Hi Doves,
The phrase "the end" or "the end of Days" means
the same thing.
It's the Day the Lord will give glorified
bodies to all those who are continually doing
good to others, by His Holy Spirit in
them.
"Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming
in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice
and come forth - those who have done
good, to the resurrection of life..." [John
5:28,29]
"I am the resurrection and the life. He who
believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live [that
is resurrect in a glorified body]."
"And whoever lives [that is, happens to be
alive at "the end"] and believes in Me shall never die
[that is, shall be translated].[John 11:25,26]
In Seneca Sodi book "40 Days in Heaven" he was
shown that a few saints called "elders" had already
received their glorified bodies on the Day of the
Lord's resurrection.
The Word confirms this, for we read,
"...and the graves were opened; and many bodies
of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and
coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they
went into the holy city and appeared to many."
[Matt.27:52,53]
We now know the Lord's resurrection took place
on the Day of First-fruits,
which fell on Sunday, the 5th of April 33
AD.
The elders, Seneca saw in glorified bodies,
included:Moses, Abraham, Joshua, Jonah, Isaiah and
Daniel.
I want to particularly focus on Daniel, the
reason being that he was told by the Angel
Gabriel,
"But you, go your way till the end; for you shall rest,
and will arise to your inheritance at the end of days."[Dan.12:13]
Do you see it!!!
The end of Days the angel Gabriel had in view
has already past!
Daniel has been enjoying his
inheritance now, for 1,979
Years! [2012-33]
We now know the Day he rose from the grave to
receive his inheritance.
It was the Day of First-fruits,
the Day of the Lord's resurrection, which fell on
Sunday, the 5th of April 33 AD!
This was the Day that ended God's
acceptance of the Jewish form of worship and
began, at the same time, the Christian dispensation.
Now the end of Days
for the Christian dispensation is fast
approaching and the Millennium Church Age is about to
begin!
I believe it will be on the Day of First-fruits,
which falls on Sunday the 8th of April 2012.
I believe this is the Day all saints of past
ages, as well as ourselves, will receive our glorified
bodies.
It's the Day we will also receive our
inheritance.
For we have,
"...an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled
and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven..."
[1Peter1:4]
This is the Day the Lord had in view when He
said,
"And because lawlessness [in the Church] will
abound, the love of many will grow cold."
"But he who endures to the
end [that is, to the Day
of First-fruits] shall
be saved [that is,
translated]."
"And this gospel of the kingdom will be
preached in all the world as a witness to all the
nations, and then the end will
come.[that is, the Day of
First-fruits]."[Matt.24:12-14]
Many don't really know what the Gospel [good
news] of the Kingdom is.
It's simply this:
The Lord Jesus Christ is coming again to raise
up into heaven all those who acknowledge Him as their
Lord and God and obey His
commandments.
For Paul wrote that the Lord is coming,
"...in flaming fire taking vengeance on those
who do not know God [that is,the unbelievers] and
on those who do not obey the
gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ [that is, the
Apostate Church]." [2Thess.1:8]
Notice Paul makes a distinction between those
who don't know God and those who know God and don't
obey Him.
For those who know God and don't obey him make
up the Apostate Church.
It's also interesting to note that.
The Torah Calendar,
The Hebcal Calendar
and the Karaite Biblical Calendar
all have the Day of Firstfruits fall on Sunday
the 8th of April this Year.
In addition, the entire World will be
celebrating Easter on that day!
Many don't realise that when the Lord said,
"Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of
Man is coming at an hour you do not expect." [Luke
12:40]
He was speaking prophetically to the Apostate
Church of our generation.
He new that they will not be ready for His
coming!
This is why He went on to say,
"the master of that servant will come on a
day when he is not looking for him..." [Luke 12:46]
On Easter Sunday, the 8th of April 2012,
millions of apostates will fill Churches
around the World.
How many of them will be
expecting the Lord to return on that day?
None!
For the Lord is not coming for the Apostate
Church!
He is coming only for those who will be
found worthy to be elders of His Millenium Church.
May the Lord Jesus Christ find us living in
holiness and practising His righteousness
when He comes.
Ola