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𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗘𝘀𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮𝟲The Church Eschatological Scope:Eschatology encompasses various aspects of the end times, 𝟭.𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 (𝟱)𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲❓John 14:2, “In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”It is absolutely clear from the previous reading that the Father’s house is the Church, not a physical building upstairs that you die and go to inherit. And the Word says;1Tim. 3:15, “But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth…” (Heb. 3:6).So 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲. Where else can we then be if God is in heaven and we are His house?When Jesus said, “I go to prepare a place for you,” He was only talking about His crucifixion, death and resurrection so that the Spirit that will bring us to the Father might be released. And this was done on the day of Pentecost.For through Him we all have access by one spirit unto the Father (Eph. 2:18). He received us unto Himself as the bride, the lamb’s wife (Eph. 5:22-32; Rev. 21:9.)“But he that is joined unto the Lord is ONE SPIRIT… that is a great mystery but I speak concerning CHRIST AND THE CHURCH,” 1Cor. 6:17; Eph. 5:32. And this union is what brought us to where He is now and not where He will be. But where was Jesus, when he was speaking to the Apostles? He was in the Father—Heaven. Remember, God’s permanent abode of life is heaven.John 14:10, 3:13, “Believest thou not that I am in the father and the father in me, which is in Heaven?”Now where are we? We are IN THE FATHER and the FATHER IS IN US. “For in him we live and move, and have our being,” Acts 17:28a; John 14:23. So, if we are in the Father and the Father is in heaven, then we must be in heaven. This is clear enough that what we are speaking about is a spiritual matter; it has nothing to do with human reasoning or imaginations, neither some physical structure in the sky that you will inherit when you die.And heaven is simply where God dwells. God cannot exist outside of the realm called heaven. Now get this right. You can walk on streets of gold now, for that is God’s divine nature revealed in and through us as we move on Mt. Zion, God’s own city, the Church.Heb. 12:22, “ But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect.” Written in heaven means you have your birth certificate as a citizen of heaven the day you were born again. Please know and enjoy your rights and privileges as a citizen of heaven now, not when you die.It is now absolutely clear to our readers that heaven is not a geographical location. Rather, that it is present everywhere, wherever God is. And that God’s house in heaven is the Church made up of the Saints of God. But what do we mean, our citizenship is in heaven? If Jesus came from God, where did we come from, and where are we now? What do we mean, “OUR CONVERSATION IS IN HEAVEN?” Phil. 3:20, “For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.”In the first place, the word ‘conversation’ is (4175 POLITEUMA) and means a community; i.e.,(abstract) citizenship (figuratively); conversation—(way of life). This simply means that our stalk, origin is found now in the heavenly realm. And we being part of this Christian community, are now having our existence in the heavens.For, “Though they are in the world, they are not of this world.” See John 17:14-15. And Christ Himself, who dwells within the innermost being (spirit) of those who make up this community, shall be revealed to change our vile bodies—“Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col.1:27).This is from where we are looking for him to be manifested as our life. Col.3:3, “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”Friends, is it not clear that the Church is the Lamb’s wife? (Eph. 5:32). So how can the Church be somewhere in heaven and her children (the Saints) are not there with her? We must be where our mother is (Gal. 4:26). And that is heaven.That the Church is “descending out from God” (Rev. 21:9-10) is to say that the Church is emerging out of God (Spirit) into the visible realm in the position of power and authority that has never been witnessed since the beginning of Church history.This is the manifestation (unveiling) of the Sons of God that the creation is eagerly waiting for.“THE CREATION IS EAGERLY WAITING FOR GOD TO REVEAL HIS SONS,” Rom. 8:19, JB.Just as Jesus Himself came, descending from God—heaven—the realm of spirit…, “I AM COME OUT FROM THEE (God), John 17:8c, to reveal God’s nature. So will the Church reveal the glory of God on earth.If Jesus came from God, what about us? And where are we now and where shall we return to?““Lord through all generations you have been our home, before the Mountains were created the earth was formed,” Ps. 90:1, TLB.To be continued.www.davidogaga.org.#Eschatos_DO ... See MoreSee Less

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