HOW THE “MYSTERY HID FROM ALL AGES PAST” TELLS US WHEN THE CHURCH WILL BE “CAUGHT UP”

Edward O’Hara Did you know that Paul’s teaching that he calls “the mystery that was hidden from ages past” in Col.1 speaks of the church leaving this place for heaven?  We can only see this when we understand correctly who the “he who withholds” is that Paul says holds back “the man of sin” so he will be revealed “in his time” in 2Thes.2:6-9. This is a clue to the timing of the “caught up” that is our blessed hope. Because only in this dispensation do men have the indwelling Holy Spirit. So when that is to be no more then the rapture happens.  When we add to this the message in John16:7-11 where Jesus told the disciples He had to leave or the Holy Spirit could not come we see another clue to this timing. It is from this message, coupled…

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RENEWING OUR MINDS, AND IT’S BY PRODUCT, MUST BE MOTIVATED BY GOD’S LOVE- Rom.12:1,2

In our last look at Rom.11 I referenced Rom.12 saying that when we get to it we will read where Paul would begin to address some things about behavior as it relates to believers. And we will see now that he does. But, it’s probably not what most people think of when they think about how a believer is to behave. We also learned that Paul taught that it was necessary in God’s plan for Him to “show mercy to all”, that Israel would be concluded in unbelief. Because this was the way God planned for them and the rest of the nations to be shown God’s mercy for salvation. Because it was in their unbelief that Israel rejected and crucified Jesus. Whose death was planned from before God made the world because it is in this way power is…

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