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1 Rightly Dividing The Word of Truth (2 Timothy 2:15)

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1King James Bible Institute of the Philippines

RightlyDividing The

Word of Truth11 Timothy 2:15

Prepared byBro.Reynaldo H. Dungca




Table of Contents

2.00 The Old and New Testaments ..................................................................................5

4.03 Genesis 12 up to Exodus 20 ............................................................................... 11

4.04 Exodus 20 up to Matthew 27 ............................................................................. 114.05 Matthew 27 up to Acts Period ...........................................................................11

4.06 Acts Period up to Revelation 4 .......................................................................... 11

4.07 Revelation 4 up to Revelation 19 ....................................................................... 12

5.01 Genesis 3 - Exodus 20 .......................................................................................135.02 Exodus 20 - Matthew 27 .................................................................................... 13

5.03 Matthew 27 – Revelation 4 ................................................................................ 13

5.04 Revelation 4 – Revelation 19 .............................................................................145.05 Revelation 19 – Revelation 20 ...........................................................................14

5.06 Revelation 20 – Revelation 22 ...........................................................................14

5.07 Eternity ..............................................................................................................146.01 Genesis 1 – Genesis 3 ........................................................................................ 15

6.02 Genesis 3 – Matthew 27 .....................................................................................15

6.03 Matthew 27 – Revelation 4 ................................................................................ 166.04 Revelation 4 – Revelation 22 .............................................................................16

7.01 God deals with sin differently in different times: .............................................. 17

7.01.01 Genesis 1 – Genesis 3 ............................................................................... 17

7.01.02 Genesis 3 – Matthew 27 ............................................................................177.01.03 Matthew 27 – Revelation 4 ....................................................................... 20

7.01.04 Revelation 4 – Revelation 22 ....................................................................27

10.00 TRIBULATION PERIOD ................................................................................... 3411.00 MILLENIUM PERIOD ....................................................................................... 34

12.01 THE OLD TESTAMENT FAITH ................................................................... 36

12.02 THE NEW TESTAMENT FAITH .................................................................. 36





1.00 Rightly Dividing The Word of Truth

“Study to shew thyself approved untoGod, a workman that needeth not to beashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth”

II Timothy 2:15

Since the Bible is a sealed book, (Isaiah 29:11, 12) no amount

of secular education can penetrate and uncover its mystery. (I Cor2:6 – 14) Human reasoning alone cannot comprehend its truth,

numerous were done, but resulted in organizing false religions that

promote heresies so it leads multitude away from receiving more

light from the scriptures. (II Cor 4:4)

The secular approach in studying the Bible has penetrated

Christian Churches and is now prevailing in many bible institutes,

thereby producing ministers of error, (I John 4:6; II Cor 11:4,13 - 15)being alienated from the author of the “Book”. The strong tide of

apostasy is quickly sweeping away many Christians, as evidenced by

lack of interest in studying the Bible (KJB) so it’s natural to breed

carnality, lukewarmness, ignorance and materialism. Most churches

nowadays are so busy in the things of this “present Evil world”;

they’ve lost appetite in desiring for more manna from heaven. (I Pet

2:2)

Until we realize what should be our primary need as a Christian

(Matt 6:33) we will end up one day finding ourselves going back to

the clutches of this world whose God is Satan. (II Cor 4:4, Luke 4)


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The study of the right division will bring back your joy,

excitement and interest in yearning for more spiritual things.

This is an orderly, systematic and faithful study of the Bible as

a whole, not just a portion so we can easily get a clear view from

eternity past to eternity future. This manner of study is a faithful

adherence to I Corinthians 2:13 “… comparing spiritual things with

spiritual things.”

The spiritual things being compared to, are the words of God

(John 6:63) finding all the verses that compliments each other

instead of contradicting, providing a steady and smooth flow as of

water (Eph 5:26) that is being poured into a pipeline and when you

remain in this manner of study, you can always check if it’s a private

interpretation (II Peter 1:20) or a “wrest of the scriptures” (II Pet

3:16)

“Rightly dividing the word of truth” (II Tim 2:15) will provide

you a structural analysis of the King James Bible enabling you to see

and appreciate the wonder of its inspiration and preservation which

guarantees that every word is important and not one should be

ignored but always take into consideration ( Matt 5:18 ; Psalms

12:6,7 ; Matt 24:35)

Our study will mainly focus on several topics that have bearing

on Redemption and Kingdom program perfectly laid out for our study

with the best teacher (John 14:26) using only one “Book” (KJB) as our

textbook. (John 16:13; John 17:17)

1. The Old and New Testaments2. The Eight Major divisions3. The Time Line4. The provision of Eternal Life5. The issue of sin6. The appropriation of Grace





7. The dispensation of Gospel 8. The distinction of Faith9. The classification of righteousness10.The nature of Salvation11.The plan of Salvation12.The program of God

2.00 The Old and New Testaments

“For a testament is of force after menare dead: otherwise it is of no strength atall while the testator liveth.”

Hebrews 9:17

The Bible has two basic testaments the Old Testament and theNew Testament. Where do you think both testaments start and end?

Many are at a loss or confused over these basic truths because

they failed to see the difference between testament and covenant.

Covenant - is an agreement between two parties and requires no death from either side of the two.

Testament - is solely dependent on one person which is thetestator and will only be binding after the testator’s death.

2.01 The New Testament

The New Testament doctrinally took effect in Matthew 27:50

although it was instituted in Matthew 26 as Hebrews 9:15 – 17 is

telling us. So, doctrinally Matthew 1 up to Matthew 27 is operating

under the Old Testament (Heb 9:15; Rom 5:14; John 1:17; Gal 4:4)

Traditional mindset quickly ascribe the New Testament to

Matthew 1:1 simply because the title cover stated “The New

Testament” and without further study accept and applied it as





doctrine, that’s why most heresies are based on passages within

those verses from Matt 1 to 27.

2.02 The Old Testament

How about the Old Testament? If we are going to follow thesame rule that Hebrews 9:17 provided, we simply would look for a

testator who shed blood and died at the beginning of God’s

redemption program, and we have one in Revelation 13:8 “… the

Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”

The above stated cited text obviously identifies “The Lamb” to

be the Lord Jesus Christ. (Rev 5:5-13)

Careless commentators and teachers quickly jump into

conclusion that Jesus Christ was slain in Genesis 1:1 because they

believe that it is the foundation of the world. (Origen, Calvin etc)

Failure to follow the leading of the Holy Ghost (Rom 8:14) in

studying according to I Corinthians 2:13 will result in too many

heresies. (II Pet 3:16)

Genesis 1:1 is not “the foundation of the world” but “the

foundation of the earth”(Job 38:4)

World – speaks of social system or civilization

Earth – is a planet, they are two different things.





I Samuel 2:8 - “… for the pillars of theearth are the Lord’s, and he hath set theworld upon them.

Jeremiah 25:26 “… all the kingdoms of the world which are upon the face of theearth”

Isaiah 23:17 “… all the kingdoms of theworld upon the face of the earth”

So Revelation 13:8 is pointing to the foundation of civilization

in Genesis 3 wherein God made coats of skin, and clothed Adam and

Eve, seeing their miserable condition and out of love as a Father

provided a remedy to correct the situation.

For the first time an innocent lamb; (John 1:29 ; Isa 34:6,7 ;

Num 22:23) without spot or blemish (Exodus 12) who walksobediently to the Angel of the Lord without bleating (Isa 53:1-8) and

meekly bows its head (John 19:30) and the drawn sword of Numbers

22:23 shed its blood. Thus, we have the testator and its death, which

is why the central focus of attention concerning the redemptive

program of God from Genesis to Revelation is a lamb.

Old Testament New Testament

1.

Prophesied

Genesis 22:8 Identified John 1:29

2. Applied Exodus 12 Crucified Revelations

5:6





3.

Personified

Isaiah 53 Glorified Revelations

5:12

I Peter 1:19, 20 offer a tight grip on this subject,

1 Peter 1:19 “… Christ as of a lambwithout blemish and without spot.”

The word “as” was given to be a key word, Numbers 12:8 talks

about similitude with use of “as, like” etc.

Those animal sacrifices that were slain and shed blood, served

as testators and providing:





1. Figures all points to2. Patterns “THE VERY IMAGE”3. Examples which is the Lord Jesus Christ4. Shadows Hebrews 8,9,10,11

1 Peter 1:20 “Who verily wasforeordained before the foundation of theworld…”

Stating a fact that a lamb was slain in Genesis 3 as a figure,

pattern, example, shadow of “The Lamb slain from the foundation of

the world” Rev 13:8

So practically, Old Testament starts in Genesis 3 because there

you will find the death of a testator, which is a lamb.

3.00 The Eight Major Divisions

“For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled inheaven.” Psalms 119:89

God’s plan for this world and that which is to come is already

settled, we cannot change an iota of it and a wise man would want to

know it.

The study of “Right Division” will primarily supply eight major

divisions that will make our study systematic, providing failsafe

system that will guarantee minimal error, if there is, because as we

walk in this journey you will be aware of two things to avoid:

1. Private Interpretation : II Peter 1:20

2. Wrest Scriptures : II Peter 3:16





The natural flow of the verses as in water (Eph 5:26) will find

its rightful place supplying us a continuous flow of truth as God

reveals them enabling us to understand that this King James Bible is

alive (Hebrews 4:12 ; I Peter 1:23,25) and instructing us to study in

such a manner provided:

1. Rightly dividing the word of truth : II Timothy 2:15

2. Comparing Scriptures : I Corinthians2:13; John 6:63

God gave us the “holy scriptures” (II Timothy 3:15, 16) in theKing James Bible and this Bible has a built in structure to interpret

itself. (Genesis 40:8) There is no need to go outside of the Book and

look for another authority for “none shall want her mate” (Isa 34:16)

it’s verses will interpret themselves, all you have to do is read it,

have you read it? How many times? Paul said that “…when ye read,

ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ.” (Eph

3:4)

4.00 The Major Division

4.01 Genesis 1 up to Genesis 3

A. Genesis 1:1

Original earth was with singular heaven, inhabited by Lucifer and “his angels” Job 38:4; Job 41; Isaiah 14:12-14; Ezek 28; Matt 25; Rev 12

B. Genesis 1:2 up to Genesis 3

1. Judgment on earth, Lucifer, fallen angels2 Recreation of earth, providing a new





3. Creation of Adam and Eve

4.02 Genesis 3 up to Genesis 12

A. Fall of Man

B. Noah’s Flood C. Babel D. Calling of Abraham

4.03Genesis 12 up to Exodus 20

A. Promise to AbrahamB. Formation and foundation of nation Israel C. Calling of Moses

4.04Exodus 20 up to Matthew 27

A. Giving of the Law B. Coming of the Grace of God - John 1:17

4.05Matthew 27 up to Acts Period

A. Transition1. Law to Grace2. Nation to Individual3. Kingdom to Church4. Jew to Gentile

B. Effectivity of New Testament C. Institution and Operation of “The Body ”

4.06Acts Period up to Revelation 4

This period speaks of the history of the Body of Christ here on earth and of course with

the many different local churches; it’s formation, growth, persecution, division,heresies, apostasy and rapture. Carefully laid out in the Book of Revelation as the

Seven Churches which is the seven main period of church history.

1. Ephesus -Revelation 2:1 - “fully purposed”

33 AD – 100 AD Apostolic Church to Church Fathers

2. Smyrna -Revelation 2:8 - “myrrh”

100 AD – 325 AD





Church Fathers to Emperor Constantine

3. Pergamos-Revelation 2:12 - “much married”

325 AD – 500 ADConstantine to Papacy

4. Thyatira -Revelation 2:18 - “odor of affliction”

500 AD – 1000 ADPapacy to Charlemagne

5. Sardis -Revelation 3:1 - “red ones”

1000 AD – 1500 ADDark Ages to Reformation

6. PhiladelphiaRevelation 3:7 - “brotherly love”

1500 AD – 1900 ADReformation to Reawakening

7. Laodicea -Revelation 3:14 - “right of the people”

1900 AD – Present Apostasy

The last church before the rapture is the Laodicea, if you are looking for a sign before

the rapture, study this church and you will see that it is near. Even so, Come LordJesus!

4.07Revelation 4 up to Revelation 19

A. The Tribulation Period which is “The day of the Lord” Rev 1:10; I Thess 5:2; Malachi 4:5; Joel 2:1, 2 etc

B. The Second Coming Rev 16:14

4.08 Revelation 20 up to Revelation 22

A. The Millennial ReignB. The heaven and earth fled away C. The Great White Throne Judgment D. The Thousand generations





E. New Jerusalem, New Earth, New HeavenF. Eternity

This is your King James Bible in a nutshell viewing the works of

God which is “His story” from eternity past to eternity future. May

this material guide you in your study and keep our heart and mind

focus on the things of heaven (Col 3:1-3) and you will safely be

anchored against the strong tide of apostasy.

5.00 THE TIMELINE

“For precept must be upon precept,precept upon precept; line upon line, line

upon line; here a little and there a little”

Isaiah 28:10

After identifying the eight major divisions, the first thing you

have to observe is the Timeline. It will serve as boundaries every

time God dispenses something to different recipients in different

times and manners. (Hebrews 1:1)

5.01Genesis 3 - Exodus 20 A. A period we may call before the Law .B. First part of the Old Testament called Adam to Moses (Rom 5:14)

5.02Exodus 20 - Matthew 27 A period we may call Under the Law B. Second part of the O.T. called Moses to Jesus Christ (John 1:17)

5.03Matthew 27 – Revelation 4 A. A period we may call End of the Law (Rom 10:4)B. An age of fullness, of grace until the Rapture of the Church.





5.04Revelation 4 – Revelation 19 A. A period we may call Under the Law (Rev 14:12)B. A period called the great tribulation/Jacob’s trouble,

Daniel’s seventieth week (Matt 24, Jer 30, and Dan 9)

5.05Revelation 19 – Revelation 20The Second Coming The MillenniumJudgment of EarthGreat White Throne Judgment

5.06Revelation 20 – Revelation 22 Awarding of Eternal LifeCasting to the Lake of FireNew Heaven, New Earth, New Jerusalem

5.07Eternity A. Fullness of Time – Eph 1:10; I Cor 15:28B. Kingdom without end – Isa 9:6, 7; Luke 1:30-33C. Fulfillment of Original Plan – Isa 45:18; 2 Pet 3:13

6.00 ETERNAL LIFE

“To them who by patient continuous inwell doing seek for glory and honour andimmortality, eternal life”

Romans 2:9

The provision and availability of eternal life will have a major

effect in every aspects of our study and if you will consider looking to

this, you will understand that salvation can never be the same beforeand after the cross.





6.01Genesis 1 – Genesis 3

A. Eternal Life is present and available“And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the

sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden…”Genesis 2:9

Adam was created with glory and honour (Heb 2:7) and given the opportunity to freely

eat of the “tree of life” and live forever throughout eternity. (Genesis 2:16; 3:22)

B. Eternal Life through the Tree of Life was kept from man.“So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the Garden of Eden cherubim,

and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”

Genesis 3:24

Because of Adam’s disobedience he lost glory and honour plus

the opportunity to have eternal life. (Genesis 3:17)

6.02Genesis 3 – Matthew 27 A. Eternal life is no longer availableB. No one in the Old Testament possess’ eternal lifeC. Eternal life became a PROMISE

“In hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie, promised before the world began;”

Titus 1:2

“Who hath saved us… given us in Christ Jesus before the world began”

II Timothy 1:9





“And this is the promise that he hathpromised us, even eternal life.”

1 John 2:25

6.03Matthew 27 – Revelation 4

A. the Life has come (John 1:4)B. Offered as a gift (Romans 6:23)C. Eternal Life is now MANIFESTED

“But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching…”Titus 1:3

“But is now made manifest by the preaching of our Saviour Jesus Christ who hathabolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel”

II Timothy 1:10

“… was manifest in these last times for you.”I Pet 1:20

“For the life was manifested…”I John 1:2

In this period of the Church Age, eternal life is available as a free gift (Rom 5:15-18)through the gospel (I Cor 15:1-4) but after the rapture eternal life can no longer be

offered as a gift but is conditioned upon something.

6.04Revelation 4 – Revelation 22

A. Eternal life became PROMISE through the tree of life, conditioned upon:

Revelation 2:7

“… To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life…”

Revelation 22:14

“Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.”

Within these periods, Tribulation, Millennium going to Eternity, provision of eternal

life requires obedience to the commandments and overcoming. It’s definitely not just based on anyone’s belief but of works. A sound mind and a good heart will make a

man understand and believe what the Bible said but a weak mind because of bad heart

will make a man furious and hate what the Bible is saying because he hates God. (John

12:48; Galatians 4:16)





7.00 THE ISSUE OF SIN

“Wherefore, as by one man sin enteredinto the world, and death by sin; and sodeath passed upon all men, for that allhave sinned.”

Romans 5:12

“…for sin is the transgression of thelaw.”

1 John 3:45

7.01God deals with sin differently in different times:

7.01.01 Genesis 1 – Genesis 3

A. Sinless State

B. Law of Sin and Death were given (Rom 8:12; Gen 2:15-17)

In this period sin is not yet an issue but God instructed and

warned Adam that if they will disobey, death will surely come

C. God’s Requirements

1. Obedience – abstain from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil(Gen 2:17)

2. Accept the gift, eat of the tree of life and live forever (Gen 3:22-24)

7.01.02 Genesis 3 – Matthew 27





A. Adam’s fall – Romans 5:12B. Sin Covered – Psalms 32:1; Hebrews 10:4C. Forgiveness – Exodus 34:7D. Remission – Hebrews 9:22

When Adam disobeyed, he died, because disobedience is sin (I

John 3:4) a kind of law identified by Paul in Romans 8:2 which is

“the law of sin and death”

After the fall, three kinds of death are in operation (Gen 35:18;

Eph 2:1; Rev 21:8)

Physical Death – separation of body from the soul

Spiritual Death – alienation and severance of man’srelation and communication from God.

Second Death – Eternal separation of man from God.

On the day that Adam sinned, he suffered spiritual death losing

God’s image, that’s why in Genesis 5 all men’s descendant bear the

lost image of Adam.

Lack of study will result in wrong understanding of “the day”

some interpret it using II Peter 3:8 “… one day with the Lord as a

thousand years…” but wait! With God who inhabits eternity (Isaiah

57:15) there is no counting of days, the word “as” is a similitude

which God is using for man to comprehend how eternity looks like.

(Num 12:6-8)





Careful study of Genesis 2:17 will lead you to understand that

“the day” referred to is a 24 hour period of night (12hrs) and day

(12hrs) the same which already established in Genesis 1:5, 8,

13,19,23,31

On the day they disobeyed, they both died, but what kind of

death? Is it Physical? Adam died 930 years old (Gen 5:5) Second

Death? They are still on earth! What kind of death?

Matthew 8:21, 22 shed light on this “… let the dead bury their

dead.”

Is it possible for a physically dead person to bury the same

physically dead person? The answer is obviously no! So the Lord is

telling us of a different kind of death which is spiritual in nature. (Eph

2:1; I Tim 5:6)

With the coming of spiritual death, it causes a great change

and damage in the total being of man who was created as a

tripartite being; Body, Soul, and Spirit

(Gen 2:7; Heb 4:12; I Thes 5:23)

The Spirit part died, the Soul and Body stuck together making

the soul in unity with the body. (Psalms 119:25)

Man’s soul is now contaminated with every sin that the body

has which is now what the apostle Paul identified as the “body of

sins” (Col 2:11) “body of death” (Rom 7:25; Rom 7:18) anything this

body touches, the soul touches (Lev 22:6; Lev 5) the soul is now

under or subject to the power of the flesh (Rom 7:5) which is the

standard operating procedure under “the law of sin and death”

This is the very reason why God cannot justify any man living

in the Old Testament (Psa 143:2) they can be forgiven (Exo 34:7) but





they cannot be justified because they are all under the power of sin.

(Rom 3:9)

In the Old Testament sins were just covered (Psa 32:1)

although there was forgiveness but still their guilt is there, (Exo 34:7)

sins were remitted and yet they’re not taken away. (Heb 10:4; Heb

9:22) That’s the reason why saved people who died in the O.T period

cannot go to heaven, but rest for a while in a temporary place called

“Abraham’s Bosom” (Luke 16) , wherein Zechariah 9:11,12 called

them “Prisoners of Hope” and they were taken “out of the pit without

water” by the blood providing the perfect salvation that settled sin

forever by the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ (Hebrews 10)

7.01.03 Matthew 27 – Revelation 4

The coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is

“… to finish transgressions and to makean end of sins, and to makereconciliation for iniquity, and to bring ineverlasting righteousness…”

Daniel 3:24

While he was there hanging on a tree, something is being

accomplish, the greatest transaction of all time is happening

between the Father and the Son who is representing the Human

Race (Rom 5:15-19)

The sacrifice on the cross serves as our “Passover” (I Cor 5:7)

Christ is “the lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world”(John 1:29) The unsettled issue of sin in the Old Testament is now

coming to a close, Christ our Passover being “the very image” (Heb

10:1) of those Old Testament Sacrifices is now fulfilling the sacrifices





in Leviticus 16, two goats were required, one of them will be loosed

in the wilderness as “the scapegoat” which bears all their iniquities

(Lev 16:21-22) as Christ did on the cross (I Pet 2:24) but the other

one which “the sin offering” (Lev 16:10-27) will be burned, both

sacrifices were fulfilled by Christ, on the cross, he offered his body

(Heb 10:10) how about his soul?

Isaiah 53:10 says “… when thou shall make his soul an offering

for sin…” and must be burned in hell (Acts 2:27, 31)

Will this hold water? Is the Bible really teaching that? Good

question, if you will take the Berean’s attitude (Acts 17:10,11)

instead of panic and tantrums you yourself can answer the question

and surely thank the Lord as the Scripture unfolds it.

“… For even, Christ our Passover issacrificed for us.” I Cor 5:7

In Exodus chapter twelve, where the Passover account is,

offers a great deal of truth regarding our topic.

The Passover Sacrifice must be:

“a lamb” – not just any animal but “a lamb” (Exo 12:3)

“the lamb” – not just any lamb but “the lamb” (Exo12:4)

“your lamb” – the lamb must be “your lamb” (Exo12:5)

The Passover lamb was killed (Exo 12:6) the blood was applied(Exo 12:7) then it was burned without water (Exo 12:9, 10) before

they will eat it. The same way with Christ our Passover Lamb (I Cor

5:7) killed on the cross (Acts 2:36) shed his blood (John 19:34) went





to hell as a sin offering to be burnt offering his soul. (Isa 53:10; Acts

2:27, 31) Also went there in hell to preach unto them that dwell in it.

(I Pet 3:18-20; II Pet 2:4, 5)

For every sacrifice offered through fire, serves as a temporary

propitiation to appease God’s wrath against sin. God’s wrath is

described as being FIRE which fell on sacrifices. (Num 11:1-3; Psa

89:46; Jer 4:4; Isa 30:27; Matt 3:12; Ezek 20:47,48; Zech 9:11)

“The next day John seeth Jesus comingunto him and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the

world.” John 1:29

In the fullness of time God hath sent forth his son as his Lamb

that can take away sin which no animal in the Old Testament can.

Hebrews 10:4

“Who his own self bare our sins in his

own body on the tree that we, beingdead to sins, should live untorighteousness: by whose stripes ye werehealed.”

1 Peter 2:24

Christ did no sin, (I Peter 2:22) but when he was crucified, sin

of the world was on him (John 1:29) that is why in the sight of God he

became “SIN FOR US” II Corinthians 5:21”For he hath made him to

be sin for us, who knew no sin…”





Christ is not just a bearer of sin, but sin was personified in him

exactly as what the Lord told in John 3:14 he quoted a serpent lifted

up in the wilderness applying to himself.

We know that the Devil which is Satan is (Rev 12:9) the author

of sin (Ezek 28:15; John 8:44; I John 3:8) When the son of man was

lifted up on the cross he received God’s wrath in his body (Heb

10:10) taking the place of the perfect “scapegoat” (Lev 16:20-28)

and his soul received it in hell, suffering for us (Matt 26:39; Rev

14:10,11; Isa 53:10; Acts 2:27,31; I Pet 3:18;19) and this time taking

the place of “the sin offering” *(Lev 16:20-28) which is to be burned.

That’s why in Matthew 27:46 he cried “my God, my God, why

hast thou forsaken me?” a cry, not of a son to his father but of a

person burning in hell as in the case of the rich man in Luke 16 who

is also asking for water for he is thirsting as also Christ said “I thirst”

(John 19:28)

“So Christ was once offered to bear thesins of many; and unto them that look for

him shall he appear the second timewithout sin unto salvation.”

Hebrews 9:28

So Christ bore our sins the first time he came but when he

comes again the second time sin is not anymore on him. Where did

he bring those sins? Did he bring them to heaven?

The answer lies in the sign given by the Lord when asked by

the scribes and Pharisees, (Matt 12:38-40) the only sign given to

them was the sign of Jonah and what is the sign all about?





“… and Jonah was in the belly of the fishthree days and three nights.”

Jonah 1:17

The dead body of Jonah was in the whale’s belly three days

and three nights exactly as the body of the Lord was buried in a

tomb (Matt 27:57, 28)

“Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord hisGod out of the fish’s belly.”

Jonah 2:1

“And said, I cried by reason of mineaffliction unto the Lord, and he heardme; out of the belly of hell cried I, andthou heardest my voice.”

Jonah 2:2

Then after three days and three nights he was resurrected and

prayed, and if you will notice, the belly of fish in 2:1 became “belly of

hell” in 2:2 is “the belly of fish” and “belly of hell” the same? Things

different are not the same!

So, Jonah is telling us that when that big fish (which is a whale

according to the Lord (Matt 12:40) swallowed him! He died; his body

is in the belly of fish, while his soul went to hell.

Is it hard to understand? No! But hard to believe, but it is what

it is! You may say but hell there is symbolical! Who told you that?

Well, the Greek said, Ooops! Don’t make a U-turn, the rule is clear,





don’t go outside the book! Never correct the King James Bible with

your scholarship falsely so called.

So the Lord plainly gave that sign for them and for us to know

how great the love bestowed upon us who believe, because even

that that eternal suffering in hell was endured by Christ to obtain:

Redemption, Justification, Propitiation, Substitution, and most of all,

victory over the power of that place for us that’s why in his

resurrection he has in his possession two keys:

“I am he that liveth, and was dead; andbehold, I am alive for evermore, Amen;

and have the keys of hell and death.”Revelations 1:18

Jesus took the keys from hell and from death, but what is hell

and death?

Hell is the place for departed soul of unsaved people from the

time of Adam up to the Great White Throne Judgment.

Death is the former Abraham’s Bosom which is now emptyafter the Lord led on high its captive (Eph 4) but will again be

occupied by the tribulation and millennium saints. Both places have

bars and gates therefore they have keys. (John17:16; Job 38:17; Psa

9:13; Matt 26:18)

These two places show up at the Great White Throne

Judgment:





“… and death and hell delivered up thedead which were in them…”

Revelations 20:13

There were dead persons in both places which were given up

from them and now standing before the Great White Throne, and

finally those two places were cast into the lake of fire. (Rev 20:14)

So Christ upon death was buried, left his body in the grave,

while his soul went to hell (Acts 2:27, 31) to suffer for our sins and to

preach to its prisoners, (I Pet 3:18-20; II Pet 2:4, 5) Then went to

Abraham’s Bosom which is now called “Death” and led captivity

captive. (Eph 4)

When Christ perfected that ultimate sacrifice, two important

things are now possible and provided, which is not possible in the

Old Testament.

A. Justification – is a judicial act of God to declare onerighteous.

Job asked this question

“How then can man be justified withGod? Or how can he be clean that is bornof a woman? (Job 25:4)

and what is God’s answer?

“… in thy sight shall no man living be justified.” (Psa 143:2)

Why? “… for I will not justify the wicked.” (Exo 23:7)





But now in the New Testament, justification is provided

because sins were taken away (John 1:29) the blood of the lamb

was shed (Rom 5:9) and righteousness of God was imputed (Rom 4)

B. Redemption – is to recover, to re-purchase, to buy back.

The consequence of Adam’s disobedience fell on the whole

human race (Rom 5:12) placing all men under the power of sin and

Satan. (Acts 26:18) By the obedience of second Adam (Christ) (Rom

5:15-19) who provided the perfect sacrifice, obtained not just a

temporary one but an “eternal redemption” (Heb 9:12) Recovering

those who believe and never to loss again HALLELUAH!

7.01.04 Revelation 4 – Revelation 22

This period of tribulation up to millennium will be under the

rule of law again and therefore sin will be covered (Psa 32:1) and

some will be judged (Matt 24; Dan 9,11,12; Ezek 42; Ezek 43:18-26;

Zech 14:16; Matt 5:29,30; Psa 2, etc)

8.00 THE APPROPRIATION OF GRACE

“And of his fullness have all we received,and grace for grace.”

John 1:16

In one of the church anniversary I attended the main speaker

who is a leader of one fellowship organization included in hismessage negative comment about people who are teaching right

division and carelessly stated that “those people teaches that there

is no grace in the Old Testament.”, I don’t know if he purposely said





that because of my presence, but anyway I’m used to it, pastors who

stopped learning from the “Book” tend to get angry when confronted

with certain truths, from the Bible, instead of taking the Bereans’

attitude as a pattern. (Acts 17:10,11) The pastor’s statement is a by

product of ignorance and hearsay, if he only given time to sit down in

some of our teaching sessions I’m sure he will not say that, but the

problem is, majority of pastors nowadays are so busy politicking and

have no more time to dig deeper for his primarily calling which is to

“feed the church of God” (Acts 20:28; Eph 4:11-14; Col 1:28; I Pet

5:1-4)

I for myself never taught that “there is no grace in the Old

Testament” it is a gross misrepresentation concocted in the heart of

the speaker because of his hatred against the truth. On the contrary,

what we are teaching because the Bible teaches is that Grace is

present in every dispensation.

What this people cannot comprehend (maybe they are not

reading their bible) is that there are differences in God’s

appropriation of grace in different time and in different level.

8.01 Genesis 3 – Matthew 27

“GRACE NEED TO BE FOUND”In the Old Testament God is requiring a certain degree of righteousness in a person to

be a recipient of grace.

“But Noah found grace in the eyes of theLord.”

Genesis 6:8





“Behold now, thy servant hath foundgrace in thy sight…”

Genesis 19:19

“… and thou hast also found grace in mysight.”

Exodus 33:12, 13

“And now for a little space grace hathbeen shewed from the Lord our God…”

Ezra 9:8

Completely different amount and condition for the grace

appropriated in the Old Testament as compared to the New

Testament.

8.02 Matthew 27 – Revelation 4“For if by one man’s offence deathreigned by one; much more they whichreceive abundance of grace…”

Romans 5:17-20

In the New Testament it’s different because there is

“abundance of grace” in the Old Testament God requires a certain

degree of righteousness but in the New Testament a different

requirement was set “… But where sin abounded, grace did much

more abound” (Rom 5:20)





God is not looking for any righteous persons but for sinners

that will repent.

“… I came not to call the righteous, but

sinners in to repentance.”Mark 2:17

This is now the age of grace in its fullness, Grace was

personified with the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:14-17;

Titus 2:11) in this age, where the presence of the shed blood of Jesus

Christ is, there is grace.

When Christ offered his blood into the heavenly tabernacle

(Heb 9:8-14) the Holy Spirit took it, that’s why the Holy Spirit is now

testifying here on earth about “the water” which is the “Incarnation”,

“the blood” testifying to Christ’s deity. (Acts 20:28)

“And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and

the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.” (I John 5:8)

The Holy Spirit possesses the blood of Christ (Heb 9:14) and flooded

the whole universe. (Jer 23:24) So anywhere, anytime, whosoever

repents and believe “the gospel” can escape God’s wrath in hell

(John 3:36) truly, man has no excuse (Rom 1:20) the grace that

bringeth salvation is presently being offered. (Rom 1:16; Rom 3:25)

Have you received it? Are you SAVED?

8.03 Revelation 4 – Revelation 20

Since this period will be under the Law, because the fullness of

grace is now past with the rapture of the “Body”, grace will again

need to be found, this period is practically under the Old Testament





set up since the tribulation period is a resumption of Daniel’s

Seventieth Week (Dan 9) to establish the Kingdom.

“And I will pour upon the house of David,

and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem,the spirit of grace and supplication: andthey shall look upon me whom they havepierced…”

Zechariah 12:10

Grace is within the confines of Israel only.

“Thus saith the Lord, the people whichwere left of the sword found grace in thewilderness; even Israel, whom I went tocause him rest.”

Jeremiah 31:2

They Found Grace!

9.00 THE DISPENSATION OF GOSPEL

This study about the gospel is not meant to draw contention

among the brethren, nor to make an impression that “we are wiser

than thou”, but just a simple rejoinder to the most common belief

that “men were saved the same way in both testament; therefore

they believed and preached the same gospel”.

I’ve mentioned this because the usual reaction of thosebrethren who hold on to that belief is anger, insult, and name calling,

instead of giving time to listen and study whenever the other side of

the issue is being presented.





“He that answereth a matter before heheareth it, it is folly and shame untohim.”

Proverbs 17:15I can only pray and hope that you will hold on to your patience

(if there’s any) and consider for a while what this study meaneth.

Convincing you is way beyond my reach, in the end you alone

will decide after you were enlightened. Are you enlightened? Or are

you biased, an enlightened person will look both sides before

drawing conclusions are you? Take your pick, it’s a free country,

never let your tantrums control you but instead, yield to the teacher

(John 14:26) and “he will guide you into all truth” (John 16:13) If

you’re saved man.

Gospel simply means “good news”, a specific message

addressed to a person or group of persons regarding an issue. The

scope of this study will be covering different gospels preached from

the Old Testament to the New Testament way up to Tribulation and

Millennium if there’s any.

In II Corinthians 4:3, the apostle Paul warned us, “But if our gospel

be hid, it is hid to them that are lost”. Men, who do not know,

understand, believe the gospel is a lost man and therefore unsaved.

Then Paul defined what “the Gospel” is, it is in I Corinthians 15:1-4, it

tells us that Christ died, was buried and rose again for our salvation.

Every time the Gospel is being taught and preached within the

confines of the Church Age, the only message preached, verified and

accepted for salvation is exclusively “death, burial, resurrection of





Christ” (Rom 1:16; II Cor 4:4; I Cor 4:15) other than this, was labeled

as “another gospel” which is under curse. (Gal 1:8, 9)

Before Calvary, twelve apostles were called and commissioned

to preach “the Gospel” (Matt 10) what do you think is the gospel

they are preaching? Are they preaching the Death, Burial, and

Resurrection of Christ?

Luke 18:31-34 will provide the answer.

v.31 “Then he took unto him the twelve…”The Lord teaching the twelve of what’s going to happen to him,

And what is that?

v.32, 33 “For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles and shall be mocked, andspitefully entreated and spitted on; And they shall scourge him, and put him to death:

and the third day he shall rise again.”A clear declaration of “the gospel” which is “death, burial, resurrection” to the twelveapostles. Do you think they understood and believed it?

v.34 “And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them,

neither knew they the things which were spoken.”There’s the answer, they, the twelve apostles did not understand it and was hid from

them. II Corinthians 4:3 says “they are lost” they are not saved.

If you will not observe the right division, (II Timothy 2:15) everything will be in

chaos.John 17:12 says they’re not (except Judas)

“…none of them is lost but the son of perdition…”

Which one is correct, which one will you follow? These two verses will never agree but both of them are correct, why? II Corinthians 4:3 talks about the gospel of the

Grace of God (Acts 20:24) for the church age and the other one is the Gospel of the

Kingdom (Matt 9:35) which is for the establishment of Davidic Kingdom. (Luke 1:30-33)

The main theme of the Bible is Kingdom, from Genesis until Matthew up to Acts

period, Kingdom is being set up and not any church. When Israel as a nation rejects the

offer (John 19) they were temporarily set aside (Matt 21:43; Rom 11) a newdispensation has taken its course, the Kingdom of Heaven is gone but the Kingdom of

God remains (Luke 17:20,21; Rom 14:17) and is now “the Kingdom of his dear son”

(Col 1:13) a spiritual kingdom entered only by a new birth (John 3:3,5,6) through the

words of God (I Pet 1:23) which specifically is “the Gospel”. (I Cor 4:14; Eph 1:13)The gospel of the Kingdom is now temporary on hold while the gospel of the Grace of

God was dispensed to Paul (I Cor 9:17; Acts 20:24) that’s why he called it “mygospel” (Rom 2:16; 16:25) a gospel which no man taught him (Gal 1:11, 12)





communicated privately to disciples in Jerusalem (Gal 2:1. 2) and warned everyone of

a curse if they will preach other gospel than what he is preaching. (Gal 1:8, 9)

4. Revelation 4 – Revelation 22

10.00 TRIBULATION PERIODThis period of the Great tribulation (Matt 24:21) is a resumption of the postponed

kingdom program wherein the last week of Daniel’s seventieth week (Dan 9:24-27)

will take its course where the Jews will be reduced to a remnant of 144,000 (Rev 7:14)since this is a period for Israel’s trouble. (Jer 30:7) I

In this period two kinds of Gospel will be preached:

Gospel of Kingdom (Matthew 24:14)Everlasting Gospel (Revelation 14:6,7)

11.00 MILLENIUM PERIOD

In the millennium preaching is now forbidden and punishable by death. (Zech 13:1-5;Heb 8) Why? Habakkuk 2:14 says “For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of

the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.”

This is the fulfillment of Joel 2:28

“… I will pour out my spirit upon allflesh…”

Joel 2:28

12.00 DISTINCTION OF FAITH





“Now Faith is the substance of thingshoped for, the evidence of things notseen”

Hebrews 11:1 The King James Bible is the only Bible that can clearly show the

distinction of Faith in the Old Testament as differ in the New

Testament.

Habakkuk 2:4 states

“… the just shall live by his faith.”

Habakkuk 2:4

A just man is a person who is obeying an existing requirement

in a given period of time.

(Rom 2:17; Ezek 18:5-9)

Old Testament faith is purely man’s faith as being found in

Hebrews 11.

The word ”Faith” has been the subject of religious debates for

many years and up until now, no satisfying argument ever shed light

on the subject among the protagonists. The only authority that will

settle the issue is none other than the Book of Faith, the King James

Bible, that clearly defines and show that there is a distinction of faith

from the Old Testament to the faith in the New Testament.

Romans 1:17 “… from faith to faith”1. Genesis 3 – Matthew 27





12.01 THE OLD TESTAMENT FAITH

Habakkuk 2:4 defines what kind of faith is existing in that dispensation “… the just

shall live by his faith.”God deals with people in sundry times and in divers manner (Heb 1:1) providing

specific instruction for a specific need that may occur in different circumstances in a

given period of time, although instruction may differ, there is only one requirement

through the ages and that is OBEDIENCE.Romans 10:5 is telling us that faith of a man under the law believes that they can

establish their own righteousness by obeying the law. (Deu 6:24,25; Phil 3:6; Matt

5:20)“For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, that the man which doeth

those things shall live by them.”

Romans 10:5)

That is why Habakkuk 2:4 says


The faith of a just man is that he will establish his own

righteousness by obeying the law, having fully understood “… that

the man which doeth those things shall live by them” (Rom 10:5)

Hebrews Chapter 11 defines what faith is, and every person

cited received different instruction in different circumstances which

believed and obeyed, having different substance and evidence of

faith.


2. Matthew 27 – Revelation 4

12.02 THE NEW TESTAMENT FAITH“For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written,The just shall live by faith.”





Romans 11:7

The apostle Paul purposely omitted the personal pronoun “his”

when he quoted Habakkuk 2:4 because he is now revealing “the

mystery of the faith.” (I Tim 3:9) which will make a distinctionbetween faith of a just man (Hab 2:4) under the Old Testament as

against “… by faith of Jesus Christ…” (Gal 3:22) under the New

Testament

Galatians 3:22-25 testifies to the veracity of this truth.

v.22 “But the scripture hath concludedall under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them thatbelieve.”

Galatians 3:22

Notice the proposition “of” which identifies where that faith

originates, a kind of faith which will be given to them that believe.

Galatians 2:16 “… faith of Jesus Christ…”

Romans 3:22 “… by faith of Jesus Christ…”

I Timothy 3:13 “… the faith which is in Christ Jesus.”

Revelation 2:13 “… my faith…”

Galatians 2:20 “… the faith of the Son of God…”

Romans 3:3 “… the faith of God…”





v.23 “But before faith came, we werekept under the law, shut up unto thefaith which should afterwards be

revealed.”

It tells us of “the faith” that is not yet revealed and is not yet

accessible to any person in the Old Testament until the coming of

the New Testament.

v.24 “Wherefore the law was ourschoolmaster to bring us unto Christ,

that we might be justified by faith” The kind of faith that can justify as promised. Galatians 3:8

v.25 “But after the faith is come, we areno longer under a schoolmaster.”

The schoolmaster’s job is to educate, discipline and evaluate

while a student under his authority until the time of their graduation.

(Rom 2:6, 7)

The same applies to everyone who was under the law until

“the faith” comes when the law ended (Rom 10:4) and provide

justification by that “one faith” that saves. (Eph 4:5)

Romans Chapter Four is the favorite proof text of brethren who

believe that salvation is the same in both testaments because of

Abraham and David, quickly making them the general rule rather

than exception, failing to consider that they are just an example and

prototype of salvation through “Faith” (Gal 3:8) at its coming





Galatians 3:22, 23, 25, as prophesied and promised in Genesis

18:18; Genesis 22:18.

So as a general rule, before the coming of “the Faith” (I Tim

3:9) no one has it, although for every rule there is an exemption, yet

when they (Abraham & David) died, none of them went to heaven

but to a temporary place called Abraham’s bosom (Luke 16) until

“the Faith” comes and provides perfection and be given to them

through inheritance. (Heb 11:7; Heb 9:15)

So, to simply put it in plain words, when the apostle Paul

quoted Habakkuk 2:4 and omitted the personal pronoun “his”, he is

revealing to us that there is now the advent of the perfect and holy

faith that comes from God. (Rom 3:3) This is that “One Faith” in

Ephesians 4:5. That One faith matters most, if you have Christ

indwelling in you, (Col 1:27) you have “the faith” that liveth in you

(Gal 2:20)


12.03 FAITH IN THE TRIBULATION PERIOD

After the rapture of the church, the great tribulation which is

what Daniel identifies as the seventieth week will come in. The

church age is over and everything will be in the Old Testament,

Kingdom economy, and Habakkuk 2:4 which is man’s faith whose

substance and evidence is Romans 10:5. (Rev 4; Matt 24; Dan 9)


13.00 THE MILLENIUM UP TO ETERNITY





A thousand year reign of the Lord Jesus Christ will come and

will continue throughout eternity. (Rev 20:6; Isa 9:6, 7; Eph 1:10;

Luke 1:30-33)

Faith is not necessary in this period since everything will be by

sight.

(Psa 24:7-10; Psa 2:12; Psa 72:8,9; Isa 26:10; Isa 60:14; Matt

5:8; Rev 22:4; Isa 34:8-15)

14.00 CLASSIFICATION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

“As it is written, There is none righteous,

no, not one” Romans 3:10

Failure to divide rightly the Holy Scripture will result in

confusion, contradiction, and heresy, as Romans 3:10 stated; that

“no one is righteous” will directly contradict several verses:

“And the Lord said unto Noah… for theehave I seen righteous before me in this

generation”

Genesis 7:1

“… counted it to him for righteousness.”

Genesis 15:6





“By faith Abel… obtained witness that hewas righteous…”

Hebrews 11:4

“And delivered just Lot... For thatrighteous man… vexed his righteoussoul”

II Peter 2:7, 8

(Ezek 3:14, 18, 33; Luke 1:6)

There are too many righteous people in the Old Testament and

obviously, these are not contradictions but a different classification

of righteousness.

1. Genesis 3 – Matthew 27

14.01 OLD TESTAMENT RIGHTEOUSNESSRighteousness in the Old Testament sense was based upon

man’s obedience to standard provided and required by God. To cite

some of them:

1. Abel

Hebrews 11:4 obtained righteousness because of his

works.(I John 3:12)





2. Noah

Genesis 7:1 God sees Noah as righteous. Why?Because he is a just man yet he is perfect because he walked with God and obeyed all that God commanded him. (Genesis 6:8, 9, 22)

3. Abraham

Genesis 15:6 because he believed God’s promises

(Genesis 12:1-3; Genesis 26:18)

4. Lot

II Peter 2:7, 8 though he was believed to be acompromiser, but when he met those angels inGenesis 19 he respected, received and ministered unto them.

5. Ezekiel

Ezekiel 3:14, 18, 33 obtained righteousness

6. Matthew 5:20

Righteousness based on what?

Romans 10:5; Deuteronomy 6:25; Philippians 3:9





7. Exactly as the Jewish People understood includingPaul

Romans 10:1-3; Philippians 3:9; Luke 1:6

The Old Testament sense of righteousness speaks of man’s

own righteousness obtained by obeying God’s specific instruction in

their own time or generation. Just like in Romans 10:5 speaks of

“righteousness which is of the law” but Romans 10:6 speaks of

“righteousness which is of the faith”.

14.02 THE NEW TESTAMENTRIGHTEOUSNESS

Matthew 27 – Revelation 4

As the mystery of the “the faith” is being revealed, the issue of

righteousness goes with it.

“For therein is the righteousness of Godrevealed from faith to faith...”

Romans 1:17 a

The coming of the New Testament brought a lot of strange

concepts for a Jew who is undergoing transition:

1. From Law to Grace2. From Kingdom to Church3. From Jews to Gentiles4. From “his faith” to “the faith”5. From man’s righteousness to God’s righteousness





6. From Old Testament to New Testament7. From Nation to Individual

When Jesus Christ came and fulfilled all righteousness (Matt

3:15) the standard for being righteous took a higher level of

perfection since God himself perfected it.

Old Testament righteousness is attainable by an individual by

obeying God’s requirement. Hence, it was classified as man’s own

righteousness (Deut 6:25; Phil 3:9; Rom 10:5)

While in the New Testament, as the righteousness of God was

already manifested, (Rom 10:1-5) because the only access to it is by

believing (Rom 3:22) the Lord Jesus Christ and received it as gift

(Rom 5:17) God’s righteousness is not attainable or obtainable by

any amount of works but by grace through FAITH in the finished work

of Christ for God to impute his righteousness to any man who

believe. (Rom 4:5, 6)

The ongoing transition in the time of the Acts period is giving

the Jewish people a hard time catching up with how God is dealing

with them (Acts 10) and going toward the direction of the Gentiles

(Acts 13) and moving away with all the requirements of the law (Acts

21; Eph 2:14-16; Col 2:14-17) that’s why there was a conference in

Acts 15 settling the issue of faith and conversion of Gentiles, up until

Acts 21, disciples in Jerusalem cannot completely comprehend that

Moses’ Law is not anymore in effect.

So in Romans 10 Apostle Paul settled the issue once and for all,

declaring that any man who will hold on to his own “righteousness

which is of the law” (Rom 10:5) is ignorant of “God’s righteousness

which is of faith” (Rom 10:1-4; Rom 10:6)





Question: When did Abraham become a father of aGentile?

Is it in the Old Testament or in the NewTestament?

Answer: Galatians 3:7-9, 14, 29

Question: What are they going to believe?

Answer: Romans 4:24, 25

“And therefore it was imputed to him

for righteousness”

Romans 4:22

It was imputed to Abraham alone until a second party will also

be a recipient of that imputed righteousness.

“Now it was not written for his sakealone, that it was imputed to him;”

Romans 4:23

14.02.02 To Abraham alone

“But for us also, to whom it shall beimputed, if we believe…”

Romans 4:24 a There’s the second recipient which is not in Abraham’s time,

who are the “US”?





“If we believe”, believe what? (Rom 4:9-17; 4:24, 25)

“… that he might be the father of all

them that believe, though they be notcircumcised; that righteousnessmight be imputed unto them also.”

Romans 4:11

The “us” talks of the Gentiles that were prophesied in

Abraham’s promise in Galatians 3:8 that will be justified

through faith.

“… if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;”

Romans 4:24 b

“Who was delivered for our offences, and

was raised again for our justification.”Romans 4:25

The kind of righteousness imputed to Abraham is future in

application to those who will believe the “Gospel of Grace of God”

(Acts 20:24) and not to those of the gospel of the kingdom. That’s

why it’s an error to say that men are saved the same way in both

testament because of Abraham and David, as stated a while ago,

they are exemptions and prototype of people who are going to be a

recipient of righteousness which is of faith (Rom 10:6) through “Thy

seed” which is Christ (Gal 3:16; Gal 3:8)





1. Law of Sin and Death -Romans 8:2

2. Law of God -Romans 7:25

3. Law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus -Romans 8:2

These laws are influential in the provision of eternal life, God’s

dealing with sin, appropriation of grace, dispensation of gospel,

recognition of righteousness, classification of faith, nature of

salvation, way of salvation as the kingdom is being fulfilled.

14.03.01 Genesis 3 – Matthew 27

The Old Testament nature of salvation is “INHERITANCE”

“… became heir of righteousness whichis by faith.”

Hebrews 11:7

“… shall inherit everlasting life.”

Matthew 19:29





“… What shall I do that I may inheriteternal life?”

Mark 10:17

“… What shall I do to inherit eternallife?”

Luke 10:25

Inheritance requires works to become an heir because

inheritance is a reward.

(Heb 6:12; Rev 21:7; I Pet 3:9; Col 3:24; Rom 8:17; Eph 5:5; I Cor 6:10)

14.03.02 Matthew 27 – Revelation 4

In the New Testament, salvation is not an inheritance but a

“Free Gift” (Rom 5:15-18) God requires a believing heart for a person

to receive the gift of eternal life. (Rom 6:23

14.03.03 Revelation 4 – Revelation 22

Tribulation – Millennium – Eternity salvation within this period

is INHERITANCE” (Heb 1:14) after the Church Age the law of God will

resume operation and that requires a man to obey. (Rev 12:17; Matt

5, 6, 7; Isa 11 etc) as a condition to partake of the tree of life. (Rev

2:7; Rev 22:14)

15.00 SALVATION





For anyone whose final authority is the King James Bible will

not have a hard time understanding and receiving this truth, but for

people whose authority is not of this “Book” will never receive and

humble themselves to acknowledge that these things are true, they

will reject any proof you produce, instead of weighing the evidences,

they will simply walk away with hatred and start to malign you with

different name calling but, it doesn’t matter anymore, the best judge

is the Lord through his holy scriptures, all of its testimonies will keep

on testifying throughout eternity. (Matthew 24:35)

As we approach the final stage of our study, bear in mind and

in heart that every word is inspired (II Tim 3:16; Matt 5:18) you

cannot ignore any of it simply because it doesn’t support your

theology, but rather let the Bible correct and teach us.

15.01 Old Testament Salvation

Salvation in the Old Testament was provided in two different

ways, since it was also divided in two parts:

15.01.01 Genesis 3 – Exodus 20

Adam to Moses : Romans 5:14Salvation : Faith plus Works plus Endurance

How? Ezekiel 3:20; 18:4-24; 33:8-19

The above cited passages are:

Telling us that salvation in this period can be lost, it’s logical to

say that if there is no eternal security, common sense will dictate

that there’s an element of works and endurance, but some may

interpret that these are physical death and not talking about soul

going to condemnation in hell.





You will notice that there is an addition of the LAW.

“Wherefore then serveth the law? It wasadded because of transgressions, till the

seed should come…”Galatians 3:19

Can anyone ignore the giving of the law with regards to

salvation of people within this period?

Let us consider the following passages:

“For as many as have sinned without law

shall also perish without law: and asmany as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law”

Romans 2:12

“For not the hearers of the law are just

before God, but the doers of the law shallbe justified.”

Romans 2:13

Dominion of the law over man until the coming of the body of

Christ (Rom 7:1-4)





“But if a man be just and do that which islawful and right…”

Ezekiel 18:5

“Hath walked in my statutes, and hathkept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the LordGod.”

Ezekiel 18:9

Did you get that? Law became a factor in salvation during this

period.

The law was dispensed to Moses (John 1:17; Exo 20) and

making him a mediator between God and Israel (Gal 3:19; Exo 20:19)

providing the three basic division of the law:

1. Commandments

: The revealed God’s will to the nation

(Exo 20:1-6)

2. Judgments

: That governed Israel as a society

(Exo 21:1 – 24:11)





until they were led on high by the Lord Jesus Christ. (Eph 4:8-

10)

15.01.03 Calvary to Rapture of the Church

Matthew 27 – Revelation 4

Salvation:

By grace through faith

“by grace through faith”

Eph 2:8, 9

“For Christ is the end of the law forrighteousness to everyone thatbelieveth.”

Romans 10:4

From Calvary (Matt 27) until the rapture of the church (Rev 4)

is a time we may call an age of Grace, since the fullness of grace

comes in (John 1:14-16) through the person of Jesus Christ (Titus

2:11).

God’s requirement for the penalty of sin was satisfied through

the perfect sacrifice of his son, fulfilling the law (Matt 5:17) that

provides propitiation (I John 2:2) appeasing God’s wrath for those

who believe.





Salvation in this period is by GRACE through FAITH (Eph 2:8-

10) minus all man’s effort. (Rom 3:27, 28; Rom 4:5, 6; Gal 2:16; Titus

3:4, 5; etc)

15.01.04 Tribulation to Second Coming :

Revelation 4 – Revelation 19

Salvation

Faith plus Law plus Works plus Endurance

The great tribulation is Jacob’s trouble, (Matt 20; Jer 30:7) after

the church has been caught up, God deals with Israel as a nation

again. (Rev 7:14) Daniel’s seventieth week which is “the day of the

Lord” (I Thes 5:7) will come in.

Salvation in this period will be by faith with elements of law,

works and the need to overcome until the end of the tribulation

period.(Matt 24:13; Heb 3:6; Heb 3:14; Heb 6:4-8; James 2; II Pet

2:20-22; Rev 14:12; Rev 12:17; Rev 15:1-3)

15.01.05 Millennium to Eternity :

Revelation 20 – Revelation 22

Salvation

“By Works” Matthew 5, 6, 7

After the tribulation period, millennium or the 1,000 year reign

of Jesus Christ on earth will come, with Jerusalem as his seat of





“And I saw the dead, small and great,stand before God…”

Revelation 20:12

After the heaven and earth were gone, there appears

undetermined numbered of dead people standing before God.

Where did they come from? Who are they?

“And the sea gave up the dead whichwere in it; and death and hell deliveredup the dead which were in them…”

Revelation 20:13

Obviously, they came from those two places mentioned,

“Death and Hell”.

Before the cross there are two places for people who died

Abraham’s bosom and hell. (Luke 16) But when Christ came and

brought perfect salvation, he emptied Abraham’s bosom. (Eph 4)

So during the church age, that place is empty until tribulation

sets in. Saved people who died within Tribulation and Millennium will

not go to heaven but to a temporary place again which is now called

“death” while all unsaved people from the time of Adam to the Great

White Throne judgment are in “hell”.

That explains why in Revelation 1:18, there is a proclamation

of victory over Christ’s death, burial, resurrection evidenced by his

possession of “the keys of hell and death” since he went into both

places and prevailed.





These will set a right traditional belief that Great White Throne

Judgment is exclusively for the unsaved dead only.

There are saved people in the tribulation and millennium who

were kept in an intermediary place until they stand before the Great

White Throne to receive eternal life and rewards. (Rev 20:11-15; Rev

11:18; Rev 2:7; Rev 22:14)

The Great White Throne Judgment is showing us two groups

standing before God:

1. Unsaved people from the Old Testament up to herewho come out of “HELL” (Rev 20:13)

2. Saved people from Tribulation and Millennium whocame out of “DEATH” (Rev 20:13)

These are the final days wherein God will settle all things

according to his redemption plan, before we enter eternity, bear in

mind that we have not entered eternity yet!

The final destination of these two groups is now set. (Dan 12:1-

3; John 5:28, 29)

1. Unsaved people who come out of hell will be cast into the lake of fire for eternal damnation

(Rev 20:15)

2. Saved people who came out of “death” will partakeof the tree of life and enjoy eternal life throughout eternity. (Rev 2:7; Rev 22:14)





This is an undetermined length of time between millennium to

eternity and the only hint we can get how long this gap is in (Deut

7:9; Gen 17:2; Gen 15:5; I Chron 16:15; Psa 105:8) that talks about a

period of time when God fulfill his everlasting covenant to Abraham.

“A thousand generations” which is closely associated with “thy seed”

(Gen 17:7) wherein God will fulfill his promise in Genesis 15:5 and

Abraham will be a father of many nations forever. (Gen 17:2-9)

We can only make a guess as to how long this gap will be,

since a hint was given, “a thousand generations”, the question is

how many years a generation has? Some say it’s forty, pointing to

the forty years Israel’s wandering in the wilderness, some say it’s

one hundred, but some say thirty three looking up the Saviour’s life

here on earth, so if we will take thirty three years multiply it by one

thousand (33*1000 = 33,000) and you will have thirty three

thousand years of gap between millennium going up until eternity.

The whole scenery of what is going on at the Great White

Throne Judgment is pictured in Daniel 7

“… and the Ancient of days did sit…”

Daniel 7:9





“… thousand thousands ministered untohim, and ten thousand times tenthousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books wereopened.”

Daniel 7:10

Those “ten thousand times ten thousand” were identified as

angels in Revelation 5:11; Psalms 6:17; Hebrews 12:22.

How angels are going to minister unto God?

At the Great White Throne you will realize the power of angels.

Why?

Because at their hands were delegated the power to cast

unsaved people including Lucifer and his fallen angels into the lake

of fire.(Rev 19:20; Rev 20:10, 15; Matt 13:41, 42, 49, & 50; Matt

25:41; Luke 16:22)

Now, here is something to think about, and it’s a nice thing to

dwell on these things.

In this present age, Christians who will live godly will suffer (II

Tim 3:12) “as a lamb ready for slaughter” (Rom 8:36) but in the

second coming they will be reigning as “armies” (Rev 19:14) and will

be bold as a ion since the Saviour will come as the King as he claim

rightful fully on “his day”. (Jer 46:10)

In I Corinthians 6:2, 3 we were told that Christians are going to

judge this evil world and those fallen angels.

When that will be? And how can we do that?

Remember those angels in Matthew 13:41, 42, 49, and 50?





In their hands rests the power to cast any undesirable into the

lake of fire?

What if you’re one of those angels? Will you be delighted?

Any man who got saved in the church age were classified as

“sons of God” (John 1:12; Gal 4:5, 6; I John 3:1-2; etc)

Lack of study and unbelief will make a man correct John 1:12

as we can see how modern versions altered “sons of God” to

“children of God” not realizing the doctrinal implication of the verse.

The King James Bible is consistent in applying “sons of God” to all

saved persons in the church age. (John 1:12; Rom 8:14,19; Gal 4:5,

6, 7; Phil 2:15; I John 3:12; etc) and what’s the big deal?

The big deal is that “sons of God” in the Old Testament is

always a reference to angels and not to any man (Job 1:6; Job 2:1;

Job 38:7; Gen 6:2; etc) with the exception of Adam of course, before

the fall. (Luke 3:38)

We have to understand that, among the people who got saved

from the time of Adam up to millennium, the only group of people

who will receive a glorified body like that of the Lord Jesus Christ arethose who got saved in the church age. (Rom 8:23, 29, 30; I Cor

15:51-54; Phil 3:20, 21; I John 3:2)

When a Sadducee asked the Lord about the resurrection (Since

a Sadducee don’t believe in resurrection Acts 23:8) they were

rebuked by the Lord for not knowing the scriptures and plainly told

them (Matt 22:23-30)





“For in the resurrection they neithermarry, nor are given in marriage, but asthe angels of God in heaven.”

Someday when that glorious day comes, Christians will nolonger be bearing the reproaches of Christ but as angels having the

power to judge this present evil world and those fallen angels who

trouble us (I Cor 6:2, 3; Gal 1:4)

While others will be:

“Are they not all ministering spirits, sentforth to minister for them who shall beheirs of salvation?”

Hebrews 1:14

Ministering in a manner of Luke 16 wherein angels ministered

to Lazarus in carrying him into Abraham’s bosom, likewise, at the

Great White Throne ministering angels will be carrying, flying away

saved people inside the holy city, New Jerusalem to partake of the

tree of life (Rev 22:2) and enjoy eternally as he enters eternity.

Will you be one of the Angels? Glory!

16.00 TESTAMENT VS. COVENANT

This portion is a supplementary part of an earlier material and

will serve as a rejoinder to some comments who claims that the Old

Testament begins at Exodus 20, simply because they read the word

testament in Hebrews 9:20, failure to observe “right division”

(2Timothy 2:15) and the rule of interpretation (1Corinthians 2:13;

John 6:63) will find yourself agreeing with most bible critics who





The institution of the New Testament in Matthew 26 and its

effectivity in Matthew 27 marks the coming of the fullness of grace,

(John 1:14-17) the end of the Law, (Romans 10:4; John 19:30) and

the institution of the Body of Christ which is the Church. (Ephesians

2:14-16; Ephesians 1:22,23; Colossians 1:24). Whereas, the coming

of the New Covenant in Hebrews 8:8-11 marks the restoration of

God’s dealing with Israel as a nation, the bringing in of the law

(Galatians 3:17) not written in tables of Stones in Deut. 4:13, but law

written in the hearts and mind of every Jew. (Hebrews 8:10).

If you will call Testament as Covenant you will be ignoring and

surely miss the Church Age because New Covenant bring in the

kingdom, (Jeremiah 31:27-40) and exclusively Jewish.

16.01.04 Covenants are within Testaments.

a) Edenic - Genesis 2

b) Adamic – Genesis 3

c) Noahic – Genesis 9

d) Abrahamic – Genesis 12

e) Mosaic – Exodus 19

f) Davidic – 2 Samuel 7

g) New Covenant – Hebrews 8

16.01.05 Doctrinal Application

Genesis chapter three will stand out to be the starting point of

the Old Testament applying the rule in Hebrews 9:15,17 that will

connect you to Revelation 13:8 “of the Lamb slain from the

foundation of the world.” “The foundation of the world” will settle its

difference from the “foundation of the earth” in (Job 38:4), in Genesis

3,4 according to Luke 11:50,51; 1 Samuel 2:8; Jeremiah 25:26;31:37; Psalms 77:18; Isaiah 23:17.

1 Peter 1:19,20 = will apply to “the Lamb slain” in the

Revelation 13:8 noticing the word “as” which is a similitude of the





very image. (Hebrews 10). The very first bloodshed upon earth is of

“a lamb” (Genesis 3:21) how do we know? Isaiah 34:6 tells it and the

skin used for Clothing is not of any animal but of a lamb. (Proverbs

27:26).

The shedding of a lamb’s blood in Genesis 3 marks the start of

the Old Testament because in it, sin must be dealt with, (Hebrews

9:22) and within that period of the Testament several covenants

were given and one of them is the first covenant ever given to Israel

as a nation which is the Law (Galatians 3:17, Exodus 19:5,6, Hebrews

8:7-9) but Israel hath broken the Covenant (Hebrews 8:9, Jeremiah

31:32) culminating in the losing of the kingdom and turning them to

Captivity, “but when the fullness of time comes God sent forth his

Son” (Galatians 4:4) bringing with him the kingdom and the New

Covenant (Luke 1:30-33; Jeremiah 31) but they, the Jews rejected

him five times and crucified him thus, the New Testament came

making Jesus Christ “a mediator of the New Testament for the

redemption of the transgression that was under the first testament,”

Hebrews 9:15, and at the same time “a mediator of a better

covenant” for the Jewish people (Hebrews 8:6) which is being offeredto them until Acts 7. That’s why Peter preached Acts 2:16,17

quoting, applying Joel 2:28 – 32 which agrees with Jeremiah 31:31-

34; Acts 15:16,17; Hosea 3:4,5.

Joel 2:28 = “afterwards” verse 1 – 11 =Tribulation

Jeremiah 31:33 = “after those days” verse 15 –28 = Tribulation

Acts 15: 16,17 = “After this” verse 17 =Tribulation left over (Revelation 4-19)





Hosea 3:4,5 = “Afterward” Tribulation = Matthew24:29,30

But Nation Israel rejected the offer so the Kingdom and theNew Covenant were postponed for undetermined number of years in

this Church Age which served as a gap between 69th week and 70th

which of Daniel. After this gap the Lord will come again the second

time bringing with him the postponed kingdom and New Covenant.

(Hebrews 8:8-13).

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