God's Gift of Eternal Life Blog

The purpose of this blog is two fold: 1) to accurately describe how one may receive the free gift of eternal life--Jesus Himself said in John 6:47 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life." NKJV and 2) to explore the Word of God in such a way that it will be supplementally edifying to what you're learning from your local church as well as contribute to the spiritual growth of believers in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Sunday, July 31, 2022

The Angelic Conflict. Part 10. Operation footstool began the Triumphal Procession in heaven, which will conclude on earth at the Second Advent.

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Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word

Before we begin, only if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is; you have believed [trusted] in Him for His promised gift of eternal life) John 3:16, John 6:47 as a few examples; it is very important to prepare yourself to learn God's Word so the Holy Spirit can teach you as to what your reading or hearing is true or false. To be taught by the Holy Spirit you must be filled with the Holy Spirit which means abiding in Christ. To place yourself in fellowship with God the Holy Spirit [also called abiding in the Christ], take a moment to simply name, cite or acknowledge [confess] your known unconfessed sins privately to God (i.e.; with your thoughts directed only to God the Father). Why? Because you cannot grow spiritually if you’re not abiding in Christ [in fellowship with Him] when you take in bible truth.

1 John 1:9, says: “If we confess [meaning to simply name, cite or acknowledge to God the Father] our sins [known unconfessed sins], He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [known sins] and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [all unknown and forgotten sins];” NKJV (New King James Version); we call this REBOUND; read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. Left click the following link to learn more and fully understand the doctrine of Rebound; which answers the question, why do I need to keep confessing my sins all the time? REBOUND

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, that He is the Son of God, the promised Messiah, as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins; the issue for you is to simply exercise faith alone in Jesus Christ alone eternal life; when you do, you will instantly receive Eternal Life: John 3:16, 5:24, 6:47, 20:30, 31.

John 6:47 says: "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life." NKJV

Notice again what Jesus said in John 6:47: "…he who believes in Me (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life." It doesn't say, "will have"; it says, "has." Therefore, the very moment you believe in Jesus Christ for His promise of everlasting life, you have it (it's really just that simple; nothing more and nothing less), and it can never be taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift (Ephesians 2:8c) of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.

John 3:14-15, 16, 17, 18, says: "¹⁴ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, ¹⁵ that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁶ For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. ¹⁸ He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." NKJV

Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for worship and learning God's Word. If there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:

Study to show yourself approved to God!

Grace Bible Church Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

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The Angelic Conflict. Part 10. Operation footstool began the Triumphal Procession in heaven, which will conclude on earth at the Second Advent. Col 2:13-15; Mic 7:18; Heb 8:12, 10:17; Eze 16:63; 1Jo 2:12; Eph 4:8-10; Luk 4:1-4

From Week Ending 02-26-06

Point 8 in our study of the Angelic Conflict:

The Strategic Victory of the Angelic Conflict. This victory, in human history, refers to our Lord's humanity being judged for our sins on the cross. Col 2:13-14, And when you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh [your human nature could never be acceptable to God], He [God the Father] made you alive together with Him [Jesus Christ], having forgiven us all our transgressions, Having cancelled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us and which was hostile to us and He has taken it out of the way having nailed it to the cross.

The term having cancelled is from the Greek word ezaleipho

Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word

John 6:47 says: "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life." NKJV

Study to show yourself approved to God!

Grace Bible Church Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

Doctrinal Statement

The Tree of Life is a weekly teaching summary: God’s Word is taught Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday

Alphabetical Listing of Terms & Abbreviations used:

STUDY TITLE:

From Week Ending 02-26-06

Point 8 in our study of the Angelic Conflict:

The term having cancelled is from the Greek word ezaleipho, meaning to blot out, cancel, erase, eradicate, to wipe out. The cross is where all of this was accomplished, for all members of the human race. Satan hates that, because the JUSTICE of God is our point of contact with God. God is SOVEREIGNTY, but before He can do what He wills, His JUSTICE must be satisfied. God is perfect RIGHTEOUSNESS; He can have fellowship with anyone who is perfectly righteous; God's JUSTICE provides this to those who believe on TLJC. God is OMNIPOTENT, but before He can use that power, His JUSTICE has to be satisfied. God is OMNISCIENT; He knows every problem and difficulty we would ever have, and He knows the solutions. However, He cannot solve those problems and difficulties unless His JUSTICE is satisfied. God is also IMMUTABILITY; He cannot change, therefore He could never have fellowship with a sinner unless His JUSTICE did something about it. God is LOVE, but He cannot express it in totality unless His JUSTICE is satisfied. God is also VERACITY or truth, but He can never give that truth to us unless His JUSTICE is satisfied. God is OMNIPRESENCE, but even though He is with us always, He cannot comfort us unless His JUSTICE permits Him to do so. God is ETERNAL LIFE, but He can never give this to anyone unless His JUSTICE is satisfied. This is why no member of the human race ever goes to hell because of their personal sins; they go to hell because of one sin: unbelief. Jn 3:18, "He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." (see also Jn 16:7-11).

In Col 2:14, this certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us and which was hostile to us is made up of certain principles, such as the fact that we owe God perfect righteousness, and not one of us could pay off that debt! We owe God a perfect life; a debt no one can pay. This IOU that has been cancelled was totally impossible for any of us to pay. We were all in an impossible situation. There is nothing that we could do to enter into a relationship with God, because the IOU against us was a total barrier between God and man. God found a way to cancel that debt without compromising His character. This is an important principle, because if you don't understand the grace of God in all of this, you'll get involved with false systems of spirituality. Stay away from the stereo-type Christian; stay away from the conventional, the traditional type, because the majority is always wrong. Mat 7:13-14, "Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it. For the gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it."

Let's note some characteristics of the stereo type Christian: the stereo-type Christian is someone who has personally believed in Christ, but is totally ignorant of God's plan as a member of the Royal Family. These Christians generally conclude that the goal of the Christian life, and spirituality, is living moral, or having a sweet personality. They attend church at least once a week, observe religious rituals, but they are still loser believers. They regard the mature believer as a fanatic because they have never heard certain doctrines. They respect the pastor who doesn't have time to study, because he's too busy hustling around the church, which results in pitiful sermons with traditional sayings, but no doctrine. The congregation never learns the plan of God for them as members of the Royal Family. They like a convenient pastor, one who counsels when they need attention, one who doesn't offer the challenge of truth; one who marries and buries. To stereo-type Christians, whatever is not understood, is wrong. They can be easily conned into programs to whitewash the devil's world rather than taking in doctrine. Being ignorant of God's plan, they are proud, legalistic, and self-righteous. The result of all this is a total failure in time, and at the Bema seat judgment they are going to shrink away in embarrassment (1Jo 2:28-29). Preferring not to study, as 2Ti 2:15 teaches, they like to be entertained, resulting in arrogant subjective believers. They can counterfeit an outward righteousness through change of behavior, but cannot counterfeit an inner change of integrity. The only way to manufacture integrity is through the ministry of God the Holy Spirit controlling the soul filled with doctrine. Believers must learn to distinguish between personality and spirituality! Once you believe on TLJC and you are born into His Royal Family and born into His kingdom, you have to live on doctrine, Mat 4:4, "Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God."

Col 2:14, Having cancelled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Satan hates the cross and the work which was accomplished there, and he blinds believers from understanding what really happened at the cross.

Believers who are very sin conscious, who feel guilty, unworthy, condemned or ashamed, as far as their relationship with God is concerned, have been blinded by Satan with regard to the work of the cross. Satan does not want us to discover or to remember Heb 8:12, "For I will be merciful to their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more." Or Heb 10:17, "And their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more." Satan loves to blind guilty believers from passages like Mic 7:18, Who is a God like thee, who pardons iniquity and passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? Yes, you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

The specific truth concerning the work of the cross is found in Psa 103:12, As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. In Isa 38:17, For You have cast all their sins behind Your back. Psa 103:10, He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. In Psa 65:3, As for our transgressions Thou dost forgive them. In Isa 43:25, "I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake [because of my honor and integrity]. Furthermore, I will not remember your sin." Psa 85:2 You did forgive the iniquity of Your people; You did cover all their sin." The Lord has not covered some of your sin, but ALL of your sin. In Eze 16:63 the Lord said to people who were involved with the grossest sins you could imagine "I will forgive you for all that you have done" Rom 11:27 says, He will take away our sins.

Have you become so familiar with these verses and this principle of doctrine that it no longer has an effect on your life? If so, the kingdom of darkness has blinded you concerning the one place they have been defeated, the cross.1Jo 2:12 says, your sins are forgiven for His name's sake. Satan hates the cross because it reveals the character and nature of a loving and gracious God.

Col 2:14, Having cancelled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Verse 15 brings us to the ultimate victory of our Lord in the angelic conflict, When [at the cross] He [God the Father] had disarmed the rulers and authorities [fallen angels], He [the Father] made a public display over them [the fallen angels], having triumphed over them. While God the Father was canceling our debt on the cross (vs 14), the whole satanic system of fallen angels, superior to man, was also being disarmed and neutralized at the cross. The cross broke the back of Satan! Satan appealed his first judgment in eternity past, and the cross was the place of his second judgment. The phrase having triumphed is the Greek verb thriambeuo meaning to lead a Triumphal Procession or making some kind of exhibition. This is a reference to operation footstool which began the with the Triumphal Procession in heaven, and will conclude with a Triumphal Procession on earth at the Second Advent of Jesus Christ. When TLJC was resurrected three days after the cross, He was on the earth for 40 days; then He ascended to the right hand of the Father. When TLJC arrived in the presence of the Father, He arrived as the conquering general, and in front of Him came Satan and demons in the Triumphal Procession as captives. So, TLJC has already had one triumphal procession. It started, but it won't be over until the Second Advent. Eph 4:8-10, Therefore it says, "When He ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives, and He gave gifts to men." (Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things).

Your life has very definite purpose, meaning, and definition in this angelic conflict, especially in the Church-age with all its unique features. Never has there been anything as important as the baptism of the Spirit, which results in the creation of a new spiritual species and the Royal Family of God. Never before has there been anything as important as the PPOG [predesigned plan of God] of the Royal Family of God. There has never been anything as important as the phenomenal portfolio of invisible assets which belongs to every believer. All believers, regardless of background, handicaps, successes, or any human factor, have equality given by God Himself. There has never been anything as important as our unique royal commissions: Royal priesthood and Royal ambassadorship. Never before has there been anything as important as the unique mystery doctrines of the Church-age, and the indwelling of the Trinity for every believer. We live in the dispensation when the ordinary believer is important. You are important, your life is important, and your attitude toward doctrine is important. Our time on this earth is like a drop in the bucket compared to eternity. Anyone who places other things in life above doctrine is losing all the equal privilege and opportunity God has provided. All those things will become so very meaningless in eternity; at most, they will add up to regret. In eternity you will realize that the things you considered important were not important at all. Although you cannot lose your salvation, you are a loser believer. A part of the agony of the sin unto death is to realize that you had an opportunity to make your life count in a fantastic way; instead, you chose to follow the plan of Satan for human life on this earth.

Point 9. The Importance of the Hypostatic Union.

The hypostatic union is the fact that in the person of Jesus Christ are two natures, undiminished deity and true humanity in one person forever. There is no mixture of the two natures; He is not half God and half man. The human nature always remains the human nature, and the divine nature always remains the divine nature. Therefore, He is called the God-man.

Sometimes our Lord would say things from His deity only, Jn 8:58, Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am [before Abraham came into being, I existed eternally]" He did not exist eternally as the God-man, but as God. In Jn 10:30, the Lord said [from His deity] "I and the Father are one."

Sometimes the Lord would speak from His humanity only, Jn 19:28, After this, Jesus [He's called Jesus, emphasis on His humanity], knowing that all things had already been accomplished, in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty." God does not get thirsty; only the humanity of TLJC does.

Sometimes He made statements from both natures or from His hypostatic union. Jn 6:62, "What then if you should behold the Son of Man [humanity] ascending where He [deity] was before? It's very vital that you understand the hypostatic union; if not, some cult will show you scriptures where the Father is said to be greater than the Son, but it is speaking about the Son's human nature not His divine nature.

Since the incarnation, Jesus Christ is true humanity and undiminished deity in one unique person forever. Jesus Christ had to become perfect humanity to be our Savior, our high priest, the mediator between God and man, and to fulfill the promise of the Davidic covenant that David's son would rule forever. Jesus Christ had to become true humanity to be the Savior of the world, because as God, Jesus Christ could not have anything to do with sin except to judge and reject it; only humanity could bear our sins. Jesus Christ had to become true and perfect humanity in order to receive the imputation and judgment of our sins on the cross, 1Pe 2:24, and He Himself bore our sins in His body [humanity] on the cross, Jesus Christ had to become true humanity to be the mediator between God and man (Job 9:2,32-33; 1Ti 2:5-6). He had to be equal with both God and mankind to be a mediator between both parties. Therefore, Jesus Christ had to be both undiminished deity and true humanity in one person forever. 1Ti 2:5, For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. Jesus Christ had to become true humanity to be a priest, a priest must be a man in order to represent man before God. Jesus Christ became true humanity to be our high priest after the pattern of Melchizedek (Heb 7:4-5, 14,28; 10:5, 10-14). Jesus Christ had to also become true humanity to be a king and rule forever. He had to be the son of David to fulfill the Davidic covenant to Israel (2Sa 7:8-16; Psa 89:20-7).

The doctrine of the Hypostatic Union is documented in many passages, including Jn 1:1-14; Rom 1:2-5; om 9:5; 1Ti 3:16; Heb 2:14; Php 2:5-11; 1Jo 1:1-3. In the dispensation of the hypostatic union, Satan did everything in his power to try to destroy the humanity of Christ through temptation, attempted assassination, and to keep Him from reaching the cross. In all of this, he failed. The work of Christ on the cross destroyed the works of the devil.1Jo 3:8, The person who keeps on doing the sin [unbelief Jn 16:9] is from the devil because the devil has sinned from the beginning; and for this purpose, the Son of God has been revealed that He might destroy the works of the devil.

We have the three unique temptations from Satan to our Lord Jesus Christ during the hypostatic union. These were temptations to His humanity only, for as God He could not be tempted. The first one is the temptation to rely on self rather than the ministry of Holy Spirit, Mat 4:1-4, Luk 4:1-4. Luk 4:1, And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, [Iesous, Joshua or Savior, is always used for the humanity of Christ, not for His deity] returned from the Jordan and was led about by the Spirit in the wilderness, The Greek verb for was led up is ago which, in the passive voice, means that He was led by the Holy Spirit. When a believer reaches spiritual maturity, Satan is permitted by God to cross-examine him in the historical phase of the angelic conflict! Satan is allowed a tremendous amount of leeway because spiritual maturity prepares a believer to take anything in life! This can include taking away health, prosperity, loss of friends, many kinds of disasters! But remember, God will not put on us more than what we can bear (1Co 10:13). In fact, the only one who will put on us more than we can bear is not even Satan; only our own negative volition will give us more suffering than we can bear. So, through residence, function, and momentum in the PPOG, under the same power system we have, our Lord's humanity advanced through the various stages of spiritual adulthood. Because He arrived at spiritual maturity, He was qualified for evidence testing. In Mat 3:16-17, And after being baptized [the water represented the will of God the Father for the humanity of Christ], Jesus went up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased."

So, Luk 4:1-2, And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led about by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. If you do not believe a conflict exists, why was an inferior creature, Satan, allowed to put our Lord through a test? Because there is an angelic conflict! It does exist, it is real, and it is important to understand. If the humanity of Christ even sins once during this test, He cannot go to the cross and die for the sins of the whole world; therefore, He will not only be tempted like we are, but He will be tempted far beyond us (Heb 4:15). It will be the Holy Spirit that leads us to the test, but He will not tempt us, Jm 1:13 says, Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. The Holy Spirit leads the mature believer to the test, but Satan is the one who gives it.

Luk 4:3, And the devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God [I know you are], tell this stone to become bread. "Satan is functioning as the defense attorney in the appeal trial of all fallen angels! The devil opens up with a verbal examination, "Ei huios ei tou Theou" which actually says "If you are the Son of God, and you are" meaning Satan recognized that Jesus was the Son of God. So, Satan actually starts out with theology, true theology. One of Satan's most powerful deceptions is to use truth and mix in his religious and legalistic lies. He's going to try to trip up our Lord. Here is the issue, will TLJC [The Lord Jesus Christ] who has the power to turn the stone into bread use that power and operate independently of the power of the Holy Spirit, or rely on God to meet His needs? This is actually something that we are all faced with continually; will we rely on ourselves to meet our needs or will we wait for God? Will you wait for the one God has for you or go into the cosmic system for a quick fix? Waiting is something most people have a difficulty with.

If Jesus Christ uses His deity, His own power, to satisfy His hunger by turning the stone into bread, then He has stepped outside of the PPOG [predesigned plan of God] for His life, the power system provided by God the Holy Spirit. That doesn't necessarily seem evil and bad; however, it is committing the same sin that Satan did originally, choosing self-will over God's will. By persuading the deity of Christ to act independently of the indwelling Holy Spirit and the function in the PPOG, our Lord in hypostatic union would be acting independently of the plan of God the Father. Then Satan could say to God, even your own Son chooses to act independently of You! This is what is known as the doctrine of kenosis which says that during the dispensation of the hypostatic union, our Lord Jesus Christ voluntarily restricted the independent use of His divine attributes in compliance with the Father's plan. This means that He lived among men with their human limitations, and by so doing, He established in His humanity a spiritual life which is an example for all Church-age believers. Our Lord Jesus Christ voluntarily restricted the independent use of His divine attributes, but certain functions of His deity continued to function, such as holding the universe together. In fact, all the temptations that Satan brought against Christ attacked kenosis. This is why these temptations were unique to Christ.

So, during the First Advent, TLJC depended on the provision and power of the Holy Spirit, the power of Bible doctrine (B.D.), and the power of the PSD's and gave up any independent exercise of certain divine attributes while living among men with their human limitations. Being full of grace and doctrine (Jn 1:14), the humanity of Christ extrapolated from His own soul, the PSD's [problem solving devices]. The humanity of Christ had to learn, metabolize, and circulate doctrine in His soul, just as we must do. He concentrated on the PSD's to prevent the conversion of the outside pressure of adversity into the inside pressure of stress in the soul. Remember adversity is inevitable, stress is optional! The PSD's used by the humanity of Christ were: The filling of the Spirit, faith rest drill, grace orientation, doctrinal orientation, a personal sense of destiny, personal love for God the Father, impersonal love for all mankind, and sharing the happiness of God (we have two additional PSD's: rebound and occupation with Christ). Our Lord did not depend on His deity to execute the Father's plan; He depended on the One who provided the plan. This same plan is provided for us in the Church-age. This is also a temptation to solve the problem of hunger by a miracle rather than the function of his own humanity, under the principle that the Holy Spirit led Him here and God the Father will provide for Him. As long as God the Father has not removed the suffering, He intends for the humanity of Christ to bear it! If God doesn't remove it, He intends for you to bear it! God will never put on you more than you can bear; only you can do that to yourself with self-induced misery!

Luk 4:4, And Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone.'" Once again our Lord answered Satan with B.D., as He did in all three parts of his testing. In Luk 4:4, the Lord said "It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone.'" In Luk 4:8, the Lord said "It is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.'" In Luk 4:12, "It is said or written, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'" B.D. [bible doctrine] is the greatest power the world has ever known, far greater than God performing a miracle. For God to perform a miracle, only His volition, sovereignty, and omnipotence is involved. But it is more difficult for God to give maximum blessing to a believer, because that involves the volition of the believer, and faith and trust in the character and nature of God. The temptation of Satan was designed to lure the humanity of Christ away from reliance upon the Father for His logistical grace, and upon the Holy Spirit's omnipotence inside the PPOG. Had our Lord used His own omnipotence to turn the stone into food, He would have operated independently of the Father's plan.

The following link is to a good news message describing how one can receive eternal life: Ticket to Heaven, it was written for anyone not absolutely certain about their eternal future.

Saturday, July 30, 2022

Internet Church Service – July 31, 2022; Gifts Of The Holy Spirit Alluring Facts I Bet You Never Knew – What’s The Purpose Of Spiritual Gifts.

Please join us as we fellowship in the Word of God, listen to Christian Music, Pray in Christ’s Name, and Praise the Lord Our God in our Hearts and Minds.

ALL ARE WELCOME

from - Romans 8:38-39

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Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins to God; the issue for you is to believe by faith alone in Jesus, The Christ alone for eternal life [salvation] and you will be saved [receive Eternal Life] the very micro second you believe in Him:

John 6:47 says: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” NKJV

Notice again what John 6:47 says, “he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” It doesn’t say, “will have”; it says, “has.” Therefore, the very moment you believe Jesus Christ’s promise of everlasting life, you have it (it’s really just that simple), and it can never be lost or taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.

John 3:14-18 says: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness [Num 21:4-9], even so must the Son of Man be lifted up [the cross], that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” NKJV

Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for learning God’s Word, if there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:

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Internet Church Service – July 31, 2022; Gifts Of The Holy Spirit Alluring Facts I Bet You Never Knew – What’s The Purpose Of Spiritual Gifts.

Point 7. The gifts of Identification.

So, here’s what all churches have with their temporary spiritual gifts:

a. These consisted of Apostles.

b. Prophets: gift of both meaning: 1. Foretelling - temporary; permanent.

Next there are Apostles which as you know are Temporary gifts, necessary until the canon was incomplete in order to carry the church through those difficult days. The gift of absolute spiritual dictatorship was set aside with the completed canon of scripture, the canon now being the absolute authority.

So, here’s what all the temporary churches have:

a. Apostles

b. Prophets: gift of both: 1. Foretelling - temporary;

c. Forthtelling— permanent.

d. Teachers: Permanent.

e) Miracles: Temporary (Person’s faith not involved)

f) Healings: Temporary (person’s faith not involved.

g. Then there are the following type of gifts.

h. Physiological;

i. Mental;

j. Demon induced illness.

k. Helps: Permanent — gift of administration.

l. Governments:

m. Diversities of tongues: Temporary — gift of speaking a foreign language not previously known (not ecstatic).

Next, we have spiritual gifts in the Corinthian Church. It is obvious from 1CO 1:7 that the Corinthian church abounded in spiritual gifts and they had spectacular gifts and many of them. It is also obvious from the rest of the Epistle that this was one of the most carnal churches that ever assembled in the name of the Lord. These Corinthians were noted for their envy, jealousy, childishness, spiritual bullying, litigation, divorce, drunkenness, and other carnality activity.

1Co 12:14-17, For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not {a part} of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less {a part} of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not {a part} of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less {a part} of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?”

1Co 12:21, And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”

1Co 12:26-27, And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if {one} member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. Now you are Christ's body, and individually members of it.

1Co 12:30-31, All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not interpret, do they? But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And I show you not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

1Co 13:2-10, And if I have {the gift of} prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. And if I give all my possessions to feed {the poor,} and if I deliver my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing. Love is patient, love is kind, {and} is not jealous; love does not brag {and} is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong {suffered,} does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails; but if {there are gifts of} prophecy, they will be done away; if {there are} tongues, they will cease; if {there is} knowledge, it will be done away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.

Conclusion: The possession of a spiritual gift does not mean spirituality.

Principle: If the Corinthians, with all their carnality could have more people with spectacular spiritual gifts, then there is definitely no correlation between possessing a certain type of spiritual gift and spirituality. It is important to distinguish between spiritual gifts and spirituality; a spiritual gift, for its proper function, depends upon spirituality, but they are not the same. False teaching based on legalism and emotionalism had infiltrated the church at Corinth.

One of the abuses in the Corinthians church was that there were many people speaking in tongues and they felt that they were the spiritual giants in the assembly. They were looking down there spiritual noses at the rest and saying that until they spoke in tongues they were not spiritual, or possibly not even saved.

Brother foot has an inferiority complex; brother hand has a superiority complex. Both were are ignorant of doctrine. They are both in the same team but play different positions. One is not better than the other. The spiritual gift you possess is not the important factor, but the filling of the Holy Spirit, the power on which the spiritual gift operates.

Point 8. Spiritual Gifts: Healings, Miracles, Faith as Temporary Spiritual Gifts.

The purpose of healing and miracles was to call attention to the message given by the person. It was their credit card, establishing the authority of the Word taught by the individual. The purpose was not just to alleviate human suffering.

9. Deals with Healings: The ability to heal at will. The recipient’s faith was not required either — Ac 19:11-12. This is a unique one. Paul’s gift of healing was withdrawn once his authority was established among the churches. For example: Timothy’s illness and Paul’s own illness. Notice that the apostle Paul said in Ac 19:12 that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out. Or in 2Co 12:7-10, Paul said And because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me to keep me from exalting myself! Concerning this I entreated the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore, I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

The issue is not healing but “my grace is sufficient for thee.” Paul was unable to heal Epaphroditus, who was dying — 2Ti 4:20. And so Paul had to leave Miletus sick.

In Php 2:25-30, But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need; because he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick. For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. Therefore, I have sent him all the more eagerly in order that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less concerned {about you.} Therefore, receive him in the Lord with all joy, and hold men like him in high regard; because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was deficient in your service to me.

2Ti 4:19-20, Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.

God still heals today but the gift is not in operation. It is the sovereign decision of God. As a part of Miracles, the apostle Paul said that he had the ability to perform miracles at will. Miracles and healing do occasionally occur in the Church-age (Sovereign division of God) but this is not the objective in the Church-age because for the first time we have something greater than any miracles: the completed canon of scripture. One line from the Word of God is worth all the miracles that have ever been performed. The Word of God in your life must be more important than anything else.

Point 10. There is the gift of Faith: Faith to remove mountains, 1Co 13:2.

Don’t confuse faith as it existed (temporary gift) and faith as used now in a perceptive way. It was a companion to the gifts of healings, miracles. It is Peter healing the lame man.

Ac 3:6-8, But Peter said, “I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene walk!” And seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened. And with a leap, he stood upright and {began} to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

Point 11. Spiritual Gifts that came in two categories.

a. Permanent: Those which still operate today in the post-canon period of the Church Age.

b. Temporary: Those which operated only in the pre-canon period of the Church Age.

Point 12. Permanent Gifts that Include supernatural manifestations.

a) Pastor-teaching: Gift with the most authority today.

b) Evangelist.

c) Exhortation (Teaching type).

d) Teacher.

e) Government — administration in the church.

f) Helps.

g) Ministering — Service in the little things.

h) Word of Knowledge: Ability to categorize doctrine.

i) Word of wisdom: The ability to apply doctrine to circumstances in life and to give this to others.

j) Counselling.

Point 13. Temporary Gifts with divine authority and manifestations of divine omnipotence or power.

a. Apostle.

b. Prophecy.

c. Knowledge.

d. Discerning spirits.

e. Healings.

f. Miracles.

g. Faith (Companion to healings, miracles)

h. Tongues.

i. Interpretation of tongues.

Point 14. Spiritual gifts that are listed in order of merit: 1Co 12:28-30.

1CO 12:8-10, For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another {various} kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.

1Co 12:14-31, For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not {a part} of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less {a part} of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not {a part} of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less {a part} of the body. the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired.

And if they were all one member, where would the body be? But now there are many members, but one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if {one} member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, {various} kinds of tongues. All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not {workers of} miracles, are they? All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not interpret, do they? But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And I show you a still more excellent way.

Like any other subject in the word of God, there are always some other individuals that appear as hypocrites and remind us of the false teachers who are around today. For example, let’s take the Pharisees. I have chosen are at least seven of them that illustrate this principle. They are found in my teachings of the Pharisees that is in my word and are great descriptions of Funny Pharisees.

1. For example, there is the “Shoulder Pharisee”, so-called because he wore his good deeds upon his shoulder and paraded the good that he did. This is the individual that when he prayed he would put ashes upon his head so that everyone would know how spiritual he was.

2. Then there was the “Procrastinating Pharisee” who knew “what” he should be doing but he could always come up with a spiritual reason or a Bible verse to put off doing something good. He always had excuses, but they sounded very pious and godly and religious. He used such phrases like “if the Lord wills,” or “the Lord willing” etc.

3. There was the Bruised and Bleeding Pharisee who thought it was a sin to look at a woman and therefore, whenever women were around he would bend over and close his eyes and he kept running into walls. And according to the Pharisees, the more bruises you had from walls, the more holy you were.

4. There was the Hump-back Tumbling Pharisee, He was called that because he wanted to demonstrate his humility and so he slouched way over and bent his back and walked around all day in that so-called humble position. He was called that because he wanted to demonstrate his humility and so he slouched way over and bent his back and walked around all day in that so-called humble position. He thought it was wrong to lift his feet so he shuffled his feet and he kept tripping on things and tumbling over.

5. He thought it was wrong to lift his feet so he shuffled his feet and he kept tripping on things and tumbling over. So he was called the hump-back tumbling Pharisee. He kept count of all of his good deeds so that he'd know what God owed him in terms of blessing.

6. There was the ever reckoning Pharisee who kept count of all of his good deeds so that he'd know what God owed him in terms of blessing. He did what he did because he was scared to death of going to hell and therefore was the “Ever-Reckoning Pharisee” who kept count of all of his good deeds so that he'd know what God owed him in terms of blessing.

7. And then there was the “Fearing Pharisee” who did what he did because he was scared to death of going to hell and being judged.

8. And then there was the “God-Respecting Pharisee who did what he did because he thought it was right to do it, and he had integrity to some extent. The “God-Fearing Pharisee” did what he did because he was scared to death of going to hell and being judged.

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The Angelic Conflict. Part 9. The final part of the appeal trial is the verdict and the sentencing being executed. Rev 20:1-15; Exo 14:10-14; 2Pe 3:10-12; Heb 12:26-29

From Week Ending 02-12-06

In our study of the Angelic Conflict, we have been noting how the terminology of our U. S. jurisprudence system provides analogies for the appeal trial of Satan and this angelic conflict. The structure of a trial, in its three phases, can be identified with human history. In the Angelic Conflict, there is the first phase, the formal presentation of the case, in which the prosecution [God] presents His case, followed by the defense [Satan and the fallen angels] presenting their side. Second is the rebuttal phase, in which the rebuttal arguments of the prosecution, God, brings to the witness stand TLJC [The Lord Jesus Christ] and winner believers of the Church-age. This is followed by the rebuttal arguments of the defense where Satan cross-examines those witnesses. In the second phase evidence and arguments are offered by both sides. In the third and final phase of the trial there are the closing arguments and summary of the prosecution. This includes the Second Advent and the Millennial rule of Christ where 1000 years of perfect environment on the earth exists. This is when God's man, the God-man, rules the earth like Satan and the first Adam were unable to do. This duplicates the conditions before the fall of Satan and before the fall of man in the garden (1Co 15:21-26; 1Co 15:45-49).

Re 20:1 And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the abyss [the fourth compartment of Hades, the prison for fallen angels] and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

We might think that anyone who went to jail for a thousand years would learn something; however we see that is not the case here: Rev 20:3-6, and [he] threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he should not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time. And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them [this is a Millennial reward for Tribulational martyrs]. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years [These are the winner believers who were willing to be martyred for the cause of Christ during the Tribulation period]. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed [a reference to the second resurrection which is for unbelievers only and happens at the end of the Millennial reign of Christ]. This is the first resurrection. Blessed or happy and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power [the second death is when unbelievers are raised from the dead and stand before God and then are thrown into the eternal lake of fire], but they [Tribulational winners] will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years. /font>

In verses 7-10 Satan's last revolution in the angelic conflict has been our subject, Re 20:7-8, And when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison, and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; /font>

While Satan is a genius, he has not learned the simplest lesson of society: The power of God is infinitely greater than the power of man or any angelic creature. However, God is not only very gracious to His own people but God is also very gracious to the unbeliever, Mat 5:45, "for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous." Even when God is judging the unbeliever, He is treating him in grace. Judgment by pain is the last call to the person who has rejected the gospel many times, and the pain is designed to bring him back to objectivity. One of the most phenomenal demonstrations in all of history of God's grace toward the unbeliever is found in the Millennium. Instead of judgment by pain, it is warning by perfect environment. The unbeliever in the Millennium shares in the perfect environment that God provides. Jesus Christ will rule the earth from the capital of Jerusalem, and He will rule over believers and unbelievers for 1000 years. /font>

The unbeliever will be the beneficiary of the most phenomenal things in the Millennium, yet they reject the gospel. They refuse to believe in Jesus Christ, who is not only ruling the world at that time, but in the First Advent went to the cross and was judged for their sins. This is a manifestation of the greatness of grace, God's marvelous patience toward the unbeliever, 2Pe 3:9, The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. At the end of 1000 years of perfect environment, when Satan is released from prison, the unbeliever who has had the most magnificent opportunity through evangelism will turn to Satan and join the Gog and Magog revolution. This is one of the greatest manifestations of total depravity and evil: man's rejection and distortion of the grace of God. As in the case of the prehistoric angelic conflict so it is in human history that certain creatures are not content to live under perfect rulership and a perfect plan. Remember that our Lord's rulership was rejected by certain angels, Rev 12:4-8; His rulership is rejected by believers in the Church-age who reject His perfect plan, and so His rulership will be rejected in the Millennium. /font>

Having no capacity in the Millennium for the perfect environment will be just like our original parents, Adam and the woman, who had absolutely no capacity in the Garden. Today, many believers are looking for things to be like they were in the Garden of Eden, looking for perfect environment, not being content with what God has given them and where God has placed them. The best environment in all of history occurs at the time of the Millennial reign of Christ and there will be a tremendous revolution against it. When every desire, every lust, every drive has been satisfied mankind still wants more. This means that the carnal believer of the Church-age and the unbeliever of the Millennial reign of Christ have one thing in common, an arrogance which destroys capacity for life. So the Millennium will demonstrate two things: 1) No matter what mankind possesses, he cannot be satisfied without a personal relationship with TLJC. 2) Believers can use B.D. [Bible Doctrine] and remain faithful even in prosperity. Very few believers ever survive their first prosperity test; they usually lose their concentration on B.D. /font>

The fact that man has 1,000 years of perfect environment and he revolts against perfect environment is a demonstration of the principle that environment is not the solution to man's problems. Environment is not even the basis for happiness. It is the individual's soul that counts, not the environment. Mk 8:36, "For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?" Satan seeks to overthrow the rule of Christ by violence because he could never meet the wonderful administration of our Lord's rulership over the world, which has been a perfect rulership with perfect administration. Satan has no argument and therefore resorts to violence. A member of the human race, TLJC, has done what Satan could not do; rule the earth and bring glory to God. Re 20:8, and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog [leader of the revolution who is Satan] and Magog [the followers], to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore. /font>

The revolutionary army numbers in the millions. Millions of people reject Christ as Savior in a perfect environment. Remember, Satan has one goal in the life of every believer and that is to lead all believers astray from the real plan of God. Any area that you do not have sound doctrine in, is an area open to deception. Satanic deception is so powerful because it offers so much obvious and outward proof. TLJC warned us about deception in Mt 22:29, "You are deceived, not understanding the scriptures, or the power of God." Note that deception comes from not understanding the scriptures or the power of God. /font>

Re 20:9, And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, During the Millennium there is no military establishment (Isa 2:4; Hos 2:18; Mic 4:3; Psa 46:9) and it is not necessary. This is parallel to the nation of Israel when they became the first client nation to God and they were leaving Egypt and they were threatened at the Red Sea. The threat to Israel, Pharaoh's chariot army, was the best organized armored force of the day, and the Jews were trapped, Exo 14:9. They have their backs to the sea, mountains to the north and south, and Pharaoh's army to the west. The Jews were just delivered from slavery and they have just seen the fantastic power of God in delivering them through the 10 plagues. They have seen with their eyes the wonderful things God did on their behalf. And so, their leader Moses gives them one command, Exo 14:13-14 But Moses said to the people, "Do not fear! Stand by and see the deliverance of the Lord which deliverance he will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever. The Lord will fight for you while you keep silent or shut your mouth." /font>

The Jews had already forgotten the grace and power of God, but God will accomplish His will, not what we will! Here's the point, what the Lord did for Israel is exactly what He's going to do in Rev 20; the Lord will do the fighting and our Lord has no need of an army. When you're in a hopeless situation that's when you need to also think; the Lord will fight for you while you will keep your mouth shut. That's the whole concept of the faith-rest drill: in grace, the Lord fights our battles, like He did for David in 1Sa 17:47, and does for the church in Rm 8:31, What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? The world, and those in it, are held together by the deity of Jesus Christ, Col 1:15-17. Even when TLJC was a baby He was still God holding the universe together, Heb 10:5. Even on the cross, TLJC was holding the universe together so that He could suffer in His humanity for the sins of the entire world. Therefore, TLJC our Savior is the member of the Godhead who, by the word of His power, preserves and sustains the universe, Heb 1:3. And you must remember this every time you go through something in your life. He's there. He's in control. He's in charge! Mt 28:20 "I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Heb 13:5 "I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you," There will come a time when the universe with its matter, energy, and operating laws will not exist as it does presently, but that is also a matter of the deity of Christ, 2Pe 3:10-12, But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, on account of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat. /font>

Jesus Christ is holding the universe together to resolve the angelic conflict in human history and to bring many sons into glory, Heb 2:10. He is holding the universe together in order to allow grace, which began with the Holy Spirit radiating heat over the ice pack, to run its full course until He destroys the universe by nuclear fission at the end of history. And though someday the universe will be destroyed, the word of God will survive the destruction of the universe, 1Pe 1:25; Mt 24:35, as will the believer in resurrection body, Heb 12:26-29 And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heaven." And this expression, "Yet once more," denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, in order that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; for our God is a consuming fire. /font>

In fact, the Lord controls the sea, Job 26:10; Psa 33:7. He controls the storms, Psa 65:7; Psa 107:29.

He controls the wind, Psa 148:8; Mr 4:39. He controls the rain, Gn 7:4. He controls the thunder and hail, Exo 9:33. He tells the snow to come upon the earth, Job 37:6. He makes the lightning, Jer 10:13. In other words, He is in total control of even every insignificant detail in life. Mat 10:29-30, "Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And {yet} not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered." Now, if He can control all these things and He knows every minute detail in the universe, He can sure take care of you and your problems, "O Ye of little faith!" /font>

In Re 20:8 notice how many people have joined Satan in his rebellion, the number of them is like the sand of the seashore. Superior numbers are inconsequential against God's plan and God's people. Lv 26:8 five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword. The Millennium is a final demonstration that the majority is not right. The majority are in the revolution. But absolute truth and/or Bible doctrine is right whether one person believes it or a million. /font>

The end of the anti-Christ revolution is found in verses 9-10. Re 20:9-10 And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them. And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone [sulfur]. The judgment of Satan, who has already been tried and found guilty before human history began, is now executed! And he will be judged before all fallen angels who are still in Hades at this time. However, two members of the human race precede him, the beast and false prophet. It must be very humiliating to Satan to be the third to arrive in the lake of fire. /font>

The lake of fire is literal and eternal. It's a place of unspeakable misery indicated by the term, "everlasting fire," Mt 25:41. It's a place where the worm [human conscience] never dies and the fire is never quenched, Mr 9:44. It's a place where fire is unquenchable, Lk 3:17. It's called a furnace of fire, Mt 13:42. In Mr 9:49 "For everyone will be salted with fire." It is said about those suffering in it that, Re 14:11 "the smoke of their torment ascends up for ever and ever and they have no rest day or night" It is the eternal abode of the fallen angels and all unbelievers of the human race. All unbelievers of human history will occupy the lake of fire because their names were not found written in the book of life because they rejected Christ as Savior. To the unbeliever Heb 9:27 applies, "it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment," The judgment is the great white throne judgment and then they are thrown into the lake of fire just like Satan. /font>

Re 20:10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast [the dictator of the revived Roman empire] and the false prophet [the false messiah and dictator of Israel] are also; The two great dictators of the Tribulation are mentioned here, the beast dictator who is the ruler of the revived Roman empire and the dictator of Israel known as the false prophet. These are the first occupants of the lake of fire. /font>

So, we have a strange trio, the unholy Trinity: Satan, the beast, and the false prophet. The beast and false prophet represent the two racial categories, Gentiles and Jews respectively. The Bible only recognizes two races, Jews and Gentiles. During the Tribulation the beast is a political dictator of the revived Roman empire and the religious leader of ecumenical religion, while the false prophet is a political dictator of Israel and a religious leader of revived Judaism. At the Second Advent and prior to our Lord's Millennial reign both the beast and the false prophet were thrown into the lake of fire, so they've been in there for 1000 years before Satan. Rev 19:20 And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. For all eternity they are united in a common punishment with Satan. We all should ask them Mr 8:36-37 "For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? For what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" Satan gained the whole world and lost his own soul. The beast gained a great portion of the world and lost his own soul. Even the false prophet gained an astonishing chunk of the world and lost his own soul. /font>

In verse 10, we have the eternal punishment mentioned in a very specific way because a lot of people try to rationalize hell or say that there's going to be some way in which you can get out of hell, as in the concept of purgatory which is not true. Prayers for the dead began around the year 300 AD, and the Doctrine of Purgatory was established by Gregory I in 593 AD; neither of which is found in the Bible, but Heb 9:27 is; "it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment," Everyone will be alive in the lake of fire. To be tormented forever one must live. Hence, physical death is not the end for the unbeliever. /font>

And so, the final part of the appeal trial is the verdict and the sentence being executed. The Gog revolution was suppressed by our Lord and the appeal is denied. In fact all of human history demonstrates that the appeal should be and is denied. Everything that Satan's appeal was based upon, human history reveals there were no grounds for the appeal. The original sentence which is stated briefly in Mt 25:41 is carried out. Satan and all the fallen angels are cast into the lake of fire forever and ever. /font>

Re 20:11-15 And I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. And death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. Planet earth and the universe used for the courtroom is destroyed. God creates a new heaven and a new earth to be enjoyed forever by both the elect angels and regenerate human beings. /font>

In the closing arguments and summary, the answer to Satan's appeal is twofold: a) The perfect and eternal character of God cannot be unfair or prejudiced, and cannot pass a false sentence. b) The negative volition of Satan and all fallen angels demands punishment from the perfect righteousness and justice of God. In light of all this, you should start to become aware of something. Your life has very definite purpose, meaning, and definition in this angelic conflict, especially in the Church-age. Never before in history is there anything as important as the Church-age and its unique features: the baptism of the Spirit which results in the creation of a new spiritual species and the Royal Family of God, the predesigned protocol plan for the Royal Family of God, the phenomenal portfolio of invisible assets which belongs to each one of us as Royal Family of God. For the first time in history, every believer, regardless of his background, attainments or lack of attainments, handicaps, success, or any other distinguishing human factor, has equality given by God Himself. Never before in history is there anything as important as our unique royal commissions: royal priesthood and royal ambassadorship. Never before in history is there anything as important as the unique mystery doctrines of the Church-age. Never before in history is there anything as important as every member of the Trinity indwelling every believer. This never existed before in history! Never before in history is there anything as important as the unique availability of divine power which we all have. Never before in history has divine omnipotence been available for use to every believer. This is the first time in history when there are no prophecies to be fulfilled, during the Church-age. Never before in history is there anything as important as the dispensation of invisible heroes. Invisible heroes are believers who execute the PPOG. No believer ever advances in the predesigned plan of God apart from dispensational orientation. We live in the dispensation when the ordinary believer is important. In eternity you will realize that the things you considered important were not important at all. If you do not realize these fantastic things you cannot lose your salvation, but you are a loser. A part of the agony of the sin unto death is to realize that you had an opportunity to make your life count in a fantastic way, but instead, you chose to follow the plan of Satan for human life on this earth.

The following link is to a good news message describing how one can receive eternal life: Ticket to Heaven, it was written for anyone not absolutely certain about their eternal future.

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