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I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Matthew 24:34 Jesus was teaching his disciples about the end of the age when He spoke the above verse. The word "generation" in the Greek is genea, and it means race or family. Jesus is not saying all these things must take place in a certain time frame. Matthew 24-25 is called the Olivet Discourse because Jesus' end time teaching took place on the Mount of Olives. Earlier

(Photo by Austin Chan on Unsplash) Do not quench the Spirit; do not despise prophetic utterances. But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; 1 Thessalonians 5:19-21 NASB If you read my two posts on what the New Apostolic Reformation is or my post on how they have misinterpreted Scripture, you may be wondering how in the world would their teachings infiltrate the traditional, evangelical church? We will get to that, but first, let's talk about the overa

(Photo by madeleine ragsdale on Unsplash) Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. Acts 17:11 In the last two posts; Part 1 and Part 2, we talked about what the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is and their doctrine. In this post, we will talk about Scriptures that NAR uses to support their theology of restoring the offices of

(Photo by davide ragusa on Unsplash) To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever! Revelation 5:13 In Part 1, you learned more about a new movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation and may have recognized some of the doctrines even though you had never heard of NAR. This is because there is no one place you can go to find a listing of their beliefs, leaders or churches. The internet has been widely used by NAR

(Photo by Kyle Glenn on Unsplash) Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. Matthew 28:19-20 In the last post, I introduced you to NAR, the New Apostolic Reformation, but didn't tell you much about what it is. NAR is a worldwide movement gaining more and more influence. C. Peter Wagner coined the term in 1994 and continued teaching a