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Feature Article – Continued they must be totally silent. Somehow those two spies that Joshua sends into the city to rescue Rahab, the Gentile woman, are a type of the rapture of the Church. Those two spies (m’rag’lim in Hebrew) are types of these two witnesses in revelation. They blow the last trumpet in Jericho, the walls come tumbling down, and they say, “This city has been given to us by the Lord.” The last trumpet in Revelation is blown. What happens The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our God and of His Messiah. One replays the other. It is the same as the exodus. The rapture and resurrection occur between the sixth and seventh seals after the sealing of the 144,000 Israelites. John sees them in Heaven. That’s where it happens during the second half of the 70th week of Daniel, to the best of my understanding. You cannot prove that the Great Tribulation is the last seven years. You can only prove that the second half is the Great Tribulation: 2 x 1-1/2 = 1260 days. It’s broken into two halves both in Daniel and Revelation. You say you are “pre-trib” That does not necessarily mean the beginning of the seven years. He is coming sometime during. The second-half is much worse than the first. In fact, in the beginning it seems the anti-Christ counterfeits the Millennium and things get better, or appear to get better, at least initially, but not for the Church. There are a number of people who typify these two witnesses. Those two angels who came and rescued Lot’s family somehow teach about those two witnesses. Obviously Elijah, and Enoch, and Moses teach about those witnesses. The two spies teach about those witnesses. In Zechariah it’s the olive trees. Who does Zechariah see One of priestly descent and one of regal or kindly descent. In chapter 3, Zechariah says, “He showed me Joshua the High Priest standing before the angel of the Lord and Satan at his right and Joshua was clothed with filthy garments.” Joshua is there and is before the throne of God with Satan. But the other person who co-ministers with Joshua – when you read Zechariah, Haggi, Ezra and Nehemiah all at the same time, they cast light on each other. The other is Zerubbabel. Joshua and Zerubbabel somehow also teach about these two witnesses. What did the two angels in Sodom do They got God’s people out of there. What did those two spies do in the Book of Joshua They got God’s people, Rahab – a type of the Gentile church – out of there. You have two Greek words for time: kyros and chronos. How you apply time to eternity, I don’t know. It sounds like every half-hour. There is a lot I don’t understand, but the pattern is clear. There will be a rapture, and the Bible tells us a lot about it. It tells us what kind of people are going to be in it, what kind are not, who is going to be ready and who won’t. Now I have just scratched the surface. I am going to give you just one more passage, a lesson in midrash. Matthew 25 – the wise and foolish virgins. The wise ones had oil in their lamps. “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path” – the illumination of the Holy Spirit for our understanding of Scripture. In the last days understanding and faithfulness become closely associated. When God shows Daniel about the last days, about what is going to come upon Israel, He says that those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many (Daniel 11:33-35). But then he says in chapter 12 “Many will be purged, purified and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly.” Just as in Revelation, yet men do not repent of their deeds. None of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand. In 2 Thessalonians 2:11, it says the Lord Himself will send a strong delusion upon them so that they may believe what is false because they are taking pleasure in wickedness. Those who do not love knowledge of the truth fit Daniel’s prophecy like a glove. When people do not love the truth it means they don’t love Jesus. If they don’t care about right biblical doctrine which is the teaching of Jesus, it means they don’t care about Him. The Word becomes flesh. The Bible is Jesus in print. If they don’t love the truth, they don’t love Jesus. They are taking pleasure in wickedness. The stuff you see happening – the deceptions of the churches, the increase of evil in the world – all point to the last days. Look what has happened to your country in the last three years. Pornography on television; what used to be political violence is now just crime, worse than it has ever been. You’ve got witchdoctors on platforms with your national leaders; you’ve got a new constitution coming which could severely curtail your freedom to proclaim the Gospel. On top of all the crime, on top of what is happening to your schools, abortion has been legalized. On top of all that, something else has happened. Militant Islam claims it can stop crime and restore a moral righteousness to your country because Christianity and Judaism have failed. That’s your country. As it stands now, your children will have no future in this country and men in your churches are telling you to roll on the floor and laugh, God is doing something. Which god The Lord Himself will send a delusion so that they may believe what is false – those who took pleasure in wickedness and did not love the truth. They don’t want to know right doctrine. I’m a Pentecostal myself, I am a Full Gospel minister, I lecture in a Full Gospel theological college, but I am a biblical Pentecostal. These people are not. The Song of Solomon is what is read in the synagogues at Passover time. In Matthew 25 Jesus was speaking during Passover. He took what was being read in the synagogues at Passover and He said this is what the last days will be like. The Song of Solomon is built on two dreams: chapters 3 and 5. We know from the gender and number in Hebrew what the bride is singing. It was a type of the Church in Israel – what the bridegroom is singing – a type of Jesus – represented by Solomon and what the witnesses are singing. It’s Shulamite’s best dream. She is ready for her beloved to come, “On my bed night after night I saw him. I found him whom my soul loves and brought into my mother’s house.” Chapter 3 is her best dream. Chapter 5 is her worst nightmare. “I was asleep but my heart was awake, my beloved was knocking. Open to me my darling.” He’s gone, she misses him. That’s what is being read in the synagogues at Passover, to this day. It will be your best dream or your worst nightmare. WE NEED OIL IN OUR LAMPS – THE ILLUMINATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF GOD’S WORD. WHEN JESUS COMES, IT WILL BE OUR BEST DREAM OR OUR WORST NIGHTMARE. THE TIME TO GET THE OIL IS NOW. GOD BLESS YOU. 14 June 2008 • Moriel Quarterly
Danny Isom Guest Author Leaving the Elementary T E A C H I N G S “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil. Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.” Hebrews 5:12-6:2 While recently studying through Hebrews in concert with “The 2008 Walk with the Word Reading Plan” (http://www. walkwiththeword.org/index.html) this particular passage was in no small way deeply disturbing. The writer of Hebrews provides a specific list described as “elementary principles” and “elementary teaching,” for which he admonishes Christians as falling far short of the “solid food” needed to attain spiritual maturity in Christ. This list alarmed me because so many Christians’ exposure to God’s Word has been so greatly minimized today that I would be absolutely elated if they actually knew these basics. There are six things specifically identified as “elementary teaching,” the things which every believer should know without question: “…repentance from dead works…” This refers to the old way of adhering only to the Old Testament Law. This was the message of John the Baptist, to repent of going through the motions of being religious and to become truly changed from the heart; to repent in order to accept the “live” works, so to speak, to come through the Messiah. “…faith towards God…” This is the distinction of having a relationship with God based not on keeping the Old Testament Law, but upon a faithful relationship with Him through Christ. [Note: “Faith” and “faithfulness” are always interchangeable words in both the Greek and Hebrew.] “…instruction about washings…” Although some translations use “baptism,” “washings” is the better term as the Greek word for baptism isn’t actually used here. The plural form of the word is also inconsistent with the concept of singular baptism, as we are baptized but once. Therefore it refers to the act of regeneration which is performed by the Holy Spirit when one receives Christ, and it stands in contrast to the Old Testament’s myriad cleansing requirements and rituals which were a shadow teaching of the work of the Holy Spirit. “He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.” (Titus 3:5) “…laying on of hands…” Most likely this refers to the laying on of hands to receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit, probably an “elementary” teaching following the point of salvation as evidenced in the early Church (e.g., Acts 8:17-18; 9:17). The gift provided generally identifies a calling to perform greater works/deeds on behalf of the Kingdom of God. “…the resurrection of the dead…” Another teaching that would logically follow closely to the early stages of a believer’s salvation experience referring to the hope of the resurrection of believers as a result of Christ’s resurrection. “…eternal judgment…” You know… that final “big” one. Just honestly take the time to score yourself, your local church, and the Christians you know best as to the quality and depth of knowledge each one has when it comes to this laundry list of “elementary” teachings: • Repentance of sin/the old life. • Walking in faith/faithfulness towards God. • Walking according to the Spirit. • Receiving/employing the gifts of the Holy Spirit. • The hope (future fact) of our reurretion in Christ. • Final judgment. Isn’t it shocking that there might be Christians who don’t know these, the basic components of Christianity I’m not trying to be elitist or overstate my own understanding of God’s Word and ways, but instead I’m struggling to come to terms with the fact that so many are being improperly fed in western churches. If you or your local church aren’t thoroughly versed in these basics of Christianity, what exactly has been your focus instead When the basics are missing, what has been substituted in the name of God’s Word If we don’t know the basics, why would we even suppose to have a grasp on the deeper things of Christ And then, as the Walk with the Word reading plan moved me through the book of Romans, I was struck with the number of times Paul asks rhetorical questions, using some form of “Don’t you know” Whereas many a seminary treats Romans as the centerpiece to developing and teaching what they term “Pauline theology,” the June 2008 • Moriel Quarterly 15
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