THE GREAT ESCAPE COMING: WE MAKE OUR TIME COUNT 4 JESUS!
THE WEDDING TICKET
BELIEVE
" Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: and that he was seen of Peter, then of the Twelve....." 1 Cor.15:3-5
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God saves those who acknowledge their sins and repent (a change of mind about sin and commission of sin, a Holy God who gave us life and Holy commands, and salvation through Jesus Christ who is the only begotten Son of God and Lord and Savior)
FACTS OF IMPORTANCE
Jesus loves us. Rev.1:5. He came to earth born of a virgin, Mary; Isaiah 7:14; by the power of God the Holy Spirit, and lived a sinless life as Immanuel, God with us! Mt.1:18-25. That life He gave for us, John 10:11, and our sins He paid for by His sinless blood, Rom.5:8, on a cross of shame. 2 Cor.5:21; He was buried and rose from the dead the 3rd day.1 Cor.15:3-4. He is returning for His blessed Bride.John 14:1-3. He can come at any moment.Titus 2:12-14. Nothing can stop Him. Heb.1:13; Col.1:16 He is God The Son, Lord and Savior of all believing sinners; Rom.10:9-10, we are His sheep, His Family in the faith by the grace of Almighty God. Eph.2:8-10. And He promised us He would never leave us nor forsake us; Heb.13:5. He is IN us now by the Holy Spirit; 1 Cor.6:19 and that one FINE day He would personally come for us, Rev.22:12; and that He would complete our salvation by calling us up from the heavens above the earth to be with Him as His Bride,1 Th.4:16-17 in His Heavenly Kingdom, John 18:36 and the golden city He built for us, Rev.21:2-5, the New Jerusalem above, forever! John 14:1-3... AMEN!
NOT APPOINTED TO WRATH ( WE R GOING HOME: GOING UP MUSIC SCORE!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv8YjKBzRUI (VIDEO)
1 Thessalonians 5:4-5 - But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.
John 8:12 - Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."
1 Peter 2:9-10 - But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
Revelation 3:10
Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
OH LORD, HOW GREAT THOU ART! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvF1rSSCaFM (Video)
1 Thessalonians 1:9-10
For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
***IMMINENCE OF RAPTURE
Pretribulationism has historical support. From John 21:22-23:
" 22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?"
It would APPEAR that the early church viewed Christ’s return as imminent, that He could return at any moment. Otherwise, the rumor would not have persisted that Jesus would return within John’s lifetime. Imminence, is a key tenet of pretribulationism.
SEE THE MAN COMING: RAPTURE BEFORE TRIBULATION (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C9dFmhwqEc
WE LOOK DAILY AND SERVE FOR HIS GLORY
Titus 2:13-14
13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
THE CHURCH AGE ( GOSPEL OF GRACE)
Dispensation of grace:
Throughout the Bible, God deals with different groups of people in different ways. In order to fully understand how God deals with each group, we need to first discuss one of the most important concepts in the study of prophetic Scripture - the doctrine of dispensations. A dispensationalist believes that God treats different groups of people differently at different times in history. In other words, He has different sets of rules for different times and different people groups. Paul taught about the "dispensation of grace" in Ephesians:
Ephesians 2:4-9 - But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Ephesians 3:1-7 - For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles - if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.
It is clear in the passages above that God dealt with Israel differently under the Law than how He deals with the Church under the "dispensation of grace," which is a time in human history where God has chosen to pour out His mercy and grace without the burden of the Law. The "dispensation of grace" began at the cross, where the "dispensation of the Law" ended:
Colossians 2:13-14 -
And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
At the beginning of the "Dispensation of Grace," God's focus shifted to the Church after Israel rejected Christ. In a future dispensation, God will again shift His focus back to Israel:
Romans 9:22-26 - What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? As He says also in Hosea: "I will call them My people, who were not My people, and her beloved, who was not beloved." "And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people,' There they shall be called sons of the living God."
Christ reconciled and sanctified the Church BY HIS BODY BLOOD AND SINLESS LIFE:
Hebrews 13:12 - Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.
1 John 1:7 - ...the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Ephesians 5:25-27 - Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
Philippians 3:9 - ...not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith.
The blood of Christ reconciled and sanctified the Church, making the Church righteous before God under the "dispensation of grace." During the previous "dispensation of the Law," Israel had to sacrifice to atone for their iniquity until Jesus died on the cross (Isaiah 53), but Israel rejected Jesus as their Messiah and will go through a period of judgment before they corporately accept Christ's work of atonement and ALL these "Saints and elect " of ISRAEL will form the New Israel of "priests" to serve God worldwide in the 1000 year reign of Jesus on earth.
GOD WILL JUDGE THE WORLD IN WRATH: THE NEXT DISPENSATION
God will turn back to Israel during a dispensation of judgment and wrath ("The time of Jacobs Trouble" last 3 1/2 years of 7 year world judgments (Great Tribulation) by God and most horrific for Israel):
Jeremiah 30 - Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it; and it is the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it. 'For it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord of hosts, 'That I will break his yoke from your neck, and will burst your bonds; foreigners shall no more enslave them. But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up for them. 'Therefore do not fear, O My servant Jacob,' says the Lord, 'Nor be dismayed, O Israel; for behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return, have rest and be quiet, and no one shall make him afraid. For I am with you,' says the Lord, 'to save you; though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet I will not make a complete end of you. But I will correct you in justice, and will not let you go altogether unpunished.'
There has not yet been a dispensation characterized by God's judgement, though God has judged nations in all dispensations. As shown throughout the Old Testament, God first chastises nations through "tribulations," such as drought, famine, and the sword to bring them to repentance (Deuteronomy 11). When chastisement doesn't work, God turns the people over to their reprobate minds (Romans 1). ( SEEM FAMILIAR USA?) When the nation's iniquity is complete, God pours out His wrath, destroying and removing the people from the land to cleanse it (Genesis 15:16, Jeremiah 25:12). This pattern can be found across the dispensations in both the Old and New Testament and for people who are under and not under the Law of Moses (Leviticus 18, 20, Romans 1). However, during the 7-year Tribulation God will not judge separate nations, He will judge the world. Thus, the "dispensation of judgment" is a period of GLOBAL judgment.
CONCLUSION OF JUDGMENTS
THAT "TERRIBLE" LAST DAY OF GREAT TRIBULATION
Zechariah 12:9-15
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
Chaim, least
THE WEDDING TICKET
BELIEVE
" Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: and that he was seen of Peter, then of the Twelve....." 1 Cor.15:3-5
.
God saves those who acknowledge their sins and repent (a change of mind about sin and commission of sin, a Holy God who gave us life and Holy commands, and salvation through Jesus Christ who is the only begotten Son of God and Lord and Savior)
FACTS OF IMPORTANCE
Jesus loves us. Rev.1:5. He came to earth born of a virgin, Mary; Isaiah 7:14; by the power of God the Holy Spirit, and lived a sinless life as Immanuel, God with us! Mt.1:18-25. That life He gave for us, John 10:11, and our sins He paid for by His sinless blood, Rom.5:8, on a cross of shame. 2 Cor.5:21; He was buried and rose from the dead the 3rd day.1 Cor.15:3-4. He is returning for His blessed Bride.John 14:1-3. He can come at any moment.Titus 2:12-14. Nothing can stop Him. Heb.1:13; Col.1:16 He is God The Son, Lord and Savior of all believing sinners; Rom.10:9-10, we are His sheep, His Family in the faith by the grace of Almighty God. Eph.2:8-10. And He promised us He would never leave us nor forsake us; Heb.13:5. He is IN us now by the Holy Spirit; 1 Cor.6:19 and that one FINE day He would personally come for us, Rev.22:12; and that He would complete our salvation by calling us up from the heavens above the earth to be with Him as His Bride,1 Th.4:16-17 in His Heavenly Kingdom, John 18:36 and the golden city He built for us, Rev.21:2-5, the New Jerusalem above, forever! John 14:1-3... AMEN!
NOT APPOINTED TO WRATH ( WE R GOING HOME: GOING UP MUSIC SCORE!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv8YjKBzRUI (VIDEO)
1 Thessalonians 5:4-5 - But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.
John 8:12 - Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."
1 Peter 2:9-10 - But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
Revelation 3:10
Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
OH LORD, HOW GREAT THOU ART! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvF1rSSCaFM (Video)
1 Thessalonians 1:9-10
For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
***IMMINENCE OF RAPTURE
Pretribulationism has historical support. From John 21:22-23:
" 22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?"
It would APPEAR that the early church viewed Christ’s return as imminent, that He could return at any moment. Otherwise, the rumor would not have persisted that Jesus would return within John’s lifetime. Imminence, is a key tenet of pretribulationism.
SEE THE MAN COMING: RAPTURE BEFORE TRIBULATION (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C9dFmhwqEc
WE LOOK DAILY AND SERVE FOR HIS GLORY
Titus 2:13-14
13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
THE CHURCH AGE ( GOSPEL OF GRACE)
Dispensation of grace:
Throughout the Bible, God deals with different groups of people in different ways. In order to fully understand how God deals with each group, we need to first discuss one of the most important concepts in the study of prophetic Scripture - the doctrine of dispensations. A dispensationalist believes that God treats different groups of people differently at different times in history. In other words, He has different sets of rules for different times and different people groups. Paul taught about the "dispensation of grace" in Ephesians:
Ephesians 2:4-9 - But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Ephesians 3:1-7 - For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles - if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.
It is clear in the passages above that God dealt with Israel differently under the Law than how He deals with the Church under the "dispensation of grace," which is a time in human history where God has chosen to pour out His mercy and grace without the burden of the Law. The "dispensation of grace" began at the cross, where the "dispensation of the Law" ended:
Colossians 2:13-14 -
And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
At the beginning of the "Dispensation of Grace," God's focus shifted to the Church after Israel rejected Christ. In a future dispensation, God will again shift His focus back to Israel:
Romans 9:22-26 - What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? As He says also in Hosea: "I will call them My people, who were not My people, and her beloved, who was not beloved." "And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people,' There they shall be called sons of the living God."
Christ reconciled and sanctified the Church BY HIS BODY BLOOD AND SINLESS LIFE:
Hebrews 13:12 - Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.
1 John 1:7 - ...the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Ephesians 5:25-27 - Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
Philippians 3:9 - ...not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith.
The blood of Christ reconciled and sanctified the Church, making the Church righteous before God under the "dispensation of grace." During the previous "dispensation of the Law," Israel had to sacrifice to atone for their iniquity until Jesus died on the cross (Isaiah 53), but Israel rejected Jesus as their Messiah and will go through a period of judgment before they corporately accept Christ's work of atonement and ALL these "Saints and elect " of ISRAEL will form the New Israel of "priests" to serve God worldwide in the 1000 year reign of Jesus on earth.
GOD WILL JUDGE THE WORLD IN WRATH: THE NEXT DISPENSATION
God will turn back to Israel during a dispensation of judgment and wrath ("The time of Jacobs Trouble" last 3 1/2 years of 7 year world judgments (Great Tribulation) by God and most horrific for Israel):
Jeremiah 30 - Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it; and it is the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it. 'For it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord of hosts, 'That I will break his yoke from your neck, and will burst your bonds; foreigners shall no more enslave them. But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up for them. 'Therefore do not fear, O My servant Jacob,' says the Lord, 'Nor be dismayed, O Israel; for behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return, have rest and be quiet, and no one shall make him afraid. For I am with you,' says the Lord, 'to save you; though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet I will not make a complete end of you. But I will correct you in justice, and will not let you go altogether unpunished.'
There has not yet been a dispensation characterized by God's judgement, though God has judged nations in all dispensations. As shown throughout the Old Testament, God first chastises nations through "tribulations," such as drought, famine, and the sword to bring them to repentance (Deuteronomy 11). When chastisement doesn't work, God turns the people over to their reprobate minds (Romans 1). ( SEEM FAMILIAR USA?) When the nation's iniquity is complete, God pours out His wrath, destroying and removing the people from the land to cleanse it (Genesis 15:16, Jeremiah 25:12). This pattern can be found across the dispensations in both the Old and New Testament and for people who are under and not under the Law of Moses (Leviticus 18, 20, Romans 1). However, during the 7-year Tribulation God will not judge separate nations, He will judge the world. Thus, the "dispensation of judgment" is a period of GLOBAL judgment.
CONCLUSION OF JUDGMENTS
THAT "TERRIBLE" LAST DAY OF GREAT TRIBULATION
Zechariah 12:9-15
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
Chaim, least
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