USING THE DVD AS A TOOL IN
ANNOUNCING THAT THE KINGDOM
OF GOD IS AT HAND

INTRODUCTION

This article is specifically addressed to all those many hundreds and hundreds of people who - over the last few months - have had the grit to order our new DVD documentary entitled, GREED IS GOOD: THE AMERICAN NEW WORLD ORDER SYSTEM AND THE CHURCH THAT SUPPORTS IT. [If you have not already received this documentary, you soon will.]

IT IS OUR HOPE THAT YOU WILL MAKE COPIES OF THIS DVD AND DISTRIBUTE THEM AS FAR AND WIDE AS IT LIES WITHIN YOU TO DO SO. IT IS ALSO OUR HOPE THAT YOU WILL INVITE OTHERS OVER TO YOUR HOUSE TO VIEW IT WITH YOU. By doing so, the initiative insofar as this "GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM" will pass into your hands and will rest on your initiative, just as it did so many years ago with John the Baptist.

WHAT IS THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM?

The question that might now be fairly asked is, What is the "GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM?"

The "GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM is God's answer to the presence on this earth at this time in history of an entity - specifically, the American New World Order System - that falsely claims to represent Christ on earth. [Please see our articles, "The American New World Order System Must Give Way to the Kingdom of God," and "The Machine vs. the Church."]

Such claims can only be a "turn-off" to the poor of the world who see the American New World Order System and the church that justifies it as frauds. The fact is, most of the poor in the world see today's Christianity as a rich, white man's religion having NOTHING to do with them. Sadly, Islam is more a religion of the poor than is Christianity. What do the poor of the world want to do with a religion that justifies the very system - i.e., the American New World Order System - that oppresses and brutalizes them? [We urge you to read our article, "A Woman Riding A Beast Going Forth Conquering and to Conquer" for insight as to how this partnership between the rich of the world and Christianity works.]

GOD'S ANSWER TO THIS DECEPTION

The "Gospel of the Kingdom" is God's answer to this deception. It has been calculated to rip away the mask of piety that the religious FRAUDS who wickedly justify this system hide behind - for example, Christian leaders like D. James Kennedy (now deceased), Charles Stanley and John Hagee - while at the same time revealing the evil, avaricious "money-grubbing" that's really at the heart of the American Empire, and that animates ALL those associated with it. [Please see "The Superman Theology of the International Christian Embassy's Feast of Tabernacles" for a discussion of the theology and eschatology that animates people like John Hagee.]

Once these frauds - and the system they excuse - are exposed for what they actually are, then the poor can see Christianity for what it really is: God's way of salvation for them; and they can see Christ for whom He really was (is) - a POOR carpenter who said of Himself:

"... Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head." (Luke 9:58) -

A Man who rather than placating the rich (as the leaders of today's church so shamefully do), said of them,

"... Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

"And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a (sewing) needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." (Matt. 19:23-24) [Please see our article, "The Rich Have Seized Control of the Church."]

THE FACT OF THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM

Now you must understand something here: The FACT of the "Gospel of the Kingdom" - that is to say, it's reality in Scripture - is NOT a thing that has been dreamed up by me; it is a reality that is plainly taught by the Scriptures. And this is so much the case that all I can say to those who are perplexed by its reality - i.e., to all those who are unable to differentiate between the "Gospel of Salvation" and the "Gospel of the Kingdom" - is what Jesus said to Nicodemus:

"... Art thou a master (or a teacher) of Israel, and knowest not these things?" (John 3:10)

These are those about whom Paul said have not advanced beyond the rudiments of the faith:

"For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again ... THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE ORACLES OF GOD; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat." (Heb. 5:12)

GETTING BEYOND THE
RUDIMENTS OF THE FAITH

Brothers and sisters, if we are to get anywhere with God, we must get beyond the rudiments of the faith (what Paul calls here "the first principles of the oracles of God"), especially if we are to play any kind of meaningful role in the "end of days." We must go further; we must get to the "strong meat" of the Word - and that's certainly true of all those who want to associate themselves with Antipas.

The "Gospel of the Kingdom" is that "strong meat" about which Paul spoke - and knowledge of it does not come by means of osmosis or by inhaling it out of thin air, but by HARD and DILIGENT study. The Bible says:

"Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (interpreting) the word of truth." (2 Tim. 2:15)

So let us get down to this "strong meat," and to do that, let us use a reference guide that is universally accepted by "old-line evangelicals:" the Scofield Reference Bible. Concerning the differing gospels spoken of in the Bible, Scofield writes:

"The word 'gospel' means GOOD NEWS. As used in the New Testament, the word deals with different aspects of divine revelation."

THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM

In other words, there are various aspects of the "divine revelation" that the Bible vouchsafes to man. The "good news" of salvation, of course, is paramount; but there are other aspects of the "divine revelation" that go beyond the matter of salvation and are also a part of the "good news" of the Word of God.

One is the "good news" of the kingdom [i.e., the "GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM" (Matt. 24:14)] which foretells the coming kingdom of Christ that will entail social justice and equity between and among all men; and still another is what the Bible calls the "ETERNAL GOSPEL" (Rev. 14:6) which forecasts the destruction of "Babylon the Great," the kingdom of Satan, which antichrist will set up in the "end of days" in opposition to the coming kingdom of Christ.

Finally, of course, there is what the Bible calls a "DIFFERENT GOSPEL" (2 Cor. 11:4; Gal. 1:6) which is NOT "good news" at all, but a perversion of the "good news" of the Bible. We are warned by Paul against it and all its "SEDUCTIVE" forms which are at war with God's "Plan and Purpose in the Ages."

THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION

Obviously, then, when the Bible speaks of "good news" it has more in mind than the "Gospel of Salvation." No doubt, the "Gospel of Salvation" is paramount, for without it one cannot even think about what the Bible has in store for those who are called according to His purpose, especially as that purpose relates to the Kingdom of God. Concerning the "GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION," Scofield writes:

"Absolutely essential to man's salvation is the GOSPEL OF THE GRACE OF GOD [SALVATION] (Rom. 2:16). This is the good news that Jesus Christ died on the cross for the sins of the world, that He was raised from the dead on account of our justification, and that by Him all who believe are justified from ALL things. It is described as the Gospel 'of God' (Rom 1:1) because it originates in His love; 'of Christ' (2 Cor. 10:14) because it flows from His sacrifice, and because He is the object of faith; 'of the grace of God' (Acts 20:24) because it saves those whom the law curses; 'of the glory of Christ' (2 Cor. 4:4; cp. I Tim. 1:11) because it concerns Him who is in the glory and who is bringing many sons to glory (Heb. 2:10); 'of your salvation' (Eph. 1:13) because it is 'the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes' (Rom. 1:16); and 'of peace' (Eph. 6:15) because through Christ it makes peace between the believing sinner and God, and makes inward peace possible."

A KINGDOM GROUNDED IN SOCIAL JUSTICE

But once more, this is merely the "milk of the Word" - or, as Paul puts it, the "first principles of the oracles of God." We must push on beyond this to God's Plan and Purpose in the "Latter Days" as expressed in (1) The "good news" of the coming kingdom of Christ, and (2) the "good news" relating to the destruction of Babylon the Great, i.e., the American New World Order System. [Please see our article on Babylon the Great, "In Search of Babylon: What Do the Scriptures Say?"]

This is what Scofield believes as well; he writes:

"Another aspect of the good news is the 'GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM' (Matt. 4:23), i.e. the GOOD NEWS THAT GOD PURPOSES TO SET UP ON EARTH THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST ..."

In other words, that God purposes to answer the petition of all those who accede to the words of that portion of the "Lord's Prayer" as contained in Matthew 6:10, "Thy kingdom come, THY WILL BE DONE IN EARTH, as it is in heaven."

Scofield continues:

"The good news of this kingdom was announced by the Old Testament prophets (Is. 9:6-7), by Christ in His first coming (Matt. 9:35) AND WILL BE PROCLAIMED [AGAIN] DURING … [THE LAST DAYS]."

Again, the kingdom being proclaimed will be a kingdom grounded in social justice for ALL mankind; a world of equity where men are not divided up between the "owners of capital" on the one hand and "labor" on the other hand, and where men and women are not divided up on the basis of their race or even their gender (Gal. 3:28); where the rich do not oppress the poor; where every man has equal access to God; where privileges cannot be bought by the wealthy; where there are no death squads, no poverty, no torture, no hunger, no disease, and no room for oppressors of any kind. [Please see our article, "Capitalism and Christianity;" please also see "The Marxist Paradigm."]

Very obviously, such a kingdom would be TOTALLY at variance to the world we now live in and with the American New World Order System that now prevails on the earth - especially the kind of world we described in our article, "The Horror of John Dimitri Negroponte and Everything He Represents." [Please see that article plus our article, "Algeria: A Study of the Dreadful, Two-Tiered Economic System the U.S. Is Promoting Among Its Muslim Client-States."]

A world based on social justice where the rich do not oppress the poor? YES!

A world where there are no John Dimitri Negropontes, no Liamine Zerouals and no Augusto Pinochets? YES!

This is something much more than the "good news" of salvation, because while the "good news" of salvation promises redemption to the INDIVIDUAL, it does not promise to "make over" the world per se; and this is evidenced by the fact that from Pentecost (@ 33-34 A.D.) until now there has been NO social justice and NO equity between and among men; tyranny and oppression have continued to flourish; and sickness, poverty and hunger have continued to wreak their horrible work on mankind.

This is NOT to take anything away from the "good news" of salvation; but very plainly social justice and social equity have yet to be established on the earth, which the coming Kingdom of Christ is calculated to accomplish.

THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS "AT HAND"

The "Gospel of the Kingdom" announces the "good news" that the Kingdom of Christ is close "at hand."

This, of course, is not the first time that the Kingdom has been announced to be close "at hand." It was announced the first time 2,000 years ago when the angels proclaimed it to the shepherds "in the field" at the time of Christ's birth in Luke 2:10-11. Shortly after - and in conjunction with what the angels declared to the shepherds - the Kingdom was announced to be "at hand" by John the Baptist, then by Christ Himself, and finally by "the Twelve."

BUT THE KINGDOM WAS REJECTED BY THE JEWS in fulfillment of the Scripture that -

"... they (i.e., Israel) without us (i.e., the church) should not be made perfect." (Heb. 11:40) [Please see Chapter VI of the New Antipas Papers, "The Distinction Between Israel and the Church."]

THE KINGDOM IS AGAIN "AT HAND"

Now, after an interval of some 2,000 years, the Kingdom is once again "at hand!" The so-called "church age" is all but past, and the Jews - once dispersed over the whole earth because of the rejection of their king - have now been re-gathered again to their land. Everything is ready! - and God is raising up a people to proclaim that the Kingdom is again "AT HAND." [Please see Part 4 of chapter VIII of the New Antipas Papers, "The Two Witnesses."]

Concomitant with the proclamation of the "Gospel of the Kingdom" - and in conjunction with it - the "Eternal Gospel" will also be proclaimed. Specifically, Scofield says:

"The 'Eternal Gospel' (Rev. 14:6) is described as the announcement of divine judgment upon the wicked (specifically, Babylon the Great) ... It is good news for the suffering believers as it heralds their coming deliverance and reward (cp., v. 12). In view of this those who 'live on the earth' are exhorted to fear God and worship Him (v. 7)."

THE LORD IS COMING AGAIN !

Now think what all this means: THE LORD IS "COMING AGAIN," and we have been commissioned to proclaim -

1. His coming.

2. The setting up of His Kingdom ON EARTH.

3. The destruction of "Babylon the Great" and all those who have allied themselves with her.

If this is the case, and it surely is, WE HAD BETTER BE ABOUT DOING IT. Jesus said,

"Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

"Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods." (Matt. 24:46-47)

BUT THOSE WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN
WHAT TRUE CHRISTIANITY IS ALL ABOUT …

But those like C. Peter Wagner, D. James Kennedy, Charles Stanley et. al. who have forgotten what true Christianity is all about, and who have partnered with the rich of the world (and by doing so have portrayed Christianity as a rich man's religion) will not fare very well at His "appearing again." Jesus said of them,

"The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

"And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matt. 24:50-51)

And one must bear in mind here that Jesus is talking about His servants - people who claim to be "born-again." These are not words one would want to be cavalier about.

And so the warning goes out: Those who ally themselves with Babylon the Great (i.e., the American New World Order System) - either actively or passively, no matter - will pay a HORRIBLE price when the Lord returns.

PICKING UP WHERE JOHN THE BAPTIST LEFT OFF

So what do we have here? Precisely this: After 2,000 years we find ourselves as the "People of God" back in the EXACT place where John the Baptist found himself as he announced the "THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND." We have been commissioned by God to pick up where John left off.

We begin with Chapter Three of the Book of Matthew:

"In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

"And saying, Repent ye: for the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.

"For this is he [i.e., John] that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

"AND THE SAME JOHN HAD HIS RAIMENT OF CAMEL'S HAIR, AND A LEATHERN GIRDLE ABOUT HIS LOINS; AND HIS MEAT WAS LOCUSTS AND WILD HONEY.

"Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,

"And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins." (Matthew 3:1-6)

LAYING ASIDE THE "AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE"

"And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loin; and his meat was locusts and wild honey:" Obviously, John was not encumbered with the "affairs and things of this life" (2 Timothy 2:4) - AND THIS MUST BE SO FOR ANYONE WHO DARES TO WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JOHN as a herald of the coming Kingdom of Heaven (verse 27), the same John about whom Jesus said:

"What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

"But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts." [NOTE: One would do well to recognize what is being said here: Those who "live delicately" (e.g.., who live in "fine" homes, drive "fine" cars, array themselves in "fine" clothes, etc.) are EXCLUDED as heralds of the coming Kingdom.]

"But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

"This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

"FOR I SAY UNTO YOU, AMONG THOSE THAT ARE BORN OF WOMEN THERE IS NOT A GREATER PROPHET THAN JOHN THE BAPTIST …" (Luke 7:24-28)

The question before us now is, What was John doing to prepare the people for the coming of the "Kingdom of Heaven?" - HE WAS BAPTIZING THEM AND SAYING,

"REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND."

BAPTISM: DYING TO ALL THE CLAIMS (GOOD
AND BAD) THAT THE WORLD HAS ON YOU

Baptism symbolizes death and burial: Specifically, that we are DEAD to the world (both the "good" things of the world and the "bad"). The world can parade itself over our grave, but we will not (indeed, we cannot) respond to its demands - both those demands which one would think of as characterizing "good" behavior, and those demands that one would think of as characterizing "bad" behavior.

While that may offend many, it's nonetheless the truth. The world must not have any demands on us if we are to be a "good soldier" of Jesus Christ, and follow in the footsteps of John. The Bible says:

"No man that warreth entangleth himself with the AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier." (2 Timothy 2:4)

YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY
GOD TO BE A GOOD SOLDIER

We believe that God has - in His providence and mercy - chosen you to be a "good soldier" in the service of God in these "Last Days" - and in conjunction with that, He has opened your ears to hear the message that we proclaim, Jesus said:

"TO YOU IT IS GIVEN TO KNOW THE MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, but to them [i.e., the 'religious establishment'] it is not given …

"Therefore speak I to them [i.e., 'the religious establishment'] in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

"And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive …

"BUT BLESSED ARE YOUR EYES, FOR THEY SEE: AND YOUR EARS, FOR THEY HEAR." (Matthew 13:11; 13-14, 16)

And He has given you the gift of His presence so that you will have the strength to take the appropriate action:

"Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world." (Mathew 28:20)

A MODERN VOLKERWANDERUNG

By opening up your heart to this message you have in essence become part of a modern-day Volkerwanderung (people's movement; a movement of the so-called "little people") very similar to the one that God stirred up in the hearts of the Jewish people a hundred years ago - a movement that resulted in the re-establishment of the modern state of Israel in a barren land that had been waste for almost 2,000 years. SO ALSO NOW WITH THE CHURCH - "first Israel, then the church." (Acts, chapter 13)

Now you must understand something here, for the most part, those who made up the Volkerwanderung which resulted in the re-establishment of Israel in the Holy Land were OUTCASTS and IDEALISTS who were bereft of any "outside" support (i.e., support from "men of wealth and means").

The Jewish settlers that arrived in the Holy Land before World War II came as young men and women - many who had left behind well-to-do middle-class homes. Their hard-working but generous fathers and doting Jewish mothers had hoped that their sons and daughters would become academicians or go into the professions or business. Instead, they settled in Israel and WORKED AS FARM LABORERS. Dressed in rags, they frequently went hungry, were regularly stricken down by attacks of typhoid and malaria, and were often forced to defend their farms against armed attacks from their Arab neighbors.

But this Volkerwanderung made possible the modern state of Israel. Without their sacrifice there would have been no Israel for those Jews who later escaped Hitler's Holocaust to flee to. What these early Zionists did by establishing a Jewish presence in the Holy Land was to show Jewish people the world over the way to liberate themselves from the grip of the Gentiles which had oppressed them for millennia. 

SO ALSO WITH US: As we begin our own Volkerwanderung, we are initiating a "people's movement" to liberate the church from the hands of the rich and from its present status as a SLAVE in the household of Satan (i.e., the American New World Order System) - just as the Volkerwanderung that seized hold of the Jewish people freed them from the grip of their gentile masters.

The Volkerwanderung that we are initiating by heralding the "Gospel of the Kingdom" will not lead to a comfortable life. It will be a life full of hardship and tears; friends and loved ones will not understand what we are doing, and many of them will cut off their relationships with us. Moreover, there will be no comfortable "establishment Christianity" to help us as we travel on. We MUST rely solely on the "heavenly vision" that grips our hearts to carry us forward.

And it is precisely for this reason that WE MUST BE PEOPLE OF VISION. We must be able to say with Paul as he faced imprisonment in king Agrippa's court for the testimony committed to him by Christ:

"Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I WAS NOT DISOBEDIENT UNTO THE HEAVENLY VISION ..." (Acts 26:19)

BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY BY PASSING OUT OUR DVD

In beginning this journey, there is no need per se for you to leave where you are now; there is no need for you to abandon your friends and loved ones as such; no need to give up your job or any other such thing; in fact, there is no need for you to even leave the church you are now attending. The only thing you need to do to initiate your personal Volkerwanderung is to begin passing out the DVD you have received in the mail from us.

THAT'S WHEN THINGS WILL START HAPPENING! - AND THAT'S WHERE YOUR JOURNEY WILL BEGIN. If you persist in this matter, I can assure you that it won't take long for you to be asked to leave - and not only the church, but eventually the country as well! One has only to peruse the DVD that is now before you to comprehend how DANGEROUS it is insofar as you "security" in this life is concerned. Indeed, Jesus warned all those who pick up this commission:

"THEY SHALL PUT YOU OUT OF THE SYNAGOGUES (i.e., your religious meeting halls): YEA, THE TIME COMETH, THAT WHOSOEVER KILLETH YOU WILL THINK THAT HE DOETH GOD SERVICE." (John 16:2)

And He continued by saying:

"[Therefore], take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues (religious meeting halls) ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them." (Mark 13:9)

And yet again, He said:

"Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you ..." (John 15:20)

But be of "good cheer" - there will be people in your churches watching what you do. They will take note of your courage and read the material, and, eventually - if you are persistent enough - they will come to you and ask questions; some will even "rally to your cause." And this is true not only insofar as your "church friends" are concerned, but of all those to whom you give this DVD - e.g., the poor, your secularist neighbors, your colleagues at work and at school, etc.

DON'T WAIT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO DO
THE JOB GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO

In all of this, DON'T WAIT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THE JOB GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO. The Lord is calling YOU. He is saying:

"Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I: send me." (Isaiah 6:8)

As Oswald Chambers said:

"God did not address this call specifically to Isaiah; Isaiah had been in the presence of God and - as a result - happened to overhear God ask it. The call of God is not to the special few, it is for everyone! Whether or not we hear God's call depends upon whether or not we are in the presence of God.

"Many are called but few are chosen, that is, few prove themselves the chosen ones. The chosen ones are those who have come into the presence of God and, as a result, hear the still small voice calling all the time, Who will go for us?

"It is not a question of God singling out a strong man and saying, Now, you go. Isaiah was in the presence of God and because of that he overheard the call, and realized that there was nothing else for him but to say, in conscious freedom, Here am I, send me.

"Get out of your mind the idea of expecting God to come with compulsions and pleadings. When our Lord called His disciples there was no irresistible compulsion from outside. The quiet passionate insistence of His, Follow Me was spoken to men with every power wide awake.

"If we let the Spirit of God bring us face to face with God, we too shall hear something akin to what Isaiah heard, the still small voice of God; and in perfect freedom will say, Hear am I; send me."

God bless you all!

S.R. Shearer
Antipas Ministries

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Finally, Remember the Word of God:

"IF WE HAVE SOWN UNTO YOU SPIRITUAL THINGS, IS IT A GREAT THING IF WE SHALL REAP YOUR CARNAL (MATERIAL) THINGS?" (1 Cor. 9:11)