Mr. Brentner’s assertion of the most neglected Biblical truth is true — but only in the sense that it is only ONE of the myriad neglected Biblical truths in today’s churches. Confusing? I hope not.

The whole of the Holy Bible is neglected in large part. Why? Because most churches have become entertainment, containment, feel good venues. Social clubs. Not places where there is a bold, well-equipped, mature in the Christian walk, mature and fluent in the Word — and here’s the BIGGIE — BELIEVING IN THE WHOLE WORD OF GOD pastor. Or congregants.

Most of the fellows, and now women being made pastors, and some graduating from some of these schools born female and claiming they are male and vice versa, or fully practicing homosexuals to go out and shepherd a body of believers! It is in error to have women pastors over a flock, and if you do not know that or do not believe that take the time to search the Scriptures like a Berean and learn that truth. And do I really need to further explain the others? If so, you need more than a regular Sunday morning church visit friend.

God is unchangeable. God’s Word is unchangeable. We are not in a position to change the Holy Bible to suit us, to conform to our world. Yet this is exactly what has been happening for decades now unlike any other time in the history of the Church.

Here’s a truth as to why Biblical truths aren’t taught — most graduates of seminaries, theology universities, and colleges DO NOT BELIEVE the six-day creation. Adam and Eve. The Great Flood covered the entire earth and only 8 people were saved. A majority believe that the Red Sea only parted due to some scientific event and not by God dividing it. That David and Goliath and other historical events are nice stories but just that. Allegory. They do not believe in the virgin birth. That Jesus was fully truly a human man and also fully truly God come to earth. That He was resurrected from the dead and walked out of the tomb on the third day. That there is coming a time soon when Jesus will come to gather His Church and the door will be closed to the Gentiles. And then the Roman Empire and worldwide fascism rise as never witnessed before. The Great Tribulation. The Antichrist and his false prophet. Armageddon. The 2nd coming of the Lord Jesus Christ and His establishing His 1,000-year kingdom. And on and on it goes…

Ever interview your pastor on these things? Why not? If you attend a church why not ask the pastor for some of his time — and if it’s a her or practicing homosexual why are you at that place? — and ask the pastor if you could please schedule a few minutes of his time, say half an hour. And go into that private meeting, with your wife or husband, or a friend that is a believer, and ask him if he truly within his heart believes the above events actually occurred as stated in the Bible, that the Rapture is coming, and if the prophecy in the Bible is true to him. Does he believe everything that is written in the Holy Bible.

Ask. And you shall receive.

And if that pastor can’t answer well, without averting his eyes, his voice taking on a certain tone, he appears uncomfortable? He declares he doesn’t believe in something? Time to leave, friend, and find a real church where the Holy Spirit resides and is at work. Because the majority of churches in America are absent of the truth. Devoid of teaching the whole Word of God. This is the state of the church in America.

THIS is the REASON America is in the state it finds itself.

Not due to the Democratic Party. Not due to Joe Biden. Not due to what FOX News says. No, we all are where we are witnessing and experiencing what we are because the people have turned from God, from the Jesus of the Bible, from the Holy Spirit, from the whole Word of God — does where you attend the pastor preach regularly from the Old Testament? Insert more worldly illustrations and chatter than teaching from the Word? — and the pastors, the people, and the churches have turned to their own ways rather than God’s ways.

Thinking the tolerance and love the world teaches, preaches, and defines is the love of God and serving the Lord.

How foolish and deceived the people are!

Most are serving self — the greatest of idols — and serving Satan and NOT serving the Lord our God!

Oh, there are many, many, many Biblical truths neglected and not taught in what passes for today’s Christianity and Christian churches in America.

It’s why America is as it is presently.

And all that will improve matters is…

…if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

2 Chronicles 7:14

Read on…

Ken Pullen, Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024

The Most Neglected Biblical Truth In Today’s Churches

July 1, 2024

by Jonathan Brentner

Reprinted from Harbinger’s Daily

There’s an old expression that dates back to 1512, “Throwing out the baby with the bath water.” The idea behind the saying is that if you believe part of an idea or teaching is not good, don’t toss it all away.

Is this not what many pastors do today? They fear the negative results of mentioning the dreaded word “Rapture” from the pulpit, so along with never referring to Jesus’ appearing, they never mention the resurrection of the dead in Christ or the glorious transformation of those who will be alive at the time. Water and baby both go out the window.

I have heard many presentations of the Gospel where the pastor never said the words “eternal life,” or if he did, he mentioned it as an afterthought or as part of John 3:16 during his closing prayer. Why do so many pastors refuse to mention the biblically sound promise that we will live forever in imperishable bodies like that of our Lord Jesus?

It’s the most neglected biblical truth in today’s churches.

Martha’s Belief in a Future Resurrection

I’m always impressed when I read Martha’s assertion of faith after the death of her brother, Lazarus. When Jesus told her that her brother would “rise again” (John 11:23), she responded with these words, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day” (v. 24).

Martha believed in a future bodily resurrection, the very thing that pastors today go to such great lengths to avoid even mentioning lest someone think they believe in the Rapture.

In the Gospel of John, the phrase “eternal life” appears seventeen times. Jesus emphasized this truth repeatedly during His earthly ministry; it’s no coincidence that Martha understood what that meant for her brother.

Jesus then surprised everyone by raising her brother from the dead. However, a far greater resurrection awaits Lazarus along with all who have died in Christ or will be alive at His appearing.

The Forgotten Resurrection

I often wonder if pastors who exclude references to our resurrection in their preaching genuinely believe the words of 1 Corinthians 15:19: “If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.”

In the preceding verses, Paul refutes those in Corinth who claimed that there was no such thing as a resurrection (15:12-18). If true, he argues, then we must conclude that Jesus didn’t rise from the dead, which would signify that our faith is “futile.” The end of such a dire possibility is that the “dead in Christ have perished,” and we who are alive are “most to be pitied” (ESV) or “miserable” (KJV) because our hope doesn’t extend beyond this life (see vv. 18-19).

Paul begins verse 20 with the glorious fact that “Christ has been raised from the dead,” and in 1 Corinthians 15:47-57, he sums up our forever hope with the joyous reality of our bodily resurrection as New Testament saints. In language that others cannot possibly misconstrue or misunderstand to signify anything else, the apostle says there’s coming a time when Jesus will raise the dead with imperishable bodies and gloriously transform believers still alive at His appearing, the Rapture of His Church. Those who say 1 Corinthians 15:47-57 doesn’t refer to a future transformation of both dead and living believers are false teachers.

Paul again points to our joyous hope of eternal life in Philippians 3:20-21: “But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.” (emphasis added)

Because Jesus rose from the dead, our over-the-top blissful hope is that someday we will possess a glorious body like that of our Savior. The sense of verse 20 is that of an “excited anticipation” of Jesus’ appearing. It signifies a yearning of the soul for the time that Jesus raises the dead in Christ and wholly transforms us with immortality. Romans 8:23 speaks to the future “redemption of our bodies,” which happens at the time of the Rapture.

We Possess a Tangible Hope

The problem with modern preaching is that it leaves our future after this life undefined. The more popular views of Bible prophecy point our hope to a far-distant Second Coming of Jesus, during which time He judges sin and initiates the eternal state. Parishioners can only guess as to what such a future means for them.

The world around us is on fire with lawlessness, unbridled wickedness, threats of terrorism, and the drumbeats of a nuclear war, which appears more likely with each passing day. Our future well-being in this world has never been more at risk in our lifetime.

The good news is that the Bible defines our hope as something tangible, a certain expectation of glory after this life ends. Scripture doesn’t leave us guessing as to what sort of nebulous existence lies in our future.

Terry James and I authored the book Hereafter, which describes in detail our lives in eternity after the Rapture. In it, we explore what it will mean to possess imperishable bodies as we reign with Christ in His kingdom.

We will spend eternity in gloriously transformed bodies that will never experience pain, sickness, aging, or death. They will be like that of our Savior. The “redemption of our bodies,” which happens at the time of the Rapture, was the hope that the apostles proclaimed to the world (Romans 8:23-25).

Jonathan Brentner is an author, writer, and Bible Teacher with a passion for encouraging believers with a sound biblical worldview and the nearness of Jesus’ appearing.

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