End Time School*

As the signs around us point to the fact that we are in the end times, our focus in these last few years has been to prepare the Body of Christ. Our church website is called "endtimeschool.com", because we feel it is imperative to prepare the Body of Christ for the days ahead. We also plan to begin teaching an online course based upon my book, "NAZAH: White Linen and the Blood of Sprinkling", in order to reach not only new believers, but also the lost sheep of Israel. We will also be reading and teaching from the Apocrypha in the future. You can buy the Apocrypha in book form, and you can also obtain free versions of the KJVA (King James Version with the Apocrypha) in app stores. You can find free versions of the Books of the Bible, including the Apocrypha, free online at websites, such as "earlyjewishwritings.com". In all cases, it is not only about what we teach, but it is what you learn about the Bible that changes your life. We know that you will find these upcoming courses and teachings a blessing to you. We begin today to look at end time knowledge. David wrote about a difference between how the world views the thngs of God, and how David, himself viewed them. In Psalm 42, David described his longing for the LORD this way: "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thristeth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?" (v. 1-2). David thirsts after God, and desires the day when he can appear before Him. Do we thirst for God in this way, or have the cares of life, and the business of the day, interfered with the intensity of our relationship with God? David is troubled in this Psalm. While all he wants is more of the LORD, the world around him asks, "Where is thy God?" Today, more and more people have fallen into unbelief. Agnostics and atheists mock the presence of God, and even many who call themselves Chritians seek solutions to problems from men, from politicians, rather than from God. In the midst of the the bad things that happen, it is God's people, if we will come to Him in repentance, who can change things. David goes on to say that while many go up to the House of the LORD, he goes with them with a voice of joy and praise (v. 4). Do we go to church on Sunday out of habit and custom, or do we go to worship and praise the Lord? In these end times especially, we need to take stock of the attitudes of our hearts: what are we thirsty for? What do we feel in the presence of the LORD? Do we desire with all of our heart to appear before Him, or have we grown cold, like the attitude of the world? Daniel the prophet was given revelation and visions about the end times. He was specifically instructed that the things he recorded were to be sealed up until the time of the end (Dan. 11:35, Dan. 12:4). However, because these visions of Daniel are no longer sealed to us, we can know that we are indeed in the times of the end. In chapeters 11 and 12, Daniel describes the rise of a "king". This king does not worship a god with whom whom we are familiar, including the God of Israel, Whom this king will blaspheme. He worships a god of forces. He will end sacrifices to God, and commit an abomination in the holy place, or temple of God. Since Christ prophetically referred to this ooming act of abomination that makes desolate from Daniel, we know that this is an act subsequent to the Assyrian act of abomination. We can draw the conclusion then that there is to be a third temple built, as is also mentioned in the Book of Ezekiel. In fact, people in Israel have been making preparations for the rebuilding the temple for years. Back to Daniel: This king is deceptive, bringing a false agenda of peace, but he himself will break the peace. He will even divide the land for gain. It will be a time of great persecution against the people of God. Many will lose their lives. It will be a time of trouble such as has never been seen before. The only ones who will be delivered from it are God's people, whose names are written in the book (Dan. 12:2). From the Book of Revelation, we know that Daniel is referring to the Lamb's Book of Life. Are you written in the Lamb's Book of Life? Have you given yourself to the Lord Jesus, Who can raise you into everlasting life? It will happen that many of the dead will be raised, Daniel wrote: some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt (12:2). However, Daniel describes what the attitudes and actions of the people of God will be in those days. They will teach righteousness to many. Daniel wrote, "...but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits" (Dan. 11:32). He wrote, "And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever...Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand (12:3, 10). In the end times that Daniel described, there will be a great difference shown between those who truly serve God, and those who serve the world. Are we preparing ourselves for these times? In Isaiah 55, the word of the LORD to the prophet is of the same nature. What do we hold to be importnt, and in what are we investing ourselves? Are we investing in spiritul bread, which is life, or a different kind of bread that leaves one unsatisfied? The eternal things of God that lead to life cannot be bought as the world buys and sells. The LORD says, "...hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David...Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near." (Isa. 55:2, 3, 6). The LORD calls the wicked and the unrighteous to repent and to return to the LORD (He is talking to His own people!), for He will abundantly pardon (v. 7). It is not through his own ways that man can be restored to God. It is not by his own ideas that man can attain those things that are eternal. God said that neither our ways, nor our thoughts are like His. His thoughts and ways are much higher than ours (v.8-9). The thoughts, ways and words of the LORD accomplish what He sets them out to do (v. 11). The word of the LORD, which always reflects His thoughts and ways, is transforming. His word that goes forth to accomplissh that which pleases Him, produces joy, peace, singing, and rejoicing. Instead of painful and fruitless thorns and briers, fir and myrtle trees are produced (v. 12-13). God's will and His Word will be produced in the earth. He will triumph over the plans of the wicked. His people who know Him, who are prepared in Him, will make an impact in the end times, and triumph with Him. *The above is based upon Dr. Stevenson's 11/15/20 message to the Church. To contact: PO Box 154221, Waco, TX 76705, or Everlastingcovenant@ymail.com If you would like to receive Jesus Christ as your Savior, and become one of those who knows their God in these end times, believe in your heart and confess with your mouth the following: Lord Jesus, I believe that You died for my sins. I believe that You rose from the dead to bring me into eternal life. I ask you to become Lord of my life. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, Who will teach me and lead me in the truth, and the ways and knowledge of God. Fill me with the thirst for Your righteousness, and thirst for the presence of God above all other things. I believe that Your Word and work in me will not return to You void, but will accomplish Your will and pleasure in me. You are transforming me. I come to You in Your holy name, Jesus, with joy, peace, and praise, because You have forgiven my sins, and You have reconciled me with the Father in heaven. Amen.