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GALATIANS EXPOSITORY SERIES

 

In today’s study, Dr. Gonzalez will conclude his exposition of Galatians 2:11-16.

He will point out that:

• Paul’s concern was the Gospel. Even when it came to another apostle, Paul cared enough to confront. For him, it was not peace at any price, but the gospel at all costs. Paul strongly objected to the hypocrisy of Peter, Barnabas, and the others. And that…
• When Paul confronted Peter in Antioch, he was dealing with something more than just a social issue. He understood that his rebuke of Peter was nothing less than a battle for the gospel of free grace. On the surface, the issue was unity between Jews and Gentiles at the table. But beneath the surface lurked the deeper issue of what God requires for salvation.

 

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It must have been an awkward moment when Paul and Peter, two pillars of the Church, had a confrontation during a church potluck.

The confrontation was unexpected. Paul and Peter had been friends ever since they got acquainted in Jerusalem. The last time they were together, Peter had given Paul the right hand of fellowship. But this time Paul was opposing Peter right to his face.

Everyone knew there had been some sort of argument at Antioch, and it would have been easy to use the incident to discredit Paul's gospel. Yet according to Paul, this present situation was the final proof that he was a genuine apostle of the one true gospel of free grace by showing that he even had the authority to rebuke another apostle who stepped out of line.

In part one of Galatians 2:11-16, Dr. Gonzalez helps us understand why Paul was so upset with Peter resulting in his rebuke.

 

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In today’s study, part two of Galatians 2:1-10, Dr. Gonzalez’s discusses the two positive results of Paul’s visit to Jerusalem:

1. Titus, Paul’s Gentile convert, was accepted. Titus did not have to be circumcised to be saved.
2. Paul’s commission was acknowledged. The apostles acknowledged Paul's commission to preach the gospel. They endorsed Paul's mission to the Gentiles.

Dr. Gonzalez will also point out:

• That the way the first apostles treated one another is really a model for ministry.
• Paul’s successful defense of the gospel truth that salvation comes by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.
• Paul’s fight for spiritual freedom from Jewish regulations to preserve the justifying grace of God in the gospel.

 

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"Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we're free at last!" These words were spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the close of his address at the 1963 March on Washington for Civil Rights. Dr. King's words conveyed something besides freedom's joy; they also hinted at its long, hard struggle. They were spoken a full century after liberty was first proclaimed for African Americans. Free at last, after centuries of bondage and enslavement. At last, after another long century of prejudice and injustice.

America’s experience with slavery teaches us that proclaiming emancipation and possessing liberty are two quite different things. Freedom is not easily gained, and once gained, it is easily lost.

In part one of Dr. Gonzalez’s study of Galatians 2:1-10, he will:

• Point out how precious spiritual freedom is.
• The price that Jesus paid on the cross to gain it.
• How easy it is to squander that freedom and return to spiritual bondage, and
• He will begin his discussion on Paul’s second visit to Jerusalem.

 

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You will remember that in his opening remarks Paul defended his apostleship against those who had tried to discredit him (Gal. 1:1). After describing the work of the gospel (Gal. 1:4), he then pronounced a divine curse on anyone who would distort the gospel of grace (Gal. 1:6-9). In the remainder of chapter 1 he once again takes up the issue of his authority and messages, defending himself against the false charges of his critics.

In today’s study of Galatians 1:10-24, Dr. Gonzalez will discuss:

• Paul’s ministry priority and motivation
• The source of his message
• The evidence of the power of the gospel
• Paul’s persecution of the Church prior to his conversion, and
• Paul’s calling to be a preacher of the gospel

 

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Paul wrote Galatians to combat false teaching. Somehow the apostle got news of the trouble and he wrote to call the churches back to the true gospel that he had originally delivered. He founded the churches in Galatia himself and was particularly attached to them.

In most of Paul's letters, we typically find some praise of the recipients before dealing with the subject of the letter. Paul did not do that here. He immediately jumps into the matter at hand. Perhaps because Paul was so intensely concerned about the matter of gracious salvation in Christ and about the violent attacks on the gospel being made by the Judaizers. Galatians is the only one of his epistles that gives no word of commendation to its readers. When the gospel is at stake there is no time for pleasantries. After a brief salutation, the apostle immediately states the problem that prompted the letter.

 

 

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GALATIANS EXPOSITORY SERIES

 

Paul wrote Galatians to combat false teaching. Somehow the apostle got news of the trouble and he wrote to call the churches back to the true gospel that he had originally delivered. He founded the churches in Galatia himself and was particularly attached to them.

 

 

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The book of Galatians is called the "Christian's Declaration of Independence." Paul teaches and clearly establishes the fact that the Christian is free from the curse and bondage of the Law. After introducing himself, He powerfully argues the doctrine of justification by faith.

Today, Dr. Gonzalez will be looking at the first five verses of Galatians chapter 1. He will discuss Paul’s:

• Mandate,
• Mannerism, and
• Message

 

 

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END TIMES PROPHECY SERIES

 

In his final message of the end times prophecy series, Dr. Gonzalez will discuss the intermediate state.

If invited to a party or a funeral, which one would we rather attend and why? Contrary to conventional wisdom, Solomon counsels that it is better to go to a funeral home (“a house of mourning”) than to attend a party (“a house of feasting”). In Ecclesiastes 7:2, Solomon said,

Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties.
    After all, everyone dies—
    so the living should take this to heart.

He explains that it is better because parties tend to promote an empty, useless perspective on life; whereas it is at the funeral home that we face reality.

Dr. Gonzalez will explain the biblical view of death and discuss:

• Death and the unbeliever
• Death and the believer

 

 

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END-TIMES PROPHECY SERIES

 

After the first phase of the future kingdom of God ends, the second phase of the kingdom will begin.

Rev. 20:7-9 tells us that towards the end of the Millennium Kingdom, Satan is released from the Abyss and is successful in gathering a large number of people who will rebel against Christ. According to Rev. 20:9-10, the rebellion is short-lived and completely unsuccessful. All those who participate in it are put to death, while Satan receives his final judgment in the Lake of Fire.

After Satan’s power is finally broken and all people are finally resurrected, all the subjugation necessary has been realized. It is then possible to move into the eternal kingdom. When the millennium kingdom is merged with the eternal kingdom, the eternal sovereignty of God is established. Satan’s challenge and disruption of God’s purposes will be answered finally and forever.

In today’s study, Dr. Gonzalez discusses the eternal state and life in the Eternal Kingdom of God.

 

 

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END-TIMES PROPHECY SERIES

 

The Millennium is the final illustration of the grace of God and man’s need for salvation.

In this final study about the Millennium, Dr. Gonzalez will discuss several of its characteristics and will explain why the earthly kingdom is necessary as he explains the purpose and meaning of the Millennial Kingdom.

 

 

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END-TIMES PROPHECY SERIES

 

The millennium kingdom is the rule of Christ on earth as promised to David and it will be inaugurated at the second coming of Christ. The land promise made to Abraham and his descendants will be fulfilled, the promise made to David that his descendant (the Messiah) will sit on the throne of the kingdom forever will be fulfilled. Without the Millennium Kingdom, the Abrahamic, Davidic and Palestinian (or land) Covenants would go unfulfilled.

In this message, Dr. Gonzalez will discuss:

• The geographic changes that will happen during the millennium, and
• The government of the millennium

 

 

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END-TIMES PROPHECY SERIES

 

Over the next three studies, Dr. Gonzalez will cover the Millennium.

He explains that there will be a transitional period that apparently separates the beginning of the millennial kingdom from the end of the Tribulation period. There will be several events that take place during this transition period.

He reminds us that there is a significant division in the study of eschatology (future things) having to do with the question of whether there will be a 1,000-year reign of Christ before or after His second coming.

In today’s message he will share:

• The events that take place during this transition period,
• The three millennial views, and
• Why the premillennial view is best supported by Scripture

 

 

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END-TIMES PROPHECY SERIES

 

The redeemed will never face judgment for their sin. The Lord Jesus Christ took our sin on the cross and the Father judged it, and Christ paid the penalty upon His death. God’s righteous judgment was satisfied, for Christ rose from the dead. However, sin will influence what transpires at the judgment seat of Christ in terms of whether we lose or gain rewards.

Having already discussed the judgment that will occur at the rapture known as the Judgment Seat of Christ, Dr. Gonzalez will now discuss:

• The judgments that will take place at the Lord’s second coming, which includes:
  • The judgment of the living Gentiles,
  • The judgment of the living Jews, and
  • The judgment of the Old Testament and Tribulation believers

• And the judgments after His millennial kingdom, which includes:
  • The judgment of Satan and the fallen angels
  • The judgment that destroys the present heavens and earth by fire
  • The judgment of the unsaved

 

 

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END-TIMES PROPHECY SERIES

 

Dr. Gonzalez reminds us that when a person comes before the Judge, it will not be to determine his or her eternal destiny. That destiny was already determined by the person here on earth. No one will be saved after death; salvation comes to those who at some point during their lifetime here on earth, placed their trust in Christ as Lord and Savior.

In this message, Dr. Gonzalez will discuss the purpose of the future judgments. He explains that the future judgments can be broken into three main groups:

1. The judgment at the rapture
2. The judgments at the second coming, and
3. The judgments after the millennial kingdom

 

 

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END-TIMES PROPHECY SERIES

 

After a detailed exposition of the seal, trumpet, and bowl judgments of the Tribulation, Dr. Gonzalez will begin his discussion of Armageddon.

The conclusion of the 7^th bowl judgment will bring men to the end of the Tribulation and to the Second Coming of Christ to begin His reign over the earth. Only one more part of the picture remains to be completed.

He explains that Armageddon is not a single battle but, rather, a whole series of conflicts that culminate with the second coming of Christ. In this message, Dr. Gonzalez will look at the 9 stages of the campaign of Armageddon.

 

 

 

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END-TIMES PROPHECY SERIES

In this message, Dr. Gonzalez will focus on the 5^th, 6^th, and 7thbowl judgments. As a result of these judgments, the world will experience:

 

• A supernatural darkness over the kingdom of the Antichrist. In Mark 13:24 Jesus Himself said that during the Tribulation, “…the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light.”
• The drying up of the Euphrates river, which will facilitate the crossing of the river by the armies of the kings of the east. The sixth bowl is far more than a plague; it is a prelude to the gathering of the troops for Armageddon.
• A massive moving of the earth’s crust that will be accompanied by huge hundred-pound hailstones falling from heaven.

 

 

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END-TIMES PROPHECY SERIES

 

In Revelation chapter 16, the chronological list of prophetic events is continued.

In this message, Dr. Gonzalez will focus on the 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th bowl judgments. As a result of these judgments, the world will experience:

• The death of every remaining sea creature.
• All remaining fresh water on the earth turning to blood.
• The intense suffering caused by the sun bringing terrible heat on the earth
• A supernatural darkness over the kingdom of the Antichrist. In Mark 13:24 Jesus Himself said that during the Tribulation, “…the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light.”

 

 

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END-TIMES PROPHECY SERIES

 

In Revelation chapter 9, the chronological list of prophetic events is continued.

In this message, Dr. Gonzalez focuses on the last two trumpet and the first two bowl judgments.

• With Trumpet 6, we learn that four evil angels are released by God’s permission to accomplish His judgment. Things get worse with this trumpet, said to be the “second woe.” An army of 200 million from the east will destroy one third of mankind.
• When Trumpet 7 sounds, eight major events are mentioned.
• Bowl 1 will inflict incurable skin sores. Revelation 16:2 says, “The first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and severely painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped its image.”
• Bowl 2 causes the sea to turn into blood. It causes the death of every remaining sea creature. Revelation 16:3 says, “The second poured out his bowl into the sea. It turned to blood like that of a dead person, and all life in the sea died.”

 

 

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END-TIMES PROPHECY SERIES

 

With the opening of Revelation chapter 8, the chronological list of prophetic events is continued. As the seventh seal is broken by the Lord, the trumpet judgments begin. These judgments are more severe than the first six seal judgments and come in answer to the prayers of the saints of God.

Dr. Gonzalez continues his exposition of the trumpet judgments John writes about in Revelation chapters 8 through 11. The seal judgments were bad, but the trumpet judgments will be worse. So much so that Revelation 8:1 says that when heaven’s inhabitants become aware of them, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

 

 

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END-TIMES PROPHECY SERIES

 

During the next six messages, Dr. Gonzalez will be discussing on some detail, the last three and a half years of the Tribulation period.

Dr. Gonzalez explains that the three series of judgments (seals, trumpets, and bowls) are successive judgments, in other words, each set of judgments follows or succeeds the previous one. It is during the last three and a half years that the world will experience the trumpet and bowl judgments. As the seventh seal is broken by the Lord, the trumpet judgments begin. These judgments are more severe than the first six seal judgments and come in answer to the prayers of the saints of God.

Today, he will begin by looking at where Israel is and what the activities of Antichrist are at the beginning of the second half of the Tribulation and start an expository study of the trumpet judgments.

 

 

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END-TIMES PROPHECY SERIES

 

During today’s message, Dr. Gonzalez will discuss what the world can expect midway through the Tribulation period related to:

• The nation of Israel
• The activities of the Antichrist
• The activity of Satan
• The activity of the False Prophet, and
• The religions of the world

Let us listen as Dr. Gonzalez continues his study on end times prophecy.

 

 

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END-TIMES PROPHECY SERIES

 

Dr. Gonzalez states that the sixth seal judgment is probably broken near the middle of the Tribulation and may introduce the final 3 1/2 years of the Tribulation. It brings amazing and powerful upheavals on the earth and in the heavens. A great earthquake convulses the crust of the earth, and as Revelation 6:14 says, every mountain and island was moved from its place. This will be accompanied by great cosmic disturbances affecting the sun, moon, and stars.

So great are these events that a terrified humanity cries out to the rocks and mountains to hide them from the wrath of God. This judgment will include 6 catastrophic events:

1. A single great earthquake
2. The sun will be darkened so that it becomes black
3. The moon will become as red as blood
4. There will be a meteor shower
5. Apparently, heaven will be opened for a moment so that the men on earth can have a glimpse of that awesome scene, with God on His throne
6. Every mountain and island will be moved

This will be a time when there will be no turning to God in repentance but rather a turning from God’s face.

This is just the beginning of labor pains; the worst is yet to come.

 

 

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END-TIMES PROPHECY SERIES

 

Dr. Gonzalez explains that the Tribulation period does not necessarily begin right after the Rapture occurs. Many prophecy scholars agree that there will be a relatively short interval of time between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation. The Tribulation will begin when Israel signs a treaty with the Antichrist, the leader of the confederation of Western nations, the revived Roman Empire.

God’s judgments begin when Christ breaks the seals of the scroll spoken of in Revelation chapters 5 and 6. In Matthew 24:4-8, Jesus Christ speaks of the judgments that will be found during the first three and a half years of the Tribulation. He describes them as the beginning of labor pains. John details these judgments as he describes the seal judgments in Revelation 6:2-17.

During today’s message, Dr. Gonzalez will be discussing the third, fourth, and fifth seal judgments.

 

 

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END-TIMES PROPHECY SERIES

 

Jesus Christ made the following statement to His disciples in Matthew 24:21, For at that time there will be great distress, the kind that hasn’t taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again. Those words of our Lord say it all. But what exactly makes the Tribulation period so much worse and unlike any other troublesome period in human history?

Dr. Gonzalez explains that there are two primary factors:

First, it will be a worldwide event. Unlike today, where the world continually experiences localized or regional wars and conflicts, the Tribulation will affect the entire planet. Not one nation will escape the deadly effects of this unparalleled time of judgment, persecution, calamities, war, and devastation.

Second, man’s behavior and attitude. Just listen to John’s words in Revelation 6:16, And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb.

Most of us, if not all of us, have heard at some time or another or have perhaps have said it ourselves, that the end is near. Yet, despite everything we have heard and the warning signs we have seen, we fail to act or behave as if we really believed it. Well, according to John, when the Tribulation begins, man will no longer think the end is near, man will know the end is at hand and their actions and behavior will prove it. During that period, man will not seek to preserve his life; instead, he will seek death.

Dr. Gonzalez will now focus his discussion on the seven-year Tribulation period. During the next four messages, He will cover the first three and a half years.

 

 

Today’s podcast is brought to you by Time in the Word.

As God ministers to you through this series of studies and as you experience God’s love and grace in your own life, share these podcasts with others, so that they too may be blessed by God’s Word and His amazing grace.

Time in the Word with Bible teacher Dr. Miguel Gonzalez is a ministry of Reasons for Faith International Ministries, a ministry committed to the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the clear exposition of God’s Word.

For additional resources, or if you've enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to support the ongoing efforts of this ministry, you can do so by visiting www.rffiministries.org.