The Appearing of Christ 53 – The Angel of the Lord

In our previous message we reflected on the archangel through whose voice the Lord descends from heaven (1 Thes. 4:16). This voice of the archangel is the very voice of the Son of God - God’s Chief Messenger. Thus Jesus said: “the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of …

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The Appearing of Christ 52 – The Voice of an Archangel

“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first” (1 Thes. 4:16) Among the company of the Lord’s messengers, His angles, are the spirits of departed saints and men in the flesh. Angels …

The Appearing of Christ 51 – Entertaining Angels

“Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.” – Heb. 13:2 In our opening text, entraining strangers is mentioned synonymously with entertaining angels. It is likely that the passage is in reference to the incidents of Abraham and Lot who were hospitable to the angles of God who …

The Appearing of Christ 50 – Entertaining Strangers II

The author of the Hebrews writes: “be not forgetful to entertain strangers” as a way of reminding us to be hospitable to those who declare a new and fresh revelation of the manifold wisdom of God. The Lord was a stranger to the world. He was rejected because He came preaching the Kingdom of Heaven …

The Appearing of Christ 49 – Entertaining Strangers

“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unaware.” – Heb. 13:2 The religious denominations of Christianity have a blemished history of rejecting any new revelation and outpouring of the Spirit of God. This is, in-part, the reason for the vast division that we see in the church system today. Anyone …

The Appearing of Christ 48 – Watch & Pray II

We continue to consider the significance of being ready for the coming of the Lord. Readiness is associated with watching and praying in the Word of God. Watching is the faculty of the mind of the spirit. Our spirit man is always in a state of watchfulness – attentive and perceptive to every moving and …

The Appearing of Christ 47 – Watch & Pray I

“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come… So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him” (Mat. 24:42,44). The call to be ready for the coming of the Lord has often been shouted from the …