II PETER 1:10-12II PETER 1:10-12 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give

diligence to diligence to make your calling and election make your calling and election suresure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never : for if ye do these things, ye shall never

fall: fall: 11 For so 11 For so an entrance shall be ministered an entrance shall be ministered

unto you abundantlyunto you abundantly into the everlasting into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 12 ¶ Wherefore I will not be negligent to put 12 ¶ Wherefore I will not be negligent to put

you always in remembrance of these things, you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know [them], and though ye know [them], and be established in be established in

the present truth.the present truth.

The Present Day TruthThe Present Day Truth

II PETER 3:8II PETER 3:8 ¶ But, beloved, be not ignorant of ¶ But, beloved, be not ignorant of

this one thing, that one day [is] this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as years, and a thousand years as one day. one day.

GENTILE DISPENSATION (THE SEVEN CHURCH AGES)

THE DISPENSATION OF TIME

2000 YEARS 2000 YEARS

2000 YEARSADAM NOAH JESUS RAPTURE

THREE CLASSES OF PEOPLE1. JEW2. SAMARITAN3. GENTILES

JEWISH DISPENSATION

WORD - PROPHECYINTERPRETATION - FULFILLMENT

BASIS of OUR FAITH - HISTORY

GOD’S PATTERN

Isaiah’s prophecy fulfilled more Isaiah’s prophecy fulfilled more than 700 years laterthan 700 years later

ISAIAH 7:14ISAIAH 7:14 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you

a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

LUKE 1:38LUKE 1:38 38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of 38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of

the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. And the angel departed from her.

ISAIAH 61:1-2ISAIAH 61:1-2 1 ¶ The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the 1 ¶ The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound;that are] bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

LUKE 4:18-21LUKE 4:18-21 18 The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath 18 The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. . . . .19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. . . . . 21 . . . This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.21 . . . This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

RECOGNIZING YOUR DAY AND ITS MESSAGE

THE BOOK OF REDEMPTION AS PRESENTED TO THE PROPHET DANIEL

 DANIEL 12:4But thou, O Daniel, SHUT up the words, and SEAL the BOOK, [even] to the

time of the END: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be

increased.DANIEL 12:8

And I heard, but I understood not: then said

I, O my Lord, what [shall be] the end of these

[things]?DANIEL 12:9

And He said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the WORDS [are] CLOSED up and

SEALED till the TIME of the END.

JOHN THE BELOVED BEHOLDING THE BOOK OF REDEMPTION

REVELATION 5: 1- 4And I saw in the right

hand of Him that sat on the throne a BOOK written within and on the backside, SEALED with SEVEN

SEALS. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud

voice, WHO is worthy to OPEN the BOOK, and to

LOOSE the SEALS thereof? And NO MAN in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the

book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the BOOK, neither to look

thereon. 

TIME: A.D. 96, Isle of Patmos

REVELATIONREVELATION

-The Book of Prophesy ( “The second coming of Christ, the Armageddon War, the Millennial Reign, the White Throne Judgment, The New Heaven and Earth, others…” )

-The Book of Endings( “The End of the world, The End of Satan, The Consummation of all things, the End of Time, the End of History, others…”)

-The Revelation of Jesus Christ to St. John the Divine

“ which was, which is, which is to come..the Almighty..”

“apokalupsis” –in the Greek Lexicon

WALK IN THE LIGHTWALK IN THE LIGHT

PSALMS 119:105PSALMS 119:105¶ Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light ¶ Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light

unto my path.unto my path.

-We can not walk farther than the light we have.-The light we have should meet the challenge of the age.-We can not live higher than our revelation.

POINTS TO PONDER:

EAST WEST

MATTHEW 24:27 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

THE SEVEN CHURCH AGES…refers to the 7 Gentile ages/dispensation *

The Age of Grace after Pentecost – A Span of 2000 Years before the Second Coming of

Christ

Ephesus | Smyrna | Pergamos | Thyatira | Sardis | Philadelphia | LaodeciaAD 53-170 170-312 AD 312-606 AD 606-1520 1520-1750 AD

1750-1906 1906-rapture