Gospel according to John, Chapter 15: Read &/or listen from the Bible.
1/ Jesus the True Vine – Jn 15:1-14
2/ The World Hatred – Jn 15:18-27
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As Christians we await the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus Himself told us He will come back for His church. This will happen before the final judgment on earth spoken in the book of Revelation, this final judgment is also called His second coming or millennium reign (Jesus coming in a white horse) & it is a completely different event, but many people confuse them.
From the Bible we know that:
1/ The person of the antichrist is real, (Jn.17:12, 2 Thes.2:3, etc.)
2/ That there will be a change of system at a global level, (Rev.13:15-18), and . . .
3/ We also know that mystery ‘Babylon the great‘ will fall, Rev.17 & 18. But it also mentions that the ‘daughter (a descendant) of Babylon’ will fall (Is.47, Jer.-50, 51, etc.) because Babylon & daughter are used in an interspersed way, I think it’s considered the same system perpetuated but not necessarily just on a single place. The bast majority of Christians agree that Babylon is an Empire or evil world system.
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. Mat.28:19-20.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God. Romans 8:14
But when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own authority. But He will speak whatever He hears, and He will tell you things that are to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will receive from Me and will declare it to you. John 16:13-14
I just received The Berean Call’s March Newsletter. And I think this is a very important topic that many believers still don’t understand very well, specially those that meet at congregations with Reformed (Calvinist) views.