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They have overlooked a most im–
portant truth: the resurrection
from the dead.
They celebrate a pagan Easter
acknowledging the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead. But
they overlook entirely the plain
biblical teaching that all who ever
lived are to be resurrected from the
dead , although in the time order of
three distinctly different resurrec–
tions. The only hope the Holy
Bible gives for the vast humanity
of this dying world is the hope of
a resurrection from the dead, but
that is a positively sure hope. All
this will be completely covered and
full scriptures given in the chapters
to follow.
What a tragedy that, as plainly
stated in Revelation 12:9 , this
whole world has been deceived and
blinded from the truth by Satan
the devil, still sitting on the throne
of the entire earth.
The real truth is startling, but
you will find it plainly revealed in
your own Bible. Follow it as you
carefully read this book.
Consider! When God drove
Adam and Eve out from the Gar–
den of Eden, he set angels to bar
mankind from reentering. Suppose
the Eternal had left the gate into
Eden open. Man had already taken
of the forbidden tree. Man had
already turned to sin. What would
have happened? Probabl y the
whole of sinning mankind would
have surged back in to take of that
tree of LIFE! Without any repen–
tance- without even FAITH in God
or in Christ- mankind would have
helped himself to RECEIVING ETER·
NAL LI FE.
THI NK a moment!
God Not Unfair
How UNfai r would God have been,
had he allowed that! Man, with all
his sins- and sin has a habit of
increasing in the one who indulges
in it- would have become immor–
tal- living
forever
while
suffering
the pains, mental, physical and
spiritual, that sin would bring on
him!
Man does not seem to realize
that he now is the SLAVE of sin. Sin
has cut him off from God the Fa–
ther. Few understand that we are
not saved by the death of Christ.
We are reconciled to God the Fa-
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ther by Jesus ' death . We are savJd
by his life (Rom. 5: 10). Man does
not realize that only a real repen–
tance-turning
from
sin-and the
living FAITH of Jesus Christ can
FREE him from that penalty! Sin
enslaves!
It
punishes! It brings sor–
row, remorse, anguish.
It
inflicts
physical injury, sickness and dis–
ease.
It
produces frustration and
hopelessness.
The most UNfair, UNkind, cruel
thing God could have done once
Adam and Eve had taken the for–
bidden tree would have been to
leave the way open into the garden,
with free access to all comers to the
tree of LIFE-symbolic of the gift
of ETERNAL LIFE!
But what
did
God do? He drove
out the man and the woman. He
barred reentrance.
He, however, made salvation and
eternallife in extreme happiness and
bliss become avai lable to ALL the hu–
man family. But, with godly wis–
dom, he set a time order and condi–
tions! For the first 6,000 years-now
almost completed- all but the pre–
destined FEW were cut off.
On this point the entire world of
traditional Christianity
has been deceived. Here
is a most important truth:
day of salvation, and tbat their coun–
terfeit salvation of just "accepting"
Jesus Christ, without the repentance
of turning from sin and tbe obeying
of God's law, would send people as
"immortal souls" immediately to
heaven upon deatb.
Satan has blinded the minds of
those of "traditional Christianity"
to the fact that God closed off the
tree of life until the glorified Jesus
Christ comes in supreme power
and glory to restare the govern–
ment of God over tbe whole earth.
It
was dec reed,
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repeat, that it was
appointed to humans once to die,
and after death is to come the res–
urrection to judgment (Heb. 9:27).
Meanwhi le the world of Adam is
not being judged, though in the
final judgment all shall be held to
account for their sins.
But, meanwhile, God has made
certain exceptions for a definite
purpose. God raised up prophets
for the very purpose of being part
of the foundation of the Church.
Jesus called disciples OUT OF THIS
WORLD to be taugbt to teach others
and in the coming millennium of
the restored kingdom of God, to
Satan sitting on earth's
throne tried to kili the
Ch r ist child. He then
tried to tempt and dis–
qualify Jesus just before
the Christ started his
earthly ministry (Matt.
4). Satan caused the mar–
tyrdom of most of the
apostles. He caused inten–
sive persecution against
dam, the first human,
rejected knowledge
from and reliance on God. He
chose to rely on bis
own knowledge and abilities.
the Church. He caused a violent
controversy to flare up in the early
months and years of the Church
disputing whether the gospel to be
proclaimed was the gospel
OF
Christ, or man's gospel ABOUT
Christ. Satan caused the latter to
win out, and in less than 20 years
a false and counterfeit gospel
ABOUT Christ was being pro–
claimed by all but the persecuted
FEW who loyally remained as tbe
small and persecuted true original
Church of God .
ls Now the Only Day of Salvatlon?
These deceived "Christians" taught,
and still teach, that now is the ONL
Y
rule and teach under King of kings
Jesus, when the tree of life will be
opened to all flesh.
The Church was called to be
trained to become rulers and teach–
ers in the kingdom of God WHEN
the tree of life shall be opened.
Meanwhile the Holy Spirit has
been closed to all but the prophets
and the called-out-ones of the true
Church. The propbet Joel foretold
it shall come to pass afterward-af–
ter the 6,000 years of this world of
Satan- that God will pour out bis
Spirit upon all flesh (Joel 2:28).
Meanwhile it was necessary for
God's purpose that the Holy Spirit
be given to the prophets and those
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