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Publication of Endtime Ministries ... “Women for Christ”

The Beauty of the Ascended Christ

The Counterfeit Kingdom Of GodVersus

The Kingdom Of Heaven by Wendy B. Howard

48 Obama recently signed an Executive Order establishing the White HouseOffice for Faith-Based and Community Partnerships.

Few Christians, if any, in Macarthur’s church, seminary or interna-tional ministry know that a fundamental shift is taking place within their re-spective ministries to transform them into Communitarian entities that willmerge with the New World Order. Because John Macarthur preaches againstthe Purpose Driven and Church Growth Movements, there is widespreadignorance and denial of the fact that he fellowships with and endorses thosewho promote the Purpose Driven movement, that GCC has its own PurposeDriven ministries and that certain GCC leaders have church growth back-grounds.

Another well-hidden fact documented in Bob’s expose is the spir-itual lineage of John Macarthur at the highest level of the ecumenical move-ment.

John Macarthur’s father, Dr. Jack Macarthur, belonged to the innercircle of Henrietta Mears which launched Fuller Theological Seminary, theNational Association of Evangelicals, the US Center for World Missions,and the global network of apostate Evangelical organizations that are lead-ing multitudes into the One World Religion of the Antichrist.

John Macarthur’s influence extends throughout the Christian com-munity, for many Christians who are not involved in his ministries do followhis teachings. Even for those who are not directly influenced throughMacarthur’s church, his various ministries, teachings, books or study bi-bles, Bob Johnson’s expose is a “must read,” for it will equip them to under-stand the Communitarian agenda and to recognize it’s presence in otherministries and churches.

There is a wealth of original research in this expose that has neverseen the light of day or been touched upon by other articles or books onthe church growth movement. To our knowledge, no other expose of churchtransformation explains the spiritual dynamic of invoking demons, esoteri-cally termed “egregores,” within the cell groups that are the hallmark of theChurch Growth Movement and Communitarianism. We appreciate the depthof insight and thoroughness of Bob’s research and believe that all Chris-tians will profit by reading his expose.

Bob Johnson Expose access here onlineor request via Despatch

http://watch-unto-prayer.org/macarthur.htm

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Sitting at thefeet of Jesus,

Where can mortal be more blest? There I lay my sins and sorrows,

And, when weary, find sweet rest.Sitting at the feet of Jesus,

There I love to weep and pray,While I from His fullness gather, Grace and comfort every day.

(Source unknown).

Wendy B. Howard

“Beauty for Ashes” Autumn Vol. 12:147

APPENDIX

THE FAKE KINGDOM OF GOD

The Transformation of John Macarthur's

GRACE Community Church

How CHANGE AGENTSAre Trans it ioning

GCC into the New World Order

Barbara Aho “Watch Unto Prayer” March 9, 2009

Dear Watchmen,I have recently posted an expose about the transformation of JohnMacarthur’s Grace Community Church by agents of the Church GrowthMovement. This excellent piece of investigative research was authored byBob Johnson, who has witnessed first hand the transformational Purpose-Driven, Church Growth model in operation in the GCC singles’ministries.

The transformation of Grace Community Church is also being accom-plished from within by change agents in its international ministry, The Mas-ter’s Academy International (TMAI) whose worldwide centers are staffed toa large extent by graduates of John Macarthur’s The Masters Seminary.TMAI is a church growth organization whose stated mission is to “trainchurch leaders worldwide.” TMAI, however, is involved in community trans-formation worldwide. TMAI also partners with foreign governments, andUN-NGOs. A goal of the church growth movement is to merge churchesinto a partnership with business and government.

This “three-legged stool” inspired by TQM guru, Peter Drucker—themerger of church, business and government—is called Communitarianism.President Barack Obama is also a Communitarian who has made it knownthat his administration will facilitate an alliance of churches with businessand government to establish a New World Order. To this end, President

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46 This “little book” is in Greek bibliarion, which is a diminutive ofbiblion, book, such as in the Title Deed Book of Revelation 5:7.

The “little book” is rather like a booklet.Here we will examine what the scholar Dr Henry Morris has to sayabout this booklet:

“When one inherits or purchases a large tract of land, it is per-missible and common to subdivide that tract into smaller lots,which can then either be sold to many subsequent buyers ortransmitted to many subsequent heirs. Thus, many may eventuallyacquire an interest in the one grand original inheritance.

It is most likely, therefore, that this “little book” is a “littletitle-deed,” that portion of Christ’s inheritance which is to beawarded to His joint-heir, the Apostle John, who appears here inthe capacity of a representative Christian believer caught up toheaven at the time of the rapture. This diminutive title scroll wasnot sealed, as the grand title scroll had been, but was alreadyopened. The purchase price had already been fully paid and Christcan thus award freely and graciously any such portion of Hisinheritance as He may choose, to His own joint-heirs.”

(Revelation Record, page 178).

We born-again Christians, redeemed by the Blood, are joint-heirswith Christ. When He reclaims the earth and comes to rule, we shallreign with Him as joint-heirs - Praise the Lord!

“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs withChrist; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be alsoglorified together.” Romans 8:17.“If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: …” 2 Timothy 2:12.

“Jesus Christ …the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him thatloved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; tohim be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.”

Revelation 1:5-6.

4 THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN VERSUSTHE COUNTERFEIT KINGDOM OF GOD.

2009 - A MASSIVELY IMPORTANT YEAR.

The people of the world are going berserk over Barack Obama; theysee HOPE and CHANGE, wonderful things ahead, marvellous optimisticHOPES for the future. The earthly hopes of peace without Jesus Christas resident King are nil, yet multitudes stand in the valley of decisionabout this issue.(Joel 3:14).

The whole world is actually divided intoTWO camps over the subject:

1. Those who see everything getting better and better, renewal, peace,unity, end of wars, saving the earth from disaster, building justice andequity into the entire planet. Wonderful leaders arising.

Forget about those doom and gloom merchants -the world will solve its own problems soon!

OR2. Evil, wickedness and disaster are everywhere, we are seeing anincredible take-over of wicked forces happening, we are getting near tothe Tribulation. Sinister New World Order powers are at work globally,soon total disaster will happen - the Antichrist reign will begin.

These TWO camps will see something soon that apostate Christendomis already proclaiming - the “KINGDOM OF GOD” swelling and grow-ing to fill the earth in our times. But, this “Kingdom of God” will be acounterfeit! Its king will be Lucifer, and the earthly man he will reignthrough will be the Antichrist! Is Barack Obama this man? Who can tellat this point, but Obama is certainly a fore-runner if he is not THE ONE.The whole world is beginning to worship Obama - this is all aboutRELIGION in the end analysis. His adoring subjects call him “The One”,even Henry Kissinger calls him “The One” whom he has waited for. Ihave never seen anything like Obama before; he seems to have almosttaken a world leadership role, arising out of nowhere.

45“Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bearthe glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall bea priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall bebetween them both.” Zechariah 6:13.

“And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: andthen shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see theSon of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power andgreat glory.” Matthew 24:30.

“When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holyangels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of hisglory:” Matthew 25:31.

VENERATE CHRIST JESUS - do not allow His glory to beusurped in these days of apostasy by glorifying any church group,nation or anything/anyone else as those who will establish God’s King-dom on earth. He alone shall sit upon the throne of His glory.

THE WONDROUS LITTLE BOOK.“And he had in his hand a little book open; and he set his rightfoot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth.” Revelation 10:2.

In Revelation 10:2 we see another book, or booklet, not the sameone as the Book or Scroll in Revelation 5:7. That Book has alreadybeen opened at this juncture in the Tribulation, and the seven sealshad by now been broken in order, one after another. Now this MightyChrist (for Who else could it be, see verse 1), sets His right foot uponthe sea, and His left foot on the earth, showing His ownership of all,sea and earth. He is not only the Creator, but He has also redeemedback the fallen planet with His own blood shed on the Cross:

“The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dryland” Psalm 95:5.“And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by himto reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether theybe things in earth, or things in heaven.” Colossians 1:20.

5We need to understand...WHY the Kingdom of God will not spread all over the earth at

this juncture,WHY we are NOT cowards and pessimists when we declare that

things are getting worse and worse, NOT swelling into victory forpeace and justice.

DEEPLY what the real Kingdom of Heaven on earth actually willbe and how God will bring it about - or we and our friends and lovedones could be deceived. We need to be able to Biblically explain thesematters.

TONY BLAIR, who is a Roman Catholic, working close with theVatican, spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast under OBAMA asPresident of the USA this February. NOTE: Blair refers to the King-dom of God in a quote, he presents this counterfeit as though theelite controllers of the planet were bringing in that Kingdom, doingGod‘s will. He calls for action to support this Kingdom. Here is a portion of that speech:RT HON TONY BLAIRQUARTET REPRESENTATIVE AND FOUNDER, TONY BLAIR FAITH FOUNDATIONSPEECH TO THE NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST WASHINGTON DC5th FEBRUARY 2009 http://tonyblairfaithfoundation.org/2009/02/tony-blair-speech-to-the-natio.html

...I finish where I began: in the Holy Land, at Mount Nebo inJordan, where Moses gazed on the Promised Land. There is a chapelthere, built by pilgrims in the 4th Century. The sermon was preached byan American, who spent his life as an airline pilot and then, after hiswife’s death, took holy orders. His words are the words of a Christianbut they speak to all those of faith, who want God’s grace to guidetheir life.He said this:“While here on earth, we need to make a vital decision ... whether to bemere spectators, or movers and shakers for the Kingdom of God...whether to stay among the curious, or take up a cross. And this means:no standing on the sidelines ... We’re either in the game or we’re not. Isometimes ask myself the question: If I were to die today, what wouldmy life have stood for... The answer can’t be an impulsive one, and we

44 LET’S THINK DEEPLY ABOUT ALL THIS.

JESUS CHRISTTHE GLORIOUS

IN KINGDOM GLORY!The symbolic crowning of Joshua in Zechariah 6:9-15 gives a

thrilling picture of the crowning of King Jesus, Priest-King of the Mil-lennium Reign. This will be the manifestation of the Mighty Lord Jesus,although the passage is not a vision it was actually done in reality toportray Christ Jesus, as led by the Holy Spirit (of course the OldTestament saints did not see the whole story).

All of this follows the earth-judgements symbolized as well inthe horsed chariots of Zechariah 6:1-8. (Verse five tells us these arespirits or angels; they are the four angels of Revelation 7:1-3).

This is the invariable ORDER in Scripture when the Kingdom is established on earth:

F IRST.The judgements of God in the Day of the Lord (Isaiah 2:10-22; Revela-tion 19:11-21),THEN the Kingdom is established on earth (compare Psalm 2:5 withPsalm 2:6; Isaiah 3: 24-26 with 4:2-6; 10:33-34 with 11:1-10; Revelation19:19-21with 20:4-6).Read and study carefully these passages, and you will see clearlythat no group of churches of Christendom can establish the “Kingdomof God” on earth, no unity of nations collaborating with them canestablish the Kingdom of God on earth. JUDGEMENT by God Al-mighty Himself must pave the way to the Kingdom’s founding.

CHRIST ALONE shall bear the glory of the Kingdom of Heaven onearth, NOT the churches or human leaders, or even Israel as a nation -as pictured so astonishingly by Joshua‘s crowning - THE BRANCH:

6 all need to count the cost before we give an answer. Because to beable to say yes to one thing, means to say no to many others. But wemust also remember that the greatest danger is not impulsiveness, butinaction.”

It is fitting at this extraordinary moment in your country’s historythat we hear that call to action; and we pray that in acting we do God’swork and follow God’s will.And by the way, God bless you all. (end of quote)

(Dear reader, p l ease read the Bib le verses g iven throughoutthis study from your Bib le, King James Version , i f there is

on ly a reference g iven . This wi l l inc rease your understand ing).

CONTENTION OF MOSTDENOMINATIONS TODAY:

The “Kingdom of God is already here”, it is manifestingNOW say the preachers in the Churches, and this message has grownand swelled, due to people like Rick Warren, Bill Hybels, the Pentecos-tal “Kingdom Now” teachers, and many others. The Vatican also seesits kingdom filling the earth. These teachers often fully believeREPLACEMENT THEOLOGY, which is imperative if the FakeKingdom is to be set up by Satan.Why?

ISRAEL MUST BE SEEN AS PUT AWAY BY GODSO THAT THE KINGDOM PROMISES TO ISRAEL

IN THE OLD TESTAMENT CAN BE GIVEN TO CHRISTENDOM.

What is Replacement Theology in brief:

The belief that Christianity has entirely replacement Israel in God‘splan, and that He will never take up the sinful Jews again.Not so, God has plans indeed for Israel after the Church has left earth.God’s promises to His Chosen Race are unconditional.

These false teachers say that the Stone that fills the whole earthis Christendom, and that the parables of Christ show a Christianity

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“Who will serve the Lord?”“Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down;for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness isgreat. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the dayof the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shallwithdraw their shining. The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, andutter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earthshall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and thestrength of the children of Israel. So shall ye know that I am theLORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shallJerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through herany more. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the moun-tains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk,and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountainshall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water thevalley of Shittim.” Joel 3:13-18.

“Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him,and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earthshall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. I am Alpha and Omega,the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and whichwas, and which is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:7-8.

Multitudesare in

the valleyof decision

right now,

7growing and growing until it takes over the whole world! (See Daniel 2:34, 35. Also Matthew 13:31-33).

The STONE is really Jesus Christ coming back to earth, knockingdown the Gentile Nations’ domination of earth’s rule, and establishinga Theocracy using Israel to bring Christ‘s rule in, as promised through-out the Old Testament. Christ will be on the Throne of David.

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and thegovernment shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall becalled Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlastingFather, The Prince of Peace.Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be noend, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to orderit, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from hence-forth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will performthis.” Isaiah 9: 6, 7.

RICK WARREN, of the Purpose Driven Church fame, teachesKingdom Now theology, and his P.e.a.c.e. Plan is exactly the sameas Barak Obama’s and the Lord Maitreya’s peace plans of the NewWorld Order and the Illuminati. They all have the same peace plansand KINGDOM plans , all the same and fearfully sinister. It waschilling to see Rick Warren give the invocation at Obama’s inaugurationas President of the US.

Did you hear Obama speak of Common Purpose during his speech?Many other occult ists , New Agers,

One-Worlders speak of the KINGDOM OF GOD APPEARING.

Deepak Chopra ,the powerful New Age occultist writes in hisbook “Jesus”, page 259:

“The material world, the kingdom of God, andGod Himself, are all present at this very mo-ment in you and outside you.”

42 WHEN THE KING COMESTHERE WILL BE PEACE.

No use making peace plans and false plans of unity with allreligions, no use holding summits with the United Nations. The wholeof the earth is running riot with blood, sin and mayhem! Godlessnessruns supreme - there can be no peace without judgement of sin on thisearth.

TRUE PEACE can only come with the personal Presence of thePrince of Peace, Who will rid the earth of sin and unrepentant sinners.The Kingdom of Heaven set up on earth involves not a mere spiritualpresence of Christ in and through His disciples, but a physical Pres-ence of the Lord in His glorified Body. This is very plain, for His FEETshall stand on the Mount of Olives, every eye shall SEE Him. Hisdescription is so astonishing that only a fool would say that He is onlyto be a spiritual influence upon the earth, a sort of energy of love andgoodwill coming from the One World Church of peaceful unity. Here isjust one description of the Coming Ruler:

“And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And beingturned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in the midst of theseven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with agarment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a goldengirdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white assnow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet likeunto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice asthe sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand sevenstars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: andhis countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. Andwhen I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his righthand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and thelast: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.”

Revelation 1: 12-18.

8 Benjamin Crème , Disciple of the

Lord Maitreya, said:“But he will not speak,His words will drop si-lently into your minds, inyour own language. Hewill indeed inaugurate agreat New World religion, and at the most sacred core of thatNew World religion, will be the process which is called theesoteric initiation which takes us out of the strictly human king-dom into the KINGDOM OF GOD.”

“THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS HERE” will be one of thegreatest deceptions of this evil age, multitudes will believe this King-dom is about to be inaugurated, and worship the Antichrist as Godincarnate in a man. The churches are heading into it with joy bellsin their hands! It will all get bigger than mere political conquest. BE PREPARED !

REMEMBER: Over and over again the O.T. tells us that God willset up the earthly Kingdom of Heaven through ISRAEL never the Church.God will set up a THEOCRACY using ISRAEL, not Christendom.(Read Isaiah 11 as just one example). But the Church people of ourtimes want to cooperate with the nations, and overcome their leadersin peace and love, and set up a Theocracy, or nations which have GODruling over them through “godly” leaders. Sounds good?

But it is NOT good; it is Satan doing his dastardly deeds.

WHY is this wrong, why is it the Antichrist systemand NOT God‘s system?

This we will discover in the Scriptures.

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JUDGEMENTTO THE WICKED,NEW BLESSING

TO THOSE WHO TRUST GOD.Christ will bring in the Davidic Kingdom when He comes as

King. His coming will close the terrible Tribulation period of SevenYears, and begin the Millennial Reign. There will bejudgement ofthe wicked, and also a spiritual revival to do with Israel.

Then will Romans 11:26-27 come to pass; this is embodied in theNEW covenant of Jeremiah 31:31-34:

“And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall comeout of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness fromJacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take awaytheir sins.” Romans 11:26-27.

“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a newcovenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers inthe day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of theland of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was anhusband unto them, saith the LORD: But this shall be thecovenant that I will make with the house of Israel;After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inwardparts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and theyshall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man hisneighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD:for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto thegreatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity,and I will remember their sin no more.” Jeremiah 31::27-34

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THEOCRATIC RULE.“Theocracy :

a word first used by Josephus to denote that the Jews wereunder the direct government of God himself. The nation was inall things subject to the will of their invisible King. All the peoplewere the servants of Jehovah, who ruled over their public andprivate affairs, communicating to them his will through the me-dium of the prophets. They were the subjects of a heavenly, notof an earthly, king. They were Jehovah’s own subjects, ruleddirectly by him (comp. 1 Sam. 8:6-9).” Easton’s Dictionary.

In the call of Abraham God made the first step towards making avisible Kingdom on this earth - a Theocracy. There was a Jewish Com-monwealth under Moses. Right down to the Babylonian Captivity Godreigned through His chosen men under the form of a Theocracy. Underthe Judgeship of Samuel there was a revolt against the “Theocracy” andSaul was chosen by the people as king. 1 Samuel 8:6, 7. This wasfollowed by God’s selection of David. But things went wrong and hissuccessors ruled badly - and the Theocratic reign on earth endedin B.C. 606. And the “Times of the Genti les” began. TheGentile nations had power on the earth, not Theocratic Israel.

40 At the Rapture the unsaved people of this earth will not see theLord Jesus, but at the Second Coming every eye on the planet will seeHim come! The glory of the mighty Son of God will be revealed in athrilling climax to God’s dealings with mankind, beginning with the Fallin the Garden of Eden, right through the horror of what happenedwhen Adam sold out to Satan and God took away Adam’s federalheadship of earth. The Second Coming is intimately related to theearth, the Rapture is in the heavenlies, the Second Coming is like atriumphant conqueror riding into a territory which is in terror at Hisarrival.

Not only will this mighty conqueror’s feet touch down upon theMount of Olives, but He will return to destroy the armies which will betrying to demolish Jerusalem:

“Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall bedivided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations againstJerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the housesrifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forthinto captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut offfrom the city. Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight againstthose nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And hisfeet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which isbefore Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shallcleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west,and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountainshall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.”

Zechariah 14:1-4.When the King comes He will bring ALL the good and unfallen angelswith Him! Matthew 25:31 states this:

“When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holyangels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:”

The very armies of Heaven will be following Him as He comes to earth,read carefully Revelation 19:11-21.

The glorified saints & the angelic hostswill be with the conquering King!

10 God attempted 600 years later to call the Jews to their Messiahthat He might rule as King, but they rejected Him. The setting up of theKingdom of Heaven was postponed and the Kingdom took on its mys-tery form - under the name “Kingdom of Heaven” not Kingdom of God.Jesus has gone away in our day and will not set up the Kingdom withISRAEL until He returns. How do we prove this by Scripture? So manyways, so many proofs that are complicated and profound. But here isone MAJOR proof that you can use if it is needed, Jesus Christaddressing His disciples:

Luke 19: 11-13.“And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable,because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thoughtthat the kingdom of God should immediately appear .He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far countryto receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds,and said unto them, Occupy till I come.”

(Read also in parable form Luke 19:14-27).

Jesus has gone away to Heaven to receive the Kingdom from theFather, the Kingdom is NOT to be now, no KINGDOM NOW. We are tooccupy, get on with our Christian witness and work, Until Christcomes again. Then we will be rewarded or suffer loss, we will beallotted our places of authority in the Millennial Reign. King Jesus hasnot returned yet, no Kingdom yet. Only when SHILOH comes will thekingdom be in manifestation. 1 Samuel 4:3 is a type of Christ delivering us from our enemies.(Look at our chart - Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, the Church.pp 24-25)

NOTE: the Kingdom on earth is not even the “Kingdom of God” as thefake teachers are declaring now. The Kingdom of God is actuallyalways in power, and it is NOT pessimistic or defeatist for us to awaitGod’s timing for the Kingdom to come on earth. GOD has the victoryall the time, but the CHURCH will not get the victory in the endtimes. Christendom will fail in the end times.

39godless will be no more in the Kingdom on earth:“They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for theearth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waterscover the sea.” Isaiah 11:9.

“Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdomof God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, noradulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with man-kind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, norextortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.”

1 Corinthians 6:9-10.

WHO IS THIS COMING KING?

This Lord Jesus Christ Maker of Heaven and earth will culminateall of human history. The Son of God will come to claim the world forwhich He died, and He will wield His power and awesome authorityover this planet that has refused to have Him reign over it. Every kneeshall bow to Him in that day, whether they want to or not.

“Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for Iam God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, theword is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall notreturn, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shallswear. Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousnessand strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are in-censed against him shall be ashamed.” Isaiah 45:23.

“For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow tome, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every oneof us shall give account of himself to God.” Roman 14:11.

“That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things inheaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:10-11.

11Nancy Bird Walton, our famousaviator, once said that if you fly aboveany storm clouds, way above the darkclouds, the sun is always shining. Thisis what our chart shows about the King-dom of God. God’s eternal Kingdomis far above the events on this little

planet, and His Sun is always shining. He always has the sovereigntyand the victory, the Kingdom power. Even if the Church on earth is indecline and in failure. (See Kingdom Chart pp.24 -25).

MATTHEW 24: 1-15. Read carefully.

THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOMIS PREACHED.

During the Tribulation 144,000 Jewish preachers will be raisedup by the Lord God to preach the gospel of THE KINGDOM, not thegospel of GRACE. God will be announcing that the Kingdom is goingto come to earth,

“if any of you sinners want to be in it,then repent and accept Chr ist as Saviour.”

The Church will be removed by that time because we have nothing todo with setting up of a Theocratic rule on earth! (Matthew 24:14).Nevertheless, no one is ever saved except by the Blood of the LordJesus Christ shed for the sin of the world. In every dispensation God’ssacrifice of His Son is the only way of salvation.

“Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corrupt-ible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation re-ceived by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious bloodof Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:Who ver i ly was foreordained before the foundation ofthe world, but was manifest in these last times for you,Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead,and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.”

1 Peter 1:18-21.

38 “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which areabove, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye alsoappear with him in glory.” Colossians 3:1-4. Romans 8:10.

If this King of kings dwells within you, and you are in Christ, thensurely His will must be done by yourself every moment of every day,and surely you must expect and faithfully believe that God will enableyou to be obedient.

Are you stil l struggling by works of the fleshto be righteous and obedient?

Only in those things that you yourself deem important?

Abandon yourself to the King, His will is not an added extra for ad-vanced saints, His will being done in and through you is imperative, it isa no-nonsense essential at all times.

“Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.”Th is is the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IN MYSTERY,Christ in you as Lord and King of your life - right now:

“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead ourLord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the bloodof the everlasting covenant,Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working inyou that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ;to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.” Hebrews 13:20-21.

The King of kings and Lord of lords will soon come to take overplanet earth. The Rapture and Tribulation must take place first, of course,but then the King will come to reign over this wicked place at last.Then babies can be born without being aborted cruelly before theydraw their first breath. Then homosexuals will not parade the streets in“pride”; then righteousness will be gloried in and applauded. God willnot then be ridiculed by foolish and ignorant evolutionists, for the

12 Revelation 17:17; Matthew 24:14.ANTICHRIST has previously deceived the whole wor ld

and the apostate churches into believing in the set up of his ownFAKE KINGDOM of God.In the Tribulation GOD declares the TRUE KINGDOM is coming verysoon - to open the eyes of the deceived.

A FEW IMPORTANT DETAILS.

1. The True Church must be removed out of the earth before theTribulation because it is not a part of the Kingdom to be set up onearth.

2. The Tribulation will prepare the Remnant Jews for their placein the earthly Kingdom of God, which is God using Israel as aTheocracy. The remnant of humanity that survives the Tribulation will bein the total redemptive plan of God and His restoration of the world’spolitical and social system. Only those nations and individuals whowill accept Christ’s rule will go into the Millennial Kingdom. (Matthew 25:31-34).

3. Israel will make a terrible mistake and receive a covenant withthe Antichrist, extending into the first three and a half years of theTribulation; in the second half of the Tribulation many see their awe-some error. Satan wanted to seize Israel and set up his own “Theo-cratic” rule on earth - in order to beat Christ to it!

4. The Millennial Reign of Christ is the Kingdom of Heaven onearth, and it is decidedly JEWISH. The consummation of God’s plan forIsrael. The literal fulfilment of Old Testament prophecy.Christ will be on the literal throne of David and all nations will besubmissive to Israel’s Theocracy. But of course all nations and peopleswill be in a blessed state in the Millennium.

5. There will be in the Millennium a literal throne, a literal resto-ration of the Jewish Temple, a literal restoration of the priestly order ofOld Testament times, and a literal resumption of the sacrificial system.

(Following are some notes and a chart on SHILOH,where the Millennial Temple will be built.)

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THE KING IS COMING,THE KING IS HERE!

“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he thatsat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousnesshe doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire,and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written,that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with avesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word ofGod. And the armies which were in heaven followed him uponwhite horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out ofhis mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite thenations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeththe winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written,

KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” Revelation 19:11-16.

This glorious King of kings, the Lord Jesus Christ, indwells youthrough the Holy Spirit. You share His life, what an honour and mysterythis is to be sure. The “mystery” of the indwelling Christ is show in allits wonder in Scripture:

“Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and fromgenerations, but now is made manifest to his saints:To whom God would make known what is the riches of the gloryof this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, thehope of glory:” Colossians 1:26-27.

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, butChrist liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I liveby the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himselffor me.” Galatians 2:20.

13CHRIST JESUS CONTROLS

EVERYTHING ON THIS PLANET,ALL OF HISTORY IS IN HIS

HANDS. THERE IS NOTHING HAP-PENING THAT IS NOT

ULTIMATELY THE PLAN OF THELORD GOD. Revelation 22:11-13.

SHILOH: generally understood as denoting the Messiah, “the peacefulone,” as the word signifies (Gen. 49:10). The Vulgate Version trans-lates the word, “he who is to be sent,” in allusion to the Messiah; theRevised Version, margin, “till he come to Shiloh; ” and the LXX.,

.SHILOHSANCTUARY

36 “What shall we say then?Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid.How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into JesusChrist were baptized into his death?Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that likeas Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father,even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we havebeen planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall bealso in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that ourold man is crucified with him , that the body of sin might bedestroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he thatis dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, webelieve that we shall also live with him: Knowing that Christ beingraised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more domin-ion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but inthat he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also your-selves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God throughJesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:1-11.

Is it asking too much of you that you should have donewith lesser things, have done with all sin, and that you

should a llow the Lord to bring the ful lnessof the Kingdom of Heaven to your innermost being?

Is it too much to ask that you obey God in all thingsby the power of the indwel ling Christ;

He Who gave Himself for you as the Crucified Redeemer?

May the Kingdom of Heaven fill youto the uttermost, the Kingdom in mystery.

“Thy Kingdom come.Thy will be done in earth

as it is in Heaven.”

14 “until that which is his shall come to Shiloh.” It is most simple andnatural to render the expression, as in the Authorized Version, “tillShiloh come,” interpreting it as a proper name (comp. Isa. 9:6).Easton’s Dictionary.

Shiloh, a place of rest, a city of Ephraim, “on the north side ofBethel,” from which it is distant 10 miles (Judg. 21:19); the modernSeilun (the Arabic for Shiloh), a “mass of shapeless ruins.”

Here the tabernacle was set up after the Conquest (Josh. 18:1-10), where it remained during all the period of the judges till the ark fellinto the hands of the Philistines. “No spot in Central Palestine could bemore secluded than this early sanctuary, nothing more featureless thanthe landscape around; so featureless, indeed, the landscape and sosecluded the spot that from the time of St. Jerome till its re-discoveryby Dr. Robinson in 1838 the very site was forgotten and unknown.” It isreferred to by Jeremiah (7:12, 14; 26:4-9) five hundred years after itsdestruction. (Easton’s Dictionary.)

HOW DOES THE REAL KINGDOM OF HEAVEN COME ON EARTH?

1. Does it just evolve steadfastly, with the Church being triumphant in history?2. Is there any order to the establishment of the Kingdom? If so, what is the ORDER? Where do you find it in Scripture?3. If Jesus came to be King of the Jews and they rejected Him,if they had accepted Him would the Kingdom have started rightaway back there? And, if so, Jesus would never have beencrucif ied and He would have never died for the sin of theworld? So, no one would have been saved if the Jews had acceptedHim as King and the Kingdom of Heaven had been instigated back inJesus Christ’s First Advent? Is this true? We will see later on.

1. Does the Kingdom just evolve steadfastly?Postmillennialism teaches that the Gospel in this present age

will so triumph on the earth that it will bring in a glorious age ofhappiness and righteousness. These teachers believe that there is a

35The soul must understand that the fulfilment of these and otherpromises is secured for us in Christ, and that, as certainly as theforgiveness of sin is assured to us in Him, so also is power againstnew or fresh attacks of sin assured to us. Then for the first time isthe lesson learned accurately that faith can confidently rely upon afull Christ and His abiding protection.

This faith sheds a wholly new light on the life of obedience,Christ holds Himself responsible to work this out in me everymoment, if I only trust Him for it. Then I begin to understand theimportant phrase with which Paul begins and closes his epistle tothe Romans, “The obedience of faith.” (See Romans 1:5, 16:26.)Faith brings me to the Lord Jesus, not only to obtain the forgive-ness of sin, but also that I may enjoy the power that will make itpossible for me, as a child of God, to abide in Him and to benumbered among His obedient children. As His obedient children,it is written that He who has called them is holy, so they also maybe holy in all manner of conversation (1 Pet. 1:15). Everything de-pends on whether or not I believe on the whole Christ, that withthe fullness of His grace He will, not now and then but everymoment, be the strength of my life. Such faith will lead to anobedience which will enable me to “walk worthy of the Lordunto a l l pleas ing , being f ru it ful in every good work . . .strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power”(CoI. 1:10-11).

The soul that feeds on such promises will experience, insteadof the disobedience of self-effort, what the obedience of faithmeans. All such promises have their measure, their certainty, andtheir strength in the living Christ. (End of quote).

Let each and every one who reads these words consider soberlybefore the Lord God, whether you are truly willing to be made perfectin every good work by His own mighty power.

Do you believe He can do this?Or are you offended by the Cross

which gives freedom from the power of sin :

15gradual progression of Christianity in the world that concludes withChrist reigning in the hearts of men, only, no personal Christ as King,no intervention by the Lord in the affairs of earth. This fits in well withthe Kingdom plans of such churches as the Roman Catholic Churchand even the plans of Rick Warren and his Peace Plan with PurposeDriven Nations.

Amillennialism denies there will be a literal kingdom on earth,the Kingdom of Christ on earth is symbolized away into nothingness.And the new heavens and new earth are believed to be the next event,with no millennial kingdom at all. THE BIBLE OBVIOUSLY TEACHES THE PREMILLENNIAL VIEW:Christ Jesus will return before the Millennial Kingdom is set up. Therewill be a literal reign of Christ for a thousand years before the newheaven and the new earth are brought about by the Almighty Creator.

2. There is an ORDER of the establishment of theKingdom of Heaven on earth. PSALM 2 gives that orderin a nutshell.The order is in six parts:

A.) Verses 1-3 show the rage of the Gentiles, and the vainimagination of “the people.” In Scripture “the people” are the Jews! Theworld rulers are shown as being in utter rebellion against God and inloathing against Him. In Acts 4:25-28 we see a partial fulfilment in thecrucifixion of Christ.

B.) Verse 4 shows the derision of Jehovah that mere menshould think they could turn aside His covenant and oath. The Kingdomwill be set up with Israel as the head nation. ISRAEL WILL be used ofGod to set up the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.Covenant. 2 Samuel 7:8-17; Oath. Psalm 89:34-37.

C.) In verse 5 we see the vexation of God, the Jews rejectedthe King and the Kingdom, then was fulfilled the destruction of Jerusa-lem, AD 70: and the final dispersion of the Jews happened at that time.Israel will fall under the judgment of God in the Tribulation (Time ofJacob’s Trouble). This comes before the Kingdom can be establishedon earth. Matthew 24: 29-31.Israel, the Lord’s elect nation - Romans 11:26; Genesis 12:2-3; Luke 1:31-33.

34 He lived to do not His own will, but the will of the Father .And He cannot with His Spirit make an abiding home in theheart of one who does not surrender himself utter ly to al ife of obedience.

Alas, how few there are who are truly concerned because ofthis disobedience! How little it is believed that Christ really asks forand expects this from us, because He has undertaken to make itpossible for us! How much is it manifested in prayer, or walk, or inthe depths of the soul life, that we really endeavour to be wellpleasing to the Lord in all things? We say too little in regard to ourdisobedience, “I will be sorry for my sin.”

But is obedience really possible?It is certain for the man who believes that Christ Jesus is his

sanctification and relies on Him. Just as it is possible for a man tosee that Christ can at once forgive his sin; it is also possible tohave faith that in Christ is a sure promise of power to accomplishall that God desires from His child. Just as through faith we foundthe fullness of forgiveness, so through a new act of faith we obtaina real deliverance from the dominion of the sin which has so easilybeset. Then the abiding blessing of the keeping power of Christbecomes ours. This faith obtains a new insight into promises, themeaning of which was not previously understood:

“The God of peace ... make you perfect in every good work to dohis will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight,through Jesus Christ” (Heb. 13:20-21).“Unto him that is able to keep you from falling ... be glory andmajesty” (Jude 24-25).“Give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye dothese things, ye shall never fall” (2 Pet. 1:10).“To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness”

(1 Thess. 3:13).“But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you fromevil” (2 Thess. 3:3).

16 D.) Verse 6. See the establishment of the rule of the oncerejected King - upon Zion, no less.“Zion: sunny; height, one of the eminences on which Jerusalem wasbuilt. It was surrounded on all sides, except the north, by deep valleys,that of the Tyropoeon (q.v.) separating it from Moriah (q.v.), whichit surpasses in height by 105 feet. It was the south-eastern hill ofJerusalem.

When David took it from the Jebusites (Josh. 15:63; 2 Sam. 5:7)he built on it a citadel and a palace, and it became “the city of David” (1Kings 8:1; 2 Kings 19:21, 31; 1 Chr. 11:5). In the later books of the OldTestament this name was sometimes used (Ps. 87:2; 149:2; Isa. 33:14;Joel 2:1) to denote Jerusalem in general, and sometimes God’s chosenIsrael (Ps. 51:18; 87:5).

In the New Testament SION is used sometimes to denote theChurch of God (Heb. 12:22), and sometimes the heavenly city(Rev. 14:1).” Easton’s Dictionary.

E.) Verses 7-9 show the earth and all its population becomingsubject to the King’s stern, holy and righteous rule.

F.) Verses 10-12 are an appeal by the Lord God to the world-powers at this present time. Will these evil rulers listen? Hardly.

ISRAELAS THE HEAD NATION

IN THE KINGDOM.

Jesus Christ will be the KING on the throne of David. But, thereare some interpreters that view David himself as being resurrected andbrought back as the Prince of the Millennial Kingdom. I have includedthis for interest’s sake, I do not know if this is to be so. Jeremiah 30:9;33:15-17; Ezekiel 34:23-24; 37:24-25; Hosea 3:5. Could Jesus be theKing and David the prince? Jeremiah 30:9 does not mean David will bebrought back from the dead, as some declare? quwm is the Hebrewword (koom). This means to arise, to become powerful, to come onthe scene. Not necessarily rising from the dead.

33Is this not the reason why so much prayer for the power of theHoly Spirit is offered, and yet so few answers come? Do we notread that God has given His Holy Spirit to those who obey Him(Acts 5:32)? Every child of God has received the Holy Spirit. If heuses the measure of the Holy Spirit that he has, with the definitepurpose of being obedient to the utmost, then God can and willfavour him with further manifestations of the Spirit’s power. But ifhe permits disobedience to get the upper hand, day by day, heneed not wonder if his prayer for more of the Spirit remains unan-swered.

We have already said that we must not forget that the Spiritdesires to possess more of us. How can we wholly surrender our-selves to Him other than by being obedient? The Scripture saysthat we must be led by the Spirit, that we must walk by the Spirit.My right relationship to the Holy Spirit is that I allow myself to beguided and ruled by Him. Obedience is the great factor in ourwhole relationship to God. “Obey my voice, and I will be your God” (Jer. 7:23).

Mark how the Lord Jesus, on the last night, when giving Hisgreat promise about the Holy Spirit, lays emphasis on this point. “Ifye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, andhe shall give you another Comforter” (John 14:15-16). Obediencewas essential as a preparation for the reception of the Spirit. Andthis thought is often repeated by Him. “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is thatloveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and Iwill love him, and will manifest myself to him” (v. 21).So also in verse 23: “If a man love me, he will keep my words: andmy Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make ourabode with him.” “If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, yeshall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you” (John 15:7). “Ifye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love” (v. 10). “Yeare my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you “ (v. 14).

Can words more plainly or impressively declare that the wholelife, following the resurrection of Christ, depends on obedience? That is the Spirit of Christ.

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ISRAEL IN THE KINGDOM.Israel will be used of God for this Kingdom, as His earthly peo-

ple. The Church is comprised of God’s heavenly people.In the Millennial Reign there is no evidence that the Spirit of God willbaptize believers into a mighty spiritual unity, as the Body of Christ hasgloriously received today. There will be, however, the presence of theSpirit in the believers of the Millennium period. Isaiah 32:15; 44:3; Ezekiel 39:29; Joel 2:28-29.

It will be a period of peace, Satan will be bound, sin will be judged, andeverywhere universally the knowledge of the Lord is manifested andenjoyed. How wonderful. Isaiah 11:9.There will be righteousness in that period,Psalm 72:7; Isaiah 11:3-5, and global peace Isaiah 2: 2-4.

THRONE OF DAVID

32 I can do no better than add to my own humble scribblings theinspiring words of Andrew Murray, from his wonderful book“The Prayer Life” chapter eight:

OBEDIENCE &THE VICTORIOUS LIFE.

In opposition to sin stands obedience. “For as by one man’sobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of oneshall many be made righteous ....Ye became the servants of right-eousness” (Rom. 5:19, 6:18). In connection with all that has beensaid about sin and the new life and the reception of the Holy wemust always give to obedience the place assigned to it by God.

It was because Christ humbled Himself and became obedientunto death, yes, the death of the cross, that God so highly exaltedHim (Phil. 2:8-9). And Paul, in this connection, exhorts us: “ Letthis mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus” (v. 5). We seeabove everything else, that the obedience of Christ, which waspleasing to God, must become really the characteristic of our na-ture and of our entire walk. Just as a servant knows that he mustfirst obey his master in all things, so the surrender to an implicitand unquestionable obedience must become the essential charac-teristic of our lives.

How litt le this is understood by Christ ians!

How many there are who allow themselves to be misled, andrest satisfied with the thought that sin is a necessity, that one mustsin every day! It would be difficult to say how great the harm iswhich has been done by this mistake. It is one of the chief causeswhy the sin of disobedience is so little recognized. I have myselfheard Christians, speaking about the cause of darkness and weak-ness, say, half laughingly, ‘’Yes, it is just disobedience again.”We try to get rid of a servant as speedily as possible who ishabitually disobedient, but it is not regarded as anything extraordi-nary that a child of God should be disobedient every day. Disobe-dience is daily acknowledged, and yet there no turning away from it.

18 THE MILLENNIAL TEMPLE.

This is described in depth, it is important, in Ezekiel 40-46.Scholars tell us that animal sacrifices will be in this temple again,but they differ somewhat from the Mosaic sacrifices. The place ofthe throne of the future Kingdom is shown in Ezekiel 43:7-12.The Memoria l Offeringsof the Millennial Temple are described in Ezekiel 43:18-27. This note in Scofield’s Bible is instructive (many other Biblical scholars write much the same):“Doubtless these offerings will be memorial, looking back to the Cross,as the offerings under the old covenant were anticipatory, lookingforward to the Cross. In neither case have animal sacrifices power toput away sin (Hebrews 10:4; Romans 3:25).”

More of the offerings are seen in chapter 46. This is all to dowith Israel in the Land during the Kingdom-Age. Right up to 48:35.See the River of Life coming out from the temple in 47: 1 & 12.

PEACE & GREAT BLESSINGS.

The earth will have the curse of Genesis taken away and theplanet’s efficiency and output will be vastly increased:Isaiah 35:1-2. Some of the wonderful promises of God for this periodare in Isaiah 35. At last there will be plenty of rain, and no floods orbush fires! Isaiah 30:23; 35:7.

JESUS CHRIST will come to be political King and religiousHigh Priest. At His Second Advent He will come down from Heaven onthe Mount of Olives and it will split, and a great valley will extend tothe east of Jerusalem. Zechariah 14:4. And Jerusalem will be exaltedabove the land surrounding it Zechariah 14:10. The Mount of Olivescleaving in this way will be by an earthquake, as shown in Isaiah 29:6and Revelation 16:19. As in Zech. 14:1-3 the earthquake is associatedwith the Gentile invasion under the direction of the Beast or Antichrist!Daniel 7:8; Revelation 18-19:20.

31NOTE that it is God who will make you perfect in every good work todo His will. It is God Himself who will fulfil all the good pleasure of hisgoodness in you, and the work of faith with power.“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his goodpleasure.” Philippians 2:13.

God will provide the righteousness through Christ; this is all afree gift. Do not strive to overcome sin and be good in your ownstrength, you will always fail. Walk by faith in the indwelling Christ,God will work in you to know and want His will, and you will findyourself doing of His good pleasure. Walk by faith, not works. To notdo so is to fall from Grace in your life’s walk, and to yield to the“offence of the Cross.” (Not of course to lose salvation, but to refuse Grace to the uttermost).

Humans are offended by the Cross in so many ways. The unsavedare offended that they should be considered unworthy to stand beforea Holy God with their own imagined righteousness. They are offendedthat the Cross should be their only way of salvation.

Christians too can be underthe “offence of the Cross” mentality.

They can consider that they are living good enough lives to becommended by the Lord. They do not get drunk, watch evil movies, doimmoral things and so on. They go to church every Sunday. To be toldby the Bible that all their righteousness is “filthy rags” in God’s sight isan offence. To be told that their only hope to live a righteous life afterthey are saved is to put their trust in the Cross to bring their own oldnatures to the death - is an offence.

Who are you to believe, your own understandingor the Scriptures of the Lord?

Paul said:“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, butChrist liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the fleshI live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gavehimself for me.”

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"Ezekiel's Temple"

30 2 Cor inthians 5: 17-18:“For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge,that if one died for all, then were all dead:And that he died for all, that they which live should not hence-forth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them,and rose again. Wherefore henceforth know we no man after theflesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet nowhenceforth know we him no more. Therefore if any man be inChrist, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold,all things are become new.”

THE WILL OF GOD.In Heaven the will of God is done without exception, as a total mannerof being. Christians on earth should realise that God’s will must bedone in our entire walk. Every moment of every day yielded and obedi-ent, that is the only walk that should be contemplated by the Heavenlysaints of God on earth. God does much more than present this walk tous and expect us to live up to it! He provides all that is needed for usto be filled with righteousness, to be free from the power of sin. Doyou know in your own experience every day the provision God hasmade for walking an obedient life to the uttermost? Read these versesand think what they mean to you:

“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead ourLord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the bloodof the everlasting covenant,Make you perfect in every good work to do his wi l l ,working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, throughJesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.” Hebrews 13: 20-21.“When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to beadmired in all them that believe (because our testimony amongyou was believed) in that day. Wherefore also we pray always foryou, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, andfulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the workof faith with power: That the name of our Lord Jesus Christmay be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace ofour God and the Lord Jesus Christ.” 2 Thessalonians 1:10-12.

20 This KINGDOM will be the fulfilment of God’s purpose toestablish His Son as the supreme ruler of earth and the universe. It willbe the climax of the age, the GOLDEN AGE of history.

WHERE WILL THE CHURCHOF JESUS CHRIST BE?

WHAT WILL BE OUR PURPOSEAND PART IN THE KINGDOM?

The Body of Christ, the true Church composed of all thoseredeemed by the Blood, will live in the New Jerusalem, which will belike a satellite orbiting the earth in the Millennium. The saints of Godwill live there, commuting to the earth to minister spiritual rule withChrist Jesus, the King of earth and the universe. The extent and au-thority of our service in the Millennium Reign will be conditioned partlyupon how we have served the Lord in this life now! The first will be lastand the last first, then. (Luke 19: 14-27). Some of the proud andarrogant preachers and teachers in the churches (saved yet carnal) willbe ashamed at their behaviour then. The saved will be a royal priest-hood actually reigning with Christ. Rev.20:6; 2 Timothy 2:12 -13 (Num-bers 23:19); but we will still be Christ’s servants Rev.22:3.

THE HOLY CITY.

The description of this city, the New Jerusalem is almost beyondwords, as seen in Revelation 21:10-21. This great city glorious beyondany city before it (forget about Dubai or New York or Babylon) willeventually descend to the earth itself in the new earth and new heavenperiod. This city is the place Jesus Christ has gone away to prepare forus (John 14: 1-3). The heavenly city has a temple and an altar (Rev.11:19;Rev.8:3), but these will be removed when their purposes are over.When the Age of Ages is reached, after the thousand year reign ofChrist, the New Jerusalem will descend to earth and these mightyverses will be fulfilled:

29 WHAT IS THE HISTORIC ORDER OF ALL THIS?

This order has been given by Scofield which is concise and of useto us in our Bible studies:

1) The investiture of the Son of man with the Kingdom,Daniel 7:13, 14; Revelation 5:5-10.

2) The “vexing” of Psalm 2:5, fully described inMatthew 24: 21, 22; Revelation 6-19.

3) The return of the Son of man in glory to deliver the “smiting”blow of Daniel 2:45. Daniel 7:9-11; Revelation 19:11-21.

4) The judgement of the nations and the setting up of theKingdom. Daniel 7:10, 26, 27; Matthew 25:31-46; Revelation 20:1-6.

WE ARE RIGHT NOWTHE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

THE BODY OF CHRIST HAS THE KINGDOMOF HEAVEN WITHIN THEM IN MYSTERY.

If you will look again at the Kingdom chart (pp24-25), you willsee that the redeemed of the Lord have the Kingdom of Heaven withinthem in mystery. We belong to a distinct group of people on earth, theChurch of the Redeemed. This refers not to membership in someorganized “church” but to the whole company of believers in JesusChrist who have been saved, and yet will be saved, in the presentChurch Age.

All people in the Church, who are born again, enter into theKingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom is within them (John 3:5).

They are now citizens of Heaven (Philippians 3:20; Colossians3:3). And all their promises, their spiritual possessions, and their won-derful “justified” position in Christ are heavenly. They are dead indeedto the old Adam creation, they are new heavenly creations. Our nation-ality has changed, we are neither Jew nor Greek nor Australian - we arein Christ, “Christians”, Christ is all in all.

We are Citizens of Heaven. Philippians 3:20.

21“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heavenand the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down fromGod out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, thetabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, andthey shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, andbe their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying,neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things arepassed away….And the city had no need of the sun, neither ofthe moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, andthe Lamb is the light thereof.” Revelation 21.

Revelation 21:22 should be compared with we ourselves as spiritualcomponents of the true temple. The beautiful city itself becomes even-tually the temple, personifying itself and ourselves as the ones wholive there as “the bride, the Lamb’s wife”, beautifully arrayed forher husband. Christ in us is the hope of glory:

Ephesians 1:3; Colossians 1:27; 2 Corinthians 6:16;Ephesians 2:19-22 and verse 10.

28 Revelation 5:1-7 is happening at the very same time as Daniel7:13-14. Read it carefully. Both these passages show the investiture ofthe Son of man and the Son of David with the Kingdom Authority. InRevelation 5:1-7 Jesus Christ receives and prepares to open theTitle-Deed to the earth, the book or scroll. Adam, the first man, lostthis dominion to Satan, 2 Corinthians 4:4. God gives it back to theSecond Man and the Last Adam, Christ, the Federal Head of the humanrace. God gives the earth back to the human race through Christ, theSon of man.

Daniel 2: 34,35 describes the crushing blow that destroys theGentile world-powers, this must be done before the Kingdom of Heavencan be set up on earth. Daniel 2: 34, 35 and

Revelation 19: 19-21 are the very same event!“Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, whichsmote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, andbrake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, thesilver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became likethe chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carriedthem away, that no place was found for them: and the stone thatsmote the image became a great mountain, and filled the wholeearth.”“And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies,gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse[Christ Jesus], and against his army. And the beast was taken, andwith him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, withwhich he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast,and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast aliveinto a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant wereslain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which swordproceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled withtheir flesh.”

Yet, dear reader, the heretical teachers of today often teach thatthe Church is the Stone in Daniel 2. That this passage declares thetriumph of Christendom over the political systems of the earth, that theChurch is to take dominion over planet earth, Kingdom Now doctrine.Not so, this is ridiculous folly.

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27“Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the searoar, and the fulness thereof. Let the field be joyful, and all that istherein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice Before theLORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shalljudge the world with righteousness, and the people with histruth.” Psalm 96:11-13.

The present-time position of Christ Jesus seated at the righthand of the Father God is presented in Psalm 110. But it also showsthat Christ will rule over His enemies, His power in the Millennium willgo out of Zion, He will bring wrath and death to the unrepentant:

“The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until Imake thine enemies thy footstool. The LORD shall send the rodof thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thineenemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, inthe beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thouhast the dew of thy youth. The LORD hath sworn, and will notrepent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day ofhis wrath. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill theplaces with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads overmany countries. He shall drink of the brook in the way: thereforeshall he lift up the head.”

CHRIST RECEIVESTHE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN!

DANIEL 7:13-14 is breathtaking with its picture of Christ Jesus,the Son of man, the Son of God, receiving the Kingdom of Heaven forearth from the Ancient of days, or the Heavenly Father:

“I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of mancame with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient ofdays, and they brought him near before him. And there was givenhim dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations,and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlastingdominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that whichshall not be destroyed.”

23 THE PYRAMID.

Some say the New Jerusalem will be in the shape of a cube,some believe it will be in the shape of a pyramid. I tend to see it as apyramid shape, partly because SATAN IS SO OBSESSED WITHTHE PYRAMID, and seems to want to build this shape all the time.

Is he seeking to counterfeit the New Jerusalem?The New Jerusalem is a gigantic 1,380 miles in length, height andwidth. Its area, says Henry Morris, would cover all the way from Canadato the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Atlantic Ocean to Colorado. Theheight of this pyramid is equal to the dimensions of its base. The firstearthly counterfeit pyramid was the Tower of Babel. Satan is busybuilding pyramid structures all over the earth at this period of time!See Rev. 21:16.

(12,000 furlongs - “furlongs” is stadia, a Greek measurementcorresponding to 600 Greek feet, or approximately 607 of our feet.)

Let us remember that we are the Kingdom of Heaven in mystery,the Kingdom of Heaven in the Millennium will be in manifestation.(See Chart p.24-25 ). In Heaven the will of God is done always, Hiswill is ALL. God wants this for you and I right now. The will of God is glorious; do NOT fear His will in your life.

26 THE KING IS COMING!Some of the most important prophecies of the Second Coming ofChrist are seen in the Messianic Psalms. Psalm 24 pictures clearly theMillennial Kingdom’s situation:

“The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, andthey that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas,and established it upon the floods.Who shall ascend into the hillof the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not liftedup his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.He shall receivethe blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God ofhis salvation.This is the generation of them that seek him, thatseek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlastingdoors; and the King of glory shall come in.Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, theLORD mighty in battle.Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even liftthem up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall comein. Who is this King of glory?

HE LORD OF HOSTS, HE IS THE KING OF GLORY. Selah.”

The reign of Christ from Zionis seen gloriously in Psalm 50:1-4.Psalm 72 reveals Jesus Christ’s reign over all the nations of the

earth - read it carefully and be glad in your heart, for the Lord ourmighty King is coming!

Psalm 89:34-37 shows Christ’s throne as being established inactual fulfilment of the DAVIDIC COVENANT - at His Second Advent.

Psalm 96 is a thrilling passage. These verses exhort the heav-ens and earth to rejoice because, at last, the Kingdom of Heaven iscome to earth:

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