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GOSPEL of the KINGDOM had been suppressed! And replaced by a gospel
ABOUT the PERSON of Christ--saying the FALSE CHURCH which sprang up
in 33 A.D. was the Kingdom already here, saying God was a TRINITY--
thus doing away with the fact that we may receive God's Holy Spirit
and be begotten as VERY CHILDREN of GOD, to be BORN actually into
the FAMILY (Kingdom) of God--and doing away with God's law and
therefore, God's GOVERNMENT.
Jesus raised up HIS church, the true CHURCH OF GOD--in 31 A.D.
In 33 A.D. (Acts 8), Simon the sorcerer started what became the
GREAT false church, the "daughter of Babylon"--or in other words,
the "Babylonian Mystery religion" (Rev. 17:5) appropriating the
NAME "Christian," but DENYING Christ's TRUTH. The true Church,
after the terrible wave of persecution, virtually went UNDERGROUND.
They could teach the true Gospel only secretly, but not to crowds--
no longer to the WORLD! For 18 1/2 centuries the world was DECEIVED
(Rev. 12:9, 17:1-2). In all that time Christ's true Gospel was not
preached to, nor heard by the world. Only a false teaching.
Just HOW does the BIBLE count a GENERATION?
In counting successive generations in a genealogy (as of Christ),
it counts a generation from one's birth to the date of birth of his
son (as in Matt. 1:17). But in speaking of an entire generation--
like this or that generation, it refers to the entire LIFE-time of
a generation, from birth to death. For example, of the generation
then living in Moses' day, none of that entire generation then
living--from 20 years and above--was to be allowed to enter the
promised land. They were 40 years in the wilderness. So that
generation was at least 60 years. The present living generation is
probably longer.
So UNDERSTAND! Jesus came with the GOSPEL (GOOD NEWS)
ANNOUNCING the future coming of the KINGDOM OF GOD, immediately
after He had QUALIFIED to replace the former super archangel
Lucifer (Satan) on the throne at that time.
The first man, Adam--father and progenitor of the human race--
rejected the GOVERNMENT OF GOD, which Lucifer before him had
rejected. Adam made the decision to DECIDE FOR HIMSELF what is good
and what is evil--right and wrong--rejecting God's LAW of God's
government which defines what is right and what is wrong. Adam
deliberately CUT HIMSELF AND HIS HUMAN FAMILY OFF FROM GOD, AND
ALL CONTACT WITH GOD.
God compelled Adam to make his own decision. Since he cut
himself off from God's government and all contact with God, the
Master Plan of God called for a 7,000-year period of which the
first seven days of creation in Genesis 1 were a type. Six
millennial days (6,000 years), for man to run his course, going his
own way, cut off from God--devising and building his own society,
civilization, and all in it. Man had put himself under the sway
of Satan. Satan shall remain on that throne of the earth UNTIL a
successor has qualified, AND HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO OFFICE.
So man, under the invisible sway of Satan, deceived into
believing Satan does not exist, established his own GOVERNMENTS, his