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human lifetime, qualified for chief
positions in church and state, respec–
tively, next under Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob-Moses over al! national
GOVERNMENTS-Eiijah over church.
lt
was Elijah who restored KNOWL–
EDGE of the worship of the true
God.
Al! these men, who were CALLEO
to special missions by God during
their physical human life, were pre–
pared and qualified for these posi–
tions in the KINGDOM.
Actually, the preaching of the gos–
pel and spread of religion IN THE
KINGDOM will be primarily RELI–
GIOUS EDUCATION-Since
Al '
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be called, and
the
decision
will
be
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is Sigmtlcant that cl ijah had foundia
THREE COLLEGES
(ll
Kings 2:3, 5;
4:38) at Bethel, Jericho and Gilgal,
teaching God's TRUTH in a world cor–
rupted by false paganized educa–
tion.
The one . original true Church of
God is UNIQUE in tqe knowJedge that
THIS WORLD HAS BEEN CUT OFF FROM
Goo-its inhabitants who were un–
called are therefore NOT BEING
JUDG ED-yet!
They have been nei–
ther "saved" nor "lost." But THEY
HAVE BEEN DECEIVEO!
As Jesus said, many would go out
claiming to represent Him, proclaim–
ing that Jesus was the CHRIST (Mes–
siah)- yet DECEÍVING THE MANY!
(Matthew 24:4-5, Il Corinthians
11:13- 15).
Millions have been deceived into a.
FALS.E SALVATJON. What about al!
these sincere people-are they
"LOST" ? Of course not. But neither
did they receive the "salvation" they
were deceived into expecting. They
simply were not - YET- judged.
THEY SHALL BE- al! who have
died- in the resurrection of the
Great White Throne Judgment
(Revelation 20:11-13).
Salvation shall surely come to al!
wh~once
the TRUTH is revealed,
and ' they are undeceived-are as
wílling as they thought they were in
the false salvation they were deceived
into accepting! This will include
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many whom our readers may have
supposed were "lost." lt is a GLO–
RJOUS HOPE!
Now notice Matthew 25:31 on.
"When the Son
Of
man shall come
in his glory, and all the holy angels
with him, then shall he sit upon the
throne of bis glory." Combine that
with other scriptures. already cov–
ered. When Jesus comes in His glory,
He will come as He went to heaven–
in clouds. The dead shall rise first–
in a resurrection-then the living
in
Christ shall be instantly changed to
spirit immortality and be caught up
in the air with them to meet the
descending Lord. His feet shall stand
that same day on the Mount of
01-
ives. The resurrected and changed
saints shall be continually from then
with Him. Then He shall sit on the
throne of His glory-in the City of
David, Jerusalem.
Al! the holy angels will be with
Him. In Revelation 12 we find that a
third of the angels followed Lucifer
into rebellion. But what about al!
these HOLY angels- the other two–
thirds? 1 have said angel creation
was not COMPLETE until by their own
decision CHARACTER-eitber righ-
' teous or evil-bad been formed in
them. What about this two-thirds of
angels, here called HOLY! God does
not reveal HOW their character, and
therefore their creation, was com–
pleted. But, in sorne marrner not re–
vealed, it is apparent the two-thirds
bad formed holy and righteous cbar–
acter, for here they are called HOLY
angels, and in many·parts of both OId
and New Testaments they are de–
scribed as definitely holy and in
God's service.
All Nations Gathered
Now continue, Matthew 25:32, "And
before him [Christ] shall be gatbered
all nations ...." This can refer only
to the people in al! nations still re–
maining alive at that time- all MOR–
TAL, human, flesh-and-blood people.
Remember, many who bad been
called and truly converted will tben
be siÚing with Christ in His throne at
Jerusalem. Continue: " ... and he
sball separate them one from anoth–
er ...." Remember the dead and liv–
ing IN Christ had already been sepa–
ra ted and risen to meet Christ in the
air. This separation refers to the still–
living MORTALS- who had not pre–
viously been called- :who had, up to
now, been cut off from God and from
salvation. But now, with Christ on
tbe throne and Satan gone, ALL are
spiritually called! Now continue, still
verse 32: " ... as a shepherd divideth
bis sheep from the goats. And he
shall set the sheep on bis right hand,
but the goats on the left. Then [verse
34] shall the King say unto them on
bis right hand, Come, ye blessed of
my Father, inherit the kingdom pre–
pared for you from the foundation of
the world."
All then still living will be called .
Those who decide for God's King–
dom-with Satan then out of the
way-will INHERIT the Kingdom of
God-be BORN INTO n! ·
"Tben [verse 41] shall he say also
unto them on bis left band, Depart
from me, ye cursed, ip.to everlasting
fire, prepared for tbe devil and bis
angels [demons]." That fire is de–
scribed in 2 Peter 3:10-12-the face
of tbe earth becoming a molten infer–
n~burning
up the mortal incorrigi–
ble. However, this fire will not take
place until the end of the millen–
nium.
Verse 46, "And tbese shail go
away into everlasting punishment:
but the righteous into life eterna!."
That "everlasting punishment" has
been construed by the deceived to
mean "everlasting punishiNG-but it
is punishMENT-and the wages of sin
is DEATH (Romans 6:23). True, sorne
few scriptures speak of tbe fire NOT
BEING QUENCHED--and the deceived
misconstrue tbis to mean an eternally
buming hell. Often 1 have illustrated
this before audiences by placing a
small piece of paper in a metal pan
and lighting it.
1
say to tbe audience,
"Now watch! This fire shall not be
quencbed!" Then
1
put the remaining
ash on the floor, step on it and quote
Malachi 4:3," ... tbey shall be ashes
under the soles of your feet ...."
WHAT A FABULOUS POTENTIAL líes
ahead of all humans willing to BE–
LlEVE when called!
WHAT WONDERFUL TRUTH God
has revealed to His one and only true
original Church, small and perse–
cuted, yet vigorously ALIVE with
God's WONDERFUL TRUTH!
O
The
PLAIN TRUTH October/ November 1979