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All this refers to Christ's SECOND COMING in our time!
Preparing before SECOND coming? -- So when the prophet
foretold the human messenger, preparing the way before Christ's
coming, he referred to John the Baptist (see Mark 1:1-3) ONLY
TYPICALLY as a forerunner, or type, of one to prepare the way
before Christ's SECOND COMING!
This leads directly to Jesus' great prophecy in Matthew
24. It refers to REVIVING the Great Commission -- the true
Gospel Message of the coming KINGDOM OF GOD. Christ's SECOND
COMING is to restore the GOVERNMENT of GOD, and establish the
KINGDOM OF GOD on earth! And the way IS INDEED, even NOW BEING
prepared before Christ's return to RULE.
That, Co-Workers and Brethren, is what the Living Christ
is doing right now through me, through Garner Ted, and through
His Co-Workers and CHURCH, which stands loyally behind us in this
tremendous AGE-END commission!!
It's time we allowed the Living God to OPEN OUR EYES to
the AWESOME commission He has committed to us. It's the MOST
IMPORTANT WORK given any human beings in the past 1900 years!
And NOBODY ELSE is doing it! The full, AWESOME responsibility
of it is on OUR shoulders, whom God has SPECIALLY called NOW!!
THAT'S the reason why YOU and I have been specially called
NOW -- before the time when God shall set His hand to SAVE THE
WHOLE WORLD.
Jesus' startling prophecy -- So notice this amazing
prophecy of Jesus in Matthew 24:
The disciples had come to Jesus privately, on the Mount
of Olives, "Tell us," they asked, "when shall these things be?
And what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the
[present] world" (Matthew 24:3).
Before giving them the sign by which we should know when
His SECOND COMING is imminent, Jesus first warned them: "Take
heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name,
saying, I [Jesus] am the Christ; and shall deceive many." In
other words, many would claim to be Christ's ministers, proclaiming
that Jesus was the Christ. Many today are preaching "Christ to
the world!" Actually they preach a DIFFERENT Christ, and a
DIFFERENT "gospel" that denies the KINGDOM OF GOD and IS DECEIVING
THE MANY. They have preached about the messenger, while denying
his MESSAGE!
The tragedy of it all is that such ministers probably are
entirely sincere -- they believe they are right -- but the Bible
clearly affirms that the WHOLE WORLD is today DECEIVED. A deceived
person does not know he is deceived.
But, said Jesus (v. 14): "...this gospel of the kingdom
shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations;