Rev 14:6 Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth--to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people-- (NKJV)
Q. What was the angel doing in the midst of heaven?
A. He was having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on earth, to every nation, tribe, tongue and people.
Q. Since when is the Gospel preached in the world?
Gal 3:8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed." (NKJV)
Q. What is everlasting Gospel according to Rev 14:6?
A. Everlasting Gospel means a Gospel that will never end and which will never change.
Q. What is Gospel?
A. God Himself is the Gospel. (He will never end and He will never change)
His Nature is the Gospel.
He wants to reveal Himself to everyone.
Q. Which Gospel did Jesus preach?
A. Mt 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. (NKJV)
Jesus preached the Gospel of the Kingdom.
Q. Who’s is the Kingdom?
A. Col 1:13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, (NKJV)
The Kingdom of God is the Kingdom of God’s Son and of God’s Divine Love.
(Note: Where there is Kingdom of God, there needs to be love. With LOVE the Kingdom of God is identified, where there is no love, it is not the Kingdom of God).
Q. Where the Gospel needs to be preached now?
A. The Gospel is needed to be preached where the Kingdom of God is not present.
Q. Where is the Gospel needed to be preached first?
A. The Gospel is needed to be preached first in the CHURCH.
Q. Gospel is for what category of people?
A. Gospel is for people those who dwell on the earth--to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people-- (NKJV) Rev 14:6. God desires to reveal Himself to everyone. Not even one can be missed out.
GOSPEL as a Double edged Sword.
Q. How Gospel is a two edged sword?
A. 2Co 2:15 For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
2Co 2:16 To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things? (NKJV)
Gospel gives life and life everlasting to those who believe in it.
Gospel is a aroma of death to those who deny it.
NOTE: Salvation message is the beginning of the Gospel. We are accepted in the Kingdom of God only through the message of the cross by believing in Jesus. It is the beginning of an everlasting, eternal journey where God would reveal Himself to us daily.
Q. What is eternal life or everlasting life?
A. Joh 17:3 "And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." (NKJV)
Knowing God the Father is eternal life and knowing Jesus Christ is eternal life.
NOTE: Without Jesus Christ we cannot know the Father.
Joh 10:9 "I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture
Joh 6:46 "Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God; He has seen the Father.
1Jo 4:14 ¶ And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.
Q. Will I be in eternal life only after my death?
A. NO, anyone who believes in Jesus Christ has eternal life and if He knows God daily in Jesus, that person is already walking in eternal life. He will not die, he will just sleep and rise again in Jesus when Jesus comes back to judge the earth.
Summary:
- God Himself is the Gospel, His Nature is the Gospel.
- Knowing God & Jesus is Eternal life.
- Gospel has to be first preached in the Church. (The Gospel of the Kingdom).
Blessings,
Pastor Mohit Tarachand
