THE STATE OF THE WORLD TODAY

 I do not have a degree in economics.  What I do have is about 40 years of experience in the economics of running a household budget and 17 years of running a business.  To have done both of these things successfully I had to have the smarts, the intelligence to balance budgets or make a profit.  I have done this for a combined 57 years but our Federal, State and local governments have either only done so on rare occasions or not at all.  Governments spend other peoples money but I was spending my own money and that is the big difference.  When spending other peoples money you spend irresponsibly but when it’s your money you had better spend it wisely.  This is why most all of government; federal, state and local is in debt and has burdened the people with high taxes. 

If you have been watching the news you know about DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, that has found thus far many billions of dollars wasted on some of the most stupid things you ever heard of.  I live in Pennsylvania and several years ago the state capital in Harrisburg went bankrupt along with some counties and municipalities.  The county was already at the legal maximum in taxation and went to court to get approval to raise taxes.  The court granted their request and the county hired an appraiser from New York for 1 million dollars to reassess all property in the county.  As an example of the results my property taxes quadrupled.  This created an extreme hardship for the retired elderly people on a fixed income.  This was true in many PA counties. The answer, the state legislature created a tax and rent rebate program that paid a rebate to elderly people of up to 50% of their total tax.  The cost of creating this new state program in my view was a waste because a general 50% tax forgiveness plan would not require paying a staff , office supplies, computers and office space for employees who receive benefits .  It seems that governments always want to expand the bureaucracy rather than use simple logic.  

President Trump has placed tariffs on almost every nation on Earth.  Even though they are reciprocal and amendable the true motive behind them is to have free trade without tariffs or give incentives for businesses to relocate to the U.S. and hire U.S. workers.  The stock market lost almost 4,000 points in the two days after the tariffs went into effect.  In order for Trumps plan to work he must have important legislation pass congress but his “ big beautiful bill” is meeting with opposition from both republicans and democrats.  For Trumps plan to have any hope of success he needs to have all his ducks in a row.  The increase in the cost of products to the consumer due to the tariffs must be offset buy lower federal taxes, no tax on tips, overtime and social security benefits.  Then if overseas businesses come to the U.S. time will be required for them to find or build a factory and hire and train workers.  The results of all this may not be seen for several years. 

President Trumps plan has merit but is extremely risky because to carry it out involves step by step actions that must happen.   If he can’t get his big beautiful bill passed there will be no help to the jconsumer to deal with increased prices due to tariffs.

Trump plans to negotiate the tariffs with the nations to either reciprocal or eliminating them altogether.  Trump wants to encourage foreign based companies to come to the U.S. build, hire and produce their products here.  To get all of this to play out will be a great challenge.  If Trump fails it will lead to the greatest economic depression the world has ever seen.  Many economists set the odds of Trump being successful at 50% so its even money so to speak. 

This is not just a U.S. problem, it is worldwide because if the U.S. goes down we will drag all nations with us.  The purse strings of the global economy are all tied together, all nations have printed their currencies into oblivion and other problems like wars, collapsed morality, no respect for law and order, racial issues, corrupt governments and leaders in them contribute to the state of the world today.  

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.  

 

 

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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. 

CHRISTIANS DIE TO THEIR PAST LIFE TO LIVE A NEW LIFE IN CHRIST

 The United States has not won a war since the Second World War. In   Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan we spent billions of dollars and lost thousands of lives and maimed thousands more only to leave with nothing to show for it.  According to available data 97,159 lives were lost in these three conflicts.  The U.S has been involved in 119 military conflicts.  In my lifetime the U.S. has been  in 5 major wars, winning only one only to throw the victory away while losing the other 4.   If you are a Christian would you enlist in the military ?  Would you want your son or grandson to enlist ?  The U.S. glorifies it’s wars and calls their soldiers heroes.  Most of these soldiers are between 19 and 26 years old.  In the time some of these wars were fought those soldiers under age 21 could not vote, drink a beer or buy a gun.  Most military veterans will be the first to say the war is stupid, that politicians send others to fight wars they start.  General Sherman said “war is hell.”  Sherman also said, “it is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation.”  Politics is the author of war.  If you participate in politics then you are one of those people General Sherman described.  Both sides in a war believe God is on their side.  In both world wars the combatants on both sides were predominantly Christians.  Christians killing Christians, would God be pleased ?  1 Samuel 8:10 

1 Kings 9:22  Isaiah 2:4   Micah 4:3   Hosea 2:18 

Zechariah 9:10   Matthew 5:9   James 3:18   James 4:1,2,3,4,5   Matthew 24:6   War should be something a Christian should have nothing to do with.  Should we love our neighbors or kill them ?

Should we seek revenge and hate our enemies?   Should we support government leaders that support war ?  Matthew 5:9   Matthew 5:21,22,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45   There are Christians that live in many different countries that have governments that are similar.  Leaders are chosen by the people of that nation to make the laws of the nation.  How many laws have these politicians made that are in direct conflict with love GOD and neighbor ?  Why is it that there are so many wars being fought.  There are at least 150 armed conflicts recorded each year and currently 56 conflicts since World War Two, 92 countries involved in conflicts beyond their borders.  In the final analysis who is behind all these wars ?  Is all of this pleasing to GOD ?  Is GOD pleased if Christians take part in any way with all these wars ?  How is this loving GOD and your neighbor ?    Should not Christians be in line with Isaiah 2:4  “they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.  Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.”   

Since the draft ended many U.S. citizens have not had to face compulsory military service.  This has taken away some of the understanding that those of us who have faced the possibility of being drafted from them.  Even though there is no draft young men at age 18 must register for the draft.  This could change and if it it does are you ready to kill the enemy Christian ?

If you claim to be a Christian then you better see how Christ and the Apostles define a Christian.  Do you measure up ?  Politicians promise you liberty but what have you received by their hand ?  2 Peter 2:19 

The U.S. government is nothing even close to what the founders intended and has mutated into a tyrannical government that has robbed the freedoms and liberties promised by its constitution.  They have become a ruling elite that once elected serve themselves rather than the people.  Should Christians be a part of this ?  This has been the way it has operated for many years and all the votes you cast mean absolutely nothing.  Matthew 7:13   Hebrews 10:39   1 John 5:4   

The scriptures describe what a true Christian is.  It is someone who is 100% dedicated to GOD, does not love the things in this world, has his citizenship in heaven, realizes that this is Satans world, comes out of the darkness of this world and into the light of Christ,  that knows he is owned by GOD being bought with a price, that his old self is dead, that the things highly esteemed by men are an abomination to GOD.   This current evil world is ruled by Satan and Satan controls all the governments. Revelation 12:9  This word lies in the sway of the devil and all the chaos and confusion you see in it are the devil’s handiworks.  Jesus is going to destroy all of this evil, all the governments of this earth and replace them with the kingdom of GOD.  If you know this why would you want to be part of any of it ?  You are to shine as a light of that kingdom and have nothing to do with the unfruitful works of darkness.  

ACHIEVING SPIRITUAL BALANCE

It is YAHWEH who determines who will receive salvation in this current evil age. GOD must put a person in HIS church, no one else can. Acts 2:47

This calling and election of GODS church was completed before time began, from the foundation of the world. Titus 1:2  2 Timothy 1:9  Romans 8:28,29,30   Ephesians 1:4   The point of all this is to show that GOD alone in eternity called and chose all the elect saints, from righteous Able to whoever the last one will be to a total of 144,000.  It is extremely rare to be one of the 144,000 .  With this in mind how likely do you think it would be for you to convert your family and friends by preaching to them ?  What you may think by trying to do this will produce more harm than good.  The conscience of the carnal world is seared with a hot iron against everything that is of GODS truth.  Carnal people will not appreciate what you are trying to do and will turn and rent you.  It was given to the Apostles to preach the gospel to the world, are you an Apostle ?  With the number of the elect alive today how would they preach to the world ?  The elect are scattered, have no money, do not even know each other or where each other are.  The elect are not to be preaching the gospel to the world else GOD would be giving them everything they would need to do it.

  The elect are to be about one thing, love GOD and neighbor, be as lights not a foghorn and by how the love is a testimony to the world.  Just as Jesus was in the world but the world didn’t know him the elect are in the world that doesn’t know us.  The mysteries of the kingdom of GOD have been given to us but not the world.  The odds of one elect meeting another is astronomical.  If we try preaching to the world we are actually going against GODS will.  One of the signs of the return of Jesus is,  Matthew 24:14 ,  the true gospel must be preached in all nations as a witness and then the end will come.  If the true gospel had been preached all along how could it then be a sign ?  The organizational structure of the church has changed since the first century.  GOD has removed all human ministry, therefore any who say they are a minister is a liar.  The elect saints are to be seeing to their own growth in the Spirit.  I have had to learn the hard way not to preach to people as they will become your enemies.  Matthew 10:36   Luke 12:53   Micah 7:6   Mark 13:12   Matthew 24:10   John 15:18,19   Jeremiah 9:4,5   There are many more scriptures that describe the condition that exists in the world between GODS saints and the carnal people.  In a forum like this I remain anonymous and only speak to others who are anonymous and everyone is seeking answers, it is not like preaching to our families or friends.  It takes spiritual maturity to achieve a balance in how the saints deal with the unconverted.  The best way is to love, be a good neighbor, be kind and giving and in this way perhaps someone may ask you a question.  1 Peter 3:15  notice, if you are asked, so do not offer answers before you are asked.  We are to be lights in the world, a light makes no sound.  We are not to be foghorns blaring out a message no one wants to hear or can hear.  On a forum like this many questions are asked and if we believe that we have an answer then we answer.  Then it’s up to each one to determine the value of the answer.  Participation in this process seems sparse and that is sad.  If however there is something GOD can use here then HE will enter the conversation and open minds, we can’t do this.  The glory in all things is GODS so if spiritual knowledge is gained it will be GOD who gives it.  This however I think is extremely rare as many are called but few are chosen.  A new convert, a babe in Christ, must grow to understand these things and only GOD can make this happen.  The mature Christian who was once a babe himself will have compassion on the babe and knows that in time GOD will make the babe mature.

The act of fellowship in this is very important so that iron can sharpen iron.  It is all to be done in GODS love.  The babe, weak or new convert should not be easily offended by the comments of the mature and neither should the mature be insensitive to the babe.

It all requires a spiritual balance.

EARTH WIND WATER AND FIRE

The ancient science of classifying the universe had only four areas that all things were defined by.  These were earth, wind, water and fire.  The earth was anything that came from the earth, wind was the movement of the air , water was the the flowing of a substance and fire was what gave warmth and light.

This ancient method was developed by a Greek man named Empedocles in the mid fifth century BC.  Today our modern science has greatly expanded on this ancient method to categorize and define further the things that make up these original four groups.

Science is the study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation, experimentation and testing theories against the evidence obtained.  Over many years science has “evolved” due to new discoveries and therefore proves that science is not able to produce a definitive answer to what we call creation.  Faith is defined as a strong belief in GOD and in the doctrines of a religion based on spiritual apprehension rather than on proof.  While science and faith have many differences they have some things in common.  Certain scientific facts align with those of faith. A man can throw a rock up into the air and the rock will fall to the ground, both science and faith agree with this.  There are other examples of this.  When science involves itself in areas that it cannot prove it becomes a faith in the physical.  Faith also has this same effect.  Faith believes in GOD but cannot prove GODS existence by physical means and neither can science.  What we have here is a conflict between science and faith that exists only when there is no proof available for either.  Science as defined is purely physical while faith is purely spiritual so that the two when used improperly will conflict with each other.  Science today has too many unproven theories that are used as a base or foundation to build on in the hope of acquiring knowledge.  These theories have over time been disproven and replaced with another theory.  Faith is only the same in this way because of Satanic deception in the minds of carnal men.  Yet another spiritual component is required to have a sure faith that is truth and that is the Holy Spirit dwelling in true Christians.  Just as science goes often the wrong way so does faith without the spirit.  Science attempts to explain creation without a creator.  False faiths say there is a creator but do not know who HE is.  Therefore both science and faith operate on theories without having what is needed to truly understand, the Holy Spirit of GOD.  This true spiritual knowledge by the Holy Spirit is rejected by science and false faiths.  

The physical and spiritual are vastly different things.  GOD can only be know and worshipped in spirit, never with physical things.  Both science and false faiths operate without the Holy Spirit and therefore both are blinded to the true spiritual meaning of creation, GOD, Christ, life, death, faith, hope, love and everything that involves the spiritual. Both science and false faiths are like blind men groping in the darkness.  Deuteronomy 28:29   Isaiah 59:10   Zephaniah 1:17   Proverbs 4:19   Matthew 5:14 

The faith of a true Christian is exceedingly rare in this world as only a very few are called and chosen.  It is these people that understand both faith and science for what they really are.  

THE DOOR

John 10:9   Jesus said, “I am the door, by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved…..”   John 10:1,2,3,4,5,6,7  Jesus explains that anyone who uses another gate or door is a thief and robber.  These thieves and robbers are false Christianity, false ministers of Satan. Jesus is the shepherd of the sheep.  Jesus is the gate, the door, the shepherd.  The sheep are those called and chosen by GOD to enter the gate , the door .  Jesus opens the gate, the door for the elect to enter.  The sheep hear the voice of Jesus in their human spirit.  Jesus calls us by name and leads us out of this world.  Jesus went on ahead of the elect into the kingdom, he brings out his sheep, the elect follow his voice but not the voice of a stranger.  The elect do not follow the voice of the false shepherds and flee from them.  Read all of John 10:1-18 in these verses is hidden spiritual wisdom.  

The Philadelphia church has set before them an opened door, an open gate.  Revelation 3:7-13  The spiritual wisdom of GOD is either opened or shut.  It is shut to the world but open to the elect saints.  We have this open door, we have Christ, the gate, the door.  Through Jesus, the mediator, we have access to GOD.  John 6:45  We learn from the FATHER through the door, the gate, the messiah, the mediator between GOD and us.  We experience the working power of the spirit behind Elijah, the Holy Spirit, to restore to us the things that were lost.  We are taught by GOD through the door, the gate, Jesus Christ.

Matthew 17:11  is the Elijah to come, to restore all things.  John 14:26  The Holy Spirt of the FATHER through Christ will teach us all things and remind us of what Jesus taught.  

The door, the gate, the mediator, the messiah, the first born of many, the son of GOD .  Jesus was and is all these things.  The time of the the restoration of all things began after Jesus ascended to his GOD and our GOD.  Over the centuries since then GOD has called and chosen HIS elects saints to HIMSELF through HIS son.  We, the saints of today, are living in the last days and the number of brethren yet to be called and chosen is extremely small but when the number is completed there will be 144,000.  Of this number there is to be a faithful remnant yet alive just prior to the return of Christ.  They, along with all the elect will be sealed in righteousness with the mark of GOD in our spirits whether dead or alive.  Those saints alive in that day will defeat the corruption of the antichrist, instruct many people, be strong and do great exploits.  The people they instruct will fall by the sword, the Laodiceans, and false brethren will join the elect and Laodiceans seeking to avoid punishment.  Daniel 11:31-35   

It is the hope of the elect at this time to be of the number of the remnant of the 144,000 who are alive and remain.  1 Corinthians 15:51  1 Thessalonians 4:16,17  Isaiah 1:9  Romans 9:29   This however is in GODS hands.  Either way we will inherit the kingdom of GOD.  

LIGHT VERSES DARKNESS

Carnal people know what physical light and darkness is but they have no idea about spiritual light and spiritual darkness.  Jesus came into a world in spiritual darkness as a great spiritual light.  John 12:46   John8:12   John 1:4,5   John 9:5   Isaiah 9:2

 The people of this world of spiritual darkness have for the vast majority rejected the spiritual light.  John 3:19,20,21   1 John 1:5,6,7   There are a people who have come to the spiritual light and are called and chosen by GOD to be HIS elect saints.  Luke 1:78,79

Colossians 1:13   1 Peter 2:9   Ephesians 5:8   2 Corinthians 4:6  Now, there is another kingdom, the kingdom of darkness, the kingdom of Satan. The world Jesus came into as a great spiritual light was in darkness and the vast majority of the people loved the darkness rather than the light.  This world is Satans kingdom of darkness.  The saints have been called out of Satans kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light.  The saints do not walk in darkness anymore.  If we examine Satans kingdom, this world, we see how it operates.  Satan has been given rulership of the darkness by the will of GOD.  When Satan told Jesus that all the kingdoms of the world were given to him he was not lying otherwise Jesus would have called out the lie as Jesus did in Satans other attempts to get Jesus to sin.  How did Satan become the god of this world ?  Adam was given dominion over the earth and in effect was the god of the world.  When Adam sinned by obeying Satan Adam relinquished his rule to Satan.  This confirms a biblical principle, “whoever you render yourself a servant to obey, that is who you will obey.”  In the world since then the vast majority of mankind are the children of Satan.  Only the elect saints of GOD have been called out of Satans dark kingdom.  Acts 26:17,18  Colossians 1:13,14   John 12:46   Once you are in the spiritual light you are to have nothing to do with darkness.  Ephesians 5:11   Romans 13:12 

1 John 1:6,7   What is it that the saints should avoid in Satans kingdom of darkness ?  Since there are two kingdoms then there are two vastly different ways of living. Your faith, obedience, trust and hope is placed in what kingdom you choose.  You cannot serve two different kingdoms at the same time, it’s one or the other.  As a saint you are to seek only GODS kingdom, acknowledge GODS  chosen king, Jesus Christ, as your leader, ruler and king, no one else.  The saints are to submit themselves to the kingdom of GOD only.  How then can we do this if we submit ourselves to another kingdoms rules, authority, faith, hope, trust and obedience in the governments of Satan ?  What do we serve and belong to, light or darkness ?  While the saints are spiritually not of this darkness we are physically yet present in it. We are to shine as lights in it.   We only obey whatever nation we happen to be in as long as it doesn’t violate GODS will for us.  We must have our spiritual senses sharpened to discern good from evil.  Our submission to one of Satans governments does not mean participation in it.  Actively participating in the kingdom of darkness is to betray the kingdom of light that we were called into. How is participating in darkness being in the light ?  Should the saints have two leaders, two governments, to sets of laws or two different ways or paths ?  Isaiah 3:12  According to GODS prophet it is human leaders that destroy the path we need to follow.  The worlds leaders are of Satan who deceives people to trust in human governments rather than the government of GOD.  The people of this world have the devil as their father and will do the devils works.  John 8:44   Matthew 13:38  The degree of the Devils deception is great as all the world has been deceived by Satan except GODS chosen elect saints.  Revelation 12:9 

2 Thessalonians 2:9,10   The saints of GOD do not get involved with the governments of Satan in any way.  GOD intends to destroy all human governments, the work of the Devil, and replace them with the kingdom of GOD.  1 John 3:8   Since all human governments are going to be destroyed do you want to be on the losing side or be a winner by serving only GODS kingdom ?   The choice is simple, light or darkness, go to and remain in the light. 

2 CORINTHIANS 6:17

“Therefore, come out from among them and be separate, says YAHWEH.  Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.”  2 Corinthians 6:17

Who is “them” ?  It is the world of the unconverted.

What does “be separate” mean ?  To set apart or set a boundary, to consecrate to sanctify, to distinguish one thing from another.

What is unclean ?  Not pure.  An impure unclean spirit human or demon. To be defiled and separated from what is holy and pure.   

When we are called by GOD we are made clean of past sins through baptism.  1 Peter 3:21. Then by the gift of GODS spirit, the good leaven, the old leaven of malice and wickedness is purged out and we are made clean. 1 Corinthians 5:7  Baptism rids us of the evil leaven and we become a new lump ready to be made clean by the giving of the Holy Spirit. 

Therefore,  Acts 10:15  ,  Cornelius and his house were cleansed by GODS spirit, given before they were baptized.  Peter spoke this way to Cornelius,  Acts 10:28   In the law of Moses the clean and unclean laws were only symbolic of the spirit that influenced your life; either the spirit of Satan that is unclean or the spirit of GOD that makes us clean. Satan and the demons are unclean spirits.  The elect saints are clean.  Ephesians 5:26,27   The “word” in this verse is the word of GOD. This word was preached by a man called Jesus of Nazareth.  It was about the kingdom of GOD.   The world has not been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of GOD, only the church of the elect saints know the mysteries.  Matthew 14:11  The entire carnal world is unclean and the saints are not to touch it, that is the things of the world.  Satan is the god of the unconverted world, the children of the devil that do the will of their god, Satan.  This evil is in all the things of their society.  There is no area of their lives that Satan has not infiltrated.  As GODS chosen saints we must be extremely careful and acutely aware of all of Satans devices and not touch them.

We use the gift of spiritual discernment to determine what is of GOD and what is not.  1 John 4:1   Isaiah 35:8  Matthew 7:13,14   Proverbs 16:17   1 Thessalonians 4:7   2 Corinthians 7:1  Romans 12:1,2    Just as light has No fellowship with darkness, Ephesians 5:11 ,  clean has No fellowship with the unclean, 2 Timothy 2:20,21  

Look at this carnal world and ask yourself, what is clean ?  Your answer should be nothing.  The social fabric of the carnal world is unclean.  All their institutions, religions and governments are unclean, do not touch them and YAHWEH will receive you.

This article I hope will, with GOD making it possible, open your eyes to a much better understanding of 2 Corinthians 6:17 .  

Once GOD has made us clean to go back into the unclean is as Peter says,  2 Peter 2:22  and Jesus   Matthew 12:43,44,45   and Paul Galatians 4:9 

If you are a true Christian and are involved in any part of Satans world I hope you will be given the eyes to see it and repent, ask and receive forgiveness.

THE TRUE CHURCH OF GOD AND THE DECEIVED CHURCHES OF MEN

 How the true church of GOD operates today is not how it operated in the first century.  The church no longer has Apostles.  In fact because of tremendous deception GOD removed all humans from the ministry.  There are no more pastors, evangelists, or Apostles.  Of necessity there are only prophets and prophetesses, that’s it, nothing else.  GOD and Christ are in complete control of the church.  In the first century the gift of prophecy wasn’t given to everyone because Paul said, covet to prophesy, 1 Corinthians 14:39 , if all were prophets why say this.  Then there is this, 1 Corinthians 12:27,28,29,30,31  So, in the first century the office of prophet was limited but today this gift is absolutely needed so that GOD through Jesus the mediator can teach HIS elect saints HIS truth.  In this way it makes deception impossible.  Matthew 24:24   The church in the first century was organized, did have human leaders, churches were established in various places, deception and persecution was beginning.  Today the true church is scattered, extremely few in number, not trying to fulfill the great commission, they do not know any other of the elect or their locations except the group they fellowship with. All of them are being taught by GODS spirit through Christ.  John 6:45  They have no human leader, their leader is Christ.  These saints all have the gift of prophecy because this is how they are taught, a connection to GOD through Christ, just as everyone in scripture has always been that learned since Pentecost and even in ancient times where GOD used angels and prophets to speak HIS truth to people HE chose.  No one of their own volition can join the true church, GOD must put you in.  Acts 2:47   From the time of righteous Able until the elect saints are sealed the total number of them will be 144,000.  Revelation 7:3   The worlds carnal churches are all of Satan the devil and are deceiving the unconverted with all kinds of heresy and lies.  The false churches are led by some man who thinks he can do what only GOD can do.  If you are in any of theses churches you are deceived and a child of the devil.  Unless GOD decides to call and choose you to become one of the elect you will remain deceived and in the future worship the antichrist.  There is yet hope for you only because GOD allowed you to remain in deception at this time because if GOD would give you HIS spirit you would blaspheme the spirit and suffer everlasting death.  At the present time GOD knows you will not repent so HE will wait and give you HIS spirit at a better time for you.  2 Peter 3:9   Isaiah 55:6,7   Luke 15:10   The elect saints of GODS true church were elected, personally chosen by GOD because HE knew they, in this current evil age, would repent.  Of the 2.38 billion who claim to be Christians today none of them are.  This is how massive the deception of Satan is.  Revelation 12:9

As I have repeatedly said in my articles, you, the reader, the vast majority of you, will not believe anything I have written.  You will attack me, make false accusations against me and label me a devil when in reality you are.  This also was prophesied to happen in the latter days.  2 Timothy 3:1,2,3,4   1 Timothy 4:1,2   If Christ came to earth again, as a man, and preached his gospel to you, you would kill him again.  You believe in the doctrines of demons.  You are totally blind spiritually, you do not have the Holy Spirit.  Right now you feel great hatred for me and desire even to harm me.  That is expected.  However someday in the future you will come to see that I have indeed told you the truth.

GODS LOVE VERSES THE WORLDS LOVE

The love that is in the world is not the love of GOD.

Hope that is in the world is not the hope of GOD.

Faith that is in the world is not the faith of GOD.

The good that is in the world is not the good of GOD.

Agape, the love of GOD is what will fulfill the law, never do any evil, therefore whatever is not of the love of GOD is sin. The carnal world is not of the love of GOD therefore it is sin.  To mix it up with the world in politics is therefore a sin because it is not of GODS love.  The world is condemned, the elect are not condemned.  All mature Christian elect know these things, however a babe in Christ will need taught these things by GOD.  Philippians 3:15  Romans 15:1,2,3,4,5,6,14  1 Thessalonians 5:14 

The mature Christian has grown in grace and knowledge beyond that of a babe in Christ and this is to be expected. The mature, the strong, should help the babe, the weak, by sharing with them what GOD has taught them and GOD will then open the minds, the spirit of the babe, to understand and through this process we all eventually come to the unity of the faith. The bride must make herself ready and this is how she does it. Ephesians 4:1-16  Revelation 19:7  

To have GODS love a person must have GODS spirit. If a Christian loves it is with GODS love not the love that is in the world.  A Christian cannot love anyone with the worlds love.  The world cannot love us either. If a Christian loves their family, no matter if they are converted or not, they love with GODS love and not with the love of the world.  The many governments of this world cannot be of GODS love because they are all evil and are Satans governments.  To think that these governments can be the answer to any problem by selecting the lesser of two evils, when both candidates in all elections are Satans children, is not GODS love.   People that do think this way are looking for love in all the wrong places.  There is no good that can come from human Satanic governments because there is only one who is good and that is GOD.  Therefore, in the matter of love and goodness, the governments of this world has neither.  To think evil governments can help in any way is wrong thinking.  Only GOD is love and only GOD is good.  Satanic governments are evil and their love is false.  You will not find GOD in the world’s governments. Why seek for something in a thing that doesn’t have it ?  A Christian understands that only GOD has the true answers to all their problems and are to cast all their cares upon HIM.  Should we go to Satan and his evil governments for help or should we go to GOD ?  Should we grow impatient waiting for GOD and peruse help and answers from Satans governments ?  GOD is not with any human government HE is with HIS own government, the kingdom , which Christians are to represent.  Christians are to be lights in a world of darkness to be witnessing to the truth of the kingdom of GOD by living our lives in GODS will.  GODS will is to destroy all human forms of government and replace them with HIS government, the kingdom of GOD.   This is what Christians should be doing and we do this by having nothing to do with human governments but everything to do with GODS government.  No Christian helps themselves or their families by participating in Satans evil governments.   Instead Christians set an example as Christ did who was totally and completely immersed in his GOD and FATHERS will.  That will of GOD is to establish HIS kingdom on this earth.  Thy kingdom come thy will be done and not the will of man, Satan or the evil governments of this world. Do not think that human love and good are the same as GODS love and good, they are not, and devil hopes you will think they are.  Worldly love and good is of Satan, it is a dark fake impersonation, it is part of the great delusion of Satan.  I expect the world to fall for this lie but a Christian never should. Christians have the hope of GODS kingdom but there is no hope, no love, no good in human/Satanic governments.  

In summary; there is no love, good, faith or hope in any form of human government but in all these things and much more are in the kingdom of GOD.

 By my observation of the conditions in this present world I have a sense that the return of Christ is not that far off.  Paul told us that we are not in darkness so that we cannot see the day approaching.  Then we also have the sure words of the prophets and Jesus.  

In the book of Daniel the prophet.  Daniel 12:1  mentions the great tribulation and the salvation of GODS elect saints.  Notice it is everyone’s name found written in the book, referring to the lambs book of life.  Daniel 12:2  speaks of the first and second resurrections.  The resurrection to everlasting life are those whose names are in the book of life but those resurrected to shame are in the second resurrection and this shame leads them into genuine repentance but those to everlasting contempt are cast into the lake of fire.  There are only four possibilities of what will be the final outcome of a person.  One, they become one of GODS elect before the tribulation and are sealed in their foreheads.  Two, they are in the innumerable multitude,  three, they repent and live into the millennium and 4, they are at the great white throne judged either to live or cast into the lake of fire. 

There is also a series of days mentioned.  1260 , 1290 , 1335  and  2300.  The 1260 is the midpoint of the seven year covenant that antichrist makes with 10 nations.  Once the antichrist ends the daily sacrifices and sets up the abomination of desolation is 1290 and this happens when he declares himself god.  Only 45 days after at the 1335 the elect saints are sealed in their foreheads.  Then at the 2300 is the return of Jesus and the sanctuary is cleansed.  The total number of days in a 7 year covenant is according to a Hebrew calendar year in which is 360 days therefore,  360 x 7= 2520 days.  This number of 2300 seems short of the 2520 but this is because Christ returns early and the tribulation is cut short for the sake of GODS elect and that if the tribulation were not cut short no one on earth would be left alive.   Therefore, when we see the antichrist make the 7 year covenant with the 10 nations we know that Christ will return in 2300 days.  Also when we see the two witnesses murdered we know Christ will return in 3 1/2 days.  This is why we are not in darkness and know when it is at the door.  Matthew 24:30   The only thing we need to see happen is the making of the 7 year covenant then we will know approximately when all things will be fulfilled.

This is the current understanding but as you should know there may be modifications made as more light shines which is the nature of prophecy.  

With the election of President Trump we have what on the surface seems to be a messiah figure who intends to usher in a new golden age.  Trump firmly believes that he was saved by GOD in order to save the U.S. and he is determined to do so.  Combine this with Trumps extremely close relationship with Israel and the extreme opposition by the democrats.  If we are approaching that 7 year covenant then the stage has to be set to achieve it.  I see the antichrist as a Jewish man, a descendent of king David, who will in the future be ruling Israel . I see that Trump will align the U.S. with Israel and be one of the 10 nations of the antichrist.  There will be a third temple and the sacrifices will be reinstated along with all the law of Moses. There will be a false Elijah, the false prophet, that copycats what the real Elijah did thus adding to the deception of those days.  The image of the beast is the image of the glory days of Solomon that, an image of the beast, image of a nation that once was, then is not, but yet is. The healing of the deadly wound, the mount Moriah where the temple was destroyed on two occasions; first by Babylon and second by Rome and each time on the exact same day, Av 9th. Av 9th on our calendar is in late July or early August. The Jews observe Av 9th every year and call it Tisha B’Av.  Question: could the third temple be destroyed also on the same day ?  There is a prophecy in Ezekiel 21:27  that is describing the three destructions of the  temple and that at the return of Christ GOD gives the true temple, the church his bride, to Christ, whose right it is.  Genesis 49:10 says basically the same thing. 

We must be watching world events as Jesus said, we should so that day does not come upon us unaware.  

Before the antichrist covenant is made there will be a false tribulation that leads to most of the world accepting Satans man of sin as a messiah like figure.  This man of sin, the antichrist, will restore peace and safety along with economic prosperity but only for a short time.  At the 1260 days, at the middle of the seven year covenant, antichrist will declare himself GOD.   This ends the period of a short lived false millennium and will begin the true great tribulation.  

So then, the elect saints are watching world events and are currently seeing a world in turmoil and chaos  that will will erupt into the false tribulation but the antichrist will remedy this situation by his seven year covenant with ten nations.  He will restore the world for a brief time called the false millennium lasting for about 3 years or so.  Then he breaks this seven year covenant by declaring himself GOD, ends the daily sacrifices at the third temple and begins the real great tribulation.  Luke 21:36