ARE THE HEATHEN LOST?

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260 - ARE THE HEATHEN LOST?

October 27, 1963

Henry F. Kulp

 

 

Romans 1: 19 - 24 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

In this portion of Scripture, God makes a great and terrible charge against the human race. Everything that is evil, everything that is bad, is charged to the race. The human race is not conscious of the condition that it is in, but nevertheless, God brings this charge against man. 

 

1/  Quite often people ask me whether the heathen will be lost who have never heard the Gospel. They say, it may be possible that they have never heard the name of Christ; they never heard that Christ was crucified for them. How can a just God send them to hell? And so then, to say whether the heathen will be lost is not a matter of the future. The human race is lost right now. Every man outside of Jesus Christ is lost.

 

2/  But what about the man who does not have a Bible. He tells us the visible reveals the invisible. The natural reveals the supernatural. Man does have a book—the book is bound with the covers of the day and the night, the pages of this book are the atmosphere. The print upon the pages, that is the stars, the plants, the trees, the animals and man himself. And God sums it all up by saying man is without excuse. What if man doesn’t have a Bible and learns God’a plan of salvation? He hasn’t lived up to the knowledge he already has, and God says, just seeing nature is enough to render man without excuse.  

 

3/  But let us notice what nature reveals about the invisible God. Two qualities of God, two invisible qualities are revealed. First of all, His divine power, and secondly, His divine nature. For it speaks of his eternal power and His Godhead, so that man is without excuse. 

 

4/  The savage in the African forest, or in the jungle of Amazon can know these two things about God. The scientist in the laboratory, and the philosopher as he studies his books can know the two things about God. The common man in the street and the religious man can know these two things about God, and in the knowledge of these two things he is condemned, he is without excuse.   

 

5/  Let us think on the fact of the invisible revealing the visible. Scientists believe that man will never be able to see an atom, let alone its component parts. The smallest thing that man has ever been able to see is a benzene molecule in an electron microscope, but scientist are able to formulate laws concerning the component parts of an atom by seeing the results of them. The whole atomic science then is based on the study of the effects of the invisible—so it means the invisible is revealed by that which is visible. Suppose we have a class in physics, and the professor is lecturing on atomic science. A student shakes his head and says stubbornly, no, I can’t see an atom, therefore I don’t believe it. But the professor then explains that the things he can see and the movement of the atomic components reveal that they are there. But the boy continues to be a knock-head, and he says, No, I won’t submit to this evidence. On graduation he flunks the course. He comes to the professor to try to explain, but the professor says he is without excuse. That which is invisible may be seen by that which is visible. And so it is with God. You don’t see God, but all about you, you have the work of God and it reveals God. It reveals His divine power and His divine nature—so man is without excuse.

 

6/  But now we look at Verse 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

…because that when they knew God. Men started high, all men today are without excuse, but men in the beginning knew God. Man did not evolve and come up to the knowledge he has today, but rather, he fell from knowing God. The modernist religion says man started out as the lower forms of life and finally came up and he became man—a man with very little knowledge, he became something like a cave man, and he had some scant knowledge of God, and then he came up and finally his God was a God of judgment, and as he learned more and more, his concept of God has changed, until we have this philosophical idea of God today, a concept of God today. Nonsense, this is not what the Bible teaches.

 

7/  Let us show you about the knowledge that man had of God right in the very beginning. 

Jude 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

Man from the earliest time knew about the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Enoch, the seventh man from Adam, prophesied of the second coming of Christ, and the judgment, which will be brought upon ungodly men. Now this is yet future. But the seventh born into the world, knew of this fact. They knew about God from the beginning. They knew God in the beginning. 

 

8/  THIS BELONGS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MESSAGE. LET US LOOK AT HOW GOD IS MANIFESTED. 

Genesis 8: 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

NOW GOD SAYS HERE THAT SEEDTIME AND HARVEST, COLD AND HEAT, SUMMER AND WINTER, SHALL NOT CEASE. SEED COMES—MAN DOESN’T BRING IT ABOUT. HE HAS ENOUGH SENSE TO SOW THE SEED, BUT HE DOESN’T BRING THE SEEDTIME, DOES HE? NO, THEN THE HARVEST COMES. MAN HAS ENOUGH SENSE TO REAP THE HARVEST. THE HEAT COMES, THE COLD COMES, BUT HE DOESN’T REGULATE THE WEATHER, HE EVEN TRIES TO FORETELL IT, AND HE ISN’T VERY GOOD AT THAT, BUT MAN CANNOT REGULATE WEATHER. WHERE IS THE DESIGNER? WHERE IS THE REGULATOR? HE IS INVISIBLE, BUT WE KNOW HE IS THERE BECAUSE HE IS BRINGING THE THINGS TO PASS. HE SAID, I PLACED MAN WHERE HE IS SURROUNDED BY EVERY EVIDENCE OF MYSELF. 

 

9/  God says because that when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God. It seems evident that after the fall of man in the Garden, and after man was expelled from the Garden, God didn’t leave the earth—there was some visible presence of God on the earth. What it was I haven’t any idea. Up to the time of the flood, there was no record of idolatry. Up to the time of the flood there was evidently a presence of God known and understood by all the inhabitants of the earth. 

Genesis 4: 16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. It is evident that there was some visible form of God. 

 

10/  Notice the 21st Verse very closely. Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

There was a time when they knew God and they didn’t want to know God, and they were not glad that they had the knowledge of God. They turned away from this knowledge deliberately, and God left them. 

Notice, Verse 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

Even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge. You see, there was a definite choice. It didn’t just happen; it came to pass with a definite decision. God charges the race with deliberately turning away from Him. When He gave them every opportunity to know Him. Even after the fall. 

 

11/  What was the result of man putting God out his knowledge? The last part of the 21st Verse tells us their foolish heart was darkened. That is the result—darkness. God is light and man is darkness. 

 

12/ Then notice Verse 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

They professed themselves to be wise, they became fools. 

Do you remember, Psalm 94: 11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

Here where God says that the thoughts of man is vanity, they are emptiness. R. A. Torrey used to read this verse this way, Professing themselves to be wise, they became philosophers, and then he would say it again and this time he would read it, fool-osophers. Do you know that philosophy is like a filter turned upside down so that which goes in clear comes out cloudy. Listen to the philosopher’s concept of God. And it befuddles, it doesn’t enlighten. This is because man deliberately made a choice not to have the knowledge of God in his mind, and so man’s mind has become darkened, and man has become foolish. 

 

13/  Do you remember, Psalm 111: 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

Here it says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom? If we understand that, we are a long way on the road to truth. But man back in that day was not afraid of God, he did not fear in his heart. He deliberately made a choice not to know God. But he had evidence of Him all about him. 

Now let us look at Isaiah 55: 8, 9 For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My way, for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts higher than your thoughts. 

This is a good verse for anyone who is a philosopher to think about and to study. God says My thoughts are not your thoughts, so therefore it is clear that the philosopher cannot think his way to God. His mind has been darkened.    

 

14/  Then when they put God out of their knowledge, man turned to idolatry. This is the first evidence of idolatry in the history of man. It is back in the tower of Babel. Notice that word, change—they changed the glory of the incorruptible God. Again this is a definite act—it is a choice by man—this shows the free will of man—God permitted him to do this. This wasn’t God’s plan for man, this is man’s plan, so  God permits him to do it.  

 

15/ Now when man didn’t want God in his knowledge, he had to have something, so what did he do? He got something to satisfy his senses. He, as we said, became completely soulish, and so he had to make an idol. In China they burn incense which satisfies their own nostrils but never reaches unto God. And then we have the people who have their hearing lulled by some sedate, beautiful music. Then we have the folks whose eyes are satisfied with stately architecture—the colored windows, the religious trappings and the beautiful altars, and then they have some sort of beads, or something to satisfy their touch. Man has continued the same down through the years, hasn’t he? He hasn’t changed at all, he loves to have something to satisfy his senses. That is why man went into idolatry, to satisfy his senses. 

 

16/ Let us just for a moment go back to the prophecy of Isaiah to see  about this matter of Idolatry. 

Isaiah 44: 6 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

And here He says, I am the first and the last, and besides Me there is no God. Then going on from this, God takes up the case of those who believe in any other god than Himself. He said they who make a graven image are all of vanity. The delectable things shall not profit for they are their own witness, they see not, nor know that they be ashamed. Then speaking of different kinds of idols, He describes a man who cuts down a tree and uses part of the wood for one purpose, another part to carve an idol. He takes part of it to warm himself, he makes bread with it, and then with the remaining part, he maketh a god and worshippeth it. 

Then in Verse 20 He feedeth on its ashes—a deceived heart that turned him aside. 

Now contrast this with Jesus who is the Bread of Life. He is eternal Life. This man who has an idol is feeding on ashes. He has nothing but grief. 

Then notice also, Verse 12 

The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with strength of his arms. Then he is hungry and his strength faileth, he drinketh hot water and he is faint. Think of this, this is the iron foundry in the annex of the heathen temple. The maker of the god-idol faints—compare this with God the Father who said He made the body of the Lord Jesus Christ and placed it in the womb of Mary. He doesn’t faint, nor does He slumber, nor sleep. But an idol is nothing, and those who fall under the influence of an idol, they feed on ashes there is not strength in ashes, there is no substance in ashes, there is no joy, no peace in ashes, all that is left is grief.   

 

17/  Notice Romans 1: 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

Who changed the truth of God into a lie. This is something they also did. Deliberately by their own free will. Then notice something else they did, Romans 1: 28 And when as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over. You see, when they changed God’s ways, God let them have their own way. That is God’s method. He gave them free will, but He gave them over to what they wanted to be.  

 

18/ Notice the word, reprobate, a terrible word, notice the intellect is reprobate. This is the condition of man in his present form. All men are lost and undone and  need Jesus Christ. This is why we send out the gospel by radio, and TV, why we send out young people to the far flung corners of the world. Because man is in a horrible condition and he needs Christ, but remember, man is without excuse.

AMEN

Ref: 10/27/1963/ 260 - ARE THE HEATHEN LOST? / 05/06/2022

THE MOST DAMNING TEXT IN THE BIBLE

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262 - THE MOST DAMNING TEXT IN THE BIBLE

November 17, 1963

Henry F. Kulp

 

 

Romans 2: 1 - 6 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

In the opening part of the book of Romans, Paul shows what happened to the Gentiles at the time of the Tower of Babel, and he shows that God gave them up, because man made a definite decision against God. 

Romans 1: 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

And here it tells us, even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, and a good rendering of that would be—THEY RESOLVED AGAINST POSSESSING THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. The Greek tells us that they examined, they proved, they scrutinized. The idea is that they did not think God worthy to be kept in their knowledge. They had come to such a high opinion of themselves, that they have a low opinion of God. That is the story of the fall of Lucifer all over again. 

 

1/ Then he lists the things that men do by their very nature. These things naturally come out of the reprobate mind that they now have. Remember, this list is divine—it is from God. It is a perfect description of man. If you read this to a Chinese, and if this Chinese man is honest, he will say, that is all about us. If you go to London, to Paris, to Berlin, to Moscow, to Washington, this is true of all the race. You think about the sex craze of our day—it is normal—God says so. This is what a reprobate mind produces—a sex-crazed society.     

 

2/ Notice the word covetousness. It could be translated greediness. When we see people who are grasping, itching for more, wishing to take more than they can use, more than is rightfully theirs this is a picture of the human heart. Then the word, maliciousness. It means a desire to injure. All you have to do is look at the sports of the day, and I love sports, but there is a desire to injure. Then among the frail people—the women and the men who don’t go in for the robust sport, there is a desire to injure—not physically, but in some other way—by a sharp tongue, by a sharp business deal. Actually, the thought here is a vicious disposition. Then notice, murder is spoken of as just one of the ordinary things. Not put above the others. And murder, you know, is a very ordinary thing. Men are being killed today without much thought. The first man born into the world was a murderer. Cain killed his brother. 

 

3/ Notice the word, whisperer. Why put that in with murder and all these other terrible sins? God does. It is named right with it. And the lexicons translate this word as SECRET SLANDER, or TO SPEAK IN ONES EAR. I wonder if you ever recognized that the Hebrew word that means the murmuring of a snake charmer is translated in the Septuagint by the verb of our word, whisperer. Let it be remembered, that God almighty has thus stamped with the name of snakebite. Then we have the word, backbiters—this goes beyond whispering. That was secret. This is open slander. There are some who are not content to whisper into the ear of the listener, but who will publicly flaunt false charges against their fellow man. Then notice, disobedient to parents—this is listed right in here, isn’t it? It is just as great a sin as some of these other things that have been mentioned here. Then notice the word, implacable, and it is a word that means you can’t do anything to satisfy a man. That is the condition today. No satisfying men. If they have a time of plenty, they want more. Then notice, unmerciful, and you know that is true—positive cruelty—that is the mark of the present age.

 

4/ But praise God; Jesus Christ is the answer to this awful heart and mind condition. No wonder we need a Saviour when we are like this. 

 

5/ Romans 1: 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

As I read through the Bible, I read many damning texts, but I come to this one, I’m convinced, and so are most Bible students that this is the most damning in the Bible. It teaches us, first of all, that men have an inner knowledge from God of the reality of sin. Secondly, man has a consciousness that God must take and judge sin, Thirdly, that men persists in the ways of sin in spite of the warning of their conscience. Fourthly, that men come to the place of the public approval of sin and even applaud it in others. The verb that is translated, have pleasure in, is rendered in many different ways by the various translators, and one of the good translations is but applaud those that do them. The final step of the sinner is that he approves of sin in others. Actually, the thought is applauding and encouraging others to sin. We have an outstanding instances of the public applause of unrighteousness. There are those, for example who speak in favor of national lotteries, who approve of state supported gambling, and there is tolerance of those who earn their money and living by wicked means. There is the idea that the liquor dealer can be a respectable citizen, and what about the actor or actress out in Hollywood, as they flaunt all the decencies of moral code? This is the whole world, this is all mankind, this is not just a segment—this is all. This is the lost race. I want to give you two Scriptures to think about in conjunction with what Paul says here. The first one I John 5: 19 And we know that we are of God and the whole world lieth in wickedness, or the wicked one. I want to notice the word whole—it is not simply the world—the there is a special emphasis there—every word God uses has a meaning and for emphasis, God has put the word, whole—the world is wicked. 

 

6/ I John 2: 2 And He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 

Notice the same emphasis—not only the world, but the whole world, precluding any ideas that Christ died for some and not for others. Precluding the idea that some can be saved and others cannot be saved. When Jesus Christ died, He died for the sins of the whole world—every Chinaman, every man in India, everyone in Africa, everyone in South America—everyone. Christ died for you because all are sinners. So there are two things to see here—all men are sinners, the whole world is in sin, and secondly, Christ died for sin.   

 

7/ Then we have another verse that I would like to leave with you. 

II Corinthians 4: 4  In whom the god of this world hath blinded the eyes of them that believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

The whole world is lost, the whole world is in sin, but the whole world does not believe on Jesus Christ, does not recognize that Jesus Christ is the answer to their sin, and it is the devil’s business to keep them ignorant of that fact. There are millions in our nation today who are not saved, but they do not know that Christ alone can save; they are trying to save themselves with their own works.

 

8/ Romans 2: 1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

Actually, in this portion of Scripture, three different types of people are mentioned. All are guilty of this list here in Romans 1, but starting with the second chapter, we have the man who hides his sin. He tries to keep it from breaking out. In the first chapter, this man just goes ahead and wickedly sins, with the thought, so what! This man in the second chapter is one who says he is good, and he is not. And what does he do? He stands out and criticizes and judges those who live in open sin. Then thirdly, we have the Jews who are a picture of the religious person. He is in religion, but he is just as bad as the man who tries to hide his sin.

 

9/ The chapter begins with the word, therefore, and I suppose it needs some explanation. As a rule, this word, refers to something that has gone on before—it acts as a hinge to draw a conclusion from a preceding promise, but in this instance, the word does not point backwards to the first chapter, but rather anticipates that which follows. It might well be translated for the following reason, thou art inexcusable, oh man, whosoever thou art that judgest. The key to the argument is the word, inexcusable. You are criticizing, but you are just as guilty as others. Do you recognize that according to Scripture, anyone who has ever criticized anything in anybody has thereby written his own condemnation? The thought is this—because you criticize, and you are able because you have a conscience. You now recognize in another, because you are aware of the existence of sin in yourself. Perhaps not in the same degree as you see it in others when you have recognized this sin in yourself, and thereby you are not excused, you are inexcusable.

 

10/ No individual has ever criticized another for lying without having shared in this sin of lying himself. The conscience that makes you aware of imperfections and sins in others finds written its guilt in self. 

 

11/ Let’s just take a few things. You say, you criticize somebody for being a murderer. Well, certainly you have never murdered. But certainly you have, and most likely you have—the word says that to hate is a murder, and you have done that. That is the seed, and the fruit is murder. And you may condemn someone for committing adultery, but just by a look you have committed adultery, Jesus Christ said so. For the very fact that one criticizes others shows that he, himself is guilty as the other person. Actually, every time you criticize and you gossip against the other person you are pointing out and pointing the finger back at yourself that you are guilty of this same sin. 

 

12/ In Verse 2 We can be sure that the judgment of God is according to truth. You commit these things, you try to hide them, you criticize them in others, but God says they will be brought out and you will be judged by them. 

 

13/ In Verse 3 Do you think you can escape the judgment of God? There is no escape. There are four chances of escape for a man who transgresses human law, but none of these escapes are available for the man who transgresses the Law of God. Let me give you the four possibilities of escape from human law. First of all, if a man commits a crime, it is possible that the offenses shall remain undiscovered. Secondly, it is possible that a criminal, even though his crime has been made known may escape beyond the bounds of jurisdiction that could punish him. Thirdly, it is possible that even though he is detected, and captured and brought to trial, there may be some breakdown in legal procedure, and he may thus go free. And the fourth and last possibility is that convicted prisoner may escape from prison, but these possibilities of escape from human law are no possibility at all in connection with the Law of God. 

 

14/  You will never be able to hide your sin from God, because He knows all about you. He knows every deed you have ever committed, He knows every thought you have ever had, and He keeps a record in Heaven of all that has been transgressed. Then it is absolutely impossible to escape from beyond the bounds of jurisdiction of God. 

Notice, Psalm 139: 1 - 9  O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

In the first part of this Psalm, if God knows all about us. Notice, Verse 4 For there is not a word on my tongue, but lo, Lord, Thou knoweth it all together, and the Psalmist says, such knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high, I cannot attain unto it. Then he talks about the second part—whither shall I go from Thy Spirit, or whither shall I flee from Thy presence? Absolutely nowhere.

 

15/ Thirdly, there has been guilty men who have been brought to trial and because of some breakdown in legal procedure, they have escaped judgment, or because of some trickery of some lawyer. 

Numbers 14: 18 The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

Notice, where God says, He will by no means clear the guilty. And finally, there are those who have been guilty, were condemned and escaped from prison, but there is no way to escape from hell. 

Just think of Hades in Luke 16 that the rich man could not escape. It wasn’t even possible for him to leave that place and go back to earth and warn his brethren—there is no escape from God’s prison, a hell of fire and brimstone.

 

16/ There is no escape—but wait. There is a way of having your case settled out of court, but you must move fast—you must come to Christ now, for now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation—there is no second chance. 

Romans 8: 1 says, There is therefore now no condemnation, no judgment to them who are in Christ Jesus. This is because Jesus Christ has borne our judgment. 

AMEN

Ref: 11/17/1963/  262-THE MOST DAMNING TEXT IN THE BIBLE / 05/04/2022

THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER THE RAPTURE

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181 - TV - THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER THE RAPTURE

September 10, 1972

Pastor Henry F. Kulp

 

THINGS THAT ARE AHEAD

1/  ANTICHRIST

2/  WAR

3/  FAMINE

4/  PETILANCES

5/  EARTHQUAKES

6/  PERSECUTION OF THE NATION ISRAEL

7/  COMING OF THE SON OF MAN (This is the second coming of Christ--not the Rapture. The Rapture will happen before the Antichrist is revealed.)

FIVE HORSEMEN

Revelation 6: 2 And I saw, and behold a white horse, and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him, and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

Here we have the antichrist riding a white horse, his weapon is a bow, but he doesn’t have any arrows; so he cannot fight, and notice he has a crown and he conquers, he gains control by peaceful means. It will be a bloodless victory, and the crown is a symbol of victory.

I Thessalonians 5: 3 For when they shall say, peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, and travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Revelation 6: 4 And there went out another horse that was red; and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another and there was given upon him a great sword.

He has a great sword for war, and red, of course, speaks of communism, Russia and China are responsible. The world will be plunged into strife.

Revelation 6: 5, 6 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, come see. And I beheld; and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair  of balances in his hand, and I heard a voice in the midst of the four beast say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny, and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

James 5: 1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

Speaks of inflation—famine. Famine always follows war. 

A pair of balances to weigh the food speaks of great scarcity.

A penny at that time was worth an entire day’s work. One measure of wheat, a working man would eat in one meal with the cheaper grain, barley, would buy three good meals. But this means no money for any other essentials of life—housing, clothing, and the rest of his family could not eat.

Revelation 6: 8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse, and his name that sat on him was death, and hell followed with him, and power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

Death is for the bodies of men, Hades for the souls of men. Kill with death—five hundred million. 

Revelation 19: 11 - 14 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns; and He had a Name written, that no man knew, but He Himself. And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood; and His Name is called THE WORD OF GOD. And the armies which were in Heaven followed Him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

Zechariah 14: 3 Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

The Lord of Glory shall have the ultimate Victory!

AMEN

Ref: 09/10/1972 / 181 TV - THINGS THAT HAPPEN AFTER THE RAPTURE / 05/04/2022

THE RAPTURE

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176 - THE RAPTURE

August 28, 1972 - TV

Pastor Henry F. Kulp

 

Matthew 16: 1 - 3 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

The people wanted to know if Jesus were the true Messiah. They had the Old Testament and should have known. The Old Testament told when He would come, where He would come, how He would live, and what He would do. So they were without excuse.

I am told by those who lived in Cripple Creek, Colorado, famous gold-mining camp, when men looked for gold, they examined the ground, and when they saw certain conditions they knew that gold must be near, but could not tell the exact spot.

Acts 1: 10, 11 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

Christ is coming back to this earth. He has been absent for 2,000 years. Some people love to set dates. When the year 1,000 AD was reached, many thought that was the time. The Millerites set 1844. They were sadly disappointed when He did not come. The Irvingites in England set the date 1847, and claimed the son of Napoleon to be the Anti-Christ. When he died the movement died. 

The Russellites, a Jehovah Witness group, set 1914.

Mark 13: 32, 33 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 

There is something we need to know, and that is, there will be a Rapture before the Second Coming, and this is not the Second Coming.

I Thessalonians 4: 16 - 18 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

THE PEACE SIGN

I Thessalonians 5: 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

This passage does not say men will bring in a just and durable peace—it will be all talk, nothing but talk.

Sudden destruction means the Tribulation. There is no hope for peace.

Matthew 24: 6, 7 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

THE LAWLESS SIGN

II Thessalonians 2: 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

This lawlessness was working in Paul’s day. It is of far greater intensity in our day—defiance of law. Only keep good laws. Lawlessness to be headed up in the coming of the Anti-Christ.

MORAL SIGN

II Timothy 3: 1, 2  This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Was morality ever any lower than today? Nations can survive a political or military, or financial collapse, but no nation in history has ever survived a moral crash.

II Thessalonians 2: 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

PERDITION

II Peter 3: 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

The next event on God's Timetable is the Rapture, the catching away of His Body the Church, those who have put their faith and trust in His finished work on the Cross of Calvary. It can come at any time...in a moment in a twinkling of an eye. Keep your mind alert and listen for His Trumpet Call. It is eminent! 

May be morning, may be noon, may be evening and may be soon...Jesus is going to APPEAR IN THE HEAVENS to take us Home and we will escape the wrath which is to come. THE TRIBULATION!

AMEN

Ref: 08/28/1972 / TV 176 - THE RAPTURE / 05/02/2022