LOOKS ARE DECEIVING

 The Christianity you see in this world is not genuine, it is fake, it is carnal thinking and mimicking of things they read in the Bible.  Because they do not have the Holy Spirit they are left to their own unconverted carnal minds.  They attempt to copy cat what they see in the scriptures and apply carnal thinking to them and they are always wrong , they are ever learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.  These people have always far outnumbered the true elect saints of GOD and in this current evil world have held the upper hand.  The result of this is spiritual confusion on a grand scale.  False doctrines, churches and ministers have completely taken over the carnal world.  This is just what the prophets, Jesus and the Apostles warned about.  All this deception reaches a climax in the latter days under the rule of the antichrist.  These false Christians are in reality the evil children of the devil.  They have no truth or understanding in any spiritual thing.  They have swallowed the lies of Satan hook line and sinker.  The true elect of GOD have observed all of this since the days of the Apostles till today.  Everyone of these elect saints were before their conversion just like them but for reasons only known to GOD, GOD has called and chosen out of this evil system a people for HIS own name.  GOD did give HIS spirit to these elect saints but the vast majority of the world remains in ignorance and condemned to death not even knowing that in the future GOD has a plan for them too.  

Everything these false churches teach is a lie.  GOD , in eternity knew that this would happen and prophesied through Ezekiel how HE would deal with it.  The removal of all human shepherds or ministers from the true church would effectively eliminate any possibility of deception.  GOD would teach HIS people through the mediator Jesus.  This would be done after the same fashion as with the prophets, Jesus and the Apostles by revelation .  Since the first century until this day GOD has no human ministers.  This fact becomes a sign, a way of identifying the false Christians from the true Christians.  Any church having human ministers is deceived.  

Here on this blog I have written many articles about this deception and have exposed the lies they teach.  

I do not write to the world but to the remnant church,  those who hopefully will be alive and remaining at the return of Christ.  The carnal world has no idea of the existence of GODS elect saints.  

GOD has very good reasons for what HE has done and they are recorded in scripture but to understand a person must have HIS spirit. How much longer this world will continue is not known to anyone but GOD.  If HIS Saints keep watching for the signs Jesus gave they can know when it is near.  

THE COMING WARNING TO THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA

Beginning in Revelation 3:14-22 is a warning from Christ to the church of Laodicea.  This is not addressing the ancient city that is now part of Turkey.  The message is for a group of Christians that will exist in the latter days that are not dedicated totally to the spirit of GOD and have drifted back into the world.  They exist at the same time as the Philadelphia church which is the truly dedicated church composed of the remnant of the elect 144,000.  The warning to the Laodiceans is Revelation 3:17,18,19  verse 18 is the punishment for their complacency.  Gold tried in the fire is the fire of the great tribulation that will test all people who dwell on the earth.  Revelation 3:10 assures the Philadelphia church protection from this hour of trial by fire.  However, before the great tribulation there will be a false tribulation that both churches experience and this will be sort of a wake up call to the Laodiceans as Revelation 3:19,20,21 refers to the same door that has been used by the Philadelphia church if the Laodiceans repent and overcome their difficulties.  If the Laodiceans do not hear what the spirit is saying to them then they must suffer martyrdom in the great tribulation and for those who are willing to give their life literally, Revelation 12:11  Revelation 14:12,13  The martyred Laodiceans will be in the first resurrection with the elect saints of Philadelphia.  Revelation 7:14   The 144,000 are not the Laodiceans but the elect who are sealed in their foreheads (spirits) before the tribulation begins.  The martyred Laodiceans are the innumerable multitude.  This information gives us a better understanding of GODS love and mercy for even backsliders. GOD will indeed go to the uttermost to save.  Hebrews 7:25  Revelation 3:19 

To all the elect of GOD who may be reading these words I implore you to not become a Laodicean.  Strive to be a faithful Philadelphian.  That no man takes your crown.

CONSIDER PRECIOUS METALS

 Gold has had value for over 5,000 years.  The paper money you have , regardless of what nation you live in and the currency they use,  paper money is called fiat currency, that is money backed by nothing that can be printed on a printing press in huge amounts.  Some use the reasoning that this fiat money is backed by the full faith and credit of the nation that prints it.  If a nation prints too much of its money it will cause inflation and lessen the purchasing power of its currency.  This is why nations are in debt today.  Rather than follow sound economic principles the world has for the most part adopted the Keynesian theory of economics, a system reliant upon debt and credit that depends on consumer spending to drive an economy.  This Keynesian system is used in the United States and the result has been almost 38 trillion dollars of debt.  Other nations have followed the U.S. down the same road and have tremendous debt as well.  

If you are able to do so purchase some gold but if gold is too expensive for you then consider buying silver at about $35.00 a Troy ounce.  Precious metals have always been protection from crashing economies.  Never has gold or silver been worth zero.  There is a brief time in the future when gold and silver may be worth zero but it should not last long.  I have told you about a false tribulation that is coming and it will last a brief time because the antichrist will bring the world back from economic collapse, I call the false tribulation, and produce a false millennium where people will be rich and increased with goods having need of nothing for about 3 years but then comes the real tribulation and then everything everywhere will collapse.  Therefore, if you own some precious metals now before the false tribulation comes once the world enters the false millennium you will be in good financial condition.  We can prepare for what is coming up to the point where the great tribulation begins but when it does begin all bets are off.  There will be the most horrific times mankind will ever experience. Just being alive will be all that you have.  The elect saints are protected from this hour of trial that will grip the entire world.  Revelation 3:10   The carnal population will suffer greatly.  

Also, before the false tribulation begins, you should be stock piling non perishable food items like canned goods and dry goods, have a source of water, essential items like medicines and hygiene products. 

Do not get into any new debt and use the money GOD gives you wisely.   Don’t even attempt to cover every possible issue that may come just provide for the necessities of life.  With the current turmoil in the world agreeing with the signs Jesus gave us we step out on faith believing his words.  The motto of the saints is, we do what we can and depend upon GOD for what we can’t.  

DO NOT BECOME A FOOL OR USEFUL IDIOT

 The U.S. constitution under article 1, article 2 and article 3 established a separation of power that is distributed between the three branches of the federal government; the legislature or congress, the executive or President and the judicial or the Supreme Court.  Under no circumstances are these three branches to assume any power granted to one of the other branches.  Over the years since the founding fathers gave the U.S. its constitution the elected officials of all three branches have violated these provisions of the constitution.  Currently several democrat left leaning federal district judges are violating the constitution by issuing orders to prevent President Donald Trump from conducting the executive branch, that he is the head of,  from Carrying out the orders that under the constitution he is responsible for.  This amounts to the judicial branch intruding into the executive branch, which the constitution forbids.  The only way the judiciary is constitutionally able to intervene in the affairs of either of the other two branches is to rule an action by them as unconstitutional.  Since what Trump is doing falls under the duties required of him by the constitution these federal district judges have no authority to issue stays, that is a command to stop action, against the president.  Issuing a stay on the executive branch should only be exercised by the Supreme Court not by the lower courts.  It is very obvious that these rogue judges have a political motive for their actions as all of them that have issued stays are left leaning democrats.  These judges know what they’re doing and know it is unconstitutional but are driven by Trump derangement syndrome, a hatred of Trump the person, not Trump the president.  All the violence you see is coming from the left wing democrats and is egged on by the leftist media and politicians to include Elon Musk along with President Trump.  There has been absolutely no evidence to any of the claims that they have made against these men.  The democrats have no plan of their own to address our problems and no party leader. The violence we have seen will only escalate if they are not punished quickly but these leftists use the constitution to hide behind by incorrectly claiming it supports their behavior.  The true motive behind all this is the anger and disillusionment by democrats of losing the 2024 election and with it power and wealth gained by fraudulent means.  The party called democrat today is nothing like the party was in the days of Truman or Kennedy but has morphed into socialism and communism seeking ultimate political power and wealth.  What is and has happened in the last 23 years from Bill Clinton to Obama and Biden has been an ever increasing attack on the nation and everything that it was founded upon.  

To arrive at a correct conclusion on anything one must hear both sides otherwise you operate blindly by only knowing part and not the whole, and when one does this they become fools and useful idiots of whoever they submit to.  Don’t be a fool or useful idiot, hear out a matter before you act, Proverbs 18:13  Proverbs 29:20  James 1:19   John 7:51  Proverbs 17:27,28   

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 , hire and train workers and establish a supply chain .  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 consumer 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 all 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.