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P hiladelphia S ubscribed. Where are we going… where have we been?. Laodic e a - (1900- Rapture) “ Th e Rights of th e P e opl e ”. Revelation 3:14-22. P hiladelphia S ubscribed. Revelation 3:7-13. Philadelphia 1500-1900 AD. Laodicea 1900-Rapture. Working … or… Wretched
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Laodicea- (1900- Rapture)“The Rights of the People” • Revelation 3:14-22
Philadelphia Subscribed Revelation3:7-13
Philadelphia 1500-1900 AD Laodicea 1900-Rapture Working … or… Wretched Missioned …or …Miserable Powerful … or…Poor Bountiful … or…Blind Named …or…Naked
Ephesians 3:21 - “Untohim be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.”
Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #1- The CHRIST we KNOW! • An OVERWHELMINGCOMPREHENSION of His HOLINESS • An UNQUALIFIEDSURRENDER to His TRUTH • An UTTERDEPENDENCE upon His AUTHORITY and ACCESS
Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #2- The LIFE we LIVE! • PARTICIPATION In The WORK of the LORD • COOPERATION With OTHERS In the LOCALBODY • POSSESSION of THE WORD of GOD • No DENUCIATION of The LORD’S NAME
Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #3- The PROMISES we HOLD! • HE will set before us OPENDOORS • HE will grant VINDICATION over our OPPOSERS • HE will provide DELIVERANCE in TURBULANTTIMES
Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #4- The REWARDS we PURSUE! • To Be A PILLAR in God’s TEMPLE • To Have Our FATHER’SNAME written upon US • To Have Our MOTHER’SNAME written upon US • To Have The NEWNAME of The LORD JESUSCHRIST Written Upon US!
Philadelphia Subscribed … The REMINDERS we KEEP!
Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #5- The REMINDERS we KEEP! • DON’T FORGET how SOON I’m COMING
Matthew 24:14 – “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”
Matthew 24:3 – “And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?”
Zechariah 14:4 – “And His feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.”
The RAPTURE • Jesus comes IN the clouds FOR His saints.
The Second Coming • Jesus comes WITH the clouds WITH His saints.
1 Corinthians 1:22 - “For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom”
Matthew 16:3 – “And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?”
Matthew 16:1-3 – “The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?”
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 “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.” • Revelation 4:1 “After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.”
Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #5- The REMINDERS we KEEP! • DON’T FORGET how SOON I’m COMING
Romans 13:11-12 - And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Romans 13:13-14 - “Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.”
Ephesus • Pergamos • Philadelphia 90-200 A.D. 325-500 A.D. 1500-1900 A.D. • Sardis 1000-1500 A.D. • Laodicea • Smyrna • Thyatira 1900-Rapture 200-325 A.D. 500-1000 A.D.
The BLESSING of the • “Blessed” • “readeth” • “hear” • “keep”
Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #5- The REMINDERS we KEEP! • DON’T FORGET how SOON I’m COMING • DON’T LETGO of what you HAVE
The Wycliffe Bible (1382) • The Tyndale Bible (1525) • The Coverdale Bible (1535) • The Matthew Bible (1537) • The Great Bible (1539) • The Geneva Bible (1560) • The Bishop’s Bible (1568) • The King James Bible (1611)
2nd Timothy 1:13 – “Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.”
Laodicea • The Laodicean “STRAY” • Commission • Character • Commendation • Condemnation Wretched, Miserable, Poor, Blind and Naked
Romans 11:33 – “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!”
1 Corinthians 2:13,16 – “Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.”
Hebrews 4:12-13 – “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.”
Philadelphia 1500-1900 AD Laodicea 1900-Rapture Working … or… Wretched Missioned …or …Miserable Powerful … or…Poor Bountiful … or…Blind Named …or…Naked
God has a plan and so does the devil. • The God of the Bible is the God of History. • The devil does not want you to identify him in history. • History repeats itself. • Don’t remove the ancient landmark.
Proverbs 22:28 – “Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.” • Proverbs 23:10 - “Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless”
1st Timothy 6:3-5 – “If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.”
2nd Timothy 1:13 – “Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.”
Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #5- The REMINDERS we KEEP! • DON’T FORGET how SOON I’m COMING • DON’T LETGO of what you HAVE • DON’T LOSE your REWARD
2nd John 1:8 – “Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward”.
The Bounds of Love (2nd John verse 8) • How we respond to false teachers has ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES.
Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #5- The REMINDERS we KEEP! • DON’T FORGET how SOON I’m COMING • DON’T LETGO of what you HAVE • DON’T LOSE your REWARD • DON’T STOPLISTENING to My SPIRIT
Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #1- The CHRIST we KNOW! • Factor #2- The LIFE we LIVE! • Factor #3- The PROMISES we HOLD! • Factor #4- The REWARDS we PURSUE! • Factor #5- The REMINDERS we KEEP!