Thursday, February 21, 2013

Apostolic Eschatology


Letters to My Children
by 
Bishop Jerry Hayes
This is the Introduction to a series of letters I wrote to my three children upon receiving the light of Apostolic Eschatology. At the time I did not know what to call the enlightenment. I only knew the light was bright and glorious. I wish to share this with you. 
Dear Beloved Children,
Praise the Lord and God of us all, namely, Jesus Christ.
The Lord has placed in my heart to write a series of letters to you for the purpose of sharing the biblical principles of the Messiah’s Covenant Kingdom. I would like nothing better than to instruct you all in these principles face to face, but the present circumstances require the present means. I pray that all of you prove yourselves true Disciples of Christ by searching the Scriptures to see if these things are true; and that you follow as your example the Bereans who searched the Scriptures daily to see if the things taught them by the Apostle Paul were indeed so. (See the book of Acts chapter 17 and verses 10-11.)
As I move toward a new chapter of my life concerning the work of the Lord (I speak of the teaching and preaching of Kingdom Dominion and Covenant Theology) it is my deepest wish and profound prayer that you, my children both in flesh and spirit, will be able to labor with me in this most noble of causes.
As each of you know by now, a concept of the Kingdom of God has laid hold on me in a hard and fast manner which is somewhat different from the view that is commonly held by most Pentecostal authorities. (Of course I mention Pentecostal authorities, because for the past several generations our family has been a very large part of that particular movement.) However, history testifies that the common view (in most Pentecostal and mainline Evangelical churches), now called Dispensationalism, is actually rather new, and therefore neo-orthodox. The orthodox view of the Mystery of God (see Rev. 10:7) as it was believed by most Christians before the American Civil War was the view of the Kingdom Dominion as I have now come to embrace. It seems that Dispensationalism (see P. S. #1) took root in American Evangelicalism and spread throughout the world by means of Evangelical missionary activity. Before the American Civil War (1861-65) most Christian bodies viewed God’s plan for the ages (the Mystery of God – Rev 10:11) as that of Kingdom Dominion: namely, the converting of the world to Christ Jesus! However, this particular war (which took the lives of more Americans that all other wars even up to this present time) fought by our nation, where the Christian North and the Christian South killed one another in such a wholesale manner, caused the religious teachers to rethink their position on the Kingdom of God. The world, to them, was not getting better but worse. It appeared that the end was near and Christ would surely return soon. About this time an English minister by the name of Darby (Plymouth Brethren) first popularized the view now called Dispensationalism. Coming on the heels of the American Civil War was the Great War (1915-1917) or World War One, as it came to be called after the Second World War (1941-1945). These two great world conflicts seemed to give validity to Dispensationalism’s call for the imminent physical return of Christ and the appearing of the Antichrist. It was in the midst of all this that an American Bible expositor by the name of Schofield wrote his famous Study Bible which carries his name to this very day. Mr. Schofield’s Study Bible contains notes that are both Dispensational and Calvinistic (see P.S. #2). This particular study source was widely used by evangelical preachers and Bible colleges throughout the last half of the twentieth century. Adding to this has been the troubled events of the world for the last fifty or so years that have been touted as the signs of the times which presage the end of time.
Though this may seem like sound reasoning at first thought, when one applies oneself to rightly dividing the Scripture it seems far more likely that the shaking and trembling of the earth for the last 150 (or so) years are not signs of the end; but instead they should more correctly be understood as birth pangs of something new – namely, the consummation of the Kingdom of God.
In this consummation of God’s kingdom the earth will be united under the theocracy of the one true God of Heaven. All men will live in a community of peace and love as set forth by the New Testament. The New Testament has many names for this community which we will discuss later. To arrive at that place the Church should began now to establish micro communities throughout the earth.

These communities should be established on the principle of Christian order under Christ as the one and only Principality.
When we think of the Kingdom in terms of Christian Community (see P. S. #3), we only reach validity in such thought within the framework of Kingdom Dominion and Covenant Theology. What I intend by the term Kingdom Dominion may or may not be what others have suggested. I have not studied other writers nor have I followed after other Christian thinkers on this matter; therefore I am in no position to speak on what others have in the past called Kingdom Dominion. Having said that permit me to request permission to define my own terms and use them accordingly. What I, therefore, mean by Kingdom Dominion is that Christ’s purpose and will is for His Church to evangelize and establish His rule throughout the earth to the point that “the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and his Christ” (see Rev. 11:15). It is this exact view of the kingdom that was taught by Jesus in the parable of The Leaven recorded by Matthew in 13:33 of his Gospel.
33. Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
In this parable, according to Jesus, the kingdom of heaven (which He likened unto leaven) is “hidden” in the world (which Christ likened unto meal) until the whole world becomes the Kingdom of Heaven. It is only within this view that establishing Christian communities in order to affect society has justification. But, more important than that: if Kingdom Dominion is in fact the true teaching of Scripture the Church of Jesus Christ has no choice but to work toward the establishing of that Kingdom in the earth. Thereby, fulfilling the prayer He taught each of us to pray; namely, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as in heaven” (Matt 6:10).
It is to this purpose (i.e. the occupation of the earth by the Lord’s Church) that I begin this series of letters. I do not yet know how many there will be, but I will attempt to be systematic so that each letter will build upon the one preceding it. I humbly request that you all pray for me that I may communicate faithfully onto paper what The Spirit has written on my heart.

Because of the Cross, 
I am Your Devoted Father
Bishop Jerry Hayes

Read other epistles from the pen of the Bishop on Prophecy:



"Dating the Book of Revelation"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/07/dating-book-of-revelation.html

"Prophecy and the Spiral Staircase"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/04/bible-prophecy-and-spiral-staircas.html

"Apostolic Eschatology"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/02/apostolic-eschatology.html

 "The Prophets Speak of the Church"
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-prophets-speak-of-church.html

God’s New Covenant With Israel
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/05/gods-new-covenant-with-israel.html

Apostolic Kingdom Theology vs Futurism

The Three Horsemen of Dispensationalism
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-three-horsemen-of-dispensationalism.html

Correct Method of Interpreting the Book of Revelation
http://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2015/07/correct-method-of-interpreting.html

 Joel's Messianic Kingdom (The Church of Jesus Christ)
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/06/joels-messianic-age-church-of-jesus.html

Millennial Reign of Christ
http://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/09/millennial-reign-of-christ.html

All These Things (A Study on Matthew 24)
http://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/09/all-these-things-kingdom-teaching-of.html

Second Coming of Christ Jesus
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/09/second-coming-of-christ-jesus.html

The Crux of the Matter (What Did Jesus Mean By "The Generation"?)
https://bishopjerrylhayes.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-crux-of-matter-what-did-jesus-mean.html

The Apocalypse, is the introduction to the biblical book of Revelation. Here Bishop Hayes also gives a verse by verse commentary of the first three chapters of the Apostle John's Revelation of Jesus Christ, covering the letters addressed to the seven churches of Asia Minor. The Bible student will thrill at the Bishop's easy evangelistic style of presenting deep and unique truths never before published. In this study a wealth of information will be shared with the disciples of Christ on each verse of this great manuscript.


After spending over forty years in the dispensational doctrine, and having raise my children in that theological framework, I became a convinced adherent to a "kingdom" theology that recognizes the Church as the Israel of God, and that the first century actually saw the fulfillment of most of Matthew chapter 24. "Letters to My Children on Apostolic Kingdom Theology" is a compilation of twenty four letters written to my children explaining my journey. These "Letters" provide a systematic approach to Apostolic Eschatological study of Scripture. It is sure to interest all students of Scriptures.
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