Roughly 6000 years ago, God found a light (Adam) in the darkness of the religious world and gave him all creation to rule over. God established a covenant (promise) with Adam, commanding him to eat from any tree except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen 2:17). Adam was betrayed by the words of the snake and the covenant was broken. Sin entered the world, death reigned supreme and God left (Gen 6:3). Since then, God has been working without rest to return to His creation, and in the final book of the Bible - the book of Revelation - God promises to end all mourning, death, crying or pain and give His creation eternal life. Where is this place?
As God is spirit (Jn 4:24), He
has given us His word so that one can clearly understand His will (Jn
1:1). After
Adam’s betrayal 6000 years ago, God found a righteous man called Noah and established a covenant with him, commanding
him to be fruitful, increase in number and fill the earth (Gen 9). God put an
end to Adam’s generation through a flood, and Noah and his seven family members were saved. However, sin found its way through Noah’s second son, Ham, who
exposed his father’s nakedness. God - who can not dwell with sin - put an end to Noah’s generation and came to Abraham, promising him that his descendants would be slaves in a country not their own for
four hundred years but would later come out with great possessions (Gen 15). God fulfilled this promise through Moses who led the twelve tribes of Israel out of slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land of Canaan (Ham's descendants!). God promised the Israelites en-route at Mount Sinai that they would be a kingdom of
priests and a holy nation if they kept God’s covenant (Moses' law). However, this covenant was later broken by King Solomon worshipping foreign gods (1Kings 11). Israel was consequently split in two and destroyed by gentile nations.
God had to begin His work of restoration once again and, through the Old Testament prophets (500-700BC), promised to send His only Son. 2000 years ago, Jesus Christ came according to these promises to save people once and for all. But only 12 disciples believed. How do you think God felt seeing His only begotten Son persecuted and hung on a cross by the religious authorities and believers at that time? Before his death, Jesus promised to return by harvesting the fruits of the seed ('word' in Lk 8:11) that he had sown in his field in Mt 13:24-30. The Gospel has been preached for the last 2000 years and, according to this promise, the fruits of this seed are being harvested today into Jesus’ promised church. Where is this promised church?
God had to begin His work of restoration once again and, through the Old Testament prophets (500-700BC), promised to send His only Son. 2000 years ago, Jesus Christ came according to these promises to save people once and for all. But only 12 disciples believed. How do you think God felt seeing His only begotten Son persecuted and hung on a cross by the religious authorities and believers at that time? Before his death, Jesus promised to return by harvesting the fruits of the seed ('word' in Lk 8:11) that he had sown in his field in Mt 13:24-30. The Gospel has been preached for the last 2000 years and, according to this promise, the fruits of this seed are being harvested today into Jesus’ promised church. Where is this promised church?
The Last Book from a Total of 70 Books in God’s Bible, the
Book of Revelation
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