The Fountain Magazine Issue 01, August 2013
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You may not have an idea what it<br />
takes to toil in the gospel field. But<br />
we do!<br />
This is what it’s all about: You.<br />
You are special in the eyes of God, you are<br />
actually the apple of His eye!<br />
You are why we’ve made this magazine.<br />
You are the reason nearly every week, FoC<br />
is out doing something: fellowshipping<br />
with high school students, ministering in<br />
churches, visiting childrens’ homes and<br />
hospitals... And you are the reason why<br />
FoC will be out on mission in November<br />
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Thank you for standing by us. We love<br />
you.<br />
Features;<br />
A Sheep Once Lost<br />
Pg. 6<br />
Who Will Read My Eulogy<br />
Pg. 9<br />
My Experience in <strong>The</strong><br />
Colpoteur Ministry<br />
Pg. 10<br />
While <strong>The</strong> Ages Roll On<br />
Pg. 14<br />
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Supporting Editor: Jonathan Mule<br />
Lead Designer: Dickenns Omanga<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Fountain</strong>, FoC Monthly<br />
From<br />
the chairperson<br />
Claudia Gisemba<br />
Chairperson, <strong>Fountain</strong>s of Christ<br />
Dear Brethren,<br />
Have you taken time to be with the Lord?<br />
Whenever I think upon this question, I am reminded of the words<br />
of David in Psalm 116:1-2 where he declares that he will call upon<br />
the Lord as long as he lives for the Lord has heard his voice and<br />
supplications. Can each one of us say the same?<br />
FoC is about Christ. It’s about going the mile for Him and with<br />
Him, letting Hin live in us.<br />
We should review the course of our past life and recall with gratitude<br />
the precious deliverances God has wrought for us. God has<br />
given support in trial. He has opened of ways when all seemed<br />
dark and forbidding and renewed our strength when we were<br />
about to give up. He has encircled us with heavenly angels to<br />
guide each step we make and each breath we take. In view the<br />
innumerable blessings He continually gives, we should ask ourselves,<br />
“What shall we render unto Him for all He has done?”<br />
Psalm 116:12<br />
It would be well to spend a thoughtful hour each day in contemplation<br />
of the life of Christ. We should take it point by point and let<br />
the imagination capture every scene, especially the closing ones.<br />
On behalf of FoC, we appreciate your taking time to support the<br />
ministry and it’s upcoming missions by buying this magazine. Being<br />
a growing ministry with a huge work to do that requires a lot<br />
of resources, we cannot take for granted your support in giving<br />
and in prayer.<br />
But greater still is our pleasure to spend some time at the Lord’s<br />
feet with you today!<br />
Claudia Gisemba,<br />
Chair, FoC<br />
All Bible Quotations are from King James<br />
Version, unless otherwise stated.<br />
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<strong>Fountain</strong>s of Christ (FoC) is a rapidly growing Christian<br />
ministry comprising enthusiastic young ladies and<br />
gentlemen based in Nairobi, Kenya who aim to follow<br />
Jesus’ example, to spread His love and to proclaim the<br />
true Biblical gospel message to the entire world.<br />
Among the activities undertaken by FoC include outreach<br />
ministries to various learning institutions especially<br />
high schools, evangelism through online and<br />
print media, health ministry, literature evangelism and<br />
rural evangelistic missions.<br />
FoC was started and in based in Newlife SDA Church<br />
in Nairobi, and its members are college students in<br />
the various local universities and high school students<br />
(majority being from Alliance High School, Alliance<br />
Girls High School and Pangani Girls High School.)<br />
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This magazine is a project to support FoC’s 2<strong>01</strong>3 main<br />
evangelistic mission to Kapenguria, West Pokot, Kenya.<br />
We recognize that we are living in the last days of the<br />
earth’s history and the world is athirst; not a thirst for<br />
water, but of hearing the Word of the Lord.<br />
You are welcome to contact or support FoC! Just visit<br />
www.focministry.org.<br />
God bless you!<br />
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1. Gabriel drives home a point during an FoC Bible Study<br />
2. FoC’s ‘lastborn‘: Jeremy<br />
3. Some of the FoC members after the 1st FoC ‘In-Reach’: 28th April 2<strong>01</strong>3<br />
4. Elder Misati, Joe and Dickenns with some AGHS Students<br />
5. Edna, Miriam, Nancy and Deborah after an FoC meeting, Nairobi Museum<br />
6. Wilkins, Edna and Lumumba during an FoC visit to Alliance High School<br />
7. Some FoC gentlemen present a song during the Ngere Mission: Dec 2<strong>01</strong>2<br />
8. FoC and Alliance Girls during a visit to a Children’s Home: 29th July 2<strong>01</strong>2<br />
9. FoC share a holy communion service with Pangani Girls<br />
10. Part of the congregation during the 2<strong>01</strong>2 Ngere Mission<br />
11. Some FoC members during a visit to Mang’u High School<br />
12. Pangani Girls SDA Choir sing during an FoC visit<br />
13. Mule and Edna at an FoC meeting at Nairobi Museum<br />
14. Some FoC members during the visit to Mang’u High School<br />
15. Some FoC members after the 1st ‘In-Reach‘<br />
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Testimony<br />
It was during the first term<br />
break of 2<strong>01</strong>3 that I decided<br />
that enough was enough. For a<br />
while now, I had undergone a long<br />
period of soul searching, seeking,<br />
looking for something… Something<br />
new, fresh, different.<br />
A Sheep<br />
Once Lost<br />
by Keith Tong’i,<br />
Form 2M<br />
Alliance High School<br />
“Why go to church so monotonous,<br />
dull, while outside there’s a<br />
world with unlimited pleasures?” I<br />
thought. I mulled over this question<br />
for quite long, very long indeed<br />
I thought I would go insane.<br />
Life was always easy until I chose to apply<br />
to foreign universities. <strong>The</strong> grueling process<br />
often left me despaired. I could not see where<br />
I was going. I was down in a valley in the dead<br />
of the night. <strong>The</strong>n, I<br />
i n<br />
simple<br />
faith and<br />
trust<br />
by<br />
Claudia<br />
Gisemba<br />
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I had begun attending the SDA<br />
services once, twice, thrice a week.<br />
But barely a month later, the services<br />
had become a no-go zone<br />
for me as I was fully immersed<br />
in it all: the computer laboratory,<br />
entertainment, reading worldly<br />
magazines, mails, et cetera. But<br />
all that while, deep down I knew I<br />
had left the church: I had left God!<br />
For three months now, I have<br />
been a stranded sheep, lost from<br />
the fold of Christ, Many at times,<br />
my fellow schoolmates from the<br />
SDA society have urged me to attend<br />
church.<br />
“Yes, of course, I’ll be there today,<br />
why not?” I’ve been answering<br />
them with that line, which has<br />
become my tag-line.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n a few days ago I begun<br />
thinking, “What value does eloping<br />
church add to me? How does<br />
chose to take a journey.<br />
I went on my knees<br />
and conversed with<br />
my Lord; telling Him all<br />
my troubles. He heard<br />
my cry and renewed<br />
my strength and hope.<br />
He said, “Child, fix your<br />
eyes on Me.” I expediently<br />
followed His<br />
instructions and made<br />
Him my Guiding Light.<br />
Ever since, my cup overflows.<br />
I was successfully admitted to Cornell<br />
University in the United States and now I<br />
know that when things seem hard, there God<br />
has no end in view but to perfect His people.<br />
Christ, who passed on in pain and<br />
anguish upon the Calvary tree<br />
feel about it?”<br />
<strong>The</strong> shepherd has found his lost<br />
sheep. In the SDA society, I receive<br />
an inner piece, joy, a sense<br />
of fulfillment, an inner feeling of<br />
accomplishment. This is where I<br />
belong; this is where I am meant<br />
to be. Yes, this is home!<br />
Coming home, coming home,<br />
Never more to roam,<br />
Open wide thine arms of love,<br />
Lord I’m coming home.<br />
My dears, many of us are undergoing<br />
this similar problem. We all<br />
experience our downtimes. My<br />
advice is: don’t lose faith so soon.<br />
A man never realizes how close<br />
he is to achieving something until<br />
he quits.<br />
Let’s enjoy the experience in the<br />
fold of God.<br />
It was Saturday, the 31st of March, 2007,<br />
at 10.30 pm when my mum got a call from<br />
the hospital informing her that my dad had<br />
passed on. Moving on has been hard for all<br />
of us. I could not see<br />
our family’s future<br />
without dad. For a<br />
long time I wished he<br />
was around, regretting<br />
having spent that day<br />
in church instead of<br />
visiting him in hospital.<br />
However, I am grateful<br />
to God because we<br />
have neither lacked<br />
nor begged. He has<br />
been faithful enough<br />
to answer us every time<br />
according<br />
to his will<br />
by<br />
Phanice<br />
Ododa<br />
we have believed and prayed. As I hope to<br />
join the University, I thank God for the twelve<br />
wonderful years I shared with my dad and<br />
I am very grateful for my heavenly Father’s<br />
unfailing and eternal love for me.<br />
Praise Him...<br />
THAMINI DINI<br />
by Sharon Kirwa,<br />
Form 1Y, Alliance Girls High School<br />
Najitwika barazani, ukweli kuzungumza<br />
Umuhimu dini aushini, imani nd’o takoleza<br />
Anasa na mali duniyani, Onyangu fadhali<br />
puuza<br />
Shikashika imani, nd’o mwelekeo mwema.<br />
Usiwe mwasi wa dini, mawaidha yote tangaza<br />
Kamwe syatie kapuni, barazani kujilaza<br />
Kwa chechetu tafitini, hekima yote kujaza<br />
Shikashika imani, nd’o mwelekeo mwema.<br />
Wazi sahibu mazoni, elimu yote kujuza<br />
Simamo kweli imani, na matendo kufanyiza<br />
Kiyazingatiya akilini, mema yote takajaza<br />
Shikashika imani, nd’o mwelekeo mwema.<br />
Kaditama kituoni, nasaha nimewajaza<br />
Yanitosha tumaini, mengi nimewajuza<br />
Na mengine jijuzeni, maarifa kujijaza<br />
Shikashika imani, nd’o mwelekeo mwema.<br />
HE IS LOVE<br />
by Susan Kerubo,<br />
Form 4, Pangani Girls High School<br />
One of the Godhead Three<br />
Sent down to us for free<br />
After the son died on the tree<br />
For God had heard our plea<br />
It seems for us he had affinity<br />
And all the love from the trinity<br />
That we might have peace and unity<br />
Not forgetting integrity and dignity<br />
IN VERSE<br />
HE LEADETH ME<br />
by Jeff Nyauka,<br />
Form 3, Alliance High School<br />
That hymn keeps running through my mind<br />
I like what it says, but it just isn’t so, Lord<br />
You would lead me, if I’d let you<br />
And we would go far that way.<br />
But I keep tugging loose, like an impatient<br />
child<br />
Running ahead, sure that I know the way,<br />
Perhaps half afraid You wouldn’t let me if I<br />
waited,<br />
Always running ahead: into brick walls.<br />
That hymn ought to have another stanza,<br />
Lord<br />
“He followeth me”<br />
When I go tearing off on my own, You follow<br />
me<br />
Patiently, lovingly, like a parent<br />
Are you shaking your head, Lord?<br />
Wondering when I will ever learn<br />
How not to run into brick walls?<br />
You lead me, when I am willing, Lord<br />
But the wondrous part is you follow me,<br />
You find me, dust me off,<br />
Comfort me, lift me up,<br />
And take my hand.<br />
To all audiences I write<br />
Warning of spiritual principalities we fight<br />
But He, guiding us, our light:<br />
We need not dread the night<br />
Devouring is the devils will<br />
But He wants us to stand still<br />
For we are a city set on a hill<br />
And the battle we’ll win<br />
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Facts<br />
Some Quick Facts<br />
About the Bible<br />
By IRVINE LUMUMBA,<br />
Form 4, Alliance High School<br />
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1<strong>The</strong> Old Testament was written in Hebrew, the New<br />
Testament was originally in Greek<br />
<strong>The</strong> Old Testament was translated to Greek by 70<br />
2 Greek scholars, <strong>The</strong> Septuaginta – In 285 BC, what<br />
is today called the Septuagint<br />
<strong>The</strong>n followed the Peshito or Literal for the Syrian<br />
3 churches<br />
4In 400 AD, Jerome translated the entire Bible from<br />
Greek to Latin for the common people<br />
It was then translated to German by Martin Luther,<br />
5 a German scholar<br />
William Tyndale then translated the Bible to English<br />
to come up with the Authorized Version, <strong>The</strong><br />
6<br />
King James Version<br />
Dr. Johann Ludwig Krapf translated the Bible<br />
7 to Swahili<br />
<strong>The</strong> Holy Scriptures were divided<br />
8 into chapters by Cardinal Hugo de<br />
Sancto Caro in 1250 AD<br />
It was versified in 1550 by Robert<br />
9 Stevens<br />
Publication of the 1st versified<br />
New Testament in English<br />
was in 1557, and the entire Bible<br />
in 1560<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bible has 1189 chapters, 929<br />
11 in the Old Testament and 260 in the<br />
New Testament<br />
<strong>The</strong> middle chapter, Psalms 117, is the 595th<br />
12 chapter; having 594 chapters before and after<br />
it. It is also the shortest chapter, with 2 verses, 33<br />
words, 33 letters<br />
<strong>The</strong> longest chapter is Psalms 119, with 176<br />
13 verses, 2445 words, 1<strong>01</strong>46 letters<br />
Two almost similar chapters of the Bible: 2nd<br />
14<br />
Kings 19 and Isaiah 37. 2nd Kings 19 has 37<br />
verses, Isaiah 37 has 38 verses<br />
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15. <strong>The</strong><br />
Bible was the<br />
1st book to be<br />
printed...<br />
“Unceasing PRAYER is the unbroken union<br />
of the soul with God, so that life from God<br />
flows into our life; and from our life, purity<br />
and holiness flow back to God.”<br />
~ Steps to Christ, ch. 11, p. 98, Ellen G. White<br />
SUCCESS<br />
By LOICE MOKAYA,<br />
Form 2W, Alliance Girls High School<br />
<strong>The</strong> world defines success<br />
by how much money you<br />
make, how big your house<br />
is, how nice your car is and<br />
what type of job you have.<br />
God however does not care<br />
much about these things. When<br />
He looks down to this planet,<br />
what he notices is not the shiny<br />
cars, big houses and hundred dollar<br />
bills. No, the creation that catch His<br />
eyes are His children on earth. He delights in<br />
the cleanness of the heart, the fragrance of a<br />
life well lived and purity of a Christ like personality.<br />
He values us so much and works day and night<br />
for our salvation.<br />
Who Will Read<br />
My Eulogy?<br />
Every now and then I wonder<br />
what those who will be present<br />
when I meet my day will<br />
say concerning my decedent self.<br />
If I were to know anyone who will<br />
be present at that funeral, I would<br />
tell them that it should not be<br />
long. If someone accepts to stand<br />
on that day to read my eulogy, I<br />
would wish that they not talk long.<br />
I would like somebody to mention<br />
that day, that Rosana JR,<br />
did try to feed the hungry and<br />
drop some coins into the beggars’<br />
dishes by the roadside and<br />
street corners. I would like it to be<br />
said that I visited those in prison,<br />
offered warmly a mug of cold<br />
water to a sojourner heavy with<br />
the fatigue of travel, clothed those<br />
who were naked, prayed with the<br />
sick and stayed up late with the<br />
bereaved. I want someone to say<br />
that I cracked jokes with my pals<br />
and shares insights and fun moments<br />
with my friends, that I occasionally<br />
billed out cash strapped<br />
colleagues, that I illuminated my<br />
family and brightened my career,<br />
and that I spoke an inspiring word<br />
to souls in despair and shared in<br />
the delight of rejoicing hearts.<br />
I would like somebody not to forget<br />
to mention that day, that I did<br />
try to reach those I could with the<br />
message of the everlasting gospel.<br />
I want it said that in deed I tried<br />
to love and serve.<br />
In the process I have cogitatively<br />
imagined and solemnly ruminated<br />
as to whose story I would like<br />
mine to be commonest to. I have<br />
desired a genuinely ennobling<br />
prodigy, full of qualities that excite<br />
admiration, yet devoid of the pungent<br />
spices and irritant twists of<br />
mortal flesh. In this I have sought<br />
by Joe R Rosana<br />
after a life that is rich in simplicity,<br />
simple in propriety of manners and<br />
conduct, and conducted in coherent<br />
veracity. No superstardom…<br />
no antics…just plain sincerity and<br />
richly evident commitment in the<br />
heavenly course, without losing the<br />
modesty of near anonymity.<br />
After a measured and wholesome<br />
comparison,<br />
one man came<br />
to the fore of my<br />
list: the cupbearer<br />
turned master<br />
builder. Nehemiah<br />
is his name. And<br />
the magnanimous<br />
duty of putting up<br />
Jerusalem’s fallen<br />
walls fell on the<br />
little known servant<br />
of the Most High<br />
God.<br />
I would like<br />
somebody not to<br />
forget to mention<br />
that day, that I<br />
did try to reach<br />
those I could<br />
with the message<br />
of the everlasting<br />
gospel.<br />
Adjectives might<br />
be insufficient in<br />
describing this enviable<br />
personality:<br />
faithful in service, meek in prayer,<br />
conscientious in duty, shrewd in<br />
leadership, cunning in strategy,<br />
meticulous in recording, studious<br />
in the law, gracious in victory and<br />
inundated in gratitude.<br />
A courtesy visit by fellow Jews to<br />
this high official of the Persian<br />
Kingdom at Susa the citadel (during<br />
the reign of King Artaxerxes<br />
Longimanus) sparked off the magnificent<br />
call to duty. <strong>The</strong> sternly just<br />
and inherently ingenuous governor<br />
steadily guided the hurried task of<br />
rebuilding the walls. In spite of the<br />
rocky opposition from without and<br />
the evident disquiet from within,<br />
the task was completed in 52<br />
days; a feat that even Israel’s enemies<br />
attributed to God’s enabling.<br />
Yet in contrast, the task of reviving<br />
and reforming the people of God<br />
within the rebuilt walls demanded<br />
years of Nehemiah’s godly life and<br />
leadership. And these accounts<br />
are punctuated by several fortifying<br />
prayers and end famously with<br />
the words: “Remember me, O my<br />
God, for good.”<br />
I therefore hope that<br />
when that day comes,<br />
when next fresh red<br />
soil I shall lie, that not<br />
only men will speak of<br />
memories fond and<br />
dear. I certainly hope,<br />
that on that day<br />
when darkness I shall<br />
not distinguish from<br />
light and from rain I<br />
shall not run to shelter,<br />
that an even longer<br />
eulogy my guardian<br />
angel shall present.<br />
And yes I hope, that<br />
while the grass will<br />
grow, the heavenly<br />
promise given to Daniel<br />
the Patriarch, will be graciously<br />
extended to me as well: “But go<br />
thou thy way till the end be : for<br />
thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot<br />
at the end of the days.” ~Daniel<br />
12:13.<br />
Yet which is more…I hope that<br />
that day will not be an end in itself,<br />
but the end of this beginning.<br />
Yes, I hope that when the trumpet<br />
of the archangel will sound, I too<br />
will rise again. When the glory of<br />
the Lord shall be revealed, may I<br />
be there too. When the victory of<br />
the faithful shall be revealed, and<br />
the corruption of the mortal flesh<br />
shall be no more, I shall be there<br />
with the chosen of God. I shall<br />
stand again. And Jesus Himself will<br />
be there.<br />
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Testimony<br />
Seven weeks as a literature<br />
evangelist has taught me what<br />
I would never have learned in<br />
the greatest schools of this world, yes<br />
even Princeton. I started with the goal<br />
of saving souls only to realize God was<br />
seeking to save my own soul. That<br />
I was in danger just as the one with<br />
whom I solicited with. That self was not<br />
fully dethroned. It is through working<br />
with Christ for the<br />
salvation of souls<br />
that we ourselves<br />
are transformed<br />
into the character of<br />
Christ.<br />
I thought it almost<br />
an impossibility to<br />
get even five books<br />
out. My aunt thought I was crazy and<br />
desperate for money for the summer.<br />
Given her many years with Americans,<br />
she thought the prospects for success<br />
were well nigh already obliterated. I felt<br />
the same way. And for a while I went<br />
out in the field in my strength, in the<br />
wisdom of my eloquence, trusting in<br />
my position as a Princeton student. But<br />
God taught me that all such efforts are<br />
in vain. My selfish motives for recognition<br />
and “recommending myself to<br />
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Colporteur Ministry:<br />
My Experience in the Literature Evangelism Field<br />
Every rejection, every<br />
time someone said,<br />
“I’m not interested”<br />
reminded me of the<br />
times when I said the<br />
same words to Christ...<br />
God” were laid bare when I got zero<br />
books out on one day. Getting doors<br />
slammed at your face in the sweltering<br />
sun, in peril of dogs with already one<br />
dog bite, brought me to my senses.<br />
Everyday has taught me to trust less<br />
in what I can do and more in what the<br />
Lord can do for and through me. It is<br />
not the talents which we now possess<br />
or ever will that will bring<br />
us true success, but that<br />
which the Lord can do<br />
for us. What was true in<br />
canvassing is also true in<br />
our own spiritual experience.<br />
Every Great Controversy<br />
I get out, every<br />
Steps to Christ I leave in<br />
a home is a miracle of God. That we<br />
should accept the offers of grace is a<br />
miracle of God. Every rejection, every<br />
time someone said, “I’m not interested”<br />
reminds me of the times when I said<br />
the same words to Christ. I am no different<br />
from those who reject the silent<br />
witnesses. Every day I learn to love<br />
those who reject me and pray to God<br />
that they may have another opportunity<br />
to receive Him.<br />
Through canvassing I have seen many<br />
prayers<br />
by<br />
answered<br />
Allan<br />
and<br />
Marube<br />
the moving of<br />
the Spirit like a wind. In my seventh<br />
week, I canvassed a dentist’s office.<br />
From previous experience, I had no<br />
success with medical offices. But this<br />
one was different. As usual, I introduced<br />
myself and asked for the manager<br />
of the business. She invited me to<br />
her office – never happened before to<br />
me. I talked to her about the work and<br />
showed her the health books we had<br />
and a copy of Christ Object Lessons.<br />
Immediately her face lit up and every<br />
other message book I showed grabbed<br />
her attention. She started thinking of<br />
people to whom she could give the<br />
books and went so far as to ask for<br />
two GCs. She thought not of herself<br />
only but those she could bless with the<br />
books, those whom I could never reach.<br />
Without controversy the Spirit of God<br />
was moving in her heart bringing to her<br />
heart names of people I never met who<br />
needed the books with the message<br />
for this time. I left her with a 9 book<br />
set, what other canvassers would call a<br />
“dump-bag”. Praise be to God!<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is something higher, deeper<br />
and wider you learn in the field that<br />
no amount of Bible study can teach. It<br />
is only through working for the salvation<br />
of other souls that we ourselves<br />
are brought into harmony with God.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Kapenguria mission is no different.<br />
I am confident God will perform<br />
great things for those who humble<br />
themselves as weak instruments<br />
by their personal effort in the field<br />
or by financial contribution. We do<br />
not see much because we do not<br />
attempt much.<br />
Allan Marube was the chairperson<br />
of <strong>Fountain</strong>s of Christ,<br />
2<strong>01</strong>1-2<strong>01</strong>2. He is now a student<br />
at Princeton University in the<br />
U.S.A.<br />
In an electric circuit, the<br />
primary aim of making the<br />
circuit complete is to have the<br />
bulb light. All components are<br />
functionally integrated to achive<br />
that result;<br />
• Battery – provides electrical<br />
energy.<br />
• Wires – transmit the current<br />
• Ammeter – measures the<br />
amount of current in the<br />
circuit.<br />
• Rheostat – varies resistance<br />
controlling the amount of<br />
current being transmitte.<br />
• Voltmeter – measures the<br />
potential difference across<br />
the bulb/cell.<br />
• Switch – initiates the whole<br />
process by closing the current<br />
to complete it.<br />
• Bulb – produces light.<br />
CIRCUITS<br />
In Christianity<br />
by Deborah Onwong’a<br />
Form 3X, Alliance Girls High School<br />
Evidently, we can have all the<br />
other devices ready but we will<br />
still not have the light if the<br />
wires are missing. Wires are the<br />
passage for the current throughout<br />
the transmission process.<br />
<strong>The</strong> nature of the wires in the<br />
circuit also determines the<br />
brightness of the bulb. Thick and<br />
short wires allow more current<br />
to pass through while thin and<br />
long wires have more impedance<br />
hence allowing less current to<br />
flow through.<br />
What reference can be made in<br />
our Christian life with regards to<br />
the working of an electric circuit?<br />
We are the wires through which<br />
the current must pass in order<br />
for the world to receive the true<br />
light, our Lord Jesus Christ.<br />
<strong>The</strong> switch thus represents our<br />
power to choose between God’s<br />
will or to reject it.<br />
<strong>The</strong> battery signifies God’s<br />
might, and is<br />
the source of<br />
the power that<br />
is transmitted<br />
through us.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ammeter is<br />
our faith which<br />
determines how<br />
much we can let<br />
God be in our<br />
lives.<br />
<strong>The</strong> rheostat<br />
stands for our<br />
actions that<br />
show how much we believe in<br />
God and let Him work through<br />
us.<br />
Temptations are the voltmeters<br />
that check us and keep us on<br />
track as we do service for Jesus.<br />
<strong>The</strong> bulb lighting shows the<br />
Creative Physics<br />
moment when our actions, faith<br />
and temptations balance. Jesus<br />
Christ, who is the light of the<br />
world, is then at that moment<br />
seen through us.<br />
It’s up to all of us.<br />
Our lives as Christians<br />
are circuits.<br />
We have the power<br />
to start the great<br />
work of God and<br />
to let Him work<br />
through us that we<br />
may produce the<br />
light of the world,<br />
the everlasting<br />
light of our Master<br />
Jesus Christ. It is<br />
your choice, and<br />
it’s mine too. Hope we’ll choose<br />
well.<br />
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In Pictures:<br />
FoC Visits Kenyatta National<br />
Hospital Children’s Wards<br />
Only<br />
Trembling<br />
(Psalms 77:12-18)<br />
by LiGALA AWINO<br />
Chairlady, AGHS SDA Society<br />
Ligala (R) with Wilkins (Chairman 2<strong>01</strong>3,<br />
AHS SDA Society) at Dagoretti Children’s<br />
home on 29th July, 2<strong>01</strong>2.<br />
<strong>The</strong> earthquake shakes the ground<br />
<strong>The</strong> thunder claps its sound<br />
<strong>The</strong> lightning throws its arrows<br />
Cloud’s tears fall all around<br />
Tell me why this happens<br />
Why the earth acts so unkind<br />
All of nature is only trembling<br />
Before the Lord Almighty<br />
Only trembling, only bowing<br />
On its knees before God<br />
All of nature cowers at His awesome power<br />
Only trembling before God<br />
But we all shake our fists<br />
And go our own way<br />
And we laugh at all that’s Holy<br />
And we use His name in vain<br />
But shouldn’t we take notice<br />
Of how the earth is so humbled?<br />
And listens to the sounds<br />
As frightened ground rumbles<br />
Its only trembling, only bowing,<br />
On its knees before God<br />
All of nature cowers at His awesome power<br />
Only trembling before God<br />
(Adapted from Steve Chapman’s Ten Things<br />
I Want My Son To Know)<br />
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Thoughts<br />
While the Ages Roll On<br />
We all live once.<br />
Life on earth is<br />
too short. We live<br />
each day as it comes, hoping<br />
for a better tomorrow. I am<br />
intrigued at how life is so<br />
uncertain. All we do is hope.<br />
Ages will roll on as stipulated<br />
and a new generation<br />
will be born.<br />
Sometimes I look into the<br />
future. Tomorrow, I will<br />
wake up and carry on with<br />
the day as I have always<br />
done. <strong>The</strong> day will end and<br />
another will come, and another<br />
till a week will become<br />
a month. In three months<br />
from now, I will join Jomo<br />
Kenyatta University of Agriculture<br />
and Technology to<br />
pursue my dream being an<br />
engineer. That will be a nice<br />
moment for me but I know<br />
it will pass by. Five years<br />
down the line, I will have<br />
become what I dreamed of<br />
years back. A new chapter<br />
shall await me: life on my<br />
own.<br />
At 28, I will have identified<br />
for myself a beautiful young<br />
girl to be my wife.<br />
I imagine how my wedding<br />
shall be. That moment of<br />
my life when I shall say “I<br />
DO”. How for once I shall<br />
be treated like a king by the<br />
number of gifts of all sorts<br />
that my friends shall give<br />
me. Honeymoon shall follow<br />
successfully. <strong>The</strong>n my wife<br />
and I shall settle back to face<br />
the reality of life. With time,<br />
probably by 39, my family<br />
shall be full: kids shall<br />
brighten the house for sure.<br />
I imagine how my 40s will<br />
be: working well and climbing<br />
up the ladder to become<br />
successful, owning a multimillion-dollar<br />
company,<br />
being quoted as one of the<br />
An outlook into my future<br />
most influential people in<br />
the financial world. I imagine<br />
owning houses in major<br />
cities in the world; talk of<br />
London, Dubai, New York,<br />
and Los Angeles and even in<br />
our very own Nairobi. I look<br />
into my 50s, how my kids<br />
should have grown taller<br />
than me. How good shall it<br />
be?<br />
My 60s shall tell me that my<br />
end is approaching fast. If<br />
lucky, I shall go into my 70s<br />
and 80s. Eventually, my end<br />
shall come. I can imagine<br />
how my funeral shall be.<br />
How my body will be taken<br />
back to my home in the hills<br />
of Nyamira.<br />
I can<br />
picture<br />
my burial<br />
ceremony.<br />
What a glorious<br />
day it shall<br />
be. Heaven my<br />
home: A place<br />
with no sorrow,<br />
no pain, no worries,<br />
no deaths...<br />
My eulogy<br />
shall<br />
be read:<br />
“Clinton<br />
Nyamongo<br />
was<br />
born in<br />
Nyamira...<br />
passed<br />
through Eronge Adventist,<br />
became the first boy to make<br />
it to Alliance High School<br />
from his village, he got his<br />
engineering degree from<br />
JKUAT, Master’s Degree in<br />
Engineering from the Ivy<br />
League (MIT)... became a<br />
successful engineer, held<br />
many positions. He has left<br />
behind many descendants...”<br />
<strong>The</strong> final words shall be,<br />
“May his soul rest in peace.”<br />
<strong>The</strong>n my journey down the<br />
grave shall begin. Meanwhile,<br />
mourners shall be<br />
singing the last hymns to<br />
send me off as I rest to await<br />
the voice of the Archangel.<br />
“When peace like a river<br />
attendeth my way... It is well<br />
with my soul...” shall be the<br />
last hymn.<br />
My relatives shall be downcast.<br />
However, the dead have<br />
no use for the living who<br />
eventually tear themselves<br />
away to continue with the<br />
business of life. Even they<br />
finally have to wander away<br />
numb but waiting for a healing<br />
touch of good memories;<br />
of laugh and laughter, which<br />
would eventually return to<br />
touch them with the breath<br />
of life once again.<br />
Deep beneath the ground,<br />
maggots will be feasting.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y will munch at<br />
my expensive coffin.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y will wear<br />
away my beautiful<br />
body and eventually<br />
to my bones. I<br />
shall be no more.<br />
<strong>The</strong> earth shall no<br />
longer have a place<br />
for me any more. I<br />
will be forgotten.<br />
Ages might roll<br />
on. Centuries shall<br />
pass by and then<br />
the D-day shall come. <strong>The</strong><br />
day when my faith shall<br />
be made sight. I shall hear<br />
the voice of the Archangel<br />
calling my name. “Clinton,<br />
get up!” I shall get out of the<br />
grave with a transformed<br />
body filled with the glory<br />
of God. That day I shall<br />
reunite with my beloved<br />
whom I left behind.<br />
<strong>The</strong> journey shall take six<br />
days. On the seventh day,<br />
I shall enter the gates of<br />
heaven. How beautiful the<br />
heavenly view shall be: a<br />
city of gold, a river of life<br />
flowing without ceasing.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n shall I meet my<br />
savior. I will thank him for<br />
by CLINTON NYAMONGO,<br />
FoC Incoming Chairperson<br />
all that he did for me: how<br />
he left his throne above and<br />
chose to endure pain and<br />
suffering so that we may<br />
have the chance of salvation.<br />
I shall be happy to meet all<br />
Bible heroes who inspired<br />
me a lot. Talk of Abraham,<br />
the father of faith; Moses, the<br />
one who spoke to God face<br />
to face; Elijah, one who was<br />
taken away on a chariot of<br />
fire, and many more others.<br />
What a glorious day it shall<br />
be. Heaven my home-a place<br />
with no sorrow, no pain, no<br />
worries, no deaths, no parting<br />
with dear ones... I shall<br />
live there forever with Jesus<br />
my wonderful savior. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
shall be no evil or sin whatsoever.<br />
Sin shall be washed<br />
away completely. God, the<br />
father shall be with me for<br />
ages and endless ages... This<br />
is all my imagination but by<br />
faith, I shall be there. Just<br />
like Paul, my life shall be<br />
transformed from a sinner to<br />
a servant of the Most High<br />
God.<br />
Though at my tender age of<br />
18, I believe there is something<br />
that I can do to hasten<br />
the second coming of Jesus.<br />
I can preach the gospel as<br />
a testimony to all nations.<br />
It all starts with me... while<br />
the ages roll on, I’ll be with<br />
the Lord for eternity in my<br />
home: heaven.<br />
Our Lord Lives<br />
<strong>The</strong> Silence of the Empty Grave Speaks Loudest of our Risen Saviour<br />
In the book From Jihad to<br />
Jesus, Arnold Toynbee<br />
writes, “Find the body<br />
of that Jew, and Christianity<br />
crumbles. No one ever<br />
has. No grave in the world<br />
claims one bone of the<br />
body of Jesus Christ. Why?<br />
He is risen!”<br />
Death died at the birth of<br />
that first Easter day. That<br />
morning, it surrendered dominion,<br />
was led captive and<br />
humbled, made as it were<br />
a shadow to flee before the<br />
light, shining in darkness.<br />
Because Christ died and<br />
rose again we may die to<br />
a sin-centred life and rise<br />
again to a new life.<br />
Saul who became Paul encountered<br />
the risen Christ<br />
on the way to wipe out<br />
Christianity in Damascus.<br />
With God, our greatest curses are turned into o;ur<br />
greatest blessings. With God, the best is always yet<br />
to come.<br />
If God can take Paul’s imprisonment and use it to<br />
write Galatians, Ephesians, Phillipians and Colossians<br />
to bless the world, then God can write an epistle<br />
in your life through the prison experience you<br />
have gone through; for the best is yet to come.<br />
Men tend to think that God is unfair in times of<br />
trouble and trials. <strong>The</strong>y tend to think they are alone<br />
because God doesn’t seem to answer their prayers.<br />
But one thing we should know is that when we pray<br />
God says, “I have a better way!“<br />
His resistance crumbled on<br />
the instant of the encounter.<br />
Imprisoned towards the<br />
end of his life, Paul wrote,<br />
“I am not ashamed of the<br />
gospel, because<br />
it is the power<br />
of God for the<br />
salvation of<br />
everyone who<br />
believes.” (Romans<br />
1:16)<br />
<strong>The</strong> cost of following<br />
Christ<br />
has always<br />
been high. But<br />
countless thousands<br />
have paid<br />
it. A motiveless<br />
fraud would not<br />
have sustained<br />
the church<br />
for two thousand years<br />
through attacks, hostility<br />
and denial. <strong>The</strong> Lord is<br />
God knows best<br />
~ by ANN OKOTH and LOICE MOKAYA, AGHS<br />
risen indeed!<br />
He lives, He lives. Christ<br />
Jesus lives today.<br />
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~<br />
by Selvin Akoth<br />
Form 2W, AGHS<br />
Thoughts<br />
One of the children at Dagoretti Children's<br />
Home that FoC visited on 29th July 2<strong>01</strong>2
Bible Quiz<br />
ACROSS:<br />
1. And he kneeled down,<br />
and cried with a loud voice,<br />
Lord, lay not this sin to their<br />
charge. And when he had<br />
said this, he fell asleep.<br />
2. I have heard of thee by<br />
the hearing of the ear: but<br />
now mine eye seeth thee.<br />
Wherefore I abhor myself<br />
, and repent in dust and<br />
ashes.<br />
3. And said, O my God, I<br />
am ashamed and blush to<br />
lift up my face to thee, my<br />
God: for our iniquities are<br />
increased over our head,<br />
and our trespass is grown<br />
up unto the heavens.<br />
4. Let the LORD, the God<br />
of the spirits of all flesh,<br />
set a man over the congregation,<br />
Which may go out<br />
before them, and which<br />
may go in before them, and<br />
which may lead them out,<br />
and which may bring them<br />
in; that the congregation of<br />
the LORD be not as sheep<br />
which have no shepherd.<br />
5. Oh that thou wouldest<br />
bless me indeed, and enlarge<br />
my coast, and that<br />
thine hand might be with<br />
me, and that thou wouldest<br />
keep me from evil,<br />
that it may not grieve me!<br />
And God granted him that<br />
which he requested.<br />
6. O LORD, I have heard<br />
thy speech, and was afraid:<br />
O LORD, revive thy work<br />
in the midst of the years,<br />
in the midst of the years<br />
make known; in wrath remember<br />
mercy.<br />
7. And I prayed unto the<br />
LORD my God, and made<br />
my confession, and said, O<br />
Lord, the great and dreadful<br />
God, keeping the covenant<br />
and mercy to them that<br />
love him, and to them that<br />
keep his commandments;<br />
We have sinned, and have<br />
committed iniquity, and<br />
have done wickedly, and<br />
have rebelled, even by departing<br />
from thy precepts<br />
and from thy judgments.<br />
8. O my Lord, let the man of<br />
God which thou didst send<br />
come again unto us, and<br />
teach us what we shall do<br />
unto the child that shall be<br />
born.<br />
9. LORD, it is nothing with<br />
thee to help, whether with<br />
many, or with them that<br />
have no power: help us,<br />
O LORD our God; for we<br />
rest on thee, and in thy<br />
name we go against this<br />
Crossword Puzzle:<br />
Fill in the names of the person who said the prayer<br />
multitude.<br />
O LORD,<br />
thou art our<br />
God; let not<br />
man prevail<br />
against<br />
thee.<br />
10. .... and<br />
said, LORD<br />
God of<br />
Abraham,<br />
Isaac, and<br />
of Israel, let<br />
it be known<br />
this day<br />
that thou<br />
art God in<br />
Israel, and<br />
that I am<br />
thy servant,<br />
and that I<br />
have done<br />
all these<br />
things at<br />
thy word.<br />
Hear me,<br />
O LORD,<br />
hear me,<br />
that this<br />
people may<br />
know that<br />
thou art the<br />
LORD God,<br />
and that thou hast turned<br />
their heart back again.<br />
11..... My soul doth magnify<br />
the Lord, And my spirit<br />
hath rejoiced in God my<br />
Savior. For he hath regarded<br />
the low estate of his<br />
handmaiden: for, behold,<br />
from henceforth all generations<br />
shall call me blessed.<br />
For he that is mighty hath<br />
done to me great things;<br />
and holy is his name. And<br />
his mercy is on them that<br />
fear him from generation<br />
to generation.<br />
DOWN:<br />
1. But will God indeed dwell<br />
on the earth? behold, the<br />
heaven and heaven of<br />
heavens cannot contain<br />
thee; ...... Yet have thou respect<br />
unto the prayer of thy<br />
servant, and to his supplication,<br />
O LORD my God, to<br />
hearken unto the cry and<br />
to the prayer, which thy servant<br />
prayeth before thee<br />
today.<br />
2. For this cause I bow<br />
my knees unto the Father<br />
of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br />
Of whom the whole family<br />
in heaven and earth<br />
is named, That he would<br />
grant you, according to the<br />
riches of his glory, to be<br />
strengthened with might<br />
by his Spirit in the inner<br />
man; That Christ may dwell<br />
in your hearts by faith.<br />
3. O Lord, I beseech thee,<br />
let now thine ear be attentive<br />
to the prayer of thy servant,<br />
and to the prayer of<br />
thy servants, who desire to<br />
fear thy name: and prosper,<br />
I pray thee, thy servant this<br />
day, and grant him mercy.<br />
4. And he prayed unto the<br />
LORD, and said, I pray thee,<br />
O LORD, was not this my<br />
saying, when I was yet in<br />
my country? ....for I knew<br />
that thou art a gracious<br />
God, and merciful, slow to<br />
anger, and of great kindness,<br />
and repentest thee of<br />
the evil.<br />
5. O LORD, though our iniquities<br />
testify against us,<br />
do thou it for thy name’s<br />
sake: for our backslidings<br />
are many; we have sinned<br />
against thee.<br />
6. <strong>The</strong>n he turned his face<br />
to the wall, and prayed<br />
unto the LORD, saying, I<br />
beseech thee, O LORD, remember<br />
now how I have<br />
walked before thee in truth<br />
and with a perfect heart,<br />
and have done that which<br />
is good in thy sight.<br />
7. O Lord, open thou my<br />
lips; and my mouth shall<br />
show forth thy praise. For<br />
thou desirest not sacrifice;<br />
else would I give it: thou<br />
delightest not in burnt offering.<br />
<strong>The</strong> sacrifices of<br />
God are a broken spirit:<br />
a broken and a contrite<br />
heart, O God, thou wilt not<br />
despise.<br />
8. Father, forgive them; for<br />
they know not what they<br />
do.<br />
9....prayed, and said, LORD,<br />
I pray thee; open his eyes<br />
that he may see. And the<br />
LORD opened the eyes<br />
of the young man; and<br />
he saw: and, behold, the<br />
mountain was full of horses<br />
and chariots of fire.<br />
Find the answers at the<br />
back cover<br />
Till very recently, Rev. Diang’a<br />
genuinely liked me. In a<br />
congregation where young<br />
people were a rarity of sorts, my<br />
regular attendance must have<br />
scored highly with the Reverend.<br />
A combination of factors had<br />
played out neatly to ensure that I<br />
was an ever present congregant<br />
on the second last bench close<br />
to the door.<br />
You see, if your grandmother is<br />
one of the Women Leaders in<br />
I Used To Go<br />
To Church<br />
on Sunday<br />
by Maxwell Ngala<br />
the Assembly (not to be confused<br />
with the political units,<br />
these were simply regions in the<br />
Voice of Salvation and Healing<br />
Church) you have few choices<br />
to make in life. Also, because<br />
tithe was low and those days<br />
people were beginning to send<br />
their children to academies all<br />
over, the church had not built the<br />
Reverend a house in the church<br />
compound from where he could<br />
execute his mandate, in popular<br />
parlance. This invariably meant<br />
that the Reverend would from<br />
time to time be hosted at home.<br />
So, to avoid the spectre of being<br />
called a bad egg, I would faithfully<br />
carry his black leather bag<br />
full of his Sunday paraphernalia<br />
to church and tuck myself neatly<br />
by the door and wait for a long<br />
call or the end of the service -<br />
whichever came first - to liberate<br />
me.<br />
In some of those late evening<br />
prayers, grandma would at times<br />
charge me with preaching or<br />
teaching after quoting a verse<br />
from Corinthians or Timothy<br />
about spiritual gifts or youth<br />
empowerment.<br />
With the Reverend and his two<br />
associate pastors in attendace,<br />
I would nimbly take the ‘Witness<br />
Stand’ and simply replay<br />
a sermon they had done. With<br />
gestures and facial expressions<br />
to boot.<br />
So,the Reverend liked me. I<br />
helped him remember the<br />
sermons he had preached and<br />
he must have been glad to<br />
see that someone was paying<br />
attention even as Nya Pap<br />
and her neighbour had been<br />
snoring unapologetically last<br />
Sunday.<br />
Because of my English Language<br />
teacher’s thoroughness,<br />
I soon also became the Reverend’s<br />
Spell Checker when<br />
a letter was being written to<br />
requisition some charts, flags,<br />
etc from the Head Office in<br />
Kisumu. Or when a letter was<br />
being addressed to a man who<br />
had disappeared in Nairobi and<br />
left his mother - and the Reverend<br />
- without ‘something’.<br />
Fruit of the SpiritYet the Reverend<br />
did not understand my conduct<br />
every time the Holy Spirit<br />
came down.<br />
You know, in the VOSH church<br />
then (I still think it to be so seeing<br />
as our home is even closer<br />
now to the church), there were<br />
two sermons. After the lengthy<br />
preliminaries involving the routine<br />
fundraisers and greetings<br />
from one of the ‘sons’ who had<br />
come back from Kapango, the<br />
Reverend would usher in the two<br />
young preachers at around mid<br />
day. Those days you didn’t go to<br />
church if you had Sunday afternoon<br />
plans with your girlfriend<br />
or boyfriend.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first preacher,called Owen<br />
Experience<br />
Pesa, would<br />
flip his Bible<br />
to some obscure text and begin<br />
‘building’ it. He’d do so till<br />
a streak of sweat appeared on<br />
his face. That always happened<br />
around 1 hour into his discourse.<br />
By this time, the church knew<br />
the Spirit was near... then Ken<br />
Omondi Aura would take over to<br />
quite plainly, to hit the home run.<br />
Ken did not come to ‘encourage’.<br />
He was a fiery preacher who<br />
impressed the few young souls<br />
around me simply because of<br />
his gesticulations and ‘labour<br />
intensive preaching methods’.<br />
One hour into Ken’s sermon, we<br />
were expected - at the prompting<br />
of the Spirit of course - to all<br />
fall down on the floor and begin<br />
seeking Jesus in prayer. Women<br />
would of course lead this great<br />
demonstration of Spirit Power.<br />
Older women would have lesos<br />
at the ready to quickly cover a<br />
young lady upon who the Spirit<br />
had ‘fallen’ without due regard<br />
to the young starving eyes of<br />
young boys behind her.<br />
Men, of course in typical alphamale<br />
demeanour, would ensure<br />
all women have gone down<br />
before following nimbly and<br />
seeking Obong’o Nyakalaga-<br />
-Nyasach Polo gi Piny.<br />
People would sweat, spit, cry and<br />
about 45 minutes later, silence.<br />
Someone would rise to prompt<br />
the beginning of the testimony<br />
session. We’d be told how God<br />
had sent someone a dream<br />
about a lost brother.How God<br />
had ‘chucked’ some evil spirits. I<br />
was particularly fearful of the latter<br />
because the Reverend would<br />
fix his gaze upon me and warn<br />
that during prayer time any soul<br />
not prostrating himself like the<br />
rest would have 7 such spirits<br />
visiting him when they left their<br />
captor.<br />
He would know. I never really<br />
fell when the Spirit descended.<br />
Every time the moment came, I<br />
would repair to the hindermost<br />
part of the church and quietly<br />
seek Inspiration. Beginning with<br />
Grand Ma’s intro: Nyasach<br />
Oganda Israel... Almost saying<br />
“To the Unknown God”.<br />
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1. How shall His appearance<br />
be?<br />
-Titus 2:13 : looking for<br />
the blessed hope and<br />
GLORIOUS appearing<br />
of our great God and<br />
Savior Jesus Christ<br />
2. Will it be real and<br />
literal or suddenly<br />
people will disappear?<br />
How else is<br />
the second advent<br />
described?<br />
-Acts 1:9-11: ...This same<br />
Jesus, who was taken<br />
Bible<br />
Study<br />
<strong>The</strong><br />
Second Coming<br />
of Christ and<br />
the Consequent<br />
Events<br />
by Dickenns<br />
up from you into heaven,<br />
WILL SO COME IN<br />
LIKE MANNER as you<br />
saw Him go into heaven.”<br />
-See also Matthew<br />
24:27<br />
Just a few or everyone?<br />
-Revelation 1:7 : Behold,<br />
He is coming with<br />
clouds, and EVERY EYE<br />
WILL SEE HIM…<br />
4. Will even the<br />
wicked people SEE<br />
Him coming?<br />
-Revelation 1:7 : Look,<br />
He is coming with the<br />
clouds, and every eye<br />
will see Him, EVEN<br />
THOSE WHO PIERCED<br />
HIM…<br />
5. Will the<br />
second coming<br />
be secret<br />
and silent?<br />
-1st <strong>The</strong>ssalonians<br />
4:16:<br />
For the Lord<br />
Himself will<br />
descend from<br />
heaven WITH<br />
A SHOUT,<br />
WITH THE<br />
VOICE OF AN<br />
ARCHANGEL,<br />
AND WITH<br />
THE TRUMPET<br />
OF GOD...<br />
-Matthew<br />
24:30 : <strong>The</strong>n<br />
the sign of the<br />
Son of Man<br />
will appear in<br />
heaven, and then all the<br />
tribes of the earth will<br />
mourn, and they will see<br />
the Son of Man COM-<br />
ING ON THE CLOUDS<br />
OF HEAVEN WITH<br />
POWER AND GREAT<br />
GLORY.<br />
(So, in Revelation 16:15<br />
when He says, “I am<br />
doesn’t mean that He<br />
will come secretly, or<br />
‘rapture’ people secretly,<br />
but He will come SUD-<br />
DENLY. It will be unexpected<br />
for they who<br />
haven’t prepared.)<br />
6. If someone tells<br />
you Christ’s coming<br />
will be in secret,<br />
should you believe<br />
it?<br />
-Matthew 24:23<br />
7. What will be the<br />
reaction of the wicked<br />
people?<br />
-Revelation 6:14-16<br />
(they try to hide in<br />
mountains and rocks.<br />
Remember they cannot<br />
withstand His glory.)<br />
8. What will be the<br />
reaction of the righteous?<br />
Isaiah 25:9<br />
(let’s rejoice!)<br />
9. So what happens<br />
to the righteous?<br />
- 1 Corinthians 15:51-53<br />
(… we shall all be<br />
changed – a gisty word<br />
for that ’changed’ is<br />
‘translated’)<br />
- 1st <strong>The</strong>ssalonians 4:17:<br />
<strong>The</strong>n we who are alive<br />
and remain shall be<br />
CAUGHT UP TOGETH-<br />
ER WITH THEM IN THE<br />
CLOUDS TO MEET THE<br />
LORD IN THE AIR...<br />
10. So if this being<br />
‘caught up’ is<br />
what we called the<br />
RAPTURE, from the<br />
descriptions of the<br />
events on that day,<br />
does it appear like<br />
something where<br />
some people suddenly<br />
disappear?<br />
(Definitely not!)<br />
11. Now, what about<br />
those verses saying:<br />
‘one will be taken<br />
and one will be left’?<br />
We’ve already established<br />
that the coming<br />
will not be secret, and<br />
both the righteous and<br />
the wicked shall see<br />
Him. Now, these verses<br />
in Matthew 24:40,41<br />
seem to be kinda tricky.<br />
Lets put them in their<br />
context and see what<br />
Jesus was saying His<br />
coming will be like.<br />
-Matthew 24:37-41 :<br />
As it was in the days<br />
of Noah, so it will be at<br />
the coming of the Son<br />
of Man. For in the days<br />
before the flood, people<br />
were eating and drinking,<br />
marrying and giving<br />
in marriage, up to<br />
the day Noah entered<br />
the ark; and they knew<br />
nothing about what<br />
would happen UNTIL<br />
THE FLOOD CAME<br />
AND TOOK THEM ALL<br />
AWAY. THAT IS HOW<br />
IT WILL BE AT THE<br />
COMING OF THE SON<br />
OF MAN. Two men will<br />
be in the field; one will<br />
be taken and the other<br />
left. Two women will be<br />
grinding with a hand<br />
mill; one will be taken<br />
and the other left.<br />
(So He was saying that<br />
the time of Noah, where<br />
the flood TOOK them<br />
away. As we already<br />
said, we cannot withstand<br />
His glory if we<br />
have just one unforgiven<br />
sin.)<br />
-See also 2nd <strong>The</strong>ssalonians<br />
1:9<br />
12. So His coming<br />
shall be unexpected<br />
(but not secret) to<br />
some. So what do<br />
we do?<br />
-Matthew 24:42<br />
(Get prapared!)<br />
13. So, what happens<br />
to the wicked<br />
or the unsaved?<br />
-2nd <strong>The</strong>ssalonians 1:7-<br />
10, 2nd <strong>The</strong>ssalonians<br />
2:8<br />
(<strong>The</strong>y are destroyed, …<br />
consumed. Note that<br />
your translation may say<br />
‘everlasting destruction’,<br />
but don’t worry, we’re<br />
studying that next.)<br />
14. So where do the<br />
wicked remain after<br />
they are destroyed<br />
by the glory of His<br />
coming during this<br />
period?<br />
-Jeremiah 25:33<br />
(Remember that Jeremiah’s<br />
prophecy goes far<br />
beyond ancient Israel. It<br />
reaches into the future.<br />
It describes a universal<br />
destruction from one<br />
end of the earth to the<br />
other of those who rebel<br />
against God)<br />
time? Devastated or<br />
just fine with some<br />
‘raptured’ people<br />
missing?<br />
-Revelation 16:17-20 (pay<br />
attention to vs. 20)<br />
-Jeremiah 4:23-27<br />
(very devastated!)<br />
16. Meanwhile,<br />
where will the righteous<br />
be and what<br />
what will they be doing?<br />
For how long?<br />
-John 14:1-3, Revelation<br />
20:4-5<br />
(In a nutshell, we shall<br />
be “in My father’s<br />
house”, reigning - and<br />
judging - with Christ for<br />
1000 years. Notice vs. 5:<br />
at this time the wicked<br />
are SOOO dead.)<br />
17. Where will Satan<br />
be during these<br />
1,000 years?<br />
-Revelation 20:1-3<br />
(“An angel…bound him…<br />
and cast him into the<br />
bottomless pit...til the<br />
thousand years should<br />
be fulfilled.” <strong>The</strong> term<br />
“bottomless pit” has an<br />
identical meaning to<br />
the description “without<br />
form, and void” of<br />
Jeremiah 4:23. Satan is<br />
thus bound to the earth,<br />
unable to tempt anyone.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bible uses the term<br />
chains not as literal<br />
chains but CHAINS OF<br />
DARKNESS. -- See 2<br />
Peter 2:4)<br />
18. Oh, by the way,<br />
how many<br />
resurrections are<br />
-John 5:28-29 (two!)<br />
-Revelation 20:5-<br />
6 (Notice that, here<br />
John states that the<br />
righteous that He just<br />
described in vs. 4 are<br />
the ones who took<br />
part in the 1st resurrection.<br />
That logically<br />
means that there’s a<br />
2nd resurrection,(and<br />
a second death, as vs.<br />
29 says..) We’ll find out<br />
when those happen.)<br />
upon<br />
the<br />
19. So when are the<br />
wicked dead, and<br />
those that were<br />
wicked living that<br />
were destroyed<br />
second<br />
coming,<br />
resurrected<br />
again?<br />
-Revelation 20:5, first<br />
part.<br />
(after the 1000 years<br />
are finished..)<br />
...w e shall be<br />
“in My<br />
Fath e r’s<br />
hous e”,<br />
reign ing ...<br />
with Christ<br />
for 1000<br />
years...<br />
20. What do Satan<br />
and the wicked<br />
dead who have been<br />
raised at the second<br />
resurrection do?<br />
3. How many people<br />
-Rev 20:7<br />
will see Him come?<br />
15. And how will<br />
(Now they prepare for<br />
coming as a thief”,<br />
His coming will be like the world be at that there?<br />
the ‘Battle of Armaged-<br />
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don’ This is the final war<br />
against the righteous<br />
that have been having<br />
fun in heaven for 1000<br />
years. <strong>The</strong>y’ll be coming<br />
back on earth in the city<br />
called ‘New Jerusalem’,<br />
as we’ll see next.)<br />
21. Where does the<br />
Holy City—New<br />
Jerusalem—come<br />
from?<br />
-Revelation 21:2<br />
(By the way you realize<br />
that this verse is not in<br />
chronology with the others,<br />
coz it’s in the vision<br />
in ch. 21 that John says<br />
that the city descends<br />
from heaven,<br />
so it’s definitely<br />
the<br />
same<br />
city in<br />
ch.<br />
20, as<br />
that’s<br />
where<br />
the<br />
righteous<br />
are.)<br />
22. How does God<br />
prevent Satan from<br />
overthrowing of the<br />
Holy City?<br />
-Revelation 20:9<br />
23. Finally?<br />
-2 Peter 3:13<br />
(Mmmh after all this<br />
drama I don’t think<br />
sin shall ever come up<br />
again in the new earth!)
Joel 3:18<br />
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