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Preface |
Page xiii |
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Introduction:
The Bible Is the Final Authority |
Page xvii |
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The Saved Person Is a New Creation |
Page xviii |
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Progressive Revelation |
Page xix |
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Chapter 1.
What is going on? |
Page 1 |
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We See Churches Falling Away from the Truth of the Bible |
Page 1 |
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Does the Bible Speak About this Falling Away |
Page 6 |
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What Is God's Response to the Churches Falling Away? |
Page 9 |
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What Does God Expect from the Believers? |
Page 12 |
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Chapter 2.
Times and Seasons |
Page 13 |
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Three Distinct Seasons of Rain |
Page 14 |
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Three Rains Bring Three Harvest |
Page 15 |
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Christ, The First Harvest Coming from the Early Righteous Rain |
Page 17 |
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The Church age -- -- The Pentecostal Harvest Coming from the Early Rain |
Page 18 |
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The Season of the Latter Rain |
Page 19 |
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The Famine of Elijah's Day |
Page 20 |
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The Famine of Jesus's Day |
Page 22 |
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The Famine Beginning with the Great Tribulation |
Page 23 |
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One Vineyard -- Two Caretakers |
Page 24 |
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The Fruits of the Vineyard |
Page 28 |
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No Longer an Earthly Organization |
Page 29 |
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Assembling Together of Ourselves |
Page 30 |
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More Than One Season |
Page 31 |
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Fear of God Comes upon Those Who Spiritually Hear the Gospel |
Page 32 |
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The Little Season |
Page 33 |
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Satan Can No Longer Deceive the Nation's |
Page 36 |
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Satan Is Loosed |
Page 37 |
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The Rest of the Dead |
Page 38 |
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The Soles under the Altar |
Page 41 |
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Chapter 3. Season No. 1. Early Righteous Rain |
Page 45 |
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The Old Testament -- -- The Season of Early Righteous Rain |
Page 46 |
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Some Were Saved throughout Old Testament History |
Page 47 |
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The Coming Messiah, The First of the First Fruits Harvest |
Page 47 |
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Chapter 4.
Time No. 1. Famine in Judgment during Jesus' Ministry |
Page 49 |
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A Time of Great Spiritual Famine of Hearing the Word |
Page 49 |
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A Famine of Hearing the Word of God |
Page 51 |
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Three Requirements for Salvation |
Page 52 |
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The Spiritual Famine Prepared for the Crucifixion of Jesus |
Page 54 |
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Satan was Conquered |
Page 55 |
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Three and a Half Years |
Page 56 |
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Chapter 5.
Early Pentecostal Rain: the Church Age |
Page 59 |
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The Transition from the Synagogues to the Churches |
Page 60 |
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God Established Rules for the Church Age |
Page 61 |
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The Temple, Israel, Jerusalem, Judah |
Page 62 |
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Truly Saved and Apparently Saved in the Churches |
Page 64 |
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Unfaithful Churches |
Page 67 |
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Spiritual High Places |
Page 69 |
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Chapter 6.
Time No. 2. The Great Tribulation |
Page 71 |
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A Worldwide Trauma |
Page 71 |
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The Old Testament Anticipates the Great Tribulation |
Page 73 |
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The Problem of High Places |
Page 74 |
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The High Places Will Be Destroyed |
Page 75 |
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High Places: A Warning to the Church |
Page 77 |
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Today's Churches Have Their High Places |
Page 78 |
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The New Testament High Places Will Be Destroyed |
Page 79 |
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Chapter 7.
The Church Age Has Come to an End |
Page 83 |
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The Two Witnesses |
Page 86 |
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The Churches Will Be Judged |
Page 87 |
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The Beast That Comes from the Sea |
Page 89 |
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The Beast That Comes Out Of the Earth |
Page 92 |
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Fire from Heaven |
Page 92 |
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Does Satan Make Fire from Heaven? |
Page 94 |
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Falling Backward Equals Fire from Heaven |
Page 96 |
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The Image of the Beast |
Page 96 |
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Worship the Image of the Beast or Be Killed |
Page 99 |
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What Does Buy or Sell Mean? |
Page 100 |
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Chapter 8. More on the Great Tribulation |
Page 103 |
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A Famine of Hearing the Word of God |
Page 103 |
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The Holy Spirit Is Taken from the Midst |
Page 105 |
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The Holy Spirit Restrains Satan |
Page 107 |
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Jeremiah is Speaking about the Churches of Our Day |
Page 109 |
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The First Proof |
Page 109 |
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The Churches Are Jerusalem |
Page 110 |
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Second Proof |
Page 112 |
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A Third Proof |
Page 113 |
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The End of the World |
Page 115 |
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All Nations Must Drink of the Wrath of God |
Page 116 |
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Judgment Begins at God's House |
Page 117 |
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God Instructs Us to Look in the Book of Daniel |
Page 118 |
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The Abomination of Desolation |
Page 119 |
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Daniels Prophecies Are Not to Be Understood until the End of Time |
Page 121 |
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A Day Equals a Year |
Page 121 |
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Two Significant Historical Events are Separated by 1290 Years |
Page 122 |
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One Third, Two Thirds |
Page 123 |
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One Third, Two Thirds Brings Us to the Great Tribulation |
Page 125 |
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The Preterit Position |
Page 126 |
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Chapter 9.
The Third Season. The Latter Rain. |
Page 129 |
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Three Seasons of Rain |
Page 132 |
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Mt. Carmel Points Us to the Cross |
Page 133 |
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Pentecost Ends Spiritual Famine |
Page 136 |
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The Great Tribulation Time |
Page 137 |
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The 42 Months of Revelation 13 |
Page 138 |
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The Land Enjoys Her Sabbaths during the Latter Rain |
Page 139 |
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The 7th Day Sabbath |
Page 141 |
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Enjoying its Sabbaths Equals a Gospel of Grace Alone |
Page 142 |
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The Land Enjoys Her Sabbaths during the Latter Rain to |
Page 144 |
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God's Judgment Will Fall |
Page 146 |
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God is Constantly Testing |
Page 147 |
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God Commands Even Though We Cannot Obey Those Commands |
Page 148 |
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Preaching with the Loud Voice |
Page 150 |
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Fear God |
Page 150 |
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All Glory to God |
Page 152 |
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God's Judgment Has Come |
Page 153 |
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Chapter 10.
Are We Now in the Great Tribulation? |
Page 155 |
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First Evidence: Gospel of Toungues, Signs, and Wonders |
Page 155 |
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God uses Satan to Destroy Using Toungues, Signs, and Wonders |
Page 155 |
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God's Long-Term Testing Program for the Church |
Page 156 |
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Gods End-Time Testing Program |
Page 158 |
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1 Corinthians 14 Gives a Clue Concerning this End-Time Testing |
Page 160 |
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Two Important Principles |
Page 162 |
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Toungues: End-Time testing program |
Page 163 |
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Satan Uses Toungues to Destroy |
Page 164 |
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Israel Goes to Assyria for Help |
Page 165 |
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God Intensifies the End-Time Testing Program |
Page 167 |
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The Success of the Tongues Movement |
Page 169 |
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Signs and Wonders |
Page 170 |
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Does Baptism in the Holy Spirit Relate to Speaking in Tongues? |
Page 171 |
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Does the Bible Say That Tongues Would Continue Until the End-Time? |
Page 175 |
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Could Tongues Be Used to Reiterate the Teaching of the Bible? |
Page 177 |
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Does the Bible Command that We Are Not to Forbid Speaking in Tongues? |
Page 178 |
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The Bible is a Complete Message from God |
Page 179 |
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Second Evidence: Calling down Fire from Heaven |
Page 180 |
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Falling Backward Equals Fire from Heaven |
Page 181 |
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Third Evidence: The Latter Rain |
Page 181 |
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The Great Tribulation Cannot Begin until the Church Age Is Finished |
Page 181 |
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144,000: The Complete Fullness of Those Saved during the Church Age |
Page 182 |
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Latter Rain Comes after the Church Age |
Page 186 |
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Chapter 11.
The Third Time. Judgment Day |
Page 189 |
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Why Speak about Judgment Day? |
Page 190 |
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We Are Commanded to Warn the Wicked |
Page 190 |
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Judgment Begins Earlier Than Judgment Day |
Page 191 |
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Judgment Begins with the Local Church |
Page 192 |
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How Will Judgment Be Seen in the Local Church? |
Page 194 |
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Is Everyone Presently in a Church Doomed? |
Page 195 |
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A Warning from Ezekiel |
Page 197 |
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Immediately after the Great Tribulation |
Page 200 |
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The Elect Are Gathered |
Page 202 |
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Will Christ Come Silently? |
Page 203 |
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As a Thief in the Night |
Page 204 |
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Chapter 12.
God's Command to the Believer. The Final Test |
Page 209 |
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Believers Must Depart Out Of Their Churches |
Page 209 |
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First Passage |
Page 210 |
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Second Passage |
Page 212 |
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Third Passage |
Page 213 |
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Fourth Passage |
Page 214 |
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Which Temple Was Christ Talking About? |
Page 214 |
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Not One Stone upon Another: No faithful churches left |
Page 216 |
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What Is the Conclusion for the Believer? |
Page 216 |
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Fifth Passage: Who Does the Fall of Babylon Represent? |
Page 217 |
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Jerusalem Becomes Babylon |
Page 220 |
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New Testament Churches Were the Holy Place |
Page 221 |
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God's Command to the Believer Concerning Babylon |
Page 221 |
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Come Out of Babylon - God's Final Test |
Page 222 |
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The Believers Are Ambassadors |
Page 225 |
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Chapter 13.
Why Obedience Is Important |
Page 227 |
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We Must Be Obedient to God's Rules |
Page 230 |
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The Remnant Left in Jerusalem were not Given Spiritual Ears |
Page 232 |
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The Warning of Acts 28 |
Page 233 |
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None of the Bible is Subject to Our Rational Thinking |
Page 235 |
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God Interrupts the Observance of Ceremonial Laws |
Page 235 |
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Water Baptism and the Lord's Supper are Ceremonial Laws |
Page 237 |
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God Interprets His Divine Plan in Order to Bring Judgment |
Page 237 |
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Everyone - No Exceptions - Is to Leave Jerusalem |
Page 238 |
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Everyone Is to Leave Because God Commanded Them to Leave |
Page 239 |
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There Is Not to Be Debate Concerning God's Command |
Page 241 |
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Can Anyone Remain in Jerusalem? |
Page 242 |
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Actually No Permission was Given to Remain |
Page 246 |
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Those Days Will Be Shortened |
Page 247 |
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God's Timetable for Great Tribulation |
Page 249 |
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The Timing Is Now |
Page 251 |
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Is the Corporate External Church the Judah or Jerusalem of Bible Prophecy? |
Page 253 |
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The Two Jerusalems of Zechariah 14 |
Page 256 |
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Isaiah Presents the Same Truth |
Page 256 |
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We Still Assemble Together |
Page 257 |
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Obedience to the Command to Depart |
Page 259 |
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Reflecting on the Conditions in Our Day |
Page 260 |
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Go to the Ant |
Page 263 |
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Chapter 14.
Why the Shock to the Congregation |
Page 265 |
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Is the Church the Pillar and Ground of Truth? |
Page 267 |
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God is Testing the Church |
Page 270 |
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Does Church Membership Guarantee Salvation? |
Page 274 |
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Continually in Prayer and Ministering the Word |
Page 277 |
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Faithful to the Word |
Page 278 |
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Salvation by Grace Alone |
Page 279 |
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Does the Church Need the Lord Jesus? |
Page 280 |
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Before We Are Saved We Are Spiritually Dead |
Page 281 |
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The Gates of Hell Will Prevail against the Unsaved in the Church |
Page 282 |
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Is the Local Congregation the Bride of Christ |
Page 283 |
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Thou Art a Man, and Not God |
Page 286 |
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In Conclusion |
Page 287 |
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Appendix A.
Further Explanation of Revelation |
Page 289 |
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Worship God the Creator |
Page 289 |
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The Believers Give Birth to Christ |
Page 290 |
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Entire New Testament Era Equals 1260 Days |
Page 291 |
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Seated on a Scarlet Beast |
Page 292 |
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The Bible Rules over the Church |
Page 293 |
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Mother of Harlots |
Page 294 |
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Mystery Babylon |
Page 296 |
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Does the Church Rule Over Satan? |
Page 298 |
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One Day or One-hour |
Page 299 |
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Watch with Me One Hour |
Page 300 |
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Judgment Day Is Exceedingly Close |
Page 301 |
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A Strong Delusion |
Page 303 |
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Babylon has Fallen |
Page 304 |
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The Kings of the Earth |
Page 305 |
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The Political Kings are Ruled over by Satan |
Page 307 |
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All the World Became Spiritual Fornicators Beginning in the Garden of Eden |
Page 308 |
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The True Believers Are Merchants |
Page 309 |
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Tyre and Sidon -- A Portrait of the Church |
Page 311 |
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The Ships Are Wrecked |
Page 313 |
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The Plagues |
Page 314 |
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Appendix B.
More Information on the Two Witnesses |
Page 319 |
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Appendix C.
When is the Rapture |
Page 329 |
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The Last Trump and the Rapture |
Page 330 |
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Sodom's Destruction and the Rapture |
Page 331 |
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The Noahchin Flood and the Rapture |
Page 333 |
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The Resurrection of the Dead and the Rapture |
Page 335 |
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The Last Day of the Feast of Tabernacles |
Page 338 |
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The Tribulation and the Rapture |
Page 342 |
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Who Are the Elect? |
Page 343 |
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The Man of Sin and the Rapture |
Page 345 |
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Conclusion |
Page 352 |
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Scripture Index |
Page 355 |
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About the Author |
Page 367 |
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About Family Radio |
Page 367 |
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The International Ministry |
Page 367 |
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The Family Radio School of the Bible |
Page 367 |
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Missionary Tours |
Page 368 |
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On the Internet |
Page 368 |
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The Open Forum |
Page 368 |
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Television |
Page 368 |
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List of Family Radio Stations |
Page 369 |
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List of Domestic Translators |
Page 370 |