Redemption – What is Heaven Like?

What is redemption? What does it encompass? Where is heaven? What will our eternal state be like?

 

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Salvation Ready to Be Revealed in the Last Time

This is a sermon that I preached in July of 2009. I had a thought on my heart about Romans 8 and that redemption has two parts, one is called the spirit of adoption which is the new birth and the other is adoption, which is the redemption of our bodies or the resurrection. Then the Lord took me on a journey through scripture that I did not expect. I trust that this sermon is a blessing to you. If it is please comment below.

 

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Do the Seals take place in the end-time?

This is a critical questions to ask. I would expand it to say do they take place in the end-time or are they to be opened and then revealed in the end-time?

Clearly we read that the Lamb opens the seals and when he opens the seals he is laying claim to a possession. Some believe that the seals were pealed back when John saw them, but it was unknown as to specifically what they would be until the time of the end.

But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. – Daniel 12:4

However, the book is sealed until the time of the end. It is not that the seals are taken off in 96 AD when John saw the vision. The very scroll of redemption is sealed until the time of the end.

What is the time of the end? It is not at the very end, but at the time of the end. Or as some tend to say, the end of the age. Clearly, the book is to be known by some people prior to the time of the end. Any time a revelation is given it is not simply an event taking place, but its a truth given to a specific people through a specific person. It’s to be grasped and understood by the people it is given to. It was sealed because it was not to be understood properly. It’s there in the bible, but it isn’t known exactly what it means.

So it will be known prior to the end of the age by a specific people that it is sent to.

We are living in that age. The truth of what the seals were about and the scroll of redemption was revealed to the Bride of Christ through the revelation of the Scriptures that God gave to William Branham. The seals have been opened by Jesus Christ, the process of redemption is beginning to come to an end and what the seals actually were have been revealed.

So they were put where they were in the book of Revelation because they are revealed in the time of the end, but they took place at specific periods throughout the church age.

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In subsequent posts we’ll discuss exactly what were each of the seven seals.

Seven Seals – What is the Book?

I will be writing a series of posts about the Seven Seals, the mysteries surrounding them and how they were revealed to us.

Revelation 5:1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

First, let’s take a what this little book is all about. This is in actuality not a book, but rather a scroll. There are seals put on the scroll in order to prevent it from being easily opened by anyone. The scroll that is sealed with seven seals is in the hand of HIM that sat upon the throne, which is the Almighty God himself.

What is this scroll? What does it pertain to? In order to answer this question we need to look at the next few verses.

Revelation 5:2-6 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

No man was worthy to open the scroll. They were all unworthy to do so, but the Lamb was able to open it because he prevailed over death. It had to be a Lamb to overcome and break the seals to open the book. Why did John weep? Why was it so important that the book be opened? Why did it have to be a Lamb?

We see a lamb because the imagery that is trying to be portrayed is clearly in regards to sacrifice. When you speak of sacrifice you speak of atonement and redemption.

In the beginning when sin entered in through Adam and Eve there was a promise made that the Woman’s Seed would bruise the head of the Serpent’s Seed. Within this promise we understand that there is to be a redeemer to come and give us back everything that Adam lost. What happened when Adam sinned? Man lost his immortality and the ground was cursed.

This is what the Lamb, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah came to redeem. When he died he shed his blood as the purchase price of redemption. However, he needed to lay claim to the property. In Jesus’ time a land or property had a title deed associated with it. This title deed was written on a scroll and kept in the hand or possession of the owner.

Adam was the owner at one time, but when he sinned he lost the title deed and it went back to the one who gave it to him. In this scripture we see the title deed being given back to the second Adam. Jesus Christ is the possessor of earth and the title deed. He redeemed Adam’s race, gave them the right to immortality and the earth again. While the process of redemption has been going on since the fall of Adam we are witnessing in this scripture a transfer of ownership.

The only thing left in the process is for Jesus to come, the dead to be raised to immortality and the earth to be redeemed.

That is what that little scroll was. It was the title deed of redemption or the book of redemption.  John wept because he knew that his redemption and the earth’s redemption from the curse were all bound up in that title deed. If no “MAN” could claim it all would be lost.

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The Scriptures Always Come First

One thing that is sometimes lost is the supremecy of the Scriptures.

2nd Timothy 3:16 states, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.”

The words “profitable for” come from the Greek pros and it means “because of.” So we can see that Scripture is given for doctrine, reproof, correction and instruction in righteousness.

When we approach a teaching from the message we cannot isolate it from Scripture. The very purpose of the entire Scripture is to give us the reality of Christ in redemption and it comes through doctrine, reproof, correction and instruction in righteousness. We need all these aspects in our Christian walk. So when we hear brother Branham preach on a certain subject he always tells us to go back to the bible and see if it is so ourselves. Acts 17:11 says, “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” If you hear what is taught then the necessity is to go back to the scriptures prayerfully and see whether those things be so. That goes for everyone. You cannot say, well, I’m already a believer so I just accept it. Sure, you can do that, but the real truth of it is you need to understand the truth in light of Scripture. If you don’t you may be understanding it out of context or without the right balance or you may in fact be in complete error when you are hearing it.

Be a wise believer and search the scriptures daily. It’s not so you can be a know-it-all, but its so that the word of God can penetrate your heart and change your life to reflect Christ.