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The FOUNDATION for the
Church of God had been laid.
Christ himself is the Head and
chief cornerstone-the main foun–
dation. His apostles, with the
prophets, formed the remainder of
the foundation.
The apostles were chafing at the
bit tO GET STARTED---tO go forth
proclaiming the gospel message.
But God has wisely used restraint,
with patience, taking a proper step
at a time. So Jesus cautioned bis
apostles to WAIT! "Tarry ye," he
commanded (Luke 24:49), "in the
city of Jerusalem,
UNTIL
ye be
endued with power from on
high."
Ten days later carne the annual
day of Pentecost, originally named
the Feast of Firstfruits (Num.
28:26).
On that day the Holy Spirit
carne! On that day THE CHURCH
WAS FOUNDED!
That day symbolized the very
firstfruits for God's kingdom.
God's feast days picture God's spir–
itual harvest. The very first portian
of God's spiritual harvest of
humans finally to be born of God–
made Goo BEI NGS-is THE
CHURCH! That's why even those
who shall be born into the kingdom
of God at Christ's return starting
with ancient prophets are part of
the CHURCH OF Goo. Even proph–
ets of Old Testament times are part
of the FOUNDATION OF THE
CHURCH (Eph. 2:19-21).
All- prophets, apostles and
Church brethren in whom resides
the Holy Spirit-shall be resur–
rected andjor changed to immor–
tality at Christ's coming in GLORY
and POWER!
Thus the WHOLE CHURCH con–
stitutes the very
FIRST
of all
humans who shall be finally BORN
AGAIN into the kingdom of Goo.
They shall be Goo BEINGS!
How DECEIVED (Rev. 12:9) have
been all those who think they
already have been "born again."
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Just What Do You
Mean- Born Again?
Salvatlon Now Only for
Minute Few
Now before proceeding further,
UNDERSTAND WHY only the minute
FEW have so far been caBed to sal-
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vation-WHY the world as a whole
has been CUT OFF from God-WHY
the world has not been yet
judged-WHY neither "saved" nor
" lost"!
Unless or
UNTIL
a son of Adam
could qualify where Adam failed–
could overcome and conquer
SATAN--could pay the penalty of
human sin and ransom the world
from Satan- none could restare
Goo's GOVERNMENT- none could
be given eternal Goo-life!
The supreme master plan for
working out Goo' s PURPOSE–
reproducing himself- called for
the self-existing "WoRo" to be
born of human ftesh as a
son of Adam. But
ALSO
that plan called for him to
be born as the only begot–
ten Son of Goo!
And THAT'S WHY God has kept
the world as a whole CUT OFF from
him, even as their progenitor Adam
had cut off himself and bis human
family.
Why a Myatery to the World
As the apostle Paul was inspired to
write, in Romans 11 :
"1
would not,
brethren, that ye should be igno–
rant of this mystery" (and it is a
mystery to the world) "that blind–
ness" to these mysteries has hap–
pened to this world--even to its
"Christian theologians"-UNT/L
the kingdom of God has been
established in rule of the earth!
hrough Moses, God
The Messiah, and he
alone, would be able to
overcome and conquer
Satan-to QUALIFY to
replace Satan ON THE
THRONE OF THE EARTH!
Only through him could
the sons of Adam be rec–
onciled to Goo, receive
God's Spirit, become
Goo's sons-become the
raised up the nation Israei–
God's first Congregation.
That Church was given God's
government, but
not bis Holy Spirit!
Goo BEINGS by whom God should
have finally reproduced himself!
What a superb incredible master
plan for such a SUPREME PURPOSE!
How GREAT IS THE ETERNAL
Goo WHO DESIGNED IT!
This wonderful plan of God
therefore of necessity called for the
sons of Adam in general to be NOT
YET JUDGED! God left them to their
own devices- knowing full well
they would willingly and willfully
follow automatically Sa.tan's
"GET"
way.
But meanwhile they would not
be finally judged, but "reaping
what they sowed." They would live
this sinful life, die, and God would
RESURRECT them in a special resur–
rection to JUDGMENT in the end of
the 7,000 years of the master plan.
Christ already having atoned for
their sins-Satan having been
removed-Christ and the kingdom
of God having restored the govern–
ment of God over the earth-then
they could be CALLEO to repen–
tance, to reconciliation to Goo, to
becoming, on their then free
choice, Goo BEINGS!
"For," continues Paul, "as ye
[Christians] in times past have not
believed God, yet have now
obtained merey through their
unbelief: even so have these also
now not believed, that through
your merey they also may obtain
merey. For Goo hath concluded
them all in unbelief, that he might
have merey UPON ALL"!
And at this point Paul shouted
out in writing: "O the depth of the
riches both of the wisdom and
knowledge of God! how unsearch–
able are his judgments, and his
ways past finding out!" (Rom.
11 :25, 30-32).
True, the apostle wrote the above
concerning ISRAEL, and 1 have
applied it to all uncalled human–
ity- but it is truly applicable.
God called and prepared the 01d
Testament prophets. He has called
and still calls and prepares the
CHURCH to overcome Satan–
whereas those now blinded, un–
called and cut off from God have
NOT had to overcome Satan.
WHY?
WHY
the CHURCH?
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PLAIN TAUTH