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The Daily Word of Righteousness
A Destructive Concept of Grace, continued
Immediately after the distress of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken. (Matthew 24:29—NIV)
The time setting of the following events is established by the signs in the heavens, the signs that Jesus said would be His calling card.
Notice that the return of Jesus is the great day of the wrath of God and the Lamb. No flesh will stand in God's Presence in that Day!
I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, And the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?" (Revelation 6:12-17—NIV)
I believe the passages presented above provide for us a much more accurate picture of the coming of the Lord than the contemporary view, which is that Jesus is coming to take His Church to Heaven. Nowhere in the Scriptures is such an idea supported.
The coming of the Lord, accompanied by His saints, to bring justice to the nations of the earth, is a primary theme of the Prophets. The New Testament in no manner changes this vision. The Apostle Paul always taught from the Old Testament, from the Law and the Prophets.
The entrance of Dispensational theory into the thinking of American Christians has destroyed the scriptural concept of Divine grace and in addition has given us a mythological vision of the return of Christ Jesus to the earth.
The purpose of this brief essay is to awaken the Christian churches to the fact that we are deceived concerning the nature and working of Divine grace. Also our view of the future has been corrupted. The result has been nothing short of catastrophic, affecting all of mankind.
It is time now for us to return to the Lord. If you cannot support the current incoherent illogical traditions with clear passages from the Scriptures kept in context, are you willing to fight for the truth?
Therefore this is what the LORD says: "If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me; if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be my spokesman. Let this people turn to you, but you must not turn to them. I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to rescue and save you," declares the LORD. (Jeremiah 15:19,20—NIV) (from A Destructive Concept of Divine Grace)