In our last message we began to shed light on the spirit of the antichrist. We saw that the antichrist spirit is already in the world operating within the deep recesses of men’s hearts, in believer and non-believer alike, dictating their thoughts, understandings, and desires away from submission to Christ. We also saw that it... Continue Reading →
Exposing the Antichrist Spirit
The coming of Christ within each man is the precursor for the exposure of the antichrist. The antichrist has been a topic of much contention and speculation in Christendom. Just this past month, the Russian Orthodox patriarch made headlines by claiming that people's addiction to their mobile phones would herald the coming of the antichrist. Over the... Continue Reading →
The Appearing of Christ 39 – Meeting the Lord in the Air
“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” (1 The. 4:17) In our recent messages we have reflected on the significance of the catching up of the saints and what... Continue Reading →
The Appearing of Christ 38 – Escaping the spirit of self
Dear beloved, we have been medtiating on the inward resurrection that is now taking place in His sons. In this age of the kingdom, we are continually being raised up as the mind of Christ becomes fully inworked in us. This is not a mere mystical experience, it is a tangible one. And the great... Continue Reading →
The Appearing of Christ 37 – The Order of the Resurrection II
In our last message we considered the three categories of believers who experience the resurrection: the dead in Christ, those who sleep through Jesus, and those who are alive and remain (1 Thes. 4: 14,16,17). Each of these groups shall be raised up to be made alive in Christ according to God’s progressive arrangement. For... Continue Reading →
The Appearing of Christ 36 – The Order of the Resurrection I
“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” (1 Thes. 4:17) In our last message we considered the resurrection of the dead in Christ – the group of believers who... Continue Reading →
The Appearing of Christ 35 – Resurrection of the dead in Christ
“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first” (1 Thes. 4:16). In our last message we reflected on the significance of the shout, the voice and the trumpet sound. Throughout the New... Continue Reading →
The Appearing of Christ 34 – The Church’s False Hope of Rapture II
We pick up where we left off on the topic of the rapture. In our last post we saw why Jesus associated His coming with the events of the flood in Noah’s day. There we read that two men would be in the field, one would be taken and the other left. Rapture teachers have... Continue Reading →
The Appearing of Christ 33: The Church’s False Hope of Rapture I
But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be… Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left (Matt. 24:37,40) As a recap to our previous message, we saw that being “caught up” refers to a spiritual attainment where... Continue Reading →
The Appearing of Christ 32 – Caught up to the Third Heaven
“I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a one was caught up to the THIRD HEAVEN” (2 Cor. 12:2). In our last message we looked at the significance of the third day in... Continue Reading →