Discover The Mystery Of Christ

A Statement About Current Events:

[Because of system changes at Google, this will be the last post for the “Mystery of Christ” project. We plan to keep all previous files available at this location for future access. Let's all continue to be active end-time watchers. The return of Jesus Christ is imminent. If you want to continue with us, you can visit at: http://www.rockofoffence.com]

Due to the recent controversy involving Oral Roberts University and the accusations against Richard Roberts as President of ORU, we need to make some clarifications. We do not believe this crisis has any bearing on the past ministry of Oral Roberts senior--who is the father of Richard Roberts. We do not necessarily agree with all the church doctrine that Oral Roberts, his family or the faculty of ORU teaches. On the Rock of Offence website, we include the recent vision of Oral Roberts senior concerning the return of Christ because we find no reason to doubt its authenticity.

Rock of Offence will continue to post articles that affect the overall Body of Christ even if we disagree with the author on other subjects. We need to recognize that our enemy, Satan, knows his time is short and is doing everything possible to discredit and stop Christ's Gospel. The recent controversy involving financial abuses in 3 mega-church ministries (whether the abuse is true or not) is yet another public scandal that moves our enemy closer to his goal of discrediting the message of the New Testament Church. We need to recognize the true purpose for these events and not allow our confidence in Christ to be destroyed. Our faith is never to be in ORU, Oral Roberts or any church organization or personal ministry. One clear teaching of Rock of Offence since its conception is that our faith must only be in Jesus Christ. "On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand--all other ground is sinking sand".

End Of Statement

On the subject of the ongoing debate about "the rapture of the Church", I've decided to post the testimony of Oral Roberts from the fall of 2004. His prophetic vision has been named "The Wake-up Call", which is actually a warning sent out to the Church about the Second Coming of Christ. Our Heavenly Father usually gives us a short period of time to prepare after giving such warnings. For this reason, it's far more urgent today than it was in 2004.

We are posting Oral Robert's vision for informational purposes and to issue the warning that it contains. Some leaders in the Body of Christ are saying the exact same thing. Yet, most have refused to warn their congregations about this soon to occur event. Again--the posting of this information on our website is not meant to suggest that we agree with everything Oral Roberts teaches.

If you want to see a discussion of this subject, please visit our website at:

http://www.rockofoffence.com/wup-oral.html.

As we approach what some refer to as the "Last Trump" of 2007 during the fall Jewish feasts, I wanted to add one more teaching by Perry Stone entitled, "The Methuslah Factor". In this teaching Perry gives us some of the types and shadows found in the Old Testament that points toward a future departure of the New Testament Church. Many sincere Christians today mock and poke fun at any teaching on the rapture. They fail to understand that our Heavenly Father is very serious about the subject because Jesus Christ shed his blood to guarantee that it will happen. This sobering information is a wake-up call for all modern-day believers in Christ.

I don't intend to be redundant, but I do need to repeat some comments. Providing these teachings by Perry Stone does not necessarily mean that we're in agreement with "everything" his ministry teaches. Some listeners may incorrectly assume that we totally agree with all his beliefs because we put this particular teaching on our website. We host many teachings from various viewpoints on Rock of Offence. Yet, that is never meant to suggest that we agree with everything the author writes. We appreciate and agree with Perry's perspective on what many understand as "the rapture" and that's why we decided to post these audio files. We strongly desire to have these comments on Rock of Offence because they complement our overall understanding about the "Mystery of Christ" and they dispel much of the misinformation and false teaching found in the modern church concerning end time events.

As world events continue to line up with the prophetic Scriptures, the need arises to provide more information about the imminent departure of the New Testament Church. Evangelist Perry Stone, an articulate Bible prophecy teacher, provides a brief outline for the days ahead and answers some important questions concerning "the rapture". This presentation is available for viewing on "YouTube.com", which is a public forum. The MP3 audio portion of this program can be heard here and the YouTube video links are available on the home page of the Rock of Offence website. On occasion, I want others to comment when their views are close to my own. Perry adresses the issues in a clear and concise manner. This is important because there's too much false teaching circulating through the church about the rapture. Leaders have miserably failed to prepare Christians for one of the most important Biblical events in history. When discussing the endtimes I've never seen the views of any two people perfectly match, so there's always some compromise. Yet, placing this teaching on our website also adds some variety to a very difficult and controversial subject. Besides, you're probably tired of listening to my voice all the time -- so I'll give you a break.

You can visit Perry's website at: http://www.voiceofevangelism.org/home.cfm

We are not connected with Perry Stone's ministry in any way and the inclusion of his comments on Rock of Offence in no way suggests that he agrees with everything we teach. However, his comments on the rapture are too important when we consider the urgency of the hour. I value Perry's insight because he is among the few teachers that study Bible prophecy with a keen understanding of Jewish history and customs. It's the only way to properly and accurately interpret endtime events. As we've said many times on this website: The rapture IS NOT a reward for Christian commitment or service. Any ministry that teaches this is not giving you the truth. The rapture of the New Testament Church is the completion of our salvation -- the redemption of our bodies, which was paid in full nearly 2000 years ago by the blood of Jesus Christ. I'm excited that we may be near to seeing our Lord face to face!