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Those who truly love God's Word do not stumble

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  “   Abundant peace belongs to those who love your law,   and   for them there is no stumbling block” -   Psalm 119:165 When God's elect   appear on the world stage they will be hated by all nations. This comes as no surprise to Bible students because God's true people cannot have the world's approval – John 15:18, 19;   1 John 5:19 How many of those who have read Matthew 24:9 have applied those words to themselves or to their religious organization? We can imagine that Lutherans, at the beginning of their oppression at the hands of the Catholic clergy,   applied   these words to themselves. Surely those 800 Waldensians who were massacred in the   week   between   12-18 April   1545   thought the same thing ,   including those twenty-   five women who sought   refuge   in a cave   and who   remained   asphyxiated   with   a fire lit at the mouth. Those who have followed the articles from the beginning have seen how the 144,000, or those who   will take the lead in   restor

1914: Are We Really Honest About Daniel Chapter 4?

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  In this article, we return to the famous date of 607 BCE and the Biblical basis for whether or not 1914 is there (a date which, according to some, should indicate the establishment of God's Kingdom). This topic has already been treated, from different angles, in two other previous articles   (see footnote)*. The reader who hasn't, may want to check out these articles after reading this. This will be the last time   that this subject will be treated also because it is useless to continue to dispute everything that is said regularly, which is modified from time to time in order to be able to comfort one's preconceptions. While accepting the fact that "everyone is free to believe what they want" one should at least have the intellectual honesty not to assert that the Bible teaches what it really does not teach. Anyone who claims to be a Christian should show the utmost respect for the only recognized Authority and this means not forcing scriptures and meanings. Unf