💥 The apostle Paul lived at the "beginning" of the New Testament Church which was established after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.

Jesus was born into the Old Testament Church days when HE began HIS life as a man walking on this earth.  HE began teaching what the NT church would be.  The NT church came to be these doctrines of Jesus after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.

Then from heaven, Jesus gave ministries to the NT church.

Ephesians 4

8 Wherefore HE saith, When HE ascended up on high, HE led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

9 (Now that HE ascended, what is it but that HE also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

10 HE that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that HE might fill all things.)

11 And HE gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: (through the New Testament Church)

13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into HIM in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

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The New Testament Church comes after Jesus is taken back into heaven, after HIS death on this earth and the resurrection of Jesus where HE is taken back into heaven.

God speaks to Ezekiel of that New church that will come:

Ezekiel 36

23 And I will sanctify MY great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

27 And I will put MY spirit within you, and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and ye shall keep MY judgments, and do them.

Then circumcision avails nothing, for faith in Jesus replaces circumcision of the Old Testament.   Now we are baptized into Christ ... dead to this world that we live by faith in Jesus, the Word.

Galatians 2

16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave HIMSELF for me.

After Christ died for us, HE came to live in us.

Galatians 3

2  This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

Galatians 5:2  Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

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As Jesus walked on the earth, they saw in HIM a very different set of rules from the rules set forth for the Old Testament church.

Then after Jesus was crucified they came to God through faith in the shed blood of Jesus.  And the Holy Spirit of Jesus lived in those who believed in HIM.

So Paul lived in the Old Testament and after Jesus spoke to Paul on the road to Damascus, Paul lived in the New Testament church through Jesus.

For more then 2000 + years, the New Testament church has taken the place of the Old Testament Church through the blood shed by Jesus, and Jesus rules the NT church from heaven and calls those chosen by HIM from heaven and sets us all things for the NT church through the foundation of the life and the words HE spoke while HE lived in front of them as an example.

The apostle Paul lived at the end of the Old Testament and at the beginning of the church of the New Testament.

Today we are at the end of the New Testament Church where all things pertaining to this current earth will be accomplished and God will take the elect to the new heaven and new earth to live in new spiritual bodies ... and God will destroy this current heaven and earth by fire.  (2 Peter 3:10)

Watch for the destruction of Jerusalem, for the end begins with that.

Luke 21:20-22 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

Paul lived at the beginning of the New Testament Church and we live at the end of the New Testament Church.

The season of the end:

* Jerusalem is destroyed.

* Then God brings the 14 plagues of The Great Tribulation.  Rev. 8, 9, 14

* The earth moves out of place in the solar system as the powers of heaven are shaken. Isaiah 13:13; Mt. 24:29

* Jesus comes through the air.  Mt. 24:30

* The angels of Jesus gather the elect of God and removes them from this earth to take them with the resurrected to the new heaven and new earth created by God for the righteous.  Mt.24:31; Rev. 21:1-5

* God destroys the current heaven and earth with fire.   2 Pet. 3:10

This is the period where we live and we will know when we see this when Jerusalem is destroyed.  So watch for that!

 

As we wait for Jesus, we keep ourselves in peace, without spot, and blameless. (2 Peter 3:14)

 

We are at the end.  Paul was at the beginning.  2000 years are between.  Man should not be our focus.  Man can do nothing except watch the things ordained by God as they play out on this earth.

Elections of men are the focus of ungodly men who see only the visible which will be destroyed.

 

So it doesn't matter who is elected president of USA for we are at the end.  

 

Focus on what happens to Jerusalem in the coming days for then the clock begins racing toward the end.

 

 

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💥 Scriptures:

 

Psalm 116:7,8  Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.

8  For THOU hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

 

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Romans 5:1  Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 

 

3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

 

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Proverbs 25:15   By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. 

 

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Psalm 31:19 Oh how great is THY goodness, which THOU hast laid up for them that fear THEE; which THOU hast wrought for them that trust in THEE before the sons of men! 

 

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Philippians 3:2-3  Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus (the Word), and have no confidence in the flesh.

 

 

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Matthew 10 (Reading through the Bible)

 

 1-31    And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples, He gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:  But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,

Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

And when ye come into an house, salute it.  And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear Him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

 

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32-33    Whosoever therefore shall confess ME (the Word) before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven.

But whosoever shall deny ME (the Word) before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.

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34-39    Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

He that loveth father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me.

He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for My sake shall find it

 

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40-42    He that receiveth you receiveth Me, and he that receiveth Me receiveth Him that sent Me.

He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

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