To: IN_GOD_I_TRUST who wrote (19731 ) 7/28/1998 10:04:00 AM From: Emile Vidrine Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 39621
Good morning Steve, John and all who have entered into the presence of our Lord in that New and Living Way. A few words concerning Rev. Ch. 7. Read the entire chapter and you will clearly see that the 144,000 and the great multitude of every nation, kindred and language has already been fulfilled through the Jewish Apostles and disciples of the first century. These Jewish missionaries went out into the whole world and converted people and established Churches from virtually every nation and tongue. The fruits of these early Jewish missionaries extend all the way down to the twentieth century. All missionary work after the first century is merely an extension of the Jewish missions of the first century. There is definitely more coversion and more martyrdoms to come, but it doesn't change what has already been fulfilled. There is no doubt that the suffering and martyrdom of the early Apostles and the consequent suffering of their Christian disciples through the ages are precisely the vision that Apostle John saw. Why is there such a fixation in these endtimes to have these scriptures fulfilled in modern Judaism and modern Israel? Because they reject the scriptural definition of who is a Jew or the people of God under the New Covenant. Because of this, false teachers and false prophets have taken the focus scriptural and prophetic endtime fulfillment away from Jesus and the Christain people where it belongs, and are, instead, focusing attention on those who 'say they are Jews but are in fact the Synagogue of Satan.' It is all part of Satan's tactical warfare in these endtimes. Take the focus away from Jesus and his people---the Christian Church. Whatever God decides to do in these endtimes, I'm with Him. I am willing to change any thought or idea I posses that is not from God. Now, back to the 7th ch. of Hebs. May Christ lead all his children into the fullness of his love. Emile