THE TRUE FIRST BORN

Jesus was the first born, the only begotten son of the most high GOD by the power of the FATHERS spirit overshadowing Mary.  This event while different than the normal physical act of procreation was testified to by the symbolism of all those patriarchs that came before.

In Hebrews chapter 11, the faith chapter, it lists some by name and others by a group but all having the faith of the truth of GOD. These ancient saints understood what the saints understand today.  They were Christians having the Holy Spirit.  

It is interesting that none of these ancient Christians were in their line of descent the first born.  Able was the second son of Adam, Abraham was the third son of Nahor, Jacob was the youngest, Joseph was the next younger to Benjamin, David was the youngest son of Jesse, Solomon was not the eldest son of David. Now Rehoboam was the eldest son of Solomon but the kingdom of Israel was taken from him and eventually Judah was lost as well thus indicating that no first born of men was fit in GODS eyes. So then all of once was Israel was now gone and even afterwards the first born of the kings never happened because the line was broken , Judah went into captivity and the breach never healed.  

Jesus became in prophecy the future heir to the throne of Israel and of creation.  Jesus was of the kingly tribe, Judah , but not of the priestly tribe of Levi.  Jesus was a priest according to the order of Melchizedek, a priest who lived in Abrahams day, long before Israel or Judah existed.  Melchizedek was both a king and a priest of the most high GOD.  Melchizedeks priesthood did not observe circumcision or the law of Moses. Does all this sound familiar to any of you readers?  Melchizedek had the Holy Spirit and blessed Abraham for defeating the kings under Chedorloamer .  

It is a fact the scriptures reveal that grace, the new covenant, existed long before the law was given to Moses.  It is therefore a fact that all these ancient people that had the Holy Spirit were Christians as they all believed in a future messiah and understood the message of the gospel.  They will be the ancient elect of GOD included in the total number of the elect, 144000.  They will be in the first resurrection with the saints during and after Christ.  None of them were the first born but believed in the one who was the firstborn.  If you understand the symbolism of the carnal feast days of ancient Israel concerning the day of Pentecost you will see how these ancient saints are included in the elect 144000.  

Leviticus 23:17 instructed the carnal Israelites to bake two loaves of bread baked with leaven. These two loaves symbolized the ancient saints and the modern, that is those before and after Christ.  They are called, “The first fruits of GOD”. Revelation 14:4   Leviticus 23:17  These two loaves together are the complete church, one of the measures of meal that Jesus mentioned in a parable about the kingdom of GOD.

Matthew 13:33 “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until it was all leavened.”

Each measure of meal produced a leavened loaf of bread. One loaf represented the church composed of both ancient and modern elect saints to total in the end time to 144000. The next loaf would be the people of the millennium and the third the people of the second resurrection.  These are the three measures of meal.  The leaven in all three symbolizes being leavened  with the Holy Spirit.  

All of these elect saints were and are in Jesus Christ, the first born of them all spiritually speaking.  In the days of the ancient saints baptism was not practiced due to Christ not yet being the messiah but they practiced circumcision symbolizing that through human reproduction a woman would be born whose son would be the son of GOD.  Isaiah 7:14  This practice of circumcision ended with Christ and was replaced with baptism and in order to have baptism apply to those ancient saints Jesus was baptized for them.  Romans 15:8  Matthew 3:15  righteousness is imputed to all the saints because of our faith and these ancient saints certainly had faith therefore in order to fulfill the righteousness imputed to these ancient saints Jesus, the one they all had faith in, was baptized to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs.  The true first born son of the most high GOD was the only one who could do this.

WILL THE REAL CREATOR PLEASE STAND UP

 If you are talking to your two or three year old child would you talk to them on an adult level ?  Adults must come down to the level of the child in order to communicate with the child.  The higher being must always come down to the level of the lower being in order to have communication. This is how GOD communicates with us.  The scriptures are full of of this method.  GOD speaks to us using physical metaphors, that is speech that describes things by comparing them to something familiar to the lower beings, humanity.  Physical things like money, sheep and shepherds, light and darkness, agricultural terms like crops, seeds, soil and water. 

Christ used these things in his parables but the understanding of the proper application of these metaphors to gain spiritual understanding was only possible if the person hearing had the holy spirit.  Matthew 13:10,11,12,13   It was only given to the church to understand the parables, that the knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of GOD were hidden from unconverted people.

When the Apostles and others wrote the new covenant scriptures they used this method to varying degrees some more than others.  With this in mind I would like to examine John 1:1,2,3,4,5

Here is the most used translation of John 1:1-5

1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. 4In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome  it.

Take notice that the male pronouns "he" and "him" are used.  These pronouns were used by the translator to give the idea that the he and him were referring to Jesus and in  John 1:14 this idea seems to be confirmed.

14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us.  We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son  from the Father, full of grace and truth. 

Here is what John 1:1-5 is really saying.

In the beginning GOD the FATHER, the creator, spoke all things into existence. It, the word, was with GOD and was GODS word.  Because of GODS word all things were made, created, and without GOD speaking the word nothing that was created would have been created.  In GODS word was life and that life was the light of men.  The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.

1 Corinthians 8:6  confirms that GOD the FATHER, "from whom all things came and for whom we live", is the creator.  The rest of the verse gives a false impression that Jesus is the creator by using the word "through" however Strongs article G1223 is below.

through
δι’ (di’)

Strong's Lexicon

dia: through, by, because of, for the sake of

Original Word: διά
Part of Speech: Preposition
Transliteration: dia
Pronunciation: dee-ah'
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ah')
Definition: through, by, because of, for the sake of
Meaning: (a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.

Word Origin: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is בְּ (bĕ), Strong's Hebrew 1157, which can mean "in," "by," or "through."

Usage: The Greek preposition "διά" (dia) is used to express the means or instrumentality by which an action is performed. It often indicates causation or reason, such as "because of" or "for the sake of." In the New Testament, it frequently appears in contexts that describe the means by which God accomplishes His purposes, the agency of Christ in salvation, or the reason for human actions.

 

 

The first part of 1 Corinthians 8:6 confirms the FATHER as creator and is highlighted in blue.  The second part of the verse seems to say Jesus was the creator highlighted in red. The word "through" is a bad translation because you cannot have two creators.  "Through" should be , "because of or for the sake of" and this because Jesus is the heir of all things GOD the FATHER created. Jesus cannot be his own Heir.

 6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist. 

Hebrews 1:2 confirms again that Jesus is the heir not the creator but makes the same error as 1 Corinthians 8:6 by using the word "through".

2 in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son,  whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. 

 The reason the FATHER created the universe was to give it to HIS son ,  this word "through" creates a contradiction because in these verses the FATHER is confirmed as the creator but also says Jesus is, that is an obvious contradiction. Scripture cannot contradict itself.

The truth is that the FATHER is the creator and Jesus is HIS heir, that the FATHER created all things, seen and unseen, the universe for, because of, for the sake of, HIS son.  This makes spiritual sense and we the saints share in the inheritance of Jesus.

 

THE PRE-EXISTENCE OF CHRIST TRUE OR FALSE

There is no scripture that directly states that Jesus pre-existed with GOD but there are certain verses that because of mistranslation or deliberate alteration can be used to allude to this idea.  John 17:5 is one of these verses.  Strongs G2192 can mean “to hold” or “held” or “kept”  just as Jesus was the lamb slain from the foundation of the world and we know that Jesus was not slain at that time neither did he exist at that time.  In John 17:5 Jesus is asking his FATHER for what was promised to him in the prophets after Jesus finished the work his FATHER gave him to do. This glory Jesus received when he ascended to heaven 40 days after his resurrection from the dead.  Jesus was the first human being to be glorified, the first born of many.  John 17:22,23,24  the saints are to have the same glory,  “and the glory which you gave me I have given them that they may be one just as we are one.”  This glory had nothing to do with pre-existence but with the change from flesh to spirit.  Jesus was the first human being to be changed from flesh to spirit and we at his return will experience the same change.  All of the old covenant writings that referred to Jesus were prophetic, Jesus did not exist in those days and these prophecies were not fulfilled until Jesus was in his mother’s womb.  Look how often the authors of the gospels mention a prophecy that Jesus fulfilled.  John 12:38   Matthew 13:14  

Isaiah 53:12  is one of the promises made by the FATHER to Jesus.  In the prophets it is confirmed that the FATHER “alone” was the creator  Psalm 83:18   Isaiah 45:18   Those other Elohim at the creation were angels because no other beings existed then.  The Almighty spoke to these angels about HIS will and in it would include the angels.

Let’s go to another scripture; Hebrews 2:17  “Jesus had to be made like all other humans in “every way.”  I know of no other human beings that pre-existed with the FATHER in eternity, do you ?  The phrase “to be made” means to be created in “every way” like all humans.  Jesus was a soul, a living breathing creature, Strongs G5590. &. H5314 .  The phrase, “in every way”, Strongs G3956   To be totally human, in every way, rules out the idea that Jesus could have existed prior to his birth as a human being.  This idea violates how the scriptures define what a human is.  What made Jesus Christ special was that he was totally spiritually connected to his GOD and FATHER and in this this way they dwelled in each other.  The FATHER and Jesus were “one” in this sense.  This oneness expressed by righteousness and agape making Jesus the perfect man.  This was and still is today the divine nature in all its fullness in Jesus who demonstrated to us his FATHERS love and righteousness but Jesus possessed none of the FATHERS attributes; omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscience.  Jesus was not GOD, not part of a trinity or binary GOD, not the creator and did not pre-exist with GOD in eternity.  Jesus was a man, a human being just like all humans except he was 100% immersed in the spirit of the FATHER.  Jesus was righteous, the only righteous man that has ever lived and Jesus was agape, he loved with the same love as his FATHER.  There will never be another like him among humanity.   

Another scripture to consider; 1 Corinthians 15:21  says that by the first Adam, a man, came death, the second Adam, a man , made possible through his sacrifice the resurrection of the dead.  This says nothing about a pre-existing being that became a man, it says just a man.  1 Timothy 2:5  a man, who was later made immortal , is the mediator between GOD and man.  Romans 5:17  again, a man, Jesus Christ.

Scripture says that GOD THE FATHER is the creator and that all things HE created were for Jesus,  Hebrews 1:2  the word “through” gives a false impression that Jesus was the creator but when examining Strongs G1223 we see this word means , “by reason of, for the sake of, on account of, because of” .  The FATHER, the creator made all things for HIS son, Jesus is the heir of GODS creation and we, the saints are to be joint heirs with Jesus, we will have a share in the creation of GOD.  Jesus is not his own heir he is GODS heir.

The idea that Jesus Christ pre-existed in eternity with the FATHER is bull dung.  The scriptures I have given explain in detail that Christ was 100% human and never existed prior to being formed, created, in his mother’s womb. GOD the FATHER only became the GOD of Jesus when he was conceived by the Holy Spirit of the FATHER in the womb of Mary. Psalm 22:10    Isaiah 49:1,5,6,8   Philippians 2:7 is falsely claimed by some to say that Jesus “emptied” himself of his pre-existent status but that is not what the word emptied means.  Strongs G2758 look under the heading “usage” it says to divest oneself of status or privilege, continue reading, it reflects the Christian ethos of humility and self sacrifice.  What this means is that Jesus knew he was the son of GOD but did not boast about it but humbled himself as GODS servant, Acts 10:38  Isaiah 61:1  Matthew 20:28   The same meaning is behind, Philippians 2:5,6,7,8  verses that also need clarification.  Verse 8 is the key understanding of this section of scripture.  Jesus humbles himself, he knows that he is as righteous as GOD and has the same agape as GOD.  The words “something to be grasped” is better translated as “something to be used to his own advantage” , Jesus was indeed equal with GOD in righteousness and love but not in the attributes that only GOD has.  

It is a fact that throughout scripture it is confirmed that there is only ONE GOD.  There are numerous scriptures that state this unequivocally.  I should not have to show anyone familiar with the scriptures that this is true.  The ONE GOD has what are called attributes, specifically; omnipotence (unlimited almighty power), omniscience (unlimited infinite knowledge and wisdom), omnipresence (being everywhere at the same moment) and being eternal with no beginning or end being uncreated.  If Jesus had these attributes he would be GOD ALMIGHTY,  and what this means is that there would be 2 GODS not just one.  It would be the trinity minus one.  It would be polytheism not monotheism and would violate the hundreds of scriptures that categorically say there is only ONE GOD.  The prophets, the Apostles and Jesus himself confirm the existence of only ONE TRUE GOD.  Isaiah 43:10   Isaiah 46:9

There are many other scriptures used to “prove” false ideas and doctrines that are believed by the false churches.  A good rule in the spirit is that if false churches teach something it is either a lie mixed with some truth or just an outright lie. 

THE SHADOW TEMPLE VERSES THE FULFILLMENT TEMPLE

There is a biblical phenomenon called type and fulfillment ; that is an event in the old or new covenant writings that actually happened but is a type or shadow of a future event.  One example is the transfiguration. Another would be the annual Jewish holy days and weekly Sabbath, then also the baptism of Jesus.  Another  example would be the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD by the Romans.  Many of the events that happened in 70 AD are also prophesied to happen in the prophet Daniel and the book of Revelation to Babylon, the name of a harlot city in Revelation 17:5 that is the city of Jerusalem.  It is important to note that the first event, the type or shadow, must not be combined with the fulfillment even though there are parallel events.  To focus on the shadow and attempt to combine its events with the fulfillment will lead to an incorrect conclusion.  One example of this, using the above mentioned destruction of Jerusalem, is that Christ did not return and establish the kingdom of GOD in 70 AD but he will at the destruction of  the third temple and Jerusalem/Babylon in Revelation 18:21 when Christ does return and set up GODS kingdom on Earth.  

With this idea in mind we then examine ;  Psalm 2:1-12 and  Psalm 149 are prophecies about the second advent.  David was a prophet/musician who prophesied in the Psalms he wrote. 

 

 Psalm 49:1-4

1   {To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.} Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

2   Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

3   My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

4   I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

  

 In other articles I have written I prove that the harlot of Babylon is the city of Jerusalem.  Scripture that says this is Jeremiah 3:3 and Revelation 17:5  along with many others.  One must be careful and be aware of another biblical anomaly described in Isaiah 28:7-13 and are informed that the truth of GOD is scattered here a little and there a little throughout the scriptures and must be rightly divided  with the help of the Holy Spirit in order to understand.  Jesus spoke in parables to hide the truth from the people and revealed it only to his disciples or the church.  Matthew 13:10-14  There are also in scripture words used that do not seem to be right, sometimes this is true because of translation errors , but sometimes a word is used like a code word or to describe something or someone as GOD sees it, like Jerusalem is Babylon .  All of these methods used to understand the scriptures would still be impossible unless you have the Holy Spirit.  

I challenge you the reader to look at the prophecies in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel combining them with the book of Revelation and the testimonies of Christ and the Apostles.  Look for key words and phrases that are common in all these writings and be careful not to combine the shadow events with the fulfillment.  Pray to the FATHER through Christ that HE would give you understanding and wisdom to see .  Very thoroughly conduct a diligent search guided by the spirit.

Many Bible scholars think Jeremiah 25 is speaking about Nebuchadnezzar’s invasion of Judah when it is actually about the ten horns or kings that hate the harlot Jerusalem, called Babylon, in Revelation 17:16   The wine cup of GODS wrath is a giveaway in Revelation 14:9,10 when compared to Jeremiah 25:15,16  this is obviously a future time when the whole world faces GODS wrath.  

 

Jeremiah 25:26   And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

Another very interesting and often confusing prophecy is recorded in Matthew 24:1-3 ,  Mark 13:1-4 and Luke 21:5-7  Below are these three scriptures taken from the interlinear translation.

 Matthew 24:3  "Tell us when will these things be and what is the sign of your coming and the consummation of the age?"

Mark 13:4  "Tell us when these things will be and what will be the sign when all these things will be accomplished?"

Luke 21:7  "Then they asked him saying Teacher when then will these things be and what will be the sign when are about these things to take place?"

 

Take careful note that "all these things" includes the destruction of the temple as this is what prompted the disciples questions of when and what. 

 In all of these verses two questions were asked of Jesus by his disciples; when will these things happen and what will be the sign when these things are all going to be accomplished . In both Mark and Luke it is recorded that the question was phrased in a way that connects the return of Christ with the destruction of the temple.  Matthews account says a similar thing  using some different words but the when and what questions and answers must agree with the accounts in Mark and Luke in order for scripture to be true.  Remember, the return of Jesus is directly linked to the destruction of the temple, “the sign of your coming and of the consummation of the age.”  Therefore you cannot separate the return from the destruction, they both happen in,”the consummation of the age.”  What this means is that when speaking about the destruction of the temple Jesus was not referring to the one then standing but to the antichrist temple that he will destroy at his return.  Daniel 8:14.  Jesus specifically mentions the great tribulation and the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place which is the fulfillment of what Paul says in 2 Thessalonians 2:4   Matthew 24:15   Daniel 8:11  Revelation 13:6   So then the destruction of the temple, the great tribulation, the return of Christ and the abomination of desolation are all factors and all connected in the answer that Jesus gave his disciples.  

 

  The fact that Paul’s prophecy about the temple and man of sin is in scripture means there has to be the third temple because the AC can’t go into a temple that doesn’t exist.

Then, Jesus said, Matthew 23:38     Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.   Yes 70 AD did indeed cause desolation to the Jews but this is a shadow because I have proven that the beast rising up out of the sea is the nation of Israel today.  The beast, modern day Israel, was, was not, but yet is.  A nation, a beast that existed then went out of existence only to appear again in the future .  The healing of the deadly wound is the rebuilding of the temple on Mount Moriah, the head, the mountain that suffered a deadly wound, the destruction of the second temple, and this wound when healed causes the carnal world to marvel.  Revelation 17:9  Revelation 13:3 

The only Apostle alive , John, was used to write the book of Revelation.  The church suffered the loss of many members after the second temple was destroyed because they thought incorrectly that the destruction of the second temple would bring the return of Christ which it did not.  They no doubt based this false idea on the lack of understanding of  the prophecy Jesus gave his disciples about, “when shall these things be and what is the sign of your coming and the end of the age.”  They apparently did not understand the sign of the abomination of desolation Jesus gave, saying, “let him who reads understand” or perhaps mistook the Romans as the fulfillment of it.  Either way more revelation was needed and John was used to record it.  What I state in this article will line up completely with the truth of many things thus making the word of GOD unbreakable.  The shadows were not the fulfillment simply because  “all things were not fulfilled by them.”  Even the Apostles thought Jesus was going to return in their lifetime as I have proved in other articles so it is understandable that many church members left fellowship when the return of Christ didn’t happen. Paul had to address a similar problem, 2 Timothy 2:15,16,17,18  Therefore Carnal thinking set in and it was preached that the great tribulation was the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in 70AD, that the abomination of desolation was the Roman soldiers on the Temple Mount in the holy place that defiled the temple and some say that the book of Revelation was written prior to the second temples destruction and there will be no third temple.  Some even say that Jesus did return in 70 AD .  All this confusion exists because of mistaking the shadow with the actual fulfillment, the second temple with the third.  The false prophet in Revelation 13 offers sacrifices at the third temple and fire comes down from heaven and burns up the sacrifice thus deceiving the carnal minds of the people in that future time. This did not happen in the first century AD. In Ezekiel 21:27 is a prophecy about the temple and it states three overturns then, when Christ returns, whose right it is, the true temple of GOD will be given to him. 

  25   And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, 26  Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. 27   I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.

 The profane wicked prince of Israel is the antichrist.  The one whose right it is , is Christ.

 

 Genesis 49:10   The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. 

Judah was the tribe of the kings of Israel,"the sceptre"  The law giver was the tribe of Levi.  In Christ both of these functions were combined and that gathers the people to Jesus.

Daniel 7:11-14  11  I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. 12   As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.

13   I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

14   And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

  The church in 70 AD saw the destruction of the second temple and the citizens of Jerusalem slaughtered by the tens of thousands which they thought was the great tribulation, that Jesus spoke about as well as the destruction of the temple.  These people lost their faith and many left fellowship.  This was GOD weeding out the faint-hearted, the undedicated , and preserving those who were truly committed to the faith and the Revelation John wrote would serve as a comfort and as information to these true saints.  Revelation or Apocalypse means a reveling or unveiling of something hidden , a divine disclosure of the end times.  What happened in 70 AD was a type or shadow only, not the true fulfillment of events of the end time when the consummation of all things is completed. 

 

Jesus was speaking about the third temple, not the second, as the destruction of the third will be the “consummation” of the age.  Daniel 9:27   The idea that Jesus was speaking about the 70 AD temple destruction is mistaking the shadow event of 70 AD for the actual fulfillment of what Christ told his disciples that will happen at his return, “the sign of your coming” , which did not happen in 70 AD but will at a yet future time.   To confuse the two temples will itself lead to further confusion and render useless all the information Jesus gave to answer his disciples questions.  

The man of sin Paul spoke about is only one man, not a group of Roman soldiers on the Temple Mount.  This man of sin did not appear in  70 AD.  The abomination of desolation happens in the holy place of the third temple and not atop the ruins of the second temple.  The great tribulation nearly kills all humanity whereas in 70 AD only about a million Jews were killed, hardly the same event.  The Romans destroyed the second temple but the third will be destroyed by ten kings, Revelation 17:16 ,  a vastly different set of destroyers.   Christ did not return and establish the kingdom.  None of the shadow events match the fulfillment events when operating under the assumption that Jesus was speaking about the second temple but they all fall in line when you come to see Jesus was speaking about the third temple.   

The flow of events Jesus gives in the three accounts,  Matthew, Mark and Luke , are in sequence and all future because the two questions asked by his disciples were about the far future consummation of all things, not the then present or past.  The idea that the book of Revelation was written prior to 70 AD in about 67 AD is an horrendous error .

In summary I present a list of things that did not happen in 70 AD but are yet in the future.

1.  There was no great tribulation threatening all of mankind.  The threat was only against the Jews.

2.  Rome was the one and only nation to attack Jerusalem but in the future 10 Kings attack Jerusalem.

3.  There was no man of sin, no antichrist declaring himself GOD.  There was no false prophet performing miracles.

4.  The abomination of desolation is the antichrist in the holy place declaring himself GOD, not Roman soldiers on the Temple Mount.

5.  Christ did not return, it was not the consummation of all things.  There was no first resurrection, no kingdom of GOD on earth.

6. The wrath of GOD is upon all nations, not just the Jews.  

7. Prophecy declares that Israel will rise again by the power of Satan and will be restored to its former days of glory as in Solomons day, an image of Solomons glory an image of the beast.  A nation that was great but was destroyed and disappeared only to appear again.  Jerusalem is aligned with the antichrist until antichrist says he is GOD and this will cause the great tribulation.  This will lead to the the destruction of the third temple with the return of Christ and the consummation of all things.

Just think, if it was the second temple Jesus was referring to then the destruction of Jerusalem and the second temple would have been the great tribulation, a time scripture says would be the worst time in all of human existence, Christ would return to stop it and the first resurrection would occur, then afterwards the millennium would begin in 70 AD and would have ended 1000 years later in 1070 AD and then the second resurrection would happen.  Now in the year 2025 the kingdom of GOD would have been on earth for about 1955 years and the millennium has been over for 955 years.   The second resurrection would have occurred perhaps the great white throne judgement completed.  This would mean that the FATHER would be on earth now in the new Jerusalem and we will have entered endless ages of peace, harmony, love and righteousness.  

This exemplifies the degree of error that happens when confusing the second with the third temple.  The error upsets all future prophecies concerning the timing of when they apply.  

 

 

Berean Standard Bible

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26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing.

Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed. 27And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.

Daniel 9:26,27  After the crucifixion of Christ the people of the “prince”, or Satan, the Roman army, will come and destroy Jerusalem and the temple.  This will be followed by an unspecified time of desolation.  After the unspecified time the man of sin, the antichrist, will make his covenant with ten nations.  This prophecy has a gap of unspecified time, because we already know the antichrist did not appear in 70 AD but verse 27 begins to describe the ten nation covenant he makes.  The book of Revelation has the antichrist at the mid point of the covenant ending the sacrifices and declaring himself GOD and this act is what starts the great tribulation.  The third temple will be rebuilt sometime either shortly before or after this covenant is made.  Daniel 9:26 is indeed the destruction of the second temple but Daniel 9:27 is jumping into the future, when the covenant of antichrist is made.  This verse 27 mentions the abomination of desolation by saying, “on the wing of abominations he is making desolate”   The second temple was destroyed after Jesus ascended to heaven but the third is destroyed when Jesus returns.  The warning Jesus gave of the future destruction of the temple was the abomination of desolation that only occurs in the future at the midpoint of the antichrist covenant when antichrist enters the third temple and in the most holy place declares himself GOD.  

To understand the prophecies of the end times you have to have the significance of the second and third temples, involving what role each plays, in the proper order so as to be inline with all the other events that accompany each one. 

  

JUDGING

Judging is to form opinions or make decisions either formally as a judge in a court or informally and can involve evaluating or criticizing someone or something.

Matthew 7:1 is a Bible verse that is used to support the idea that Christians should never judge at all.  Another verse , John 7:24  ,  seems to contradict Matthew 7:1 

 Since we know that GODS scriptures cannot be broken or found to be contradictory then there must be an explanation that is congruous. 

The word “judge” in Matthew 7:1 is Strongs G8199  and involves discernment, judgment and “condemnation”. It is human reasoning that cannot know the true thoughts and intents of the heart and does not stop at only determining guilt or innocence but also determines the fate of a person. 

In John 7:24  Jesus uses the words “righteous judgment” and this is a combination of the Greek 1342 and 2920 that means just judgment in the eyes of GOD.  It is divine justice and judgment, with only GOD who determines the fate of a person.

The difference then is that if we judge with condemnation, to determine a persons fate, this is wrong but if we use the same manner of judgment that GOD uses then this is acceptable.  

If I see a man murder another man I can correctly say he is a murderer but I have no right to determine his fate because GOD could in the future call and choose him to be a Christian, something that I do not know.  In that event GOD would bring the murderer to repentance and forgive him then after baptism receive HIS Holy Spirit .  

Under the law a person was condemned to death without mercy,  Hebrews 10:28 , GOD gave enforcement of the law to the priests and used the book of the law of Moses to judge. Yes is was GOD who gave the law but men enforced it.  Proof of this is in its improper use by men.  

The new covenant replaces the Ten Commandments with the Commandments of Jesus, love GOD and neighbor, as GODS love is the fulfillment of the law.  The new covenant provides faith, repentance and forgiveness.  In The new covenant mercy triumphs over judgment and where sin abounds grace abounds much more.  Sin is no longer breaking the Ten Commandments but breaking the two greatest commandments, sin is whatever is not of GODS love.  

Therefore knowing the different ways of judgment Christians should always judge in accordance with righteous judgement even over people who are not Christians.  This is how we love one another and our neighbor, it is loving as GOD and Christ love.

EVERY IDLE WORD

Matthew 12:36  is a warning from Christ about the words we use in our interactions with others. 

Words are very important and powerful after all it was with a word that GOD created all things.  

As Jesus explained, Matthew 12:34,35  ,  words can be used for good or evil.  The Apostle James warned about evil use of words,  James 1:26  as well as the Apostle Paul, Ephesians 4:29  and Peter , 1 Peter 3:10 .  

We Christians are not immune to the improper use of words as we are not yet perfect but hope for perfection in the first resurrection when our change comes.  If we violate this principle of love then we have sinned and to avoid condemnation repent and ask for forgiveness.  Jesus explains this in  Matthew 12:37 ,  Luke 6:45 

The wisdom of Solomon,  Proverbs 18:21 Ecclesiastes 5:2,3   Proverbs 13:3  Proverbs 10:19  Proverbs 15:1,2   

Jesus summed it up,  Matthew 15:11   Our use of words in life is important no matter where we are, on this forum or in the world.  Our words reveal the true thoughts and intents of our human spirit and must always be spoken in love and truth.

 According to the scriptures there is to be only a very small remnant of GODS people alive and remaining just before the return of Christ.  Isaiah 1:9  Romans 9:29  These end time Christians existence is unknown by the false churches that sprang up during the great deception that arose in the first century.  All of these  false churches believe that they are Christians when they are not.  This truth is one that these false churches cannot see, understand or comprehend.  The words that true Christians speak to them will not be heard by these false churches.  In Revelation 12:9  the entire world is deceived before the return of Christ except for this very small remnant.  Matthew 24:24   This worldwide deception did not happen suddenly but began long ago after the deaths of all the Apostles.  Just as Revelation 12:13  says this remnant of the true Pentecost church is the woman described in chapter 12.  Today this true remnant of GODS saints are in a spiritual wilderness,  a very small and scattered elect living in a world dominated by false Christianity.  1 Timothy 4:1   Matthew 24:10,11,12    2 Timothy 3:1,2,3,4,5   2 Timothy 4:3,4   2 Peter 3:3,4   It is undeniable that the current Christian world is deceived.  There are many more scriptures that testify to this fact.  All of these scriptures are the words of GOD and are true and powerful and are to be believed.  Some of these false churches are very easy to identify while others have a much more complex deception.  They all to different degrees have some truth but it is mixed with lies so that truth then becomes compromised and all of their doctrines are false.  

What the words of GODS scripture say cannot be heard by these false churches and any attempt made to tell them the truth will be met with anger, false accusations and total disbelief.  This is because people who are deceived do not know that they are deceived.  All the idle words they speak against the truth will be held against them.  

For those people who are GODS elect saints at this time we hear GODS words and believe in them.  All other people who do not believe now will believe after Christ returns.  Then all the idle words will be gone and only GODS words will remain.

 

A CLOSER LOOK AT MATTHEW 24:36

 

Many read Matthew 24:36 and conclude that it is totally impossible to have any idea of when Jesus will return.  The following scriptures give an understanding that contradicts this idea.

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Matthew 24:33  Mark 13:29   Luke 21:31  These scriptures say that when Christians see the fulfillment of the signs Christ gave they will know when the second advent is near. 

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1 Thessalonians 5:4   Christians are not in darkness, we can see the day approaching ,  it will not surprise us as a thief the way it does the world.  

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If it is YAHWEHS will for us to be of that group that is alive in the days preceding the first advent we will have seen with our eyes the fulfillment of many end time prophecies. 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17   We will have witnessed the making of the covenant of the antichrist with the ten nations, we will have seen the antichrist proclaim himself god, we will have seen the ministry of the two witnesses and seen the horror of the great tribulation but are protected from it, Revelation 3:10 . 

 In the book of Daniel there is the very last week of the 70 weeks that will be the events that will culminate the end of the age.  Daniel 9:27   This verse mentions the abomination of desolation Jesus spoke about,  Matthew 24:15   2 Thessalonians 2:3,4   Revelation 13:5,6,7   This abomination is set up around the midpoint of the seven year covenant antichrist made with ten nations.  The total time of this covenant is 7 years or in the Hebrew calendar  2520 days so the mid point is 1260 days therefore the tribulation begins at around the 1260 days. 

 Christians know that the tribulation is cut short for the sake of the elect Christians alive at that time.  Matthew 24:22  These Christians would then know that the final 1260 days would be cut short and would know by how many days.  In Daniel the 2300 days mentioned here are when the sanctuary is cleansed, meaning that Christ will destroy the antichrist temple at his return.  Originally there were 2520 days but cut short to 2300 days:  2520 - 2300 = 220 days ,  the tribulation is cut short by 220 days. 

 Putting this information together we can see that the first advent happens 2300 days after the antichrist covenant is made.  Now there are other days mentioned in Daniel; the 1290 days in Daniel 12:11 , the sacrifices are ended at the antichrist temple and the abomination of desolation is set up.  This means that from the beginning of the 7 year covenant it will be 1290 days until the these events occur.   Then there  is the 1335 days.  Daniel 12:12  this is only 45 days after the 1290 when the abomination of desolation is set up and is when the Christians who are alive and remain will be sealed in their foreheads .  Revelation 7:3  Ezekiel 9:4,5,6   Revelation 9:4   Satan has his own mark as well Revelation 13:16,17   

The Christians who were alive when sealed were joined with them who are also sealed while dead and these dead will be resurrected and they along with the living will inherit the kingdom.  Revelation 20:4   Isaiah briefly mentions the great tribulation in Isaiah 26:20,21   These numbers 1260, 1290, 1335 , 2300 and 2520 are in sequence beginning with the antichrist covenant and are literal numbers and are not symbolic .  Christians alive in these days will know that when they see the two witnesses murdered in Jerusalem by the antichrist that it will be 3 1/2 days till Christ returns because the two witnesses will be raised from the dead and ascend into the air along with all the saints from all times.  Revelation 11:11   The same would be true of the other days and with the passing of each of these days the time of the first advent becomes clearer.   At this time it is at the doors as Jesus said.  And understanding Daniels days we are not in darkness as Paul said.