xiii companion verses to the olivet discourse
DESCRIPTION
I offer a palette of passages meant to deepen your appreciation for Jesus' Olivet Discourse's significance. And not only 'deepen' appreciation, but also clarify and underscore some seriously grave warnings and grim descriptions of the End-Time's that Christ offers His readers for consideration. This collection of related verses is well worth your inspection and reflection.TRANSCRIPT
XV Companion Verses to Jesusrsquo
Olivet DiscoursePutting Jesusrsquo End-Times warnings into
a wider biblical perspective
A FEW IMPORTANT VERSES
Warning new converts right up front about the cost of discipleship
and reminding seasoned saints not to get too comfortable in this Christian life
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believe these old style pre-cushion pews This is how lsquochurchrsquo
gets done in Maine
EMAIL leonardhoygmailcom
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VISIT skOG Workshop Headquarters at wwwlennyhoycom for other items of interest
Presentation Arrayrsquos Table of Contents
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12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the rulers against the powers against the world forces of this darkness against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places 13Therefore take up the full armor of God so that you will be able to resist in the evil day and having done everything to stand firm Ephesians 6 12+13
33 ldquoThese things I have spoken to you so
that in Me you may have peace In the world
you have tribulation but take courage I have
overcome the world John 16 3323 And He was saying to them all ldquoIf anyone wishes to come after Me he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me Luke 923
24 ldquoFor whoever wishes to save his
life will lose it but whoever loses his
life for My sake he is the one who will
save it Luke 924
16 But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends and they will put some of you to death 17 and you will be hated by all because of My name 18 Yet not a hair of your head will perish 19 By your endurance you will gain your lives Luke 2116-19
10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings being conformed to His death 11 in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead Philippians 310+11
10 Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down he who accuses them before our God day and night 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathRevelation 1210+11
Here lies the significanceof Revelation 1210
The force of the phrase ldquoand they overcame himrdquo declares that ldquotheyrdquo (the ldquobrethrenrdquo ) overcame ldquohimrdquo (their accuser Satan) These lsquobrethrenrsquo have a spiritual status that allows them to conquer Satan because of the ldquoblood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathrdquo
That spiritual status looks suspiciouslybody-of-christ christian
to me
These lsquobrethrenrsquo (can they be Christians) represent the margin of victory in Godrsquos war against the Evil One Had they failed to stand firm with their testimony God would have failed (See Luciferrsquos challenges to God viv-a-vis Job in the OT Satan makes these same challenges regarding the Tribulationrsquos brethren loses his gamble and thereby loses the war)
The brethren applied Christrsquos Olivet teaching even to the death and left Satan with no valid accusation against themTo Satan these brethren looked like weak links in Godrsquos plan of redemption break them and God cannot keep His word to redeem them The moment when one of Godrsquos promises fail Satan wins all These brethren do not fail their God because their God does not fail them The Blood of the Lamb covers them The full armor of God protects them and these brethren stand firm in the face of Hell itself
They overcame him
No finer epitaph no more glorious eulogy no higher commendation ever describes another group of Christians anywhere
Our modern American sense of entitlement to comfort and safety makes the historical christian experience of persecution practically unthinkable
Yet tribulation and persecution have historically forged the deepening faith of christians
To what perpetual bed of ease dare we American Christians feel ourselves so entitled
NEXT
XVI RAPTURE AND RESURRECTION
I Corinthians-one of THE classic rapture passages comes to the fore
Search the Table of Contents for Other Offerings In This Series
A FEW IMPORTANT VERSES
Warning new converts right up front about the cost of discipleship
and reminding seasoned saints not to get too comfortable in this Christian life
SlideSharersquos hyperlinks wonrsquot work until
Slide 4ndashsomething to do with spam prevention so this is a filler designed to accommodate that necessity Can you
believe these old style pre-cushion pews This is how lsquochurchrsquo
gets done in Maine
EMAIL leonardhoygmailcom
Basic InformationLICENSING I grant a Creative Commons license made of the following elements You may freely share and adapt this work provided you give me creditndash(website info fine) your efforts have no commercial application and you share extractedredacted work with others God bless and have fun
VISIT skOG Workshop Headquarters at wwwlennyhoycom for other items of interest
Presentation Arrayrsquos Table of Contents
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12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the rulers against the powers against the world forces of this darkness against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places 13Therefore take up the full armor of God so that you will be able to resist in the evil day and having done everything to stand firm Ephesians 6 12+13
33 ldquoThese things I have spoken to you so
that in Me you may have peace In the world
you have tribulation but take courage I have
overcome the world John 16 3323 And He was saying to them all ldquoIf anyone wishes to come after Me he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me Luke 923
24 ldquoFor whoever wishes to save his
life will lose it but whoever loses his
life for My sake he is the one who will
save it Luke 924
16 But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends and they will put some of you to death 17 and you will be hated by all because of My name 18 Yet not a hair of your head will perish 19 By your endurance you will gain your lives Luke 2116-19
10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings being conformed to His death 11 in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead Philippians 310+11
10 Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down he who accuses them before our God day and night 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathRevelation 1210+11
Here lies the significanceof Revelation 1210
The force of the phrase ldquoand they overcame himrdquo declares that ldquotheyrdquo (the ldquobrethrenrdquo ) overcame ldquohimrdquo (their accuser Satan) These lsquobrethrenrsquo have a spiritual status that allows them to conquer Satan because of the ldquoblood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathrdquo
That spiritual status looks suspiciouslybody-of-christ christian
to me
These lsquobrethrenrsquo (can they be Christians) represent the margin of victory in Godrsquos war against the Evil One Had they failed to stand firm with their testimony God would have failed (See Luciferrsquos challenges to God viv-a-vis Job in the OT Satan makes these same challenges regarding the Tribulationrsquos brethren loses his gamble and thereby loses the war)
The brethren applied Christrsquos Olivet teaching even to the death and left Satan with no valid accusation against themTo Satan these brethren looked like weak links in Godrsquos plan of redemption break them and God cannot keep His word to redeem them The moment when one of Godrsquos promises fail Satan wins all These brethren do not fail their God because their God does not fail them The Blood of the Lamb covers them The full armor of God protects them and these brethren stand firm in the face of Hell itself
They overcame him
No finer epitaph no more glorious eulogy no higher commendation ever describes another group of Christians anywhere
Our modern American sense of entitlement to comfort and safety makes the historical christian experience of persecution practically unthinkable
Yet tribulation and persecution have historically forged the deepening faith of christians
To what perpetual bed of ease dare we American Christians feel ourselves so entitled
NEXT
XVI RAPTURE AND RESURRECTION
I Corinthians-one of THE classic rapture passages comes to the fore
Search the Table of Contents for Other Offerings In This Series
SlideSharersquos hyperlinks wonrsquot work until
Slide 4ndashsomething to do with spam prevention so this is a filler designed to accommodate that necessity Can you
believe these old style pre-cushion pews This is how lsquochurchrsquo
gets done in Maine
EMAIL leonardhoygmailcom
Basic InformationLICENSING I grant a Creative Commons license made of the following elements You may freely share and adapt this work provided you give me creditndash(website info fine) your efforts have no commercial application and you share extractedredacted work with others God bless and have fun
VISIT skOG Workshop Headquarters at wwwlennyhoycom for other items of interest
Presentation Arrayrsquos Table of Contents
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12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the rulers against the powers against the world forces of this darkness against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places 13Therefore take up the full armor of God so that you will be able to resist in the evil day and having done everything to stand firm Ephesians 6 12+13
33 ldquoThese things I have spoken to you so
that in Me you may have peace In the world
you have tribulation but take courage I have
overcome the world John 16 3323 And He was saying to them all ldquoIf anyone wishes to come after Me he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me Luke 923
24 ldquoFor whoever wishes to save his
life will lose it but whoever loses his
life for My sake he is the one who will
save it Luke 924
16 But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends and they will put some of you to death 17 and you will be hated by all because of My name 18 Yet not a hair of your head will perish 19 By your endurance you will gain your lives Luke 2116-19
10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings being conformed to His death 11 in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead Philippians 310+11
10 Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down he who accuses them before our God day and night 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathRevelation 1210+11
Here lies the significanceof Revelation 1210
The force of the phrase ldquoand they overcame himrdquo declares that ldquotheyrdquo (the ldquobrethrenrdquo ) overcame ldquohimrdquo (their accuser Satan) These lsquobrethrenrsquo have a spiritual status that allows them to conquer Satan because of the ldquoblood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathrdquo
That spiritual status looks suspiciouslybody-of-christ christian
to me
These lsquobrethrenrsquo (can they be Christians) represent the margin of victory in Godrsquos war against the Evil One Had they failed to stand firm with their testimony God would have failed (See Luciferrsquos challenges to God viv-a-vis Job in the OT Satan makes these same challenges regarding the Tribulationrsquos brethren loses his gamble and thereby loses the war)
The brethren applied Christrsquos Olivet teaching even to the death and left Satan with no valid accusation against themTo Satan these brethren looked like weak links in Godrsquos plan of redemption break them and God cannot keep His word to redeem them The moment when one of Godrsquos promises fail Satan wins all These brethren do not fail their God because their God does not fail them The Blood of the Lamb covers them The full armor of God protects them and these brethren stand firm in the face of Hell itself
They overcame him
No finer epitaph no more glorious eulogy no higher commendation ever describes another group of Christians anywhere
Our modern American sense of entitlement to comfort and safety makes the historical christian experience of persecution practically unthinkable
Yet tribulation and persecution have historically forged the deepening faith of christians
To what perpetual bed of ease dare we American Christians feel ourselves so entitled
NEXT
XVI RAPTURE AND RESURRECTION
I Corinthians-one of THE classic rapture passages comes to the fore
Search the Table of Contents for Other Offerings In This Series
EMAIL leonardhoygmailcom
Basic InformationLICENSING I grant a Creative Commons license made of the following elements You may freely share and adapt this work provided you give me creditndash(website info fine) your efforts have no commercial application and you share extractedredacted work with others God bless and have fun
VISIT skOG Workshop Headquarters at wwwlennyhoycom for other items of interest
Presentation Arrayrsquos Table of Contents
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12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the rulers against the powers against the world forces of this darkness against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places 13Therefore take up the full armor of God so that you will be able to resist in the evil day and having done everything to stand firm Ephesians 6 12+13
33 ldquoThese things I have spoken to you so
that in Me you may have peace In the world
you have tribulation but take courage I have
overcome the world John 16 3323 And He was saying to them all ldquoIf anyone wishes to come after Me he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me Luke 923
24 ldquoFor whoever wishes to save his
life will lose it but whoever loses his
life for My sake he is the one who will
save it Luke 924
16 But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends and they will put some of you to death 17 and you will be hated by all because of My name 18 Yet not a hair of your head will perish 19 By your endurance you will gain your lives Luke 2116-19
10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings being conformed to His death 11 in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead Philippians 310+11
10 Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down he who accuses them before our God day and night 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathRevelation 1210+11
Here lies the significanceof Revelation 1210
The force of the phrase ldquoand they overcame himrdquo declares that ldquotheyrdquo (the ldquobrethrenrdquo ) overcame ldquohimrdquo (their accuser Satan) These lsquobrethrenrsquo have a spiritual status that allows them to conquer Satan because of the ldquoblood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathrdquo
That spiritual status looks suspiciouslybody-of-christ christian
to me
These lsquobrethrenrsquo (can they be Christians) represent the margin of victory in Godrsquos war against the Evil One Had they failed to stand firm with their testimony God would have failed (See Luciferrsquos challenges to God viv-a-vis Job in the OT Satan makes these same challenges regarding the Tribulationrsquos brethren loses his gamble and thereby loses the war)
The brethren applied Christrsquos Olivet teaching even to the death and left Satan with no valid accusation against themTo Satan these brethren looked like weak links in Godrsquos plan of redemption break them and God cannot keep His word to redeem them The moment when one of Godrsquos promises fail Satan wins all These brethren do not fail their God because their God does not fail them The Blood of the Lamb covers them The full armor of God protects them and these brethren stand firm in the face of Hell itself
They overcame him
No finer epitaph no more glorious eulogy no higher commendation ever describes another group of Christians anywhere
Our modern American sense of entitlement to comfort and safety makes the historical christian experience of persecution practically unthinkable
Yet tribulation and persecution have historically forged the deepening faith of christians
To what perpetual bed of ease dare we American Christians feel ourselves so entitled
NEXT
XVI RAPTURE AND RESURRECTION
I Corinthians-one of THE classic rapture passages comes to the fore
Search the Table of Contents for Other Offerings In This Series
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the rulers against the powers against the world forces of this darkness against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places 13Therefore take up the full armor of God so that you will be able to resist in the evil day and having done everything to stand firm Ephesians 6 12+13
33 ldquoThese things I have spoken to you so
that in Me you may have peace In the world
you have tribulation but take courage I have
overcome the world John 16 3323 And He was saying to them all ldquoIf anyone wishes to come after Me he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me Luke 923
24 ldquoFor whoever wishes to save his
life will lose it but whoever loses his
life for My sake he is the one who will
save it Luke 924
16 But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends and they will put some of you to death 17 and you will be hated by all because of My name 18 Yet not a hair of your head will perish 19 By your endurance you will gain your lives Luke 2116-19
10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings being conformed to His death 11 in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead Philippians 310+11
10 Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down he who accuses them before our God day and night 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathRevelation 1210+11
Here lies the significanceof Revelation 1210
The force of the phrase ldquoand they overcame himrdquo declares that ldquotheyrdquo (the ldquobrethrenrdquo ) overcame ldquohimrdquo (their accuser Satan) These lsquobrethrenrsquo have a spiritual status that allows them to conquer Satan because of the ldquoblood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathrdquo
That spiritual status looks suspiciouslybody-of-christ christian
to me
These lsquobrethrenrsquo (can they be Christians) represent the margin of victory in Godrsquos war against the Evil One Had they failed to stand firm with their testimony God would have failed (See Luciferrsquos challenges to God viv-a-vis Job in the OT Satan makes these same challenges regarding the Tribulationrsquos brethren loses his gamble and thereby loses the war)
The brethren applied Christrsquos Olivet teaching even to the death and left Satan with no valid accusation against themTo Satan these brethren looked like weak links in Godrsquos plan of redemption break them and God cannot keep His word to redeem them The moment when one of Godrsquos promises fail Satan wins all These brethren do not fail their God because their God does not fail them The Blood of the Lamb covers them The full armor of God protects them and these brethren stand firm in the face of Hell itself
They overcame him
No finer epitaph no more glorious eulogy no higher commendation ever describes another group of Christians anywhere
Our modern American sense of entitlement to comfort and safety makes the historical christian experience of persecution practically unthinkable
Yet tribulation and persecution have historically forged the deepening faith of christians
To what perpetual bed of ease dare we American Christians feel ourselves so entitled
NEXT
XVI RAPTURE AND RESURRECTION
I Corinthians-one of THE classic rapture passages comes to the fore
Search the Table of Contents for Other Offerings In This Series
33 ldquoThese things I have spoken to you so
that in Me you may have peace In the world
you have tribulation but take courage I have
overcome the world John 16 3323 And He was saying to them all ldquoIf anyone wishes to come after Me he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me Luke 923
24 ldquoFor whoever wishes to save his
life will lose it but whoever loses his
life for My sake he is the one who will
save it Luke 924
16 But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends and they will put some of you to death 17 and you will be hated by all because of My name 18 Yet not a hair of your head will perish 19 By your endurance you will gain your lives Luke 2116-19
10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings being conformed to His death 11 in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead Philippians 310+11
10 Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down he who accuses them before our God day and night 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathRevelation 1210+11
Here lies the significanceof Revelation 1210
The force of the phrase ldquoand they overcame himrdquo declares that ldquotheyrdquo (the ldquobrethrenrdquo ) overcame ldquohimrdquo (their accuser Satan) These lsquobrethrenrsquo have a spiritual status that allows them to conquer Satan because of the ldquoblood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathrdquo
That spiritual status looks suspiciouslybody-of-christ christian
to me
These lsquobrethrenrsquo (can they be Christians) represent the margin of victory in Godrsquos war against the Evil One Had they failed to stand firm with their testimony God would have failed (See Luciferrsquos challenges to God viv-a-vis Job in the OT Satan makes these same challenges regarding the Tribulationrsquos brethren loses his gamble and thereby loses the war)
The brethren applied Christrsquos Olivet teaching even to the death and left Satan with no valid accusation against themTo Satan these brethren looked like weak links in Godrsquos plan of redemption break them and God cannot keep His word to redeem them The moment when one of Godrsquos promises fail Satan wins all These brethren do not fail their God because their God does not fail them The Blood of the Lamb covers them The full armor of God protects them and these brethren stand firm in the face of Hell itself
They overcame him
No finer epitaph no more glorious eulogy no higher commendation ever describes another group of Christians anywhere
Our modern American sense of entitlement to comfort and safety makes the historical christian experience of persecution practically unthinkable
Yet tribulation and persecution have historically forged the deepening faith of christians
To what perpetual bed of ease dare we American Christians feel ourselves so entitled
NEXT
XVI RAPTURE AND RESURRECTION
I Corinthians-one of THE classic rapture passages comes to the fore
Search the Table of Contents for Other Offerings In This Series
16 But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends and they will put some of you to death 17 and you will be hated by all because of My name 18 Yet not a hair of your head will perish 19 By your endurance you will gain your lives Luke 2116-19
10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings being conformed to His death 11 in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead Philippians 310+11
10 Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down he who accuses them before our God day and night 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathRevelation 1210+11
Here lies the significanceof Revelation 1210
The force of the phrase ldquoand they overcame himrdquo declares that ldquotheyrdquo (the ldquobrethrenrdquo ) overcame ldquohimrdquo (their accuser Satan) These lsquobrethrenrsquo have a spiritual status that allows them to conquer Satan because of the ldquoblood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathrdquo
That spiritual status looks suspiciouslybody-of-christ christian
to me
These lsquobrethrenrsquo (can they be Christians) represent the margin of victory in Godrsquos war against the Evil One Had they failed to stand firm with their testimony God would have failed (See Luciferrsquos challenges to God viv-a-vis Job in the OT Satan makes these same challenges regarding the Tribulationrsquos brethren loses his gamble and thereby loses the war)
The brethren applied Christrsquos Olivet teaching even to the death and left Satan with no valid accusation against themTo Satan these brethren looked like weak links in Godrsquos plan of redemption break them and God cannot keep His word to redeem them The moment when one of Godrsquos promises fail Satan wins all These brethren do not fail their God because their God does not fail them The Blood of the Lamb covers them The full armor of God protects them and these brethren stand firm in the face of Hell itself
They overcame him
No finer epitaph no more glorious eulogy no higher commendation ever describes another group of Christians anywhere
Our modern American sense of entitlement to comfort and safety makes the historical christian experience of persecution practically unthinkable
Yet tribulation and persecution have historically forged the deepening faith of christians
To what perpetual bed of ease dare we American Christians feel ourselves so entitled
NEXT
XVI RAPTURE AND RESURRECTION
I Corinthians-one of THE classic rapture passages comes to the fore
Search the Table of Contents for Other Offerings In This Series
10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings being conformed to His death 11 in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead Philippians 310+11
10 Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down he who accuses them before our God day and night 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathRevelation 1210+11
Here lies the significanceof Revelation 1210
The force of the phrase ldquoand they overcame himrdquo declares that ldquotheyrdquo (the ldquobrethrenrdquo ) overcame ldquohimrdquo (their accuser Satan) These lsquobrethrenrsquo have a spiritual status that allows them to conquer Satan because of the ldquoblood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathrdquo
That spiritual status looks suspiciouslybody-of-christ christian
to me
These lsquobrethrenrsquo (can they be Christians) represent the margin of victory in Godrsquos war against the Evil One Had they failed to stand firm with their testimony God would have failed (See Luciferrsquos challenges to God viv-a-vis Job in the OT Satan makes these same challenges regarding the Tribulationrsquos brethren loses his gamble and thereby loses the war)
The brethren applied Christrsquos Olivet teaching even to the death and left Satan with no valid accusation against themTo Satan these brethren looked like weak links in Godrsquos plan of redemption break them and God cannot keep His word to redeem them The moment when one of Godrsquos promises fail Satan wins all These brethren do not fail their God because their God does not fail them The Blood of the Lamb covers them The full armor of God protects them and these brethren stand firm in the face of Hell itself
They overcame him
No finer epitaph no more glorious eulogy no higher commendation ever describes another group of Christians anywhere
Our modern American sense of entitlement to comfort and safety makes the historical christian experience of persecution practically unthinkable
Yet tribulation and persecution have historically forged the deepening faith of christians
To what perpetual bed of ease dare we American Christians feel ourselves so entitled
NEXT
XVI RAPTURE AND RESURRECTION
I Corinthians-one of THE classic rapture passages comes to the fore
Search the Table of Contents for Other Offerings In This Series
10 Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down he who accuses them before our God day and night 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathRevelation 1210+11
Here lies the significanceof Revelation 1210
The force of the phrase ldquoand they overcame himrdquo declares that ldquotheyrdquo (the ldquobrethrenrdquo ) overcame ldquohimrdquo (their accuser Satan) These lsquobrethrenrsquo have a spiritual status that allows them to conquer Satan because of the ldquoblood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathrdquo
That spiritual status looks suspiciouslybody-of-christ christian
to me
These lsquobrethrenrsquo (can they be Christians) represent the margin of victory in Godrsquos war against the Evil One Had they failed to stand firm with their testimony God would have failed (See Luciferrsquos challenges to God viv-a-vis Job in the OT Satan makes these same challenges regarding the Tribulationrsquos brethren loses his gamble and thereby loses the war)
The brethren applied Christrsquos Olivet teaching even to the death and left Satan with no valid accusation against themTo Satan these brethren looked like weak links in Godrsquos plan of redemption break them and God cannot keep His word to redeem them The moment when one of Godrsquos promises fail Satan wins all These brethren do not fail their God because their God does not fail them The Blood of the Lamb covers them The full armor of God protects them and these brethren stand firm in the face of Hell itself
They overcame him
No finer epitaph no more glorious eulogy no higher commendation ever describes another group of Christians anywhere
Our modern American sense of entitlement to comfort and safety makes the historical christian experience of persecution practically unthinkable
Yet tribulation and persecution have historically forged the deepening faith of christians
To what perpetual bed of ease dare we American Christians feel ourselves so entitled
NEXT
XVI RAPTURE AND RESURRECTION
I Corinthians-one of THE classic rapture passages comes to the fore
Search the Table of Contents for Other Offerings In This Series
Here lies the significanceof Revelation 1210
The force of the phrase ldquoand they overcame himrdquo declares that ldquotheyrdquo (the ldquobrethrenrdquo ) overcame ldquohimrdquo (their accuser Satan) These lsquobrethrenrsquo have a spiritual status that allows them to conquer Satan because of the ldquoblood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony and they did not love their life even when faced with deathrdquo
That spiritual status looks suspiciouslybody-of-christ christian
to me
These lsquobrethrenrsquo (can they be Christians) represent the margin of victory in Godrsquos war against the Evil One Had they failed to stand firm with their testimony God would have failed (See Luciferrsquos challenges to God viv-a-vis Job in the OT Satan makes these same challenges regarding the Tribulationrsquos brethren loses his gamble and thereby loses the war)
The brethren applied Christrsquos Olivet teaching even to the death and left Satan with no valid accusation against themTo Satan these brethren looked like weak links in Godrsquos plan of redemption break them and God cannot keep His word to redeem them The moment when one of Godrsquos promises fail Satan wins all These brethren do not fail their God because their God does not fail them The Blood of the Lamb covers them The full armor of God protects them and these brethren stand firm in the face of Hell itself
They overcame him
No finer epitaph no more glorious eulogy no higher commendation ever describes another group of Christians anywhere
Our modern American sense of entitlement to comfort and safety makes the historical christian experience of persecution practically unthinkable
Yet tribulation and persecution have historically forged the deepening faith of christians
To what perpetual bed of ease dare we American Christians feel ourselves so entitled
NEXT
XVI RAPTURE AND RESURRECTION
I Corinthians-one of THE classic rapture passages comes to the fore
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These lsquobrethrenrsquo (can they be Christians) represent the margin of victory in Godrsquos war against the Evil One Had they failed to stand firm with their testimony God would have failed (See Luciferrsquos challenges to God viv-a-vis Job in the OT Satan makes these same challenges regarding the Tribulationrsquos brethren loses his gamble and thereby loses the war)
The brethren applied Christrsquos Olivet teaching even to the death and left Satan with no valid accusation against themTo Satan these brethren looked like weak links in Godrsquos plan of redemption break them and God cannot keep His word to redeem them The moment when one of Godrsquos promises fail Satan wins all These brethren do not fail their God because their God does not fail them The Blood of the Lamb covers them The full armor of God protects them and these brethren stand firm in the face of Hell itself
They overcame him
No finer epitaph no more glorious eulogy no higher commendation ever describes another group of Christians anywhere
Our modern American sense of entitlement to comfort and safety makes the historical christian experience of persecution practically unthinkable
Yet tribulation and persecution have historically forged the deepening faith of christians
To what perpetual bed of ease dare we American Christians feel ourselves so entitled
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XVI RAPTURE AND RESURRECTION
I Corinthians-one of THE classic rapture passages comes to the fore
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The brethren applied Christrsquos Olivet teaching even to the death and left Satan with no valid accusation against themTo Satan these brethren looked like weak links in Godrsquos plan of redemption break them and God cannot keep His word to redeem them The moment when one of Godrsquos promises fail Satan wins all These brethren do not fail their God because their God does not fail them The Blood of the Lamb covers them The full armor of God protects them and these brethren stand firm in the face of Hell itself
They overcame him
No finer epitaph no more glorious eulogy no higher commendation ever describes another group of Christians anywhere
Our modern American sense of entitlement to comfort and safety makes the historical christian experience of persecution practically unthinkable
Yet tribulation and persecution have historically forged the deepening faith of christians
To what perpetual bed of ease dare we American Christians feel ourselves so entitled
NEXT
XVI RAPTURE AND RESURRECTION
I Corinthians-one of THE classic rapture passages comes to the fore
Search the Table of Contents for Other Offerings In This Series
They overcame him
No finer epitaph no more glorious eulogy no higher commendation ever describes another group of Christians anywhere
Our modern American sense of entitlement to comfort and safety makes the historical christian experience of persecution practically unthinkable
Yet tribulation and persecution have historically forged the deepening faith of christians
To what perpetual bed of ease dare we American Christians feel ourselves so entitled
NEXT
XVI RAPTURE AND RESURRECTION
I Corinthians-one of THE classic rapture passages comes to the fore
Search the Table of Contents for Other Offerings In This Series
Our modern American sense of entitlement to comfort and safety makes the historical christian experience of persecution practically unthinkable
Yet tribulation and persecution have historically forged the deepening faith of christians
To what perpetual bed of ease dare we American Christians feel ourselves so entitled
NEXT
XVI RAPTURE AND RESURRECTION
I Corinthians-one of THE classic rapture passages comes to the fore
Search the Table of Contents for Other Offerings In This Series
NEXT
XVI RAPTURE AND RESURRECTION
I Corinthians-one of THE classic rapture passages comes to the fore
Search the Table of Contents for Other Offerings In This Series