a completed fact, it has already happened. It is not “will be judged” it is a stated fact that she “has been judged.”

This verse is a quote from Isaiah.

And, behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!” And he answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.”Isaiah 21:9

In Hebrew, there is no word for emphasis like the English surely or very, so the verb is double stated. Babylon is surely fallen. It is a done deal, and remember Isaiah wrote this before Babylon was an empire. 

Taken during Operation Iraqi Freedom, U.S, Navy photo by Photographer’s mate 1st Class Arlo K Abrahamson.

This is what the imperial city looks like in its fallen state. Just melted mud bricks. So what will Rome look like?

“Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues;  5 for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.  6 Render to her as she herself has rendered, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double draught for her in the cup she mixed. Rev. 18:4-6

What does a double draught look like?

The Millstone

21   Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So shall Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence, and shall be found no more;  22 and the sound of harpers and minstrels, of flute players and trumpeters, shall be heard in thee no more; and a craftsman of any craft shall be found in thee no more; and the sound of the millstone shall be heard in thee no more;  23 and the light of a lamp shall shine in thee no more; and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall be heard in thee no more; for thy merchants were the great men of the earth, and all nations were deceived by thy sorcery.  24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth.” Rev. 18:21-24 


There are six “no mores” her sins will no longer be tolerated. No amount of penance or indulgences will matter. The King of Kings has had enough.

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. Matt. 18:6

Millstones are heavy things. There will be no coming back from purgatory.  How many little ones have been led astray by Rome’s lies? God has not forgotten — even one of them, not one tear. His judgments are true and just.

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Seven Headed Serpents

The first time a Western minded person reads the book of The Revelation they are confused by the truly weird imagery it presents. The seven headed serpent beast being one of the very strangest of them all. Western paganism has long since been removed from the minds of Western peoples. Only those ideas and images that could be Christianized remain. Yet, the average teacher of prophecy makes no mention that this is pagan imagery.

Paganism is and was full of seven headed serpents. They all have slightly different meaning in different parts of the world. They usually are connected with creation, knowledge, and life and death.

They are so frequent as to make one wonder what is going on? One can be sure however that the people of the seven churches in Asia Minor were not so unaware. As they were surrounded by pagan imagery on a day to day basis. They lived among pagans. Many of them came out of paganism, and, Pergamum was the center of the Mystery Religions.

Sumerian
Seven-headed serpent hydra Akkadian cylinder seal

Ankor Wat
Seven-headed Serpent protecting Vishnu
Siberia

Gnostic
Aztec Chico Macotal
Cambodian Naga at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh

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Lessons​ From the Pilgrims

The Pilgrim Fathers were determined to follow the increasing  light that God had for them  This is clearly expressed in the parting counsels of their pastor, John Robinson (ca. 1575-1625), in 1620, just before they started on their long journey to the New World. He had ministered to a church near Norwich until he was suspended for his Puritan tendencies. In 1604 he ministered to church of dissenter at Scrooby. In 1608 he and his flock escaped to Amsterdam,  Later in the year he went to Leyden, and there in 1611 established a church. In 1620, after his memorable sermon, he saw the set sail for America. Referring to the solemnity of the parting, and admonishing them to follow him “no further than he followed Christ,” Robinson declared himself : very confident that the Lord had more truth and light yet to break fourth out of His holy Word.” And after deploring the condition of the Reformed churches that “would goe no further than the instruments of their Reformation,” he illustrated his point thus.

“As for example, the Lutherans they could not be drawne to goe beyond what Luther saw, for whatever part of Gods will be had further imparted and revealed to Calvin, they will rather die then embrace it. And so also, saith he, you see the Calvinists, they stick where he left them: A misery much to bee lamented; For though they were precious shining lights in their times, yet God had not revealed his whole will to them: And were they now living saith hee, they would bee as ready and willing to embrace further light, as that they had received. Here also he put us in mind of our Church-covenant (at least that part of it) whereby wee promise and covenant with God and one another, to receive whatsoever light or truth shall be made known to us from his written Work: but withall exhorted us to take heed what we received for truth, and well to examine and compare, and weigh it with other Scriptures of truth  before we received it; For siath he It is not possible the Christian world should come so lately our os such thick Antichristian darknesses, and that full perfection of knowledge should break fourth at once.”

The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers vol 3;  Leroy Edwin Froom page 20

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The Temple of Hadrian at Ephesus, Ionia (Turkey)

The Temple of Hadrian on Curetes Street, built before 138 AD by a wealthy Ephesian, P. Vedius Antoninus Sabinus, and was dedicated to Hadrian, who came to visit the city in 124 and 129 AD, Ephesus, Turkey

written by Carole Raddato

The Temple of Hadrian at Ephesus is regarded one of the most famous monuments of the ancient city of Ephesus. It lies on the south side of Curates Street, one of Ephesus’ main arteries connecting the Gate of Hercules with the Library of Celsus.

The remains of the Temple were unearthed in 1956 during excavations carried out by the Austrian Archaeological Institute (ÖAI). Due to its excellent state of preservation and cultural and historical importance it was rebuilt with original building elements in 1957/1958.

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