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THE ENSIGN MESSAGE

GLASTONBURY ABBEY

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GLASTONBURY ABBEY occupies what is believed to be the site of the first Christian Church building in the world. The original church was built of wattles, and its size was probably the same as the Tabernacle in the Wilderness. Eusebius (A.D. 260-340), Bishop of Caesarea and the Father of Church History after the sacred Canon…

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CAN WE FIND NATIONAL ISRAEL IN THE NEW TESTAMENT?

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IF WE ARE TO COMPREHEND the Divine plan we must take the Old and the New Testaments as a connected whole, not as separate revelations. Our Lord told the Jews: “Ye search the Scriptures “ (the Old Testament) “and these are they which bear witness of Me.” Now we know that the Abrahamic covenant was…

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THE CHALLENGE TO THE CHURCH

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“Produce your cause, saith the Lord: bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen, let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come……

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THE UNION JACK

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‘THOU hast given a Banner to them that fear Thee that it may be displayed because of the Truth’ (Psalm 60:4). THIS IS OUR UNION JACK which once floated over more than one-third of the world and over more than half the ships that sailed. It was the Standard of Empire as distinct from the…

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A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD

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“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people that ye should show forth the praises of him, who hath called you out of darkness into His marvellous light” I Peter 2:9. THE VAST BULK of organized Christendom today teach that this verse refers to the Church, the mystical…

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