the Body of Christ
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Acts 9:15 ‘…But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel…’ AKJV
Ephesians 2:8 ‘…For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God…’ AKJV
Romans 10:9 ‘…that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved…’ AKJV
Jesus, Amen.
The Bible verses we’re going to use this morning are:
Leviticus 25:4; Daniel 9:24; Acts 9:15; 1 Corinthians 12:12-13, 15:51-52; Deuteronomy 29:29; 2 Timothy 4:1-4; Romans 1:21-25, 1:20; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4.
Last night as I lay in bed, drifting off into a relaxing sleep, I pondered on how I could easily show how Jesus’ church, you and me, how we MUST be removed from this earth before God’s final act can be put into action so this world, His world, can come into completion.
First we must define what is this final act of God.
This Final Act or the end of this world occurs with the seven years of Tribulation that God has foretold that will occur against the Jewish (Israel) people for their failure to obey Gods command.
God’s command was for the land to rest.
Leviticus 25:4 ‘…but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard…’ AKJV
God crippled the children of Israel by assigning seventy weeks (490 years) of punishment on them for their failure to adhere to His demand for them to allow the land to rest every seventh year.
In the book of Daniel, the punishment of seventy weeks is found.
Daniel 9:24 ‘…Seventy weeks (seventy times seven years) are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy…’ AKJV
The first 49 years (7 weeks): This period corresponds to the rebuilding of the city walls by Nehemiah.
The next 434 years (62 Weeks): This period is a gap between the first 49 years and the Messiah’s coming.
The Messiah’s Coming: The prophecy indicates that the Messiah will be cut off (crucified) at the end of the 69th week (483 years from the starting point).
The 70th Week: This week is described as a covenant that the prince who is to come will make with many, and in the middle of the week, he will cause the offering and the sacrifice to cease. This is often interpreted as a new, seven-year period after the first 69 weeks, leading to the destruction of Jerusalem.
This seventy (70) weeks of punishment was charged onto only the Jewish people. Us Gentiles were not even thought of as being saved by any of the people walking this earth.
The most pivotable verse found in the entire Bible is Acts 9:15 where God voices how He is going to offer Salvation not only to the Jewish people, but He is also going to include the Gentile nation.
Acts 9:15 ‘…But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel…’ AKJV
Gentiles have been accepted into a relationship with God as being a part of the Body of Christ.
1 Corinthians 12
vs12 ‘…For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also, is Christ…’
vs13 ‘…For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit…’ AKJV
It is this Body of Christ that raises one of the more misunderstood questions found in the entire Word of God, mostly though, because people will not read the Word so they can find out what has been written.
1 Corinthians 15
vs51 ‘…Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed…’
vs52 ‘…in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed…’ AKJV
Maybe one of the more misunderstood words found in the Bible is the word MYSTERY.
Ask yourself, what is a mystery, what is God’s mystery.
It’s a secret.
Naysayers out there will say well God can’t keep secrets from us and I’d shout right back to them out loud, where in the Word are we told that?
But we ARE told in the Word that God DOES have secrets:
Deuteronomy 29:29 ‘…The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law…’ AKJV
Moses foretold in his writings that God kept secrets.
Our churches forget to preach that to us.
Unfortunately for so many, our churches have forgotten to preach to us a lot of what is written in the Word of God.
Too often, churches preach what their congregations want to hear … they preach what they want you to know.
Did you know, the Word has foretold to us that that is what was going to happen?
2 Timothy 4
vs1 ‘…I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom…’
vs2 ‘…preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine…’
vs3 ‘…For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears…’
vs4 ‘…and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables…’ AKJV
God knew this was going to happen … and most people on this planet would also know if they were to open their own Bibles and read the words that God has given us in His Word.
Churches today don’t want you to read your Bibles … why you might ask.
Well how do you think churches stay in business?
They remain because people keep them profitable. They make money off their congregations.
All of these pastors and priests, churches and denominations are one day going to pay for their misdeeds against God.
Romans 1
vs21 ‘…because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened…’
vs22 ‘…Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools…’
vs23 ‘…and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things…’
vs24 ‘…Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves…’
vs25 ‘…who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen…’ AKJV
God knew this was going to happen.
This is just one more reason why God gave us His Word so we could read the Truth for ourselves.
But there are so many out there in this world today that desire to not know the truth. Hundreds of excuses will arise why they cant sit down and read the Word for themselves. Most times its because they don’t understand the Word or they will say they don’t have the time.
Either one, it doesn’t matter, it’s just an excuse … there is no excuse.
Romans 1:20 ‘…For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse…’ AKJV
We are coming close to this lengthy group of lessons, finally.
Paul informs us how he does not want us to be ignorant, unknowing.
He wants for each one of us to learn the truth that we are going to need so we can live Eternity in Jesus’ presence.
1 Thessalonians 4
vs13 ‘…But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope…’
vs14 ‘…For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him…’
vs15 ‘…For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep…’
vs16 ‘…For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first…’
vs17 ‘…then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so, shall we ever be with the Lord…’
vs18 ‘…Wherefore comfort one another with these words…’ AKJV
The final week (seven years) of promised punishment for the children of Israel remains but it cannot happen until Jesus’ church is removed from this world.
2 Thessalonians 2
vs1 ‘…Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him…’
vs2 ‘…that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand…’
vs3 ‘…Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition…’
vs4 ‘…who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God…’ AKJV
Open your Bibles and read the words God wants for you to HEAR.
Don’t make excuses why you don’t have the time, tell yourself you have time right now … OPEN THE WORD OF GOD and READ.
I’ll be back next Wednesday.
I love ALL of y’all.
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Jesus, I hope over these past weeks I have been able to voice the words You desired for me to share. Grab ahold of these people and make them understand how important it is for them to begin before it is too late. I love You Jesus. Amen.
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