Who’s Behind Beyond Today?

who lives His life in us through the power of the Holy Spirit. With this kind of power working against our sins, the very “power of His resurrection” (Philippians 3:10), we can say with Paul, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13).

We can struggle all alone, or we can rely on the power of the only One who never once sinned, Jesus Christ. He tells each of us as sinners, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). He encourages us to place our yokes and burdens on His powerful shoulders to find spiritual rest, saying, “My yoke is easy and My burden is light” (verses 29-30).

Who’s behind the Beyond Today magazine and television program? Many readers have wondered who we are and how we are able to provide Beyond Today free to all who request it. Simply put, Beyond Today is provided by people—people from all walks of life, from all over the world, as enabled by God.

These people have a common goal—to proclaim the gospel of the coming Kingdom of God to all the world and to teach all nations to observe what Christ commanded (Matthew 24:14; 28:19-20).

We are dedicated to proclaiming the same message Jesus Christ brought—the wonderful good news of the coming Kingdom of God (Matthew 4:23; Mark 1:14-15; Luke 4:43; 8:1). That message truly is good news—the answer to all the problems that have long plagued humankind.

Through the pages of this magazine, over the airwaves by our TV show, and in dozens of helpful study guides (also free), we show the biblical answers to the dilemmas that have defied human solution and threaten our very survival.

We are committed to taking that message to the entire world, sharing the truth of God’s purpose as taught by Jesus Christ and His apostles.

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He promises that His faithful followers will never perish, nor will anyone be able to take them from His hand, because it is He who gives eternal life (John 10:27-28). We follow His instructions by coming to Him so that we may have life (John 5:40).

Jesus Christ lives again in us

Yes, Paul reminded Christians to “work out your own salvation with fear and trembling” (Philippians 2:12). Yet he was in no way preaching a works-based salvation, for in the next verse he explains that “it is God who works in you both to will [that is, to have the desire to overcome] and to do [to act on that desire] for His good pleasure” (verse 13).

Embedded in the meaning of the Days of Unleavened Bread is the belief that central to coming out of sin is the realization that the resurrected Jesus Christ lives His life in each one of us.

Indeed, as Paul also said, “If Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins!” (1 Corinthians 15:17). And he further stated, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20, King James Version).

It is the resurrection of Christ, and His living again in Christians to empower them to remove the leaven of sin from their lives, that gives these spring festivals— the Passover, the Festival of Unleavened Bread and Pentecost—such a deep and lasting meaning. Isn’t it time you looked more deeply into the meaning of these biblical festivals and what they teach us about the life and mission of Jesus Christ?

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The Bible reveals seven annual festivals. Jesus and the early Church observed them. How much do you know about these Holy Days and what they teach about God’s plan? Download or request your free copy of God’s Holy Day Plan: The Promise of Hope for All Mankind.

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