Our goal is to see the apostolic faith restored to the church. However, as discussed, we must realize that we are not seeking to build another first century church, but the twenty-first century church. The church, as it is called to be, will be the most relevant entity on the earth to its times. It is only as the church has become out of step with the Lord that it has lagged behind in its relevance. Before continuing, we want to briefly look at one more prophecy that will help us to understand the times in which we live. Revelation...

Isaiah 60:1-5 quoted below is an especially important prophecy for our times:

Last week we focused on the mark of the beast and how it will reveal the true worshipers of God, distinguishing them from those whose hope and trust is in this present world, more than God. We covered these last year, but I feel this is an increasingly important issue that we should review before addressing how God’s people will be given the wealth of the wicked, which we will proceed with next week. Thank you for bearing with me in this.
There are two simple things that we must do to avoid taking the mark of the beast—the first...

In Revelation 13 we are told about the beast who seeks to place a mark upon all who worship him so that no one can buy, sell, or trade unless they have his mark. Countless hours have been spent by many devoted Christians trying to foresee the form in which this mark would come so that they could avoid taking it. It may seem like an over-simplification, but we will take just a few minutes over the next few weeks to understand this beast and the mark, as well as how to not take it from the clear teachings of...

As we have studied, the Lord made it clear that the way we handle our earthly finances will determine the kind of true riches of the kingdom that we can be trusted with. Consider this question: Would you rather have the money to buy enough food to feed five thousand people or the power to multiply a single lunch into enough for them all? If you would rather have the money, then make it your primary pursuit. If you would rather have the authority that the Lord demonstrated when He walked the earth, then pursue Him.

If we are in...