The Fig tree generation mentioned in Matthew 24:32-34.
There's a lot of big Prophecy Ministries that are making fundamental mistakes because they haven't been taught correctly to begin with, and they're throwing the Body of Christ into confusion and these are the people that have the massive YouTube channels, pack out the conferences, and they over and over again make a mistake concerning the fig tree generation despite its lack of solid biblical foundation.
This further links this generation to Psalm 90, which states that a man's lifespan is 70-80 years. Some claim that Israel's birth in 1948 marks a countdown to 2028 for the Second Coming. This theory was popularized by Hal Lindsey and Zane Hodges in 1967. Both Lindsey and Hodges, respected scholars, promoted the idea that the generation from Israel's birth in 1948 would witness significant events leading up to the Second Coming.
The key issue here is how the fig tree generation is being interpreted and applied to current events. Avoid making definitive claims about the timing of the Rapture and Second Coming. Instead, believers should focus on living faithfully and being prepared for Christ's return at any moment.
The Olivet discourse has nothing to do with the Church. It has everything to do with the Nation of Israel. Once that is clear, you stop believing in partial raptureISM. The Church has nothing to do with the Virgins. Stop thinking you've got to endure till the end of your life and have good works to prove you're one of the Elect, based on Matthew 24:13.
Dr. Andy Woods.
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
The Fig Tree Generation is not The Church. Psalm 90:10 ?
How does 1 Corinthians 6: 9-1, fit with free Grace salvation? It refutes it?
How does (1 Corinthians 6: 9-11) fit with free Grace salvation? It refutes?
Dr. Andy Woods shares: This is one of the five Vice lists mentioned in the Bible. Basically what they say is if you're living such and such a way you're not going to inherit the Kingdom.
The 1st Vice list, Galatians 5:19-21.
2nd Vice list, Ephesians 5:5.
3rd Vice List, Revelation 21:8.
4th Vice vice list, Revelation 22:15.
5th Vice List, 1 Corinthians 6: 9-11.
These verses are misinterpreted.
Using Grace Soteriology or Doctrine of Salvation, I would say, in all of these Vice lists, there's a switch in pronouns, where Paul switches from the believer with who he addresses as you, and he then, starts talking about the - they or the them, or the unbelievers who are living badly. Then he says, why would you live like them, because they're have a different Destiny than you, they will not enter the kingdom. Then he goes back to exhorting you. So there's a switch in all of these Vice lists from the second person addressing the Christian, to the third person addressing unbelievers, back to the second person addressing the Christian. So with all of these Vice lists, people really don't pay attention to the switch, from you to the they, or them, yet if you pay attention to that, you'll see very fast that these Vice lists are talking about unsaved and the Vice List just becomes an exhortation for the believer not to imitate the unbeliever. Paul is just making a simple point, that why would you imitate unbelievers in their lifestyle.
Suffering is a Gift.
“These things I have spoken to you so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, (and distress and suffering) but take courage; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33. Emphasis added).
God knocks us DOWN, so we can look UP.
Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. (Romans 5:3-5).
Jack Nichols shares: Sometimes suffering does not come from the lack of faith, but in the midst of faith, or even because of faith, since the LORD often uses affliction as the means of upbuilding the soul and developing spiritual resilience and maturity (Prov. 3:1-2). In light of God’s sovereign power over all things, and God’s great love for you, regard your suffering a gift from your heavenly Father to help you grow (Job 5:17; Psalm 94:12; 119:71). Persevering in the midst of your struggle develops patience, humility, teaching you to know your own nothingness and to utterly rely upon the goodness, mercy of God. Over time, suffering strips away your illusions, so that nothing remains except the naked heart and the treasures of faith. Only then does the heart find its blessing in God. Alone.
Rewards in Heaven? Are all Believers Equal?
Once Saved, Overcoming/Persevering is by OUR faith in HIS finished work (Tetelestai). It’s all HIS work. 1 John 5:4-5.
Fruit Bearing (Works):
IF WE DO
by being led by The Holy Spirit in us,
WE WILL BE
rewarded.
John 15:16. Salvation is Eternal. (John 5:24).
However,
All Believers are NOT EQUAL in Heaven.
Our FRUIT BEARING will determine our
INHERITANCE. (Our identity in Christ & faithfulness to our calling).
Sanctification leads to
Partaking, leads to Overcoming, leads to Inheriting.
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Romans 8:17 KJV.
Renew your mind.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God - this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will his good, pleasing and perfect will.
(Romans 12:1-3).
It begins with a great “therefore.” Seeing all that God did on our behalf, therefore live like this. As believers, we are no longer conformed to this world because we no longer belong to the spirit of this age. We have been translated from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of God’s Beloved Son (Colossians 1:13).
Therefore, rather than continuing to conform to this world, we are to be transformed by having our minds renewed.
Marriage. Divorce. Abortion.
Marriage involves a man and a woman. The Hebrew word for “wife” is gender-specific; it cannot mean anything other than “a woman.”The Hebrew words for “man” and “wife” are singular and do not allow for multiple wives. Or husbands. Marriage is designed by God to be a honorable, holy, permanent and life long union.
Divorce is discouraged, but is allowed only in the case of adultery.
Abortion is a Sin. Sanctity of Life: the fetus, from the moment of conception, is a person (Psalm 139:13-18). Bible teaches that all persons are created in the image of God regardless of age, health, function and/or condition of dependency. The evil world desires to change what God has instituted. “The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so” (Romans 8:7).
Homosexuality, Gender +, LGBTQ+ are Sins.
Should Women teach and become Pastors and Teachers in the Body of Christ?
Should Women teach and become Pastors and Teachers in the Body of Christ?
The answer is No.
A woman is not to grab the Reigns of Ecclesiastical Authority within the Church.
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. (1 Timothy 2:11-14).
Teachers in The Body of Christ.
Teaching is a serious calling that comes with great responsibility and accountability.
(James 3:1). (Titus 2:1).
Teaching is a spiritual gift.
(1 Cor 12:28).
Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them. (Romans 12:4–8).
Teachers will face a stricter judgment on that day of reckoning.
(2 Timothy 4:1–4).
Some exceptional Teachers in The Body:
Dr. Andy Woods.
Dr. Chuck Missler.
Robert Breaker.
Paul Washer.
Jack Kinsella. (omegaletter).
Ken Johnson.
Charles Spurgeon.
Clarence Larkin.
Dr. John F. Walvoord.
Lewis S. Chafer.
Endtimes Prophecy Updates:
John Haller.
J.D. Farag.
J.B. Hixson.
Greg Laurie. (alittlestrength).
What about Water Baptism and Communion? Necessary for Salvation?
Water Baptism and Communion are the only two ordinances given in the life of every believer.
Baptism follows his/her conversion as a public declaration of his/her
identification with Christ. Communion in remembrance. ‘ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.” (1 Cor11:26).
Each of these is to be practiced as a testimony to the world, but neither of them is to be construed as a means of, or an additional requirement for Salvation.
(Dr. Andy Woods).
Are these things necessary for Salvation?
Are these things necessary for Salvation?
Law
keeping,
Obedience,
Water Baptism,
Keeping Jewish rituals,
Abstaining
from foods?
Charity,
Sinner’s prayer,
Good deeds,
Church attending,
Living Holy,
Repenting for sins,
Stop Sinning,
Communion,
Giving Tithes
Offerings,
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
Romans 7:14-25;
1 Corinthians 3:10-15