We now are drawing near to the return of Christ. At His coming He will take to Himself His rightful authority and power in the earth. He will sit on the Throne of David in Jerusalem and from there will govern all the nations of the earth.

The Christian Church, the Body of Christ, has three responsibilities in the last days: to proclaim the Gospel of salvation; to build itself up to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; and to bear witness to all "peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings" of the soon coming of the Kingdom of God to the earth—the Kingdom that will compel submission to the eternal moral law of God.

The eleventh chapter of the Book of Revelation gives us understanding of the witness of the Kingdom of God that will be borne by the saints during the closing days of this age. The saints, having been judged and brought into union with Christ, will be clothed with the authority and power of the latter (harvest) rain of the Spirit of God. They will bear witness to the nations of the earth of the soon coming of Christ as King of all kings and Lord of all lords.

Because of the unprecedented signs and wonders with which the ever-present Jesus will confirm the testimony given by His saints, a multitude of earth's peoples will be obedient to the Gospel.

Then the God of the earth will permit His testimony to be driven from the cities of the earth so the "tares" can come to maturity. As soon as the "hour of temptation" has been concluded, the Light of God Almighty will come upon the saints. They will "stand up on their feet." The nations of the earth will behold their glory (Isaiah, Chapter 60).

The physical resurrection of the saints from their graves, the adding to their number of the living saints who have passed from mortality into immortality while yet alive, and then the catching up of the whole Body of Christ to meet the Head in the air, will cause the nations of the earth to believe indeed it is God who has sent Christ (John 17:21-23).

Now will the nations be visited with the terrible wrath of God. The Lord and His army will descend from Heaven on the horses of war. Antichrist, and all who have accepted his counsel and leadership, will be tormented in the Presence of the holy angels and the Lamb.

The three aspects of God's eternal plan, salvation, the creating of the glorious Church without spot or wrinkle, and the bringing of the nations under Kingdom law, began with the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ and depend on His authority, power, and continuing Presence for their accomplishment.

The three aspects of redemption are working today. They will continue throughout the thousand-year period. The fruit of what is sown now and during the thousand-year period will be enjoyed throughout the new heaven and earth reign of Christ.

The twenty-first and twenty-second chapters of the Book of Revelation describe the spiritual fulfillment of the Old Testament feast of Tabernacles in that they portray the full reaping of all that has been sown previously (Leviticus 23:24).

What finally shall be proclaimed throughout the heavens, the earth, and the prisons in the interior of the earth?

THE KINGDOM OF THE WORLD HAS BECOME THE KINGDOM OF OUR LORD AND OF HIS CHRIST AND HE SHALL REIGN FOR EVER AND EVER. (from Three Aspects of God's Eternal Plan)