Weekly Bible Study – December 16, 2019; The Doctrine of the Pivot. Part 8. The Completion of the Eight identities of the first beast

The Doctrine of the Pivot. Part 8. The Completion of the Eight identities of the first beast

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Prepare yourself for learning the Word of God!

Before we begin, 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), it is important to prepare yourself to learn God's Word so take a moment to name, cite or acknowledge (confess) your known unconfessed sins privately to God (i.e.; with your thoughts directed only to God the Father).

1 John 1:9 says: "If we confess our sins, He (God) is faithful and just to forgive us our sins (known sins) and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [unknown or forgotten sins]." NKJV (New King James Version) [italics added]; we call this REBOUND, read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. 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 for 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 [italics added]

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!

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The Doctrine of the Pivot. Part 8. The Completion of the Eight identities of the first beast

Point 5 in the Doctrine of the Pivot which deals with America and Biblical Prophecy and the Role of the Pivot in the Last Days.

We have now completed the first five out of eight identity marks of the first Beast mentioned in Rev 13:1.

IDENTITY 1 – is found in Rev 17:1, “Come here, I shall show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, the many waters is the key because it says she is as a religious organization is in many nations.

IDENTITY 2 – Rev 17:2, “The kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality.”

This had to do the influence she has had over the political realm in the human race.

IDENTITY 3 – Rev 17:3, “I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.”

This gave us a description of the beast

IDENTITY 4 – Rev 17:4, And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality,

This identified her without doubt being the Roman Catholic Church (RCC).

IDENTITY 5 – Rev 17:5, and upon her forehead a name was written, a mystery, “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”

This refers to her religious influences throughout the world, throughout the ages.

IDENTITY 6 – Rev 17:6, And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus.

Note that this church, the whore of Babylon, is drunk with the blood of the saints. It doesn’t say she just “has the blood of saints on her hands” but it says that she is “DRUNK” with the blood of Gods people. This religious organization is not guilty of killing a few Christians but killing MANY, MANY of Gods people. Did you know that the Roman Catholic Church has caused TENS OF MILLIONS of Christians to be persecuted and brutally murdered? Yes, this woman is the Roman Catholic Church indeed! You would be shocked if you ever studied The Vaticans Hidden Holocaust. But it is there!

IDENTITY 7 – Rev 17:18, “And the woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.”

Many people look at this verse and proclaim “BABYLON IS A CITY, ITS NEW YORK because it appears like Sodom and Gomorrah. And they totally disregard all the other characteristics of Babylon, which show that the whore of Babylon cannot just be a literal city like New York. But, if we take all the identification marks together, including this city one, then we can see who it is. We know from the evidence that Babylon the Great is a church. And so how can we bring this church and city together? Well, what is the one city which is also a church that“reigns” over the nations of the world? = RCC. What one city, which is known for its church has diplomatic relations with virtually all the worlds’ nations? = VATICAN CITY! The papacy is so influential and powerful that nearly every major country consults her before making major policy moves.

IDENTITY 8 – Rev 17:6, And when I saw her, I wondered greatly. What is the one church that people would look at with awe and wonder? The Roman Catholic Church, with all her splendor and pomp. Millions of people flock to the Vatican each year and wonder at the “majesty” and splendor of the place. Not only that, but the true definition of this verse is that John wondered with great amazement, “Why”? This verse is tied in with the persecution by their power upon Gods people throughout the ages. But John already has seen great persecution upon Gods people at the hands of Pagan Rome when he was alive.

So why the astonishment? It is because John sees an actual professed Christian church doing the persecution and killing Gods own people. He saw the words of our Lord that even he wrote come to pass when he said in John 16:2-3, “They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God. And these things they will do, because they have not known the Father, or Me.”

This was an astonishment to John! The Angel showed him the blood that the Roman Church, a professed church of Christ, was to spill in the name of Jesus. And this is a perplexing astonishment to him. So, we have now completed our first principle of consideration which had to do with the first Beast of power. For you need to remember we are answering certain questions concerning who the two beasts and if America is involved in the prophecies of the last days.

1. The first statement and question was the fact that there are Two World Powers which are symbolized in Revelation chapter 13. Who or what is the first power?

The Answer for now is the fact that: The beast with seven heads is none other than the Roman Empire, especially the Roman papacy or the RCC and the place of the Pope.

2. Therefore, our second question: In what year was the papacy predicted to lose its world influence and power?

When we talk about the influence and power of the papacy, we are talking about periods of time when the RCC and its Pope had world influence and world power. There was a time when there was really no such thing as the separation of Church and State, they were one and the same when it came to world power, politics and religion.

In Rev 13 we are told that there would come a time when the RCC and the papacy would be slain and lose its world influence and power as it had. And so our second point: In what year was the papacy predicted to lose its world influence and power? We will see The Answer: Historical records reveal the papacy began its reign in 538 AD upon Emperor Justinians decree, and under the military protection of General (bela-sarious) Belisarius. Let me give you a little historical background without getting too complex or technical. General Belisarius was one of the last important figures in the Roman military tradition, he led imperial armies against the Persian Empire, the Ostrogothic regime of Italy, and the barbarian tribes attacking Constantinople.

The Bible says the beast will rule for EXACTLY 1260 years before receiving a mortal wound, Rev 13:5.

Let begin in Rev 13:1, And he stood on the sand of the seashore. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names.

Now, I’ve already given to you who most scholars say the ten horns and the seven heads refer to but that’s not our subject this morning.

Rev 13:2-4, And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast; and they worshiped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?”

Note that this beast is different than the first beast:

The first beast = emphasizes powerful religious organization.

The second beast = emphasizes powerful military organization.

Rev 13:5, And there was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant words and blasphemies; and authority to act for forty two months was given to him.

Now, remember in the interpretations we are dealing one beast which already was and another which is to come, but for the apostle John both these beasts were future as a far as he was concerned. Make sure you understand this because at the time John lived, these prophecies concerning the coming of the two beasts were both future for the apostle John, whereas one has already been fulfilled for us while we are awaiting the fulfillment of the next beast which is to come.

Rev 13 was probably written in 96 AD

First beast – lived from 538-1798 AD

Second Beast = Future beast {?} {96 AD – 1st Beast 538-1798 AD {2nd Beast — ?}
We know this because in Rev 13:5 we read, And there was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant words and blasphemies; and authority to act for forty two months was given to him.

Remember, especially for those of you who studied Dan 9 with me, that in biblical prophecy, 42 months = 3.5 years or 1,260 days which also in biblical prophecy can refer to 1,260 years. Remember that in biblical prophecy that years can refer to days just as at time days can refer to years. Why is this important to understand? A period of only 1260 literal days, only 3 12 years, falls ridiculously short of fulfilling the requirements of the 1260-day prophecy in regard to the Rome and the Roman Catholic Church and the papacy.

When we function under the biblical prophecy principle that says that the number 1,260 days can also refer to years, the year-day principle of biblical prophecy is extended to 1260 years, and then the prophecy meets a unique fulfillment.

How? or Why?

In 538 A.D. the Ostragoths abandoned their siege of Rome and this left the Bishop of Rome to exercise the prerogatives of Justinians decree of 533 A.D. and then the power and the authority of the Papacy grew, and grew, and grew. The Ostragoths were a strong military people of the Goths who were Germans in the eastern Roman Empire. Justinian was a Christian emperor of Rome who appointed a man called Pope Vigilius to be one the leaders of all the churches, as the absolute and final authority throughout the Roman Empire. He used a passage from the from the book of Proverbs which was written by King Solomon about the Lord Jesus Christ, but Justinian said it represented the city of Rome and its Pope, who made this statement as a Pope:

Prov 8:15, “By me kings reign, And rulers decree justice.”

Justinian decreed, or put into law the fact that verse referred to the Pope of Rome given absolute authority to the RCC and the papacy. Justian went on to promote the following statement that he put into law when he said: “The heart of the King is in the hand of God, and it will incline to whatever side God wishes”; that is to say, that He may confirm your empire, and maintain your kingdoms for the peace of the Church and the unity of religion;

Let me break down this statement for you. He said, “The heart of the King is in the hand of God, in other words whatever the king says, is from God.” And at the time the king or emperor of Rome said whatever the Pope says, listen to him for he is sent from God to us. He said God was literally speaking through him. And if you did not follow this then you were disciplined, jailed, beaten, scourged and in some cases, even put to death. Then notice, the next part of the statement, “And it [the heart of the Pope] will incline or reveal to whatever side God wishes”

Total blasphemy. In effect, laws were passed which said in effect to reject what the Pope says is to reject God Himself. You were said to be an apostate or a heretic. Then he stated at the end of the statement this; – “That is to say, that he [the Roman Pope or the Pope of Rome] may confirm your empire, and maintain your kingdoms for the peace of the Church and the unity of religion.”

This gave one man the final authority in the Roman empire and the RCC, thank God he did not have this authority throughout the world, basically because of the Protestant religion which eventually also ended up with their own system of apostasy. The first Pope was Pope Vigilius (died 7 June 555), he was Pope from 29 March 537 to his death in 555. He is considered the first Pope of the Byzantine Papacy. Byzantine refers to the Roman empire of the East.

Question: “Was Saint Peter the first Pope?”

Answer: The Roman Catholic Church sees Peter as the first Pope upon whom God had chosen to build His church (Matt 16:18). That is when our Lord said what He said about the mystery of the Church in Matt 16, notice it!

Matt 16:13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He {began} asking His disciples, saying, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

Matt 16:14-19, And they said, “Some {say} John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but still others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Simon Peter answered and said, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal {this} to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades shall not overpower it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

The Lord said: you are Peter or petros, a chip out of the stone or a part of the rock, and upon this rock, Petra, the massive rock, the fact that He is Messiah, as Peter said in Matt 16:16, Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God, I will build My church. This was one of only a few references to the fact that a new dispensation was about to be launched. For when the Lord said, “Upon this rock I will build my church”, He used the Greek word oikodomeo [to build] which means that the church did not exist at the time that the Lord said it, it was future. And every system of theology which tries to start the church in Abrahams tent or with Noah or with Moses has an erroneous understanding of the Scripture and does not understand the correct biblical interpretation of history.

They fail miserably when it comes to Gods plan and mystery doctrine. And that’s why most churches are involved with cleaning up the devil’s world because they do not understand dispensational truth or the dispensation of the mystery. However, that is not our subject because what I wanted you to see is that the RCC says in Matt 16:18, when the Lord said you are Peter or petros, and I will build my church, the RCC upon you Peter as its first Pope.

When in reality our Lord said you are Peter or petros, a chip out of the stone or a part of the rock, and upon this rock, Petra, the massive rock, which is the fact that He is Messiah, as Peter said in Matt 16:16 Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God, on His messiah-ship He would build His church. For when the Lord said, “Upon this rock I will build my church”, He used the fut-act-ind of oikodomeo [to build] which means that the church did not exist at the time that the Lord said it, it was future. We are all pebbles or chips in the rock but TLJC is the foundational rock. This why the apostle Paul said in Eph 2:20 that we have been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, Eph 2:21-22, in whom the whole building, being fitted together is growing into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

Like Peter, we are all little chips out of the rock, but he, the Lord Jesus Christ is the Rock, the only Rock, 1Co 10:4 we all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ. Or as Peter said 1Pe 2:4-5, And coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected by men, but choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

The Roman Catholic Church (RCC) teaches that Peter had authority (pre-dominance) over the other apostles. The RCC maintains that sometime after the recorded events of the book of Acts, the Apostle Peter became the first bishop of Rome, and that the Roman bishop was accepted by the early church as the central authority among all of the churches. It teaches that God passed Peters apostolic authority to those who later filled his seat as bishop of Rome. This teaching that God passed on Peters apostolic authority to the subsequent bishops is referred to as “apostolic succession.”

The RCC also holds that Peter and the subsequent Popes were, and are infallible when addressing and issues in the World-wide Church from their position and authority as Pope. It teaches that this infallibility gives the Pope the ability to guide the church without error. The RCC claims that it can trace an unbroken line of Popes back to St. Peter, citing this as evidence that it is the true church, since, according to their interpretation of Matt 16:18, Christ built His church upon Peter.

This is totally false. But while Peter was central in the early spread of the gospel (part of the meaning behind Matt 16:18-19), the teaching of Scripture, taken in context, nowhere declares that he was in authority over the other apostles, or over the entire church. For in Acts 15:1-23 compared to Gal 2:1-14, even the apostle Paul rebuked peter for his compromises with the early Christian and Jews. And even Peter knew his place for 1Pe 5:1-5, he said he was a fellow apostle, or fellow elder and that there is one leader over one local church or assembly whether it is face-to-face or non face-to-face. Also, nowhere does Scripture state that, in order to keep the church from error, the authority of the apostles was passed on to those they ordained (the idea behind apostolic succession). What Scripture does teach is that false teachings would arise and claim apostolic authority even from among themselves, Acts 20:28-30.

Was Peter the first Pope? The answer, according to Scripture, is a clear and emphatic “no.” Nowhere claims supremacy over the other apostles. Nowhere in his writings (1 and 2 Peter) did the Apostle Peter claim any special role, authority, or power over the church. Nowhere in Scripture does Peter, or any other apostle, state that their apostolic authority would be passed on to successors. Yes, the Apostle Peter had a leadership role among the disciples. Yes, Peter played a crucial role in the early spread of the gospel (Acts chapters 1-10). Yes, Peter was the “rock” as a winner believer that Christ predicted he would be (Matthew 16:18).

However, these truths about Peter in no way give support to the concept that Peter was the first Pope, or that he was the “supreme leader” over the apostles, or that his authority would be passed on to the bishops of Rome. Peter himself points us all to the true Shepherd and Overseer of the church, the Lord Jesus Christ (1Pe 2:25). The first Pope who came into power when Rome began its power in the Catholic Church was Pope Vigilius John Paul II. Exactly 1,260 years later the Papacy suffered its deathblow, it lost its world-wide power and authority that it is also claimed in the political realm.

How?

The spectacular victories of the armies of Napoleon in Italy placed the Pope at the mercy of the French Revolutionary Government, which now advised that the Roman Religion would always be a persistent enemy of the Republic. So, the government urged Napoleon to destroy the center of unity of the Roman church, and Napoleon did just that. In 1798 the French General Berthier, with a French army, marched into Rome and proclaimed the political rule of the Papacy at an end and took the Pope prisoner. The Pope was removed to France where he died in exile. The 1260 year rule of the Papacy was finished or we could say the reference to the First Beast being the RCC with the Pope ruling the world seized.

It is also a great method by which to see the Lord glorified. If the prophecy is correct, 1260 years after 538 AD the beast must receive a mortal wound, Rev 13:3, And I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast;

Now, if you add 1260 years to the beginning year that the RCC took over which was 538 AD, you will arrive in the year 1798 AD. So, according to the Bible we are told the first reign of the beast will last till the year 1798. So, did it end in 1798, and how? First understand, according to the prophecy, we learn that, Rev 13:10,“He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword…” It says, if anyone is destined for captivity, [in others words, the First Beast led others into captivity], to captivity he goes; if anyone kills with the sword [like the First Beast did], with the sword he must be killed. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the saints. The prophecy is telling us that the beast would be destroyed with the sword (sword = a reference to the military) at the end of its reign of exactly 1,260 years. Did this happen to Papal Rome in 1798…?

YES IT DID!

On February 10th, Napoleon Bonaparte in that EXACT year 1798 A.D. sent his General Louis Alexandre Berthier, with his army into Rome, Italy. It is recorded… In 1798 General Berthier made his entrance into Rome, abolished the papal government, and established a secular one.” says the Encyclopedia Britannica 1941 edition. That’s Exactly 42 prophetic months, or 1,260 years, sometimes also called a time, and times, and dividing a time after the Papacy began its powerful reign that the Pope “shall go into captivity” by the military. By the way, shortly after his captivity the Pope did in fact die, in exile.

Our second question:

2. In what year was the papacy predicted to lose its world influence and power?

Answer: The Bible predicted that the papacy would lose its world influence and power at the end of the 42 months. This prophecy was fulfilled in 1798, when Napoleons General Berthier took the Pope captive and the papal power received its deadly wound.

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Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word

Before we begin, if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is— you have trusted in Him for eternal life), it is important to prepare yourself to take-in God’s Word or participating in a Communion Service, so take a moment to name, cite or acknowledge your sins privately directly to God the Father. This will assure that you are in fellowship with God the Father and the Holy Spirit’s convicting ministry, also called the convincing ministry will then be able to teach you as the Holy Spirit is the real teacher and the pastor’s message is the vehicle the Holy Spirit uses to convince you what you are learning is true or not.

1 John 1:9, says—“If we confess [simply name, cite or acknowledge to God the Father] our sins [known 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. REBOUND

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 Christ alone for eternal life and you will be saved the very 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, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 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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Sermon: Our Lord desires for all of us to join
Him in the victories He has already won.

I would like to give you a guideline to follow in a Chronological order so that we can all be on the same page together.

1. We began with a period of time before the creation of the world and before the creation of Angels; Prov 8:1-36.

2. We saw the consistency of the Elect and the fallen angels after they fell and observed the fall of man after then they disturbed themselves consistently.

3. The Lord in the Old Testament especially under the Mosaic Law.

4. Theophany = The person and the life of God found overtly in the Old Testament.

5. Biological life = extension of the Mother’s life within her body.

6. Life in the womb = the extension of the woman’s life

7. Results of the Virgin Pregnancy

8. Our Lord and life in the Virgin Birth

9. Our Lord for the first 12 twelve years

10. The silence of Christ from age 12-30

11. life of Christ age 30-33 AD

12. His cross to bear while living;

13. His cross to bear while He is dying

14. His resurrection — ascension — session.

15. Life in the beginning before the Church-age.

How important you really are in the eyes of the Lord, and how He desires for all of you to fulfill the calling of God and to join Him in the victories that He has already won.

One of the most important dispensations of all = the dispensation of the hypostatic union.

This is such an important principle of doctrine seeing that it leads us to our Lord Jesus Christ, the Messiah, who is coming back to set up His kingdom on this earth.

The epistle of the Philippians is one of the most gracious passages found in the “Word of God” that also ministers to all of us if we desire to be ministered to.

Let me point out some of these principles of doctrine so that we all will grow together as we want to worship our Lord and bring honor and glory to Him as a part of us growing spiritually.

Something that is very vital for us to listen to or to learn from — which also contributes the power we need to understand our Lord as well as the place and the role that believers HAVE.

One of those vital reasons of the plan of God has to do with having balance in living the spiritual life that our Lord places before us.

Prov 11:1 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, But a just weight is His delight.

Balance: We are not to pick up and choose the doctrines that we are to learn and study or the doctrines that we just like, we are to listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the Church.

When it comes to The Word of God, we need to look upon what our Lord has to say to us not what we want Him to say.

Prov 30:5 Every word of God is pure: He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him. (KJ’s)

Look at some of the reasons that we have to keep certain blessings and promises in front of us — as we grow in the “Word of God” which is “Alive and Cooking” as our Lord has taught us many times before.

One of the main functions of living the spiritual life is that we are to master the principles of Bible doctrine so that we can “hear or see” the life of God in the souls of man.”

God not only provides doctrinal answers for all of us, but He also provides everything that we need to understand the doctrine so that we just simply need to apply what we have learned.

His desire for us is to learn from each other how to know what we need to know because there is a spiritual solution to any problem that we may face.

Both of them have a great story to tell others about the “Word of God” which gives us great doctrinal views even though they may be difficult and hard to understand at certain times.

This section of the “Word of God” is a question concerning Chronology which is a part of the order of the Divine Interpretations of the passage or the principles which we have been studying.

Here is a simple outline of the dispensation that we are noting which is the dispensation of the hypostatic Union which refers to “Undiminished Deity and True Humanity” of our Lord forever.

1. First of all, we began with a period of time before the creation of the world and before the creation of the Angels, as we have noted; Prov 8:1-36.

We noted some of the functions and responsibilities of the angels in eternity past before their rebellion when Satan convinced one third of God’s angels to rebel against our Lord, and they did so.

Rev 12:4 “And his tail swept away a third of the stars (angels) of heaven and threw them to the earth.”

Eventually, every angel had made a choice to either follow our Lord or reject our Lord and follow Satan and the Kingdom of darkness.

The Angels are divided into two categories, either the Elect Angels or the fallen angels and this is also why the human race is divided into two categories; believers or unbelievers.

What is it that the angelic race has in common with the human race?

Both the angels and the human race, whether fallen angels or elect angels or believers and unbelievers, the one major doctrinal issue and the similarity is Volition or the free will to choose.

2. Some of the functions and responsibility of the angels in eternity past before their rebellion when Satan convinced one third of God’s angels to rebel against our Lord, and they did so.

This s is why the Angels are divided into two categories, either the Elect Angels or the fallen angels and this is why the human race is divided into two categories; Believers or unbelievers.

3. This is why many of the Jews followed our Lord as He was presented the doctrinal views in the Old Testament especially under the Mosaic Law.

1Co 1:22 For indeed Jews ask for signs, and Greeks search for wisdom;

Because the Jews look for prophecy and because the Jews are said to be the nation of God then the Lord revealed a lot of prophecy that was used by the Old Testament Prophets to reveal the truth.

Isa 40:22, God claims that the earth is round, Isa 40:22.

Isa 40:22 “It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers.”

It wasn’t until the year, 1519-1521 that a Portuguese navigator, Fernando Magellan was the first to circle the earth.

We also have observed Isa 40:21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

Isa 40:22 It is He who sits above the vault of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

In Job 26:7, God claims that the earth is suspended on nothing but in space.

Job 26:7 “He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.”

Ancient science said the earth was supported on the backs of elephants, turtles, serpents, etc. It was not until modern times that the earth was found to be suspended in empty space.

In Job 28:25, God claims that the air has weight. Job 28:25 “He imparted weight to the wind, and meted out the waters by measure.”

The fact that air has weight was not demonstrated until Pascal in 1648 proved that it did.

In Job 28:7, God claims that the vulture is guided by his sight; Job 28:7 The path no bird of prey knows, nor has the falcon’s eye caught sight of it.

Until recently it was believed that the vulture could scent from far away, but now modern science has proved that the vulture is guided rather by his “keenness of sight.”

In Daniel 12:4, God claims that in the time of the end “many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.”

Dan 12:4 “But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.”

Isa 40:31 Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.

Isa 60:8 Who are these who fly like a cloud, and like the doves to their lattices?

Isa 40:31 was actually a verse used by the Jews to persuade other Jews in Arabia to return to their homeland in Israel by airplane.

Isa 40:31 Yet those who wait for the Lord Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.

In Nahum 2:4, referring to the Assyrian war chariots, God foreshadows fast transportation, possibly the automobile.

Nahum 2:4 The chariots race madly in the streets, they rush wildly in the squares, their appearance is like torches, they dash to and fro like lightning flashes.

4. We will also study what is known as a Theophany identified by the title called “The Angel of the Lord” or “The Angel of God.”

Being a Theophany can also take the form of hiding in the clouds in the daytime or the pillar of fire in the night.

5. As a part of our Lord’s birth, there is also Biological life which is the extension of the woman’s life, it is not a human life or human soul until the fetus comes forth “from the womb.”

And then you have neshumah, the breath of life imputed to you.

This is when your life truly began because there is life in the womb but it is biological life which is the extension of the woman’s life.

It is not a human life or a human soul until the fetus comes forth from the woman and then you have neshumah, the breath of life imputed to you.

Life in the womb -we will note.
Virgin Pregnancy
Virgin Birth
Our Lord’s life for the first 12 years

The silence and preparation of Christ from 12-30
life of Christ 30-33 AD
His cross to bear while living

His cross to bear while dying
His Resurrection, Ascension-Session
Life in the beginning with the Church-age

That is not a mistake, it is the exact number that the Lord uses to guide others concerning what they should be focusing upon, not money but principle.

It is here that we focus in on an individual who wants to play with money or dollars and prosperity but instead they fell into the deception and the lies that “loser believers” also fall into.

Many of them have become like the implacable, arrogant, self-righteous types of pastors who are in danger of ignoring God’s plans as well as the fact that they ignore such questions.

Do not get involved with the evil and the lies that come from the Cosmic System such as the mis-handling of the funds and blessings, the principle of playing the numbers game which some believers have used to try and get ahead of in life.

What are you going to do with all of that money?

Answer = you start to make things with it.

The ancient Greeks had a custom of converting a large accumulation of gold into shields and spears or other paraphernalia.

The forest of Lebanon was one of his out-of-town hunting lodges.

The man about whom this is written was a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. Solomon was the most glamorous king that the Jews ever had.

While we do not know exactly when he alienated himself from God, there are several passages of Scripture that give us some indication.

One reference is obvious from verse 17 as an ivory and gold throne was not for comfort.

Anyone who demands for himself an ivory chair overlaid with gold.

If you were that close to Solomon, you were there by kneeling.

Years ago, I remember this passage and up to now we understood everything that was brought in, but what about the apes and peacocks.

Notice it wasn’t elephants and lions;

It wasn’t tigers and bears -but APES AND PEACOCKS!

OUR Lord DOES have a sense of humor and it is a part.

The entire Trinity was involved with the many laughs that our Lord revealed through-out the Old and New Testament.

Peacocks strutting down the gangplank, each led by a slave; and apes in large cages, scratching and growling, rattling the bars.

The apes and peacocks were the ultimate in status symbols, the final touch in Solomon’s extravaganzas.

In the ancient world, apes and peacocks represented the principle of fun and entertainment.

For Solomon, however, they represented the principle of boredom and the frantic search for happiness.

The epistle of the Philippians is one of the most gracious passages found in the “Word of God” that also ministers to all of us if we desire to be ministered to.

Let me point out some of these principles of doctrine so that we all will grow together as we want to worship our Lord and bring honor and glory to Him as a part of us growing spiritually.

That is something that is very vital for us to listen to or to learn from — which also contributes the power we need to understand our Lord as well as the place and the role that believers who are serious about the calling of God have upon their life.

This is another reason for us to go forward in the plan of God and one of those vital reasons of the plan of God has to do with having balance in living the spiritual life that our Lord places before us.

Hymn #3

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Weekly Bible Study – December 9, 2019; The Doctrine of the Pivot. Part 7.

The Doctrine of the Pivot. Part 7

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Prepare yourself for learning the Word of God!

Before we begin, 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), it is important to prepare yourself to learn God's Word so take a moment to name, cite or acknowledge (confess) your known unconfessed sins privately to God (i.e.; with your thoughts directed only to God the Father).

1 John 1:9 says: "If we confess our sins, He (God) is faithful and just to forgive us our sins (known sins) and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [unknown or forgotten sins]." NKJV (New King James Version) [italics added]; we call this REBOUND, read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. 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 for 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 [italics added]

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 Doctrine of the Pivot. Part 7

The Doctrine of the Pivot

Point 1. Definition: Living in a client nation in a specific geographical location, [Now U.S.A.].

Point 2. The Pivot and the Client Nation.

The prosperity and blessing in a client nation does not occur through activism, but through those believers who execute the PREDESIGNED PLAN OF GOD.

If the pivot declines, then the client nation declines and is eventually destroyed through the administration of the five cycles of discipline as found in Leviticus 26:1-46.

The cycles of discipline are based on the principle that Jesus Christ controls history directly, indirectly, and permissively.

He controls history directly through the function of his own divine essence.

He controls history indirectly through the function of the laws of divine establishment.

He controls history permissively through permitting nations to use their own volition to destroy themselves.

Some nations are being blessed because of Gen 12:2-3, and some are not.

God originally said this to Abraham when he was an Arab Gentile named Abram.

According to Jewish tradition, Abraham was born under the name Abram in the city of Ur in Babylonia in the year 1948 from Creation (circa 1800 BCE).

Abram tried to convince his father, Teach, of the foolishness of idol worship.

When his father returned and asked what happened, Abram said, “The idols got into a fight, and the big one smashed all the other ones.”

Abram replied, “Then why do you worship them?”

The Jewish race had not been created when this promise was given.

Once Abram’s name was changed to Abraham, then the blessing of God was not only to be upon Abraham as the new father of the new race called the Jews, but the blessing of God would also be upon those who bless the Jews.

The promise upon those who blessed Abram changed to those who would bless the new race brought forth by the new name called Abraham…..and therefore the new racial species called the Jew.

This is why Abraham is called the father of our faith, Rom 4:1; 4:11; In fact, in Rom 4:12, he is called our father Abraham.

Then this blessing was passed down to Isaac who passed it down to Jacob.

The blessing of Abraham that God swore to Abraham has now been passed down to Isaac which is Gen 12:3 And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. ”

When God appears throughout the Bible, the blessing of Abraham is found in one of the titles of God when he says “I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Those who bless Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their descendants will be blessed by God, those who do not will be under a curse.


The first is opposition to Israel as a nation, to her foreign policy, or to what is known as Zionism, as a political and religious ideology, without necessarily being inspired by prejudice.

The second category is “normal” prejudice, which is often directed against those of another tribe, another race, another faith, or from another place.

The third category of enmity portrays the Jew as the root of virtually all evil in the world, engaged in an eternal and universal conspiracy, to infiltrate, corrupt, and ultimately rule the gentile world.

This third category includes the desire of the anti-Semite to castigate, eliminate, and finally to physically exterminate the Jew.

1. The Abrahamic Covenant defines the race for client nation Israel. Abraham became a Jew at age 99; Gen 12:1-3, 13:15 16, 15:18, 22:15 18, 26:3 4.

2. The Palestinian Covenant defines the land for client nation Israel, Gen 15:18; Num 34:1-12; Deut 30:1-9. This is the real estate of the client nation.

3. The Davidic Covenant defines the dynasty for client nation Israel,
2Sa 7:8-16; Ps 89:20-37. – David will have a son that will rule Israel during the Millennial reign.

4. The New Covenant defines the restoration of the client nation Israel at the Second Advent and its millennial modus operandi, Jer 31:31-34.

In 1975 the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution defining Zionism as a “form of racism and racial discrimination.”

Racism is the universal description that other nations accuse the Jews of being.

The racism label has since been used against the Jews by saying Israel hate governments and other nations throughout the world.

Since the Jews were established as a national entity in 1948, Israel has been forced into war, compelled to fight or be driven into the sea.

In less serious conflicts certain countries have shown even less restraint toward their enemies than Israel now displays toward the Palestinians and the Arab world.

he hypocrisy of castigating Israel for behavior that is acceptable to these nations in corresponding circumstances betrays a discriminatory standard.

while the war between Iraq and Iran, one of the bloodiest in this century with over a million casualties, passed with far less attention.

During 1989 and 1990, there was a great Palestinian uprising against Israel, news services were quick to report any Palestinian killed by Israelis.

The fact that more Palestinians have died at the hands of their brother Palestinians than by the Israelis was buried on a back page or ignored entirely.

Bernard Lewis observes that the Arab war against Israel has become generalized as a war against all Jews.

As proof he quotes excerpts from certain literature, textbooks, and newspapers of Islamic and Arab nations which depict Jews collectively as hostile, hateful, and subhuman.

In addition, censorship by Arab governments or by Arab journalists often eliminates any portrayal of Jews in a favorable light.

Anti-Semitic incidents, such as the promotion of Jewish conspiracy propaganda in Sweden by “Radio Islam,” actual threats against Jews in Moscow, and attacks on synagogues in Romania and France, are becoming commonplace.

In Soviet Russia the rise of nationalism parallels the rise of prejudice against among Russian Jews.

Even Poland and Hungary, which had their Jewish populations exterminated in the Nazi Holocaust, are exhibiting signs of rekindled anti-Semitism.

Pseudo-Christian groups called “Identity Churches,” which encompass the Christian Defense League, Aryan Nations, Christian Patriots Defense League, and certain elements of the Ku Klux Klan, are perpetuating the myth that Jews are responsible for world problems.

Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Black Muslim group “Nation of Islam,” calls Judaism “a gutter religion” and declares Hitler “a great man.” = New York Times, March 2, 1990.

The neo-Nazi “Skinhead” movement grows ever more visible and vocal.

At the same time, the Anti-Defamation League reports that anti-Semitic incidents in 1989, ranging from desecration to murder, have reached their highest level in eleven years.’

That even though we are a Client Nation to God, and even though we still have a pivot of spiritually adult believers, neither the United States nor any other nation can afford anti-Semitism.

God reserves the sovereign right to punish the Jews for disobedience (Lev 26:14-39; Deut 28:15-68), but throughout their history He has preserved this race of people because of His promise (Gen 12:1-3; cf. Lev 26:44).

Lev 26:44 ‘Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, nor will I so abhor them as to destroy them, breaking My covenant with them; for I am the Lord their God.

The Jewish race was founded on the principle of belief in the promise of God (Gen 15:6; cf., Rom 4:1-5).

Abraham, the father of the Jewish race, “believed in the Lord; and He [God] reckoned it to him as righteousness.” The promise begins with salvation by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ (Eph 2:8-9).

Jesus Christ is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. To deny Him signifies rejection of the spiritual heritage of the Jewish people and constitutes the underlying cause of many catastrophes in Jewish history.

Is America in danger of divine judgment.

In grace God always warns us before judgment.

Without truth, there is no love.

In ancient times, there was a nation known as the kingdom of Israel.
It had been founded on God’s word, dedicated to His will, and consecrated to His purposes.

The people of Israel made a fatal mistake, in the midst of their blessings, they turned away from God.

They would still at times invoke His name but it was increasingly hollow and meaningless.

They had made themselves strangers to the God of their fathers and their foundation.

As Hegel said If we have learned anything from history, it is that we have learned nothing from history.

“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.”
Aldous Huxley

“History repeats itself because no one was listening the first time.”
Anonymous

“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

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