Sunday Bible School
January 5, 2025
The Preparation of the Church for the Rapture - Revelation - Part XXXI
Sunday Bible School
January 5, 2025
The Preparation of the Church for the Rapture - Revelation - Part XXXI
Summary of the president’s message
The Sunday Bible School on January 5th, 2025, was held live, directly from the Communications Center of the Maranatha Christian Church, Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, with the participation of pastors Gedelti Gueiros, Gilson Sousa and Josias Junior
Message from pastor Gilson Sousa:
We greet all our brethren with the peace of the Lord Jesus! We are starting the Sunday Bi-
ble School. The subject to be presented is the book of Revelation: the message of the Holy Spirit resonates in the midst of the Faithful Church, in relation to the prophetic markers that are being fulfilled in our day, in the preparation of the Church for the rapture.
Pastor Gilson Sousa presented the answers given by various brethren to the questions posed, as well as various experiences and testimonies.
Question
Answered through a video contribution
Reading Revelation, Chapter
The Preparation of the Church for the Rapture - Revelation - Part XXXI
2, verse 25, what prophetic relationship does this letter have with the rapture of the Church?
Answer: To hold on to what we have until Jesus comes.
“But hold fast what you have till I come.” Revelation 2:25
Question
Answered through a video contribution
Reading Revelation chapter 2, from verses 18 to 29, identify the Seven Operations of the Spirit of the Lord in the church of Thyatira. Quote the verse.
SPIRIT OF THE LORD
Answer: Verse 18 – “...the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass.”
SPIRIT OF WISDOM
Answer: Verse 20 – “...because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess...”.
SPIRIT OF UNDERSTANDING
Answer: Verse 18 – “...who has eyes like a flame of fire...”.
SPIRIT OF COUNSEL
Answer: Verse 21 – “And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent.”
SPIRIT OF MIGHT
Answer: Verse 25 – “But hold fast what you have till I come.”
Verse 26 - “And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end...”.
SPIRIT OF KNOWLEDGE
Answer: Verse 23 – “...e todas as igrejas saberão que eu sou aquele que sonda os rins e os corações...”.
SPIRIT OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD
Answer: Verse 22 – “...and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repend of their deeds.”
Message from pastor Gedelti Gueiros:
Question
Peace of the Lord, everyone. We’re going to stray a little from the subject we’ve been covering in recent Sunday Bible Schools. It is in our interest to address a few points regarding the message of December 1st, brought at the “Trumpets and Feasts” event. Some are having
difficulty understanding what was said about Jeremiah 48:6.
“Flee, save your lives! And be like the juniper* in the wilderness.”
Jeremiah 48:6
*Some versions may say date palm
Jeremiah, faced with the difficulties that existed at that time, makes a statement: “flee, save your lives! and be like a date palm in the desert.”
Some people’s concern about the text is whether it’s a date
palm or a tamarisk. In the original Hebrew Tanah, the translation is date palm.
The Tanah or Tanakh is an acronym used to name the main set of Jewish holy books. There are other translations in the Bible, but the Hebrew translation from the Tanah is date palm.
We need to be practical and objective. There is the word “tamarisk”, which is found in several translations. The tamarisk
Pr. Gilson Souza conducting the Sunday Bible School
Pr. Gedelti Gueiros conducting the summary of the Sunday Bible School
The Preparation of the Church for the Rapture - Revelation - Part XXXI
is a shrub. But there is a difference between a tamarisk and a date palm. The tamarisk is a shrub that bears no fruit, like many who are living a fruitless life. But the date palm is different: it produces dates. It understands the palm tree that is written about in Psalm 92.
“The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.” Psalms 92:12
The message “flee, save your lives!” is the result of those who practice the action of fleeing. You have to get out of the entanglement of this world, which has no value. When you leave the world, you enter what is prophetic. What matters is that you are in what is prophetic.
You have to live a prophetic life, taking refuge and dwelling in the secret place of the Most High.
“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the al-
Sunday Bible School
January 5, 2025
The Preparation of the Church for the Rapture - Revelation - Part XXXI
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mighty.” Psalms 91:1 May the Lord bless us.
Gedelti Gueiros President of the Maranata Christian Church