CHAPTER 1
ADVANTAGES IN AGREEING!
I. Agreement Pertaining to the Righteous.
"Again I say unto you, that if two of you may agree on the earth [=while we are still living on the earth] as concerning anything whatever they shall ask, it shall be done to them by My Father Who is in heavens. 20 For where two or three are gathered together unto My name, there am I in the midst of them" (Matt. 18:19-20). Tremendous power from the Spirit of the Lord floods in between us while being gathered together in agreement. That is why we must interconnect; it is according to the well-pleasing Will of God. Nonetheless, God also has set a barrier on our agreement by this three-word phrase: "on the earth." It means, we can exercise this given power of agreement 'while we are still living on the earth.' This, indeed, is hindering us to communicate with saints and all people who 'have fallen asleep.' As soon as a believer's soul is received by God's angels to reach heaven and rest with the Lord, has finished his work on the earth. The agreement we could have among us in prayer cannot operate any longer, because we are on the earth, and our fellow believer, although he is a saint, he is not with us to make an agreement. So the prayers of agreement have to take place while we are still here and alive on the earth. Let's confirm this with other verses.
"And this is the boldness which we have toward Him, that, if we ask anything according to His Will, He is hearing us: 15 and if we know that He is hearing us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of Him (1 John 5:14). Here our prayer can be directed to God, because we know He is always the Omniscient Lord able to hear us. And the agreement here must be in accordance to God's Will, on a thing we know He permits, because He has indicated it in His Word. But to ask of excessive things as to speak to "a mountain," whether that seems impossible in the physical realm or it is in figurative speech, we must know His Plan according to the faith of God and discern the fullness of time when that should occur. See page 276 10TH SIGN: THE FIG TREE and 5 'Have faith of God' page 288, it is not our faith; that is "His faith."
Let's look at this from another passage; "15 the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he has committed sins, it shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed" (Jam. 5:15,16).
Here the agreement is obviously on the earth, as we pray one for another. Our next example gives a nearby unnoticed revelation.
"I say this to move you to shame. Thus, can't there be found in yourselves 1 any one in wisdom [in himself], who shall be able 2 to discern [come into realization] that Jesus is in 3 between him and his brother [or sister, whoever is in Christian fellowship]? But brother with brother goes to law, and this before unbelievers? ... Why not rather suffer wrong? Why don't you rather let the physical things be missed, [be short of, be lacking]?" (1 Cor. 6:5-7). According to this scripture, it means: we must decide to lose, to let go of every material thing; because there is a spiritual Presence of Christ. Though His Presence is not visible, nonetheless He must be evident to the 4 faithful. The lesson is, from now and on, we should 2 discern Jesus being in the midst of one another, as we also know He is by our side [the same rule of Matt. 18:19-20 again] as two or three or more of our brethren are gathered together in one accord. Jesus is always Ever-Present in the midst of us in the Spirit. That is according to God's Word, when a) we belong in His flock, and b) we are in agreement.
5 Then, when He will come and His Parousia, He will be Present and visible with us in His Resurrection body. Now, He is Present in the Spirit in the midst of us; These are His words, 18 "Jesus came to them [His disciples] and spoke unto them, saying, 'All authority has been given unto Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and behold, I am with you always, even unto 6 the Consummation of the eon' [=the conclusion of the age a 1000 years before (Matt. 28:18-20).
EXPLANATIONS
1 any one in wisdom [in himself], this does not mean to find a 3rd person to become their judge. No. It points only to the two, meaning a brother who has a dispute with his brother2 to discern [and come into the realization] many translations have this verb incorrect as to judge. Correct is [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII], 'dhiacrino' [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] 3 between him and his brother many translations have the noun [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] 'adhelphos' in plural as brethren while the correct is singular, speaking of one brother to become wise in himself how he should be looking at his brother. He should discern that "in the midst" [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] 'ana meson' of himself and his brother [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] there is the Lord Jesus! Yes, Jesus is Present in the Spirit next to one another.
4 the faithful is one who has been committed to true relationship with the Lord Jesus; he is a new creation, called "virgin," a disciple, is led by the Holy Spirit, keeps God's commandments, and he is proven by his patience in the fellowship with one another. Yes, He is Present in the Spirit next to us.
5 Then, at His Parousia, He will be Present also in the body, Jesus will be visible at the appointed time in the future. This End will be the End at the Parousia of Jesus [end-step number 1); see above in INTRODUCTION, "BE ALERT! THE 1 PAROUSIA IS NEAR"
6 The End of the Gentiles [end-step number 2) it ends at the start of theConsummation of the eon [the Conclusion of the age]
7 The Grand Finale [end-step number 3) Jesus will bring to Completion the whole world after His millennial reign; and then He will present the Completed Flock in great glory of "all of the Righteous shining like the sun" (Matt. 13:43, Rev. 12:1) and give the regime to His Father [1 Cor. 15:24-27).
There are useful parts in these three terms and end-steps that need to be studied and explained to avoid confusion.
II. Agreement Concerning the Unrighteous
They are Building a Deceptive Tower
A. Humility: The Earth of a Person. "1 And the whole earth was of one language [lip] and of one speech [words]. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they find a plain in the land of Shinar; and they are dwelling there.
B. Communication: The Make-up of World. 3 And they say each man to his neighbour, 'Give help, we shall mold bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly:' and the brick to them is for stone, and the slime [paste substance] became to them for mortar [bitumen, asphalt].
C. Gain: Their Indulgence, Name, Pride and Enterprise. 4 And they are saying, 'Give help, we shall build for us a city and tower, whose top may reach unto heavens, and we shall make for us name; lest we are scattering over the faces of all the earth.'
D. Intervention: God Has the Last Word. 5 And Yahweh descended to see: of the city and the tower, which the sons of humans built. 6 And Yahweh said, Behold, these people agreed to be one, and to all of them having one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing it shall be restricted from them, all which they are planning to do. 7 Give attention, we shall go down, and we shall confuse [confound, disintegrate] their language there, that a man shall not hear [perceive, understand] of his associate's lip [language]. 8 And He Yahweh: is scattering them from there over the surfaces of all the earth: and they are leaving off building the city. 9 Therefore was the name of it [the tower] called Babel; that there Yahweh did confound the language in all of the earth: and from there Yahweh is scattering them upon the faces of all of the earth" (Gen. 11:1-9).
Conclusion. Here the Lord gives us a big lesson. The power of unity and agreement. Even the unbelieving world and God's enemies are commended that "nothing is restrained [withheld] from them of that which they have purposed to do."
Let us realize, then, as sons and daughters of the Living God, the ADVANTAGES OF AGREEING and put to practice the power the Lord has given us, while we stand in I.) Agreement as Righteous, and in III.) Agreement with Our Creator God.
III. Agreement with our Creator God!
If the people of the world can agree and succeed in whatever plans they may be purposed to do, how much more can we accomplish if we agree to join the Will and the Purposes of the Lord? Can we imagine?
In the ardent severity of the upcoming situation, God wants to give us direction for a breakthrough when we come to face Temptation and Judgment [Gr. Crisis] and in times of Tribulation. We must believe, by becoming God's messengers in this High Cause, as long as we are His Special Team, He will provide for us!
And, God is not to give only a delay that might not be noticed, He will actually provide an extension in time just so His people will have a chance to receive His prophetic message, repent, obey and return. Our Lord has always done this in the past, before His coming nigh on to execute Judgment. "Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken on you, O children of Israel, on the whole family of My people, which I brought up out of the land of Egypt" (Amos 3:1). In the same way now, He says to His elect, at this coming predicament, "... shall evil befall a city, and Yahweh has not done it? 7 Surely my Lord Yahweh will do nothing, except when He reveals His secret deliberation unto His servants the prophets" (Amos 3:6,7). See! The Spirit of God reveals these things only to His servants, and not to the people on the outside.
Only by the holy Scripture, we will define God's clear warning in this interim time, in the same capacity as God would have revealed His secret unto His prophets on all things that soon must come to pass. Therefore, by each other's stewardship service in God's word and in wisdom, God can lead His righteous flock to overcome such an unusual, and subtle demonic deception in our days.
It is in this present time that everyone must make himself available to use his / her gift in studying the truth of God for these days.
Has the Lord gifted you an analytical mind? The Lord is calling you for service. Don't refuse His call. Seek to discover the gift God has given you, as your primary gift, and make yourself available. There are twelve gifts of service. Five offices are given distinctly by Jesus, and seven gifts are distributed to every one in the local church. Five offices: "He gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ" (Eph. 4:11,12). Then, seven gifts: "For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members do not have the same function: 5 so we, who are many, we are one body in Christ, and members each one of one another. 6 And having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us" (Rom. 12:5-6). God provided to us these gifts to practice for the benefit of another in the fellowship, in the body of believers. We must heed to recognize others that God has assigned as watchmen, and not look to restrict each other's calling and stewardship. See all about this in Chapter SEVEN MINISTRY GIFTS IN THE LOCAL CHURCH page 243.
CHAPTER 2
GLOBAL "MASTERY COVENANT WITH MANY"
-in Daniel's Prophecy. Babel's Evil Goal – to Unify the Religions
Here, Daniel prophesied events that will come long time after the Saving work of Jesus. "And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off [this is God's anointed who will die, meaning 'Christ's death,' or Heb. 'Moshiach's death'], and shall have nothing [it means His death shall have nothing to do for Him personally, He committed no sin; He died to save others]" (Dan. 9:26a). After the finished work of Jesus on the cross of Calvary, the hordes of Satan joined together to fight against the good effects of the Gospel. Satan uses a flock of unrighteous people. "And it, [it in Eng., though in Heb. is he = the unrighteous people] it shall ruin the city and the sanctuary [evil, profane things and atrocities will be carried out by the unrighteous flock] – by the people who are also expecting a future leader who is to come (9:26b), and an end of it, [of it in Eng., though Heb. is of him = the flock in the overflowing [= a pouring] will come [allowed by God, 9:26c); and until the end war on the ones that will be desolate as it is determined [by the timetable of God" (9:26d).
There is an error of understanding caused by the negligence of translators that have not realized that this pronoun "he" in Scripture shouldn't be related to a person, but to a flock. It must have been translated to "it," and not 'he.' In the continuation of the text it becomes clear, these series of actions are done by the flock – by the people of the future leader who is to come (9:26b); and not by a person who might be the leader at this point. It is definitely by the people of the leader, a leader they expect to come – but the leader will not yet be revealed.
"The people [evil flock] has mastery covenant intensifies the treaty, agreement] with many for one heptad [= a week of seven years]" (Dan. 9:27a)
A group of elite people are drafting this mastery covenant prior to the appearance of the leader, the Antichrist. As we come to the latter times, we realize the drafting of the covenant is the relentless changing of international laws being acted in preparation to accommodate the arrival of their leader. But, the leader is not yet known who would be. This elite group was first introduced in Dan. 9:26b [see previous verse] as "the people of a prince [the leader] to come," meaning the same group also found in 2 Thess. 2:6 called "the catekhon." As it is thoroughly explained in Book One, 'Urgent Call to America,' the correct interpretation of the Greek word [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] "toh catekhon" is; the holding on, grabbing onto, possessing, occupying, controlling, which is a partnership of governing people, commonly called 'the establishment.' It is proven from Greek in grammatical terms a neuter participle, not masculine or feminine, and its equivalent in Hebrew is this group of governing people, which in proper English must be translated to neuter pronoun, "it." The use of the word 'holding back' and 'restrainer;' is incorrect, and it needs to be understood as a group "holding on and on, their own power and authority," those and not holding back to obstruct someone else's power and authority. This word always involves people in the history of mankind influenced by Satan; it can mean any group of those who agree with Satan's agenda. Synonyms to "toh catekhon" would be, "this secular world system," "world empires," "secret societies," "the evil flock," "the people of the prince [of a leader who is expected] to come," "the children of disobedience, and more. Further, symbolically the Bible expresses this authority in one word, "Babylon," "Egypt," "the elite," "harlot," plus "mother of harlots," "daughter of Babylon" and more phrases that mean the modern establishment and system which secretly controls the world today, until Jesus comes to be the Lord of the earth.
The verse Dan. 9:27 continues to speak on the activities of the same group, which God is allowing for a designated length of time, until He must fulfill His purposes.
The interpretation that the Antichrist is involved from the start of the 7-year period is incorrect. Also, the next sentence in Dan. 9:27b is often misunderstood and misinterpreted.
"[the evil flock] shall cause the sacrifice and offering to cease for half of one heptad" (Dan. 9:27b)
At this point, the timing is limited, it can only continue "for half of seven" = a duration of 3.5 years. We must be aware; all time limitations in prophecy are determined by God; not by people who may decide by their human endeavors, treaties and covenant agreements. God's keyword in the Bible for His setting a time limitation is "for ..." followed by a timing portion, as part of someone's involvement or of a thing that should occur in the week [within 7 years], at a random starting point. In Dan. 9:27a is "for one heptad" [or for one full week of seven years]. Thus, we know the duration is 7 years, but one thing we do not know: we cannot determine the starting point of these 7 years!
In Dan. 9:27b "for half of one heptad [=3.5 as the number 7 being divided by 2, as 7 / 2 = 3 1/2 years]. Again, we cannot know the starting point of these 3.5 years! Since the seven or an heptad is 7 years, also the half of 7 will be a duration of 3.5 years, but again, for that lesser duration of time we cannot know the starting point, and we cannot figure it out. Consequently, the 3.5 years will start at a random point of time, which will be humanly impossible for anyone to determine when it starts, as to say on a specified year, month, day or at the midpoint. Those who attempted this kind of finding have fallen in error, and such miscalculations messed up the chronology in many theories.
