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10/22/2026

Now and Then:
I figured out that I was right yet wrong. I claimed Paul and Timothy were the two witnesses which upon Pauls third visit I am correct , and James Peter and John are three witnesses. Where I was wrong is they are not the two witnesses of Revelation 11.
Might say I got the cart before the horse. I was taking 2nd Corinthians 13;1 as the two witnesses of revelation but now I understand my mistake. Paul and Timothy are still two witnesses, however they testify unto the church, where the two witnesses of revelation testify unto the Jews. It really changes nothing but expands my understanding that simply Paul and Timothy and the ministry of reconciliation is the harvest of the gentile church, I use that term knowing that in Christ we are neither Jew nor Greek yet Paul identifies in Philippians 2;15 Paul refers to the gentile church that will shine unto the world. And then the church will be a testimony unto the Jews and the world, and many will find Christ and be found from amoung the lost, any one not knowing Christ as their Savior being lost.
The reserection of the dead is still just as I have believed, everything changes as 2nd Corinthians shows us, once the dead rise the promises and the hope has come. And the harvest of the church begins.
This is why Paul tells us to examine ourselves to make sure we are in faith, because if he come again he will not spare. Anyone that makes shipwreck the faith must be dealt with. Paul warns twice in 2nd Corinthians 10;8 that he wants us edified and not destroyed, and again in 2nd Corinthians 13;10 again the same basic message that you are edified and not destroyed.
Because being judged in righteousness is about faith, if you have no faith you must be edified and hopefully not destroyed. I have looked at the sign of Jonas as being the death of Paul and I assumed that Timothy would also die, that may not be true, it may only be Paul . If you consider the prophesies of 1st Timothy 1;18,20 applying begining at 2nd Corinthians then the fact that these are prophesies we have no idea how many prophesies we are talking about and how far the prophesies continue into the three gospels of Luke Matthew and John , but the fact these prophesies must exist then we only need to know how to identify them. Being intimations we know they are announcements of things to come , its my belief they are passages like Colossians 1;12,13 that can easily be argued have not yet occured.
And I can name many of the passages. As I've claimed Paul explains that he Timothy and the saints have been delivered from so great a death , which is the reserection of the dead, he says this in 2nd Corinthians 1;9,10, its written as if already accomplished but as intimations that are yet to come.
So I have no problem with making mistakes in my study, you learn from mistakes. The idea of who the two witnesses of revelations is really not a concern for the church. Obviously they are going to testify of Christ being crucified and I believe they will also testify of Paul just as I am doing now. Why is it this way, I can only say I believe it is simply the Lords way to fulfill scripture, Christ liveth in Paul and he must reconcile the body yet not be seen by them , and yet be rejected again by them, but they will be oblivious to their crime.
They will simply crucify Paul not knowing what they've done. They won't see him raised from the dead, yet Paul will receive the resetection from the dead again, Paul refers to this as travailing in birthagain. And as he says in Phillipians 3;10-12 that it's the second time hense travailing in birthagain.
Lord bless

10/19/2026

Now and Then:
144 Thousand
I can't prove this piece of information but I heard there are 144 thousand cemeteries in the world. If true this defines who the 144 thousand are, simply put the dead. Paul gives us a clue in Roman's and 1st Corinthians with the phrase called to be saints. Matthew 27;52 also defines that it's the dead that rise are saints. We are all called to be saints untill the reserection of the dead occurs.
It's a distinction , you have to see that Romans and 1st Corinthians prophetically proceed the reserection of the dead. As Paul says in 1st Corinthians 15;13 But if there be no reserection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
So the first big event should be the dead rising. If not we have believed in vain.
Then you have to realize these two letters were written to every generation that proceeds the reserection of the dead.
Then if we realize this then at the end of 1st Corinthians Paul gives us when the reserection of the dead will occur, when the great door effectual opens into the last days. At Pentecost.
My opinion Paul is saying goodbuy in this 16th chapter within the prophesy, because 2nd Corinthians 1;1 is the reserection of the dead that is told in advance.
We can also go to prophesy in Acts 7;6,7 to understand where the dead rise first. I believe the seed that will come forth to serve is Ephraim which are first fruits, which Paul mentioned in 1st Corinthians 16;15 which I believe may be America and western nations, or maybe just anywhere faithful believers are located.
Paul tells us in 2nd Corinthians 1;9,10 that he and others have been delivered from so great a death , and even will yet again deliver us, pointing us to Philippians 3;10-12 tying both passages together concerning Paul and Timothy being delivered in 2nd Corinthians and again after the harvest of the church. 2nd Corinthians has to be prophesy, both 1st Timothy 1;18,20 and Acts 17;31 point to 2nd Corinthians.
The dead rise first to gather the body of Christ long before being caught up. Which the gentile church must be brought to shine. But right now the church is dull and unattractive to the world, but as God has said , I tell you a thing before it happens , so that when it happens you might believe. This is what will bring the harvest , people are going to see salvation as it takes place. The evidence will be so obvious, even the atheist will come to faith, like never before.
Lord bless

10/18/2026

Now and Then:
In my search of the word generation, its absence from John's gospel and Paul's gospel is thought provoking , in Marks gospel Jesus demonstrates to us that he is speaking to the first initial generation that they would not receive a sign, and truly that initial generation a rebellious generation that cried crucify him.
But then in Luke and Matthew he's speaking to that last generation demonstrating to us that this final generation would receive no sign either but the sign of Jonah. This is the distinction made by Christ himself , he gives other proofs also which I have covered.
But the absence in John and Paul's gospel gives us a clear division between these two group of books . Phillipians 2;15 gives us a great clue, because the greek word generation is replaced to the word nation.
Which also John's gospel uses the word nation also, but in Phillipians Paul gives us a clue that we the church set in the midst of a crooked and preverse nation. So its as if those of his kingdom are not spoken of by the term generation, he uses that term to point to those that crucified him and those that would do it again. We are his chosen people by what ever way you want to look at it. This study shows us the sophistication by which he instructs us. The sign of Jonah is unfortunately too late for that final generation, Luke and Matthew are the last hope for that generation, if they don't repent along with all the other lost sheep , they are cast into the time of wrath. This all decided when Zion has travailed in birth. Which directly points to Phillipians 3;10-12, Paul the greater witness must travail in birth yet again. This is when Jesus final words are fulfilled , it is finished. The body of Christ is fulfilled. The joint- heirs with Christ are established. Jesus loses none of his, except the son of predition . The body of Christ is delivered from the wrath and we await upon the Lords return.
Isaiah 66;7-12 is an overarching prophesy that frames these two different groups, the jount-heirs and then that generation of vipers.
Paul travailing in birthagain is Paul receiving the power of the reserection again as he informed us in Phillipians 3;10-12.
Lord bless

10/17/2026

Now and Then:
Looking into John the Baptists portion in Luke and Matthew , John makes the distinction that this generation of vipers are fleeing the wrath. And John instructs them about giving to others in need, if you have a extra coat give it to someone in need etc etc.
Then you contrast this with 2nd Corinthians 8;14,15, and we see a completely different environment, no one is fleeing, apparently everyone is capable of offering from their overage, you can't really have much of an overage if your fleeing, and the intent is that their be equality.
And not since Acts 4 have we seen that people were willing to give for the express reason to bring equality. And we should realize these were amoung those that had been Baptized by the Holyspirit which caused them to act in this way.
So there's a big contrast when looking at these different passages. Its my belief that everything changes in 2nd Corinthians because of the reserection of the dead. That what Paul is sharing is prophesy of the harvest of the church. And this contrast also highlites the contrast between the gentiles and the jews. We know that scripture teaches us that at some point the jews must flee from the wrath, just as John is describing to the generation of vipers.
So it should be obvious who John is speaking to in Luke and Matthew , which also gives insite into who Paul is speaking to. Obviously his ministry is directed to the gentiles. And the fact is that Paul is quoting from the exodus there in 2nd Corinthians which should clue us in that the harvest is taking place . And then if we follow along we see in Phillipians 2;15 Paul is stating that the gentiles are a shinning light in the midst of a crooked and preverse nation. Interestingly the greek is thought to use the word generation in place of the word nation, but the Holyspirit chose the word Nation, which actually ties this passage to Isaiah 66;7-12 where once again the gentiles are like a flowing stream, which makes this contrast between John and Pauls words more interesting considering , that somehow the gentile church will shine before the world and unto the Jewish nation that still rejects the Savior. It should be obvious that Paul is shaping the church in the future if we have the eyes to see that he is giving us prophesy of the church after the dead in Christ have risen. What Paul is proposing has not occured , there is no equality in the church, there is no unity, and I don't believe there will be unity without there first being equality. There are many wonderful Christians without a doubt but still no equality, so there has to be a infusion of the Holyspirit to actaully bring the equality that will lead to unity.
And no matter how much good intent there is , we still lack the will to bring about equality in the body of Christ. So the dead that rise has to be the answer.
And who ever decided that Paul wasn't including himself in the reserection of the dead. The church has been blinded by doctrines of demons that didn't want the church to understand that Paul was telling us about the harvest in advance and that he would travail in birth to begin this reserection of the dead.
Phillipians 3;10-12 explains that Paul is seeking the reserection of the dead again, making it obvious that he had already attained the reserection of the dead, which points us back to 2nd Corinthians 1;9,10 where Paul states he did attain the reserection of the dead the first time. Thats why in Galations Paul states that he travails in birth again, the second time. And all this happens that the church might shine, which dispels the idea of the rapture happening first, if it happened first how could the gentiles shine. I could add that the scholars have denied the prophesies of 1st Timothy which actually point to 2nd Corinthians 1;1 the first mention of the name Timothy in the KJV . And if this is true then 2nd Corinthians it's self must be prophesy.
I have covered this from just about every direction or angle and I can't find any reason to believe differently. The entire concept of my study is the Now and Then of Paul's gospel but I also have shown the same Now and Then contrasting Marks gospel from Luke Matthew and John's gospel. Jesus was speaking to the initial generation that lived when Christ first came in Mark , to the last generation that would receive the one sign of Jonah and also in a time that the jews would be fleeing the wrath.
Crazy thing is the church is still so blinded they can't see what should be so obvious, it's clear to me.
Lord bless

10/16/2026

Now and Then:
The mystery of 1st Corinthians 15;51. No one ever considered that Paul was including himself in the reserection, but 2nd Corinthians 1;9,10 Paul clearly states that he and Timothy and the saints have been delivered from so great a death. So its obvious this is evidence that Paul will live again. If we follow the prophesies that are written they point to 2nd Corinthians 1;1, from Acts 17;31 and 1st Timothy 1;18,20 we have more evidence that 2nd Corinthians it's self is prophesy, and many other passages that support this idea. My favorite verse 1st Corinthians 13;12 Paul gives us this idea of two distinct time frames, Now and Then. He also tells us he is separated unto the gospel of God. Many would deny this but there's overwhelming evidence that 2nd Corinthians begins the harvest of the church. The prophesies of judgement are summed up in Paul's warning of his third visit, that has not yet occured. Its either prophesy or Paul doesn't know what he talking about. Just as the scholars have denied the prophesies of 1st Timothy at some point we have to either trust scripture or throw it all out.
The evidence is everywhere in scripture if you read it as prophesy . John 1;12,13 gives us just such evidence if read prophetically, that this passage comes after the harvest of Paul's gospel, James 2;5 also gives the same idea, that God has already chosen, speaking of the gentile church that will shine like a light unto the world as Phillipians 2;15 explains . In the progression from the beginning of the harvest till Phillipians the church has already become a light and at the completion of the harvest the church is gathered in Thessalonians. Thessaloniki means victory over falseities because this is the church that has been given power to become sons, as John 1;12,13 was claiming , and as Paul says this church have become sons of the day and light. There's a thousand different ways to support this study , once you have the perspective it becomes so clear how scripture must play out, it's not a guess , it's declared over and over in scripture.
Lord bless

10/15/2026

Now and Then:
I was thinking about the prophesies of 1st Timothy 1;18,20 and I find it hard to understand why good christian men and women have not questioned these prophesies. How as one that is supposed to study Gods word , has not questioned this passage. The scholars claim there were no prophesies , so they have disqualified themselves from being called believers by denying Gods word. So its left to true believers to question these things. I when I first realized these prophesies was mentioned I thought back to every sermon I had ever heard and can't remember one time a preacher mentioned this passage. But once you begin to apply questions you begin to find answers. So the law of 1st mention, I don't know if thats a real law but maybe rule of thumb, actually points to the first mention of the name Timothy, which is 2nd Corinthians 1;1 in the KJV of the bible. And Paul gives us the nature of these prophesies of judgement to those that make shipwreck the faith. And Paul then gives clear warning to the Corinthians that if he come again he will not spare.
So judgement is clearly at the heart of those prophesies, and when speaking of judgement you have to look back to Acts 17;31 to find that God will ordaine a man to judge the world in righteousness, and if you look at each element of the Acts 17;31 prophesy , you'll find each element in 2nd Corinthians. The question is do we believe in prophesy , that God would tell us a thing before it happens. Is Paul writing prophesy? It's about evaluating everything Paul says , and i found many passages between 2nd Corinthians and 1st Thessalonians that have not yet happened. And that alone tells me Paul did give prophesy but you have to forget what you have been taught in order to see that 2nd Corinthians is the beginning of the harvest.
I could literally write for hours explaining this , its common sense the way Paul writes if you have the correct perspective that Paul Timothy and the saints will come to harvest the church and Paul will be the greater witness that Jesus spoke of in John 5;36.
It's elementary once you have the correct perspective.
I have written about this for seven years now , I am my biggest critic and I only state what I believe to be the truth.
This is simply a basic look into why the harvest must begin when the dead rise, they come with the promises and salvation. And it's going to be a wonderful time for the believer when God makes know to us his riches in glory upon his vessels of mercy.
Lord bless

10/14/2026

Now and Then:
Paul wrote these letters not in the order in which they appear.
He first wrote Galations, then 1st and 2nd Thessalonians then 1st and 2nd Corinthians, Romans , Ephesians. Phillipians, Colossians and then then last four of Paul's gospel. But then they appear in completely different order.
But amazingly Roman's begins with Paul's declaration that summed up his identity in Christ. So its obviously a great opening as if it was planned to come first. What's the odds?
But then the phrase called to be saints only appear in Romans and 1st Corinthians, and then Paul unloads the mystery which the church has completely misunderstood , if you can understand the reason that phrase doesn't appear afterwards in other letters is because the mystery actually takes place when that great effectual door opens that Paul told us about in chapter 16 and so there is no longer a need to be called as a saint , because only the dead that rise from the dead are saints. This is the misunderstanding that all that has been prophesied takes place at 2nd Corinthians 1;1, this is the 2000 yr gap between Now and Then. You read 2nd Corinthians thru Thessalonians in real time after the dead have been raised. It completely changes our perception, it makes since of all that Paul explains. And even though Paul wrote in a different order , it shows that the Lord inspired every word. If you happen to understand how God perfected the word, then the for thought that went into the order of Pauls gospel takes it to a completely unbelievable level of sophistication. The name Jesus appears 980 times in the new testament, the level of for thought is that the odd books and the even books each have 490 mentions each of Jesus name , so the order of Paul gospel had to play into that perfection. So all this occured and Paul was writing much of this from prison and yet somehow the Lord preserved his word through the generations and gathered these letters together in the 1611 KJV and incredible perfection took place. Its all preplanned by the Lord, and if we understand this then we know it was no mistake that the phrase called to be saints could only appear prior to the mystery, because the saints come marching in at 2nd Corinthians 1;1.
Lord bless

10/11/2026

Now and Then:
Phillipians 2;15
Isaiah 66;7-12
In these two verses we see both Paul and Isaiah say that the gentiles are going to be something to see, Isaiah says like a flowing stream , and Paul says that shine as lights in the world.
So how do we the church begin to shine unto the world. I think the church isn't shinning so well right now, that may be arguable but I think that if I'm correct the saints come marching in at 2nd Corinthians 1;1 and the harvest begins with cleansing like never before and the church is gathered into Christ kingdom and then shine as lights into the world, and if we shine unto the jews they will be brought to jealousy and ultimately to belief in Christ , but they are a crooked and peverse nation and after Paul travails in birthagain, Paul actually qualifies this particular traviling in birth as not as though I already attained.
Phillipians 3;10-12. So in context he's looking to receive reserection from the dead , not what already occured in 2nd Corinthians 1;9,10 where Paul Timothy and the saints were delivered from so great a death.
If you've followed my study I have so much more evidence that Paul plays a big role in the end times and the fulness of times, when the church will be glorious .
Lord bless

10/08/2026

Now and Then:
The idea of this study is two different time frames.
Paul gives us this clue and implies he will be present in both time frames. So our duty is to rightly divide the word. So we should be able to find clues pointing to a time when this time change takes place.
Acts 17;31 gives us such a clue that at an appointed time he will ordaine a man to judge the world in righteousness. Obviously even though Christ needs not to be ordained, it is assumed. Instead of Christ ordaines a man. This is where you look for when this points to. All these elements are present in 2nd Corinthians, Paul explains how he Timothy and the saints have been deliverd from so great a death, the ministration of righteousness is set to exceed in righteousness, and Paul is made a minister.
Then we have the prophesies of 1st Timothy 1;18,20 that point directly to the first mention of the name Timothy in the KJV. And whats the nature of the prophesies , to delliever up those that make shipwreck the faith unto satan , does this not sound like judgement in righteousness. In 2nd Corinthians 1;20 we see the promises are yes and amen, and we see these promises are here for our cleansing as 7;1 explains. Paul tells us they have been sealed with the earnest of the spirit , in the next verse he makes the distinction of this, that all he had previously said pertained to Paul Timothy and the saints, not the church he was writing to. In fact in that verse Paul gives the church the warning about being unsure about their faith and was putting off his visit. This is actually a warning to all churches as he explains to them he is in tribulation with other churches where as he warns the Corinthians if I come again I will not spare. Obviously if you haven't made shipwreck the faith then you have nothing to worry about. These prophesies are intimations ,announcements of things to come. So when Paul is writing this he expresses things we can clearly argue have not yet occured, because they are all related to the reserection of the dead. As Paul says in Ephesians 1;5 Having predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will.
And again Paul makes the distinction that he is telling the Ephesians things that pertain to those with Paul and not directly to the Ephesians in 1;13 , and he let's them know that they were sealed with the Holyspirit of promise. So once again imitations, but what you should notice is that Paul gives the But Now in Christ Jesus , so everything he spoke of before is Now made mainfest to them, they have been with the saints and they love the saints, and as they come to find the saints have the inheritance as Colossians 1;12,13 gives us this and another clue about Christ kingdom where the faithful are translated. So its about the appointed time, as Paul says in 2nd Corinthians 6;2 Today is the day of salvation . Its a time frame, a harvest , either judgement or justification.
We see this time frame measured in Luke 3;6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God , 3;6, 3 1/2 ,1260 days.
Luke 3;7 and Matthew 3;7 measures the next time frame, which the generation of vipers are fleeing from the wrath , 3;7 , 3 yrs 7 mo. 1290 days.
So Luke 3;6 points to 2nd Corinthians thru Thessalonians .
The church names or cities help to paint the picture.
Corinth means place of the peak, that point of division between Now and Then.
The great effectual door as the door between Now and Then, and the time, the door opens at Pentecost.
Colossia means city of refuge, which Christ kingdom is a place of refuge, where those in Christ have been deliverd from the darkness and the wrath as we see in 1st Thessalonians, which Paul opens 1st Thessalonians he says to the church which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ. And Thessaloniki means victory over falseities, so its all symbolic about Christ ability to provide his refuge and once there ,we are no longer ignorant we have victory over falseities. Ephesus means new town desirable, this can mean many different things, but to make us desirable would be likened to us becoming that light into the world that we see in Phillipians 2;15, and were made desirable in the midst of a crooked and preverse nation, which is that generation of vipers that are fleeing from the wrath. And as I've shown in other post Jesus himself speaks directly to the first generation and the last generation that will not pass before all these things be fulfilled. Its about Now and Then, you have to identify where each passage is pointing to.
Lord bless

10/06/2026

Now and Then:
John 1;12,13 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Which were born , not of blood , nor of the will of the flesh , nor of the will of man, but of God.
So John in his opening of this gospel is stating that those that received him have become sons. This has to do with the redemption of the purchased possession that Paul mentions in Ephesians 1;14 , being Pauls ministry is to the gentiles that are not of the blood these two verses are linked. And James 2;5 gives us more proof of who God chose to be sons of God.
When you consider Phillipians 2;15 That ye may be blameless and harmless , the sons of God , without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and preverse nation , among whom ye shine as lights in the world. So the church will be a shinning light unto the world. If you noticed that Paul uses future tense in this verse, (that we may be) so this is in the progression from Corinth to Thessalonians where we all are in God and in Christ , this is that victorious church that will shine like never before.
Isaiah 66;7-12 also gives us this idea that the gentiles are as a flowing stream, which just implies the same thing that the gentiles will be like a shinning light, and we will be sons of God. What happens first is the dead will rise and the harvest of the church will proceed and then after the church is gathered Paul will turn his attention to the Hebrews as you see in Hebrews 1;2 that God has spoken in these last days.
So John's gospel is like Luke and Matthew concerning the last days. That last generation I have been talking about clearly defined by Christ is his statement in Mark 8;12 that this generation would not receive a sign , but then in Luke and Matthew Jesus says the last generation would receive no sign , except the sign of Jonas.
So this can't be the same generation.
Lord bless

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