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Is The Age of The Antichrist, Martyrdom, Rapture and The Millennial Kingdom Coming?

This book review is on Rev. chapter 14 & 15. I believe it is the will of God that all men be saved. Therefore He looks at the heart to know who is ready and willing to follow. We who have been willing to follow the will of God must always praise the Lord and have an attitude of thankfulness for all He has dons to draw us out of darkness. We have believed the word of God to know the Anti-christ shall be a man that the dragon will raise from this world to stand against God, and that this man will rule with absolute tyranny against all human beings and spare not those who are born of water and of the Spirit because born again believers will oppose him to defend the faith of the righteousness of God. The question now that we need to consider is:-   How should the saints react to the appearance of the Anti-christ in the Age of the Pale Horse which is round the corner? At the present the dragon through his unclean spirits is pouring sins into the world, and many are being overflowed with the flood of sins. This is so because we are witnessing it everyday. Thank God for the remission of sins; for true born again believers are being helped by the Holy Ghost to keep away from sins. However, in the Age of the Pale horse, Satan will resort to actually killing believers who do not yield to his flood of sins. Knowing this then it becomes very crucial for us to prepare our faith to stand against the Anti-christ when he makes his appearance on the earth. There is no doubt that God has ordained before the foundation of the earth that we shall overcome the Dragon with our faith in God. Satan knows that the faith of the Water and the Spirit is indestructible, and will seek to bring fear on believers through martyrdom for saints to capitulate and reject God. We need to understand this and allow the Holy Spirit in this Era and in the Era of the Pale horse to help us to build us up in the faith of Gold to defeat the Anti-christ with our faith and accept martyrdom which is the plan of God to give victory to believers who walk in the faith of the Baptism of Jesus and of the Spirit. We have the assurance and confidence that Jesus shall lift us up to meet Him in the air by His power and pour down the plagues of the seven bowls upon this earth to take vengeance on His enemies to fulfil Dt.32:35: He will avange His children's death.   We must not forget the word of truth which God has given us in Rev.14 onwards which has taught us that the Resurrection of Martyred saints and Rupture will most certainly come to the saints immediately after their martyrdom. This is the confidence that we must have in Jesus Christ who was able to open the seven seals and to complete the mystery of God.   We must understand and not forget what are the plagues of the seven bowls prepared for those who stand against God; for they are for the destruction of everything on the earth after the resurrection and rapture of all who slept in Christ, martyred saints, and those who remain and are alive. This is pictured in Verse 19, " So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God."   Our hope should be the inheritance of the Millennial Kingdom and the Authority of the saints. The Age of the Millennial Kingdom will begin when the Lord, together with the saints, descsnds to this earth again. The sermon on the mount in Mt.5:5 "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."; and Ps.37:29 "the righteous shall inherit the Land," will be fulfilled.   Having this hope, what must the Saints who live in this dark Age do? Of course the important thing is for us to preach the gospel of the righteousness of God that came by the water and the Spirit in which the faith of the righteousness of God revealed ( Rom.1:16-17). The gospel that we preach must enable people out there to know the difference between forgiveness of sins and the remission of sins. The commission which the Lord gave us is to preach this gospel throughout the whole world. My current experience with the church of the cross of Jesus only has taught me conclussively that I must understand this gospel to be able to test the spirit even among those who claim to be Pastors etc. There are people who are genuinely seeking the Lord, but are tken in by wolves in sheep's clothing. These people are not able to experience the peace of God because they have not come into the truth of the gospel of the water and the Spirit; but we thank God for enabling us to receive His peace into our hearts.   We should rejoice because the first resurrection is an event reserved for the Saints. It is obvious as we come to the truth of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, that before long the Anti-christ will appear in this world. The fact is all these things that we are seeing and shall come to pass are all in the plan of God. For me I believe that by the working of the Power of God in me I rejoice in that all in Christ whose flesh shall be cut off by the Anti-christ shall be ressurected and raptured by the Power of God and will take part in the marriage supper of the Lamb with the Lord.   It is very important I believe for us to maintain fellowship with the word and daily walk daily with our faith inited with our Lord's in His Baptism, His blood on the cross and His resurrection. We have no choice but to walk in this faith that fights against and overcome the anti-christ.   In our preaching we must know that even now there are many Liars who are deceiving people; and are teaching false faith. These deceivers are giving people a false sense Salvation through the doctrine of pre-tribulation rapture and leaving them a complacent comfort zone. Indeed we have through the New life Mission been helped by the Lord to know that God will need to use believers right through to just before the completion of the mystery of God when believers will lifted up to meet the Lord in the air before the out-pour of the plagues of the seven bowls after the last trump ( seventh trumpet ).   The crucial question now is then, How should we all live now? In Eph.3:20 " Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the Power that worketh in us." Clearly if we have believed the gospel of the water and the Spirit, then we have the Holt Spirit as the gift of God in our hearts. Therefore, to walk in the faith of the righteousness of God, we need to listen to and believe with our hearts what the Holy Spirit is saying to us throughthe Church. No one can finish this great work of the great commission by oneself. At the same time one cannot keep it to oneself, but to spread the word. This is why the church of God is so important for we are members one of another to work in the unity of the faith.   We can see from Rev. chapter 15 how those who overcame the Anti-christ were praising God with seven angels with the last sevenplagues to be out on to the earth. At this moment in time the book says that no one was able to enter the Temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed. We have to understand the significance of the multiples of sevens that are shown in Reveltion; for they show the Omnipotence and the Omniscience of Jesus our God. It shows the Perfection and His Almighty Power.   The Saints praise the Lord for His Omniscient and Omnipotent Power and Majesty revealed through the plagues of the seven bowls that He would pour on the world.   The " sign in heaven, great and marvelous " refers:- 1 to the last plagues of the seven bowls that shall poured on this world. The phrase:- " grat and marvelous " tells us on the other hand, are three fold:- 1 through the words of prophecy, the saints already know all the plagues that will come to this world;  2 the saints will be exempt from the plagues of the seven bowls; and,  3 the power of these plagues of the seven bowls that the Lord will bring to this world shall worldwide and fatally destructive. On the other hand, the redeemed and the raptured saints will sing "the song of Moses,the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb" in air. Ex.15:1-8, was the song of the Israelites, who praised the Lord for leading them across the Red sea by Moses. They could not help but paise the Lord for saving them with His Power and Authority from the desperate situation of being pursued by the Egyptian army. Likewise the saints of the New Testament praise the Lord for His Eternal Salvation, which came through the remission of sins fulfilled by the Baptism that Jesus received from John the Baptist and His blood on the cross. In the like manner the people of God will praise the Lord,thanking Him for their martyrdom,resurrection,rapture and eternal life, all made possible made possible through Jesus Christ who delivered them from all their enemies, and their sins.   In Rev.15:5 Here, "the Temple of the tabernacle of the tetimony" refers to the tabernacle that god allowed the Israelites when they left Egypt so as to give them the blessing of accompanying the Lord. The linen refers to the righteousness of God. It tells us the anges will be clothed in God's righteousness and receive from Him the authority to render the kind of judgment that no enemy can ever reject. The significanc of "The temple was filled with the smoke of the glory of God and from His Power, and no one was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angel were completed." These are the meanings:-  1 It shows how complete God's wrath on His enemies is.  2 It tells us no one can enter into the Lord's temple without believing in the Baptism of Jesus and His blood, for God's Salvation of the sinners is so perfect.  3 It shows that no human goodness can ever enable anyone to avoid the righteous judgment of God, and that only believing in the Baptism of Jesus and His blood on the cross can one escape from the wrath of God poured on the sinners.

• Samuel Akpabio
• United Kingdom
• 05/01/20217

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Is The Age of The Antichrist, Martyrdom, Rapture and The Millennial Kingdom Coming?

From the last Review we are now in the seventh world empire, the revised rome. From the stature shown Nebucchadnezzar, it is the feet of the stature mixed with iron and clay. Since iron and clay cannot mix, then this last world emppire shall not be in agreement with regards to world peace; and cannot stand.   Therefore, the Lord shows us the emergence of the Antichrist and his false prophet in Revelation 13 from the world system of Government. This conclusively shows that Satan will raise a human being in this world from among the membership of the world rulers and give all his power to him and his false prophet to challenge God and to deceive those who do not walk in the faith of the righteousness of God in an attempt to destroy the mankind and send them to hell where he belongs. This chapter is telling us that ten nations will unite with the Antichrist to rule the world that shall be eventually be destroyed by Christ according to the will of God.   Let us see the contradiction of Satan against God. The Devil will use the Antichrist, his false prophet and those who will swing behind Satan to destroy many who oppose him. On the other hand our God will use His saints, the two prophets to preach to the world, and martyrdom of the saints and His two prophets in the faith of the righteousness of God to defeat Satan and His cohorts.   How will this human being be revealed to the world. Well, the Bible tells us that this servant of Satan recovered from a deadly wound, and will receive authority from the dragon, and be honoured by the people as if he were God. The people shall proclaim " who is like the beast? who is able to make war with him?". We have seen now in our time how the world is heading for unitary Government under one ruler. This will emerge from the present world system with the blessing of the revised Rome. From this one Government shall arise a charismatic leader with supernatural powers to reduce some of the effects of the plagues of the seven trumpets. This will bring an added poise to his popularity in the world so that the rest of the world leaders will stand with him to oppose our God. This man will emerge speaking abominable things against God and acting like God, and those whos eyes of understanding are blinded because of their pride will believe him and follow him in the Age of the Pale horse. However, believers must know and understand that all these things that shall befall the world in the last days are in the plan of God.   Why must this be so? I believe the whole world is in such a state of confusion, and there will be a serious global environmental changes, so that there will be a consensus among the opinion-leaders of each nation on the need for a centralised governing authority; and such opinions is being vented in this era of the black horse. We can see that Satan is pouring sins into the world now, and many are flowing into it. This is evident when we look at what is happening in this celebrity culture where fame and immorality have taken hold of nations. When his attempts to use sins to seperate believers from the Lord fails, his last stand will be to kill the saints who walk by faith in the righteousness of God who believe the gospel of the water and the Spirit. It is obvious that those who do not walk by this faith shall capitulate before the antichrist to receive the mark of the beast 666 or bow before the Anti-christ, the abomination of desolation- his image.   This man who shall receive authority from the dragon will blastpheme God and His angels in Heaven, and His saints. He will fight against the saints and overcome them. The plan of God according to Rev.13:8,"All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." This word of truth is telling us that only those who walk by the faith of the good news of the water and the Spirit shall be able to resist the anti-christ unto death. Remeber Rev.12:11 " And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death." Here we understand that the life (Blood) of Jesus was for the remission of sins that are past Rom.3:25. It is those who believe the gospel of the water and the Spirit can receive the remission of sins from their heart to walk in the faith that reisists the anti-christ to death because of the indwelling Holy Spirit. Therefore, Rev.13:8 is telling us that because of the extreme tirrany of the Anti-christ, those who have not received the remission of sins will not resist him, and will serve him.   Another beast coming out of the earth is the false prophet of the anti-christ who magnify the Anti-christ and perform many signs and wonders in his presence. He will threaten and kill those who do not obey him (Rev.13:11).This false prophet is the servsnt of the first beast- the Anti-christ. This false prophet will also receive authority from the Dragon and lead him to do miracles in his presence and to act like the Anti-christ and foster the people to worship the Anti-christ; the first beast that came out of the water.   We have been saved through grace that came by Jesus Christ our Lord who took our sins in His baptism by the laying on of the hands of John the Baptist and made us free from condemnation. He gave His blood ( life) for the remission of sins that are past. Since that day at Cavary when our Lord finished the work of redemption the whole world has continued in sinning to this day due to weakness of man. Everyone must come for the remission of their sins through believing that Jesus is the Son of God who came by water ( His Baptism) and Blod ( His life). The Lord expect all men to repent from unbelieve not the offering of prayers of repentance which does not give remission of sins. It is no use running to the cross of Jesus to confess one's sins which have already been forgiven by Jesus by washing them away in His baptism because He took them from John the Baptist by the laying on of hands. By going to the cross for forgiveness one is asking amis and does not receive remission but the sins are still intact in the heart ( human spirit). We need to know that the forgiveness of sins and reimssion are two differnt things. No human being can receive eternal live without the remission of sins from the heart, and without remission there is no born again experience and no knowledge of the son of God. The scripture says "And this life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."    Having been with the New life Mission now for many years have come to appreciate the sincererity of this Ministry to seek to get the whole world to know the difference between the forgiveness of sins and the remission of sins. I believe this is the passion of the New Life Mission and I am identified with like passion, and so should you. 

• Samuel Akpabio
• United Kingdom
• 05/01/20216

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Is The Age of The Antichrist, Martyrdom, Rapture and The Millennial Kingdom Coming?

I was reading the book of Daniel this morning and came across this in Dan12:11-12: " And from the time the daily sacrfices shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the tousand three hundred and five and thirty days". When we add up all these figures it totals 1335 days, which is just over three and a halve years. I believe this is the time that the dead in christ and the two Prophets sent to minister the gospel of the righteousness of God to the Jews will be resurrected, and with those that remain and are alive shall be lifted to meet the Lord in the air.   There is no doubt here that this Revelation given to Daniel by the Lord  agrees with that of Revelation to disprove the claims by religionist who propagate the false doctrine of Pre and Post tribulation rapture, and those who claim that there is no rapture to come for the church of Jesus Christ. I believe that just before the sounding of the seventh Trumpet the mystery of God would have been completed for the church to be lifted up at the sounding of the trump, after which the plagues of the seven bowls shall be poured out upon the earth for the destruction of the ntire earth.   Now in series 2 chapter thirteen is the coming of the Antchrist and his false prophet. This of course shall be in the age of the pale horse. But before going through this, let us see where we are in the Christian calender.   In Daniel chapter 10 and 11 the Lord talk about the Kimg of the North, and the King of the South. Without going through all the history at the time, the major then world empires were the Assyrians and Egypt. After this first two wold empires, the Lord brought Nebuccadnezzar of the Kingdom of Babylon, and made him the most powerful King to rule over the entire then world. After this came the Persians and the Medes, and then Greece, the Roman and now the revised Roman empire which is a mixture of the world government which we have now. In the book of Daniel chapter nine, this the feet mixed with iron and clay. The bible tells us that there shall not be unity among them, and it is the last world empire in this age of the black horse. The bible tells us that Daniel in his vision saw a large stone without hands that was cast at the feet of the stature of Nebuccadnezzar, and it broke the stature in piece and the four winds of heaven carried them and was no more.   Before my review of Rev. 13, I perceive in my spirit that people do not take seriously the Age of the black horse to know that it is the Age the one for preparation and the strengthening the heart in the faith of the water and the Spirit. it seems as though this world does not recognise that it is in this last empire that the world is facing the wrath of God for rejecting the love of God. We have to get across to people that the world must come to the Lord for the remission of their sins according to the scripture.   I have spent the last two years working with a church that calimed to believe in the righteousness of God. However, in the end the Lord glorified Himself by showing me that there was no inity of the faith in the church. In the circumstances events in the church caused him to return all the books given to the church. The Lord rewarded my faith in His righteousness by speaking to me by Ps.133:1. There are many out there who claim to believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit. We must be very sensitive to the Holy Spirit for guidance so that we do not expose ourselves to be hindered by Satan. 

• Samuel Akpabio
• United Kingdom
• 05/01/20217

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Is The Age of The Antichrist, Martyrdom, Rapture and The Millennial Kingdom Coming?

In Revelation 12 we find that God's Church will be greatly harmed in the future: Martyrdom of those who walk by faith in the righteousness of God because of the faith of the gospel of the water and the Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit in believers who will enable believers to defeat the Antichrist through their martyrdom.   The Lord showed John the following mysteries: 1 a Woman clothed with the sun; 2 the Moon under her feet; 3 a garland of twelve stars on her head; 4 labour with child; 5 the cry of labour pain to give birth; 6 a great fiery dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on her heads.   The Woman is the Church of God; To be clothed with the sun refers to the church of God in this world; with moon under her feet tells us that the church is still under the rule of this world system; a garland of twelve stars, tells us that the church of God will triumph over Satan's persecution and threats by the saints going through the martyrdom. However, to face martyrdom shall be by the faith of the water and the Spirit. The truth is that Satan will adopt this last act to try to cause believers to deny their faith in the righteousness of God, and hence to defeat christians and destroy the church of God.   Those who deny this faith by capitulating under the Antichrist shall face condemnation in hell of Hades along with Satan. Again because of the degree of the great tribulation there shall be much suffering bythe church. The saints because of the tribulation shall be praying for the Lord to see them through it without denying their faith.   The book eabled us to know that when Satan makes his appearance in this world, he will act as God, and will gather all the nations of the world and use them as his instruments to fulfil his purpose. The book of Revelation tells us that as peace breaker, Satan will rule over ten nations, and will have seven world  leaders at his disposal, and that fundamentally, Satanstands against God.   The book tells us that Satan moved one third of the angels in Heaven against God, thus driving himself with the angels to destruction. Therefore, he was driven out of heaven; but he sits in the air, and walks on the earth stll working against God by persecuting those who believe in God.   In v.5, the book tells us that although the saints shall be martyred, they shall be resurrected with Christ and raptured to the kingdom of heaven. The book also tells us that the church shall be fed and prtected by God for the first three and halve (1260 days) years before the full scale tribulation when it comes.   The book also tells us that Satan shall be completely driven out of the heavenly places: v.7. He shall no longer be able to have the power of the air, but shall be completely thrown out to the earth. Therefore, on the earth, he will persecute the saints and overcome them; but he shall be bound and thrown into the bottomless pit and hell prepared by God. This means that as Satan and his angels are driven out of the heavenly places to the earth, they will persecute and killed the saints for the last time.   However, the book tells us that only believers who walk by the faith ofthe righteousness of God: the faith of the water and the Spirit shall give our God glory through their martyrdom. The book also tells us for 1260 days God shall feed and protect us. The gospel of the water and the Spirit is our spiritual food. The Lord expects us to preach this Gospel to all even till the seventh trumpet of the saints being lifted up before the outpouring of the plagues of the seven bowls that will destroy the enire earth.   However,this is the time of growing in the faith of the gospel of the water and the spirit. Even now that we are preaching thisgospel, Satan is pouring sins upon this worl; and many are falling out of faith and are taken. However, true believers in this gospel are helped because they have been sealed with the Holy Ghost: the zeal of the promised blessing. However, Satan will come up with another method to kill believers off completely.   However, as believers of the gospel of the water and the Spirit, we need to embrace our martyrdom with bold faith. This is the time for preparation: it is the Holy Spirit that empowers the church of God according to the will of God. Let us ecourage ourselves with the words of Apostle paul in Rom.8:18. The bible states that the Lord wants to save all men 1Tim.2:4. However, many have mortgaged their souls to Satan, and many are too proud to humble themselves to the word of God. The truth is as Co- workers together with the Lord, we must preach the gospel till the end. 

• Samuel Akpabio
• United Kingdom
• 05/01/20219

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Is The Age Of The Antichrist,Martyrdom, Rapture and The Millennial Kingdom Coming?

To follow on the last review, we looked at the periods of the seven trumpets, and the plagues that follows. we saw that from the first to the sixth trumpets, and the sealing of the 144,000 Jews, that the plagues will be for the destruction of one third of the earth's resources, the mankind, and the torment of ungodly sinners.   We must understand that the plagues of the six trumpets, are distinct from the plagues of the seven bowls which shall be poured out after the rapture at the sounding of the seven trumpets. These plagues shall be poured out in successions without further sounding of trumpets. Revelation is now so real to believers of the gospel of the water and the Spirit because we are walking with the Lord with our faith united with Jesus Christ our Lord in His baptism, blood on the cross and His resurrection. Therefore, the Lord by His Holy Ghost is helping us to understand this plan of God to conclude His mystery. However, we have a great task to preach the truth that saves lives.   We have been given the the understanding of the mystery of the Salvation of our God because of the abundance of His grace towards us who have believed, and we should always be thankful to the Lord for openning this mystery to believers.   The problem with the wider world is that they have not grasp and understand the time of the Rapture. This series from chapter 10 has helped me to understand that there can never be Pre and Post tribulation rapture. Therefore, we have to grasp this revelation and teach it to the people. It is quite clear that the believers will still be here until the sounding of the seventh trumpet. Why must this be so; it is because the Lord will use the believers to reach out to the world before the final judgement of the ungodly sinners. Knowing that the rapture shall take place at the sounding of the seventh angel, let us look at Rev.10:7: " 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. " This scripture quite clearly is telling us that the mystery of the Salvation of God shall be finished as the angel is about to sound the seventh trumpets. this to me means that as the mystery of God's Salvation is finished, at the sounding of the seventh trumpet, the Saints shal be raised from the dead and those that are alive and remain shall be lifted up to meet the Lord in the air by the Power of God.   Let us see the letter of Paul in 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17: " For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not orevent them which are asleep.) ( Here the word " prevent " in greek:phthano is translated to come first. It means that the saints who are alive and remain shall not by any means precede those who died in Jesus. It means that they which died in Christ shall rise first, and be raptured together with those who are alive and remain.) For the Lord Himself shall descent 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 cloud, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."   Again let us read the letter of Jude 1:14-15: " And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, behold, the Lord commeth with ten thousands of His saints, To execute judgement upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds, which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."   I believe,the prophecy of Enoch was revealing to the true church of Jesus Christ, that after the rapture, the Lord would return with saints to the to execute judgement on the ungodly sinners who will still be on the Earth. Therefore, this means that after the saints are ruptured, they will remain in the air for a short time before reurning with the host of Heaven to execute judgement upon the earth.    Therefore if anyone needs the proof that there shall be no Pre or Post tribulation rapture, then the above scriptures are sufficient to silence the propagators of their false doctrine on Revalation. The following bible passages will help to consolidate the truth about the end time: Rev.11:15-18; 1Cor.15:51-52. Now anyone who believes that the bible is the word of God ought to believe His words, and come to God in righteousness through the faith of the gospel of the water and the Spirit. It is the righteousness of God, and His manifold wisdom to hide this truth from the wise of this world and to make them known to the humble in heart. (Pr.25:2 and Lk.10:21) 

• Samuel Akpabio
• United Kingdom
• 05/01/202116