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Sat, Jul 11th - 8:51PM

PREMILLENNIALISTS

Who are premillennialists? Premillennialists are those pastors, Bible teachers, authors, ministries and Bible Colleges who distort

Scriptures to teach two future comings of our Lord (a few one), and a thousand-year reign of Christ on the earth following the Tribulation.

But Scripture unequivocally teaches one future coming of our Lord and one future resurrection of all the dead (2 Pet. 3: 3 - 10; Matt. 25: 31 - 31;

Heb. 9: 27 - 28; Titus 2: 13; Dan. 12: 2; John 5: 28 - 29; Acts 24: 15).

Dr. Luke informs us that Jesus must remain in heaven until the day of restoration. He must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore

everything as he promised long ago through his holy prophets (Acts 3: 21).

The apostle Peter tells us that Jesus will come as he promised on the day of the Lord (2 Pet. 3: 3 - 10).

Since Jesus will remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything by creating a new heaven and a new earth (2 Pet. 3: 13),

therefore the second coming (Matt. 25: 31) and the coming down from heaven with a loud command (1 Thess. 4: 16) must be the same event.

Come Lord Jesus!

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Thu, Jul 9th - 7:56PM

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE AND ANSWERS FROM THE WORD OF GOD

This study will enable you to detect unscriptural (false) teaching.

God speaks to us through his Word. When we reject his Word, we are disobedient. There will be a consequence for disobedience. Remember Moses and Aaron (Num. 20: 6)!

We read concerning Scripture:

All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training for righteous living so that a servant of God will be well prepared for works of service (2 Tim. 3:16).

No prophecy was given by the prophet's own understanding. But prophets spoke as they were inspired by the Holy Spirit (2 Pet. 1: 20-21).

A servant of God must make every effort to correctly explain the truth of Scripture (2 Tim. 2: 15).

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1) Will the saints be exposed to the rule of the Antichrist? Certainly!

a) The saints will be handed over to him.

" ... The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time" (Dan. 7: 25).

b) The Antichrist will make war against the saints.

"He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. ..." (Rev.13:7).

2) How long will the tribulation last?

There is scriptural evidence that the tribulation will last for three and a half years or forty-two months.

a) "He will speak against the Most High and oppress his saints and try to change the set times and the laws. The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time" (Dan. 7:25).

b) "The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty-two months" (Rev. 13:5).

3) Will there be more than one coming (appearing) of our LORD? No! (Matt. 24: 29-31, 36-41; Matt. 25: 31-46; Col.3:4; 2 Thess. 1:6-10; 2 Tim. 4:1; Titus 2:13; Heb. 9:27-28; 2 Pet.3; Rev. 1:7).

4) Will there be more than one resurrection? No! (Dan. 12:2; John 5:28-29; Acts 24:15).

5) Will there be more than one day of judgment? No! (John 12: 48; Acts 17: 31; 2 Tim. 4: 1; Heb. 9 ; 27; 1 Pet. 4: 4 - 5; 2 Pet. 3: 7; Rev. 11: 18).(John 12:48; Acts 17:31; 2 Tim. 4:1; Heb. 9:27; 1 Pet. 4

6) What is the rapture?

The word rapture is not found in the Scriptures. It is derived from the Latin verb "rapio" which is used in the Latin Bible. It means seize, snatch or catch up.

The rapture is:

a) The gathering of people before Jesus (Matt. 25:32).

b) The gathering of people to Jesus (2 Thess. 2:1)

c) The catching up of people in the clouds to meet Jesus (1 Thess. 4:17).

d) Appearing with Christ in glory (Col 3:4).

e) The gathering of the Lord's elect (Matt. 24: 31).

7) When will the rapture take place?

Since there will be only one resurrection of all the dead, therefore, the rapture will take place when the resurrection occurs (Dan. 12:2; John 5:28-29; Acts 24:15).

8) When will the resurrection happen?

a) On the day of the LORD, after the man of lawlessness (NIV), (the Antichrist), is revealed (2 Thess. 2:1-4).

b) At the last day (John 6:39-40).

c) At the last trumpet (1 Cor. 15:50-52).

d) On the day of restoration (Acts 3:21).

e) After the seventh angel sounds his trumpet (Rev. 11:18).

f) On the day of judgment ( the day of the LORD, the day of God (2 Pet. 3:3-13). (see 1 Cor. 15:20-23; 1 Thess. 4: 16-17).

g) At the end of the thousand years (Rev. 20: 5).

9) What is the day of the LORD?

The day of the LORD is not an extended period of time, as some teach. The day of the LORD is a moment in the future known only by God the Father.

"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in haven nor the Son, but only the Father" (Matt. 24: 29 - 31; Mark 13: 32 ).

When that moment arrives, God the Father through our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit will interrupt and terminate time and usher in eternity.

" ... But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness" (2 Pet. 3:13).

10) When will the thousand years be fulfilled?

The apostle Peter informs us that there will be one coming of our LORD. It will occur on the day of judgement (the day of the LORD- the day of God), when God will restore everything by creating a new heaven and a new earth (2 Pet. 3:3-13).

We read:

"But the day of the LORD will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare" (2 Pet. 3:10).

Since God will create a new heaven and a new earth on the day of judgement at the second coming of our LORD, therefore, the thousand years (Rev. 20:1-7) cannot follow the second coming. THEY MUST PRECEDE IT because time and eternity cannot coexist.

11) Are the thousand years literal?

The thousand years are not literal. They are symbolic and cover an extended period of time.

12) Are both thousand years of the same duration (Rev. 20:2; Rev 20:4)?

Both thousand years are of the same duration, since our calculation of the length of our LORD's ministry was shown to be three and a half years long and the tribulation period will be three and a half years long (Dan 7: 25; Rev. 13:5-8).

The events of the end times are presented in the following diagram. The calculation shows that our LORD ministered for three and a half years or forty- two months.

13) When did the thousand years begin?

In the case of Satan, the thousand years began at the commencement of our LORD's ministry ( Rev. 20: 2; Matt. 12: 29), and they will end when he is set free for a short time ( Rev. 12: 12; Rev. 20: 3).

Regarding our LORD, the thousand years began at his ascension ( Rev. 20: 4; Acts 1: 9 - 11), and they will end when he comes again (Matt. 25: 31; 1 Cor. 15: 22 - 23; 1 Thess. 4: 16 - 17; 2 Thess. 1: 6 - 10; Heb. 9: 27 - 28; 1 Pet. 4: 4 - 5; 2 Pet. 3: 7 - 10). 14)

14) When will the eternal reign commence?

The eternal reign will commence after the sounding of the seventh trumpet. The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: 'The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever' (Rev. 11: 15).

We learn from the apostle Peter that God will restore everything on the day of judgment by creating a new heaven and a new earth ( 2 Pet. 3: 7 - 13). When our LORD, Jesus Christ, comes on the day of judgment, at the last day, at the last trumpet, the resurrection of all the dead will occur and he will judge all nations (Matt. 13: 36 - 43; Matt. 25: 31 - 46; John 5: 28 - 29; John 6: 39 - 40; 1 Cor. 15: 22 - 23; 1 Cor. 15: 50 - 52; 1 Thess. 4: 16 - 17; 1 Pet. 4: 4 - 5; 2 Pet. 3: 4, 7, 10, 13; Rev. 11: 18). The righteous will go into eternal life in glorious bodies in their new home, the Holy City, the new Jerusalem and the unrighteous into eternal punishment, in the fiery lake of burning sulfur ( Matt. 13: 36 - 43; Matt. 25: 31 - 46; Rev. 11: 18; Rev. 14: 14 - 20).

15) What about God's eternal day?

But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the LORD Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body ( Phil. 3: 20 - 21 ).

… Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him. On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost. It will be a unique day, without daytime or nighttime - a day known to the LORD" ( Zech. 14: 5 - 7, 9).

16) What is the mystery of God ( Rev. 10: 7).

Is it the mystery that the apostle Paul revealed to the Corinthians: Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed - in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed (1 Cor. 15: 51 - 52).

NOTE

Since there will be only one coming of our LORD, therefore, the second coming and the coming down from heaven for the rapture must be the same event ( 2 Pet. 3: 3 - 13; Matt. 25: 31; 1 Thess. 4: 16 - 17).

Since God will create a new heaven and a new earth on the day of judgment, at the second coming of our LORD, therefore, the thousand years recorded in Revelation 20: 1-7 cannot follow the second coming. THEY MUST PRECEDE IT BECAUSE TIME AND ETERNITY CANNOT COEXIST. The millennium is now in progress.

"Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright c 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers."

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Mon, May 18th - 6:26PM

JUDAISM - THE POWER OF GOD - THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST

THE FIRST COVENANT - JUDAISM

God made the first covenant with the Israelites. Under this covenant they were his chosen people. God asked Moses to say

to the people - Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.

Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation (Exod. 19: 5 -6).

He ordered them to make a sanctuary for Him. Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them.

Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you (Exod. 25: 8 - 9).

The tabernacle was used for the offering up of sacrifices but it was also used for worship and the reading of Scripture.

When the Israelites entered the promised land tabernacle worship was replaced with temple worship.

Judaism called for animal sacrifice. Once a year on the day of atonement, the high priest went into the Holy of Holies

with animal blood to atone for his sins and the sins of the Jewish people.

Because of unfaithfulness to the covenant, God promised the Israelites to make a new covenant with them. '

The time is coming,' declares the Lord, 'when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because

they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them (Jer. 31: 31 - 32).

Although God announced the new covenant to the house of Israel and the house of Judah, Scripture asserts that the new

covenant is for the world. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that who ever believes in him shall

not perish but have eternal life (John 3: 16).

When Jesus breathed his last as he hung on the cross, Judaism had run its course. The day of atonement was gone forever.

THE NEW COVENANT- THE GOSPEL

The new covenant was now in effect. By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is

obsolete and aging will soon disappear (Heb. 8: 13).

There is absolutely no scriptural justification for the practice of Judaism following the death of Jesus, since his death

provided mankind’s redemption (1 Peter 1: 18 - 20; 1 John 1: 7 - 10; Ephesians 1: 7).

THE POWER OF GOD

The apostle Paul, after his conversion, remarked: I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power

of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile (Romans 1: 16).

GOD HAS APPOINTED A DAY

In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day

when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead

(Acts 17: 31). (Please read Matthew 28: 1 - 10).

JESUS REVEALED THAT HE IS THE MESSIAH

The Samaritan woman said to Jesus: I know that Messiah (called Christ) is coming. When he comes, he will explain

everything to us. Then Jesus declared: I who speak to you am he (John 4: 25 - 26).

THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST

The apostle Paul was given the privilege of revealing the mystery of Christ. "This mystery is that through the gospel the

Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus”

(Eph. 3:6).

WHAT ABOUT ISRAEL?

The prophet Zechariah paints a bleak picture for the Israelites. The Lord declares: Two-thirds of Israel will be struck down and perish. The remaining third will pass through the fire and will call on my name. ... They will call on me and I will answer them. The Lord will say: “They are my people,' and they will say, 'The LORD is our God (Zech. 13: 9).

We read in Scripture: And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again (Rom. 11: 23).

YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN

Jesus loves you. He died for you. He wants you to spend eternity with him. Will you confess your sins, repent of them

and receive him into your heart? Jesus said to Nicodemus, a member of the Sanhedrin - the Jewish Ruling Council,

You must be born again to get into heaven ( John 3: 3). Please read John 3: 3 - 18.

A PRAYER TO BE SAVED/TO BE BORN AGAIN

Almighty God, I thank you that you sent your one and only Son, Jesus to die on the cross for the sins of the world.

Lord Jesus, I thank you that you died on the cross for my sins. Almighty God, I believe that you raised him from the dead

as the Bible declares. Jesus, I confess my sins to you. I repent of them. Please forgive me I pray. Jesus, I now receive you

into my heart as my Savior/Messiah and LORD. Please fulfill your plan for my life through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Amen,

NOTE - (italic - mine) blue - scriptural quotation purple - scriptural paraphrase red - (emphasis) red - regular print (highlight)

"Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright c 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers."

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Mon, Apr 20th - 5:30PM

This study will enable you to detect unscriptural (false) teaching.

IS THERE SCRIPTURAL JUSTIFICATION FOR THE REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE?

Absolutely none! A number of scholars, authors, pastors and Bible Colleges teach the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem. At this time, it is good to ask what will be the function of the temple?

Premillennialists are dogmatic about the rebuilding of the temple. Who are premillennialists? Premillennialists are those people who believe and teach that the second coming of our Lord will be followed by his earthly thousand - year (millennial) reign.

Dr. Charles F. Stanley wrote concerning the Antichrist. He will bring great persecution on Israel (Dan. 7: 25) and even establish a center of worship in the temple in Jerusalem (2 Thess. 2: 3 - 4) (p. 283 - Handbook For Christian Living).

There are two things wrong with Dr. Stanley's teaching, Firstly, Daniel 7: 25 does not refer to Israel. This is what that Scripture states: ... The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time and secondly, there will be no function for a temple.

The setting up of the Antichrist in God's temple (2 Thess. 2: 4) could be used symbolically with reference to Antiochus Epiphanes. It set itself up to be as great as the Prince of the host; it took away the daily sacrifice from him, and the place of his sanctuary was brought low. Because of rebellion, the host of the saints and the daily sacrifice were given over to it. It prospered in everything it did, and truth was thrown to the ground (Dan. 8: 11 - 12).

Could the apostle Paul be saying that the Antichrist will be as despicable as Antiochus Epiphanes? After Antiochus Epiphanes conquered Jerusalem, he set himself up in the temple proclaiming himself to be equal to God. He abolished the daily sacrifice and erected an altar to a pagan god. History records that he sacrificed a sow on the altar. Judas Maccabeus retook Jerusalem and tore down the pagan altar. The temple was later rededicated.

"Antiochus 1V (Epiphanes), the king of Syria, captured Jerusalem in 167 BC and desecrated the Temple by offering the sacrifice of a pig on an altar to Zeus (the Abomination of Desolation). In seeking to prohibit Judaism and Hellenize the Jews, Antiochus forbade their religious practices and commanded that copies of the Law be burned, all of which is related by Josephus in the Antiquities of the Jews (XII.5.4)"

The apostle Peter writes concerning the apostle Paul : His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do other Scriptures, to their own destruction (2 Pet. 3: 16).
Is "he sets himself up in God's temple proclaiming himself to be God (2 Thess. 2: 4), one of the apostle's hard things to understand?

WHAT WAS THE FUNCTION OF THE TEMPLE UNDER THE FIRST COVENANT

W 1) A dwelling place for God on earth (between the cherubim on the ark of the covenant).
2) A place for meeting
3) A place for offering sacrifices
4) A place for worship
5) A place where the high priest met with God once a year to atone for his sins and the sins of the Jewish people
6) A place to hear the reading of the Scriptures

An earthly high priest was essential for atoning for his sins and the sins of the Jewish people under the first covenant. Under the new covenant, we do
not have high priests. Each born again believer confesses his or her sins to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. " If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives (1 John 1: 9 - 10).
Jesus is our heavenly high priest. " Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess" (Heb. 4: 14).
Under the new covenant, believers are God's temple. "Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you" (1 Cor. 3: 16).
Under the new covenant, we do not offer sacrifices. Our Lord Jesus Christ was the final sacrifice. UNDER THE NEW COVENANT WE OFFER A SACRIFICE OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING.

There will be no function for a future temple.

Under the new covenant, community of believers have buildings where they meet for worship and other purposes. A born again believer's body is
God's temple.

Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you (1 Cor. 3: 16).

CopyrightⒸ 1985 by Rev. Joseph E. Mahabir (B.A Hons. (York University), M.Ed. (University of Toronto), Divinity M. A. (magna cum laude), (Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA).

"Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright c 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers."

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Mon, Apr 20th - 4:57PM

WHAT IS THE RAPTURE? WHEN WILL IT OCCUR?

THE RAPTURE

WHAT IS THE RAPTURE? WHEN WILL IT OCCUR?

THE RAPTURE

   What is the rapture? The rapture is:

  1) The gathering of people before Jesus (Matt. 25: 32).

   2) The gathering of people to Jesus (2 Thess. 2: 1).

  3) The catching up of people in the clouds to meet Jesus (1 Thess. 4: 17).

4) Appearing with Christ in glory (Col. 3: 4).

  5) The gathering of our Lord's elect (Matt. 24: 29 - 31).

  The word rapture is not found in the Scriptures. It is derived from the Latin verb "rapio" which is used in the Latin Bible. It means seize, snatch or catch up. Many books have been written about the rapture. Theories abound.

They are:

1) The pretribulation

2) The mid-tribulation

3) The pre-wrath

4) The post-tribulation (The last day, the end of the age)

    Of all the rapture theories, the pretribulation is the most popular. A number of Bible Colleges teach the theory and many ministries preach it. But, is it scriptural? Satan did not stop with Adam and Eve. Lies! lies! lies! The pretribulation, midtribulation and prewrath rapture theories are BIG LIES. The pretribulation theory had its origin in 1830. A woman, Margaret Mc Donald, in a church in Scotland pastored by Edward Irving, in an utterance claimed that there will be a "secret rapture of the church before the Great Tribulation." The concept was spread by John Darby, a pastor and author, and it was kept alive by the Scofield Reference Bible.

   Today, all over the globe, pastors, authors and Bible teachers feed believers with the BIG LIE of a pretribulation rapture by falsely referencing 1 Thessalonians 4: 16 - 17. These verses describe future activities but they do not state when they will occur. The apostle Peter informs us that there will be one future coming of our LORD and it will take place on the day of judgment (THE DAY OF THE LORD - THE DAY OF GOD), thus proving that the second coming and the coming down from heaven for the rapture are the same event (Matt. 25: 31 - 46; 1 Thess. 4: 16 - 17; 2 Pet. 3: 3 - 13).

     The apostle's teaching proves unequivocally that the pre-tribulation, mid-tribulation and the pre-wrath rapture theories are false. The pretribulation, mid-tribulation and pre-wrath rapture theories are not only unscriptural but also Satanic. They reject the teaching of our LORD and his apostles and that of Dr. Luke.

Scripture informs us unequivocally that there will be one resurrection of all the dead (Dan. 12: 2; John 5: 28 - 29; Acts 24: 15).

Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out - those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned (John 5: 28 - 29).

Since the rapture involves the resurrection, therefore the rapture will take place when the resurrection occurs.

When will the rapture happen? On the authority of the Word of God, the rapture will take place -

1) At the last day (John 6: 39). Jesus said: `And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.

2) At the last trumpet ( 1 Cor. 15: 51 - 52). The apostle Paul stated: Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed - in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
3) After the seventh angel sounds his trumpet. The seventh angel sounded his trumpet ... The nations were angry; and your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the prophets and your saints and those who reverence your name, both small and great - and for destroying those who destroy the earth (Rev. 11: 15, 18).
**4) At the end of the thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended (Rev. 20: 5).

  Dr. Luke informs us that our LORD must remain in heaven until the time when God will restore everything.

  "He must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets" (Acts 3: 21).

     Since God will restore everything on the day of judgment by creating a new heaven and a new earth (2 Pet. 3: 13), therefore, our LORD will remain in heaven until the day of judgment. Thus making the second coming and the coming down from heaven for the rapture a single event (Matt. 25: 31, 1 Thess 4: 16 - 17).**

" ... Come, Lord Jesus" (Rev. 22: 20).

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"Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright c 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers."

Copyright Ⓒ 1985 by Rev. Joseph E. Mahabir (B.A Hons. (York University), M.Ed. (University of Toronto), Divinity M. A. (magna cum laude, (Regent University, Virginia Beach,
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