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B V O V : 2 9 Branson Victory Campaign April 13-15 | Branson, Mo. South Africa Victory Campaign May 12-13 | Bromhof, Randburg, South Africa Europe Victory Campaign June 1-3 | Harrogate North Yorkshire, United Kingdom Chattanooga Victory Campaign June 22-24 | Chattanooga, Tenn. Southwest Believers' Convention July 31-Aug. 5 | Fort Worth, Texas St. Louis Victory Campaign Oct. 26-28 | St. Louis, Mo. Omaha Victory Campaign Nov. 9-11 | Omaha, Neb. Kenneth Copeland is also speaking here: Word of Faith Convention Aug. 9-11 | Southfi eld, Mich. wordoffaith.cc Upper Midwest Faith Explosion Aug. 18 | Brooklyn Park, Minn. lwcc.org FlashPoint LIVE May 11-12 | Nashville, Tenn. June 8-9 | New Albany, Ohio July 30 | Fort Worth, Texas Sept. 14 | Council Bluffs, Iowa Oct. 5-6 | Brooklyn Park, Minn. Schedule is subject to change without notice. little lower than the angels for the su ering of death…that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man…. that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage" (Hebrews 2:9, 14–15). As believers we don't have to fear death anymore! It's not right for us to fear it, because Jesus "brought to naught," as one translation of the Bible says, the devil who once had the power of death. The devil doesn't have that power anymore! Jesus defeated him in hell. Then, by rising from the dead He "abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel" (2 Timothy 1:10). Really, if you're a Christian, you've already done all the dying you're going to do. Your old, sinful spirit died when you received Jesus as your LORD and Savior, and in that instant, you were born again. The real you, your spirit, was re-created in the image of Jesus, and God breathed into you His own eternal life so you will never die again. Eventually of course, if Jesus doesn't return fi rst, your body will die. You'll decide you're ready to go to heaven, take o out of here, and leave your body behind. But your body isn't you. It's just your earth suit. When you take it o it will fall down lifeless, not because it's sick and broken down but because you're not in it anymore. For those of us who know The LORD, dying is just like shrugging o an old coat. It will be the easiest thing you ever did. You won't su er any pangs of death because Jesus su ered them for you. He tasted death in your place, so when you depart from this earth you won't taste death at all. Instead, you'll have the glorious experience of going to see Jesus. For as 2 Corinthians 5:8 says, to be "absent from the body" is to be "present with the Lord." Even that, however, won't be the end of the story. The day will come when God will glorify even your physical body. For as the Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 15, when Jesus comes to catch away the Church—whether we've already departed this earth by then or we're still living here— "we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?… Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ" (verses 51, 57). Personally, I want to be one of those believers who are still living on earth the day the trumpet sounds—and I fully expect to be, because that day is coming very soon! Jesus is about to come for us and I want to be here when He arrives. Like Gloria says, "I want to go in the big one," when the Rapture happens, and the power of God glorifi es our bodies and lifts us out of here. Everybody who's born again will get in on that, of course. The believers who've already died will rise fi rst, then those who remain will be caught up along with them to meet Jesus in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17). But even so, I'd like to be here preaching when it happens. I'd like to be ministering The WORD of God to a congregation of on- fi re believers when suddenly we hear that heavenly trumpet and Jesus calls us up. Wow, what a way to go! God's Prescription for Divine Health Even if Jesus tarries, though, and we go on to heaven before His return, all of us as believers can believe for a glorious departure. We can all live a long, fruitful, healthy life and leave here in victory. How can we make sure we do that? The LORD tells us in Proverbs 4: "My son, attend to my words;" He says, "incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto For updated event information visit: KCM.ORG/EVENTS Branson Church—whether we've already departed EVENTS 2023

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