ONCE UPON A TIME : A TRUE STORY : PART 1
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As I explain in such articles as the thought-provoking
series 'The Great Tribulation And The Rapture', contrary to
what is believed by Pre-Tribulation Rapture theorists, God's
Holy Word clearly indicates that the Lord's children will go
through the dark period known as the Great Tribulation; also
referred to by some Bible students as the time of Jacob's
Trouble. In the following verse from the Gospel of Matthew,
we are told that these terrible days of suffering will be
shortened for the Elect's sake. The Lord loves His children
so much, that as soon as He has determined that the ungodly
forces of antichrist have filled their cup of iniquity, He
is going to suddenly return, and stop the terrible slaughter
of His faithful followers:
"And except those days should be shortened, there should no
flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be
shortened." (Matthew 24:22)
Exactly who is 'the elect' to whom the Lord is referring?
Based upon my current understanding of the Scriptures, I
believe that this Elect represents all saved Christians, be
they Jew or Gentile, who will have ever lived on the Earth
up until the time of His Coming. The only exception will be
those Saints who were already resurrected at the time of the
Lord's own Resurrection almost two thousand years ago. We
find the following interesting account in the twenty-seventh
chapter of the Gospel of Matthew:
"Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded
up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent
in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did
quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and
many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of
the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy
city, and appeared unto many." (Matthew 27:50-53)
What I find interesting about the previous verses is that
this event is not mentioned in any of the other Gospels.
Neither is it mentioned in the Epistles or the Book of Acts.
Considering the importance of such an event, I can only
wonder at the silence of the other Gospel writers, as well
as the writers of the Epistles. What adds further mystery to
these verses is that in the Book of Revelation, John refers
to the Resurrection of the Saints at the end of the world
when Christ returns, as the First Resurrection; followed a
thousand years later by the Second Resurrection of all of
the remaining dead; thus we have an enigma with no clear
answer for now.
Some Bible teachers have suggested that the Lord's Church is
male, allegorically speaking, but I believe otherwise. I am
quite convinced that the Lord views the Body of Believers as
His spiritual multi-national, worldwide Bride. In the not
too distant future, like a gallant knight of old who fights
for the hand and honour of his beloved princess, the Lord
will suddenly return to rescue His virgin Bride-To-Be from
the clutches of the Beast; all with the blessings of His
kingly Father. Just when all appears to be lost, we will be
caught up to Heaven, to meet Him in the air at the sound of
the Last Trump; that is, the Seventh Trump, as is discussed
by Jesus, Paul and John in the following verses:
"And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a
trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the
four winds, from one end of heaven to the other."
Matthew 24:31)
"Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but
we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the
dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be
changed." (1 Corinthians 15:51-52)
"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a
shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump
of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we
which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so
shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one
another with these words." (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18)
"But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he
shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished,
as he hath declared to his servants the prophets."
(Revelation 10:7)
From the very first chapter of the Bible, clear to the end,
the Lord uses the male/female relationship as a symbol of
His own relationship with His Creation. For example, the
Earth itself is symbolic of an egg which was fertilized by
the very Spirit of God which hovered over and around it;
just like the male sperm which must penetrate the female egg
in order to create an embryo:
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And
the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon
the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the
face of the waters." (Genesis 1:1-2)
Just like an egg, once the Earth was fertilized by God's
Spirit, that formless shape began to come alive under the
Lord's guidance for the next six days, and took on a clear
identity. Please do not misinterpret my words. I am by no
means suggesting that the Earth itself is a live being as is
espoused by New Age thought advocates who refer to the Earth
as Gaea, a name borrowed from ancient Greek mythology; I am
simply using this clear Biblical symbolism in order to make
a point. Throughout the Old Testament, Israel and Jerusalem
are also both characterized by many of the Prophets as a
rebellious unfaithful wife who has repeatedly committed the
sin of spiritual adultery by following after other heathen
gods. Consider the following verses:
"How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of
judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers."
(Isaiah 1:21)
"For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy
bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon
every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest,
playing the harlot." (Jeremiah 2:20)
We will be taking a closer look at this issue later on in
this series. Throughout the four Gospels, Jesus shared a
variety of Parables in which virgins and a wedding feast
were a part of the symbolism He used. These would include
the Parable of the Ten Virgins, as well as the Parable of
the Wedding Garment. I will be discussing these Parables
later on in this series. Even John the Baptist was aware of
the spiritual parallel between Christ and His Church, and
the role of the Bride and the Bridegroom. In the third
chapter of the Gospel of John, we find the Baptist saying:
"He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of
the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth
greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy
therefore is fulfilled." (John 3:29)
The Apostle Paul also was not ignorant of these spiritual
realities. In discussing the issue of grace versus law in
his Epistle to the Romans, Paul made the following comment:
"Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law
by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another,
even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should
bring forth fruit unto God." (Romans 7:4)
In like manner, the Book of Revelation follows this same
pattern of equating the Body of Believers to a woman. In
chapter twelve, we find the mysterious woman who is forced
to flee into the wilderness, in order to escape persecution
by the Red Dragon; that is, by Satan, via his earthly
rulers. This topic is discussed more fully in my Endtime
article 'The Woman In The Wilderness And The 144,000'. I
trust that you will read it:
"And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a
place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a
thousand two hundred and threescore days."
(Revelation 12:6)
In chapter fourteen of the Book of Revelation, John also
describes the one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed
servants of God as being spiritual virgins:
"These are they which were not defiled with women; for they
are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb
whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men,
being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb."
(Revelation 14:4)
In the nineteenth chapter of the Book of Revelation, we find
that this female symbolism continues with the Body of the
Believers being represented by a female virgin Bride, who
has kept herself pure and unspotted from the things of the
world:
"Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the
marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself
ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in
fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the
righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write,
Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper
of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true
sayings of God." (Revelation 19:7-9)
Finally, in the last two chapters of the Bible, we also
discover that the Heavenly City, New Jerusalem, is depicted
as the Bride of Christ. She is a reflection of the actual
Body of the Believers:
"And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down
from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her
husband...And there came unto me one of the seven angels
which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues,
and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee
the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the
spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that
great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven
from God," (Revelation 21:2, 9-10)
Thus, we can see that the Lord's true Church is His
spiritual Bride, who will go through great travail during
the Great Tribulation, 'that we should bring forth fruit
unto God'; exactly as was stated by Paul in the previous
verse from his Epistle to the Romans. Of course, we know
that Paul was only repeating what he himself had learned
from the Lord; who indeed taught that, as His spiritual
Bride-To-Be, we are to bear spiritual fruit for the Kingdom
of God. You see, just as our Salvation is by faith, even
though we don't fully experience it now in the flesh, our
future as the Bride of Christ is also something which we
accept by faith, now, in this life. That is why even though
our marriage to our Heavenly Bridegroom has not yet been
consumated, we bear Him spiritual children, now, in this
life, as if the event had already happened. Consider the
following verses found in the Gospels of Mark and John:
"Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained
you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your
fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the
Father in my name, he may give it you." (John 15:16)
"And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should
cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night
and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth
not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself;
first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in
the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he
putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come."
(Mark 4:26-29)
"Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh
harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look
on the fields; for they are white already to harvest."
(John 4:35)
While there has been a steady harvest of souls since the
Lord walked the Earth two thousand years ago, we also know
that He looked forward to a time when there will be a final
great harvest of souls, who will be freed from their mortal
bodies at the time of the First Resurrection. The Apostle
John made specific mention of this great harvest of the
Endtime when he wrote the following words found in the Book
of Revelation:
"And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud
one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a
golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. And another
angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to
him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap:
for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of
the earth is ripe. And he that sat on the cloud thrust in
his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped."
(Revelation 14:14-16)
As I explain in the article, 'From Armageddon To The New
Earth', it is when Jesus Christ returns for His beloved
Bride-To-Be, His Elect, that the Age of the Millennium will
finally be ushered in; and we, the resurrected and changed
Saints, will sit upon Thrones, and reign with Jesus Christ
for one thousand years. At that time, as Jesus indicated in
the Parable of the Ten Talents, the cities of the Earth will
be divided amongst us, so that we might govern them for the
Lord. Consider also Jesus' promise to His First Apostles, as
well as the words written by the Apostle John in the Book of
Revelation:
"And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye
which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of
man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit
upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
(Matthew 19:28)
"...A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive
for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten
servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them,
Occupy till I come. But his citizens hated him, and sent a
message after him, saying, We will not have this man to
reign over us. And it came to pass, that when he was
returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded
these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given
the money, that he might know how much every man had gained
by trading. Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound
hath gained ten pounds. And he said unto him, Well, thou
good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very
little, have thou authority over ten cities. And the second
came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. And
he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. And
another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which
I have kept laid up in a napkin: For I feared thee, because
thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst
not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. And he saith
unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou
wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man,
taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not
sow: Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank,
that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the
pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. (And they
said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) For I say unto
you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from
him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away
from him. But those mine enemies, which would not that I
should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before
me." (Luke 19:12b-27)
"And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was
given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were
beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God,
and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image,
neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in
their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a
thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again
until the thousand years were finished. This is the first
resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the
first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power,
but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall
reign with him a thousand years." (Revelation 20:4-6)
That word 'regeneration' found in the verse from the Book of
Matthew, is quite interesting. It ties in directly with the
word 'Elect' spoken by Jesus in the twenty-fourth chapter of
the same book. It is derived from the Greek 'paliggenesia',
which means new birth, reproduction, renewal, recreation or
regeneration. So again, as I also explain in the series 'Is
Jesus The Only Begotten Son Of God?', God is reproducing
Himself through the adoption of sons and daughters of God;
who are the spiritual fruit of His collective Bride-To-Be;
the universal Church.
If we follow my regular practice of comparing Scripture with
Scripture, we can find a link between the word 'Elect' in
Jesus' Endtime sermon found in the Gospel of Matthew, and
the Epistles, which will further emphasize the fact that the
Lord does indeed view His Church in the feminine gender. As
you may know, the writers sometimes begin their Epistles by
addressing a specific church located in a certain place. In
like manner, they usually conclude their Epistle by sending
salutations to the brethren on behalf of the Church from
which they are writing. For example, notice how Paul begins
and ends his Epistle to the Philippians:
"Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all
the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the
bishops and deacons:" (Philippians 1:1)
"Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are
with me greet you. All the saints salute you, chiefly they
that are of Caesar's household. The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with you all. Amen. <<To [the Philippians written
from Rome, by Epaphroditus.]>>" (Philippians 4:21-23)
As we saw earlier, throughout the Book of Revelation, John
allegorically used the feminine gender in different forms.
Having set the pattern, consider now how John also used this
very same form of writing when he wrote his second Epistle
to a certain unidentified church. In his greeting to that
church, as well as in his closing remarks, he wrote the
following:
"The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love
in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have
known the truth;...The children of thy elect sister greet
thee. Amen." (2 John 1:1, 13)
It is not difficult to see that John appears to be writing
from one sister church to another sister church. In addition
to the fact that he addresses them as females, notice that
he specifically addresses the church to whom his Epistle is
directed, as 'elect lady'; and to the church from which he
is writing as 'elect sister'. In the introductory note in my
Bible, it states 'Unto the elect lady and her children...
John probably meant a church rather than a family'. Thus, it
is evident that even Zondervan, the company which printed
this particlar Bible, believes that this is what John meant.
Thus, as I clearly indicate in such articles as 'Is God A
Racist?', there is no distinction in Christ Jesus; we are
all one in Him; we are all a part of His multiple virgin
Bride. Consider the following verses:
"For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek:
for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon
him." (Romans 10:12)
"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor
free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one
in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:28)
"Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor
uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but
Christ is all, and in all." (Colossians 3:11)
The word 'elect' is derived from the Greek word 'eklektos';
which means to be picked out or chosen; and we have indeed
been chosen and called out by God to be part of His Church,
the spiritual Bride-To-Be for His very own Son; the Prince
of Peace, who has gone away on a far journey to claim His
Kingdom! Someday, hopefully very soon, we will be picked
out, chosen, and caught up to Heaven, at the time of the
Rapture, when our Prince returns for His Bride-To-Be. In
that day, He will carry us across the threshhold of this
current life, and into the next; to a place of unimaginable
beauty, which He has been preparing for us since almost two
thousand years ago. Jesus told us so Himself before His
departure, as you can see by the following verses:
"Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe
also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it
were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place
for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will
come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am,
there ye may be also." (John 14:1-3)
That belove brethren, is the New Jerusalem; our City of Gold
which will put the land of Oz to shame! The New Testament is
full of verses which clearly indicate that we have indeed
been predestinated and chosen by God since before the world
began. While most of the blind, foolish people of the world
have chosen to go their own way down the wide path which
leads to destruction, the Lord has seen fit to make us the
chosen and the few. We are indeed His Elect! We are His
Bride-To-Be! Please consider the following inspiring verses:
"So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be
called, but few chosen." (Matthew 20:16)
"For many are called, but few are chosen." (Matthew 22:14)
"And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh
should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath
chosen, he hath shortened the days." (Mark 13:20)
"For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be
conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the
firstborn among many brethren." (Romans 8:29)
"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation
of the world, that we should be holy and without blame
before him in love:...Having predestinated us unto the
adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according
to the good pleasure of his will,...In whom also we have
obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to
the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel
of his own will:" (Ephesians 1:4-5, 11)
"But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you,
brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the
beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of
the Spirit and belief of the truth:"
(2 Thessalonians 2:13)
"Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life,
whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good
profession before many witnesses." (1 Timothy 6:12)
"Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor
of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which
he hath promised to them that love him?" (James 2:5)
"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy
nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the
praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his
marvellous light:" (1 Peter 2:9)
"These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall
overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings:
and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and
faithful." (Revelation 17:14)
So you see, we truly are, as Peter states, the 'heirs of the
Kingdom which He hath promised to them that love Him'. Of
course, as with any marriage here on Earth, before we can
attend our much-anticipated Celestial Wedding, we must all
make sure that we are properly dressed for the long-awaited
Reunion with our Spiritual Husband. This Reunion has been in
preparation for quite some time by our Earthly standards. In
fact, even in the books of the Old Testament, we find hints
of this coming Marriage Celebration. Consider the following
interesting verse found in the book of the Prophet Isaiah:
"I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful
in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of
salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of
righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with
ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels."
(Isaiah 61:10)
As I discuss in such articles as 'The Gospel Of Thomas:
Introspection Or Heaven-spection?', So You Really Think You
Are So Humble?', and 'As A Thief In The Night? Not For Me!',
this same Garment Of Salvation, or Robe Of Righteousness is
also discussed throughout the books of the New Testament.
Jesus Himself discussed it on a number of occasions; and why
shouldn't He; after all, it was He who spoke through the
Prophets of the Old Testament. Many of us are familiar with
the following Parable found in the Gospel of Matthew:
"...The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which
made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to
call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would
not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell
them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my
oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready:
come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went
their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: And
the remnant took his servants, and entreated them
spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof,
he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed
those murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to
his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were
bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways,
and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those
servants went out into the highways, and gathered together
all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the
wedding was furnished with guests. And when the king came in
to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a
wedding garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest
thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was
speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him
hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer
darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For
many are called, but few are chosen." (Matthew 22:1b-14)
As you have probably already surmised, the reason this man
was thrown out of the Wedding Feast, is because he was not
saved. As I explain in such articles as 'The Urantia Book:
Attack On The Blood Atonement', Dracula: Fighting Fear With
The Word, Faith And Love', and 'Is Jesus The Only Begotten
Son Of God?', this man's crime was that he was not found to
be without spot or blemish in the Lord's Eyes; that is, he
was not found to be free of sin; and thus he was not worthy
to participate in this wonderful celebration. As Christians,
we all know that the only way to be found free of sin before
the Lord, is by being washed in the Blood of the unblemished
Sacrificial Lamb of the New Testament; that is, in the Blood
of Jesus Christ.
As some of my readers undoubtedly already know, Christ's
Sacrifice was foreshadowed in the Old Testament by the first
Passover in Egypt, as well as by what the Prophet Daniel
referred to as the daily sacrifice. This important offering
was performed by Aaron the High Priest, as well as by his
descendants, near the door of the Tabernacle, according to
the Laws of Moses. In the Books of Exodus and Numbers, the
daily sacrifice is called 'a continual burnt offering'. This
is because it was performed 'day by day continually'; that
is, on a daily basis throughout the year; in addition to the
other sacrifices which were performed throughout the year:
"Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two
lambs of the first year day by day continually. The one lamb
thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou
shalt offer at even: And with the one lamb a tenth deal of
flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil;
and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.
And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do
thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and
according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour,
an offering made by fire unto the LORD. This shall be a
continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD:
where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee."
(Exodus 29:38-42)
When John the Baptist began his preaching ministry in the
wilderness areas of the Jordan River Valley, he was fully
aware of these things; and thus he knew that the one true
Sacrificial Lamb would soon be revealed in Israel; that is
why when Jesus finally did show Himself to Israel, John was
the first to exclaim:
"... Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of
the world." (John 1:29b)
In part two of this series, we will continue our discussion
of the Sacrificial Lamb of God. We will also take a closer
look at the wedding attire of the Bride-To-Be, whom God the
Father has chosen for His Son, the Prince of Peace. This
will include a discussion on the mystery of the Temple Veil,
the revelations of the Apostle Paul, spiritual blindness,
Jesus the Giver of sight, spiritual blindness of the Jews,
the fulness of the Gentiles, jealous Michal, the Bride's
jealous sister, and keeping our garments. I trust that you
will join me.
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