Daily Bible Study |
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The Plan of God |
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(PART 7) |
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There are many wonderful truths we can learn from the very Creator of the universe and the Father of our souls, if we will just take the time to seek Him and study the wealth of information He has written to us in His letter. You see, the Bible isn’t merely some religious work written by man, though men were used to lay down the words on its pages, many of which they didn’t even understand. The Bible is truly the Word of God and in it our Father reveals the “Whys” and “Wherefores” of the existence of His creation and life itself. He also reveals that there is a great Plan being worked out here on earth which is unfolding according to the precise timeline He set forth from before the beginning of this earth age. |
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In the opening paragraph of Part 1 of this study on The Plan of God we asked four questions: “Why are you here? How did you get here? Where did you come from? What happens to you when you die?” We learned the exciting answers to all four of them. |
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Science, however, cannot answer ANY of the above questions with their scientific methods. Yet many “so-called” scientists attempt to do so apart from the explanations revealed by the one who is responsible for creation and life in the first place. So man comes up with “Big Bang” theories about how the universe began, and spontaneous combustion theories about how life began, and even sillier evolution theories to explain the different varieties of plants and animals. And then get this! They give themselves “degrees” like Bachelor of Science and Masters Degrees and big lofty titles like PhD, as if alphabet soup following their name somehow gives credibility to stupidity and the lack of common sense. They do deceive themselves in their own egos. Solomon was so right as he opened his discourse on the ways of flesh man: |
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Eccles. 1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.2 |
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On the other hand, we the so-called “un-enlightened”, have learned the answers to the four questions simply by reading the Basic Information By Loving El (the BIBLE). And look what else we have learned along the way. We have discovered why the dinosaurs became extinct and we learned that in prehistoric times, the era that the apostle Peter calls the “World That Then Was”, there were cities much like the famed “Lost City of Atlantis”. We even learned how those cities became “lost” when our Father turned that world upside down and destroyed everything in His fierce anger at the rebellion of Satan and his corrupt influencing and trafficking of goods and services and drawing away of God's children. Our Father didn't like it then and He doesn't like it now! |
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And while most all of Christendom awaits the kingdom of God and the return of Jesus Christ when He will usher in what is called the Millennium, a term which simply means one thousand years, we have learned that before that happens EVERY son of God must come down from heaven, from above, from the first inhabitable place wherein we dwelled before He created this beautiful earth for us, and be born of woman. So by the time of the Millennium, which is the Day of the Lord, the 7th Day of the Week, the Day of Rest, all of God's children will have experienced flesh and will have either died that first death, in which case they are already in their spiritual bodies, or they will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, into their spiritual bodies when Christ returns, as Paul explains so well in 1 Cor. chapter 15. Either way, the flesh age is OVER at the sound of the 7th Trump and the return of the King of kings. Satan will then be bound during the 1000 year reign of Christ and His saints only to be released for a short season at the end to see if any will still follow after him. After that, THE JUDGMENT and the lake of fire. Then the New Heaven and the New Earth will begin and last for all of eternity! |
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You know, it is hard to imagine that after what happened in the first earth age, which God destroyed, and the 6000 year track record of the pain and suffering and death of flesh man caused by disobedience to God, followed by the contrasting peace and harmony for 1000 years produced by the strict adherence to God's ways, enforced by the "rod of iron" rule of Jesus Christ and His saints during that Millennium, that anyone could possibly still follow after liberalism and Satan's ways. Yet apparently some will! But it will be by their own FREE WILL decision that they have chosen to die the second death, which is to perish in the lake of fire following the Great White Throne Judgment. |
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Because you see, it is not our loving Father's WILL that any of His children should perish, but that they all repent and turn to Him and love Him. And so He is not only very patient with us but He is longsuffering toward us, meaning His plan to restore His children to Him, to salvage them from the sentencing of death, spans many thousands of years before He finally holds judgment. |
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Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. |
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And to show just how much our Father loves His children and longs for them to love Him, He was willing to descend from above and be born of the bag of water and suffer the temptations and pulls of the flesh just like us. However, He did it perfectly and without sin and so upon His death, as the perfect, unblemished sacrificial Lamb, He PAID THE PRICE for our sins and transgressions that we may love and believe in Him and receive eternal life and escape the penalty of death, which is that same sentencing to perish that Satan has already been given. Again, He came from above because He loves us: |
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John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. |
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We have an opportunity to accept Jesus Christ as our personal savior while here in these flesh vessels and be granted eternal life, i.e. raised to the level of immortality, when He returns at the second advent. All of the sons of God who are not part of that first resurrection will face the final judgment at the end of the Millennium, some of whom will receive everlasting life (the second and final time eternal life is given, which is the second resurrection, i.e. the second raising to immortality) and some to everlasting death! |
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So go for it now! Your Father loves you more than you can ever know! If you do, you will be with Jesus Christ and His saints and be part of the administration of the Royal Kingdom of God during the Millennium and will not face the final judgment, since you have already been granted immortality and the second death judgment does not apply. Here is your documentation. |
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Rev. 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. |
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So where are we now in the overall Plan of God? We are nearing the VERY END of the 6 days (6000 years) of flesh man and the 7th Day (1000 years), the Day of the Lord, the Sabbath of Rest, is fast approaching. |
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Is it possible therefore, for Jesus Christ to return today? There are many, many Christian preachers and ministers who will tell you YES, so wear clean underwear! The CORRECT Biblical answer is ABSOLUTELY NOT! While it is true that no man knows the precise moment when He WILL return, He has foretold ALL THINGS that MUST transpire BEFORE He comes! Mark 13:23, "But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things." Therefore we know when He WILL NOT return, and He will NOT return 'till all these things be fulfilled. Matthew 24:34, "Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." |
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In fact, the Apostle Paul even made it quite clear in 2 Thes. 2 that we WILL NOT gather back to the Lord, i.e. He will not return, until the son of perdition (you know who he is, the only son so far sentenced to perish) sits in the temple and claims to be God. |
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2 Thes. 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, |
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The subject is our gathering back to Jesus, i.e. His second advent. |
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[2] That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. |
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This is not something you ever have to wonder about or be anxious about, or lose any sleep over. And don't let anyone deceive you, because MOST WILL, because most are Biblically illiterate in these last days of the great famine (Amos 8:11) and Jesus warned that MANY would come as Christian ministers and deceive MANY! Don't be one who is deceived by them. |
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The following MUST take place BEFORE we gather back to Christ at the 7th Trump. The following happens at the 6th Trump. (So it is really quite simple. Just always remember that 6 comes before 7.) |
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[3] Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; |
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That great falling away is when the world, including the majority of Christianity, believe that Satan, the antichrist, is in fact Jesus Christ and they worship him as such. It is written that he will do wonderful things and even perform miracles in the sight of men. After all, he is a supernatural archangel. |
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[4] Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. |
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The Great Apostasy (falling away) is when Christians worship this abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet, as the Messiah. How disgusting indeed! But many alive today followed him in the first earth age, and they will do so again in this one! |
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So again, where are we in the overall Plan of God? Well, it is a Biblical fact that History repeats itself, which is another way of saying that History is Prophecy. Here's how king Solomon said it: |
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Eccles. 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. |
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"Under the sun" is a figurative expression which means "in the flesh", even "in this flesh age". |
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[10] Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. |
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"Old time" refers to the age past the vanishing point, even to the beginning of the world, the first earth age, the time which was before us! |
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"old time" = `owlam, o-lawm', Hebrew 5769; or olam, o-lawm'; from Hebrew 5956 (`alam); properly concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practical) eternity; frequent adverb (especially with prepositional prefix) always :- alway (-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, [n-]) ever (-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare Hebrew 5331 (netsach), Hebrew 5703 (`ad). |
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What happened in the first earth age is about to happen again. We read in Rev. 12:4 that Satan drew 1/3* of God's children away from Him, and as Ezek. 28 documents, it was to his own form of religious worship and his own corrupt political/religious system. Here is the structure of that First World Order: |
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* Population experts tell us that 1/2 of all the people who have ever lived are alive today. Since there are about 6 billion people on earth now, that means there are 12 Billion sons of God (by the way, 12 is the number of governmental perfection). So 1/3 of 12 billion would be 4 billion, right? So if the 1/3 who followed after Satan in the world that then was are alive during this final generation, they make up 2/3 of the earth's population. |
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Rev. 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. |
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That is the "HISTORY" of how it was: there were 7 dominions (meaning the whole world, like our 7 continents) and 10 kings and 7 of them wore Priestly titles too (that's what crowns symbolize). Compare that to the "repeat", i.e. "PROPHECY", of how it will be in the VERY NEAR future when he comes again and takes over the high power and authority as the false King of kings and Lord of lords: |
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Rev. 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. |
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Though all ten of his kings will have "crowns" (religious crowns as well as being kings) under his authority this time, the coming New World is Order is the same as it was in the First Earth Age, in the First World Order! And the whole world, all 7 dominions, will be deceived by this false messiah, this supernatural archangel posing as Jesus Christ and his 10 world ruling religious priests. Again, we read in 2 Thes. 2:4 concerning Satan, "Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God." |
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Here is your documentation that the 10 horns are 10 kings who reign with Satan during that "hour of temptation". You will also find it recorded in Dan. 7:24. |
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Rev. 17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. |
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Again, it is written in Rev. 12:9 that when Satan comes he will deceive the whole world with the exception of God's elect. Why won't they be deceived? Because they have the seal of God in their foreheads. The "seal" is His Word. |
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Rev. 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. |
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If you do not have the seal of God in your forehead, then you are "marked" for Satan and his angels and the rest of his "locust army" to spiritually devour. The "mark of the beast" in your forehead is just the opposite of the "seal of God" in your forehead. You either have one or the other. Which do you have? If you do not know God's Word and the 7 seals and the 7 Trumps, which give us the chronological order of events that are transpiring even as you read this study, then you WILL believe that the first messiah to appear is Jesus Christ, when in fact he is Satan himself. |
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Note: If you haven't studied the Book of Revelation then write to us and request the three part series. Many folks have been told they don't need to know and understand the Book of Revelation because they won't be here when the events described therein occur. WRONG AGAIN! If you have been told that, then you have been LIED TO! Someone needs to teach that person that the number 6 comes before 7. |
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In conclusion, we ask you this final question? What are you now going to do? The decision that lies before each child of God is very, very simple. One can either choose to believe in and follow Jesus Christ, which means to study and absorb His Word to the point he or she is "sealed" as one of His, or one can remain in the dark and follow the ways which "seem" right to man, the result of which is death. |
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Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. |
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We as a nation have failed to keep God's laws of liberty and have failed to hold our politicians and preachers and teachers accountable to His Word for what they say and do to us and our children. One has to be BLIND to NOT see that our nation is decaying and dying from within and that those liberal politicians and theologians who reign high above us civilly and religiously have become our oppressors, and we have become more captive than our forefathers in the land of Egypt under Pharaoh, for we are also spiritually imprisoned as well as enslaved to a debt system economy controlled by Satan's own children of disobedience, the kenites. Even many of those who do see the moral and social diseases do nothing but whine and fail to realize the ROOT CAUSE of our ills. |
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Satan and his ways, which our nation is adopting at an alarming pace, caused the destruction of the "world that then was" and Satan and his ways will be the downfall of this earth age too! |
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What must it take before the children will wise up and listen to their Father who loves them? |
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All that causes pain and suffering and death is written in the Word of God. The good news is, the answers to all of our problems and how to achieve eternal happiness are also written in the Word of God. Have you read it? Have you studied it? |
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I hope you have. If not, I hope you do! |
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His knight, Lancelot |
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The End |