The Converging of God`s 3 Purposes.

God’s Plan for His Creation:
The reality is that the Bible is the only reliable guide that we have, discount it and you are in the mire of guesswork and conjecture. The Bible gives us the right way to live and does have a lot of prophecy, some accurately fulfilled, some still future. The prophet Daniel 12:9-10, says that some will be kept secret and sealed till the end time, but those who seek the truth and study the Word will understand.

Isaiah prophesied about 75 generations ago; Isaiah 24:1 Be warned, the Lord is about to lay waste to the earth, to devastate it and scatter its inhabitants.
By now, perhaps 1 billion people will have read this prophesy and it never happened to them. Why should we think it could happen to this generation?

There are several possibilities that could bring about a worldwide disaster: a nuke war, a comet strike, earthquakes, volcanoes, a Coronal Mass Ejection, etc. Everyone can see that there will soon have to be some kind of severe shakeup to sort out the world’s problems.


With Bible prophesy, I have found that it is necessary to clear the mind of humanistic ideas and look at it from what God’s purpose might be:

1/ God created everything. Genesis 1:1, Isaiah 66:1-2

2/ He does have a plan for His creation. Psalms 33:11

3/ That plan seems to be the formation of a group of beings like Himself, who freely choose to love and serve Him. Isaiah 43:10

4/ Those who refuse to acknowledge Him, may face destruction. Deuteronomy 7:10, Romans 9:22-29

God’s plan involved choosing one righteous man, Abraham, who demonstrated real faith in God and using his descendants to be a nation that would be ‘a light to the nations’, showing everyone the right way to live. Unfortunately, the Israelites did not do this and they divided into two nations, who both went into exile from the Holy Land. The return of Judah has started, still to be completed, but Israel is at present still scattered among the nations. When their decreed exile punishment is completed very soon, as we are told in Ezekiel 4:4-5 and Leviticus 26:18, then all the twelve tribes, including people from every race, nation and language, will be able to go and live in their heritage, in peace and prosperity. Isaiah 35:1-10, Ezekiel 34:11-31

The Lord’s Holy Land, Deut. 11:12 must be cleared and cleansed; at the first Exodus the people were tasked to do that, Deut. 6:19 but they failed to complete the job and the remaining inhabitants induced the Israelites into idolatry. This time, the Lord Himself will punish His enemies and clear all the area promised to the Patriarchs. Deuteronomy 32:34-43, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Ezekiel 30:1-5 and the more than 100 prophesies that describe the forthcoming Lord’s Day of vengeance and wrath, a worldwide judgement/punishment by fire that will fulfil Psalms 83:1-18, Isaiah 24:1-23, and the Sixth Seal of Revelation 6:12-17.

Then, the Lord’s faithful Christian people will live in all the holy Land, being all that He originally planned for them, but the rest of the world – slowly recovering from this terrible fire judgement, will form a One World government.
Ref: logostelos.info

Marilyn C said:

God has appointed times and I believe we are fast approaching the convergence of God`s 3 purposes.


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I'm curious how it can be conceived that "the Body of Christ" matures? From what I know the Church is spawned in every nation, whether it produces a Christian nation or purely Christian minorities. Regardless, Christians grow up individually, and perhaps a local church assembly will mature in its development as it becomes more experienced and more adept at obeying God's word.

But the idea of a global maturation of the Body of Christ, though interesting, does not seem to be anything I recognize in Scriptures. It is generally held that God wants to bring the Church to maturity. But as far as I know this is just God's general desire for Christianity and for fellowships in general. What particular linear development towards maturity can we find in history to indicate there is this global maturation of the Body of Christ?

In my own reading I've heard of a gradual evolution in the world that leads to world evangelization. And that may have required a development process. Is that what you're referring to?

The initial development of Christianity in the world began with an identification of Christianity with Roman imperialism. This inevitably led to fragmentation into competing states and ultimately to Christian states working out their own needs despite the differences from state to state.

In each state there has been a tendency towards secularization leading to radical revolutions against fallen Christian authorities. To combat this secularization there have been revival movements, including the Sanctification, or Holiness, movement, followed by the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements.

This evolution from Catholicism to Protestantism to the Holiness and Pentecostal movements was conceived by Maureen Gaglardi in a book I read a long time ago. It does indicate the notion of a maturation of the Body of Christ. Is this the kind of thing you're talking about?

Marilyn C said:

Hi Randy,

If you look at the diagram above you will see the great truths that the Holy Spirit has clarified over the centuries and across the world to the Body of Christ. People were martyred for some of those truths. How blessed we are today to know about all of them.

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There has indeed been a stream of movements in historic Christianity with truths rising to fight each challenge. And the Church has expanded, in the process, into a global phenomenon.

We cannot, however, confuse the nominal Church with the spiritual Church. These will always be associated, but imperfectly. The true Christian movement ultimately breaks off from nominal Christian entities that fall too far from apostolic doctrine and the Scriptures, as well as from normal Christian morality.

I would agree, generally, with your sense that these movements represented an historic advance of the Gospel. You may call that "maturation"--I'm fine with that with the qualifying elements I've already given you. A very interesting read I've already given you: Maureen Gaglardi's "Path of the Just" on the Tabernacle. I don't agree with everything she says, but she's quite an interesting figure--I read it back in the early 70s. You may not be able to find this book without a later re-print.