Biblical Separation for the last days

Separation

From Foundation Truths of the Gospel by John Richie, 1904.

I give the headings here. The whole may be downloaded from www.e-sword.org. Bible support

Separation from sins

Separation from the world

Separation from false professors

Separation from holders of evil doctrine

Separation from ecclesiastical  evil

Practical Separation unto God

Essential Teaching

Now repeat after me, "we are all brethren here".

Hitler said, "Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it."

Brethren Gnosticism

Why were Adam and Eve sent out of the Garden and from the Tree of Life?

(Q and A column; T & T. ; Nov.2013; byJ Allen)

Adam, in concert with Eve his "help-meet for him," was placed over all creation, as set forth in Psalm 8:5-6 (including angels who were ministering spirits to mankind).

"For Thou hast made Him a little lower than ELOHIM, (I know the LXX is quoted in Hebrews 2:9 and it reads "angels" but this is the state to which the fall brought Adam and the race – Adam was created a little lower than "Elohim"). And hast crowned Him with glory and honor, Thou madest Him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands, Thou hast put all things under His feet."

Thus Adam, as head of creation, had to be tested and God did exactly this in the two trees placed exactly in the midst of the Garden - the phrase is linked with both trees (see Gen 2:9, NET). The trees were for tests in two areas of man's personality: Truth and Tidings; Nov.2013.

Strange Mutterings from Truth and Tidings
Mr J Allen, a leading Brethren teacher, writes that Adam, together with his wife, were to have dominion over all creation, including the angels. Mr Allen seems to be saying that the pair were to be a little lower than gods (elohim), but the fall caused God to alter this to being ranked under the angels.  This apparently happening in retrospect because the angels were already placed.

But there is greater confusion in this statement because Mr Allen wrote, “I know the LXX is quoted in Hebrews 2: 9.” Mr Allen apparently knows old wives fables are true. But he has not seen the slightest shred of evidence for the existence of the Septuagint (LXX) prior to the third century AD.

The writer to the Hebrews did not and could not have quoted from the LXX.. The Received Text, so loathed by the Brethren Teachers, has aggelos, angels, at  Hebrews 2: 9 referring to Jesus in the body of His humiliation. The AV translators also knew that elohim in Psalm 8 also had to be translated angels.

Slight differences in the New Testament quotes of Old Testament statements must be attributed to the Author, the Spirit of God, Who has every right to adapt His own word. Those who refuse the verbal inspiration of Scripture make a multitude of problems for themselves/

In quoting Psalm 8, the personal pronoun Him (sic) has been given a capital H by Mr Allen, suggesting the verse is not about  man at all but about Christ, or does he believe that that Adam was created a god, possessed of deity?

A Gospel Hall shepherd?

"Please stay. We're ecumenical here.
We don't drive folk away." 
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First elder: But what are we to do with ravening wolves?
Second elder: If they bring a letter of commendation we must receive them.  

Yet another doctrine of devils. The Gap Theory

This false notion is still held by many Brethren.
 
Is There a Large Gap of Time between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2? (taken fromThe Berean Call)

The idea that a vast period of time elapsed between the first two verses of Genesis is known as the gap theory. Most variations of this theory interpret Genesis 1:1 as the first creation, which included the creation of the heavens, the earth, plants and animals, and even a race of humans preceding Adam! Perhaps billions of years then elapsed, during which time Satan and his angels fell and corrupted earth's inhabitants. God then judged and destroyed the earth and all its inhabitants. Thus, the earth became "formless and void" (Genesis 1:2) and remained that way for eons. Genesis 1:3, according to the gap theory, describes the beginning of the second creation with the first day of the (re)creation week--the familiar six-day creation. This series of events is also called the "ruin-reconstruction theory" or "the pre-Adamic cataclysm theory."

The modern gap theory was proposed in 1814 by Thomas Chalmers, a leading Scottish theologian. Some geologists of his day argued that the earth was much older than Genesis implied. Chalmers, therefore, proposed the gap theory to harmonize Genesis with those demands. No clear record shows anyone prior to 1814 interpreting Genesis 1:1-2 in this way. This is especially significant, because Hebrew scholars 2,000 years ago certainly understood Hebrew writing better than we do today. The gap theory simply accommodated the growing demand for long periods of time.

What are the problems with the gap theory? Gap theorists generally believe that the fossil record was formed, not in a global flood, but when God destroyed the earth in "the gap" between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. Gappists have not understood how the flood rapidly formed fossils and deposited sedimentary layers with a total average thickness of one mile. For that reason, they believe that Noah's flood was less destructive than the judgment they claim preceded the creation week. No clear biblical passage supports the worldwide destruction they imagine, and they ignore references to Noah's flood by many biblical writers and Christ Himself (Matthew 24:37-39, Luke 17:26-27). The gap theory resulted, to a large extent, from a failure to comprehend the flood.

Gap theorists also ignore this clear biblical statement that no great time gap preceded the completed creation:

For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them ... (Exodus 20:11)

Gap theorists miss the importance of Christ's words in Mark 10:6, "But from the beginning of creation, God made them [Adam and Eve] male and female." Christ knew that Adam and Eve were created at the beginning, not after a vast gap of time.

According to most versions of the gap theory, the death and destruction shown by the fossil record, including the death of supposedly pre-Adamic man, preceded Adam's creation. But the Bible clearly states that death came because of Adam's sin (therefore, after Adam's creation).

Why then do some believe in the gap theory? As mentioned earlier, they have accepted, perhaps unknowingly, claims that the earth is billions of years old. Therefore, they try to find where a vast period of time might fit into the Bible. They know that long periods of time cannot be inserted after Adam's creation because the various genealogies are tightly linked. Consequently, the only place billions of years can be inserted is before Adam. Because time flowed smoothly and continuously during the creation week, a week that for various reasons is composed of normal 24-hour days, the time gap must be inserted before the first creation day. Rather than start the creation week at Genesis 1:1 as most Bible scholars do, gappists start that week at Genesis 1:3. Therefore, they believe that before Genesis 1:3, a vast length of time existed--as they state, "whatever geologists demand."

Most people who accept the gap theory have great confidence in the Bible and oppose evolution. However, they accept many evolutionary interpretations of such things as dinosaurs, ice ages, and coal-producing peat bogs. They avoid controversy by placing dinosaurs, ice ages, and coal formation in the "gap," and thus fail to see their connection with the flood. So, gappists generally take a position of noninvolvement in the origins issue other than saying that they accept creation and oppose evolution. This attitude helped the evolutionary viewpoint go largely unopposed in our schools and media for decades.

http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/FAQ321.html#wp2884126

[TBC: To obtain a copy of Walt Brown's "In the Beginning," use the following link: http://www.thebereancall.org/node/4591]