75th Post Jesus and the "CUP" Con't from last post.

In the last post, we were discussing if Jesus died and took sin out of the world, why is there still sin over 2,000 years after His Death? For Jesus to be the complete and perfect "Sin Offering" for us, He would have to pay for all sin, right? This means the sins that were done before Jesus came to live on the earth, the sins while Jesus was on the earth, and the sins of the future generations would commit before Jesus comes back. God created the world, and knows exactly how long it will exist, before He destroys it. Why was it necessary for Jesus to drink this "CUP". Jesus being with out sin could not die in our place, unless He became sin. This is a very hard thing to grasp, so read this carefully. On the cross, Jesus became sin, (He was covered with our Sin); God the Father could not look on sin so He turned His Back for three hours, the hours from 12:00pm to 3:00pm. During this time the place was dark as night, in the middle of the day. Why did God demand this sacrifice of His Son? His Son was the only one strong enough to accomplish this task. This is the only God that Did this for you. When Jesus said "IT IS FINISHED"! It was, He paid it all. This is how Jesus paid the price of our reconciliation. We can not understand why God demanded such a high price for us, or that His Son Jesus would pay such a price. I hope these posts have given you a better understanding of God, and what He did for us. Jesus is our Propitiatory Sacrifice.

74th Post Signicance of the Cup Jesus Was Talking About in the Garden of Gethsemane- Luke 22: 39 -46.

You maybe wondering why I included this, in my Prophecy about End Times. Hopefully, after reading this you will come to the same conclusion I did, that this needed to be included. There is a lot of teaching concerning this "CUP" what it contained, why Jesus seemed to try to get out of drinking it, and what was accomplished through His drinking of this "CUP". Since this blog is trying to show that God had a plan from the very beginning, this "CUP" is very much a part of this plan. You have to remember that God is perfect, has no sin, and is a God of Righteousness (Judgment); and Mercy (Love). God gave us free choice, and it is this free choice that gets us into trouble, because we always choose the wrong thing. God loves us and wanted none of us to go to hell. That is why He made His Son come here and live as a human. This is what John 3:16 is all about. The key to that verse is the word "Believe". Free choice again, we can either choose to believe or not. Sin was brought into the world by Adam in Geneses Chapter 3. God needed another Adam to come that could live a perfect life and die without committing sin; if this happened, Sin would be taken out of the world. Jesus accomplished this on the cross. You then ask if this is true how come we still have sin today, 2,000 years after Jesus died? That is a good question, and I am running out of space for this blog so will continue on next blog.

73rd Post Prophecy of Matthew Chapter 25 Con't. - Verses 31 - 46

Matthew 25: 31 - 46 The Final Judgment.
This was spoken by Jesus toward the end of His earthly Ministry. Depending on how you interpret Scripture, these verses mean different things. Since my position is to believe what Jesus Said in Chapter 5 of Matthew "I did not come to do away with the Law and the Prophets, but to fulfill. Every yod and tittle will be fulfilled." This means that all the signs mentioned in the Bible will come to pass. We just don't know the order they will come to pass. Matthew 25:31, starts out with the Son of Man comes with all His angels with him, then He will sit on his glorious throne. Other prophecies show Jesus will do some things on earth before He sits on this throne. I believe that this means there will be a lapse of time before this throne and judgment. Jesus says He will separate the sheep from the goats, I believe this to be the White Throne Judgment. This according to Scripture should come after the Millennium the 1,000 year reign of Jesus on earth. This is talked about in the Old Testament. People say "That Jesus can come at anytime!" This is true, because God is God, and can do anything He wants. However, since Jesus said that all will be fulfilled, this means all things have to be fulfilled before the end can come. This puts things into a definite time frame, and order. People always look for God to return soon, so that they can leave this world. This will happen, but in God's timing, not ours.

72nd Post Jesus on Prophecy Matthew 25 Parable of the Talents Con't.

Now one of the three servants, did not do anything with the talent, but buried it in the ground and kept it safe. The master is upset with this servant because he did not do anything to try to increase what he was put in charge of, while the master was away. The servant says that he is afraid of the master and that is why he buried it, because he did not lose what was given him. In the world, investing has a certain amount of risk attached. The greater the risk, the greater the reward, or the loss can be. Those wanting you to invest, only concentrate on the gain side, not the loss side. If you are doing the Lord's Work, He will Bless it, and it won't come back void. This is another sign that the Kingdom of God operates differently than the world does. The master is upset with the servant because he did nothing to try to increase the amount. The servant was entrusted with a talent, and he chose not to do anything. This is like the five foolish virgins in the earlier parable. They made no provision for the future. They like this servant were found wanting and were passed over. They all had something and they lost it. The foolish virgins lost entrance to the wedding feast, and the servant lost his talent, he was entrusted with, and he was thrown into outer darkness, in that place will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. The lessons of both parables seems to be make provisions and you will be allowed to enter, if you do not, or try to do too late, you will be cast out. Where are you in your walk with Jesus??

71st Post Matthew Chapter 25 2nd post on this chapter - Continued Parable 10 Virgins.

Our last post left off with the 5 foolish virgins going to the market place to buy oil. Look at Matthew chapter 24 starting at verse 40. One is taken, one is left. There is a lot of teaching on what that means. The end of chapter 24 ends with weeping and gnashing of teeth. Which group is which? The Bible makes it very clear if you take the time to read carefully what is written there. I am going to let you make your own decision. The five foolish virgins leave, they are not there, seems to be same as taken first. They come back and find the door is closed with them locked outside. They call from outside for admittance, and were refused.

The second parable is the Parable of the Talents. This parable opens with the master leaving on a journey and asks his servants to watch over his possessions. In this parable also the journey takes a long time. What is the message here? Chapter 24 talks about Second Coming of Christ, Chapter 25 continues on that same subject, notice both parables deal with a long time passing. The parable continues with two servants investing what they were in charge of and gaining more for their master. We like the servants are called to be doing the work of the Lord. If we are doing His work we will be able to show an increase. We are to be working for the Kingdom of God everyday, this is our duty as God's Children. This will be continued next post.

70th Post Prophecy and Matthew Chapter 25.

Matthew chapter 25 has two parables and the Final Judgment in it. We will look at these in probably more than one post. This first Post deals with the Parable of the Ten Virgins. It says that 5 were wise and 5 were foolish, both groups were invited to the wedding feast. Only one group was allowed to enter. In many Bible classes, this parable is not taught as Bible prophecy about end times. They say it has to do with the Second Coming of Christ, and that is it. I think chapter 25 follows chapter 24 because it is further teaching on what was spoken of in chapter 24. The early Christians were looking for an early Second Coming. Clearly, this parable of the ten virgins, calls this into question. The Virgins had arrived early anticipating the arrival of the Bridegroom. He was delayed, for a long time. The virgins tired of waiting, fell asleep. Then they are woken up abruptly and told the Bridegroom is coming. Five virgins had brought extra oil for their lamps, and five had not. The five that did not have oil asked the five who did to share their oil with them. They refused saying that if they did share they would not have enough to light both their lamps, and the other five who did not bring extra oil. The five virgins who were prepared told the other five, to go and buy oil at the market place and come back. They left to buy the oil, and when they came back, the door had been closed and when they asked to be let in they were told "I do not know you." I will continue next post.