THE BAD NEWS AND THE GOOD NEWS!

 IT IS DECEMBER 31, 2017

AND THE CHURCH IS STILL HERE!

ALL THOSE WHO TOLD US IT WAS THE YEAR

CHRIST WOULD RETURN FOR US

HAVE JOINED THE LONG LIST OF

"FALSE PROPHETS" THAT HAVE PLAGUED

THE CHURCH OVER THE CENTURIES.

IT IS JANUARY 1, 2018 IN JERUSALEM,

AND THAT MUST MEAN ONE THING:

GOD STILL HAS WORK FOR THE CHURCH TO DO!

SO LET ME CONTINUE TO SPREAD

THE GOSPEL ON THE INTERNET

SO THAT IT CAN WIN SOULS FOR CHRIST.

THE GOSPEL MESSAGE:

JESUS CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED TO PAY

FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD.

JESUS WAS BURIED AND HIS FATHER

RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, JUST AS

THE SCRIPTURES SAID WOULD HAPPEN.

WHOSOEVER ACKNOWLEDGES

JESUS CHRIST AS HIS LORD,

AND BELIEVES IN HIS HEART 

THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD,

WILL BE SAVED!

HE IS COMING BACK FOR HIS CHURCH!

AND BASED UPON THE CONDITION 

OF THIS SIN-SICK WORLD,

IT COULD BE TODAY!

TRUST IN JESUS

WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME!

CHRISTIANITY: CANNIBALISM OR COMMUNION WITH GOD

JOHN 6:48-63 - REQUIRES SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING

[48] I AM (The) Bread of Life.  [See also:  John 6:35]
[49] Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
[50] This is The Bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
[51] I AM The Living Bread which came down from heaven:  if any man eat of this Bread, he shall live forever:  and The Bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
[52] The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us His flesh to eat?
[53] Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His Blood, you have no life in you.
[54] Whosoever eats My Flesh, and drinks My Blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
[55] For My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed.
[56] He that eats My Flesh, and drinks My Blood, dwells in Me, and I in him.
[57] As the living Father has sent Me, and I live by the Father:  so he that eats Me, even he shall live by Me.
[58] This is that Bread which came down from heaven:  not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead:  he that eats of this Bread shall live forever.
[59] These things said He in the synagogue, as He taught in Capernaum.
[60] Many therefore of His disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
[61] When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples murmured at it, He said unto them, Does this offend you?
[62] What and if you shall see the Son of man ascend up where He was before?
[63] It is the Spirit Who (makes alive); the flesh profits nothing: 

THE WORDS I SPEAK UNTO YOU, THEY ARE SPIRIT, AND THEY ARE LIFE.

THE SCRIPTURES INTERPRET THEMSELVES

Matthew 26:26-28  

[26] And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is My Body.
[27] And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink you all of it;
[28] For this is My Blood of the New (Covenant), which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Mark 14:22-24 

[22] And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is My Body.
[23] And He took the cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them: and they all drank of it.
[24] And He said unto them, This is My Blood of the New (Covenant), which is shed for many.

Luke 22:19-20 

[19] And He took bread, and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave unto them, saying, This is My Body which is given for you:  this do in remembrance of Me.
[20] Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the New (Covenant) in My Blood, which is shed for you.

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

[23] For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which He was betrayed took bread:
[24] And when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, Take, eat:  this is My Body, which is broken for you:  this do in remembrance of Me.
[25] After the same manner also He took the cup, when He had supped, saying, This cup is the New (Covenant) in My Blood:  this do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.
[26] For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show the Lord's death till He come.

[Note:  I have replaced the word "testament" with the word "covenant" for two reasons:  1)  Today we think of the New Testament as the last 27 books of the Bible; Jesus was not referring to the Bible; and 2)  the Greek διαθήκη (diathēkē), which occurs 33 times in the Greek New Testament, is translated "covenant" 20 times and "testament" only 13.]

1 Corinthians 2:13-14 

[13] Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy (Spirit) teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

[14] But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God:  for they are foolishness unto him:  neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

IN OTHER WORDS, TO UNDERSTAND GOD'S WORD,

ONE MUST BE BORN AGAIN!

THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION

THE WORK OF THE TRINITY IN THE SALVATION OF MANKIND.

John 6:44 - "No man can come to Me, except the Father Who has sent Me draw him:  and I will raise him up at the last day."
John 12:32-33 - "And I (Jesus), if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me.  This He said, signifying what death He would die."
Romans 6:4 - "...Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father...."
John 16:13-14 - "Howbeit when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth:  for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak:  and He will show you things to come.  He shall glorify Me:  for He shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you."

MANKIND'S PART IN SALVATION:  BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST!

Acts 15:7-9 - "And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, you know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the Word of the Gospel, and believe.  And God, Who knows the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as He did unto us; and put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith."
Acts 16:29-34 - "Then he (the Philippian jailer) called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?  And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.  And they spoke unto him the Word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.  And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.  And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house."
Romans 1:16-17 - "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ:  for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one who believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile.  For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith:  as it is written, The just shall live by faith."
Romans 10:8-13, 17 - "...The Word is so close to you, even in your mouth, and in your heart:  that is, the Word of faith, which we preach; that if you will confess with your mouth (faith in) the Lord Jesus, and really believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  For with the heart man believes and is made righteous; and with his mouth, confession is made unto salvation.  For the Scripture says, Whosoever believes on Him shall not be ashamed.  For there is no difference between the Jew and the Gentile:  for the same Lord rewards all who call upon Him.  For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved....So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God."
Galatians 3:22-26 - "But the Scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.  But before faith came, we were kept under the Law, shut up unto (ignorant of) the faith which should afterwards be revealed.  Wherefore the Law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.  But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.  For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus."
Ephesians 2:8-9 - "For by grace (unmerited favor) are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:  not of works, lest any man should boast.

DO YOU BELIEVE THE SCRIPTURES, THE WORD OF GOD FROM WHICH 

THE GOSPEL, THAT WHICH HAS THE POWER TO SAVE, IS PROCLAIMED?

IF SO, ARE YOU SHARING THE GOSPEL WITH OTHERS?

Kύριος θεός: LORD GOD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

The title "Lord God" appears 465 times in the KJV Bible - 452 of them are found in the Old Testament!  Here are the 13 found in the New Testament, 9 of which are found in the Book of Revelation:

Luke 1:30-33; 68-69 - "And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary:  for thou hast found favor with God.  And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call His name JESUS.  He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David:  and He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of His kingdom there shall be no end....Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for He hath visited and redeemed His people, and hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David"

[Note:  "favor" is from the Greek χάρις (charis), which occurs 156 times in 147 verses in the Greek concordance of the KJV; 130 of which are translated "grace," which means "unmerited favor."  "His father David" would be clearer if it said, "His ancestor David," for God is the Father of Jesus (John 3:16; etc.)]

1 Peter 3:15-16 - "...sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:  having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ."

[Note:  "conversation" is from the Greek ἀναστροφή (anastrophē), which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the Greek concordance of the KJV.  It is defined as:  "one's manner of life, conduct, behavior, deportment."]

Jude 1:3-4 - "Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.  For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ."

Revelation 4:6-8 - "And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal:  and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.  And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.  And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within:  and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was, and is, and is to come."

Revelation 11:16-17 - "And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, Who art, and wast, and art to come; because Thou hast taken to Thee Thy great power, and hast reigned."

Revelation 15:2-3 - "And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.  And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints."

Revelation 16:5-7 - "And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, Who art, and wast, and shalt be, because Thou hast judged thus.  For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and Thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.  And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Thy judgments."

Revelation 18:7-9 - "How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her:  for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.  Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire:  for strong is the Lord God Who judgeth her.  And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning...."

Revelation 19:4-6 - "And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God Who sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.  And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye His servants, and ye that fear Him, both small and great.  And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia:  for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth."

Revelation 21:22-23 - "And I saw no temple therein:  for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.  And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it:  for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof."

Revelation 22:5-6 - "And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light:  and they shall reign forever and ever.  And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show unto His servants the things which must shortly be done."

THE TITLE, "LORD JESUS" APPEARS 115 TIMES!

WHY DO SO MANY "CHRISTIANS" CLAIM JESUS AS THEIR SAVIOR,

BUT LIVE THEIR LIVES AS THOUGH HE IS NOT THEIR LORD?

SALVATION AS I UNDERSTAND IT

ALL HAVE SINNED

Romans 3:23 - For all have sinned, and come short of God's requirement that man be holy!

THE PENALTY FOR SIN IS DEATH

Romans 6:23 - For the ultimate result of sin is death!

BUT THERE IS GOOD NEWS IN THE GOSPEL MESSAGE 

Romans 1:16 - I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ:  for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile!

Romans 5:8 - God demonstrated His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us!

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 - The Apostle Paul wrote, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also you have received, and wherein you stand; by which also you are saved....For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures!

2 Corinthians 5:20-21 - Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, and as such, we plead with you in Christ's stead, be reconciled to God.  For God has made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him!

Ephesians 2:8-9 - Although we are totally undeserving, God saves through faith; salvation is not of our own merit, but it is the gift of God:  it is not of works, so that no man can boast!

SALVATION IS THE RESULT OF FAITH IN THE GOSPEL MESSAGE

Romans 10:8-13 - But what....is the Word of faith which we preach?  It is that if you will confess your faith in the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.  For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  For the Scripture says, Whoever believes on Him shall not be ashamed.  For there is no difference between the Jew and the Gentile:  for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him.  For whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved!

THERE WILL COME A TIME WHEN GOD'S OFFER WILL EXPIRE!

IT MAY BE YEARS FROM NOW, OR THIS VERY DAY!

DO NOT WAIT; TRUST THE GOD OF THE GOSPEL TODAY!

GOD'S PLAN WILL BE COMPLETED!

GOD CREATED MAN (MANKIND)

Genesis 1:26-27 - "And God said, Let Us make man [אָדָם ('adam)] in Our image, after Our likeness:  and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.  So God created man [אָדָם ('adam)] in His own image, in the image of God created He Him; male and female created He them."

GOD CREATED THE FIRST MAN (ADAM)

Genesis 2:19 - "And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam [אָדָם ('adam)] to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam [אָדָם ('adam)] called every living creature, that was the name thereof."

GOD CREATED THE FIRST JEW, ABRAM (ABRAHAM)

Genesis 11:26 - "And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram [אַבְרָם ('Abram)] Nahor, and Haran." 

Genesis 17:5 - "Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram [אַבְרָם ('Abram)] but thy name shall be Abraham [אַבְרָהָם ('Abraham)] for a father of many nations have I made thee."

GOD CREATED MOSES AND THE LAW 

Exodus 2:10 - "And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son.  And she called his name Moses [מֹשֶׁה (Mosheh)]  and she said, Because I drew him out of the water."

THE CREATOR, JESUS, BECAME FLESH AND DWELT AMONG MEN

John 1:1-3, 14 - "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  The Same was in the beginning with God.  All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made....And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of The Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."

1 Timothy 3:16 - "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:  God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory."

Hebrews 1:1-3 - "God, Who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, Whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by Whom also He made the worlds; Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the Word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high."

JESUS DIED FOR THE SINS OF ALL MANKIND

John 19:30 - "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, IT IS FINISHED: and He bowed His head, and gave up the ghost." 

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 - "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures...."

1 John 2:2 - "And He is the propitiation [THE TOTAL PAYMENT OF OUR DEBT] for our sins:  and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."

YOU CAN HAVE ETERNAL LIFE BY SIMPLY BELIEVING IN JESUS

John 3:14-17 - "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:  that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.  For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.  For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved."

Romans 10:9-10, 13 - "...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.  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation....For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

Ephesians 2:8-9 - "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:  not of works, lest any man should boast."

1 John 3:2 - "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be:  but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is."

GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED!

GOD IS A GOD OF LOVE . . . BUT

These six things does the LORD hate: 

     Yes, seven are an abomination unto Him:

          1.  A proud look!

          2.  A lying tongue!

          3.  Hands that shed innocent blood!

          4.  A heart that devises wicked imaginations! 

          5.  Feet that be swift in running to mischief!

          6.  A false witness that speaks lies!

          7.  And he that sows discord among brethren!

HE ESPECIALLY HATES THEM WHEN

THEY DESCRIBE ONE OF HIS CHILDREN!

1 CORINTHIANS 11:30

"For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep."

HEBREWS 12:6
"For whom the Lord loves, He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receive."

1 PETER 4:17

"For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God:

and if it first begin at us,

what shall the end be of those who obey not the Gospel of God?" 

REPENT!

JESUS: ISRAEL'S KING AND PRIEST

MATTHEW 1 - JESUS:  A JEW AND KING OF THE JEWS!

THE SON OF ABRAHAM, DAVID, AND OF SOLOMON,

BUT NOT OF JOSEPH! 

Matthew 1:1-6, 16 - "The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.  Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; and Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; and Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; and Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; and Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias....And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, Who is called Christ."

[Note:  Jesus was born a Jew as a descendant of Abraham.  Jesus was born to be King as a descendant of David through David's son, Solomon!  As "Christ," translated from the  Greek Χριστός (Christos), which means "the Anointed One, the Messiah, the Son of God!"  Jesus was not born of Joseph, but of Mary and the Holy Spirit (Mt. 1:19-25).]

GENESIS 3 - JESUS WAS BORN OF THE SEED OF EVE, NOT OF ADAM!
A PROPHECY OF THE MIRACLE OF THE VIRGIN BIRTH!

Genesis 3:14-15 - "And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:  And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; (He) shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His heel."

LUKE 3 - JESUS:  A JEW AND A PRIEST OF ISRAEL!

A SON OF ABRAHAM, OF DAVID, OF NATHAN, OF LEVI,

BUT NOT OF JOSEPH!

Luke 3:23-24, 31-34 - "And Jesus Himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi....which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David....which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham...."

[Note:  Jesus was born a Jew as a descendant of Abraham.  Jesus was born to be Priest as a descendant of David through David's son, Nathan!  Jesus was not born of Joseph, but of Mary and the Holy Spirit (Lk. 3:23).  However, in addition to His qualification to be a Priest as a descendant of Levi, Jesus was called of His Father a High Priest after the order of Melchisedec!  The Greek Μελχισέδεκ (Melchisedek), which means "King of Righteousness, and King of Salem" (Peace)!]

JESUS:  THE HIGH PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHISEDEC!

NOT OF HUMAN LINEAGE, BUT DECLARED SO BY HIS FATHER!

Hebrews 5:5-6 - "So also Christ glorified not Himself to be made an High Priest; but He that said unto Him, Thou art My Son, today have I begotten thee.  As He saith also in another place, Thou art a Priest forever after the order of Melchisedec."

Hebrews 7:11 - "If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the Law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?"

JESUS IS RETURNING SOON TO RULE AND REIGN AS KING OF KINGS!

HAVE YOU ACCEPTED HIS OFFER OF SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN HIM?

BEHOLD, TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION!  TRUST HIM TODAY!

JESUS: THE LAMB AND THE LION

CHRIST'S INCARNATION

JESUS, THE CREATOR, CAME AS OUR SACRIFICIAL LAMB

John 1:1-3 - "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  The Same was in the beginning with God.  All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made."

John 1:14 - "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of The Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."

John 1:29 - "The next day John saw Jesus coming unto him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world."

1 Corinthians 5:7 - "...For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us...."

2 Corinthians 5:21 - "For He has made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him."

CHRIST'S CORONATION

JESUS IS COMING AGAIN AS THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH

Revelation 5:5 - "And one of the elders said unto me, Weep not:  behold, The Lion of The Tribe of Judah, The Root of David, has prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof."

Revelation 19:11-16 - "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He does judge and make war.  His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns; and He had a name written, that no man knew, but He Himself.  And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood:  and His name is called The Word of God.  And the armies which were in heaven followed Him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.  And out of His mouth went a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations:  and He shall rule them with a rod of iron:  and He treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.  And He had on His vesture and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."

HE DIED FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD, HE WAS BURIED,

AND HE WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD THE THIRD DAY,

ALL ACCORDING TO THE PROPHETIC SCRIPTURES!

ACCEPT JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR TODAY!

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TO FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND EVEN MY ENEMIES!

My wife and I have ten Great-Grandchildren, ten Grandchildren, three Children, and a bunch of "in-laws!"  Needless to say, Christmas is not only chaotic, it is down right expensive!  Praise the Lord we are able to get something for each even though we are both living on Social Security and my Navy Enlisted-man's pension.  The thing that blesses us is to see the hope and expectancy the kids have for "Santa's visit."  At our age, we don't have many more of these "ordeals" to enjoy.

Sadly, with the condition of this sin-sick world being as bad as in the days of Noah and Lot (Luke 17:26-29), this may be our last Christmas, for Jesus has promised to remove born again believers  before the wrath of God is poured out on those who have failed to acknowledge Jesus as their Lord and Savior.  The Bible says:

John 14:1-3, 6 - "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in Me.  In My Father's house are many mansions:  if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I AM, there ye may be also....Jesus said...I AM The Way, The Truth, and The Life:  no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me."
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 - "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved...For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures."
1 Corinthians 15:51-53 - "Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 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.  For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality."
1 Thessalonians 1:10 - We "...wait for His Son from heaven, Whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, (Who has) delivered us from the wrath to come."
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 - "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.  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.  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 (precede those who have already died).  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:  then we who 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.  Wherefore comfort one another with these words."
1 Thessalonians 5:9-10 - "For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,  Who died for us, that, whether we (are alive, or we have already died), we should live together with Him."
Revelation 3:10 - "Because thou hast kept the Word of My patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth."

SO, TO FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND EVEN MY ENEMIES,

I PLEAD WITH YOU TO BE READY FOR CHRIST'S RETURN FOR BELIEVERS,

BY BELIEVING THE GOSPEL AND ALLOWING HIM BE YOUR SAVIOR,

AND LORD (THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY IN YOUR LIFE)!

ISAIAH'S PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL'S MESSIAH

           ISRAEL'S MESSIAH WAS EXPECTED

ISAIAH'S PROPHECIES OF THE MESSIAH	THEIR FULFILLMENT IN JESUS CHRIST
The Messiah:	Jesus of Nazareth:
Will be born of a virgin (7:14)	(Lk.1:26-31)
Will have a Galilean ministry (9:1, 2)	(Mt.4:13-16)
Will be an heir to the throne of David (9:7; 11:1, 10)	(Lk. 1:32, 33)
Will have His way prepared (40:3-5)	(Jn. 1:19-28)
Will be spat on and struck (50:6)	(Mt.26:67)
Will be exalted (52:13)	(Phil. 2:9, 10)
Will be disfigured by suffering (52:14; 53:2)	(Mk. 15L15-19)
Will make a blood atonement (53:5)	(1 Pet. 1:2)
Will be rejected (53:1, 3)	(Jn.12:37, 38)
Will bear our sins and sorrows (53:4, 5)	(Rom. 4:25; 1 Pet.2:24, 25)
Will be our substitute (53:6, 8)	(Rom. 5:6, 8; 2 Cor. 5:21)
Will voluntarily accept our guilt and punishment (53:7, 8)	(Jn.1:29; Rom. 6:10; 2 Cor.5:21)
Gentiles will seek Him (11:10)	(Jn. 12:20, 21)
Will be silent before His accusers (53:7)	(Lk. 23:9)
Will save us who believe in Him (53:12)	(Jn. 3:16; Acts 16:31)
Will die with transgressors (53:12)	(Mk. 15:27, 28; Lk. 22:37)
Will heal the brokenhearted (61:1,2)	(Lk. 4:18, 19)
God's Spirit will rest on Him (11:2)	(Mt. 3:16; Mk. 1:10;  Lk. 3:22; 4:1)
Will be buried in a rich man's tomb (53:9)	(Mt.27:57-60; Jn. 19:38-42)
He will judge the earth with righteousness (11:4,5)	(Jn. 5:27; Lk. 19:22;  2 Tim.4:1, 8)

           THE JEWS REJECTED JESUS AS THEIR MESSIAH

          BUT TO ALL WHO ACCEPT HIM,

          JESUS GIVES THE POWER 

          TO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD! - JOHN 1:11-12

JESUS CAME; HE IS COMING AGAIN! ARE YOU READY?

JESUS CHRIST CAME AS A BABY AND WAS REJECTED;

HE IS COMING AGAIN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED HIM!

BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS ARE TO BE WORKING UNTIL HE COMES!

John 14:1-3, 12 - "Let not your heart be troubled:  ye believe in God, believe also in Me.  In My Father's house are many mansions:  if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.  [In the mean time] Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father."

1 Corinthians 15:51-58 - "Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 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.  For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.  So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.  O death, where is thy sting?  O grave, where is thy victory?  The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the Law.  But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.  [In the mean time] Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord."

Ephesians 2:8-10 - "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:  not of works, lest any man should boast.  [In the mean time] For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."

AFTER OUR WORK IS OVER AND WE HAVE GONE TO BE WITH HIM,

JESUS WILL RETURN AS ISRAEL'S MESSIAH, AS KING OF KINGS!

Revelation 19:11-16 - "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He doth judge and make war.  His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns; and He had a name written, that no man knew, but He Himself.  And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood:  and His name is called The Word of God.  And the armies which were in heaven followed Him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.  And out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations:  and He shall rule them with a rod of iron:  and He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.  And He hath on His vesture and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."

Revelation 20:1-6 - "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.  And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled:  and after that he must be loosed a little season.  And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them:  and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the Word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.  But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.  This is the first resurrection.  Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years."

THE STAGE IS SET; ISRAEL IS A NATION HATED BY THE WORLD;

OUR DAYS ARE AS EVIL AS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH AND LOT;

TODAY MAY BE YOUR LAST DAY TO TRUST IN JESUS AS YOUR LORD! 

CHRISTMAS IS ABOUT JESUS!

MARY AND HER OTHER SONS AND DAUGHTERS

From the Douay Rheims Version of the Catholic Bible 

Matthew 1:23-25 - "Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.  Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:  And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS."

Matthew 13:54-57 - "And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?  Is not this the carpenter's son?  is not his mother called Mary?  and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?  And his sisters, are they not all with us?  Whence then hath this man all these things?  And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house."


Mark 3:31-35 - "There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.  And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.  And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?  And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!  For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother."

Luke 1:46-48 - "And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.  For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

John 7:3-5 - "His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.  For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly.  If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.  For neither did his brethren believe in him."

Acts 1:13-14 - "And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.  These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren."

MARY DID YOU KNOW?

Songwriters: Buddy Greene, Mark Lowry

Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy would one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your Baby Boy has come to make you new?
This Child that you delivered will soon deliver you?

Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy will give sight to a blind man?
Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy will calm the storm with His hand?
Did you know that your Baby Boy has walked where angels trod?
When you kiss your little Baby, you kissed the face of God?

Oh, Mary did you know, ooh

The blind will see - The deaf will hear - The dead will live again?
The lame will leap - The dumb will speak - The praises of The Lamb?

Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy would one day rule the nations?
Did you know that your Baby Boy is heaven's perfect Lamb?
The sleeping Child you're holding is the great, I AM?

THE CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLED

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AM

GOD

WAY

LIFE

WORD

TRUTH

SAVIOR

REDEEMER

LAMB OF GOD

THE SON OF GOD

PRINCE OF PEACE

THE RESURRECTION

THE EVERLASTING FATHER

GOD MANIFEST IN THE FLESH

KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS

ALPHA AND OMEGA, BEGINNING AND ENDING

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III III III III III

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