Monthly Archives: April 2016

Step-by-step instructions

Letter for YOU

JESUS’ . . . RESURRECTION . . . WORK . . . IS . . . DONE !!
JESUS MADE YOU A BRAND NEW PERSON IN YOUR SPIRIT.
Ephesians 2:14-17 KJV
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us ; [15] Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; [16] And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: [17] And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

PAUL DIDN’T PRAY FOR GOD TO -D-O- ANYTHING !! HE ONLY PRAYED THAT THE “EYES OF YOUR UNDERSTANDING” BE OPENED !!
Ephesians 1:18 KJV
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

PAUL PRAYED THAT GOD WOULD LET US SEE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE SUPERNATURAL POWER ON THE INSIDE OF US — BEFORE WE EVEN HAD THE NEED. OUR SPIRIT HAS EVERYTHING WE COULD POSSIBLY NEED ALREADY ON THE INSIDE OF US FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES AND BEYOND !!
Colossians 1:27 KJV
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
CHRIST IS ALREADY IN US !!

HOW – PLEASE TELL ME HOW – I CAN FINALLY “GET IT” ?
ANSWER: BY SUBSTITUTING YOUR NAME EVERYWHERE IN THE BIBLE. “I, Robin Starbuck, AM NOT CEASING TO GIVE THANKS TO YOU . . . . MAKING MENTION OF Robin Starbuck . . . .”
Ephesians 1:16 KJV
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

CAN WE TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL? . EXCEEDING GREATNESS = SUPER-ABUNDANCE !! . IT’S THE SAME POWER THAT GOD USED TO RAISE JESUS FROM THE DEAD ! ! ! ! ! [THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE ON THE INSIDE OF US RIGHT NOW ! ! ! ! !
Ephesians 1:19-20 KJV
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, [20] Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places ,

Almost free? . Still a little hooked?

Fear be gone!

DID YOU USED TO BE A “SOCIAL DRINKER”?
AND THEN DISCOVER THAT YOU LOOKED FORWARD TO IMBIBING A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH ?
SO YOU DECIDED TO SIMPLY QUIT ENTIRELY ?
AND YOU’VE BEEN QUITE OBEDIENT FOR A PRETTY LONG TIME ?
B-U-T . . . .
WHEN YOU HAPPEN TO PASS BY AN OLD WATERING HOLE (BAR!) YOU STILL NEED TO SQUELCH FORMER LONGINGS ?
THERE’S GOOD NEWS FOR YOU !!
IT WAS GOD WHO GAVE YOU THE ANSWER TO YOUR PRAYER FOR RELEASE FROM SELF-DEFEATING BEHAVIOUR. HE CAN TAKE YOU A-L-L THE WAY INTO PERFECT FREEDOM WHEREIN YOU SILENTLY UTTER A LOVE-FILLED PRAYER FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL STUCK [VALUING THE ‘FIX’ MORE THAN THE JOY OF FULL VICTORY], AND PASS BY LIGHTHEARTED AND VERY HAPPY !!

When the end of the “world” happened

Eschatology

I have heard people say that it is a global tribulation because Jesus said “everyone will hate you because of me”.

Matthew 24:9

“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.

Hence they say it’s way in the future.

I have always argued that Jesus was referring to the apostles as in “everyone will hate the apostles because of Jesus”. Hence its in the past.

I received a word from the Lord personally today. This is what he said.

I want us to note these verses first.

John 17:20-21

Jesus Prays for All Believers
“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

You would note here John records for us Jesus’s prayer for all the believers. Notice the words “them alone” are actually referring to the apostles. The rest of the believers are referred to “those who believe through their message”.

So he could not have been talking about all believers when he said this and he said this before he turned to pray for the other believers in verse 21. Let’s look at the verses before that.

John 17:14
I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.

“The world has hated them”. This “them” therefore could only mean the apostles. It’s not a world wide tribulation.

The word “world” here does not mean the whole world but the system. That’s what “I am not of the world” means.

It’s AD70. That’s when the end of the “world” happened.
~Simon Yap

Have the feasts been fulfilled?

Eschatology

When we speak of fulfilled eschatology, people often wonder about the feasts. Are the feasts something we should celebrate today? Or, have all the feasts and their pictures been fulfilled, or do we await some later fulfilment picture in one of the feasts? Here is the answer: The feasts pointed to episodes in the finished work of Jesus. They have all been fulfilled. Let me explain:

1. Feast of Passover – Christ is our Passover, and He ate the passover meal with His disciples before going to the cross. This was fulfilled when He became the Passover Lamb at the cross.
2. Feast of Unleavened Bread – This was fulfilled as His body was the bread which was broken at the cross.
3. Feast of Firstfruits – This was fulfilled in His resurrection. He is the firstfruits of resurrection.
4. Feast of Weeks (Harvest or Pentecost) – This was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit was poured out.
5. Feast of Trumpets – This was fulfilled in the trumpet judgments of the harlot, old covenant system in 70ad.
6. Day of Atonement – Jesus was the atoning sacrifice, but the scapegoat was also part of the day of atonement, as the sins of Israel were put on its head, and it was led into the wilderness to be destroyed by the beasts. When the temple and city fell in 70ad, this was the picture of the scapegoat being destroyed by “the beast” (the Roman Empire). This has been fulfilled.
7. Feast of Tabernacles – This was the celebration of when Israel was released from Egyptian slavery and bondage and lived in tabernacles in the wilderness. Old Covenant Jerusalem was also a picture of Egyptian bondage, and when the city fell, the freedom from that slave system came as well. This has been fulfilled.

As Jesus said in Luke 21:22 “For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled”. The days of vengeance were the events of the 70ad destruction of the temple and Jerusalem. Therefore, the concluding events of the 70ad destruction were also the concluding fulfillments to any lingering old testament prophecy, which was the “all things which are written”, the entire old testament.
~ David Duncan