APRIL 2006

Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

The Angelic Conflict. Part 53. Executing the PPOG and glorifying God in the angelic conflict.

Sunday, April 2, 2006

Point 12. The Existence of Free Will in the Human Race and how it Perpetuates the Angelic Conflict.

This is actually promoted by many Calvinists, especially hyper-Calvinists.
They teach that man cannot choose God or the plan of God and therefore God must choose Him.

This comes from certain scriptures being taken out of context, not comparing scripture with scripture, and a problem that John Calvin and a lot of his followers have, they did not know the original language.

Many Calvinists hold to the doctrine of double predestination which is heresy and an attack upon the justice of God. This is the teaching that God has predestined some to be saved and some to the eternal lake of fire.

PSA 51:5 “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.”
PSA 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth.

ROM 5:12 “Through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned - when Adam sinned”
1CO 15:22 in Adam all die
EPH 2:3 - we were by nature children of wrath,

Every member of the human race since then has been born into sin without their consent; therefore, if God sent them to hell because they were born sinners without giving them an opportunity to believe, He would be unjust in doing so.

A. In evangelism.
Mankind as a free agent in the devil’s world can believe in Jesus Christ and have eternal life, or he can reject salvation and have eternal condemnation, sharing the judgment of Satan and his fallen angels.
B. In the PPOG for the Church-age.

As Royal Family of God, every Church-age believer can execute the PPOG and glorify God as a part of the system of victory in the angelic conflict.
Or, he can live in the cosmic system and follow the trends of independence established by Satan.

If you cannot see the manifestation of God in fallen man, you will never see Him at all.

Exactly as the Snake seduced Eve with his smooth patter, you are being lured away from the simple purity of virtue-love for Christ.

LUK 14:18- “bought a piece of property and need to look it over."
LUK 14:19 - they have bought a business and a job and really need to check it out.
LUK 14:20 - they are married and need to get home to their wife.

You have a free will and as a member of the Royal Family of God, you can execute the PPOG and glorify God as a part of the system of victory in the angelic conflict.

You can live in the cosmic system and follow the trends of independence established by Satan.

Through rejection of Christ or the plan of God, mankind chooses the plan of Satan, which runs the range from religion to legalism, socialism, all forms of arrogance, emotionalism, atheism or any other form of independence from God.

1. Phase one - salvation.
In choosing the plan of God at salvation through faith in Christ, regenerate mankind becomes positionally superior to angels through the baptism of the Spirit and resultant positional sanctification, HEB 1:1-14.

The regenerate member of the human race is now positionally higher than angels, since we are in union with Christ who is now seated at the right hand of the Father and higher than angels.
HEB 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

2. Phase two - the believer in time, experiential sanctification - eusebeia - “godliness” = the unique spiritual life.

You can put another nail in Satan’s coffin now by being positionally superior to angels; and by living in your very own predesigned plan, you can be superior to angels experientially.

3. Phase three - the believer in eternity.
At the resurrection of the Royal Family of God, believers become physically superior to all angelic creatures through the possession of a resurrection body.

a. Alpha Company: the resurrection of Christ at the end of the great power experiment of the Hypostatic Union, for He is “the first fruits of them that slept.” Mat 28; Mar 16; Luk 24; Joh 20-21; Acts 2:31-34.

b. Bravo Company: the resurrection of the Royal Family of God at the end of the great power experiment of the Church-age; JOH 14:1-3; PHI 3:20-21; 1CO 15:51-57; 1TH 4:13-18; 1JO 3:1-2.

c. Charlie Company: the resurrection of the Old Testament believers and Tribulational martyrs at the end of the Tribulation and the Second Advent, DAN 12:13; ISA 26:19-20; MAT 24:31; REV 20:4.

d. Delta Company: the resurrection of the Millennial saints at the end of the Millennium.

a. For believers only: resurrection to eternal life. The resurrection body is eternal and permanent, superior to that of angelic creatures, DAN 12:2; JOH 5:24-29; 1CO 15:20-22; REV 20:6,13.

b. For unbelievers: a resurrection where they are cast into the lake of fire forever, MAT 25:41; 1CO 15:24;REV 20:5-15, called the “second resurrection” or the last judgment.

For seven years, during the Tribulation until the Second advent, Church-age believers in resurrection bodies are a demonstration to demons that their position was totally wrong and that God’s judgment of them is totally right.

If we were given physical superiority now in time, there would be no contest in the angelic conflict; for we must be an inferior but rational form of creation to resolve the angelic conflict.

Judge - fut-act-ind - krino = to make decisions for, to conclude, to approve, to decree, to rule, to govern, to preside over with the power of giving judicial decisions.

Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

The Angelic Conflict. Part 55. Angelic Observation and Opposition in Human History.

Friday, April 7, 2006

Point 13. The Angelic Observation and Opposition in Human History.

a. Elect angels rejoice over the salvation of one person, LUK 15:7,10.

In the dispensation of the Hypostatic Union, angels observed every part of the First Advent and incarnation of our Lord -
1TI 3:16 - He was, “Beheld by angels.”

In the dispensation of the Church-age, angels observe members of the Royal Family of God in their failure or success to execute and fulfill the PPOG, 1CO 4:9; EPH 3:10; 1TI 5:21; 1PE 1:12.

Spectacle - nominative neuter singular - theatron = a theater, a place for public shows, a play, a place for the performance of dramatic representations.

EPH 3:10 in order that the multi-faceted or many-sides of the wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.

Angels even observe the believers in the Church-age receiving commands from headquarters, 1TI 5:21.

Long - epithumeo = to have a desire for something, to long for, to set the heart upon.

MAT 18:10 - angels also observe and protect children.
LUK 16:22 - angels also were present when Lazarus, a believer, died. He was escorted to paradise by the angels.
LUK 16:22 “Now it came about that the poor man died and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom;”
1CO 11:10 - angels observe the attitude that the woman has toward her husband and the symbol of authority that it represents.

Satan has organized a tremendous demon army to hinder Church-age believers from fulfilling the PPOG.

Fallen angels are organized to resist and oppose positive believers, EPH 6:12-17; JOB 1:6; 2:1-3; 1PE 5:8.

1. To blind the minds of unbelievers so they will not accept Christ.
2. If they do believe in Christ, hinder their function and execution of the PPOG, distract them in every way possible, and keep them from making Bible doctrine their number one priority.

a. Satan and his angels are the enemy of unbelievers, LUK 8:12; 2CO 4:3-4; 2TH 2:7-10; COL 2:8.
LUK 8:12 “And those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they may not believe and be saved.”

b. Satan and his angels are the enemy of the Church-age believer, 2CO 2:11; JAM 4:6-10; 1PE 5:6-9; 2CO 11:3; EPH 6:10-17.
JAM 4:7 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

c. Satan and his angels are the enemy of the Church, REV 2:8-10,12-13.
EPH 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

d. Satan and his angels are the enemy of Bible doctrine, MAT 13:19, 39.
e. Satan and his angels are the enemy of Israel, REV 12:13-15.

f. Satan and his angels are the enemy of the dispensation of the hypostatic union, REV 12:4.
g. Satan and his angels are the enemy of nations, REV 12:9; REV 20:3,8.
h. Satan and his angels are the chief antagonists of the extension of the angelic conflict into human history, Heb 1-2.

Point 14. The Angelic Conflict In Human History Answers Basic Questions About Life.

A. Why the creation of man?
Mankind was created to resolve the prehistoric angelic conflict.

b. Why sin?
To resolve the angelic conflict all members of the human race must have the same free will as angels have.

In the original sin of man in the garden of Eden, there was the function of negative volition against a specific prohibition.

God said you could eat from any tree except one!
Satan said, “Has God said you shall not eat from any tree?”

God’s plan still went on and God turned the curse into a blessing, because at the cross all human sin was judged while human good was rejected, TIT 3:5.

TIT 3:5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

This is why the efficacious saving work of Christ on the cross is the basis for the strategic victory of the angelic conflict, COL 2:14-15; HEB 1:4-14, Heb 2.

If any accusation was made, like how can a loving God cast His creatures in the lake of fire, picture this: that same loving God forsook His Son on the cross while He was bearing the sins of the whole world.

The cross broke the back of Satan.

At the cross that same character of God condemned His own perfect impeccable Son while bearing our sins.

Just as we use our volition to sin, so also we use our volition to choose for or against the plan of God.

Sin exists simply because of the fact that God gave His creatures free will, and they have chosen from that free will to violate certain divine standards.

c. Why chaos on planet earth?
1CO 14:33 for God is not a God of confusion but of peace,

The chaos is only terminated by the Second Advent of Christ and His Millennial reign.

Satan does not have the power or the ability to control all the inhabitants of the world nor the ability to produce perfect environment on the earth.

Christian activism is a movement that is blindly and ignorantly trying to help Satan clean up his world and make it a better place to live.

Social engineering means trying to force biblical principles on society.
Political engineering means trying to control the government with principles from the Bible.

Christians stick their nose into other people’s business.
Christians intrude into the privacy of other people.
Christians violate the constitutional rights of other people.
Christians destroy property, e.g., abortion clinics.

To outlaw a certain segment of society because they do not adhere to Christian principles is a disaster.

The devil sponsors Christian activism because that is his way of getting believers involved in the improvement of the devil’s world.

“Render unto Caesar” = establishment activity and being a good citizen of your nation.
“Render unto God” includes the execution of the plan of God.

Christian activism becomes tantamount to the Church-age believer being involved in the temporal solutions to the problems of life when spiritual solutions are available.

Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

The Angelic Conflict. Part 57. Operation footstool-the ultimate triumph of the angelic conflict.

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Point 15. Operation Footstool - the Ultimate Triumph of the Angelic Conflict.

The first mention principle is that principle by which God indicates in the first mention of a subject the truth about that subject as it relates to other passages of scripture.

The first mention principle means that the first occurrence of a word, expression, or a verse is the key to its subsequent meaning and a guide to the truth connected with it.

The first time we meet Satan he is described in GEN 3:1 as being subtle and crafty, and therefore all through the word of God every time the serpent or the devil is mentioned it points to his subtlety and craftiness.

It is quoted four times in the New Testament under a rebuttal concept; i.e., to settle a Jewish controversy regarding Christ as the Messiah to Israel and the dispute about the hypostatic union.

MAT 22:41-46 - when questioned by the Pharisees about the Sonship of Jesus Christ, our Lord quotes this passage, saying how could David call his son “My Lord.”

MAR 12:35-37 is quoted by Jesus when He was in the temple answering a dispute with the scribes.

In LUK 20:41-44, PSA 110:1 is quoted by Jesus when He was questioned by the Sadducees, LUK 20:27.

ACT 2:24-36 - in Peter’s famous message on resurrection on the day of Pentecost he quoted PSA 110:1.

HEB 1:13 But to which of the angels has He ever said, “Sit at My right hand, Until I make Thine enemies A footstool for Thy feet”?

HEB 10:12-13 but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time onward until His enemies be made a footstool for His feet.

The occasion for this prophecy is the death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and session of the humanity of Christ in the hypostatic union.

The resurrection of the humanity of Christ is the climax to the dispensation of the hypostatic union.

MAT 28:20 “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

The humanity of Christ is limited to one spot.

The session of Christ was the occasion for receiving His third royal title based on the dispensation of the hypostatic union and the resultant strategic victory in the historical angelic conflict.

Operation footstool is the ultimate triumph of our Lord Jesus Christ when He comes back a second time and sets up His kingdom on earth.

A. The first phase is at the Second Advent of Christ, following the Tribulation period, the time of great demon activity.

When our Lord returns at the Second Advent, He will throw all fallen angels off the earth and incarcerate them and Satan for 1000 years.

ZEC 13:2 “And it will come about in that day,” declares the Lord of hosts, “that I will cut off the names of the idols [demons] from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and I will also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.”

JER 10:11 “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”

The unbelievers who survived the Tribulation are collected into two groups for their judgment, the baptism of fire, MAT 3:11-12.
The two groups are Jews and Gentiles.

Jewish unbelievers of the Tribulation are removed from the earth and cast into torments, the compartment of Hades for all unbelievers since the beginning of time.

EZE 20:33-38, MAL 4:1 teach about this phase of judgment for the Jewish unbelievers of the Tribulational period.

Gentile unbelievers of the Tribulation are also removed from the earth and cast into the fire of torments, MAT 25:31-46.

The one who is left is the believer going into the Millennium which starts with believers only.
The one taken is the Jewish unbeliever put into torments.

1. The wheat and the tares, Mat 13.
The wheat represents believers going into the Millennium.
The tares represent the Jewish and Gentile unbelievers who are gathered into bundles and put into the fire.

2. The good and the bad fish, MAT 13:47-50.

3. The ten virgins, MAT 25:1-13.

At this time our Lord will rule from Jerusalem as His headquarters, Zec 14.

a. The judgment of prehistoric, rational, super-creatures - angels.
Satan and fallen angels are judged, removed from the earth, and incarcerated for 1000 years, REV 20:1-3.

b. The judgment of historical, rational creatures - unbelieving mankind.
The unbelievers who survived the Tribulation are collected into two groups for their judgment, the baptism of fire, MAT 3:11-12.