Biblical references for Christ’s return and rule on earth. 525 - 11 - 2

Genesis 3:15, “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” After Satan bruises Jesus’ heel by masterminding the crucifixion, Jesus defeated Satan by His resurrection and will eventual rule on Earth, presently the realm of Satan.

Genesis 49:10, “The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.” Scepter, H7626. to branch off; a scion, a stick ruling and more. Once the Sanhedrin lost the authority to pronounce capital punishment they were distraught not knowing that the scepter/Jesus/ future ruler had incarnated.

Micah 5:2, “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.”

Many verses refer to the earth as “My footstool. Footstool, Strong’s G5286 includes “of thee, thine, something under the feet.”

Psalm 110:1, “The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.”

Matthew 22:44, “The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.”

Mark 12:36, “For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD (Jehovah) said to my Lord (Adoni), Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.” Here the claim is that The Messiah would be both Man and God. As David's Son, He would be human. As David's Lord, He would be divine.

Our Cornerstone is Jesus. H2106, in the sense of prominence.

Psalm 118:22, “The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.”

Matthew 21:42, “Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?” And again in Matthew 12:10, Luke 20:17 and Act 4:11.

Ephesians 2:20, “And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;”

1 Peter 2:6, “Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.”

Jude 1:14, “And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,… To execute judgment upon all… 

Daniel 2:44, “And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.“ Jesus is the stone that was cut out without hands. He will destroy the four kingdoms of the molten image and rule over the whole earth forever.

Isaiah 61:1-2, “1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;”

At His first incarnation, Jesus came as the suffering Messiah. However, He will return on the “day of vengeance” and claim his kingship.

Examples of “unsaving faith.” 532-2 - 19 - 6

Proverbs 1:22, “How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?”

In his comments concerning “The Pathology of Faith” CM states that Unsaving Faith can be either vain faith or dead faith. Vain faith involves belief in the wrong doctrine with the example given being 1 Corinthians 15:14-17. If Jesus had not risen from the dead ours would be a vain faith. However, we know that Jesus did, indeed rise from the dead, and we believe in a risen Savior.

Dead Faith is faith in an orthodox doctrine without personal belief in Jesus. Here CM mentions James 2:18, “Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.”

Religion is man’s attempt to reach up to God usually by works. Many expect to go to heaven because they go to church and are good rather than placing their faith in Jesus. Ephesians 2:8, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God." Salvation is a free gift, however, one that has to be accepted. Then, like James, we can say I will show you my faith by my good works emanating from my faith.

As for dead doctrine, some religions invent their own concept of Jesus. The Islamic Jesus would mimic the Christian False Prophet. Although Mormons often claim to be Christian their prophet has the last word concerning Mormon doctrine as does the Catholic Pope regarding Catholic doctrine.

Catholics have their purgatory, masses for the dead and the buying of indulgences. This certainly contradicts Ephesians 2:8, and basically calls Jesus a liar when He cried from the cross “It is finished.” Matthew 6:7, "But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking." Or, in the case of the Catholic service, vain repetitions, as the priest chants one thing and the congregation chants the prescribed reply.

In the case of Islam, one never really know if he or she has done enough to please Allah to be allowed entrée into paradise until his or her death. The one exception being if you should die in jihad.

To me the cornerstone of the evangelical believer is that our cornerstone, Jesus, was our sacrificial lamb who died to reconcile fallen man with a righteous God. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:"

Job 19:25, "For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth"