Our Beliefs cont.
The Church
We believe that all who are united to the risen and ascended Son of God are
members of the church which is the body and bride of Christ, which began at
Pentecost and is completely distinct from Israel. It’s members are constituted
as such regardless of membership or non-membership in the organized
churches of earth. We believe that by the same Spirit all believers in this age
are baptized into, and thus become, one body that is Christ’s, whether Jews
or Gentiles, and having become members one of another, are under solemn
duty to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, rising above all
sectarian differences, and loving one another with a pure heart fervently.
(Matthew 16:16-18; Acts 2:42-47; Romans 12:5; I Corinthians 12:12-27
Ephesians 1:20-23, 4:3-10; Colossians 3:14-15).
The Rapture
We believe that, according to the Word of God, the next great event in the
fulfillment of prophecy will be the coming of the Lord in the air to receive to
Himself into heaven both His own who are alive and remain unto His coming,
and also all who have fallen asleep in Jesus, and that this event is the
blessed hope set before us in the Scripture, and for this we should be
constantly looking. (John 14:1-3; I Corinthians 15:51-52; Philippians 3:20; I
Thessalonian 4:13-18; Titus 2:11-15).
The Tribulation
We believe that the translation of the church will be followed by the fulfillment
of Israel’s seventieth week (Daniel 9:27; Revelation 6:1-19,21) during which
the church, the body of Christ, will be in heaven. The world period of Israel’s
seventieth week will be a time of judgment on the whole earth, at the end of
which the times of the Gentiles will be brought to a close. The latter half of
this period will be the time of Jacob’s trouble (Jeremiah 30:7), which the Lord
called the great tribulation (Matthew 24:15-21). We believe that universal
righteousness will not be realized previous to the second coming of Christ, but
that the world is day by day ripening for judgment and that the age will end
with a fearful apostasy.
The Second Coming Of Christ
We believe that the period of great tribulation in the earth will be climaxed by
the return of the Lord Jesus Christ to the earth as He went in person on the
clouds of heaven, and with power and great glory to introduce the millennial
age, to bind Satan and place him in the abyss, to lift the curse which now
rests upon the whole world to the knowledge of God. (Deuteronomy 30:1-10;
Isaiah 11:9; Ezekiel 37:21-28; Matthew 24:15-25, 46; Acts 15:16-17; Romans
8:19-23, 11:25-27; I Timothy 4:1-3; II Timothy 3:1-5; Revelation 20:1-3).
The Eternal State
We believe that at death the spirits and souls of those who have trusted in the
Lord Jesus Christ for salvation pass immediately into His presence and there
remain in conscious bliss until the resurrection of the glorified body when
Christ comes for His own, whereupon soul and body reunited shall be
associated with Him forever in glory; but the spirits and souls of the
unbelieving remain after death conscious of condemnation and in misery until
the final judgment of the great white throne at the close of the millennium,
when soul and body reunited shall be cast into the lake of fire not to be
annihilated, but to be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence
of the Lord, and from the glory of His power. (Luke 16:19-26, 23:42; II
Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; I Thessalonian 4:16-18; Jude 6-7;
Revelation 20:11-15).
The Church
We believe that all who are united to the risen and ascended Son of God are
members of the church which is the body and bride of Christ, which began at
Pentecost and is completely distinct from Israel. It’s members are constituted
as such regardless of membership or non-membership in the organized
churches of earth. We believe that by the same Spirit all believers in this age
are baptized into, and thus become, one body that is Christ’s, whether Jews
or Gentiles, and having become members one of another, are under solemn
duty to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, rising above all
sectarian differences, and loving one another with a pure heart fervently.
(Matthew 16:16-18; Acts 2:42-47; Romans 12:5; I Corinthians 12:12-27
Ephesians 1:20-23, 4:3-10; Colossians 3:14-15).
The Rapture
We believe that, according to the Word of God, the next great event in the
fulfillment of prophecy will be the coming of the Lord in the air to receive to
Himself into heaven both His own who are alive and remain unto His coming,
and also all who have fallen asleep in Jesus, and that this event is the
blessed hope set before us in the Scripture, and for this we should be
constantly looking. (John 14:1-3; I Corinthians 15:51-52; Philippians 3:20; I
Thessalonian 4:13-18; Titus 2:11-15).
The Tribulation
We believe that the translation of the church will be followed by the fulfillment
of Israel’s seventieth week (Daniel 9:27; Revelation 6:1-19,21) during which
the church, the body of Christ, will be in heaven. The world period of Israel’s
seventieth week will be a time of judgment on the whole earth, at the end of
which the times of the Gentiles will be brought to a close. The latter half of
this period will be the time of Jacob’s trouble (Jeremiah 30:7), which the Lord
called the great tribulation (Matthew 24:15-21). We believe that universal
righteousness will not be realized previous to the second coming of Christ, but
that the world is day by day ripening for judgment and that the age will end
with a fearful apostasy.
The Second Coming Of Christ
We believe that the period of great tribulation in the earth will be climaxed by
the return of the Lord Jesus Christ to the earth as He went in person on the
clouds of heaven, and with power and great glory to introduce the millennial
age, to bind Satan and place him in the abyss, to lift the curse which now
rests upon the whole world to the knowledge of God. (Deuteronomy 30:1-10;
Isaiah 11:9; Ezekiel 37:21-28; Matthew 24:15-25, 46; Acts 15:16-17; Romans
8:19-23, 11:25-27; I Timothy 4:1-3; II Timothy 3:1-5; Revelation 20:1-3).
The Eternal State
We believe that at death the spirits and souls of those who have trusted in the
Lord Jesus Christ for salvation pass immediately into His presence and there
remain in conscious bliss until the resurrection of the glorified body when
Christ comes for His own, whereupon soul and body reunited shall be
associated with Him forever in glory; but the spirits and souls of the
unbelieving remain after death conscious of condemnation and in misery until
the final judgment of the great white throne at the close of the millennium,
when soul and body reunited shall be cast into the lake of fire not to be
annihilated, but to be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence
of the Lord, and from the glory of His power. (Luke 16:19-26, 23:42; II
Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; I Thessalonian 4:16-18; Jude 6-7;
Revelation 20:11-15).
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