Why the BUT NOW Dispensation of Grace?: Page 46

 To Israel during this time, the Lord told them, 

 

10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life (Revelation 2:10).
 

Israel’s blindness will be completely removed (Romans 11:25). 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy (Joel 2:28). 

 

They will receive an Unction of the Holy Spirit (I John 2:20) and be enabled to teach all nations in the uttermost parts of the earth (Matthew 28:19; Acts 1:8). 

 

Jesus tells the little flock to settle in their hearts not to be concerned if they are captured because He through the Holy Spirit will give them words to speak that all their adversaries will not be able to resist (Luke 21:12-15). 

 

They will be the overcomers by the blood of the Lamb, by the Word of their testimony, and they will not love their lives unto the death (Revelation 12:11).
 

37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 

 

38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 

 

39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. 

 

40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. 

 

41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; 

 

42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 13:37-42).
 

1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. 

 

2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt (Daniel 12:1-2).
 

36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man (Luke 21:36).
 

3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him (Hebrews 2:3).
 

John continues to affirm that the salvation of the kingdom saints is secured by their faith in the kingdom gospel. 

 

17 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God (I John 5:17).
 

9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God (Zechariah 13:9).
 

John the Baptist, the Lord Jesus Christ, and His disciples offered the Kingdom to the Nation of Israel as recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Peter re-offered the Kingdom in Acts 

 

3. Stephen’s Kingdom offer was rejected in Acts 7, and the Prophetic Kingdom was temporarily postponed until the fullness of the Gentiles was come in (Romans 11:25, Luke 21:24). 

 

The Kingdom will be re-offered again to the Nation of Israel by multiple witnesses. 

 

Again, the Great Commission will be the marching orders of that day. Beginning in Genesis 12, it has always been God’s plan for the Gentiles to be saved through His mode of operation, the Nation of Israel, a Kingdom of Priests. 

 

Jesus said in Matthew 28: 

 

19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 

 

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen (Matthew 28:19-20). 

 

15 And He (Jesus) said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. 

 

16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 

 

17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 

 

18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover (Mark 16:15-18).
 

After forty days of appearances on the earth following His resurrection, and just before His ascension to heaven, the Lord repeated His message to the believing Jews in Jerusalem: 

 

7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 

 

8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth (Acts 1:7-8). 

 

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 

 

14 And this Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come (Matthew 24:13-14).
 

In 1st John 5:13, John writes to the tribulation saints, the Kingdom Church, These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. 

 

The same message was prophesied in the Old Testament.

 

32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call (Joel 2:32).
 

During the tribulation, two witness will prophecy for two and a half years, be killed by the beast, and after three and a half days, the spirit of life from God will reenter them, and all will see them stand on their feet and ascend up to heaven (Revelation 11:3-11). 

 

The 144,000—12,000 from each tribe—will be sealed (Revelation 7:4) and bring many to the Lord. John said, 

 

6 I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people 

 

7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. (Revelation 14:6-7). 

 

Maybe the gift of tongues, experienced at Pentecost in Acts 2:8, will be restored and everyone will hear the Gospel of the Kingdom, everyone in their own language. 

 

None will have an excuse for not having heard the Everlasting Gospel.
 

At the close of the Great Tribulation the prophecy given by the two angels at the Lords ascension will come to pass. 

 

Which also said, 

 

11 Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven (Acts 1:11).
 

11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war (Revelation 19:11).
 

7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen (Revelation1:7).
 

10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. 

 

11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon [also known as Armageddon; see Revelation 16:16] (Zachariah 12:10-11).
 

1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 

 

2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 

 

3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle (Zechariah 14:1-3).