End of the Age Priorities With God

hello everyone paul keith davis here with another word for the moment video blog i want to just talk about something that uh probably one of the most important topics that i think we can discuss nowadays um end of the age priorities what are the priorities of god for the end of the age you know i think clearly if we look around we can see that we're moving into what has been defined as the last days the last of the last days the age the generation immediately prior to the return of the lord and so what does the bible have to say about that you know one of the things we have to do is you know discard our opinions or preconceive notions and just go to the word of god that's our absolute the word of god is our absolute and right now there's a lot of things being said out there i've heard some teachings you know from some people i happen to know some meetings i've actually been in where i've heard some people talking about their perspective of the last days and i have heard one extreme to the other and so i am just really spending as much time as possible asking the lord what are you saying what does the bible the word of god have to say about the last days and so i want to talk about that most likely i'll not get everything in in this one block may take a couple of sessions to do that but i've got a lot stirring around in me so i'm asking the lord to pull it out of me the way he wants to so that it has the most meaning but i know the remnant of god's people are asking these questions you know the disciples asked that in matthew chapter 24 the lord had just predicted the destruction of jerusalem in the temple not one stone will be left upon another you know he looked over jerusalem the lord did and said you know how i would have gathered you like a hen gathers her chicks but you would not and because you did not recognize because you did not recognize the day of your visitation not one stone will be left upon another what a harsh thing to say you know maybe there were some other people out there saying everybody in jerusalem is going to get saved you know and we're going to rule and reign in jerusalem or however those things may have gone but the lord says no unfortunately that's not the way it's going to be and so the disciples had to adjust themselves to the word of the lord not what their wishful thinking may have been or not what some of these other prophecies may have been that were not rooted in truth they had to go by what the lord said and i believe we're much the same way when will these things be they said when they came out of the temple when will these things be what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age and of the end of the age i'm emphasizing that on purpose because as the age word age there is ion and sometimes it's translated world what are the signs of the end of the world and a person gets an idea there the whole world is coming is going to cease to exist but it's not talking about that it's talk about the end of one age and the beginning of another that's the point we want to talk about today the ending of this age and the beginning of the age to come the age to come is the millennial reign of christ it is the kingdom age it is when the lord jesus appropriates the fullness of his victory and returns to planet earth with his bride to set up his throne on planet earth in jerusalem and will rule this planet he will first eradicate the systems of this world the systems of this world are not going to be redeemed they're going to be judged i'm going to show you that by the bible he will come and he'll remove the systems of this world and the god of this world which is satan will be removed cast into a pit then he himself will return with his bride set up his throne and will give the thrones and dominions to his bride to rule planet earth for one thousand years that's some i summarize it in one brief statement but i'm going to talk about that here in just a moment my main point is the priorities of god from now until the end of this age in the introduction of the age to come i think i'll start with luke chapter 20. pretty amazing passage i believe the sadducees had come to the lord really trying to trick him you know because they didn't believe in the resurrection which by the way we're going to talk about the resurrection from the dead it's not talked about nearly enough in the church you know that was a central theme with the apostle paul he talked about it often the lord himself talked about it often why don't we begin to talk about why because it's a priority being prepared for the resurrection from the dead being prepared for the end of the age when the dead in christ will rise in those that are alive and remain will be changed transformed in a moment of time to be caught up to be with the lord that's in your bible we have a table meeting we're doing on sundays i have about 400 people or so that watch us and as amy and i do a live broadcast and one of our little sayings that i have said often i think the coffee cup is now being made with a saying on it it's in your bible let's deal with it you know there's a lot of passages in the bible that we don't deal with very often they're not brought to the forefront so i'm going to try my best with the lord's help to bring some of these issues to the forefront it's in your bible let's deal with it and that's what's in the scriptures that's what's in the bible but the lord you know was was answering a question you know they gave him the scenario well if a guy marries a woman and and he dies and she has to marry the brother and he dies and the next brother dies and on down the line it goes until there's seven brothers that have all have died who she going to be married to in the age to come that was their question trying to trick the lord and of course the lord basically says that's you're missing the whole point he doesn't say that in those words but that's essentially what he said this is what he said it's a fascinating thing luke chapter 20 verse 35 those who are considered worthy to attain to that age well paul is right there those that are considered worthy to attain to the age to come we're in the age that's been called the church age right now this 2000 year roughly parenthetical season you know between the the first coming of the lord and the second coming of the lord and so we've been in this age this age some people call it a dispensation i like to use the word eight but we're in the church age but the church age is coming to an end the laodicean age is coming to an end and the next thing is revealed is revelation 4 which is the kingdom the throne the king and his kingdom so we need to understand this transition from this age into the age to come and all of the fantastic events that the bible tells us about that will be taking place and the condition of planet earth all at that time now i'm just going to go ahead and jump ahead and tell you what i believe is taking place on planet earth right now are two extremes extreme darkness and extreme light make no mistake about it i want to say this at the outset the lord is going to pour his spirit out upon his people the sons of light would demonstrate the kingdom of light in ways heretofore unseen on planet earth we are going to demonstrate the kingdom i believe another priority of god is for the sons of god to do the works jesus did and even greater works than those shall they do because he is going to pour out his spirit and the capstone zechariah chapter 4 will come with shouts of grace grace great grace being poured out so make no mistake about it paul keith is teaching a great and wonderful outpouring of the spirit i believe we're going to do exactly what the apostle paul was commissioned to do in acts chapter 26 the apostle paul had a visitation from the lord i i'm of the belief there are about to be apostles emerging on planet earth that have encountered the lord the way paul did i believe it the lord said to paul stand up on your feet for this purpose have i appeared to you to appoint you as a minister and as a witness not only of what you have seen but of what i'm going to appear to you but here it is here is our commission i believe to open the eyes of the people to bring them out of darkness into light from the dominion of satan into the dominion of god that they may receive the forgiveness of sins and obtain an inheritance among those that are being sanctified by faith in christ that's our commission we're in the world but we're not of the world we're not going to overtake the systems of this world as it's being taught today we're going to bring people out of the dominion of that world into the dominion of god his unseen kingdom that's what the bible teaches let's go with the word of god let's don't have a false expectation that everybody is going to get saved on planet earth before the lord returns you might say that sounds ridiculous i was personally sitting in a service when i heard a minister say that virtually everyone will be saved on planet earth and sin will be eradicated before the lord returns now you know that sounds great unfortunately that's not the bible the scripture doesn't say that in fact the scripture says in matthew chapter 13 that the wheat and the tares run concurrently side by side simultaneously coming to a point of harvest or maturity the sons of the kingdom the wheat and the sons of the evil one that's what the bible says it's in your bible let's deal with it the sons of the evil one coming to a place of maturity while at the same time the sons of light so there you have this conflict you have this contradiction that will exist at the end of the age the bible tells us in matthew chapter 24 things are not rosy before the return of the lord things are difficult if the time would not be cut but for the sake of the elect the time will be cut short tribulation and difficulties you'll be thrown in prison that's what the bible says that's what the scripture tells us all of matthew chapter 24 did not happen in 70 a.d the lord has not returned in the clouds we haven't seen the sun turn to to darkness and the moon to blood those are things yet future they are the signs of the end of the age and the return of christ so what are we seeing we're seeing these two camps of these communities of people coming to maturity simultaneously in the midst of great conflict in the great in the midst of great contradiction darkness and light you know hit butting heads and like the apostle paul we're going to be commissioned and anointed to bring a great harvest of souls out of darkness into light from the dominion of satan into the dominion of god but jesus said his kingdom is not of this realm there is coming a government of god there is coming a government that god's going to set up on planet earth but he will first remove and eradicate the systems of this world before he does that let me can i show you that in the scriptures matthew chapter i'm sorry revelation chapter 19 let me switch bibles here revelation chapter 19 what do you see there this scenario you see the harvest has come the bride has been caught away the bride is in heaven that's what it says revelation chapter 19 the marriage supper of the lamb let us rejoice and be glad and give glory to him for the marriage of the lamb has come and his bride has made herself ready and it was given to her to clothe herself and find linen bright and clean for the linen of the righteous acts of the saints blessed here's another priority you want to know a priority my priority oh god let me be a part of that invitation let me be a part of that bridal company that gets to enjoy the marriage supper it's in the bible it's in our future oh somebody might say yeah and the far dist no no i don't think it's the far distant future i believe we're the generation that will see these things take place and he said to me right blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the lamb and he said to me these are the true words of god so what's a priority for the end of the age lord and make me worthy let me be worthy to attain to the age to come let me be a part of the resurrection that's what it says in luke chapter 20 but you know blessed are those who are worthy to attain to the age to come and of the resurrection of the dead i'm going to read a scripture to you in just a moment that's going to probably shock you so here's the order of things the harvest comes revelation chapter 14 you see two harvests you see an angel coming with a sharp sickle and he's going to harvest the righteous then you see in revelation chapter 14 another angel with another sickle to gather the grapes of the earth and they're going to be put in the winepress of the wrath of god i don't like that i i'm sorry that's going to happen i don't want anybody to be a part of that but it's in the bible we have to deal with it there will be a harvest at the end of the age of the unrighteous you know enoch saw that jude reported what enoch had prophesied all those many years ago i saw the lord coming with many thousands of his holy ones that's revelation chapter 19 what i'm reading to you right now i'm about to read to you the lord returning with many thousands of his holy ones to execute judgment on the ungodly and all the ungodly ways and all the ungodly you just read it for yourself god is going to deal with ungodliness that's in the bible let's be prepared for this let's make ourselves ready the bride makes herself ready that's a priority with god right now a bridal company being made ready so let me just kind of hit the highlights because for the sake of time and by the way if you would like to learn more about this we're doing these table meetings you can go to our app and discover these table meetings we're doing every sunday night but anyway you see the lord on a white horse revelation chapter 14 verse 8 you see the bride clothed in white linen for the marriage supper of the lamb but then you see the same group of people in verse 14 who have shifted responsibilities now she's an army verse 14 that very same group of people that we saw clothed in white linen verse 14 in the armies which are in heaven clothed in fine linen white and clean were following him on white horses the bride of christ that's what enoch saw the holy the lord coming with many thousands of his holy ones this army this bridal company has become an army and the lord is going to return to the earth he's going to execute judgment on the beast and the false prophet without going into much detail on that that's what the scripture says and then here's what it says and he will bind satan for a thousand years at the end of the age after the marriage supper of the lamb after the first resurrection after the resurrection of the dead and the catching away of the living saints to go into heaven by the way i wanted to point out in verse 14 it says the armies which are in heaven the bride is in heaven at the time of the return of the lord and she returns to planet earth with him in order to rule and reign with him there are some people that have this idea that we're going to set up the kingdom of god on earth before the return of the lord i don't see that in the scriptures i don't see us taking over the systems of this world before the return of the lord those systems are going to be judged that's what the bible says so what it says in revelation 17 and 18 we can't take that out of the bible as much as we might love to see this system oh we're going to have a great harvest we're going to have a great the lord will have all that the father has given to me jesus said will come everyone that he foresaw before the foundation of the world will come to him that's what it says in romans chapter 8 by his foreknowledge he's sovereign oh we go out we preach because we don't know who's going to be saved our job is to preach but he already knew for the joy set before him he endured the cross despite what was the joy set before him the names of all those he knew that he was going to die for because he knew them before the foundation of the world the names were written in the lamb's book of life he is sovereign he holds time in front of him he sees all of it simultaneously so we see the lord returning we see that satan is bound for a thousand years let me just read to you what it says here it says um and he threw him into the abyss and shut it and sealed it over over him so that he should not deceive the nations any longer he will be deceiving nations right up to the point that he is cast into this pit that's the bible that's the scripture he's out there right now look around us look at the lawlessness that's taking place but we are the response to the lawlessness we are the restraining force the holy spirit in the second thessalonians chapter two we are by the holy spirit the restraining force to hold back this lawlessness until we can get the harvest in and then the holy spirit to be taken out i remember watching these videos of kathryn kuhlman and i remember her you know how animated she was and she said i don't want to be here one five minutes after the holy ghost is taken out and i believe she was referring to this this passage when the restraining force has been removed and lawless and this is running rampant and we'll see the two witnesses come and stand in jerusalem and pronounce judgments on the systems of this world but let me get to the point very quickly so there you have in revelation chapter 20 satan is bound and here here is the ruling and reigning this is what the bible says about when we rule and reign with christ oh don't make me make no mistake about it the bride of christ will rule and reign with christ revelation chapter 5 and verse 9 says worthy is the lamb to take the book and break its seals for you were slain and you purchased for god with your own blood men of every nation tongue tribe and kingdom and you have made them to be kings and priests before our god and they will rule on planet earth the overcomers are the rulers revelation chapter 3 it says to him that overcomes will i grant to sit with me on my throne that's the ones that rule small k kings that rule with the big k king so there's this ruling and reigning aspect we're being trained for that now friends we're we're in the world systems that are contrary to god the systems of this world are contrary to god they're never going to be in in compatibility because satan is the god of this world satan is the prince of the power of the air and he will be until he is cast into a pit in revelation 20. but after he is cast into this pit the bride of christ i saw thrones and they sat upon them and judgment was given to them and i saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony of jesus and because of the word of god and those who had not worshipped the beast or his image and had not received the mark upon their forehead and upon their hands and they came to life and reigned with christ for a thousand years listen closely friends the rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed this is the first resurrection this is the resurrection jesus referred to in luke 20. those that are worthy to attain to the age to come and of the resurrection of the dead listen to what it says here blessed and holy is the one who has a part of the first resurrection over these the second death has no power but they will be priests of god listen closely i'm going to emphasize this on purpose and they will be priests of god and of christ and will reign with him for a thousand years they will reign with him for a thousand years there's a thing called dominionism that teaches that we will bring the kingdom and the rule of god on the earth before the return of christ i don't believe that's accurate friends i believe the bible tells us that we returned with him [Music] with christ with our king to rule and reign on earth with him when is the ruling and reigning going to happen after the first resurrection says it right here after the first resurrection then the kingdom reign of god is set up on planet earth not before we're not going to govern these systems of this world friends i don't think i don't believe the bible teaches that that we're we're not going to and i you know it says we're going to govern arts and entertainment we're going to govern governments in the financials and i believe we're going to make disciples from those areas i believe just exactly what the great commission says go into all nations we have a heart to see the loss saved we don't want darkness to reign whether the restraint to be more accurate biblically we're the restraining force we're the restraining force to keep lawlessness from overtaking the world completely until we get the harvest in but listen to what it says romans chapter 12 verse 2 do not be conformed to this world see this world this system is not is not compatible with god we are not to be conformed to this world but transformed by the renewing of our mind first corinthians 3 19 for the wisdom of this world is foolishness before god second corinthians 4 14 in the in the case of the god of this world who is blind in the minds of the unbelieving so they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of christ in john chapter 12 verses 31 now judgment is upon this world this world systems what we see the governments of this world are of the enemy they're the devil systems they're not going to be redeemed they're going to be judged and eradicated so that another theocratic system can come to planet earth after the marriage supper over the lamb after the resurrection of the dead after satan has been bound john chapter 12 judgment is upon the world and the ruler of this world will be cast out now that we see that being completely fulfilled in revelation chapter 20 when the ruler of this world is bound in chains and cast into a pit for a thousand years until then we are to do exactly what the apostle paul was commissioned to do to be anointed with light to open the eyes of the people of this earth as many as we can bring in so that they can come out of darkness into light from the dominion of satan into the dominion of god that's the dominion we're looking for it's an unseen kingdom the unseen realm the kingdom of heaven is within us jesus said my kingdom is not of this realm i hope i have accurately portrayed to you what i believe the scripture has to say what are our priorities the bride made herself ready what's our priority the sons of god doing the greater works what's our priority i want to be one of those that comes in the first resurrection unless i happen to be alive when when he comes and i want to be changed in a moment of time that's a priority what's a priority second peter 1 4 we have the precious and magnificent promises by which we become partakers of the divine nature and escape the corruption of this world and its lusts that's just a few we'll do a follow-up on this and i hope this has helped you we've had to focus on some end of the age scriptures i hope i've made it clear i hope i've made it clear what the lord is after he will have his harvest no doubt about it we're going to canvas this earth and this gospel will be preached to the far corners of the earth then the end will come just like the lord said but we find nothing in the scriptures that tell us we're going to govern the systems of this world before the return of christ they're going to be judged so lord i pray that you will help the people that watch this to understand it may a spirit of illumination come to you that your eyes will be opened your ears will be unstopped there'll be a quickening in our hearts so that we can make ourselves ready oh blessed blessed are the ones that are part of the marriage supper of the lamb let us be a part of that glorious event i ask in the name of the lord jesus christ amen amen

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Published: Thu Apr 15 2021