Universal
Monday, May 5, 2014



Full Definition of UNIVERSAL
1
: including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception; especially : available equitably to all members of a society 
2
a : present or occurring everywhere
b : existent or operative everywhere or under all conditions 
3
a : embracing a major part or the greatest portion (as of humankind
b : comprehensively broad and versatile 
4
a : affirming or denying something of all members of a class or of all values of a variable
b : denoting every member of a class 


The word universal does not appear in scripture but the word “all” does and is seen by some to mean the same as universal. 

God to Moses;

KJV Exodus 32:31-33
 31.  And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
 32.  Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
 33.  And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

“Thy book which thou hast written” refers to the Lambs book of life in which the names of all of those who will receive salvation are written.

KJV Revelation 3:5
 5.  He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

To sin directly against God one must have His Holy Spirit for this makes a person a free moral agent and responsible for the spiritual knowledge God gives to him.  The sins of the unconverted God winks at as they are done in ignorance but once converted they will be held accountable.

KJV Acts 17:29-30
 29.  Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
 30.  And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Salvation has conditions that must be met in order to receive it; if this is true, then by definition it cannot be universal; for to be universal salvation there is no condition, for it is without limit or exception.

Repentance is a condition, obeying the gospel is a condition, loving God and neighbor is a condition, overcoming sin is a condition, faith in God and Jesus is a condition.  None of these conditions can be met without having the Holy Spirit.   Having the spirit but refusing to meet the conditions violates the new covenant and results in everlasting death.  God says that He can blot out a name from the book of life and if this is true then the name blotted out will not have life.

We know that the only way to receive salvation is by Jesus Christ so if one with spiritual knowledge, with the Holy Spirit, willingly rejects Christ this is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit of God.  Carefully read the following scripture;

KJV Hebrews 6:4-6
 4.  For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
 5.  And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
 6.  If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

KJV Hebrews 10:26-29
 26.  For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
 27.  But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
 28.  He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
 29.  Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

If we sin “willfully” while having the Holy Spirit there remains no more sacrifice for that sin.  Jesus is the only sacrifice for sin but not this “willful” sin.

Check out the meaning of the word “willful”.

Strong's Ref. # 1596
Romanized  hekousios
Pronounced hek-oo-see'-ose
adverb from the same as GSN1595; voluntarily:
KJV--wilfully, willingly.

Since Jesus is the only way to have salvation but this “willful sin” is not covered by the sacrifice of Jesus, then how is this person going to receive salvation?

The carnal people who break the law can be forgiven because they are in ignorance but those who have been given the Holy Spirit and break the covenant God makes with them blaspheme the Holy Spirit and bring upon themselves total and complete everlasting death.

The resurrections are made possible by Jesus but if one with the Holy Spirit blasphemes there will be no resurrection for this person because the sacrifice of Christ will not cover this sin. 

This is not a hard thing to see, it is scripture, and I have not altered its meaning.  Why have such a warning recorded in Hebrews and in the gospels if there is universal salvation?

KJV Matthew 12:31-32
 31.  Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
 32.  And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

The author of Hebrews and the words of Jesus are identical about this subject; there is a sin that God will not forgive.  Universalism stands on the foundation of total acceptance without condition but the scripture plainly tells us that salvation has conditions and warns us about what happens if those conditions are not met. There would be no need for any warning at all if salvation was universal. 

Satan and those fallen angels, who are enemies of God, have all seen God and Gods glory yet these beings turned evil and will suffer an everlasting fate as punishment.  If God spared not the angels who sinned, God will not spare any human either.  If angels can do this so can humans. 

Salvation

Salvation is being in the kingdom of God as an immortal spirit being unable to sin or be tempted with evil.

Repentance, grace, faith and the sacrifice of Jesus is not salvation; these are the things that reconcile us to God and place us on the straight and narrow way that leads to the kingdom, to salvation.

Once we are in the kingdom we do not need repentance, grace, faith and the sacrifice of Christ because we will have achieved, we will have attained, we have salvation.  No one has ever experienced salvation, it is promised to us with conditions.  When converted and given the Holy Spirit we have entered into a covenant with God.  This covenant has conditions to meet in order to have the promised salvation.

When you are in the kingdom this is salvation and then you cannot lose salvation.  At this time you do not have salvation and it is possible that you can lose the offer of it if you commit the unpardonable sin.  God will withdraw His offer if you do not honor the conditions God requires for you to have salvation.  You must love and obey God and Christ when you have the Holy Spirit or you blaspheme that spirit.  If one third of the angels sinned against God what about human beings?  If Lucifer could convince angels to rebel humans would be far easier. 
At this present time you are an heir of salvation, if you continue in the requirements God has in the new covenant, but if not God will disinherit you. You do not inherit the kingdom/salvation; when converted you are
only an heir. 

Keep in mind as you read the scripture below that our inheritance is the kingdom which is what salvation is and that we do not have salvation at present but it is promised to us if we obey Gods requirements. Remember that you cannot lose salvation once you have salvation and you do not have it now; you have the opportunity, the hope, the promise and you will be judged by what you do with it.

KJV Matthew 5:5
 5.  Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

KJV Matthew 19:29
 29.  And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

KJV Luke 10:25-28
 25.  And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
 26.  He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
 27.  And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
 28.  And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.

KJV 1 Corinthians 6:9
 9.  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?

KJV Ephesians 1:11-14
 11.  In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
 12.  That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
 13.  In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
 14.  Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

KJV Ephesians 5:5
 5.  For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

KJV Colossians 3:24-25
 24.  Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
 25.  But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

KJV Revelation 21:7
 7.  He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

The most important first step in the hope of salvation is for God to give you His Holy Spirit and begin to teach you the truth of spiritual knowledge bringing you out of the worlds lies and set you free.  This is what brings you out from under the old covenant law and into the new covenant grace so that you have access to repentance and forgiveness  of sins.  As you stand in faith and grace God begins to work with your human spirit to conform it into the image of Jesus who God made an exact image of Himself.  This image is that of love and righteousness that is incapable of sin and is the ultimate quality the saints must achieve to have salvation which is immortality.  You must be made incapable of sin first before you can become immortal.
In this human existence you will always sin because you have only a portion of the Holy Spirit but you can grow in the spirit and overcome sins as you mature bearing fruit unto God.  God can see your progress as all of us are an open book to Him and He will know if we grow with the gift of His spirit or not.  What God looks for is where our heart is; is it with Him, is our burning desire to obey Him and love Him beyond all else having faith in His son as you have faith in Him.  It is this desire and our growth in overcoming sin that pleases God and no matter how much growth is produced, as long as there is growth, when we die God will then seal our human spirit in total righteousness and we will be incapable of sin.  Then when the resurrection happens this perfected human spirit will be placed into a glorified spirit body thus we will then be immortal, have salvation, and then we can never lose it.

Jesus came into the world with a human spirit that God had already made perfect in righteousness and love so that Jesus was incapable of sin.  All Jesus needed was a glorified body to be immortal which he received when he ascended to heaven.  Jesus was Gods way of saying to us, “This man, my son, is what I will transform you to be like if you are willing and obedient so that you will be worthy of the salvation, the immortality, I have offered you through him.” 

God loves and values the life of His son Jesus to the point where He will forgive all manner of sin that is common unto man but God will not dishonor the sacrifice of His son by forgiving those who blaspheme His, Gods, Holy Spirit.  Gods spirit is the spirit of grace and to blaspheme His spirit is to spit in His face and the face of His son, it is going to far and is the only sin God will not forgive.

Free will is the right and ability to chose between different and possible courses of action unimpeded. This includes moral responsibility.  The knowledge of good and evil requires a choice be made to do one or the other.  Does God make this choice for us?  If God does then we have no free will but if God does not then we have free will.  Who is responsible for the evil and sin that people do?  Satan is no doubt the tempter but can Satan force us to sin?  If Satan possesses us then the sin is against our will but if not then it is our sin because we chose to do what Satan tempts us with.  Now God allows Satan to tempt and also possess people, does this make God evil or the origin of sin?  No.  It is God making all things work together for good as God uses Satan as a tool to achieve His will.  The choice for us is serve God or serve Satan.  The carnal man serves Satan while the spiritual man serves God. When God calls and chooses a person they must decide who to serve.  James said; “Therefore, to him who knows to do good, but does it not, to him it is sin.” James 4:17   

Moses commanded Israel to keep Gods law. “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death; blessing and cursing, therefore choose life that both you and thy seed may live”  Deuteronomy 30:19    

See 1 Corinthians 9:7-9.    Ezra 7:13.  Revelation 22:17

Names can be blotted out of the book of life.  Jesus said to fear God, who can destroy both body and spirit in the lake of fire.  To whom much is given more will be required.  Universal salvation destroys the gospel as it eliminates the need for it, for Christ, faith, repentance, forgiveness, justification, righteousness as it is a type of once saved always saved.  Salvation is not conversion.  Conversion is the road that leads to salvation.  God is not willing that any should perish but that ALL come to REPENTANCE.  GOD SAVES ALL THAT ARE IN CHRIST, IF YOU WITH THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIY REJECT CHRIST AND BLASPHEME THE HOLY SPIRIT YOU ARE NO LONGER IN CHRIST.  THE UNRIGHTEOUS shall not inherit salvation which is impeccably and immortality in the kingdom of God.   God is not mocked, whatever you sow, that shall you also reap.  If humankind has free will, which they do, then God will not remove it but HE will let you have it.  Agape is the kind of love that is God, no one forces God to love us and God does not force us to love HIM. True undefiled love demands free will.  This kind of love is what the elect receives by Gods Holy Spirit you become HIS son even while yet mortal and Christ your elder brother.  This agape bond is truly the power of the new covenant as it is the greatest gift of all.  The unpardonable sin is spiritual adultery far greater and more sinful than the seventh commandment.  If an elect saint commits spiritual adultery the punishment is everlasting death, the second death, the lake of fire and a name blotted out of a book.  Anyone that believes in universal salvation is deceived.  Remember the definition of universal, no conditions, no limits , no exceptions.  This would mean that you do not even need the Holy Spirit for salvation.  

Two Trees Of Eden

KJV Genesis 1:26-30
26.  And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
 27.  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
 
The fact that Adam was intelligent and was given dominion over the Earth is what made him a shadow of the image of God.  Adams human spirit was a shadow of Gods spirit.

 28.  And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
 29.  And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
 30.  And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

KJV Genesis 2:8-9
 8.  And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
 9.  And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
 
God would have contradicted Himself if once He says all trees are good for food then later says that one tree produces death if you eat its fruit; how is that good for food.

The tree of life “also” and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil shows a separation of these two trees from all the other trees.  The singling out of these two trees from all others shows a special significance.

Strong's Ref. # 8432 MIDST
Romanized  tavek
Pronounced taw'-vek
from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre:
KJV--among(-st), X between, half, X (there-,where-), in(-to), middle, mid[-night], midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).

The tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were both in the midst, the center, the middle of the garden and Adam and Eve knew both of them. God wanted these two trees to be seen and noticed.

KJV Genesis 3:2-3
2.  And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
 3.  But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

KJV Genesis 3:22-24
 22.  And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
 
This action by God indicates that God did not want Adam and Eve to eat from the fruit of the tree of life. It shows that God knew they knew about the tree.  If they did not know about it why would God make this statement?  Also this proves humans are not immortal souls if they had to eat the rust of the tree of life to gain immortality.

God takes no chances and goes even further.

23.  Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
 24.  So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

This action by God shows that Adam and Eve did know about the tree of life and could possibly tell others about it and so God took extraordinary measures to prevent humans access to the tree of life.

It is not Gods nature to test man without a choice and this was a test for Adam who failed to obey a direct command from God.  It makes no sense if Adam had been ignorant of the existence of the tree of life for this  would leave his only choice to be death.  Even at the giving of the law to Israel God gave the choice of life or death.  Now in the new covenant God gives the choice of life or death.  The admonishment from God is choose life and live.  From Adam to now man has a choice.  Jesus is now the tree of life for the saints for who ever feeds on Jesus will live because of Jesus.

KJV John 6:57
 57.  As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

We have a choice as did Adam.  The unpardonable sin proves we have a choice; to eat Christ or not, to live or to die, only this time it is not just a physical death but  everlasting, forever.  God always give us a choice.  Choose life and live.

KJV Revelation 2:7
 7.  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

KJV Revelation 22:2
 2.  In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 the first physical the second spiritual in this there is wisdom.

There is the first Adam and the second Adam;  The first chose death but the second is our life.  Both Adam and Jesus had no human father, God was their Father.  The saints have the same choice as Adam did, life or death but Adams death was physical and temporary while the death that comes for refusing Jesus is everlasting.

Linage of Christ 

 If Zedekiah was a true king of Judah then Jesus Christ was not the messiah. 

 KJV Matthew 1:6-16 
6. And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
 7. And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; 
8. And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; 
9. And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; 
10. And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; 
11. And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: 
12. And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; Jechonias, 

Jechonias and  Coniah are the same person as Jehoiachin, the 19th and last king of Judah. Zedekiah is not mentioned in what is the true line of kings from David. The Christ is of the true line and Jesus did not come from Zedekiah. This is the true line of kings and it must be so because Jesus is the heir to David’s throne. Zedekiah nor any of his daughters are of the true line. Zedekiah was not the true king; Coniah was as Jesus is descended from him. To deny these facts is to deny that Jesus is the true king. 

13. And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; 
14. And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; 
15. And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; 
16. And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. 

The account in Luke confirms the same as that in Matthew. The two names in red below were the sons of Coniah. 

KJV Luke 3:23-31 
23. And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, 
24. Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph, 
25. Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, 
26. Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda, 
27. Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, 
28. Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
 29. Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, 
30. Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim, 
31. Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David, 

The testimony of Matthew, Luke, Ezekiel, Jeremiah and the king of Babylon say that Coniah was the king of Judah and not Zedekiah therefore no son or daughter of Zedekiah could ever be a king at all. Scripture is the only source that can be used to prove the truth on any matter. Out side sources like Irish folklore combined with scripture leads to a lie. British Israelism is the same type of lie as Dan Browns theory that Jesus survived the crucifixion and married Mary Magdalene then moved to France and produced the line of French kings. French folklore seems to support this when combined with twisting the scriptures just as the myth of British Israelism does. Both of these theories are lies and deny that Jesus is the king and high priest of Israel, the messiah sent from God. 

Queens of Britain who ruled alone, without a king. House of Tudor: 
Mary 1 1553 to 1558                          5 years
Elizabeth 1 1558 to 1603                45 years

House of Stuarts:
Mary 2 1689 to 1694                          5 years
Anne 1702 to 1714                             12 years 

House of Hanover
Victoria 1837 to 1901                          64 years

House of Windsor: 
Elizabeth 2 1952 to present               62 years  


 King David of ancient Israel was promised by God that he would never lack a man to sit on his throne. Above it is shown by historical record that for a total period of 193 years of the British monarchy there was no king and was ruled by a woman. This lack of a man shows that the prophecy concerning David cannot concern the British throne. The prophecy refers to Jesus since Jesus continues forever being immortal and is why the throne of Israel belongs to Jesus and no one else. People who believe in British Israelism look to carnal, fleshly genealogies and not to the truth of how scripture confirms Jesus as David’s true and only heir to the throne of all of Israel. To continue to focus on endless fleshly genealogies is to be of a carnal mind. 

KJV 1 Timothy 1:4 4. Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. 

Irish fables and fleshly genealogies combined with twisted scripture to fit a lie cannot be true. To present the evidence to those who believe in this lie as to its heresy usually is a waste of time and effort because they will ignore all logic and reason and continue to cling to the lie. I know people who believe in the lie of British Israelism and think it holds the key to understanding prophecy when in fact it will blind them to the truth of prophecy. It seems these types never consider that prophecy is a gift that is by the Holy Spirit and that men like J. H. Allen and Herbert Armstrong did not have the Holy Spirit otherwise neither would have believed the many lies they taught and wrote about. Anyone who believes that Jesus is God does not know Jesus or God so how can they know prophecy that comes only from God? Those who believe in British Israelism seem to forget about the curse. If the people of the U.S. and  Britain are the lost tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh then to receive the blessings they must keep the whole law and we know that neither nation did. How could God bless any nation that will not keep His law? The U.S. and Britain are carnal heathen nations that by time and chance rose to power and prosperity and not because God blessed them. The scripture says that the curse overtook both Israel and Judah for breaking the covenant of Moses. They would be a curse to the nations where God would scatter them and they would be few in number, not a great multitude. 

KJV Leviticus 26:21-22 
21. And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. 
22. I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate. 

KJV Deuteronomy 4:26-28 
26. I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 
27. And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you. 
28. And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 

Only after Jesus returns will the curse on Israel be removed. 

KJV Deuteronomy 4:29-31 
29. But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 
30. When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; 
31. (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. 

It should be so clear that British Israelism is nothing but a carnal fable that will cause blindness to the truth of prophetic events. 

KJV Psalms 37:22 
22. For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. 

Abraham and the true Israel of God, the church, inherit the Earth, not fleshly carnal people of Israel. 

KJV Proverbs 3:33 
33. The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. 

KJV Isaiah 24:4-6 
4. The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. 
5. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. 
6. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. 

KJV Isaiah 43:22-28 
22. But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. 
23. Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. 
24. Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. 
25. I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. 
26. Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. 
27. Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. 
28. Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. 

This what Psalm 89 is about. 

KJV Psalms 89:38-44 38. 
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. 39. Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. 40. Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. 41. All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. 42. Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. 43. Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. 44. Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. 

This is how and why Jesus is the only king of Israel and there has not been an Earthly king since Jehochin.

 KJV Matthew 22:41-46 41. 
While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42. Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. 43. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, 44. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? 45. If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? 46. And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. 

KJV Luke 1:31-33 31. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. 32. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33. And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. 

If God gave Jesus the throne of David then how can some carnal heathen from Britain be the king of Judah? 

KJV Acts 2:25-30 25. For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: 26. Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: 27. Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 28. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. 29. Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. 30. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; 

Those who teach British Israelism deny that Jesus Christ is the true king of Israel, carnal or spiritual.

KJV Romans 1:1-4 1. Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, 2. (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 3. Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4. And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: 

KJV Revelation 22:16 16. I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. 

KJV Isaiah 65:9-16 9. And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. 10. And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. 11. But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. 12. Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. 13. Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: 14. Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. 15. And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name: 16. That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. 

KJV Jeremiah 11:1-11 1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord saying, 2. Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 3. And say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, 4. Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: 5. That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O Lord. 6. Then the Lord said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them. 7. For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. 8. Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do: but they did them not. 9. And the Lord said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10. They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers. 11. Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. 

KJV Jeremiah 17:5 5. Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. 

KJV Jeremiah 24:8-10 8. And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the Lord, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: 9. And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. 10. And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers. 

KJV Jeremiah 25:17-18 17. Then took I the cup at the Lord's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me: 18. To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; 

KJV Jeremiah 42:15-22 15. And now therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; 16. Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. 17. So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. 18. For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more. 19. The Lord hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. 20. For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us unto the Lord our God; and according unto all that the Lord our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. 21. And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you. 22. Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn. 

KJV Daniel 9:8-12 8. O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. 9. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; 10. Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. 11. Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. 12. And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. 

KJV Galatians 3:10 10. For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. 

KJV Galatians 3:13-19 13. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14. That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 15. Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. 16. Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 17. And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. 18. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. 19. Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. 

The only way to escape the curse of the law is to come to Jesus, to be called and chosen by God, drawn to God through Jesus. The U.S. and Britain do not meet these requirements. The only people who do are the saints, the spiritual children of Abraham. If you search for truth compare spiritual things with spiritual and not with carnal myths and fables from heathen cultures cut off from God. This physical creation is nothing but a shadow of the true spiritual creation God will make. Jesus was the first being of this spiritual creation. Physical rulers; kings, presidents, emperors and dictators are of this evil world and none of them or the nations they ruled ever knew God and were not Gods nation. The only people who ever have know God and Jesus are Gods elect saints and it is these people who have the truth and are Gods holy nation. Carnal Israel was never the intent of God for the holy nation He is creating. It is all about spirit and nothing about the flesh. Those who focus on fleshly things focus on death. 

British Israelism is death because it is carnal minded and one of many ways that seems right to a carnal minded person but the end of it is death.   The law and carnal Israel were just a shadow of the true spiritual reality of Jesus Christ.  The kingdom of God was prepared at the foundation of the world and its King was the prophetic Messiah as declared by the prophets since the world began.  With the birth of Jesus prophecy was fulfilled along with the hope of the saints to share in the inheritance of the Christ.  To give all these things to an evil carnal people totally devoid of the spirit of God in the teachings of British Israelism is blasphemy.

Saints Who Think To Much Of Themselves

2/3/15

When the saints know that God calls and chooses who will be in His church why do some think God uses them to do this?  Since the true church is scattered to the four winds and not able financially to fulfill the great commission why do so some still try to preach the gospel to the world?  Since the saints know that God, from the time of Adam until just before the tribulation, will only choose 144,000 elect saints, why do some continue to attempt to convert people to the truth?  All your doing is casting pearls before swine and violating the will of God.  My question to you is; who do you think you are?  Your duty and responsibility is to grow and bear fruit to God not teach the unconverted.  If you happen to be teaching something that is not the truth you will receive a stricter judgment as it harms you and those who hear you.  This type of behavior is something I would expect from the carnal world. 

One of the signs or proofs that someone is a true elect saint of God is that they will know that they are not commanded by God at this time to fulfill the great commission of preaching the gospel to the world.  God handles the selection and establishment of the set number of those who have been called to be saints. 

 KJV Ezekiel 34:9-12
 9.  Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;
 10.  Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
 11.  For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
 12.  As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

This is Gods work, not yours.  There are those among us who for whatever reason think they have some special calling from God to educate the unconverted when they themselves need to learn.  Neither you or I know enough to be teachers, we are yet learning ourselves.

All the saints know that without the Holy Spirit no one can know spiritual things and that God Himself selects who these will be.  My writings are for these elect; they are not for the world.  I share what God has given me with others of the same spiritual mind.  I do not teach, the Holy Spirit teaches,  I just repeat what I have been taught to those who God has chosen.  This is why fellowship is so important.  Do any of you forsake the assembly of yourselves to spend time in a vain effort to preach and teach the carnal people.  The Apostles never wrote to the unconverted but to the converted.  Jesus spoke in parables to those who were not going to be converted but plainly to those who were.  All the words of prophecy are for the church, not the unconverted, as all scripture is.  The great commission was given to the Apostles only as they were eye witnesses of the risen Lord and once they were all dead the great commission ended. 

 KJV Acts 1:21-26
 21.  Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
 22.  Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
 23.  And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
 24.  And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
 25.  That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
 26.  And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

God knew in eternity that Satan would attack the church and destroy the message of the gospel thus making it necessary for God to take over Himself and by His spirit teach the gospel only to those God knew beforehand would believe. 

 KJV Ephesians 1:4-5
 4.  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
 5.  Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

This is the Elijah to come, the Holy Spirit. The Lord adds to the church such as should be saved, you do not.  You have a misguided zeal, an ignorant self induced and Satanically influenced idea that you are the Holy Spirit of the Father.  From one brother to another in Gods love, stop it, wake up, you are cheating yourself of the growth you need and the fellowship you need with the brethren.  You are not helping the unconverted, you are hurting them;  if God in His wisdom is not personally selecting them then who are you to think you should try? 

 KJV 2 Peter 2:20-22
 20.  For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
 21.  For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
 22.  But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, the dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
 KJV Romans 12:3
 3.  For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

This is not love, for God is love and He in that love delays the conversion of the carnal people to a time that is best for them.  You need to see to your own calling and election to make it sure.

I know these are hard words but they come in love for you.  You are in trouble, do you hear me, if so I have gained my brother but if not then what.  

Adam vs. Jesus
The first Adam compared to the second
Friday, December 20, 2013

KJV Genesis 1:26-27
 26.  And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
 27.  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Let us focus on the words, ”let us make man in our image, after our likeness”.

The meaning of the Hebrew hardly describes a human that is truly in Gods image.  Rather Adam was a shadow image not the express image of God.

Strong's Ref. # 6754
Romanized  tselem
Pronounced tseh'-lem
from an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol:
KJV--image, vain shew.

Strong's Ref. # 1823
Romanized  dmuwth
Pronounced dem-ooth'
from HSN1819; resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like:
KJV--fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude.

On Earth Adam was a physical representation of God because God gave Adam dominion. Adam had intelligence above all other animals. What Adam lacked was Gods Holy Spirit and with it the knowledge and power to truly be in Gods express image rather than just a shadow or vain show. The test of the two trees in the midst of the garden would give Adam the opportunity to rise to a higher level of existence and become a new creation.  This is what Satan did not want to happen and it did not. 

The one born Jesus who was the Christ and son of God was truly created by God in Gods express image and likeness.  What this means is that Jesus had a mind that thought exactly like his God and Father.  This made Jesus incapable of sin and not able to be tempted with evil. The saints are to have the mind of Jesus who had the mind of God. 

Strong's Greek Dictionary
Strong's Number: 5481
Transliterated: charakter
Phonetic: khar-ak-tare'

Text:  from the same as 5482; a graver (the tool or the person), i.e. (by implication) engraving (["character"], the figure stamped, i.e. an exact copy or [figuratively] representation): --express image.

Jesus was an exact copy of his Fathers character or nature; that is a nature that could not sin or be tempted with evil.  Jesus had the agape love of the Father and this made him as righteous as God.  The saints must put on this Jesus in order to be in the kingdom of God.

While Adam and Jesus were both human by the flesh, spiritually Adam lacked what Jesus was born with and conceived by, The Holy Spirit.  Jesus was called Gods Only Begotten Son for these reasons.  Jesus was the spiritual representation of the Father and thus came to reveal God since God and Jesus were one in nature of character, righteousness and love.  This is how and why Jesus could say, “If you have seen me you have see the Father”.  Jesus had none of Gods attributes; all power, all knowledge, all present and eternal; but in qualities of character Jesus was a dead ringer of his Father and God.  It is no wonder the carnal unconverted of this world think Jesus is God.  Just think, the true potential of humanity is to be transformed into the image of Jesus who was the image of God. 

British Israelism

10/22/14

The following facts should be considered when dealing with the subject of British Israelism.  

Any doctrine that is the truth of God will originate in scripture only and will not combine the scripture with Irish legends to form doctrine.  The formation of all doctrinal truth comes from the scripture only.

Consider the person or persons who originated the doctrine.  Both Allen and Armstrong were unconverted men, they did not have the Holy Spirit, they did not know God, Jesus or the gospel. The Spirit of God is an absolute requirement to have any spiritual knowledge and especially to understand prophecy.    

The promise to king David was that he would never lack a man to sit on his throne.  History proves that several houses of the British royal families totaling 193 years had no man, no king, but only a queen that ruled Britain.  This is a violation of the oath of God and therefore Britain cannot be the continuation of the throne of Judah.

If Jesus is to be the true king of Israel then his parents must have in their linage the kings from David onward.  Scripture lists the genealogy of both Joseph and Mary and Zedekiah does not appear in either one. Therefore if Zedekiah's daughter went to Ireland and produced heirs to the throne of Judah then Jesus is not the king of Israel. Since we know that Jesus is the true king of Israel the claim of British Israelism is wrong. 

We know from scripture that both houses of Israel and Judah were cursed by God and ejected from their land.  God divorced them and said they were no longer His people. This curse is still in force today.  The nation claiming to be Israel today is in reality Judah and not Israel because God allowed the Jews to return under Cyrus king of Persia.  Some of the ten northern tribes returned with Ezra and Nehemiah and Ezekiel records that he spoke with the elders of both Israel and Judah while he was in Babylon.  God has not forever cast off Israel but these are the people who murdered His son and refused to accept him.  As scripture testifies Israel will not be gathered and the curse lifted until Jesus returns.  The idea of British Israelism says that the U.S. and Britain are Ephriam and Manasseh of the lost ten tribes of Israel and that God blessed the U.S. and Britain for some time until God now removes these blessings and curses them for disobedience.  So then, God blessed them, cursed them and then blessed them again and now curses them again; think how this idea violates scripture.  It is ridiculous.

The Israel of God is the church and the heir of the promises in the oath God swore to Abraham.  The fleshly descendents  of Abraham are not the heirs, it is those of faith, those of the child of promise as typed by Isaac who was a type of Jesus.  The promise, the oath God swore to Abraham was the kingdom of God.  Abraham looked for a city whose builder and maker was God and not to Britain and the U.S. .  The first shall be last and the last shall be first.  Unless Israel and Judah accept Jesus as son of God and messiah there will be no blessings because they are antichrist; they refuse to acknowledge the son so they have not God either.  Why would God bless an antichrist people?

The U.S. and Britain are false christian nations believing in many lies and devoid of the truth of God.  If you dig deep into their histories you will discover that neither was the benevolent nation that some claim them to be. Any good they did was rare and usually for some hidden agenda to increase their power and wealth. The truth is since ancient Israel, at its best, there has never been another nation that has had Gods blessing, they all belong to Satan the devil.

To attempt to link the prosperity of Britain and the U.S. to God blessing them is an abomination, yet it seems to be what some men highly esteem.  Scripture tells us not to be concerned with fleshly endless genealogies but this seems to be one of the main concerns of those who support British Israelism. It is a mechinism to support that the Jews are Gods chosen people rather than the church.

"The scepter shall not depart from Judah nor a law giver from between his feet until Shiloh comes and to him shall the gathering of the people be."  

The scepter is the rule of the fleshly kings who had the charge to enforce Gods law in Israel. The words, "from between his feet", refer to human reproduction to produce a fleshly heir to the throne.  God produced a king to sit on the throne of David, bypassing human reproduction, who is Jesus. Both the scepter and the law have departed from the line of fleshly kings to king Jesus to whom the gathering of the people will be.  Since Jesus is immortal David will never lack a man to sit on his throne, this is the oath God swore to him. 

When certain French kings heard of the British claim to the throne of David, they knew that they would have to come up with something to top the British, and so they came up with the idea that Jesus survived the crucifixion and went to France with Mary Magdalene, and produced the line of French kings.  This is as much of a crock of manure as British Israelism is, yet there are certain people who believe both of these fables. 

Paul tells us that to learn the truth of God one must compare spiritual with spiritual only but British Israelism tries to compare spiritual with fleshly fables, Irish folklore. This is not the key to understand prophecy or anything else, it is just a fantastic lie, a mix of scripture and fables having no truth at all. 

The Restrainer
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

There are different ideas about who or what is the restrainer, withholder, of the appearing of the antichrist.
This paper will address the issue with spiritual logic to gain wisdom on the subject.
KJV 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17
 1.  Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
 2.  That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

Paul was writing to the saints to assure them that the first resurrection was still future and had not happened yet as some had falsely reported.

KJV 2 Timothy 2:17-18
17.  And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
 18.  Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.

Paul continues by giving the saints information of events that must happen first before the return of Jesus and the gathering of the elect saints in the resurrection.

3.  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
 4.  Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
 5.  Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

These comments completely prove false the idea of a pre or mid tribulation rapture because Paul plainly says the antichrist will be revealed before the saints are gathered to Jesus.

6.  And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

The time of the revealing of the antichrist is yet future therefore Paul cannot be the restrainer because he is dead.


 7.  For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

A better understanding of verse 7 can be seen if we look at the Young’s literal translation.  The He who allows or letteth is God; the he that is “taken out of the way” is the antichrist.  “Until out of the middle it comes” may refer to when God  brings all iniquity to an end and removes the antichrist and Satan from the scene. This does not speak of the removal of the Holy Spirit from the Earth; the Holy Spirit is God our Father and the Fathers spirit is omnipresent therefore it cannot be “removed”.
LIT 2 Thessalonians 2:7
7.
   |3588| the
   |1063| For
   |3466| mystery
   |2235| already
   |1754| works
   |3588| of
   |0458| lawlessness,
   |3440| only
   |3588| he
   |2722| restraining
   |0737| now,
   |2193| until
   |1537| out of
   |9999| {the}
   |3319| middle
   |1096| it comes.

For the mystery of iniquity is already at work: only God who now allows it will allow it until the antichrist is taken out of the way.  God allows Satan to do what Satan will do in the future, no one else does.  The times and the seasons are in Gods power.

This more agrees with the truth of what we know than any other idea currently held by others.

 8.  And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:  (This is taking the antichrist out of the way)
 9.  Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
 10.  And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
 11.  And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
 12.  That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (This is how God will allow or let)
 13.  But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
 14.  Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
 15.  Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
 16.  Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
 17.  Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.