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Bruce H
Posted on Saturday, December 11, 1999 - 4:45 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

A lot of us do not even know the gift that we have
been given. Here is a little study of mine about
us being in the Kingdom of Heaven or Kingdom of
God.
Matt 11:11-13 11 "Assuredly, I say to you, among
those born of women there has not risen one
greater than John the Baptist; but he who is least
in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 "And from the days of John the Baptist until
now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and
the violent take it by force.
13 "For all the prophets and the law prophesied
until John.

Wow He who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is
greater than John the Baptist, Moses, Jacob,
Joseph, etc. The prophets and the Law were UNTIL
John, then the Kingdom of Heaven.

Luke 17:20-21 20 Now when He was asked by the
Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He
answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does
not come with observation;
21 "nor will they say, `See here!' or `See
there!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is within
you."

So the Kingdom of God is within you (Holy Spirit).

Matt 13:11 11 He answered and said to them,
"Because it has been given to you to know the
mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it
has not been given.
12 "For whoever has, to him more will be given,
and he will have abundance; but whoever does not
have, even what he has will be taken away from
him.
13 "Therefore I speak to them in parables,
because seeing they do not see, and hearing they
do not hear, nor do they understand.

We have been given the Mysteries of the Kingdom of
Heaven.

Matt 16:17-19 17 Jesus answered and said to him,
"Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and
blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father
who is in heaven.
18 "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and
on this rock I will build My church, and the gates
of Hades shall not prevail against it.
19 "And I will give you the keys of the kingdom
of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be
bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth
will be loosed in heaven."

We have been given the Keys to the Kingdom of
Heaven, and the Gates of Hell will not prevail
ugainst us.

John 3:3-5 3 Jesus answered and said to him,
"Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born
again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
4 Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born
when he is old? Can he enter a second time into
his mother's womb and be born?"
5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you,
unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he
cannot enter the kingdom of God.

We have been Born Again into the Kingdom of
Heaven.

John 3:23-29 23 Now John also was baptizing in
Aenon near Salim, because there was much water
there. And they came and were baptized.
24 For John had not yet been thrown into prison.
25 Then there arose a dispute between some of
John's disciples and the Jews about purification.
26 And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi,
He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you
have testified--behold, He is baptizing, and all
are coming to Him!"
27 John answered and said, "A man can receive
nothing unless it has been given to him from
heaven.
28 "You yourselves bear me witness, that I said,
`I am not the Christ,' but, `I have been sent
before Him.'
29 "He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but
the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears
him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's
voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.
30 "He must increase, but I must decrease.

Her John the Baptist is saying He is a friend of
the Bridegroom. We are the Bride.

Matt 5:17-19 17 "Do not think that I came to
destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to
destroy but to fulfill.
18 "For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and
earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no
means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.
19 "Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of
these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be
called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever
does and teaches them, he shall be called great in
the kingdom of heaven.

When Jesus is giving HIS Commandments of the New
Covenant he makes this statement. WHOEVER
THEREFORE BREAKS ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE
COMMANDMENTS, AND TEACHES MEN SO, SHALL BE CALLED

LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

Since He is talking to those who are of the New
Covenant with its own commandments given on the
sermon on the mount. Notice that there is no
Condemnation for those who are in Christ. Praise
the Lord for I am Least in the Kingdom of Heaven
and He Jesus Christ who DOES these commandments is
greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.

BH
Bruce H
Posted on Saturday, December 11, 1999 - 6:25 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Here is another one.

Matt 12:1-6 1 At that time Jesus went through
the grainfields on the Sabbath. And His disciples
were hungry, and began to pluck heads of grain and
to eat.
2 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to
Him, "Look, Your disciples are doing what is not
lawful to do on the Sabbath!"
3 But He said to them, "Have you not read what
David did when he was hungry, he and those who
were with him:
4 "how he entered the house of God and ate the
showbread which was not lawful for him to eat, nor
for those who were with him, but only for the
priests?
5 "Or have you not read in the law that on the
Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the
Sabbath, and are blameless?
6 "Yet I say to you that in this place there is
One greater than the temple.

What is Jesus saying here. He is NOT saying that
it is all right for David to take the bread. He
is NOT saying that it is OK for the disciples to
break the Sabbath by taking the grain in the
grainfields. No He is saying that He is the one
who makes the rules on the Sabbath and it is fine
if the Priests in the temple PROFANE THE SABBATH,
and are blameless. The Bible states that those in
the new covenant Died to the Law or Old Covenant
or the Ministry of Death, and are the Temple of
God and the one who is greater then the Temple is
in us and we in Him. It also says this.

Rev 1:5-6 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful
witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the
ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who
loved us and washed us from our sins in His own
blood,
6 and has made us kings and priests to His God
and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever
and ever. Amen.

1 Peter 2:5 5 you also, as living stones, are
being built up a spiritual house, a holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

So we in the Kingdom of Heaven are a Holy
priesthood. We are priests, Wow that is almost to
good to be true, God is awsome!!!!!!!!!

BH
Bruce H
Posted on Sunday, December 26, 1999 - 6:45 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Kingdom of Heaven or the Church

Names for the Ecclesia Church: The Church, The
Body of Christ, The Kingdom of Heaven, Kingdom of
God, The living Temple, The Bride, The Virgin, His
Sheep, The Saints, The Church of God, The
Household of God, The Faithful, God1s New
Creation, The New Persons, Fighters against Satan,
Bearers of Light. (? Twenty Four Elders) and
more. Other words to study, The Mystery, The
promise.


1) When and why the Church? (the Kingdom of
Heaven)

The Messiah was prophecized to come and set up
his Kingdom. The people of Israel were called out
of the world by God who gave them ( Abram a
Gentile) an unconditional Covenant of the Land
(Gen 12:1-3, 13:15-16, ),(Gen 15:5-18) . Notice
That God Alone walked through the carcass making
it God's promise alone no conditions. Twenty
five years later, the Covenant of Circumcision (
with Abraham now a Jew, Gen 17:7-14) this was
conditional. Later, after the Exodus from Egypt
, the Sinai Covenant with the Law (Deut 4:7-13)
was given, this also was conditional, if you
follow these Laws I will be your God.
The Messiah was to come and set up his kingdom if
the people of Israel accepted Him. And He would
sit on the Throne of David and Rule (The Angel
Gabriel told this to Mary Luke 1:30-33 ). The
Jewish people would be his people to rule with
Him.

Here in Luke Jesus announces He is the Messiah
Luke 4:16-21 16 So He came to Nazareth, where He
had been brought up. And as His custom was, He
went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and
stood up to read.
17 And He was handed the book of the prophet
Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found
the place where it was written:
18 "The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He
has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To
proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of
sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who
are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD."
20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to
the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all
who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.
21 And He began to say to them, "Today this
Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

NOTICE WHAT JESUS LEFT OUT IN ISAIAH 61:1-2 And
the day of vengeance of our God. This is The DAY
OF THE LORD, He knew the Jews would not accept Him
if they had then the day of vengeance would have
proceeded.

Here Jesus announces that He has come for Israel
alone.

Matt 15:24 24 But He answered and said, "I was
not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of
Israel."

Here Jesus announces that the Kingdom of Heaven is
for the Jew if they accept him as the Messiah.

Matt 11:11-14 11 "Assuredly, I say to you, among
those born of women there has not risen one
greater than John the Baptist; but he who is least
in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 "And from the days of John the Baptist until
now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and
the violent take it by force.
13 "For all the prophets and the law prophesied
until John.
14 "And if you are willing to receive it, he is
Elijah who is to come.

HERE JESUS IS SAYING IN VERSE 14 THAT IF THE JEWS
ACCEPT HIM AS THE MESSIAH THEN JOHN THE BAPTIST IS
ELIJAH AND THEY WILL BE THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
Remember that it was prophecsized that Elijah
would come before the Day OF THE LORD.

Malachi 4:5 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the
prophet Before the coming of the great and
dreadful day of the LORD.


The Messiah was prophecsized in Daniel 7:25 to
present himself as king on a certain date.

Daniel 7: 25 "Know therefore and understand, That
from the going forth of the command To restore and
build Jerusalem Until Messiah the King, There
shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
1. Cyrus, 537 BC, Ezra 1:2-4.
2. Darius, Ezra 6:1-5,8,12.
3. Artaxerxes, 458 BC. Ezra 7:11-26.
4. Artaxerxes, 445 BC. NEH 2:5-8,17,18.
(1), (2), and (3): were to build the temple. Only
the last one, (4), was to rebuild the city, the
walls, etc.

69 times 7 times 360 ( Daniel used 360 day years)
= 173,880 days
So from March 14, 445 BC, to April 6, 32 AD.
Neh 2:5-8,17,18.
Artaxerxes, 445 BC - 32 AD = 173,760 days
March 14 - April 6 = 24 days
Leap Years = 116 days

-------------
173,880 days

On several occasions in the New Testament when
they attempted to take Jesus as King, He
invariably declined, mine hour is not yet come.
(John 6:15, 7:30, 7:44, etc.) Then on April 6,
32 AD. ( This was the 10th of Nisan, 32 AD) the
day Jesus deliberately arranges to fulfill Zech
9:9

Luke 19:29-39 29 And it came to pass, when He
came near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the
mountain called Olivet, that He sent two of His
disciples,
30 saying, "Go into the village opposite you,
where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on
which no one has ever sat. Loose it and bring it
here.
31 "And if anyone asks you, `Why are you loosing
it?' thus you shall say to him, `Because the Lord
has need of it.'"
32 So those who were sent went their way and
found it just as He had said to them.
33 But as they were loosing the colt, the owners
of it said to them, "Why are you loosing the
colt?"
34 And they said, "The Lord has need of him."
35 Then they brought him to Jesus. And they threw
their own clothes on the colt, and they set Jesus
on him.
36 And as He went, many spread their clothes on
the road.
37 Then, as He was now drawing near the descent
of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the
disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a
loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen,
38 saying:" `Blessed is the King who comes in the
name of the LORD!' Peace in heaven and glory in
the highest!"

Now Jesus Held them accountable to recognize this
day (Daniel 9:25).

Luke 19:41-44 41 Now as He drew near, He saw
the city and wept over it,
42 saying, "If you had known, even you,
especially in this your day, the things that make
for your peace! But now they are hidden from your
eyes.
43 "For days will come upon you when your enemies
will build an embankment around you, surround you
and close you in on every side,
44 "and level you, and your children within you,
to the ground; and they will not leave in you one
stone upon another, because you did not know the
time of your visitation."

Because they did not accept Jesus on this day as
the Messiah, Jesus proclaims National blindness
on Israel ( But now they are hidden from your
eyes) and then prophecized what would happen to
them. So Jesus then turned to the Gentiles on
this day.

So why the Church? Jesus needed a Kingdom of
people to Rule with him on the Throne of David
here on Earth as he promised Israel. Since the
Jews rejected him they could no Longer rule with
him.

Is Jesus finished with the Jews? No, The promises
with Israel were unconditional. (Read Romans
chapter 9, 10, 11)

Rom 11:25 25 For I do not desire, brethren, that
you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you
should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness
in part has happened to Israel until the fullness
of the Gentiles has come in.

So national blindness will come to an end (notice
the UNTIL) when the fullness of the Gentiles come
in (or the Kingdom of Heaven or Church is selected
by Christ). So Paul states that this is a mystery
and he is making it known to them.

Eph 3:1-6 1 For this reason I, Paul, the
prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles--
2 if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of
the grace of God which was given to me for you,
3 how that by revelation He made known to me the
mystery (as I have briefly written already,
4 by which, when you read, you may understand my
knowledge in the mystery of Christ),
5 which in other ages was not made known to the
sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the
Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:
6 that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of
the same body, and partakers of His promise in
Christ through the gospel,

So this is the Dispensation of Grace, which the
Old prophets did not Know or it was not made known
to them. That the Gentiles would be fellow heirs
with Christ.

Rom 8:16-17 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness
with our spirit that we are children of God,
17 and if children, then heirs--heirs of God
and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer
with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

2. So what was the Purpose of Israel

God knew Israel would fall and Israels falling is
to be an example for us, That the Law cannot save
anyone. We must all have a change of Heart or be
Born Again. We must have the indwelling Holy
Spirit as a teacher and guide who gives us eternal
Life.

Rom 9: 30-32 30 What shall we say then? That
Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have
attained to righteousness, even the righteousness
of faith;
31 but Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness,
has not attained to the law of righteousness.
32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith,
but as it were, by the works of the law. For they
stumbled at that stumbling stone.

The Jew asked this question in the Jerusalem
counsel in Acts 15. If the gentiles do not have
to circumcise and keep the Law of Moses, Then
what of Israel and its promises (Rom 9:4 4 who
are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the
glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the
service of God, and the promises;). What was the
purpose of Israel then.

Acts 15:14 14 "Simon has declared how God at the
first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a
people for His name.
15 "And with this the words of the prophets
agree, just as it is written:
16 `After this I will return And will rebuild the
tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; I will
rebuild its ruins, And I will set it up;

Now the Prophet say1s After this, that is after
the Church or the taking of a people for his name.
After he takes out a people for his name, He will
REBUILD THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID. So God will take
his Kingdom of Heaven to rule with him on Earth on
the Throne of David, with the Jews in the Land
that he has promised them.
Timo K.
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Bruce, I found your article "Kingdom of Heaven or God" interesting. Only the part of Israel, in an eschatological meaning, is not clear to me. Do you think that after the Christian era there will be "Jewish" era again? The Old testament Tabernacle of David will be built?? In other words "old testament" times are arriving again.

Maybe I didn't follow your thoughts about Israel, that's why I hope you can clarify. Do you believe the Church is "raptured" before the "Jewish" era?

Hope I can make the questions understandable in English (foreign language to me). Also do we need another Temple, since Jesus Himself is Our Real Temple?

timo
Bruce H
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Timo K
Kingdom of Heaven.
This concept of Christ reigning on the throne of
David here on earth (2 Sam 7:12-17, 2 Sam 23:5, 2
Chron 13:5, Ps 89:3,34, Ps 132:12) is called
Premillennialism (premil) and it depends upon a
literal interpretation of prophecy (Daniel always
took prophecy literally), taking the words in
their ordinary meaning. This was the prevailing
opinion in the 1st and 2nd centuries of the
Christian era (it was also the teaching of the
Jewish people at the time of Christ that the
Messiah would sit on the literal throne of David
in Jerusalem). The first significant challenge to
premillennialism was by the liberal school of
theology at Alexandria led by Origen (185 AD-254
AD) and Clement of Alexandria. They advanced the
interpretation that the millennium should be
considered as a symbol and that it would be
fulfilled in a spiritual sense in the present age
in the two advents of Jesus Christ (called
almillennialism). Although early considered a
heresy not acceptable to orthodox interpreters,
almillennialism (almill) gradually replaced premil
because of Augustine in the 4th and 5th centuries.
Following Augustine, almill became the dominant
doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church as it is
today. Adventist as well as 75 to 80 percent of
Christian churches teach almill.
I myself prefer the literal interpretation like
the Early Church let me give you an example why I
do in the Bible.

Isaiah 65: 17-23
17 "For behold, I create new heavens and a new
earth; And the former shall not be remembered or
come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I
create; For behold, I create Jerusalem as a
rejoicing, And her people a joy.
19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem, And joy in My
people; The voice of weeping shall no longer be
heard in her, Nor the voice of crying.
20 "No more shall an infant from there live but a
few days, Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his
days; For the child shall die one hundred years
old, But the sinner being one hundred years old
shall be accursed.
21 They shall build houses and inhabit them; They
shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 They shall not build and another inhabit; They
shall not plant and another eat; For as the days
of a tree, so shall be the days of My people, And
My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They shall not labor in vain, Nor bring forth
children for trouble; For they shall be the
descendants of the blessed of the LORD, And their
offspring with them.
24 "It shall come to pass That before they call,
I will answer; And while they are still speaking,
I will hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, The
lion shall eat straw like the ox, And dust shall
be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor
destroy in all My holy mountain," Says the LORD.

So the Almill will say this is in Heaven for the
1000 yrs but you have a problem, verse 20,

(20 "No more shall an infant from there live but a
few days, Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his
days; For the child shall die one hundred years
old, But the sinner being one hundred years old
shall be accursed).

So you have death and sin in Heaven. No this is
just another dispensation where Christ will reign
on the throne of David with the Jews in the Land
that he promised to Abram forever.
Here is another point notice verse 25,
( 25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,
The lion shall eat straw like the ox, And dust
shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt
nor destroy in all My holy mountain),

Notice that the Lion shall eat straw like the Ox.
Now turn to
Isaiah 35:8-9
8 A highway shall be there, and a road, And it
shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The
unclean shall not pass over it, But it shall be
for others. Whoever walks the road, although a
fool, Shall not go astray.
9 No lion shall be there, Nor shall any ravenous
beast go up on it; It shall not be found there.
But the redeemed shall walk there,

Notice that it say1s, No lion shall be there, So
now you have a dilemma is the Bible in error for
one text teaches there are lions in heaven and the
other says that there is no lions. Well Premill
teaches that there are two destinies one for the
Church which is Kingdom of Heaven on Earth
(Highway of Holiness), the other is for Israel to
have the Land.

I will give you more examples later. This is just
a different view remember Act 17:11.

Bruce H

bh

Bruce
Jude the Obscure
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Dear Bruce, just want to add that I appreciate your studies on the kingdom of God/heaven. I always learn from you. Thanks, Jude.
Bruce H
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Kingdom of Heaven or God

What about the Rapture? As I said before a study
of the Rapture is a study of Ecclesiology and not
Escatology.

What extra privileges does the Church have over
the Old testament saints.

Matt 11:9-13
9 "But what did you go out to see? A prophet?
Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
10 "For this is he of whom it is written:
`Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who
will prepare Your way before You.'
11 "Assuredly, I say to you, among those born of
women there has not risen one greater than John
the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of
heaven is greater than he.
12 "And from the days of John the Baptist until
now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and
the violent take it by force.
13 "For all the prophets and the law prophesied
until John.

So verse 9 says John is more than a prophet.
Verse 11 says that among those born of women there
has not risen one greater that John the Baptist,
But He who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven
(Church) is greater than He. So why are we the
Church greater than the Old Testament Saints like
Moses, Jacob, Abraham etc.

Let us look at some more texts

Luke 17:20-21 20 Now when He was asked by the
Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He
answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does
not come with observation;
21 "nor will they say, `See here!' or `See
there!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is within
you."

So the Kingdom of God is within you? Does He mean
the Holly Spirit.

Matt 13:11 11 He answered and said to them,
"Because it has been given to you to know the
mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it
has not been given.
12 "For whoever has, to him more will be given,
and he will have abundance; but whoever does not
have, even what he has will be taken away from
him.
13 "Therefore I speak to them in parables,
because seeing they do not see, and hearing they
do not hear, nor do they understand.

So It has been given to Us to Know the The
mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven but to others
it has not been given.

Could this be the Holy Spirit
John 16:13 13 "However, when He, the Spirit of
truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth;
for He will not speak on His own authority, but
whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell
you things to come.

1 John 2:27 27 But the anointing which you have
received from Him abides in you, and you do not
need that anyone teach you; but as the same
anointing teaches you concerning all things, and
is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has
taught you, you will abide in Him.

Abides. 1. remain, last or reside 2. endure

So the anointing which we received or the Holy
Spirit abides in us.

John 3:3-5 3 Jesus answered and said to him,
"Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born
again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
4 Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born
when he is old? Can he enter a second time into
his mother's womb and be born?"
5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you,
unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he
cannot enter the kingdom of God.

So when we are Born Again we enter the Kingdom of
Heaven or God.

So when Did this difference take place and how are
the Saints of the Old Testament Different from the
New Testament Saints or the Church.

Well Jesus stated that He would first have to go
away before the Indwelling Spirit would come.
John 16:7 7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth.
It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I
do not go away, the Helper will not come to you;
but if I depart, I will send Him to you.

So who is the Helper? The Holy Spirit. So when
did he send the Helper or Holy Spirit.
Luke 24:49 49 "Behold, I send the Promise of My
Father upon you; but tarry in the city of
Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on
high."

Acts 1:4-6 4 And being assembled together with
them, He commanded them not to depart from
Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the
Father, "which," He said, "you have heard from Me;
5 "for John truly baptized with water, but you
shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many
days from now."
6 Therefore, when they had come together, they
asked Him, saying, "Lord, will You at this time
restore the kingdom to Israel?"

Notice that they are asking about the Kingdom of
Israel (this is not the Kingdom of Heaven for
Jesus said it is within you) and Jesus does not
give them an answer. They are taking about Jesus
sitting on the throne of David here on earth.
So they were to wait in the city of Jerusalem
until they were endued with the power on High.
They shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit NOT
MANY DAYS FROM NOW. When was this?

Eph 1:13,14. 13 In Him you also trusted, after
you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your
salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were
sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until
the redemption of the purchased possession, to the
praise of His glory.

So this Promise is the Holy Spirit, and we are
sealed as a guarantee.

Well the day that Jesus was telling them about was
Pentecost. This was the day the Kingdom of Heaven
started this is the Birth of the Church.
Acts 2:1-4
1 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they
were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as
of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole
house where they were sitting.
3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as
of fire, and one sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak with other tongues, as the
Spirit gave them utterance.
Act 2:14-21
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven,
raised his voice and said to them, "Men of Judea
and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known
to you, and heed my words.
15 "For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is only the third hour of the day.
16 "But this is what was spoken by the prophet
Joel:
17 `And it shall come to pass in the last days,
says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all
flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your
old men shall dream dreams.
18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants I
will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they
shall prophesy.
19 I will show wonders in heaven above And signs
in the earth beneath: Blood and fire and vapor of
smoke.
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the
moon into blood, Before the coming of the great
and awesome day of the LORD.
21 And it shall come to pass That whoever calls
on the name of the LORD Shall be saved.'

Notice that the sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before the coming of the
great and awesome Day of the Lord, Has that
happened yet, no. So there is that term again Day
of Lord. So the Last days are know and have been
for the last 1900 or more years, but things will
start to happen before the great DAY OF THE LORD.

Day of the Lord, Day of vengeance of our lord, Day
of Wrath, Time of Jacobs trouble. (Matt 24:43-44,
Luke 12:39-40, 2 Pet 3:10, Rev 3:3 16:15. Isa
13:9-13, Amos 5:18-20, Zeph 1:14-18, Joel
2:1-3,10,11,15,16, Mal 41-5.

Well I thought that the Old Testament Prophets had
the indwelling Holy Spirit.

Nowhere in the Old testament does it say the
believer is dwelled by the Holy Spirit. It says
that He dwelled in the Temple and the Tabernacle (
Ex 25:8 29:45, Num 5:3, 35:34 2 Sam 7:5, 1 kin
6:13, 8:12,13, 2 Chr 6:1). It says that the
believer1s were filled with the Holy Spirit or
that God walked with them, but never in dwelled.

Dwell 1. To live as a resident; reside. 2. To
exist in a given place or state. 3. To fasten
ones attention

Psalms 51:11-12 10 Create in me a clean heart, O
God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do
not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

So David prayed take not your Spirit from me? So
this implies that the Spirit of God could leave
the Old testament saints.

Verse 10 says create in me a clean Heart. He know
that that is yet future.
He is not speaking in the past tense. He is
saying God will create in me a clean heart.

Ezek 11:19 19 "Then I will give them one heart,
and I will put a new spirit within them, and take
the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them
a heart of flesh, In the New Testament it say1s it
in past tense, in other words it had already been
done

This is also future, THEN I will give them one
heart, and I WILL put a new spirit in them this is
speaking future. This was to come, when, at
Pentecost after Jesus death.

1 Sam 16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed
from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the LORD
troubled him.
1 Sam 18:12 Now Saul was afraid of David, because
the LORD was with him, but had departed from Saul.

This show that the Spirit of God did actually
leave the Old Testaments Saints. That is because
they did not have their hearts Changed to become a
New Creation (Gal 6:15). That is because God did
not actually dwell in their heart until after his
Death.

We are also sealed by the Holy Spirit. Nowhere in
the Old Testament does it say that they were
sealed by the Holy Spirit.

So in the Old Testament God in dwelled in the
temple made with stone that had a Veil over the
Most Holy Place.

Matt: 27:51 50 And Jesus cried out again with
a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.
51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn
in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked,
and the rocks were split,

Her Matthew is saying that this is the End of the
Old Testament. Now God needs a place to rest.

Acts 7:48-51 48 "However, the Most High does not
dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet
says:
49 `Heaven is My throne, And earth is My
footstool. What house will you build for Me? says
the LORD, Or what is the place of My rest?
50 Has My hand not made all these things?'
51 "You stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart
and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as
your fathers did, so do you.

verse 48 say he used to dwell in the Temples made
with hands but know he dwells in us. He needs to
REST in us.

Eph 2: 21-22 21 in whom the whole building,
being joined together, grows into a holy temple in
the Lord,
22 in whom you also are being built together for
a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

So this is Salvation and it happens at one time
when you accept the Gospel and God gives you
eternal life with his Spirit.

Doesn't everybody have the Holy Spirit. Yes the
Spirit works on all men to draw them to God but he
only in dwells those who accept the Gospel.

Heb 13:5 5 Let your conduct be without
covetousness; be content with such things as you
have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave
you nor forsake you."

Here Jesus is saying if I dwell in you I will
never leave you.

Rom 8:9,11 9 But you are not in the flesh but in
the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in
you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of
Christ, he is not His. 11 But if the Spirit of
Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,
He who raised Christ from the dead will also give
life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who
dwells in you.

next study will be the rapture.

I must caution you that I am not a theologian. I
Have the Best teacher money can buy, you know who
He is.

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