Law and Grace
/By Oscar M. Baker
There is a wide-spread notion that one can go to heaven by keeping the law, especially the ten commandments. But the law was not given to any people who had heaven for their hope. It was given to Israel, God's earth people. They have their future on earth, not in heaven.
Read MoreThe Star
/By George Feldman
Most Christmas scenes show the Magi, or Wise Men, worshipping Jesus at the manger. This picture is more accurate. The child was living in a house and closer to a year and a half in age when the Magi made their visit. This is supported by the narrative in Matthew 2.
Read MoreRapture or Manifestation
/By Oscar M. Baker
These are the hopes respectively of the dispensation of promise and the mystery. The rapture concerns an earth people, who here on the earth expect the coming of the King. Among those who go out to meet Him at His coming are the five wise virgins; the foolish ones not being ready, miss it. The manifestation concerns those whose citizenship is in the heavens, who are seated with Christ at the right hand of God. The manifestation is to be in the heavens and to the principalities and powers there. Those who take part in it are those who are there, those whose life is hid with Christ in God.
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