William T. Hyde

THE mercy seat does not represent the throne of God. It is a seat only in the sense that Washington, D.C., is the seat of government. Luther used Gnadenstuhl for the cover of the ark, regarding it as the center from which the mercy…

THE writers of the New Testament were familiar with the books of the Old Testament. They probably learned to read them first in Hebrew, but in their adult lives they used the Greek translation known as the Sep­tuagint. Although this version…

THE thought of covering, which the previous article showed to be a valid meaning of the word so often translated "to make an atonement," is continued in the words related to kaphar. The nouns, kaphar, kephir, and…

THE atonement is the heart of the plan of salvation, and the word itself is always translated from the Hebrew word kaphar in the Old Testament, where the services of the tab­ernacle are described as an ob­ject lesson revealing the…

THE atonement is the heart of the plan of salvation. A proper understanding of its meaning is necessary to a cor­rect view of such important matters as the nature of God, the incarnation and work of our Lord, and the require­ments for salvation.…