Our Lord Jesus Christ And His Church

THE THESSALONIAN LETTERS - Biblical Study Of Pertinent Verses In The Thessalonian Letters (Five-Part Series)

• Part One: 1 Thess. 4: "Meeting Jesus In His Descent"
  
• Part Two: 1 Thess. 5: "Salvation From Wrath By Preservation"
  
• Part Three: 2 Thess. 1: "A Fiery Return On Sinner And Saint"
  
• Part Four: 2 Thess. 2: "The Great Delusion"
  
• Part Five: Summary: "The Two Books Together"

THE TWO RESTRAINERS OF 2 THESSALONIAN 2 - This series decribes the 2 restrainers, "what" (v. 6) and "he, it" (v. 7). A Five part series.

• Part 1: The Less Truth There Is, The More Apostasy Is Present
  
• Part 2: The "What" Of 2 Thessalonians 2:6
  
• Part 3: The "He" Of 2 Thessalonians 2:7
  
• Part 4: That They Should Believe A Lie
  
• Part 5: Nothing Is Removed In 2 Thessalonians 2:7

• 1 Corinthians 1:7: We Are To Eagerly Await Christ's Posttrib REVELATION Chart
  
• Has History Preserved The Meaning Of Revelation 3:10? Chart/Graphic
  
• A Look At All The Verses Using "Apokalupsis" (Revealed)
  
  • All The Verses Using "Apokalupsis" (Revealed)
    
• A Look At All The Verses Using "Parousia" (Coming)
  
  • All The Verses Using "Parousia" (Coming)
    
• Pinpointing The Great And Terrible Day Of The Lord Chart
  
• The Wrath Of God And The Tribulational Church Chart
  
• Jesus' Single Coming (Two-Part Series)
  
  • Part One: Jesus' Single Coming Charts
    
  • Part Two: Jesus' Single Coming Charts
    
• Rapture In The Midst Of Wrath Shown By The Two Harvests? Chart
  
• The Changing Of The Saints And Creation Charts
  
• Mark 13:27 Refutes Matthew 24:31 As For The Jews
  
• The Saints And The Wrath Of God Charts
  
• Considerations Regarding The Two Witnesses
  • Daniel 11 And Revelation 10
    
  • The Message Of The Two Witnesses
    
• Daniel 9:26-27 Cannot Be Jesus
  
• The Rapture Tied to Isaiah 25:7-8
  
• What Will The Terrible Day Of The Lord Be Like?
  
• Satan As Accuser Cast Out Of Heaven 2,000 Years Ago Charts
  
• The Two 3-1/2 Year Periods In Revelation 12 Charts
  
• The Mark Of The Beast
  
• The Papacy Is Not THE Antichrist
  
• Matthew 24:39-41: Took (Airo) And Taken (Paralambano)

• PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Perspective On Pretribulationism - The book that contained Macdonald's vision was "The Restoration of Apostles and Prophets; In the Catholic And Apostolic Church" (1861). It was at this time that prophecy, other gifts of Spirit, and the offices of the Apostles and Prophets were supposedly being revived and restored to the Church. Such was the atmosphere in Irving's church at this time, with Macdonald, a major player, being a member of Irving's Catholic Apostolic Church. Norton, in his introduction to the vision, says it was a result of "the revived spirit of prophecy." What we see in these words is the same thing we are seeing today in the current "revival": the restoration of the apostles and prophets along with the "revived spirit of prophecy" which is bringing forth "new" revelations and dividing and confusing the Church. Today, this revived spirit has brought forth many "new" revelations that have lead some in the Church into apostasy. The pattern was the same concerning Macdonald and her vision: it is a "new" revelation delivered by a "revived spirit of prophecy," as testified to by Tregelles, and the fruit was the same as it is today: departure from the word of God, confusion and division. The point of all this? THE PRETRIBULATION RAPTURE HAD ITS ORIGINS IN A MOVEMENT LIKENED TO THAT OF TODAY. Yet, many today expose the current "revival" as apostate while hoping for the return of Christ in the Pretribulation rapture started from within a similar revival!
  • Part 1: Is Pretribulationism Found In The Early Church Father's Writings?
    
  • Part 2: Psuedo-Ephraem Depicts A Posttrib, Not Pretirb, Rapture
    
  • Part 3: The Early Church Was Futurist In Its Prophetic Outlook
    
  • Part 4: The Birth Of The Pretribulation Doctrine In The 1800s
    
  • Part 5: Margaret Macdonald's Original Secret Coming Vision
    
  • Part 6: Discerning The False Spirit That Delivered The Secret Coming Doctrine
    
  • Part 7: The Pretrib Doctrine Came From A "Revival" Similar To Today's
    
  • Part 8: Is The Pretribber In Danger Of Accepting A New Age Christ?
    
• Pretribbers Will Be In The Time Of The Wrath Of God
  
• Sorry, Daniel: You'll Have To Sit Out The Rapture Of The Saints
  
• The Only NT Description Of The "End" (Strong's, telos)
  
• Peter Preached The OT Doctrine Of Christ's Second Coming

POSTTRIBULATIONISM vs The PreWrath Doctrine: In Search Of The Origins Of The PreWrath Doctrine

• Introduction: PreWrath: The Confusing Of Terminology
  
• Part 1: Lovett, Armstrong: Early Similarities To PreWrath?
  
• Part 2: Rosenthal, Van Kampen And The Early Church Fathers?
  
• Part 3: The Early Church Fathers Contradict Cutting Short The Last 3-1/2 Years
• Part 4: "I Sware By Him That Liveth For Ever That It Shall Be For A Time, Times, And An Half"
• Part 5: Endtime Battles In The Last 3-1/2 Years In PreWrath
• Part 6: Shortening The Days Causes Rapture Problems
• Part 7: Why A "New" Revelation Of Christ's Coming At This Hour?
• Part 8: PreWrath's Sequential Seals, Bowls And Trumpets
• Part 9: The Lack Of A Six Month Gap Between Glory And Wrath
• Part 10: Antichrist "Rendered Useless" . . . Sorta, But Really, But Not Really
• Part 11: Van Kampen's Four-Part Parousia

• The Early Church Fathers: No Preterist Resurrection

The POSTTRIB Doctrine Is NOT LATTER RAIN

• Posttribulationism vs. The Latter Rain Doctrine

SEEKING A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER For The Book Of Revelation (Six-Part Series + 3 Addendums)

• Part 1: Prologue
  
• Part 2: Prologue Continued
  
• Part 3: The First Half Of Daniel's 70th Week
  
• Part 4: The Second Half Of Daniel's 70th Week
  
• Part 5: The Second Half Of Daniel's 70th Week Continued
  
• Part 6: After Daniel's 70th Week
  
• Addendum1: Parts 1-6: Individual Links To Every Verse And Their Commentary In Revelation In Chronological Order
  
• Addendum2: A Workable Scenario For The Seals, Trumpets, Bowls
  
• Addendum3: Revelation's Possible Chronological Order Without Commentary

• The Redefined Abrahamic Covenant (Eleven-Part Series)
  
  • THE DECEPTION
    
    • Introduction
      
      • Davidic Covenant
        
    • Part 1: A "New" Abraham Prophesied 300 Years Ago
      
    • Part 2: A "New" Abraham, A "New Child," A "New" Israel
      
    • Part 3: A Look At The Abrahamic Covenant
      
    • Part 4: The Abrahamic Covenant: An Ongoing, Unfulfilled Mystery?
      
    • Part 5: The Abrahamic Covenant: Everyone Failed To Fullfill It
      
  • THE CHURCH AND ISRAEL IN SCRIPTURE
    • Part 6: Salvation Is Of The Jews
      
    • Part 7: Israel Divided By The First Coming Of Christ
      
    • Part 8: The Mystery Of God Revealed To Save Both Jew And Gentile
      
      • Other Movements
        
      • Outside The Gate
        
    • Part 9: The Jews First, Then The Gentiles
      
    • Part 10: God Has Not Cast Away His People Israel
      
    • Part 11: A Closing Word
• PASSOVER: The Salvation Of A Nation (Three-Part Series)
  
  • Part 1: Some Background On God's Nation
    
  • Part 2: Jesus' Passover And God's Nation
    
  • Part 3: The Final Gathering Of God's Nation
    
• Once Dogs Under The Table, We Should Not Boast
  
• SOME SIMPLE THOUGHTS on Romans 9, 10 and 11
  
  • Some Simple Thoughts on Romans 9
  • Some Simple Thoughts on Romans 10
  • Some Simple Thoughts on Romans 11

THE SEASONS OF GOD AND REVELATION: Many files looking at the timing of Chirst's return in regards to the feasts in Israel and other info on various other endtime subjects. Deals with seals, bowls and trumpets and like material.

• The Seasons Of God And The Book Of Revelation

SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR THE EXPECTED TRIBULATION: These are also files to prepare today's Christian spiritually for the expected Tribulation. We need to be ready, because we were are seeing signs that hard times for Christianity are fast approaching.

• The Resurrection Is Central To Our Hope (This four-part series is also listed in my newsletter section, but I though it important to place it on the main page since Christ fulfills our hope when He returns).
  • Part 1: Our Hope Made Real By The Resurrection
    
  • Part 2: Perversions Of Our One Hope
    
  • Part 3: Is Our Hope Important To Eschatology?
    
  • Part 4: Hope: The Power And Incentive To Persevere
    
• Remembering God's Purpose For Us As We Near Tribulation (Ten-Part Series)
  
  • Introduction: Tribulation Preparation: Called To be Holy
    
  • Part 1: God Is Holy And His Purpose For Us Is Holiness
    
  • Part 2: God Works All Things To Make Us Holy
    
  • Part 3: God brings About Our Progressive Sanctification Through His Word
    
  • Part 4: The Holy Spirit Works For Our Sanctification
    
  • Part 5: God Chastens Us For Our Sanctification
    
  • Part 6: Our Working Out Sanctification In Christ Has An End
    
  • Part 7: Our Christian Life: It Begins And Ends With Holiness
    
  • Part 8: Being Made Holy (Like Him) When He Comes
    
  • Part 9: God Shall Judge The World In The Beauty Of His Holiness
    
• Preparation For Tribulation: Ridding Ourself Of Our Pride
  
• The Lamb Alone Will Prosper God's Plan
  
• "Lord, Make Us Like Philadelphia"
  
• Let's Just Love One Another: Loving One Another At The Expense Of Truth
  
• Preparing For The Time Of Antichrist [Originally "Disaster Plan For Antichrist"]
  
• GOD'S WORD And The Imagination of Men
  
  • Part 1: The Realities Of God Versus Man's Imagination
    
  • Part 2: Man's Imagination Builds Self-Exalting Structures
    
  • Part 3: As In The Days Of Noah
    
• ENCOURAGEMENT: The Wisdom Of God In The Face Of Tribulation
  
• I Lay Before You Life And Death, Good And Evil
  
• And Peter .... Wept Bitterly
  
• The Scriptural Mind
  
• Overcoming Seven Deadly Sins (Eight-Part Series)
  
  • Introduction
    
  • Gluttony
    
  • Slothfulness
    
  • Greed
    
  • Envy
    
  • Lust
    
  • Anger/Wrath
    
  • Pride
• FOOLS FOR CHRIST Or Just Plain Fools
  
  • Part 1: Fools For Christ? Or Just Plain Fools
    
  • Part 2: Fools For Christ? Or Just Plain Fools
    

• ROME LEADING CHRISTIANITY INTO THE GLOBAL CHURCH
  
  • WAR OF THE AGES: 6000 Year Overview: Satan's Effort To Hinder God's Plan (14-Part Series)
    
  • A Look At The Past, Present And Future Of The "Church's" Part In Birthing The Corporate Christ (8-Part Series)
    
  • LAUGHING PHENOMENA: Its History And Possible Effects On The Church (1994) (6-Part Series)
    
  • The Papal AD2000 Jubilee Strategies And Agenda (6 Files)
    
  • Papal Encyclicals And Writings In View Of the Year 2000 (4 Files)
    
  • Idolatry In The Bible And The Catholic Church (7-Part Series)
    
  • Apostasy, Deceptions, Symbols And False Doctrines Of The Catholic Church (5 Files)
    
  • 'Mary's' Influence On Popes, Doctrine, Phenomena, Prophecy, Jubilee, Church, World (7 Files)
    
  • The Dregs Of Apostasy: The Lady Of The Apocalypse In The Light Of St. Louis De Montfort's "True Devotion To Mary" (6-Part Series)
    
  • 'Mary': Queen Of Blasphemies A Look At "Mary's" Past In The Light Of God's Word (3 Files)
    
  • The Lady Of The Apocalypse: Comparison: The Original Words Of Fatima With God's Holy Word (23 Sections)
    
  • News Documenting The Drive For Global Religious Unity
    
• The Deceptive Latter Rain Doctrine
  
  • The Latter Rain Doctrine
    
  • LATTER RAIN SCRIPTURE: Scripture On Which The Movement Is Based
    
  • Joel's Army By Jewel van der Merwe (1991)
    
    Part 1: Joel's Army
    Part 2: Joel's Army
    Part 3: Joel's Army
    
• Kundalini Rising (The Phenomena In "Revival")
  
  • Concepts Underlying The New Age Culture Shift By Willy Peterson
    
  • CHAKRAS - An Introduction
    
  • A Christian Perspective On Chakras And "The Revival"
    
  • KUNDALINI: Connections And Comparisons
    
  • KUNDALINI: Connections And Comparisons
    
    • COMPARISON Between The KUNDALINI Practice And The So-called TORONTO BLESSING Written by Antti Huima
      
    • THE KUNDALINI CONNECTION: The Power of the Serpent
      
    • Holy Laughter And Manifestations In Other Religions
      
    • TESTIMONY: KUNDALINI AWAKENING Received Through TORONTO EXPERIENCE
      
    • Occult Definitions Relating To The "Revival"
      
  • Other Articles Discussing The Toronto Experience In Christianity, New Age and Mind Manipulation
    
    • Can The Church Lose Its Joy?
      
    • The Emperor Has No Clothes: The Chicken Little Syndrome and Spirituality By Lawrence A. Pile (3-Part Series)
      
    • Tongues And The New Age Mantra
      
    • Beware: The New Age Has A Counterfeit For God's Presence
      
  • Important Articles On The New Age Chakras From A New Age Perspective
    
    • Kundalini Signs And Symptoms
      
    • What Is Kundalini Energy?
      
    • Spiritual Emergence or Psychosis?
      
    • New Age Music And Its Effects On The New Ager's Chakras
      
• "Strange Fire: The Rise Of Gnosticism In The Church" By Travers and Jewel van der Merwe (10-Part Series)
  
  • Dedication and Foreword
    
  • Chapter 1: Strange Fire
    
  • Chapter 2: Gnosticism
    
  • Chapter 3: A Gnostic Gospel?
    
  • Chapter 4: The Supernatural
    
  • Chapter 5: The "Elite" Concept
    
  • Chapter 6: The Mystic "Link"
    
  • Chapter 7: Spirituality
    
  • Chapter 8: The Exaltation of Man
    
  • Chapter 9: False Prophets
    
  • Chapter 10: Neo-Gnosticism
• The Prayer Circle: What Is Its Unbiblical Origin?
  
  • Part One: The Extent of Prayer Circles In Today's World
    
  • Part Two: Prayer Circles: Their Unbiblical Source
    
  • Part Three: Gnostic Christianity And The Prayer Circle
    
  • Part Four: The "Revival's" Prayer Circles Of Power
    
    • Sidebar A - Summary of Parts 1-4
      
    • Sidebar B - Prayer Circle of 1,000,000 Sought For New Year's Eve 2000
      

OTHER IMPORTANT TEACHING CONCERNING THE REVIVAL

• Finding Freedom From The Spirits Of "Revival"
  
  • Part 1: When Evil Perseveres
    
  • Part 2: Being Established Through Repentence And The Word
    
• What Exactly Do We Mean By The Gospel?
  
• The New Lie: "The Devil Has No Kingdom"
  
  • Part 1: "Kingdom? What kingdom? I don't have a kingdom"
  • Part 2: Trials: God's Testing Or The Devil's Tempting?
  • Part 3: Who Gave Satan A Place Of Authority In This World?
  • Part 4: Where Is The Kingdom Of Darkness?
• If It Looks So "Good", How Can It Be Deception? By Barbara Wilhelm
  
• Aren't Good Intentions Enough To Keep Us From Deception And Sin? By Barbara Wilhelm
  
• "A Fable On Discerning Error" By Sarah Leslie and Melanie Fields
  
• Women In Christ By Dr. John Gustavson
  
  • Part One: Women In The Old Testament
    
  • Part Two: Women In The New Testament

During the past ten to fifteen years, the end-time Apostasy announced in the Scriptures has come forcefully upon the Church. For the sake of global unity, doctrine was set aside, and denominational walls fell at a rapid rate. Meanwhile, the Roman system was picking up the rubble and rebuilding the Church into Babylon of old under the guise of it being the "new" Israel. The division caused by this so-called "move of God" not only divided the Church into two main groups, but also caused much suffering in families, friendships, and fellowships. But the very suddenness of the Apostasy's arrival can only point to another major event long prophesied in God's word: The wrath of God after the seven year tribulation carried on by the antichrist.

Only time will tell how much closer the Apostasy has drawn us to the period of time the Bible calls the Great Tribulation, and many Christians believe that just before this time of "Jacob's Trouble," our Lord Jesus Christ is going to return to earth in the clouds to catch up His Church to Himself. But Scripture clearly says He returns "immediately after the tribulation of those days" (Matthew 24:29). That day will be announced by the blowing of trumpets that will unleash fire upon the earth in the fiery return of our Lord Jesus Christ when He throws the antichrist and false prophet into the lake of fire. The devil, who deceived the nations and fostered the apostasy, will be thrown into the bottomless pit for 1000 years. This Web Page is presented to give Christians insight into the return of Christ, who will not return prior to the Tribulation, nor in the middle of it, but immediately after it.

The building of the Jewish Temple, the time of Jacob's trouble, the gathering of the armies at Armageddon - so much must still happen before He comes to the Rapture of the Church and gather the remnant of Israel to Himself. So much is being said nowadays and the Christian must lean on the Lord for discernment as he studies the Word. Whether we want to admit it or not, there is much speculation going on in many areas, but, yes, we can have a good idea what is truly coming about as we hear what the spiritual and political leaders in the world are saying. So, be discerning in all that you hear, but realize a new world order is in process and we will be sure of the intricacies of it only as it manifests in our world today.

Why do we say such things? Because the world is saying it is time for global unity and the religions of the world are saying that it is time for spiritual unity. These facts, and that Israel has again returned to her land, give us an indication that we are on the verge of entering the times when Christianity and the Jewish people will enter a time of global persecution. The Bible says that this fact and the drive for global unity in all areas of life are the indicators that the Christian should be watchful and prayerful. What is the attitude of the Christian to be? To be prepared to share Christ, to be conformed to Christ in our daily walk with the Lord Jesus and to be prepared to endure so the gospel of grace, mercy and an eternal salvation will be shared when we do begin to feel the effects of global unity.

Jesus will return "immediately after the tribulation of those days" (Matthew 24:29). It is at that time that Israel as a nation will see Him and accept Him as their Messiah. Of course, any individual, Jew or Gentile, can believe on Christ before that time through the preaching of the Gospel. That God has not cast Israel away for good is an important point in the life of the Church today. Many false movements and doctrines have risen that attempt to usurp the place of Israel in our day. But, through all the deceit that is rampant today, the true hope of all who believe in our Lord Jesus Christ is His return according to the will of the Father. Yet, the Church remains confused as to the timing of His coming and this has resulted in many verbal exchanges regarding the various views of Christ's return. Most recent exchanges have attempted to tie Posttribulationism to the various movements that usurp Israel's place in God's plan, i.e, the Manifest Sons doctrine or the doctrine of the lost 10 tribes. But a true Posttribulationist wants no part of such deceptions but believes he will go all the way through the tribulation and be glorified at the end of Daniel's 70th week, not before. He will not reach sinless perfection during the tribulation period as some have proposed. Some also purport that the Posttribulationist will incarnate Christ and prepare the earth for His return by setting up the Kingdom for Him first. Though there may be those who believe in these deceptions and have mixed the Posttribulation doctrine of Christ's return into their beliefs, a true Posttribulationist believes no such thing.

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