Gospel of Christ is a Light to be shared with the lowliest and greatest of people.

Acts 26:22-23

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“Therefore, having obtained help from God, to this day I stand, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses said would come— that the Christ would suffer, that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.” Acts 26:22-23

We know that people were raised from the dead in the Old Testament, so what does it mean that our Lord Jesus would be the first to rise from the dead? Before Jesus, those raised from the dead were mentioned within the Scriptures of those living for the laws of Judaism. In their minds, it was not possible that Jesus Christ, whom they said had a demon and was a blasphemer, could be raised from the dead by the God they served. Even so, God raised Him from the dead, the very first to be raised by God according to the New Covenant, to place a seal of validation to Jesus as the Christ and Son of God. Also, those whom Jesus raised from the dead in the New Testament was not from their belief in Him, but so that people would believe that the power of God was working in Him as the Christ and Son of God. Today, whoever believes in Him will be raised from the dead and have eternal life. “But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.” 1 Corinthians 15:20

Paul obtained help from God to witness to small and great. The help is the Holy Spirit, “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be witnesses to Me…” Acts 1:8 The work of the Holy Spirit is to lift up the testimony of Jesus Christ and only by Him is there a desire within us to speak of the message of the Cross. The “small” and “great” is not referring to how many people, height, nor weight but is referring to the homeless and jobless as well as the most powerful and influential. Paul was addressing a group of prominent people, a king, a governor, as well as to the sister-in-law of Festus [the Governor]. The Gospel of Jesus Christ was for the king as well as for the sister-in-law. Our born-again testimony, which is the Gospel of Jesus Christ written on our heart, is a message for the small and great to hear.

The message we share is about the suffering of our Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross to atone for sin, as described by the Prophet in Isaiah 53. Also, “The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death Light has dawned.” Matthew 4:16 [from Isaiah 9:2.] Paul was preaching straight from the Old Testament prophets and from Moses. As Jesus said, “For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.” John 5:46 As followers of Jesus Christ, that is our mission, to preach from the word of God by the Holy Spirit in us, “For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” Revelation 19:10 If we want to know where the world is within prophecy we only need to see where Jesus is within the world.

 “I, the Lord, have called You in righteousness, and will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, as a light to the Gentiles, to open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the prison, those who sit in darkness from the prison house. I am the Lord, that is My name; And My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to carved images. Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of them.” Isaiah 42:6-9

Below are several major events in the modern world, from the prophecies of the Bible, that has happened since 1945:

• 1945: The global government of the United Nations was established immediately after WW2, which brought the government of the beast with it, as described in Daniel 8 and also Revelation 17.
  
• 1945 thereabouts. The entity that has power over physiology to give people what to think, feel, do, and say is here. This entity enables the image of the beast to speak and live through people in every city around the world. The masses of the global culture are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they are given to say and do. This is described in Revelation 13. This entity is the power center of the global government of the beast.
  
  The only place this is mentioned is in the Bible, so of course there are no public records of its beginnings. This is the one “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 The “him” in this verse is the “man of sin”. Click here for a post on the “man of sin”. “….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’“ Revelations 2:24-25
  
• 1948: The Jewish people have been gathered to the State of Israel in 1948, where God unleashes the fury of His judgment on them, as described in Ezekiel 22:19-20, Ezekiel 36:22, and Ezekiel 20:34.
  
• 1988 or thereabouts: Global warming is here and is the Fourth Plagued mentioned in Revelation 16:8-9. The more powerful the United Nations becomes as the one world government the hotter and more intense the effect of global warming becomes. Global warming is instrumental in destroying the power center of the beast [Fifth Plague], rendering the world government and its global culture powerless. At this time, the entity with power over physiology to give people what to think, feel, say, and do will not be functioning. This leads to the Battle of Armageddon in the Sixth Plague, followed by the Day of the Lord and the return of Jesus Christ. Click for a full post on the Seven Plagues.
  
• 2025: the President of the United States signed into law a bill to make the USA the “crypto-capital” of the world, called the “GENIUS Act”. This lays the foundation for the cashless society. Click here for an article on the signing of the “GENIUS” ACT. “For before these days, there were no wages for man nor any hire for beast; There was no peace from the enemy for whoever went out or came in; For I set all men, everyone, against his neighbor.” Zechariah 8:10 The phrase, “for before these days”, refers to the days leading up to global tribulation. Click here for a post on Zachariah 8:10.
  
• Also, Jesus Christ has come in the flesh 2000 years ago to fulfill the prophecies of the Bible.

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1