Our Basic Beliefs                      
                                                                               
What do we believe about Jesus Christ?
Jesus Christ was the Word made flesh (John 1).  He is the second member of the Godhead (I John 5:7), who was born through a virgin Hebrew girl named Mary (Matthew 1:23).  He is Jehovah, the eternal God of the Old Testament (Zechariah 12:10 & John 8:58).  All things were created by Him and for Him (Colossians 1:16).  The Lord Jesus Christ is the one and only means of salvation (John 14:6).

What do we believe the Bible is about?
The Bible is about the Lord Jesus Christ, the Redeemer, who came through Abraham’s seed (Galatians 3:16).  It’s about the Redeemer’s earthly Throne and Kingdom that was promised to His chosen nation Israel (Luke 1:32-33).  It’s about that King’s family tree.  It’s about the land promised to Abraham (Genesis 13:15).  It’s about New Jerusalem (Hebrews 11:10) being prepared in Heaven for the believing remnant of Israel (John 14:1-3), that will come down out of Heaven and sit on the land promised to Abraham on the new earth (Revelation 21).  A small portion of the Bible is about the spiritual organism that is the Church, the Body of Christ, who will rule in the heavens in eternity.  Most importantly for mankind, the Bible teaches a specific plan of salvation for each dispensation of God.

What do we believe about prophecy?
We believe that the coming of Christ was predicted by the Old Testament prophets, although, they did not understand that His coming would be in two parts (I Peter 1:9-12).  Christ has fulfilled all prophecies concerning His first coming, but the prophecies concerning His second coming are yet to be fulfilled.  Early Acts was the “last days” (Acts 2:17) and a continuation of prophecy (Acts 3:24), not the beginning of something new.  Prophecy was interrupted when Stephen was stoned to death in Acts 7 and will resume after the Church, the Body of Christ, is removed (I Thessalonians 1:10, 4:13-5:11).  The Church, the Body of Christ, began with the conversion of Paul in Acts 9 (I Timothy 1:12-16).  Today, we live in a parenthesis in prophecy (Acts 8 - the Rapture) during which God’s wrath is withheld from the earth, and no prophecy is being fulfilled.  Paul calls this period of time “the dispensation of the grace of God” (Ephesians 3:1-7), and Peter calls it the “longsuffering of our Lord” (II Peter 3:15-16).  After we are raptured, prophecy will pick up where it left off.  There will be a seven year period of tribulation (Daniel 9:27) called the “time of Jacob’s trouble” (Jeremiah 30:7), when God will turn His focus back on the nation Israel.  After the seven years, Christ will set up a literal, visible, physical 1000 year Kingdom on earth in Jerusalem (Revelation 20:1-5), after which will be a new heaven and new earth (Revelation 21-22).

How do we believe a person gets saved and put into the Church, the Body of Christ?
In the Dispensation of the Grace of God (Ephesians 3:2), a person (Jew or Gentile) is saved (from eternal punishment) by trusting in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross (I Corinthians 15:1-4), according to the revelation of the mystery (Romans 16:25).  This gospel is called the Gospel of the Grace of God (Acts 20:24).  No works are necessary (Ephesians 2:8-9 & Romans 4:5).

(1) All of the Books under the Old Testament, including Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are doctrinally written to Israel.
(2) The book of Acts is a history book, which describes the transition of God turning from Israel (under Peter) to the Church, the Body of Christ (under Paul).  The transitions in the book of Acts are understood in light of the revelations given in Paul’s epistles.
(3) Paul’s 13 epistles to the Church, the Body of Christ, Romans through Philemon, are doctrinally written to us who were saved under the Gospel of the Grace of God.  The book of First Corinthians deals with some spiritual sign gifts, such as tongues and healings, which reflect the transition of the Acts period and are no longer relevant to us today.
(4) The Hebrew (or Circumcision) epistles, Hebrews through Revelation, are doctrinally written to the Jews (and proselytes of Judaism) who were saved under the Gospel of the Kingdom.  These 9 books ultimately apply to the Jews in the future (after the Rapture of the Church, the Body of Christ) who will be converted when the Gospel of the Kingdom is preached again. These doctrines will apply to those having to endure to the end of the Tribulation (Matthew 24:13-14) in order to receive their New Covenant (Hebrews 8:7-13) and enter into God’s rest (Hebrews 4:1-11), the Millennial Kingdom (Revelation 20:4).

Conclusion
If you don’t practice consistent right division, you will never get your Bible doctrine straight.  The problem with the majority of the Church, the Body of Christ, is that most Christians try to make the whole Bible about themselves.  The most dangerous thing for Christianity is people who are “Biblical” without being “Dispensational”.  That is, they quote verses from the Bible without putting them with whom they belong.  The truth is, we Gentiles in the Dispensation of the Grace of God (Ephesians 3:2), ought to be grateful that God put the nation Israel on hold (Romans 11:11-12) and has a special spiritual program that He has let us in on under the apostle Paul.

Christians need to stop stealing the doctrines and promises given to the nation of Israel and get on with what God is doing today in the Church, the Body of Christ!

If you have faith in something that God is not doing today, that is not faith, but unbelief!

Most heresies taught in this age are Biblical truths misplaced.
 
"For there must also be heresies among you, that those who are approved may be made
manifest among you."       I Corinthians 11:19

  This website shines light on the heresies found within denominational doctrines and replaces them with true, consistent, practical, rightly divided Bible doctrines.  

        
                                 NOTE:  Heresies are false teachings that cause Christians to abandon the pure Pauline truths and break off into
                                                all of the different religious denominational sects.