A.D.

58

Paul for the impending

Acts 28:25-27.

A.D.

62

The Dispensational Boundary.

A.D.

62

The dispensation of

A.D.

62

the Mystery -

A.D.

62

Standard truth for the

1 Timothy

A.D.

67

Titus

A.D.

67

2 Timothy

A.D.

68

This, as the reader will see, is imperfect, Philemon and Hebrews are omitted and Galatians occurs late in the first

list. These items were reviewed and replaced as fuller light was given. The arrangement of the epistles as set out

above is not accurate nor complete and is not here printed for anything intrinsic in itself, but for the new approach

that it heralds.

Epistles must not be grouped according to the individual fancy of the expositor, therefore the attempt, even

though inaccurate in some details was made to deal with the epistles chronologically, believing that by so doing, we

would better perceive what is `Truth for the Times'. In another article we shall have to show how it came about that

Galatians was placed first in the list, and that the epistle to the Hebrews was given a place before Acts 28:

`Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech' (2 Cor. 3:12).

The reader who has followed this history will have realized by now, that the witness of The Berean Expositor

could hardly have been more insignificant in its commencement, but that lowly as its origin may have been, the

nature of its teaching was likely to arouse opposition rather than receive much help. Human nature being what it is,

we can but look back with amazement at the grace that must have been given, not only enabling us to be willing to

stand alone, and to risk almost complete isolation for our pains, but to resist the temptation to omit or disguise some

of the features of the new witness which would be offensive to many orthodox believers.

Perhaps no one piece of teaching so completely cut us off, both from fellowship and possible help, as the articles

that were published in the opening volume, on the dispensational place of the Lord's Supper. Before that volume

was published, doors of service were open to us, doors that we knew would most certainly close the moment the

position we had taken up became public, and the temptation to listen to the voice of expediency, `opportunities for

service must not be thrown away, etc. etc.' when spoken in the ear of one who was at the time struggling, at the age

of thirty, to make a fresh start in life was strong indeed.

I cannot be too thankful that the temptation `to soft pedal' was resisted, and that I was able to follow however

`far off' in the footsteps of the great apostle who said:

`Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; But having renounced the

hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the Word of God deceitfully; but by

manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God' (2 Cor. 4:1,2).

The reader will probably know that we base our attitude on the Lord's Supper squarely upon its Scriptural

relationship with the New Covenant. We saw that there could be no possible connection between a new covenant

made with the selfsame people that had broken the old covenant, and a mystery that had been hidden from the ages

and generations, and not revealed until Israel had been set aside in Acts 28. One of the greatest objections to our

position was the fact that the Lord's Supper was to be observed `till He come', and the meeting of this objection

naturally raised a second question, namely that of the Second Coming, with its connection with the hope of Israel,

the manifestation in glory; and the use of the term parousia. As a sequel to this, the place of water baptism was

considered, so that we were literally asking for ostracism. `Churchianity' as distinct from `Christianity' could

expect no help from The Berean Expositor and conversely, by taking Dispensational Truth to its logical conclusion,

The Berean Expositor must of necessity find many opponents among the orthodox, and did in fact lose many

erstwhile supporters.