Download or read book The Bible True From the Beginning, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint) written by Edward Gough and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Bible True From the Beginning, Vol. 5 Let the reader examine, as did the writer, this early part of Ezekiel.' He will find in it a law Of progress or evolution. The first chapter, as writers like Hengstenberg have admitted, deals with the lower animal Creation. We read of 'living creatures, ' but neither the Adamic Prophet nor any human being has any active part in the whole Chapter. The next chapter begins to describe human beings, and makes no reference to the living creatures. But its first allusions are to human beings who are in an imperfect and savage state. They are compared to briars, thorns, scorpions, rebels, and are said to be impudent and stiff hearted (verses 3 The Adamic Prophet now begins to carry God's message to this savage people. But it is the very beginning of this intermediary prophetic action. The Divine Spirit has but newly entered into him (verse Moreover, as yet, while the Prophet speaks God's words (verse no allusion is made to a written Revelation. But in verses 8-10 we read of a written Revelation coming to the Prophet. This appears to be the beginning of such written Revelation. Moreover this first revealed writing is said to be full of lamentations, and mourning, and woe. Such a description is very applicable to the Book of Job, a Book which ancient Christians regarded as the Oldest in the Bible (orig, Cont. Cels., Lib. VI., 0. From the beginning of 0. Iii. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.