DO YOU HEAR THE VOICE OF CHRIST ?

 

Is it possible to prove GOD exists ?  If there was an absolute proof of GODS existence then where would be faith ?  Without faith it is IMPOSSIBLE to please GOD.  Hebrews 11:6   It would seem that GOD does not want absolute proof of HIS existence but that people would believe that HE exists by faith.  We have the testimony of scripture but not everyone has this faith to believe. Hebrews 4:2 KJV ,  Romans 3:3 .  Christ speaks for his GOD and as mediator between humanity and GOD.  In the minds of the converted Jesus speaks GODS words to us.  Romans 10:17 KJV , Hebrews 1:2 ,  Ephesians 4:21 KJV ,  John 10:27 , Isaiah 54:13 KJV   Have you ever had the experience of a thought entering your mind that you knew did not originate with you ?  This thought is new to you and impossible to have come from you.  Thoughts of this kind, the spiritual kind, usually happen in prayer, study or meditation but can come at anytime.  Usually they are brief and to the point of whatever message they convey.  When this first happens it is very surprising as you don’t know what to make of it.  After several encounters you begin to understand who is communicating with you and desire more but you do not control these moments, Christ does.  The messages are always in love and glorify GOD , they teach spiritual knowledge opening our understanding, ridding ourselves of lies and deceptions to receive the truth.  Jesus does this by the power of his GODS spirit and you as one of his sheep hear his voice.  This is how and why I have been so adamant in my statement about no man being able to teach or lead as this can only be done by Yahweh through Jesus Christ.  It is by the anointing of the Holy Spirit of Yahweh, the power Jesus now uses, that ALL Christians are taught and led. 1 John 2:27 , John 14:26 , John 14:18   Put all this together, what does it mean to you?  When a Christian lives in this way it is not possible for them to be deceived. Matthew 24:24 , 2 Peter 3:17 .

If a Christian has a problem with any understanding ,Yahweh through Christ, can resolve this matter in time. Philippians 3:15 After so many deceptions by Satan over nearly 2,000 years the remnants of the church need to again prove ALL things.  Do not assume you know the truth without the voice in your mind, without proof from Christ.  All truth must be in agreement with no contradictions. Everything must be in agape.  Everything must glorify Yahweh and HIS son.  You will in a very small minority while the worlds churches remain in deception.  To some degree you will experience persecution.  You will be accused falsely.  Your ability to discern spirits will grow.  The realization of just how small you are will humble you greatly.  You look forward in hope to the second advent desiring to be part of that terminal generation. Hearing the voice of Jesus is just the beginning that will have no end.  

I am fully aware that not everyone calling themselves a Christian will experience hearing the voice of Christ.  The little flock, the few that are chosen, the small remnant near the end of this evil age will.  To others this is a highly offensive statement but all comments made by the prophets, Jesus and the Apostles regarding the size, the number of true believers is that it will be very very small.  Far to many people refuse to give up the extra mediator, the pastor, preacher, minister who is a deceiver.   No Christian should put their trust in the hands of a man.   Your trust should be in Yahweh and Christ only.  Hebrews 3:12,13,14,15 KJV  Verse 15, the voice here is that of Christ.  1 John 4:6  Even in what is thought to be an easy understanding the Holy Spirit must give the true complete understanding.  Matthew 16:16,17   Listen for his voice.

SPIRITUAL CRITICAL THINKING

The ability to think critically spiritually is only in people who have Yahwehs Holy Spirit in them.

You no longer examine anything using a carnal mind because this is death.  Romans 8:6,7,8,9,10,11 

What carnal people think is wonderful, and highly esteem is in reality an abomination to Yahweh. Luke 16:15   There are ways that seem right to carnal people but they are the ways of death.  Proverbs 14:12   Carnal people are incapable of directing their own lives.  Jeremiah 10:23   Carnal man is totally and completely helpless without Yahweh.  Ephesians 2:12 

Yahwehs spirit within Christians is the power to see the truth of things existing in this current evil world.  Hebrews 5:14   As Christians we must not compromise in any way with the failure of carnal minded ideas.  This describes the Laodiceans who were neither cold or hot, having one foot in the church but the other in the world, whose punishment is to suffer in the fire as a martyr.

Here is a scripture that should speak volumes to any Christian.  Isaiah 3:12 KJV  Those called leaders do this…. Job 30:12 KJV  Isaiah 9:16  

As an example, read and study the constitution of the United States along with the Federalist papers  and compare what you see in them with the current government and how it operates.  The U.S. was to be a representative republic, do you understand what that is, but over the years the people have abdicated their power to the elected representatives that they now call their leaders.  Is this government of, by and for the people?  Even if the U.S. lived up to its own foundational principles it would still be antichrist.  Satan, by the will of Yahweh, is the god of this world, 2 Corinthians 4:4  and Satan is the inspiration of the carnal mind that is in spiritual warfare with the spiritual mind.  2 Corinthians 10:4   The demonic spirits under Satans command rule all nations and influence the leaders and the people.

1 John 5:19

Jesus, the son of the most high Yahweh, was manifested to someday destroy all the works of Satan and establish his GOD and FATHERS kingdom on the Earth.  Acts 26:15,16,17,18  1 John 3:8  A Christian must choose which side to be on,  Yahweh’s or Satans .  Who do you want to lead you, who should you follow ?  Luke 9:62

The table of Yahweh should have nothing to do with the table of demons.  1 Corinthians 10:21  To come out and be separate means totally and completely, not part of the way.  2 Corinthians 6:17   We cannot be part time Christians because it is a full time job.  We are not to be of this world anymore than Jesus was.  John 17:16  Use your Yahweh given ability to spiritually think critically to come to realize the true meaning, extent and purpose of your calling and election. 2 Peter 1:10

AN APOLITICAL VIEW OF THE WORLD

 

I am apolitical.  I have never in my life voted or belonged to any political party or organization.  I have been very observant of world politics and through the eyes of someone with no axe to grind, no special agenda.  I am sort of like an alien from another planet visiting Earth.  This enables me to be completely unbiased in my opinions about what is happening in the world today.  I am also an historian having studied the histories of nations, their rise and fall and the causes of each.  Most nations today are under some type of dictatorship masquerading as free nations along with other nations that do so openly.  Today the key nation that stood in the way of dictatorial nations is the United States but over the years since the Second World War this has drastically changed.  The principal players involved in this change were and are the Clintons, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joseph Biden.  Under these presidents the U.S. has been experiencing a steady decline by the introduction of ideas and concepts that are in direct violation of the nation’s constitution.  The ideals that made the U.S. the premier nation have been attacked and replaced with ideas of a stealth nature designed to introduce division among the population in race, economics, religion, politics and education.  The campaign theme of the Biden administration reveals the plan of destroying the U.S. ;  build back better ,  as you must first tear down what is to build what is to come.  There are other buzz sayings like;  it takes a village to raise a child or unity through diversity.  Anyone with eyes to see and a brain to process information should be aware  that the U.S. and other nations have adopted ideas that will only lead to a one world government controlled by the antichrist.  It is actually the antichrist forces today that will produce horrific world conditions that will cause the people to cry out for a savior who will be the antichrist.  This great evil today is causing all the chaos so as to create an atmosphere of helplessness which causes the people to accept antichrist rulership .   The U.S. is key to this process because of the stubbornness of its population to submit to the changes introduced by the federal government.  This has caused the Biden administration to accelerate efforts to bring down the U.S. with all the disastrous executive decisions and policies enacted.  The destruction of the U.S. will happen in order to assure the rise of the antichrist.  A false tribulation will occur to finally end the U.S. and other nations that will cause tremendous death and destruction culminating in the people accepting antichrist rule.  After the false tribulation there will be a false millennium for three and a half years.  The real tribulation begins after the false millennium lasting until the return of Christ.  Satan is behind all the evil of this world and his plan has been working out for many years and now in our time is nearly complete.  The answer to the world’s problems is not politics as politics is the problem.  Politics produces the illusion of freedom and prosperity until perversion of all sorts begins to set in and this has been the cause of the fall of all nations since the beginning.  

WHAT WE MAY SOON SEE

If you have been paying attention to world events you should know that the world is in very deep trouble.  According to the Geneva Academy there are about 110 wars happening now in the Middle East, Latin American , North Africa, Europe and Asia.  Most of these wars you have never heard about.  Some of these wars have began recently while others have been ongoing for over 50 years.

Of all these wars those we need to be concerned about are the Middle Eastern and Europe.  The war Israel is fighting with Iran backed Hamas and Hezbollah will no doubt escalate into a full blown regional war.  The Russian / Ukraine war has the possibility of going nuclear as does the Middle East war.  Nations around the globe have debased their currencies to a level of worthlessness.  Crime is rampant in many countries.  Morals have collapsed and perversions have gained acceptance.  The news media with very few exceptions either lies or hides the truth from the public.  Politicians are liars and scoundrels seeking power and wealth.  What is good is called evil and what is evil is called good.

All of this is leading to a false tribulation that will seem to be the real tribulation in the eyes of the uninformed.  The antichrist will save the day and produce a false millennium and the people will worship him.  If you expect to be raptured before all this you are mistaken and will be greatly disappointed.  The churches of this world are as the governments, under Satanic control.  Yahweh, the only true GOD wills it to be this way.  Yahweh did not make things this way but allows Satan to rule the Earth until HE sends Christ back.  The entire reason why the world is in this mess is because Yahweh has not been in control due to Adam abdicating his position as god of this world to Satan when he knowingly obeyed Satan and disobeyed Yahweh.  The second Adam loved and obeyed his GOD and FATHER therefore Jesus Christ the son of Yahweh will return and destroy all the works of Satan and set up the kingdom of Yahweh here on Earth.  The events in the world today are only the beginning of sorrows not the great tribulation.  One must ask; where is the third temple, the sacrifices, the ten nations and the antichrist ?  These are all yet future and todays events are only precursors that will lead up to the actual end time.  My advice to all who read this article is,  Mark 13:35,36,37   Luke 21:36   Do not involve yourself in any worldly thing, do not waste your time in meaningless things,  obey the message of the gospel of faith, grace, repentance and above all Yahwehs love.  While I do not know when all things will be fulfilled I do believe that we are not in darkness so as to not see the day approaching.  WATCH.

GENESIS - ANOTHER LOOK

 

Genesis 1:1  is a general statement that Yahweh created the heavens and the Earth.  Genesis 1:2  the word “was” is the Strongs article H1961 meaning to become or come to pass.  The word “form” in Strongs H8414 meaning to lie waste or a worthless thing, confusion, empty place.  The word “void” in Strongs H922 meaning empty or a ruin.  So then when we apply the Hebrew to Genesis 1:2 it would be like this; “and the Earth became or came to pass a waste or worthless thing , confusion an empty place and darkness, misery, destruction and death upon the face of an abyss.  This verse is not the account of the original creation of the Earth but, a record of severe damage caused to the Earth.  The Earth was already there but nearly destroyed.  I think this destruction was caused by the rebellion of Satan and the following verses show Yahweh repairing the damage and preparing Earth for humans.  Before this destruction the angels inhabited Earth and Earth was vastly different. Earth had huge creatures and vegetation that scientists dig up today and study. Up until the fourth day of this creation week there was no sun, no time and nothing else, just the Earth.  The glory of Yahweh was Earths light and time itself did not exist. On the fourth day Yahweh created time and the rest of the physical universe. Genesis 1:14-19 The separation of light from darkness in Genesis 1:3,4,5  was Yahweh separating HIS kingdom from that of Satans. I think that the reason Satan rebelled was that he discovered Yahwehs plan to make a man who would be HIS son and inherit all that Yahweh created.  Satans pride and vanity flared because he thought that he should be the heir and led a rebellion with a third of the angels against Yahweh but was cast down.  Satan now wants to destroy Yahwehs heir and humanity that has the potential to share in Christs inheritance.  This will not happen because the son of Yahweh will destroy the works of Satan.  1 John 3:8 .  The Earth is the oldest object in all the universe.  Humans were created on the sixth day, the second day after time began on the fourth day.  If there is other intelligent life in the universe they would be no older than humans and no further advanced technologically.  The weekly sabbath is based on time and time began on the fourth day, so there were only three days that passed until Yahweh stopped working.  If a week is seven days “in time”then the sabbath was on a Wednesday; the fourth day like a Sunday was the beginning of time and three days later is a Wednesday.  There is no connection between the seventh day of creation to the seventh day of the week “in time”. Yahweh gave Israel a day in time to memorialize the creation that was not the actual day just as the physical rest is unrelated to the spiritual rest.  Stopping physical work has no bearing on salvation it is working in the law that cannot bring salvation but if you stop working in the law to let the spirit of Yahweh work in you by HIS agape then this is salvation. Romans 11:6 , Romans 4:4,5  The law was only a shadow of the good things to come in Christ.

Is Michael Jesus ?

 

The angel Michael is thought by Jehovahs Witnesses to be Jesus.

Is this biblically true ? 

Hebrews 1:4-14  declares that Yahweh never said to any angel, “You are my son, today I have begotten you.”  “Let all the angels of Yahweh, (including Michael) , worship Jesus.  To which, or any angel, did Yahweh ever say, “Sit at my right hand.”  Angels are ministering spirits to those who will inherit salvation.  When Yahweh created the angels it was an obvious fact that they had the potential to sin and a third of them did.  The angels that remained faithful to Yahweh were then sealed in righteousness rendering them totally unable to sin.  Jesus was created by Yahweh already in this sealed righteous state.  John 6:27  Because Jesus was from his mothers womb sealed in righteousness he was superior to all other beings angelic or human. This is why Yahweh counted the life of HIS son so precious and valuable that the sacrifice of Jesus would be sufficient for the world. This is what made Jesus the image of the invisible Yahweh. The church in Revelation 7:4 will be sealed, weather alive or dead, with this same seal.  Michael was not the only chief prince as Daniel records, Daniel 10:13 .  1 Thessalonians 4:16 and Daniel 12:1 are companion verses as both mention the arch angel involved in the events of the return of Jesus.  The voice of the arch angel may well be Michael who was known to be a warrior prince.  This angel returns with Jesus, he is not Jesus.  Michael could not rebuke Satan on his own, Jude 1:9 , but Jesus could, Matthew 4:10,11 .  Michaels name means “who is like Yahweh”, this is a question not an identification, consider Isaiah 46:9 . Isaiah makes this comment long before the birth of Jesus, there was NONE  like Yahweh.  When Jesus was born he was the image of the invisible Yahweh, Colossians 1:15 . Consider Job 4:17,18,19  .  Hebrews 2:5 angels have no inheritance in the kingdom of Yahweh, yet Jesus is the heir of all Yahweh created, and the church elect joint heirs with Jesus.  Michael is not Jesus.

 

It seems that we have established the fact of deception in the worlds churches.  This was prophesied by the prophets, Jesus and the Apostles.  When looking at the total number of all the members of all the churches it is about 2.2 billion people.  Yahweh has over the centuries called many people to come out of these churches but many did not answer the call.  The people who did answer came out and separated themselves from the lies, confusion and deception.

These people became part of the elect, that group called in this current age before the great tribulation.  The very first of these elect was Able and the last is unknown.  When the last of this group of elect is called and chosen they will all be sealed in their human spirits with the mark of Yahweh weather dead or alive. They are the 12 tribes of spiritual Israel, the combination of saints before and after Jesus as Romans 11 and Hebrews 11 show.  This will be the first harvest, the barley harvest, and they are symbolized by the two loaves of bread in Leviticus 23:17 .  Jesus gave a parable in Matthew 13:33 that explains the three groups that in their assigned time will be offered salvation.  The first group is the 144,000, the second group is during the millennium and the last group in the second resurrection.  These are the three measures of meal, the leaven symbolizes Yahwehs Holy Spirit that just as physical leaven overtime spreads through the three measures Yahwehs spirit spreads through people.  It should not be taken as an insult or viewed as elitism to be in the 144,000 because it is Yahwehs business alone as to what group a person will be in.  If a person is a new convert they need to realize that they must make a clean and complete break from the world and its ways.  This will require a certain amount of time, as each person is different, to understand the totality of what not being of this world truly means.  The Apostle John brings this out plainly, 1 John 5:19 , 1 John 4:6  .  Sometimes it is difficult to determine what is of the world from what is of Yahweh, we must sharpen our spiritual senses to determine good from evil, Hebrews 5:14 .  All the elect have baggage from the world that overtime needs to be discarded.  This requires constant use and training in the spirit of Yahweh.  Along the way we may try to make excuses to continue in the worlds ways until we finally realize that it is futility and unGodly.  The separation from this world must be complete not partial.  I am not writing about obvious things, but the things that are not obvious and only become known by growing in grace and knowledge.  We do not all travel the narrow road in one big group, but as a strung out line due to the time we were chosen and how long we have traveled that narrow road. We are all at different stages of growth but we all have the same destination.  To whom much is given, Luke 12:48 much more will be required.  We are Yahwehs servants, and if in ignorance do wrong will be corrected by a loving Father for our own good.  Hebrews 12:9  .  This is where the strong can help the weak or the babe in Christ.  How long has it been since your eyes of understanding were opened ?  If not long then you are a babe, but if many years there should be much growth unless you have buried you talent.

We are here to follow the will of Yahweh as demonstrated to us by Jesus.

SPIRITUAL WISDOM

 SPIRITUAL WISDOM

 

Matthew 5:40 , If someone will sue you for your coat let him have your cloke also. 

How far do we go with this, should we strip naked ?  Going the extra mile is to do more than just the basics or not being only a hearer but a doer.  Paul said, as much as it depends on you live in peace with all men. You cannot control what men may do that goes far beyond what you are obligated to do. 

Matthew 5:39 , do not resist evil people. If someone slaps your right cheek offer the left as well.

Basically we are to overcome evil with good, so did Jesus tell us to allow evil people to do anything to us they want ?  There is a scripture that says God will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able to bear but with that temptation provide a means of escape. 

Matthew 5:11-12  , blessed are you when men revile and persecute you, say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.  Rejoice, and be very glad, for great is your reward, for they also persecuted the prophets before you.  

Nothing is said here about physical violence.

Should we literally pluck out our eye or cut off our hand ?  If so, we all would be missing eyes and hands.   Don’t we know that it is our human spirit that sins not our body, then how would mutilating our bodies stop sin?  Jesus even brings this out when he spoke about adultery and murder, that sin is in our spirits.  If Jesus literally means we should mutilate ourselves why not just cut our heads off because dead men can’t sin.  Romans 6:7 Our spirit is to control our body not our body our spirit. Romans 6:12-14 , Paul gives a more clear understanding of what Jesus said.  Yield your body to God , as those who are alive from the dead, as an instrument of righteousness.   We are to be living as though we were in the kingdom now.   Spiritual wisdom must be applied to everything Jesus said, looking at his words spiritually not carnally.  What was sin 5,000 years ago is still sin today, God does not change the rules for some while enforcing them on others.  Solomon said there is a time for everything under the sun, we just need to know those times.  David was a man after Gods own heart yet David killed, not murdered, but when David did murder Uriah this greatly displeased God.  Even physical violence may sometimes be required in an act of love to defend others from evil men.  Just to stand by and do nothing would not show love.  1 John 3:17 , James 2:16 ,  Psalm 82:3,4 Proverbs 24:11 Moses, Sampson and Abraham all killed but never murdered anyone. It boils down to what the thought and intent of your human spirit is when you act or speak.  God knows your thoughts and motives and if driven by HIS love for others to protect and defend them against evil then this is good in Gods eyes.

 

POLITICS 

Politics: the activities associated with the government of a country and the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power.    Politics is about power.  If you are a Christian then you should be very concerned about what Yahweh thinks and declares about human governments.  Christians must obey the law of the land, AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE WILL OF YAHWEH.  With Moses Yahweh gave HIS law, this law is not for a righteous man, a man with Yahwehs imputed righteousness by faith. 1 Timothy 1:9  The saints are bound by the law of agape that will do no harm and therefore will fulfill any law especially the Ten Commandments.  The Ten Commandments are for carnal people, all people, not just carnal Israel, Romans 3:19 . The law condemns all carnal people to the second death because of sin.  Jesus does not save people from the first death that is appointed to all men simply because they are mortal.  Jesus saves people from total and complete annihilation of the soul, both body and human spirit. If this was not true then why are there resurrections ?  It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps. Jeremiah 10:23  The proof of humanity’s inability to govern themselves is their history.  Today the U.S. is in the process of electing a president.  If you have been watching the news you should know that there is bitter conflict and division in the nation over Trump or Biden. Ever since the founding of this nation competing political parties have been fighting for power and today it continues.  Politics is a filthy thing that has no hope of the utopia each party promises.  To be involved in politics is to be part of the problem not the answer.  Look at all the elections there has been then look at what we face today.  Over and over we elect and elect hoping for  change and this is a sign of insanity. If you are Yahwehs saint your hope is in HIM and HIS kingdom not human government because we seek a heavenly country our citizenship is in heaven.  Philippians 3:20 , Hebrews 11:16   We are to keep ourselves unspotted from the world, to come out from among the world and be separated. Jesus said he was not of this world and if we are in him then neither are we.  Being involved in politics is similar to being involved in the law, politics makes laws.  If it was possible I would vote for Jesus but there is no voting with Yahweh, Yahweh is a king, a monarch, who has appointed HIS son as king under HIM. There is no voting in a kingdom. Humanity will never know true righteous government until Yahweh brings it to us at HIS sons return.  

EZEKIEL PREDICTS THE BOOK OF REVELATION

The study of scripture must contain both covenants in order to have a complete understanding of the meaning of scripture.  The Bible is collection of different authors all inspired by the spirit of Yahweh.  The Bible is basic instruction before life everlasting .  

Both Ezekiel and the Apostle John were instructed to eat a scroll.  Ezekiel 3:1 , Revelation 10:9   The scroll or little book was to be sweet as honey in their mouths ,  Ezekiel Ezekiel 3:3 , Revelation 10:9  then bitter in their belly,  Ezekiel 3:14 , Revelation 10:9   The scrolls writings contained lamentations, mourning and woe, Ezekiel 2:10 ,  Revelation 8:13 , Revelation 15:6 .  Both Ezekiel and Revelation speak of an image,  Ezekiel 8:3,4,5  Revelation 13:15 , Romans 1:23 , Psalm 78:58   Ezekiel and Revelation mentions measuring the temple,  Ezekiel 41:13 , Revelation 11:1   Ezekiel and Revelation have visions of God, Ezekiel 1:1 , Revelation 4:1,2 .  Ezekiel 23:32,33,34  ,  Revelation 14:10 , Revelation 17:4 Revelation 18:6   The seal of Yahweh on the foreheads of the saints,  Ezekiel 9:4 , Revelation 7:3   There are many more commonalities with Ezekiel and Revelation showing how the sure word of prophecy should be heeded and that the prophets were writing to the church.  2 Peter 1:19 , 1 Peter 1:12   The Apostles and Jesus preached the gospel by the oracles of Yahweh.  

EZEKIEL 34 The Lord is my Shepherd

Ezekiel  chapter 34 is similar to Jeremiah chapter 25 in that it is a prophecy but is about how Yahweh would deal with the Satanic efforts to destroy the gospel message.  Yahweh is omniscient, HE knows absolutely everything and has in eternity. Isaiah 46:10  Yahweh knew that Satan and his human agents; ministers, pastors, preachers, evangelists, or any other human who presents themselves as a teacher or leader, AFTER THE DEATH OF THE APOSTLE JOHN,  were going to appear and bring in damnable heresies that pervert all truth. Jude 1:4

 The true church since the death of the Apostle John changed drastically in the way of organization.  All the offices listed in Ephesians 4:11 are no more except that of prophet and prophetess because it is by divine revelation through Christ that all Christians are taught the truth.  John 6:45

Ezekiel 34:1 begins with the prophecy against the shepherds of Israel.  This Israel mentioned here is spiritual Israel, the church.  Ezekiel 34:2-6 shows how these false shepherds treated the flock.  Special notice to Ezekiel 34:4  strengthen the weak, heal the sick, bind the injured, bring back strays, search for the lost are all the teachings of Christ and the Apostles. Matthew 9:36,  Matthew 18:12  Under the law no mercy was shown, you break the law you die. Hebrews 10:28  The flock became scattered over all the Earth.  John 10:12 James 1:1 KJV ,  Mark 13:27 , Matthew 24:31 , Isaiah 40:11  The shepherds ,after John, until this day feed the flock with lies and charge them for it.  Then here is Yahwehs remedy, Ezekiel 34:11,12  the day of thick darkness is when Jesus returns. Joel 2:1-2  More of Yahwehs remedy, Ezekiel 34:14 , Psalm 23:1-3  Yahwehs right arm, Jesus Christ, is Yahwehs salvation and by the will of Yahweh, Jesus is the only leader or shepherd of Christians. John 10:11,14  Yahweh by HIS Holy Spirit is the only teacher through Christ, all human shepherds are no more, the saints have no need of them.  1 John 2:27 ,  Matthew 23:10  The false shepherds try to do only what Yahweh and Christ can do.  They have set themselves up, Yahweh did not send them. Many of these false shepherds come in the name of Jesus preaching that Jesus is the Christ but yet deceive many. Matthew 24:4-5   Even though there are dozens of scriptures that confirm what I have written here, many will not give up on their human shepherds.  Christ gave his life so that ALL CHRISTIANS may have contact through him with Yahweh.  It is up to each of us to decide who is their shepherd, but the Lord Jesus Christ is my shepherd.

PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH 25

 Jeremiah 25:1  This prophecy was for Judah and Jerusalem and informs us that for 23 years Jeremiah and other prophets have warned the people of their failure to repent but they did not listen.  God warns the people of punishment for their disobedience. History may not always exactly repeat but it often rhymes.  Jeremiah 25:10 is rhyming with Revelation 18:23 , Jeremiah 7:34 , Jeremiah 16:9  and this is not a coincidence.  Jeremiah 25:12  says the desolation will be everlasting, going against the 70 years commonly thought of by most biblical historians to be the time of Judahs captivity.

Jeremiah 25:13  notice, all the words God pronounced that are written in the book of Jeremiah for all nations.  This is future because God has never punished all nations at any time in the past.  Jeremiah 25:15-16 rhymes with Revelation 14:10 , Psalm 60:3 , Isaiah 51:17  this is not a coincidence either.  This cup is given first to Judah and Jerusalem  , then to all the nations of Earth. Jeremiah 25:26,31

Judah and Jerusalem drink a double portion of Gods wrath which agrees with Revelation 18:3,6  Isaiah 40:2 , Jeremiah 16:18 , Jeremiah 17:18 .

Jeremiah 25:32 rhymes with Luke 21:25 , Isaiah 17:12  this too is not coincidence.  Jeremiah is writing about the future in these verses.  Jeremiah is describing events that will happen during the time of Jacobs trouble, the great tribulation. For God to mention Judah and Jerusalem first and by name is significant because a nation cannot be punished if it does not exist.  Judah and Jerusalem or Israel today, after passing out of existence for almost 2,000 years, has risen again, Revelation 13:1 .  It was, is not, but now is,  Revelation 17:11,8 .  The captivity of Judah and Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar was a shadow type of the great tribulation just as Adam was a shadow type of Christ.  

Jeremiah  25  is another clue because the modern nation of Israel is in reality Judah as the northern kingdom of Israel disappeared from history leaving only Judah to return after 70 years by a decree by Cyrus king of Persia.  Modern Israel became a nation on May 14, 1948 and after 70 years would be May 14, 2018. This “after 70 years” would be up until May 13, 2028 because it is not after 80 years.  Therefore, it may be that sometime before 80 years the false tribulation, man of sin covenant with ten nations and false millennium will take place during the first 3 1/2 years of the seven year covenant. After this God then begins fulfilling the events in Jeremiah 25 .  Daniels last week of the 70 week prophecy or 7 years is what Jeremiah 25 describes.  

 When you consider the rebellion of Israel when coming out of Egypt, their rebellion under the judges, rebellion under their kings and the murder of the son of God and their end time alliance with the man of sin it is no wonder they receive a double portion of Gods wrath.  God will after all this yet show them mercy.  

THE HUMAN SPIRIT

 

The human spirit is what we are, all humans are a spirit in an earthen vessel, a temporary dwelling.  Scripture uses different words to describe the human spirit; inner man, heart, mind, breath of life.  This human spirit interacts with the brain to control the physical body.  The human spirit is what contains all knowledge and memories.  The human spirit is what has the potential to have a relationship with God.  The human spirit is how we are in Gods image and likeness but presently in a shadow way.  The human spirit was designed by God to need a body in which to operate, to be a soul, a living breathing creature.  As long as the spirit and body are joined there is life.  Death is the spirit separating from the body.  The body dies but the spirit does not.  The spirit came from God, from heaven, and at death returns there totally dormant, asleep.  This very thing happened to Jesus. Neither body or spirit is immortal unless a person is glorified by entering the kingdom of God.  In the kingdom your spirit, now sealed in Gods very own divine nature, is now totally incapable of sin and the body is composed of 100% spirit.  You are now truly in Gods image and likeness, you are now an Elohim, a mighty one.  You are now what Christ was in the the flesh, one with God, a son of God.  You will share, as a joint heir, the inheritance of Christ.  You will be a king and a priest over some area of the Earth formerly governed by a demon of Satan.  You will be worshipped by the humans that you love , teach and care for, you will be their god/Elohim.  Then you will worship and walk in the name of Yahweh forever.  

VENGEANCE IS NOT YOURS

 

I know what it is like to be persecuted and ostracized, shunned.  I experienced this in the Worldwide Church of God.  I can relate to and have compassion for others who have suffered.  However, to attack the organization responsible is not the answer.  I have seen a relentless ongoing effort by people who have been injured emotionally to seek revenge.  Someone once said, vengeance is mine.  Romans 12:19  I do not in any way make light of suffering but someone once said, Christ suffered for you, leaving an example that you should follow. 1 Peter 2:21  Someone once said, 1 Peter 3:9 , 1 Peter 4:13  The scriptures contain many verses admonishing Christians to not seek vengeance, or attack persons or organizations but rather pray or do good, to overcome evil with good.  When we do engage in this type of behavior the evil overcomes us.  It will eat you away like a cancer.  You must let it go.  You need to repent of this kind of mindset asking God for forgiveness and strength to overcome these unChristlike feelings.  The origin of sin is in the mind, the human spirit, it is how we think that drives our words and deeds.  Is it possible to help those who have suffered without leading a crusade against the guilty who caused it ? 

This obsession with constant ridicule and debunking is not of God or Christ.  No matter what excuses you may attempt to use.  Will you now make me your enemy or will you see that you are only hurting yourselves and prolonging the suffering ?

ISSUES WITH NO CLEAR ANSWERS

 ISSUES WITH NO CLEAR ANSWERS 

How many angels can dance on the head of a pin ?  Sometimes we ask questions or seek answers to things that have not yet been revealed or not clearly explained in scripture.  In the second resurrection will all the people in it be naked ?  Sometimes questions can be totally not worth asking.  My point is this; we do not know everything even about those things that have been revealed.

The saints are emerging from darkness into light and the spirit of Yahweh teaches us all the things we need to know when we need to know them.  It , I think, is unwise to take on multiple issues all at once as we have a challenge just with one alone yet several at once. 

Not long ago there was a disagreement here about self defense, are Christians to never use force or may they use force. Good points were made by each side but in the end neither was able to dissuade the other. Each side treated the other with love and respect and ended the debate peacefully.  This was using wisdom and how disagreements between brethren should be handled.

We are all learning from Yahweh through Christ , John 6:45 , but not all at the same momentum as growing in the spirit varies from person to person.  It is now the duty and responsibility for all the saints to grow.  This is primarily our main purpose.  Sometimes we may be unsure about something, if so go to Yahweh through Christ then accept the yea or nay you receive.  If you have after a very long time not received an answer let it go.  Today, the saints should have patience and live according to what has been revealed that we do understand.  Philippians 3:15    Ephesians 1:7 

A MATTER OF TIME AND EVENTS

THE ACCURACY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE FLOW OF EVENTS LEADS TO ESTABLISHING A GENERAL TIME

 An Examination of Revelation 20:5

The event called the second resurrection is accepted by most all believers as a future event.  With some the issue that is disputed is the time it happens.  Some assign the second resurrection to be at the return of Jesus and all of unconverted humanity raised then. There is only one scripture that places the time after the 1000 years,  Revelation 20:5 , however those who place the second resurrection at the return say this scripture is not biblical, not inspired and was added by the Catholic Church in order to defend their claim that the Catholic Church was the millennium on Earth.  

I have searched the internet to find the oldest translations of the New Testament concerning Revelation 20:5 .  This was not an easy task.  Of the well know oldest and most widely used translations I found only one, the Codex Sinaiticus ,  that used only the words, “this is the first resurrection” and eliminate the first part of verse 5 completely, Revelation  20:5 .  In one translation, the Peshitta by George Lamsa, the words, “and the rest of the dead did not live again until the 1000 years were finished,”  are in verse 4 .   The Textus Receptus also has the complete text of Revelation 20:5 as well as the Vulgate.  I have have also spoken to Anthony Buzzard about this issue and he is confident that all of Revelation 20:5 is genuine.  When considering prophecy the time of events is mostly never definite and is very vague.  We must rely on the accuracy of the flow of events to even have some sense of timing.  When Jesus spoke of his return he only mentions the saints or elect as being resurrected this is also true of the prophets and Apostles.  The main focus of the scriptures is on the first resurrection with fewer verses about the second.  It says, the dead in Christ rise first. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 , nothing about the unconverted dead.  The unrighteous unconverted will not inherit the kingdom of God but are ruled over by those who are in the kingdom .  The throne of Christs glory, the great white throne, is for the one who will judge humanity and all judgment will be Christs .  John 5:22.  The church is judged now to be worthy of the kingdom.  1 Peter 4:17.  We know that many will die at the return of Jesus, Isaiah 66:16, Jeremiah 25:31 , this event obviously has never happened and is future.   When you look at events rather than try to establish a time it is possible to get a proper flow of those events with the testimony of Christ, the Prophets and Apostles.  The great tribulation is to be a worldwide event with a death toll so high that if Jesus did not return early no human would be left alive.  Matthew 24:22

What is the reward of the saints ?  Is it not being raised from the dead to everlasting life at the return of Jesus ?  Psalm 37:34 , compare to , Isaiah 3:11,  Hebrews 11:6 ,  Proverbs 11:31 , 1 Peter 4:8 , John 3:36 Matthew 25:46 , John 5:24 , Isaiah 26:14 ,  Matthew 12:36 the saints are judged now but all others on the day of judgement, at the white throne.  The wicked do not receive the reward of the righteous.  Luke 18:7   The reward of the saints is the first resurrection.    None of the unconverted are mentioned in conjunction with the saints in the first resurrection.  1 Corinthians 15:20 -23.  At the return of Jesus those who are resurrected must be in Christ, the unconverted were never in Christ .  I hope you see how events and the description of them regarding the saints is different from the unconverted and without mentioning a time.  1 Corinthians 6:14 , John 6:39   John 5:29  gives more clarity to the purpose of the two resurrections as one is to life, the first, the second is to judgment.  The judgment refers to the great white throne judgment the occurs after the millennium.  Revelation 20:7,11 .  

If the second resurrection occurs at the second advent then the scriptures should reveal that.  Every scripture referring to the resurrection at the second advent only mentions the elect saints, never including the unconverted.  John 6:39 , it will be those who are the dead in Christ only that are resurrected at the second advent.   However, John 5:28-29 , all who are in their graves , Acts 24:15 notice it says “a” resurrection.  This would seem to indicate the just and the unjust , the just first then the unjust second, will both be raised at the second advent but with some space of time between them but not 1000 years , however that length of time is not known. It cannot be said that both the just and unjust are resurrected at the same time because there would not be two resurrections but only one.  Then the millennium begins lasting 1000 years.  At the end of the 1000 years is the great white throne judgement where all those humans in the millennium will face the formerly imprisoned Satan to be tested. Those who pass the test live and those who do not experience the second death.  People in the millennium live to be 100 years old.  Some think that everyone in the millennium lives until it’s end meaning some would be 1000 years old , a contradiction of Isaiah 65:20 , Isaiah 65:20 YLT , the Peshitta is records 100 years as does the Lamsa , the Interlinear and the Septuagint.  This means that during that 1000 years many would live well beyond 100, but Isaiah says they die at 100.

 This 

is problematic because no one is resurrected twice for the purpose of salvation.  There are only two resurrections mentioned in scripture.  Isaiah 11:6-9  describes conditions existing during the millennium as does Isaiah 65:17-25 .  The 1000 years would be ten generations of 100 years each of people who were already resurrected once.

The sinner being cursed in Isaiah 65:20  would seem to me to 

indicate that these sinners have committed the unpardonable sin and it is my understanding that those who commit this sin are not resurrected because the sacrifice of Christ is not available.  Hebrews 10:26     In the codex Sinaiticus verse 5 does not say about the rest of the dead being raised after the 1000 years, however by careful examination of Revelation 20:4 describes the type of people who are in the first resurrection and eliminates all who had received and cooperated with the beast.  Only these faithful “came to life” for the 1000 years the evil people did not “come to life” until after the 1000 years and appear at the white throne.  Now Revelation 20:3,7 say Satan must be released to deceive again after the 1000 years.  The question arises, who will he deceive if all of humanity was raised at the return of Jesus. Isaiah says, Isaiah 2:2-4 that during the millennium there is no war and no devil.  Now we see that Gog and Magog have prepared for war. Revelation 20:8  Now this may be evidence to support Revelation 20:5 is correct in it entirety .

1.  There is war and the devil after the millennium.

2.  If all are raised in the second advent then who will the devil deceive after the millennium ?

3, The life span of those in the millennium is 100 years.  If these people were resurrected at the return of Jesus then only live 100 years during the millennium the they would have to be resurrected a second time which is not biblical.

I confess that I never had to prove Revelation 20:5 but I believe the result of my study confirms the accuracy of the verse , wether verse 5 is present or not, when the events, flow and description of them, are carefully examined.  This also shows it does not matter if different translations contain it or not, the message of its accuracy is found by asking; who, what, when, where how and why , then conducting a diligent search to answer them.

I do not believe that an error concerning this issue is any threat at all to our salvation.  Deuteronomy 29:29 , Acts 1:7   So then, if God does not reveal a thing to us how can we be held responsible for not knowing ?  What we need to do is put this matter on the back burner and move on to possibly be shown other marvelous things.

 

DO YOU HAVE AN IDOL ?

Do You Have An Idol ? 

Ezekiel 14:3-8   Ezekiel is not speaking about a physical idol, he is saying an idol of the heart, the mind, the spirit of man.  The error, the idol,  is in how people think Yahweh has operated, worked among humanity. 

From the time of Adam and forever Yahweh has had various ways that HE has communicated with HIS people using angels and prophets but the Christ event changed how Yahweh now communicates with HIS people.  Hebrews 1:1-2   Yahweh now, since Christ, communicates with HIS saints through Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:1-7   Even the Apostles knew and preached that only Yahweh is able to make us grow and we should never view any man in this way, to do so sets up an idol in our minds because we would be putting some man in place of Yahweh.  This is made clear by , 1 Corinthians 3:3-4 ,  the Corinthians were looking at certain men boasting in them, 1 Corinthians 4:6 .  Paul stated plainly that not even he or Apollos could give the understanding of what what they preached, that only Yahweh can do this.  To elevate any man as the giver of spiritual understanding is to replace Yahweh with a man, glorify a man rather than Yahweh. 

Men can teach lies but no man can teach truth, this belongs to Yahweh only.  Jesus Christ gave his life so that each one of us can have a personal relationship with his God, we do not need some other mediator, some man that we may hold to be more than what he is.  The world is full of modern day Corinthians who set up Benny Hinn, John Hagee , the Pope and many others.  The saints of Yahweh should never do this, it is worldly.  1 Corinthians 3:3

Paul sums up this Corinthian error ,  1 Corinthians 3:21-22.  There is a truth being addressed here that should awaken us all to examine ourselves and ask, have I set up an idol in my mind, have I elevated some man and boast in him thinking he is the one who enlightens me ?   Do you see how this idol of the mind denies both Yahweh and Christ ?    Peter tells us plainly that the prophets, like Ezekiel, 1 Peter 1:12 , are speaking to us and Ezekiel warns against doing what Paul described to the Corinthians.  We all have access to Yahweh individually, this means with no other person except Christ the mediator.  

All of us have made this Corinthian error in the past elevating and boasting in some man led organization and we got burned, why do it again.  Do you think the next time will be different ?  Since Adam, Yahweh only has been the teacher and today the way HE teaches is through HIS son.  John 6:45 ,  Hebrews 1:2 

Sexual Sins

 

SEXUAL SINS

Scripture addresses five sexual sins; adultery, fornication, homosexuality, incest and beastiality.  Adultery violates the seventh commandment while the latter four are violations of the law of Moses.  When Moses was given the law the words inscribed on the tables of stone were those spoken to Israel on the day of assembly, Exodus 20:1-17 ,  Deuteronomy 5:22 .  The second set of tables contained the exact same words, Exodus 34:1 , Deuteronomy 10:2 .  The Ten Commandments were not know to humanity before God gave them to Moses.  Deuteronomy 5:3  Now the Ten Commandments were placed inside the ark of the covenant, Exodus 25:16 but the law of Moses was outside of and beside the ark.  Deuteronomy 31:26 .  In this law of Moses were  the judgments or penalty for violating the Ten Commandments, additional laws concerning the festivals, unclean laws, and sexual laws as well as other laws totaling 603 Mosaic commandments with the Ten Commandments making the total number of laws 613.  Now, fornication is sex between unmarried people, incest is forbidden in Leviticus 18:6-18  &  Leviticus 20:11-21 shows death was the penalty for theses sins . The sin of homosexuality, Leviticus 18:22 and beastiality, Leviticus 18:23 .  The Ten Commandments  were the statutes and the law of Moses contained the judgments. All sin is worthy of death without mercy under this system of laws.  Hebrews 10:28 , Deuteronomy 17:6 .  Sexual sins are no worse than other sins but all sins earn the wages of death , Romans 6:23.  All of these sins, all 613, can be forgiven under the new covenant and all of these laws are combined under the law of Christ, love God and love neighbor, Mark 12:30-31 , Matthew 22:40 .  Some of you have seen posts here on Simply Christian about Liberal Christianity that believes the scriptures must be viewed through the lens of modern society and must change to include homosexuality and other sins that the prophets, Jesus and Apostles plainly state are sins.  Sin has never changed and is the same today as in biblical times.  Liberal Christianity provides a way for the sinner to not feel they are sinners and welcomes the sinner with their unrepentant sins as fellow Christians.  There is a lesson for all of us here; do not carelessly read any post and do not be impressed with great swelling words of emptiness.  Check out what these posts are really saying before you give a thumbs up.  

PLUG IN THEIR NAME

 

No Other Name

When I was in the Worldwide Church of God I hung on to every word that was taught by Herbert W. Armstrong.  Everything he and his ministry taught I believed.  I know that many here on Simply Christian have had the same or similar experience.  After coming out of this deception more than 30 years ago I realized that Armstrong was my idol, Romans 6:16 , Romans 6:21 , Matthew 6:24 , 1 Kings 18:21 ,  the churches today, 1 Kings 17:41 are in this fleshy program , Galatians 1:10 . 

Did you realize this ?  I know now that Armstrong was an unconverted man because a truly converted man will tell you the truth, that God is your teacher and Christ is your leader and not puffing himself up as though he was.  Who was your Baal, your Armstrong? Or do you still have one ? Plug his name in as a false god, false Christ, false minister.  If we were deceived it wasn’t God and Christ who deceived us was it ?  When I realized what I was doing I repented and asked God through Christ to forgive me, did you ?  I did not go out and again follow some other man, did you ?  How can you possibly begin a new life without making peace between you and your Creator?  We’re you baptized in the one true baptism?  Did you have hands laid upon you to receive the Holy Spirit ?  Have you died with Christ to your former life of sin ?  Have you, like Elijah, slain your prophet of Baal ? If so, plug his name in here ,  @#@#&$%#$ .  If not, get out your two edged sword and have the courage to slay him.  To totally eliminate the enemy and his ministers posing as angels of light you need to rely on Yahweh and Christ only.  Can we take fire to our bosom and not be burned ?  How many times do we allow ourselves to be burned ? To many seem to think that they need another mediator in addition to Christ, another teacher in addition to the Holy Spirit of the Father.  Jesus gave his life so that each of us can through him have a relationship with the Father.  In this personal relationship there is no room for some other pretender.  We are told to work out our own salvation in fear and trembling.  Philippians 2:12

It says your own salvation.  We do this with God and Christ no one else.  There is no other name given , under heaven, this means some other name on Earth, under heaven is the Earth, by which we must be saved.  Acts 4:12  So then if we include some other name what are we doing ?   We are forgetting that there is no other name.

 

PROVE ALL THINGS

1 Thessalonians 5:1  Paul is telling us to prove all things , not to the world but to ourselves, the saints. 

The people of the world cannot receive the knowledge of the truth.  John 4:17  , Romans 8:9 , 1 Corinthians 2:14 .  The commission to preach the gospel was only given to the Apostles, no one else.  They alone were the chosen witnesses .  Acts 10:41 , Acts 10:39 , Acts 13:31 , Acts 1:8 .  Even to this day the words of these chosen witnesses are recorded for anyone to read their testimony. Even though dead they yet speak.  John 17:20   The elect alive today, indeed all the elect of all time, know that only the Apostles were given the great commission.  This is why the elect are not out preaching the gospel and how we know that those who do are false witnesses.  As I have written before, God and Christ have totally controlled the church after the death of John, the last of those chosen witnesses .   From that time God through Christ teaches His people, no man.  This shows the elect how easy it is to identify a deceiver.   Among the elect the gospel is taught but it is not taught to the world .  Matthew 13:11 ,  to you, not them.  John 14:22-24 , John 13:35 .

Jesus resurrected on the Sabbath

 

JESUS RESURRECTED ON THE SABBATH

Smiths Literal Translation of the scriptures, in all four gospels, verifies that Jesus was raised from the dead near the end of the weekly Sabbath.  The following list of translations record the same information;

The Concordance Literal New Testament 

The Literal Standard Version 

Young’s Literal Translation 

The Interlinear Bible

The people that translated the Bible from its original language did so with a hatred of everything Jewish and changed words that plainly identified the weekly Sabbath as the day Jesus was resurrected.  The Catholic Church changed the Ten Commandments by eliminating the second that prohibited idols then the ninth and tenth concern coveting, the ninth saying not to covet your neighbors wife and the tenth your neighbors property . Also the  Sabbath day was changed from the seventh day to the first day of the week, thus violating the words of Jesus ;  Matthew 5:17-18 .  To fulfill the shadow days of ancient Israel Jesus would do this on the actual day they occurred in the law.  The Passover was fulfilled on the Passover, the weekly Sabbath on the Sabbath, the week of unleavened bread on those days and Pentecost on the day of Pentecost.  Jesus emphasized that not one jot or tittle of the law would pass away until everything was accomplished in the new heaven and Earth, the accomplishing will happen in Revelation 21:1 

The entire carnal world is yet under the law, Romans 3:19 .  I am not involved with legalism, I keep no days but I am extremely familiar with the law and I know how it operates.  So then, to fulfill the law and the only sign Jesus gave that he was the Messiah, Jesus had to be resurrected in the late afternoon  on the weekly Sabbath.  There is another post here that shows plainly that if you count backwards from Pentecost 50 days it will be on the weekly Sabbath.  To see all these things for yourself, you must invest yourself in them, to diligently seek the truth of what I have written here.  

 

                     CLUES FROM SOLOMON 

1 Kings 10:19-21   Six steps led up to Solomons throne and on each side of those steps was a lion.

6 lions, 6 steps, 6 lions

1 Kings 10:14  six hundred three score and six talents of gold, in todays money would be over a billion dollars.  

Solomon was the son of David, the king of Israel, Solomons reign was one of peace, his name actually means peace, so he was viewed by many in Israel as the prince of peace and the messiah.  Solomon built the temple and on the day of its dedication fire came down from heaven, 2 Chronicles 7:1,  Revelation 13:13 , 1 Kings 18:38. 

Solomon became a man of sin. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 , 1 Kings 11:1-8   The beast and false prophet are cast into the lake of fire, the second death , a final everlasting punishment for anyone committing the unpardonable sin.  These two were once converted, like Solomon, but they blasphemed the Holy Spirit .

Solomon was exceedingly rich.  Daniel 11:43

The dream of every Jewish person is the coming of their idea of a messiah even in Christs day.  Acts 1:6   The Jewish people long for the glory days of Solomon when Israel was the premier nation on Earth.  1 Kings 10:23  All other nations paled in comparison to Israel thus giving us an important clue into the identities of the 8 kings in Revelation 17:10-11   The eighth king is one of the previous seven who each in their day was the preeminent nation on the Earth, Solomons Israel was definitely one of these seven and in the future be the eighth king.  The Jewish people in that day will think the antichrist is their promised messiah, the false Christians will think he is Jesus, perhaps the Islamics will think he is the Mahdi , their version of the messiah.  The kingdom of the antichrist is not Rome or Babylon, Iraq or united Europe, it is the resurrected Israel. The beast/ antichrist a Solomon figure.  Thus antichrist creates an image of the beast, the one that rises up out of the sea, symbolic of the worlds people, where their population made Aliyah or return to Israel.  Israel a beast, a nation, that was, is not and yet is, the only nation in history that totally disappeared only to return again.  The ten horns of the beast are ten nations antichrist will enter with into a covenant and the seven heads are the seven mountains, not hills, that are around Jerusalem. One of these heads or mountains suffered a deadly wound but the wound is healed, the temple on Mount Moriah was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD but a third temple will be built and begin again the sacrifices made.  Then a beast out of the Earth a false prophet Elijah who calls fire down from heaven to deceive.  The harlot is the capital of Israel , Jeremiah 3:3  Revelation 17:5 , who controls the beast nation and from where the antichrist will rule as a king and priest.  Exodus 13:9-16 ,  Deuteronomy 6:8 , Deuteronomy 11:18 

Antichrist will bring the people under the law of Moses, denying Jesus, this is why there is a temple with sacrifices.  The mark of the antichrist is like the head and hand tyings of the ancient Israelites.

The revival of the law is an excellent deception because it is biblically based, even today there are people who claim to be Christians that keep the law of Moses.   Once antichrist enters into the holy of holies and says he is God the Jews will instantly realize their error and reject antichrist thus bringing in the time of Jacobs trouble that spills over on to all nations. The harlot will be punished double for sins, Isaiah 40:2 , Revelation 18:6 .  In Jerusalem was found the blood of prophets and saints and the slain on EarthRevelation 18:24 , Matthew 23:5  This will be when the mark of the beast will be demanded.  This will be the great tribulation, a time unmatched in history for its horrors.  

 

            PROPHETIC PERFECT TENSE

1 Corinthians 2:10   I am going to write about something that is one of those deep things of God.

To be clear on a point, Philippians 3:10-16   All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view.

In these verses Paul is explaining a deep thing of God.  In much of Paul’s writings he comes across a one who has attained.  He speaks as though what is a promise or hope as a present reality.  This is due to the zeal in response to the power of God that worked in him.  2 Kings 19:31 This spiritual phenomenon is called Prophetic perfect tense.  This is a style of preaching that describes future events that are so certain to happen that they are referred to in the past tense as if they had already happened.  Under the powerful influence of the Fathers Holy Spirit Paul on many occasions wrote or spoke in this manner.  God was in effect speaking through Paul.  This was also in the prophets as well as Jesus himself.  Hebrews 1:1-2  1 Peter 1:10-12  

Isaiah 9:6  is an example of prophetic perfect tense as the verse seems to say the son was already given when we know this son would not be born or given until the future. Romans 8:30:31  is an example of Paul’s prophetic perfect tense as he says, “and he also glorified “ ,  we know our glorification is still future.  This effect is true in many scriptures because the God who inspired these men speaks this way.  Romans 4:17  ,  Isaiah 46:9-10 ,  and Jesus also Matthew 22:32  .   If the God of our inspiration speaks in this manner then is it not also true of His prophets, His son and the Apostles.  Those who do not understand this may well think that future events have indeed been already fulfilled.   Again, the possibility of mistaking the prophetic perfect tense effect as truly fulfilled prophecy when the prophecy has not actually been fulfilled will hide the reality to believe a fantasy .  An event of the past which in some ways are very similar to a future event is called, shadow prophecy, which is the result of a persons belief that the shadow is real.  Isaiah 9:6 where the son seems to have already been born and given is the shadow but it cannot be believed that it was fulfilled in Isaiah’s time.  The same is true when Paul said we are glorified, we should not take this literally and turn it into a doctrine.   Prophecy and doctrine are not the same. Doctrine is prophecy fulfilled and prophecy is yet to be fulfilled doctrine.

Jesus was a prophetic character until the prophecies concerning him were fulfilled then it became doctrine.

Knowing this shows Jesus did not pre exist. We must be aware of many things in order to come to a correct understanding.

 

HOW DID JESUS FULFILL THE SYMBOLISM OF THE DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD ?

The feast of unleavened bread began on the 15th day of Nisan.  Passover was not a day of unleavened bread or a holy day but was a preparation day for the first day of unleavened bread, the day the Jews did not want Jesus to be on the cross, a high day, John 19:31.  No Israelite was to eat or have leaven in their homes.  This feast lasted 7 days.  The first day the 15th of Nisan was an annual holy day and the last day the the 22nd was a holy day, these days were annual sabbaths or high days.  Now the nearly universal idea is that leaven always is symbolic of sin.  This is incorrect.  Leaven is symbolic of spirit.  What spirit are we leavened with, are we children of Satan or children of God. Luke 9:55  Matthew 13:33  Jesus compared the kingdom of God with leaven, how if leaven always symbolizes sin ?  The annual holy days of Israel were to remind the Israelites of their sins.  Hebrews 10:3  It was impossible for the blood of animals to forgive sin. Hebrews 10:4  So the carnal Israelites were always in their sins.  Jesus makes it possible for the saints to be clean, not unclean as the carnal Israelites were. Acts 10:15   Through Jesus the saints are leavened with the Holy Spirit made possible not by the blood of animals but by the blood of the son of God.  The reason there are 7 days are because over the entire plan of God for the saints there would be 7 churches, those listed in the book of Revelation, over the passage of time each church era would be leavened with the Holy Spirit.  Revelation 1:4  These 7 churches are leavened with the Holy Spirit else the could not be called the church of God.  From these 7 churches are the true people of God , those who truly were called and chosen because in some of these churches like Sardis had only a few names who would walk in white, would inherit the kingdom of God. Also on Pentecost two loaves of bread were baked with leaven that symbolized the saints before and after Christ, the elect. Leviticus 23:17  Twelve loaves representing the twelve tribes for the showbread were not baked with leaven.  Leviticus 24:5  The Laodiceans must be leavened by being martyred because neither being cold of hot they are not of the elect but are the innumerable multitude.  Also, after the resurrection of Jesus he met two of his disciples but God did not permit them to recognize Jesus.  The three went to eat and Jesus took bread and broke it and gave it to them. Luke 24:30  The word used for bread here is “artos” Strongs G740  meaning bread baked into a loaf or leavened, the same bread Jesus used at the Passover meal . The word for unleavened bread is “azumos” Strongs G106.  After this Jesus vanished.  Now Luke 24:35 reveals how the disciples knew it was Jesus, in the breaking of the loaf of leavened bread, “artos” .  This was because this event took place during the days of unleavened bread.  The disciples understood because of , Luke 24:27 , where Jesus probably mentioned this thing about leaven.  All events like these that Jesus did were explained by him to his disciples. Luke 24:44-45   So, you see how Jesus fulfilled the days of unleavened bread.

                      THE RESURRECTION 

This will prove when Jesus was resurrected. It does not matter how the days flowed just that there were 7 days in a week.  Pentecost is always on a Sunday and the weekly Sabbath is always Saturday. Follow the instructions below.

                               APRIL

Su.     M.     Tu.     W.     Th.     F.     Sat. 

1.         2.       3.        4.      5.       6.      7. 

8.         9.       10.      11.     12.     13.    14. 

15.      16.       17       18.     19.    20.     21. 

22.     23.        24.       25.     26.    27.     28. 

29.     30.    

                                   MAY

SU.       MO.      TU.      WED.      TH.     FR.   SA.  

                             1.          2.             3.        4.       5. 

6.           7.            8.          9.            10.       11.      12. 

13.        14.          15.         16.          17.       18.      19. 

20.        21.          22.         23.          24.      25.    26. 

27.        28.          29.         30.          31. 

The 27th is PENTECOST, THE 50th DAY.  IF YOU COUNT BACKWARDS 10 DAYS YOU WILL BE ON THURSDAY THE 17th, THIS IS THE DAY JESUS ASCENDED TO HEAVEN.  THEN COUNT BACKWARDS AGAIN FROM THE 17th 40 DAYS AND YOU WILL BE ON THE 7th A SATURDAY THE WEEKLY SABBATH DAY, THE DAY JESUS WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD.  NOW COUNT BACK FROM THE 7th 3 MORE DAYS AND THIS IS PASSOVER, THE DAY OF THE CRUCIFIXION. 

 ACTS 1:3  IT WAS 40 DAYS THAT JESUS SPENT WITH HIS DISCIPLES THEN ON THE 40th DAY ASCENDED AND 10 DAYS LATER ON PENTECOST SENT THE HOLY SPIRIT.MATTHEW 28:1 , IN THE END OF THE SABBATH AS IT BEGAN TO DAWN TOWARD THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK.  THE SUN HAD NOT YET SET BUT WAS CLOSE TO SETTING, THE SABBATH WAS NOT YET OVER.  THIS IS WHEN THE WOMEN CAME TO THE SEPULCHER.  LUKE IS SAYING THE SAME THING, LUKE 24:1 , SO DOES MARK, WHEN YOU HAVE THE CORRECT TRANSLATION; VERY EARLY ON THE FIRST OF THE SABBATHS.  THE MODERN VERSION OF MARK IS INCORRECT DUE TO TRANSLATORS BELIEVING JESUS WAS RAISED ON SUNDAY.  LOOK AT YOUNGS LITERAL TRANSLATION.  THE PHRASE, AT THE RISING OF THE SUN DISAGREES WITH MATTHEWS ACCOUNT, WHILE IT WAS YET DARK.  NOTICE THAT THESE WOMEN DID NOT WITNESS THE ACTUAL RESURRECTION, THEY ONLY SAW AN EMPTY TOMB. GIVEN HOW CLOSE IT WAS FROM THE END OF THE SABBATH JESUS HAD TO HAVE RISEN WHILE IT WAS YET THE SABBATH.  ALL EYE WITNESSES WERE AFTER THE FACT AND NO ONE ACTUALLY SAW JESUS WALK OUT OF THE TOMB.  IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE LAW OF MOSES JESUS HAD TO DIE ON THE PASSOVER AND BE RESURRECTED ON THE SABBATH JUST AS HE SENT THE SPIRIT ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST.  

Human Marriage

 

Human Marriage 

Human marriage is the first covenant that God made with humanity. Adam and Eve were married by God.  It is believed today that people who think they are ministers, preachers or priests of God can perform marriages  They cannot because this authority was not given to them.  You will not find anywhere in scripture that even remotely resembles the modern day marriage ceremony.  It is ironic these false people even say, “ what God has joined together let not man put asunder.”   Marriage is a covenant between the man, woman and God, no one else.  The only thing mentioned in scripture is the celebration of the covenant not the making of it.  In very brief words, to be married the man and woman love one another and in prayer ask God to make them husband and wife, then the act of sexual intercourse seals the covenant.  That’s it, there is nothing else.  God will hold both man and woman responsible to honor each others God given roles in marriage as Jesus and the Apostles explained in scripture.  What marriage is today is human intervention into a thing that is Gods business only.  Many people today that do not fit into the modern idea of marriage are considered living in sin because they did not go through the pomp and circumstance of the churches and governments of the carnal world.  I do however recognize that in this ungodly evil world that currently has control it is advisable to go through the motions of fake marriage in order to qualify for the legal benefits under man’s laws.  When my wife and I were married by God alone we both agreed to do the carnal thing as well for these reasons but we do not recognize their authority to marry anyone.  Human marriage is a type or shadow of our marriage to Christ. It is God the Father who chooses those to be a part of the bride, the church, no man.  John 6:44

Just as in human marriage you do not commit adultery you do not commit spiritual adultery against Christ by blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. The penalty for each is death but the one against  the Holy Spirit and Christ is everlasting death.  Hebrews 10:26-27  In many other things carnal churches and governments have corrupted the truth as Jude said in his letter.  Marriage is a serious thing and guiding principles from God should be employed when couples are considering marriage.  If someone cannot abide by the way Yahweh has ordained for marriage they should not marry.  These ordinances of Yahweh have not changed and remain the same as Yahweh gave them to Adam and Eve.  

 

Preterism

Preterism is a belief that most or all of prophecy has been fulfilled.  The tribulation, abomination of desolation, the mark of the beast all took place around 70 AD and that the book of Revelation was written about 67AD .

According to  Irenaeus of Lions in his work called, Against Heresies , book 2 chapter 22 paragraph 5 the Apostle John lived in Ephesus after Emperor Domitian died and Nerva took the throne. Then Emperor Trajan took the throne around 98 AD John died a short time later and this information is confirmed by others who wrote in that time.  This fact proves a date of 67AD for John writing Revelation is wrong.  None of the Apostles ever mentioned the destruction of the temple in 70AD. It was not important to them

because it had nothing to do with the second advent of Christ, which was part of the question asked by the disciples in Matthew 24:3 .

The miraculous events recorded by Josephus in 66AD of chariots in the clouds at the time prior to the Jewish Roman war can also be found in 2 Maccabees 5:2-3.  Also at this time Antiochus Epiphanies desecrated the temple by sacrificing a pig on the alter, a type of the abomination of desolation.  Josephus is not a fellow to be trusted as he betrayed his people and joined the Romans.  Could he have plagiarized part of 2 Maccabees to juice up his story ?  It is highly unlikely that these two events both happened over 100 years apart with exact similar miraculous events.  Neither of these historical events are true if one attempts to say that they have fulfilled all or most prophecy of the end times.  People who adhere to Preterism will be totally lost concerning prophetic events.  

Mark Twain took a tour of Jerusalem in 1867 and in his book about this entitled, The Innocents Abroad, chapter 54, describes stones yet stacked on top of one another and sections of various walls and pillars which does not fit what Jesus said about the temples destruction.  This is because Jesus was not speaking of the second temple but the third, the antichrist temple. 

Another claim of Preterism is that Revelation 20:5 where it says, the rest of the dead lived not again until the 1000 years were finished.  They say that this part is uninspired and not in many of the oldest translations .  I have done extensive reading and study to see if this claim is true.  As it turns out only one of the early papyri , codex Sinaiticus , does exclude this verse, but all others contain it.  Even the Lamsa has it but it is in verse 4 not 5.  The Peshitta also has the verse but in verse 7 rather than 5.  The Latin Vulgate also contains the verse as the others do.  Even some translations of the codex Sinaiticus contain it.  

2 Samuel 14:14.  The means by which the banished ones will not be expelled is the second resurrection.   In Ezekiel 38:1-23  is the account of Gog and Magog in Revelation 20:7-9 it is a long time , a time after the 1000 years, after the second resurrection, which Ezekiel 37 describes in the valley of dry bones.  All of Ezekiel 39 continues to describe events of the attempted invasion by Gog and Magog.  So then it is plain that these events are after 1000 years and the whole house of Israel resurrected at this time is attacked by Gog and Magog who will be destroyed by fire.   Ezekiel 36 begins the story and in ends in chapter 39 

 

When was the Book of Revelation Written ?

Eusebius book 3, chapter 23, verse 1

At that time the Apostle and evangelist John, the one who Jesus loved, was still living in Asia and governing the churches of that region, having returned after the death of Domitian from his exile on the island.

Domitiannus was emperor of Rome from 81 AD  to  96 AD.  John was sent to Patmos by emperor Domitianus  so even if John was sent early to Patmos in 81 AD this would still disprove the claim the Revelation was written in 67AD.  

Irenaeus in Against Heresies, 5.30.3

 

The Connection with Solomon and antichrist 

1/20/24

2 Chronicles 9:13  &  1 Kings 10:14  give the number 666 as the amount of gold Solomon received yearly.  Revelation 13:18  666 is the number of the beast/antichrist.  1 Kings 11:1-8 describes how Solomon went into sin and the antichrist is a man of sin.  2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 Both antichrist and Solomon are known for their wisdom, both are very rich, both are a son of David and both were/are believed to be the messiah.  After the gold Solomon received was calculated it amounted to 666 talents which today would be worth over a billion dollars.  This calculated number of Solomon is used to help identify the antichrist.  The antichrist will be a Jew who can trace his ancestors back to king David making firm his false claim as the Jewish messiah.  He will reign in Jerusalem the harlot city , the capital that controls/rides the beast nation Judah or modern day Israel.  He makes a new covenant with ten nations and has a false Elijah/prophet who calls fire down from heaven to burn the sacrifices offered at the third temple just as Solomon did at the first temple.  2 Chronicles 7:1 .  All these things are done to convince the Jews and the world that the antichrist is the messiah.  Antichrist will bring people under the law thus denying Christ.  Galatians 5:4 , the great falling away.  Many will believe they are in the millennium as the works of the antichrist change times and law.  Daniel 7:25

Antichrist will use scripture to deceive by twisting its true meaning.  1 Timothy 4:1 ,  2 Corinthians 4:4  .   There are a few differences between the antichrist and Solomon but the similarities are numerous.  I think Solomon did repent and this is seen in his writings but antichrist does not repent.  Solomon had to many women but antichrist doesn’t seem to bother with women.  Solomon was king of Israel in Israel’s glory days and todays Jews want that glory again just as the apostles did before they had understanding.  Acts 1:6    There are organizations in Israel today that have acquired everything needed to build the third temple except the location. With the current war, if it escalates , would it be possible for Israel to become the top power in the Middle East ? Will Israel be forced to use their nuclear weapons?  Would this put Israel in a position to force a ten nation covenant, a mix of iron and clay?  We will have to wait and see how things develop.

 

 

Josephus, Allen, Armstrong, LaHaye

1/13/24

For the sake of discussion only, let us assume that your view of prophecy is correct, what detriment would that be to me ?  However, if my view is correct then this would leave you totally in the dark and unprepared for what the future holds. 

To rely on the writings of Josephus to interpret prophecy is to place confidence in a man who was a Pharisee and a betrayer of his people. He convinced his companions to kill each other but he gave himself up to the Romans and accompanied the Romans when they destroyed Jerusalem and the temple.  These truths show that Josephus was a despicable character.  Many historians do not trust everything he wrote and some accuse him of plagiarism when he wrote about chariots in the clouds copying exact wording from 2 Maccabees 5:2-3 comparing this to the Wars of the Jews, book 6 chapter 5 paragraph 3 .

2 Maccabees 5:2-3  “And then it happened that through all the city for the space of forty days there were seen horsemen running in the air in cloth of gold and armed with lances like a band of soldiers and troops of horsemen in array and running one against another and multitudes of pikes and drawing of swords and casting of darts and glittering of golden ornaments and harness of all sorts.”

Josephus , Wars of the Jews, Book 6 Chapter 5 ,  “before sunsetting chariots and troops of soldiers were seen running about among the clouds and surrounding the cities.”

Josephus was not present in Judea when these alleged events took place.  Historians accuse Josephus of embellishment in some of his writings so as to be more entertaining for the reader.  

Josephus had a very high opinion of himself, he was vain, callous, arrogant , selfish, immoral and self seeking, Encyclopedia Britannia, 1/1/24 

As a historian, Josephus shares the faults of most ancient writers; his analyses are superficial, his chronology faulty, his speeches contrived.  He is especially tendentious when his own reputation is at stake: Gary William Poole Associate Editor, Encyclopedia Britannica. 

Author Joseph Raymond describes Josephus as Benedict Arnold by betraying his own troops at Jotapata.

Historian Mary Smallwood describes Josephus as conceited and turned his captivity by the Romans to his own advantage living the rest of his days benefiting from his defection to Rome.

Dr. Brenton Cook, professor of apologetics said of Josephus;

Christians should be careful not to read Josephus as an apologist for Christianity or to rely upon him too heavily.

It is easy to find extra biblical writings that borrow scripture and twist it to fit a totally unscriptural idea.  Herbert W. Armstrongs book, The U.S. and Britain in Prophecy attempts to prove that the lost ten tribes of Israel are the white European and American people.  An obvious issue with his book is that he plagiarized large portions of a book written by J.H. Allen entitled, Judahs Scepter and Joseph’s Birthright.

You would be amazed how many people believe this garbage especially when both Allen and Armstrong were both unconverted men devoid of the Holy Spirit just as Josephus was.  A fellow who calls himself a pastor, Tim LaHaye became famous, not to mention rich, with his books the Left Behind series that proliferates the lie of the rapture as well as a host of other lies, but look how popular they are and how many actually believe this nonsense.  There have been many writings over the centuries that people have gravitated to and have wholeheartedly believed, some to their own deaths. Here are a few more false prophets you may have heard about; Harold Camping, Hon-ming Chen, William Miller, Joanna Southport.  

I believe in sola Scriptura ,  as the Bible is the only Yahweh inspired writings and we should look to nothing else to form truth and doctrine or to understand prophecy. To use extra biblical sources is adding to the word.  Proverbs 30:5-6

Prophecy came to us by men who were inspired by the spirit of Yahweh and the Apostle Paul , 1 Corinthians 14:5 , encourages the saints to seek the gift of prophecy as this edifies the church.  1 Corinthians 13:9-12 ,  prophecy is seeing through a glass darkly, it is given over time as we watch events unfold. In the finality of things prophecy will fade away.  Any prophecy given by a new covenant saint is subject to the prophets of old. 1 Corinthians 14:32 , the saints cannot speak a prophecy that conflicts with the prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel and the minor prophets.  We must be extremely careful that we do not handle the word of God deceitfully. 2 Corinthians 4:2 . Prophecy is within scripture and by Yahwehs spirit no other place or power.  Do not go to unconverted men to understand prophecy.  

All indicators given by Jesus, the Prophets and the Apostles are that end time events come upon the world as a total surprise.  1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 , Psalm 48:6 , Isaiah 21:3 , Isaiah 13:8 , Jeremiah 30:6-7 , Luke 21:34 , 2 Peter 3:10 , Revelation 16:15 , Matthew 24:42-44 , Matthew 25:13 , Mark 13:32-37 .  If we obey Jesus we watch for the signs he gave only and none of these signs had chariots in the clouds.  2 Thessalonians 1:6-10  and Isaiah 66:15  both speak of the day of the Lord or the return of Jesus not prior to it with concocted pre warnings of chariots in the clouds.