Church Of The Lost Sheep

The Seventh Trumpet ' Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.” -written by the Apostle John, 1st century This is the 7th message of this series ] The passage above is taken from the Book of Revelation (last book of the New Testament bible, the Christian Scriptures). Prophetic Most of the contents of the Book of Revelation is prophetic -- events which are to take place in the future. So much of what made believers into believers, is the fulfillment of biblical prophecies. Fulfilled Prophecies In the time of Jesus, the prophesies which were recorded in the Jewish Scriptures (the Old Testament bible) were regarding the Promised Messiah, written over a thousand years before the time of Jesus. All of these prophesies were fulfilled in His birth, life, death and resurrection. Those whose eyes were opened, whose ears could he

Israel Early First Century In the short time when Jesus walked the earth, the most prominent interpreters and teachers of God's law in the Promised Land were the Pharisees. Nicodemus was one of those so-called Pharisees. Having heard about Jesus and having heard him personally, he was mystified if not curious about this man, who was a miracle man who was teaching a totally different interpretation of God's law, if not a totally and radically different God. In the gospel of John, there is recorded a narrative of what transpired when one night, Nicodemus "secretly" visited Jesus to ask him a few questions. Let us read that narrative: From John 3 (The Message) Born from Above Nicodemus and Jesus There was a man of the Pharisee sect, Nicodemus, a prominent leader among the Jews. Late one night he visited Jesus and said, “Rabbi, we all know you’re a teacher straight from God. No one could do all the God-pointing, God-revealing acts you do if God weren’t