Friday, January 04, 2013

End of Times Matthew 24:31


31 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect (His chosen ones) from the four winds, [even] from one end of the [universe to the other.]

Jesus is telling us here that He will not lose any that He has been given. The message of the Kingdom is eternal and it is powerful and it extends to wherever our Father is, and our Father is everywhere.

And this is the will of Him Who sent Me, that I should not lose any of all that He has given Me, but that I should give new life and raise [them all] up at the last day. John 6:39

Now the question is: how many has Jesus been given?

[Just as] You have granted Him power and authority over all flesh (all humankind), [now glorify Him] so that He may give eternal life to all whom You have given Him. John 17:2

Jesus has been given the authority over all mankind, all of us. Not just a select few of us, not just some of us, but all of mankind. But that is not the powerful part of this Truth. The powerful part is that He went to the Cross so that He could be glorified, so that He could give eternal life to all that He has been given charge over. And Jesus has been given charge over all of us. 

After this I looked and a vast host appeared which no one could count, [gathered out] of every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages. These stood before the throne and before the Lamb; they were attired in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. Revelation 7:9

No one can count how many Jesus has been given, because He has been given all of us. But not all of us are called to be His Bride, Matthew 22:14. More people will be His guests. They will not rule and reign with Jesus, but they will be allowed to be with us in eternity who are called to rule and reign with Him. 

And those servants went out on the crossroads and got together as many as they found, both bad and good, so [the room in which] the wedding feast [was held] was filled with guests. Matthew 22:10 (When you go on to read all of this parable, notice that all but one guest is allowed to stay for eternity. This also shows us that Jesus keeps all of us but Judas, John 17:12.)

There will be both good and bad guests that will spend eternity with us. Now all of us will be cleansed from the wages of sin when we get there. Both those who did good and those who did bad will spend eternity with Jesus, Who has been given all. A Bride is not a guest at her own wedding. And what good is a wedding feast if there is no one else there but the Bride and Groom? So to make it a real celebration our Father brings all there. Not all will be the Bride, many will be guests, but amen all mankind will be there. This is why Jesus tells us that He will collect His people from all over the universe, which includes Hades.  

But if any person’s work is burned up [under the test], he will suffer the loss [of it all, losing his reward], though he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has passed] through fire. 1 Corinthians 3:15

Jesus was very successful. He is far more successful then satan, Romans 5:15.

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