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10 Hope of Israel Ministries BIBLE Correspondence Course Lesson 29

14:3.) They believed it. They taught it. But the world
At his ascension, the apostles were has DISBELIEVED it.
startled by the appearance of two divine Gradually, says Gibbon in his famous
messengers who said: “This same Jesus, which history, The Decline and Fall of the Roman
is taken up from you into heaven, SHALL SO Empire, chapter 15, the fact that the Messiah
COME in like manner as ye have seen him go must come a SECOND TIME to intervene in
into heaven" (Acts 1:11). world affairs was regarded as unnecessary.
Here we have two angelic messengers Within a century and a half after the Messiah, it
sent directly from YEHOVAH God to confirm was treated as a profound allegory -- as a fable of
the words of the Messiah that he would come the Judeans. Finally it was regarded as rank
again. The EARLY inspired New Testament heresy by the Catholic Church and punishable
church KNEW Yeshua MEANT what he said. by death. The WORLD STILL RIDICULES
THE IDEA!

Three Common Ideas

IN THIS FRIGHTENING A-
TOMIC AND SPACE AGE,
some sober thought is once again
being directed toward the
possibility of divine intervention
such as YEHOVAH God’s return.
Yet among those who realize that
YEHOVAH alone can save
Pope Benedict blessing crowds on recent trip to Turkey. Roman humanity, there is utter confusion
Church ruled the nations during the Middle Ages. -- there are literally hundreds of
HUMAN IDEAS concocted to
explain WHEN, HOW and WHY Yeshua the
Messiah and YEHOVAH God will return.
The CHURCHES ARE IN CON-
FUSION and doubt. Most do not believe
YEHOVAH God will intervene, yet they are
afraid that man will obliterate human life!
It is high time we realize WHEN the
Messiah will fulfill his promise, “I will come
again!”
Outstanding among the hundreds of
differing ideas are THREE GENERAL
CONCEPTS about the Messiah’s second
appearance.

Are the Churches YEHOVAH’s
Kingdom?

This parody of a Papal blessing underscores the Certainly the MOST DEEPLY
pagan nature of the Catholic Church. ROOTED CONCEPT is the ASSUMPTION

What Do You Mean -- “The Kingdom of YEHOVAH God”?