Author Archives: the late Pastor F. W. Dowsett
HEBREW, ISRAELITE OR JEW?
AUSTRALIA It will no doubt come as something of a surprise to most Christians to find that the literal word ‘JEW’ does not appear in the entire original text of the Bible, neither the Old nor the New Testaments.  The original Hebrew of the Old Testament uses the word ‘Yehudim’, meaning ‘Judahite‘. The original Greek…
THE CHURCH
In both Ephesians 1:22-23, and Colossians 1:18, we read the statements, “The head over all things to the church, which is His body,” and, “He is the head of the body, the church.” What is meant by “The Church?” Firstly, let us define what is NOT. The word ‘church’ does NOT mean, and does NOT…
THE RETURN OF ELIJAH – (4)
WHEN? and  WHY? There are then two questions to be resolved.  Firstly, WHEN will he return, and secondly, WHAT WILL HE DO when he returns? In regards to the timing of this event, we have only one statement in the entire Bible. This is found in Malachi 4:5 which reads; “Behold, I will  send  you…
THE RETURN OF ELIJAH – (3)
Finally, we have the promise of the THIRD messenger, Elijah. Each of these ‘messengers’ had their respective duties at their appointed times. We have the FIRST messenger, John the Baptist, who proclaimed the First Advent of the SECOND messenger, (who was the Lord Jesus  Christ) as the Messenger  of the Covenant.  This was to be…
THE RETURN OF ELIJAH -(2)
CHAPTER TWO ELIJAH IN THE NEW TESTAMENT Having then studied the Old Testament references to the return of the prophet Elijah, let us now turn to the New Testament, because this is the only other source of information available to us regarding this subject. Here we find, as previously mentioned, some very interesting comments made…
