THE LAST DAYS.
The present Gospel age in which we live is spoken of in the scriptures as the LAST DAYS.In hebrews 1:2 we read that god "hath in these LAST DAYS spoken unto us by his Son.Acts 2:17 "It shall come to pass in THE LAST DAYS,saith god,i will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh.
2TIM 3:1 Jas 5:3,2nd Peter 3:3
THE LAST TRUMP ,THE DAY OF JUDGMENT ,THE DAY OF THE LORD,all the same..........ONE DAY.
THE REIGN OF CHRIST,on the day of Pentecost.Peter declared (Acts 2:34-36)that the ressurection and ascension of Jesus christ was in fullfillment of Psalm 110.2nd verse declares that Christ would reign in the midst of His enemies.also 1st Cor 15:24,then cometh the end,when He shall have delivered up the Kingdom to God,even the Father;
Jesus christ is reigning today in the midst of His enemies.His reign reaches its terminus at the ressurection of the saints,death is then destroyed.=the last enemy.
Collossians 1:13 says that God hath delivered us from the power of darkness,and hath translated us into the Kingdom of His dear son"So we are at present in the Kingdom of the Son and He shall deliver up the Kingdom to god the father,that God may be all in all.1st Cor 15;2428.
Jesus christ began his reign as King when he broke the power of death at the ressurection.
(ask JWS who sits at the right hand of God is it a man,an archangel,a spirit,Jesus?)since they say that Jesus of Nazereth is dead,His body dissolved into gasses.......so who is the seed of david and does he still exist.?what MAN is going to judge the world.?Acts 17:31.
Hebrews 10-12 says After he had offered himself as one sacrifice for sins for ever THE MAN Jesus sat down at Gods right hand.how could this be if He was disposed of?WT says that no-one knows where the body of Jesus is.
ask JWS for one NT scripture that clearly says that christ is coming back to set up His Kingdom and reign on earth.
Papias founded his doctrine upon the wishful hopes of Judaism,they wanted the Messiah to reconstitute the Jewish nation with earthly dominion and glory this did not happen so the judaisers of the early church set it down for fullfillment at his second coming.the idea of a millenial reign on earth proceeded from judaism,for among the jews the representation was growing,that the Messiah would reign for a thousand years upon the earth,such products of Jewish imagination passed over into Christianity "(Neanders,History of Christian dogmas,!Vol 1 page 248.
The Apostle paul uttered a warning against this very thing when he wrote to Titus,"Not giving heed to Jewish fables"Titus 1:14.
Today we have so much confusion,
The Lord coming will be largely unanticipated by the world.
Mark 13:35-36.Math 24:44,Math 25:13,Luke21:35 1st Thss 5;2-42nd Peter 3;10,Rev 16;15.
the coming of the Lord is likened to unto lightening flashing in a brief moment from one part of the sky to another part-sudden-swift-dazzling."For as the lightening cometh out of the esat and shineth even unto the west;so shall also the coming of the Son of man be"Math 24;27;Luke 17:24.
the coming of the Lord will be so swift,that it likened to the brief moment,or one might say"split second"occupied bt the twinkling of an eye.
taken from ;THE SECOND ADVENT AND RELATED EVENTS by W.F.Mullan.copies of this message write to Box2332,Sudbury,Ontario.P3E 4N5
