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Angels

We believe that angels are created beings, and therefore are not to be worshipped. Although they are a higher order of creation than man, they are created to worship and serve God and serve man. We believe that Satan is a created angel and the author of sin. He incurred the judgment of God by rebelling against his Creator, involving numerous angels in his fall, and introducing sin into the human race by his temptation of Eve. We believe that Satan is the open and declared enemy of God and man, the prince of this world who was defeated through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and he shall be eternally punished in the lake of fire.

Death

We believe that physical death involves no loss of our immaterial consciousness, that the soul of the redeemed passes immediately into the presence of Jesus Christ, that there is a separation of soul and body, and that such separation will continue until the first resurrection, when our soul will be united with our resurrection body to be glorified forever with the Lord. Until that time, the souls of the redeemed in Christ remain in joyful fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

We believe that the souls of the unsaved at death descend immediately into Hell, where they are kept under punishment and torment until the second resurrection, when the soul and a resurrected body are united. They shall appear at the Great White Throne judgment and shall be cast into the lake of fire, cut off from the presence of God forever.

The World to Come

We believe that the next great event in the fulfillment of prophecy will be the imminent return of the Lord Jesus in the air to receive to Himself all the dead in Christ and all believers who are alive at His coming, otherwise known as the Rapture or Translation of the church.

The Rapture of the Church will be followed by the fulfillment of Israel's seventieth week, also known as the Tribulation. This seven year period will be characterized by world-wide judgment, persecution of the nation of Israel, and the dominion of antichrist.

We believe that the tribulation will be climaxed by the return of the Lord Jesus Christ to the earth at which time He will defeat and bind Satan, restore Israel to her own land, and establish His millennial kingdom. At the close of the millennium, following the temporary release and final defeat of Satan, the unsaved will be judged at the Great White Throne and cast into the lake of fire for eternity. Satan, death, and Hades will also be thrown into the lake of fire. Then, the present creation will be destroyed and a new heaven and a new earth will come. At this time all the saints will enter the New Jerusalem and dwell there for eternity in the presence of God. 

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