1. Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Sunday, May 1, 2011 www.GraceDoctrine.org

2. John 16:6, “But because I have said (taught) to you all these things, sorrow (inward stress) has completely filled your heart (right lobe of the soul).”

3. Doctrine of Occupation with The Lord Jesus Christ

4. O. Conclusion.

5. 1. OC is the ultimate perspective, function and experience of the Christian Way of Life. It is the only answer to unrealistic expectations, Phil 3:7-10.

6. Vs. 7; OC straightens out your priorities. Many people have inordinate ambition and are looking for success.

7. Vs. 8; This is love for Christ = OC. Paul as a visible hero had reached the peak of human success and achievement in Judaism.

8. Vs. 9; The demonstration of our positional sanctification is OC. Most believers think its morality but they are wrong. God intends for us to develop virtue, something much higher than morality.

9. Vs. 10; This means you come to understand who and what Christ is by putting together all the doctrine you have ever learned.

10. The utilization of Divine omnipotence during the Church Age is the basis for the manufacture of invisible heroes, and is also the basis for coming to the point of OC.

11. 2. Occupation with Christ means waiting imminently for His Second Coming.

12. Imminency means impending or threatening to occur immediately. It does not mean immediately.

13. The term Rapture is a theological technical term describing the Resurrection of the Church (the Body of Christ), at the conclusion of the Church Age, 1 Cor 15:20, 23-24, 51-57; 1 Thes 4:13-18.

14. No prophecy has to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs. The Rapture will occur when the last member of the body of Christ is saved.

15. The resurrection of the Church is totally beyond our control because resurrection is the Lord’s victory. 1 Cor 15:57, “Thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

16. While the Rapture is imminent, the Second Advent is not. Before the Second Advent occurs, there are many prophecies which must occur.

17. The Second Advent is part of the overall prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27. There is now 1 week of prophecy to be fulfilled.

18. Ezekiel Prophecy of Second Coming (Ezk 4:4-8)

19. Left Side = (Israel) Northern Israel - 390 days

20. Ezekiel Prophecy of Second Coming (Ezk 4:4-8) Left Side = (Israel) Northern Israel - 390 days Right Side = (Judah) Southern Israel - + 40 days

21. Ezekiel Prophecy of Second Coming (Ezk 4:4-8) Left Side = (Israel) Northern Israel - 390 days Right Side = (Judah) Southern Israel - + 40 days Total years in Exile - 430 days

23. Ezekiel Prophecy of Second Coming (Ezk 4:4-8) Left Side = (Israel) Northern Israel - 390 days Right Side = (Judah) Southern Israel - + 40 days Total years in Exile - 430 days 1 day = 1 year = 430 years

24. Ezekiel Prophecy of Second Coming (Ezk 4:4-8) Left Side = (Israel) Northern Israel - 390 days Right Side = (Judah) Southern Israel - + 40 days Total years in Exile - 430 days 1 day = 1 year = 430 years In Babylonian Captivity 70 years so 430 - 70 = 360 years left.

25. Ezekiel Prophecy of Second Coming (Ezk 4:4-8) Left Side = (Israel) Northern Israel - 390 days Right Side = (Judah) Southern Israel - + 40 days Total years in Exile - 430 days 1 day = 1 year = 430 years In Babylonian Captivity 70 years so 430 - 70 = 360 years left. Lev 26:18, 21, 24, 28 - Because of disobedience, multiply discipline times 7.

26. Ezekiel Prophecy of Second Coming (Ezk 4:4-8) Left Side = (Israel) Northern Israel - 390 days Right Side = (Judah) Southern Israel - + 40 days Total years in Exile - 430 days 1 day = 1 year = 430 years In Babylonian Captivity 70 years so 430 - 70 = 360 years left. Lev 26:18, 21, 24, 28 - Because of disobedience, multiply discipline times 7. 360 x 7 = 2,520 yrs

27. Ezekiel Prophecy of Second Coming (Ezk 4:4-8) Left Side = (Israel) Northern Israel - 390 days Right Side = (Judah) Southern Israel - + 40 days Total years in Exile - 430 days 1 day = 1 year = 430 years In Babylonian Captivity 70 years so 430 - 70 = 360 years left. Lev 26:18, 21, 24, 28 - Because of disobedience, multiply discipline times 7. 360 x 7 = 2,520 yrs 2,520 x 360 = 907,200 days

28. Ezekiel Prophecy of Second Coming (Ezk 4:4-8) Left Side = (Israel) Northern Israel - 390 days Right Side = (Judah) Southern Israel - + 40 days Total years in Exile - 430 days 1 day = 1 year = 430 years In Babylonian Captivity 70 years so 430 - 70 = 360 years left. Lev 26:18, 21, 24, 28 - Because of disobedience, multiply discipline times 7. 360 x 7 = 2,520 yrs 2,520 x 360 = 907,200 days From Spring 536 BC to May 18, 1948 (End of discipline and exile).

29. Messiah Prophecy Timeline

30. 606 BC 606 BC Nebuchadnezzar takes Israel captive 70 yrs. Messiah Prophecy Timeline

31. 606 BC 536 BC 606 BC Nebuchadnezzar takes Israel captive 536 BC Cyrus decrees Jews to return to Jerusalem rebuild temple 70 yrs. Messiah Prophecy Timeline

32. 606 BC 536 BC 606 BC Nebuchadnezzar takes Israel captive 536 BC Cyrus decrees Jews to return to Jerusalem rebuild temple 520 BC Temple project revitalized 70 yrs. Messiah Prophecy Timeline

33. 606 BC 536 BC 606 BC Nebuchadnezzar takes Israel captive 536 BC Cyrus decrees Jews to return to Jerusalem rebuild temple 520 BC Temple project revitalized 516 BC Temple completed 70 yrs. Messiah Prophecy Timeline

34. 606 BC 536 BC445 BC 606 BC Nebuchadnezzar takes Israel captive 536 BC Cyrus decrees Jews to return to Jerusalem rebuild temple 520 BC Temple project revitalized 516 BC Temple completed 445 BC Artaxerxes decrees walls rebuilt 70 yrs. Messiah Prophecy Timeline

35. 606 BC 536 BC445 BC 397 BC 606 BC Nebuchadnezzar takes Israel captive 536 BC Cyrus decrees Jews to return to Jerusalem rebuild temple 520 BC Temple project revitalized 516 BC Temple completed 445 BC Artaxerxes decrees walls rebuilt 397 BC City rebuilding completed, Book of Malachi completed 70 yrs.49 yrs. 7 x 7 Messiah Prophecy Timeline

36. 606 BC 536 BC445 BC 397 BC 32 AD 606 BC Nebuchadnezzar takes Israel captive 536 BC Cyrus decrees Jews to return to Jerusalem rebuild temple 520 BC Temple project revitalized 516 BC Temple completed 445 BC Artaxerxes decrees walls rebuilt 397 BC City rebuilding completed, Book of Malachi completed 32 AD Christ (Messiah enters Jerusalem) as King and then cut off 70 yrs.49 yrs. 7 x 7 434 yrs. 62 x 7 (Silent Yrs.) Messiah Prophecy Timeline

37. 606 BC 536 BC445 BC 397 BC 32 AD 1948AD 606 BC Nebuchadnezzar takes Israel captive 536 BC Cyrus decrees Jews to return to Jerusalem rebuild temple 520 BC Temple project revitalized 516 BC Temple completed 445 BC Artaxerxes decrees walls rebuilt 397 BC City rebuilding completed, Book of Malachi completed 32 AD Christ (Messiah enters Jerusalem) as King and then cut off 1948 AD Israel re-gathered, becomes nation, Eze 4:4-6 70 yrs. (Church Age)(Silent Yrs.) Messiah Prophecy Timeline 49 yrs. 7 x 7 434 yrs. 62 x 7

38. 606 BC 536 BC445 BC 397 BC 32 AD 1948AD 2011AD 606 BC Nebuchadnezzar takes Israel captive 536 BC Cyrus decrees Jews to return to Jerusalem rebuild temple 520 BC Temple project revitalized 516 BC Temple completed 445 BC Artaxerxes decrees walls rebuilt 397 BC City rebuilding completed, Book of Malachi completed 32 AD Christ (Messiah enters Jerusalem) as King and then cut off 1948 AD Israel re-gathered, becomes nation, Eze 4:4-6 By 2011 AD (potential) Rapture of the Church 70 yrs. 7 yrs. Tribulation (Church Age)(Mil.)(Silent Yrs.) Messiah Prophecy Timeline 49 yrs. 7 x 7 434 yrs. 62 x 7

39. 606 BC 536 BC445 BC 397 BC 32 AD 1948AD 2018AD2011AD 606 BC Nebuchadnezzar takes Israel captive 536 BC Cyrus decrees Jews to return to Jerusalem rebuild temple 520 BC Temple project revitalized 516 BC Temple completed 445 BC Artaxerxes decrees walls rebuilt 397 BC City rebuilding completed, Book of Malachi completed 32 AD Christ (Messiah enters Jerusalem) as King and then cut off 1948 AD Israel re-gathered, becomes nation, Eze 4:4-6 By 2011 AD (potential) Rapture of the Church By 2018 AD (potential) Second Coming of Messiah 70 yrs. 7 yrs. Tribulation (Church Age)(Mil.)(Silent Yrs.) Messiah Prophecy Timeline 49 yrs. 7 x 7 434 yrs. 62 x 7

40. Titus 2:13, “Waiting with keen anticipation for that blessed hope (Rapture), even the appearance of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.”

41. The imminency of the Rapture is a doctrine for mature believers. He is eager for the Rapture, not as part of escapism from the problems and details of life, but to eagerly serve Him with great expectation every day because he is so OC.

42. Grace Offering

43. Grace Fellowship Church Sunday, May 1, 2011 Tape # 11-051 Occupation with the Lord Jesus Christ Upper Room Discourse, Part 501 John 16:6; Phil 3:7-10; Dan 9:24-27; Ezek 4:4-8 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2011