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WHY?
There has to be a GOOD REA–
SON!
To those of us being called, NOW,
Jesus sa id : "And he that over–
cometh [Satan and his own self],
and keepeth my works unto the end,
to
him
will 1 give power over the
nations: and he shall rule them with
a rod of iron . . ." (Rev. 2:26-27).
When Christ comes to RULE, as
the KING of kings and LoRD of
lords, we who are called now will
rule with and under Him, as He
restores the GOVERNMENT OF ÜOD
to this earth.
Notice again: "To him that over–
cometh will
1
gra nt to sit with me in
my throne, even as I also overcame,
and am se t down with my father in
bis throne" (Rev. 3:21 ). Those who
sha ll reign WITH Christ, when He
comes to restore the GOVERNMENT
OF Goo, MUST OVERCOME (and that
includes overcoming SATAN), EVEN
AS JESUS DIO!
Now does this apply equaUy to
those who shall be converted
afier
Christ comes, during the millen–
nium?
The answer is
NO!
These two
quotations (above) are found in
Je sus' message to the seven
CHURCHES that span this CHURCH
AGE! They do NOT apply to those
called la ter! Do they apply
only
to
the era of Thyatira and Laodicea?
No, they apply to ALL the church
age. These seven messages oo apply
to
seven successive church eras.
BuT
they
also
a pply to the WHOLE
CHURCH through ALL eras.
In
other
words, the Ephesus characteristics
DOMINATED in the first era, and the
Laodicean
will
domína te in the last,
but SOME of these characteristics are
found in EVERY era. The messages
apply to the WHOLE church (and so 1
have sa id and written for 49 yea rs)
but certain characteristics pre–
dominate in the various eras.
But GET TmS CRUX POINT! J esus
had to QUALIFY to RULE the earth .
God's WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO
RE–
STORE THE GOVERNMENT of ÜOD on
earth and set up the KINGDOM OF
Goo. Jesus had to resist and over–
come the temptations- very special
ones - of SATAN. Are wE to rule
without
any such qualifi.cations?
Of
course not!
Those who are to r ule
with and under Christ when He re–
stores the GOVERNMENT to the earth
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MUST QUALIFY - must turn FROM
Satan's WAY TO Goo's WAY, that is,
to the GOVERNMENT of Goo. We
must root out - root and branch -
Sa tan's ATTITUDE and WAY, and
SO
thoroughly that we shall make it IM–
POSSIBLE ever to turn agai n to
Satan's way - IMPOSSIBLE
TO
SIN
(1
John 3:9).
Those called to spiritual salvation
AFTER Christ comes will not have to
battle Satan.
Notice, Matthew 25 and Revela–
tion 20:
First, Ma tthew 25 , beginning
verse 3 1: "When the Son of man
shall come in his glory, and a ll the
holy angels with him, then shall he
sit upon the throne of bis glory."
Christ is coming in all the supreme
POWER and GLORY of the Creator
Goo! He is coming to RESTORE THE
GOVERNMENT OF ÜOD over the
WHOLE EARTH - over ALL NATIONS!
Üne SUPER WORLD GOVERNMENT!
He wilJ restore the throne of D avid
at Jerusalem. Since 1968 we have
been in joint participation with He–
brew University and the Israel
Ar–
chaeological Society in clearing off
sorne 50 feet or more of debris
which h as covered the ancient
throne of David, which existed sorne
2,500 years ago.
Continue: "And before
him
shall
be gathered aU nations" (verse 32).
He is coming to RULE the WORLD -
to RESTORE the GOVERNMENT OF
Goo! Every government is founded
on a basic LAw .
The Jaw of God is unlike any
man-made Jaw of any human gov–
ernment.
It
i s a SPIRITUAL law
(Rom. 7: 14). And it is a HOLY law
(Rom. 7:12). lt is A WAY OF LIFE –
God's way!
When people are gov–
erned in tha t way of life, there will
be PEACE, HAPPINESS, JOY, ABUN–
DANCE!
But that basic LAW of the GOV–
ERNMENT OF Goo is also the law of
the Christian WAY of life. Sin (spiri–
tua lly) is the transgression of that
law
(1
Jobo 3:4). Christ is coming
also to call ALL PEOPLE to spiritua )
salvation a nd eterna! life. That is
when God will seek to spiritually
save
THE
WHOLE WORLD - and NOT
TILL THEN!
Continue: "And he shaU separate
them one from another, as a shep–
herd divideth the sheep from the
goats: and he sha ll set the sheep on
bis right hand, but the goats on the
left. Then sha ll the king say unto
them on his right hand, Come, ye
blessed of my Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world" (Matthew
25:32-34).
The na tions before the king on bis
throne are the nations of this world.
Those called to sa lvation during the
church age and previously (proph–
ets, etc.), will have been resurrected
to meet Christ in the ai r, as He de–
scends to earth on His return
(1
Thes. 4: 16-1 7). They will be rul–
ing with Christ, already being im–
mortal, composed of spirit (Rev.
2:26-27; 3:21). They, with Christ,
wiU compose the KINGDOM OF Goo.
It is necessary, bere, to explain
the difference between the GOVERN–
MENT OF Goo and tbe KINGDOM OF
Goo. The GOVERNMENT of God was
established on earth IN PRE-HISTORY
OVER THE ANGELS.
But the KINGDOM of God is BOTH
the GOVERNMENT of God and the
FAMILY of God. Those now being
saved spiritually will, in the resur–
rection, INHERIT the kingdom of
God. They shall have been BORN of
God - born into the divine FAMILY
of God. They shall be married to
Cbrist. Of this divine spiritual mar–
riage will be begotten and born spir–
itually cbildren of God a ll during
the thousand years commencing
with Christ's return to earth as
KING.
Now let's notice the 20th chapter
of Revelation :
The apostle John is recording
what he saw in vision: "And 1 saw
an angel come down from heaven,
having the key to the bottomless pit
and a great chain in
bis
hand. And
he la id hold on the dragon , tha t old
serpent, which is the devil, and
Satan, and bound him a thousand
years" (Rev. 20: 1-2).
When Cb.rist comes again to earth
in supreme POWER and GLOR
Y,
He
sha ll already have been crowned
with many crowns. The coronation
ceremony wiU have taken place
in
heaven (throne of God the Father)
before His return. Christ then sha lJ
have been qualified
AND
inducted
into office. 1 have said before, Satan
must remain on earth swaying the
nations bis way UNTIL Christ, the
The
PLAIN TRUTH Apri i-May 1976