1000 Years Of Everyone Being Blessed

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

In this verse we are shown that Jesus is now ruling the world and the wicked who sided with the anti-christ have been destroyed. The unworthy who took the mark of the beast have been removed and yet there are still people for us to go and bring to the Marriage Supper. Notice that Jesus does not tell us that at this time people are allowed to not come to the celebration: as many as are found, both good and bad, are brought to feast and all are blessed! During this 1,000 years Jesus is in total control of the earth. It is a time of prosperity, peace, and health as has never been experienced before by man.

Jesus and His Bride will rule for these 1,000 years with a rod of iron. There will be no ability for people to descent the invitation to be blessed super abundantly by our Father.

And He shall rule them with a sceptre (rod) of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, and [his power over them shall be] like that which I Myself have received from My Father; Revelation 2:27

From His mouth goes forth a sharp sword with which He can smite (afflict, strike) the nations; and He will shepherd and control them with a staff (scepter, rod) of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath and indignation of God the All-Ruler (the Almighty, the Omnipotent). Revelation 19:15

There will be bad people here during this time. They just wont be allowed to do anything bad, Jesus and His Bride will not allow it. We know that there will be bad people here for the Millennial Reign, because millions of wicked people will rise up at the end of the 1,000 years and rebel against Jesus when satan is released from the abyss. Our Father allows this to happen because He is the One Who release satan.

So we see here that when Jesus returns there will still be people around. The Bride of Christ will have been transformed to be like Him and we will rule and serve with Him. The glorious Truth is that there are millions of people around being served. Our Father shows His grace and favor without any sin, war, famine, economic downturns, or any other distraction. Everyone good and bad will be blessed by Jesus and us who are His Bride.

I was always taught that when Jesus returns there wouldn't be any body left but the saved, but here we clearly see that both good and bad are around to be served at the Wedding Feast. Remember that Revelation taught us that the Wedding Feast does not begin until the 7th Trumpet, or the last trumpet, sounds. When it does sound, Jesus immediately returns to the earth and the Feast begins. And here we see that the earth is filled with both good and bad people and they are all blessed.

And when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his place of confinement. And he will go forth to deceive and seduce and lead astray the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth--Gog and Magog--to muster them for war; their number is like the sand of the sea. And they swarmed up over the broad plain of the earth and encircled the fortress (camp) of God's people (the saints) and the beloved city; but fire descended from heaven and consumed them. Revelation 20:7-9

The Wedding Feast Is For More Than The Bride And Groom

So go to the thoroughfares where they leave the city [where the main roads and those from the country end] and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find. Matthew 22:9

The Marriage Supper begins right after the wicked and unworthy have been removed from the earth and Jesus returns to rule. Now this is the really cool thing, the Marriage Supper never ends after that!

After that I heard what sounded like the shout of a vast throng, like the boom of many pounding waves, and like the roar of terrific and mighty peals of thunder, exclaiming, Hallelujah (praise the Lord)! For now the Lord our God the Omnipotent (the All-Ruler) reigns! Let us rejoice and shout for joy [exulting and triumphant]! Let us celebrate and ascribe to Him glory and honor, for the marriage of the Lamb [at last] has come, and His bride has prepared herself. She has been permitted to dress in fine (radiant) linen, dazzling and white--for the fine linen is (signifies, represents) the righteousness (the upright, just, and godly living, deeds, and conduct, and right standing with God) of the saints (God's holy people). Then [the angel] said to me, Write this down: Blessed (happy, to be envied) are those who are summoned (invited, called) to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me [further], These are the true words (the genuine and exact declarations) of God. Revelation 19:6-9

We are told that all who are summoned to the Marriage Supper are blessed. This means that all who are allowed to be here during the Millennial Reign of Christ and beyond will be blessed. A wedding feast has more than just the Bride and Groom, it has guests, and all who are here for the celebration are blessed!

That is a really easy Truth to grasp, of course we will be blessed, but the Truth that there are going to be people there that are not the Bride is something else. The next couple of verses that we will study are going to show us that there are others and this Truth should bring us all great peace and joy. The fear of everyone who is not saved, or the Bride, or born again, whatever term we use, goes away when the Truth is revealed that there are guests at the Wedding Feast, which is eternity. Get ready because over the next couple of days the Truth of this is going to be shown!

Untold Millions Survive The Great Tribulation

Then he said to his servants, The wedding [feast] is prepared, but those invited were not worthy. Matthew 22:8

Let’s talk about the Great Tribulation for a minute. When our Father comes to pour His wrath out on man, a great percentage of humanity will not survive the events of God’s wrath. Jesus tells us that the wicked who tormented and killed the messengers will be killed themselves. This is referred to in the Book of Revelation as those who took the mark of the beast.

And the beast was seized and overpowered, and with him the false prophet who in his presence had worked wonders and performed miracles by which he led astray those who had accepted or permitted to be placed upon them the stamp (mark) of the beast and those who paid homage and gave divine honors to his statue. Both of them were hurled alive into the fiery lake that burns and blazes with brimstone. And the rest were killed with the sword that issues from the mouth of Him Who is mounted on the horse, and all the birds fed ravenously and glutted themselves with their flesh. Revelation 19:20

And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no respite (no pause, no intermission, no rest, no peace) day or night--these who pay homage to the beast and to his image and whoever receives the stamp of his name upon him. Revelation 14:11

Yet not all of mankind will be killed off during the last 3 1/2 years of this earth age. Jesus tells us this Truth in Matthew 24:22.

And if those days had not been shortened, no human being would endure and survive, but for the sake of the elect (God's chosen ones) those days will be shortened.

These days are shortened for our sakes. Yet it is not so that we won’t be killed by our Father’s wrath. The elect have not been appointed unto God’s wrath, 1 Thessalonians 5:9. The Truth for the Bride is that even if we are killed during or die before the Great Tribulation, we will be raised up to enjoy the Marriage Supper.

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God. And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first. Then we, the living ones who remain [on the earth], shall simultaneously be caught up along with [the resurrected dead] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always (through the eternity of the eternities) we shall be with the Lord! 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

Every one of us who is part of the Bride will rule and serve with Jesus for the Millennial Reign of Christ.

Blessed (happy, to be envied) and holy (spiritually whole, of unimpaired innocence and proved virtue) is the person who takes part (shares) in the first resurrection! Over them the second death exerts no power or authority, but they shall be ministers of God and of Christ (the Messiah), and they shall rule along with Him a thousand years. Revelation 20:6

The Truth is that these last days are shortened, so that we will have someone to serve during Christ’s Millennial Reign. Not all of the unsaved, or guests, will be killed during the Great Tribulation. There will be a great number of non-saved people who do not take the mark of the beast during the Great Tribulation Everyone will not side with the anti-christ and false prophet during these last 3 1/2 years. There are actually going to be millions of people who do not side with them and who also are not called to be part of the Bride. These are going to be the guests at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. This will be shown to us over the next two verses.

Jesus Shows Us The Great Tribulation

[Hearing this] the king was infuriated; and he sent his soldiers and put those murderers to death and burned their city. Matthew 22:7

Jesus tells us here of the Great Tribulation. The time when our Father pours His wrath out on the wicked of this world.

And [how you] look forward to and await the coming of His Son from heaven, Whom He raised from the dead--Jesus, Who personally rescues and delivers us out of and from the wrath [bringing punishment] which is coming [upon the impenitent] and draws us to Himself [investing us with all the privileges and rewards of the new life in Christ, the Messiah]. 1 Thessalonians 1:10

But by your callous stubbornness and impenitence of heart you are storing up wrath and indignation for yourself on the day of wrath and indignation, when God's righteous judgment (just doom) will be revealed. Romans 2:5

There is coming a time when our Father will come and punish those who have mistreated the Bride. We have always been used to tell the Truth and we have always been mistreated for it. There will come a time when our Father says enough and comes and takes care of business and puts and end to the mistreatment of His Son’s Bride.

That being said let me ask you a question here, what did Jesus do to those who mistreated Him? He asked for their forgiveness as they were killing Him. What does Jesus tell us to do to those who mistreat us? He tells us to forgive them, to pray for them, and to bless them. Jesus tells us to continually do these things to those who mistreat us and who even kill us. The guests will reap what they sow, yet the glorious Truth is that they will be forgiven and summoned to the Wedding Feast of the Bride. They may not be part of the Bride, but they will be guests, just wait to see what Jesus tells us later in this parable.

Our Father is the same yesterday, today, and forever, He never changes. Jesus forgave the unworthy guests when He was on the Cross and He will forgive the unworthy guests who followed those who killed Him. Only those who commit Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. This is such a great topic of study and I pray that the Holy Spirit will lead you into it. The Truth is that the Kingdom of Heaven will be filled with an uncountable number of guests who have been forgiven.

The Bride Will Be Mistreated

While the others seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and put them to death. Matthew 22:6

Jesus shows us that His Bride, God’s servants, will be mistreated and even put to death in this world until He returns and the Marriage Supper actually begins. Right now in the parable people are being called to be part of the Bride. The Wedding is taking place during this time.

There is coming a time when the Bride as a whole will be violently mistreated. Right now we see bits and peaces of what is to come. With all that is happening over the last couple of years in the world I have been asked a lot is this the end times? The Holy Spirit always has me answer the same way, no, this is just the beginning birth pains. When we see the Bride empowered with the power of the Kingdom, when we see the works that Jesus did and greater works happening through us, and when we see the Gospel of the Kingdom being preached to every nation, then will the end come.

Also, no one is crying out peace and safety right now. They will be saying that before Jesus returns and there will be peace and safety at that time. There will be peace and safety because the Bride will be empowered as we never have before to be used by our Father in the full strength of His might. The world will take credit for it and brag about how they have done it and then sudden destruction will come on them. So no this is not the end times.

The Bride Is Called To Serve The Guests

And sent his servants to summon those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they refused to come. Again he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my banquet; my bullocks and my fat calves are killed, and everything is prepared; come to the wedding feast. But they were not concerned and paid no attention [they ignored and made light of the summons, treating it with contempt] and they went away--one to his farm, another to his business, Matthew 22:3-5

These three verses show us the Truth that we will be used by the Holy Spirit to call many to be part of the Bride. We will be empowered by the Holy Spirit to do so until the day that Jesus returns to set up His Millennial Reign. Many from Israel and many from the rest of the world will be called and told about the Truth, but only a few will be chosen to be Jesus' Bride, or another name for the Bride: God’s servants. An interesting note here: the Bible never teaches us that all will be called, but only that many will be called. The world cannot receive salvation, which is the privilege of becoming one with our Father and being used by Him serve the Kingdom, unless they are first chosen and empowered by the Holy Spirit to accept the calling. Jesus came to serve and we are one with Him, so we will be as He is, even while we are in this earth, 1 John 4:17.

Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking under the power and influence of the [Holy] Spirit of God can [ever] say, Jesus be cursed! And no one can [really] say, Jesus is [my] Lord, except by and under the power and influence of the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:3

Jesus refers to the Kingdom of Heaven as being like a Wedding Feast. At the Wedding Feast the Bride and Groom serve the Guests. The Bride and Groom make all of the arrangements so that the guests will have a great time and receive the best of things. Look at the wine that Jesus made from water for the wedding that He attended, it was the best that the people had ever tasted, John 2:8-10. Also remember that this parable is about the Wedding Feast, not the actual Wedding. The Wedding, when we were actually joined with Jesus was before the world ever was. We were chosen before we ever were. When we are born again is when we finally are made aware of the Truth that we are joined with Christ and married to Him. What Jesus is talking about here in this parable is the feast, the celebration of the wedding.

Think about this now, did any of the guests at the Wedding Jesus attended in John acknowledge Him as Lord? Or did they all know that He was the One that turned the water to wine? No one acknowledged Him as Lord at the Wedding Feast and not everyone there knew what He had done, yet they all were served by Jesus. This should begin to show you the Truth about who the guest are in eternity. This parable is a Truth about the Kingdom of Heaven and the Truth is that there are guests in Heaven, not everyone is the Bride!

Who Is The Bride of Christ?

The kingdom of heaven is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. Matthew 22:2

The King here in this parable is God and the King’s Son is Jesus. Jesus tells us that our Father is going to throw a party for Him and His Bride. The question here for us is: who is Jesus’ Bride?

Neither for these alone do I pray [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Me through their word and teaching, That they all may be one, [just] as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me. I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one: I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me. John 17:20-23

Let us rejoice and shout for joy [exulting and triumphant]! Let us celebrate and ascribe to Him glory and honor, for the marriage of the Lamb [at last] has come, and His bride has prepared herself. She has been permitted to dress in fine (radiant) linen, dazzling and white--for the fine linen is (signifies, represents) the righteousness (the upright, just, and godly living, deeds, and conduct, and right standing with God) of the saints (God's holy people). Revelation 19:7-8

The Bride of Christ is all of us who have been chosen by God to be one with Jesus. The important thing to remember as we study about the Marriage Supper of the Lamb is that those of us who are the Bride, were chosen by God to be the Bride. Just as our Father chose Jesus to be the Groom, we have been chosen by God to be the Bride.

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

No one is able to come to Me unless the Father Who sent Me attracts and draws him and gives him the desire to come to Me, and [then] I will raise him up [from the dead] at the last day. John 6:44

For many are called (invited and summoned), but few are chosen. Matthew 22:14

And He said, This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless it is granted him [unless he is enabled to do so] by the Father. John 6:65

And Peter answered them, Repent (change your views and purpose to accept the will of God in your inner selves instead of rejecting it) and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of and release from your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise [of the Holy Spirit] is to and for you and your children, and to and for all that are far away, [even] to and for as many as the Lord our God invites and bids to come to Himself. Acts 2:38-39

And the children were yet unborn and had so far done nothing either good or evil. Even so, in order further to carry out God's purpose of selection (election, choice), which depends not on works or what men can do, but on Him Who calls [them], It was said to her that the elder [son] should serve the younger [son]. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated (held in relative disregard in comparison with My feeling for Jacob). Romans 9:11-13

When Jesus spoke this parable the tradition was that the father of the groom chose the bride for his son. The glorious Truth for us is that we do not first call on Jesus to be our Lord, our Father first calls and chooses us to be saved. We were called and chosen to be the Bride before the world ever was created.

But when He, Who had chosen and set me apart [even] before I was born and had called me by His grace (His undeserved favor and blessing), saw fit and was pleased Galatians 1:15

This is so glorious, because it means that our Father knew all of our faults and weaknesses before He ever chose us. None of that matters, only the grace of God matters, and we have been given God’s free grace as He has called and chosen us to be His Son’s Bride.

Why Parables

AND AGAIN Jesus spoke to them in parables (comparisons, stories used to illustrate and explain), saying, Matthew 22:1

The disciples asked Jesus directly in Matthew 13 why He spoke to the people in parables and not plainly so that they could understand exactly what He was saying?

Then the disciples came to Him and said, Why do You speak to them in parables? And He replied to them, To you it has been given to know the secrets and mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. Matthew 13:10-11

The secrets of the Kingdom of our Father are not for anyone to know but the Bride of Christ. We are going to study here about the Marriage Supper of The Lamb. As we do, I want you to think of an actual marriage celebration. Think about how the Bride and Groom share things and know things that the guests of the wedding do not know and understand. It doesn’t mean that the guest are not loved or that they are not considered in the highest regard. It just means that they are not the Bride and Groom.

Think of how there are many people at a wedding celebration, think about how there are more people at the wedding banquet than just the Bride and Groom. Think of how the guest of the Wedding are served by the couple who have been married. The guests do not bring their own food to celebrate, they are served food. All of these things apply to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb as well. The world cannot understand the Truth’s that Jesus spoke to His Bride here in Matthew. Yet, for the called and chosen, the born again and saved, who are the Bride of Christ, we can fully know and understand the Truth. We can understand all that our Father has for us because we have been given the Holy Spirit and He causes us to understand all things.

But the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby), the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you. John 14:26

Is A Bride A Guest At Her Own Wedding?

The kingdom of heaven is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. Matthew 22:2

So go to the thoroughfares where they leave the city [where the main roads and those from the country end] and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find. 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 22:9-10

A while back the Holy Spirit had my wife say this to me after we had studied this parable in a Wednesday night Bible Study: “Is a Bride a guest at her own wedding?” We were laying in bed and it was like the lights understanding flashed on. Our Father used Beth to lead me into truly one of the greatest studies of peace that He had ever taking me on. So before I share what our Father revealed, I want to ask you the same question, is a Bride a guest at her own wedding?

Quick Proof Of No Pre-Tribulation Rapture

Then I saw thrones, and sitting on them were those to whom authority to act as judges and to pass sentence was entrusted. Also I saw the souls of those who had been slain with axes [beheaded] for their witnessing to Jesus and [for preaching and testifying] for the Word of God, and who had refused to pay homage to the beast or his statue and had not accepted his mark or permitted it to be stamped on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived again and ruled with Christ (the Messiah) a thousand years. The remainder of the dead were not restored to life again until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. Revelation 20:4-5

John was shown by Jesus the saved children of God her in Revelation 20. John was shown here those who were saved before the Great Tribulation and those who were saved during the Great Tribulation. He was shown the power that will be given unto us to rule with Jesus. And he was also shown that the unsaved where clearly not part of this first resurrection.

Remember in Revelation 20, Jesus clearly shows John that this is the first resurrection and He clearly tells us that it takes place after satan is bound in thrown into the pit for a thousand years of captivity. Which takes place at at the end of the great Tribulation. Now with all of that Truth being laid down, let's read 1 Corinthians 15:51-52

Take notice! I tell you a mystery (a secret truth, an event decreed by the hidden purpose or counsel of God). We shall not all fall asleep [in death], but we shall all be changed (transformed). In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the [sound of the] last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [in Christ] will be raised imperishable (free and immune from decay), and we shall be changed (transformed).

The Truth is that those of us who are saved and alive when Jesus returns will in no way precede those of us who are saved and have died in Christ, 1 Thessalonians 4:15. We are shown that the dead in Christ clearly rise first to be transformed, then those of us who are alive are transformed. We are also shown that the first resurrection does not occur until after the Great Tribulation has ended. Scripturally there is no proof of a pre-tribulation rapture of the saints, but there is clearly a contradiction to this belief. If we were raised up seven years before Jesus' return, the living in Christ would have to precede the dead in Christ who are not raised until the first resurrection that takes place at the end of the Great Tribulation. 

Perfect Strength

But He said to me, My grace (My favor and loving-kindness and mercy) is enough for you [sufficient against any danger and enables you to bear the trouble manfully]; for My strength and power are made perfect (fulfilled and completed) and show themselves most effective in [your] weakness. Therefore, I will all the more gladly glory in my weaknesses and infirmities, that the strength and power of Christ (the Messiah) may rest (yes, may pitch a tent over and dwell) upon me! So for the sake of Christ, I am well pleased and take pleasure in infirmities, insults, hardships, persecutions, perplexities and distresses; for when I am weak in human strength], then am I [truly] strong (able, powerful in divine strength).2 Corinthians 12:9-10

Then the cares and anxieties of the world and distractions of the age, and the pleasure and delight and false glamour and deceitfulness of riches, and the craving and passionate desire for other things creep in and choke and suffocate the Word, and it becomes fruitless. Mark 4:19

The cares of this world: how much money do we have, our jobs, gas prices, inflation, global warming, who wins an election, and the false glamour of envying those who are richer than us all choke out the ability of Jesus to produce fruit through us. The cares of the world make the Word of our Father fruitless. The cares of this world stop love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faith, humility, and self-restraint, all of the things that Jesus uses to make us blameless, Galatians 5:22-23.

Our Father is well aware of this Truth, so what has He done about it? He has made Himself our Gardener and He has made Jesus our Vine, John 15. So anything that will hinder His ability to produce much love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faith, humility and self-restraint through us, will be pruned out by Him.

Any branch in Me that does not bear fruit [that stops bearing] He cuts away (trims off, takes away); and He cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit. John 15:2

Paul had a thorn in His flesh and He asked our Father three times to remove it and God told Him absolutely not. God told Paul no, the answer to Paul’s prayer was no, for in Paul’s weakness, our Fathers strength was perfected. Now I want you to take these scriptural Truths and think about the end times for a minute? When we are presented to our Lord and Savior, Jesus, we will be without spot, wrinkle, or blemish, Ephesians 5:27. And during the Great Tribulation we will be unable to buy or sell unless we have taken the mark of the beast, Revelation 13:17, and if we take the mark of the beast, we are damned, Revelation 14:9-10.

So the Truth that sets us free is that the cares of this world hinder us from being used by our Father to produce fruit. The Truth is our Fathers strength is perfected in our human weakness. The Truth is our Father removes anything from us that hinders us from being used by Him, we will be presented to Jesus without spot, wrinkle, or blemish, and right before Jesus returns we will be unable to buy or sell anything without the mark of the beast that will damn us!

Where am I going here, to perfect strength! Faith comes from hearing and hearing from the Word of God! For our Father to be perfectly strong within us, we have to be perfectly removed from all of the cares of this world. Most people think this will only happen in Heaven, but Jesus tells us plainly in John 14:12 that our Father will use us to do even greater works than He used Him for, and Jesus was perfectly removed from the cares of this world. Jesus tells us that the end times can only come after the Gospel is preached to every nation, Mark 13:10. And in John 17 Jesus repeatedly prays that we will be one with our Father, even as He is One with our Father, so that the world will believe. The Holy Spirit had John write in 1 John 4:17, that as Jesus is, so are we in this world. The Holy Spirit had Paul write that he was dead and that it was actually the Anointing of Jesus that was alive within him, Galatians 2:20. So our Fathers ability to perfect us is not in Heaven, it is on this earth!

The Word teaches us that the world will be saying peace, peace and then sudden destruction will come upon them, 1 Thessalonians 5:3. They will be saying this because they will be living in an era when God is using His children as never before. They will be living in a time when we have been removed from all of the cares of this world. They will be living in a time right before the Great Tribulation. Jesus teaches us that the blessed servant will be the one who is giving food and provision to those in need when He returns, Matthew 24:45-46. The Church will be at its most powerful right before the Great Tribulation, then when our Fathers strength has been perfected within us, and the world is enjoying the fruit and power of it, and they will also be taking credit for it, our Father will release His wrath. And He will still use us to produce much fruit during His 3 ½ years of wrath, so that even though we are unable to buy or sell, we will still be used by Him to give abundantly, and the world will hate us!

So think of what must happen before hand. Our Father must remove us from trusting in anything the world has to offer: money, insurance, employment, government programs, police, fire departments, any worldly thing. Our Father is going to bring us to a place where none of these things have any bearing on us and His strength will be perfected within us and He will use us to produce abundant fruit: love, joy, peace, faith, patience, kindness, and self-control.

Just think of not needing money and yet we are abundantly giving and not having health insurance and yet we are healthy! Think of taking no thought for what the politicians are saying or what the judges are ruling. Think of never running out of toilet paper and yet we are never buying it, the roles just never end. Think of our cars never needing gas or oil changes and yet perfectly running. Think of having refrigerators that are never humanly stocked and clothes that never ware out. Think of being perfectly removed from every care of this life through the perfect strength of our Father! Just as Jesus was and is, so are we in this world. This is our destiny, so rejoice when you hear of the world having no answers, oil prices skyrocketing, inflation, and politicians telling us that only government can help. Because the Truth is our Father is going to remove us from all of it, to use us as He never has before, and the world, politicians, businessmen, and fake religious leaders, will be patting themselves on the back and taking credit for it, right before their world of Babylon is destroyed!

The Mark of The beast

So that no one will have power to buy or sell unless he bears the stamp (mark, inscription), [that is] the name of the beast or the number of his name. Revelation 13:17

Then another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a mighty voice, Whoever pays homage to the beast and his statue and permits the [beast's] stamp (mark, inscription) to be put on his forehead or on his hand, He too shall [have to] drink of the wine of God's indignation and wrath, poured undiluted into the cup of His anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. Revelation 14:9-10

Now if you are anything like me, when I heard of the mark of the beast, 666, I was always a little bit freaked out about it. I knew that if I took the mark, I was doomed to hell, and if I didn’t take it, I was going to be unable to buy or sell anything. It won’t matter if I am super rich or poor during the Great Tribulation, because money will be useless without the mark of the beast. When I heard this preached, I would think that not only couldn’t I buy food, clothing, electricity, or gasoline, but I also couldn’t buy little things like toothpaste, paper towels, or q-tips. I would also think that in all likelihood I would be killed by the ant-christ’s forces for my disobedience. It just wasn’t something that I enjoyed hearing about. I mean I would put on a brave face and say that God will empower us, but inside I was very squeamish to say the least, when I thought about it.

But the Holy Spirit really has been sharing with me over these last few months the glory of the Tribulation period for the church. Yes, I did say the glory of it! “Rejoice (celebrate) over her, O heaven! O saints (people of God) and apostles and prophets, because God has executed vengeance for you upon her!” Revelation 18:20 According to our Father we should rejoice in the Truth that the evil of this world will be destroyed on our behalf. During the greatest time of tribulation that the world will ever see, we are to rejoice. I have to be honest, I never really felt like rejoicing over it. Sure evil would be destroyed, but this was one messed up time! But the Truth will set us free from false teaching, beliefs, and fears and here is what the Bible teaches us that the Truth is, regarding the mark of the beast.

“You also must be ready therefore, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him. Who then is the faithful, thoughtful, and wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household to give to the others the food and supplies at the proper time? Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) is that servant whom, when his master comes, he will find so doing.” Matthew 24:44-46

The Truth is that when Jesus returns to the earth, His blessed and faithful servants will be providing food and supplies to those in need, even though we are unable to buy or sell. Our Father will have put us in charge of this task! To have faith in this Truth, think for a moment of when Jesus was here 2000 years ago. Thousands were in the wilderness with Him, they were hungry and tired, and Jesus took a couple fish and a couple loaves of bread, blessed them, and fed each and every one of them until they were full. Not only were they full, they had basketfuls of food left over. Jesus didn’t have to buy or sell and yet God used Him to feed those in need. We are also shown that Jesus was at a party that ran out of wine, He didn’t buy or sell to miraculously provide more wine. When it was time for Jesus to pay His taxes, He didn’t have to buy or sell to provide His and Peters taxes, He simply told Peter to get the money they needed from a fishes mouth. The Truth is that Jesus wasn’t a big buy and sell guy!

I really don’t believe that we will be able to feed those in need during the tribulation because we have stored up huge amounts of food either. For one thing, if we had any supply at all, the anti-christ and false prophet’s forces would instantly seize them from us. Even if you had a gun, they would have more guns. So to fulfill Jesus’ Word, our Father will have to miraculously use us to supply food to those in need. Just as our Father miraculously used Jesus to supply food, wine, taxes, weather changes, and healing's.

The next Truth to remember is that all who take the mark of the beast are going to receive that wrath of our Father, and we have not been appointed unto our Fathers wrath. “For God has not appointed us to [incur His] wrath [He did not select us to condemn us], but [that we might] obtain [His] salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)” 1 Thessalonians 5:9 So everything that we read about in Revelation, the plagues, the wars, the hunger, the demonic attacks, and the destruction, which are all our Father's wrath, is not for us. They will never touch us, just as the plagues, diseases, and destruction from our Father towards Pharaoh never touched the Israelites at the end of their captivity in Egypt.

Now the Truth is that many of us will be killed by the forces of the anti-christ and false prophet during the Great Tribulation. A great number of us will be killed! But that is alright, Stephen was killed for being used by God and the Holy Spirit caused Him to shine like the Sun as they were killing him. Jesus was killed for the Truth’s sake and He cried out for the forgiveness of those who were doing it. Paul was stoned, beaten, and imprisoned for the Truth and the Holy Spirit caused Him too count it as all glory! John and Peter were beaten and they were empowered by the Spirit to rejoice for the honor of it. The Body of Christ has always been killed for the Truth’s sake and we will be killed during the Great Tribulation as well. But we will not endure any of the wrath of our Father during this time, not one little bit. So the plagues, diseases, famines, wars, natural disasters, water shortages, and demonic attacks will never be felt by the true children of God during the Great Tribulation. “But the woman was supplied with the two wings of a giant eagle, so that she might fly from the presence of the serpent into the desert (wilderness), to the retreat where she is to be kept safe and fed for a time, and times, and half a time (three and one-half years, or 1,260 days).” Revelation 12:14

The Truth is that we are never asked or required by our Father to endure more than we have been anointed by Him to endure. Our Fathers strength is made perfect in our weakness and during this time of Great Tribulation our Fathers strength will be perfect within us, because we will have no part at all in the worlds system. Worldly speaking, we will be weak, weak as sheep being led to the slaughter; nay, we will be more than conquerors through Christ Who loves us! There will be no jobs for us, there will be no selling for us, no buying, and yet we will be miraculously being used by our Father to give food and supplies to those in need! We will be killed, but we will not suffer!

Now ask yourself this question, why would we be being killed by the forces of the anti-christ, if by not taking the mark of the beast was actually working to stop us from witnessing of the power and glory of our Father? The governments of the world will have said that we cannot buy or sell, the businesses of the world will be in full compliance and yet the Body of Christ will still be a threat. We will still be being used by our Father to give food to those in need, even when a measure of wheat will cost a whole day’s wages. Wages will have no meaning to us whatsoever. We will still be giving water, when a 1/3rd of the earth’s fresh water has been turned into wormwood. Just think of how much water will cost during these 3 ½ years. We will still be giving to those in need when all of the earths green grass has withered. A 1/3rd of the Sun will be darkened during these 3 ½ years, millions of people will have been killed or will have died. Wars will be raging, demonic attacks will be abounding, men will want to die but cannot, and we will be miraculously giving through the power of the Holy Spirit! Even though the best satan has to offer, the most powerful tool that satan will ever have, will boldly and arrogantly say that we cannot do it. We will still be used by our Father to miraculously give to those in need! Not taking the mark of the beast will actually allow us to have and give, when those who do take it will be starving and desiring death and not finding it!

Jesus teaches us in John 14:12 that we will be used by our Father to do greater works than He used Jesus to do. Yet we never read in the Bible of God using anyone to do greater works than Jesus. We don’t see anyone being used now and I have never even heard of anyone in History who has. But yet Jesus says that we will be used in such a powerful way. In Ephesians 5:27 the Holy Spirit teaches us that the end time church will be glorious, without spot, wrinkle, or blemish. And all throughout the Book of Revelation Jesus shows John that there will be mighty ministries who God uses to proclaim the Truth to the entire world: Revelation 18:1, Revelation 14:6, Revelation 14:9, Revelation 11:6, and Revelation 14:1. The time of the Great Tribulation will be when the body of Christ is at its most powerful. This is the time when the Gospel will be preached to the whole world, and then the end will come. “And this good news of the kingdom (the Gospel) will be preached throughout the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then will come the end.” Matthew 24:1 We will not have the mark and yet we will be stronger than those who have!

Finally, I always wondered about how would we know not to take the mark; and just how faithful that we would have to be to deny it. But here is what the Holy Spirit showed me, Jesus’ yoke is easy, it’s pleasant, it’s not harsh, Matthew 11:30. God clearly showed me that His Truth is His Truth, it never changes. Heaven and earth will pass away but our Fathers Truth will remain. Even during the Great Tribulation, God’s Word is His Word. Not taking the mark of the beast will be easy for us, and here is why. Before this all comes down, and it will happen fast, in a single hour, Revelation 18:19, the true body of Christ will have already been removed from participating in the worlds system. We will be here on the earth, but we will have already begun to deal in the miraculous power of living every day life without being part of the world’s system of business and government, what Jesus calls Babylon in the Book of Revelation! So the threat of denying the mark will be meaningless to us.

Look at Revelation 18:7, “To the degree that she glorified herself and reveled in her wantonness [living deliciously and luxuriously], to that measure impose on her torment and anguish and tears and mourning. Since in her heart she boasts, I am not a widow; as a queen [on a throne] I sit, and I shall never see suffering or experience sorrow.” The worlds system, greedy businesses and governments never have said that they will experience no sorrow or suffering. Just look at the Stock Markets of the world, there is suffering and there is a ton of sorrow. But at this time there is a false peace as never before amongst the world, why? What would cause the governments and businesses of the world to be lulled into an arrogant belief that they cannot suffer or experience sorrow? The world has had prosperity before, great prosperity, it has had times of great peace and yet there was always a since of it is only a matter of time until it all comes crashing down. But it won't be that way right before the beginning of the Great Tribulation. Right before the last 3 1/2 years of this period of our history governments and corrupt businesses will be arrogant about their belief that there will be no sorrow or suffering anymore, why?

I believe that it is because the Church, the Body of Christ will finally be mature, being fully used by our Father in the full power of His salvation. Just think of the peace and power that the world will be experiencing when millions of Christians at once, all around the world, are being fully empowered by or Father. Healings, prosperity, and peace will abound in the power of our Fathers glory. Right now there is no peace: Iran, radical Islam, disease, oil prices, and food prices, there is not a business or government in the world right now that is claiming to have no sorrow or suffering. The news media’s of the world only preach sorrow and suffering and they are owned by the governments and businesses. But when the hour of our Fathers wrath begins they will be saying no sorrow and no suffering. They will be saying peace, peace, and then sudden destruction will fall upon them, 1 Thessalonians 5:3. They will be saying these things because the body of Christ will be in full power and the world will be enjoying the fruits of our Father's glory and power flowing through us.

Look at the parable of the sower. Jesus teaches us that the cares of this world hinder us from being used to produce much fruit. So if the cares of this world are removed from us, then we will be used to produce abundant fruit. So if we are removed from the worlds system and everything in our lives is being miraculously provided for us by our Father, our every need being met by our Fathers riches and glory through Christ Jesus, we will never even take thought about taking the mark. The yoke will be easy and the burden light. Why take the mark, we already aren’t buying or selling. The evil institutions of this world will be taking full credit for the overwhelming peace of our Fathers fruit, glorying in themselves, arrogantly claiming that they have finally figured it out. They will be enjoying and taking credit for the fruit of our Father, but not giving Him the praise for it. It will not be difficult at all for us to not take the mark, it will be meaningless. Even though the false prophet will be performing signs of his own, the mark will not sneak up on us, we will clearly know that we have no need for it and we will clearly know that we have been the vessels of our Fathers grace that has lulled the world into a false since of security, and we will know that the wrath that is to come will not come nigh our dwelling place! We will have been empowered and the power of our Father will have already been proven in our lives. His Truth will have already set us free!

Now when the Holy Spirit leads me into the topic of the Tribulation I truly do get excited, because He has showed me the Truth of just how wonderfully we will be used. He has shown me that the mark is nothing to us and will be nothing to us. For 3 ½ years, during the greatest time of Tribulation the world has ever known, the church will be the greatest that it ever has been!

The Lie Of Free Will

And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall heed My ordinances and do them. Ezekiel 36:27

For we are God's [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live]. Ephesians 2:10

Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love. For He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted (revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His will because it pleased Him and was His kind intent]—Ephesians 1:4-5

In Him we also were made [God's] heritage (portion) and we obtained an inheritance; for we had been foreordained (chosen and appointed beforehand) in accordance with His purpose, Who works out everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His [own] will, Ephesians 1:11

But when He, Who had chosen and set me apart [even] before I was born and had called me by His grace (His undeserved favor and blessing), saw fit and was pleased To reveal (unveil, disclose) His Son within me so that I might proclaim Him among the Gentiles (the non-Jewish world) as the glad tidings (Gospel), immediately I did not confer with flesh and blood [did not consult or counsel with any frail human being or communicate with anyone]. Galatians 1:15-16

Now He Who has fashioned us [preparing and making us fit] for this very thing is God, Who also has given us the [Holy] Spirit as a guarantee [of the fulfillment of His promise]. 2 Corinthians 5:5

Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days [of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them. Psalm 139:16

O Lord [pleads Jeremiah in the name of the people], I know that [the determination of] the way of a man is not in himself; it is not in man [even in a strong man or in a man at his best] to direct his [own] steps. Jeremiah 10:23

John answered, A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing, he can take unto himself nothing] except as it has been granted to him from heaven. [A man must be content to receive the gift which is given him from heaven; there is no other source.] John 3:27

I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing. John 15:5

Not that we are fit (qualified and sufficient in ability) of ourselves to form personal judgments or to claim or count anything as coming from us, but our power and ability and sufficiency are from God. 2 Corinthians 3:5

For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He also destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the firstborn among many brethren. And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being]. Romans 8:29-30

Man's steps are ordered by the Lord. How then can a man understand his way? Proverbs 20:24

For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him. And He Himself existed before all things, and in Him all things consist (cohere, are held together). Colossians 1:16-17

For in this city there actually met and plotted together against Your holy Child and Servant Jesus, Whom You consecrated by anointing, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and peoples of Israel, To carry out all that Your hand and Your will and purpose had predestined (predetermined) should occur. Acts 4:27-28

Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: Romans 9:21-22

For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. Ephesians 5:30

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20

And, A Stone that will cause stumbling and a Rock that will give [men] offense; they stumble because they disobey and disbelieve [God's] Word, as those [who reject Him] were destined (appointed) to do. 1 Peter 2:8

Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me, and I will live in you.] Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me. John 15:4

After reading all of these verses, how can one preach that free will exists?