By Pastor Mike Taylor
“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.
6 We
are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God
heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of
error.”
(1
John 4:4-6)
“Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
“Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6 So
that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear
what man shall do unto me.
” (Hebrews
13:5)
When you consider the Bible's prophecies and take a position, based on scripture, that the Church will not experience the horror that is coming to this world, you wonder why others cannot see the same thing you see?
There are many denominations that do not embrace the coming end of this age, known as the Age of Grace before the tribulation spoken of in Revelation even begins. Many, even in my own family, do not appear to grasp what the Bible has said in plain site, but there are select group of believers that have that blessed hope:
When you consider the Bible's prophecies and take a position, based on scripture, that the Church will not experience the horror that is coming to this world, you wonder why others cannot see the same thing you see?
There are many denominations that do not embrace the coming end of this age, known as the Age of Grace before the tribulation spoken of in Revelation even begins. Many, even in my own family, do not appear to grasp what the Bible has said in plain site, but there are select group of believers that have that blessed hope:
13 “Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
14, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.” (Titus 2:13-14)
According to the Book of the Revelation the Antichrist will declare war on the followers of Jesus and will also have the power to “overcome” them. That seems a glaring contradiction with other Scriptures that promise that the enemy cannot “overcome” them under any circumstances, which opens this message.
LOOKING
FOR THE COMING OF OUR LORD
Although the doctrine of the Pre-tribulation rapture of the church is NOT a salvation issue, some may wonder why I teach it. I am a firm believer in this doctrine, based on solid scripture support for it's existence. And we must teach the whole counsel of the Word of God, not just part of God's truth. I teach it to warn those who think they have plenty of time to get their life straight before God, that they could suddenly find themselves thrown headlong into the most horrible period of time that is beyond imagination of that time coming, because they were too interested in being part of this world, not the WORLD to come. I wouldn't want any man or woman to endure( if at all possible) and I can persuade even one to change their mind about the destination of their “immortal soul”. It is a hidden point in time, that no “man knoweth the day or the hour” as it will come suddenly and without warning. It will give signs and clues, but it will only let you know the season, not the actual event.
Although the doctrine of the Pre-tribulation rapture of the church is NOT a salvation issue, some may wonder why I teach it. I am a firm believer in this doctrine, based on solid scripture support for it's existence. And we must teach the whole counsel of the Word of God, not just part of God's truth. I teach it to warn those who think they have plenty of time to get their life straight before God, that they could suddenly find themselves thrown headlong into the most horrible period of time that is beyond imagination of that time coming, because they were too interested in being part of this world, not the WORLD to come. I wouldn't want any man or woman to endure( if at all possible) and I can persuade even one to change their mind about the destination of their “immortal soul”. It is a hidden point in time, that no “man knoweth the day or the hour” as it will come suddenly and without warning. It will give signs and clues, but it will only let you know the season, not the actual event.
WHERE IS THE DOCTRINE OF THE RAPTURE IN THE BIBLE?
Concerning the doctrine of the rapture/the harpazo of the Church, it is not found in any one place that states firmly that the church is removed from this earth prior to the beginning of God's wrath. You won't find a passage that speaks of it with undeniable proof and spoken in clear language that is undeniable. What you will find are passages that are scattered around the Old Testament and the New Testament that gives the evidence that God is coming to remove His church before His wrath falls on mankind in a period known as the “Tribulation”.
But let us take a few moments to discover the contradictions that those who don't embrace a pre-tribulation removal of the church, must overlook to make their position truth in their own eyes. First the Bible does not contradict itself. The only contradiction is the blindness of those who are not discerning of what the Bible actually says in its entirety, not just picking and choosing those scriptures (taken out of context), to support their pre-conceived notions.
BEGINNING
WITH THE OLD TESTAMENT
Let us go to the Old Testament first, where the doctrine began to be revealed in a piece by piece construction, much like a puzzle that you must put together to understand what the picture actually is or gold that must be mined out of solid rock. As the prophet Isaiah wrote that God reveals truth one piece at a time:
Let us go to the Old Testament first, where the doctrine began to be revealed in a piece by piece construction, much like a puzzle that you must put together to understand what the picture actually is or gold that must be mined out of solid rock. As the prophet Isaiah wrote that God reveals truth one piece at a time:
9 “Whom
shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand
doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the
breasts.
10 For
precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line,
line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
12 To
whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to
rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
13 But
the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept,
precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little,
and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be
broken, and snared, and taken.”.(Isaiah
28:9-13a)
Let
us begin in the book of Job, which is the book that bears his name,
which was written:
27Whom
I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not
another; though my
reins be consumed within me.” (Job 19:25-27)
This
was the beginning of scripture passages of what we call the
resurrection of those who have died in faith, but this doesn't given
us enough evidence of when this resurrection will take place. We must
read further...I go to Isaiah where the prophet gives us the reason
to begin to believe that Jesus will hide those who are found in Him,
when He comes to destroy the rebellion that is rampant on this earth
during the coming Tribulation.
Awake
and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is
as the
dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
20
Come,
my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about
thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the
indignation be overpast.
21
For,
behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of
the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her
blood, and shall no more cover her slain.” (Isaiah 26:19-21)
The
prophet speaks of hiding and entering into our chambers, and shut the
doors until the indignation be past. God, the Lord Jesus Christ, will
come out of His habitation called the “third Heaven” and slay
those who are in rebellion and their blood will stain His vesture as
written in Revelation chapter 19, but we'll go there in a bit.
But
where are these chambers, the prophet, (by Holy Spirit inspiration)
speaks of? The answer is what Jesus told His own disciples and I call
the companion twin verses related to what Isaiah wrote:
2
“In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I
would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3,
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and
receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (John
14:2-3)
Note
that Jesus said He would come to receive us unto Himself, that where
He is, there we will be also. He is preparing a place for us right
now, and when it is time, He will come to bring us into His Father's
house. Jesus is with the Father in glory, and He will bring us to
where He is, not coming to us, but bringing us to Himself, not the
other way around. Paul speaks of the difference in the two groups,
believers in Christ and those who are in rebellion.
18 “For
many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even
weeping, that
they are the
enemies of the cross of Christ:
19 Whose
end is destruction,
whose God is
their belly,
and whose
glory is in
their shame, who mind earthly things.
20 For
our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the
Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
21 Who
shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his
glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to
subdue all things unto himself.” (Philippians 3:18-21)
Jesus
made us many promises that we will receive “VICTORY” over this
world, through belief in Him and covered with the atonement of His
own shed blood for our salvation.
10
“Because
thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from
the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try
them that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold,
I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy
crown.” (Revelation 3:10-11)
Remember
what I have told you many times? The phrase “will keep thee from”
is from the Greek work “EK” or to be removed from the time and
place of the event...what is the event? The Tribulation!
52 In
a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the
trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and
we shall be changed.
53 For
this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must
put
on immortality.” (1st Corinthians
15:51-53)
As
the above verses proclaim, our Lord and Savior will keep us from the
hour of temptation and change us into what His glorious body
is..Immortal and glorified. How will He keep us from this time
period? See Isaiah 26:19-21, and John 14:2-3 quoted above. But I want
to get back for moment and answer the question about be “over-comers”
just as Jesus overcame the world. Our Lord makes a statement here,
just as He overcame the world, so shall we.
THE
APOSTLE JOHN PROCLAIMED OUR OVERCOMING
In the Apostle’s First Letter, written as a general sermon to be circulated through the churches of Asia Minor, John takes pains to explain the believer’s position as a vessel of the Holy Spirit as it relates to the spirit of Antichrist and I repeat what opened this message.
“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.” (1 John 4:4)
The apostle John was given special insight into the the dispensation known as the Tribulation to come by Divine Revelation of Jesus Christ. John had written four New Testament works that three bear His name, and then Revelation that was dictated to him, by the Son of God glorified.
The
Apostle John was writing to the Church at the beginning of
the Dispensation of Grace in his epistles. Later, the Apostle
John is given a revelation from Jesus Christ with more specifics
about the Antichrist during the Tribulation Period.
“And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.” (Revelation 13:7)
The
word translated as “overcome” in both these texts is the Greek
word, “nikao” which means, ‘to conquer, prevail, get the
victory over”.
John
speaks of the same word in 1st John and it is in
Revelation 13.
Except
in one case, the saints have overcome the spirits of
Antichrist (past tense) and in the next, the Antichrist
overcomes (prevails, gets the victory over,) the saints!
So
which is it? The Bible can't contradict itself, and here it still
holds true. The only thing that is in contradiction is our
understanding. In both time periods, both are saints, but one is the
Bride of Christ, the others are Tribulation saints, or to become
guest at the “marriage supper of the Lamb”.
Jesus
spoke to His disciples, and by extension those would become His
church through their efforts by the Holy Spirit's power. Our Lord
told them:
19
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20,
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.”
(Matthew 28:19-20)
16“And
I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He
may abide with you FOREVER.
(my emphasis)
17
the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it
neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with
you and will be in you.
18,
I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.” (John 14:16-18)
And
as Paul quoted Joshua 1:5 in his letter to the Hebrews “ I will
never leave you or forsake you.”
You
see there really is no contradiction, as John is writing to the
saints of the beginning of the Church Age who are indwelt with God's
Holy Spirit and “greater is He that is in you, than he that is in
the world”.
As
John wrote in Revelation 13:7 quoted above, the Anti-Christ will
overcome the saints :
“And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.” (Revelation 13:7)
Do you see the difference in the two groups of “saints” spoken here in relation to God's Holy Spirit?
The
Saints in the Age of Grace are indwelt by God's Holy Spirit and Jesus
has proclaimed that He would never leave us or forsake us. But as is
revealed in 2nd Thessalonians:
3 “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who
opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that
is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God,
shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember
ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And
now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For
the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now
letteth will
let,
until he be taken out of the way.
8 And
then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with
the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his
coming:
10 And
with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be
saved.” (2nd Thessalonians
2:3-10)
The
saints during the Age of Grace have a deposit of God's Holy Spirit
and are sealed to the end of this age and no one can take it away. The
saints in the Tribulation, must guard their salvation everyday of
their existence on earth, so that no one takes it from them, or they
succumb to the Anti-Christ and take the Mark of the Beast. Many will
fall prey to the terror that is the tribulation and their physical
personage will try and preserve their life, or the life of their
family under torture. And that they take the “mark of the beast”
have sealed their doom.
9 “And
the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man
worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his
forehead, or in his hand,
10 The
same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out
without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be
tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels,
and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 And
the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they
have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and
whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
12 Here
is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the
commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”(Revelation 14:9-12)
This
is an acceptance of worship of the “beast” of Revelation and it
will be done with full knowledge of what they are doing.
That
is the difference between groups.
WE
ARE TO ASK FOR DISCERNMENT OF TRUTH
As
God Word says, we must rightly divide the word of Truth.
"12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
14 Of
these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord
that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting
of the hearers.
15 Study
to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16 But
shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more
ungodliness.”
(2 Timothy
2:12-16)
What does that mean to the believer? The Word divides itself if one will simply allow it to -- without going all symbolic and metaphorical on it. By following a simple rule, “when the literal sense makes literal sense, take it literally” the Word divides itself according to Dispensation of Divine Revelation.
Currently, we are in the dispensation of Grace which is followed by the “dispensation of the fullness of time”, for which we of the Dispensation of Grace:
“have
obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose
of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will: That
we should be to the praise of His glory, who
first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted, after
that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation:
in whom also after that ye
believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.”
(Ephesians
1:13)
So if we have been sealed with God's Holy Spirit, and God cannot lie, then as Paul spoke of in 2nd Corinthians 2:3-10, when the Holy Spirit is removed, all who have the Holy Spirit as a deposit (an earnest of our future inheritance) will be removed from this planet as well.
Note the words of Ephesians 1? . Trusted in Christ, heard the Word of Truth, after that you believed, and were sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise! Then, logically if you follow the words, if the indwelling Comforter is gone and the saints are overcome, conquered, defeated, by the Antichrist -- who is given power to gain the victory over them, then we have a conflict. We see a conflict...BUT is there one?
And what is that Promise, again?
So if we have been sealed with God's Holy Spirit, and God cannot lie, then as Paul spoke of in 2nd Corinthians 2:3-10, when the Holy Spirit is removed, all who have the Holy Spirit as a deposit (an earnest of our future inheritance) will be removed from this planet as well.
Note the words of Ephesians 1? . Trusted in Christ, heard the Word of Truth, after that you believed, and were sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise! Then, logically if you follow the words, if the indwelling Comforter is gone and the saints are overcome, conquered, defeated, by the Antichrist -- who is given power to gain the victory over them, then we have a conflict. We see a conflict...BUT is there one?
And what is that Promise, again?
“16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17 Even
the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth
him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with
you, and shall be in you.
19 Yet
a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me:
because I live, ye shall live also.”.
(John
14:16-19)
If
it be any other way, then the verse would have to be amended that
“God's Holy Spirit will be with you, until the Tribulation and when
you need Him the most, He won't be available as He was
before”???...Now that would make God a liar, would it not? And we
know that God cannot lie, so the contradiction is our understanding
of God's Truth and not putting the puzzle pieces together to get a
clear picture of what God is literally trying to tell us.
Right
now, we are in that Dispensation of Grace and when that age is
finished, we see the coming period of the last 7 years of Daniel's
70th week years of prophecy that is still to be completed concerning
God's chosen people, the nation of Israel, called the time of Jacob's
trouble. Note that is about Israel when he speaks of Jacob's trouble,
as the Tribulation is about the Jewish people accepting their Messiah
through much persecution when they finally call out “Blessed is He
who comes in the Name of the Lord”...Otherwise, God is taking
Divine judgment on a rebellious world, called the nations, headed by
the Anti-Christ.
Were
the judgment of the Tribulation imposed upon the Church, that would
be a contradiction. . .
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For
the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from
the law of sin and death.
3 For
what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God
sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin,
condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That
the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not
after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”(Romans
8:1-4)
So
if the Church is in the Tribulation, it also means that it is under
judgment. A believer can be overcome by the Antichrist and believers
will face the choice of a horrible death for refusing the mark or
eternal damnation for accepting it. That in itself is a glaring
contradiction, when there really is no contradiction, just loss of
discernment on our part. We have already been judged as righteous by
the blood of Jesus Christ, and are not subject to God's wrath, which
will cover the whole earth...(see Revelation 3:10 again) which would
negate the work of the cross, as there is no purpose for us being
refined, as Jesus paid it all once for all time. To be a
post-tribulation believer or to believe the church goes through any
of the Tribulation would smack of the concept of a “Catholic
purgatory” that the blood of Jesus was just not quite good enough
for us to enter the presence of a Holy God. You can see the problem
here??
Here
is the sequence of events that I believe fits the puzzle pieces
together in a literal interpretation of the whole of the counsel of
the Word of God in an abbreviated form:
- The Holy Spirit indwelt the Church at Pentecost is where it all started.1a. The Age of Grace has been going on now for nigh 2000 years.
- Before the beginning of the Tribulation, the Holy Spirit is withdrawn
- With the Holy Spirit being withdrawn, those He indwells are withdrawn as well. That would be the Church saints as each have a deposit of God's Holy Spirit for an earnest of our future glorification and rapture.
- This ends the Dispensation of Grace, and the beginning of Daniel's last week of Jacob's troubles.
- At some point after that, the first seal of judgment is broken by Jesus Christ, (Revelation 6) which reveals the Anti-Christ riding in on a white horse with a bow, but no arrows, which the Word says “He goes forth conquering and to conquer. (v. 1-2)
- The Antichrist is the first of the twenty-one judgments to be imposed against they “that dwell upon the earth” during this time. Judgment, in order to be judgment, can only be imposed upon those who have been condemned.
11 Wherefore
comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye
do.” (1st Thessalonians 5:9-11)
THE
BRIDE OF CHRIST REDEEMED
Near the end of the book of Revelation, we see the culmination of what is the revealing of the Church once again. God's Word speaks of those who are called to the marriage Supper of the Lamb.
7 “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
Near the end of the book of Revelation, we see the culmination of what is the revealing of the Church once again. God's Word speaks of those who are called to the marriage Supper of the Lamb.
7 “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
8And
to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean
and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
9 And
he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they
which are called
unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.
And he saith unto me, These
are the true sayings of God.”(Revelation 19:7-9)
Note
that the Bride of Christ, the Church is arrayed/clothed with linen,
clean and white, which is a sign of the righteousness of the saints
imparted to her by Jesus Christ and His saving grace. And then comes
a clincher for me that in the same chapter, we see the “armies of
Heaven” coming with King Jesus riding in the lead.
11 “And
I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon
him was called
Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12His
eyes were as
a flame of fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
14And
the armies which
were in
heaven followed him upon white horses,
CLOTHED IN FINE LINEN WHITE AND CLEAN(my emphasis) (Revelation
19:11-14)
As
was spoken in the chapter about the sign of the saints being linen,
white and clean, the armies of heaven come back riding on white
horses, clothed with linen, white and clean...again, a sign of the
saints. Note the the vesture or the cloak of King of kings is dipped
in blood? It is NOT His blood, but those who have been slain in
righteous indignation of the wrath of Almighty God from plague after
plague upon the earth. . So has the destruction of the nations upon
the earth and to those who are in rebellion against Almighty God.
But
wrapping this message up, I want to point out a passage that speaks
to those who have missed this blessed event and have been cast head
long into the time of great sorrow and temptation, the Tribulation.
The Lord God, our Savior Jesus Christ stands with His bride and
beckons to all who will listen:
16 “I,
Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the
churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the
bright and morning star.
17And
the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say,
Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let
him take the water of life freely.” (Revelation 22:16-17)
Remember
what John wrote prior to this that I stress it in v. 9 of Revelation
chapter 19?
“And
he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they
which are called
unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.”
The
Bride is already there. The Bride and the Groom, Jesus Christ,
beckons to all who will listen, to join them “And the Spirit and
the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him
that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of
life freely.”
It
is a glorious and final invitation to those who enter into the
Tribulation to endure till the end. It is a call to the Tribulation
saints, the Jewish nation and Gentiles who have believed through much
pain and persecution. It won't be easy, and it won't be without much
sorrow and suffering. Many will die a martyrs death because of their
faith. They are being called as “guest” to the marriage of the
Bride and the Bridegroom. They will not be the Bride, as that Age of
Grace ended with the removal of the Bride of Christ at the rapture of
the believers in His atonement on Calvary's cross. But remember what
I spoke of when I mentioned “VICTORY” in Jesus ? How does one get
this victory and enter into the time of the joining of the Bride of
Christ with the Bridegroom, our God, our Savior, our Lord Jesus
Christ?
16 “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.
17For
God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that
the world through him might be saved.
18He
that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the
only begotten Son of God.” (John 3:16-18)
8 “But
what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy
heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That
if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou
shalt be saved.
10 For
with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.
12 For
there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same
Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
What
you have to do is decide. Do I want to be part of the Bride, or a
guest? One is glorious filled with joy...the other is pain and
suffering, persecution, and probably martyrdom, but does end with
joy, if you endure to the end. But as a saint of the Age of Grace, or
a saint of the Tribulation period, we shall overcome, just as our
Lord overcame.
“These
things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the
world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have
overcome the world.”(John 16:33)
13In
whom ye also trusted,
after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation:
in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy
Spirit of promise,
14Which
is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the
purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.” (Ephesians
1:12-14)
Let us praise His Holy Name!!...Won't you join us?
This is pastor Mike Taylor, praying for your redemption and as a saint overcoming to His everlasting praise. If you need counseling, prayer, or just a listening ear, send me an email to pastormiketaylor@yahoo.com, or visit me online for more messages from the Word of Godt,. God bless you all :
TILL
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