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THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE

"And the devil, taking Him [Jesus] up into an high mountain, shewed unto Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.  And the devil said unto Him, All this power will I give Thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.  If Thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be Thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind Me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve." (Luke 4:5-8).   It is important that we understand the power that Satan has over the affairs of man.  Scripture refers to him as the "god of this world," (2 Corinthians 4:4) and the "prince of the power of the air." (Ephesians 2:2).   Before his rebellion against God, he was given dominion over the earth; but he was lifted up with pride, and challenged God's authority.  God then created man to ultimately have dominion over the earth.  God’s children will eventually ...
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THE LEAVEN AND THE THREE MEASURES OF MEAL

During the time that Jesus walked on the earth in flesh and blood, He taught many parables about the Kingdom of Heaven.   He wanted His disciples at that time (and all of His disciples down to this current age), to understand how the Kingdom works, and how we should function as citizens of that Kingdom.   The longer we consider God's Kingdom only as a place we will inhabit one day after Christ's return, the longer we hinder enjoying the blessings and power of that Kingdom in this life.   We are waiting for Christ to return, yes, but God is waiting for us to grow up into Christ and become the mature sons of God that He expects us to be (Ephesians 4:14-16).   "Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness , looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God ." (2 Peter 3:11,12a).   In Matthew, we find a very simple parable that speaks of the mystical nature of the Kingd...
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THE CHRIST AND THE ANTICHRIST

There are two figures in the Bible who stand in opposition to one another.  They are the Christ, the Son of the Living God, and the Anti-Christ, the son of perdition.  Jesus Christ is the Word of God made flesh, the express image of God in human form; the King of righteousness and Prince of Peace; the Savior of the world.  The Antichrist is the man of sin, the manifestation of Satan’s darkest lies and the very image of the devil in human form.  The same spirit of rebellion and lawlessness that resides in Satan will reside in the Antichrist.  His allegiance is to the god of this world and to the prince of the power of the air (the devil).  Through him, Satan will try to drown mankind in sin and destruction.  It will be the devil’s final effort to reverse God’s plan to redeem man and restore to him the dominion that he lost in the Garden of Eden.   God has not chosen to reveal the Antichrist to the world just yet, though you can see his influenc...
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