Question: How do you harmonize Gen. 8:22, “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease” (implying that the earth is eternal) with 2 Pet. 3:10, “The earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up?” Answer: The physical … [Read more…]
Question: In the April (1997) issue of your magazine, there are two references to “glorified worlds,” a heretofore unread and unseen area of extension. Do you have any reference material on this subject? What are the biblical references? Answer: We are convinced that the Bible amply supports the existence of “glorified worlds,” i.e., planets which … [Read more…]
Question: What are the “leaves” that “heal” in Revelation 22? What do they represent? What is the healing? Answer: The passage in question describes a most unusual picture. As translated in the New English Bible it reads: “Then he showed me the river of the water of life, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne … [Read more…]
Question: I would like to understand the part of Revelation about the locusts coming up on the earth to torment wicked people. I surely want to understand this. I have never heard it explained, but I have read the Bible many times, I love God’s Word, and I believe it and do my best to … [Read more…]
Question: Could you help me to identify the time when this Scripture will take place: “Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth”(Rev. 3:10). What is the hour of … [Read more…]
Question: I see the numbers 666 quite frequently in the newspapers and magazines without a clear meaning. Does the Hebrew for 666, the number of the beast, spell the feminine form of man? Answer: The 13th chapter of Revelation describes in figurative language the Roman power that ruled the church with an iron hand during … [Read more…]
Question: When Elijah appears, how will we know truly that it is he and not just another impostor? Answer: Scripture gives several guidelines to answer this question. First, the prophet Malachi states in chapter 4 that the prophet Elijah “shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children … [Read more…]
Question: Please explain the words of Enoch in Jude 14, ‘Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints.’ Who are the ten thousand saints? Answer: “Saints” is a term describing the cortege that will accompany Christ when He returns. The various versions use … [Read more…]
Question: Why are we going to have more trouble when Christ returns? Will you please explain the Scripture, Daniel 12:1? Answer: The prophet Daniel reveals that “a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation” will happen simultaneously with the time when “Michael [stands] up, the great prince which stands watch … [Read more…]
Question: “Some astronomers assume that because the stars are burning gas, they will eventually burn themselves out. They say the same about our sun, that it will eventually become dark and the earth will become a huge chunk of ice, and life will become extinct. Is this possible?” Answer: Here again the scientists are limited … [Read more…]