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Lesson 29 Hope of Israel Ministries BIBLE Correspondence Course 11

THAT THE CHURCHES TODAY CONSTI- holy spirit on Pentecost. The coming of the holy
TUTE THE KINGDOM OF YEHOVAH GOD, spirit could NOT have been the second coming
and that Yeshua the Messiah CAME the second of Yeshua the Messiah. Instead, the apostles
time through the holy spirit on the Day of were empowered by the holy spirit to be
Pentecost (Acts 2). Since Yeshua declared in the witnesses -- of what? -- of the resurrection and
gospel that he would return TO RULE under the gospel of the KINGDOM. The Messiah
YEHOVAH God, it is taught that Yeshua ordered the disciples to “teach all nations.” He
committed to the apostles and their successors promised to be with them in spirit until the END
the right to rule and judge the nations. of this age -- the end of this present world of
From this concept developed the practice human misrule (Matthew 28:19-20).
in the Middle Ages of church rule over nations, “And this gospel of the Kingdom shall be
of imposing the ecclesiastical will on the preached in all the world for a witness unto all
temporal rulers of this earth. THIS MADE THE nations; and then shall the END COME," said
CATHOLIC CHURCH -- which called itself the the Messiah (Matthew 24:14). The end of what?
kingdom of YEHOVAH God -- a PART OF This AGE, this world order -- WHEN THE
THIS WORLD, a part of this system of human MESSIAH WILL COME AGAIN! (Matthew
rule. It totally OVERLOOKS the fact that 24:3.)
Yeshua said: “My Kingdom is not of this world” THE MESSIAH DID NOT return to
-- this system (John 18:36). found the Kingdom in the days of the apostles.
This is the AGE of mortal human rule Instead, he ordered the gospel preached to
guided by the influence of Satan (Luke 4:5-6). PREPARE the world for YEHOVAH God’s
YEHOVAH’s Kingdom is NOT OF THIS AGE. return -- his Father’s INTERVENTION in
It is of the World Tomorrow -- “the world to human affairs, and to rule this world under
come” (Hebrews 2:5).
When asked if he would
restore the Kingdom at that time,
Yeshua replied to the apostles:
“It is NOT for you to know the
times or the seasons, which the
Father hath put in his own power.
But ye shall receive power after
that the Holy Spirit is come upon
you: and ye shall be WIT-
NESSES unto me...unto the
uttermost part of the earth" (Acts
1:6-8).
NEVER DID THE MES-
SIAH COMMAND HIS APOS-
TLES TO RULE THE NA-
St. Peter’s in Vatican City, Rome. The Roman Catholic Church
TIONS OF THIS WORLD.
was called the “Kingdom of God” during the Middle Ages.
INSTEAD, HE COMMANDED
THEM TO WITNESS AND
YEHOVAH for 1000 years with the saints!
PREACH THE GOSPEL!
(Revelation 20:4.)
Notice that the apostles were NOT to
know the time of the establishment of the Hope of Israel Ministries -- Preparing the Way for
Kingdom, but they WERE to be filled with the the Return of YEHOVAH God and His Messiah!

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