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Suffering Servant

Editor: David Maas
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Paul summoned believers to adopt the same mind that Jesus had when he poured out his life “unto death” for others – Philippians 2:5-11. Jesus fulfilled the role of the ‘ Suffering Servant ’ described in the  Book of Isaiah . Unlike Adam, he did not attempt to grasp the “ likeness of God ,” but he humbled himself and submitted to a shameful death on the Roman cross. Therefore, God exalted him and made him “ Lord ” over all things. His exaltation did not precede his death; his enthronement followed it, and he died utterly alone.
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The Day of the Lord

Editor: David Maas
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Jesus will arrive and gather his people on the Day of the Lord, and in the New Testament, this event becomes the Day of Christ . In his second letter to the Thessalonians, Paul refutes claims that the “ Day of the Lord ” is imminent. That day will not arrive until the “ Apostasy ” and the “ revelation of the Man of Lawlessness, the Son of Destruction .” Jesus will destroy this Master Deceiver at his “ Arrival ” or ‘ Parousia ’, an event the Apostle links to this final great day.
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Gathering the Elect

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The saints will be assembled before Jesus on the Last Day, and the wicked will be collected for judgment and cast from his presence . On the Last Day, the righteous and the unrighteous will be “ gathered ” before Jesus, the former for vindication and salvation, and the latter for judgment and condemnation. This event is linked in the New Testament to Christ’s “ arrival ” at the end of the age when he will resurrect the dead, judge the dead and living, terminate the “ Last Enemy, Death ,” and consummate the Kingdom of God.
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The Coming Storm

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The New Testament warns of a future apostasy caused by deceivers and the Lawless One before the Day of the Lord arrives . The New Testament repeatedly warns us that before Jesus returns his Church will be attacked from within by deceivers, “ false anointed ones ,” and “ false prophets .” Before the “ Day of the Lord ” begins, his disciples will be confronted by the “ Man of Lawlessness ” whom the Apostle Paul links to the “ Apostasy ,” the final great “ falling away ” from the true faith.
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Ruling the Nations

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Jesus is the promised King from the Line of David who guides the Nations of the Earth to the Holy City, New Jerusalem – Revelation 12:5. The “ Son ” pictured in the twelfth chapter of the  Book of Revelation  is the Messianic figure of the  Second Psalm  who is destined to “ Shepherd the Nations .” Following his Enthronement, Heaven declared, “ Now is come the Kingdom of God and the authority of His Messiah .” His reign commenced following his “ Faithful Testimony ” given in his Death, and his victory through his Resurrection. He is also, therefore, the “ Firstborn of the Dead .”
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Dann kommt das Ende

Editor: David Maas
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Bei der Erklärung der Auferstehung, Paulus listet Schlüsselereignisse auf, die der Ankunft Jesu am Ende des gegenwärtigen Zeitalters vorausgehen oder damit zusammenfallen werden . Paulus skizzierte die Ereignisse, die bei oder kurz vor der “ Ankunft ” Jesu in 1. Korinther stattfinden werden. Das griechische Substantiv ‘ Parousia ’ oder “Ankunft” ist einer von mehreren Begriffen, die Paulus in seinen Briefen auf das zukünftige Kommen des Herrn anwendet. Unabhängig davon, welcher Begriff verwendet wird, bezieht sich der Apostel immer auf ein “ Kommen ”, eine “ Manifestation ” und eine “ Offenbarung ” des Sohnes Gottes, nicht auf zwei oder mehr.
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