100 Steps To Eternity

There is a chronology of events from creation to the eternal kingdom of God, which is distinctively presented to us within the scriptures. Like a three-dimensional picture, the more intently we focus on God's word, the more clearly we begin to see the complete picture emerge.

The literal Word of God is the pure milk fed to us as newborns in faith, immature in understanding. The simple to understand Bible stories we learned as children and the principles and precepts we derived from them, furnishing us with a solid base of human compassion and integrity, provide this milk. Digesting the milk is accepting the literal Word of God.

Those who accept and believe the literal Word of God also accept the literal ministry of Christ. Understanding His fundamental teachings - that He is the Son of God, His ministry of repentance, baptism and His future kingdom - is digesting the bread dimension of God's word. Those too weak to receive the milk of God's word, whose systems reject its literal teachings, are not capable of digesting the bread. Christ is the Bread of Life.

The third dimension of this three-dimensional view allows us to see that every literal event relayed through the scriptures is also prophetic of events that will yet take place during the final days prior to the return of Christ. This prophetic application is the meat dimension of God's word.

The most graphic illustrations of this third dimensional view are the circumstances by which Christ was accused and killed. They are direct, prophetic allegories to the events Israel is and will yet endure as a nation during this, her third and final era as a nation.

Those who cannot accept and digest the literal ministry of Christ, the bread, are most assuredly unable to digest the meat, the third dimension of God's word. Only those matured in understanding the fundamentals of basic truth can comprehend the end-time prophecies that are revealed in the underlying message of the scriptures.

On the first level of understanding, the milk dimension, the bloodshed described as the Children of Israel entered the Promised Land, is the literal description of the physical conflict between men resulting from man's wickedness and evil intentions on the earth. These are the literal events of history. They constitute the past.

In a deeper level of understanding, the bread dimension, we perceive the concept of baptism as being buried with Christ, raised with Him to newness of life, and obtaining eternal life in the kingdom, which Christ taught. Those who are "buried" in baptism must first "die" to their former ways of life. Being slain with the sword, the Word of God, causes this "death." This application represents the present.

All enemies will ultimately be put under the soles of Christ's feet. The last enemy to be destroyed will be death itself. These yet unseen events prophesied in God's word constitute the meat dimension of understanding. They are our future.

The Bible is a book of God's love and the ultimate victory of truth and justice prevailing over all evil. It has a very happy ending for those who believe and there is a great irony described within its pages that is yet to be revealed to those who do not. Judaism will conquer the entire earth with the Sword, the Word of God, proudly proclaiming Christ as their Messiah as they prepare to enter the yet future Promised Land of the Kingdom of God.

The Word of God primarily focuses on one hundred major events from this earth's creation to the presentation of a new heaven and new earth:

1. Creation

2. The Sabbath Day Is Hallowed

3. Sin Enters

4. Men Began To Call Upon The Name Of The Lord

5. Destruction Of The Earth With Water

6. The Rainbow: God's Covenant With Mankind

7. God's Covenant With Abraham

8. God's Covenant With Isaac

9. God's Covenant With Jacob

10. The 12 Sons Of Jacob

11. Israel Arrives In Egypt

12. 430 Year Egyptian Affliction

13. The First Segment Of Moses' Life

14. The Second Segment Of Moses' Life In Desolation

15. The Passover

16. Crossing The Red Sea

17. The Revelation At Mt. Sinai

18. Twelve Spies Sent Into The Promised Land

19. Israel's 40 Year Wilderness Journey

20. Israel's Original Entrance Into The Promised Land

21. The Line Of Kings Is Established

22. Jerusalem Is Chosen As The City Of God

23. The Original Temple Of God Is Built And Dedicated

24. The New Nation Flourishes

25. The Division Of Israel And Judah

26. The House Of Israel Breaks Their Covenant With God

27. The House Of Israel Dispersed Into The Nations In 721 B.C.

28. The House Of Judah Breaks Their Covenant With God

29. The House Of Judah Destroyed By Babylon In 587 B.C.

30. Israel Of Era #2

31. Temple #2 Is Built And Dedicated

32. Christ Is Born

33. Ministry And Miracles Of Christ

34. Suffering Of Christ

35. Death Of Christ

36. Baptism Is Introduced

37. Resurrection Of Christ

38. Christ's Ministry Continues 40 Days

39. Ascension Of Christ To The Right Hand Of The Father

40. The Work Of Christ Continues Today

41. The Spirit Of God Sent Into The Upper Room

42. Overturning Of The Nation By Rome In 70 A.D.

43. The Bible Is Published

44. The Holocaust

45. Restoration Of Israel In 1948

46. The PLO Is Formed

47. Jerusalem Is Renamed As Israel's Capital City

48. Israel's Seven-Year Agreement

49. Temple #3 To Be Built And Dedicated

50. Trumpet #1: The Spirit Of God Poured Out On Jerusalem

51. Watch #1 Of The Rapture To Occur

52. Seal #1: The 144,000 Are Sealed

53. Seal #2: Wickedness In High Places

54. The Beast Rises To Popularity

55. Trumpet #2: The Name Of Christ Made Illegal In Israel

56. Trumpet #3: Israel Is Given The Bitter Waters Of God's Jealousy

57. Israel's Economic Success During The First Half Of The Final Seven Years

58. The Word Of God Flourishes On The Earth

59. Israel's Enemies Find his "Secret Strength"

60. The Image To The Beast

61. The Mark Of The Beast Becomes International Law

62. The 30-Day "Hour" Of Temptation

63. The Abomination Of Desolation To Be Placed In God's Temple

64. Trumpet #4: Israel's Tribulation Begins

65. Two Witnesses To Prophesy In Jerusalem

66. Seal #3: The Flood Cast Out Of The Serpent's Mouth/Christian Persecution Begins With An International Terror Campaign

67. Seal #4: The Four Sore Judgments On Israel

68. Seal #5: Watch #2 Of The Rapture To Occur

69. Three Horns Plucked Up By The Beast

70. Israel To Be Pronounced Dead As A Nation For The Third Time

71. Trumpet #5: Locusts Darken The Earth

72. Trumpet #6: 200 Million Horsemen

73. Two Witnesses Killed In Jerusalem

74. Two Witnesses Ascend To Heaven

75. Israel's Remnant Accepts Christ

76. Israel's Atonement

77. The Gospel Preached To All Nations

78. Trumpet #7: Part A - Israel's Rapture - Watch #3

79. Trumpet #7: Part B - The Vials Of Wrath

80. Christ Is Reunited With His Brethren

81. Seal #6: Wickedness Cast Out Of Heaven Onto The Earth

82. Seal #7: Circumcision Of All Hearts Takes Place In Heaven

83. The Coronation Ceremony Of Christ Takes Place

84. The Long-Awaited Communion Service With Christ

85. Ten Kings Destroy Babylon The Great

86. The Marriage Feast

87. The Armies Of Earth Gather At Armageddon

88. Christ And His Army Descend

89. Armageddon

90. The Beast And False Prophet Are Destroyed

91. The Devil To Be Chained And Sealed

92. The Earth To Be Cleansed With Fire

93. Those Raptured Return To The Earth

94. The Thousand Year Reign Of Christ

95. Judgment Day

96. Lake Of Fire

97. Satan Destroyed - Death And Hell To Be Cast Into The Lake Of Fire

98. New Jerusalem Descends

99. Time Ends And Eternity Begins

100. The New Heaven And New Earth

All things are to be done decently and in order. This is the way God likes his business to be conducted and he has given us his word in this very manner.

God's word is truth. We are welcomed to hop, skip, jump and do cartwheels down the straight path of God's word, but we are warned not to venture off its path by open-mindedness to any distortion of the facts contained within it. The Bible contains neither discrepancies, nor contradictions, allowing its readers to see the spectacular three-dimensional picture, which emerges from within its pages - a picture framed in love and hung on the wall of truth.

Terri Emmett has three online courses: BIBLE PROPHECY: 100 STEPS TO ETERNITY, [http://www.prophecyguide.net]; THE ORGANIZER'S CLUB, http://www.organizersclub.com; and THE ORGANIZED HOUSEKEEPER’S SIX-WEEK CHARM COURSE, http://www.charmcourse.com; in addition to many other informational sites focusing on Home and Family.