Gospel in the Last Days

What we do first is put things in context, which means that we review things just to establish the context for the other subjects which begin with Part Two.

Now notice “the creation waits eagerly”. (Rom 8:20)

For the creation was subjected to futility…

The word “futility” in Greek is more like “depravity”. Not of its own will…

but because of him who subjected it in hope…

…”elpo”…

You have a bishop in Denmark who doesn’t believe in God. They can’t fire him because it’s against the law.

They’ve created a hermaphroditic human being by cloning it in a test tube. They’re creating monsters. I thought bio-medical science was aimed at preventing birth defects – they’re creating freaks.

Stephen Sizer, the little devil, justifies apartheid in the name of God. I refused to speak in South Africa when they had apartheid. You know our ministry runs orphanages in South Africa, yes? I know people who suffered under apartheid. What an insult to people who really suffered under apartheid.

Rev 14:6
And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people;

That’s (Rev 14:6), the gospel of eternity

Let’s begin by defining our terms. “The Gospel in the Last Days.” Again, we have to recap things you know, so I’m just touching on it briefly. First we’ll look at the Word “Gospel”, what the Gospel in the Last Days means.

So we have the Gospel of eternity. But what we’re concerned with is Matthew 24:14…

“This gospel of the kingdom…

Notice it’s emphatic – this gospel of the kingdom.

What will preaching the Gospel of the Last Days be like? Let us look at the Messianic element. Turn with me, please, to the book of (Acts 2:14), Peter’s charigma.

But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words. For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only the third hour of the day; but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:

In the 1st Century sexual perversion was culturally endemic and seen as normative. . Homosexuality and bisexuality was seen as co-equally normal as heterosexual relationships. What Paul wrote in Romans 1 would have been highly inflammatory. Well, it’s highly inflammatory again. As we speak there’s a preacher in jail in Sweden for preaching, doing exposition, on Romans 1. A Canadian pastor was fined £1,500 for preaching from Romans 1. We’re seeing more and more anti-vilification laws trying to restrict our freedom.