Changing the world one heart at a time

June 2008

God had a plan for me all along

The following is another testimony posted on our one of our forums. It is re-posted here with permission of the author. May you be inspired by the way God worked in this person's life.

I became a Christian when I was in the seventh grade. Ever since, I have always been eager to learn more about God, Jesus, and the Bible. When I entered college, I had many questions about the Bible, but I wasn’t getting any answers. I would go to different churches, retreats, seminars, conferences, workshops, and pastors from various denominations. I would get different types of answers, opinions, interpretations, and guesses. It really frustrated me that I could not get a clear answer to any of my questions. I read in the Bible that the truth would set me free (Jn 8:32), but I did not feel free nor did I feel like I knew the truth. Towards the end of my college years, I began to doubt Christianity as a whole.

Faith in the fulfillment of the New Testament prophecies

Jesus fulfilled the prophecies of the Old Testament 2,000 years ago (Jn 19:30), and he gave us the prophecies of the New Testament in advance so that we may believe when they are fulfilled (Jn 14:29). Jesus also said that no one who adds or takes away from the words of the prophecies will be allowed to enter the kingdom of heaven (Rev 22:18-19). Jesus will completely fulfill the prophecies of the New Testament (Rev 21:6) just as he fulfilled the prophecies of the Old Testament. When Jesus fulfills the prophecies of the New Testament, everyone must recognize the physical fulfillment, believe in it, and act according to it. We must fully understand the meanings of the prophecies so we can recognize and believe in the physical fulfillment when it become a reality. In this time of fulfillment, the Bible tells us that there will be some people who will believe it with joy and some who will persecute those who believe. Now, in the time of fulfillment, all of us must recognize the group to which we belong.

The fulfillment of Revelation, which is the promised prophecy

Jesus will fulfill the New Testament (Rev 21:6) just as he fulfilled the Old Testament (Jn 19:30).

The prophecies in the four gospels are the same as the prophecies of Revelation. Prophecies are given so that we can believe when they are fulfilled (Jn 14:29). How is it, then, that they are fulfilled? Both the Old and New Testament refer to the work of a messenger that must “prepare the way” (Rev 1, Rev 2, Rev 3).

The corruption of each generation and that which is prophesied

This article concerns the spiritual condition of the pastors of each generation after they become corrupt, the believers under the authority of those pastors, and the prophets God chose to speak for him.

Be assured that it is not through our own efforts that humans can understand the words of God. Although Adam, Noah, and Moses once possessed the word of God, their words or teachings lost their essence when they themselves became corrupt. In the same way, the present Christian world has become corrupt, and its teachings are no longer aligned with the word of God it received at the time of Jesus’ first coming. Christianity has been moving away from God and toward human-centric authoritarianism.

The prophecies of the New Testament and their fulfillment

The holy spirit can master the deepest things of heaven (1 Cor 2:10). Our faith must be accompanied by a knowledge of the word. We should speak from the Bible, answering questions using only the Bible.

I would like to ask everyone who reads this article: How many of the New Testament prophecies do you know? Do you merely claim to believe without knowing the word? What are the two nations that battle against each other in Matthew 24 and Revelation? Who are the destroyers that stand on holy place? To which mountain must people flee in the midst of this destruction? What are the sun and moon that go dark? What are the stars that fall?

It is not a dream

The following was posted on one of our forums by "CA Girl," and is re-posted here with permission of the author.

This is my personal testimony, a personal testimony I want to share with you. This is story of how, by the grace of God, I was taught the opened and revealed word of God that is given through the promised pastor at the time of Revelation. This is not a dream … it is all real.

A check-up for your faith

Since the scriptures cannot be broken (Jn 10:35), everyone’s deeds will be judged according to what is written in the book (Rev 20:12).

Catholicism emerged from Judaism, and Protestantism emerged from Catholicism. Now Protestants have splintered into hundreds if not thousands of denominations that each claim to be orthodox and to have received the holy spirit. Can this be true?

The life of faith and the end of the age

Is the scriptural “the end of the age” the end of religion or the end of all humanity?

The end of the age is the end of believers. The world-wide end will occur one thousand years after Jesus returns. Even as this world-wide end takes place, however, true believers will remain and will receive blessings – this is what the Bible testifies (Rev 20). What has Jesus told Christians about the generations to come?

The prophecies of the Old and New Testaments and their fulfillment

Since the scriptures cannot be broken (Jn 10:35), a tree must be known by its fruit (Matt 7:15-20). People will also be judged according to what they have done as is recorded in the “books” (Rev 20:12). It was Jesus who fulfilled the prophecies of the Old Testament that were given through the prophets (Jn 19:30), and it is the one who overcomes (Rev 21:6) who fulfills the prophecies of the New Testament that Jesus gave through his disciples. Pastors who have become accustomed to the teachings of men will be astounded with wonder upon wonder when they see the Bible being fulfilled (Isa 29:9-14). This revelation, as recorded, is the mystery of mysteries, and we know it awaits an appointed time (Hab 2:2-3) when the chosen are captured by gentiles. According to prophecies about the time of fulfillment, the Son of Man had to receive the open scroll and speak on behalf of God to the hardened and obsolete Israelites (Eze 1, Eze 2, Eze 3). This was fulfilled 600 years later through Jesus to whom God had come (Matt 15:24).

The sealed book and proof that the book has been revealed

What is the sealed book? What is the book that will be revealed, and what is the book that has been revealed?