Church

By David Maas
{PEOPLE OF GOD}

[Click on the title below to open an article]


{IDENTITY AND MISSION}
  1. For All Nations - {PDF Copy} - (The gospel of the kingdom announced by Jesus is a message of life for men and women of every nation)
  2. Royal Priesthood - {PDF Copy} - (Disciples reign with Jesus as “priests” who render service in his Tabernacle by mediating his light in the world)
  3. People of the Last Days - {PDF Copy} - (The church is the battlefield where the final war is being waged between the Lamb and the Ancient Serpent, Satan)
  4. Redeemed of the Earth - {PDF Copy} - (In Revelation, the people of God are comprised of the men purchased from every nation by the blood of Jesus)
  5. Call to Persevere - {PDF Copy} - (Through a series of seven beatitudes, Revelation summons believers to faithfulness despite hostility and persecution)
  6. Redemption of the Nations - {PDF Copy} - (The Nations and the kings of the earth are included in New Jerusalem)
  7. Innumerable Saints  - {PDF Copy} - (John now sees an innumerable multitude from all nations standing before the Lamb and the Throne)
  8. Appointed to Tribulation - {PDF Copy} - (Disciples escape God’s wrath, but they endure tribulation to which they have been appointed)
  9. Tribulation of the Church - {PDF Copy} - (In Revelation, faithful saints undergo tribulation, but the unrepentant inhabitants of the earth  receive wrath, the Second Death)
  10. Lamb or Beast - {PDF Copy} - (In Revelation, humanity is divided into two and only two groups – followers of the Lamb or subjects of the Beast)
  11. Martyrs and Overcomers - {PDF Copy} - (In Revelation, overcoming saints persevere in the testimony of Jesus no matter the cost, “even unto death”)