Sellers was een dispensationalist, die zich van de anderen onderscheidde door zijn standpunt dat het Koninkrijk der Hemelen een pre-Millennium koninkrijk is van zo'n 500 jaar, dat voorafgaat aan de wederkomst van Christus. Charles H. Welch somt o.a. in Deel 9 van zijn "Alphabetical Analysis", blz. 59-69, No. 8 The converging lines of prophetic truth een aantal argumenten op, waarom hij dit standpunt van Sellers niet huldigt. Hoewel Sellers op dit punt een aparte positie inneemt en wij de visie van Sellers op dit punt niet delen , (zie LW nr. 27, hoofdstuk 5.8 Het Koninkrijk der Hemelen), zijn zijn artikelen en geschriften van grote waarde.

"Beproeft alle dingen; behoudt het goede", (1 Thess. 5:21 SV)

Sellers gaf een Bijbelstudieblad uit, getiteld "The Word of Truth", waarvan 16 delen zijn verschenen. Later zijn nog twee aanvullende delen uitgegeven. In 1971 besloot hij op 67 jarige leeftijd zijn visie op Bijbelse onderwerpen beknopt aan het papier toe te vertrouwen in zijn SEED & BREAD artikelen. Toen hij stierf, had hij 196 artikelen geschreven. Johan Hensen heeft zich de moeite getroost deze artikelen te vertalen in het Nederlands. U kunt de vertaalde artikelen vinden op zijn website Lachai-Roï. Hieronder vindt u een index c.q. een verklarende woordenlijst, die naar de SEED & BREAD artikelen verwijzen door middel van de afkorting  SB gevolgd door het artikelnummer.

INDEX

Verklarende Woordenlijst

ACTS DISPENSATION -- The Acts period was a unique period of about 33 years following Christ's death and resurrection, which was actually the blade and ear stage of the Kingdom of God (Mark 4:26­30). This period was marked by many marvelous features, such as the visible gifts of the Spirit including the ability to heal the sick, to raise the dead, to cleanse the lepers, and to speak in tongues. See:

SB6       The Biblical Gift Of Tongues,
SB7       The Acts Dispensation,
SB9       Truth Concerning Acts,
SB19     The Charismatic Dispensation,
SB44     Israel In The Acts Period,
SB52     Tongues Are Languages,
SB67     A Foretaste Of The Kingdom,
SB177   Rightly Dividing Romans,
SB178   Rightly Interpreting Romans,
SB191   Examination Of Acts 3:19.

ANGEL / MESSENGER -- Angels consist of three special classes of created beings with superhuman and supernatural powers. Wherever you see the word angel think of them as messengers. The Bible describes them to be in appearance like men; however they do not seem to be subject to death. Paul describes angels in Hebrews 1:14 as "ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be the heirs of salvation." See:

SB50  The Powers That Be.

ANTICHRIST -- The Greek prefix anti has the real meaning of "in place of' or "instead of" Even today there are antichrists, in which people step in and take the place of Christ. Anybody setting up themselves as an intermediary between God and man takes from the honor and respect due our Messiah. Also activities, religious events and other things are substituted by men for real study of and belief in Jesus Christ. See:

SB161  The Antichrist.

APOSTLE -- This word (Greek-apostolos) has a verb form, meaning to send. The word refers to one commissioned with authority, such as an ambassador from a foreign country. The disciples, for example, became apostles when commissioned (sent with power) to do His will. See:

SB5       What Does Apostello Mean,
SB10     From Cana To Calvary,
SB13     The Divine Commissions,
SB116   I Will Build Me,
SB131   Truth From Matthew 10:1-10,
SB148   How Then Shall They Hear,
SB149   Apostolic Expectation.

APPEARING -- The word appearing means to blaze forth (Gk.­epiphaneia, from the Greek word phaino meaning to shine forth, with the accelerative prefix epi). See:

SB37     What Does "Epiphaneia" Mean?,
SB101   God Must Intervene,
SB194   The Kingdom Is Coming.

APPOSITION -- This is a grammatical tool in which a second noun is set beside another noun so that it explains and defines the first. See:

SB122    The Kai Explicative Principle.

BAPTISM -- This word means identification resulting in a merger. The word is not a translation, but a transliteration of the Greek word baptizo, which comes to us from the old dyer's art. It identifies the believer with Jesus Christ, in His death and His resurrection. For further material, see:

SB134   Concerning Baptism,
SB135   What Does Baptizo Mean?,
SB136   Baptism Means Identification,
SB137   The Baptism Of John,
SB138   Identification With The Holy Spirit,
SB139   Identification With Jesus Christ,
SB143   Baptism In Matthew,
SB144   Baptism In Mark And Luke,
SB145   Baptism In John And Acts,
SB146   Baptism In The Epistles.

BELIEF / FAITH -- See FAITH

BODY -- The word body (Gk.-soma) refers to organized substance. The key to its meaning is found in Colossians 2:17, where body is contrasted with the word "shadow." See:

SB119   Body, A Word Study,
SB147   Members Of His Body.

BORN AGAIN -- Born again (Gk.-genao anothen) refers to divine generation and literally means "generated from above." For more, see:

SB93    Concerning "Born Again,"
SB94    Generation From Above,
SB95    Lessons From Nicodemus,
SB103  Divine Election.

CALLED / CHOSEN -- To be called may mean to name, or to command or to sound. But in many Scriptures, to call, (Gk.-kaleo) means to position, to appoint, to place, to name, or to designate. All these terms are synonymous, agreeing in the sense of declaring a person's calling as being God's choice for an office or position. See:

SB87    What Does Kaleo Mean?,
SB123  Call His Name Jesus.

CHRIST / MESSIAH -- These two words both mean the same thing: "the Anointed One." The Israelites looked for their Messiah (Heb.­messiach) who is the same One as the Christ (Grk.-christos) of the New Testament.

See JESUS, IMMANUEL,

MEDIATOR, JEHOVAH and GOD/LORD. Also see:

SB12   This Generation Shall Not Pass,
SB96   God's Presentation Of Christ.

CHURCH -- As much as we may be conditioned to it, this word church is not in Scripture. It is a bad translation of the Greek word ekklesia, which Young's Analytical Concordance defines as "that which is called out." It is derived from the Greek root verb, kaleo (to call), and in its simplest form means "out-called" or "out-positioned" for special service. See:

SB87     What Does Kaleo Mean?,
SB97     What Does Ekklesia Mean?,
SB115   Ekklesia Men,
SB120   Ekklesia Truth,
SB131   Truth From Matthew 10:1-10,
SB141   More About Ekklesia,
SB158   Those Turning From The Church,
SB198   You've Gotta Have A Ceremony.

COMING -- When we think of the Lord Jesus Christ returning to this earth, we think of it as Him coming to take His place as king. The normal word (Gk.-erchomai) just means to come, but the special word "personal coming" (Gk.-parousia) is said to be "a being alongside" or "a presence" (Young's Analytical Concordance, p.188). This word parousia really is a personal presence, an appearance in an official capacity because of who He is and what He can do. For more detail, see:

SB20     The Jigsaw Puzzle Of Prophecy,
SB24     What Does Parousia Mean?,
SB25     The Parousia Of Jesus Christ,
SB66     When He Shall Come,
SB133   The "Parousia" In Matthew 24,
SB192   Puzzling Parousia Passages.

COVENANT -- A covenant is an agreement, and is a legal term to this day. It is an agreement between two people, but in God's case, when Israel broke its covenant, He still confirmed it for His name's sake (Ezek. 36:22). There are many covenants in scripture, from the first one made with Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3 in which He promises, "to bless all the families of the earth through Abraham's seed," to God's promise to raise David to be the king of the Kingdom when Jehovah raises and regathers Israel (Ezek. 37). See:

SB165   God's Law To Israel,
SB166   The Ten Commandments,
SB167   The Terms Of The Covenant,
SB168   Misconceptions Concerning The Law,
SB169   The Broken Covenant,
SB170   We Establish The Law,
SB171   Abraham's Seed Today.

DAY OF CHRIST -- This is the Kingdom of the Heavens or the premillennial Kingdom also known as the "Day of the Eon." Paul says in Phil. 2: 16 how proud he is of these gentiles that he may rejoice in the Day of Christ. See:

SB54     Four Great Days,
SB111   Before The Day Of The Lord,
SB142   The Day Of The Eon.

DAY OF THE LORD -- This refers to the time of the tribulation through the thousand year reign of Christ. It is the time of the end, when the indignation of God is poured out upon all the people of this earth who do not know their God, even after several hundred years of blessing in the premillennial Kingdom. In 1 Thess. 5:2, Paul warns them, even as does Peter in 2 Peter 3:10, that "the Day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night," and they must be ready. See:

SB39      The Great Tribulation,
SB40      The Great Testing,
SB54      Four Great Days,
SB110   The Lord's Day In Revelation 1:10,
SB111   Before The Day Of The Lord,
SB151   Six, Sixty, Six,
SB161   The Antichrist,
SB162   The Mark Of The Beast,
SB193   The Consummation Of The Eon.

DEATH -- The principle of death (Gk.-thanatos) is a return to the former state. The body returns to the dust and the spirit (breath of life) returns to God who gave it (Eccl. 12:7). See

SB79     What Is Death?,
SB82     What Does Sheol Mean?,
SB83     If A Man Die,
SB84     Is It Gain To Die?,
SB85     Paul's Desire To Depart,
SB104   The Dying Malefactor.

DESTRUCTION -- Destruction is the final end of the wicked man (Phil. 3: 19), "They are enemies of the cross of Christ whose end is destruction". This means the same thing as perishing. John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." See DEATH and PERISHING. For more see,

SB79     What Is Death?,
SB83     If A Man Die,
SB184   What Does Gehenna Mean,
SB185   More About Gehenna,
SB186   What Does Destruction Mean.

DISPENSATION -- This word means an administration, stewardship or method of dealing (Gk.-oikonomia). See

SB23     New Testament Time Periods,
SB56     Dispensational Truth,
SB129   The Order Of Events,
SB180   A Study In Dispensational Truth.

DISPENSATION OF GRACE -- God's present dispensation of grace lies between Acts 28:28 and the epiphaneia or "blazing forth" of Jesus Christ which signals the beginning of the Kingdom (Titus 2:13, 2 Tim. 4:1). It is the time, today, in which we live and a time in which a silent God exhibits only love and favor, as divine intervention, to the undeserving, namely, all mankind. See

SB4       Interpretation Of Philippians 1:6,
SB11     The Importance Of Acts 28:28,
SB23     New Testament Time Periods,
SB53     A Psalm For Today,
SB56     Dispensational Truth,
SB57     The Dispensation Of Grace,
SB58     Ephesians 1-Translation,
SB59     Ephesians 2,
SB60     Ephesians 3,
SB61     Ephesians 4,
SB62     Ephesians 5,
SB63     Ephesians 6,
SB64     God's Present Purpose,
SB65     Christian Individualism,
SB129   The Order Of Events,
SB179   The Gospel Of John

EARTH / WORLD -- See WORLD.

ELECT / ELECTION -- This word (Gk.-eklektos/eklegomai) means "out-positioned" for a special service. God can elect or choose any man, but the man must submit to His call and follow Him. See CALL/CHOSEN, CHURCH. Also see

SB65     Christian Individualism,
SB103   Divine Election.

EXPECTATION / HOPE -- See HOPE. ETERNAL/FOREVER -- See FOREVER.

EVERLASTING -- This is the adjective of the noun "forever" and has the same root which is "eon" (Gk.-aion, Heb.-olam, which means "to flow"). The term "eonian" (adj.) may refer often to that which is perpetual, but more than that it has the idea of that which "flows out" of God. See

SB126   The Problem Of Aion,
SB127   Olam And Aion,
SB128   What Does Aion Mean?

EVERLASTING LIFE -- This is defined as life flowing directly out of God.

FAITH / BELIEF -- In today's English, we can have faith or belief in a person, we can believe a fact, but we cannot say we are "faithing" in it. The words faith and belief are the same in the original language (Gk.-pistis,-eo). Faith is taking God at His word and responding accordingly. See

SB100   The Glory Of Believing,
SB105   What Is Faith,
SB109   Faith Exemplified,
SB112   The Centurion Of Capernaum.,
SB179   The Gospel Of John.

FIRSTBORN -- Firstborn refers to the ancient custom of sonship. It can be the male child born first, or the one positioned first and having the birthright (e.g. Jacob and Esau, Gen. 27). It can also describe an exalted position such as the sovereignty and preeminence of Jesus Christ. See ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, SON OF GOD and

SB190   Firstborn Of Every Creation.

FOREVER / ETERNAL -- This concept is the same as "everlasting" and refers to the outflow of God, e.g. etemal life refers to the quality of God given life (Gk.-aion, Heb.-olam). See

SB126   The Problem Of Aion,
SB127   Olam And Aion,
SB128   What Does Aion Mean,
SB142   The Day Of The Eon.

GENTILES -- The term gentiles (Gk.-ethnos, Heb.-goi) always stands for the nations, while Israel, or the Jews, are the future nation-­the people of God. See

SB153   Cornelius, The Centurion,
SB157   The Nations-Now Joint Bodies.

GLORY -- The Greek noun doxa has many meanings and is derived from the verb meaning, "to recognize or esteem a person or thing for what it is." This word stands for a condition or state, and not praise. Thus doxa can mean appearance, or reputation. See

SB71     Earth's Glorious Future,
SB100   The Glory Of Believing.

GOD / LORD -- God has many names in Scripture. Many of His names are connected with Jehovah in the Old Testament, as well as compounds of El and Jah. In the New Testament, He is known as God (Gk.-theos) and Lord (Gk.-kurios), but all of these really refer to Jesus Christ who expresses the invisible, inaudible God the Father to us mortals (psa. 145:10-12, Isa. 40:5--the Jehovah of the Old Testament is the Jesus Christ of the New Testament). See JEHOVAH and JESUS. Also see

SB3       The Father And The Son,
SB10     From Cana To Calvary,
SB51     The Biblical Concept Of God,
SB187   The Rights Of God,
SB188   What Does "Ginomai" Mean,
SB196   The Days Of God Upon The Earth.

GOSPEL -- The word gospel (Gk.-euagglion [evangelionJ) means "good tidings" or "good news." This is the right message and a "good message" which fills a need. See

SB163    The Divine Arrangement,
SB179    The Gospel Of John,
SB181    The Confirmation Of The Gospel.

GRACE -- This is a love and favor that is totally undeserved (Eph.3:2). See

SB60   Ephesians 3--Translation,
SB65   Christian Individualism.

GREEK ALPHABET -- The Greekalphabel is useful for working with the Greek interlinear Bibles (as the New Testament is in Greek) and has been included in

SB117   The Greek Alphabet.

HEAD -- In the past, the head of a column of numbers was the sum, likewise, the head sums up the human body. This term can also mean the front of a line or the leader of a group, but in Scripture, the word head is used most often figuratively where it means an outflowing source from God. See

SB118   Head: A Word Study.

HEAVEN -- The term heaven (Gk.-ouranos) refers to everything that is over or above, whether it is the earth, men, governments and even God. It often is a title for "God," and in the plural form may also mean the beings of that exalted place, "the heaved ones." See

SB34   The Word "Heaven,"
SB58   Ephesians I-Translation.

HELL -- This is a King James Version rendering, and study of the original words (Heb.-sheol, Gk.-hades) indicates that they mean the place of the dead (old Eng.-hell = grave, pit, hole). Another word for hell is (Gk.­gehenna) a burning refuse dump (in the days of King Josiah outside Jerusalem) and is used as a figure for the second death. See

SB82     What does Sheol Mean?,
SB184   What Does Gehenna Mean?,
SB185   More About Gehenna,
SB186   What Does "Destruction" Mean? .

HOPE / EXPECTATION -- These words are the explanations of a single word (Gk.-elpis, Heb.-tiqvah) which contains the idea of being confident, to trust, and to expect confidently. In the KJV the word hope, like expectation, had its basis in fact, while today hope is only a wish. See

SB71   Earth's Glorious Future,
SB73   Inheriting The Earth,
SB74   The Believer's Destiny,
SB75   The Earth--Our Future Home.

IMMANUEL -- This is another name for Jesus Christ and it literally means "God with us" (Matt. 1 :23). It is also spelled Emmanuel. See

SB10     From Cana To Calvary,
SB196   The Days Of God Upon The Earth.

IMMORTALITY -- The word immortality (Gk.-athanasia) signifies that death is not working in us, just as the word "mortal" (Gk.­thanetos) signifies being subject to death. See INCORRUPTIBILITY

SB132   Concerning Immortality.

INCORRUPTIBILITY -- This means that without death working in us, we are incapable of being corrupted, (Gk.-aphthartos) i.e. not perishable.

JEHOVAH -- This is the Hebrew name of Jesus Christ in relation to the covenant people of Israel (Yaweh or Jehovah). See GOD/LORD and

SB2   The Lord Jesus Is Jehovah.

JESUS -- The human name of our Savior Jesus Christ. It is a Greek form of the Hebrew Jehoshua/Joshua which means "savior" or "deliverer." Jesus is the primary personality revealed in the Bible. He is the Creator, Elohim, the God of Israel, Jehovah, the Word or Expression of God, the Son of God, the King of the Kingdom of God, and for us today, the one Mediator, and propitiation for our sins. See CHRIST,

GOD/LORD, IMMANUEL, JEHOVAH. Also See

SB18     Jesus Only,
SB21     God Our Savior,
SB123   Call His Name Jesus,
SB159   The Deity Of Jesus Christ,
SB163   The Divine Arrangement,
SB171   Abraham's Seed Today,
SB172   How Can A Man Be God?,
SB176   The Complex Of The Deity.

JUDGMENT -- The word judgment (Heb.-mishpat, Gk.-krisis) has to do with God establishing His righteous order in the world. It is a blessing to good men, but punishment to the wicked. See

SB33     The Word Judgment,
SB36     The Kingdom Judgment,
SB197   God's Judgments.

KINGDOM -- The word kingdom (Heb.-malkuth, Gk-basilea) means "government." The term "the Kingdom of God" or "the Kingdom of the Heavens" refers to the next step in God's plan; a future grand period of blessing that will engulf the whole earth. See

SB26   The Divine Purpose,
SB27   The Kingdom Of God,
SB28   The Kingdom: Why Two Names,
SB29   Kingdom Means Government,
SB30   Kingdom Truth,
SB31   The Kingdom: Present Or Future,
SB32   Kingdom Blunders,
SB35   The Kingdom In Reality,
SB38   A Neglected Prophecy,
SB41   God's Next Move,
SB45   The Most Important Parable,
SB47   Questions And Objections,
SB48   The Most Important Parable,
SB49    A Psalm Of Divine Government,
SB55    The Kingdom Titles,
SB75    The Earth Our Future Home,
SB91    The Mission Of Elijah,
SB101  God Must Intervene,
SB113   The Kingdom Restraints,
SB114   The Kingdom Rebellion,
SB121   The "Not Being" But "As Being" Principle,
SB142   The Day Of The Eon,
SB150   The Kingdom Within Men,
SB154   Israel's Prophesied Return,
SB155   Ezekiel's Amazing Prophecy,
SB156   King David's Glorious Future,
SB194   The Kingdom Is Coming.

LAST DAYS / LATTER DAYS -- The term, the last days is used to describe the "resultant or concluding days" (Heb.-acharith yam, Gk.­eschatos hemeron). This often refers to the sequel of the days of this present evil eon. However, the term "the end time" (Heb.-kehetz) is reserved for that final period of the indignation of God. See

SB14     What Are The Last Days,
SB15     What The World Needs Now,
SB16     The Character Of The Last Days,
SB53     A Psalm For Today,
SB124   At Such A Time,
SB193   The Consummation Of The Eon.

LAW -- The word law (Heb. -torah and Gk. -nomos) means "a precept, teaching, ordinance, or custom." This word reflects a word from God, and relates His mind on what is His righteous order. See

SB165   God's Law To Israel,
SB166   The Ten Commandments,
SB167   The Terms Of The Covenant,
SB168   Misconceptions Concerning The Law,
SB169   The Broken Covenant,
SB170   We Establish The Law.

LIFE -- The life (Heb.-chaiyim, nephesh, Gk.-bios, zoe, psuche) within us is the result God breathing the "breath of life" into the body He created. Today it results from the natural process of fertilization, gestation and birth. Scripture often uses life and soul interchangeably. The concept of "etemal life " is not just a perpetual life, but rather life that stems directly from God. See

SB77   What Is The Soul,
SB78   The Breath Of Life.

LIGHT -- This word (Gk.-phos, Heb.-or) has a very literal meaning of that which stimulates our visual senses. In Scripture light represents enlightenment, therefore relating to the understanding, personification, and perception of or from God. See

SB125   The Divine Interchange Principle,
SB164   Fearing God And Working Righteousness.

LOVE -- The Scripture says "God is love" (1 John 4:8). The definition of love used by OQS is: "Love is that principle or attitude that seeks the highest good for the one that is loved." The word love in Scripture translates into two words in the Greek: agape, which means a love that is offered without condition or reservation; and phi/eo, which means a strong friendship or brotherly love. See

SB69   The Love Of The Truth.

MEDIATOR -- Sometimes considered a middleman or go-between, (Gk.-mesites); Moses was a mediator in Israel, and there were many mediators during the Acts period. However, the truth for today is there is one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus (1 Tim. 2:5). See

SB17   The One Mediator.

MESSIAH / CHRIST -- See CHRIST, JESUS.

MILLENNIUM -- This non-scriptural term refers a time period, the thousand-year reign of Christ on earth after His personal return at the end of the Great Tribulation, as mentioned in Rev. 20:8. See

SB25   The Parousia Of The Lord Jesus, and booklet, The Thousand Year Reign of Christ, by OQS, 1957.

MORTAL -- This is the condition of man today. The fact that man is capable of dying means he is mortal. It is the act of resurrection that gives man life again. See DEATH, and IMMORTALITY.

SB163   The Divine Arrangement,
SB174   The Savior Of The World,
SB182   Future Punishment,
SB195   Universalism Examined.

MOUNTAIN -- A mountain, in Scripture symbolism, e.g. the Hebrew poetry in the prophets, means "a kingdom or a government." See KINGDOM and
SB29   Kingdom Means Government.

MYSTERY / SECRET -- The word translated mystery in Scripture means a secret and is a transliteration of the Greek word musterion. It means that which was "hidden" (and is now revealed), and not that which is "mysterious and unknowable." See

SB56   The Dispensation Of Grace,
SB90   The Truths God Calls Secret.

NATIONS / GENTILES -- See GENTILES.ONLY BEGOTTEN SON -- This is an adjective (Gr.-monogenes) which means literally "one of a kind, or unique." In Scripture it means Jesus Christ is the "only Authorized Son/Expression of God," implying there is no other. It has nothing to do with human birthright. See

SB173   What Does "Monogenes" Mean?

OUT-CALLED -- See CHURCH.

PERISH -- This means the same thing as "destruction." See DESTRUCTION,

SB182   Future Punishment,
SB186   What Does Destruction Mean?

PRAYER -- Prayer is our means of communicating with God. We can talk with God any time, anywhere, through the Holy Spirit who dwells within us. See

SB152   Concerning Prayer.

PREDESTINATION -- This word, translated from the Greek word proorizo means that which is "determined beforehand." (pro, which means before, in front of, or prior to; and horizo, which means to mark out, or to designate). See

SB130   Does God Know?,
SB160   Concerning Predestination.

PUNISHMENT -- The future punishment has to do with destruction, or perishing (John 3:16). See DESTRUCTION, PERISH. Also See

SB182   Future Punishment.

RAPTURE -- This is not a scriptural term, while the rescue of Christians by resurrection is. The indignation is actually over when He returns. See MILLENNIUM, TRIBULATION. Also See

SB39   The Great Tribulation,
SB40   The Great Testing,
SB41   God's Next Move.

RELIGION -- This word has a thousand meanings and as many different sacraments and rituals attached to it. The word religion (Gk.-threskia) really refers to outward service to a deity, hence idol worship, in reference to "superstition and magic." Our experience is that all men's religions are men's attempts to control God, in contrast to the fact that God gave only one religion, that of the Hebrews. See

SB22    Let Us Go Also,
SB42    The Inherited Lie,
SB43    Who Crucified Jesus?,
SB45    The Theological Conspiracy,
SB46    The "Jews" In John's Gospel,
SB68    The Christian Fakers,
SB92    The Seven Millennium Theory,
SB98     What Does "Ta Panta" Mean?,
SB140   Religionless Christianity,
SB141   More About Ekklesia,
SB198   You've Gotta Have A Ceremony.

REPENTANCE -- This very broad word in Greek (metanoeo) means to "submit, yield or ease" (relieve of burden). Metanoeo literally means "the after-mind," but has no reference to being sorry for sins or doing penitence over. See

SB106   What About Repentance?,
SB107   What Does Metanoeo Mean?,
SB108   Metanoeo-Problem Passages.

RESURRECTION -- This word (Gk.-anastasis) literally means "a standing up or a rising up," hence reflecting the positive act of God to bring man to life again. See

SB80   Concerning Resurrection, and a booklet, The Resurrections, by OQS, 1955.

SABBATH -- The first definition of the Sabbath is the seventh or last day of the week, Saturday. However, it is also used of special high holy days which in the land of Israel might last for several days. The Sabbath was made for Israel and no other nation (Ezek. 20:20). See booklet, The Sabbath and the Sunday Question, by OQS, 1944.

SAINT / HOLY ONE -- The term saint (Gk.-hagios) means one who has been set apart or separated for special service for God. It has nothing to do with being especially pious or religious. Just as the Holy Spirit is separated for service (Gk.-pneuma hagion) for God, so are men who are believers in Jesus Christ. See

SB58   Ephesians 1-­Translation.

SAVIOR / SALVATION -- Salvation basically means "safety, ease, rescue and deliverance" (Heb.-yeshuah, yesha, and Gk.-soteria, soterion). The word soterion has a further idea, that of the "saving health" the Savior Jesus Christ provides. See

SB1      You Need A Savior,
SB8      What Does Soterion Mean?,
SB21    God Our Savior,
SB65    Christian Individualism,
SB72    The Salvation of The World,
SB140   Religionless Christianity,
SB163   The Divine Arrangement,
SB174   The Savior of The World.

SECRET / MYSTERY -- See MYSTERY.

SIN -- This word (Gk.-hamartia, hamartano) simply means "missing the mark." The mark is always a goal. For Adam and Eve, sin was to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, a rebellion against God's command. See

SB1       You Need A Savior,
SB16     The Character Of The Last Days,
SB114   The Kingdom Rebellion.

SON OF GOD -- The Hebrew concept of a son (Gk.-huios) is that of the offspring or assigned servant who legally controls the family wealth and persons in the absence or death of the father. A male child (Gk.-technon) is not truly the son. Christ is the Son of God, the one who expresses the invisible, inaudible, almighty God, the Father, to men who would not know Him otherwise (John 5:37). See FIRST­BORN, ONLY BEGOTTEN SON and

SB3   The Father And The Son.

SOUL -- The word soul (Heb.-nephesh, Gk.-psuche) means that aspect of a being which refers to his possession of senses and feelings. Man does not have a soul, rather, man is soul, the composite of the body God gave him and the breath of life (Gen. 2:7). See

SB76   What Is Man?,
SB77   What Is The Soul,
SB81   The Interpretation Of Matthew 10:28.

SPIRIT -- The word spirit (Heb.-11lach, Gk.-pneuma) means "breath or wind," and is that aspect of man that cannot be seen, but that God places in each and every one of us that gives us life. It can refer to that aspect of God who is described as spirit. See

SB78     The Breath of Life,
SB176   The Complex Of The Deity.

SPIRITUAL -- This word is an adjective (Gk.-pneumatikos) which is used specifically by the Spirit to designate things produced by the Spirit of God, which come directly from God without any human intervention or instrumentality in the process. It is contrasted with the Greek psuchikos which means "the natural man," hence that produced by natural processes, literally meaning "soulish." See

SB88   What Does "Spiritual" Mean,
SB89   "Spiritual" A Word Study.

TABERNACLE / TENT -- A tabernacle is a tent and a dwelling place (Gk.-skene). God's divine purpose is to dwell (tabernacle) with men and make His tabernacle His center of activity. See

SB26   The Divine Purpose.
For more details, see the booklet, Absent From The Body, OQS, 1966, in which tabernacle/tent are carefully compared with house (Gk.-oikia).

TRIBULATION -- This word (Gk.-thlipsis) refers to the end of the Kingdom when some men rebel against God (sometimes called "the time of Jacob's trouble"). This becomes a time of testing, hence pressure on mankind, a time of God pouring out His indignation upon those who rebel against Him (Matt. 24:21). See

SB39     The Great Tribulation,
SB40     The Great Testing,
SB114   The Kingdom Rebellion,
SB151   Six, Sixty, Six,
SB161   The Antichrist,
SB162   The­ Mark Of The Beast.
SB182   Future Punishment,
SB183   What Does "Torment" Mean?

TRUTH -- The word truth (Gk.-aletheia) is defined as that which accords with the facts in the case. In the Gospel of John, we are told that "God is Spirit" and we must worship Him in "spirit and in truth" (John 4:24). To do this we are responsible to know the facts. See

SB69     The Love Of Truth,
SB86     The Signs Of The Times,
SB125   The Divine Interchange Principle.

UNIVERSALISM -- This is a religion which claims that all people, including Satan, are to be saved by the work of Jesus Christ. See

SB189   Universalism Disavowed,
SB195   Universalism Explained.

WORLD / EARTH -- The basic meaning of this word (Gk.-kosmos) is "system, order or arrangement." The word earth (Gk.-ge) is synonymous in most respects. Without the ecosphere that surrounds our earth, this world would not be inhabitable; in fact, it would not be our world. This world began when, in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. See KINGDOM, ETERNAL/FOREVER. See also

SB67     A Foretaste Of The Kingdom,
SB70     God's Earth,
SB71     Earth's Glorious Future,
SB72     The Salvation Of The World,
SB73     Inheriting The Earth,
SB74     The Believer's Destiny,
SB75     The Earth--Our Future Home,
SB175   More About The World.

WORD -- When we speak a word, we are expressing ourselves. It can be literal, meaning groups of letters we use for communication and containing many meanings in the English dictionary, i.e. a brief remark, an expression, a declaration, a pledge, a saying, a dispute, an articulate sound, etc. In Scripture, a figurative sense of the word is often used to impart the idea of a saying or speech (Heb.-emer, imrah; Gk.-Iogos, rhema). For example, the Greek word logos means the Expression of God (John 1: I), where it is personified, referring to the Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:14). See

SB12     This Generation Shall Not Pass,
SB102   Who Is "The Word" In John 1:1-14?

INDEX
SEED & BREAD

ACTS DISPENSATION,  SB6, 7, 9, 19, 44, 52, 67, 177, 178, 191,
ANGEL/MESSENGER,  SB50,
ANTICHRIST, SB161,
APOSTLE, SB5, 10, 13, 116, 131, 148, 149,
APPEARING, SB37, 101, 194,
APPOSITION, SB122,
BAPTISM, SB134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139,143, 144, 145, 146,
BELIEF, See FAITH
BODY, SB119, 147,
BORN AGAIN, SB93, 94, 95, 103,
CALLED/CHOSEN, SB87, 123,
CHRIST/MESSIAH, SB12, 96,
CHURCH, SB87, 97, 115, 120, 131, 141, 158, 198,
COMING, SB20, 24, 25, 66, 133, 192,
COVENANT, SB165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170,171,
DAY OF CHRIST, SB54,111, 142,
DAY OF THE LORD, SB39, 40, 54, 110, 111, 151, 161, 162, 193
DEATH, SB79, 82, 83, 84, 85, 104,
DESTRUCTION, SB79, 83, 184, 185, 186,
DISPENSATION, SB23, 56, 129, 180,
DISPENSATION OF GRACE, SB4, 11, 23, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 129, 179,
EARTH, See WORLD
ELECT/ELECTION, SB65, 103,
EXPECTATION, See HOPE
ETERNAL, See FOREVER
EVERLASTING, SB126, 127, 128,
FAITH/BELIEF, SB100, 105,109,112,179,
FIRSTBORN, SB190,
FOREVER, SB126, 127, 128, 142,
GENTILES, SB153, 157,
GLORY, SB71, 100,
GOD/LORD, SB3, 10, 51, 187, 188, 196,
GOSPEL, SB163, 179, 181,
GRACE, SB60, 65,
GREEK ALPHABET, SB117
HEAD, SB118,
HEAVEN, SB34,58,
HELL, SB82, 184, 185, 186,
HOPE, SB71, 73, 74, 75,
IMMANUEL, SB10, 196,
IMMORTALITY, SB132,
JEHOVAH, SB2,
JESUS, SB18, 21,123,159,163,171,172,176,
JUDGMENT, SB33, 36,197,
KINGDOM, SB26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 38, 41, 45, 47, 48, 49, 55, 75, 91, 101, 113, 114, 121, 142, 150, 154, 155, 156, 194,
LAST DAYS/LATTER DAYS, SB14, 15, 16, 53, 124, 193,
LAW, SB165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170,
LIFE, SB77, 78,
LIGHT, SB125, 164,
LOVE, SB69,
MEDIATOR. SB17,
MESSIAH, See CHRIST, JESUS
MILLENNIUM, SB25, The Thousand Year Reign of Christ/Booklet
MORTAL, SB163, 174, 182, 195,
MOUNTAIN, SB29,
MYSTERY, SB56, 90,
NATIONS, See GENTILES
ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, SB173,
OUT-CALLED, See CHURCH
PERISH, SB182, 186,
PRAYER. SB152,
PREDESTINATION, SB130, 160,
PUNISHMENT, SB182,
RAPTURE, SB39, 40, 41,
RELIGION, SB22, 42, 43, 45, 46, 68, 92, 98, 140, 141,198,
REPENTANCE, SB106, 107, 168,
RESURRECTION, SB80, The Resurrections/Booklet
SABBATH, See The Sabbath and the Sunday Question/Booklet
SAINT/HOLY ONE, SB58,
SAVIOR/SALVATION, SB1, 8, 21, 65, 72, 140, 163, 174,
SECRET, See MYSTERY
SIN, SB1, 16, 114,
SON OF GOD, SB3,
SOUL, SB76, 77, 81,
SPIRIT, SB78,176,
SPIRITUAL, SB88, 89,
TABERNACLE/TENT, SB26, Absent From The Body/Booklet,
TRIBULATION, SB39,40, 114, 151, 161, 162,182, 183,
TRUTH, SB69, 86, 125,
UNIVERSALISM, SB189, 195,
WORLD, SB67, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 175,
WORD, SB12, 102,