What is the meaning of the expression “the east wind”?
The “east wind” is a euphamism, expressing a destructive force sent forth from God upon the wicked.
The “east wind” is a euphamism, expressing a destructive force sent forth from God upon the wicked.
Satan’s plan was to save all the children of the Father by forcing them to comply with the Father’s will. Satan’s plan was rejected and its proponents were banished from heaven.
Paradise is a modern phrase. The original term in the scriptures is properly translated as “the spirit world.”
Rather than trying to convert a loved one by preaching to him, a much more powerful way would be to act as a worthy example of the believers.
The “two witnesses” mentioned in Revelations 11 who were killed and left in the street for three and half days are two apostles of the Lord. According to Revelations they will be resurrected after the three and a half days, and ascend to heaven in the sight of all the people.
Where the scriptures speak of Jehovah anointing Jesus, it is an allegorical expression demonstrating that the mortal Jesus is compliant with the principals announced by Himself as Jehovah.
Anyone involved in gambling of any sort or for any reason would do well to quit such activity immediately, and thus avoid financial disaster and the breakup of his family.
The resurrected body is in the form of the pre-mortal spirit that inhabits the body during mortality. People will be resurrected in the same physical form that they are laid down, for there is no growth in the grave. They will then grow toward an eternally mature stature.