T<\/u>he uppermost thing in God\u2019s mind now is to restore His Kingdom here on earth. But anyone who hears this will wonder why the kingdom is not ruling over the earth and yet God is the one who created it. Why didn\u2019t He just establish it after creating the earth? Who is ruling it now?<\/p>\n
When God created the heavens and the earth, He placed His holy angels upon it and gave them to rule over it. He established His glorious branch-throne on it and gave one of His Arch angels namely \u201cLUCIFFER (LIGHT BRINGER) <\/strong>to sit on it, ruling over the rest of the angels. (For details, request for our informative message: \u201cWHO IS SATAN?\u201d<\/strong>).<\/p>\n It was a glorious spiritual kingdom, ruled by holy angels and administered according to God\u2019s spiritual law \u2013see Ezekiel 28:12-15 please. But Lucifer planned a coup and convinced his fellow angels to go up to heaven and overthrow God, for he said \u201cI will ascend to heaven, above the stars of God; I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far north \u2026.i will make myself like the most high \u2013 Isaiah 14:13-14\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n By so doing, they broke the law (sinned) Ezekiel 28:15, Jude 1:6. II Peter 2:4. <\/strong>Therefore, God withdrew His glory and throne from the earth, but allowed the angels to continue ruling it their way.<\/p>\n Lucifer became Satan (Prince of darkness) while his fellow angels became demons (evil spirits). <\/strong>It was at this point that the \u201c Earth became null and void with water and darkness covering its whole surface- Genesis 1:2\u201d. <\/strong>This is when God\u2019s Kingdom also ceased from the earth.<\/p>\n THE RESTORATION PLAN<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Since God\u2019s plan was to have the earth as part of His Kingdom. He and the word (Lord God)-see John 1:1-2, wondered saying; \u201c If the holy angels have sinned, who then can rule over the earth according to our will, administering it according to our laws?\u201d <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Phrasing is mine). After discussing the plan between themselves, the family (read our message; \u201cTHE ONLY TRUE God\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for details) said,” let us make man who is like us (in our image and likeness), and let him rule\u2026upon the earth-Genesis 1:26\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n But now, how will man rule over an earth that is already ruled by evil spirit beings? The truth is, the restoration plan was not to be instantaneously established. It is a process that will take a period of time. Man\u2019s rulership was not to be in this present age when the evil angels are ruling. It is to be in a future coming age, for our Lord says; \u201cFor God Has not put under angels the world (age) to come of which we preach \u2013 Hebrews 2:5-7, 11-12\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n So to begin with, man has to first learn the way of God as He opposes and rejects Satan\u2019s way. To be like God, one has to freely choose to live like God. For a choice to be possible, there must be more than one way. This is why God allowed Satan and the evil angels to continue with their lifestyle so that it may be a test for man through which he will develop character \u2013 see Romans 5:1-5. Deuteronomy 8:2.<\/strong>Even though God wanted a man who is like Him in every way, He created him a physical person- Genesis 2:7, in His image only-see Genesis 1:27. This was the first stage of man\u2019s creation for it is written; \u201cit is first the physical then afterwards the spiritual \u2013I Corinthians15″: <\/em><\/strong>For the process to continue, man has to first make a choice between God and Satan. <\/em>\u00a0So, after placing Him in the Garden of Eden, God instructed the man concerning the two lifestyles which are represented by two different trees in the garden, namely, \u201cthe tree of the knowledge <\/em>of good and evil, and the tree of life\u201d. See genesis 2:9. <\/strong>(For details, read our massage, \u201cTHE TWO TREES).<\/p>\n God commanded the man saying: \u201cYou may freely eat of every tree of the garden (tree of life included). <\/em>But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day you eat of it, you shall surely die- Genesis 2:15-17.\u201d <\/strong>God\u2019s process of making a man who is like Him was to continue depending on the choice man makes. At creation, man was neither holy nor evil. His choice was to be the beginning of His lifestyle.<\/p>\n If man chose\u00a0 the tree of life, God would have put His spirit in man\u2019s mind, which would have enabled Him to start acquiring God\u2019s knowledge and practice it, thus rejecting Satan\u2019s tree of knowledge of good and evil, and so develop Godly character (God\u2019s likeness)-(Read our message \u2013 \u201c(WHAT IS MAN?).<\/p>\n Remember, the whole idea here is God in the process of restoring His Kingdom here on earth with man ruling over it. At this point, God began to introduce His holy days which are the very stages which the process will take before it is completed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE WEEKLY SABBATH PLAN <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Even though God finished His recreation work for six days, and rested on the seventh day, which He named the Sabbath, and this was geared at restoring His Kingdom here on earth, when He rested, He had not restored the kingdom as yet. For when it is fully restored, it will be a glorious spiritual Kingdom ruled by spirit beings according to God\u2019s spiritual law. It will be the same glorious kingdom it was during the time of the angels before they sinned. What then Has He completed in order to rest on the seventh day.<\/p>\n This seven days \u2013 creation week is prophetic. It is God\u2019s revelation to man-kind about the time it will take for the Kingdom to be restored. It is the one day for a thousand years prophecy \u2013see II Peter 3:8, Psalms 90:4. (For details request for the message, “the Spirit of the Sabbath”).<\/p>\n After creating Adam and Eve, He commanded them to multiply and fill the earth-Genesis 1:28. How long will it take? God commands; \u201cRemember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days, labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God-Exodus 20:8-11, Genesis 2:1-3″.<\/em><\/strong> Following this prophecy, God is telling us that; \u201cFor six thousand years, you will multiply and fill the earth while; you and your descendants learn my way of life as you oppose and reject Satan. Come the seventh day, I will restore my kingdom.\u00a0 \u2013 Seventh- one thousand years.”<\/p>\n So, it is an acceptable truth that God commanded all men to keep the Sabbath week after week as a reminder of His coming kingdom. This is why the Sabbath is called a shadow of what is coming-Colossians 2:17. See also Hebrews 4:9, Revelation 20:4. The point is not just observing the day but rather to remind man that he is in this physical body to prepare himself for that kingdom. So in this restoration plan, the Sabbath is the only holyday which God commanded to be observed \u2013 Leviticus 23:2-3.<\/strong><\/p>\n Since death is a fruit of sin, if Adam chose to obey and live God\u2019s way, he wouldn\u2019t have died. Even though the bible is not clear on this, we believe that he would have developed God\u2019s character against Satan\u2019s appeals, and on qualification, God would have changed him from the physical body to a spiritual one, for He says; \u201cjust as we have borne the image of the physical (man of dust), we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven (the Spiritual body)- I Corinthians 15:46, 49, 51\u201d. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n We believe that this change would have continued on the qualified individuals until by the end of six thousand year, there would have been billions of spirit human being ready to start ruling in the restored kingdom \u2013 the true Spiritual Sabbath day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ADAM MAKES A WRONG START<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n After giving him all the information about His plan for him, God allowed Adam\u00a0 to choose whether he wants to be like God, thus eat of the tree of life (God\u2019s way), or be like Satan, thus eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Satan\u2019s way). What choice did Adam make? \u201cNow the serpent\u2026.said to the woman, did God say you shall not eat of the tree of the garden? The woman said to the serpent, \u201cwe may eat of the trees of the garden. <\/em>But of the tree which is in the midst, you shall not eat of it lest you die<\/strong>–Genesis 3:1-3\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n It is at this point that Satan defended his lifestyle. He showed God to be a liar and one who is depriving man of a joyous life of a higher level of existence. He said to the woman and, in opposition to God; \u201cYou will not die (in other words, God is a liar). <\/em>For God knows that when you eat of it \u2026you will be like Him (God).knowing good and evil (having a super mind packed with knowledge just like God Himself). So the woman took of its fruits and ate and gave to her husband also-Genesis 3:4-6.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n It is here very plain that Adam and Eve rejected God\u2019s life and like Satan, assumed to be like their maker, with enough wisdom and knowledge to guide their own lives without depending on God. God also allowed them to pursue their choice, and alienated them from Himself. Man\u2019s creation stopped at this stage being in God\u2019s image only, and he began to develop the likeness of Satan \u201d\u2026the spirit that works in the children of disobedience \u2013 Ephesians 2:1-2\u201d. <\/strong>This is the life we are witnessing in the today\u2019s world; conflicts, disagreements, hatred, divorce, wars, sickness, mass killing, etc. like God!! Except for a very few minority, no one in the world thinks about, nor is readying him\/herself for the kingdom. This is why the world doesn\u2019t observe the kingdom\u2019s reminder, the Sabbath day. Has God\u2019s restoration plan failed?<\/p>\n \u00a0GOD INTRODUCES MORE HOLYDAYS (PLAN B)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n When the God family agreed to create a physical man, Satan was already ruling the world with the evil angels serving under him. So man, as we have seen, had to battle it out, \u201c\u2026against principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the atmosphere-Ephesians 6:12\u201d. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n God knew that there was man\u2019s possibility to get deceived and follow Satan\u2019s life which will surely make him die. So they had\u00a0 fore-ordained a redemption plan (Plan B) in which the word (Lord God) accepted to put on a physical body and die to pay the penalty of man\u2019s sins, for He says; \u201cSacrifice and offering thou does not deserve;\u2026burnt offering and sin offerings thou hast not required. Then I say, \u201cLo, I come, in the roll of the book, it is written of me \u2013Psalms 40:16-7\u201d. <\/em><\/strong>In this verse, David is talking about the sacrifice of Jesus as the Lamb of God (See John 1:29). It is quoted in a more clarified way in Hebrews 10:5-7. Read please.<\/p>\n This proves the fore plan which shows Christ to have been, \u201cslain before the foundation of the world-Revelation 13:8\u201d. <\/em><\/strong>After a long time of man living the life of disobedience which they learned from Adam, for it is written; \u201c\u2026by one man\u2019s disobedience, men were made sinners \u2013 Romans 5:19\u201d. In Adam all die \u2026I Corinthians 15:22,<\/strong>\u201dGod decided to continue with His restoration plan.<\/p>\n Man had no knowledge of God, nor Had he any knowledge of himself, or why he is in this physical body for, \u201c\u2026they have all fallen away, \u2026there is none that does good, no, not one. None is righteous no, not one, no one understands, no one seeks after God. All have turned aside, together, they have gone astray \u2013 Psalms 53:2-3; Romans 3:10-12\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Therefore, God sent His messenger from heaven (the word- John 1:1, 14) who put on a human body as fore planned\u2026into the world by a birth through the virgin Mary. This messenger was non else other than Jesus Christ.\u00a0 What message did He bring to mankind from their creator God? When creating man, the key purpose was and up to now is to make Him a spirit being after he has learned God\u2019s way of life, and to have him rule God\u2019s Kingdom on earth- Genesis 1:26. He commanded him to observe the weekly Sabbath as a perpetual reminder of that coming Kingdom. But as we have seen, man was deceived out of the plan. Instead of preparing for the Kingdom, He began to seek after things which have to do with this body and worldly life in general. This is why, up to now, the world is not looking forward for a coming Kingdom, a reason why it doesn\u2019t keep the reminder \u2013 the Sabbath.<\/p>\n GOOD NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n For God to continue with His plan, the messenger had to first make man know it, as it is written \u201cto open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners (sinners)from (Satan\u2019s destructive life)dungeons, from darkness to light\u201d \u2013 Isaiah 42:7; Acts 26:18\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Hear what the messenger says, \u201cThe time is fulfilled and the Kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe the gospel Mark 1:15\u201d. <\/strong><\/em>What is God telling us here? \u201cThe Kingdom for which you were created is about to be restored. But the life you are living is not the one lived in that Kingdom. So, turn from it (repent) and start living this one I am teaching you\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Man has always lived the Satan\u2019s way, not aware of any other way. But God has here given an alternative. When God created Adam, He placed before Him \u2026two lifestyles. Now, God has here again placed the two lifestyles before the entire mankind. The Satan\u2019s one of destruction and death which is the present world [the knowledge of good and evil], and the God’s one of construction and everlasting life [the free of life].<\/p>\n These news angered Satan and he began to try his best to stop Christ from making men know it .But Christ by the power of God’s spirit withstood him and continued to proclaim the new life until He was lastly crucified for it.<\/p>\n So he became the second Adam. Just as Adam chose Satan\u2019s life and taught the world the same ,so Christ has chosen God\u2019s life and is teaching the world the same . So Christ has chosen God\u2019s life and is teaching as many as will repent; of Him it is written ; \u2018\u2026\u2026.By one man\u2019s obedience many are made righteous \u2019 . \u201c\u2026.So also in Christ shall all be made alive -1Corinthians 1:22, Romans 5:19\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n In those who choose the Godly life, God begins His phase two creation of man which is spiritual and starts with the acquisition of God\u2019s mind through the Holy Spirit- see Ephesians 4:22-24. They are the one\u2019s called the church of God [read our message, what is a church? for details].<\/p>\n The question is;” but those people had sinned, and we know the penalty of sin to be death .How come they are now changed without dying?<\/p>\n THE PASSOVER <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s through the plan B<\/strong> which is God\u2019s redemption plan that their sins are forgiven .Satan tried to stop Christ from revealing this true life to mankind .But Christ continued until they killed\u00a0 Him on the cross. He \u201cwas tempted in every way as we are, Yet He never sinned Hebrews 4:15\u201d.<\/em><\/strong>So, if death is the fruit of sin, and He never sinned, why did He have to die? Christ knew and lived the true life all through. If it were for His sake, He would not have come from heaven to struggle with Satan here on earth. It was for man\u2019s sake that He came. So He died for our sins. It is written; \u201cthe redemption is in Christ whom God put forward as an expiation by his blood to be received by faith\u2026in his divine forbearance, He has passed over (covered)our <\/em>past sins Romans 3:25<\/strong>\u201d. \u2013This said, whoever repents and believes, thus beginning to live Godly life, Christ\u2019s death pays for his past sins, for \u201c\u2026we are\u00a0 now justified (made right, cleansed)by his blood-Romans 5:9\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n This is the beginning of God\u2019s redemption plan symbolized by the Passover which is also the second of God\u2019s commanded holy days, for its written. \u201cThe appointed feasts of the Lord which you shall proclaim as hol;yassemblies\u2026are\u2026the Sabbath-Leviticus 23:2-3<\/em><\/strong>\u201d. <\/em>As we saw, the Sabbath holy day is a symbol of the original restoration plan; but man was deceived out of it. To return man to it, God Has introduced a new plan which is, \u201cThese are the feasts of the Lord (not of Israel), the holy assemblies\u2026 In the first month, the fourteenth day of the month in the evening is the Lord\u2019s Passover- Leviticus 23:5\u201d. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, Christ passed over our past sins so that we may be reconciled to God, for Him to start creating His mind and behavior in us, out of Satan\u2019s life-See Romans 8:2. When Israel were to be saved from the death angel in Egypt, they took a lamb, killed it and smeared the blood on their door posts. So the killer angel passed over their houses on seeing the blood. This is where Passover began \u2013See Exodus 12:1-13. This lamb symbolized Christ, for He is; \u201d— the lamb of God \u2013 John 1:29\u201d, the true Passover, for, \u201c\u2026Christ\u2026our Passover lamb has been crucified \u2013 I Corinthians 5:7\u201d. <\/strong>Every time we observe the Passover, we remember that, \u201c\u2026our old self was crucified with Him so that the sinful body might be destroyed, and we may no longer be enslaved to sin \u2013 Romans 6:<\/strong>6\u201d<\/p>\n This move takes us back to God and we begin where Adam failed. And because our goal shifts from the worldly standards to that of the Kingdom, we also begin to keep its reminder-the Sabbath. Therefore, know and understand that the Passover is not just a day, but rather a memorial of continually dying to sin. Since dying to sin is not an instant thing, and now we have resolved to die, what is next?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Where are we now? Every true Christian is one who has believed the message which Christ brought from God, teaching men what true living is. But our past sin have put a petition between us and God, and your sins have hid His face from you so that He doesn\u2019t hear \u2013 Isaiah 59:2\u201d. Now, for these true Christians, Christ’s blood has wiped away this separation, reconciling us to God. We are now back in the potter\u2019s hands. We are right where Adam stood, but unlike him, we have chosen to follow God. God has begun His phase two creation which starts with pumping His knowledge in our minds , for it is this knowledge which when we apply in any deed, that makes us develop the righteous behavior. So, do we get careless, get lazy and relax for God to do His work because Christ has done it for us? By no means.<\/p>\n Christ’s blood has wiped our past sins. But now that we have chosen to live Godly lives, we have to, \u201cgrow (in it)<\/em>in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord \u2013 II Peter 3:18<\/strong>\u201d. \u201cyou are already made clean by the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruits unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me \u2013 John\u00a0 15:3-4\u201d. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n We were living in disobedience. But now, we have to live in obedience to God\u2019s word (law). This is what it takes to abide in Christ, for He tells us \u201cIf you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love just as I have kept my Father\u2019s commandments and abide in His love. For we share in Christ if only we hold our first confidence firm unto the end \u2013 John 15:10, Hebrews 3:15\u201d. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Since the time we were born until the time we began to repent, we have lived and developed Satan\u2019s character. It doesn\u2019t take a wink of an eye to erase these satanic attitudes and behaviors. God is therefore commanding us to, \u201c\u2026fight the good fight of faith, take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession \u2013 Hebrews 6:12\u201d. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Satan is still here with us broadcasting. Our minds, due to our former knowledge, are occasionally in tune with him through our fleshly pulls. The spirit of God in us is enabling us to erase these attitudes, and replace them with the Godly ones \u2013 compare \u2013 Galatians 5:19-21 and verses \u2013 22-23. In every step, we have a choice to make, whether to obey God\u2019s voice (His word), or Satan\u2019s voice (our imaginations), our former sinful ways.<\/p>\n Every time we obey God\u2019s word, the spirit of God gives us victory against Satan for, \u201c—God has given us a spirit of power \u2013 II Timothy 1:7\u201d. <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Every time we look back and obey our former mind, we sin and Satan\u2019s spirit takes hold of us. This is the fight we are engaged in- Matthew 24:13. This is what the feast of unleavened bread is about. Every time we observe this feast, we are reminded of removing sin from our lives., for we are told, \u201cLet us therefore keep the feast, not with the old leaven of malice and evil but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth – <\/em>\u00a0I Corinthians 5:8\u201d. See Leviticus 23:6-8. <\/strong>This is the second holy day (second step) symbolizing God\u2019s redemption plan. Now that we have resolved to remove sin from our lives and God Has begun His creation work in us, how do we do it?<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n THE FEAST OF PENTECOST<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n God knows very well that our physical bodies are hostile to His way of life. So, how does He expect us to live Godly? With this knowledge in mind, Christ told His disciples not to start preaching until something happens. What? \u201c\u2026Christ charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father\u2026\u201d <\/em><\/strong>which? \u201cBut you shall receive power when the holy spirit has come upon you, and you shall be my witness\u2026<\/em>Acts 1:4,8\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n It is at this point that one\u2019s Christianity is confirmed, for our Lord says. \u201cWhoever doesn\u2019t have the Holy Spirit does not belong to Christ. (is not a Christian) .For as many as are led by the spirit of God, are His sons- <\/em>Romans 8:9, 14\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n Therefore, the feast of Pentecost symbolizes the beginning of God\u2019s spiritual creation- work in man\u2019s life. When the disciples lived with Christ in His physical life, they were not yet converted. They were still carnal. \u201cWhen the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place\u2026 And they were all filled with the holy spirit \u2013 Acts 2:1-4\u201d.<\/em><\/strong>This is when the church of God began. This is when Christ and the Father \u201c\u2026came in them and made their home in their hearts \u2013 John 14:23\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n So, the feast of Pentecost is the third stage of God\u2019s redemption plan. Let\u2019s recapulate please. Man has been deceived and chose the wrong life, and rejected the one that would have lead him to the kingdom (the weekly Sabbath), the original restoration plan. God Has begun his plan of redeeming man by the death of Jesus Christ who overcame Satan and taught man that way of overcoming, thus paying the sin penalty (death) for those who repent \u2013Passover (the first step of the redemption plan). The repentants have resolved to quit sinning-The feast of unleavened bread (second step of redemption plan). Because they can\u2019t live Godly lives by their physical powers, neither understand it by their physical minds, God gives them the Holy Spirit \u2013 feast of Pentecost (third step of the redemption plan).<\/p>\n At this point, the spiritual character development has begun in those who have the holy spirit. According to the new covenant, God has begun to fulfil His promise, where He said; \u201cI will put my law within them, and I will write it within their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people \u2013 Jeremiah 31:33-34\u201d.\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>What will follow after this work of righteous character development?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0THE FEAST OF TRUMPET<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n In those whose hearts, God and Christ dwells, \u201cGod Has condemned sin in the flesh, in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n order that the just requirements of His law may be fulfilled\u00a0 in us who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the spirit \u2013 Romans 8:3-4\u201d. <\/em><\/strong>By practicing the law, it becomes \u201c\u2026our wisdom and understanding \u2026Deuteronomy 4:6\u201d.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n It becomes our knowledge. <\/strong>It\u2019s the one we apply in everything we do in life. If we continue unfailing, continually repenting every time we slip and sin, if we with all patience continue in well doing (living by the law)in search of honor, glory and immorality \u2026, Christ will be formed in us \u2013 Romans 2:7; Galatians 4:19\u201d. <\/strong>All that Satan had written in our minds will be completely deleted, and God will at this point complete His character development in us .What will happen to those who will submit themselves to God to this point? As He parted to heaven, Christ promised, saying, \u201c\u2026I shall return and welcome you to myself, so that where I am, you may be also \u2013 John 14:3\u201d. <\/em><\/strong>When will this be?\u201cFor the Lord Himself will descent from heaven with a cry of command, with the archangel\u2019s call, with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive\u2026shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air \u2013 I Thessalonians 4:16-17\u201d<\/em><\/strong>When? \u201cIn a moment, in a twinkling of an eye; at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and the living in Christ will be changed \u2013 I Corinthians 15:52<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n The feast of trumpets symbolizes this pivotal point in life, the return of Jesus Christ and the completion of God\u2019s creation for His church, and the beginning of His actual Kingdom restoration on the earth. It is the time when the first fruits will be harvested (born again), having been changed from physical beings to spirit ones, for \u201cChrist will change our lowly bodies to be like His glorious one \u2013 Philippians 3:21\u201d. <\/em><\/strong>God’s desire of making a man who is like Him (Genesis 1:26) will be fulfilled in them. It is this moment that we remember when observing the feast of trumpets (the fourth step in the redemption plan \u2013 Leviticus 23:24-25).<\/p>\n Our Lord tells us that, once we meet Him up in the air, we will never part again \u201cfor we will always be with Him- I Thessalonians4:17\u201d. <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0So we will be one with Him, being as He is. This brings us to the fifth holy day.<\/p>\n THE FEAST OF ATONEMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n When Christ appears in the clouds; \u201cHe will send His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other- Mathew 24:31\u201d. <\/em><\/strong>After that, as He descends with the saints unto Mount Zion (read Zechariah 14:4), He will send another might angel who will \u201cseize the dragon,\u00a0 who is the devil and Satan, and bind Him for a thousand years and throw him into the bottomless pit and shut it and seal it, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years are over \u2013Revelation 20:2-3\u201d. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n As we saw from the beginning, Satan deceived Adam from the true life of God and taught all His descendants the same. Up to now, He has held the world captive, sealing their minds so much, and kept them from understanding the life of God which Christ is teaching the world through the church \u2013II Corinthians 4:4\u201d. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n It is his spirit which fills this world now, which makes man live the wicked lives they are practising now. So, when He will be arrested and bound, and Christ with the saints take over, \u201cthe Spirit and the knowledge of God will fill the earth as the waters cover the sea-Hebrews 2:14, Isaiah 11:9\u201d. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Once this happens, the blindness of the Nations will be removed as they begin to receive transmission from God\u2019s Spirit, for He promised, \u201cAnd I will destroy on this mountain (Kingdom)the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil (blindness)that is spread over all Nations \u2013 Isaiah 25:7. \u201cAnd all the Nations of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the Nations shall worship before Him. For dominion belongs to the Lord and He rules over the Nations Psalms 22:27-28\u201d.<\/em><\/strong> This is when God\u2019s desire, that of His will being done on earth as in heaven will be fulfilled. And the world will be AT-ONE-MENT with God. This is the spiritual intent of the feast of atonement (the fifth step in God\u2019s redemption plan).Once Satan is removed, Christ will establish His Kingdom on earth. What follows?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n As we began to say, that whatever is uppermost in God\u2019s mind is to restore His Kingdom here on earth; and as we saw that the original plan was halted by Adam\u2019s wrong choice, and as we saw, that God started the planB<\/strong> through Jesus Christ, by which He redeems mankind back to the original plan, that of having him be like God and rule the earth, we hereby have arrived there.<\/p>\n After Satan is put in the bottomless pit and Christ and the saints have established God\u2019s throne on Mt. Zion in Jerusalem, \u201cthey will reign with Christ for a thousand years<\/em><\/strong>\u2013 Revelation 20:4\u201d.\u00a0 <\/strong>This will be the seventh day; the beginning of the seventh one thousand years (the Sabbath). This one thousand years rule over all the earth is what is symbolized by the feast of terbanacles which signifies the same thing as the weekly Sabbath- the Kingdom of God. It proves God\u2019s success (through His redemption plan), in taking man back to the original restoration plan. It was to keep the Sabbath in remembering the coming Kingdom. In the redemption plan, we keep the feast of tabernacles in remembering the Kingdom ruling over the whole world (see Daniel 7:27), the time when, \u201cthe law shall come from Zion, and the word of God from Jerusalem; when many people will say, <\/em>\u201cCome, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob,, that He may teach us His ways and that we may walk in them- Isaiah 2:3-4\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n It is also the beginning of the restoration of that original glorious Kingdom of God on Earth which was deceased by angels. It is as it was, a spiritual Kingdom, ruled by men changed into spirit beings who have developed the righteous character of God, and are skilled in administering according to God\u2019s law, which has become their minds.<\/p>\n Through these one thousand years, the saints will judge the Nations in the same way, Christ is judging the church now. They will do the saving work through Christ in the same way Christ is doing to them, for of them, it is written, \u201c Saviours (under chief saviour)shall go up to Mt. Zion to rule Mount Esau and the Kingdom shall be the Lords \u2013 Obadiah 1:21\u201d. <\/em><\/strong>Therefore, the feast of tabernacles is the sixth step in God\u2019s redemption plan. What will happen after the one thousand years?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE LAST GREAT DAY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n When Christ comes, it is only those who died in Jesus Christ who will be resurrected. Yes, who will partake of the first resurrection? How about the rest? Our Lord says, \u201cThe rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years are over \u2013 Revelation 20:5\u201d. <\/em><\/strong>When the thousand years are over, those who through the thousand\u00a0 years (who were ruled by the saints),who will have repented, will be changed and join the saints in the holy city.<\/p>\n At the end of this period, Satan will be loosed from his prison \u2013 Revelation 20:7\u201d. <\/em><\/strong>There are those who will not repent and so, will remain physical through the one thousand years. So, when Satan is loosed, these are the people he will deceive, \u201c\u2026the Nations at the four corners of the earth\u2026 And they marched up over the broad earth and surrounded the camp of the saints, the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them; and the devil who deceived them is thrown into the lake of fire- Revelation 20:7-11\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Once that happens, the second resurrection will take place. Hear what our Lord says about it. This is after every physical living being has been consumed by the fire after they and Satan surrounded the holy city, trying to overthrow it, as it has always been his plan since the beginning \u2013to be like the most high.<\/p>\n \u201cThen I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it (Christ) \u2026 And I saw the dead, great and small\u2026, standing before the throne, and books were opened\u2026 And the dead were judged by what is written in the books, by what they had done-Revelation 20:11-12\u201d. <\/em><\/strong>This is the second resurrection. It is for those who died before having known Christ. They are resurrected and are hereby being judged in the same way the church\u00a0 now is being judged (I Peter 4:17), and the same way those in the millennium will be judged by the saints, for God shows no partiality; yes, He doesn\u2019t discriminate. For details on this, read out message \u2013\u201cis God TRYING TO SAVE THE WHOLE WORLD NOW\/). <\/em><\/strong>This time is the one Isaiah talked about when; \u201cthere shall not be an infant that lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fulfill His days, the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinners, hundred years old shall\u00a0 be accursed \u2013 Isaiah 65:20\u201d. <\/em><\/strong>It points to the period which this great white throne judgment will take, i.e. one hundred years<\/p>\n The last great day which is also the seventh and the last (holy day) step in God\u2019s redemption plan signifies the second resurrection and judgment of the rest of dead (Revelation 20:5). We know seven to denote completion in all God\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n By this last great day, Christ\u2019s work will be over and He \u201cwill deliver the Kingdom to the Father after having destroyed every rule and every authority and power \u2013 I Corinthians. 15:25\u201d. And \u2026the God of heaven will set up a Kingdom which shall never be destroyed…which shall stand forever \u2013Daniel 2:44\u201d. <\/em><\/strong>And God\u2019s right now \u2026uppermost desire of restoring His Kingdom on earth will be accomplished, and men made like God (Spirit beings) will rule over it. By this, He will \u2026\u201dUnite all things in Him, things in heaven and on the earth \u2013 Ephesians 1:10\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BE IN THE PLAN<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Throughout this message, we have talked about God\u2019s master plan by which He will unite the whole universe in Himself through His one life, according to His will. He has demonstrated this plan through His commanded holy days which are; \u201chis Sabbaths, for He says, \u201c I gave you my Sabbaths as a sign between me and you, which makes you know that, I am the Lord who sanctify (sets you a part)<\/em><\/strong>you- Ezekiel 20:12\u201d. See also \u2013 Exodus 31:17 (Galatians 6:16).<\/p>\n Which Sabbaths? \u201cthese are my appointed feasts (holy days of Solemn rest), holy assemblies which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them (not anytime you plan for yourself)- Leviticus 23:4-37:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n They are- THE SABBATH \u2013LEVITICUS 23:2-3: THE PASSOVER \u2013LEVITICUS 23:5: THE UNLEAVENED BREAD-LEVITICUS 23:6: THE PENTECOST-LEVITICUS 23:15-16, 21: THE TRUMPETS \u2013LEVITICUS 23:23-24: THE ATONMENT \u2013 LEVITICUS 23:27: THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES-LEVITICUS 23:34-35: THE LAST GREAT \u2013LEVITICUS 23:36-37.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n This message is the very Spirit of these days. God\u2019s intention is not just to have us keep the days but rather, to continually remind us of His plan for our lives through them. Whoever doesn\u2019t observe these holy days doesn\u2019t understand himself nor has he any part in Christ saving plan. Are you looking forward to this salvation? Start learning through keeping God\u2019s holy days (Sabbaths). This is Christ knocking at the door of your heart through His vessel, THE END TIME CHURCH OF GOD<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The uppermost thing in God\u2019s mind now is to restore His Kingdom here on earth. But anyone who hears this will wonder why the kingdom is not ruling over the earth and yet God is the one who created it. Why didn\u2019t He just establish it after creating the earth? Who is ruling it now?…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-messages"],"yoast_head":"\n