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"He
will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner”
(Mat.3: 12)
(From radio broadcast of Bro. Julius Adewumi)
As we have said in the earlier broadcasts the book
of Revelation is telling us how everything is going to end. In summary God is going to take over the
planet earth as we saw in the prophecies in the book of Daniel chapters 7,8 and
9. Daniel interpreted the dream of
Nebuchadnezzar that at the end of the world there will be many kings and in the
days of those kings, God will set up his own kingdom that will destroy the
kingdoms of this world. We are in that
generation. The kingdom of God is being
set up, and God is gathering his saints right now to bring us to the fullness
of the stature of Christ to prepare us for the up-going rapture, before the
world is destroyed. We will later come down and take over this planet earth and
reign with Christ 1000 years, and afterwards, a new heaven and a new earth will
follow. We shall get to that in the
book of Revelations chapter 20.
We are now in chapter 11, and the 7th
angel is beginning to sound.
Verse one, “And there was given me a reed like
unto a rod; and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God,
and the altar, and them that worship therein. ”
He was referring to the same angel he saw in Chapter
10. This is the angel that is
redeeming mankind. This angel is deity: the Lord himself manifesting in the
form of an angel. Because he said here:
“I will give power unto my two witnesses”; so it’s not just an angel. This is God himself manifesting in the form
of an angel: the Lord Jesus Christ, the
Lamb of God that has the book and opens the seals thereof. Now manifesting in the form of an angel, he
is the one talking here.
“The
angel stood and said unto me, rise and measure the temple of God and the altar
and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave
out and measure it not for it is given unto the Gentiles and the holy city
shall they tread underfoot forty and two months”.
What God is doing will be centered around Jerusalem.
The city of Jerusalem actually belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ, the Messiah,
the great King.
As I have preached in earlier sermons, the countries
of the world, the Palestinians and the Israelis are fighting over Jerusalem. It
does not belong to either of them. The
city, Jerusalem, belongs to the Messiah, whom the Jews of Israel didn’t accept.
The city, Jerusalem, belongs to the Messiah, whom the Arabs didn’t believe.
They think he was a prophet. But he is more than a prophet: he is God
manifested in the form of a human being. The
city of Jerusalem belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ. It was said in the book of
Daniel, that the great prince Michael standeth for the land. He is in charge of
Jerusalem and the land of Palestine. When the Lord Jesus lamented over Jerusalem (in Mat.23:37),
he said, “O Jerusalem Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest
them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children
together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would
not! Behold your house is left unto you
desolate”
Your
house is left desolate: The Roman
Empire destroyed the city. For thousand
years no man went back there again. He
said he will bring them back. The land
belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ.
After the temple was destroyed, the Arabs went
and build a mosque on that temple mount -
the mosque of Omar. This has
become a political issue in this generation.
The Arabs claim the spot is holy to their religion. The Jews claim that it is holy to their
Judaism religion also. As I said, they
may be fighting over it, but it belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ, the great
King of Jerusalem.
“But the courts, which is without the temple leave out, for it is given unto
the gentiles, and the holy city shall
they tread under foot forty and two months.”
The
gentiles treading upon the temple mount is partly fulfilled by the mosque built
on the spot. The Islamic religion faces the east and claims to worship God, but
they are worshipping the sun or a stone in Mecca.
This has been pointed out in Rev.6. The white horse rider with a bow, symbolized
the false religion of Islam which used the crest of the moon as their symbol
(the bow without arrow).
As
described, the temple mount currently cannot be categorized as “holy” until the
Messiah comes back. It is the presence
of God that makes a place holy, as said to Moses when God appeared to him in the burning bush: “for the ground where
thou standeth is holy ground”.
The
temple court will be treaded under for 42 months. What is the 42 months? Is
it real months or is it going to be
symbolic of years? Many people believe
it could be just 42 months, the last 3 and a half years. It could be much more than that. God was prophesying that it was going to
take a long time. From the time when
this book was revealed to apostle John, it was perhaps before Jerusalem was
destroyed in 70 A.D. These 42 months definitely
symbolized a long time. Many people
have tried to predict and they thought it is the last 42 months of the
world. It could be indicating the
thousands of years for which Jerusalem had been treaded upon - almost two
thousand years. Now verse 3 said, “And
I will give power unto my two witnesses and they shall prophesy.” Now when it says “I”, it shows that this is
the Lord that is talking, not just an angel.
This is the Lord that owns everything that is talking.
“ I
will give power unto my two witnesses and they shall prophesy a thousand two
hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.”
Here is another numbering the Lord gave to us. I do not want to put doctrine on these
numbers, but I will give you many opinions.
The opinion is that the last 7 years of the world is when the Lord will
come back to the Jews and take them as a nation again. We can see in the book of Daniel, chapter 9
where the angel told Daniel that from the time Jerusalem was re-built, when the
commandment went forth to go and rebuild Jerusalem till the Messiah comes, was
given in weeks. Each week represents 7
years. And then there was 1 week that
was postponed. Read it in chapter 9:25-27.
The last week was kind of postponed because it didn’t seem to be fulfilled in
the book of Daniel. But it said another
prince will come and make a covenant with the Jews for another 1 week which is
the last 7 years. And when that takes
place, the prince, which would make a covenant with them will brake the
covenant and there will be war and trouble.
Many believe that this is what is being prophesied in the book of
revelations. If you divide the 7 years
into two, you are going to have three and a half years each. One was called 42 months and the other one
was called 1260 days. That is one way
of interpreting it. Now what I’ve just
described to you is in the book of Daniel chapter 9 verses 25 to verse 27,
where the angel said, “Know therefore and understand, that from the going
forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the
Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore, and two weeks.” Making 69 weeks. And it said the streets shall be built again and the walls in
troublous times. And it said, “after threescore and 2 weeks, (he
mentioned the threescore and two weeks instead of the 69 weeks) shall the
Messiah be cut off but not for himself.”
It
predicted here, that the Messiah will be cut-off, crucified, and be taken out
of the planet earth. And this happened
when the Lord Jesus Christ was crucified.
But he said he was not killed for himself, because he was to redeem
mankind. We can look back and say he
was prophesying that the messiah will redeem mankind by his death. He said,
“not for himself.” He was not crucified
and cut off for himself. “But the
people of the prince”, another prince, will come to the Jews. Christ said, “I come in my fathers name you
do not receive me, another will come in his own name, him you will receive”.
At the
end of the world will be an antichrist that will come and deceive the whole world. He would pretend to be a friend of the
Arabs, the Jews, and he will make himself to be a friend of everybody.
He
will sign agreement between the Arabs and the Jews to be able to live in
harmony. They will sign a seven year
pact. You can see that the world is set
to do that right now. They have been
trying to sign peace agreement between the Palestinian Arabs and the Jews. They have been trying the peace treaty since
the 1970’s even during the US President Carter’s time. Those have not been successful. But there will be a Prince, an international
leader, that will be able to succeed to bring them together. He will make them sign the agreement. They will sign a pact for seven years
(according to Daniel 9). Perhaps they
will give some land – self-rule for the Palestinians for seven years. They will sign that pact. This is our interpretation of Dan 9:26-27 in
this generation. It said, “the people
of the prince that shall come shall destroy the temple”. In 70 A.D. the Romans destroyed the temple
and the city of Jerusalem. We believe
this prince that shall come therefore will be from Rome (or the revived Roman
empire of Europe).
Roman empire broke into the European
countries. Then the world leader that
will make the pact for the Jews and the Palestinians will come from Europe.
In the middle of the week, they will break their
covenant. Either the Palestinians will
restart their violence or the Jewish government will refuse some initiatives. In the middle of the week, it will break
again. The first half will be
peaceful. The second half will be
trouble. When we go back to the book
of Revelation, in chapter 11, he separated forty-two months, from 1260
days.
The
two numbers make the seven years when God will be dealing with the Israelis as
a nation. God will open the eyes of
some to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, and some will not believe
still. That is how God will number
those that are going to be sealed in the 144000. The first half of the seven years is when the gospel will be
preached to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah. Those that believe will be sealed, to be protected from the tribulation
days of the second half of the seven years.
When
we compare scripture with scripture, we go to the book of Zechariah and see
where God said he will bring all nations against Jerusalem to battle. You say how will that take place? That is easy to take place in this
generation. Just think: if United
Nations organization be the one that set up the verdict between the
Palestinians and Israelis, and the Israelis broke the covenant, then the United
Nations will send coalition forces against Israel just like they sent coalition
forces against Iraq. Men may not know
that it is the finger of God doing it, according to the prophecy written in the
book of Daniel.
Let’s look at the prophecy in Zechariah. This has been written, and we are only
bringing it to you to know what God said He will do. As you hear these things, listener, know that the end of the
world is near.
The finger of God is bringing all these
governments of the world unto a clash, unto a climax against one another that
will destroy masses, because when they clash, the nuclear weapons they have stockpiled
will be used. Look at it here in the
book of Zechariah.
(Zech. 14:2)
“For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the
city shall be taken, and the houses raffled, and the women ravished; and half
of the city shall go into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be
cut off from the city”. Time is
near. When God calls for time as we see
in Revelation chapter ten, every thing begins to move.
When the east and the west are fighting over the
land, the true owner shall now appear in the sky, and destroy them all, and
take his land back. That is what has
been prophesied. Here is what the Lord
said:
V.3: “Then shall the Lord go forth and fight
against those nations as when he fought in the day of battle.”
It will happen folks just as the bible
foretold. The Lord Jesus will take over
this planet earth, and the saints, believers, born-again, holy people will
inherit the world for ever.
V.5: “And the Lord my God shall come and all his
saints with thee.” The Lord Jesus shall appear in the sky with
all the saints coming down with him. Those are the saints that have gone up in
the rapture or in the first resurrection.
The armies of heaven will wage war against the
armies of the earth.
God
has already foretold these things in the book of Daniel and the book of
Revelations. It’s all centered around
the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the new
King of the world, and he is coming to take over. Will you be one of his?
Only
those prepared and ready for the translation will be taken by the Lord before
the Lord appears to destroy them all.
“I
will give power unto my two witnesses….”.
Many believe that the two prophets will be Moses and Elijah. Others think it is symbolism. However in Zechariah 4:11-14, the angel said
of the two olive branches: These are the two anointed ones that stand by the
Lord of the whole earth. This was fulfilled when Moses and Elijah appeared
before the Lord Jesus Christ on the mount of transfiguration. That was where they got their new assignment
just as it was written in the book of Malachi: “Behold I will send unto you
Elijha the prophet”. Elijah was taken away and he didn’t die. Moses’ body was also not found. Those are the two witnesses that stood
before the God of the whole earth.
Christ is the God of the whole earth. “the God of the whole earth shall
he be called.” (Isa. 54:5)
Are they going to come down from the
sky? Don’t worry about that. The Lord can make them just appear like any
of the Israelis that came back to the land from other nations. They will be just as young as any
middle-aged man and they will be preaching, pointing men back to God. Will they
preach Jesus? I believe so. They will point the Jews to the fact that
the Lord Jesus Christ is the Messiah.
“I will give power to my two witnesses”. Why will the Lord Jesus need two witnesses? Because according to the law of Moses, at
the mouth of two or three witnesses, shall every word be established. If two Jewish prophets appear and preach
from the Jewish rabbinic literature that this Jesus whom the orthodox Jews have
not believed is the Messiah, they have their two witnesses.
Some will believe and be sealed for
protection. Others will not believe and
they will be destroyed with the ungodly sinners during the tribulation that
will follow soon after.
The bible has said 144000 Jews will be
sealed from the wrath to come.
These two prophets will use their power
just like when they were formerly on earth.
Moses called plagues upon Egypt.
Elijah called for fire from heaven upon the soldiers that came to arrest
him. Though Elijah went away in the
chariot of fire, that power has not left him. God will bring them back, and
these prophets are ready again to judge ungodliness. “They will smite the earth with plagues as often as they
will.” God is ready to let loose the
power of these prophets to judge the ungodly world for a season.
, We will continue this message in the next broadcast.
If
you are a believer, look up for your redemption draweth nigh. All those troubles will
come upon the world. Are you ready for
the Lord Jesus? Prepare!
(Exerpts from Miguel Molino 1675)
(Begin Quote)
The Difference between the Outward and Inward Man.
1. THERE are two sorts of
Spiritual Persons, Internal and External: these seek God Without, by Discourse,
by Imagination and Consideration: they endeavor mainly to get Virtues, many
Abstinences, Maceration of Body, and Mortification of the Senses: they give
themselves to rigorous Penance; they put on Sack-cloth, chastise the flesh by
Discipline, endeavor silence, bear the presence of God, forming him present to
themselves in their Idea of him, or their Imagination, sometimes as a Pastor,
sometimes as a Physician, and sometimes as a Father and Lord: they delight to
be continually speaking of God, very often making fervent Acts of Love; and all
this is Art and Meditation: by this way they desire to be great, and by the
power of voluntary and exterior Mortifications, they go in quest of sensible
Affections and warm Sentiments, thinking that God resides only in them, when they
have 'em. This is the External Way, and the Way of Beginners, and though it be
good, yet there is no arriving at Perfection by it; nay, there is not so much
as one step towards it, as Experience shews in many, that after fifty years of
this external exercise, are void of God, and full of themselves, having nothing
of spiritual Men, but just the name of such.
2. There are others truly Spiritual, which have passed by the
beginnings of the Interior Way which leads to Perfection and Union with God;
and to which the Lord called 'em by his infinite Mercy, from that outward Way,
in which before they exercised themselves. These men retired in the inward part
of their Souls, with true Resignation into the Hands of God, with a total
putting off and forgetting even of themselves; do always go with a raised
Spirit to the Presence of the Lord, by the means of pure Faith, without Image,
Form or Figure, but with great assurance founded in tranquility and rest
Internal: in whose infused meeting and entertainment, the spirit draws with so
much force, that it makes the Soul contract inwardly, the Heart, the Body and
all the Powers of it.
3. These Souls, as they are already passed by the interior
Mortification, and have been cleansed by God with the Fire of Tribulation, with
infinite and horrible Torments, all of them ordained by his hand, and after his
way, are Masters of themselves, because they are entirely subdued and denied;
which makes them live with great Repose and internal Peace: and although in
many occasions they feel Resistance and Temptations, yet they become presently
Victorious, because being already Souls of Proof, and endued with Divine
Strength, the motions of Passions cannot last long upon them; and although
vehement Temptations and troublesome Suggestions of the Enemy may persevere a
long time about them, yet they are all conquered with infinite gain; God being
he that Fights within them.
4. These Souls have already procured themselves a great Light, and a
true Knowledge of Christ our Lord, both of his Divinity and his Humanity: They
exercise this infused Knowledge with a quiet Silence in the inward
entertainment, and the superior part of their Souls, with a Spirit free from
Images and external Representations, with a love that is pure and stripped of
all Creatures; they are raised also from outward Actions to the love of
Humanity and Divinity; so much as they enjoy, they forget, and in all of it
they find that they love their God with all their Heart and Spirit.
5. These blessed and sublimated Souls take no pleasure in any thing of
the World, but contempt and in being alone, and in being forsaken and forgotten
by every body: They live so disinterested and taken off, that though they
continually receive many supernatural Graces, yet they are not changed, no not
at those inclinations, being just as if they had not received 'em, keeping
always in the in-most of their Hearts a great lowliness and contempt of
themselves; always humbled in the depth of their own unworthiness and vileness:
In the same manner they are always quiet, serene, and possessed with evenness
of mind in Graces and Favors extraordinary, as also in the most rigorous and
bitter Torments. There is no News that cheers 'em; no Success that makes them
sad; Tribulation never disturbs them; nor does the interior, continual and
divine Communication make 'em vain and conceited; they remain always full of
holy and filial Fear, in a wonderful Peace, Constancy and Serenity.
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Bro. Julius Adewumi
Gospel Distribution
Ministry
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