Skepticism and Divine RevelationThe author, 1882 - 260 pages |
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... Heavenly Life . 184 XXVIII . The End of the World , and the Second Coming of the Lord .. 191 XXIX . The Resurrection - When It Occurs 202 XXX . The State of Infants in the Other Life ..... 218 XXXI . On the State of the Heathen and ...
... Heavenly Life . 184 XXVIII . The End of the World , and the Second Coming of the Lord .. 191 XXIX . The Resurrection - When It Occurs 202 XXX . The State of Infants in the Other Life ..... 218 XXXI . On the State of the Heathen and ...
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... Heavenly Father ? It would seem , then , if there is a personal God , as enlightened reason plainly assures us , and he is our Creator , an intelligent and loving Father , that He should have given to his children some knowledge of ...
... Heavenly Father ? It would seem , then , if there is a personal God , as enlightened reason plainly assures us , and he is our Creator , an intelligent and loving Father , that He should have given to his children some knowledge of ...
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... Heavenly Father adapts His instruction , or revela- tions , to the capacity and needs of His children . At an age when the earth seemed to men , and was believed to be the centre of the universe , and the sun , moon and stars were ...
... Heavenly Father adapts His instruction , or revela- tions , to the capacity and needs of His children . At an age when the earth seemed to men , and was believed to be the centre of the universe , and the sun , moon and stars were ...
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... heavenly form . Which sentiment is thus transferred to poetry by Milton : ' What if earth Be but the shadow of heaven : and things therein Each to other like , more than on earth is thought . ' " How immense - how wonderful is the idea ...
... heavenly form . Which sentiment is thus transferred to poetry by Milton : ' What if earth Be but the shadow of heaven : and things therein Each to other like , more than on earth is thought . ' " How immense - how wonderful is the idea ...
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... heavenly Jerusalem , ' to which all the disciples of Christ had come ; that Abra- ham and his two sons were an allegory ; that Melchisedec was a type of Christ , as also were the high priests . 6 " The whole of the Hebrews is but an ...
... heavenly Jerusalem , ' to which all the disciples of Christ had come ; that Abra- ham and his two sons were an allegory ; that Melchisedec was a type of Christ , as also were the high priests . 6 " The whole of the Hebrews is but an ...
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Page 211 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Page 107 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 57 - Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Page 199 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day; Neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: But the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, And thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down; Neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: For the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, And the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Page 78 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house: and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Page 55 - Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Page 81 - If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Then they had 247 swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Page 148 - And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Page 77 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary ; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Page 191 - And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.