TRUE SPIRITUAL AWAKENING

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Two of my most favoured ministers of God. Dr. John Lennox and Dr. James Tour speak on Scripture Meditation & God’s Voice. You will be blessed greatly by this conversation. Both share their life experiences getting to know God and how He speaks to us through His Word.

My own experience with God and His Word: I am challenged to ask God to speak to Me every time I open the two bibles which I believe God gave to me. When I do, the Holy Spirit always reveals something new.

I received my first bible from God in the UK, It was the New King James (The Open Bible) Expanded Edition by Thomas Nelson Publishers. I was in England at the UK Christian Booksellers Association Convention in 1985. I had purchased Christian Press Pty Ltd in 1983. It was the distributor of Thomas Nelson books and bibles in Australia. Thomas Nelson launched The Open Bible at that convention.

My youngest son Scott was with me, he was 17 at the time and had just finished the High School certificate and we had agreed he would attend Capernwray Bible College in the UK for 6 months rather than go direct to university to study economics. I knew Major Ian W. Thomas the founder of Capernwray Bible Colleges as we distributed his books in Australia. I had mentioned to him that I was concerned that Scott was too young emotionally to go to University and he suggested he attend his Bible College in Lancashire and then spend time with Scripture Union in London. Scott was more that willing to go along with this plan.

At breakfast on the first day of the CBA Convention we were sitting at a table with Arthur Farstad, Consulting Editor of the Open Bible. He heard Scott speak and asked me if Scott would read a passage from the Open Bible at the launch of the Open Bible the following night. He liked Scott’s Aussie accent and he wanted to get a number of people to read sections from the Open Bible to show that it retained the poetry of the King James version. Scott was delighted to do it and we both were given an Open Bible Expanded Edition which is a study bible (1403 pages + Concordance and maps). We both were blessed to receive it and are still using it today. The second bible I consider God gave me is the ESV Study Bible. It was given to me at the Christian Booksellers Convention in the USA in 2008 at the launch of the ESV Study Bible produced by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Scott was also with me on this occasion only now he was working with me at Care & Share Products, a ministry of Christian Press Pty Ltd. We were not the distributor of Crossway but went to the ESV Study Bible launch. Almost 2,000 people attended. Each person was asked for their business card which was put in a bin and after the launch they picked out one card and that person was to be given a leather covered ESV Study Bible. I was the lucky person to receive that ESV Study Bible. Both Scott and I were astounded when they called out my name. I have cherished it and use it alongside my Open Study Bible.

ORIGINAL HEBREW VERSION OF REVELATION DISCOVERED IN CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

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The Apostle John wrote Revelation down in Hebrew and later translated it into Greek, which is what our English Bible translations are based on. But the original Hebrew version has been discovered AND authenticated. What lost truths does it reveal? One lost truth is earthshaking and doctrine changing. Watch this video to find out how and where the Hebrew version of Revelation was discovered, what its original title was (it wasn’t “Revelation”), what the original colors of the Four Horsemen were, and the one-sentence difference that changes everything about how you interpret Revelation.

The one-sentence difference relates to Revelation 1:19 and how this affects how we interpret the information given on the seven churches. These seven churches represent the church as it will be in the last seven years before God pours out His wrath upon the Earth with the Trumpet and Bowl judgements. The sixth church of Philadelphia is clearly the raptured church and relates to the sixth seal, which is the celestial signs before God pours out His wrath upon the Earth. The church of Laodicea is the church left behind as it is the one God spews out of His mouth.

CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA

“‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name… Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.” Revelation 3:8, 10-11

BIBLE TRANSLATION WORK

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Current projections estimate that in the next 15 years, all people groups will have at least some portion of Scripture available in their own language, while 95% will have a complete Bible, and 99.95% will have a New Testament. Poole continued: “Each new translation is exciting because it means more people are able to access the Scriptures in their own language. That accessibility is key to helping people truly comprehend the gospel message, and to seeing lives transformed by Jesus. “We are fast approaching a key milestone in world history. 

God is making sure that people will be without excuse when they say they did not know that God has provided an answer to all of the problems evident in this world including death.

Our Creator has revealed the true history of His world and He reveals how He will end this world and create a new heaven and new earth. It is all revealed in the Bible