💥 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God

 

Beth Martin, member of the body of Christ

Colossians 3:1-3  If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

Dead - (of a place or time) characterized by a lack of activity or excitement. 

 

So using this definition we are lacking in activity and excitement for things of this world. We are quiet and unassuming ........ not loud or boisterous. We do not make spectacles of ourselves or participate in some outings that others do. We are reserved and sober carefully evaluating our surroundings ....... watching the words we speak.

Hid - put or keep out of sight; conceal from the view or notice of others. 

 

In this definition, others around us may not see us or notice us. We turn to God with our concerns and problems. Others so often call their friends, relatives or turn to the internet to get advice or guidance. Many air their concerns on social media. Our personal business is not out there for others to see.

Because we take our concerns to God and do what HE communicates to us, we appear to be dead as our life is hid with Christ. 

 

 

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💥 Podcast: What it will be like in the great tribulation?

 

 

(This podcast was previously published on February 3, 2021) 

 

The prophet Amos tells us this:  Amos 5:18-20  Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.

19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
 

After Jesus opens the 7th seal on the book in Revelation 8, seven angels were given trumpets, and when each of these angels sounded their trumpet, a "woe" was loosed upon this earth.

Revelation 8:6-7  And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

14 plagues from God are loosed upon this earth during the great tribulation.  (Revelation 8, 9, 16)

Matthew 24:29-31  Jesus says:  Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

 

31 And HE shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

This Podcast is about the plagues of the great tribulation that comes from God to judge this world.

 

 

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💥 Scriptures:

 

2 Timothy 1:7  For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

 
Sound:

- free from flaw, defect or decay; 

- solid, firm, stable; 

- free from error, deception, or misapprehension; 

- showing good judgment or sense.

 

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Psalm 118:22-24  The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
 

23 This is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
 

24 This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

 

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Psalm 25:14  The secret of the Lord is with them that fear HIM; and HE will shew them HIS covenant. 

 

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James 3:17  But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

 

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Joshua 24:14-15  Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve HIM in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. 

15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

 

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2 Timothy 2:15-16  Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

 

 

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💥 Mark 15 (Reading through the Bible)

And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate.

² And Pilate asked Him, Art thou the King of the Jews?

And He answering said unto them, Thou sayest it.

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³ And the chief priests accused Him of many things: but He answered nothing.

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⁴ And Pilate asked Him again, saying, Answerest Thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against Thee.

⁵ But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.

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⁶ Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.

⁷ And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

⁸ And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.

⁹ But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

¹⁰ For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.

¹¹ But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.

¹² And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto Him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

¹³ And they cried out again, Crucify Him.

¹⁴ Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath He done?

And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify Him.

¹⁵ And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged Him, to be crucified.

¹⁶ And the soldiers led Him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.

¹⁷ And they clothed Him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about His head,
¹⁸ And began to salute Him, Hail, King of the Jews!

¹⁹ And they smote Him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon Him, and bowing their knees worshipped Him.

²⁰ And when they had mocked Him, they took off the purple from Him, and put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.

²¹ And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear His cross.

²² And they bring Him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

²³ And they gave Him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but He received it not.

²⁴ And when they had crucified Him, they parted His garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.

²⁵ And it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.

²⁶ And the superscription of His accusation was written over, The King Of The Jews.

²⁷ And with Him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on His left.
²⁸ And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And He was numbered with the transgressors.

²⁹ And they that passed by railed on Him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, ³⁰ Save Thyself, and come down from the cross.

³¹ Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; Himself He cannot save.

³² Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe.

And they that were crucified with Him reviled Him.

³³ And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

³⁴ And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?

³⁵ And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, He calleth Elias.

³⁶ And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave Him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take Him down.

³⁷ And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.

³⁸ And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

³⁹ And when the centurion, which stood over against Him, saw that He so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

⁴⁰ There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;  ⁴¹ (Who also, when He was in Galilee, followed Him, and ministered unto Him;) and many other women which came up with Him unto Jerusalem.

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⁴² And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, ⁴³ Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

⁴⁴ And Pilate marvelled if He were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether He had been any while dead.
⁴⁵ And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

⁴⁶ And he bought fine linen, and took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen, and laid Him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

⁴⁷ And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where He was laid.

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💥 Podcast: Are you willing to give up everything to hold onto one small portion of one verse of scripture?

 

  

(This podcast was previously published on February 8, 2021) 

 

The apostle Paul says:

Romans 1:16  For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Will we really pay the price for sharing one small portion of one verse of scripture?  

such as:  

 

* The man who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.  Matthew 5:32  

* The divorced woman commits adultery if she remarries.  Matthew 5:32; I Corinthians 7:39; Romans 7:1-3

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One compromise of a small verse of scripture, and antichrist moves into your life.

Antichrist comes into the churches:

II Thessalonians 2

KJV  3-4   Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

(falling away:  falling away from even one small portion of one verse of scripture) 

Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

NASB 6-8  And you know what restrains him now, so that he will be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is removed. 8 Then that lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will eliminate with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming;

(That which restrains antichrist is scripture.  When churches remove one small portion of scripture the restraint is removed with the scripture, for it was scripture holding antichrist back.)

God judges the churches who have fallen away from some scripture:

KJV 10-12   And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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Mark 8:36  For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

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Matthew 7:13-14  Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:  Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

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Paul gave up everything to speak the truth of God to the church.  And because of this everyone left him.  But Paul finished his course anyway.

Here Paul writes to Timothy:

II Timothy 4

1  I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom;

2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.

9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:

10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.

16  At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.

17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto HIS heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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💥 Scriptures:

 

Lamentations 3:22-23   It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because HIS compassions fail not.

23 They are new every morning: great is THY faithfulness.

 

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Psalms 36:5   THY mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and THY faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

 

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Hebrews 4:9 -11  There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 

 

10 For he that is entered into HIS rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from HIS. 

 

11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

 

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Proverbs 18:10  The name of the Lord (the Word) is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

 

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I Peter 3:10-16  For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and HIS ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? 

14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

 

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Isaiah 8:11-13  For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying

 

¹² Say ye not, A confederacy (alliance), to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

 

¹³ Sanctify the Lord of hosts HIMSELF and let HIM be your fear, and let HIM be your dread.

 

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Revelation 22:12 (Jesus says) And, behold, I come quickly; and MY reward is with ME, to give every man according as his work shall be. 

 

 

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💥 Mark 14 (Reading through the Bible)

 

1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by craft, and put Him to death.

² But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.

³ And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as He sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on His head.

⁴ And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
⁵ For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

⁶ And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on Me.
⁷ For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
⁸ She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint My body to the burying.

⁹ Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

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¹⁰ And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray Him unto them.
¹¹ And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money.  And he sought how he might conveniently betray Him.

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¹² And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, His disciples said unto Him, Where wilt Thou that we go and prepare that Thou mayest eat the passover?

¹³ And He sendeth forth two of His disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.
¹⁴ And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
¹⁵ And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.

¹⁶ And His disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as He had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

(The truth is Jesus, the Word.)

¹⁷ And in the evening He cometh with the twelve.

¹⁸ And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with Me shall betray Me.

¹⁹ And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto Him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?

²⁰ And He answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with Me in the dish.

²¹ The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of Him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.

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²² And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is My body.
²³ And He took the cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them: and they all drank of it.
²⁴ And He said unto them, This is My blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.

(The Lord's supper is the Word of God.  HE gives us that, HIMSELF, The Word, to eat and drink.)

²⁵ Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

²⁶ And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

²⁷ And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of Me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

²⁸ But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

²⁹ But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.

³⁰ And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny Me thrice.

³¹ But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with Thee, I will not deny Thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.

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³² And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and He saith to His disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.

³³ And He taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
³⁴ And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

³⁵ And He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him.

³⁶ And He said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto Thee; take away this cup from Me: nevertheless not what I will, but what Thou wilt.

³⁷ And He cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

³⁸ Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

³⁹ And again He went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.

⁴⁰ And when He returned, He found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer Him.

⁴¹ And He cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴² Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.

⁴³ And immediately, while He yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

⁴⁴ And he that betrayed Him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is He; take Him, and lead Him away safely.

⁴⁵ And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to Him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed Him.

⁴⁶ And they laid their hands on Him, and took Him.

⁴⁷ And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. (Peter did this:  John 18:10)

⁴⁸ And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take Me?
⁴⁹ I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took Me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.

⁵⁰ And they all forsook Him, and fled.

⁵¹ And there followed Him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:  ⁵² And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

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⁵³ And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

⁵⁴ And Peter followed Him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.

⁵⁵ And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put Him to death; and found none.

⁵⁶ For many bare false witness against Him, but their witness agreed not together.

⁵⁷ And there arose certain, and bare false witness against Him, saying,
⁵⁸ We heard Him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.

⁵⁹ But neither so did their witness agree together.

⁶⁰ And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest Thou nothing? what is it which these witness against Thee?

⁶¹ But He held His peace, and answered nothing.

Again the high priest asked Him, and said unto Him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

⁶² And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

⁶³ Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witness
⁶⁴ Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye?

And they all condemned Him to be guilty of death.

⁶⁵ And some began to spit on Him, and to cover His face, and to buffet Him, and to say unto Him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike Him with the palms of their hands.

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⁶⁶ And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:
⁶⁷ And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.

⁶⁸ But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.

⁶⁹ And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.

⁷⁰ And he denied it again.

And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.

⁷¹ But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

⁷² And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny Me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.

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💥 Podcast: The order of events that come at the end of this world

 

 

(This podcast was previously published on February 1, 2021) 

 

In the Bible, Jesus tells us what we can expect to see at the end of this world if we are still on this earth.

First the great tribulation comes from God. (Revelation 8, 9, 16)

Matthew 24:29-31  Jesus says:

29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31 And HE shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

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Jesus comes to raise the dead in Christ:

I Thessalonians 4: 13-17

13  But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep (dead), that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with HIM.

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (precede) them which are asleep.

16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

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We are changed into our spiritual bodies and removed from these fleshly bodies:

I Corinthians 15:48-52

48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

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Jesus takes us to the new heaven and the new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness:

Revelation 21:1-5

1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be HIS people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

5 And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.

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God destroys this present heaven and earth:

II Peter 3:10-14

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.

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💥 Scriptures:

 

Psalms 34: 4  I sought the LORD, and HE heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

 

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Isaiah 40:31   But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint

 

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Proverbs 3:5-6  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6 In all thy ways acknowledge HIM, and HE shall direct thy paths.

 

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Psalm 62:8 Trust in HIM at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before HIM: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

 

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Mark 10:27  And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. 

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Romans 5:8-9  But God commendeth HIS love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

9 Much more then, being now justified by HIS blood, we shall be saved from wrath through HIM. 

 

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Mark 11:25-26  And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

 

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Isaiah 55:8-9  God says ...  For MY thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways MY ways, saith the Lord.

9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are MY ways higher than your ways, and MY thoughts than your thoughts.

 

 

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💥 Mark 13 (Reading through the Bible)

 

And as He went out of the temple, one of His disciples saith unto Him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!

² And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

³ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
⁴ Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?

⁵ And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
⁶ For many shall come in My name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

(They will come saying "Jesus is Lord" and they will deceive many.   We see this today in the preachers who come in HIS name but do not hold fast to all the scriptures in Bible ... antichrist today in the churches ... the end-time apostasy in the churches.  II Thessalonians 2)

^{Mark 13:7} And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
⁸ For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

⁹ But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them.

¹⁰ And the gospel must first be published among all nations.

¹¹ But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.

¹² Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

¹³ And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

¹⁴ But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
¹⁵ And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
¹⁶ And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
¹⁷ But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
¹⁸ And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
¹⁹ For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
²⁰ And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom He hath chosen, He hath shortened the days.

²¹ And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
²² For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

²³ But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

²⁴ But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
²⁵ And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

²⁶ And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

²⁷ And then shall He send His angels, and shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

²⁸ Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
²⁹ So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.

³⁰ Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

³¹ Heaven and earth shall pass away: but My words shall not pass away.

³² But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

(Only God knows when the exact day of the Lord will come.)

³³ Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

³⁴ For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

³⁵ Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
³⁶ Lest coming suddenly HE find you sleeping.

³⁷ And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

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