Rightly Dividing: What Saith the Scripture?

In this episode we are discussing the timing the Rapture and of Christ's Second Coming. We will also discuss the bodily return of Christ to this earth and how He steps foot once again onto the Mount of Olives. We also briefly look at the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and how they each indicate what will happen with their appearance and how those things are very plausible even for our day and time. 

In this message we finish up our introductory material and move on to discussing how we will proceed through this study on the End Times and go over important truths and principles about Bible study and End Times prophetic interpretation. This is an important podcast to listen to in regards to End Times study. We go over important and needed information to know and understand as we move forward in our journey through the End Times. 

This episode is our wrap up of episode one in our End Times series. In this podcast we finish our introductory material and look at a brief history of the current regathering of Israel into the Promised Land. 

Introduction to a new series of podcasts on End Times Bible prophecy. This will not be your normal study on the book of Revelation. This will be an in-depth study of the End Times Bible prophecies found throughout the Bible. We need to lay a lot of groundwork before we jump into the Book of Revelation. This is an important and timely series to listen to and learn from. 

We are in a spiritual battle and it's foolish to think otherwise. But this is certainly not to suggest that we are helpless victims in this battle. We have all the resources necessary to win.

• But we have to choose to use those resources.

We are never promised automatic protection from spiritual warfare. We are never promised automatic protection from the Devil and his attacks just because we are Christians. We are never promised automatic victory.

• We have to live by faith.

Everyone can have a new beginning in Christ no matter their background, no matter their past - everyone can have a new beginning with Christ. 

We need to pray. We need to take prayer seriously. We have not because we ask not. Let's become better at praying. We need to pray more. We need to faith more. We need to trust God more. We need to get busy praying. 

Our prayers are precious to the Lord. He wants us to bring all things to Him in prayer (Philippians 4:6a - Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication).

We should not take our prayer life for granted. We need to pray; we need to be praying always for everything. God answers our prayers; sometimes the answer might be “not yet”, or even “no”, but He will answer. We need to also understand that faith is a great and significant aspect of successful prayer.

Never quit, never give up on your faith in God. Faith tested is faith that is strengthened. All things in our life, including our prayers should be built upon faith. Faith knows there will be delays. Faith accepts God’s conditions and timing. If faith is exercised and holds fast through the waiting, the delays, the trials – the answer to our prayer, when it comes, will be that much sweeter and miraculous.

Faith is taking your eyes off of self, not trusting in your own abilities, and placing your gaze exclusively on God and totally trusting in Him. Faith is foundational to a successful prayer life and a successful Christian walk. Prayer exercised through a true and strong faith in Christ is true fellowship with God.

• How is your prayer life?

The One who died for my sins, and died for your sins, the One who died a painful and bloody death on the cross. That is our one way to Heaven – through Him – He is the Door. Belief in Christ, faith in Christ, trusting in His life, His death, His burial, His resurrection for our salvation is the key - that is the one way to Heaven. That is the offense of the cross.

The offense of the cross is that your wisdom, is that your righteousness, is that your integrity, is that your good works – are all in God's sight as a pile of filthy rags. That is what can be offensive to the unsaved person. That is what can be offensive to the person that is not a Christian.

We need to put ourselves on the altar, and we need to put Christ on the throne of our life. We need to accept the cross gladly, and as we do, we should die to self as we magnify Christ.

Has someone hurt your? Has someone close to you hurt you or let you down? How we react to that hurt is very important. Do we react with brotherly kindness? Do we react with love? In our relationships do we demonstrate the Christian characteristic of brotherly kindness - even if someone has greatly wronged us? Bitterness can grow and can be stoked when we do not have brotherly kindness in our spirits and in our actions. We need to freely forgive all offenses, instead of planning revenge. Do not waste another moment thinking about self and dwelling on the offense - instead demonstrate the grace of God  by forgiving, by loving, and by displaying Christian brotherly kindness.