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THESSALONIAN
SPRINGTIME
Greetings
Watchers!
Welcome
to SPRING!
First
I want to thank everyone who dropped me a line to let me know
that you are really out there and listening.
I am overwhelmed by your responses!
Thank you for all the kind and uplifting words.
I really needed that!
I
usually answer everyone individually, but with the 100’s of
responses, that would take me a month, so let me take this
means to individually thank each an everyone of you for taking
the time to let me know you care and that my efforts are not
in vain.
Please
everyone; remember that I care about all of you.
God called me to start watching the Mideast over twenty
years ago, when hardly anything on the scene pointed to the
unsealing of Daniel’s prophecy and the coming of the “end
times”. When I
finally saw the proof of it in 1993, I began to write about
it, and almost 5 years ago it became obvious, and I was called
to begin this Ministry to alert the Christian world to the
lateness of the hour.
But,
I found the Church world focused on end time doom and gloom
instead of being focused on Paul’s teaching of the joy these
times bring to Christians.
I could hardly believe that!
The time of our catching away was drawing near, and
everyone is focused on what is going to happen in the great
tribulation as though they were appointed to go through it,
instead of raising their voices in songs and praise to the
Lord, letting Him know that we are watching as He commanded,
and that we see the day approaching, just as He wanted for us.
That’s
why the focus of my teaching is about the Rapture, and what
God’s word actually says about the time and the
circumstances of its occurrence.
That is virtually an unknown subject in the Church
world today. The
traditional teaching on the end times has been shown to be ill
conceived in the light of the actual historical events of our
times that fulfill the prophecies specifically given by God as
the sign post for us to know when that time arrives.
Paul
had to write to very frightened Thessalonian converts to
re-explain his teaching about the rapture, after false
teachers, who claimed to have come at Paul’s behest, had
misguided them into believing otherwise.
Paul’s
message to them about our gathering together unto Jesus, which
is a message directed solely to the Christian Church, was
clear, precise and redundant. In his opening statement, he uses the word “beseech”, to
gain your attention. Now,
to “strongly urge” someone is one thing, but to
“beseech” someone, goes a lot deeper in it plea.
So
it seems that Paul is a bit intense in what he is explaining
to these beloved folks who are so frightened that they can’t
even work, or think straight.
The false teachers had preached that the Antichrist was
upon them, and that they were in the Great Tribulation.
Their minds went blank! Why was Paul saying this now,
when he said something else at first? Some were arguing that
Paul sent these teachers, because they had a letter saying so,
and they themselves said that they were talking in the spirit.
Others argued that they wanted to hear it from Paul
himself. There
was confusion among the members of the Church in Thessalonica,
and this letter opens with, “We BESEECH you brethren (Church
members) by the coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and our
gathering together unto Him that ye not be soon shaken in
mind”, by all this nonsense about letters from me and
talking in the spirit. Paul
was a God Inspired preacher so he gave it to them straight,
and pointed.
So,
right there in the opening line, Paul confirms that they
already know all about the gathering together unto Christ,
otherwise he would not have used a word like beseech, to plead
with them, based on that understood knowledge, to never be
deceived, any means, into thinking other than what they
already know from all of his prior teachings.
Then
he reiterates to them what he had already taught them, namely
that the Antichrist, whom they were so deathly afraid of, and
the day the Lord had scheduled for him, couldn’t happen
until after an event took place.
Now
I know that the King James Version says that event is a
“falling away”. The
word used is “Apostasia”, which equally means, “a
departure”. And
since Paul is referring directly to this gathering together
unto Jesus, that they already know all about, you don’t have
to be a Greek Scholar to understand the context, and the
preciseness of the language he uses to convey the meaning of
the message, that the event that has to take place before the
man of sin comes on the scene, is this departure, that they
have been taught, happens in the twinkling of an eye, after
the dead in Christ have risen.
Then
Paul reminds them again that they know all about this stuff,
and reconfirms that just by the mere fact of our existence on
the earth, the time for the man of sin to appear on the scene
is being held back.
He
says that the spirit of Antichrist is already at work in their
time, but, we that are now the restraining force will continue
in that role until we are taken out of the way, then that
Wicked one (Antichrist) will be revealed. But, not to worry, because Our Lord Jesus will consume him
with the spirit of His mouth and the brightness of His coming.
And, John tells us in Revelation that we are part of
that brightness when He comes.
Then
Paul goes on to repeat himself, and giving thanks to God that
we are the fortunate people, chosen from the beginning for
salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of
the truth, which recalls to them his teaching on them being
the people of the day and of the light, destined to escape the
great tribulation. So,
put on the full armor of God, and go about your life watching,
and when you see it, warn all the others.
Then
those magic words to COMFORT one another with this
understanding and edify each other with the words that you
already know, because I personally taught you, but I beseech
you brethren (there’s that word again), to know them that
labor for the Lord among you, (Paul to the Corinthians 16:18)
for they have refreshed your spirit; therefore acknowledge ye
them that are such.
This
Ministry is such a Ministry!
We refresh your spirit with the God’s word through
Paul. Our message
is to Comfort one another because you are people of the day.
You are watching, so you will see it coming, and it won’t
take you like a thief in the night!
That’s
us, the watchers who are alert to Paul’s teaching.
What about all our brothers and sisters who follow the
message of the teachers who brought the false message to the
Thessalonians, the ones that only see the doom and gloom of
the end times?
Look
at how many there are in the Church today that don’t even
believe there will be Rapture.
Of those who do believe, why is there so much confusion
as to when it will happen?
It’s
obvious to me that the teachers today aren’t teaching the
basic message of Christianity.
They are leaving it half undone.
They teach salvation, but forget to teach what Paul
taught about salvation. That’s
the other half of it.
I
can understand glossing over it in the past, but now that the
end days are an acknowledged fact, why isn’t the COMFORTING
part of Paul’s message about this time on the lips of every
Pastor of every denomination in Christianity?
They’re not teaching it because they have never been
taught it! Each
of you should write your Pastor and ask him when he’s going
to teach that message.
Christianity
is a living, learning experience, not a religion!
Christians are new creatures in Christ!
Until we learn that, we will never be able to
understand how to separate Christianity from everything else
in the world. And,
if you don’t separate them out, you will never know who is
being spoken to. When
Paul spoke to the Thessalonians, he was speaking to the
Christian Church; the Body of Christ.
New creatures, with a destiny, foretold by revelation
from God only to Paul what that destiny was, and it was for no
other.
That’s
why this attitude of, “I’m ok and you’re ok” stuff is
spit out of His mouth! It’s
luke warm and hideous to His taste.
That’s
why he warns this final manifestation of “the Church”,
called Laodicea, to buy from Him gold tried in the fire, and
that when He knocks, invite Him in, and be saved.
Here is John now passing on the words of Jesus to the
people who call themselves “body”, but are not.
And, his word to them is to reignite your light and be
that new creature that Paul spoke to so precisely about these
very times.
I
can’t even imagine this being a concept that is hard to
understand.
The
reason I teach prophecy is to make you aware of the reality of
the approaching last days.
That time comes out of time; it doesn’t just
materialize from out of nowhere.
God left a trail in time that a blind man could follow
to lead us from out of the past right onto the present day
stage. His word
is so precise that when you reached the time when the
prophesied events were appearing as history, they would be
easily recognizable to anyone who was aware and watching.
And if you were one of those, then you would have great
reason to REJOICE and COMFORT one another with that insight. Exactly what Paul taught!
But
remember, the last thing he admonished them, before he took up
an offering, was, when you see it coming, warn the sleepy
heads before it was too late!
All
this wonderful truth, spoken by the founder of the Church,
directly and precisely, kept sacred throughout the ages, is
there in plain sight, ready for the taking, but it’s the
fictional works of the “gurus” that the Christian world
follows that make the bestseller lists!
Now
there’s a concept that I do find hard to understand!
As
always, if my teaching is a blessing to you, then follow the
Biblical principle of giving to the storehouse where you get
your meat. Remember,
giving is part of the trip, a very joyous part of the trip.
That’s why the Lord loves a hilarious giver, and
promises to pour down a blessing on him that cannot be
contained. So,
when you give to support this word, give generously and
hilariously. The
Lord will love you for it.
Remember also that we need your prayers, so if that’s
all that you can give, then give them generously and
hilariously.
And
as always, please pray with me: We made it through March!
We are faithing on that Lord. Amen.
One more
reminder; we are in Spring – the window is open!
Stay alert and keep watching. It takes study to know
where to look, what to look for, and why you are looking for
that. If you haven't taken our study that teaches
it, send for your copy today
Thank you for listening and
God bless all of you.
God bless.
Humbly,
Your Brother in Christ
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