Oxford Bible Church - Living in the Last Days (audio)

Derek shares 3 major KEYS to receive HEALING from God:

*KEY 1: Know that HEALING is God’s WILL for you, because Healing is in the Atonement.

*KEY 2: God gives us His HEALING by giving us His HEALING POWER as a free gift, upon request. We must believe that He is our Healer and we must receive His Healing Power as a free gift by faith.

*KEY 3: To receive Healing Power into our bodies requires the surrender of our bodies to God (our faith-submission to God), because God does not force His Power on us.

How can God's sovereignty and man's free-will be both true at the same time? If God foreknew us, chose us and predestined us to be His before the foundation of the world, what possible place can there be for our free-will in our salvation. Yet the Bible clearly speaks about our choice to believe (trust) in Christ, or reject (rebel against) Him. God holds us accountable for our choices and decisions, especially our response to Christ and His Gospel. If God is sovereign and if we are made in His image then surely our free-will (sovereignty over our life) is real, even though it is limited and not absolute like God's sovereign free will to do as He pleases. For many, the truths of Divine Sovereignty and human free-will are contradictory, but in this study Derek shows how both can be true at the same time, once God's Omniscience is fully understood. This is known as Molinism, which is a middle view between Calvinism and Arminianism, which full upholds Divine Sovereignty and at the same time fully affirms man's dignity as a moral agent, with freedom of choice (rather than a robot in disguise).

Derek, Richard and Val share their testimonies, and discuss the Chronology of the Life of Christ giving the dates for His conception (fulfilling Hanukkah), His Birth and Baptism (fulfilling Tabernacles) and His Death (fulfilling Passover). We show how the 2 Signs in the Heavens (Blood Moon and Dark Sun) were fulfilled on the day of the Cross, fixing the date as 1st April AD 33. We also see how the vision of Revelation 12:1-4, announcing the imminent Birth of Christ, was fulfilled at Trumpets 2 BC. We discuss the meaning of Hanukkah, and also how the Bible describes John the Baptist in Elizabeth's womb and Jesus in Mary's womb (proving that God sees babies in the womb as human beings not mere foetuses). Finally, we discuss the recent discoveries of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the Red Sea Crossing Site, and the real Mount Sinai in Arabia, confirming the Exodus.

In these 2 videos, Hilary testifies to the supernatural ways that God has moved in her life. You will be inspired and encouraged by these manifestations of the grace of God.

In these 2 videos, Hilary testifies to the supernatural ways that God has moved in her life. You will be inspired and encouraged by these manifestations of the grace of God.

God wants us to live today to the fullest. God has designed us to live ONE DAY at a TIME. A great life is made up of lots of good days. We need to learn from the past and plan for the future, but we need to learn to LIVE in the NOW. He wants us to focus all our energies into TODAY. The best way you can prepare for tomorrow is by living today well.

Pastor Derek shares inspiring illustrations of the Gospel, including (1) the Gospel encoded in the genealogy of Christ, (2) My Son - the dramatic story of John Griffith, (3) the Peace Child (the story of Don Richardson), (4) the Bridge over the River Kwai, and (5) the Record Book.

Peter shares about the Coming of Christ and what it will mean for each of us.

At any time, (1) Jesus will come to RESCUE His Church, and then (2) He will immediately RELEASE the judgments of the Tribulation on the earth. This is DUAL IMMINENCE. In this video, we see how both the Apostles Paul and John taught Dual Imminence - thus, building on the foundation laid by Jesus.

After describing the imminent Rapture in 1Thessalonians 4:15-18 (also 1Corinthians 15:51-52), in 5:1 he connects its timing with the sudden start of the Day of the Lord (Tribulation) as a Thief in the night (5:2-3). We know that (1) JESUS comes to the world as a THIEF, to take the Church for Himself (Matthew 24:43), and that (2) the DAY of the LORD comes as a THIEF (5:2). Combining these 2 ideas tells us that when (1) Jesus comes for His Church in the Rapture, (2) He will also initiate the Day of the Lord on the earth. Jesus coming to the world as a THIEF (Matt 24:43, Rev 3:3, 16:15) speaks of the world experiencing loss (judgment) at His Coming. Thus, He initiates the Day of the Lord by His Coming as a THIEF, which is why: “the DAY of the LORD so comes as a THIEF in the night” (5:2). Thus the imminent COMING of Jesus as a THIEF to initiate the DAY of the LORD (5:2) must be the imminent COMING of Jesus revealed in the previous verses in 4:15-18 - His Coming to Rapture the Church. Thus Christ’s Coming in the Rapture is to RESCUE us from the DAY of the LORD, which He initiates on the earth at the same time (5:2-4): “for God did not appoint us to WRATH (of the Day of the Lord), but to obtain SALVATION (in the Rapture) through our Lord Jesus Christ” (5:9). We also see Dual Imminence in 1Thessalonians 1:10, which literally says: is: “We wait for His Son from Heaven, even Jesus, who by His coming to us is DELIVERING (rescuing) us from the COMING wrath - the wrath that is already on its way and is about to come upon the earth.” We discuss the literal meaning of 2Thessalonians 2:1-8, and show how it is consistent with Imminence. We also see Imminence in Hebrews 9:28 and Philippians 3:20-21.

Finally we show how the Apostle John describes the imminence of the Day of the Lord in Revelation 1:1,3 and 3:3,6, and the imminence of the Rapture in Revelation 22:7,12. Moreover, we see that Revelation 3:10-11 does not just teach the Pre-Tribulation Rapture, but also Dual Imminence, for (1) the HOUR of TRIAL is about to come upon the whole world (imminence), and (2) Jesus is COMING QUICKLY (imminence) to rescue (keep) us from the Tribulation, by means of the Rapture. Moreover, in Revelation 16:15, Jesus confirms DUAL IMMINENCE – His sudden imminent Coming as a THIEF to (1) bring BLESSING to those prepared for Him, and (2) initiate JUDGMENT on the world: “Behold, I am COMING like a THIEF! (1) BLESSED is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes (those clothed in Christ’s righteousness will be blessed in the Rapture), so that (2) he will not be caught naked (unrighteous) and his shameful (fallen) condition be seen (manifested to all, because he will have to go through the judgments of the Tribulation).”

Having studied the Dual Imminence of the Rapture and the Day of the Lord (Tribulation) in the teachings of Jesus, we now see how the apostles James and Peter build their prophetic teaching on Jesus’ teaching, even using the same examples Jesus used (Noah's Flood, Lot, Birth Pains, the Thief). We also see how they confirm Jesus' Teaching on Dual Imminence.