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Dec13WEEK50
This week, we will look at what I call a “new order of ministry” which is now being raised up, and is in many ways a return to the original order of ministry. This order is the most prevalent in Scripture and history by about 10 to 1 over what has become the most prevalent “concept” of what ministry is today.
To challenge our thinking about ministry, we need to consider that only a few of the heroes of the faith in the Bible were priests, or those that we would consider today to be in “full-time ministries.” Very few... -
Dec06WEEK49
Last week I painted with some pretty broad strokes while addressing “the four winds of the earth.” This week I want to do it again with a perspective that is both historic and prophetic, and will lay the groundwork for addressing some things in more depth later.
In a general sense, the coming of the change of the ages will be like the century that saw transition between the times of Samson, Samuel, Saul, David, and Solomon. Let me explain. As we see in the Bible chronologically, Samuel was about twenty years old when Samson died. Samson represents... -
Nov29WEEK48
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...
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Nov22WEEK47
Isaiah 60:1-5 quoted below is an especially important prophecy for our times:
"Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and deep darkness the peoples, but the Lord will rise upon you, and His glory will appear upon you. And nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Lift up your eyes round about, and see; they all gather together, they come to you. Your sons will come... -
Nov15WEEK46
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...
