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nations: and he shall rule them ..."
(Revelation
2:26-27).
Those words apply to those of
the Church
only~f
the time prior
to God's Kingdom! But those called
now have Satan and Satan's world
to overcome. Those called during
the Millennium and in the judg–
ment afterward will not- Satan
shall then be removed. The world
then will not be deceived . But it
shalJ be as full of the KNOWLEOGE
of God as the ocean beds are full of
water (lsaiah
11 :9).
Sorne will ask, What of one who
really wants salvation-wants to
believe in Christ-willing to repent
and come out of this world and be
led by God's Spirit in a true Chris–
t ian life? Answer: Such a one has
been drawn by God, otherwise he
or she would have had no such
desire. However, most who believe
they are in that category have fol –
lowed a false gospel, false teaching,
and are deceived . MILLIONS profess
Christianity who have been so
deceived. Of them Jesus said, "In
vain do they worship me, teaching
for doctrines the commandments of
men ... laying aside the command–
ment of God" (Mark
7 :7-8).
All this TRUTH is pictured by
God's annual festivals . They were
given for the Church when the
Church was first founded- but
that was the Church (or Congrega–
tion) of Israel, under the Old Tes–
tament. Ancient Israel did not
understand the meaning of these
festivals. But they were ordained
FOREVER! Christ observed them.
The Church, as founded A.D.
3 1,
observed them. God's Church
observes them today.
They outline God's Master Plan,
for the redemption of man. The
Plan starts with Christ. The first
festival is the Passover, reminding
God's Church annually of the sacri–
fice and shed blood of Christ for
the remission of sins of the flesh–
born children of Adam.
The second festival is that of
Unleavened Bread-seven days, of
which the first and last are annual
Sabbaths or holy days. As seven is
God's number of completeness, they
picture the complete putting away of
sin, or the overcoming life.
The third is the Feast of First-
30
fruits, called in the New Testament
" Pentecost," because it carne fifty
days after the cutting of the wave
sheaf during the Days of Unleav–
ened Bread. The Church was
founded on that day. On that day
the Holy Spirit was given to those
God had drawn FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE ÜOO BARREO HUMANITY
FROM HIS SPIRIT (Genesis
3:22-24).
The Church is the FIRSTFRUITS of
God's salvation, and therefore the
festival given that name.
The fourth festival is the Feast of
Trumpets, the first day of the sev–
enth month of God's sacred calen–
dar, late summer or early autumn.
It
pictures the second coming of
Christ.
The fifth festival is the Day of
Atonement, the tenth day of the
seventh month.
It
pictures the put–
ting away of Satan, since Christ
who had qualified to restare (Acts
3:19-21)
the government of God
shall be inducted on the throne at
Jerusalem. This day pictures the
making of man's AT-ONE-MENT
with God through Christ.
The sixth is the Feast of Taber–
nacles-a seven-day festival, pic–
turing the seventh thousand year
reign of Christ and the resurrected
saints. During this millennium the
TREE OF LIFE will be Opened to ALL
who repent and believe.
The seventh is the Last Great
Day, following the seven days, pic–
turing the G reat White Throne
Judgment. At that time, all from
Adam on, who were not called, will
be resurrected to judgment. The
Book of LIFE will be opened (Reve–
lation
20: 12).
Afterward there will be a resur–
rection of those who had been
cal led, but had wilfully rebelled
and rejected God's call. The earth
then will become a molten lake of
fire. All others by then shall be
immortal spirit beings-children of
God. The fire will not in any way
affect them. The condemned will
become ashes under the soles of
their fe.et (Malachi
4: 3).
They shall
be as though they had never been
(Obadiah
16) .
Does this s how
harshness with God? Is God
unfair? NEVER! God is LOVE! This
is the kindest and most merciful
end for those who have been freely
offered LIFE and in self-centered
rebellion rejected it.
It
is my bel ief
that only a comparative few will
finally rebel, uninfluenced by
Satan.
The lnc r edlble Human Potentlal
What an astoundingly incredible
human potential! The world little
realizes what a glorious and stupen–
dous PURPOSE God is working out
in mortal human lives made from
earthly ground!
God is REPROOUCING HlMSELF
through us! He is taking matter out
of the ground, making it into mor–
tal, temporarily existing humans.
For those willing, God is infusing
into them his Holy Spirit-impart–
ing to them Goo- l ife eterna!!
Through his Spirit, with our assent
and effort at spiritual growth and
overcoming, he infuses into us HIS
RIGHTEOUS SPIRITUAL CHARACTER.
By a resurrection, we become BORN
God personages- personages just
as are God the Father and Christ
the Son! We shall have the entire
UNIVERSE put under our feet (He–
brews
2:8).
In Adam all have sinned. In
Christ shall all be made alive! God
has called, first, HIS CHURCH! The
Church is HIS BOOY! The Church,
resurrected at Christ's coming,
shall be MARRIEO to Christ the Son.
We become the chi ldren of God.
After our marriage to Christ- a
spiritual marriage of spiritually
immortal Persons- we shall beget
chi ldren into this OIVINE FAMILY!
There is but the ONE CHURCH–
ONE BOOY
(1
Corinthians
12:13,
20)
to become ONE OIVINE FAMILY.
The Church is "fitly framed
together" (Ephesians
2:21 ),
joined
together and compacted (welded)
together (Ephesians
4: 16),
all
Speaking the SAME THINGS as
CHRIST speaks
(1
Corinthians
1:10).
God has called the Church
specially out of Satan's world to
overcome Satan and his world, to
be prepared and trained to become
God beings in and after the Millen–
nium, to rule with Christ as we
bring to eterna) LIFE all others
beginning with Adam, who then
shall be willing!
WHAT A WONOERFUL PURPOSE
ANO MASTER PLAN!
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The
PLAIN
TRUTH