I agree with him. Matthew 23 was Lord Christ's last disciplinary act towards Israel for not accepting him. The mystery of the rapture was revealed to Paul.
This video is so right! Jesus Christ came for the Jewish people, but they defied him and crucified him. The twelve disciples were chosen for the Jewish people. Paul was chosen by God for the gentiles and the church age began for the gentiles 2000 years ago. Now the church age is coming to an end and we are entering end times. Anyone who choses a life for God and is ready to follow the holy spirit will be raptured up before the great and horrible tribulation. Many people left will be deceived that the anti-Christ is the Messiah the first three and a half years he takes over the world under the deception of peace and security, and then reveals himself, and the last three and half years will be more horrible than anyone could ever imagine.
Anyone who choses a life for God and is ready to follow the holy spirit will be raptured up before the great and horrible tribulation. amen. This is April 6th 2020 now....so for all of the believers who are just so tired of this world....hang on. The worse it gets the closer to the rapture or snatching up we are. And even though the Tribulation lies ahead, we will not be part of it. Amen.
Left behind...all believers will be left behind and the wicked shall be swept away as in days of Noah. Noah and family were left behind and wicked swept away
Thank goodness some know how to Rightly Divide.....Its how I learned to understand the layout of the bible, and how God deals with people! A true blessing!
Hi, after years of review I still cannot conclude the timing of rapture. There r very good arguments w all scenarios. My question is Why would God not make this EASY for us to decifier? Why r there no clear & to the point scriptures like "hey church, im taking u out at this point!" Would have been very easy for God to do this. Why would one reference say "coming on the clouds" and the other say "coming on the clouds riding a horse". Why leave "horse" out of one reference if its the same reference? That is VERY confusing. One thing many dont mention is how "immenience" could be expected by any group if we r given a list of "bad things" that we know must happen BEFORE his return at 2nd coming? We would know "he is at the door". But wait, most if us r DEAD by then as AC comes after us to take our heads. MOST of world is the lost at this point right? So its a small rapture then at 2nd coming? Folks i dont know for sure, its not plain and simply stated in clear unabmigious wording. So i must conclude ill hope for pre and prepare for post. Cant believe christ body/bride is going to be beaten up before the wedding...but hey Im not God! Peace believers!
Paul didn’t say when. It’s so confusing. It could be pre wrath, or post mill, the very end. I think most rapture teaching is wrong, based on preconceived thinking.
God didn't make it difficult to understand. Man did, in translations. Sometimes on purpose, and sometimes things just got lost in the translation. This is why a good concordance is necessary, to rightly divide the word. God's original word is perfect.
Thank you for the very good explanation👍But before his return in Revelation, there will be so much terror and famine etc. Would there be people be enjoying parties and weddings just like in the days of Noah?
Dear John. To your defense I know that this point of view is very common, but the whole foundation of the Bible is shaken, if we have to decide which verses concerns Israel, and which verses concerns the church. Jesus says in Mark that, what I say, I SAY TO ALL. If God's word to Israel (the Qahal) does not apply to the church (Ekklesia), we will have to disregard most of the prophetic scriptures in the Old Testament and some in the Gospels. Who is the bride? I believe it is the body of Christ! Who is then the body of Christ? In the Revelation of John we get a clear picture of who the bride is, when the angel with the 7th bowl of God’s wrath says to John: “Come I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb!” The wife of the Lamb is the New Jerusalem, which I believe is the body of Christ. The foundations of the city are the 12 Apostles. However, it is interesting to see that the entrance doors to the Holy City are the 12 Patriarchs (the 12 tribes of Israel). Everything is the city is built 12 times 12 (144); is that by coincidence? Is it far out to say that both the old and the new covenant were included in the city, the wife of the Lamb? I will answer that question. It seemed that you meant that the disciples of Jesus (under Law, the Tanakh) were different from the Church (The Assembly of Salvation). Consequently, Jesus had to address them differently than if He had been talking to the Church (The Assembly of Salvation, under grace, the Septuagint). I hear people say that Mathew was written to the Jews, Mark to the Romans, Luke to the Greeks, and John to the world. What is the spirit behind saying that? I am asking because the letter to the Corinthians was written to Corinth, the Romans to the Romans, the Ephesians to Ephesus, the Thessalonians to Thessaloniki and etc. So what is the point? As previous mentioned, the Gospels were written after the Church (The Assembly of Salvation) had been established, which included the gentiles already. Jesus personally called out his disciples. Once they were “called out”, they became ekklesia, despite the fact that they only knew about the tanakh. When Jesus speaks to them, he speaks to the church. What Jesus said, he is said to all. Jesus is the head of the church, but he is also the Lion of Judah (King of the Jews). Are the church and Israel two different entities? Much of the teaching, found in the charismatic movement about that matter, was built on the teachings of John Nelson Darby and Scofield, which came out around 1832. Is the “Dispensationalism” really God’s word? According to the Dispensationalism Israel under law (Dispensation number 5) and the Church,” the Assembly of Salvation, the Church (Dispensation number 6) two different entities with two different destinies. According to the teaching of the Dispensationalism God interacts differently with people under different dispensations. According to that logic, John Nelson Darby said, that Israel had to go through the Great Tribulation, but the Church, which was under grace, would be spared (Raptured) from the Tribulation. Is that really God’s word? Is that what is being taught in Esaiah chapter 11 concerning the salvation of the remnant of God’s people? There are especially two letters of Paul, which bring order and clarify in that matter. The letter to the Romans clarifies the matter when it comes to justification through faith/law, and the role of the gentiles and Israel. The other letter is the letter to the Ephesians, which explains the composition of the body of Christ, the Church, regarding Israel and the gentiles, and regarding the old and the new covenant. These two letters are the only letters written by Paul alone, and Paul calls the letter to the Romans, his Gospel, which emphasizes the importance of the letter. Okay, no more small talk. Time to look into the word! Acts 7:38 This is he who was in the church in the wilderness.. Why did Stefanus, who was saved in regard to the new covenant by faith in Jesus Christ, refer to Israel as the church in the wilderness? Are there two churches? Two bodies? Did Jesus ever differentiate in his teaching or his approach to the church as two different entities, one under law, and one under grace? 1 Cor 12:12-13 For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, we were all made to drink of one Spirit. Eph 3:6 That the gentiles should be fellow heirs (with the Jews), and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel. John 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. Col 1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church. Eph 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body. Jesus is the Bridegroom, the head. There is only one way to salvation, and that is through Christ Jesus. Consequently, we can establish the fact that: All saved = one body = one church Eph 3:6 This mystery is that through the gospel the gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and shares together in the promise in Christ Jesus. It is important to see that we, as gentiles, are heirs with Israel, and not the other way around. Israel is not heir with us (under Septuagint), and Israel is not parallel to us, as I hear many people teach in the charismatic movement. What is the eschatology of Qahal/ekklesia regarding the promise in Christ. Was that an AD thing? Was the church a new development? All through the Bible we see that the word “church” (Qahal/ekklesia) is not applied for the new covenant only. Eph 3:21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Could there be a reason why, the wife of Jesus, the New Jerusalem had entrance gates with the names of Israel under the old covenant? Does throughout all ages include the age of the old covenant too? Let’s look at God’s holy nation: Is that the church? 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Notice that there is one holy nation only, and notice that the gentiles have been called out to join that holy nation. 1 Peter 2:10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. In Romans Paul teaches that we were once the wild olive tree (the gentiles), but now we are grafted into the cultivated olive tree (the holy nation of Israel). Paul does not teach that there is a new olive tree called “the church”, which is distinctively different from Israel (See Romans 11:17-26). Eph 2:11-13 Therefore remember that at one time you gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands - remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth (Citizenship) of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. Please notice that the covenants are in plural!!! It that a mistake, or does it explain why the entrance gates of the New Jerusalem bear the names of the tribes of Israel (under the old covenant). Does that explain why everything in the New Jerusalem was built on measurements of 12 times 12 (the old and the new covenant people combined)? Is it really correct when people teach that the two covenants represent two different dispensations, two different entities, and two different destinies? …continued But now in Christ Jesus you who were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. Does the new covenant apply to a different holy nation than Israel? Jer 31:31-33 Behold, the days will come, says the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah (the Jews) Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was an husband unto them, says the LORD. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; after those days, says the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. That the abovementioned “new covenant” was between God and Israel! This is clearly confirmed in the letter to the Hebrews chapter 8. I don’t see a covenant outside Israel anywhere in the Bible. Under the old covenant, the strangers (gentiles) had to be circumcised, and they had to keep the law and participate with Israel in the feast of the unleavened bread. Then they were considered as one who is born in the land. Has God really changed his principles when the new covenant was introduced? I believe that if you are not a part of the holy nation, then you are not a part of the new covenant. I believe that the circumcision of the heart under the new covenant, still gives you the right to be as one who is born in the land. Was it Israel who followed the gentiles out of Egypt, or was it the gentiles who followed Israel? Did the exodus of Israel and the gentiles happen in two different ways, at two different period of times, or did it happen with the gentiles (the great mixed multitude) as one body? By the blood of Jesus (the lion of Judah) we have been brought near, grafted into the cultivated olive tree. By his blood we have entered the commonwealth of Israel. One holy nation = one body = one church = one savior When Jesus was talking to his disciples on the Mount of Olives, he was talking to us too, whether we are under the new or the old covenant. Jesus must have known that the signs of the time concerned a distant future, and therefore he would have chosen words and parables, which applied to the church and could be understood by others than the Jews at the time also. There were many of the things Jesus said, which were understood and made clear, long time after his death and resurrection, but that is another story. Best regards A cry in the desert
juan morales, I would like to answer your question with something simple, God knows your heart and intent. There is myriad discussion about catholic belief that I will not dare to comment on. If you ask Jesus in, you are his. The forgiveness of sins is accomplished and you can start to have a relationship with him. I do not know how to deal with catholic family other than pointing out scripture and trying show the love we are designed to show. I will say that each and every one of us should read the scriptures that John is sharing :)
Sir I am thankful to you and for Holy Spirit who prepare you to share blessful message, you really clear the concept of Matthew 24. M really great ful to you. May I be the official regular student of Bible through your website.i want to know more about Bible thoroughly.waiting for your concern 🙏
I'm a little confused. Before Christ returns, people will be marrying, drinking laughing? During the end of the tribulation, why would the remaining people be doing that? That's why I thought this applied to the rapture...but yeah I know I need to read more lol.
thank you for reading the whole story...many of us are lazy like books read to us...like we can pick up do it...we be guessing this guessing that but never had clear all way picture from start to finish caught up in the clouds teaching had me too..but make sense now.. you dont want to be taken away from GOD presence
Rapture is the time when Jesus comes and takes all the faithful while he is still in clouds. The second coming is the time when Jesus comes with his faithful to establish his kingdom. Rapture is to take away the Church and save it from great tribulation while the second coming is for the judgment.
Hi John I agree with your explaination👌🏻👍🏻... ... just one question: could it be that the way the angels will gather the rightcious, will be the same way as Phillip was raptured/teleported to a different place on earth after he spoke to the Etheopian?
The rapture is simultaneous with the coming of the Lord. The dead are caught up then we who are alive follow then we all come to earth together with Christ
What about the fact that he also promised to protect the church and God shows he always saves the rightchous before he wipes out the world. Im confused with it all.
Excellent presentation! Clearly, the rapture and the 2nd coming are two different events. Get born again (romans 10:9 and 10) and you won't have to be concerned about the consequences of the 2nd coming.
I enjoyed this teaching. Now total off point, I am moving to Aberdeen, North Carolina. Do any of you know of any good Bible believing churches in that area?
Hi talkaniaction, We have a video that covers the Millennial Kingdom, and it's available for free at stfacademy.com. Just look for the 10th module which is titled the "Christian's Hope" once you've made your account. Hope you enjoy it! Thanks for watching!
The account of Noah spoken by Jesus illustrates the rapture scenario.The word TOOK means to sail away,it refers to them on the ark not the wicked. It’s a type.Those unprepared will not expect it. The man of lawlessness and the great falling away have to happen first. The true church will know who the antichrist is and will be ready for the coming persecution. The rapture will be not be secret,the whole world will know when it happens. It occurs between the 6th & 7th seal just before the wrath of god on the kingdom of antichrist. The second coming is 7yrs after the false peace treaty made with Israel.
Dose this mean the left behinds are left for not bieng good enough or they didn’t belive in Jesus?, I believe in Jesus snd I love him but I’m not perfect by no meAns , do people like me stand a chance? I follow his scriptures and pray to his father and he is my mediator, the truth, the way and the life, because I believe in him completely, it dosnt say what I have to do to be a sheep, was believing in him and living him the wAy ?
They are left behind because they did not believe in Jesus Christ and accept Him as their personal saviour and not because of being not good. There is none righteous, no not one. For all have sinned and xome short of the glory of God but because of his grace we are saved and not by our good works.
God always remember mercy in a place of Judgement, but in this case, they will need to accept the Lord Jesus christ and they will pay with their blood. So if they could endure the hardship , they will be save.Math 24 vs 13. They will reign with the Lord Jesus in the Millennium reign of Christ.
As long as they refuse the mark of beast (meaning that they will probably need to choose the guillotine), then yes, they will be saved. They are the "Tribulation Saints", Rev 6:9-11, Rev 20:4
Rita G. - There seems to be some confusion with the answers you are getting Rita. The Bible is clear in 2 Thess. that anyone who has refused the truth of the gospel during the time before the rapture of the Christian Church or Body of Christ, that they will be not only left behind, but God will send them a strong delusion so that they will believe the lie of Antichrist and come into judgement. There is no second chance for the Christ rejecter. The gospel of Grace will no longer be preached. However, during the Tribulation period, God seals an elect 144000 from Israel. 12000 from each tribe. They are His faithful 'remnant' which He always has kept down the centuries, even in the Old Testament times. These believers that Jesus is Messiah will preach the gospel of the Kingdom. Different from the gospel of grace. Those that believe and endure to the end will be saved. Many from the nations will believe and have to be martyred for their faith. These are the Tribulation saints who have nothing to do with the Church saints as they will be in Heaven already with Christ. These will be from the nations who have never heard the gospel of Grace and they will be given the opportunity to trust in Jesus and enter the earthly Kingdom reign of Christ. The Tribulation saints will be resurrected unto Life again at the end of the Great tribulation period. They will live and reign with Christ in the Kingdom during the millennium. So to answer your question. The only way God can save anyone is in mercy and grace. So yes. But only those who have never heard will be saved.
They also MUST (1) Accept Jesus as their Saviour (2) Believe he died and rose for their sins (3) confess those sins and believe with all their heart and die for Christ and then they will be saved as a "Tribulation Saint" I think they will have a special tribute attributed to them as such as well...
Hi i need urgent answer ! What do i do if my hole family is catholic and they want me to do my catholic confarmation. I want to be Christian. What do i do if they make me go through it will god be mad? Please help!?
juan morales if you're an underage child and do what your parents want you to do that's fine they can't tell you what to believe in your heart and when you get a beige you can make that choice for yourself so even if they make you take the Catholic vows if your Christian in your heart that's between you and Jesus
Where does acts 1:11 fit in with 1 these 4:16 fit in with 2 peter 3:10 and so on..baffling..so many different interpretations worldwide ..the bible is the most complicated book on earth..then there's proverbs 10:30 about the WICKED being taken..then there's Matthew 7:11 us being evil or wicked...etc..
This may not get seen nor receive a response, but I'll give it a try. If this passage refers to the 2nd coming, then when Jesus says no man knows the day nor the hour, how is that possible when we are given such precise day counts for Daniel's 70th week? It seems like we'd have a pretty good/close guess.
Correct. Once the Tribulation starts you can set the day of Christ's return because it will be 7 years from when the Anti-Christ signs the peace treaty with Israel. So obviously the rapture and the second coming have to be separate events.
@Vernon : because __the ones that are left behind go into the tribulation period. i.e. wrath of God. that's why only His own get taken during the parousia _ the world won't be expecting judgement. it will come upon them as a snare.
Vernon Steinkamp the reason is because people will continue to be saved after the Rapture happens and all through the tribulation people will still come to Christ
I agree with him. Matthew 23 was Lord Christ's last disciplinary act towards Israel for not accepting him. The mystery of the rapture was revealed to Paul.
The time is close. We must be strong! God bless all, and may we all find salvation in Chris.
This video is so right! Jesus Christ came for the Jewish people, but they defied him and crucified him. The twelve disciples were chosen for the Jewish people. Paul was chosen by God for the gentiles and the church age began for the gentiles 2000 years ago. Now the church age is coming to an end and we are entering end times. Anyone who choses a life for God and is ready to follow the holy spirit will be raptured up before the great and horrible tribulation. Many people left will be deceived that the anti-Christ is the Messiah the first three and a half years he takes over the world under the deception of peace and security, and then reveals himself, and the last three and half years will be more horrible than anyone could ever imagine.
Exactly Right. Also I highly recommend Robert Breaker's teaching on Matt 24.
Anyone who choses a life for God and is ready to follow the holy spirit will be raptured up before the great and horrible tribulation. amen. This is April 6th 2020 now....so for all of the believers who are just so tired of this world....hang on. The worse it gets the closer to the rapture or snatching up we are. And even though the Tribulation lies ahead, we will not be part of it. Amen.
Very well taught...thank you! So many believe Matthew 24 is the Rapture, because they only read in parts...not context...
People are finally catching on that churches don't teach the word of God. They teach control & compliance.
Jesus does not leave the right hand of the Father, until he makes his enemies his footstool. The tares go first.
Left behind...all believers will be left behind and the wicked shall be swept away as in days of Noah. Noah and family were left behind and wicked swept away
Totally agree! Sounds like John is rightly dividing his word~ Good job John~
Thank goodness some know how to Rightly Divide.....Its how I learned to understand the layout of the bible, and how God deals with people! A true blessing!
Hi, after years of review I still cannot conclude the timing of rapture. There r very good arguments w all scenarios. My question is Why would God not make this EASY for us to decifier? Why r there no clear & to the point scriptures like "hey church, im taking u out at this point!" Would have been very easy for God to do this. Why would one reference say "coming on the clouds" and the other say "coming on the clouds riding a horse". Why leave "horse" out of one reference if its the same reference? That is VERY confusing. One thing many dont mention is how "immenience" could be expected by any group if we r given a list of "bad things" that we know must happen BEFORE his return at 2nd coming? We would know "he is at the door". But wait, most if us r DEAD by then as AC comes after us to take our heads. MOST of world is the lost at this point right? So its a small rapture then at 2nd coming?
Folks i dont know for sure, its not plain and simply stated in clear unabmigious wording.
So i must conclude ill hope for pre and prepare for post.
Cant believe christ body/bride is going to be beaten up before the wedding...but hey Im not God! Peace believers!
I agree. He said we won't know if the master is coming or on another when the thief was going to break into the house
Not beaten up, well tested and tried by fire
Paul didn’t say when. It’s so confusing. It could be pre wrath, or post mill, the very end. I think most rapture teaching is wrong, based on preconceived thinking.
God didn't make it difficult to understand. Man did, in translations. Sometimes on purpose, and sometimes things just got lost in the translation. This is why a good concordance is necessary, to rightly divide the word. God's original word is perfect.
Thank you for the very good explanation👍But before his return in Revelation, there will be so much terror and famine etc. Would there be people be enjoying parties and weddings just like in the days of Noah?
Did world war 2 stop people's everyday life? Not at all!
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Dear John. To your defense I know that this point of view is very common, but the whole foundation of the Bible is shaken, if we have to decide which verses concerns Israel, and which verses concerns the church. Jesus says in Mark that, what I say, I SAY TO ALL. If God's word to Israel (the Qahal) does not apply to the church (Ekklesia), we will have to disregard most of the prophetic scriptures in the Old Testament and some in the Gospels.
Who is the bride?
I believe it is the body of Christ!
Who is then the body of Christ?
In the Revelation of John we get a clear picture of who the bride is, when the angel with the 7th bowl of God’s wrath says to John:
“Come I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb!”
The wife of the Lamb is the New Jerusalem, which I believe is the body of Christ.
The foundations of the city are the 12 Apostles. However, it is interesting to see that the entrance doors to the Holy City are the 12 Patriarchs (the 12 tribes of Israel). Everything is the city is built 12 times 12 (144); is that by coincidence?
Is it far out to say that both the old and the new covenant were included in the city, the wife of the Lamb?
I will answer that question.
It seemed that you meant that the disciples of Jesus (under Law, the Tanakh) were different from the Church (The Assembly of Salvation). Consequently, Jesus had to address them differently than if He had been talking to the Church (The Assembly of Salvation, under grace, the Septuagint).
I hear people say that Mathew was written to the Jews, Mark to the Romans, Luke to the Greeks, and John to the world.
What is the spirit behind saying that?
I am asking because the letter to the Corinthians was written to Corinth, the Romans to the Romans, the Ephesians to Ephesus, the Thessalonians to Thessaloniki and etc. So what is the point?
As previous mentioned, the Gospels were written after the Church (The Assembly of Salvation) had been established, which included the gentiles already.
Jesus personally called out his disciples. Once they were “called out”, they became ekklesia, despite the fact that they only knew about the tanakh. When Jesus speaks to them, he speaks to the church. What Jesus said, he is said to all.
Jesus is the head of the church, but he is also the Lion of Judah (King of the Jews).
Are the church and Israel two different entities?
Much of the teaching, found in the charismatic movement about that matter, was built on the teachings of John Nelson Darby and Scofield, which came out around 1832.
Is the “Dispensationalism” really God’s word?
According to the Dispensationalism Israel under law (Dispensation number 5) and the Church,” the Assembly of Salvation, the Church (Dispensation number 6) two different entities with two different destinies. According to the teaching of the Dispensationalism God interacts differently with people under different dispensations. According to that logic, John Nelson Darby said, that Israel had to go through the Great Tribulation, but the Church, which was under grace, would be spared (Raptured) from the Tribulation.
Is that really God’s word? Is that what is being taught in Esaiah chapter 11 concerning the salvation of the remnant of God’s people?
There are especially two letters of Paul, which bring order and clarify in that matter. The letter to the Romans clarifies the matter when it comes to justification through faith/law, and the role of the gentiles and Israel. The other letter is the letter to the Ephesians, which explains the composition of the body of Christ, the Church, regarding Israel and the gentiles, and regarding the old and the new covenant.
These two letters are the only letters written by Paul alone, and Paul calls the letter to the Romans, his Gospel, which emphasizes the importance of the letter.
Okay, no more small talk.
Time to look into the word!
Acts 7:38
This is he who was in the church in the wilderness..
Why did Stefanus, who was saved in regard to the new covenant by faith in Jesus Christ, refer to Israel as the church in the wilderness?
Are there two churches? Two bodies?
Did Jesus ever differentiate in his teaching or his approach to the church as two different entities, one under law, and one under grace?
1 Cor 12:12-13
For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.
For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
Eph 3:6
That the gentiles should be fellow heirs (with the Jews), and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel.
John 10:16
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Col 1:24
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church.
Eph 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body.
Jesus is the Bridegroom, the head. There is only one way to salvation, and that is through Christ Jesus. Consequently, we can establish the fact that:
All saved = one body = one church
Eph 3:6
This mystery is that through the gospel the gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and shares together in the promise in Christ Jesus.
It is important to see that we, as gentiles, are heirs with Israel, and not the other way around. Israel is not heir with us (under Septuagint), and Israel is not parallel to us, as I hear many people teach in the charismatic movement.
What is the eschatology of Qahal/ekklesia regarding the promise in Christ. Was that an AD thing? Was the church a new development?
All through the Bible we see that the word “church” (Qahal/ekklesia) is not applied for the new covenant only.
Eph 3:21
Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end.
Could there be a reason why, the wife of Jesus, the New Jerusalem had entrance gates with the names of Israel under the old covenant? Does throughout all ages include the age of the old covenant too?
Let’s look at God’s holy nation: Is that the church?
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Notice that there is one holy nation only, and notice that the gentiles have been called out to join that holy nation.
1 Peter 2:10
Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
In Romans Paul teaches that we were once the wild olive tree (the gentiles), but now we are grafted into the cultivated olive tree (the holy nation of Israel).
Paul does not teach that there is a new olive tree called “the church”, which is distinctively different from Israel (See Romans 11:17-26).
Eph 2:11-13
Therefore remember that at one time you gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands - remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth (Citizenship) of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Please notice that the covenants are in plural!!!
It that a mistake, or does it explain why the entrance gates of the New Jerusalem bear the names of the tribes of Israel (under the old covenant). Does that explain why everything in the New Jerusalem was built on measurements of 12 times 12 (the old and the new covenant people combined)?
Is it really correct when people teach that the two covenants represent two different dispensations, two different entities, and two different destinies?
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But now in Christ Jesus you who were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Does the new covenant apply to a different holy nation than Israel?
Jer 31:31-33
Behold, the days will come, says the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah (the Jews)
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was an husband unto them, says the LORD.
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; after those days, says the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
That the abovementioned “new covenant” was between God and Israel! This is clearly confirmed in the letter to the Hebrews chapter 8. I don’t see a covenant outside Israel anywhere in the Bible.
Under the old covenant, the strangers (gentiles) had to be circumcised, and they had to keep the law and participate with Israel in the feast of the unleavened bread. Then they were considered as one who is born in the land.
Has God really changed his principles when the new covenant was introduced?
I believe that if you are not a part of the holy nation, then you are not a part of the new covenant. I believe that the circumcision of the heart under the new covenant, still gives you the right to be as one who is born in the land.
Was it Israel who followed the gentiles out of Egypt, or was it the gentiles who followed Israel? Did the exodus of Israel and the gentiles happen in two different ways, at two different period of times, or did it happen with the gentiles (the great mixed multitude) as one body?
By the blood of Jesus (the lion of Judah) we have been brought near, grafted into the cultivated olive tree. By his blood we have entered the commonwealth of Israel.
One holy nation = one body = one church = one savior
When Jesus was talking to his disciples on the Mount of Olives, he was talking to us too, whether we are under the new or the old covenant.
Jesus must have known that the signs of the time concerned a distant future, and therefore he would have chosen words and parables, which applied to the church and could be understood by others than the Jews at the time also.
There were many of the things Jesus said, which were understood and made clear, long time after his death and resurrection, but that is another story.
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A cry in the desert
A Cry in the Desert I wish John responded to comments on CZcams. I've never seen one. But I'd like to see his response to these questions.
I’ve had many prophetic dreams for two years. A few mornings ago I woke up and heard the holy spider say “Matthew 24” then I looked it up.
juan morales, I would like to answer your question with something simple, God knows your heart and intent. There is myriad discussion about catholic belief that I will not dare to comment on. If you ask Jesus in, you are his. The forgiveness of sins is accomplished and you can start to have a relationship with him. I do not know how to deal with catholic family other than pointing out scripture and trying show the love we are designed to show.
I will say that each and every one of us should read the scriptures that John is sharing :)
Sir I am thankful to you and for Holy Spirit who prepare you to share blessful message, you really clear the concept of Matthew 24. M really great ful to you. May I be the official regular student of Bible through your website.i want to know more about Bible thoroughly.waiting for your concern 🙏
I'm a little confused. Before Christ returns, people will be marrying, drinking laughing? During the end of the tribulation, why would the remaining people be doing that? That's why I thought this applied to the rapture...but yeah I know I need to read more lol.
Absolutely amazing teaching my brother. Jesus bless you
thank you for reading the whole story...many of us are lazy like books read to us...like we can pick up do it...we be guessing this guessing that but never had clear all way picture from start to finish caught up in the clouds teaching had me too..but make sense now.. you dont want to be taken away from GOD presence
What’s the difference between the rapture and the second coming??
Rapture is the time when Jesus comes and takes all the faithful while he is still in clouds. The second coming is the time when Jesus comes with his faithful to establish his kingdom. Rapture is to take away the Church and save it from great tribulation while the second coming is for the judgment.
Hi John
I agree with your explaination👌🏻👍🏻...
... just one question: could it be that the way the angels will gather the rightcious, will be the same way as Phillip was raptured/teleported to a different place on earth after he spoke to the Etheopian?
The rapture is simultaneous with the coming of the Lord. The dead are caught up then we who are alive follow then we all come to earth together with Christ
One might also consider a second Rapture at end of Trib which would catch out Tribulation saints to be present as guests at the wedding in Heaven.
What about the fact that he also promised to protect the church and God shows he always saves the rightchous before he wipes out the world. Im confused with it all.
god bless you bro
Excellent presentation! Clearly, the rapture and the 2nd coming are two different events. Get born again (romans 10:9 and 10) and you won't have to be concerned about the consequences of the 2nd coming.
I enjoyed this teaching. Now total off point, I am moving to Aberdeen, North Carolina. Do any of you know of any good Bible believing churches in that area?
A very popular doctrine MANY if not most teach it!
Dear John will you do a video on Jesus Christ 1000 year reign on earth?
Hi talkaniaction,
We have a video that covers the Millennial Kingdom, and it's available for free at stfacademy.com. Just look for the 10th module which is titled the "Christian's Hope" once you've made your account. Hope you enjoy it!
Thanks for watching!
The account of Noah spoken by Jesus illustrates the rapture scenario.The word TOOK means to sail away,it refers to them on the ark not the wicked.
It’s a type.Those unprepared will not expect it.
The man of lawlessness and the great falling away have to happen first.
The true church will know who the antichrist is and will be ready for the coming persecution.
The rapture will be not be secret,the whole world will know when it happens.
It occurs between the 6th & 7th seal just before the wrath of god on the kingdom of antichrist.
The second coming is 7yrs after the false peace treaty made with Israel.
Amen
Dose this mean the left behinds are left for not bieng good enough or they didn’t belive in Jesus?, I believe in Jesus snd I love him but I’m not perfect by no meAns , do people like me stand a chance? I follow his scriptures and pray to his father and he is my mediator, the truth, the way and the life, because I believe in him completely, it dosnt say what I have to do to be a sheep, was believing in him and living him the wAy ?
They are left behind because they did not believe in Jesus Christ and accept Him as their personal saviour and not because of being not good. There is none righteous, no not one. For all have sinned and xome short of the glory of God but because of his grace we are saved and not by our good works.
good job
Is John 14 talking about rapture?
Absolutely Yes, John 14:1-3 is definitely the Pre-Trib Rapture.
Verse 3 is referring to the rapture , so yes .
Will God have mercy and grace upon those left behind after the rapture?
God always remember mercy in a place of Judgement, but in this case, they will need to accept the Lord Jesus christ and they will pay with their blood. So if they could endure the hardship , they will be save.Math 24 vs 13. They will reign with the Lord Jesus in the Millennium reign of Christ.
As long as they refuse the mark of beast (meaning that they will probably need to choose the guillotine), then yes, they will be saved. They are the "Tribulation Saints", Rev 6:9-11, Rev 20:4
Rita G. - There seems to be some confusion with the answers you are getting Rita. The Bible is clear in 2 Thess. that anyone who has refused the truth of the gospel during the time before the rapture of the Christian Church or Body of Christ, that they will be not only left behind, but God will send them a strong delusion so that they will believe the lie of Antichrist and come into judgement. There is no second chance for the Christ rejecter. The gospel of Grace will no longer be preached.
However, during the Tribulation period, God seals an elect 144000 from Israel. 12000 from each tribe. They are His faithful 'remnant' which He always has kept down the centuries, even in the Old Testament times. These believers that Jesus is Messiah will preach the gospel of the Kingdom. Different from the gospel of grace. Those that believe and endure to the end will be saved. Many from the nations will believe and have to be martyred for their faith. These are the Tribulation saints who have nothing to do with the Church saints as they will be in Heaven already with Christ. These will be from the nations who have never heard the gospel of Grace and they will be given the opportunity to trust in Jesus and enter the earthly Kingdom reign of Christ. The Tribulation saints will be resurrected unto Life again at the end of the Great tribulation period. They will live and reign with Christ in the Kingdom during the millennium.
So to answer your question. The only way God can save anyone is in mercy and grace. So yes. But only those who have never heard will be saved.
They also MUST (1) Accept Jesus as their Saviour (2) Believe he died and rose for their sins (3) confess those sins and believe with all their heart and die for Christ and then they will be saved as a "Tribulation Saint" I think they will have a special tribute attributed to them as such as well...
Hi i need urgent answer !
What do i do if my hole family is catholic and they want me to do my catholic confarmation. I want to be Christian. What do i do if they make me go through it will god be mad? Please help!?
juan morales if you're an underage child and do what your parents want you to do that's fine they can't tell you what to believe in your heart and when you get a beige you can make that choice for yourself so even if they make you take the Catholic vows if your Christian in your heart that's between you and Jesus
Catholics are Christian whether you like it or not.
Where does acts 1:11 fit in with 1 these 4:16 fit in with 2 peter 3:10 and so on..baffling..so many different interpretations worldwide ..the bible is the most complicated book on earth..then there's proverbs 10:30 about the WICKED being taken..then there's Matthew 7:11 us being evil or wicked...etc..
This may not get seen nor receive a response, but I'll give it a try. If this passage refers to the 2nd coming, then when Jesus says no man knows the day nor the hour, how is that possible when we are given such precise day counts for Daniel's 70th week? It seems like we'd have a pretty good/close guess.
Correct. Once the Tribulation starts you can set the day of Christ's return because it will be 7 years from when the Anti-Christ signs the peace treaty with Israel. So obviously the rapture and the second coming have to be separate events.
Why is it that the ones who are left were not raptured earlier? This is a little confusing to me.
@Vernon : because __the ones that are left behind go into the tribulation period. i.e. wrath of God. that's why only His own get taken during the parousia _ the world won't be expecting judgement. it will come upon them as a snare.
@Jonathan S: it's before_ but like you said nobody knows when.
Vernon Steinkamp the reason is because people will continue to be saved after the Rapture happens and all through the tribulation people will still come to Christ
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