Question: By whom will the gospel be preached after the Church is translated?
Answer: The present gospel will no longer be preached, the door of grace being then shut; but the Everlasting gospel will be proclaimed to every heathen nation, as we learn in Revelation 14:6, 7, probably by Jewish messengers whose treatment by these nations will form the ground of the judgment of these, according to Matthew 25:32-46.
Question: What are the principalities and powers in Ephesians 6:12? Are they the same as in Ephesians 3:10, and Colossians 2:10?
Answer: It is evident that those principalities and powers of which Christ is the Head (Col. 2:10; Eph. 1:21) cannot be the same as those in Ephesians 6:12, of which Satan is chief. The meaning of the word “principality” is “rule” (1 Cor. 15:24). Of course, there is both good and bad rule in the spiritual world.
Question: Please explain the parable in Luke 19:12-27.
Answer: It shows forth man’s responsibility until the Lord’s return; just as Matthew 25 (the talents) show forth God’s sovereignty. The former says, “You have all got something; whatever it is, use it to the best advantage for God’s glory, and you will be rewarded accordingly.”
Matthew says, “Although one may have far more brilliant gifts than another, yet all who are equally faithful shall alike enter the joy of their Lord.” The wicked servant is a professor only. The pounds are the gifts God gives us.
Question: How are believers practically sanctified.
Answer: By becoming servants to God according to Romans 6:22, yielding their bodies a living sacrifice (Rom. 12:1, 2), and by cleansing themselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit inwardly, as well as ungodly connections outwardly (2 Cor. 6;7:1).