Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Israel's Kingdom Hope! -John D. LaVier

 

 Israel's Kingdom Hope!

John D. LaVier

In previous lessons we have been considering the various messengers God has used and the differing messages they bore. We have noted the importance of discerning to whom these messages were addressed, lest we be acting on orders not given to us but to others. The two main programs in Scripture which must be distinguished have to do with (I) Israel with the law and the kingdom hope, and (2) the Church with its grace program and its heavenly hope. Many talk about the kingdom and pray for the kingdom to come but have rather vague ideas as to what it is they are referring. When we speak of the kingdom we are referring to the prophesied, millennial, messianic kingdom which is to be established upon earth. This is the hope of Israel and the nations; it is not the hope of the Church, for the hope of members of the Body of Christ goes far beyond this earthly scene and has to do with that realm far above all, the heavenly places. The word "heavenly" occurs several times in Scripture and has reference to that which is heavenly in origin or character, but this is not the case in Ephesians where five times, and only here, we have the phrase "in heavenly places." This expression, en tois epouraniois, refers to a place, the place where we arc to set our affections and "where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God" (Colossians 3: I), and the place to which we are bound and where our blessings arc to be enjoyed. Yet even though our hope is not terrestrial but celestial we do rejoice in the certainty of the coming kingdom; when earth will have its rest, and best of all when our blessed Lord Jesus will have His rightful place upon the throne as King and Almighty Sovereign and when every knee will bow before Him.

For the first four or five hundred years after their exodus from Egypt the nation Israel had no king. It was God's will there should be a theocracy, the nation governed by Him and directed by those who were divinely instructed and empowered. However, in the days of Samuel the people clamored for a king, desiring to be like the nations around them and forgetting that their glory consisted in being different from the others. Their faith was so small they could not trust in an unseen God but had to have a leader they could see like many Christians today who are so spiritually feeble they have to have a lot of religious trappings to look upon. Israel was warned of the treatment they would receive from a king, but they persisted and God allowed them to have their way. Their choice was Saul and we have the record of his failure. It was then that God raised up David and placed him on the throne. David is one of the truly great characters of the Old Testament, and one of the most lovable, a man after God's own heart.

In the seventh chapter of 2nd Samual we learn of David's desire to build a house for God, but he was told to leave that for his son to do, and instead God was going to build a house for David. In 7:16 God said, "And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee; thy throne shall be established for ever." Here we have the promise of the everlasting kingdom, and David's house and David's throne to be established for ever. Christ, as Son of David, will reign in the theocratic kingdom on earth, but there are many Scriptures that state that David himself will share in that reign. We quote a few of those Scriptures "But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king whom I will raise up unto them" (Jeremiah 30:9) "And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it" (Ezekiel 34:23-24). "And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd; they shall also walk in my statutes, and do them" (37:24-25). Many apply these words to Christ, but while Christ is called son of David, seed of David, root of David, he is never called David. Newell has written: "We must not confuse in our minds this situation. We must believe the plain words of God. David is not the son of David. Christ, as son of David, will be King; and David, His father after the flesh, will be prince, during the Millennium." Pentecost writes: "It would be concluded that in the government of the millennium David will be appointed a regent over Palestine and will rule over that land as prince, ministering under the authority of Jesus Christ, the King."

Not only by the prophetic word but in other ways as well the fact is brought before us in the Scriptures that a kingdom is to be established on earth. In the apostolic preaching it was referred to as the kingdom of heaven, the rule of heaven imposed upon earth. In Nebuchadnezzar's dream he saw a great image and then a stone cut out without hands that smote the image with all its component parts and reduced it to dust which the wind carried away. Then that stone became a great mountain which filled the whole earth (Daniel 2:31-35). At His first coming Christ came as a stumbling stone and Israel stumbled over that stumbling stone and fell. At His second coming He comes as the smiting stone bringing an end to the times of the Gentiles and setting up His rule over the nations. We read: "And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter; and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure" (Daniel 2:44-45). This kingdom of heaven will be as literal and material as any ever presided over by human monarchs, but it will have a spiritual side also for it will be characterized by righteousness, justice and peace. Further in Daniel is written: "I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, and nations, and languages, should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed" (7:13-14) Here is Christ standing before the Almighty God and being invested with that kingdom which shall never pass away. All through the Old Testament, in story, type and prophecy, someone is coming, and that Someone is the King Himself, coming to establish His kingdom of peace and righteousness.

[n reading the gospel accounts one cannot escape the conclusion that the Lord Jesus Christ had come to earth not only to be a Saviour but also a King. The angel Gabriel, sent to the virgin Mary, told her she was to be with child by the Holy Ghost, that His name was to be called Jesus, that the Lord God was to give Him the throne of His father David, and that He was to reign over the house of Jacob for ever and of His kingdom there would be no end (Luke 1:26-33). When Nathanael met the Lord he said, "Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel" (John I :49). The Lord did not correct him, and the day is Israel's Kingdom Hope coming when the entire nation will give a like confession and acknowledge that He is their God and King. Sadly, at His first coming, the nation was not like Nathanael and would not receive Him. When Pilate brought Jesus to them and said, "Behold your King," what was the response? "But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar" (John 19: 15). His death followed, but God raised Him from the dead, having loosed the pains of death. Christ's suffering was now accomplished and according to the prophetic Word He was ready to be enthroned and to enter into His glory. The kingdom which was preached prior to the cross could now be definitely proffered. The disciples asked the risen Christ, "Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?" (Acts 1:6). The Lord did not really answer their question as the restoration would depend on Israel's response to the renewed offer of the kingdom. That there was a renewed offer there can be no doubt. In his very first message, on the day of Pentecost, the Apostle Peter stated that Christ had been raised from the dead to sit on David's throne and he called on the nation to repent. Some did repent, about three thousand, but the great majority of the nation with their leaders did not. In Acts the third chapter Peter stated that on condition of their repentance their sins would be blotted out and Christ would return to bring in the times of refreshing, the prophesied kingdom with its attendant blessings. This is the story of the book of Acts, with continued rejection on the part of Israel until they were finally rejected and set aside for a season.

The present dispensation was hid from the sons of men in other ages. It was hid in the mind and heart of God until He revealed it through the Apostle Paul. During this dispensation, Israel is off the scene, the kingdom is in abeyance, and God is calling out a company of believers, sinners saved by grace, who constitute the Church, the Body of Christ. Paul was the first member of this Church, followed by a great host even to this day. Those saved prior to Paul under the kingdom gospel did not become members of the Church of this dispensation. Those saved at Pentecost and subsequently, and also the circumcision apostles themselves, were all kingdom saints embracing a kingdom hope, and that hope will be realized in the kingdom when those twelve apostles will be sitting on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Further, the writings of these kingdom saints (James, Peter, John, Jude) are not addressed directly to members off the Church of the mystery, the Body of Christ. It is in Paul's epistles that we find the marching orders for the Church. There may be some parallel lines of truth in the general epistles but that does not make them identical. Just as the Pauline epistles have their place of prominence and are applicable to God's people today, so the general epistles will have their place of prominence and be applicable to God's people in the future when God will again be dealing with Israel and with their kingdom program.

With the setting aside of the nation Israel the kingdom program was suspended and a new program was ushered in, the dispensation of the grace of God. Through a new apostle, Paul, it was revealed that the kingdom was postponed and that God would be reaching out in grace to all everywhere, saving sinners by His grace through faith in the redemptive work of His Son who died at Calvary, the Just One for the unjust, that He might bring us to God. The hope of these saved sinners, made members of the Church, Christ's Body, is not the earthly messianic kingdom which will some day be set up on earth. They have been brought into a spiritual kingdom. Paul wrote: "Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son" (Colossians 1:12-13). This spiritual kingdom is characterized by righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost (Romans 14:17). And our hope, as members of the Church, is not in the kingdom coming but in our going, caught away to be forever with the Lord.

The dispensation of grace ends with the removal of the Church from earth by way of the rapture, with every member caught away to be for ever with the Lord. Then follows the final chapter in man's day with the casting down of Satan, the appearance of his tool, the personal antichrist of the end-time, and the great tribulation. The kingdom will again be in view and in spite of satanic opposition there will be a great worldwide proclamation of the gospel of the kingdom. Jesus predicted this in Matthew 24: 14. He said: "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come." The end comes with the personal return of King Jesus as the Rider on the white horse, followed by the heavenly army, and trampling His enemies beneath His feet. Then will be heard "great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever" (Revelation 11: 15) Heavenly beings fall on their faces in worship, saying, "We give thee thanks, 0 Lord God Almighty, which art, and was, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned" (11:17)

Yea, Amen, let all adore Thee, High on Thy exalted throne, Saviour, take Thy power and glory, Claim all kingdoms for Thine own.

 Also Read
Israels Future - John D. LaVier

Recovery Of Truth - O'Hair - YouTube

How God Saves Men
Believing Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
ead Acts 16L31 Romans 1:16, and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4


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Saturday, August 7, 2010

God Speaks During the Tribulation and Millennium! John D. LaVier



Admittedly, we are living in "this present evil age" with wickedness and ungodliness on every hand, but over against the abounding sin of man is the much more over abounding grace of God. During this age God is withholding the judgment that man so richly deserves. He is reaching out in grace to all everywhere, offering pardon from sin and everlasting life to all who will believe on His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Already this dispensation of grace has lasted longer than any previous one. Even after many centuries the door of salvation still stands widely open and whosoever will may enter in. One of these days that door wiII be closed and then God will no longer be speaking in His grace, but "then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure" (Psalm 2:5). In that coming day many will be praying to the mountains and rocks, and saying, "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?" (Revelation 6 16-17) Instead of grace it will be wrath. It behooves each one to flee to Christ, the eternal Rock of Ages, and find in Him a refuge from the coming storms of judgment.

This present age of grace will end with the removal from this earthly scene of the Church, by means of the Rapture, when every member of that Church will be caught away to be forever with the Lord. This takes place prior to the Great Tribulation. The Church was a secret and has no place in a prophesied period of time such as the Great Tribulation, which is "the time of Jacob's trouble" and has to do with Israel's prophesied program. Members of the Church have been "turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come" (I Thessalonians 1:9-10). The Lord Jesus has been raised from the dead and has rescued and delivered us from the coming wrath, for "God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ" (5:9)

In every age had a people those who are his witness. The Great Tribulation will be no exception. Even then God will have those who will bear a testimony for Him. In the seventh chapter of Revelation the judgments are briefly suspended while 144,000 are sealed and sent forth to be Jehovah's witnesses. There is no need to speculate as to who these are. The Scripture plainly states they are all Jews, twelve thousand from each one of the twelve tribes that make up that nation. Through their preaching of the gospel the world will be evangelized and the result is an innumerable multitude saved out of all the nations. What gospel will they be preaching? Not the gospel of the grace of God which we preach today. The Lord tells us what gospel they would preach. In the Olivet discourse He said, "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come" (Matthew 24 14) The kingdom of heaven will again be at hand and these witnesses will be preaching the gospel of the kingdom. They will testify of the coming kingdom and when the testimony has reached all nations the consummation will come with the return of that One of whom the prophet Isaiah wrote: "Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this" (9:7).

The Great Tribulation will be a time when God will be pouring out the vials of wrath upon the impenitent, but it will also be a time when Satan will be venting his wrath against the Lord's people. Many of the saints will suffer martyrdom because of their refusal to take the mark of the Beast and to worship him In Revelation 6:9-10 the Apostle John writes: "1 saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held; and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, 0 Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth')" The blood of these martyrs will be avenged and they will be rewarded by having a part in the first resurrection to live and reign with Christ. We read: "And I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years" (Revelation 20:4). This resurrection is called the first simply because it is the first of the two which arc here being considered. This has no reference to the Body of Christ. At the Rapture several years prior to this some members of the Body Church will have already experienced a resurrection out from among those who are dead. The above Scripture indicates that those who take the mark of the Beast have sealed their doom; they have committed a sin which will not be pardoned. To refuse to take the mark will mean physical death, whereas to take it will mean spiritual death. The visible "sin unto death" mentioned in 1 John 5: 1 6 seems to have reference to this.

During the days of the French Revolution, when that country was filled with chaos and terror, there was a mighty spiritual movement under the Wesleys that kept England from going down the same path. It was called "The Great Awakening." The revolution in France and the revival in England were coexistent. So it will be in the End-time. That will be an era of trouble such as the world has never experienced, chaos indescribable, but at the same time it will be a season of soul saving such as was never seen before. It would appear from Scripture that the ones saved in the Tribulation will be those who had not previously heard the gospel. There are untold millions in many lands who have never had the opportunity to hear the good news of Christ, and those saved in the End-time will possibly come mainly from among these people. Those who have had the truth presented to them in this age of grace, and have turned away from it, will find that it is then too late. In every dispensation God has been "longsuffering ... not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance," and even in this future time of judgment He will have his mcssengers and many will be brought to salvation. During the first three and a half years of the end time, while Antichrist is consolidating his power, God has the two witnesses in Jerusalem (Revelation 11 :7-12). The powerful testimony of these two will have a large part in preparing the world for the fruitful ministry of the 144,000. The 144,000 will be active during the last half of the seven years, which period is really the Great Tribulation. Yes, souls will be saved and snatched from the burning even during this time of judgment. We dare not hold out one ray of hope, though, to any who have heard the gospel today and have rejected God's offer of mercy, and who think they may have another chance at some future time. "Now is the day of salvation .. Today if ye will hear his voice." The passage in II Thessalonians 2: I0-12 seems to indicate that those who have refused the truth concerning Christ will be given over to believe the lie of Antichrist.

The period of tribulation concludes with the personal return of the rightful Ruler, our Lord Jesus Christ. He comes, unlike His first coming, not in weakness but in power, not to suffer at the hands of His enemies but to destroy them with the breath of His mouth, not to die on a tree of shame but to sit on a throne of glory. He comes to take unto Himself His great power and to reign. Matthew writes: "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory" (25:31). Before this throne, the nations, or their representatives, are gathered and it will be determined what place they are to occupy in the millennial kingdom. Israel, restored to favor, their blindness removed, and again blessed of God, will be head among the nations. The Gentile nations will be blessed through them, as God promised to Abraham, saying, "And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed" (Genesis 12:3).

In the opening verses of Revelation 20 there is a reference six times to "the thousand years." This is the Millennium, for the word simply means a thousand annums, or one thousand years. Christ will be reigning during this time as King of kings and I,ord of lords, but His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom "which shall never be destroyed" and cannot be limited to a thousand years. The Millennium is only the initial stage of Christ's never-ending kingdom and has to do with "the heavens and the earth which are now" (II Peter 3:7). Then the kingdom will be continued in the eternal state having to do with the "new heavens and new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness" (3:13). The Millennium is not the golden age, it is the iron age, when Christ will be ruling with a rod of iron. Blessed as the Millennium will be, it will be followed by something better. The Millennium is man's last test; Satan will be absent, in the bottomless pit, the curse at least partially removed, a righteous government installed, plenty for all, and yet, as in all previous ages, man fails again. Those born during the Millennium will still need to be born again. Many will be and many will not. Some will rebel against the laws of the kingdom and will be swiftly dealt with. Others will give feigned obedience but with no change of heart, and when Satan is loosed at the end of the thousand years they will rush to ally themselves with him and to fight against the Lord.

The conditions that will prevail in the Millennium will certainly be a vast improvement over the present order. Satan will not be on hand to deceive the nations for he will be shut up in the bottomless pit. Then the disciples prayer, "Thy kingdom come," will be answered. The Messianic kingdom will have come and the will of God will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Then the peace long dreamed of will be a reality. The Prince of Peace will be enthroned and His kingdom will be peaceful. We read: "And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more" (Isaiah 2:4). With the curse lifted the earth will become fertile and fruitful, providing in abundance. Man's life span will be greatly lengthened and the world population will increase dramatically. There will be no homeless or hungry. All will be workers, and no shirkers, for the Divine Dictator and His agents will make sure that each one does his part. There will be a righteous rule, with no miscarriages of justice, and lawbreakers will be speedily punished, some even by death. But such a sovereignty over the earth with all the attendant blessings does not change the heart of man. This is proven when Satan is loosed at the end of the thousand years and when many will again flock to his banner in revolt against the King of kings.

Will the Lord have His messengers during the Millennium and will there be those who need their preaching and teaching? Multitudes will be born during the Millennium. They will be born as members of the lost Adamic race and therefore will need to have the gospel preached to them so they may be born again, for no one experiences the new birth apart from the hearing of the Word. Peter wrote: "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abidetll for ever" (I Peter I :23). God will has to do with "the heavens and the earth which are now" (II Peter 3:7). Then the kingdom will be continued in the eternal state having to do with the "new heavens and new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness" (3:13). The Millennium is not the golden age, it is the iron age, when Christ will be ruling with a rod of iron. Blessed as the Millennium will be, it will be followed by something better. The Millennium is man's last test; Satan will be absent, in the bottomless pit, the curse at least partially removed, a righteous government installed, plenty for all, and yet, as in all previous ages, man fails again. Those born during the Millennium will still need to be born again. Many will be and many will not. Some will rebel against the laws of the kingdom and will be swiftly dealt with. Others will give feigned obedience but with no change of heart, and when Satan is loosed at the end of the thousand years they will rush to ally themselves with him and to fight against the Lord.

The conditions that will prevail in the Millennium will certainly be a vast improvement over the present order. Satan will not be on hand to deceive the nations for he will be shut up in the bottomless pit. Then the disciples prayer, "Thy kingdom come," will be answered. The Messianic kingdom will have come and the will of God will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Then the peace long dreamed of will be a reality. The Prince of Peace will be enthroned and His kingdom will be peaceful. We read: "And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more" (Isaiah 2:4). With the curse lifted the earth will become fertile and fruitful, providing in abundance. Man's life span will be greatly lengthened and the world population will increase dramatically. There will be no homeless or hungry. All will be workers, and no shirkers, for the Divine Dictator and His agents will make sure that each one does his part. There will be a righteous rule, with no miscarriages of justice, and lawbreakers will be speedily punished, some even by death. But such a sovereignty over the earth with all the attendant blessings does not change the heart of man. This is proven when Satan is loosed at the end of the thousand years and when many will again flock to his banner in revolt against the King of kings.

Will the Lord have His messengers during the Millennium and will there be those who need their preaching and teaching? Multitudes will be born during the Millennium. They will be born as members of the lost Adamic race and therefore will need to have the gospel preached to them so they may be born again, for no one experiences the new birth apart from the hearing of the Word. Peter wrote: "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever" (I Peter I :23). God will has to do with "the heavens and the earth which are now" (II Peter 3:7). Then the kingdom will be continued in the eternal state having to do with the "new heavens and new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness" (3:13). The Millennium is not the golden age, it is the iron age, when Christ will be ruling with a rod of iron. Blessed as the Millennium will be, it will be followed by something better. The Millennium is man's last test; Satan will be absent, in the bottomless pit, the curse at least partially removed, a righteous government installed, plenty for all, and yet, as in all previous ages, man fails again. Those born during the Millennium will still need to be born again. Many will be and many will not. Some will rebel against the laws of the kingdom and will be swiftly dealt with. Others will give feigned obedience but with no change of heart, and when Satan is loosed at the end of the thousand years they will rush to ally themselves with him and to fight against the Lord.

The conditions that will prevail in the Millennium will certainly be a vast improvement over the present order. Satan will not be on hand to deceive the nations for he will be shut up in the bottomless pit. Then the disciples prayer, "Thy kingdom come," will be answered. The Messianic kingdom will have come and the will of God will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Then the peace long dreamed of will be a reality. The Prince of Peace will be enthroned and His kingdom will be peaceful. We read: "And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more" (Isaiah 2:4). With the curse lifted the earth will become fertile and fruitful, providing in abundance. Man's life span will be greatly lengthened and the world population will increase dramatically. There will be no homeless or hungry. All will be workers, and no shirkers, for the Divine Dictator and His agents will make sure that each one does his part. There will be a righteous rule, with no miscarriages of justice, and lawbreakers will be speedily punished, some even by death. But such a sovereignty over the earth with all the attendant blessings does not change the heart of man. This is proven when Satan is loosed at the end of the thousand years and when many will again flock to his banner in revolt against the King of kings.

Will the Lord have His messengers during the Millennium and will there be those who need their preaching and teaching? Multitudes will be born during the Millennium. They will be born as members of the lost Adamic race and therefore will need to have the gospel preached to them so they may be born again, for no one experiences the new birth apart from the hearing of the Word. Peter wrote: "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abidetll for ever" (1 Peter 1 :23). God will certainly have many messengers bearing the life-giving Word during this period. In fact, there will be an entire nation, constituting a royal priesthood, who will lead all the nations in their worship of Jehovah, and who will instruct them in all the laws of the kingdom. This is the purpose for which God raised up that nation, the nation Israel, Abraham's seed. God had said, "Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep, my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people; for all the earth is mine; and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation" (Exodus 19: 5-6) In the past Israel failed to perform this mission, but in the future they will succeed in bringing all nations to the knowledge of the true and living God. Then, as a result, "the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea" (Habakkuk 2:14), and "many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem" (Micah 4:2).

There can be little doubt as to the widespread dissemination of the Word during the thousand year Millennium. It is sad, but true, that there are untold millions in the world today who have never heard the gospel of Christ which is the power of God unto salvation. This will not be true during the Millennium. All will have had God's message brought to them repeatedly and those who do not respond will be without excuse as well as without hope. In every age God has given His Word to the peoples of the world. Those who hear it and obey it are like the wise man who built his house upon the rock, and when the stonns came the house stood finn. Those who hear the Word and ignore it are like the foolish man who built his house upon the sand, and when the storms came the result was disastrous.

 Also Read
 
Israels Future - John D. LaVier

Recovery Of Truth - O'Hair - YouTube

How God Saves Men
Believing Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
ead Acts 16L31 Romans 1:16, and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4


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My Dream! -- By Connie Spivey



I have had so many stupid dreams most of them I forget by the next morning, I realize that our dreams are in our subconscious mind, but when I went to bed last night, I was thinking about the devil had took over our home and refused to move out! We have had so many problems lately. Back in June we had a serious illness in our family and things begin to happen but I just realized it was the devil and I trusted the Lord as much as I could. But after 8 months, I was tired of the battle with the devil. I didn't know what to do, but [ knew [ could not give up 2 Cor: 2: 11 lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices! When [ went to bcd I had a dream and I awoke from sleep about I :00 AM, I had been dreaming we were in a world war and I was crawling under buildings to try and to save my life; I had to hide out from the enemy. In my dream it seifned the Lord spoke to me and said I was safe. The war was His battle and He was going to win! I was just to trust Him for everything, when I awoke at 1:00 AM, [wrote my dream down so I sure didn't want to forget it. [ don't believe the devil caused me to dream that dream. But [ guess my struggles with trying to work out things in my own life instead, of turning them over to the Lord and leaving them there.

My dream gave me courage to remember that God is always in charge of our lives and we should always let Him work out our problems and live one day at a time, and not try to worry about tomorrow for God will take care of tomorrow's problems.

Connie Spivey 

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Believing Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
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ead Acts 16L31 Romans 1:16, and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4


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