Core Beliefs:
· Only the 66 books of the Bible contain the inspired message of God. All translations (not paraphrases) from the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek copies contain relatively few errors.
· God is the almighty creator of the universe. He is one person - the Father. The concepts of the Binity and the Trinity are unscriptural.
· Jesus is the fully human Messiah as one uniquely and miraculously begotten by God at the time of his conception in Mary. Therefore he did not pre-exist his birth and so is not the Almighty God, or a God/man or a pre-human spirit person. (Theologians show that the Scriptures which are used in support of either the Trinity doctrine or of a pre-existent Jesus can and do have a different interpretation to that which is traditionally given them).
· The holy spirit is God's powerful outreach to His creation - it is God in action. This means that holy spirit is personal but not a third person.
· Jesus is the substitutionary sin-offering to pay for Adam's sin and to cover the sins of those who are repentant.
· Jesus is now, by means of resurrection, in heaven at God's right hand. He is fully human but no longer mortal having been granted immortality and imperishability in his own, but now glorified, human body.
· Humans are constituted as a unity with no inherently immortal soul or immortal spirit which departs to heaven or hell at death.
· Only Jesus went to heaven. This was for the purpose of serving as the High Priest and the advocate for Christians.
· The destiny of all true Christians is not heaven at any time, but to become immortal humans on a future renewed earth in the Kingdom of God.
· Jesus remains in heaven at God's right hand only "until the times of restoration of all things about which God spoke..." (Acts 3:21).
· This restoration begins after the Great Tribulation when Jesus returns. However, Christians should never set dates or close approximations concerning when Jesus will return (Matt. 24:36; Acts 1:7), although they should be alert to the appearance of the sign of the impending return of Jesus, namely, "when you see the desolating abomination standing where he [the Antichrist] should not..." (Mark 13:14).
· Christians must expect to experience this future Great Tribulation of approximately three and a half years if they are living at the time it occurs.
· The once only return (parousia/apokalypsis) of Jesus will occur "immediately after" the Great Tribulation for the purposes of:
1. Giving imperishability and immortality to all true Christians - both the dead (through resurrection) and the living.
2. Destroying the incorrigibly wicked rejectors of Jesus' rulership during the time of God's wrath i.e. "the day of Yahweh/day of the Lord."
3. Establishing God's Kingdom on Earth.
· The first resurrection, which is to immortality on earth, and the "change" of living Christians to immortality will occur when Jesus descends toward earth (1 Thess 4:16, 17) immediately after the Great Tribulation.
· The establishment of God's Kingdom on earth will end all the warring among the nations and create a paradise of peace.
· The final destiny of the incorrigibly wicked is their destruction. There is no place of eternal torment in literal fire.
· After the literal "thousand years" all the rest of mankind will be resurrected to mortality to be judged.
· Because humans have 'free will' Christians do not have 'eternal security.' They must remain faithful to the end.
· Satan and the demons, as real spirit beings with supernatural power, are major enemies of God and have the goal of deceiving mankind regarding God's Truth.
· The modern-day phenomenon of "speaking in tongues" has nothing to do with biblical Christianity.
· Christians are not required to keep the Sabbath or the Mosaic food laws. Christians are in the New Covenant which has superseded the Old Covenant.
· Baptism by full immersion in water upon reception of "the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ" (Acts 8:12; Luke 24:27).
· Christians are required to preach and teach God's good news message about the coming Kingdom to be headed by Jesus Christ (Acts 8:12) as well as the entire biblical truth.
· None of the creatures of Earth exist as a result of biological macro-evolution.
· There is no room for elitism or prejudice in Christianity. "God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him" (Acts 10:35).
· Only the 66 books of the Bible contain the inspired message of God. All translations (not paraphrases) from the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek copies contain relatively few errors.
· God is the almighty creator of the universe. He is one person - the Father. The concepts of the Binity and the Trinity are unscriptural.
· Jesus is the fully human Messiah as one uniquely and miraculously begotten by God at the time of his conception in Mary. Therefore he did not pre-exist his birth and so is not the Almighty God, or a God/man or a pre-human spirit person. (Theologians show that the Scriptures which are used in support of either the Trinity doctrine or of a pre-existent Jesus can and do have a different interpretation to that which is traditionally given them).
· The holy spirit is God's powerful outreach to His creation - it is God in action. This means that holy spirit is personal but not a third person.
· Jesus is the substitutionary sin-offering to pay for Adam's sin and to cover the sins of those who are repentant.
· Jesus is now, by means of resurrection, in heaven at God's right hand. He is fully human but no longer mortal having been granted immortality and imperishability in his own, but now glorified, human body.
· Humans are constituted as a unity with no inherently immortal soul or immortal spirit which departs to heaven or hell at death.
· Only Jesus went to heaven. This was for the purpose of serving as the High Priest and the advocate for Christians.
· The destiny of all true Christians is not heaven at any time, but to become immortal humans on a future renewed earth in the Kingdom of God.
· Jesus remains in heaven at God's right hand only "until the times of restoration of all things about which God spoke..." (Acts 3:21).
· This restoration begins after the Great Tribulation when Jesus returns. However, Christians should never set dates or close approximations concerning when Jesus will return (Matt. 24:36; Acts 1:7), although they should be alert to the appearance of the sign of the impending return of Jesus, namely, "when you see the desolating abomination standing where he [the Antichrist] should not..." (Mark 13:14).
· Christians must expect to experience this future Great Tribulation of approximately three and a half years if they are living at the time it occurs.
· The once only return (parousia/apokalypsis) of Jesus will occur "immediately after" the Great Tribulation for the purposes of:
1. Giving imperishability and immortality to all true Christians - both the dead (through resurrection) and the living.
2. Destroying the incorrigibly wicked rejectors of Jesus' rulership during the time of God's wrath i.e. "the day of Yahweh/day of the Lord."
3. Establishing God's Kingdom on Earth.
· The first resurrection, which is to immortality on earth, and the "change" of living Christians to immortality will occur when Jesus descends toward earth (1 Thess 4:16, 17) immediately after the Great Tribulation.
· The establishment of God's Kingdom on earth will end all the warring among the nations and create a paradise of peace.
· The final destiny of the incorrigibly wicked is their destruction. There is no place of eternal torment in literal fire.
· After the literal "thousand years" all the rest of mankind will be resurrected to mortality to be judged.
· Because humans have 'free will' Christians do not have 'eternal security.' They must remain faithful to the end.
· Satan and the demons, as real spirit beings with supernatural power, are major enemies of God and have the goal of deceiving mankind regarding God's Truth.
· The modern-day phenomenon of "speaking in tongues" has nothing to do with biblical Christianity.
· Christians are not required to keep the Sabbath or the Mosaic food laws. Christians are in the New Covenant which has superseded the Old Covenant.
· Baptism by full immersion in water upon reception of "the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ" (Acts 8:12; Luke 24:27).
· Christians are required to preach and teach God's good news message about the coming Kingdom to be headed by Jesus Christ (Acts 8:12) as well as the entire biblical truth.
· None of the creatures of Earth exist as a result of biological macro-evolution.
· There is no room for elitism or prejudice in Christianity. "God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him" (Acts 10:35).