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Constitution
Article V. Understanding the Articles of Faith
prepared for the Rapture before the Great Tribulation
period (Matthew 24:40-44; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18;
Revelation 3:10, 11; 4:1, 2); and the second at the end of
the Great Tribulation, when He shall come back with His
saints to destroy the armies of the Antichrist, to judge the
nations of the world, and to inaugurate the millennial reign
(Matthew 25:31-33; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Revelation
19:11-21; 20:1-6).
The proper attitude of Christians toward the coming of
Christ should be to love His appearing (2 Timothy 4:8),
watch and pray always to be accounted worthy to escape
the things that will come upon the earth during the Great
Tribulation (Luke 21:36), pray for His coming (Matthew
6:10; Revelation 22:20), and faithfully “occupy” until He
comes (Luke 19:13).
Many signs point to the soon coming of Jesus. The
following Scriptures set forth several of these signs:
Ezekiel 36 (the return of Israel to her land, etc.); Daniel
12:4; Nahum 2:3, 4; Joel 2:28-32; Matthew 24; Mark 13;
Luke 21:25-36; 1 Timothy 4:1-5; 2 Timothy 3:1-8, 13; 4:3,
4; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12; 2 Peter 2 and 3; and the Epistle
of Jude.
14. The Great Commission
The first thirteen of our Articles of Faith state what we
believe as a church. Article 14 defines for us “what we are
to do about it.” Our Lord’s last command on earth was to
charge every believer with the responsibility of taking the
gospel to all nations. We can never be content just
experiencing God in Christ for ourselves. We must also be
actively involved in spreading the gospel to others – to the
ends of the earth.
B. EXEGESIS
– by Bishop Joseph A. Synan
1. Repentance
Repentance (Gr. metanoia: from meta – with, and noos –
mind – something done with the whole mind). Mind, as
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