CHRIST’S KINGDOM

 

Isaiah 25:1	Vol.1.2  May 2009
THE REIGN OF THE LORD IN ZION – The News of Life. Obadiah 21
Prepare the Table, Watch in the Watchtower, Eat, Drink ... Isaiah 21:5

 

 

This is the third issue of Volume 1 of the monthly Christian publication and hereby states the object of its publication:

That we are living in the last days – the end of the Gospel age, in the growing winter season; as well as the dawning of the long prayed for Kingdom of Christ in power; are facts not only discernible by the close Student of the Word, led by the Spirit; but the outward signs recognizable by the world, bear the same testimony. And we are desirous that the “household of Faith” be fully awake. Not only to help awaken but to assist them to “put on the whole Armor of God that they may be able to stand in this evil day.” And beside all this, that giving all diligence, they add to their Faith, Virtue, and to Virtue, Knowledge, Self-control, Patience, Godliness, brotherly Kindness, and Love; who trust in the merit of Christ’s Sacrifice for the world. Luke 21:36, Math. 6:10, Eph. 6:13, 2 Peter 1:4-11

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 THE EPOCHS AND DISPENSATIONS (Ages)

“AND I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And John saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” — Rev. 21:1-6.

The 3 Worlds — 2 Peter 3:5-13

As some ignorantly misjudge the skill and wisdom of a great architect and builder by his unfinished work, so also many in their ignorance now misjudge God by his unfinished work; but by and by, when the rough scaffolding of evil, which has been permitted for man’s discipline, and which shall finally be overruled for his good, has been removed, and the rubbish cleared away (Rom. 8:20-22), God’s finished work will universally declare his infinite wisdom and power; and his plans will be seen to be in harmony with his glorious character.

Since God tells us that he has a definitely fixed purpose, and that all his purposes shall be accomplished, it behooves us, as his children, to inquire diligently what those plans are, that we may be found in harmony with them. Notice how emphatically God affirms the fixedness of his purpose: “The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it be.” “The Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it?” “I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me...My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: ...Yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.” (Isaiah 14:24-27; 46:9-11) Therefore, however haphazard or mysterious God’s dealings with men may appear, those who believe this testimony of his Word must acknowledge that his original and unalterable plan has been, and still is, progressing systematically to completion. While the mass of mankind, groping in the darkness of ignorance, must await the actual developments of God’s plan, before they can realize the glorious character of the Divine Architect, it is the privilege of the child of God to see by faith and the light of his lamp the foretold glories of the future, and thereby to appreciate the otherwise mysterious dealings of the past and the present. Therefore, as interested sons of God, and heirs of a promised inheritance, we apply to our Father’s Word, that we may understand his purposes from the plans and specifications therein given. There we learn that the plan of God, with reference to man, spans three great periods of time, beginning with man’s creation and reaching into the illimitable future.

Peter and Paul designate these periods “three worlds,” (2 Peter 3:5-13) which we represent in the following diagram.

These three great epochs represent three distinct manifestations of divine providence. The first, from creation to the flood, was under the ministration of angels, and is called by Peter “THE WORLD THAT WAS.” 2 Pet. 3:6

The second great epoch, from the flood to the establishment of the Kingdom of God, is under the limited control of Satan, “the prince of this world,” and is therefore called “THIS PRESENT EVIL WORLD.” Gal. 1:4; 2 Peter 3:7. “But the heavens and earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of Judgment and perdition of ungodly men.”

The third is to be a “world without end” (Isa. 45:17, Eph. 3:21) under divine administration, the Kingdom of God, and is called “THE WORLD TO COME—wherein dwelleth righteousness.” Heb. 2:5; 2 Pet. 3:13. “Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”

The first of these periods, or “worlds,” under the ministration of angels, was a failure; the second, under the rule of Satan, the usurper, has been indeed an “evil world”; but the third (Christ’s Kingdom) will be an era of righteousness and blessing to all the families of the earth. The last two of these “worlds” are most particularly mentioned, and the statements relative to them are in strong contrast. The present, or second period, is called “the present evil world,” not because there is nothing good in it, but because in it evil is permitted to predominate. “Now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.” (Mal. 3:15) The third world or epoch is mentioned as “THE WORLD TO COME—wherein dwelleth righteousness,” not because there will be no evil in it, but because evil will not predominate. The blotting out of evil will be gradual, requiring all of the first thousand years. Evil will not rule then; it will not prosper; it will no longer be the wicked that will flourish; but “the righteous shall flourish” (Psa. 72:7), the “obedient shall eat the good of the land” (Isa. 1:19), and “the evil doer shall be cut off.” Psa. 37:9

Thus seen, the next dispensation is to be so dissimilar as to be the very reverse of the present one in almost every particular. Our Lord’s words show why there is to be a difference between the present and the future dispensations. It is because he will be the prince or ruler of the world to come, that in it righteousness and truth will prosper; while, because Satan is the prince (ruler) of the present evil world, evil prospers and the wicked flourish. It is because, as Jesus said, the prince of this world “hath nothing in me”—and consequently no interest in his followers except to oppose, tempt, annoy and buffet them (John 14:30; 2 Cor. 12:7)—that in this present evil world or epoch, whosoever will live godly shall suffer persecution, while the wicked flourish like a green bay tree. 2 Tim. 3:12; Psa. 37:35. Jesus said, “My Kingdom is not of this world” (John 18:36) and until the era or “world to come” does come, Christ’s Kingdom will not control the earth. And for this we are taught to hope and pray, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth.” Satan is the “ruler of the darkness of this world,” and therefore “darkness covers the earth and gross darkness the people.” He now rules and works in the hearts of the children of disobedience. Eph. 2:2; 6:12. There must be some very important part of the great Architect’s plan for man’s salvation not yet fully developed—else the new prince and the new dispensation would have been long ago introduced. Why it was postponed for an appointed time, and also the manner of the change from the present dominion of evil under Satan to that of righteousness under Christ, are points of interest which will be more fully shown hereafter. Suffice it now to say, that the kingdoms of this world, now subject to Satan, are at the proper time to become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ. (Rev. 11:15) The context shows that the transfer will be accomplished by a general time of trouble. In reference to it Jesus said, “No man can enter into a strong man’s house and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man, and then he will spoil his house.” (Mark 3:22-27) Thus we are taught that Satan must first be bound, restrained and deposed, before Christ’s reign of righteousness and peace can be established. This binding of Satan is accordingly shown to be the first work of the new dispensation. Rev. 20:2

It should be remembered that this earth is the basis of all these “worlds” and dispensations, and that though ages pass and dispensations change, still the earth continues—“The earth abideth forever.” (Eccl. 1:4, Psalm 104:5) Carrying out the same figure, Peter calls each of these periods a separate heavens and earth. Here the word heavens symbolize the higher or spiritual controlling powers, and earth symbolizes human governments and social arrangements. Thus the first heavens and earth, or the order and arrangement of things then existing, having served their purpose, ended at the flood. But the physical heavens (sky and atmosphere), and the physical earth, did not pass away; they remained. So likewise the present world (heavens and earth) will pass away with a great noise, fire and melting—confusion, trouble and dissolution. The strong man (Satan), being bound, will struggle to retain his power. The present order or arrangement of government and society, not that of the physical sky and earth, will pass away. The present heavens (powers of spiritual control) must give place to the “new heavens”—Christ’s spiritual control. The present earth (human society as now organized under Satan’s control) must (symbolically) melt and be dissolved, in the beginning of the “Day of the Lord,” which “shall burn as an oven.” (Mal. 4:1) It will be succeeded by “a new earth,” i.e., society reorganized in harmony with earth’s new Prince—Christ. Righteousness, peace and love will rule among men when present arrangements have given place to the new and better Kingdom, the basis of which will be the strictest justice.

Paul was given a glimpse of the next dispensation, or, as he calls it, “the world to come.” He says he was “caught away” (physically or mentally, or both, he could not tell, things were so real to his view) down the stream of time to the new condition of things, the “new heaven,” hence the “third heaven.” He thus saw things as they will be under the spiritual control of Christ, things which he might not disclose. (2 Cor. 12:2-4) Doubtless these were the same things which John afterward saw and was permitted to express to the Church in symbols, which may only be understood as they become due. John, in the revelation given to him by our Lord on the Isle of Patmos, was in vision carried down through this Christian Age and its changing scenes of church and state, to the end of the present evil world, or epoch, and there in prophetic visions he saw Satan bound, Christ reigning, and the new heaven and the new earth established; for the former heaven and earth were passed away. Rev. 21:1

Ages or Dispensations

We now notice the ages into which these great epochs are subdivided, as illustrated in the diagram below.

“A Plan of the Ages, which he formed for the ANOINTED Jesus our Lord” — Eph. 3:11, Emp. Diag.

“Write down the Vision and make it plain upon tables that every one may read it fluently.” — Hab. 2:2-3 L.T.

The 3 Worlds — 2 Peter 3:5-13

The first of these great epochs (“worlds”) was not subdivided: God’s method of dealing with men did not vary during all that time—from Adam’s fall to the flood. God had given man his law, written in his very nature; but after he had sinned he left him measurably to his own course, which was downward, “evil, and that continually,” that thus man might realize his folly, and that the wisdom of God in commanding absolute obedience might be made manifest. That dispensation ended with a flood, which took away all but faithful Noah and his family. Thus the first dispensation not only manifested the disastrous effects of sin, but showed that the tendency of sin is downward to greater degradation and misery, and proves the necessity of Jehovah’s interposition, if the recovery of “that which was lost”—man’s first estate—is ever to be accomplished.

The second epoch, or “world that now is,” includes three ages, each a step in the plan of God for the overthrow of evil. Each step is higher than that preceding it, and carries the plan forward and nearer to completion.

The third great epoch—“the world to come”—future from the second advent of Christ, comprises the Millennial Age, or “times of restitution” and following it are other “ages to come,” the particulars of which are not revealed. Present revelations treat of man’s recovery from sin, and not of the eternity of glory to follow.

The first age in the “world that now is” we call the PATRIARCHAL AGE, or dispensation, because during that period God’s dealings and favors were with a few individuals only, the remainder of mankind being almost ignored. Such favored ones were the patriarchs Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (2 Pet. 2:5, Gen.12:1-3). Each of these in turn seems to have been God’s favored one. At the death of Jacob, that age or order of dealing ended. At Jacob’s death, his descendants were first called “the twelve tribes of Israel,” and were together recognized of God as his “peculiar people” and through typical sacrifices they were typically “a holy nation,” separated from other nations for a particular purpose, and therefore to enjoy certain special favors (Amos 3:2). The time allotted to this feature of the divine plan, beginning here and ending at the death of Christ, we designate the JEWISH AGE, or the Law dispensation. During that age God specially blessed that nation. He gave them his law; he made a special covenant with them; he gave them the Tabernacle, whose Shekinah glory in the Most Holy represented God’s presence with them as their Leader and King. To them he sent the prophets, and finally his Son. Jesus performed his miracles and taught in their midst, and would neither go to others himself, nor permit his disciples to go to the surrounding nations. He sent them out, saying, “Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter you not; but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” (Matt. 10:5,6) And again he said, “I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” (Matt. 15:24) That this national favor ended with their rejection and crucifixion of Jesus is shown by Jesus’ words, when, five days before his crucifixion he declared, “Your house is left unto you desolate.” Matt. 23:38

There, at Jesus’ death, a new age began—the CHRISTIAN AGE or GOSPEL DISPENSATION, wherein should be heralded good tidings of justification, not to the Jew only, but to all nations (Eph. 3:5-6); for Jesus Christ, by the grace of God, tasted death for every man. During this Gospel age also there is a class called to special favor, to whom special promises are made; namely, those who by faith accept Christ Jesus as their Redeemer and Lord, following in his footsteps. The gospel proclamation has gone hither and thither through the earth for nearly nineteen hundred years, so that it can now be said that it has been preached more or less in every nation. It has not converted nations—it was not designed to do so in this age; but it has selected here and there some, in all a “little flock,” as Jesus had foretold (Luke 12:32), to whom it is the Father’s good pleasure to give the Kingdom in an age to follow this. With this age the “present evil world” ends; and mark well that while God has been thus permitting the predominance and reign of evil, to the seeming detriment of his cause, nevertheless his deep designs have been steadily progressing according to a fixed and definite plan, and in the exact order of the seasons which he has appointed. In the end of this age, and the dawn of its successor, the Millennial Age, Satan is to be bound and his power overthrown, preparatory to the establishment of Christ’s Kingdom and the beginning of “the world to come, wherein dwelleth righteousness.” Millennium, signifying a thousand years, is by common consent used as the name for the period mentioned in Rev. 20:4—the thousand years of Christ’s reign, the first age in the “world to come.” During the Millennial Age, there will be a restitution of all things lost by the fall of Adam (Acts 3:19-21), and before its close all tears shall have been wiped away. Beyond its boundary, in the ages of blessedness to follow, there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying; neither shall there be any more pain. The former things will have passed away. (Rev. 21:4) God’s revelations particularize no further, and there we stop.

We have here only glanced at the mere outline of this plan of the ages. The more we examine it, the more we will find in it perfect harmony, beauty and order. Each age has its part to accomplish, necessary to the complete development of God’s plan as a whole. The plan is a progressive one, gradually unfolding from age to age, upward and onward to the grand consummation of the original design of the Divine Architect, “who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will.” (Eph. 1:11) Not one of these great periods is an hour too long or too short for the accomplishment of its object. God is a wise economist of both time and means, though his resources are infinite; and no power, however malicious, for a moment retards or thwarts his purposes. All things, evil as well as good, under divine supervision and overruling, are working together for the accomplishment of his will. To an uninstructed and undisciplined mind, which can see only a little of the intricate machinery of God’s plan, it appears like anarchy, confusion and failure, just as the whole, or even a part, of an intricate machine would appear to a child. To its immature and untutored mind it is incomprehensible, and the opposite motions of its wheels and belts are but confusion. But maturity and investigation will show that the seeming confusion is beautiful harmony, working good results. The machine, however, was as truly a success before the child understood its operation as after. So, while God’s plan is, and has been for ages, in successful operation, man has been receiving the necessary discipline, not only to enable him to understand its intricate workings, but also to experience its blessed results.

As we pursue our study of the divine plan, it is essential that we keep in memory these ages and their respective peculiarities and objects; for in no one of them can the plan be seen, but in all of them, even as a link is not a chain, but several links united form a chain. We obtain correct ideas of the whole plan by noting the distinctive features of each part, and thus we are enabled to divide rightly the Word of truth. A statement of the Word (scripture) which belongs to one epoch, or dispensation, should not be applied to another, as things stated of one age are not always true of another. For instance, it would be an untruth to say of the present time that the knowledge of the Lord fills the whole earth, or that there is no need to say to your neighbor, know the Lord. (Isa. 11:9; Jer. 31:34) This is not true in this age, and it cannot be true until the Lord, having come again, has established his Kingdom; for throughout this age there have been many seducing deceptions, and we are told that even in the very end of the age—“In the last days...evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.” (2 Tim. 3:1,13) It will be as the result of Messiah’s reign during the Millennial Age that knowledge and righteousness shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.

A similar mistake, and a very common one, is to suppose that God’s Kingdom is now established and ruling over the earth, and that his will is now done among the nations. This is manifestly far from the truth, for the kingdoms of this world are supported and enriched through oppression, injustice and deceit, to as great an extent as the increasing intelligence of the people will permit. Satan, the present “prince of this world,” must yet be displaced, and these kingdoms, now under his control, must become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Anointed, when he shall take unto himself his great power, and reign. By the light now due to the household of faith, we discern that system and order which mark the stately steppings of our God through the ages past.

ENSI ESSATU MU NTEEKATEEKA YA KATONDA

“Tulaba Eggulu eriggya n’Ensi empya” nga biteekateekebwa — Isaaya 65:17

2 Petero 3:5-13

Abamu tebeetegereza kulaba omulimu gwa Katonda omulungi gw’akola. Naye, nga amaanyi g’ekibi gamaze okukola omulimu gagwo—okuyigiriza omuntu ne bamalayika, empeera y,obujeemu; Kale omulimu gwa Katonda gwonna nga guwedde, ebitonde bye bya kusinza Mukama olw’amagezi ge n’amaanyi agenkanidde awo, nti Katonda mulungi wamu n’okuteesa kwe kwonna (Abarumi 8:19-22).

Bwe tutunuulira obwengula n’ebitonde ebyogera, bwetutyo ffe abaana ba Katonda abawombeefu, kitukakatako okunoonya enteekateeka ze, tusobole bulungi okola by’ayagala. Katonda atukakasa ku nteekateeka ze; Isaaya 14:24-27— “Mukama ow’eggye alayidde, ng’ayogera nti mazima nga bwe nalowooza, bwe kirituukirira bwe kityo; era nga bwe nateesa, bwe kirinyweera bwe kityo; …., kubanga Mukama ow’eggye ye yateesa, era ani alikijjulula? N’omukono gwe gugolwoddwa, era ani aliguzzayo?” Isaaya 46:9-11—“Kubanga nze Katonda so tewali mulala; Nze Katonda so tewali anfaanana; alanga enkomerero okuva ku lubereberye, n’ebigambo ebitanakolebwa okuva ku biro ebyedda; ayogera nti okuteesa  kwange kulinyweera era ndikola byenjagala byonna.” Bino byonna eri abo abesiga Mukama, kitegeerekeka nti  ebintu byonna ebiriwo bitambula okutuukiriza enteekateeka ya Katonda. Wewawo, abantu bakyatambulira mu kizikiza era tebategeera obulungi bwa Katonda; Naye abo abaana be, balina okunonya ebyo Katonda bye yateekerateekera ensi n’abantu mu maaso, ebirungi ebingi ennyo era bwe tutyo bwe tutegeera ebigenda mu maaso n’ensi gyeva. Bwe tutyo ekigambo kya Katonda kiraga enteekateeka ze, nti Mukama yateekateeka ENSI ssatu (3), era Abatume Paulo ne Petero bakakasa kino nga bwe tulaba wano wammanga:

Ensi essatu (3) bwe zogerwako mu  2 Petero 3:5-13

Ensi esooka ye yava ku kutondebwa kw’abantu okutuusa ku mataba ga Nuuwa, era yafugibwa ba Malayika (Oluberyeberye 6:1-6). Eno ensi Petero gyayogerako nga ENSI EYEDDA mu 2 Petero 3:6.

Ensi ey’okubiri yeva ku mataba ga Nuuwa okutuusa ku Bwakabaka bwa Katonda, era ekulemberwa Satani nga omulangira wo mu bwengula. Eyogerwako nga ENSI EYOMULEMBE OMUBI Abagalatiya 1:4, 2 Pet. 3:7.

Ensi ey’okusatu eyogerwako nga etaliiko kkomo (Telikoma—Isaaya 45:17) era bwe BWAKABAKA BWA KATONDA, nga efugibwa Kristo era mwe munaabeera obutuukirivu bwa Katonda (Abebulaniya 2:5, 2 Petero 3:13.

Tulaba nti wa kubaawo enjawulo nnene mu nsi empya (OBWAKABAKA BWA KRISTO) nti ekibi n’omusango bya kumalirizibwa mu myaka lukumi era abakyuuse—Ebikolwa by’Abatume 3:19-22 (abatukuvu) ba kusanyuka (Zabuli 72:7, 37:9, Isaaya 1:19). Yesu yagamba nti Obwakabaka bwe si bwa munsi muno (Yokaana 18:36) —Omulembe guno gumala kuggwaawo, olwo Obwakabaka bwe ne bujja nga bwe tubusaba (Matayo 6:10—nti Obwakabaka bwo buggye ku nsi) era kino Katonda ya kikakasa nti Yesu Kristo wa kufuga ku nsi wano (Okubikulirwa 5:9-10, 20:6). Naye Satani ne bamalayika be bamala kusibibwa, olwo Obwakabaka bwa Kristo ne bufuga mu butuukirivu. Tulaba nti ensi ey’omulembe guno omubi efugibwa Satani (Abefeso 2:2, 6:12) era obufuzi bwe bwa kujjibwako n’amaanyi mangi nga Mukama waffe Yesu bweyategeeza (Mako 3:22-27) era ke kaseera ak’okukyuusa obufuzi—okuva mu bwakabaka bwa Satani okudda mu bwakabaka bwa Kristo, wa kubeera wo olutalo/ akaseera akabi akatabeerangawo kasokedde ensi etondebwa okutuusa mu kiseera ekyo, so nga oluvanyuma tekalibeerawo nate (Matayo 24:21-22). Olwo mu maanyi, nga Mikaeli avulungula/azingako Satani n’obwakabaka bwe, ne tulyoka tuyingira mu bwakabaka bwa Kristo (Danyeri 12:1-2, Okubikkulirwa 20:2).

Abantu ba Katonda mwe tegereze, nti wano ku Nsi we wokubeera byonna—Ensi essatu n’okukyuuka kwazo (obwakabaka bwa Satani no bwa Kristo) kuba Olukalu(ensi empumbe) lubereera ennaku zonna (Omubulizi 1:4, Zabbuli 104:5). Kale emirembe oba obwakabaka bw’abantu bwe bukyuuka!!!! Mukama Katonda kyava atukakasa nti mu bwakabaka bwa Kristo, alikyuusa ensi eno okuba nga olusuku adeni (Ezeekyeri 36:35).

Omutume Paulo, yalaba (mu kwolesebwa) ebintu nga bwe biri mu bwakabaka bwa Kristo, ne yewuunya eya mutonda—tebirojjeka kuba Katonda kennyini yawa Kristo (2 Abakolinso 12:2-4); Wewawo, byeyalaba bye bintu byebimu Omutume Yokaana bye yalaba mukubikkulirwa—nebikisibwa mu bubonero, bitegeezebwe Ekanisa ya Kristo yokka. Wewuunye, Musa eMisiri, yayolesebwako katono ku bugagga bwa Kristo— naateegomba bugagga bwonna mu Misiri (Oyinza okugamba kati, nga eby’obugagga byonna ebiri eBulaaya ngo agasseeko Buwalabu) kuba yalaba nga tebuliimu (Abaebbulaniya 11:26-27).

EBITUNDU EBIRI MU NSI ZINO ESSATU:

Ensi ey’omulembe guno omubi ogukulirwa Satani, eyawulwamu obuntundu busatu: Akatundu akasoka; Katonda yali ng’akologana n’abantu kinoomu—era yasookera ku Mulanzi Nuuwa, bwatyo Abram, Isaaka, Yakobo— (2 Petero 2:5, Olub.12:1-3). Enkolagana eno ne ggwaawo Yakobo bwe yafa; Olwo, Katonda n’atandika n’okolagana n’enju ya Yakobo (Israeri)—ebika ekkumi n’ebibiri ebya Israeli. Bebaana abaagenda e Misiri era nga Katonda ayita mu mudduwe Musa n’abagyayo e Misiri, n’abawa amateeka wamu n’Abalamuzi, na balondera Bakabaka; Wewawo n’akolagana negwanga lyonna nga egwanga eddonde mu nsi yonna (Amosi 3:2). Amateeka Katonda geyabawa yabawerako n’omukisa; bwelityo Israeli neeba gwanga lyamuwendo mungi kubanga Katonda yennyini yali nalyo. Yabawa ebisuubizo bingi nyo, bwekityo ne bawebwa omukisa okuba abalonde ba Kristo (nga Yesu bwe yategeza mu Matayo 10:5-6, 15:24). Naye Israeri nga egwanga balemwa omukisa ogwo (bagaana Yesu) okujjako abatono abolubatu, era Yesu naye nagubasalira (Matayo 23:38) nti enyumba ya Yakobo erekeddwa matongo. Bwelityo egwanga lya Bayudaya nerisaanawo, awo Yesu nagulawo oluggi eri abamawanga; Bwekityo Katonda n’atandika esuula empya nga enjiri ey’obwakabaka bwa Katonda ebuulirwa wonna (Abefeso 3:5-6) era abakkiriza Kristo baweebwe omukisa okubeera abaana ba Katonda era ezzadde lya Ibrayimu (Matayo 24:14, Ebikolwa by’Abatume 10:1-3). Omulembe guno ogw’enjiri ekigendeerwamu kya Katonda, kwe kwelondera mu, abantu abolubatu okufuga ne Yesu Kristo mu Bwakabaka bwe (gwe mulembe oba ensi empya)—Ebikolwa by’Abatume 15:14-15, Okubikkulirwa 20:4, 6.

Ensi empya ya kubeerera emirembe gyonna, naye esooka okufugibwa Kristo okumala emyaka lukumi (Okubikkulirwa 20:6, 5:9-10, 2 Petero 3:13) — OBWAKABAKA BWA KRISTO. Era kye kiseera okyokwezza obuggya n’okuzza ebintu byonna buggya—okujjawo ekibi, okusala omusango, okumalawo entalo n’endwadde n’obulyake n’obutemu n’AMADIINI gonna, wewawo, abantu okuzuukira n’okumanya Katonda ne Kristo we (Ebikolwa by’Abatume 3:19-23, Okubikulirwa 21, Zabuli 98:8-9).

Tulaba nga enteekateeka ze ensi zino essatu zi kolagana okusobola okutusa entekateeka za Katonda era nga ekigendererwa kya Katonda kyakutuukirira mubujjuvu. Buli kitundu kya buli nsi kirina ekigendererwa kya Katonda kye kikola era bwekityo, ne byawandiikibwa ebimu bikola mu kintundu kye nsi era ne kituukirira so nga tekisobola ku kola mu kitundu kirala oba mu nsi endala. Kale abagalwa tulina okuba abegendereza nga tusoma baibuli nga Omutume Paulo bwategeeza mu 2 Timusewo 2:15.

“Tuwandiikire okusobola okufuna akatabo kano era osobola okukatuusa ku bonna boyagala mu Kristo”

 

 

THE DIVINE PLAN OF AGES

“A Plan of Ages, which he formed for the ANOINTED Jesus our Lord”
— Eph. 3:11, Emp. Diag.

“Write down the Vision and make it plain upon tables that every one may read it fluently.”
— Hab. 2:2-3 L.T.

The 3 Worlds — 2 Peter 3:5-13

 

YOUR OPPORTUNITY:

Free BIBLE STUDY Course By Correspondence & Open to All Christians from all Churches   OMUSOMO GWA BAIBULI nga gwabwerere! You can write to us or Call us:   Uganda Bible Students, P.O. Box 28734 Kampala, Tel:  (+256) 753 116202 Or 0776 116202 Email: Eliezer_biblestudy@yahoo.com   FIND THE TRUTH ! … John 17:17 Math.25:6: “Behold the Bridegroom …”

SOME BIBLE TOPICS TO BE COVERED: (EGIMU KU MITWE EGIYIGIBWA) v  Why does God permit Evil/ Satan to do injury? (Lwaki Katonda owekisa aleka Satan okukola obubi?) v  The Most Holy Faith — the Faith which was delivered to all Saints. (Okukkiriza okutukuvu enyo - Okwaweebwa abatukuvu ba Katonda.) v  The study of Bible Covenants. (Okuyiga Endagaano Za Katonda mu baibuli) v  Church History— The Seven Churches and Seven Angels; Rev. 2 (Ekanisa Omusanvu ne Bamalayika baazo Musanvu — Okubikkulirwa 2) v  The Armageddon & The End of the World. (Olutalo ddekabusa  era olwenkomerero y’ensi) v  Tongues, Miracles, Visions and Prophesying. (Ebyamagero, Okulabikirwa, Okwogera mu nnimi era n’Obwanabbi) v  The TRUE Christian Baptism! (Okubatizibwa okuli mu byawandikibwa, okw’amazima.)           And many others (Nebirala)!!!!

 

DESIRING GOD’S GREAT BLESSING!

Desiring to obtain God’s blessing but indifferent in doing His will results in failure. Serving and improving the life conditions of your fellow men towards God, is one source of God’s blessing. Therefore, desiring to spread God’s Message of life but thinking you are too busy with work of whatever sort, poor to give financial support as you may not have enough for food, or you are not talented to speak, or feeling bodily imperfection that a person may ask you what you can not explain; yes in whatever form of constraint: We advise you to consider the many and varied opportunities the LORD of heaven has placed before you to serve your fellow men and women; Example, obtain copies of this monthly Newsletter — look at People interested in God’s word around you; at work place, home, neighbors, at your church, sending a copy to mother, father, friends & relatives in different places of the Country. Those who could promote this work in other right way, the opportunity stands. Yes, how refreshing and motivating you may contribute to changing Peoples lives, and yourself be God’s righteous Servant in the belief of Christ and the TRUTH.

 GROWING IN FAITH

Growth in faith is a desired state of Christian for desired fruitage of Christ likeness; But this must be in line with the will of God as expressed in 1 Thess. 5:21 KJV — “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” In line with this exhortation we advise all who are earnest students of Scriptures and our Newsletter, to prove all our studies with the only standard given by God (Isaiah 34:16) and please communicate to us!  It is also, our privilege to share the message of God’s love with others; hence we advise those who received the first publications to share them with God’s People.

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