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ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: WRATH vs. TRIBULATION<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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By Regner<\/span> Capener<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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And\na supercalifragilistic<\/span> morning to you! Well, OK! Expialidocius<\/span>, too!<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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WOW!\nGuess I should have seen it coming, but didn't realize my last Coffee Break\nwould stir up such a hornet's nest. Talk about angering religious spirits! Even\nhad one preacher call me the Antichrist because of what I shared. Oh well! I\nknow that when you begin to address long-held doctrines and traditions, this\ncomes with the territory. Nevertheless, I'm bound to share that which Holy\nSpirit directs.<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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This\nCoffee Break can be regarded as part II of the Antichrist series, and yet I'm\ndealing more with the confusion that has developed in the body of Christ as a\nresult of "antichrist doctrines" -- or doctrines which essentially\ncheat the Lord Jesus Christ out of receiving His due inheritance in His people.\nBefore I get into the things I need to share, let me build a "fence"\naround this discussion. In case you haven't figured it out yet, I don't know\nall there is to know. (Grin!) The apostle Paul put it like this (see I Corinthians\n13:9,10,12):<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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"For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when\nthat which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done\naway...... For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I\nknow in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known."<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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I\ncan share to the extent of the revelation that Holy Spirit downloads in me, and\nto the extent that I walk out and experience that which He imparts. I used to\nlook back a decade or so and think, Wow, the Lord sure has taught me a\nlot!<\/i><\/b> What was learned during a period of ten years ago in time past has\naccelerated enormously as we draw closer and closer to the Day of the Lord. Now\nI look back a matter of months and say, WOW!!!<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Now,\nlet me make a few quick corrections to some statements made in the last Coffee\nBreak. I'm indebted to a good brother in the Lord and fellow-laborer in the\nGospel, Keith Gerner<\/span>, for steering me in the right\ndirection. Keith is a true apostle. He has overseen the move of God in Ireland\nfor more than 50 years, and is one who has literally been responsible for tens\nof thousands of people (and even more) coming into the Kingdom of God. That\nsaid, Keith received his degree in history from Oxford, and was able to help me\nget some facts straight concerning Margaret MacDonald and the influence of the Scofield<\/span> Reference Bible.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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First,\nMargaret MacDonald was not an adherent of pre-trib<\/span>\nrapture. Some of her writings are available online, and as she wrote in an\narticle the year before she died, she saw the rapture coming AFTER "the\ntribulation, being the fiery trial which is to try us,"<\/i> and for "the\npurging and purifying of the real members of the body of Jesus."<\/i><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Secondly,\nthe doctrine of dispensationalism<\/span>, along with the\ndoctrine of a pre-tribulation rapture was the product of a\n"revelation" by two Jesuit priests in Spain in or around 1830. As\nthey began to share these doctrines within their sphere of influence, it drew\nthe attention of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. They were subsequently\nexcommunicated, eventually leaving Spain for France where they fell in with\nlocal leaders of the newly-spreading Plymouth Brethren movement.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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These\nteachings became part and parcel of the Plymouth Brethren, and began to spread\ninto the Reform denominations -- along with that, the Presbyterian leadership\nin America. C.I Scofield<\/span> was converted in or around\n1879 and mentored by James Brookes, then pastor of Walnut Street Presbyterian\nChurch of St. Louis. Brookes had become a strong adherent of J. N. Darby\n(Darby's Translation of the N.T.) who was a pioneer in the Plymouth Brethren's\nbeginnings. Darby was a strong proponent of the dispensationalist pre-trib<\/span> teachings. As a result, Scofield<\/span>\nwas mentored under those doctrines.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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I\noriginally stated that Scofield's<\/span> Reference Bible was\npublished in the late 1890's, but in fact, Scofield<\/span>\nonly had his New Testament notes and commentary at that time. His complete\nreference Bible was published by Oxford Press in England in 1909, replete with Scofield's<\/span> notes, references and cross-references.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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OK.\nEnough of that. Let's move on.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Over\nthe past years, and especially the past few months, we have had numerous\ndiscussions with various brethren concerning the confusion surrounding the difference\nbetween tribulation and the wrath of God.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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As\nI noted in the last Coffee Break tribulation is something promised by the Lord\nfor all believers. Jesus put it like this:<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might\nhave peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation<\/u>: but be of good\ncheer; I have overcome the world."<\/span>(John 16:33)<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Before\nwe get too far along in this discussion, it's necessary for us to look at the\nGreek word used throughout the New Testament which gets translated "tribulation."\nThis is an interesting word.<\/span> <\/span>Thlipsis<\/span><\/i><\/span> <\/span>(there's\na tongue-twister for you!) literally means: pressure, afflicted\n(affliction), burdened, trouble<\/u><\/b> -- and of course, the two uses we most\ncommonly associate with: persecution, tribulation<\/u><\/b>. This word\ncomes from the root:<\/span> <\/span>thlibo<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span>, which means to\nsqueeze into narrow places, to crowd<\/u><\/b>.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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One\nof the translated uses of<\/span> <\/span>thlipsis<\/span><\/i><\/span> <\/span>in\nPaul's letters is the word, affliction(s). I'll come back to this momentarily.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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The\nword "wrath" which appears in the New Testament Greek as the word<\/span> <\/span>orge<\/span><\/i><\/span> <\/span>(and comes from its\nroot,<\/span> <\/span>oregomai<\/span><\/i><\/span>) occurs some 45\ntimes. It literally means: violent passion, justifiable ire or abhorrence<\/u><\/b>,\nand by extension, punishment; indignation, vengeance<\/u><\/b>. This is one\nof those picture words in the Greek language which creates an image of the mind\nliterally stretching forth in violent excitement in order to execute righteous\njudgment.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Now\nthat we have these definitions, let's take a look at some appropriate\napplications in the Word so that we can clearly understand why tribulation is a\nnecessity for God's people; and why, in contradistinction, those in love with\nthe Lord and committed to Him will not experience His wrath.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Pardon\nme, folks, if at first this comes across pedantically or too much like a lesson\nfrom a Bible College class. I don't want to bore you, but it is necessary to\nlay a foundation so that you can understand the real picture of tribulation and\nrejoice in the midst of it because of what the Lord is doing in us.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Consider\nJoseph. Here's a guy who had some real revelation from the Lord. He goes to\nshare it with his family and gets mocked by even his father. In fairly short\norder, his brothers kidnap him and sell him to some Ishmaelite slave traders.\nHe gets sold to Potiphar<\/span>, Captain of Pharaoh's\npersonal guard, as his personal slave.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Despite\nthe betrayal of his brothers and the unbelievable change of circumstance,\nJoseph manages to refrain from becoming accusatory or bitter. He behaves with\nintegrity before Potiphar<\/span> and in the process of time\nis given charge over all of Potiphar's<\/span> household and\nbusiness affairs. Things are looking up.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Potiphar's<\/span><\/span> wife decides that\nshe's going to have Joseph and attempts to entice and seduce him. Nope. When\nshe tries to lay hands on him and force him into a compromising situation, he\nbreaks loose leaving his outer garment in her hands. When she cries\n"Rape!" Joseph is immediately seized and thrown into prison without a\ntrial or any opportunity to defend himself. Still he refuses to become\nembittered.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Once\nagain, the Lord is with Joseph (He has been all along in the midst of this\ntribulation) and he gains the favor of the prison warden. Once again, Joseph is\ngiven complete charge -- this time over all the prisoners and over the\noperation of the prison. Something like five years pass. Pharaoh's cupbearer\nand baker get caught in events which anger him and they get thrown into prison,\nonly to be placed in Joseph's care.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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A\nfew months pass and both dream dreams. Because the Lord is with Joseph he is\nable to interpret these dreams. The cupbearer is going to be restored to his\nposition and the baker is going to lose his (and his life). Joseph pleads with\nthe cupbearer to remember him to Pharaoh when he is restored. Sure enough the\nbaker is executed and the cupbearer is restored to his position. Unfortunately,\nthe cupbearer forgets his promise to Joseph.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Two\nmore years pass. Joseph has now been in prison for seven years. He was 17 years\nof age when his brothers sold him into slavery. He is now 30 years of age. 13\nyears have passed -- years of trial, trouble, pressure, false accusations and\n-- for the last seven -- imprisonment. These are years of severe tribulation\nfor a man who has had dreams and visions from the Lord, and promises that are\nforever etched in his being.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Now\nit is Pharaoh's turn to have some dreams -- two of them. No one among Pharaoh's\nwise men and advisers have any clue as to what they mean. All of a sudden the\ncupbearer remembers Joseph and tells Pharaoh about him. The long-awaited call\ncomes and Joseph is retrieved from prison, cleaned up and dressed in\nappropriate garments to be presented to Pharaoh. As Pharaoh unfolds his two\ndreams the Lord reveals the prophetic picture to Joseph, which he in turn\nshares with Pharaoh.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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In\nless time than it took for Joseph to share with Pharaoh the prophetic\nimplications of his dreams and make recommendations to him, Pharaoh changes\nJoseph's status from former slave and prisoner to Prime Minister of Egypt. Now\nJoseph is second in command over the entire nation.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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The\ntribulation that Joseph experienced wasn't God's doing, it was man's! But God\nused those 13 years for Joseph's benefit, his training and preparation to rule.\nHe took what was meant for Joseph's harm and turned it to Joseph's benefit, the\nbenefit of Joseph's family, the preservation of Pharaoh and all of Egypt, and\nthe preservation of surrounding nations.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Consider\nDavid. Like Joseph, he was 17 years old when his life took a very unexpected\nturn. Anointed by Samuel to become King of Israel, he came to Saul's attention\nin fairly short order after the Philistines sent their champion warrior,\nGoliath, along with the armies of the Philistines against Israel. Sent by his\nfather, Jesse, to bring bread and goodies to his brothers who were on Israel's\nfront lines of battle, David sees and hears Goliath's taunts against the Lord\nand against Israel.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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The\nSpirit of God rises up in David when he hears these taunts and he lets it be\nknown that if no one else is going to take on Goliath, he will -- and the Lord\nwill be with him. Saul is glad to have someone who will challenge the giant but\nwants David to take on his armor before going to battle. Saul is a big man,\nstanding somewhere between 6'6" and 7' in height. David is nothing like\nthat, and Saul's armor is way too big. David shrugs off the offer and takes on\nGoliath announcing and decreeing the Word of the Lord as he heads toward him.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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As\na sling-fighter, David has developed deadly accuracy, and with divine guidance\ndirecting the stone from his sling, David drops the giant with a single stone\nto the center of his forehead. Leaving nothing to chance, David rushes over,\ngrabs Goliath's sword and cuts his head off. Seeing their champion dead, the\nPhilistine army turns to flee the scene of battle. Israel's army under Saul's\nleadership takes off after them. That day, tens of thousands of Philistines\ndie.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Saul\ndecides this is too good a warrior to waste anywhere but at his side, and he\ntakes David into his court. Jonathan, Saul's son, has a heart for the Lord and\na bond of love and fellowship develop between the two of them. In the\ncelebrations and victory dances that followed the slaughter of the Philistines,\nthe women of Israel -- throughout all the cities of Israel -- began to sing and\nchant, "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten-thousands!"<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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In\nthat moment, hatred of David is born in Saul's spirit, along with fear and\njealousy, and he determines to find a way to kill David. During the next\nthirteen years, David will find himself at the wrong end of Saul's spear,\nconspired against, falsely accused, on the run constantly for his life, and\noccasionally taking refuge among the enemies of Israel, the Philistines.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Interestingly\nenough, it was during these years of tribulation, trial, persecution and being\non the run for his life continuously that men and women began to join\nthemselves to David to stand with him. Initially we are told (I Samuel 22:2)\nthat some four hundred men (not counting women and children) joined themselves\nwith David's company. Later, we see that group growing to more than 600.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Despite\nall that happened to him, David learned to conduct himself circumspectly with\nhonor and integrity, displaying the grace, the love and the mercy of the Lord\nGod in the sight of the entire country. When at last Saul died at the end of a\nspear the men of the tribe of Judah crowned David as their king. Another seven\nyears would pass before the rest of Israel would determine that David should be\nking over the whole nation.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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It\nisn't necessary for me to recount all that David did, or the life he led. We\nall know that according to recorded history, David was considered by the Lord\nto "be a man after God's own heart." David became the king by which\nevery other king in the nation's history was judged and measured.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Why?\nIt wasn't just the way he ruled. It was the way he functioned even in the midst\nof great persecution, trial and tribulation. He became not only the standard\nfor kings, he was a classic example of grace, love and mercy in the face of\ntribulation and persecution.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Let's\nskip ahead to the apostle Paul. Tribulation? Hmmmmm<\/span>.....\nThe way I see it this man's life epitomized tribulation. How much more do you\nwant to see in the way of opposition, attempts on one's life, false\naccusations, imprisonment, hunger, thirst, shipwreck, etc., etc., etc.?<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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How\ndid Paul put it?<\/span> <\/span>"Are they ministers\nof Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am<\/i> more; in labours<\/span>\nmore abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths\noft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes<\/i> save one. Thrice\nwas I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night\nand a day I have been in the deep; In<\/i> journeyings<\/span>\noften, in<\/i> perils of waters, in<\/i> perils of robbers, in<\/i>\nperils by mine own<\/i> countrymen, in<\/i> perils by the heathen, in<\/i>\nperils in the city, in<\/i> perils in the wilderness, in<\/i> perils in the\nsea, in<\/i> perils among false brethren; In weariness and painfulness, in watchings<\/span> often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings<\/span> often, in cold and nakedness."<\/span> <\/span>(II\nCorinthians 11:23-27)<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Last\ntime I checked, that counts as tribulation. How about you? Care to try all\nthat, and then suggest that Paul didn't experience great tribulation?<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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So\nwhat was the fruit of all that tribulation? For Joseph, it was the ability to\nshow mercy to his brethren -- the same ones who started him on his 13-year\njourney through Hell -- and rejoice because of what the Lord did with him as a\nresult of it all.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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For\nDavid, it was a picture of love, grace and mercy demonstrated to the grandson\nof the enemy who tried to hunt him to his death. It was a picture of mercy and\ngrace toward a son who betrayed him and tried to take the throne away from him.\nFor David, it resulted in the development of such character that God promised a\nnew covenant with His people predicated in "the sure mercies of\nDavid." (see Isaiah 55:3, Acts 13:34)<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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For\nPaul, it produced in him the ability to communicate to every succeeding\ngeneration the love of the Lord Jesus Christ!<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Now,\nlet's talk about the wrath of God.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Remember\nwhen Korah<\/span> rose up against Moses along with Dathan<\/span> and Abiram<\/span> and 250 elders\nof Israel? Remember their rebellion against God's choice of Moses to lead\nIsrael and their jealousy of him? Remember their accusation against Moses and\nagainst the Lord, saying that Moses had simply led Israel out of Egypt to kill\nthem? (Read Numbers 16)<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Despite\nthe fact that God had delivered Israel out of the hands of Pharaoh and his\ngreat oppression, performing spectacular sign after sign with the ten plagues,\nthe crossing of the Red Sea, the water out of the rock, the manna from Heaven,\nand everything else that God did, Korah<\/span> and his\nconspirators were accusing God of having ulterior motives. Because they took\ntheir anger and jealousy out on God's anointed and chosen leader, Israel got to\nsee the wrath of God in action in a way they'd never forget, and at the same\ntime see God's vindication of His choice in Moses!<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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"And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath\nsent me to do all these works; for I have<\/i> not done them<\/i> of mine\nown mind. If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited\nafter the visitation of all men; then<\/i> the LORD hath not sent me. But if\nthe LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up,\nwith all that appertain<\/i> unto them, and they go down quick into the pit;\nthen ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD."<\/span> <\/span>(Numbers\n16:28-30)<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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And\nthat's precisely what happened! The earth opened up and swallowed Korah<\/span>, his household, his family, his tents and all that\nbelonged to him, and then slammed shut. Then fire came out from the Lord and\nconsumed the 250 elders that had joined in the rebellion. But it didn't stop\nthere! 14,700 people who had stood by in tacit agreement with the rebellion\nwere consumed by a plague. That, my friends, is a classic example of the wrath\nof God.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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There's\na whole lot more to this picture and we'll pick it up there in our next Coffee\nBreak titled, PICTURES OF TRIBULATION & WRATH.<\/i><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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"The deep things of God are known only to Him, but are\nrevealed to us through His Spirit. That is the promise of 1 Corinthians 2.\nTherefore, it is our expectation to witness an unprecedented outpouring of His\nSpirit and unfolding Last Day mysteries that will perfect the bride and empower\nthe Sons of the Kingdom.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Mere human knowledge is not sufficient to bring in the great\nharvest. We must be endowed with God\u2019s supernatural provision that is clearly\npromised for this hour. To do so, every saint of God must come to the\nrealization that Christ is "all in all."<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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He is Light; He is the Way, Truth, Life; He is the Resurrection;\nHe is Wisdom; He is Righteousness; He is Goodness; He is Understanding; He is\nAlpha and Omega; He is the Beginning and the End; He is All in All.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n


\n<\/span>To merely acknowledge these as doctrinal truth is not\nsufficient. They must become experiential reality through personal encounters\nwith the Living Christ. The Lord is standing at the door knocking with a\npersonal invitation for profound fellowship and the unveiling of Latter Rain\nrevelation. For those who will forsake all else to dine with Him, this will be\nan age of greater glory and personal transformation into His very image<\/span>.<\/span>(Prophetic\nWord from Paul Keith Davis)<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Blessings on you!<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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CAPENER\nMINISTRIES<\/span><\/b> <\/span>is a tax-exempt church ministry. Should\nyou desire to participate and covenant with us as partners in this ministry,\nplease contact us at either of the above email or physical addresses, or\nvisit: <\/span>http:\/\/www.RiverWorshipCenter.org<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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