If My People Call Upon My Name.

If my people will call upon My Name!!

I believe that it is time for us to take the Word of God literally, when He says: “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV)

Now my question is: Does God really listen to His people call unto His name as the Bible teaches it? It is one thing to cry out and say: God help me.  But, the Bible says: ‘if the people that are ‘called by His name’. Does it make a difference if we are truly born again or not, when we pray? Definitely it does.

When the Bible specifies that God refers to His people, than that means He refers to His People; meaning every human being that is born again by believing in the fact that Jesus shed His blood for us as He died on the cross and rose again on the third day.  'And seek my face'.  Have you  ever thought about it, how we as God´s people all together can seek God´s face? We need to learn to pray and seek the face of our God.

Second question I have is the following: And what if God´s people call on Him without humbling themselves; and then what? If we reject to humble us before our God, He will not listen to our prayers.

Third question: Do we have to turn from our wicked ways for God to answer us? Yes, indeed.   

Forth question: What is the whole implication for our God to hear our prayers and answer them?  

For our land to be healed it is a process. Let me explain it with an analogy. For instance, let´s say: Our whole country was infected with a disease. How would the health department address it to be cured? All people that live here, would have to be treated, and the doctors would make sure that all procedures must be done in order for the country be free from that disease… or else it could become a killer… right? Well, in the spiritual realm it is no different, our disease is sin. Unless, we go to the doctor of all doctors to be healed as  a land… we will not prosper without HIM.

Fifth question: Who is involved in the fact for God to answer the prayer? Every human that lives in the land? No. God´s Word says: If my people who call themselves by my name…  Think of it: Why are we called Christians?  The Bible refers to us as Christians, read it in Acts 11:26:  “And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.”

Disciples of Jesus are called Christians, and it means we teach the message of Christ. We are followers of Jesus Christ. Now, this definition I described here as I understand the Word of God.

Lately I have prayed a lot for those that are listening to a gospel that is not from God ... many churches unfortunately preach a gospel that was never declared by the mouth of our God ..... Text taken out of context becomes a pretext for heresy. .... And I have felt God touch me to awaken the people of God so that we can begin to cry out to God so that the true Gospel will be preached and Christians being used by God in the anointing that comes from Him ... so that salvation can flow to the ends of the earth, and that the world which God loves can be truly saved.'

Isaiah 30: 18-19.  God Will Be Gracious

^“18 Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice;
Blessed are all those who wait for Him. ¹⁹ For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; You shall weep no more. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry; When He hears it, He will answer you.”

Based on the verse above: 

1.  Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you, And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.

2.  And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.

3.  For the Lord is a God of justice.

4.  And the result of all this will be: “Blessed are all those who wait for Him. For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; You shall weep no more. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry; When He hears it, He will answer you.”

When you and I look at your country… and by the way… it does not matter which country you are in right now, as you read this, you might be in a country far away from mine. ‘But, we all can call on the Lord for our country, right?’ If we are His people, and we call on Him as His Word declares, He will hear us, and heal our land. Amen, praise God the Almighty One.    

You might say: Well, our country is not sick, it does not need to be healed.  Well, if you live in a country that does not need any help. I would suggest to be thankful and to pray for those that do need help. 
You would be willing to pray 15 times each month ... you choose the day and time ... when it is best for you ... and when you cry out to God, read these two verses while you pray .... God will have mercy Of His Church here on earth .... God will hear the cry of His people ... Let's pray Until we hear God answering our cry unto Him... I believe that God hears the cry of his people ....

I invite you to join the Body of Christ here on earth to pray for our nation. I pray for my nation and your nation. Please do the same. God will answer our prayer according to His Word, if we follow it as He prescribed. Remember, medicine that the doctor prescribes must be taken as the doctors says in order for it to have the right effect. For our prayer to have the right effect it must be done as the Lord has prescribed it.

May the Lord bless His  people as we pray.

Antonina

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Final Word

After we have talked about the purpose to be lived in every phase and stage of our life as a human being, living with "God is Love"; I want to finalize this book with some thoughts to summarize all that has been said so far. I want to encourage you to think about these two verses in order to achieve courage to conquer everything we have said so far:

Æ  "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things" - Phil. 4:8.

Æ  “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” 1 Pt. 2:9-10.

You and I, are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that we may declare the praises of Him who called us out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Let us remain true and faithful, that when Christ comes for His bride, we can all live together for the purpose to be lived with our "God is Love", and live with Him forever and ever.

Let us say with a joyful heart: “The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.” Rev. 22:17. I want to live this purpose to be lived in "God is Love". I hope to see you there in glory with Him, Jesus stands at the door and knocks, if you have not opened the door yet, you would not do it now, for us to be there too? May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all, Amen. In Jesus' love I write this to you. 

Antonina Penner

Missionary and Minister

Master of Theology in Biblical Studies.

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Jesus, the Messiah is coming for His People.

The Importance of Biblical Eschatology.

The Purpose to lived in being part at time of the rapture.

There are many things we do not understand that God does not reveal to us while we are still sinners here on earth; and some things belong to God, and we need to learn to respect the fact that God does not reveal everything to us. But, He does tell us everything we need to know to be able to one day live with Him in Glory forever. In Deuteronomy 29:29, “The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law”. I believe it is proper to leave in God’s Hands the things that belong to Him; but, all the things He has revealed to us, we need to share with all God’s Children.

And the warning about the parable of the virgins in Matthew 25: 1-13. I hope you were blessed reading up until here and allow the biblical principles presented here guide your life in the direction desired by God on the subject of things to come in the future. Since we know now that God reveals everything we need to know, we need to be confident to read about the future. God would never write us anything telling us how horrible our future is; therefore, keep on reading in confidence, because the teaching for our future is a blessing for us.

The Rapture, The Coming Of Jesus The Messiah.

God gives us the grace to know future things in advance, by the Bible His Holy Word and the revelation of the Holy Spirit using his apostles and prophets, in the Old Testament as well as the New Testament; teaching us their message. Every Christian should have the understanding this is what Jesus used his disciples, the apostles and prophets; as well as the Body of Christ to teach the lost ones about Jesus.

The ones that have studied as much as layman; we all have the obligation to search for information, of this important subject: the future. The minister in the house of God as well as the believer on the bench need to go and obey the command Jesus gave. Do you know why we need to know this? God has a beautiful, supernatural, and wonderful plan prepared for all who receive Him as it says in John. 1:12. Jesus has sent all who believe in him to go and announce and make disciples.

How can a person go and announce things to come if he does not even you know what awaits him after death to rejoice in the eternal glory? God uses the Apostle Paul to talk about eschatology, that is, about the things to come; as he wrote the letter to the Thessalonians. He comforts the Christians not to grieve over those who sleep in Christ, because they are already with Jesus.  I Thes. 4: 13-17 - tells us that Jesus will not set his foot here on the earth as He did the first time. Jesus will come with a great shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God and come to the clouds, and there meet him in the air.

The Coming of the Lord

I Thes. 4

13 Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope.

14 We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

15 According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.

16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

God uses Apostle John in Revelations to show us about eschatology, the things of the future. God reveals to John and asks to register them,

Rev. 1:10-11 “On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, which said: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea".

Revelation 1:1-3 “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he saw--that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near”.

The Church of Jesus will be raptured.

Paul addresses the Church of Thessalonica on this matter because he was asked explanations about those who had died, how they should feel about this, to which he answers in the text quoted above. The Second Coming of the Lord, vs. 13-18 here we come to the main theme of the letter. Certainly, Paul had already emphasized in a specific way this in his preaching’s in the Church of Thessalonica; because this subject is mentioned in every chapter.

Although it is commonly mentioned as coming or appearance of the Lord; is specifically called "second" coming in Hebrews 9:28. “So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him”. (Some theological lines explain it as the second phase of the first coming.)

The Greek expression used by Jesus in John 14:3 “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am”. The words "come back" translated means literally "returning the second time". It is therefore entirely appropriate and biblical to talk about this coming of the Lord as the Second Coming. The chapters in which is explained in more detail are: Matthew 24 and 25, Luke 21, 1 Thes. 4 and 5; and 2 Peter 3. The Second Coming of Christ is the great event that Christians are awaiting with hope, as seen in a 1 Thes. 5 :9-10, 2 Co. 5:8; Fl. 1:23; Cl. 3:4. The Bible makes a great emphasis on this event, for this hour that Jesus will take his bride to live with him in heaven.  "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am" - Jn. 14:3.

According to Halley said: "It is considered the culmination of the work of Christ in the Redemption. It is regarded by most, the literal and bodily coming of Christ, when He will take with Him His church, which is here on Earth".

“We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him” - vs. 14. What comes "after death" is always in all people interests. What comes after I die? Paul begins with this subject, explaining about what happens to those that are already “asleep in Him”; that is, those who have died in Christ Jesus, biblical expression to indicate the death of a Christian. (Mt 27:52, Jn. 11:11, Acts 7:60, 13:36, 1 Co. 15:6,18,20,51; Pe.3 2: 4)

--- We only fall asleep in Christ Jesus and wake up one day. What a glorious morning will be for all who received Jesus as their Savior and Lord of your life. This does not mean that we fall into a state of unconsciousness until the day of resurrection of the body; on the contrary, we are dead for this earthly life, but pass immediately into the presence of Christ. Fl. 1:23 "But both sides I am in distress, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, because it is far better."

In the same way we are also here awaiting for His comming, when He will return and pick us up with Him in the air. The brothers of Thessalonica wanted to know what happens after death and where were the ones that were already dead. Paul warns us not to be sad about those who have died in Christ they will rise first, those who received Jesus as Lord and Savior (Jo. 1:12) of their lives. And then we will be transformed as well and be lifted up with Him into Heaven: 1 Co. 15:52-54 "In a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory."

Given the order, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God

Vs. 16 “For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first”. This expression is similar to Jesus' words in Matthew 24:30-31 “At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other”.

That's when the dead in Christ shall rise: v.17 “After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever”. Maybe it is the literal resurrection of the body, imperishable and glorious state as described in 1 Cor 15:42-43. Those who are alive at the time of the event, will be caught up together with them (v.17). Perhaps this is the only text of the NT where there is a clear reference to the "rapture." (The Vulgate employs rapiemur, a form of the verb from which the word "rapture" is derived.)

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory”. Mt. 25:31. The saints of past ages will be resurrected (v.16), believers who are still alive will be transformed, and like Enoch and Elijah were taken directly to heaven without dying. Hb.11:5 “By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death; he could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.”

II Corinthians 5:20 - "We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God".

The whole Church to meet happily rise to the Savior for his second coming to stay with him for eternity. Think this is a great emotion that inspires us all. In Genesis it is said that Adam and Eve had fellowship with God but could not get out of Eden and go to heaven and reign eternally with God. The Church of Christ, but is given the privilege of reigning with Christ forever. Ro. B 5:17.

The Messiah = Anointed One

Jo. 1:41 "He first found his brother Simon and told him: We have found the Messiah (which being interpreted, the Christ) ". The word "Messiah" is a Hebrew word meaning "anointed one" (Greek word for Christ). The Anointing was common in the ancient Middle East, involving the application of oil to a person (or occasionally, an object)

There were three kinds of anointing:

-  The common anointing for persons or objects.

-   Medical anointing for treatments of the ill.

-   Prophetic anointing used by the people whom God used to anoint others.

-   Prophet Samuel and the apostles among others.

-   It is important to point out here that the Old Testament indicates a coming Redeemer who is called the Anointed (Messiah) on two occasions. Psalms 2:2-3 "The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against His Anointed. It is important to note here that the Old Testament indicates a coming Redeemer who is called the Anointed One (Messiah) on two occasions.

-    Psalms 2:2-3 “The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.”

-    “Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God”, II Corinthians 5:20.

-    "Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens.' It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. After the sixty-two 'sevens,' the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed.” Dan. 9:25-26

The expectation of the coming Messiah has already been generalized before the time of Jesus. The N.T. clearly shows that Jesus is the promised Messiah, the Anointed of God. Jesus was anointed by the Holy Spirit at his baptism according to: John 1:32-33. “Then John gave this testimony: "I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. I would not have known him, except that the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is he who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.'” As a proof that He actually was the Messiah (Luke 4:18,21, Acts 9:22, 17:2-3, 18:5, 28).

This is why Jesus receives the title of Christ, a Greek word meaning Anointed. Jesus, the Christ, anointed to be King and Priest all at the same time. (Melchizedek, Moses and David,) it can be confirmed int the following texts: Gn. 14:18-20; Dt.18 :15-19, 2 Sam. 7:16) (We will not expand here on this subject and this is another subject).

In the Lord's Service 

I greet you in His Love

Antonina Penner. Th. M.

Missionary 

 

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The Church Of Christ Is The Bride

The Purpose In Celebrating The Wedding Of The Lamb. The Church Of Christ Is His Bride, This Is Us. God has a very beautiful and lovely life prepared for all His children. And what reward will we receive in heaven? We will go to Heaven into glory with Jesus and celebrate for seven years. There will be the Wedding of the Lamb, and the bride is the church of Jesus, of which you and I are part. We will be there in the name of Jesus.

ü  We have two verses that tell us about the Wedding of the Lamb. Revelation 19:7 "Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready”.

ü  Rev. 21:9 "One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb".

We will stand before the judgment throne of Christ. At the tribunal of Christ we will receive crowns, we will not to be judged, but to receive the reward for having been faithful to God here on earth. We will receive according to what we have built here in this life upon the foundation which is Jesus. Paul teaches us in this letter to the Corinthians.

1 Co. 3:11-17 "For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames. Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple".

When we do the work here on this earth as the apostles did, then as when our works pass through the fire; if they will appear as gold, silver, precious stones, we will receive our reward. In Revelation it tells us that God will give crowns as rewards for the faithful. Crowns are given for those who receive a kingship. The Bible tells us that we will reign with Him forever.

·        "Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him". - Jas. 1:12.

·        "Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life" - Rev. 2:10.

·        "Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day--and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing" - 2 Tm. 4:8.

The crown of life is promised to all who love the Lord. We must remain faithful until the end of life, and we will receive the crown of eternal life. The righteous judge will also give us the crown of righteousness that awaits all who love his coming. This is the Highlight of the purpose to be lived in “God is Love”, awaiting the coming of the Bridegroom. He is coming for His Bride. We will be equal to the five virgins who had oil; and were sealed with the Holy Spirit, waiting for the Bridegroom to come pick us up.

Each one will receive according to what he did here on earth if it was done as God asked him to do, whoever did more, receives more.

o   "If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward" - 1 Co. 3:14.

o   "Since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving" - Cl. 3:24.

We will receive the reward for our faithfulness here, is the crown of life there. The crown is also reign "meaning a participant of the crown of the kingdom". We will participate of Christ's Kingship. We will reign with Christ thence from there on forevermore; including here on Earth in the Millennium.

Ä  “Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years" – Rev. 20:6.

Ä  "Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully" - 2 John 8.

Ä  "And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead to be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward to the prophets, thy servants, and the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and large, and the time to destroy those who destroy the earth "- Rev. 11:18.

Ä  "Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done" - Rev. 22:12.

Jesus promises, behold I am coming soon, and my reward with me, to give to everyone according to his work. Here on earth when we are in school, we look forward to see our marks from the teacher, to see if we were approved or not. Well there in glory we will also receive according to how we worked for our God, here on earth. God is just and fair to all human beings as His Word says. To finalize our beautiful meditation and study on this precious message about the purpose to be lived in "God is Love", I want to leave the 22nd chapter of Revelation here for your meditation...

The River of Life

1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him.

4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign forever and ever.

6 The angel said to me, "These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place."

Jesus Is Coming

7 "Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy in this book."

8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me.

9 But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets and of all who keep the words of this book. Worship God!"

10 Then he told me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, because the time is near.

11 Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong; let him who is vile continue to be vile; let him who does right continue to do right; and let him who is holy continue to be holy."

12 "Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done.

13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

14 "Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.

15 Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

16 "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star."

17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.

18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.

19 And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

20 He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen.

Praise God, Hallelujah.

In the Lord's Service 

I greet you in His Love

Antonina Penner. Th. M.

Missionary 

 

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Copyright 2012/11/26 by: “Ministério Visão de Águias”. 

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JESUS, THE BRIDEGROOM WILL COME FOR HIS BRIDE.

The Purpose To Be Lived When Jesus Returns For His Bride; is the Highlight of it all. Praise God the Almighty One. Unto Him be all the Glory! Hallelujah.

"In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am" John 14:2-3. And in John 16 verse 7 he says: “But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.”  Jesus was in each stage preparing his disciples and apostles for them to have the whole understanding of what He, Jesus was preparing for the Church; the body of Christ. He told them that in heaven there were many rooms in His Father’s house. And he makes it very clear, if it were not so, I would have told you. Jesus did not hide the truth from his disciples. He said, I will go to prepare a place, and I will come back. And He also says that it is good for Him to go, in order to send the Counselor.  We have another passage that explains it as well that Jesus will come back for us, to pick us up, and we find this in Matthew 25:1-13.

 

One day Jesus taught the Parable of the Ten Virgins. Five of them had oil and five were without oil. The oil in this parable indicates the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. God desires to see the Church of Jesus Christ full of oil, that is, full of the Holy Spirit awaiting for the coming of the Messiah; to take the church to the eternal home over there in glory. Jesus teaches that He came back for the lost sheep and he compares us with a sheep that are lost. Every person who receives Jesus as Lord and Savior of his life, receives the seal of the Holy Spirit.

·         "And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory"- Eph. 1:13-14.

·          "Now it is God who makes both you and I to stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and puts His Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come" 2 Corinthians 1:21-22.

·         "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption" - Eph.4: 30.

If, we analyze these texts in conjunction, Jesus was teaching another parable of the kingdom of heaven saying: "At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom" Mt 25:1. The Bible teaches us that Jesus, the Lamb of God is come for His chosen ones. Jesus himself said that he would prepare a place for us and that he would return to come back and take us with Him into heaven. Jesus came to save us, He justified us before his Father, and he seals us with his the Holy Spirit; so that on the day when He comes to take his bride, he will proceed as he said in the parable of the ten virgins. Those who are sealed with the seal of the Spirit of God will be taken with him into glory; to live with Him forever. If, in someplace and at some circumstance there is a purpose to be lived; that for sure is this one: To be sealed with the Holy Spirit and expectantly waiting for the Bridegroom, the Lamb of God who is to come and take us home. That is what the rapture is, Jesus coming to pick up His bride with Him; into to heaven. We read in the parable of the ten virgins that Jesus explains that there are those who wait upon God. But, the ones without oil are not prepare with their lamps, and they will be shut out. Whoever is not in God, will not be taken up together with Him. Remember when Jesus said either you are for me or you are against me? Either you gather with Jesus or you spoil? The people who are sealed with the Holy Spirit and are awaiting His coming are the ones that gather with Him and are for Him. The ones without the Holy Spirit according to Scriptures are the ones who are not with Him, and that spoil.

There are only two kingdoms in the spiritual world, one that is with Jesus and the other one that is against Him.  The five virgins that had oil, are the people who are sealed with the Holy Spirit of God and are for Him. These five represent the Church of Christ; those who make up the body of Christ. The ones without oil are the ones against Him, and do not have the seal of the Holy Spirit. As mentioned and quoted the Scripture earlier: We are also included in Christ when we hear the word of truth, the gospel of God’s salvation. Having believed, we were sealed in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit; who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory. This is how we read it in Eph. 1:13-14.

The Bible says also: it is God who makes both of us; you and I to stand firm in Christ. Is it not beautiful to know that God is the one who makes us stand firm in Christ? For me this is so encouraging. I do not need to guarantee that I will be able to stand firm on my own effort. Praise God for this is so wonderful. God anointed us, and He set his seal of ownership on us, and He put His Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. Whenever the devil wants to deceive us saying, you know that is all a lie, you are not really belonging to God; how can you be sure, and prove it? We are also told not to grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom we were sealed for the day of redemption. If one believes the lies of the deceiving one, certainly we would be grieving with this the Holy Spirit. God provides everything we need, but we need to take this seriously. Now there are many people who believe that God is unfair to say that those who have no oil have more chance to correct themselves. Look at how God is wonderful, and even for those who think so, God also thought of you. Let's look at chapter 15 of Luke's Gospel here.

Lk. 15: 4-7 "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.' I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.” For all the sheep who are lost, it was for this purpose that the shepherd came to this earth to give His life as an offering on the cross of Calvary; to those who are lost and dead in their trespasses and sins. “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” - Jo.10:10. Jesus came to give abundant life to the lost sheep. It is available to everyone; we only need to receive Him and the salvation He offers.

Mt 18:10-11 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost". Jesus watches over us, all of us that are His sheep; He came to save what was lost, and that is the HUMAN BEING.

Paul writes to the Ephesians saying: " As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient" , Ef.2 :1-2. The ruler of the kingdom of the air is the antichrist, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient; the one that is against Jesus. God wants us to know this fact that we may receive the knowledge that He provided a way to redeem every Human Being; so that we can be with Him and rejoice with Him for all eternity. You know how he found the sheep that was lost? Jesus finds them by going after the five virgins who still have no oil in their lamps. The five without oil represent the people who have not received Jesus into their lives yet. Jesus came to this world as a human being to be able to take our pain and sorrows, our grief and guilt that was set forth against us.

The purpose to be lived is to seize the opportunity, as the Supreme Pastor of the Sheep Jesus comes after us; welcoming Him so that we can become part of those who will be able to enjoy eternal glory with our God. Jesus found us and He came to meet with us to be able to reconcile us with Him.

In the Lord's Service 

I greet you in His Love

Antonina Penner. Th. M.

Missionary 

 

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