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JUDGEMENT: BELIEVER VS UNBELIEVER The objective of this teaching is to explain the biblical doctrine of judgment, contrasting how believers and unbelievers will be judged by God according to Scripture. The message seeks to clarify misunderstandings regarding death, the rapture, and the final judgment, while encouraging believers to cultivate a true relationship with Christ and invest in their eternal future through faith and works. JUDGEMENT: BELIEVER VS UNBELIEVER Minister Lisa Kane August 28, 2024 Objective: The objective of this teaching is to explain the biblical doctrine of judgment, contrasting how believers and unbelievers will be judged by God according to Scripture. The message seeks to clarify misunderstandings regarding death, the rapture, and the final judgment, while encouraging believers to cultivate a true relationship with Christ and invest in their eternal future through faith and works. Synopsis: In this teaching, Lisa Kaine opens with Revelation 20:15, emphasizing the eternal consequences for those whose names are not written in the Book of Life. She explains the concept of judgment after death, distinguishing between the believer’s judgment at the Bema Seat of Christ and the unbeliever’s judgment at the Great White Throne. Drawing from Hebrews 9:27–28, she addresses the apparent contradiction of individuals like Enoch and Elijah who never died, connecting them to prophetic roles in Revelation as potential witnesses. The teaching explores how rapture, though instantaneous, can also be understood as a form of death, aligning with Paul’s declaration that all are appointed to die once. For believers, judgment is not about salvation but about works—the quality of their lives tested by fire (1 Corinthians 3). Precious works will endure as jewels and rewards, while empty deeds will be burned away. Believers are urged to live as God’s temple, maintaining a true relationship with Him rather than settling for superficial devotion. In contrast, unbelievers will face the Great White Throne judgment (Revelation 20:11–15). Their names not found in the Book of Life will result in condemnation and eternal separation from God in the lake of fire. Even those who considered Jesus merely a prophet or lived by “good works” apart from faith will be judged according to what was engraved in the books. The message closes with a call to salvation through Jesus Christ, affirming His atoning work on the cross and offering the sinner’s prayer as a step toward eternal life. The overarching theme is God’s mercy and grace, urging listeners to secure their eternal future by faith in Christ and by living in obedience and service to Him. Inspired Teaching - Written and/or Transcribed from Video Above: Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kaine. I'm recording this message on Wednesday, August 28th, 2024. Welcome. Let's open up in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word, and we bless your word. We pray that your word does not return void and that we hear your word, apply your word and that you just move aside any um any offense to this word or any issues that is keeping us from applying this word and living it the way that you showed us in scripture. How to apply it, how to live it, how to know where we're going to go in our eternity, how we're going to be judged. And I thank you for the knowledge and your word that you've given us for this. We can look at our future. We can invest in our future. Thank you in the name of Jesus. Amen. Amen. God bless you. Welcome. Glad you are here. Let's go to our opening scripture. The title of this message is called judgment, believer versus unbeliever. Our opening scripture will be found in Revelation 20:15. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Now, as a reminder, when I teach, and I put the scripture up on the screen here, the bolded words are the original words the King James translators used when they translated into English back in the I think as early as 1400s. Then the words in parentheses are not in scripture, but they are in the Hebrews Greek Strong dictionary as other words this word could have meant. So, I add those extra words in there for us to see a bigger, deeper picture of what the translators were working with. It really kind of opens up the scriptures. Take a look at it again. And whosoever was not written or engraved. I love it. It now the king um strong says engraved, but it means engraving. It's an engraving u like a uh you engrave glass and it's kind of permanent. See how when you look at a different meaning of it, it gives you a better understanding of that scripture. Engraved in the book of life was cast or thrown into the lake of fire. You ever see those TVs where they're kicking the guy out and they just throw him out the door? Well, that's the visual that we get from that. So, judgment um judgment has a to do with after death. Once you die, you will be judged. And that's what I'm going to be talking about today. The purpose of this teaching is to show you how you will be judged by God as a believer or judged by God as an unbeliever. And so we're going to see the difference of the two. And I'm going to take an interesting different appro approach to this because we're dealing with death once after you die. And a lot of people have issues because when you have the scriptures telling you about um after death and then there's certain people that didn't die, they have issues. So, I want to reveal a mystery that I have already taught on before, but I'm going to add it on to this teaching because I think it's very applicable and I'm hoping to diffuse um this false teaching of, you know, um especially a concept about the rapture stuff. So, I really want to deal with that. So, let's go to Hebrews. Hebrews 9 27 and 28. And as it is appointed or to be reserved, you're waiting unto men once to die. They see as you live your life, you're waiting to die because eventually you're going to die. Everybody has to die. Watch this. But after this, the judgment, which that word judgment there means tribunal, accusation, condemnation, damnation. You're you're dealing with the accusations. You're being judged. And that's what that word judgment means. Verse 28. So Christ anointed once was once offered to bear or to take up the sins of many. And unto them that look for him shall he appear the second or again time without sin unto salvation. The word salvation there is rescue safety deliver health. Now let's go back to the beginning in verse 27. And as it is appointed unto men wants to die. Paul makes a very bold statement understanding that he is very well taught in the Torah. He had spent three years in the wilderness researching, spending time with God, in order to understand grace for the um Gentiles, you and I, non-Jewish people. And so God gave him that ministry to establish the New Testament in general. So that's what Paul had done. So for him to say, "For all men are appointed to die once," he had to have known Enoch never died. Elijah never died. they, you know, let's go look at everyone who has who hasn't died because I think that's very important. Now, I'm not going to mention MelkiseDC as one of these. He has no beginning, he has no end. So, some people think, well, there's a person who never died. Well, since he has no beginning, he has no end. He actually represents God. There is and and God is infinity. He's always been there and he will always be there. So you cannot apply Melkisedc as to well he never died because he was never born either. So you have to look at it from that perspective. Okay. So but there are four people who have never died that are written in the scripture. Some of you probably thought I was going to say two. Let's go through all four of them. We have Enoch. You can go to Genesis 5:24. We have Elijah. You can go look at 2 Kings 2:11. You have Dayan and Abberam. And they're in number 1633. So now because Paul is clearly saying that everyone's appointed to die once if these men had never died then what? Very interesting right? This is why I wanted to come in at this approach to deal with judgment. So now Enoch and Elijah are two people who never died. Now there are two witnesses that are not named. We don't know who they are, but they're mentioned in Revelation, and they come and appear at the beginning of the seven-year time period of God's wrath. They are there with 144,000. They're calling fire down from heaven, plagues on the men. They're killing people who attack them. They will die after three and a half years, and their bodies will lay in um the ground for three and a half days. You can go see that in Revelation. So, all right. Is it possible that Enoch and Elijah could be those two? Some say it's Moses. But remember, Jude talks about an argument or a dispute, not an argument, a dispute between Michael the Archangel and the devil over the body of Moses. Well, that means Moses died because it's his body that they're dealing with. So, we are definitely seeing um something interesting. So those two witnesses, if you want to go find find out about them dying, they're in Revelation 11:9 in essence fulfilling Hebrews 9:27. Now remember, there's two others, Dayan and Abber. Now you can go find them in number 16. And there's something very interesting about this. Moses is is so what Nate Nathan and Abarim are doing. They're calling out Moses for being the leader. They want to be the leader. They they're like, "You're not being the leader." So Moses says, "Come up here. We're going to talk about it before God." They said, "No, they actually rebelled against." So Moses and everybody else in the camp went to their tent, um Nathan and Abraham's tent, and Moses says, "Well, if I do something uh different here, or if God does something different here, like kill them but not kill them in a way." In other words, um they don't die of what's the norm to die, then um I'm for God and I am here because of God. So that's exactly what happened. The earth swallowed up. Day and Abraham, them and their family were taken to the pit alive. Now we have what's called the prophet and the beast. You can go see them in Revelation 16 and 17. Now I want you to notice something. They're cast alive into the lake of fire. Revelation 19:20. But I thought everyone needed to die. When you die, you are judged by fire. So, we're going to see that Dayan and Abberam were judged already by fire by being swallowed up by the pit. So, they were already judged. And in because they were already judged, they were thrown into the lake of fire alive. Thus fulfilling what Paul said that all men are appointed to die at least once. But then what about the rapture? Rapture, is that a death? You'll find content about the rapture in 1 Thessalonians 4:17. It says those that are alive are going to c be caught up to meet the Lord in the clouds. So, and of course, the dead rises first and then those alive are uh changed in a twinkling of an eye. Well, Paul talks about absent from the body, present with the Lord. We're going to see that scripture here in 2 Corinthians very soon. But I want you to see that as you're you're out of your body, you're in the presence of the Lord as a believer. And rapture is for the believers. So that is also a form of death. It just happens instantaneously. I doubt we even feel it. Isn't that lovely? So Paul's telling the truth here and that's what I wanted to make sure that we understood as we're looking at these scriptures so that there is no misconception or understand or misunderstanding about God's judgment. Okay. So let's go to Revelation or excuse me Romans 14:10 and 11. But why doesust thou judge? That word judge there is to distinguish, decide, try, condemn, punish thy brother. or why dust thou set at not or contemptable despise thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat. That word judgment seat in the Greek word is beimma. You're going to hear a lot of theologians talk about the beimma judgment seat. And you'll hear that term. Well, that's what this word means. Beimma. It's a Greek word in the Greek. It means beimma. And it's just simply a step a foot breath. Tribunal of Christ is what it is. Verse 11. For it is written, there it is engraved again. As I live, sayaith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God. And and that confess means to acknowledge and agree with. So here we now know everybody's going to be judged. Very simple, very truthful. That's what's happening here. Everybody is going to stand before God and face judgment. Now let's see how this is work because now we are looking at a believer and a non-believer and how does God distinguish between the two. So let's talk about a believer's judgment. So let's go to 2 Corinthians 5 6-10. Therefore we are always confident knowing that whilst we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. Earlier I was talking about it. when you are absent from the body, you are present in the Lord as a believer. So, we're talking about a believer's judgment. Verse seven, for we walk by faith, not by sight. And I really want to address this here for a moment because as a believer in Christ, you take what the scripture says in Romans 10:13, anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. And then you have Romans 10:9 says that if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe with your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. That makes you a believer. That's where you become a believer. You don't even have to be baptized. Remember the thief on the cross? You don't have to be baptized. You become a believer at that very moment. Which means now you're going to be judged. Not be whether you believe or not because you've already called on his name. You're going to be judged by the works that you do as a believer. And I'm gonna tell you right now, there's a lot of casual Christians out there. And if you're a casual Christian, you may find the results not to your liking. So, let's continue on. Let's look at it. Verse eight. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent or vacate or quit from the body to be present with the Lord. Let's continue on here to verse nine. Wherefore we labor, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment, sea, there's that beimma again, of Christ, that everyone may receive the things done in his body according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. So now we're we're beginning to understand something here. We're seeing that we're going to be judged by what is in our body. Now remember and what we do with our body as a believer of Christ, our bodies are the temple of God. Let's go look at 1 Corinthians 3:11-17. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon his foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, every man's work shall be made manifest. For the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire, and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide, which he hath built there upon, he shall receive a reward or be paid for service. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved. Yet so as by fire, or that word fire there means lightning also. Verse 16, know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile, look at this, that word defile means to pine or waste the temple of God, him shall God destroy, shrivel, wither, ruin, for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. So, I want you to understand something that's going on here as a believer of Christ. So your body is a temple and God is expecting you to enter your temple and have that temple be there for him to be there. So you and him have a relationship with one another. And when you have your relationship, what happens? You begin to hear God and you begin to understand God's agenda, what he's doing. and you begin to change your life in such a way because change happens to you. He's perfect. We're not. So, as you spend more time with God, his perfection begins to work and transform and change you. And suddenly, you're going to find yourself doing things you ordinarily wouldn't do because you're aware. It's like, you know what? I God wants me to talk to that person over there. Let me go do that. and and especially when you do it under obedience and under humility. Remember Moses getting the Ten Commandments. He brought the people to the temple because God told him to bring them. And then God says, "Don't let them cross the line." But Moses was the example. God spoke to Moses and Aaron directly. He didn't speak to the people directly because they didn't have a relationship with God. But they could have. Moses and Aaron did. Now, God called them to be, but I'm sure somebody was asking to speak to the Lord or to come up to him and or even to say, "Hey, Lord, I just want to shake your hand because I'm grateful for who you are and what you do." My hunch is that God would have met that and that person would have had a great relationship. You can look at David as an example who is a who had the heart after God. Oh, you see this is where this relationship now gets to be judged, measured. Did you notice what it said? It's going to it's like you're once you're absent from the body and you're going to be standing there. I don't know when this happens, by the way. I just know that it does. You're going to have a pile of stuff right there in front of you. It's going to have precious stone, silver, gold, the helmet of salvation, gold, all that is going to be there. See, you got saved. You already have a crown and it's priceless and it will not be burned by fire. Everything, stubble, hay, that's all going to be burned fire by fire. See, the fire is what's going to get you through. And when you get to the other side, what's left of your pile, you know, gossiping, all that will be burned away because that's considered hay, stubble. But when you instead of gossip, you call up somebody and say, "I'm here to pray with you. Can we pray? Let's pray. And do you need help? Let me go to your house. I'll help you. I will do this for you. Let me go get you a bag of groceries. Let me go do this. Let me bring you a meal. Let me you see that is now where you're earning your service, your payment for service that you will get as a believer when you're judged and everything is burned down. That's what's left is what transformed you, what you changed into. That's and you're going to change into this precious stone. I think it's Malachi where God says, "I will wear you like a gem, a jewel on my clothing." That is going to be awesome. But we have to get there. So what we do now is going to affect them. We have to invest in our eternal future. This is why it's so important to have the relationship. You know, just doing a simple daily devotional is not the same as having a relationship with God because there's things you need to hear and be attentive to. End time prophecy, for example, Jesus says to watch. Well, how can you watch if he says you're not going to know the day nor the hour? But see, when you are watching, because you're being obedient to him, whether you understand it or not, he begins to reveal little things to you, and you begin to understand a little more as each day goes by. That's what is in us. So, our works as a believer are going to be judged against fire. Whatever is not consumed by the fire is what we will receive payment for. That is incredible. So, let's continue on. I want you to see now we're going to go to Revelation uh 20 11 through 12. And I saw a great white throne. So, let me put this into perspective of where we're at at this great white throne. This is after a thousand years. So, as we know, there's a day coming called the day of the Lord. And that's going to trigger a seven-year time period of God's wrath. He's going to pour out the the seven seals, the trumpets, the BS. Those are going to pour out. Uh it's his wrath. It's going to pour out on that generation, those people. Now, I believe that generation is us. I don't know when it's going to happen, but I do know that it's coming. It's been prophesied. And I do know that you need to receive grace now. Don't wait to get there because we don't know how you have to believe in Christ. I do know that there are seven thunders that are going to speak. They're going to tell the world how to get saved. So, you're going to have to face that when you get there. Now, at the end of that seven-year time period, it says that men will be finer than o for gold. Okay? I don't know what o for gold is, but it must be very rare. And if you go back and you look in the days of Noah, which Jesus said it' be like the days of Noah, you will find that only four couples survived the flood. And God repopulated the earth with those three couples. You had Noah and his wife. They already had their three sons. They came across survived in the ark. And then the three sons had wives and they begin to have children. And they repopulated the earth from that point on. Well, at the seven-year time period, whoever survives that, again, it could be just three couples, who knows? But that that those people are going to repopulate the earth. Now, God is going to lock the devil up for that thousand years. The devil cannot interfere in that uh thousand-year reign. So, for a thousand years, there's going to be repopulated. Those that were martyed in in the name of Christ are going to be the ones judging this people, uh managing them, ruling over them. They're going to be the um the rulership over them. And these are the people that be risen with their uh new bodies. This is the first resurrection. They're going to cover this thousand-y year millennium. Well, at the end of that thousand year, God is going to release the devil again. And once he's loosed, he's going to gather everybody. He's going to deceive as many people as he can. They're going to gather again and Gog and Magog. And here comes Jesus doing the exact same thing. And he's going to just pull out the devil. He's going to throw him into the lake of fire. And then this white throne judgment takes place. Now, this white throne judgment is for the non-believers. Let's go take a look at this. Says, "And I saw a great white throne and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was no there was found no place for them. Heaven and earth is gone." Understand this. This is just a little extra golden nugget I'm going to throw out here. Heaven and earth is going to pass away. You can do all the recycling you want. You can plant all the trees you want. I promise you it's not going to change the prophecy. It is prophetic. Heaven and earth shall pass away. Now, it doesn't mean you don't need to do your part. Pick up your trash, throw your trash away, but it does mean you don't have to follow this green earth agenda. We got to save the earth because it's going to pass away. Understand? See? See? If you're spending time with the Lord in a relationship with the Lord, you would know this and you would not fall for that kind of teaching. That's a false ideology. Amen. Verse 12. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were opened, and another book was open, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged. Now, see, remember, we're absent from the body, present with the Lord, were alive in Christ. Everybody who dies without their without having their name written in the book of life, they died. They're going straight to hell because they did not make it. They come back out of hell, though. And you saw right here in verse 11, um, no, I have the scripture for it, but we're going to see that in just a moment where Hades and hell is going to give up their dead. We're going to see them give it up. That's the people that died without Christ. So, what you're seeing here is the dead. Take a look at this. and the dead were judged, distinguish, decide, tried, condemn, punish out of those things which were written, engraved in the books, according to their works, toil, and act. This is pretty incredible now. And I really want you to see how this works. You are now seeing how God is showing that I'm going to judge you. This is scriptural. He is here to judge. So even if you're evil and and let me give you an idea of how this is going to look like and we'll read the additional scriptures here in just a moment. Let's say somebody says, "Well, I never heard that and nobody ever told me that." You see the those of us alive, we're with Christ. We will be there in that white throne judgment. And then all these people that are dead and they're saying to God, "I never told." Guess what? The people that are alive, the ones that did tell that person, they're going to speak up. They're gonna say, "Hey, I I told them about that on such and such day." And the Lord will have all of it written in the books there. It will be validated. So, these dead are now being judged. They were in hell. They brought back out. They're being judged. And they're going to now go back into the cast uh into the lake of fire. They're going to be cast into that lake of fire because now he's showing them the proof of why you end up where you did. And for those that went all dramatic and crazy and cursed God and blaspheming him, well, they're probably not going to be shocked. The ones that are going to be shocked are the ones that, oh yeah, that Jesus, he's a good guy. I think he's a good guy. I mean, he's okay. Um, I think he was just a prophet, though. I don't think he's the son of God. That's the people that are going to be shocked because they're going to be standing there going, "I don't deserve this. I did the best I could. I was as good as I could be." Jesus says, "But I don't know who you are." That's what this judgment is about. Let's go on to verse uh 13, 14, and 15. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it. This is what I was referring to earlier. And death and hell delivered gave up the dead which were in them. And they were judged, every man according to the works. and death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. So death and hell is now gone. They're the ones who's been holding all of these people in hell all this time. They're gone cuz God put them in hell. They're there. So, uh, however they were holding them, whether it was a lake of fire or someplace else, and now they're going in a lake of fire, that's probably what it is. And I don't know the difference of all of that, but that's okay. We're following the scripture, just letting the Lord reveal to us what's going on. So death and hell are cast in the lake of fire. This is the second death. And who and here's our opening scripture. Whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. So after they were judged, what is the ultimate thing is their names were not found in the written? They were not found written or engraved in the book of life because they didn't believe that Jesus is the son of God. You see, earlier we went to the scripture where it showed us that Jesus died for us and what he did. And I really like that because I want you to see how he did this. See if I can find the scripture again off the top of my head. What Jesus did. Let's see here. Ah, yes. Yes. Yes. Here we are. Here we are. Go to Hebrews again in verse 28. So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many. You see Jesus Christ is the son of God. He's the perfection. He came down as a man. He went to the cross. He took our sins on his behalf. Died carrying them and then rose from the grave three days later. That's our Jesus. That's what he did. He is the son of God. And because he did that and those of us that choose to believe, he saved us. So, we get to go be in eternal heaven with God and Jesus because we choose to believe what he did. He pardoned us. Do I deserve it? No. But since Jesus paid the price, I can accept it. That is what you can do too. That's what this is all about. And by accepting him, what are you doing? You're investing in your eternal life. Now, once you accept him, go serve. Have the relationship. Let the relationship be established. And he's going to call you to do things. And guess what? Every time you go to do something for Christ and a little of you get poured out and you feel like you're getting weary, you come back in your relationship with Christ and guess what? You refreshed, renewed. Your cup fillth over again. That is your relationship with Christ. That is where you're going to be judged by your works. Now, remember though, if you decide not to do anything, at least you will be saved by fire. What's the saying? You're you're saved by the little hair on your chinny chin chin or by the skin of your teeth. You made it by fire. You made it. You got the crown of salvation. Why? But this is how merciful God is. This is He's so merciful. He said, "Anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Anyone. And he says that a minimum of three times. I think it's four times, but you got Romans 10:13, Joel 2:32, and Acts 2:21. You can go look it up. Amen. Let's close in a word of prayer. And uh why don't you repeat this prayer with me? Let's do the sinner's prayer. Let's pray it and let's just establish the firm foundation of Jesus so that we can start having that relationship and move forward in that relationship with Christ. Amen. Repeat after me. Dear Jesus, I ask you to come into my heart and forgive me of my sins. I messed up and I need your help. I need your redemption because I know you're going to judge me. And I hope that what survives of the fire is worthy, not just getting saved by the fire. Thank you, Lord. I love you in the name of Jesus. Amen. Amen. Amen. God bless you. I will see you in the next message. Bye-bye. Home Previous Next

THE FOUNDATION TO WALKING IN THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT The objective of this teaching is to establish a biblical foundation for walking in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. It emphasizes the importance of humility, love, unity, and a strong relationship with the Lord as the groundwork necessary to operate effectively in spiritual gifts. By exploring Ephesians 4, the lesson calls believers to walk worthy of their calling and to use their God-given gifts for the edification and unity of the Body of Christ. THE FOUNDATION TO WALKING IN THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT Minister Lisa Kane June 1, 2025 Objective: The objective of this teaching is to establish a biblical foundation for walking in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. It emphasizes the importance of humility, love, unity, and a strong relationship with the Lord as the groundwork necessary to operate effectively in spiritual gifts. By exploring Ephesians 4, the lesson calls believers to walk worthy of their calling and to use their God-given gifts for the edification and unity of the Body of Christ. Synopsis: In this teaching, Lisa Kane of House of Faith Ministries shares insights on “The Foundation to Walking in the Gifts of the Spirit” from Ephesians 4. She begins by stressing that spiritual gifts must rest on a solid foundation of humility, meekness, patience, and love. Walking in these virtues allows believers to exercise their calling—whether teaching, evangelizing, shepherding, prophesying, or simply serving with kindness—in a way that glorifies Christ rather than themselves. Lisa underscores that the gifts are given not for personal recognition but for building up the church in unity under one Spirit, one Lord, and one faith. She reminds listeners that while doctrines may differ among teachers, love and prayer must guide how we relate to one another, avoiding division and deception. The teaching highlights that every calling is valuable, whether seen or unseen, and that true effectiveness comes from submitting to the Holy Spirit and allowing Him to transform hearts. Ultimately, the message encourages believers to pursue their calling with obedience, grounded in love, and anchored in Christ, so that the body of Christ may grow in maturity and unity until His return. Inspired Teaching - Written and/or Transcribed from Video Above: Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kaine and I'm recording this teaching on Sunday, June 1st, 2025. Welcome. Let's open up in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word that it does not return void, that it fills us, that we remember it, that we apply it to our lives, that we're hearing your word, and that we don't forget it. Thank you for teaching us your word. And I thank you, Lord. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen. Welcome. I'm glad you can join us. This teaching is called the foundation to walking in the gifts of the spirit. We're going to be in Ephesians 4. So, let's start here with verse one. I therefore the prisoner of the Lord beseech or invite you that ye walk worthy or appropriately of the vocation wherewith ye are called. So, what I'm going to do here in this teaching is teach a foundational approach to walking in the spirit. uh the gifts of the spirit. This is because um we're to walk in the gifts of the spirit. But in order to walk in those gifts, we need to know what we're doing. And we need to make certain that we have our relationship established with the Lord, that we are spending time with the Lord. We're in a different season in time than let's say 20 years ago, even 10 years ago. Our season that we're in, we're fast approaching end times here. And I'm expecting this to happen in our lifetime. So this is a time where one, we have to put God first in our lives. He's our priority. And two, we need to understand what's going on. Now, I'm called to teach. I'm called to be a teacher. And I teach the word of God, which means I'm studying it, spending a lot of time with the Lord, asking him a lot of questions. Now, this particular teaching, last Tuesday night, we I was in a a Bible study that I attend on Zoom on Tuesday nights. It's a women's group Bible study. and uh uh it kind of became an impromptu teaching. So, now that I've had more time to look at it, I'm going to add a little bit more to it, but we're going to talk about that foundation to walking in the gifts of the spirit. And I'm praying that you pray about this. You spend some time with the Lord. Ask him where your calling is. You know, I'm also an intercessory prayer. I don't I'm not a pastor. I'm not called to pastor a church. I do not have that going. That's a special calling if you ask me. But I am called to teach and that I do whether anyone listens to me or not. I'm being obedient to the Lord and I'm teaching might be a unique different kind of way because I do it through video. But I also teach live either through online or at locations, churches and stuff like that and Bible studies and so forth. But my primary teaching is right here through the House of Faith Ministries and it is through the this web. If you have questions, you can email them. go to the contact us in houseof faith ministries.org and um I will get your message. All right. All right. So here's the first verse that I just read a little bit ago. I therefore the prisoner of the Lord beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called. So he's telling us listen you need to walk worthy what's uh he appropriately for the calling that you are in. Now whether that calling is to be a pastor or a teacher and remember even though we're going to talk about certain specific gifts of the spirit here the intent is that whatever you believe your calling is and your calling could be different. You could be organizing group events. You could be uh walking daily because you need to do that for your health and you're smiling people telling people God bless you. Have a great day. that type of calling is also included in this and he's telling you to walk worthy of it. So in other words, if you wake up tired, which I woke up tired this morning. I um didn't sleep well last night. But at the same time, it's like, you know what, Lord, I'm still going to teach your message. I'm still putting in my full potential because that is what we're called to do. So Paul is telling us very clearly to walk appropriately in that calling. No, he's telling us how to do it with all loneliness. That which is another word for modesty or humbleness and meekness, which is gentleness, with longsuffering, fortitude, forbearing or putting up with one another in love. Let's stop there for a minute because see this is the foundation that we are realizing is how we're going to walk in the gifts of the spirit in the calling. So he's telling us one to walk appropriately and he's telling us what the appropriateness is. And in this case, it's appropriate to be modest, humble. I I don't do this for least of glory. I do it for the king of glory, Jesus. That's my calling. I serve him. Last week when I taught, I talked about who we serve, who we're servants to, whether it is through we're servants to sin or we're servants to righteousness. So here I'm taking my servantthood, my slavehood if you will, to the Jesus Christ and to the gifts that he's called me to walk in. In my case, I'm in intercessory prayer and I do teaching. Whatever your case may be, he's telling us to walk in that humbleness and modesty, which means we're not get we don't do it for the glory. We do it for his glory. So anytime somebody says, "Oh man, that was a really great revelation, Lisa." That was the Holy Spirit because Lisa ain't got anything to be special about except that she's a child of God. You're a child of God. Hallelujah. That's worthy. And see, that's when you take it to the Lord and give him the glory. Amen. So, and meekness, now meekness is gentleness. But I I did a teaching on meekness um uh not too long ago at that Bible study I was talking about earlier. Meekness, it is gentleness, but the way that works is it stops hatred. It stops anger. It stops wrath. That's what meekness does. That's what you're doing when you walk in that calmness. So somebody's raging at you and you just stop and say, "The Lord bless you or Jesus loves you." And you do that in that calming voice, you stop anger. You stop wrath in its tracks and it it cannot go any further. So here to walk in the gifts of the Holy Spirit, you're walking appropriately with modesty, humbleness, that gentleness, longsuffering. Oh, interesting. H where are you, Lord? What are you doing, Lord? You see, you're anticip I I walk in faith like I had hurt my knee several weeks ago and was in a chair in a wheelchair for a couple days there. uh a a chair for two weeks and a wheelchair for a few more days. After that though, I started getting up and I was declaring Jesus as Lord over my knee. Last night, one of the things I dealt with was the pain in my knee. Where are you, Lord? You see, this is when you have to be long-suffering. You You've got to just deal with it. And you say, "You know what, Lord? I'm going to cast this to you. I declared Jesus as Lord over this knee again." But that's how you walk in faith because you're putting God first. And whatever the situation is, this is one of the ways to walk in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. For me to be a teacher and for me to be in here, I have to walk like this. But you know what? It's not just that I have to. It's that I want to because I have a relationship with Jesus. I have a relationship with the Holy Spirit and I hear his voice and boy has he. You asked me 30 years ago. If I would be doing this today, I would have said no way. But yet God. Yeah. This is what he does. And then forbearing putting up with one another in love. Oh my goodness. This is a hard one. You see, we're in a a a time period where we think we have all the answers and so we see somebody who is dealing with the situation and we want to give them the answers. We want to force the answers on them and we want to shake them up and tell them this is how you do it. And then you want to you really get angry and you can get, you know, look at um the videos of people wearing the MAGA hats and those that don't like it. You're wrong. Take that off and see they're trying to force that on you. Well, one, we're not rapist. And yes, I use that word because that means force and forcing something on somebody else. No, we're to put up with love. Look at this. He's telling you, put up with one another in love. How do you do that? One, pray for them. Two, forgive them. Because Jesus is all about forgiveness. And if you're going to walk with Jesus, you need to walk in forgiveness. So that's how we start this foundational approach to walking in the gifts of the spirit. We are walking appropriately. We need to be doing that. And two, humbleness, uh modesty, meekness, longsuffering, forebearing, and uh in love. See, that's another thing is if you really love somebody, yes, you're going to correct them, but you're going to correct them through love. So, you're going to tell them the truth. Yeah. Uh you you can become a believer in Christ. That doesn't mean everything is going to be hunky dory or all roses. No, we're going to be still dealing with pain and suffering and death just like the rest of the world does. The difference is is I give God the glory because he's the creator and he's the one who set everything in order. He's the one who established all of this. You see, my relationship stands towards God. And so, every time I teach, I'm teaching you out of love. One, so that we can come unified in that love to walk in these gifts because they are to edify the church. We're going to get to more scripture on that. That's what all this is about. And look he goes on further to say endeavoring to keep the unity oneness of the spirit in the bond of peace prosperity to keep the unity. So each and every one of us should be teaching or presenting an example of the word of God as a testimony for the unity of the Holy Spirit. And see that's how we start to engage in walking in the anointing of the Holy Spirit. We are to the goal, the unity of the spirit. And which means you can't tell the difference between me and another teacher if we're in unity of the scriptures to the spirit. See, the moment you start listening to divisive teaching, this pastor or this teacher teaches yes, you can lose your salvation, but this pastor, this teacher says no, you can't. or this pastor or this teacher teaches that the rapture will happen after we go through hell on earth whereas another teacher or pastor will teach that no it's before then others teach it's the mid we're not in unity right now but here's the thing and I'm sure others who teach opposite of me are going to feel the same way I feel I'm right but see this is where it comes down to one did you ask God to give you the answer or did you just go and study it and try to interpret it on your own. You see, when I try to read the scripture, I try to read it where I'm looking at it and saying, "Okay, Holy Spirit, you're going to have to show me this one because I don't understand it." And he will do that. So, how do you uh move into that field where, oh, I don't want to trash this pastor or this teacher for what they're teaching. No, instead, what I do is I do two things. I pray. I pray for them. I pray for myself. So I start with prayer and second I go to the word and I ask the Holy Spirit what is it? Am I missing? Is it something wrong with me? You see there comes in the humbleness, the loneliness, the meekness because I'm trying to figure out are they right and am I wrong? And if I see and the Holy Spirit is teaching me to stand strong in what I'm reading and I've got it and he shows me through dreams because I have dreams. I have vivid dreams that tell me things as well. If I see all this coming together, I'm going to tell you right now, I'm believing what I'm teaching. And I believe you can't lose your salvation. Jesus says, and I I did a teaching on this. You can go check out that teaching. And I believe we're going to have a pre uh a rapture that happens before the tribulation. Why? because I've studied the word and I asked the Lord to explain it to me his way and I've taught on that. You can go check out those other teachings. But the point here is that I'm not here to trash anybody and what they believe and what that's what they believe at this time. Now, there's things I taught early on in this ministry that I've changed since because the Holy Spirit has spoken to me. That it means I'm maturing more in the Lord. And maybe that teacher, preacher will eventually get there as well and get more mature. And you'll see there's pastors that make radical changes because the Lord has worked on them. But that's because of prayer and prayer through love because I love them. Now granted, I believe that pastor or teacher who is teaching these things is still saved. They're not going to hell. And if now if they're misleading people and people walk away as a result, that consequence is going to be on you. And this is why I take teaching very seriously. I do not want to mislead anyone. So in all of my teachings, every single one of them, I always point to the scriptures. Always. And then I think it through as logically as I can. and back it up with multiple scriptures. That's what teaching is about. Again, it's not about what I believe or what I consider. I'm I'm trying to teach what the Holy Spirit is teaching me. But I'm trying to do it in love to the edification and the unification of the church under one spirit. That's the whole goal here. And I'm hoping other teachers, pastors, preachers, evangelists will catch on to this. Amen. Uh now in verse four, there's one body and one spirit even as you are called in one hope of your calling. You see, we anticipate the prophecies of the Bible to come true. We anticipate that the Lord is speaking the truth. Now that means there is one spirit. There is one son of God. There is one God and we all work under that one God. Jesus says, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the father except through me." So we teach when you operate in the gifts of the Holy Spirit, each of you will be operating under that one spirit. That's it. There is no other way around. There's no Muhammad. There is no um anything else. There's no um Harry Krishna there. There's no other gods. There is only one God. And Jesus is that son. And that son of God, Jesus, is who we work in unity with through his word because he spoke the word. And then he gave us the comforter, the Holy Spirit, who he's the one that convicts us. He's we hear him inside and you know it. You know, and I've taught on that many times as well. Uh verse five, one Lord, one faith, one baptism. Verse six, one God and father of all who is above all and through all and in you all. But every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. This is all a gift by the way. Every salvation is a gift. You can't work for salvation. You cannot earn it. Jesus says I give this to you. And it's interesting because it's how he gives it to you as well. So see going back to the idea of whether one can lose their salvation or not. Think of it like this. When God gives you this gift, and it is so valuable, do you think he's going to let you play with it? You're a toddler to him. You're a newborn is what you are, a newborn baby Christian. And when you're that young, that helmet of salvation is put on your head and it's strapped securely where you can't take it off. No matter how much you want, Jesus will follow you, follow you all the way to even the depths of hell to get you because he's not going to lose one. and sharing a testimony of like my son-in-law. He uh he had it rough, but he he married my daughter. He was in our household and he lived with us and he was living a righteous young man. He's a believer in Christ. He's called on the name of the Lord Jesus. And then he went to the other side to the dark side, if you will, but he he got over there even cursing God. Did he lose his salvation? Right now he's back in the graces of God because he's finally realizing, oh, but people go back and forth all the time. Does that mean that they lost their salvation? Jesus loves you so much. He will not let you fiddle with that salvation helmet is securely on you. He will work on your heart. He's going to try to bring you back because he wants you to be fruitful and multiply. You're not being fruitful and you're not multiplying when you're living in sin. There's a difference there. Let's continue on in verse eight. Wherefore he saith, when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive and gave gifts unto men. So this is all again a gift, a gift of teaching. We're going to get into the different callings here, but these gifts, it's a gift that you desire. I I desire teaching the word. I desire looking up the scripture. I desire finding the knowledge and the revelation. This is my heart's desire, and I love it because I want to do this. And the Lord answers that and allows me to do it. So now he that So verse 9, now that he ascended, he went up, what is it that but that he also descended, he went down first into the lower parts of the earth. And he that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens that he might fill all things. Now it's interesting what he's talking about here is Jesus entered his own creation. So Jesus came from the heavens as a spirit. He was with God in the beginning. John 1:1, in the beginning was the word and the word was God and the word was with God. So Jesus was a spirit at that time. Well, Jesus entered this world, his own creation, and became a man and then was crucified, which then he went down to the depths of paradise to get all those people out of there. And three days later, he rose from the grave, including all these other people. And when he came out, he ascended up. Then he and and he said, "I have to go to my father." So he goes to his father to go do whatever he needs to accomplish. Then he says, "I will send you a power, a comforter, the Holy Spirit." And then he tells us, "You will do things even greater than me." This is Jesus telling us what you're going to do under the gifts of the Holy Spirit. So he gives us these gifts because we are co-join hes with him. He has this calling. He's the son of God. And he says, I want you to when he said to Mary Magdalene on the way up when he was ascending up, he says, I go to my father, your father, my God, your God. Because see, he's now a man in a body who then says God is his God, his father, just like we do. So we become joint hes. So his power and authority we have because he gave it to us as a gift. We have the authority in the name of Jesus and we have the gift of the Holy Spirit who moves when he wants to. But the moment we take our relationship to this level where we're walking in humbleness, loneliness, meekness, and we are submitting ourselves to be in righteousness with God, then the Holy Spirit has opportunities and you will find yourself in a place where you are whether it's evangelizing, teaching, prophesying, and we're going to see those here in just a minute. Whatever it is that you're in, whatever your calling is, whether it's smiling to people, blessing them, laying hands and healing them, whatever it may be, you are, the Holy Spirit is actually saying to the world, look at my servant. Look who this is. She or he is doing what I've asked him to do in this foundation which Paul has established for us. Amen. So here's the callings um that Paul uh lists in verse 11. And he gave some apostles which an apostle is an ambassador and some prophets. The prophet is someone who foretells or is an inspired speaker and some evangelist that's a preacher. That's more like a motivational type of preaching. Evangelism is pretty cool. Sometimes I get very excited and I run off in that direction. Anyways, I try to keep it to teaching while I'm here and I try not to preach. I'm trying to teach because preaching, you saw what preaching is. Um, it's a uh or yeah, it's an evangelist as a preacher. And then some are pastors, which are shepherds. They they shepherd their church. They are going to be there one-on-one with you. They're going to be in that calling. Um, let me go over more of these here in just a minute. And then teachers, which are the instructors. So, there's an apostles. Apostles are ambassadors. They they go around the world representing Christ, maybe even establishing churches. That's what Paul and Peter did. Then you had the prophets. They're the ones there. It's also an inspired speaker, but they're foretelling and they're using the word of God to see future prophecy and the Lord is revealing it to them. Because even if they're given a vision of some sort, it has to line up with the word of God because that's how you have to measure it. Do you know it's from God or is it from some other source? may be someplace biased on the inside. You want to say, "Oh, that's so this all this hell is going to happen to you or you're going to be so prosperous with this." But if you're doing it through the word of God and the word of God is showing you the scripture that goes with what you're feeling or have seen in your mind's eye with the Lord, then that's prophecy. That's what you're doing. Evangelist is the preacher. Uh that's the one that's going around just motivating people. You're you get excited. You take a something out of the Bible and it's a golden nugget and that you you just elaborate on that golden nugget the entire time you are preaching which is sometimes so good and it really encourages people that that's a neat calling to be an evangelist. And then of course talking you know another thing evangelists do is when you're out in the world you just talk to hey do you believe in Jesus? He's the son of God. Don't you know he loves you? And you just blurt it out because you're an evangelist. That's what evangelists do. Then you have the pastors, a shepherd. Again, as I was saying earlier, this is um an individual who can take the whole church. He sits down with his church. He can go to the hospital for those individual. He knows every individual in his church and he is ministering to them at a shepherd's level, keeping them in track as a group. And typically churches should be a little smaller so a pastor can do that. Now, there are these other churches that have built up uh people that can be like assistant pastors and you've got your ministry where at least a a pastor type person with that calling is able to minister to people whether in the hospital, in their home or in the sanctuary and praying over them. That's part of pastoral ship. And then the teacher, which is what I'm called, that's what I do as I'm a teacher. I instruct I'm instructing you how to walk in the gifts of the spirit or laying down a foundation for you. Again, I point to the scripture and I point to you and your relationship with the Holy Spirit. You need to go talk to him and see if this is where you should be and what you're doing. Maybe he wants you to do something a little different. But he he always I think I like this. This is this is what I believe is that the Holy Spirit knows where your heart is. If you want to be in children's ministry because you love children, Holy Spir spirit is going to open the door for you to have that teaching or evangelizing to the children and you're going to do that through joy. See, when you love doing it and that, by the way, the Holy Spirit will transform you to do that because I was not a good speaker and never have been. But the Holy Spirit makes a way so that the desire and the joy of your heart comes out while you're doing whatever your vocation you're calling it. Amen. Now look at what he says though. This is the goal of it. Verse 12. For the perfecting of the saints, complete furnishing of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying or the structure of the body of Christ. This is to build the body of Christ to one unity. This is why we have to be very careful what teachers we're listening to. This is why we need to keep praying for them. This is why we have to watch the preachers that we're listening to because if they're going against the word of God or they're not getting a concept, we need to pray so that the Holy Spirit can work through them. And the more we do that, the more unified we become. But we're definitely not unified yet 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 or maturity of the fullness of Christ. We're definitely not mature Christians. Now, we will reach perfection the moment we shed this body and we enter into his presence. We will definitely enter into perfection at that time. But we should be trying to achieve that as a body, not just an individual, but as a body. And even if we disagree with something somebody is saying, we need to be praying for them and loving them and hoping and then praying for ourselves because it could be we're misunderstanding something too and they have and and that's another thing uh in a teaching maybe one part is really good, one part is not. You have the right as a listener of that to say, "Oh, I'm going to accept that part and I'm going to reject that part and I'm going to pray for me and I'm going to pray for them." That way there's clarity and the Holy Spirit can work with you. And I'm hoping that these teachers and preachers can also start doing the same thing. That's coming into the unification of the body at that point. that we henceforth be no more children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the slate of men and cunning craftiness whereby they lie and wait to see. See, there are people that are deceiving intently and then accidentally. Part of it is lack of knowledge and God doesn't like the fact that we can be dumb. But at the same time, he gave us the Holy Spirit to teach us how to rise up in that knowledge and to go to the word. You see, here's another thing Paul says is we know in part and we see in part. I know a part and I see a part in the scriptures. Someone else might see another part that just gives us a bigger picture. And if he or she shares their part, I share my part, you have a bigger part because now it becomes your part plus the other two parts and so on and so forth. That's the unifying of the saints and building of the church to this goal. But speaking the truth in love may grow up into him in all things which is the head even Christ. See now you can't do anything without love. 1 Corinthians 13 says it's like a clanging symbol. I I don't want to trash a pastor. I don't want to speak curses against them because, oh, that was horrible. No, I want to pray for them again. Pray for me because maybe I'm miss some missing something. And then I'm just asking the Lord. That's an act of love. That's how you show love because we're not here. We already got the devil. Don't do the devil's job for him. Amen. Amen. from whom the whole body fitly joined together, compacted by that which every joint supply according to the effectual working in the measure of every part maketh increase of the body into the edifying structure of itself in love. Love is the mortar, the foundation that pulls it all together. And right now we know Matthew 24 prophesied that love will grow cold. And we're in that season. So, here is a time where we need to humble ourselves because if you're in with Jesus, you're loving. You're in love. You're acting and walking in love. You see, Jesus loved us so much. He died for us. Now, I can't do that, but he did it already. And so, what I can do is just remember that he loves everybody else the same way he loves me. And that gives me that foundation to lead to walking in the gifts of the spirit in my case teaching. Let's close in a word of prayer and let's uh let the Holy Spirit talk to you about this. I encourage you to go back and read the rest of this chapter and there's many other areas that he talks about the gifts of the spirit. Get into the scripture. Let the Holy Spirit talk to you. Find out your vocation. What is your joy? And let the Holy Spirit transform you. Renew your mind as Romans 12:1 tells us. And remember, there's no more condemnation. Jesus loves you. Show the world around us that love. Amen. Father God, we lift you up and we bless you and we honor you. We thank you for your word and we thank you. We pray and ask for the spirit of love to manifest within us that are believers so that the world will see what love what true love looks like. I pray that we express that true love. I pray that the that your word is going out and that uh we are building the body of Christ into one big structure that operates in love under the anointing of the Holy Spirit and in the power of the gifts that minister to the church so that we are not being de uh deceived or tossed about to and fro from false doctrine. But I pray that your hedge of protection and is is around us and that each teacher, each evangelist, each pastor, each calling, every vocation out there is walking in the anointing of your Holy Spirit with love. Thank you, Lord. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. God bless you. I'll see you in the next teaching. Bye-bye. Home Previous Next

UNDERSTANDING THE BOOK OF REVELATION PART 8 Equip listeners with a clear, faith-building understanding of the second half of the Tribulation in Revelation—how global government, Israel, and the Church converge under Christ’s ultimate judgment—so believers are reassured of their hope in Jesus while discerning the mark of the beast, the role of the two witnesses, the end-time timeline, and the call to steadfast obedience. UNDERSTANDING THE BOOK OF REVELATION PART 8 Pastor Marcos Marrero June 21, 2009 Objective: Equip listeners with a clear, faith-building understanding of the second half of the Tribulation in Revelation—how global government, Israel, and the Church converge under Christ’s ultimate judgment—so believers are reassured of their hope in Jesus while discerning the mark of the beast, the role of the two witnesses, the end-time timeline, and the call to steadfast obedience. Synopsis: Opening & posture: A prayer of consecration and readiness to receive God’s Word, seeking protection from hindrances and an outpouring of blessing, peace, joy, power, healing, deliverance, and restoration. End-time framework (three converging “dispensations”): Nations/New World Order moving toward one world government and economy; Israel restored as a nation (yet “without the Spirit” in Ezekiel’s dry bones sense); The Church restored to apostolic foundations; a faithful Philadelphia remnant contrasted with a Laodicean church left behind. Seals & historical momentum: The spirit of antichrist, wars, and a demonic door of deception associated with 20th-century upheavals set the stage for present global consolidation and control. Rapture & mid-point shift (Rev 11): The faithful Church is caught up; the two witnesses minister for 1,260 days, are killed, then raised and called up. Their departure signals the “abomination that causes desolation”—the removal of anointed restraint on earth and a transfer of God’s dealing back to Israel. Economic control & the mark (Rev 13:15–18): The beast enforces worship through total commerce control—no buying or selling without the mark, name, or number (666). This marks the period when Satan rules globally through a man, unopposed by remaining spiritual restraint. Number symbolism & tabernacle typology: 153 as “sons of Elohim/children of light” (linked to John 21:11) → a picture of the completed people of God: Church (7 lampstands), Israel (12×12=144 showbread), plus the two witnesses = 153. Tabernacle layout illustrates the rapture, cleansing, reward, and entry into God’s presence; the two witnesses as olive trees alongside the lampstand. Second-half timeline (Daniel & Revelation): Post-midpoint period described with 1,290 days to judgment; overall antichrist ascendancy framed with 666 (interpreted here as a span of conquest) and a terminal 1,332 days culminating in Christ’s intervention. A seven-Sabbath (6×7=42 days) cadence of final bowl judgments completes God’s wrath. Three angelic proclamations (Rev 14): Everlasting gospel preached worldwide; Babylon (false religion) falls, demonic deception caged; Warning: worshiping the beast/receiving the mark brings irrevocable judgment. Martyr harvest & vindication (Rev 14–15): Those who refuse the mark are martyred, then gathered by the Son of Man and seen on the sea of glass singing the Song of Moses and the Song of the Lamb—law and grace united—awaiting temple access until the seven bowls finish. Final bowls (Rev 16) in weekly cadence: Targeted judgments (beginning with grievous sores on the marked) unfold over 42 days, demonstrating the incurable nature of allegiance to the beast. Second Coming & defeat of evil (Rev 19): Jesus descends on a white horse; the beast and false prophet are seized alive and cast into the lake of fire; the gathered armies are destroyed by the word of His mouth. Millennial horizon: Resurrected saints reign with Christ, serving as His administrators among long-lived, earth-bound survivors in a restored creation order. Appeal & assurance: Believers rest in Christ’s finished work—kept from the hour of testing—while those not yet in Christ are urged to call on His name today for salvation and peace. Inspired Teaching - Written and/or Transcribed from Video Above: Very good. Thanks be to Jesus. Let me know if it's too loud. Hallelujah. Gloria. If you got the book, we're going to start on page 62. 62. 62. [Music] I got me new pair of glasses, so they work good. Father in heaven in Jesus name, we thank you for this opportunity to come and uh to partake of your word. Father God, we bind each and every spirit that would come to uh block or to hinder the flow of your anointing here tonight. Father God, in the name of Jesus, we come in agreement that we are servants and as servants, we need to be fed by the master. And we come to the master's table, our Lord Jesus Christ and his word, the bread that came down from heaven to partake of it. And there's a promise that as we partake from the bread that is presented uh in the book and through the book of Revelation, that it will be a blessing for us. And so we open oursel up to receive the blessing tonight, Father God. The blessing of peace, the blessing of joy, the blessing of power in the Holy Ghost, the blessing that brings healing, deliverance, and restoration to our spirit, to our souls, and to our bodies. Father, in Jesus name we thank you, Lord. Amen. Amen. Praise God. Thank God for his mighty mighty blessings. Hallelujah. Anyway, we are coming to the second half of the seven-year uh uh wrath of God. And so, I just want to give a brief description of of where we're going tonight. Uh I said that um God is bringing three entities or three dispensations uh together at the end time and he's bringing them together to deal with them or to judge them. Remember Jesus Christ the first time he came he came as a savior. The second time he comes as a judge. God has given to him the authority to deal with everything on earth. He is the last Adam. The dominion that God had originally given to Adam that Adam forfeited has been bestowed upon Jesus. Jesus says, "I have authority in heaven on earth and on the earth beneath and on the waters below." He's king of kings is lower lord. So he uh the reason why we know we're living in the last uh days is because this generation is the only generation that have seen these three dispensations come to place at the same time. We have the nations of the world now becoming into what is called the new world order. This new world order means that the earth for the first time since when Nimrod led a rebellion against God will come into one world government. We're living through that right now. You cannot have one world government without one world economy. Remember the biggest problem of getting uh uh Europe together was getting one currency. They finally got a constitution. They finally got one currency. England is the only one that's still holding to the pound and but that will be gone. The euro is becoming the center of that. So you cannot have one world government without one world economy. Then the uh nation of Israel which is a dispensation uh had to be brought back into place because God had to judge the nation of Israel not the Jews. The nation of Israel had to be judged. So that means that God had to bring Israel. Now, Israel is the only nation in the history of the whole world that ceased to exist for a large amount of time. In their case, almost 2,000 years. Actually, they were kicked out of the land in 65 AD by Titus, a Roman general, who destroyed the temple where Jesus was baptized in and uh in Jerusalem. They have been as a nation nonexistent for almost 2,000 years. Then out of the blue, according to the prophets, Israel was born as a nation in 1948. And as you know, there's been six wars to try to eliminate him and they still can. Okay. So, we have the nations of the world becoming one. We have the nation of Israel being established. But according to Ezekiel, without the spirit, if you read Ezekiel, Ezekiel looks at the valley of dry bones and God asked Ezekiel, "Can these bones live?" Ezekiel said, "I don't know." And then he said, "Well, prophesy." And then he says that as he prophesied, the bones came together, a whole army came out, but they didn't have a spirit. And that's what Israel has done. They have combination, but they still don't have the anointing. Why? Because the anointing has been given to the church. Now the church is another one dispensation that God is dealing with and the church dispensation had to be judged according to the apostolic foundations on which the church was founded. Ephesian Paul tells us that the church was founded upon the apostles being Jesus Christ the chief apostle of the chief cornerstone. Now we know that the church lost all of that through the middle ages and this year or this this this this last century. So the revival of the church and believe me very very few people that believe what do you call it the uh the uh the apostolic ship of the church. Very few of us believe on that. So the church but the apostolic has been restored. many prophecies. Uh um the guy that precided over the 1906 uh uh outpouring of the Holy Spirit, Seymour, he prophesied that it would be an outpouring again in 2006. He prophesied that there would be an upping but that this time would be worldwide. So the reason why we know we're living in the last generation because this is the only generation that has witnessed the restoration of of Israel as a nation according to the scripture, the restoration of the one world government and the restoration of the church to its apostolic roots. Why? Because when the church is judged, there's going to be a church that's left behind. The one that doesn't need Christ, that doesn't need the blood, that doesn't need those things. And there's a one that's true that's kept his name and that kept his his he his his word. You kept my word and you did not deny my name. That is the the church that is going to be raptured. Okay. So those three entities are in place. Now today we hear about this economic crisis that that is befalling everything. When we deal with the seals, I told you that the seals is the spirit or the force that drives the church age. And I told you that the first seal the antichrist was the antichrist going to conquer and conquering and to conquer that represents the spirit of antichrist that denies that Jesus Christ is the son of god. The second seal was wars and rumors of war but then out of those wars would come in one that would have a large sword and this is Hitler. Hitler opened a big spiritual door. I was watching something yesterday. It just blew me away how Hitler was. This guy was on a seance in 1913 or 14 and and uh a demon came in and told this guy, "You're going to meet the Messiah and you're going to groom the Messiah for his place." Three years later, this guy saw Hitler and the spirit said, "That's the one." And he began to groom Hitler. He lay hands on Hitler. 1923, the guy died of cancer. Another psychic came in and began to to move through Hitler telling happened to be a Jew, a Bulgarian Jew that when Hitler found out he was Jew, he killed him. All of this demonic roots of that guy is what opened everything we have today. All of the knowledge that is in the world today came through Hitler. Believe it or not, this was a door, a demonic door that was open. All this surgery, all of this uh uh uh uh heart transplant li all of that knowledge came through the human experiment that Hitler did, all kinds of doctor, all of the space rays, all of these rockets, all of the jet engine, all of these things. And and then on this towards the end it says now that when Hitler died that many believe that he went underground that he got into a submarine because Hitler the whole time that he was there he was searching for the hole that would lead to the center of the earth because they believe that the earth is hollow and that there was a superior race of beings locked up underneath the earth and he was looking for an access to that. And I've been telling you that the antichrist is a beast that rises out of the abyss and this happened when when we get to the trumpet judgment. So I mean it's just so much going on that it is just incredible how we are living in the end times. We are definitely living on the end times to where we're seeing right now an a world economy and whoever controls the economy controls the world. And that's what the antichrist does. He controls the world. Now we said that when the sixth trumpet blew the church was judged that Leo the church got left because they had Jesus on the outside. Behold I send them the door and knock. If anybody hears my voice and open the doors I will come in. That church get left behind. The Philadelphia church the one that keeps his word and the one that does not deny his name his deity that church is gone. That begins this seven-year period. We said that dur during the first 1260 days, God released the first five months called the first wool. All of the demons that are in hell. Why? Because Jesus comes to the air and that's where Satan is now. He's the chief ruler principality that is on the air opposing our prayers and and everything. Everything that comes from heaven has to travel through that. That's why when Daniel was praying, Gabriel was held up. When Jesus comes in, he dislodges Satan out of there. It says there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels and the dragon and the angels could not prevail and they were cast to the earth. They were removed out of that uh demonic realm. And that's where we go meet Jesus. That's where the rapture when he said we we're not going to heaven. We're going to be caught up with the Lord in the air to meet him in the clouds and the air. So when Satan gets thrown out of that place, that's where we were taken out to that place. And while we're there, these demons are now on earth. And for five months, they're given power to torment everybody, but they cannot kill anybody. So God in his grace allows this to happen. Then four angels are released from the river Euphrates that have been locked there. And then these are the ones like the executioners and they deal with this. And at the end of this, which is where we finished last week, the two witnesses are killed and then they are raised up to life. At the end, they prophesy for 1,260 days, which is uh uh uh 42 months. They are killed. Their bodies lay in Jerusalem for three and a half days. After that, the meaning towards the evening, the spirit of God come upon him, raises them up, and says, "Come up here." And then we saw that that was the the second uh resurrection or the second stage of the first resurrection. You have the resurrection of the church which includes a rapture. You have the resurrection of the saint of the first half of the tribulation which includes God taking people to the earth to protect them. And we read that last week. In other words, uh when you are resurrected, you becomes like the angels of heaven. you're not human anymore in the sense that you can reproduce. So because of that, God has to keep humans uh uh uh on the earth for Israel to reproduce. These people we read last week as they go into the holes and into the caves, their idols, which is the demons are going to be left to the bath and to the bowls. they go through that, God is going to do a a a purification to where when they go into the earth, they're delivered of every demonic thing. They are not released until when Jesus Christ comes back and he brings them up. Now, what I want to deal with tonight is what happens in that middle and in the second half. And um we're going to start in Revelation chapter 13. If you got the book, it's at the very bottom of the page 62. That's where it start. Revelation 13 15-8 it says he was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666. Now notice that the power of this beast has to do with the ability to buy or to sell an economic thing. Back in the days when everybody was farmer, you didn't have to buy anything. You could grow your own tomatoes and stuff you could do with everything. Now today, very few people could do that. So now here's what happened. Uh at the end of the 1260 days, the two witnesses are killed. They're laying in the mount. The world is rejoicing because to them, these people were men from outer space. Aliens were tormented them. We the humans finally figure out how to kill them. They're laying there at the end of this three and a half days. Their bodies come back alive and they're taken. Now, Daniel says that when you see that happen, when you see the desolation, the abomination that causes desolation, it tells to all of the Jews, flee to the mountains. If you're in Judea, flee to the mountains. We have a scripture over here. Uh, let me see if I can find it. Okay, it's a little further down the road. Let me not get ahead of myself. But anyway, what happens is these uh Jews have to flee to the grounds to the caves because God is going to use them to restore the nation of Israel physical. We remember we're in heaven. Everybody that's resurrected goes to heaven. So now as soon as the two witnesses are removed, the anointed authority on the earth is removed for the first time ever. From the time that God created Adam, the dominion was given to Adam. Even though Adam's sin, still his clothes, the clothes that God gave him from the animals that he killed represented the men who had the authority that was passed down to Noah, that was passed down to Shem. And all through I don't care how many darkness has been in the church age has been the church even when the church was in the medieval days corrupted even today when the church corrupted still the church is God's representative on the earth it's not until the church is removed the anointed the the remnant God always has a remnant remember when Elisha was fighting uh uh uh uh Elisha said to God they kill everybody and they're after me and the only one left and God said to Elijah I got 7,000 who have not bowed their knees to bail. God always has a remnant which Satan doesn't know where they're at, otherwise Satan will get them. But God always has a remnant. Okay? So this church when it is removed, the anointing is placed back upon Israel. Why? Because Israel is the one that now has to be dealt with. There's seven years left for God to deal with Israel. At the end of these three and a half years when the two witnesses are resurrected on the second part of the first resurrection takes place it Daniel says that it becomes desolate. The abomination that causes the desolation. Desolation means that the anointed authority from God upon the earth is removed. That means there is no power of prayer anymore. See, right now you could see an evil coming and just one little old lady that nobody's heard about it gets on their knees and praise to God. Paul puts it in Thessalonian. He says, "The spirit of antichrist is already at work. But there's something that's hindering him from coming on. But when that one that hinders him is removed, then he will be revealed." So this power of evil cannot be removed as long as there's an anointed person upon the earth that has power to pray because Jesus said, "I give you authority over all the power of the enemy." The enemy means Satan. Satan, the word Satan means enemy, adversary. That's what Satan mean. So every Christian, I don't care how simple or how weak or how imperfect you are, you believe the word of God. You believe that Jesus is the son of God, that he is the deity, that he was born of God, the the bloodline of, you have authority with God. Your name is written in heaven. As long as your name is written in heaven, you have authority. And the Antichrist cannot take over anything as long as we're there. This is how powerful we are. That's what Jesus said. But you see, once that anointing, we're removed, that anointing is passed through the Jews. The two witnesses are killed. They're removed. Where's that anointing goes? It's gone. That's why Daniel prophecy said the abomination that causes desolation. Now, the mark of the beast that we just read is the time that this Satan basically through this man rules over the earth without any opposition. This is the time. See, it says it is the number of a man. Notice what it says there. Uh it says um he the image of the beast that uh is able to speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. He causes all both small and great, rich and poor. That means the richest or the poorest, free slave. If you're in prison, there all have to receive a mark on their right hand and on their foreheads. And no one may buy or sell except the one who has the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name. Notice is a mark that represents the name or the number of his name. This is important that you understand the number of his name. And then he says here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast for it is the number of a man. His number is 666. Now you say, "Well, how can I calculate or figure the number of the bees?" Well, uh, if you're on the book, uh, it's on page 63 at the bottom. If you got your Bible, you can go to Deuteronomy 32. Look at verses 7 and 8. In Deuteronomy 32:es 7 and 8, Moses, by the way, wrote 12 psalms. He dedicated one psalm to each tribe of Israel. Psalms 90 to 100, that's 11 psalms of Moses are there. Deuteronomy, this is this area we're reading now in Deuteronomy 32 is called the song of Moses. And the song of Moses is a prophetic. All 12 psalms of Moses are prophetic and they're rich in meaning. As a matter of fact, in in Psalm 90, Moses says uh the the teach us to number our days. teach us to count and then that's when he says that the days like a thousand years and a year is like a thousand day and then he says the lifespan of men remember when Moses live 120 years Joshua lived anotherund and some years when Moses's day people still a lot longer but yet in Psalm 90 Moses says the days the lifespan of a human is 70 years and then it's 80 if you have the strength now The Jesus said that the last generation shall not pass away until all other things take place. And what is we the the the Philadelphia church told in Revelation chapter 3? You have little strength. That's the key word that tells you that the last generation is going to be a 70-year generation because according to Moses, it lasts 80 years if you have the strength. our generation the last generation Jesus says you have little strength that means that that is a 70 year generation and that's a code word the 70 year okay now Moses is given as a code word over here in Deuteronomy 327 and8 and he tells the children of Israel said remember the days of old consider the years of many generations ask your father and he will show you ask your elders and they will tell you. When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he said, "Bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel." All Jews see the world through a very simple light. You're either a son of Elohim or a son of Adam. You're either a Jew, light, law, enlightenment, or you're a gentile, which them is means like sinners. So in that verse over there, if you read it in in the original Hebrew, the sons of Adam means the humans, the unregenerated humans. The sons of Israel means sons of Elohim. Now you go to Psalm 82. I mean Psalm chap chap Psalm 8 I think it is and beginning at verse two it talks about the sons of Elohim what what are the uh what are we the children of men that you have given us power and it's talking about the sons of Elohim now why is that so important you mean because the phrase sons of Elohim has a numerical value in Hebrew and you see if we're going to figure out the mark of a beast it says that it's a number of a man and you need to calculate the number of a man. So the sons of Elohim, the letter sons of Elohim, Elohim means God. The sons of Elohim or the children of light or the enlightened children. That's why Jesus says you are children of the light. Don't hide your light under the butcher. We're sons of Elohim. We're children of light. Jesus said don't hide your light. We have a light. So the sons of Elohim has a numerical value of 153. Now, that is very important because when you get to John 21:11, and John is a spiritual version of of the gospel, it says there in John 21:11, Simon Peter went up and dragged the net to land full of large fish, 153. And although there were so many, the net was not broken. Imagine that. I I was a fisherman. I I fish a lot in Cuba. I used to catch shrimp, octopus, I I catch all time. One thing you never do is you count the fish when they're more than 20. If you catch five or six, you remember how many you caught, but once you get up to 153 fish, you know that that's a lot of fish. The Bible is giving us something. Why is that happening? This is the last time that Peter cast the net. that is speaking about spiritually a symbol of this is the the collection of all the saints. This is the collection of all the children of light. This is a completion of law and grace because God gave a promise to Abraham. He said, "Your seed will be like the sand uh uh uh the sand of the seashore and like the stars of heaven." The promise to Abraham was physical and spiritual. They'll have children. Abraham is going to produce children that are going to inherit the physical kingdom of God. During the kingdom age, there's going to be two kinds of people. When Jesus rules and reigns on the earth, those of us who are resurrected and have the new body, we're going to be like Jesus. We're going to be totally physical, able to eat, stake, able to run, able to do all of things. But yet, we like Jesus going to be able to travel through walls and we're going to be able to travel at the speed of thought. I want to be in Cuba and I'm there because that's how Jesus's body is. That's the type of body we're going to have. And during a thousand years, it says that we're going to rule and reign with Christ. Well, how do you rule and reign with Christ? There probably not going to be no cars because there's not going to be pollution during the kingdom age. The kingdom age is going to be a rural kind of to where horses and and and ships with sales and stuff like that. How do the people that will be living in America at that time know what Jesus wants them to do when Jesus is ruling out of Jerusalem? Us. We're going to rule and reign with Christ. we're going to be able to pop over there. The Lord says, "Marcos, there I am. I want you to go tell Joe over there and that so and so that he needs to plant his this type of plant this time because that's what I'm going to bless." And I'm over here and say, "Hey Joe, why?" Because Joe doesn't have a new body yet. See, the people who survive this tribulation are going to come into a kingdom like it was before the days of Noah to where people live lives over a 900 years. Isaiah speaking about this. He says that during the kingdom age, a person who dies at the age of 100 will be like a baby dying. So these people all of this toxic and and and and son that kills all of that is going to be barred by the time we enter into the kingdom age. The people to survive and and and the people's going to be there, they're going to reproduce like crazy. There's not going to be no war. There's not going to be no devil. There's not going to be no death. So in a hundred years, I mean imagine when they came when Columbus came here to America 500 years ago, there were just a few hands of people, the whole continent of America right now has billions of people. This is how fast we multiply in just two 300 years. And yet all of those people died. Imagine if Columbus would still be alive. if all those people still be alive and reproducing because you know they they go to to a woman's ovary and they know that she's able she's had thousands and thousands of eggs they can figure out well if a woman reaches a place where she can reproduce no more why is it that in her DNA she has all of this thing because we were never designed to die and during this thousand-year reign of Christ we are going to fulfill the destiny for the entire human race both spiritual and physical so as we rule and reign with Christ there's is going to be people that's going to be earthbound. So that's what our job is that we are going to be able to go in front of Jesus in Jerusalem and go back. And it tells us that the nations that don't offer up the the right offerings to the Lord will not be blessed with rain. They will not have no rain. And so this is the system. So once you understand that, now you realize that God is taking because the Jewish race has to inherit the earth. They were given a physical promise. They were told that they were going to inherit the land all the way from the Euphrates all the way to the Mediterranean. They have never ruled that. Even during David and Solomon, they only rule onethird of the promise. During the kingdom age, that will be all their lot. Okay? And so now the antichrist, and we read this last week, the devil possesses him, goes after the woman, but she goes into the ground where she's protected. And then so he makes war against her offspring, those who believe in the law and those who believe in in in in in Jesus. And during this time now, this guy is going to control the whole earth. And his number is 666, meaning that that has to do with what he's going to control. Now, Satan is always an imitator. And everything that God does, Satan imitates. So the question that I want to ask you now is how did God arrive at the number 153? Why does the children of Elohim? Why is there a numerical value 153? To do that you need to understand what Moses did. Moses built uh the tabernacle which is a type. This is different uh things that went into the tabernacle. And in that he copied it from heaven. He gave us a picture of how God counts the children of Israel. When you went into the the u the holy place, let's say that this is the holy place and that this will be the door here. Let's say that from here to there this is hold the holy place. The holy place there was a curtain right here a very thick curtain and that part there was completely blocked and nobody could go into that side of the holy place except once a year on the day of atonement which is going to be next week by the way day of atonement. The only furniture that was on that side of the curtain was the ark of the covenant. The ark of the covenant was solid gold. You took this lid out, which was all one piece for the two angels. And inside of there was the ten commandments that God gave to Moses. There was a rod of h the rod of Aaron, a piece of dead wood that bought it and there was a jar of mana and that was placed in there that was into this holy place. Now in into the holy of holies in the holy place where the priest went in every day as you came in through the curtain on this side of it there was a minora which represents the church. You see revelation chapter one it says that Jesus was moving in between the church which is seven. So the church is seven sealed seven uh churches is on this side of the place. Now on the opposite side facing that it was what they call the table of showbread. And in this table there were 12 loaves of bread that were made fresh every Monday. They were put in there until the Sabbath day. At the end of Sabbath day that bread would be taken out and a new loaf would put in. You probably read about David when he was fleeing and they were starving and he came to a place and asked the priest, "You guys got anything to eat? The enemies is in our hill. we haven't eaten anything for two, three days. And the priest told him, "All we got is the table that's there." And and so they ate. When they asked Jesus about violating the law and stuff like that, said, "Haven't you read when David was fleeing and how he was fed from that bread?" Okay, now remember all of this represents something. Then in the middle facing the curtain where you couldn't open or go in there except once a year was this item. This is called the uh the altar of incense. Only a very special mix of 11 herbs and spices can be used there. And that was like this is placed in the front. No, now watch what this symbolize. The table of showbread symbolizes Israel. The minora represents the church. This represents the holy of holies, heaven, the presence of God. And here represents the the table where the incense is brought on. Incense represents prayer. You read that into revelation. Now before you came into the holy place and the rest of the thing, there was a big altar over here which is a big altar that you see u let me see uh if you can see it is right here. You see the smoke rising out of it. That was called the brace and altar. All the altar of great sacrifice. A priest came in through the door that was on the east. The very first thing he met was this huge altar where the sacrifice were offered. And then next to it was what called a labor. And there there's a picture is during the days of Solomon was a huge labor that was set on top of 12 boos. Now look what happened in Revelation chapter 7. We're told that the angel comes from the east. Why the east? Because in this place there were only one entrance and the entrance was on the east. The Bible tells us that God gives us beauty for ashes. Why? Because the altar of great sacrifice, when you offer a burnt offering, all that was left is the ashes that were in the bottom. When you live and you serve God and you die, your body is nothing but ashes. When the rapture comes, those ashes are put together, brought up. Now Paul says that during the the the resurrection and the rapture, those of us who are alive and remain are going to be caught up. So look at the picture. The angel comes from the east, comes through the door, comes right to the altar and every person who died in Christ, woo, rises up. And as he go up the stair, like the high priest used to go up the stair, every person who's still up here in the fire because we're in tribulation. That's why the the church go through tribulation. As we're going through this tribulation, we get caught up and we're taken. Now, where did we go to? Well, see, our goal is the Holy of Holies. That's where God is. That's where Jesus is. That's where the blood of Jesus is. So, the Bible says that we have wrinkles that have to be cleaned up. It's called the judgment seat of Christ. It's a judgment of reward. We're already been cut up. We're already been saved. is now we're going to give him uh clean clothes and we're going to give an assignment. Okay? Because God does everything right. So we're brought to this labor which represents the word of God that washes us. We all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. Once we're cleansed, the angel goes into the holy place. And what's the first thing he goes? He goes to where the manora is. That represents the church. That mean that our physical body now that has been resurrected will be united with our soul and our spirit which are now already seated at the right hand of God. Every person that has died with Christ is there is in the temple of God right now waiting. They cannot physically go into the presence of God yet until they're get their new body like Jesus. Remember Jesus said to to uh Martha or Mary said don't touch me. I haven't ascended yet. My physical body hasn't gone through into the presence of God yet. Okay. So then the angel comes in, grabs the church. That's when our bodies, our souls, our spirit, we're put one together just like Jesus. We become now like Jesus. We have a physical eternal body, but hallelujah, we're like him, eternal. Then we're taken up into the place of prayer. And we saw that there the angel was given mush incense to burn and that was the prayers of the saint. And as this is throwing up into the altar, we are taken into the presence of God almighty. But we see in Zechariah that next to the manura there were two olive trees. We know that these two olive trees are the two witnesses because we read that in revelation chapter 11 chapter 12. It says the two olive trees that you saw are the two that stand witness before the presenc Home Previous Next

A BELIEVER'S UNBELIEF To expose the subtle yet crippling impact of unbelief in the lives of believers and to lead them into spiritual awareness, repentance, and transformation through the power of confession, prayer, fasting, and faith in Jesus Christ. A BELIEVER'S UNBELIEF Minister Lisa Kane October 22, 2025 Objective: To expose the subtle yet crippling impact of unbelief in the lives of believers and to lead them into spiritual awareness, repentance, and transformation through the power of confession, prayer, fasting, and faith in Jesus Christ. Synopsis: In A Believer’s Unbelief, Minister Lisa Kane delivers a powerful teaching on how unbelief silently hinders the lives of believers, keeping them from walking in the fullness of God’s power and promises. Drawing from key scriptures in Hebrews, Romans, Mark, and Matthew, she illustrates that unbelief is more than doubt—it is spiritual hardness that blocks us from experiencing the supernatural life Jesus intended. The message challenges listeners to recognize the areas in their lives where unbelief persists, even while professing faith. Minister Lisa explores the spiritual implications of unbelief through the failure of the disciples to cast out a demon, the cry of a desperate father for help with his unbelief, and even how Jesus Himself was limited by the unbelief of others. She emphasizes that confession is the gateway to overcoming unbelief—confession as humility, alignment with truth, and a declaration of faith in Jesus' lordship. Prayer and fasting are highlighted as necessary disciplines to combat unbelief and grow in spiritual authority. Through biblical insight and practical reflection, A Believer’s Unbelief calls believers to a deeper faith—one that not only acknowledges Jesus as Savior but also embraces the power of His resurrection, healing, and deliverance. The message ends with a personal call: ask God to reveal where unbelief resides, confess Jesus over those areas, and begin to walk in the full measure of faith and power promised to every believer. Inspired Teaching - Written and/or Transcribed from Video Above: Unbelief hinders us greatly, and many who are believers don’t realize it. Unbelief keeps us from walking in the power of God and it makes us blind to everything around us. In fact, unbelief causes our heart, (soul – thoughts and feelings) to become hardened. Hebrews 3:7-8 NKJV 7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His voice, 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness, Notice earlier in the chapter, we read: Hebrews 3:1-2 NKJV Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, 2 who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house. Confession is what helps us with unbelief. When we confess, it is an act of humility before the Lord. It is our spirit saying we were wrong and we need forgiveness, healing, deliverance, etc. Hebrews 3:16-19 NKJV 16 For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? 17 Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. When we walk in unbelief, we stay in the dry desert, wilderness and don’t reach the promise land. So, how do we confess? Romans 10:9 NKJV 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 1 John 1:9 NKJV 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Jesus promised us that He will forgive and cleanse us of all unrighteousness. Another way to say this is that when we confess, we are called righteous. Once in that righteous state of mind, we walk in the power of God. Jesus demonstrated to us in scripture what unbelief did to His disciples. Mark 9:17-29 NKJV 17 Then one of the crowd answered and said, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. 18 And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they could not.” 19 He answered him and said, “O faithless[b] generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I [c]bear with you? Bring him to Me.” 20 Then they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth. 21 So He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. 22 And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” 23 Jesus said to him, “If[d] you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” 25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!” 26 Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said, “He is dead.” 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. 28 And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” 29 So He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer [e]and fasting.” Let’s read the same event in Matthew: Matthew 17:14-21 NKJV 14 And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is [c]an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. 16 So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.” 17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O [d]faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.” 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” 20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your [e]unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. 21 [f]However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” The disciples were unable to cast out this demon. Now notice, the disciples had already been casting out demons and knew how to do so. This wasn’t because they didn’t know what they were doing. Jesus explained to His disciples that unbelief played a role in this, as well as not being prepared through prayer and fasting. But look how Jesus handled the situation. He told the man that brought his son to him that if you believe, all things are possible. The man responded saying I believe but help me with my unbelief. He, the man, the father of this demon possessed child acknowledged that he could not help his son because he had no power. Since he had no power, he reached out to Jesus’ disciples and imagine what he thought when he saw that even the disciples could not cast out the demon. He came to the disciples because he believed but his belief was shaken. So Jesus reminded him but he said I believe but I need help with my unbelief. Because at this point, what else could be done when the disciples could not cast out the demon? Then Jesus cast the demon out and healed the boy. The disciples knew something wasn’t right here, which caused their belief to shaken. At this point, Jesus needed to restore their belief explaining that when you are shaken like this, you need to go back to the scripture, to Jesus and find out what’s going on. You need to bring your belief back up and Jesus did that by explaining that to cast out this kind of demon you need to be in prayer and fasting. Based on the outcome, the disciples weren’t praying and fasting like Jesus. Even Jesus was limited on what He could do when unbelief was present. Mark 6:5-6 NKJV 5 Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. 6 And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching. Here we are today, where unbelief is rampant here in America. This level of unbelief prevents the spirit from moving. Even the disciples didn’t believe those who told them Jesus had risen and Jesus rebuked them for their unbelief. Mark 16:14-18 NKJV 14 Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. 15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will follow those who [d]believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they[e] will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” Unbelief keeps us from walking in the power of the Holy Spirit. The question you should ask yourself is what areas in your life where unbelief is true. Many believe in Jesus but don’t believe in the power of Jesus. For example, do you believe that Jesus saved you or are you hoping that He will save you? Do you believe Jesus heals? Do you believe Jesus delivers? Ask yourself what you believe and ask God to help you see the areas of unbelief in your life like the father of the son demon possessed. Then confess Jesus is Lord over that area in your life and watch God move over that area so that your unbelief is turned to belief. Home Previous Next

UNDERSTANDING THE BOOK OF REVELATION PART 6 Equip listeners to see how the entire Bible converges in Revelation, strengthening faith amid cultural pushback; explain God’s redemptive timeline (from the dispensations through Daniel’s 70 weeks to the Tribulation); and urge believers to trust God’s daily mercy, live with the mind of Christ, and proclaim the gospel while there is time. UNDERSTANDING THE BOOK OF REVELATION PART 6 Pastor Marcos Marrero June 7, 2009 Objective: Equip listeners to see how the entire Bible converges in Revelation, strengthening faith amid cultural pushback; explain God’s redemptive timeline (from the dispensations through Daniel’s 70 weeks to the Tribulation); and urge believers to trust God’s daily mercy, live with the mind of Christ, and proclaim the gospel while there is time. Synopsis: The message opens in praise and prayer, anchoring hope in Lamentations 3:22–23—God’s mercies are new every morning. We thank God for adoption, sealing by the Spirit, and the commission to take the gospel to all nations. The speaker frames Revelation as the capstone where the preceding 65 books find fulfillment, arguing its coherence across 1,500 years of inspiration and encouraging confidence in Scripture despite modern skepticism. A sweeping overview of dispensations follows: Innocence (Adam and Eve) → Conscience (post-Fall self-awareness and the battle between God’s word and the serpent’s lies) → widespread corruption leading to the Flood at year 1,656 from Adam. Human Government begins at ~1,657 (Noahic covenant), continues to today, and will be judged when the “kingdoms of this world” become Christ’s. Promise (Abraham ~year 2000) establishes an eternal, twofold covenant (physical and spiritual seed). Law (Moses ~year 2500) given at Sinai; still awaiting judgment. Grace/Church Age (Christ at ~year 4000; Pentecost) fulfills Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, and inaugurates global gospel mission. The sermon contrasts the fallen human mind—at enmity with God—with the mind of Christ given to believers, illustrated by a dream showing supernatural peace in the face of death. Babel and Nimrod exemplify rebellion; today’s global systems (language/technology) foreshadow end-time centralization. Daniel 9’s “70 weeks” is unpacked: 490 years are decreed for Israel and Jerusalem. After 483 years “Messiah is cut off,” creating a pause in which grace goes to the nations. The final 7 years resume when Antichrist confirms a covenant: First half (1,260 days): Two Witnesses minister with miraculous authority; trumpet judgments include a five-month demonic torment and a massive mortality event; this period culminates in their martyrdom and the abomination of desolation. A brief midpoint pause is noted (their bodies lie unburied ~3.5 days), aligning time markers. Second half (1,290 days + 45 days): Great Tribulation against Israel escalates; days are “shortened for the elect.” Post-Tribulation, a 45-day window completes judgments of the nations. Satan is bound for the Millennium, ending open transgression and inaugurating righteousness. The message ties prophetic timing to Sabbaths and Jubilees (Israel’s failure to give the land rest; the Church at the 120th Jubilee), to the fall festivals (trumpets/Rosh Hashanah as the day of gathering), and to the covenant with David (explaining a period of “desolation” with no earthly representative after the Two Witnesses, during which an angel proclaims the everlasting gospel from the sky; Rev 14). Revelation 10’s seven thunders are sealed, underscoring that God withholds some details so people won’t postpone repentance. Throughout, believers are urged to reject the accuser’s voice and believe God’s verdict of righteousness in Christ, to rest in His mercy each morning, and to be doers of the Word. The sermon closes with prayer, inviting hearers to belong to Jesus now—sealed for the day of redemption and spared from the coming wrath. Inspired Teaching - Written and/or Transcribed from Video Above: Praise God. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. How many are glad you know Jesus? Amen. You know, one thing about Jesus, he's so full of mercy. Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah. It says uh I think in Lamentation 3:23 or 22 that his mercies are new every morning. [Music] Sometimes I go to sleep and say, "Oh man, I'm glad this day is over. Then I wake up in the morning and praise God, it's a new beginning." I tell you, so glad to have a a God that has put the past behind his back as far as the east is from the west and we can come to him every morning, brand new day. I got a brand new opportunity to start every morning when I wake up. Every single one of us does. No matter how bad it got yesterday or how bad it got today, we're as close to heaven as our knees are to the floor. Hallelujah. Our knees hit the floor and immediately he's there. Father in heaven, in Jesus name, we thank you for this opportunity to come together as a family tonight and to worship you, Father God. For you are King of Kings and Lord of Lords. You have given Jesus a name that is above every name. That at the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow. Of things in heaven above, on the earth beneath or in the waters below. We thank you that we have the spirit of uh adoption, that we have been sealed with the spirit of promise, Father God, and that we're waiting for the redemption of our bodies to take place. But meanwhile, we have been commissioned to proclaim the gospel to every creature. Wherever the there's breath, wherever there's air, let us proclaim that precious gospel, Father God, from all the ways to Thailand, all the way to South America, all the way to the north and to the south and to the east and to the west. Let this gospel of the kingdom be proclaimed, Father God. and let the anointing of the Holy Spirit back it up, Father God, so that people will know that Jesus is King of Kings and Lord of Lords, that he loves them and that they will repent and come to him. Bless uh tonight, Fred and Tony Harour and Vision for Women Ministries and the family that worships and fellowships here, Father God. And as we get together now to partake of your bread, the word of life, we ask, Father God, like Fred said, that you would bind any hindrances, any spirit that will somehow keep us from hearing. We pray that you bind it. And we ask by the spirit of grace that you grant us ears to hear that you open our hearts to understand and that you anoint now the words by the god that the spirit that the holy spirit will bring forth that we may be able to learn from them and be fed and nourished and transformed that we may be doers of the word and not just hearers only in Jesus name we love you lord. Amen. Praise God. But as you notice, I got you a couple of uh pages that are note and always when I start, I start try to give a rundown to keep things into context because you have to understand that the book of Revelation is where everything is completed. So here you have 65 books of the Bible. Okay? and everything that's been written on those 65 books of the Bible has to find a fulfillment in that 22 chapters that we have in in the book of revelation. So uh my faith when I began to understand the book of revelation was just so tremendously uplifted because I know that the Bible was written in the span of 1500 years from the first time that Moses wrote uh uh and Job was written like 1500 years before Christ to the gospels and that big span of time and so many different writers and to have all of uh come together so precisely in in the book that proclaims to be the end of God. My faith just shut up because you know we face our our our um what we believe is being challenged every day. You listen to music, your faith is being challenged. You watch TV, your faith is being challenged. You know, uh you speak in tongues, they think you're crazy. You know, you believe the word of God. We believe that actually the earth was created 6,000 years ago. A man, you're stupid. You're radical. You're all these things. So, we are being challenged. And you know, all I simply do is when I see some uh dumb dumb uh talking head on TV saying, "How could you know this be like that?" I said, "Well, you know what? I'm I'm old. I'm I was born in 47. I challenge any of those guys to take their books that they had in school in the 1950s and get the theories that they were teaching over there and look at the books that they have now and they totally change. Everything they said back then was proven wrong. They have some new theories now. And I can take my Bible and tell them, guess what? It hasn't changed. It hasn't changed. And the more and the more that they study and dig into it, the more they're finding out. You know, God said that when he made man, he took dirt out of the ground. Lo and behold, they come to find out that we're dirt. All of the chemicals that form our body are found in the dirt. You know, you just mix it with 80% 90% water and guess what? You have a body. So, this is what's so exciting about the book of Revelation. So I I try I'm trying to get you to to so that at least you can see it coming together if for anything more than to establish your faith. Because if I can believe that everything that Moses wrote is coming, you know, 2500 years ago is coming to pass right now. I know that Moses saw ahead of time what was coming, was able to write about it. Then I can trust what he says. You know, they make a big thing about this Nostradamus guy, some guy that lived 500 years ago because he makes certain prophecies and riddles and stuff like that. John in Revelation says that a mark of the beast that every single person in the world will have to receive a mark and that without that mark you can buy or sell. This would never ever make sense until the computer age came into being. And yet you never hear them talking about that. Why? Because if if that is right, then Jesus coming soon is right as well. They don't want to hear that part. So they will tell you right talking about Nostradamus, some uh uh uh uh I don't know what he was into, but it had to do a lot with divination. Let's put it this way. Some guy that pe into the darkness and saw a few things. I'd rather get the guy that went up to heaven and saw the one that was sitting in heaven and saw the lamb of God and got it directly from the God and said, "Write this." And told him, "Don't write this." So that's why I'm trying to to kind of give you a sense of what is going. Now the two pages are like a review because last week we got into the first half of what is called the tribulation period or the wrath of God. And I want to show you how that comes about because a lot of times we that teach in in in things of revelation take it for granted that everybody else knows. So when we say the 70th week of Daniel or the seven last years, a lot of people that are new to Christianity or have never studied uh prophecy may not know it. So in your dispensational charge, innocence, and I know I put paradise on there, I corrected on mine, but innocence was where the first dispensation. Adam and Eve were innocent and they were in paradise. And that was the beginning of time. There was no evolution. Men didn't come from a soupy thing or whatever. God just simply made an earth and then he took the dirt of the earth. He blew his breath into it. The spirit of God enter into a a a physical thing and the body became a human soul. Conscience is when Adam became self-aware. It's very important that we understand this because when Adam became self-aware, their faith was challenged. Their faith was challenged because a third party, in this case the snake or the serpent or the devil comes in and say, "Don't you guys know that you're naked? You know, here you think you're looking real cool and then somebody comes in all of a sudden tells you, you know, hey, you know, your hair or you're messed up or whatever, then all of a sudden you man, all your confidence just crumble." So they were told that they were naked. And of course, what God intended was that men would say, "Yeah, I am naked." But God says I am good. And as long as God says I'm good, I'm good. I don't care what you say. God says the standard, not the devil. And believe it or not, that's the circumstance we're in now. God says we're the righteousness of God of Christ Jesus. And yet I can guarantee that every single day the devil talks to each every one of us and say you're nothing but a lousy loser or this or that or the other. And we have to make a choice. And that choice is do I believe God or do I believe the devil? Thank God for a man like Joshua who said as for me in my house we will serve the Lord. We want to believe what the word of God says. And because of that I can stand up every morning. I don't care how messed up I messed up. I can get up every morning and said God says I'm good and as long as I hear you say otherwise Jesus I'm going to believe you and not going to believe the rest of it. So he became self-aware. And so because of that, now this period of time, innocent, nobody knows how long innocent lasted. When Adam and Eve were created and were in the garden and name all of the animals and everything, there's no time reference on that because this is a time that they spent with God. So time really began when uh men became self-aware. As men became self-aware, their conscience, the Bible says by the time we get to Noah in in Revelation, I mean in Genesis chapter 6, that men's conscience were so polluted that men's thoughts were constantly evil all the time. In other words, the consciences of men were seared up so bad that h God had to destroy everything that had the breath of life in it. this happened. And and this is important that you see this this calendar because I'm not counting by our years that we count here. I want you to see it from God's calendar from the beginning of time from from the time that Adam was created. And you can add it up. I added it up and a bunch of people added it up. We all come up with the same thing. 1,656 years. 1,656 years after Adam was created, God destroyed the world. He brought a worldwide flood that covered the entire earth and everything that had the breath of life was destroyed except for Adam, his wife, I mean Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their wives. Eight people were on the ark. This happened on the year 1,656 from the time that Adam was created. Now, we know that it'll only rain for a day, for 40 days and 49. They were actually on the ark about a year. So the from the time that they were drifting until they landed and all of that, they were in the ark a year. So they came out of the ark in the year 1,657. At that time, God had to reestablish the covenant. Remember, God is the God of covenant. Every dispensation that God makes has laws. For Adam and Eve in conscience, their law was you can eat of anything you want to. You can do whatever you want to. You can do cartwheels. live, serve, whatever you want to do, you do it. Just stay away from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. That was the only law that applied to them and it only applied to those two people. Uh over here in the in in in conscience, what applied was uh the word of God versus the word of Satan because that's the heritage that Adam and Eve gave to their children. They partake of the tree of the knowledge of the good and evil. So they um passed to us this conscience that we're battling all the time, good and evil, having to go with good and evil. We know that Enoch, who was the seventh from Adam, was a preacher of righteousness. We know that Noah also was a preacher of righteousness. So they had the word of God preached in those days but it got so bad that the people's consciences were seared and so God judge conscience. He says men's conscience from now on cannot be trusted. This is why the Bible says that your mind is at war with God. For us believer Paul makes this point in Romans chapter uh through many of the chapters chapter 7 chapter 8 he says our mind is enmity with God. It's at war with God. So you say, "How can we be saved?" The mind of Christ. When you get born again, the spirit of God comes into you. And now you have the mind of Christ. You're able to reason by virtue of the word of God. I can say, "I am what God says." And I can tell Satan, "Shut up." When he tells me I'm not. They may still be a battle, but I have peace. And I have peace with God. As a matter of fact, I had a dream last night. It was so weird. I'm not going to tell you the the four dreams that, but in one, I was in a plane. And it was weird. There was like one of those old planes where you're sitting with your back to the uh the side and there were people sitting on the front and uh there was a group of of men in the plane I think and I don't know we're going to a mission or whatever but it was had to do with church and as I'm going the plane is banking to land and we're just having a good time and then all of a sudden something happened the plane something went wrong with the plane and it flipped and as it flipped started going head first into the ground. I mean, this is a such a vivid dream. I mean, it's just so incredible. And as I'm going, I know this is it. And I just raise up my hands and began to worship the Lord and thank him. And I'm saying, man, I'm going to see you in just like I I know the plane was just about to crash, but I was just getting excited. I'm going to see Jesus. Then all of a sudden, he was able to level the plane and they landed. I said, "Man, I can't believe that." And I said to myself, uh, how could I even dream that being so sure that I was going to die? But even in my dream, I was so sure I was about to see Jesus. Why? Because that's the mind of Christ. See, the old mind, the doubting mind, that mind has been superimposed by the word of God and by me trusting and believing what the word of God said. So it has become part of me. Hallelujah. That even and and I believe that if that were to happen, that's exactly how we react. Why? because that's that's what is in my spirit. So then conscience was judged. Innocence was judged. Men can never go back to innocent. Conscience was judged at the end of 1,656 years. And then the human government started on the year 1,657. Noah came out. He took two of every paris except for the clean animals. The clean animals that could be offered a sacrifice. He took seven. So what does Noah does? He brings a clean animal is offer he offers a sacrifice to God. God smells the sweet offering of the sacrifice and he enter into a covenant with Noah. So now we have what is called the dispensation of human government. Human government started in the year 1,657 from the time that Adam was created and has never ended yet. This is why we have government because the the government of man is still here. If you remember, God said to Noah, have your children spread all over the earth and cover the whole earth. A guy rises up whose name is Nimrod, who was the son of Kush. Kush. Kush means confusion. He's pretty confused guy. He raises up his own. He goes into rebellion and they say, "We don't want to be scattered and nobody will know who we are. We want to make a name for ourselves. So he builds up a tower. This tower has the physical and spiritual meaning. The spiritual meaning is they're opening the the gates to self which is what the tree of knowledge of good and evil is. Self made self manmade knowledge it to worship that and he allows a whole bunch of demons in. Now God did not judge them. Horses with chariots of fire didn't come from heaven and judge these people that rebelled. No, God confused their language and forced them to scatter because you go to a group and they don't understand, you don't understand them. You get frustrated. So, you go to another. Finally, you find somebody you can talk to and that's who you go with. And this is where the people that went to Africa and the people that went to Asia and Europe and the people that came to America, they all scatter because that's what God has told them to do with. But God has not deal with that yet. So here we have a dispensation of manmade governments that Jesus is going to judge. Why is he going to judge? Because he's king of king and lord of lord. All government has to answer to him. Okay. Why is this important? Because the judgment of what the bible calls in revelation the kingdoms of this world are now the kingdoms of our lord is going to happen during this seven-year period. So I want you to see this. Now Jesus said one of the spiritual principles that Jesus taught is that the first shall be last and the last shall be first. Meaning this is the first dispensation that hasn't been judged yet will be judged last. When is the kingdoms of this world going to be judged? They are going to be judged in the second half of the wrath of God. The first half is 1,260 days. You have five days in between. And the second half is 1,290 days, which by the way is 7 years. 2555 days. At the end of 2555 days, the seven years exactly, God is going to begin the judgment of the kingdoms of this world. At that time, the head of the kingdoms of the world is going to be the antichrist. And he's going to mount an army with huge amounts of men to try to fight the Lord when he's coming. The Bible tells us, and when we get to this part of it, we'll see it, that this judgment of God is going to take place in 42 days. Daniel 12:11 tells you this, for uh 1,290 days. And they said, "Blessed is he who waits for and makes it to the 1,335 days." That means after the 2,290 days, God has 45 days. 42 days, that's seven time six. That means seven Sabbaths or seven weeks with beginning of a Sabbath and the end of the Sabbath, God is going to judge the kingdoms of this world. So before God can judge the kingdoms of this world, he has to bring the kingdoms of this world together. That's what we're experiencing today in our generation. For the first time since the days of Nimro when everybody spoke the same language, men from every nation on the world, I think there's 180 some nations in the world now. they can go into the United Nations and whoever the head of state is or whoever the representative is can go ahead and speak and every other member that's over there with their earphones on can hear everything that person is saying because the United Nations has an army of interpreters of every language that there is more than that we're living in a time to where you can have a body on the internet in China he doesn't know a thing of English and you don't don't know anything or Chinese, your computer can translate for you and you can type whatever you want to. It's translated to Chinese. He can send it back to you. And that is going on today. We're living in the day to when God is bringing the the kingdoms of this world into a time. That's why it's so important to see that. Then since man could not save himself in innocence and in conscience and in government, God introduced the promise. God took uh this guy named Abraham. Abraham was born and I have added the numbers and everything is locked up in in my garage so I couldn't have access so I'm going by memory which thank God is still pretty good. Abraham was born somewhere in 1990 1995. So I round it off to the year 2000. Abraham was born and and you'll see it at the bottom. I put it for you so you can have a graphic in your mind of the uh Bible timeline. Abraham was born around the year 2000 when he was about 70 years old. That's why I put there 2007 and these are approximate time except for the 1656. That was a set time. You can actually count the years from Adam to the time that the flood took place. But God calls his men named Abraham out of where Iraq is today. He calls him out into where Israel is today. And God enters into a covenant with this man. the covenant with of promise. Now the promise of God are eternal. The Bible says that the word of God is forever settled in heaven. I think Psalm 119 uh the word of God is forever settle in heaven. So when God gives you a promise is eternal because God is not bound by time. He's saying yesterday, today and forever. So if he promised you something today, it's just as good forever. So when God introduced the promise to Abraham, it was a two-fold promise. He says, "Out of your seed, I'm going to bring sand of the seashore." That's a physical promise. And as numerous as the stars in the sky, that is a key for a spiritual promise. So out of Abraham comes law and grace. Now the promise of God in the covenant was given about the year 2017. Now you read Paul in Romans and he says that we are joint hes with Abraham. We're part when he's discussing Israel and I think it's Romans 9:101 11 that area there he's discussing Israel and the church he says we're part of it because the promise was given to the man of faith Abraham. See when the woman that wasn't a Jew had a child that was demonp possessed and brings it to Jesus. Jesus says I can't heal him. God call me to the house of Israel first. So the woman says, "Yeah, but even the dogs get to eat the crumbs that fall out of the the table that the children the the bread the children's bread that falls out of the table." See, what she did is she bypassed Moses the law and she reached all the way to Abraham. Abraham is a man of faith. So when she says, "Yeah, I know that that you're coming to fulfill the law and that you're giving the bread to the children of Israel, but according to Abraham, I'm an heir, too, and I can partake of that bread." And Jesus said, "Your faith got you what you wanted." See, faith elevates above law or grace. Why? Because faith comes through Abraham, the man of faith, the friend of God. That's the covenant. That's the covenant that God honors. Even Noah, I mean, even Noah and Adam, when they went into paradise, they were under Abraham. Abraham is the one that was in charge of paradise. Why? Because paradise was a holding place until the true blood was shed. And who's the one that believe that? Abraham. And how did he believe that? He took three animals. He took two birds. He cut them on half. And he kept the verse of pray. And when evening came, God came like a torch and it passed through it. Back in the days of of of of Bible days, you enter into a covenant with a person. You took an animal. You cut the animal in half. You split the parts. It was a bloody mess in the middle. You would hold the hand of the person you were entering into a covenant with. And you walk through the blood and you say, "May the same thing happened to me if I don't keep my word." And your shoes got all bloody. That was a testimony. You have entered into a covenant. Well, Abraham didn't walk in there. This covenant was God who made it. He's the one that walked between the pieces. And he says, and and you know, did you know that the the the animals each represent a dispensation of time? There were three animals, uh, a goat, uh, a bull, and a ram. And they were cut in half. One, two, three, four, five, six. Each one of them represented the six years. Then you have a bird on each side, a fleshling bird and a dog. And the bird, remember, the kingdom is represented as an eagle. So that tells you the the first bird indicated the beginning of man in the spirit and the ending of man after the rapture he goes into the kingdom. So God was making a covenant for the whole 7,000 years when he enter into that. So we're part of the covenant that God made with Abraham. Now out of Abraham came the law. The law came first. And so the law came through Moses about 430 years after Abraham the year 2070. You add 430 years to 2070 and you come to about the year 2500. Like I said these are are all approximate numbers about 2500. This is 1500 years before Jesus Christ because remember now they count the time backwards. That's why it's easier for me to count it forward. From the time that Adam was created to the time that God entered into a covenant with Moses or revealed the law to Moses was two 2500 years. Now in the law God said to Moses tell the Israelites to purify themselves because in three days I'm going to come and show myself to them. They all purify themselves. God actually descends. This is not in physical body in his glory. He comes God covered himself in darkness like a huge dark cloud. This cloud came in and rested on Mount Si. Mount Sinai is in Saudi Arabia and to this burn up. The whole top is burned up. The Saudi Arabians know what happened there. So they have a big fence. There's many Christians try to sneak in there. They go to jail and everything because that's that is the place where God descended. See when they cross the Red Sea, they cross it from that big channel where where um Saudi Arabia is the Gulf of Aquabad. I I don't remember what they call that part there, but I mean this is no junky little thing. This thing is a huge place and they have a video to where their share wheels and everything down there. They came up with with a more they went back and and redid it again and got more pictures. I just got advertisement on it. So anyway, God comes into the mountain is thundering and shaking so bad. Moses says, "My knees are trembling." And the people say to Moses, "You know what? We can't handle this, God. We're going to go away. You talk to God and whatever God tells you, we'll do." And so that's how the covenant of the law came. Now, the covenant of law started in the year 2500. And the covenant law has not been judged yet. So the jud the law will be judged in the middle of the tribulation or in the day of of atonement. We'll get to that in a minute. So here remember we're talking about the last seven years. The last seven years 2555 days. That's seven years. At the end of the 200 2555 days, the kingdoms of this world are going to be judged. Then Jesus Christ is going to come and set up this kingdom of a thousand years. In the middle of it, after the 1,260 days, the first half, the law is going to be judged. We talked about this last week when we said that first for the first five months, the first war, which is the sixth trumpet, uh God releases all of the demons that are in hell into the earth. And people are tormented for five months. Five whole month they cannot die. Nobody can die at that time. But so that humans will know that hell is real. God does that. Then at the end of the five months, God releases the four angels that are bound to the river Euphrates. And they will kill onethird of all of the humans that are at that time. And this is fulfilled at the end of the 1,260th day. That's when the two witnesses are killed. That is a day of atonement for the Jews. So that means that law is going to be judged in the middle of this dispensation. Now the other thing that got introduced was grace. Grace begins with the word of God. The promise when the promise the word of God became flesh in the wood of in the womb of the woman. He was born. He lived fulfilled the law. He died our sacrificial death which is the Passover as the lamb of God. Remember when John saw him, John says, "Behold the lamb of God that takes the sin of the world." The sin of the world was represented by the feast of unleaven bread. And uh the Jews follow a lunar calendar and their year begins in March uh or April depending on their calendar. This is why Passover is different all the time. the 14th day of the first Jewish month which is a full moon because the 28 day cycle the full is moon the moon is full at the 14th day on the 14th day you're to celebrate the Passover in the evening it says as evening begins on the 15th day you are to celebrate the feast of unleaven bread and then on the Sunday after the next the first day of the week after the Sabbath you are supposed to celebrate the feast of first fruit. This is in Leviticus 23 if you want reference. So here we see that in grace, the dispensation of grace, the sixth dispensation, God fulfills all of this. Jesus is the word that became flesh in the seat of the woman, fulfilled the law, died the sacrificial death on the day of Passover as the lamb of God. That evening when they put his body before the sunset, remember the the the rich guy, Joseph, the rich guy came in and said, "We don't want to leave the bodies there." Pilate gave him permission. They took the body of Jesus, stopped it in the tomb before the sun said. That is when uh the feast of unleaven bread began. Jesus is the broken the body the bread that was broken for us to take away sin. This is what communion mean. The broken body when you take it takes away your sin away. He took away the sin of the world at that time by becoming our leaven bread. Then on the third day which will be uh Saturday night as Sunday begins in the evening. He rose up. He's the first born from the dead, the first fruit, the first human that is complete like God intended. He is totally physical yet totally spiritual because the spirit of God lives in him. That means he can walk through walls. He can take this physical body and disassemble every atom and walk through there because if you know air fills most of everything. You know they discover now you can magnify to the tiniest tiniest tin. Everything no matter how hard it is has air in between. Things are just hold together. Atoms are held together by some kind of a glue or whatever. And so Jesus can actually deotize his body and walk through walls. He can think I'm going I want to be in the moon and he can be there. You in the spirit you travel at the speed of thought. So this is what Jesus did. He rose up and and became our first fruit. Then he comes up shows himself to his disciples after appearing in the room where everything locked and says here fill me. A a ghost doesn't have a body like I have. You can feel it. And then he says, "Now you go preach the gospel to of the kingdom to the whole world, but first go to Jerusalem and wait until you're do endued with power." So 50 days later, 50 is 7* 7 which is 49. And then the 50th is the jubilee. The Holy Spirit comes and it falls upon the church. Now, we taught that when the sixth seal takes place, there's earthquakes and there's all kinds of things. That is the fulfillment of the second part of the promise that Peter read on the day of Pentecost when the church was filled with power because he said, "Your men and your sons and your daughters, they will prophesy. They will see vision. They will dream dreams." And all of that was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost. But he keeps quoting Joel and he says, "And there will be h a clouds and billows of smoke and there will be signs on the earth on the heaven above and on the earth beneath and all of the things going to happen when before the great day of the Lord and everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." So we can see now that Pentecost is the key pin that ties the first fruits or the first lot the the former reign as the Bible calls the first coming of Jesus to the latter reign the second coming of Jesus. So when the trumpet blows after the sixth seal is open and we can see in in in in Revelation chapter 7, people from every tribe and from every kindred and from every in there that is the fulfillment of the promise of God on when on the day of the blowing of trumpets or in the new year. See, because the Jews don't celebrate New Year's on the first day of their year, which is March or April. God says you work for six months, the seventh month, the first day of the seventh month. That is your new year. Why? Because that's when you enter into your rest. That is when you enter into your rest. So the Jews blow the trumpet, the chauffeur, on the first day of the seventh month. Guess what? The sixth chapter, the sixth seal, the 6,000 year, six, six, everything is six there. So, it takes you to the day of rest. So, the church then is rapture first. That's why Jesus says, "The first shall be last and the last shall be first." So, when the church is taken away, the seven years begin in the middle of the seven years, God is in and the age of and the age of grace concludes at the time. By the way, the age of grace will last 2,000 years because, as you can see, grace came in uh about 4,000 years after the creation of Adam. It it began Jesus was born on the on the on the beginning or on the end of the 4,000 years, the beginning of the fifth. And if you look at Genesis, that's when the physical sun was created. If you look at it in the creation, it says that there was light. Before the sun was created, there was light on the first day. There was light on the second day. There was light on the third day and the sun was created on the fourth day. This is why many people say, "Oh, the Bible, t Home Previous Next

FELLOW HEIRS The objective of this message is to teach believers their identity and inheritance as fellow heirs with Christ, showing how the mystery revealed to Paul confirms that Gentiles are now partakers of God’s promises through Jesus. The message aims to equip listeners to walk boldly in the authority, power, and love granted to them as co-heirs, living in the dispensation of grace with full access to the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit. FELLOW HEIRS Minister Lisa Kane September 20, 2024 Objective: The objective of this message is to teach believers their identity and inheritance as fellow heirs with Christ, showing how the mystery revealed to Paul confirms that Gentiles are now partakers of God’s promises through Jesus. The message aims to equip listeners to walk boldly in the authority, power, and love granted to them as co-heirs, living in the dispensation of grace with full access to the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit. Synopsis: In this teaching, Lisa Kane explores the profound truth that Gentiles, through the gospel, have become fellow heirs with Christ (Ephesians 3:6). She explains how Jesus, the Word made flesh, fulfilled God’s plan by temporarily setting Israel aside so that the good news could reach the Gentiles. Through Paul’s revelation, believers now understand the mystery hidden for ages: that we are joint heirs with Christ, empowered by grace to share in His promises and authority. Lisa highlights that this inheritance calls us not only to salvation but also to walk in the same power Jesus demonstrated, empowered by the Holy Spirit to do even greater works. She emphasizes the importance of humility, obedience, and being rooted in love, for love is the foundation of all spiritual fruit and gifts. Drawing from John 14:12 and Paul’s testimony, she illustrates how believers are called to live boldly, ministering in unity as the body of Christ, showing God’s love in action. The message closes with a call to abide in Christ through prayer, Scripture, and obedience, allowing His love to transform hearts and His Spirit to manifest through gifts and fruit. As fellow heirs, believers are encouraged to embrace their divine calling, walking in confidence, boldness, and love to bring salvation and transformation to the world. Inspired Teaching - Written and/or Transcribed from Video Above: Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kaine and I am recording this teaching on Friday, September 20th, 2024. Welcome. Let's open up in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word and we pray that your word does not return void. We pray that your word penetrates deep within our soul in our spirit in our mind as knowledge where it manifests the anointing of your holy spirit. Thank you father god. You are precious and holy and in the name of Jesus we pray. Amen. Amen. Welcome. I don't know if you can hear but we've got like a thunderstorm coming over here. So you're going to hear thunder here and it is windy. So and it just came on out of nowhere. So anyways, moving on. This message is called Fellow Heirs. Very excited about this teaching. I hope that you are blessed by it. Let's go to our opening scripture here. Ephesians 3:6. That the Gentiles should be fellows and of the same body and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel. So, the way I teach, in case you're new to this uh platform here, I'd like for you to notice that in the King James version, that's the scriptures I use. And the bolded words are the words in the King James version that the translators chose to translate from Hebrew or Greek into English. Well, that word that I have bolded could also mean other things. So like fellow heirs is co-air co-air joint heir together partakers is co-articipants promise is the announcement or pledge and the gospel is a good message so those are the words that could have been used and anyways um I like to add that extra words because it brings a more deeper meaning to us in our spirit. Amen. It just started pouring. Okay. So what is this? So this message is called fellow heirs. So here I want to go into the purpose of what I'm talking about. Jesus came to us as a man even though he was a spirit in the beginning. If you go back to John 1 1 through3 let's let's read that. It says in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. The same was in the beginning with God and all things were made by him and without him was not anything made that was made. And remember the word became flesh, which is what Jesus represented. So because that word became flesh, that's Jesus. He was there in the beginning. He was born a woman, grew up a man, died as the son of God, taking on all the sin of the world. He rose from the grave three days later, ascended to heaven just before the day of Pentecost. You can go read about that in Acts 1 and two. So what the coming of Jesus did, he did two things and and you're going to see us fellow heirs. You're going to see us as a participant in the acts of what Jesus did. You're going to see that what we can do today. So uh the coming of Jesus did two things. It put Israel on hold until the return as a nation which happened in 1948 and Jerusalem became the capital in 1967. And this is on hold or Israel's on hold until the day of the Lord takes place. That has not happened yet. Right now we are in the time of the Gentiles. So the second thing Jesus did is he brought the gospel gospel good news to the Gentiles causing us to become fellow heirs with him for those who believe. So he had to put Israel on the sidelines to accomplish this task. He did this by having them rejected. So remember this was all to the purpose of God. He did this on purpose. So to fulfill the purpose of this teaching, we're going to show you what it is to have those promises and the power that Jesus had to do the things that he did. Because if we're co-airs, if we're fellow heirs, we get to do the same thing he did. You're going to see that here in just a moment. So let's go to Ephesians. We're going to be focusing here in chapter 3. So we saw verse 6 is our opening scripture. So now we're going to read verses 2-7. If ye have heard of the dispensation or administration, stewardship, appointed order or age of the grace of God which is given to me to you word. I want to pause here and I I think it's important to address this. There's a lot of teaching out there that says dispensational teaching is not biblical. Well, I'm we are in the fullness of the Gentiles, the dispensation of grace. And you can see Paul clearly talking about that here. If you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given to me to you word. What Jesus did is he redeemed us of our sins. When he died, his pure blood landed on the mercy seat. He rose from the grave in power. And because he did that, he wiped away the sin of the world. And you get to accept that. You get to be a part of that freedom that Jesus accomplished. And to be fellows, guess what? When Jesus died, he rose from the grave. When you die, you rise from the grave. Your joint hes, fellow hes. Okay, I want you to get this and I want you to understand this. Verse three, how that by revelation and notice what he said by the way in verse two of the grace of God which is given to me given me to you word if you heard of this disposition in other words if you believe you heard it you accepted it remember there's a choice here been emphasizing the choice factor over the last couple of teachings verse three how that by revelation or disclosure or manifestation he made known unto me the mystery which is a secret as I wrote a or in few words whereby when ye read ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ. There's a secret here that Paul is going to tell us. This is very interesting. I want you to get this. This see the let's continue on. Let's read uh verse five. Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men as it see the purpose of Jesus coming. There was prophecy written but the revelation of what he accomplished was not revealed in the past. So Paul is say see when Paul met Jesus on the road to Damascus. Remember Paul was Saul at that time and he was coming after the church big time. He was going because he believed in the Bible the great God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He did not believe or accept that Jesus was the son of God. So he came after the Christians, but Jesus interveneed on that road to Damascus. And when he intervened, Saul became Paul. And so for the next three years, he went into the wilderness. You see, Paul was the biggest of the Pharisees. He knew the scriptures. But in that three-year time period, he went to see the revelation of what who Jesus is as a son of God through his teachings he grew up with. And so that mystery became revelation to him. He got it. And now he because he's called to teach to the Gentiles, he wants to reveal that message to you and I. And that's what he's saying here. So which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the spirit that and here's our opening scripture that the Gentiles should be fellow airs and of the same body and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel the good message. Verse seven, whereof I was made a minister which is attendant run errands according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. This is incredible the revelation that Paul is sharing here. So we are in this in between time of putting Israel on hold and before the day of the Lord comes. What we know about this time is that it is the time of the Gentiles. You and I, the the Israelites don't have sacrifices anymore. That's stopped. They didn't have a temple anymore to go into because the power of God wasn't there anymore. The veil's been ripped in two. And it was thick, too. It ripped. But they can walk into the temp. Anybody can walk into the temple now and be a part with God, have a relationship with God, be a partaker of what God and Jesus promised us. So, we're in this in between time, this pause of Israel, the dispensation of grace. And here we are, by the way, as Gentiles teaching and preaching to the world. That's our responsibility. So this mystery that Paul was given was kept from the pro prophets and anyone who lived before Jesus and it became manifested to Paul and he began to write and teach about it and not only to anyone who wanted to read it but to the Gentiles specifically. You see Paul didn't walk with the apostles or the disciples in Jesus day. He came after and yet the Lord used him to get the Gentiles. Cuz see the apostles, the disciples are all Jewish. Paul Jewish. But God said to Jesus said to Paul, "I want you to go teach to the Gentiles." So he did. So, as Paul is explaining, as we continue to read here in Ephesians chapter 3, we need to understand the knowledge, the mystery that was revealed to him, this teaching of the redemption of the blood of Jesus to the Gentiles for the sin. Because in our opening scripture, Paul clearly tells us that we're fellows of this of the same body. We're partakers of this promise that Christ gave to the Israelites and to us. And there's a power that comes with this teaching and it's a gift of the grace of God. So why do we need to know this? Because that's a very good question. Go to John 14:12. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth or has faith in me, on me, the works or the toil, the labor that I do, Jesus says, shall he, that's you and me, do also, and greater or larger works than these shall he do because I go unto my father. Oh, so see, Jesus isn't here anymore. He ascended into heaven. So, he left us the Holy Spirit. And when you saw the day of Pentecost in Acts chapter 1 and two, you will see the anointing and that power come forth. We have that power, the Gentiles, to minister to those and do greater things than what Jesus did. That's and it almost seems impossible, but let's remember something here. You know, Jesus, a one-man individual, he did a lot while he while he was here. If you remember the end of the last verse of John chapter of the gospel of John which is John 21:2 it tells us that there are also many other things which Jesus did the which they should be written everyone I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen. So let's understand something here. When Jesus rose from the grave he invited everyone to his grace. Remember, anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13. Now, Israel rejected him as the son of God. So, they got put on pause. They will be dealt with in the seven-year time period of God's wrath. Go read Revelation and Daniel. But as Gentiles in the time of the Gentiles, we are partakers of this power, and we get to do things even greater than him because we're fellows. So, how is this done? Let's go back to Ephesians 3 and let's start in verse eight here. Unto me who am less than least of all saints. See, Paul is recognizing, listen, I didn't walk with Jesus on the earth. I'm the least of them all. And yet, he walked in power. He walked in authority. And he changed the world with his teaching to the Gentiles. Paul did magnificent things. He continued the ministry of what Jesus was doing, which is what we're called to do as fellow hes. Hope you're getting this. Is this grace given that I should preach among the Gentiles, the unsearchable riches of Christ? You see, everything that Christ has done is worthy, valuable. It's more valuable than money. It's more valuable than our lives because he's saving lives with his ministry. Amen. And to make all men see, this is Paul talking. I'm going to make all men see because this is what he's called to do. What is the fellowship? The mystery. The fellowship of the mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God who created all things by Jesus Christ. Remember, God hid this on purpose. He did this with a purpose and a plan. He kept it hidden. He's revealing it. It's It's as if all of the Old Testament, which is true life events, were written for you and I today in today's generation because we I do believe we're in that last generation just before his return or we won't our generation won't end as he returns. Amen. Let's continue on in verse 10. To the intent that now unto the principalities, you've got these rules. That's what principalities are. And powers as privilege in heavenly places might be known by the church. That's you and I. The calling out the manifold wisdom of God according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord. in whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you which is your glory or honor. So what is he saying here? Let's let's break this down. We have access to these rules and these powers to be bold, to be confident in sharing of the good news. And Paul is encouraging us. He doesn't want us to be bad, weak, fail, weary. This message, we shouldn't get tired of sharing it. It is the most important thing in the world. So when we see tribulations, things that Jesus did, he died on the cross. Every one of the disciples all were martyed except for John. I think he died of natural causes. But either way, they were all martyed. This is a blessing. And I want you to see this is not something we should look at and go. No, what we should do is look at it and say, "Hallelujah." Because see, life and death is in the palm of the hand of God. And the moment we leave our bodies, we come into his presence, absent from the body, present with the Lord. Oh death, oh death, where is your sting? Hallelujah. You see, this is the honor that we have. We get to walk in this confidence, in this boldness, knowing that we are fellow airs with Christ and what his ministry stood for, what his power does. We are the church calling out. We should be walking in this. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Let's go back to Ephesians 3 and we're now in verse 14. For this cause, I bow my knees unto the father of our Lord Jesus Christ. I want you to see something here. Paul is showing us the access, the privilege that we have of getting this power. You see, there's a condition of the heart that makes this possible. And a lot of us aren't ready. I remember years ago, I'm going to share a testimony at our Wednesday night Bible study next week, but a little piece of it. I remember going to tell after hearing the voice of God tell me to go to church. I remember going to confront my husband and in that moment I felt like I had every power and authority that I could do that I could cause lightning to come down. Hey, my husband's still alive so all is well. But how I felt so anticlimatic and defeated when he said, "Okay, I'll go with you." I thought I was going to have to fight him to go to church. Well, the fight came later. But in that moment, I had every power and authority and I knew it. And the reason I teach this now is because I want you to know and understand that as fellow heirs, we have this power. We have this authority to come in and to make a difference and to show people the true power of God. Not witchcraft, not uh voodoo or any of that junk. No, we are looking at the true power and authority of God that we have access to. And he's showing us how to do it. He bowed his knees. So he humbled himself. And then look at what he says. Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. We come through the descendant or lineage of Adam. Adam failed. But Jesus came through that same line. We come through that same line. We're brothers and sisters with Jesus. I hope you're getting that. In heaven and earth is named. Verse 16. that he would grant give you according to the riches the wealth of his glory to be strengthened. You're you're empowered increased in vigor with might which is that force or miraculous power by his spirit in the inner man. You should be able to feel this on the inside. You should be hearing the anointing of the Holy Spirit. So he started off with the humbling. Remember he humbled himself and now he's got this might. So what happens next? He this verse 17 that Christ may dwell. Oh, wait a second here. Have I been teaching on abiding in the secret place with the Lord? How many messages now? Here's Paul telling us by humbling him, getting that power, you're to dwell in the in your heart with by faith that ye being rooted and grounded in love. Here's love. I just taught on this last week. We need to have love. Without love, it's clanging symbols. It's nothing. And there's people who called out demons in the name of Jesus and did all this because demons know the name of Jesus is powerful. But when that person goes to face judgment with God and that person says, "Well, I cast out all those demons in your name. I did all this in your name." And Jesus says, "I don't know who you are." See the love is absolutely imperative that we have in our hearts. So let's read that again. Verse 17. That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith that ye you being rooted and grounded in love may be able to comprehend. Look at this word comprehend is to take eagerly seize possess with all things. Meaning we got to do this in unity. We do this as a body of Christ. We do this as the church. And look what he says. What is the breadth and length and depth and height? We're gonna continue on in a minute. That just means every part of Jesus. Every part. How high he is, how low he'll go, how far to the left or right he will go to get us. That is what he's telling us here. We can understand that completely by humbling ourselves, getting our love back in our heart, which is understanding the love of God. Jesus did the ultimate love sacrifice. He went to the cross and died for us. That's love. I don't care what anyone else says. It could be, "Oh, I got this feeling and emotion." No, no, no. It's the benevolence. It's the the obligation. Jesus had an obligation and he went and did his duty. That's the kind of love we're talking about. It It's a self-control emotional aspect, but it's a knowing in the mind. I got to go do this because I need so and so to be saved. I got to go tell him. I got to stay strong in the Lord. I got to get in my secret place because I need that love in me to keep moving me forward so that I have it purposed in my heart. I want so and so saved. I gotta get my brother, my sister, my love, my cousins, my parents, my children. This is what you're fighting for. This is what you're living for. Amen. And this is it. And look at this verse 19. And to know the love of Christ. There it is. The affection and benevolence which passes knowledge. It goes past beyond the knowledge of it that ye may be filled with fullness of God. Because that's how you're going to understand that. That's how you're going to know this. You see, by humbling ourselves and and understanding what Christ did on the cross. That's where love starts. Hey, he died for me. There's you don't even have to have an emotional experience to that. It's a start. It's a knowledge. And what happens is because you have that knowledge, you say, "Okay, well, I want to go find out more about who Jesus is." and you begin to spend time with him. What happens? You're abiding in him. That knowledge the the effective it begins goes beyond knowledge. It's now an emotional integral part of your being that when people see you, they get to know you. They know you by your fruits because you're walking in love. You are walking in that holiness with him. And they see that And it is strengthening your inner man because you're letting the word of God, remember that's Jesus Christ in the flesh, was the word and the word became flesh. That word you're allowing it to manifest, boil right out of you and it is splattering on everyone around you because love is what binds us all together. This is what brings us into that unity. Amen. You can go read 1 Corinthians chapters 12,13 and 14. You will see how love works especially in the gifts of the power of the Holy Spirit. And these are gifts that Christ gives us so that we can bring those we love to his holiness. So we but we have to understand comprehend the rules the powers that God has established for us as the church to use. We have to know how to use them. We don't want to be ignorant of that. This is why when he talks about the height, the width, the depth, the length, he's showing us a complete full understanding of how God sets things up, how he operates in that power through love and obedience. Because Paul was not only did he bow his knees, humble himself, get the love, and dwell in Christ, he was obedient to do that actionable item. That's what he did. Oh, that's incredible. Let's go read the last two verses in chapter 3, Ephesians. Now unto him that is able. Not everyone can do this, but he's talking to you and me. Watch this. Now unto him that is able possible to do exceeding abundantly over above all that we ask or think according to the power the miraculous power that workketh in us. Unto him be glory unto God be glor or actually unto us be the glory honor in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages world without end. Amen. Catch that he's talking about us. He's saying you know if you're able see possible it starts with knowledge you see something happen you see a miracle and you're just like okay I remember I've seen these things I mean my my young adulthood of life I grew up in the church but at that point in my life what God did to transform me was incredible. So, I got the knowledge of it then. But what the Lord has been working on me throughout my life since is building up his love in my heart because I'm coming to realize how much he loves others as much as he loves me. I shared this before. I'll share it again. I did not want to pray for Hamas who attacked Israel. I felt Israel should kick their behinds out of here. But I also felt very conflicted about that. The Holy Spirit was telling me, "You need to pray for them. I love them just as much as you." And when I was obedient to that and I prayed for them and I not only prayed, I prayed that I I forgave them. I had to forgive them. That's the act of obedience here. I forgave them. And then I asked God to forgive them. Remember Jesus says, "Whatever you forgive, I will forgive." So he becomes obligated to forgive and he forgave them. And then I asked for the Holy Spirit to move in their hearts and minds. And God sent them a vision of the same man in their dreams. Over 200 Hamas men had that dream. They went to the missionary which was nearby and they said, "What does this mean?" And the missionary was able to minister to them and they were harvested. They became believers in Christ. And I am very confident that my prayer is what pushed that over the edge. So I continue to pray today in obedience because he loves them just as much as he loves me. So all those people we see in the world that we don't like, he loves them just as much as he loves me. So who is able? Are you able? Are you able to believe? Are you able to dwell in the secret place with him? Are you able to go find out? Because you are fellow heirs. You are. When Jesus was ascending from heaven, he made a pit stop. He stopped at the garden of Gethsemane or excuse me at at where the stone was rolled away where he was buried. His body was buried and Mary Magdalene was there and he stops. So he's got like billions of souls behind him and he stops and he says to her, "My father, I go to my father, your father." uh my God, your God. That is him fulfilling the fact that we are fellow airs, joint hes that before we were made a little lower than the angels, we're now equal with Jesus. And I hope you understand that. And if Jesus can walk in the power and the authority to raise people from the dead, to heal people from the sick that and to let them see and no longer be blind. Guess what? we have the access and privilege to do because we are fellow heirs. We can do that. That is our calling and we should be doing that. And what do you do? Humble yourself before the Lord. Get on your knees. Dwell in the place. Read his scriptures. Ask him. Start talking with him. Let his word come back to you as you read it because that's his communication to you. And then you ask him and he will reveal to you as he did Paul. Paul is a fellow air as well. And we're fellow airs right there with Paul. Jesus. If he can reveal a mystery to Paul, he can reveal it to us. And he can answer every single one of your questions that you have because that's who we believe in and that's who we partner with. That's who we are co-artakers with. He has all the knowledge. He's the creator. Well, that means we get to know everything. Now we don't know everything but when we come together in unity and remember that love that he has for everyone that love that we begin to show and we abide in and we let that love manifest in us then Jesus can move through us and that allows the Holy Spirit to push through and let the gifts move through us. Let us become fruitful. It it shows us the fruit. We we begin to manifest the love, joy, peace, gentleness, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance. That is the fruit. And then the gifts on above and beyond that where we get to talk to someone and and share something with them that they never told you. That's the Holy Spirit revealing something to you to get their attention. How did you know about that? That is the Holy Spirit manifesting. Amen. Let's close in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word and we bless your word. You are amazing and glorious and faithful and I thank you for your word. Lord, I pray that we hear your word that we take the action of it by humbling ourselves, getting to know the knowledge of what you have done on the cross and the rising of your from the grave, the rising of you from the grave. And we just pray that that penetrates our heart and that we actually abide in your word. We pray and ask that the gifts and the fruits of the Holy Spirit uh the fruits manifest in us and stay within us and we get to show that for the rest of our lives and that the gifts manifest so that we can minister to your body in the name of Jesus and to the souls that are lost out there right now Lord. Thank you father God in the name of Jesus we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. God bless you. I will see you in the next message. Bye-bye. Home Previous Next

UNDERSTANDING THE BOOK OF REVELATION PART 5 Equip listeners to grasp the Revelation 7–9 timeline—how the church age closes, how the first half of the Tribulation unfolds through the seven trumpets and the first two “woes,” why God’s judgments fall on “one-third” of creation, and how these events aim to drive repentance while God preserves a sealed remnant of Israel. UNDERSTANDING THE BOOK OF REVELATION PART 5 Pastor Marcos Marrero May 31, 2009 Objective: Equip listeners to grasp the Revelation 7–9 timeline—how the church age closes, how the first half of the Tribulation unfolds through the seven trumpets and the first two “woes,” why God’s judgments fall on “one-third” of creation, and how these events aim to drive repentance while God preserves a sealed remnant of Israel. Synopsis: The message opens with prayer and spiritual warfare, declaring the gathering a “no-fly zone” for the enemy. The teacher then reviews a dispensational reading of Revelation: the church age (seven churches/seals) gives way to the Rapture, after which the Holy Spirit’s church-age anointing lifts. The Laodicean-type church is portrayed as remaining to face testing. The first six seals are recapped—especially wars, deception, famine, and cosmic disturbance—framed as forces that shaped church history and culminate in a visible unveiling of Christ at the sixth seal. Matthew 24 is woven in to show parallel signs and the call for believers to “look up.” Turning to Revelation 8–9, “about half an hour” of silence in heaven is interpreted as the first 1,260 days (three and a half years) of Tribulation. Seven angels receive seven trumpets, signaling swift, concentrated judgments that mingle heaven’s fire with “the prayers of the saints” (divine recompense). The first four trumpets strike one-third of earth, sea, rivers, and heavenly lights—read as spiritual forces now driving history toward three escalating “woes.” Woe 1 (fifth trumpet): a fallen “star” (Satan) opens the abyss; demonic “locusts” torment people for five months but cannot harm those sealed by God (Israel’s remnant). This visible collision of the spiritual and physical realms is presented as severe mercy—exposing the reality of demons so that many will repent. Woe 2 (sixth trumpet): four destroying angels bound at the Euphrates are released to kill a third of humanity, accompanied by a 200-million strong, terrifying cavalry. Despite judgments, many still refuse to repent of demon-worship, violence, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft (Rev 9:20–21). The two witnesses (identified here as Enoch and Elijah) establish Temple worship and law, confront the rising Antichrist/false prophet, and are killed after 1,260 days; the world celebrates until God raises them, along with those martyred in faithful repentance. Throughout, the speaker emphasizes: God judges the Church first (escape via faithfulness to Jesus and His Word), then purifies Israel and the nations; judgments are purposeful—to reveal Christ, unmask Satan, and compel a choice. The message closes urging readiness, repentance, and reliance on the Holy Spirit to discern spiritual truth and endure faithfully. Inspired Teaching - Written and/or Transcribed from Video Above: [Music] Thank you Jesus. Hallelujah. Praise God. Praise the Lord. Father in heaven, in Jesus name, we take we take authority right now, Father God, over every principality, every power, every dominion, every spirit of wickedness, Father God, in the name of Jesus. And we bind them right now. We thank you, dear Lord Jesus, for we declare this uh service tonight a no-fly zone, Father God. uh where uh no works of the enemy can prosper, Father God. For we declare them dead tonight, Father God, we bind them so that they will not interfere with the word of God as it goes forth tonight. We thank you now that as we humble ourselves before you, Father God, come to praise and to worship you and honor your presence here tonight. Father God, we ask that you would give us ears to hear. That you would open our hearts to understand and to receive and that you would allow your word, Father God, to bring life and joy and peace into our spirit, soul, and body. Father God, to the glory of your son, Jesus, we pray. Amen. Praise God. Hallelujah. We um uh so far have gone through the first uh seven chapters of the uh book of Revelation. Today we're going to deal with the seventh chapter and then move on. But basically we said that God works through dispensations. And we said that the dispensation of grace which is the church age when Jesus came and said I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it up until the time when the church it is rapture that means that the anointing power of God which is the Holy Spirit who landed God himself landed upon the 120 uh disciples and it was manifested by tongues of fire upon their heads. that anointing will be removed at that time because we said 120 time 50 equals 6,000 or the end of the six day work weak. So basically when the church is removed the the Holy F is God is everywhere. He's not removed but the anointing that was upon the church is removed because there's a church that's going to be left the Leoa church that have to go through the through the testing. And that's how they earned their salvation. They're the ones that have Jesus on the outside in in Revelation 3:20 to the church of Leo. They say Jesus says, "I stand at the door and knock. If you open the door, I will come in." Meaning that that's the only church that doesn't have Jesus in it. And so that church has to go through the through the trials and tribulations that will be taking place uh uh during that time. But we know that the seven that the uh 2,000 years of church that we have right now were divided into seven. I I got water here, but thank you. I'll take it. I'm going to call I'll take it. The other one kind of water. Thank you. Anyway, so the that that was divided into seven and we saw that it was seven seals. In the physical revelation of the church age, God gave us seven churches. Jesus appeared to John and send the message to seven churches and you can go historically from the beginning. Uh a church that was very much on fire for God and you can follow it to where it comes to I think it's our to where it says you have a reputation of being alive but you're dead. you know the to the church history and then it comes up to the last two churches where one is is going to be taken away and the other one is going to be left. And then when we came to the spiritual side of that we saw that it was through seven seals and we saw by by the paper that we had that that the seven seals uh the first four seals were the horses. the white horse, the red horse, the black horse, the pale horse. And this symbolized the spirit or the force that was moving the church age. And we saw that through Hitler and through the wars and the different things that were going on, the one world power that was going, the spirit of Antichrist. As a matter of fact, as we move on, you will see that there's three spirits jump out of the Antichrist like three frogs. I believe that those three spirits is the spirits that that govern the world today. One is Freud as you know Sigman Freud introduced the um uh uh the psychology that affects so much today. The other one was Carl Marx who introduced to us socialism which is what's trying to unite the world today. And the um and the fourth was um and the third one was um uh Darwin with evolution. those three spirits uh uh Freud, Darwin and and and Marx are the three forces that are governing today. And you'll see those spirits come out like frogs in the middle of the of the tribulation. So we know that there are spiritual forces driving the thing. So that we found out then that uh uh the the fifth seal deals with bringing Israel back as a nation and and bringing the world as a as as a united uh world, the new world order, which is what they're talking today. And when the sixth seal was open, we know that that involves a war that will take place on 1/4th of the earth. And that's the Middle East. And this will be an army that comes from the north who many believe is Russia with with uh Bethtomga, that's where Turkey is today and Persia, that's where Iran is today. And he names the people that come and it will invade Israel. And God is going to use that opportunity to show himself holy. In other words, right now, everybody has a different God. When this sixth seal takes place, the physical realm that we live in is going to be tore open. It's like a scroll. The sky is going to rolled up. See, those say they didn't have books like we do. They had uh uh scrolls that were rolled and you open it to read it. But if you let it go, it it rolled up again. He says that's what the sky is going to do. The sky is going to rolled up and then all of a sudden we're going to see Jesus. We're going to see God. Everybody in the whole world is going to see it. And then that's when the wrath of God is about to begin. So there is a conjunction. Then the first three chapters one, two, and three give us the physical history of the church age. Uh verses four, chapters four, five and six give us a spiritual version of it. And then on chapter 7, we have a coming together. A coming together. Now, last week I kind of make a made a parenthesis in the fact that we had to deal with in Matthew 24 Jesus says no one knows the day nor the hour. And the thing is if we see that Russia or some power from the north is invading Israel and that Israel is about to fall, you know, then we know that Jesus is about to come. And that's what he said. Jesus told the disciples when he gave him all of the sign. He said, "When you see these things begin to happen, look out. This is not the time." What what did he say when we open the sixth seal? He says, "Men hid to the caves and into the rocks." And he said, "Hide us from the wrath of him who's coming." Jesus says the opposite for us Christian when we see those things begin to take place. He says, "Look out for your redemption is getting very, very close to the word to know." And so I told you and we got ahead a little bit of ourselves last week that when Jesus says no one knows the day nor the hour, he's talking about the middle of the wrath of God, the middle of the seven years. And we're probably going to get into that next week in great detail. But let's pick it up now. And if you have the book, we'll be on page um 35. And uh at the bottom of the page, Matthew 24, chapters 40 and 41. And this is in the middle. Jesus is giving us at the beginning of Matthew 24. The disciple asked him, when is going to be the end of the age? What is going to be the sign that you're coming? So Jesus goes through a great list of things that will take place. He said, "Be careful that no one deceive you." That's a white horse. He says because many antichrist will come and say I am he and they will deceive many. Then he says there will be wars and rumors of war. That's the second horse. And they said will be famines and and and all kinds of uh economic things. He says that's not the end yet. And then when the when the fourth comes in that's when you say when the son of man come to come the lightning that flashes from the east goes to the west. I don't know if you ever had a lot of lightning storms every every summer and when a real big lightning falls close to where you are and you see it not just far. It's almost like the light in a lightning is so bright. It's almost like a crack appear in the middle of reality and you can see through the other side. I don't know if you ever felt that when I seen lightning real close. That's what it looked like. And that's what it is. the the the spiritual realm where God is is so bright that it when that happen, it's going to be like a crack that opens. And that's what Jesus says. Before I come, it's going to be like lightning. It's going to flash from the east to the west and boom, the sky is going to roll up like a scroll and you're going to see the bright light. And the people who love darkness are going to be fleeing to the caves and going to be scared thinking the end of the world is there. But for us who believe, we're going to be rejoicing because we know that our salvation is very near. So that's why I dealt with that day known only to the Lord. That when he said there's a day that is known only to the Lord, that is in the middle of the seven years, the wrath of God, when God kind of brings all of the clocks together. We just have our first conjunction of the clock. We had the 144th generation from Adam to us. I believe the 144th generation was born when Israel was born as a nation. And they call the generation today the baby boomer generation. I mean it even had one of the few generations that was named, you know, the the the baby boomer generation. That's that's I believe that's the last generation. The Bible says that Jesus is going to come before that generation ends. If it's 1947 or 1948, that takes you to 2017 or 2018. So that means the seven years had to take place before that because the seven years happened. That means 2010 is as far as we can go. If if this is the case, that that's how close we are, guys. That's how close I believe we are, you know. Yeah, that's how close we are. I believe that we're not close because if that last generation is the generation that was born when Israel was born, those seven years have to take place because the seven years include all of the events that Jesus says is going to take place. And those he says this generation shall not pass away until all of those events pass. Those events are going to pass transpire through the seven-year period. That means that the seven year have to start no later than 2010. Now might interest some of you that the Mayan calendar uh that was there in Mexico and in Peru that they found they calculated that the end of the world will be in 2017 and they have a snake that's called or whatever the snake supposed to come on on on se no on December 24th of 2011. They figure that this snake is going to come from the sky. You know it says in Revelation chapter 13 there was a a a dragon in the sky and his tail drew a tear of the stars. These people knew this back then. You see these are spiritual things and those people were deep into the spiritual things except they were into the dark part of the spiritual things. But now let's begin. If you got the books page 35 or go to Matthew 24 verse 40 and 41. And this is the rapture. He says, "Then two men will be in the field." No, this is this is the middle of the tribulation. The two then two men will be in the field. One will be taken and the other one left. Two women will be grinding at the meal. One will be taken and the other one left. And and then uh and then it says that it will be a day that is truly a day known only to the Lord. Now what is happening there is uh during the middle of the tribulation everybody will be killed by what we're going to be beginning to study today. Everybody that's on the earth one-third of the earth is going to be killed. So if the Jews are going to inherited a physical land and are going to have physical bodies because when we're resurrected our bodies are changed. Jesus says that in the resurrection we will have bodies like the angels who neither marry nor are given in marriage. I mean when we get our new bodies we're not going to have husbands wife. Jesus is the husband. He's is our Lord and all of us belong to him. So we're not going to be able to reproduce. So basically God has to keep some Jewish people that will be able to reproduce. Now, amazingly enough, only God knows our genetic makeup. And when it says there that one will be taken and one will be left, this is the Assa. That's what the day of the Lord was about. That's what the day of atonement was about. When you brought the two goats, you cast lots. One was led into the wilderness and one was taken to the slaughter. That mean you if you're a Jew, because that's for the Jews. If you're a Jew and you're married and either you, the husband or the wife, don't have the right genes, when the day of atonement comes, one of them will be killed. The other one will be spared to go into the wilderness. And then they're the ones that are going to be taken into the the caves and they're going to reproduce after the seven years so that God will have a physical inheritance. This is why you see that at the end of the thousand years, Satan is loosened. He had to be loosened because none of those people has ever faced temptation because Satan is bound with a great chain and is throwing into into the great pit. So I just wanted to conclude that from last week which took us ahead but just to to bring it down uh to that a scripture that I failed to use last week also is Jeremiah 33 2021 which is on page 36 and the Lord says thus sayeth the Lord if you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night so that there will be not so that there will not be a day and a night in their in my season in their season. Then my covenant may also be broken with David, my servant, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne and with the Levites, the priest, my minister. Notice how in Jeremiah, God says, I have a covenant with the day and with the night. That means God has a covenant where the sun has to go up and down or, you know, we see that it's going up and down, but where the earth has to go around. God says that covenant he made with David and he told David as long as day time and night time comes you will have a king to fall an anointed person to rule over you. You know many this is where the the uh uh many people believe that Jeremiah went wound up in in England. This is why so many of them are named Jeremy. And some people say that the stone that was underneath the the the throne back then is on the underneath the throne of England. There's all kinds of things that you can follow. But I believe the church today sits on the throne of David. And as soon as the throne of David is removed, uh the church is removed because if you look in Revelation chapter three when the Philadelphia church says, "I will open uh he will have the key of David and he will open that which cannot whatever he opens nobody can close and whatever he closes nobody can open." The key of David means the anointing that was upon David or upon Israel that's the anointing that is in the church. When the church is removed, that anointing is visited upon the Jews, 144,000 of them. But they rebel. Believe it or not, Israel rebels in the middle of the tribulation. As as they rebel, what happens is they will cease to have. See, when the antichrist takes over, they will not be one single entity on the earth to represent God's businesses here on earth. Right now, the church, the true church represent God's businesses. Israel represented it before that. Israel is going to represent it for the first 1260 days that we're going to cover now. But when they rebel and they are all killed and only a remnant is taken away and they're hidden some place, they will not be an agency on the earth that has to kill David. That's when the antichrist actually rises up and takes over. This is why the Bible says that during that time and if you got the book I got all of the scriptures there you can read it that then an angel from heaven comes and proclaimed the everlasting gospel. The gospel then has to be proclaimed by an angelic agency during that time. And you know what the angel says? If you accept the mark of the beast you'll go to hell forever and you will be beheaded for not accepting it. So I'm just kind of giving you a background of where we're getting into because this is a little bit more deeper. Now, what we're going to do, we're going to go to the uh the page 37. And if you got your book, we're going to go to Revelation chapter 8, verse one. If you want to follow through the Bible, this is what happens after the rapture. We are taken away. There was a war in Israel. Uh all of the sudden, as Israel is being surrounded by armies, the armies are surrounding Jerusalem. Jesus intervene when the sixth seal is open there's a great earthquake all of the foundations of the mountains all over the world will be moved the mean here in California all of those uh uh uh base of the mountains are all going to be shaken it says every wall is going to fall and then the sky is going to recede everybody's going to know that Jesus is coming as we're taken away now begins a period of time which is 1,260 days or the first half of the seven years. And God is going to concentrate his efforts or his focus on this first half is going to be Israel because he takes Israel and anoints them and the two witnesses that come who is uh Enoch and Elijah are going to establish the law and temple worship during that time and they're going to tell the world you have to fulfill the law. You have to live by the law. And it says that during that 1,260 days, any nation who does not follow the law that they laid down, rain is not going to come upon them. There's going to be famine. There's going to be all kinds of things. So now the law is given. Now, let's look at the spiritual side of the first 1,260 days after we're gone. Revelation 8:1. And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of a half an hour. Now if you remember you have the four which produce the two and the seventh always is the one that connects you into the next realm. Like when you have innocent conscience, human government promise out of those four things comes Israel and the church. And when Israel and the church combine comes the kingdom age. Then on the church age we had the white horse, the red horse, the black horse, the pale horse. Then we had the souls under the altar. We had the wrath of the lamb. And then when the church is raptured, that leads us into the seven years wrath of God. Now we're going to see the same principle over here. If you have this is the first, the second, the third, and the fourth trumpets that are going to be taking place. Now notice that it says about the space of a half an hour. Now what God is going to do here, he's already judged the church. How were we judged? If you kept his word and if you believe on the deity of Jesus, you're gone. He says, "Because you have kept my word and you have not deny my name, I will keep you from the hour." Listen to what Jesus says. The scripture is there. It this in Revelation chapter 3:10. Because you have kept my command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world to test those who dwell in the world. So the judgment of God begins with the church. You believe his word, you keep his name, he's going to keep you from the hour that's coming to test it. The church le say those believe the word, they get left. So that is the judgment of the church. One of them is gets gone. One gets left behind. Now we begin the judgment of Israel. Before you can judge Israel, you have to put him back in charge. Anointing. So 144,000 of them are are anointed. This is done through the two witnesses. to step when the cloud is open out of heaven. They send these two witnesses who have never died who were taken up to heaven and have to come to earth to die because the Bible says it is appointed of men once to die. Then comes the judgment since Elijah never died and see it cannot be Moses. Moses died and was buried. If Moses died twice, dying twice is the second death. That's them for eternity. You don't want to die a second time. You just want to die the natural death and that's it. And we're already dead in Christ. So we don't even die. The Bible says absent from the body, present with the Lord. Our body may die, but we just go straight up to heaven. So the idea here is now that God is going to deal with Israel and he's going to deal with him in this hour. Remember this hour uh I think it's in in Isaiah says, "For the day of the Lord is the year of retribution." That's 365 Sabbath. Jesus called this period of time the hour. He says that uh in in Revelation 3:10, I will keep you from the hour of trial. The fact that it says in Revelation chapter 81, there was in silence in heaven for about half an hour, meanings that we're going to be dealing with the first half of the seven-year period. So everything you see here now is going to is what's going to happen from day one when we get taken out to 1,260 days which is by the way three and a half years. Three and a half years. This is what's going to happen. Okay. And uh Revelation 8 2 through 6. And I saw seven angels who stand before God. And to them were given seven trumpets. Then another angel having a golden sensor came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense that he should offer it with the prayers of all of the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense with the prayers of the saint ascended before God from the angel's hand. Then the angel took the sensor filled it with a fire from the earth the altar and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightning, and an earthquake. So the seven angels who had the seven trumpers prepared themselves to sound. Here we see if if you remember when the fifth seal was open in Revelation chapter 6, when the fifth seal was open, he says, "I saw the souls under the altar of those who have been slaughtered for the sake uh of the word." He doesn't call them Christian. I believe that these are the Jews and the many people who believe the word but they were not Christian. And he saw them dressed in white. They were given harps and they asked God, "How long before you judge the world for what they did to us? How long before you judge Hitler and before you judge Staling and before you judge all of this tyrant that's been killing us and killing us and killing us and raping our children and killing our How long? Now notice that it says there that as the seventh seal is open in heaven, we see that there's lightnings and thunders and an angel takes like a some kind of a bowl or something. He the fire that's burning out of the altar of God. He fills it with that puts incense. Incense is like prayer. You know incense is a powder. You throw it in the fire and it goes up and the incense is mixed with the prayers of the saints. This is payback time, baby. That's what that mean. This is payback time. Every soul that got in heaven, every person got resurrected in heaven that was mistreated, that was beaten, that was whoever it was that did it. This is where nations are going to be judged. Nations, you know, when the Jews were were were being slaughtered, many nations did not want them. Cuba, they they had a big ship full of Jews and they turned him back. I believe that's why we had had 50 years of Fidel Castro, the mystery we had, you know, and this is how it's been. nations are going to be judged by how they treated not only Jews but the Christians who are now in heaven are saying to God yeah that guy over there he he killed 150,000 of us this is time so when this fire is released the prayers of the saint that's saying how long before you judge it is make and is throwing down onto the earth and it comes in the form of seven trumpets now the seals the first four seals where in the form of a horse that gallops and gallops and gallop takes forever. A trumpet is this is fast. This is not going to take a long time to take place. When the trumpet blows, this thing is going to begin. And so it it it as a reference you can look at Deuteronomy 32 34 and 35 where God says, "Is this not laid up in store with me? Seal upon my treasures. Vengeance is mine and recompense. Their foot shall slip in due time. For the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things to come hasten upon them." So this is the beginning now of the judgment of God upon the world. Now Revelation 8:7 says the first angel that's on next page 39 says the first angel sounded and hail and fire followed mingled with blood and they were thrown to the earth and a third of the trees were burned up and all green grass was burned up. Now I want you to see the symbolism here. During the third seal he says 14th 1/4 you need to understand four is a number for the physical creation. You have east, west, north and south square. Everything is square. You saw the four angels holding back the four winds on the corners of the earth. This is speaking about a judgment that was man against man. This is why Israel was invaded. Now we're coming to spiritual judgment. That's what number three is. Number three is the number of the spirit. God the father, God the son, God the holy spirit. So you see that the judgments here are based on onethird one-third of the trees. In in Revelation 8:7 it says, "And a third of the trees were burned out." Revelation 8:9, the second angel sounded like a great mountain burning with fire. A turn of the living a third of the living creatures in the sea died. Revelation 8:10 and 11. A third of the waters became warm wood and many men died from the water because he was made bitter. And the fourth trumpet and the fourth angel sounded. This is Revelation 8:12. And a third of the sun was struck and a third of the moon and a third of the stars. So a third of them were darkness and a third of the day did not shine likewise the night. So the night. So what we see here now is a spiritual judgment. First there was a physical judgment. The churches were judged in the physical. Whether we kept the word of God, whether we believe that Jesus is the son of God, whether we believe that the word of God is a real uh uh that the Bible is a real word of God. We deny we did not denied his name and we kept his word. And then there was a physical army, man against man. That was the first judgment or the end of the church age was the war, man versus man. People who hate the people of God. Did you know I was reading I just got my thing from the uh the Assemblies of God International. They send uh every three months they send the magazine. The most popular books that are out right now, three or four books, are all about atheists spouting their hate towards the children of God, towards the word of God. There's so much demand for the books that they're writing. They're having to do printings and printing and printing after that. This is spiritual sign that we're on the end time. Tremendous hate. Why? Because they're demonic. The stronger the demons in them, the more they hate the word of God, the more they hate the people of God. But here in this realm that we're starting right now, it is a spiritual versus the physical. One-third of the trees, one-third of the sea, one-third of the earth, one-third of the skies, the sun, the moon, and the star. What that means now, there's going to be a conflict or war between humans and spirits. And this is what we need to see. these four forces that you see. And remember, you have to keep in mind that these four things are like spirits or forces that are released. And those four things are the the power behind the 1,260 days. These three and a half years are going to be driven by spirits behind the earth, behind the rivers, behind the sea, and behind the stars. This force is going to drive everything to what is called three walls. And let's go to the next trumpet. And now you you'll see it how it makes sense. Revelation 8:13. And I look and I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven. There is an angel now. This is spiritual. saying with a loud voice, "Woe, wo, wo to the inhabitants of the earth because of the remaining blast of the trump of the three trumpets or of the three angels that have the trumpet that are about to sound." These three wolves are the consequences of these four forces that were unleashed. They were unleashed upon the earth. Now remember for those of you that were here when we just finished our supernatural lesson in the supernatural realm, what did we dealt with? We dealt with the sea saying that's where the seed of Satan is. Then we dealt with the air. That's where the wicked spirit is where the principalities rule from. Then we dealt with the creeping things and we dealt with the cattle. Here's the same thing. This is the whole sphere uh spiritual fear where all these four different levels of demonic Christians are is going to be judged. There is a judgment that is taking place and it will happen when when the fifth when the sixth trumpets blow. Why? Because we saw that we we've been following that principle. The four horsemen were the fourth. Then when the fifth seal was open, we saw Israel being judged so that Israel could come back into the land. When the sixth seal is open, we see the church being judged. One gets left, one gets taken up. And then when we saw the seventh seal open up, that's what led us into the rapture. And that's what leds us into the beginning of the seven years of God's wrath. Now, let's go to the first wall. Revelation 9 verses 1-6. Then the fifth angel sounded and I saw a star falling from heaven to the earth. Now remember star represents spiritual things. In Revelation chapter one at the end of the chapter says here's the mystery of the stars and of the seven lampson. He says the stars are the pastors or the messengers or the force behind the church. The seven lampson represent the church. So here's the spirit. That's what it mean. the first spirit falls down. He says, "And when the fifth angel sounded the trumpet, I saw a star falling from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit, and he opened the bottomless pit." Now, how many of you know who this is? This is Satan. Jesus said, "I saw Satan fall down from heaven like lightning." This is Satan. Why? Because right now the third heaven is where Jesus and God are. This is when Jesus in the Lord's prayer says, "Our father who are in heaven, uh, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." That heaven is the third heaven where God is, his will is done perfectly there. The second heaven, however, where Satan is, his will is not being done there. That's the real of Satan. What is called now the underworld. When Jesus comes, we are not taken to heaven. If you listen carefully, he says that Jesus is going to come to the clouds and that we're going to rise up to the clouds to meet the Lord where on the air. Where is Satan? The prince of what? He is the prince of the power of the air. Satan is on this in between the third heaven and earth right now. When Jesus comes in from the rapture, guess who he kicks out? Satan. Guess where he kicks him out from? The second heaven. And guess who he kicks out with him? All of the demons that are with him right now. So actually at the end of the church age, the second heaven is restored like it was originally. See, that's where Adam lived. Even though Adam was on the earth, it says that at the cool of the evening, they went, Adam and Eve went to fellowship with God. Where? In this in between, God would come down from it's like you having a house and having a garden. God lives in the house. They lived in the in in the outside and they met in the garden with God. The garden is a meeting place. That's where we're going to go. We're never going to go to heaven. People don't understand that. We don't uh if we die now, our spirit, we go to heaven. But during the rapture, if we're alive when the rapture takes place, we're not going to heaven. We're going to the air. That's where Jesus is coming to the clouds to be of the air. And we're going to be with him there forever. The Bible says and then Jesus during the seven years is going to purify the earth. And at the end of seven years, he going to come down to where? To the earth because this is our real. We're physic Home Previous Next

OPERATING IN THE MOTIVATIONAL GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT The objective of this lesson is to help believers understand the motivational gifts as a divine calling empowered by love and the Holy Spirit. Through Scripture, this lesson will reveal how the gifts of the spirit flows from a pure heart, guided by the fruit of the Spirit, and distinguished from fleshly or self-driven knowledge. Believers will learn to discern between being inspired by the Spirit of God and that which is motivated by pride or worldly intellect, growing in wisdom to receive and share the Word of God in love. OPERATING IN THE MOTIVATIONAL GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT Minister Lisa Kane October 15, 2025 Objective: The objective of this lesson is to help believers understand the motivational gifts as a divine calling empowered by love and the Holy Spirit. Through Scripture, this lesson will reveal how the gifts of the spirit flows from a pure heart, guided by the fruit of the Spirit, and distinguished from fleshly or self-driven knowledge. Believers will learn to discern between being inspired by the Spirit of God and that which is motivated by pride or worldly intellect, growing in wisdom to receive and share the Word of God in love. Synopsis: This lesson examines the motivational gifts as described by the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 12:28-31. It emphasizes that these gifts must be rooted in love—the “more excellent way” introduced in 1 Corinthians 13—for without love, even knowledge becomes empty noise. Minister Lisa Kane guides believers to discern whether someone or something is led by the Holy Spirit or by the flesh, using 1 Timothy 1:3-7 and Galatians 5:22-25 to contrast being born of love or driven by arrogance or self-interest. By exploring Scriptures such as 1 Corinthians 2:10-16 and 2 Timothy 3:14-17, this message reveals that walking in the motivational gifts brings godly edification, produces spiritual fruit, and equips believers for every good work. Through the Spirit, these gifts illuminate the deep things of God, leading others beyond intellectual understanding into revelation knowledge. The lesson concludes by showing that when believers walk in the Spirit—manifesting love, joy, peace, patience, and gentleness—their presence becomes a vessel through which others are inspired to live, learn, and walk in the Spirit as well. Inspired Teaching - Written and/or Transcribed from Video Above: 1 Corinthians 12:28-31 NKJV 28 And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But earnestly desire the [i]best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way. Paul didn’t stop there. If you continue into 1 Corinthians 13, you will see what is needed to work in these motivational gifts. Remember, chapters and verses weren’t there when Paul originally wrote these epistles. 1 Corinthians 13:1-2 NKJV Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:13 NKJV 13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. If you are not operating in love, these gifts won’t manifest out of you or they may manifest into false doctrine. 1 Timothy 1:3-7 NKJV 3 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia—remain in Ephesus that you may [a]charge some that they teach no other doctrine, 4 nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith. 5 Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from [b]sincere faith, 6 from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk, 7 desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm. ‘Which causes disputes’: I know many of you know that there are many theologians out there that teach something and use that teaching to point out that someone is not teaching it correctly. That’s pretty arrogant of them, which isn’t love. It’s self-driven motivation. John 14:25-26 NKJV 25 “These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. 26 But the [g]Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. How many theologians currently discuss end time prophecy or when the rapture will happen ‘pointing out’ that someone has it wrong? That’s not teaching through love or any of the fruit of the spirit. Let’s read and remind ourselves what that fruit is: Galatians 5:22-25 NKJV 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 [g]gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. We need to manifest this fruit in order for people to see us walking in the spirit because you can’t see the spirit but you can see these fruit in action. This leads to the difference in teaching between the law / flesh or in the spirit. 1 Timothy 1:8-11 NKJV 8 But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, 9 knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is [c]contrary to sound doctrine, 11 according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust. Notice the difference. The law does not apply to someone who is righteous. A righteous person already knows what is right and has chosen to walk that way. Whereas, a person who hasn’t made that decision yet, will be contrary and not in the spirit. We the audience, need to hear the Word of God through the spirit and discern if the teacher is teaching through love or not. 1 Corinthians 2:10-16 NKJV 10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. 13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the [d]Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. 16 For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ. Paul separates the two here in 1 Corinthians chapter 2. When we’re taught the Word of God through love, the holy spirit moves in our hearts and minds to understand the wisdom of God and not the wisdom of the world. Imagine if the doctor tells you there is something wrong with you. What do you do? It seems normal to ask the doctor questions, to obtain a second opinion, to take the medication they give you, but know this, that medicine will only take care of the symptoms not the root cause. But there is a choice here. You can choose to follow the doctors advice or you can go to God and tell Him that they’re telling you this false information but that you don’t accept it. You choose to walk in the spirit when you take this declaration before the Lord. How do you learn this? Through teachers teaching in love the Word of God so that you know the spirit of God. And you can measure this by identifying whether the teacher has the fruit of the spirit in him or her. 2 Timothy 3:14-17 NKJV 14 But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for [c]instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. The teacher should be edifying and sharing the Word of God through love…so that you are inspired of God, profitable in biblical doctrine, not man’s doctrine, and walk in righteousness. This will make you complete. Since this is measurable, let’s look at what is not of the spirit so that we can make a distinct difference. Galatians 5:16-21 NKJV 16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: [d]adultery, [e]fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, [f]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. The main thing to notice about this list is that each of these are self-desired, driven. Now, we can see a distinct difference between walking in the soul, influenced by the flesh verses walking in the spirit. The soul is where we have our thoughts and feelings. It’s who we are, and we measure by what we allow ourselves to be influenced by. For example, our experiences as we grew influences. A person who grew up without a parent will have a different view of God then a person who grew up with both parents. Psalm 139:13-16 NKJV 13 For You formed my inward parts; You [f]covered me in my mother’s womb. 14 I will praise You, for [g]I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. 15 My [h]frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. Here, we can see our soul created and that our flesh grows around that soul. God wrote a book about us before even our parents named us because He already saw the soul. As we grew, we allowed the flesh to influence our soul, desires. Our flesh told us when we’re hungry, when we need to sleep, when we go to the bathroom, etc. But the moment we confess Jesus as Lord, we become a believer and our spirit is born again. Romans 10:9 NKJV 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 1 John 1:9 NKJV 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 Timothy 6:11-12 NKJV 11 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. John 3:3-8 NKJV 3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born [a]again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” So, by walking in the spirit, we can teach, or use the motivational gifts to motivate and inspire those around us to walk in the spirit too. We can use these visual aids, the fruit of the spirit to see the spirit move in those we listen to and for ourselves to operate in the motivational gifts. Home Previous Next

UNDERSTANDING THE BOOK OF REVELATION PART 4 Equip listeners to understand Revelation 6–7 as the convergence point of God’s “physical” and “spiritual” timelines—clarifying the roles of the seals, the rapture, Israel’s sealing (144,000), and Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 24—so they can watch, persevere, and minister with confidence as end-time signs intensify. UNDERSTANDING THE BOOK OF REVELATION PART 4 Pastor Marcos Marrero May 24, 2009 Objective: Equip listeners to understand Revelation 6–7 as the convergence point of God’s “physical” and “spiritual” timelines—clarifying the roles of the seals, the rapture, Israel’s sealing (144,000), and Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 24—so they can watch, persevere, and minister with confidence as end-time signs intensify. Synopsis: Opening prayer & posture: A call to lay aside tradition and flesh, receive “rivers of living water,” and be strengthened for spiritual battle. Twofold structure of Revelation: Chapters 1–3 present the physical, linear church age (seven churches); chapters 4–6 unveil the spiritual dynamics behind that history (throne, Lamb, seals). Four horsemen as four forces: Antichrist deception, war, economic upheaval, and death operate to bring Israel (law) and the Church (grace) back into the same prophetic moment, culminating in Revelation 6. Fifth & sixth seals: The fifth seal highlights sacrificial witnesses (“under the altar”); the sixth seal pulls back the sky—heaven and earth meet, signaling imminent divine wrath and triggering end-time transitions. Transfer of anointing & the 144,000 (Rev 7:1–8): Before wrath falls, an angel “from the east” halts judgment; the Church is removed (Philadelphia kept from the hour of trial) and Israel is sealed (12,000 from each tribe) to carry the covenant witness. Great multitude (Rev 7:9–17): An innumerable company from every nation, tribe, people, and language appears before the throne—identified as those coming out of many tribulations who washed their robes in the Lamb’s blood (the raptured Church across the ages). Clocks and convergences: Physical clock: Six thousand years (six “days”) leading to the millennial Sabbath; 144 generations picture completion. Spiritual clock: 120 Jubilees (Noah motif) also converge near the end; both clocks meet at the sixth seal. Tribulation vs. wrath: Tribulation = persecution by men throughout the church age; wrath = God’s seven-year judgment. Confusing these leads to timing errors about the rapture. “No one knows the day or hour” (Mt 24): Read in context of the midpoint events (abomination of desolation). As in Noah’s day, God revealed the year and even a seven-day window; Zechariah 14 suggests a unique day when normal time is suspended to allow Israel’s flight on a Sabbath/winter. Midpoint details & flight: After the two witnesses’ 1,260 days, their death/resurrection coincides with Israel’s flight to refuge (Azal/“scapegoat” imagery from the Day of Atonement). God preserves a remnant for 1,290 days while others seal their testimony in martyrdom. Pastoral charge: Do not neglect Revelation or end-time preaching. Watch the signs (globalism, Israel, wars, upheavals), stay sober and ready, and lead others to Christ with boldness when the world is shaken—rejoicing at His appearing. Inspired Teaching - Written and/or Transcribed from Video Above: Indeed, Father in heaven, we ask that you grant us now ears to hear and a heart to understand, Father God. And I uh submit myself now, Father God, to the leading of the Holy Spirit. And I pray that I myself may have ears to hear, a heart to understand, and a mouth to speak the revelation that the Holy Spirit will want to bring to us tonight. Father uh in heaven in Jesus name. I agree with Fred as we bind the enemy right now. Father God as we declare the anointing of God in this place from above, beneath all around us, within us and through us, Father God, that the rivers of living waters that are attached to us through the Holy Spirit that is within us may be loose open today, Father God. Let all of the hindrances, all of the resistance, all of the failures, all of the garbage of the past, let it be washed away by the rivers of living waters, Father God. We don't want religion. We don't want no dead men's tradition. We don't want nothing, Father God, that has to do with the flesh of the world. We pant, Father God, for the rivers of living waters that flow from the heaven above, the door that Jesus has opened for us by writing our names in heaven. We come, Father God, and we thirst. And like Zechariah says that in the day of the latter rains, ask the Lord for rain. We ask for the rain now, Father God. In this day of the latter rain that we may be fed, nourished, and Father God, strengthened for the battle that lies ahead in Jesus name, we thank you, Lord. Amen. Amen. Praise God. Hallelujah. I'm ready to fight. I'm ready to fight. Praise God. Hallelujah. We um uh concluded uh last week and that um um the sixth seal and of course as we have been studying I said that the the first three chapters of the book of revelation chapter 1 2 and three gives us the physical timeline of the church age from the time that it was born to the time that it will be taken away. the Philadelphia church will be taken away, but the uh Leodysa church will have to go through the time of testing that's coming to test the entire world. And so that is a lineal and you can follow it from the letter to the the first church all the way to to the letters of the seven churches. And then I made the point that chapters four, five, and six are now the spiritual revelation of the same events that were given to us during the church age. And then I show by using this paper how the spiritual timelines work. And we see here that um in the whole seven years that God created uh I mean 7,000 years from Adam until the this present physical realm that we know of is done away with when the new Jerusalem comes down from heaven and God comes to dwell with us. uh that there are seven dispensation and we saw that innocent, conscience, human government and promise are the four forces that drive the whole of humanity. So when God enter into the covenant which was the promise that he gave to Abraham out of Abraham came two uh dispensations. One was the law or Israel came through Moses and it was given to Israel and grace the church which God made it through the known through the apostles and especially through Paul as he brought it to us. Now out of the Israel and the church when they two come together out of that time we're going to go into the kingdom age or entering into the rest seventh always means completion or rest. So we also notice that the first part of it deals with the whole 7-year period, the the condition of man, how God had to intervene by giving him a promise and then God introduced the law, his grace and from there to those who respond, we go to the kingdom age. Now the church age was given to us as a seven because God in in God's uh timing seven means a completion of something. God divides things into seven like the week. We have Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and then Sabbath the the seventh, that's when it rests, and then there's a new cycle. It begins again. So, we saw that we were given a message to seven churches. In chapters two and three, we have a physical revelation of the church age. So, since it's physical, it follows one, two, three, four, five, six, and seven because that's how we understand. But in the spiritual realm, following the the way that God does the seven, we can see that when we got to Revelation chapter 6, that God introduced four horses, a white horse, a red horse, a black horse, and a pale horse. And that symbolized the four spirits or the four winds or the four forces that are at work. And what are these forces working for in the spiritual realm? They are working to number one bring Israel which is represented by the law back as a nation and to bring the church which is the grace of God back into the same time to bring them together once again. See the church was born out of Israel. It were all all the apostles were uh Jews who were preaching the gospel. Jesus elected all 12 of them. And so then there was a separation to where the the Jews and were scattered. And so all of these forces have been working together to bring the church back. When John wrote the book of Revelation, Israel had already been out of the land for at least 30 or 40 years because it was in 60 AD that Titus invaded Jerusalem and destroyed the temple, destroyed everything. uh John wrote it probably 90 to 95 AD. So that was 35 years later when John is given this revelation. And so these four horsemen which is the antichrist wars one world economy and then one war that is going to involve oneth of the earth right around where Israel is at. Out of that is going to come two things. Number one, the souls that are under the altar. And we said that the uh under the altar is the blood and the ashes. When you brought a sacrifice, they had an altar. They had a a a a grill on the altar. They brought the sacrifice alive. They slaughter it. The blood ran down and then they burned it. If it was a burnt offering, the whole carcass of the animal was burned. So the ashes went down. So the term under the altar means something that was sacrificed to God completely and it was burned to ashes. Now we know that the Jews what they went through in in in in Europe was called a holocaust. Holocaust means burnt offering. Read the Spanish Bible and you see it. The word that they use for for burnt offering right here is holocaust. Holocaust mean to be burnt. And the reason why they call it the Holocaust is because Hitler burned most of the Jews. Their bodies had to be burned. How do you dispose of six million people? I mean that is that is hard to do. So they bury they had huge masses of of grave but it's too many. So they would burn them. So we see that out of these four horses the antichrist war this came out. And and so we see that because of at the end of World War II, Israel was born as a nation. So Israel was brought into the scene. And then we we saw that in Revelation chap uh I mean on Revelation chapter 6 when the uh fifth seal was open. Then when the sixth seal is open, which has not happened yet, we see that all of a sudden the skies roll back and now we have the spiritual and the physical in the same realm. There's no more wall or sky as where it says the sky receded as a scroll and everybody on the earth now we know that the earth is round and if we're here you go all the way to the other side of the earth there's people there when the sky rolls back it rolls back as much here as it does in China why because this is spiritual that's the spiritual realm so everybody wherever you happen to be on the earth you get to see that the lamb of god the wrath of god and the and the and the wrath of the lamb as it says when the sixth seal is open is ready to take place. And so we, this is what we see here. The wrath of the lamb happens on the sixth seal. And when we get to the uh uh first half of the wrath of God, which is uh uh 1,240, you see the same example. You see that one/ird of the earth, one-third of the sea, one-third of the rivers, one-third of the sun, moon, and stars. And then you see that the result of that is for the first five months tormenting demons are released. God allows all of the demons that are in hell to coexist with the humans here on the earth. And you say, "Well, why would God do that?" Because you tell people about hell, they don't believe it. And people died right now went up to hell and they want to come back and at least warn their families. That's what Jesus told us about Lazarus. Said, "Let me go warn my brothers and sisters." Well, see these people have refused to believe the gospel that has been preached to the whole world. So what God does is for five months he does not allow anybody to die. Nobody can die for five month. Imagine that. You can have somebody that gets beheaded. And I can imagine the the the head can actually still see and guide the body to pick crap and maybe hold it back up in there or something. You can't die. It says that it says and I'm I believe literal as much as I can on the word of God. It says that for five months nobody can die. And what happens is during those five months the demons, all of the demons of hell are released and torment everybody in the earth for five months. It says they tells you what they look like. They got long hair like woman, teeth like lion. And it says they have tails like scorpion. And when they sting you, it's like when a scorpion stings person. This is going to take place for five months. Then at the end of five months which is the uh uh uh uh the sixth trumpet or world two then four destroying angels are released and then everybody now that has repented and that says okay Lord I I know the hell is real I I believe I repent then their death will allow them to enter now into the rest of God. So these angels will come in and kill onethird of all of the humans are on the earth. This is how many people are going to believe. So we see the same principle whether you see it in the 7,000 year period of human history or whether you see it in the 2,000 year of the church you see the seven whether you see it on the 1260 days of the first week of re uh first half of the wrath of God you see it. So this is a spiritual principle which if we understand will help us to understand how things work. So here we have the first three chapters give us the literal or the physical revelation of the church age. We can go through history and we can see it. We can see that in the spirit realm. Chapter 4 showed us heaven before Jesus became flesh. Chapter 5 showed us the word of God coming flesh becoming a man then being worshiped and a and a claimed by everybody in heaven. Then he has now authority to open the seven seals. And as he unleashes the seven seals, we see that he's working on the church age. Now when the sixth seal was open, all of a sudden the sky was removed and now you have the spiritual world that we cannot see now and the physical world that we're in collide at one time. It all becomes one. So this is where we're going to start. If you have the book, we're going to start at page u um was it 29? I said 28. Page 28. This is uh the rapture of the church. And we're going to go to Revelation 7. And we're going to read verses 1-4. If you have your Bible, Revelation is the last book. And it says, beginning on verse one of Revelation chapter 7, after these things, I saw four angels. Now after these things meaning after the six seal was open and everybody saw that the throne of God and everybody saw the lamb and everybody was hiding in the bomb shelters and and told the rocks fall on us and hide us from the wrath of of God and of the lamb which is about to take place. So all of a sudden in Revelation 5:1 it says that four angels were standing at the four corners of the earth holding the four winds of the earth. Now what are the fourth wind? what I just show you in the paper, the the first seal, the second seal, the third seal, the fourth seal, the four horsemen of the apocalypse are like four winds or four influence or four forces that are at work to bring what this time when heaven and earth meet. Now, heaven and earth just met the skies were re uh receded. The judgment of God is about to happen. And then all of a sudden, an angel comes in from the east. He says uh uh after these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth holding the four winds of the earth that the wind should not blow on the earth on the sea or on any three. Then I saw another angel ascending from the east having the seal of the living God. And he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, saying, "Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees until we have what? seal the servants of our God on their foreheads. And I heard the number of those who were sealed. 144,000 of all of the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed. Now, what is taking place over here is simply this. The church is about to be removed. Why? Because in in in in the message to the church of Philadelphia, uh uh Jesus told John to write, "Because you have kept my word and because you have not deny my name, I'm going to keep you from the hour that's coming to test everybody who lives on the earth." So we keep faith. We believe the word of God. We do not deny the the deity of Jesus Christ. That is our ticket out of here when it comes. So what happens is as the uh uh because we saw that when Peter is quoting Joel that uh the mountains were removed that there was uh billows of smoke and earthquake there was all kinds of things taking place and as this thing frightful things were taking place which are natural events that are taking place and everybody knows that the wrath of God is about to come this angel that comes from the east he said wait a minute we can't begin the judgment yet? Well, why? Well, because we were not appointed unto wrath. Paul says in the letter to the Thessalonians, you have not been appointed unto wrath. So, if the wrath of the land is coming, we have to be taken out. That's what the angel from the east does. Remember, Jesus says that in in his coming, he's going to be like lightning that flashes from the east to the west. He's talking about the rapture. But see, the church cannot be raptured because the church is the anointed entity of God here on the earth. We have been anointed to rule and to reign. That we are the only spiritual authority. Just like Israel was the only authority before that. That doesn't mean that you have to be Jew to be saved. We're not talking about salvation. We're talking about an entity that is in charge of as an ambassador to to bring God's gospel or or whatever the the law for the dispensation is to the world. And so before the church gets taken out, that anointing which is the seal of the living God, when did the seal of the living God come? In the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came and empowered the church, gave it the authority to carry out the work of God. Now that church is going to be removed, Israel has to be sealed. And so Israel responds by offering to God 12,000 young men who have never been with a woman. They're virgin. They're young. They're pure. 12,000 from each tribe. 144,000 are going to be offered to God and they're all will die by the time of the of the 1260 day and the two witnesses will die. So as they are offered to God, the anointing seal, God accepts their offering and their seal on their foreheads. And so here's what's happening. The sixth seal is open. The sky is removed. The world is screaming and crying because the earth is shaking. There's smoke. There's there's all kinds of things going on. The angel that come from the east, that's the rapture. The angel of the rapture says, "Hold everything. We have to transfer the authority from the church before we take it." Because when the church is gone, it's gone. And and the Leo, they say church don't have no authority. They deny Jesus is not it. Revelation 3:20, Jesus said, "Behold, I stand on the door and knock. If you open the door, I'll come in." Obviously, they never open the door. If they would open the door, they go up in the rapture. So, they're left. So, then the authorities transferred to the Jews. Now, who does this transferring? And of course, these are the two witnesses. The two witnesses while this guy is receding and it's back, not not just the angels coming in. The two witnesses come in. They will know what Jewish from what tribe and they will know exactly them to seal. But now here I'm going to give you a key and the key is that there are two clocks. There is a physical clock and there is a spiritual clock and the physical clock is governed by the times and the seasons. For example, uh uh uh uh the the earth takes 365 days to go around the sun. So that's a year. The earth takes 24 hours to go around on itself and within a circle. And that's called a day. And that is the what governs us. Our clock is governed by the position of the earth in relation to the sun. But when God introduced his spiritual clock, his spiritual clock was never dependent upon any physical thing. God just created everything on six days. And he says, "Okay, the seventh day is holy. We're going to rest on it. The seventh day can happen in winter. The seventh day can happen in summer. The seventh day can happen in spring. The seventh day represents God's spiritual clock." So now listen to this. Moses in Psalm 90 and and second Peter tells us that a day is like a year unto the Lord. And now I mean it's like a thousand years. A day is like a thousand years unto the Lord. Of course we have six dispensation. The seventh is when we enter into the day of rest. Revelation six different time says that Christ will reign on the earth for a thousand years. So, we do know that the last day is a Sabbath and it lasts a thousand years. So, that means that the first six days lasted 6,000 years. Okay? That's why when you add the the the calendar from the Bible, you come up that we're about the year 6,000 because we're about to enter into the day of rest. Now, look at this. The day symbolizes a thousand years. Now, if a day symbolizes a thousand years, what does the hour symbolize? Because we know that an a day has 24 hours. Well, guess what? The hour represents a generation. So, you see, out of every thousand years, God counts 24 generations. So, six working days is 144 hours. So when you come to the day of rest, the last hour, the 144th has to be the last one because that then you enter into the day of rest. So that tells us that this event is happening right at the end of 6,000 years because God except from Israel who's going to be now sealed 144,000. What that means is the 100th and 144th generation is the generation that will end time and then we'll go into the transition period of where we go a thousand years and it's physical. Moses says a day is like a thousand years and and and then by implication I know that an hour represents a generation. So there's 104. Adam was the first generation. Jesus says about the generation that will witness the signs on the sky when all of these things begin to happen. Jesus says this generation shall not pass away until all of these words are fulfilled. So the first generation was Adam and Eve. The last generation is the one that gets taken up. But there's more. There's the other time. The other time is the Sabbath time. God comes in through the law, through Moses, says, "Now, I want you to do this." He says, "When you go into the land, I want you to work the land for six years." In other words, you're going to plow the ground. You're going to put the seeds. You're going to take the weeds out. You're going to harvest. You're going to do this for six years. But the seventh year is holy. The land needs to rest. Nobody works on the seventh year. God told him, "Well, that's a problem. If you don't get paid for a whole year, you were in trouble, right?" So God says, "In the sixth year, I will bless you and your crops will produce double and then you put it in your barn." Man, I wish I had that deal today. I like to have every seventh year off without having to work. I have all my needs met, right? So this was idea. Then he says, "You do that is called a sbatical. You do that for a a cycle of seven. In other words, you do it the the first seven, the fourth thing, the 21, and then when you get to the 49th year, this is seven cycles of seven, seven weeks of seven. Then the 50th year is the year of jubilee. Now remember Jesus came, he said, I came to proclaim the year of jubilee, the year, the acceptable day of the Lord. That mean that's the year that you enter into rest. Now if you were an Israelite and you were in the 30th year of the cycle and you fell into death, in other words, you borrow money and you couldn't pay it, you will become a slave, but you have to be released on the 50th year because the 50th meant all of the debts were cancelled, ended. No more death. So if you had a land because all of the Jews inherited a a plot of land, you had a land. It always belongs to you and to your children to your children. After this, you could sell it, but whoever bought it had to figure out, okay, this is the 30th year. We got 20 years until Jubilee. Uh and they'll pay you for those 20 years because on the 50th year, they had to give you the land back. It's a jubilee. You enter into the rest. All of the maps are cancelled. See that is God sabatical clock. Now God comes in during the days of of Noah and he says I am going to bring judgment upon the earth and everything is going to be destroyed and I'm going to do it in 120 years. Now why would God select 120 years? Well, see the 120 years is spiritual and it applies to the church because there were 120 people on the upper room when the Holy Spirit fell upon them. So the 144 represents Israel physical the physical clock the spiritual clock is uh 120. Why 120? Well, God said I'm going to destroy the earth in 120 years. And 120 years exactly the judgment came. the you know in the 120th year the the the gates of the heaven were open the springs were open the water came in everybody was killed now Jesus comes in and says like it was in the days of Noah is going to be at the end time what does it mean well 120 time 50 which is a jubilee leads us exactly to 6,000 so you see what's happening over here like I've been teaching There's a spiritual clock. There's a physical clock. And boom, they're converging 144 generations later from Adam and 120 Jubilees from the day that Adam was created into to go into the garden and go into the rest are all converging at the end of chapter 6. And so here in chapter 7, now we're going to see the result. And the result is first 144,000 are sealed for for Israel. And then uh uh Revelation 7 9 and 10 says after these things I look and behold a great multitude which no one could number of all of the nations, the tribes, peoples and tongues that were standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed with white robe with palm branches in their hands. And they were crying out with a lou voice saying, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne and unto the lamb." This is the rapture. Notice that it is people from all nations. Now, notice that this it's not just all nations today because since this is the resurrection, this is all nations that ever existed. out of all tribes, wherever people were, out of all people and all tongues. That means that God is in the business of saving people and he saves people not just through Israel. Because if Israel uh uh failed to proclaim the gospel of God, then nobody got saved on the 1500 years that Israel was a nation. If the church has failed to proclaim the gospel like so so many places have pro uh failed to proclaim, then there will be people from tribes that were lost. But you see, Paul tells us in Romans chapter 1 that God has put within the creation and within the heart of man eternity to where men are convicted by the very creation itself. So out of every tribe, out of every tongue, out of every revelation, even when there was no gospel and and there's plenty of of of uh uh things has been said about that, Buddhist people that were praying to whatever and and had Jesus appear to them. All kinds of things that happened through the ages. And so what happens is this is when all of those people who die believing the word of God, the gospel, whether it was preached through a preacher, whether it was preached through the law or whether it was preached by nature or whether it's preached by your heart. Paul says this and as a matter of fact, let me go there. I want to make sure that I get this point. It's Romans chapter 1, the end of Romans chapter 1. Because I want to make sure that that we understand this is still Jesus, the one who does it is in Romans chapter 1 and uh and verses um let's begin with 17. He says, "For in it," talking about the gospel, he says, "I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it's the power of God unto salvation." Verse 16 and 17 says, "For in this gospel that is a righteousness, the righteousness of God is revealed that goes from faith to faith. And as it is written, the just shall live by faith. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth and unrighteousness." And look at verse 19. Because what may be known of God is manifest in them. For God has shown it to them. Meaning that the gospel has been preached to every creature. Look at the next one. For since the creation of the world, see remember from every nation, from every tribe, from every tongue, since the creation of the world, God's invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and godhead, so that they are without excuse. And then he goes on to say that all of this is done through the sacrifice that Jesus gave. So that means that if you live somewhere way out there 3,000 years ago and never heard the gospel of Jesus Christ, yet the gospel was preached to you by the things that were great. God speaks to you. God can speak to you through a song. God can speak to you. I remember when I was young, the first time I got drunk, I walk home, our house was on top of the water and I couldn't go into the house because man, I was moving and I sit there on the edge of on the dock on the water and my head was just going around and then all of a sudden this bright meteorite, whatever it was, just went by. It was 2 3:00 in the morning. Our town hardly had any lights. So, was you could see every star in the Milky Way and the thing just flushed so big in the sky. And I I was just felt so little seeing that. And of course, I was drunk. So this voice spoke to me and it was Satan. He says, "This is what your life is going to be like. Nothing. Nobody's going to see it. Everybody's going to miss whatever it is. Why don't you just end it? It is not worth it." I was saying to myself, "I don't know who you're talking to. I listen to you. I ain't that drunk. I know that for sure." I said, "I I went in and got in the bed and puke all over the place, but man, I wasn't going to jump in the water. you know, I don't care what you say. So, there is a a spiritual battle that takes place even before you're saved. You know, even in the middle of sin, how many people have told you that in the middle of their worst sin, God comes in and speaks to them. So, this is what I say. So, we see then in in Revelation 7 that out of every uh uh tongue all of the nations uh uh are there. Now, look at Revelation 11. 7:11 and uh let me go there real quick and to show you the the same principle. Revelation chapter 7 11 it says and all of the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures they all fell to their faces before the throne of God worshiping God saying amen. Amen means this is the end of of of this this concludes the church age. Amen. blessing and glory and wisdom, thanksgiving and honor and power and might. Sevenfold worship of God is given. Then in verse 13, one of the elders comes and asked John, who are this who are clothed with his white robes, and where did they come from? And he said, and I said to him, sir, you know, so he said to me, these are the one who come out of the great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb. See this is the church age because they have made their they have washed it in the blood of the lamb. Now the word there and this is where so many people get confused. The word uh that came out of great tribulation for some reason uh uh uh Bible teachers of the end time. They're telling you that the great tribulation is seven years. And if you were here in lessons past, I explained to you the difference between tribulation and wrath. Tribulation is when God, I mean when people persecute you for your faith in God. The church, if you look at the letter to the churches, they all undergo great tribulation. And one of them says, "You will have tribulation from 10 days." That was the it is historical fact. 10 different emperors persecuted the church that was a span of 200 and some years. So the church have gone through tribulation and has always been going through tribulation. Jesus said in this world you will have tribulation but be of good cheer because I have overcome the world. Wrath is when God judges the earth for persecuting those who trust in his word. See that's the difference. The wrath of God is seven years. The tribulation endures a whole church age. And if you want to look it up, look at the word where it says these are they that came out of great tribulation. The word great is mega. The the word that we use is a Greek word to mean big, but it's plural meaning megas, many. These are they that came out of many tribulation, not one tribulation. And so this will help you to understand that the these are the church because they want to tell you that this happened in the middle of the tribulation. And to explain that they tell you that the 144,000 are evangelists that go out and evangelize the whole world. Nowhere in the Bible is that you see you have to make that up to explain why the rapture takes place in chapter 7 when you're thinking that chapter 4 is when he said come up here. That's that's when the rapture happened. That's if you don't understand the full twofold meaning of it. If you know that the first three chapters are physical and you know that the the that the next three chapters four, five and six are spiritual. They converge and when they converge that's when the rapture happens and then you don't have no problem explain it. That's why he says the these are they that came out of many mega tribulation. Now this possesses a problem. Go with me to Matthew 24 and let's look at verse 36 and 37. In Matthew 24:36 and 37, Jesus says, "But of that day and hour, no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but my father only." Let me stop there. We're going to deal with with that scripture, some more of that scripture there. But did you know that that is what has made me cele where in the word of God have you ever read God telling you don't read my word you don't need it have you ever read that anywhere is nowhere the opposite right God's always want us to study study to show yourself approved here men have taken the scriptures and they say no one knows the day nor the hour so because of that this Sunday when preachers preach all over the United States probably less than one half of 1% of the messages will be on the book of revelation. Now what is the most important event in the Bible? The Bible is about Jesus and the two most important events is his first coming and his second coming. That's it. The first and the second coming of Jesus. That's the most important of all of the events. The first event already took place 2,000 years ago. The next big event is when he comes back. How many preachers are going to be preaching on the book of Revelation telling you to get ready because Jesus is about to come this Sunday? I bet not too many. And you know why? Oh, no one knows the day nor the hour. So, let's not bother. No one knows. No one knows the day nor the hour. So, let's not bother. So because of this, so many Christians and their teachers and their pastor ignore the book of Revelation and the greatest event that we need to get ready for, which is when Jesus comes back. They don't want to bother with it. But you see what I've been teaching is that the sky is going to recede. It's going to open. There's going to be fire and smoke and all kinds of things before the great day of the Lord. That's what the church was birthed in. Remember Peter quoted Joel Home Previous Next

EXPERIENCE HIS LOVE The goal of this teaching is to help you not only understand but truly experience the love of God in a personal and life-transforming way. By exploring Scripture, you will see how God’s love goes beyond human definitions and becomes the very force that changes your heart, renews your mind, and empowers you to walk in faith, hope, and charity. EXPERIENCE HIS LOVE Minister Lisa Kane August 3, 2025 Objective: The goal of this teaching is to help you not only understand but truly experience the love of God in a personal and life-transforming way. By exploring Scripture, you will see how God’s love goes beyond human definitions and becomes the very force that changes your heart, renews your mind, and empowers you to walk in faith, hope, and charity. Synopsis: In this message, we reflect on what it means to experience His love—the love of God revealed through Christ. Beginning with John 3:16, we recognize that God’s love is not a vague idea but a powerful reality, rooted in His very nature and demonstrated through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. This love is not based on our human perceptions but defined by God Himself. Scripture shows us that love (agape) is more than emotion; it is action, benevolence, and selfless giving. As Paul describes in 1 Corinthians 13, without love, our gifts, knowledge, and even great acts of service amount to nothing. Love suffers long, is kind, rejoices in truth, and endures all things. Experiencing this love transforms how we think, how we treat others, and how we live out our faith. You are invited to pursue this love intentionally—by seeking God in prayer, allowing Him to renew your mind (Romans 12:1–2), and opening your heart to His Spirit. Experiencing His love leads to a deeper understanding of your value to God, a renewed desire to walk in His ways, and the strength to show His love to others. Above all, it is love that never fails and remains the greatest gift we can live in and share with the world. Inspired Teaching - Written and/or Transcribed from Video Above: Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kaine and I'm recording this teaching on Sunday, August 3rd, 2025. Welcome. Let's open up in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word and we bless your word. We pray that your word does not return void. And I pray that the hearts of the listeners will respond to this teaching by the anointing of your love in their hearts and minds. that they become to realize and experience your love, that they actually understand it, receive it, and walk in it. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. God bless you. Thank you for being here today. This teaching, I'm calling it experience his love. So, we're going to be experiencing the love of Christ. We're going to start here in John 3:16. Probably the most famous quot of scripture of all time. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. So we're going to talk about his love, God's love, not what we think love is or love should be. We're going to go to the scriptures and we're going to see what his love is. Now uh as a reminder for those who are new and listening, every bolded word is the actual word in the King James version. That's what the King James translators use when translating from Hebrew or Greek into English. And then anything in parenthesis afterwards is uh other words that I found through the Hebrews the Strongs Hebrews Greek dictionary. So in this case, if you could take a look at the word love here, it's agapeo is how they pronounce it. Um it says it's um to love in a social or moral sense be loved. So social moral sense type of love and remember the word love covers a whole bunch of meanings in the scripture. So you have to go look at the original text to understand what it means. So in the original text is telling you uh in a social or moral sense what is that? Well, it's like a mother gives birth and it is now her obligation to take care of that child. Well, in a social moral sense, God is obligated to take care of us because he birthed us. He He's the one who created this world. So, he says here, and I want you to catch this. It says, "For God so loved the world." And some of us might look at this world and go, "Ah, really? Because sin has corrupted this world so much to the sense of that we don't know what his love is like. And until you experience it, until you realize it, when he went to the cross and he died for us, he shed his blood. He gave his blood. when it clicks in here, it's like he did that and all of a sudden something starts to happen. There's a transformation and a change that begins to happen. So, we're going to build that in scripture. Let's let's look at who Jesus Christ is in Revelation 15. And from Jesus Christ, this is John uh the beloved writing the book of Revelation. and from Jesus Christ who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth unto him that loved and washed us from our sins in his own blood. Here's that same word, love. Social moral sense. He loved us. And John is saying, look, he's the one who lo loved us so much. He shed his blood. He washed us from our sins, our offenses through his blood. He had to shed blood. You know, think of it like this. When you get a paper cut and it hurts, it stings, and you're just like, "Oh." Or if you're a quilter or crafter like I am and you're using your pins and you poke your finger and you're just like, "Oh, and maybe a little pinch of blood come out, a little droplet, little tiny droplet is painful." But to Christ who experienced more than just pain on that cross for the first time. You know I if you go back to Genesis 1 and God says let there be light. John 1 says in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. Paraphrase it. You can go look it up. Jesus was with God at that time. Jesus a part of God. So you had God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. They're all in one. Jesus was always a part of God. Then Jesus entered his own creation. And he did it so he could shed his blood, but he had to do it as a human being. So he became born as a man, came down here, and he experienced it on the cross. He experienced the pain and the suffering that we all went through. He's God. He's the creator. But he came down to do what he needed to do and to fulfill the law. God said, "Here's the ten commandments. I know you can't keep them. I want you to try your best." But basically, the ten commandments told us we're sinners. So when Jesus came, he says, "Now I give you a new commandment to love one another like he loves." So how can you love like this? What is love? What is his love? Surprisingly, and maybe not to some, but to those that aren't aware of the scriptures, Paul describes love. He describes what it's not and then he describes what it is. We're going to go through First Corinthians 13 here in detail and then I'm going to show you how you can work your mind to experience that love because it takes the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Lisa can't make you experience it. You can't even make yourself. But you can ask God, you can chase God. You can find God. And you can experience his love. And it will change you. It It will automatically change you. So let's start here in 1 Corinthians 13 1 and 2. He says, "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels. Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels." So you speak like a man or a human being or a woman and you speak like I am speaking right now. And then it says also to speak with the tongues of angels. Speaking in tongues. So you've got an anointing on you if you can speak like that. But then all of a sudden it says and have not charity. That word charity is agape and it is love. Now notice what this love says that it's an affection or benevolence. Specifically a love feast charity says benevolence. Affection. This is the type of love that you want to help somebody. You want to bless them. You're there supporting them. uh you pray with them. This is like a ministry type of love if you will. And it's saying here listen if you talk with tongues of men and you talk with the tongues of angels but you don't have affection or benevolence I am become as a sounding brass or a tinkling symbol. It clashes because you're not showing the love with your actions. You see, your mind says, "Oh, I want to be a ministry. I want to do this. I want to help God. I want to get his word out there." But if you're not experiencing his love, you haven't experienced it yet. You kind of it clashes. You have to experience his love. And he continues to say in verse two, "And though I have the gift of prophecy." And you know, if you go back to look at King Saul, King Saul prophesied, but then he went and saw Medium. The Lord left him. He was tormented by demons at that point. But he prophesied at that time. It says here, "And though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, what if I understand everything about the scriptures and I'm here to teach it all to you, which by the way, I don't and I can't. I have to just re rely on the Holy Spirit. It's all I can do. Can't do anything else." says uh and all knowledge and though I have all faith and even to walk in faith which by the way believing in Christ is walking in faith. You have all that faith, you do all this stuff, you have this knowledge, you understand all mysteries, you have the gift of prophecy, you can remove mountains, but you don't have charity, which is that same definition above agape, the affection or benevolence. I am nothing. I I'm nothing. You have to experience his love before you go walk into ministry is what Paul is saying here. You want to talk in tongues. You want to walk in the gift of prophecy. You want to minister to people. You want to help them. But if you're not doing it from a heart of love, and I'm not talking about an obligation love here. We're talking about a true benevolence. You want to bless them. No strings attached. You want to do this because you love God and he's changed you. It's like helping your enemy. Something that most humans can't do until they experience God's love and then it changes all changes everything. Let's go to verse three. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned but have not charity. Look at there. Agape. We're talking about affection or benevolence. It profitth me nothing. Let's talk about profiting from Christ and his presence. You know, there's scripture that talks about where when you get up to heaven, all the things around you that you did on the earth that is either equal to hay or wood. Um, some of it could be gold, some of it could be silver, but all of that stuff gets burned. What doesn't melt or what doesn't burn away would be your silvers and gold and all that kind of stuff. So, you want to profit that. What is that? Well, a crown of salvation. Let's say you get saved. You put on a crown of salvation that goes through that fire. It lasts. It still will come out of that fire in whatever material it's made out of for gold or silver. If it was made out of wood, stubble, hay, it's going to burn. It profitth you nothing unless it's made of gold and silver. By the way, his love is pure gold. You want to experience is not just for personal growth, but it's for you to minister to others and to help them. And when you do it out of love, profit goes into your account in heaven. That's what this is about. He's profited you nothing. But you can get profit from it in your heavenly bank account. That's how that works. That's what this is about. You know, and experiencing this love can just be for personal growth. But when you're given a talent and God is requiring you, he's going to you're the steward of that talent. He's going to ask you, "What did you do with the talent I gave you?" I just taught about being a good steward in the last teaching. You can go check that out. I telling you, as you humble yourself before the Lord and you let that love transform you, you become a different person and your profit goes to your heavenly bank account which is for eternity here on the earth. It's not eternal. Verse four, charity ser now. Okay, so we just finished talking about what love isn't. You see, I can help feed the poor. I can do all that. That's not love. It profitth you nothing because you don't have his love in you. So now he's going to describe what love is. Look at this. Charity suffereth long. This is that affection, benevolence, agape love suffer suffereth long. It doesn't get mad. In other words, it puts up it tolerates over and over and over again. And I can tell you right now, there are many Christians who just can't even handle somebody cutting them off on the freeway without displaying and making sure that the other knows. And I'm guilty of that. So, I'm not just preaching to you and preaching to myself here, okay? But this is what he says. Charity suffereth long and is kind. Now, what is kindness? Because if you're feeding the poor, you think, "Oh, that's just being kind." No, that's making a life saved to live another day, to have another chance to accept Christ in their heart if they're a non-believer. That's kindness is giving somebody who has who deserves no kindness, who deserves no love. You're giving it to them. You're showing it to them. You're showing it through your emotion. You're showing it by your actions. You don't even have to say a word. You're just in their presence. You're listening to them. You're holding their hands. You're putting your arms around them. There's there's something about that. And this is being identified here. And it's kind charity. Envyth not. Hey, I'm glad you got that. I'm glad you're blessed. Do you know how many people are not truly glad that you either bought a house or you got a bonus? They're jealous. They're trying to think, "How come they got it and I didn't?" That's the first thought they got. That's not love. Love is being well pleased with your brethren to say, "Hey, look. Congratulations. I'm so glad that you got that." And there's no envy, no jealousy there. That's love. Charity vaunteth not itself. Is not puffed up. It's not full of vain. It's not about me me. Look what I did. I fed the poor. That's not love. That's not even kindness. That's self vanity. And that is puffing yourself up. And as the the scriptures telling you, that's not what love is. Doesn't do that. And this is where we need to have a transformation and a change. Let's finish chapter 13 because I really want you to see how this this works. doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinkketh no evil. There's no evil agenda when you go to do something good. You're just doing it out of the goodness of your heart because you love God and you just you're just saying, "Lord, I love you so much that I want to help these people. I can see they need help." And you pray. You pray in the secret place. And you go help them. And God exposes that in the open. what you did in secret, he exposes in the open. That's scriptural. You can go look that up. Says it rejoices not in iniquity. Do you know you know um there's been things that have happened to people. I'm not going to name anything specific, but people are glad and they put it in writing rejoicing. You know, like when Hamas killed all those people, there's a classic example. They were joyful and singing in the streets for somebody's pain and suffering. Look, it says here, "Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but they were so happy for the sin and the pain and the killings that they did. They were rejoicing." That is not love. That is not love. That's not what charity does. But rejoicth in the truth. So when the truth comes out, and we're talking not your perception of truth, we're actually talking about truth itself. When it comes out, if you love God and God loves you, you have experienced his love, you're going to rejoice in that. You're going to say, "Finally, the the truth is coming out. It's being exposed." And you're very glad about that. there may not be any consequences or if somebody did sin, hey, let me pray for them. Lord, I'm gonna pray for them. I'm going to forgive them. I'm going to ask you to forgive them there. See, there's a difference. This is experiences. Love beareth all things, believeth all things, hope all things, endureth all things. You see, love will get you through everything. When you experience his love, it will get you through everything. That is key right here. That is understanding this love. Understand that. Know that you're moving in a different light. Your motives have changed. The inside of you has changed. You're not the same person you were one year ago, 5 years ago, 10 years ago, 25 years ago. Look at verse eight. Charity. Here it is. Agape never faileth. But whether there be prophecies, they shall fail. Whether there be tongues, they shall cease. Whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect or complete is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. So, he's telling us straight off the bat, you know, you can walk in all the holiness you want to walk, but I'm going to tell you right now, if you don't have the attitude of love, if there wasn't that transformation that took place, you're not walking in the right path with God. Now, does that mean anything's wrong with you? It just means you're not profiting from it. It means that you're sounding like a clanging symbol because everybody around you can sense it. know it, hear it in their spirit. You're playing church or you know, and a lot of people go to church thinking that's, hey, I got my love. God loves me. I got a preaching in today or or I got I learned something new from the Bible today. Woohoo. I'm going to tell you right now, that's not allowing love to transform you. You need to experience this. Finish off chapter 13, uh, verse 11. When I was a child, I spake as a child. I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But when I became a man, I put away childish things. You see, he's telling you the process here, you became a believer. And when you became a believer, it's childlike, very simple. You got simple faith, your understanding. But as you grow and as you become mature in Christ, as you begin to walk in prophecy, speaking in tongues, as you begin to do that, something changes. He's telling you, you're putting away childish things. Then he says here in verse 12, for now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then shall I know even as also I am known. Knowledge plays a huge role in understanding God's love. When we started off with John 3:16, you become aware and have the knowledge that God came. For God so loved the world, this is why he came. You immediately know that knowledge. You immediately have that knowledge. This is where you begin to experience it. You may not comprehend, but you know it down inside. And what begins to happen is you try to go into ministry, you try to talk in tongues, you try to do all this, but without the love transforming you without the experience, without that knowledge, you can't make the transformation that you need. You're wondering and you know when you don't have the love of God he by the way he loves you you just don't understand and you have not received it. This is on you putting up a shield keeping yourself away from the pressure of that. Okay from his love. When you are doing that it doesn't there's a lot of things that don't make sense to you still. It's not that you're not a believer. It's the fact that you just don't you haven't opened up your heart to receive and experience his love yet. Because see, once you understand his love, you understand how much he puts you first. You begin to understand the scriptures in a whole new way because these scriptures are for your benefit. And then you begin to absorb the transformation begins to change. You get hungry for the Lord and it it changes you. And look what Paul says here. The last verse of 1 Corinthians 13. He says, "Now abidth faith, hope, charity, there's that agape, affection, or benevolence." These three, but the greatest of these is charity. You see, as the believer in Christ, you walk in faith because it takes faith to walk with God. Then it says you have hope because you're hoping he's returning to get you out of this mess because sometimes this world is bad. But he says, what's the most important? Charity is the greatest. Love is the greatest because that's what transforms you. That's what makes the change. Look at what it says here in Psalm 51:10. Create in me a clean heart, oh God, and renew a right spirit within me. It says to be new, rebuild. You see, you've been a part of this world, but you haven't experienced this love. You got to have that experience which rebuilds your heart. What's your heart? Your thoughts, your emotions. That's your heart. And it rebuilds it. It changes it. You and you're allowing God to do you open up the door because see, you need to experience it. You need to want it. You need to make the change and the effort to understand it. You got to have the knowledge of what his love, you know, when he says, "For God so loved the world." What does that mean to you? Do you just take it? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like for granted. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He loved me. You have not experienced love if that's how you see that scripture. That scripture should resonate in your heart. For God so loved the world. Oh, that includes me. When you start to think like that, that transforms your mind. Look at what it says here. Romans 12:1 and2. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God. You see, God moved by love. He loves so much that he gave his only begotten son to redeem us. That's his mercies. says, "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." He's saying, "Let the love come into your heart." It is your reasonable service because this is what's going to transform you. Look what he says in verse two. And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed. You got to experience the love to let it transform you. Otherwise, it means something. Blah blah blah blah. Yeah, it's like you not being a good steward with the talents that God gave you that I just finished teaching last week. And then it says, uh, but being transformed by the renewing, the renovation of your mind. This has to change. Stinking thinking has to go away. This comes now down to I'm going to think what scripture tells me. I'm going to put God first. I choose God first. I walk in goodness first. I'm not going to choose to do things evil. And when you make that decision, a mental decision in your mind, you speak it out. By the way, if you go back and look at the history of Queen Victoria, she chose says, "I'm going to be good. I choose to be a good queen. She verbally spoke it. It is documented. And she ended up having such a beautiful kingdom." This is what God is trying to teach us. You choose to in your mind decide to be good. decide to experience his love. You know, Lord, I want to understand your love. Ask him. Go to him and say, "Help me understand this love. Show me this love." Says, "Then he renews your mind." He's going to renovate it so that you don't think the old way. You're going to think the new way. And look what he says. The goal of this is that ye may prove or test what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. You can't experience it or understand it or know it without having the experience of his love. That love is what that knowledge of that love is one going to manifest in you in a way where you begin to speak the words. Lord create in me a new heart. Cleanse me. Help me not have that stinking thinking. I don't want to think that way anymore, Lord. I want to think positive. I want to think good thoughts. I want to have that faith and that hope, but I really want to show and demonstrate your love. How do I do this? Psalm 91 tells us to dwell in the secret place with the Lord. Right now, I'm going to tell you right now, getting into the secret place with the Lord is where you're the most likely going to experience his love. of God can demonstrate his love wherever and and you may just experience in whatever setting the Lord sets for you something that you needed to see something that you something in your heart something in your mind in your spirit knew it needed to see that and you're going to be like that was God and he demonstrated his love for me that and that is where you begin to experience it you begin to realize for God so loved the world and he loved so much through his obligation. He could have finished things off at Noah's flood even earlier than that. He could have said, "You know what? This went this was a bad idea and just checked it all out the window and decided to stop the whole thing." But you know what kept him from doing that? his obligation, his social moral sense, his love. He he said to himself, "I love this world so much." And in that moment as he said that, you know, he he saw Adam, he saw Eve, he saw sin, but he saw his son, he saw his salvation, he saw Lisa, and he said, "I got to save this world. This is worth saving. This is how valuable we are." You see, to experience that love is to realize how valuable you are. This is why the devil attacks so much. He is trying to lie to you. He's trying to steal from you the love of God. This is why it is important that you take action by creating an environment where it's just you and God and say, "Lord, I want to experience your love. I want you to change me because one, I want to repay back to you what you've done for me. But most importantly, I want to get as many people saved because I don't want anyone to go to hell. Just like God doesn't want anyone to go hell to hell. He transform you. He changes you. That's what God does. Ah, so awesome. Let's close in a word of prayer. Father God, we love you and we thank you for your word. I pray that each and every one of us who heard this message will take that time to go and experience your love. That you will show us the love and that we would understand it. Understand what Christ did on the cross. Experience that. Live by it and then show the world what you meant when you said you loved us. Thank you Lord for your word. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. God bless you and I'll see you in the next teaching. Home Previous Next

THE RIB To reveal God’s divine design for the woman as “the helper,” formed from the rib, reflecting God’s own role as Helper. This lesson aims to show how women are uniquely created to protect, strengthen, and pray over their husbands—just as God protects, strengthens, and intercedes for His children. Through Scripture, we explore how the role of “helper” mirrors God’s nature, how the rib symbolizes covering and safeguarding, and how prayer becomes the woman’s spiritual expression of this calling. Whether married or single, every believer can commit to God as their ultimate Helper and walk in the order, strength, and blessing He designed. THE RIB Minister Lisa Kane November 19, 2025 Objective: To reveal God’s divine design for the woman as “the helper,” formed from the rib, reflecting God’s own role as Helper. This lesson aims to show how women are uniquely created to protect, strengthen, and pray over their husbands—just as God protects, strengthens, and intercedes for His children. Through Scripture, we explore how the role of “helper” mirrors God’s nature, how the rib symbolizes covering and safeguarding, and how prayer becomes the woman’s spiritual expression of this calling. Whether married or single, every believer can commit to God as their ultimate Helper and walk in the order, strength, and blessing He designed. Synopsis: Beloved, God did not pull the woman from Adam’s head or his feet—He drew her from the rib, the place of protection, covering, and strength. From the beginning, God revealed His heart: to be a Helper, and to place His helping nature inside the woman. Scripture shows that God Himself is called “Helper” again and again—defending the fatherless, strengthening the weak, and answering the helpless. When God created woman as “a helper comparable to him,” He was sharing His own attribute with her. This lesson walks through Genesis, Psalms, Hosea, the Gospels, and the New Testament to uncover the beauty and responsibility of that role. The enemy seeks the “helpless,” but women were not made helpless—we were made helpers, protectors, intercessors, spiritual rib-cages around our husbands. Through prayer, we guard our households, shield our husbands from attack, and stand in the gap like Jesus did when He prayed for Peter that his faith would not fail. We look at the rib as a symbol of spiritual covering, the unity of becoming one flesh, and the order God established in marriage—wives aligning under God to pray for their husbands, and husbands loving like Christ who gave Himself for the church. This divine order brings transformation to both husband and wife. Finally, the lesson embraces the single believer: God Himself becomes your Helper. The same God who defends the fatherless, strengthens the weak, and stands against every weapon formed is the One who covers you. As you commit yourself to Him, He shapes you into a vessel of love, prayer, and spiritual strength. In all things, we learn that to be “the rib” is not a position of weakness—but a position of divine power, prayer, and purpose, patterned after the very heart of God Himself. Inspired Teaching - Written and/or Transcribed from Video Above: Did you know that God is our helper? Did you know that women made of the rib are made to be helpers in our relationship with our husbands? Genesis 1:26-27 NKJV 26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over [g]all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 2:20-22 NKJV 20 So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. 21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22 Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He [h]made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. The term ‘help’ is found 28 times alone in the book of Psalms NKJV. What is the role of the ‘helper’? Psalm 10:8 NKJV 8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the secret places he murders the innocent; His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless. Our enemy is looking for the ‘helpless’ but us women were made to be helpers of our man. Psalm 10:14 NKJV 14 But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief, To repay it by Your hand. The helpless commits[a] himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless. Here we see the Psalmist saying that God is the ‘helper’ to the fatherless. God takes the role of ‘helper’ when needed, and anyone who feels ‘helpless’ can commit his or her self to God. With this, we can see the role of ‘helper’ comes from God and comes from women. Psalm 12:1 NKJV Help,[b] Lord, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. Here we see David calling out on God’s ‘help’ because the godly man ceases. God is our helper and will answer our cry for help. Psalm 37:40 NKJV 40 And the Lord shall help them and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked, And save them, Because they trust in Him. So, woman was made from the rib of the man as a ‘helper’ to her man. And as a man and woman, both are made in the image of Him – male and female. Remember Genesis 1:27 we read earlier: 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. As a man and woman, we complete the image of God but as you also saw, men without a mate, the fatherless, and women without a mate can call on God’s help and God will be our help, completing the image that He created us to be. Hosea 13:7-9 NKJV 7 “So I will be to them like a lion; Like a leopard by the road I will lurk; 8 I will meet them like a bear deprived of her cubs; I will tear open their rib cage, And there I will devour them like a lion. The [e]wild beast shall tear them. 9 “O Israel, [f]you are destroyed, But [g]your help is from Me. There are two important points to grab from Hosea 13:7-9: First, it takes a wild beast that is strong to tear open the rib cage and second, God says the help we have is from Him. That means God has to approve the wild beast to destroy / tear us apart…as long as we’re calling on the Lord, we have God’s help. As we read earlier in Psalms: Psalm 10:14 NKJV 14 But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief, To repay it by Your hand. The helpless commits[a] himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless. The helpless commits his or herself to God and God helps. If only Israel had listened… But we can. We can commit ourselves to the Lord and have His help. Now, here is the best part of this teaching, in my opinion. Women were made from the rib. The rib cage protects vital organs inside of us. When we have our mate, we are extension of that rib cage. We can pray for our mate and keep him protected because we represent the help of the Lord. Jesus is our help and He’s praying for us. Luke 22:31-32 NKJV 31 [d]And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.” Women, as we are the helper, we pray like Jesus being the ‘helper’ that we’re made to be. We pray. Mark 10:7-9 NKJV 7 ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, 8 and the two shall become one flesh’; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” 1 Peter 2:24 NKJV 24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose [a]stripes you were healed. Isaiah 54:17 NKJV 17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the Lord. The above scriptures is just a few examples of what we can pray over our man. We pray for our man that ‘no weapon formed against him shall prosper’. We pray ‘that by His stripes we are and were healed’. We pray that no man will separate us because what God brought together, no one will separate’. This is committing and applying God to our relationship as man and woman. This is why Paul says in Ephesians: Ephesians 5:22-28 NKJV 22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. 24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might [g]sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. 28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. Women, by submitting to God, you are submitting to your husband by praying over him and giving him to God. That prayer causes you to align with God and God moves through your man, changing him to ‘love’ you as Christ loves the church. He also works change in you helping you to be a better woman of God. God is a God of order. He placed this order for us to obey. Obedience is an act of commitment, and this is how we women pray for our man as the ‘helper’ God called us to be. Start praying for your man and your relationship, and watch God make changes in both of you. If you are single, know this: God is your helper. He’s praying for you. Commit yourself to Him and pray over yourself. With you and God praying over yourself, He will change you into a better person demonstrating love and all the fruit of the spirit. Home Previous Next

MY FATHER, YOUR FATHER To reveal the profound truth that through Jesus Christ’s death, resurrection, and ascension, believers are given direct relationship with God as their Father. The message aims to encourage understanding of Jesus’ role as mediator, the unity of the Trinity, the believer’s identity as children of God, and the importance of forgiveness, faith, and walking in the anointing of the Holy Spirit. MY FATHER, YOUR FATHER Minister Lisa Kane April 11, 2024 Objective: To reveal the profound truth that through Jesus Christ’s death, resurrection, and ascension, believers are given direct relationship with God as their Father. The message aims to encourage understanding of Jesus’ role as mediator, the unity of the Trinity, the believer’s identity as children of God, and the importance of forgiveness, faith, and walking in the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Synopsis: Lisa Kane delivers the teaching “My Father, Your Father” from John 20:17, highlighting Jesus’ first post-resurrection encounter with Mary Magdalene. In this pivotal moment, Jesus declares that He ascends to “My Father and your Father, My God and your God,” signifying the believer’s adoption into God’s family through His victory over death. Lisa explains the power of this revelation: Jesus, fully man and fully God, became the first resurrected body and opened the way for humanity to experience God as Father personally. The message explores how Jesus’ three days in the heart of the earth fulfilled prophecy, how He led the faithful of old from paradise into heaven, and how His resurrection shook history itself. Drawing from Paul’s words in Ephesians 4, Lisa teaches on the gifts Christ gave the church—apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers—designed to edify and unify the body of Christ. She emphasizes that true ministry must be rooted in forgiveness, love, and the power of the Holy Spirit. Finally, Lisa challenges listeners to recognize their calling, walk in unity, and extend forgiveness rather than judgment, for Christ Himself came not to condemn but to save. The message closes with an exhortation to pray for the church, leaders, and the world, living in the reality that Jesus’ Father is now our Father, and His God is now our God. Inspired Teaching - Written and/or Transcribed from Video Above: Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kaine. I'm recording this on Thursday, April 11th, 2024. Welcome. This message is called My Father, Your Father. Let's open up in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word. We thank you that your word does not return void. We thank you that the audience listening to this message have ears to hear and eyes to see, hearts and minds to receive and believe the living word of God and to apply this living word of God to their lives. That they walk in your anointing. They walk in your wisdom, knowledge, understanding, and they understand who the father is through this message. Father God, thank you Lord and thank you Jesus for showing us your word. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen. Let's go to our opening scriptures. This is called my father, your father. We're going to start here in John 20:17. Jesus saith unto her, this is Mary Magdalene that he's talking to, touch me not, for I am not yet ascended. Or go up to my father, and that word father is means parent, but go to my brethren and say unto them, I ascend unto my father and your father and to my God and your God. And that word god there is deity. Wow. Okay. So let's put this into perspective. You have the the day that Jesus rose from the grave. So he is crucified and he's dead for three days. So the day he's going to raise from the dead, Mary Magdalene is there before the sun rises and she sees the stone is rolled away. So she runs off to tell Peter and John. They run back. They take a look and they leave. She's still there. Well, she looks in and she sees two men in white and she says, "Where is he?" And then when she looks behind her, there's someone that she thinks is the gardener. And he says, "You know, what are you doing, Mary? Why are you here?" And she's like, "Uh, I just tell me where he is so I can take his body. I will take that." And he says, "Mary?" And she realizes he is Raboni, teacher Jesus. And uh he says, you know, touch me not because I have not ascended yet. I I you got to see this. This is so incredible. He Okay. When Jesus came out of the graves, he came out all powerful. He came back to life. You go read Matthew, you will find that all these graves opened up. And on his way to see his father, he takes a stop. I got to go see Mary. I got to let her know everything's okay. I'm alive. And he tells her. Then he tells her to go tell the brethren, his disciples, and the followers, I'm alive. I will come see you shortly. I have to go to the father first. So he made a stop before he did anything else in his miraculous rising out of the grave. He did this. Stop. And he says to Mary, "Look, I ascend into my father and your father and to my God and your God." What Jesus did is he grabbed hold of Mary's uh Mary's hand and he's saying to every believer out there, "Hold hands with me because you're going to see my father who is now your father. My God who is now your God." Oh, hallelujah. I hope that you guys are getting this because it was so important that he decided to stop his ascension just to tell a woman and to tell a woman first. By the way, he chastises his disciples later for not believing. They didn't believe a woman, you know, and Jesus, this is why he went to a woman first. Anyways, I'll leave that in your mind as you think that through. But let's go to Ephesians 4:6-10. One God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in you all. Let's pause. So Jesus is saying, listen, I came to do what my father told me to do. He told me to lay down my life for you and that I would pick it up again. And he did such a thing. Then he's telling Paul is to Paul is telling you straight up look at we've got one God one father of all who is above all through all and in you all. So Jesus you know it is challenging to understand the trinity that there is God the father God the son and God the holy spirit. Three functions of a deity. And here is the most fascinating part. I hope you grab this. God is the father. He never came down to the earth. He Well, he may have came down there. I back up and and recre and correct myself that he's probably come down. But he didn't come down into his creation to die for his creation. He sent his son to do it. So now Jesus when he rose from the grave, he rose from the grave as a man with a new body. The first resurrected person with a first body. And he goes up to God in heaven as a man. He doesn't return back as a spirit. He returns back as a man who has been crucified, who died and rose from the grave. Now, God the Father can look in on us at any time. 200 years ago, 500 years in the future, if the Lord carries that long, he can do this because he's still spirit. He's outside of the creation. Jesus, who is the one who said, "Let there be light." He actually entered into his creation to fulfill the requirements of God the father which was he needed someone with no sin to die for others who have sin and every single one of us have fallen short of the glory of God. We were born into sin at the time of conception actually we are we become a sinner immediately. This is how this works. Well, in order to be saved, we needed a savior. And that is what Jesus did. So now Paul is teaching us that listen, God is Jesus saying, "Listen, here's my God." Because God is God to Jesus as well because he's a man. He's saying he's your God too and he's in you. And so Paul is reiterating it here. One God and father of all who is above all and through all and in you all. But every one of us is given grace according to measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he say when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive and gave gifts unto men. This is the function of what Jesus did because he ascended. He had to go there. We know because he told his disciples, I go to prepare a place for you. and he's there with his father preparing a place for you. In the meanwhile, he left us his comforter, but he was around for 40 days and and showed himself off to more than 500 people. This is how God worked. This is how Jesus worked in all this time and how they functioned together. So today, you and I have this. Now Paul's going to make an interesting point here. Let's go to verse 9. Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended? first into the lower parts of the earth. He that descendeth is the same also that ascendeth up far above all heavens that he might fill all things. So the question then to ask is where did Jesus go for those three days cuz he didn't ascend up right away. He descended first. You see, every person who died before Jesus went to a place called paradise because the first fruit to enter heaven would have to be the perfect man. And nobody was perfect. So they would go to paradise if they believed in God and followed the ten commandments, the law. They met the law. They they repented before God and they had a relationship with the Lord. You can just see Old Testament believers and how they believed. You can go follow David. He's a perfect example of this. So others, they went straight to hell. But Jesus went straight into paradise and took these people out. And when you go read Matthew and all these graves, so let's say Aunt Martha passed away a week ago. You just had her funeral. You're sitting there in your kitchen having a bowl of something and come knocking on the door. Is Aunt Martha, I got to tell you about this guy named Jesus. He came down, he grabbed us, and he took us up out of the grave. And you're just standing there. I could just picture knees knocking, people fainting. This had to be such an extraordinary event that it has changed time altogether. The calendar change was made on his death. This is incredible. His birth and his death. This is such an impactful event. That is good news that we find out that there was a man who was perfect enough to redeem us and save us. This is the father. He he gives the glory to the father because all he's doing is obeying the father and the father says I'm well pleased with my son. Listen to him. So now we get to partner with him and be a partaker of whatever Jesus has. He says I forgive you. Come with me. You get to partake and share in this. Oh, how powerful it is. Let's go look at Matthew 12:39 and 40 to talk about those three days where Jesus was. But he answered and said unto them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign, and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whales, or a huge fish belly, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. So Jesus went three nights, three days into the heart of the earth. That's where he was. And so when you have a generation asking for a sign, well, how do we know Jesus was real? Well, when you go look at the testimonies that came out of the moment he rose from the grave, the stone is rolled away. They tried to deceive the people. But because so many dead people came out of the graves, these uh historians recorded these things. Josephus and others, they had recorded it and said, "This is what happened." And he packed it everywhere. And Jesus is saying to Martha or excuse me, to Mary, he's telling her, "Listen, this is my God. Now your God." And this is absolutely extraordinary that we get to partake in what Jesus has given for what he did. Cuz I couldn't do it. No, but he did. Oh, hallelujah. Hallelujah. John 8:15-16. Ye judge after the flesh. I judge no man. And yet if I judge, my judgment is true. For I am not alone, but I and the father that sent me. That word judge is to distinguish, decide, and condemn. Now, I want you to see something here. Jesus is saying, "I'm not here to condemn the world. I'm not here to judge you. I'm here to forgive you if you want to be forgiven." That's the simplicity as as simple as you can get for the gospel of Jesus. It is the good news that he came born of a virgin. He went to the cross of his own free will, was crucified, spent three days in paradise, and is shot up out of the grave, and said to the world, "I'm alive, and I'm coming back a second time. Do you believe?" This is the anointing of our Messiah, Christ, that he says, "Your God, my God, my father, your father." and he partakes with us in this. This is so powerful. I hope that you are seeing this and understanding he's not here to judge, which if you're going to partner with him, which means you don't judge either. You forgive cuz Jesus is all about forgiveness. That is the generation we are in right now. This is the time frame we are in now. We forgive. And I'm going tell you right now, not many people can. They struggle with it so much so that they end up get cancer, sicknesses, diseases, die early. Your life should be long and a blessing because you believe. But do you believe enough to forgive and to let go so that your father can forgive you? Oh, I hope that you do. Let's continue on. John 8:29 and 30. And he that sent me is with me. The Father hath not left me alone. For I do always those things that please him, agreeable to him. As he spake these words, many believed or had faith on him. I want you to understand the moment that you believe and you grasp the heavenly father into your heart, Jesus into your heart, and you're forgiven, you are in the agreeable phase to please Jesus. The word agreeable there is to please God. Excuse me. So, you're pleasing God because you're doing the things. You're on the right path. The moment you align yourself with with Jesus, you partner together. He forgives you. You two hold hands. Guess what? The anointing you you walk into this relationship. You are pleasing God. And because you're pleasing God, because it takes faith to believe in Jesus, faith without works is dead. So, you're taking that faith, you're acting on it. Jesus, God is saying, "I am well pleased with you." This is how you move in the anointing of the Holy Spirit, and it's because you have faith. It is because you believe you're glorifying him. And it is so exciting to be able to realize that there is a person who shook the entire world when his blood hit the ground, caused an earthquake, an eclipse, the sun goes dark when he dies. But three days later, he comes out of the grave. And so the sign that everybody's looking for, he says, "I'm going to give you the sign of Jonah." Because Jonah didn't do what God asked him to do. Jonah ran. And so G uh God had to catch Jonah. So he caught him with a big fish. And when that fish swallowed him, several things happened to his body. His body, the acids were breaking down his body, his skin. He turned white washed. Um and he, you know, when he came back out, he was still alive and might not have been able to see, but he looked like a ghost to the people. So when he told Nineveh, "You need to be saved." Guess what? Nineveh repented because they thought there was a ghost telling them who who to believe in. They repented. And that's exactly the sign that he's giving to unbelievers today. Listen, the only sign you're going to get is that you saw Jonah go down and get swallowed by a great fish. And because we know of a person who got swallowed by a great fish back in um late 1800s, early 1900s, he was blind the rest of his life, but he came out and he survived it. But because of what it did to his skin and how he came out of it, this is why people believed. He survived. So when you are sharing the gospel, if you are to anyone, the good news is that Jesus pardon your sins. It's free. You get to be saved. They have the sign of Jonah. Jonah ran. Jesus didn't. Jesus was obedient. But then Jonah came and he did it angry, but he still pleased God because he still ended up doing it. There's like a two-tonone message in there, if you will. Amen. I hope you're grasping. This is an awesome message. John 14:6, Jesus sayeth the name, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the father but by me. So here, you can't get to God. You can't please God until you come through Jesus. You cannot come through Allah. You cannot come through any other means. You can't even go like the Philippines for resurrection day. This one guy they interviewed, he had been crucified 30 times all because of what his he believes that Jesus did. But unless he believes in Jesus, all that act is for nothing. Means nothing. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the father except through him. Now, when you become a believer, what is it that you're going to want to do? You're going to want to please him. How do you please God? How are you in agreeable with God? What is it that God has called us to do? There are several ministries that we're called to do. Let's take a look at a few of them. Ephesians 4:11-16. And he gave some apostles and some prophets and some evangelists and some pastors and teachers for the perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ. Now we are the body of Christ. We are part of the kingdom of God. Our hands should be laying on people and they should be healed. We should be casting out devils. We should be praying for our nation. We should be marching forward, praying for the finances of the world. We should be praying for our economy. We should be praying for Hollywood. We should be praying for all of these things. These ministries is what pushes us forward. Let's let's dive into this. I want to look at this a little bit more. They're apostles. Apostles, a delegate or an ambassador. Apostles typically will ratify a city and place a new church in that city and they will bring in a pastor for that church, but they won't stay. They travel. Look at what Paul did. Paul is an apostle of God. He traveled. He didn't stay at the church, but he established it. He also did signs and wonders because he prayed and cast out demons just like Jesus did. And what do we do? We partner with Jesus because my father is your father. My God is your God. And so we partner with him. Now ne not everybody's called to be an evangelist. However, we have I mean apostles, we have prophets, foretellers. Now prophecy is an interesting topic. It's a hot topic now um across many people. Here's the first important thing we need to remember about prophecy. All prophecy in the Bible has been written and established. So, for example, if you're prophesying that the end is coming, well, that's a true prophecy because the end is coming according to the Bible. We know that the signs around the end have not been fulfilled yet. That's a prophecy that hasn't been fulfilled. But if you're prophesying something to the effect like President Trump will win the election or something like that, I find it nowhere in the Bible that says President Trump will win the election. Even if you use Cyrus as an example and you call him Cyrus or whatever, it still doesn't say he wins an election. You see, when a prophet comes out and says something that is not biblical and not found in the word of God or it fits in the word of God, then you have to question that prophet or you need to pray for them. Don't judge them. Don't condemn them. Condemn them because that's what g Jesus doesn't do that. But he prays for them and this is where we need to be praying. But prophets are still part of ministry today. They just have to realize that the word has to come out of the Bible. We can see if you pro uh like for instance Damascus, the city of Damascus is going to be wiped off the face of the earth. You can prophesy that because it's a prophecy in the Bible that just hasn't been fulfilled yet. But you can call on it. These this is coming. Uh when Jesus says, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my word will not." It's coming. It's a prophecy that hasn't happened yet. You can prophesy. And the end is coming. We know it is. So if you're trying to do the green earth and save this earth as a lot of the leaders of the world are trying to do, I promise you that's against the Bible. This world is going to fall apart no matter what you do to it because it was prophesied that. But there's the office of prophecy. There's the office of evangelists. Evangelists are preachers of the gospel. They're going to teach the good news. They travel and they teach the good news. They're on the street corners. They're out there doing all that kind of teaching to bring people to the good news, to the redemption of what Jesus did and telling the world, "Hey, this is free. Look, you got this. It's yours. You just got to believe. Take a leap of faith." And you got all these people with all the false doctrines and the the ideologies that are in their heads that they don't understand something. Sometimes we have to just purge that out of our brains and just simply believe Jesus rose from the grave and pulled people out of the grave with him. This is all witness testimony at that time. I believe I hope that you do. If you don't want to believe that's between you and God work it out with him. He says come let us reason together in Isaiah. Then you have um pastors. Pastors are shepherds. They are going to lead their church in the direction of the Bible of what Jesus did. So they they're going to be the shepherd. They're going to be there at the hospital with you when you're suffering. They're going to come into your home and minister to you because that's what pastors do. It is very personal of a relationship between the pastor and the congregation. He will be there if you need him. That is what a pastor does. And then you have teachers or instructors. says something I do. I'm called to teach and preach the living word of God. And this is what I do. I break down the scriptures based on what the Holy Spirit reveals to me. And I teach it. Whether you hear it or not, I'm doing my part. This is the calling of Christ. And look what it does. It's for the perfecting which is a complete furnishing of the saints for the work of the ministry attendance service for the edifying or the architecture structure confirmation of the body of Christ. This is how we lay the body of Christ and the foundation. This is how it operates in whole. This is where we need to go because he's establishing the the five-fold ministry here. He's establishing there are gifts. There are other uh things that the um the Holy Spirit grants for the church. You have the gifts of speaking in tongues, interpreting tongues, prophesying and uh you have the gifts of um healing, administrative help. These all these gifts exist. There are different gifts. Sometimes just being at the door greeting someone, how are you? I love you. Welcome to the church. These are ministries of the church. They're all to edify the architecture of the body of Christ. So that we're walking on the foundation of what? The name of Jesus in which we are partnered with. And that his father is our father. His God is our God. Hallelujah. Look at verse 13. Till we all come in the unity oneness of the faith. Till we all get together in oneness. We're not there yet. That's been prophesied. That's a prophecy that we will unify. But we're not in unity right now. In fact, you can go back all the way to the days of the early church. Barnabas and Paul argued whether to take John Mark with him uh or not. Paul said, "Don't take him." Barnabas is like, "I strongly believe we need to take him." They had a falling out. Barnabas and John Mark went one way. Silas and Paul went the other way. They separated because of that. Just little things, little arguments like that will cause this division. It started in the early church. So, we're not in unity yet. But when we will be because we will be because we're going to finally grasp that we follow the anointing of the Holy Spirit that we walk in the living word of God and the word is being revealed to us because knowledge is growing greater today. And we will be in unity as Paul is prophesying here till we all come in the unity of the faith which is that persuasion credence and of the knowledge look at this recognition or full discernment of the son of God which is what I was just saying unto a perfect man unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. So that body of Christ is going to meet that measure. We just haven't got there yet. We need to come in unity. What did Jesus do? He forgave. What do we like to do? Well, we're going to excommunicate or bye. We don't believe in the same thing. Get out of here. The the early church, the Catholic Church back in the 1300s, I'm reading Fox's book of martyrs, they got into an argument. I guess John Whitecliffe came out and says the Eucharist doesn't turn into the flesh of Jesus. It's still bread when you take it. where the Catholic Church was saying no it turns into the body of Christ and the wine turns into the blood of Jesus and you partake and you are taking the physical body of Christ and the physical blood you are drinking it literally and John Whitecliffe says no it's symbol but they disagreed so much that the Catholic Church was crucifying people or killing people for what they believed in and not letting the word of God persevere but for people like this and people John Whitecliffe and others who took the stand finally broke had to get the church out. This is why we have so many denominations today as a matter of fact because of revelation of the word coming to someone and it gets picked up and people believe. But at that time they actually killed people just over whether the eukarist was the actual flesh or not. It's amazing how a little thing like that can be caught up when you're trying to work the Holy Spirit. This is why you see churches fall apart and and partners suddenly hate each other because there's no agreement. There's no forgiveness. There's no letting go. There's no humbling. Whether you believe in your leader or not, if he's your pastor, you need to humble yourself. But go and make sure it's for the Lord and that he stands for the Lord if it's scriptural and you need to pray about it. You don't take the action. You let the Holy Spirit do his part. Amen. Oh, hallelujah. Verse 14. That we henceforth be no more children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the slate. It's like a dice a cube dice of men and cunning craftiness whereby they lie and wait to deceive. That's the thing. So little things like this to step in. Uh there was another Peter that stepped into the Catholic Church and caused a lot of things like that Eucharist being thought of as the physical blood. But as the revelation got more revealed to people, they stood their ground and were martyed for it. That's the history that we have behind us. And look at us today. A lot of people, especially in third world countries, don't have the freedom to speak the gospel. Here in America, I I have the freedom to do it, but the doors are closing more and more because of offense. And that's what happens here. But this is why we need to pray and forgive and let the Holy Spirit do his job. I'm not here to do the Holy Spirit's job. All I'm called to do is teach and preach the word of God. Interpret it and put value into it and share it with you. What is your calling in your life? Let's continue on now in verse 15. But speaking the truth in love. Now if you go to 1 Corinthians 13, the chapter of love. First thing it says, if you talk uh of tongues of men and of angels but have no love, you sound like a clanging symbol. So he's bringing love back into the ministry. but speaking the truth and love. See, when you're upset with someone and you guys are arguing and you're gonna separate, sometimes you just need to love them and say, "I love you and we'll walk away from this and let it go. Let's just continue on and we'll move on to other areas and we'll leave this part. Let's just pray about it. Let it go. Let the Holy Spirit deal with it." That would be effective and that would bring more unity to the church. Something we lack. I, you know, we have a lot of um good teachers out there, good preachers, good evangelists out there who are talking about our government, talking about this that I've not heard one of them say, "Well, let's forgive him and pray for him." I haven't heard that yet, but that's what Jesus would preach and do if Jesus was talking today. Uh but speaking the truth in love, affection, benevolence, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body fitly joined together and united. That's what the word compacted there means. By that which every joint supply according to the effectual or efficiently working in the me measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto what? The edifying of itself in love, the construction of the body in love. This is where we're called to do what we're called to do as the body of Christ and as a living organism, as part of the kingdom of God, as part of the church. This is what I'm praying for. I'm praying for the kingdom of God, the body of Christ, the church. One, I forgive us. I have to forgive us because we all mess up. If you go read the seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation, you will find uh six out of the seven letters, Jesus says, "But I still have this against you." We We're not perfect. We're not God. What we do is we partner with Jesus, try to be Christlike. And that takes forgiveness. That takes having grace. That takes backing off from an argument even if you're right. Oh, I hope you guys are grasping this. You see, Jesus says, "I take you to my father who is your father, to my God who is your God." And he, remember, the father gave Jesus all authority to judge the earth. And Jesus says, "Well, I don't judge. I'm going to forgive." Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah. Oh, I hope you guys are grabbing this and that you walk in forgiveness. That you are praying for your pastors, your leaders, the leadership around the world, for our government, the leaders of the church. We need to be praying for the body of Christ. And I hope that is something that you guys are doing. And I encourage you to do it. Let's close in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word. We thank you for the anointing of your word. I pray that this word edifies one another and gets placed in our hearts that we have mercy and grace to pray forgiveness into the church into the body of Christ into the kingdom of God. And we are marching in the kingdom of God under the guidance of your Holy Spirit, the living word of God through your revelation, Father God. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. God bless you. I'll see you in the next message. Bye-bye. Home Previous Next