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THE ENSIGN MESSAGE

ISAIAH UP TO DATE

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SOMETHING new came to my attention, about a week ago, which surprised me considerably. It has to do with one of the ancient countries, yet it is startlingly modern. It shows one of the Bible’s prophecies working out now, which I believe none of us had expected until at least into the time of the…

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I, JESUS, AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD: AND BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY

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THE words in the title are from John 10:11 and Revelation 22:20. John 10 relates the parable of the Good Shepherd, and Revelation 22:20 at the very end of the Bible, relates to the Second Advent. Jesus himself explains the John 10 parable using the words ‘shepherd’ and ‘sheep’, allegorically representing himself as the Shepherd…

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LAZARUS: JESUS FORCES THE ISSUE OF HIS RESURRECTION

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After a lecture by Harold Stough, March 1991 THE raising of Lazarus from the dead was the most crucial point in the whole of Our Lord’s ministry. Just before the final Passover, when He was away from both Jerusalem and Bethany, He received messengers sent by His beloved friends Mary and Martha. Their brother lay…

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CHAPLAIN’S PAGE

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A LARGE part of my ministry is in speaking to people who have no church connections. Many of them have recently lost a loved one, and are in a state of shock and grief. Often, I am with them in order to arrange the funeral service. One question which I always ask, is to ascertain…

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‘MANY SHALL COME IN MY NAME’

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LUKE 21:8 UNTIL the commencement of the present century, the denominations and sects which diversified the great company of professing Christians was by present reckoning fairly small. The main divisions of the official ‘Church’, although they were not numerous, included the vast bulk of the followers of Yahshua. The position today is substantially reversed. Whereas…

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