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BEHOLD ACKNOWLEDGE and ENACT Your Heritage Declare & Decree! It is Of the Lord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPCOh_zyS7w

Isaiah 54 (kjv) 54 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord. **Homes- Lands** 2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; **Spreading to the Right and Left** 3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. ***FEARLESS WE ARE*** 4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. ***YOUR MAKER - YOUR HUSBAND** 5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. 6 For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. **RETURNED WITH GREAT MERCY** 7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.

**THIS IS as THE Waters of Noah Unto ME*** NO WROTH 9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. ***HIS KINDESS for Us will Always BE*** 10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. 12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. **** THE LORD Will Teach Our Children**** 13 And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children. ***We Shall Be Established IN RITEOUSNESS** 14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. **They Shall Gather but FALL** 15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.

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**But He made the devil.. He can Control Him*** 16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

***NO WEAPON *** OUR HERITAGE SAYS THE LORD 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

Definitions of heritage: • practices that are handed down from the past by tradition • hereditary succession to a title or an office or property • Any Attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors • Even Knowledge) • that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner • inheritance; birthright • patrimony; legacy; bequest • endowment; Estate(The Earth is The Lord's)

See Isaiah 58:14 (FED With the Heritage of JACOB) 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

I DECREE NO REGRESSION- ONLY PROGRESSION! I DECREE NO ROBERY- ONLY RECOVERY! • WE Thank you and DECREE LET THERE BE:======== • Abundance in the Place of Adversity • Affluence in the Place of Affliction • Blessing in the Place of Barrenness • Fullness in the Place of Fragments • Fruitfulness in the Place of Failure • Prosperity in the Place of Poverty • Riches in the Place of Recession • Surplus in the Place of Scarcity • Success in the Place of Struggles • Wealth in the Place of Want • We Put You in Remembrance of Your Word- Thank you That You Watch Over it and Perform it!

IF YOU OBEY---IT WILL BE Well Jeremiah 7:23 (KJV) 23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

Grace Nuggets • The World was Formed(Out of Alignment) VOID(Chaos) • God Goes from Dark to Light(The Evening and the Morning)

Three Terms for Sin Used in the Bible 1) Het- "Straying away from the Path" (Found 459 times Forgetfulness, neglecting the Truth,) 2) Avon - "Crookedness in Your Conduct" (Iniquity- Twisted- Deliberate but weakness) 3) Pesha - "A Rebellious Transgression" (Willing rebellion 136 times in the Bible)

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When The Lord Comes Will He Find Faith Luke 18:8(KJV) 8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth

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2 Corinthians 5:20(KJV) 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

Matthew 24:14 (KJV) 14 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.

Obadiah 1:1 (KJV) 1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.(They will Fall)

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Genesis 5:21-24 comments: the beginning of the doctrine of the Rapture of the Church expressed in Scripture

5:21 ¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: 24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

Here is a foundational verse, number 24, for belief in the Translation of the church, popularly called ‘The Rapture’ since the 1800’s. The Bible uses Interpretation for our modern thought of translating one word in one language into a word in another language, much like we use the word “interpreter” for someone at the UN with headphones on translating what the Russian ambassador said into English. This definition it uses as well as the interpreting of dreams.

John 1:42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

John 9:7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

Acts 9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

Translation is to move something from one place to another, as Enoch was removed by God from the earth alive, missing the judgment on the earth to come.

Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

Much of the belief in the translation of the church is founded based on verses in Paul’s letters and in Revelation. The doctrine begins here with Enoch, however.

In the Revelation at the end of the Bible the apostle John is brought to heaven for the express purpose of being shown things he nor you and I can see from earth. These are not visions from a trance. This is a forceable removal from one place to another, a translation, as one definition of that word is.

Verse 1 of Chapter 4 in Revelation is often linked with the doctrine known today as The Rapture which Biblically is called the Translation, which in English also means to transport something from one place to another. John, a type of the church, is removed to Heaven. But, in our time, when does that happen? This will be a question that must be answered. Rapture comes from a form of the Latin rapto, to seize violently and carry away, as in the Latin Bibles in;

Matthew 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

MAT11.12 a diebus autem Iohannis Baptistae usque nunc regnum caelorum vim patitur et violenti rapiunt illud.[1]

The Greek word harpazo for take it by force is also the word used in 1Thessalonians 4:17 as shall be caught up. This is not the general resurrection of the good and the bad spoken of by Daniel in 12:2. This is a forceful removal, a translation. All that being said, it is more important what the Bible says in English than in Latin or Greek.

It is important to note that doctrine exists even if the majority of people do not understand or believe it. If it is true, it simply is, regardless of opinion. As an example, the early church was premillennial, in that they believed in chiliasm (kill e as um), believing that Christ would return to rule physically on earth for a thousand years. Historical writers like Will Durant, in his epic eleven volume The Story of Civilization noted this.

“The apostles were apparently unanimous in believing that Christ would soon return to establish the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.”[2]

With this belief came the understanding that the church itself, the people, would be removed or translated from the world before Christ’s return, based on several verses in the Bible beginning with Enoch being physically removed without dying in verse 24;

24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

Three times this translation of Enoch is mentioned in one verse;

Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

Three times; in Proverbs 25:7; Revelation 4:1; and 11:12 the phrase come up hither, here, is used;

Proverbs 25:7 For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

Revelation 11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

Luke 17:34-36 and the passages in Matthew 24 but are often used as evidence of it;

Luke 17:34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

1Thessalonians 4:13-17;

13 ¶ But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

In the next letter Paul warns the Thessalonians that something has to happen before this. First there is a great falling away in the church, away from Christ, then the Beast is revealed.

2Thessalonians 2: 1 ¶ Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

3 ¶ Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away [Jeremiah 37:13 – going over to the enemy] 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: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 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. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Notice John the Baptist’s apocalyptic warning to the Pharisees and Sadducees and the Jews.

Matthew 3:7 ¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

And note Paul’s declaration to the church.

1Thessalonians 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

Revelation 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

In the following a sequence of events is given; the wrath of God, the judgment of the dead, and eternity but the Bible is not written like the owner’s manual for your computer or car so try not to view it as meaning that one comes strictly after another rather than the mention here being to what is happening at the end of human history in a more general sense.

Revelation 11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them…18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

Further evidence is supplied by the following verses from Paul to the Corinthian church. We shall not all sleep with sleep being used as a reference to death as in the narrative of Lazarus’ resurrection by Jesus in John 11. The rapture or translation of the church is said to take place at the last trumpet, with the trumpets following the seventh seal, but the sixth seal is said to be the time of Christ’s wrath, as we will see, so this is a general statement of events happening in a general timeframe so I would not set my clock by it. I think that it is clear that the church will not see or experience this horrible period of time and will be translated before it begins leaving an unbelieving world of men and women behind. As Christ said to His disciples just remember when something happens that He told you it would and don’t try to set a date.

1Corinthians 15:51 ¶ Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 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.

The error of modernism is reading the Bible like a textbook as I have shown repeatedly. God is under no compunction to provide you with a schedule of events and times that constrict when He can or cannot do something. Generally, we can be assured that the church will not experience the following terrors from the perspective of the unsaved world of men.

Back to Revelation 11 and the timing of this at the last trump before the vials.

Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were 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.

There is a period of time in there where the translation or rapture occurs and the marriage supper of the Lamb and then the return of Christ with the glorified believers, both Jew and Gentile, all the church.

Hebrews 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,…

Writings of early church leaders, some admittedly of disputed authenticity, others of uncertain translation and background texts, that have come down to us expressing belief in the premillennial return of the Lord include writings attributed to Papias, Shepard, Irenaeus, Lactantius, Victorinus, Cyprian, Ephraim the Syrite, Commodianus, Origen, Tertullian, and Justin Martyr. While some of them also include implications and clear statements that the church will not see the wrath to come but will be removed beforehand others are ambiguous and uncertain in meaning.

Shepard of Hermas (apocryphal writing) 150 AD

The writer, after escaping a huge terrifying beast with four colors on its head (white, red, black and gold), met a virgin in his vision. "like a bride going froth from a bride-chamber, all in white...I recognized from the former visions that it was the church." the virgin explained that she escaped destruction from the beast (the Great Tribulation) because of God's special deliverance. "Thou hast escaped a great tribulation because thou hast believed and at the sight of such a huge beast hast not doubted. Go therefore and declare to the Elect of the Lord His mighty deeds and say to them that this beast is a type of the great tribulation which is to come. If ye therefore prepare yourselves and with your whole heart turn to the Lord in repentance, then shall ye be able to escape it, if your heart is pure and blameless." After explaining to him that "the golden color stands for you who have escaped from this world," the virgin concluded her messages with, "Now ye know the symbol of the great tribulation to come. But if ye are willing, it shall be nothing."

Victorinus 240AD

Commentary on the Apocalypse 6.14 - "'And the heaven withdrew as a scroll that is rolled up.' For the heaven to be rolled way, that is, that the Church shall be taken away. "And the mountain and the islands were moved from their places." Mountains and islands removed from their places intimate that in the last persecution all men departed from their places; that is, that the good will be removed, seeking to avoid the persecution."

Commentary on the Apocalypse 15.1 - "And I saw another great and wonderful sign, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is completed the indignation of God.' For the wrath of God always strikes the obstinate people with seven plagues, that is, perfectly, as it is said in Leviticus; and these shall be in the last time, when the Church shall have gone out of the midst."

Cyprian 250 AD

Epistle 55 - The Antichrist is coming, but above him comes Christ also. The enemy goeth about and rageth, but immediately the Lord follows to avenge our suffering and our wounds. The adversary is enraged and threatens, but there is One who can deliver us from his hands." It is significant that he did not write about enduring the persecution of the Antichrist. Rather, Cyprian promised that Christ "is One who can deliver us from his hands."

Cyprian Speaking of the immanency of the Rapture, he wrote, "Who would not crave to be changed and transformed into the likeness of Christ and to arrive more quickly to the dignity of heavenly glory." After telling his readers that the coming resurrection was the hope of the Christian, he points out that the Rapture should motivate us as we see the last days approaching. Cyprian says that "we who see that terrible things have begun, and know that still more terrible things are imminent, may regard it as the greatest advantage to depart from it as quickly as possible." Referring to his hope of the approaching Rapture, he encouraged his readers as follows: "Do you not give God thanks, do you not congratulate yourself, that by an early departure you are taken away, and delivered from the shipwrecks and disasters that are imminent?" Cyprian concludes his comments on the translation of the saints with these words: "Let us greet the day which assigns each of us to his own home, which snatches us hence, and sets us free from the snares of the world, and restores us to paradise and the kingdom" (Treatises of Cyprian - 21 to 26?).

Ephraim the Syrian 373 AD

On The Last Times 2 - ...because all saints and the elect of the LORD are gathered together before the Tribulation which is about to come and be taken to the LORD...

Now, with regard to their looking for a future fulfillment of prophecy as found in the apocalyptic books of the Bible;

Papias 70-155

Fragment 6 - After the resurrection of the dead, Jesus will personally reign for 1000 years. He was taught this by the apostle John himself.

Justin Martyr 110-165

Dialogue 32 - The man of Sin, spoken of by Daniel, will rule two times and a half, before the second advent.

Dialogue 110 - The man of apostasy, who speaks strange things against the Most High, shall venture to do unlawful deeds on the earth against us, the Christians.

Irenaeus 178 AD

Against Heresies 4.26 - Daniel the prophet says "Shut up the words, and seal the book even to the time of consummation, until many learn, and knowledge be completed. For at that time, when the dispersion shall be accomplished, they shall know all these things."

Against Heresies 5.25 - In 2 Thessalonians the falling away is an apostasy and there will be a literal rebuilt temple. In Matthew, 24 the "abomination spoken by Daniel" is the antichrist setting in the temple as if he were Christ. The abomination will start in the middle of Daniel's 70th week and last for a literal 3 years and six months. The little (11th) horn is the Antichrist.

Against Heresies 5.26 - The Roman Empire will first be divided and then be dissolved. Ten kings will arise from what used to be the Roman empire. The Antichrist slays three of the kings and is then the eighth king among them. The kings will destroy Babylon then give the Babylonian kingdom to the beast and put the church to flight. After that they will be destroyed by the coming of the Lord. Daniel's horns are the same as the ten toes. The toes being part of iron and clay mean some will be active and strong while others weak and inactive and the kings will not agree with each other.

Against Heresies 5.27 - In Matthew 24, the two men one taken and the other left does not refer to the rapture but second coming. They are taken to never ending fire.

Against Heresies 5.30 - The Name of the Antichrist equals 666 if spelled out in Greek. Do not even try to find out the name until the ten kings arise. The Antichrist shall be from the tribe of Dan. That is why the tribe of Dan is not mentioned in the apocalypse. The fourth kingdom seen by Daniel is Rome. Titan is one Greek word that comes out to 666. The rebuilt temple will be in Jerusalem.

Against Heresies 5.35 - The resurrection of the Just takes place after the destruction of the Antichrist and all nations under his rule. Many believers will make it through the tribulation and replenish the earth. In the resurrection we will have fellowship and communion with the holy angels, and union with spiritual beings. The new heavens and earth are created and then the new Jerusalem descends. These are all literal things, and Christians who allegorize them are immature Christians.

Tertullian 190-210 AD

Marcion 3.25 - Millennial rain, resurrection, and the New Jerusalem are literal. In the resurrection we shall then be changed in a moment into the substance of angels

Marcion 5.16 - The Anti-Christ will be a real man and set in a real temple.

Treatise of the Soul 1.50 Enoch and Elias will come back to die. They are the two witnesses of Revelation.

Origen 230 AD

Against Celsus 2:49 - Quotes Paul about the antichrist, as a literal person who works false miracles.

Against Celsus 6:45 - There is a literal future Antichrist coming.

Against Celsus 6:46 - The prophecies in 1 Thessalonians and Daniel are real prophesies about the end of the world. There will be a literal rebuilt Temple.

Commodianus: 240 AD

35 - Resurrection is at the end of the 6000 years.

41 - Antichrist notes

43 - End of the age

44 - The first resurrection. those who were not martyred under the antichrist will marry and have children during the 1000 years. no rains, snow, cold during the 1000yrs.

80 - Resurrection of the body will be when six thousand years are completed, and after the 1000 years when the world has come to an end.

Lactantius 285 AD

Divine Institutes 7:14 – 6000yrs till millennium. (Some do not think Book 7 was really written by Lactantius.)

Divine Institutes 7:16-17 – end times… very good…

Divine Institutes 7:19 – 1st paragraph anti-Christ 4 battles??

Divine Institutes 7:25 – 6000yrs, end of days is after the fall of Rome. The Sibyls agree.

Divine Institutes 7:26 – After 100yrs (7000yrs) at battle of Gog the sun stands still for 3 days. Righteous hid in the mountains then come out, all evil is gone. No more nations. 7 years the woods are untouched. Burn arms of the nations.

Epitome of Divine Institutes 71 – the last times: - very good…

Epitome of Divine Institutes 72 – literal 1000yr reign.

· Hippolytus; Fragment 8: And what am I to say with respect to men, when the very elements themselves will disown their order? There will be earthquakes in every city, and plagues in every country; and monstrous thunderings and frightful lightnings will burn up both houses and fields. Storms of winds will disturb both sea and land excessively; and there will be unfruitfulness on the earth, and a roaring in the sea, and an intolerable agitation on account of souls and the destruction of men. There will be signs in the sun, and signs in the moon, deflections in the stars, distresses of nations, intemperateness in the atmosphere, discharges of hail upon the face of the earth, winters of excessive severity, different frosts, inexorable scorching winds, unexpected thunderings, unlooked-for conflagrations; and in general, lamentation and mourning in the whole earth, without consolation. For, "because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold." By reason of the agitation and confusion of all these, the Lord of the universe cries in the Gospel, saying, "Take heed that ye be not deceived; for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not yet by and by." Let us observe the word of the Savior, how He always admonished us with a view to our security: "Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ."

Victorinus 240 AD

Commentary on Revelation 2 - Allow fornication on a "pretext for Mercy," the name written on the white stone is "Christian" granting "unlawful peace" over new forms of Prophecy.

Commentary on Revelation 4 - Rainbow above god's head is red and blue symbolize the judgments of water and fire. 24 elders are the 12 Apostles and 12 Patriarchs.

Commentary on Revelation 6 - Heaven withdrawing like a scroll is the church taken away.

Commentary on Revelation 7 - Angel ascending is Elijah. 7 angels (Shepards) are attack the antichrists kingdom. Babylon is the ruined Roman kingdom. Do not look to the order of Revelation, the vials and trumpets are the same events.

Commentary on Revelation 11 - great wings given to the woman are the two prophets and those who help her.

Commentary on Revelation 13 - 2nd beast is the false prophet.

This does not prove, of course, that either doctrine is true but just that they are not new doctrines, either the premillennial view or the translation of the church, but that these early church leaders, the viewpoint of the Apostles who knew Christ, and the Scriptures can point in this direction.

The dominant viewpoint of the Roman Catholic Church after Augustine was that there was no millennium, in that references to a thousand year reign were allegorical and that the Roman church was ruling the world in Christ’s place as his proxy. The Reformation called that into doubt. The dominant viewpoint in early America up to the turn of the 20th century among evangelical Protestants was called postmillennial, in that the church would rule the world with Christ reigning spiritually through it, as men became more righteous and more Christian in appearance and practice.

The American Theological Review, in 1859, said that postmillennialism, whereby a millennium would be set up and the religion of Christ would be everywhere and, “his spiritual reign would be universal,” and that would be followed by Christ’s physical return was the, “commonly received doctrine,” in the 1800’s. While admitting that this was not what the early church believed, as the early church said and we believe, He will return first to rule and then the millennium, the thousand year reign, will come, the author goes on to say that the early church was simply wrong.[3]

Christians today who do not believe in the Translation of the church, popularly called The Rapture, will say that preacher of the early 1800’s, John Nelson Darby, invented the doctrine. He did popularize it in a world that regarded evolutionary progress as truth and that mankind and Christians in particular were headed toward a Golden Age of righteousness and peace.[4]

But, Darby obviously did not invent the doctrine, merely gave it his own twist. As John Reeve wrote two centuries before Darby’s, in the 1600’s, “Then shall the Elect, by the Decree or Voice of Jesus Christ, the Archangel, first appear out of the Graves, and, in the twinkling of an Eye, with all the Elect that are then living, as one Man, with a glorious Shout, shall, with distinct immortal Bodies, like unto their God, ascend to meet the Lord in the Air, and with him and his mighty angels, as swift as Thought, enter into that vast new Heaven and new Earth above the Stars….[5]

My intent here is not to approve of any preacher’s particular doctrines or idiosyncrasies or even personal opinions or heresies but simply to show that the doctrine of The Rapture was not invented by Darby, as some would say. Only the timing of when it would happen, before the Great Tribulation mentioned in Matthew and Revelation, during, or at the end of it were in contention among those that believed in it. Although I have not read his work there is supposedly another pretribulation rapture commentator named Morgan Edwards from the century prior to Darby.

Other references to the idea of the church being physically removed are from such diverse preachers and commentators as Jesuit priest, Francisco Ribera, in 1590, Puritan Cotton Mather in the 1600’s, and John Gill in the 1700’s.[6] In the first decade of the 1700’s Matthew Henry even uses the phrase, “rapture in the clouds,” in his commentary on 1Thessalonians 4:17 which is so commonly free on the internet I don’t need to give you directions here.

Again, the issue is when that happens and how close it is to the general judgment of the dead. Darby’s view was that it must take place before the return of Christ. The Bible seems to indicate that then there is the thousand-year reign of Christ and the general judgment follows.

My point in bringing all of this up is to only say that a doctrine can exist in the Bible and either be misunderstood, not be known by most believers, or that those against it or for it may misrepresent it to justify their own beliefs. The Jews believed that Israel would be restored to its past greatness, not seeing the Cross or the Resurrection of their Messiah. Many Christians believed they would turn the world over to Christian principles and values without Christ present. We must always remember that our understanding is incomplete until we stand before our Saviour.

[1] (2012-02-03). The Latin and English Parallel Bible (Vulgate and KJV) (Kindle Location 74453). Latus ePublishing. Kindle Edition.)

[2] Will Durant, “The Apostles: A.D. 30-95,” The Story of Civilization:Volume 3, Caesar and Christ (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1944), 575.

[3] Henry Boynton Smith, ”History of Opinions Respecting the Millennium,” The American Theological Review (Boston: Charles Scribner & Son, 1859), 642.

[4] J.N. Darby, “The Rapture of the Saints,” in The Heavenly Hope, or, What is the Hope of the Christian? What is the Hope of the Church? (Dublin: Dublin Tract Repository, 1844).

https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16305370W/The_Heavenly_hope_or_What_is_the_hope_of_the_Christian_What_is_the_hope_of_the_Church_A_letter_from_

[5] John Reeve, “An Epistle to a Kinsman,” in Joyful News from Heaven (London: Francis Cosinet, 1658), 60.https://openlibrary.org/works/OL245574W/Joyful_news_from_heaven_or_The_last_intelligence_from_our_glorified_Jesus_above_the_stars

[6] Mal Couch, ed., Dictionary of Premillennial Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1996).

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“For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” Hebrews 10:14

The germination of the seed represents the beginning of spiritual life, and the development of the plant is a beautiful figure of Christian growth. As in nature, so in grace; there can be no life without growth. The plant must either grow or die. As its growth is silent and imperceptible, but continuous, so is the development of the Christian life. At every stage of development our life may be perfect; yet if God's purpose for us is fulfilled, there will be continual advancement. Sanctification is the work of a lifetime. As our opportunities multiply, our experience will enlarge, and our knowledge increase. We shall become strong to bear responsibility, and our maturity will be in proportion to our privileges. COL 65.2_65.2_https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/15.221#237

“ For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.” Psalm 91:11.

Oh, that we could all realize the nearness of heaven to earth! When the earthborn children know it not, they have the angels of light as their companions; for the heavenly messengers are sent forth to minister to those who shall be heirs of salvation. A silent witness guards every soul that lives, seeking to win and draw him to Christ. The angels never leave the tempted one a prey to the enemy who would destroy the souls of men if permitted to do so. As long as there is hope, until they resist the Holy Spirit to their eternal ruin, men are guarded by heavenly intelligences. OHC 23.2_23.2_https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/81.131

“Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.” Matthew 6:16

Jesus had shown in what righteousness consists, and had pointed to God as its source. Now He turned to practical duties. In almsgiving, in prayer, in fasting, He said, let nothing be done to attract attention or win praise to self. Give in sincerity, for the benefit of the suffering poor. In prayer, let the soul commune with God. In fasting, go not with the head bowed down, and heart filled with thoughts of self. The heart of the Pharisee is a barren and profitless soil, in which no seeds of divine life can flourish. It is he who yields himself most unreservedly to God that will render Him the most acceptable service. For through fellowship with God men become workers together with Him in presenting His character in humanity. DA 312.1_312.1_https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/130.1414#1491

“Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.” 2 John 1:8

It is a universal principle that whenever one refuses to use his God-given powers, these powers decay and perish. Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Hence the apostle's fear that he might fail of presenting every man perfect in Christ. Paul's hope of heaven grew dim when he contemplated any failure on his part that would result in giving the church the mold of the human instead of the divine. His knowledge, his eloquence, his miracles, his view of eternal scenes when caught up to the third heaven—all would be unavailing if through unfaithfulness in his work those for whom he labored should fail of the grace of God. And so, by word of mouth and by letter, he pleaded with those who had accepted Christ, to pursue a course that would enable them to be “blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, ... as lights in the world, holding forth the word of life.” Philippians 2:15, 16. AA 206.2_206.2_https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/127.882#906

"Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man." Luke 21:36

Christians should be preparing for what is soon to break upon the world as an overwhelming surprise, and this preparation they should make by diligently studying the word of God and striving to conform their lives to its precepts. The tremendous issues of eternity demand of us something besides an imaginary religion, a religion of words and forms, where truth is kept in the outer court. God calls for a revival and a reformation. PK 626.1_626.1_https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/88.3314#2782

“And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.” Revelation 16:13-14

The way in which Christ worked was to preach the Word, and to relieve suffering by miraculous works of healing. But I am instructed that we cannot now work in this way, for Satan will exercise his power by working miracles. God's servants today could not work by means of miracles, because spurious works of healing, claiming to be divine, will be wrought. 2SM 54.2

For this reason the Lord has marked out a way in which His people are to carry forward a work of physical healing, combined with the teaching of the Word. Sanitariums are to be established, and with these institutions are to be connected workers who will carry forward genuine medical missionary work. Thus a guarding influence is thrown around those who come to the sanitariums for treatment. 2SM 54_54_https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/99.296

“Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.” Matthew 7:16, 17.

There must be no defects in our character—not one. Every spot and wrinkle must be effaced by the blood of the Lamb. Our own peculiar traits of character will disappear when the transforming power of the grace of God is felt upon our hearts. The fruits we bear in patience, kindness, forbearance and self-denial, will testify of us that we have learned of Jesus. The fruit of the tree testifies if it is a good or corrupt tree. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. By their fruits ye shall know them. Let us so speak and so labor that our fruit may be unto righteousness and we letting our light shine forth in good works. Profession is nothing. A godly life, alone, will God approve. Lt28-1880.9

“And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.” Acts 2:12-13

The baptism of the Holy Ghost as on the day of Pentecost will lead to a revival of true religion and to the performance of many wonderful works. Heavenly intelligences will come among us, and men will speak as they are moved upon by the Holy Spirit of God. But should the Lord work upon men as He did on and after the day of Pentecost, many who now claim to believe the truth would know so very little of the operation of the Holy Spirit that they would cry, “Beware of fanaticism.” They would say of those who were filled with the Spirit, “These men are full of new wine.” 2SM 57.1_57.1_https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/99.310#314

“For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” Revelation 6:17

God's purpose in giving the third angel's message to the world is to prepare a people to stand true to Him during the investigative judgment. This is the purpose for which we establish and maintain our publishing houses, our schools, our sanitariums, hygienic restaurants, treatment rooms, and food factories. This is our purpose in carrying forward every line of work in the cause.—Manuscript 154, 1902, 4. (“Instruction to Men in Positions of Responsibility,” October 24, 1902.) 1MR 228.2_228.2_https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/61.1255#1291

“And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.” Rev 14:6

The message proclaimed by the angel flying in the midst of heaven is the everlasting gospel, the same gospel that was declared in Eden when God said to the serpent, “I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel” (Genesis 3:15). Here was the first promise of a Saviour who would stand on the field of battle to contest the power of Satan and prevail against him. Christ came to our world to represent the character of God as it is represented in His holy law; for His law is a transcript of His character. Christ was both the law and the gospel. The angel that proclaims the everlasting gospel proclaims the law of God; for the gospel of salvation brings men to obedience of the law, whereby their characters are formed after the divine similitude. 2 SM 106.2_106.2_https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/99.587#599

"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." Colossians 2:8.

At this time—the last days of this earth's history—we are to make the book of Revelation a special study. Why? Because it depicts the scenes that we are to meet. We need to understand what we are to meet, and how we are to meet it. We must know what efforts we are to make, so that in this perilous time we shall not be taken by the enemy's devices. We know that the last great conflict will be Satan's most determined effort to accomplish his purposes. He will come, not only as a roaring lion, but as a seducer, clothing sin with beautiful garments of light that he may take human beings in his snare. UL 152.2

Isaiah, 41:10 - Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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Genesis 3:21 comments: covered by God

3:21 ¶ Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

Death is introduced by God into the world, as a response to man and woman’s sin, to cover man and woman’s nakedness as there is no covering for our sin apart from God’s direct action. This directly relates to one of, what Paul said in Hebrews, the doctrines of Christ. The first foundation is repentance from dead works, which while to many modern fundamentalists means whatever you were justifying yourself with other than Christ, to earlier commentators like John Gill and Matthew Henry it was a reference to sin.

Hebrews 6:1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

Here is a cross-reference to dead works in the same Hebrews that agrees with Gill and Henry.

Hebrews 9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

When John the Baptist made his declaration and complaint;

…he blasted the self-justification of the righteous Jew who regarded his heritage as a Jew as justification before God.

Just as God Himself will shut the door on Noah’s salvation, preserving mankind…

Genesis 7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

…with the Ark representing a type of our salvation as baptism does today, a picture of God’s salvation.

1Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

So, we must understand that it is only by God’s will and by His direct action that we are saved. You hear, read, or perceive that it is God alone who justifies and how He accomplished it and you believe and He saves you from Hell, the consequence of rebellion against Him.

John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

At that moment also He gives you faith to believe the truth about Him and to live in Him.

Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Romans 10:9 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. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 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. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

This is the only covering for our sin. Jesus Christ made peace between rebellious mankind and the God who created them male and female.

Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

Understand that you, upon your ability to discern between good and evil against God, are accountable for your sins against Him and being a sinner. From that point on there is no covering for your sin that is not provided by God Himself. Apart from His direct action through the sacrifice of His physical body, the Lord Jesus Christ, as a propitiation for our sins, as a sacrifice to appease His wrath for our rebellion, and our acceptance of that sacrifice there is nothing we can do to justify ourselves.

Genesis 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

God justifies us. God delivers us. God saves us. Bible salvation is given and never earned and is predicated upon belief.

John 6:28 ¶ Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

Christ is the only covering for our sin as God clothed fallen man and woman here.

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frederickwiddowson · 5 years

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Genesis 3:11-13 comments: of sin and salvation

3:11 ¶ And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Adam and Eve, before this, knew no significance to being naked. There was nothing shocking or shameful about their natural state. The first couple not only knew no shame but walking around naked was not remarkable at all. The realization that there was some importance about their state of undress did not come about until they had disobeyed God. Sin might make a person more knowledgeable, even though it won’t make them wiser until they suffer its dreadful consequences.

Then God requires an honest answer from Adam, which He does not get. There is no falling on the knees pleading for forgiveness here. There is only passing the blame to Eve and then even to God Himself. Here is a prime example of not taking responsibility for your actions, a choice mankind will suffer from for thousands of years afterward.

The woman also plays the pass the blame game and there is a clear warning here for us. I cannot blame Satan for my sin. I know what is wrong so my being tricked into something is not an excuse. As an example, many people are scammed by a desire to get rich without expending any effort or thought. Their own wickedness brings them down as the person or persons who deceived them merely reveal their sinful state.

Clearly, Adam and Eve had free will. The capacity to sin was always there because they had free will but the willingness to sin was only revealed when Satan exposed a human desire for certain things, mainly the three things mentioned earlier; the lust of flesh and eyes, and pride. We desire to see certain things, to experience certain things, and to boast of certain things, all of which destroy us in the end.

Were Adam and Eve created sinners or sinless? Clearly, Satan didn’t impart sin to them as he only revealed the capacity in them. Christian fundamentalist leaders like to add layer upon layer on what sin is in order to control their congregations; to serve them and to follow their convictions. But, they often take us away from God’s clearer messages. Adam and Eve were born with the capacity to sin, revealed by Satan. But, it took them to willfully disobey God for them to be blamed.

Before a person hears of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross to satisfy God’s wrath against sin and trusts in His resurrection for salvation here are the conditions God lays out as spoken by Peter referring to a Roman who had not yet heard of redemption through Christ.

Acts 10:34 ¶ Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: 35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

These will hear Christ. God will somehow provide them with some level of truth by which their belief will be tested. If they reject what Jesus said about Himself, and the following verse defines what it means to believe on by way of parallel phrasing, while the verse after it reveals what Jesus said about Himself;

John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me….9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

….or if they believe what Christ said and in His resurrection;

Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

Romans 10:8 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. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

…their salvation is predicated upon belief in Christ, what He said and what He did. Damnation is predicated upon rejecting Christ, thereby disobeying God. God loved you at the Cross and He loves you now if you will believe Him and be given faith. He is furious if you reject the offer of amnesty He presented to you out of that love. This has nothing to do with what branch of Christianity you are in, your denomination, any creed, or your church attendance, your giving, or how pious and spiritual you pretend to be.

The moment you, knowing there is a God and that He has claims on you, choose to reject the free gift of salvation you have chosen disobedience and are condemned until or unless you are given the opportunity again to believe.

The moment you receive Christ you are forever beyond condemnation. Praying a 1-2-3 prayer in an emotionally charged church meeting is not proof of your salvation. Proof of the Holy Ghost’s indwelling is clearly stated.

Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

And your religion is not simply how many people you have gotten to repeat the prayer because they feel terribly guilty for letting their mother down, or their family, or depressed because their lives are trashed by sin, a feeling which can leave at the next good time or happy feeling. This has been the dogma of fundamentalism since Dwight L. Moody and Billy Sunday. But your religion, the expression of your faith is;

James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

And you are called to a specific attitude and hope;

Titus 2:11 ¶ For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 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.

Do not commit the fundamentalist and Eve’s error by adding to God’s commands or Satan’s and the religious liberal’s error by denying it is true;

Deuteronomy 4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

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