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1. The Bible communicates Heaven’s 'multi-millennial, strategic plan for humanity'.

2. There are SEVEN ages appointed for humanity.

3. We are nearing the end of the THIRD age, a pivotal turning point in this strategy.

4. A GREAT falling away from the Christian faith is predicted during the ending days of this THIRD age, as a result of backsliding and general lukewarmness among the heretofore faithful. Look around and this you will clearly see.

5. Biblical prophecies have been and remain seeds of human history.

6. Yet-fulfilled prophecies, unfolding apace, are worthy of diligent study.

7. Now is the time to get and stay on ‘the right side of Bible prophecy’.

 

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That They Be One (Poem)


Diversity or unity?
Divers-nity? Uni-sity?
By both of these, we humans have been stressed!
But which is God’s will? By which is He blessed?

From man came woman; one became two.
Then from them, races …of every hue.
From one land mass, came seven continents,
Each with diverse national components.

Within nations, divisions thrive.
Real divisions! Others contrived.
Families, the building blocks of societies,
Have not escaped these …divisive proclivities.

God is ONE, the Head over all principalities,
Yet expressing Himself in three personalities.
From one man, Abraham, so many nations have come,
Yet only one chosen for blessings …under God’s thumb.

From this nation, one Man sent into the world as Christ,
Appointed to us as God’s only door for eternal life.
From this one life, across the world His Church would spread,
‘From every tongue, tribe and nation’, that’s what John said. 1

Imagine the divisiveness across such a crowd!
Doctrines, styles, preferences, some by many disallowed! 2
Yet the heart of Christ in His pre-death prayer,
Was for His Church to be one, with no fissure. 3

Israel, one nation, split into two,
Both exiled when in their sins they did stew! 4
Now once again, as one nation it’s re-established,
With Jews from all over, by racism it’s tarnished.

The Church and Israel, God’s people, beleaguered,
By all sorts of divisiveness spirits, unfettered,
Appointed by Him to be ‘ministers’:
Israel to Him; the Church to sinners. 5

The Church…
Called out of the Gentile world in order to be saved,
Then commissioned to return so others may be saved.
To minister to sinners in a world so diverse,
The Church of Jesus Christ must similarly be diverse!

Now called to produce much ‘spiritual offspring’,
Then called to rule with Him when on Earth Christ is King.
Diversity, qualification for the task now at hand,
Unity, qualification for His millennial span.

Israel…
A nation born to give birth to a Savior Who would die.
A nation that split, sinned, then to nationhood said, ‘Goodbye!’ 6
First appointed as Jesus’ family on Earth,
To be anointed His priests, enhancing their worth. 7

As Jesus Christ’s family, ordained, ‘Be ye holy!’, 8
And unified in God’s purpose, spiritually.
But as future priests, ordained to serve God …for-ever,
And serve as hosts to diverse peoples world over. 9

Jesus more than thrice prayed ‘…that they be one’, 10
The Church will, as The Father and The Son.
He said Israel, in a coming era,
Will as one people know Him as Messiah. 11

In God’s plans, from one comes diversities,
Evidence that He loves pluralities.
In the end it’s unity in spirit and purpose,
That in His plans is so highly valued …and precious.
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1 See: Revelation 7:9
2 See: Romans 16:17
3 See: John 17:11, 21, 22, 23
4 Split into Israel (10 northern tribes) and Judah (2 southern tribes)
5 See: Exodus 19:6 for Israel, and Mark 17:15, The Great Commission for the Church
6 Israel was exiled to Assyria, and then scattered. Judah was exiled to Babylon for 70 years, then a remnant was regathered to the promise land.
7 See: Exodus 19:6
8 Unique, separate. See: Leviticus 11:44
9 As Jesus’ priests in Jerusalem during His Millennial Reign, Jews may likely be responsible for hosting a great diversity of worldwide visitors (both mortal humans and immortal saints) who will attend The Lord's annual Feasts of Tabernacles celebration. Notably, though The Lord 'will seek to destroy the nations who fought against Israel (presumably in the 1st War of Gog and Magog - Ezekiel 38), there will obviously be surviving remnants in these nations. Representatives of these remnant families  will be commanded to attend The Lord's annual Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem. (Zechariah 12:9 and 14:16)
10 Five times in John 17. God will answer this prayer!
The Church will, as The Father and The Son.
11 See: Zechariah 12:10-14