Supplement 2 — For Lessons 3 & 4

Supplement Two

For Lessons Three and Four

The idea that the Godhead consists of three separate and distinct persons, each with a personal spirit-body, a personal soul, and a personal spirit will mean much to you as you learn to know and love God and follow the divine plan for your life. At the very least, this conception of God will make the whole Godhead comprehensible to you. It will no longer be a mystery beyond all possible understanding as you may have been taught.

Because God the Father is a person, He expects you to respect Him as you would any other great personage and as you should the Sovereign Moral Governor of all free moral agents. God has a personal plan for your life that will fit perfectly into His larger plan for man. In other words, He has invited and has made it possible for each of you to have a personal part in the fulfillment of His plan for man. You should enter wholeheartedly into cooperation with God’s plan for your life. God’s plan is a mutual one for the best and highest good of all creation. He wants to take you into partnership for eternity. As Paul expressed it, “workers together with him” 2 Corinthians 6:1. This should be the thrill of your life. You should count it the greatest honor ever bestowed upon you to have a part with Him to bring about the highest good of the universe. You should hunger daily to know Him better as a person and to know His plan, so that you may become an integral part of God and His program.

The plan of God for man includes both the means and the ends, prayer and its answer, the labor and its fruit. There is a single plan which embraces all things for the good of all creation. It is a part of the perfection of God that He would have a plan for man—the best plan possible. This plan is already predestinated according to the eternal purpose of Him that works all things after the pleasure of His own will Isaiah 46:10-11Daniel 4:35Ephesians 1:3-11Ephesians 2:10Ephesians 3:10-11.

This personal concept of God will enable you to work with God as a person, pray to Him as you would talk to any person in whom you put trust and confidence, and obey Him in all things, realizing that everything is done in the presence of God. As you continue these lessons the plan of God will be unfolded to you, and you will get to know God in a real, personal way. As you conform to the plan, you will get to know the power of God and learn how to use it to get the many blessings of this life for yourself and for others. God’s plan will become a personal part of your life as you seek to know and follow it. God will become your best friend and a personal Father and Partner in your everyday affairs. You will come to know the glory and the blessing of a secret relation with God such as few men know.

II. All Men Are Sinners

The first thing to do in getting acquainted with God is to know yourself and your relation to God, as well as to know what you can receive from Him. The Bible declares that “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” Romans 3:23. If you have not yet realized your condition of sinfulness, or if you have been deceived by false religions into believing that you are not a sinner, the thing to do is to throw out this false religion. You know that you have sinned and been condemned in your own conscience for many acts you have committed in life. The Bible makes it clear that “sin is transgression of the law” 1 John 3:4 and that “all unrighteousness is sin” 1 John 5:17.

Anything that the Bible forbids is sinful. Lists of sins that damn the soul are plainly recorded, so there can be no excuse for not knowing what the will of God is concerning sin. In Mk. 7:21-23 we read, “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”

In Rom. 1:29-32 we read of other sins that condemn men before God: “Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventers of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.”

Again we read, “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolators, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God” 1 Corinthians 6:9-11.

Paul, in Gal. 5:19-21, gives another catalog of sins that will damn the soul: “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness revellings and such like . . . they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”

All these scriptures prove beyond doubt that God condemns all men as sinners, for all men outside of Christ commit in varying degrees some of these sins. If any man has committed one of these sins at any time in his life, he has incurred the death penalty and he must accept Jesus Christ as a personal Savior or be eternally condemned and lost, according to Scripture, which says, “The soul that sinneth, it shall die,” and “they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God” Ezekiel 18:4Galatians 5:211 Corinthians 6:9-11.

III. The Key That Unlocks All Promises

Jesus taught that a man “must be born again” and “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God . . . Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God . . . Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven . . . Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish” John 3:1-8Matthew 18:3Luke 13:1-5.

The New Birth is a necessity to being saved and to having the right relationship to God so that one can claim the benefits of the Bible. The New Birth is not confirmation, church membership, water baptism, taking the sacrament, observing religious duties, an intellectual reception of Christianity, orthodoxy of faith, going to church, saying prayers, reading the Bible, memorizing creeds, being moral, being cultured or refined, doing good deeds or doing your best, being as good as the next fellow, or any of the other things that men are trusting in to save them.

Neither do these things bring about the New Birth. Nicodemus, whom Jesus addressed concerning the New Birth, had most of these qualifications, but Jesus said to him “Ye must be born again.” The thief on the cross and many others whom Jesus forgave while on Earth were saved without these things. They simply did the one necessary thing—became “converted” and “born again” by accepting Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and by repenting and turning to God with their whole heart as a little child, as proven in Mt. 9:1-7; Lk. 7:48-50; 18:9-14; 23:43; Jn. 8:1-10; Acts 3:19; 8:36-37; 16:31.

Every man who is born again will automatically have the above external evidences of a good life by virtue of the New Birth. However, it is sad to say, that there are millions of people who are trusting these outward things to save them, and they really believe that they are the evidences of a right relationship with God. Millions will die and be lost without the New Birth because they have been misled concerning the experience of being born again. There is no excuse for men being deceived if they will read their own Bibles instead of listening to some religious teachers.

It is all-important that we pay personal attention to our eternal welfare and not trust the best of men. If we permit men to mislead us in eternal matters and are lost, it will be too late then to personally see after our welfare, so let us do it now. Don’t take the attitude that you cannot be deceived and that your church is the only right one and cannot mislead you. This may be true, but it would be wise for you to make sure of it by going to the Bible for yourself and seeing with your own eyes, and knowing from your own heart that you are right with God and have had the real New Birth experience and are living right with God every day.

There is no use fooling yourself. That will not get you anywhere. You are either born again or you are not. You are either really saved, or you are being deceived into thinking that you are, and you are lost. If you are not getting answers to your prayers, it is either that you are not saved or you are doubting God . If your obstacle is doubt, then you should quit it. If it is not doubt, then it will pay for you to examine yourself and see if you are really right with God. He is obligated to answer you if you are His child. If you have once been saved, it may be that you have become cold in your experience and need to re-consecrate your life to God. You know your own life and true relationship to God, so get the fact settled that you are genuinely saved and in present contact with God, and then you will be in the right position to get what God has promised.

Culture, refinement, and outward correctness of life in the church or out of it will not take the place of the New Birth. The trouble is in the heart Mark 7:18-23, and to merely reform the outward life will not save you. An artist could put a coating of wax and the most beautiful colors on the outside of a rotten apple, but it would still be rotten at heart. One bite into it would be a bite into decay. The fact is that out of Christ every man is rotten in the heart, and mere culture, refinement, outward respectability, morality, and outward correctness of life are simply artificial and the practice of hypocrites who, like whited sepulchres, make clean the outside; but within are full of extortion and excess—”dead men’s bones, and all uncleanness” Matthew 23:25-28.

IV. The Evidences of the New Birth

1. 1 You will be changed down in the depths of your being and be made a new creature: “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ” 2 Corinthians 5:17-18. If you have never been changed like this, then it is certain that you have never been born again.

1. 1 You will have the witness of the Spirit in your life that you are a child of God: “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba Father. The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God” Romans 8:14-16.

1. 1 You will have freedom from condemnation and from the law of sin and death and you will live and walk in the Spirit: “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death . . . That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit . . . And if Christ be in you the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness” Romans 8:1-13Galatians 5:16-26.

1. 1 You will be cleansed from all sin and delivered from the power and dominion of sin as well as from the love of sin: “He shall save his people from their sins” Matthew 1:21; “The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin . . . If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” 1 John 1:7-9.

1. 1 You will be free from sin: “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free . . . If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed ” John 8:31-36; “Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? . . . our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin . . . reckon yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin . . . sin shall not have dominion over you . . . Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? . . . ye were the servants of sin . . . being made free from sin , ye became the servants of righteousness . . . even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness . . . but now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life” Romans 6:1-23; “The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death ” Romans 8:1-4; “everyone that doeth righteousness is born of him . . . he that doeth righteousness is righteous even as he is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the devil . . . whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin . . . whosoever is born of God overcometh the world . . . whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not ” 1 John 2:291 John 3:7-101 John 5:1-4, 18.

Many other scriptures say that when one is born again and in Christ he receives power to become a son of God John 1:12; he has crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts Galatians 5:24; his sins are blotted out Acts 3:19; he is washed, sanctified, and justified 1 Corinthians 6:9-11Revelation 1:5; he has turned from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to the power of God Acts 26:18; he has salvation Romans 1:162 Thessalonians 2:13; he is created in righteousness and true holiness Ephesians 4:22-24; he is God’s elect Ephesians 1:71 Peter 1:2-4Colossians 3:12; and he departs from all iniquity 2 Timothy 2:4, 19.

I am fully aware that literally thousands of religious teachers are constantly saying that no man can live free from sin, and that we sin every day. One can see that this teaching is entirely out of harmony with the Bible by reading the above scriptures. If these men sin every day, then they are sinners every day and there is no time that they are not sinners. If they are sinners all the time, then there is no time when they are not under the death penalty of the broken law, and they will be sent to hell as sinners to pay the death penalty. Christ means nothing to them if they are sinners and if they cannot be saved from sin.

It is time that you wake up and stop listening to such men and begin to read the Bible and obey it. Naturally, a man that does not believe in salvation from sin can never be saved from it. If Christ came to save us from our sins and He cannot do it, then He has failed in His mission. If the New Testament teaches freedom from sin, then it is either the truth or a lie. If it is a lie, then we might as well throw the whole Bible away and have nothing to do with religion. Christianity, in that case, is a mere sham and a false religion, teaching something that is not true. If salvation through Christ is true, however, then these modern teachers of religion are false and no man can safely believe them, or even listen to them deny the truths of the Bible.

Do not let men deceive you into thinking that there is no such thing as living a clean, holy, victorious life in Christ secure from sin, the flesh, the world, and the devil. If you are not saved from these things you are not saved from hell, according to the scriptures under Point II, above. There may not be such a life as far as these teachers are concerned and as far as they know. Either they do not know the Bible and they do not have biblical experiences, or they are plain rebels against truth and refuse to get such blessings. In either case, you should not listen to them concerning such an important thing as your eternal welfare. Why not listen to the Scripture instead? It will not deceive you. It will always tell you the truth, as you can see from the facts stated above.

If you want biblical experiences, if you want faith in God, answers to prayer, prosperity, healing and health, and happiness in God, you will have to conform to God and His Word as you receive it. It is not a question of deciding between what we say and what others say. It is a question of what you can plainly read in your own Bible. That and that alone you will have to give an account for, so do not permit any man to lead you astray. Let men brand you as old-fashioned if they want to. If you will follow the Bible, it will pay you great dividends and benefits untold in this life and in the life to come. You are the one who desires such benefits, and you are the one that must see to it that you cooperate with God and His Word to get such blessings. Man is not going to give you such blessings, but man can hinder you from getting them from God if you permit him to cause you to fail God and His Word.

The New Birth is a new creation from above, the direct operation of the Word of God and the Spirit of God upon your life, changing you completely when you truly repent and turn to God. This is brought about in the following manner: first , recognize that you are a sinner and lost, without God and without hope; second , admit that Jesus Christ died on the cross to save you from sin by His own precious blood; third , come to God repenting of your sins and turning away from all sin, pleading the merits of the blood of Christ in the name of Jesus Christ, and you shall be born again; that is, the Holy Spirit will then definitely make you a new creature, cleansing you from all sin by the authority of the Word of God and by the blood of Christ that was shed to atone for your sins; and fourth , you must believe from your heart when you confess with your mouth that God forgives you of your sins and that He cleanses you from all unrighteousness.

Scriptures for your authority to confess and believe are the following: “As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name” John 1:12-13; “Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out” John 6:37; “Whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” John 3:14-21, 36John 5:24; “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved; For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation . . . For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” Romans 1:16; “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out” Acts 2:38-39Acts 3:19Acts 16:31; “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast” Ephesians 2:1-10; “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” 1 John 1:9.

The new birth is not a coming into existence of the body, soul, and spirit; it is simply the cleansing of his body, soul, and spirit from all sin by grace through faith in the precious blood of Jesus Christ Romans 3:25, by the Word of God John 3:5John 15:3Ephesians 5:26James 1:181 Peter 1:23, and by the direct power of the Holy Spirit 1 Corinthians 6:111 Corinthians 12:13. It is the new creature experience of a person being renewed in righteousness and true holiness 2 Corinthians 5:17-18Galatians 5:24Ephesians 4:24. It is the blotting out of all sins that have separated a man from God Isaiah 59:2Acts 3:191 John 1:7, 91 John 2:291 John 3:6-101 John 5:1-4, 18. It is genuine conversion from death to life and from the power of Satan to the power of God Matthew 18:3Acts 3:19Acts 26:18James 5:19-20. It is the adoption of a person of the family of Adam and the family of Satan into the family of God Romans 8:14-16Galatians 4:4-5Ephesians 1:5Ephesians 3:14-151 John 3:8-10. To compare the new birth with physical conception, begetting, birth, and human existence leads to too many false ideas, for the two births and two lives are not parallel at all.

1. One does not exist as a human being before his natural birth; he truly must be in existence before he can be born again.

2. One does not choose his natural birth, his parents, or environment; but he must choose the new birth and all the consecrations of Christian living John 3:16Revelation 22:17.

3. One does not repent in order to become a human being by natural birth; but he must repent and obey the gospel daily to be a child of God Mark 1:15Mark 16:16Luke 13:1-5Acts 2:38.

4. The first experience is the actual coming into existence of a new body, soul, and spirit—a new person; whereas, the other is merely the reconciliation of such a person to God 2 Corinthians 5:17-21.

5. The former is a literal, actual conception and birth to become a human being; the latter is simply an adoption of a human being into the family of God Romans 8:14-16Galatians 4:4-5Ephesians 1:5Ephesians 3:14-151 John 3:8-10.

6. The one is coming into existence as an unclean sinner; the other is the cleansing of the sinner from all sin and uncleanness 1 Corinthians 6:111 John 1:7-9Revelation 1:5Revelation 5:10Revelation 7:14.

7. A person has no responsibility regarding his natural birth; in the new birth he has personal responsibility in the initial phase as well as in the continued life of daily righteousness and true holiness, which are required John 6:37Luke 9:23Romans 6:14-23Romans 8:12-13Romans 12:1-22 Corinthians 10:4-102 Peter 1:4-10.

VI. What the Water of the New Birth Means

The Word of God is the “water” referred to in Jn. 3:5, as proven in Eph. 5:26; Jn. 6:63; 15:3; 17:17; 1 Pet. 1:23; Jas. 1:18. When one believes the Word of God that he is a sinner, that Christ died to save him from all sin, that if he confesses his sins to God and turns from sin with a whole heart and believes the gospel, he is conforming to the Word, then the Holy Spirit will transform his life by the power of the Word of God and the blood of Christ. The moment one does this he is saved and born again. He must believe it and walk accordingly. He must begin reading the Bible and praying to God. He must begin to walk and live in the Spirit and conform to the Word of God as he receives the light 1 John 1:7John 8:31-32.

VII. Prosperity and Money

The old idea among Christians that God is against His children having material wealth for fear they will lose their souls is unscriptural. The Bible is full of records of God blessing men with prosperity Genesis 13:3-9Genesis 26:12, 16Genesis 33:11Genesis 39:2-23Genesis 41:40-441 Kings 10:71 Kings 9:22-171 Kings 32:27Job 1:3. In both Testaments God has promised riches and blessings untold to those who will serve and obey Him Joshua 1:7-91 Kings 2:3-41 Kings 24:201 Kings 26:5Psalms 1:3Proverbs 10:221 Corinthians 16:1-22 Corinthians 8:92 Corinthians 9:6-111 Timothy 6:17. God Himself is the richest person in the universe, so if it would be a sin to be rich He would be the greatest sinner of all. The very streets of Heaven are paved with gold. Jewels of all kinds garnish the foundations. The gates are solid pearl and every house is a mansion John 14:1-3. If God has promised us these things in the next life, why would it be a sin to have some of these things in this life?

Having wealth is not a sin, and the reason God’s children are so poor is that they do not ask and receive as He has promised . Money is alright to have, and it is a great blessing that can be used to help God’s work and others in their needs, and this is the purpose of asking God for prosperity. It is true that men are warned not to trust in riches and permit them to destroy their souls, but saved men can get victory over the wrong use of money as they can get victory over other sins Psalms 62:10Proverbs 11:28Luke 8:141 Timothy 6:17-19. Such warnings were not given to cause God’s people to desire poverty in order to be saved, but rather to regulate the right use of money when one is saved and is prospered.

As seen in Point VII of Supplement One, God has provided abundance and has made no limitation to His children in getting all that they want in this life. The laws of prosperity will be fully covered in Lessons Eleven and Twelve, but here we may say that what you need of this world’s goods you should begin to pray for and believe the promises. Even before you get the laws of prosperity you can receive many benefits of this kind.

VIII. Power With God

Thousands of Christians are in total ignorance as to the bible doctrine of power for believers. We want you to know the truth about this so you can start from the first of these lessons to get what you want from God and get power over the devil. The Old Testament saints had great power and did remarkable acts that are seldom heard of today among Christians. Abraham had power to heal a whole nation at one time (Gen. 20). Moses and Aaron did great wonders in Egypt Exodus 7:10–11 and in the wilderness Exodus 15:22-26Numbers 11:2, 29. Moses healed the whole nation of Israel, and there was not a feeble one in all their tribes Psalms 105:37Psalms 107:20. Joshua, many of the judges, kings, and prophets did many signs and wonders by the power of God. For example, Elijah did fifteen miracles and Elisha did thirty, such as raising the dead, shutting the heavens against rain, bringing rain, calling fire from heaven, dividing Jordan, healing people, helping people get out of debt, making iron to swim, and all kinds of miracles 1 Kings 17:1.

Christ came doing miracles and healing all manner of diseases to confirm the Word of God Isaiah 11:1-2Isaiah 42:1-7Isaiah 61:1-2Matthew 4:23-24Matthew 11:2-6Matthew 12:18Luke 4:16-21Acts 10:38. The apostles and many others did the same work before Pentecost Matthew 10:1-20Mark 6:7-13Luke 9:49-50Luke 10:1-20. Christ promised that all believers should have the signs of the gospel following them and that every believer should be able to do the works that He did Mark 9:23Mark 11:22-24Mark 16:15-20Luke 24:49John 14:12-15John 15:7John 16:23-26Acts 1:1-8. The early believers did do the works of Christ (Acts 2:42-47; 3:6; 4:1-16, 29-33; 5:1-16; 6:3-8; 8:5-20; 9:17-18, 32-43; 11:21; 13:6-12; 14:3, 8-20, 27; 15:4; 16:16-34; 19:1-20; Rom. 1:11; 15:18-19, 29; 1 Cor. 1:7, 18-24; 2:1-5; 4:19-21; 5:1-5; 9:18; 12:1–14:40; 16:10; etc.).

We are bringing many truths to you that you seldom get in modern churches. We want you to know that everything God ever promised to Christians is for you and that God has not changed. If there has been any change, it is on man’s part. If you will accept truth as you can plainly read it in all these scriptures you can help us give to the world a new type of Christianity that it has not seen since the days of the early Church, except in a measure here and there. We want you to know that you are receiving lessons that will wake up the Christian world, if Christians who get to know these teachings will rise to their responsibility in the gospel. We want you to know that these lessons and supplements are not just the same old doctrines that you can get in many books. We present old truths and many new ones—new to modern Christians, but not new to the early ones; for many early believers enjoyed these blessings to the full, as we will make clear to you in coming lessons.

During the next two weeks review these four lessons and do all the things we instructed you to do in the two supplements. You now have been taught the general terms and subjects of the plan of God, that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, that you can understand the Bible, and you now have the right understanding of God Himself. You have been shown the reality of God, of the devil and demons, the source of sin and diseases, the true source of help, how to pray, what to pray for, how to practice the presence of God in your life, how you can be saved and have the abundance of good things in life, how to overcome sinful habits, how to have healing and health, what the new conception of God means to you, how all men are sinners, the key that unlocks all the promises of God, the evidences of the new birth, what the new birth is and how to get it, and that it is God’s will for you to be prosperous and have power with Him to get all that you need in this life.

These things are just a drop in the bucket compared to the riches of many truths that are in store for you and the order in which they will come. If you want power with God, prosperity, healing, or any good thing in particular, do as we instruct you and it will definitely come into your life.

Ten Questions For Supplement Two. Do You Know:

• That there must be at least three more European wars before the Battle of Armageddon and the second coming of Christ? In Dan. 7:23-24 we have a prophecy that ten kingdoms must be formed inside the old Roman Empire territory in the last days. These ten kings referred to are the same ones symbolized by the ten horns on the beast of Rev. 13 and 17. In Rev. 17:12-17 it is stated that they will give their kingdoms to the future Antichrist, and then will fight against Jesus Christ at His second coming. This proves that they all must be in existence when Christ comes. There are twenty-two states inside that territory now. Therefore, if these countries must be formed into ten kingdoms and be in existence when Christ comes, changes must be made sometime in the future that will affect these states. It will take one war to form these ten kingdoms before the Antichrist comes. This is the first war to which we refer. Then in Dan. 7:23-24 it states “after them,” that is, after the ten kingdoms are formed, then the Antichrist will arise and subdue three of them. This is the second war. In Dan. 11:40-44; Rev. 17:12-17 it is revealed that the Antichrist will finally get power over the whole ten kingdoms. The third war will be fought between the ten kingdoms under the Antichrist and the nations that are north and east of the ten kingdoms. In other words, Russia, Germany, and other countries north and east of the ten kingdoms inside the old Roman Empire territory will fight these ten kingdoms during the last 3½ years of this age. Antichrist will be the victor, and then he will lead the nations against Jerusalem and the Jews, but Christ will come and defend the Jews, destroy the Antichrist and set up His kingdom in the world forever Zechariah 14:1-21Revelation 17:14Revelation 19:11-21Revelation 20:1-10.

• That there will be eternal generations of natural people on the Earth? The scriptures are so literally clear on this question that we shall merely give a number of references to read. There will be “perpetual generations” and an everlasting kingdom of Christ over all coming generations forever Genesis 8:22Genesis 9:12, 16Genesis 17:7, 192 Samuel 7:24-26Isaiah 9:6-7Isaiah 59:20-21Jeremiah 31:35-36Ezekiel 37:24-28Daniel 2:44Daniel 7:13-14, 18Luke 1:32-33Zechariah 14:1-21Revelation 1:5Revelation 5:10Revelation 11:15Revelation 22:4-5.

• That God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost are three separate and distinct persons, each with a personal body, soul, and spirit? They are three persons 1 John 5:7-8Matthew 28:19. Two and three of these have been seen with separate bodies with the same eyes at the same time Daniel 7:9-14Daniel 10:5-7Acts 7:54-59Revelation 4:2-4Revelation 5:1-7Revelation 22:4-5Matthew 3:16-17. If there are three separate persons, then all three would have to have a separate body, soul and spirit, as is true of any three persons we could use as an example. Abundant proof of this will be furnished in Lesson Twenty-seven. See also the many proofs in Lesson Four.

• That God the Father will some day move His headquarters from heaven to the earth to live among men and that men will see Him in visible form? This is clear from Rev. 21 where it pictures the New Jerusalem as coming from heaven to the earth. In verse 3 it states, “The tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.” Men will see God, for in Rev. 22:4 we read, “they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads . . . and they shall reign forever and ever.”

• That one man will rule the world soon and he will not be the Antichrist? The first and only universal ruler of the earth since Adam fell, will be the Lord Jesus Christ, who will come from heaven with the armies of heaven and seize the governments of this world in one day and reign forever Zechariah 14:1-21Isaiah 9:6-7Daniel 2:44Daniel 7:13-14, 18Luke 1:32-33Revelation 11:15Revelation 19:11-21Revelation 20:1-101 Corinthians 15:24-28Ephesians 1:10.

• That there are degrees of punishment in hell and rewards in heaven? Jesus taught that it will be more tolerable for some in the day of judgment than for others Matthew 11:20-24; that some will be found to be twofold more a child of hell than others, and will receive “greater damnation” Matthew 23:14-15; and that every man will be judged according to his works Revelation 20:11-15. The saints will be rewarded according to their works Matthew 10:41-42Matthew 16:27Romans 14:10-122 Corinthians 5:10-11Revelation 22:12.

• That wars are won or lost in the heavenlies between good and bad angels before they are won or lost on earth by men? This is clear from Dan. 10:13-21 where Gabriel says that the satanic rulers of Persia held him captive for three weeks. He states, “now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia [the fallen angel that ruled Persia for Satan]: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.” He further reveals that when Babylon was overthrown he had helped Michael to overthrow it Daniel 10:21–11. He speaks of Michael as being the special prince of God over Israel Daniel 12:1. These and other scriptures, such as Heb. 1:14; Mt. 18:10, show that there are angels over governments and even over individuals, who minister to them and seek to rule their lives. When God gets ready to overthrow a government on earth to fulfill His prophetic Word, His angels have to overthrow Satan’s rulers of these kingdoms and then men will carry out the result on earth. (See Lesson Four, Point II, 9.)

• That the mark of the beast is not 666? This is the “number of the beast” and not his mark, as is plainly stated in Rev. 13:16-18. There will be three things men will have a choice of taking in the days of Antichrist: The mark of Antichrist, his name, or the number of his name. What the Antichrist’s name and mark will be is not stated; but the number of his name is stated as being 666. Therefore, no man can now know his name or his mark and will never be able to know them until the Antichrist comes after the rapture of the Church, as we shall see. However, anyone now can know that 666 is the number of his name, as this is revealed in Rev. 13:18.

• That blood will soon flow up to the horses’ bridles? This will literally be true at the Battle of Armageddon which will be fought at the second coming of Jesus Christ in the near future Revelation 14:14-20Revelation 19:11-21Ezekiel 38:17-21Zechariah 14:1-21.

• That all true saints will be exempt in the last day wars? The reason for this will be that they will be translated to heaven before the last two wars, as we have explained in question 1, above. These last two wars will be fought after the Antichrist comes. These two wars will be fought after the first of the three wars, which brings about the formation of the ten kingdoms Daniel 7:23-24 and after the rapture of the church 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8Revelation 4:1. This we will prove in detail in Lessons Thirty-seven through Fifty-two.