#5
"The entrance of thy words
giveth light; it giveth
understanding unto the simple."
-Psalms 119:130
Also see Q&A Sabbaths past pages - #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6
On this page is a collection of Questions and Answers that were shared during our onlinechurch serviceon "Q&A Sabbath." (Due to the fact that I don't do spell check on questions sent to me, please don't email me alerting me of spelling errors on this page.)
FAQ's(85 more questions answered with Scripture only)
Ask God about the Sabbath(Scores of questions answered with Scripture only)
Easy Facts(Answers to 24 more questions)
God's Promises(Hundreds of promises from the Bible)
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Shall I stone my
mom for not Keeping Sabbath?
(
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for mp3 of Q&A 401 - 405)
Am I in sin if those I share truth with don't understand? Is it my fault?
* Should we buy gold, silver or bitcoin to survive the coming economic crash?
You're
Wrong! Ezek 46:1 teaches
Lunar Sabbath! (
click here
for mp3 of Q&A 406 -
409 )
Catholic
declares I don't understand
the Church's true method of
Exorcism (
click here
for mp3 of Q&A 410 -
411 )
I disagree with your claim we are in the "little time of Jacob's trouble."
How
long is a little season?
(
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for mp3 of Q&A 412 -
413 )
You
are wrong about the One
World Government (
click here
for mp3 of Q&A 414 -
414 )
Why
are people believing the
easy to prove lies regarding
Covid-19? (
click here
for mp3 of Q&A 415 -
417 )
Why
do my Christian parents get
so angry when I meet with
you on Sabbath? (
click here
for mp3 of Q&A 418 -
421 )
* What does it mean when some say "The Atheist has no brain?"
You're wrong Nicholas! The beast that was, is not, yet is happened in the first century
Why
is it wrong to bow before a
Pope or kiss his hand?
(
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for mp3 of Q&A 422 -
423 )
Isn't
Sabbath an abolished
Ceremonial law? (
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for mp3 of Q&A 424 -
425 )
Nicholas -You cannot Declare a Prophecy Fulfilled that quick!
Please
explain John 11:8-10
(
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for mp3 of Q&A 426 -
428 )
I am concerned about what they plan with the mask and the vaccine
The
Urim and the Thummim?
(
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for mp3 of Q&A 429 -
431 )
Nicholas,
why do you not see Mary
forever blessed and worthy
to be prayed to?
("a " - bookmark break) I
would assume that you have
not died to your sins, and
continue to sin (
click here
for mp3 of Q&A 431A -
433 )
Did
Paul just admit to being
crafty in 2 Corinthians?
(
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for mp3 of Q&A 434-
438 )
I am not sure about what the Lord is saying through Amos 3:3-8
What
is the "Mystery of
Christ?"
(
click here
for mp3 of Q&A
439-441 )
Your
God is dead
(
click here
for mp3 of Q&A
442-443 )
The
Sabbath or the Lord's Day
(
click here
for mp3 of Q&A
444 )
I
am lonely - there are no
brethren here
(
click here
for mp3 of Q&A
445-447 )
Why
is the arm of God holy in
Isaiah 52:10 but not in
Ezekiel 4:7?
(
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for mp3 of Q&A
448-450 )
Who
are the Nicolations?
(
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for mp3 of Q&A
451-453 )
Isn't
the Sabbath only for the
Jews?
(
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for mp3 of Q&A
454-456 )
What
does the term “the
letter killeth”
in 2Corinthians 3:6
mean?
(
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for mp3 of Q&A 457 )
*
Is there a verse
other than 1
John 5:7
to
use? (
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for mp3 of Q&A 458 (AUDIO
FIXED)
You're
wrong Nicholas - the pope is
not AntiChrist - he's the
false prophet (
click here
for mp3 of Q&A 459-461 )
The
SDA people are being
purposely confused about
"the church militant"
(to
hide Elijah msg) (
click here
for mp3 of Q&A 462 )
Who
are the daughters of Zion?
(
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for mp3 of Q&A 462-465)
Why did Pail say "Let us keep the feast" in 1 Corinthians 5:8?
Is
it ok for Christians to wear
jewelry? (
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for mp3 of Q&A 466-469)
What
does the angel represent in
Revelation 3:14? (
click here
for mp3 of Q&A 470-474)
The false prophet “works great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth?
Some
view the vegan diet as
discouraging (
click here
for mp3 of Q&A 475-479)
Please
explain Ezekiel 43:1-4
(Comments on Red Heifer added)
(
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for mp3 of Q&A 480-483)
Why
not preach on the good
things God does and not just
end time prophecy? (
click here
for mp3 of Q&A 484-485)
*
Why do you say the
Mark of the Beast is a
Sunday Law? (
click here
for mp3 of Q&A 486-488)
* Why
do you say the “one
man” in Isaiah 4:1 is
Jesus? (
click here
for mp3 of Q&A 489-492)
Is the 501c3 a mystery? Or do the church leader really know what they're doing?
Was the "10 Commandments of Climate Change" signed into Law?
I
don't need a church or a
Sabbath day to worship God
(
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for mp3 of Q&A 489-492)
Strangest claim I've ever heard regarding "the Lord's Day" in Revelation 1:10
The
Bible says everyone will
have the mark (
click here
for mp3 of Q&A
497-500)
#401 Shall I stone my mom for not Keeping Sabbath?
How come the OT punishments such as stoning or failing to keep Sabbath enforced today? Verses like the following tend to be used often.
Exodus 35:2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord : whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
How would you answer someone who flippantly says, "should I put my mother to death for breaking the Sabbath?" God bless.
ANSWER:
Most Old Testament occurrences that were done in a blunt manner, are today done in a spiritual manner and most due to people never opening a Bible or ignoring the truth they know is in there will have their blunt judgment come forth in a future manner.
For example, when a man or woman committed adultery they were stoned to death in the Old Testament so as to better illustrate the absolute insanity and danger of sin when mankind was blessed with the chance to live forever. Of all people the Israelites knew full well what God’s command was on such things. They literally had men like Moses and the prophets guiding them every step of the way. They even taught their sons that by age 12 memorized the first five books of the Bible or Torah as most call it today.
When our merciful Saviour Jesus arrived he taught us how to forgive and forget. Still, if the person refuses to stop their sin, they will still have to pay the “blunt” price for their sin later on. However, today this is usually not executed by the hand of man, unless of course you consider the death penalty for murderers in some nations of the world.
In other words; if a man or woman commit adultery now, they are not stoned to death immediately. Since Christ came as Messiah all of mankind has the option to confess and repent as well as accept Christ’s death on the cross. However, if they chose not to repent of their sin all the way up to the time they eventually die a natural death. That un-confessed and therefore un-forgiven sin will be unto them a just and permanent damnation. Later at the resurrection of the wicked, which is at the end of the 1000 years, they will be put to death by God in a very blunt manner. Just as everyone looked upon the man or women in the Old Testament that was being stoned to death for adultery, all the Saints within the City of New Jerusalem will look upon those that are graphically put to death in hellfire at the end of the 1000 years for their sin of spiritual adultery. So the punishment is still just as blunt today as it ever was. Only now it comes after they refuse every gentle and loving nudge to repent from the Lord that died for them 2000 years ago.
The stoning in the Old Testament can be seen today as a proleptic event that will happen in the future to many billions of people as well as to Satan and his cohorts. In other words, as it happened back then, it will happen in the end. The stoning of the Old Testament is the symbolic example of what the Bible calls the “second death” that occurs at the end of the 1000 years.
#402 What is the pomegranate on the High Priest's robe?
Please.. I'm reading about the High Priest's garment. And what exactly is the pomegranate on the robe. Isnt that a fruit? I'm trying to look it up but only getting the fruit. Thank you. Sorry this is a dumb question.
ANSWER
Yes, you’re correct, the pomegranate is a fruit. It’s actually a little larger than an apple. Inside the fruit are a large number of seeds encased in little bags of juice that is both sweet and bitter at the same time.
Do you recall the parable Christ shared in Luke chapter eight regarding the sower of seeds? It says in Luke 8:11 that “…The seedis the word of God."And each one of those pomegranates was a little basket of seeds.
I looked online and found that the amount of seeds in the pomegranate can vary anywhere from 200 to 1200 seeds in each fruit. Kind of reminds me of another parable of Christ regarding how He generously distributes blessed talents unto His obedient people who love Him as David loved Him wherein they are a people after God’s own heart. Hence the reason they are depicted in prophecy as His bride.
As we also know being students of prophecy, the colors here are very obvious. The blood red juice of the pomegranate represents the blood of Christ, and the many seeds obviously point to how His Word is jam packed with precious seeds of love, truth and promise. And yes, quite often doing this work for the Lord as well as simply walking in His truth can be a bitter sweet experience. Hence the reason for the juice’s flavor being that is it both bitter and sweet at the same time.
#403 Am I in sin if those I share truth with don't understand? Is it my fault?
Ifwe are talking to someone about the coming of the Lord and about the Sabbath, and they are adamant about the way they were taught, is it because we are not fully in righteousness ourselves that we cant reach them? Because you said in the past two sermons ago. That "If you are in sin, then it's going to be your fault they fall." I dont want to be the cause for anyone I speak to or send information to fall, or to push them away from the Lord.
ANSWER
This is why I do not take my calling lightly. I make very sure all that I present from a pulpit, video, audio, tract, webpage or book that the truth I present can be 100% backed with the Bible. If I am not 100% sure on any given topic I will not speak on it until I am.
Still.. if you do not know you are doing a sinful act, and someone sees it and is lured to emulate you because they know you're a strong Christian, you will not be held accountable for twice in His Word the Lord declares He “winks at our times of ignorance.” In other words, if you do not know something is sinful, you are not judged as in sin even if someone else follows your lead. But the moment the Holy Spirit reveals the sin to you, and you still choose to do it, then it is sin for you, and unless you repent you will be judged unworthy.
To go into a bit more detail on this. Notice what Jesus said this in John 15:22. He said, "If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin."
In other words, if Jesus had not come 2000 years ago and explained the truth to the religious leaders of the day, who He knew for a fact understood it as they were teachers of the Word and He can obviously read their hearts; and since they heard the truth and had no rebuke for it, for as we also know Jesus often left them speechless when they came against Him. They knew what He said was truth and since they chose to ignore it anyway and even speak out against Him to try and pull people away, they no longer had a cloke for their sin, or as the Word says in Acts 17:30 and 1 Timothy 1:13 they no longer had the option to claim God will wink at their ignorance because they were no longer ignorant.
When the latter rain falls and we go forth in the refreshing of it, we will be given words no man can refute. And so they too will have no cloke for their sin if they choose to ignore the present truth we preach via the three angels message and then receive the mark of the beast because they could not handle losing their jobs or homes when they cannot buy and sell. And then not long after that happens and the death decree is put forth, those that stood firm may cave when the guillotines are brought out of mothballs. They will receive the mark out of fear of losing their lives and so their sin remains on them as well.
That all being said, when you go to share the truth about the Sabbath and they refuse to believe you, no, that is not your fault at all. That is their problem now. You did your duty as a Christian and you will be blessed for it. And be prepared sister. Most people will not believe you. I have seen countless souls laugh at the truth I presented to them the last 35+ years and it can get to you yes. But it won’t stop you. Take Noah as a perfect example for “our day” as Jesus said. Every person on earth that were alive at the start of the flood denied Noah’s message to repent and prepare for the flood. Only 8 souls were in that ark; and to this day Noah was called “a preacher of righteousness” in 2 Peter 2:5.
Bythe way, when people reject the truth about the law you need to walk away. Notice this… Titus 3:9-10 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. (10) A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
The reason it says first AND second admonition, and this is merely my humble opinion based on past experiences, but there were times wherein I shared truth with someone and I did not try to share the truth about the law a second time because of the way they attacked when hearing the first admonition.
No, that still doesn’t mean they are guaranteed hellfire because the Lord will send someone else after you did your duty. Quite often people come to the truth after hearing it from multiple sources. And so don’t keep trying with the same person over and over again because it is obvious they cannot hear what you’re saying. Again, that’s not your fault. They simply cannot see it as the truth yet. Just back away and pray the Lord sends someone else to give them more seeds or even water the seeds you planted in them. But, if you keep trying over and over again the Lord will not be happy with you. He needs you to walk away so someone else can walk up and He needs you to go to the next person He is sending your way.
#404 Should we buy gold, silver or bitcoin to survive the coming economic crash?
Pastor Nic Got a question There is a man on Youtube wherein His channel is all about the coming economic crash and he says we should buy bit coin and silver and gold As a believer in The Laws of God and the saving gospel should we buy bitcoin and silver and Gold as a hedge to depression and a crash .
ANSWER:
I’ve seen this man you're talking about before and he’s always talking like this. Yes the economy will soon change, and there will be civil war. But as student of prophecy we know of this and so we prepare our faith to be able to stand in Jesus. In fact, when Jesus returns; life will be somewhat normal for many even though the plagues have fallen because the prophecy clearly says that people will be building, marrying and given in marriage just as they were in Noah’s day right before the flood.
Satan uses fear a lot. And if he can get people trusting his fearful words they will take their eyes off of Jesus just as Peter did when he walked on water. We all need to learn how to keep the faith and trust that our Lord will care us just as He did for the people in the desert for 40 years, Daniel in the lions den, Shadrach, Meshach and Abedneo in the furnace of fire and then us in the last days just to name a few. Satan loves to place scary things before the eyes of Christians hoping he can supersede the promised peace Jesus gives us in the heart.
Jesus said in John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
When I see guys like this doom and gloom preacher I just ignore them. As a pastor I must set an example and so many years ago I cashed in the silver rounds I collected over the years. I didn’t have many, and it wouldn’t have sustained me and my wife for very long at all, but just having it showed I was not trusting the Lord. And so I got rid of them and prayed. I asked the Lord, if I need to have some silver I will wait on you to send it. I will not go to buy it. Strangely enough, not long after that prayer, a few people who had no idea that I cashed in my silver sent me some silver rounds and strangely enough it was around the same amount I had already cashed in. And so I hold on to them because now I know it was from the Lord.
Still, this is not to say anyone would be in sin if they bought silver and gold. It depends on what they plan to do with it of course. Some may use it to sustain life during an economic crash and that can be seen as no big deal. Some may have a lot of silver and gold who plan to help those they know will do a work for the Lord with it and that would be good as well. But for those that stash it in the hopes of riding out the buy and sell days or even the days of the death penalty; what did the Lord tell the people when He prophesied about something that would happen to Jerusalem 40 years after He ascended back to Heaven?
Matthew 24:15-18 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) (16) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: (17) Let him which is on the housetop notcome down to take any thing out of his house: (18) Neitherlet him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
In other words, just as the people in the desert had to learn to trust the Lord for their daily bread and everything else that came with being in a desert for 40 years, the people in 70AD had to trust the Lord as well. Going back for your provisions, cash or even all that a preper may have stashed shows the Lord they had much more faith in their own abilities to fend for themselves than they did in His promise to care for them. And when the time comes for us to flee, we too must trust the Lord to provide for absolutely everything from clothes, shelter, food and water. For the prophecy is plain in Isaiah 33:16 that "He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure."
#405 David Gates' video Saved me (Received May 02, 2019)
Hello Sir, I saw a recent video on David Gates. I am sending this message to say if it wasn’t for David Gates video I never would have awoken to the reality that is now and the state of the SDA church. I know many who bear the same story and have led many of us to ministries such as yourself and deep bible conviction of present day truth. I praise God every day for placing Gate’s message in my heart, to the saving of my soul.
ANSWER:
What you’re actually saying is that men like Harold Camping who made his predictions of the end of the world in 2012 and so many others before and after him that set dates, who have been proven to have failed in prophecy, we should praise God that such men helped people “wake up?” That's not possible dear one. False prophecy or even simple lies can never bring people closer to Christ UNLESS those lies open their eyes to how evil the person on the pulpit actually was and then I can see what you mean here after that false prophecy moves them to leave the church as prophecy said the remnant of her seed will and have already started doing.
The sad thing here is that David Gates also used Vatican definitions to predict a prophecy that we in the true remnant church saw as inevitable since Rome took the church for her own decades ago. We saw this coming so much so that I posted the original video on December 15 declaring David Gates was a false prophet at that time because Christian prophecy cannot be changed.
Defending this man and even claiming his false prophecy will bring people closer to Christ is not possible. Only truth can cut the heart. False prophecies will however make those that find comfort in lies sink deeper into their rebellion so as to finally come to a place in their hearts that claim Christian prophecy is a joke. I have already seen many leave the SDA church to join the world due to their apostate fruits of their leaders. And so, it is to be expected some still in will defend it.
What every SDA member missed long before Gates even started setting dates is that he and 100% of every pastor in the SDA church are disobedient to the Lord on many counts and their rebellion has moved them all to become false prophets on the doctrinal end as well as some like David Gates on the prophetic end. They missed a basic prophecy about the image of the beast that even a babe in the remnant church can see.
What I mean is, Gates and every other SDA minister, pastor and GC rep have joined in a government contract with the second beast of Revelation (USA) decades ago. Perhaps you’ve heard of it? It’s called the 50c13 tax free contract that converts the church into an official government agency as per President George W Bush’s pen on March 07, 2006 in his long expected executive order. But even though many of us in the true remnant church tried to warn the dear SDA people about this in the same way Jeremiah did in his day, they ignored all the warnings and even attacked us for loving them enough to tell them the truth. And since the SDA church dug in their heels of rebellion and remained under the 501c3 contract after President Bush gave it an executive lifespan; as of December 02, 2017 that Executive Order became permanent US Law which then legally defined all SDA churches as government agencies with the ability to lobby religious law via their newly confirmed Government agents, or pastors as some SDA's still call them.
Why is the 501c3 such a big deal you ask? Look into the structure of the Bill that Lyndon Johnson originally set up back in 1954 as per prophetic fact. I’ve done quite a few videos and a long write up on this on my site if you’re interested. That structure is clear. The only way to get a 501c3 tax ID# in the USA or any other nation which offers the church and ministry expenses become tax free, the church and or ministry must first INCORPORATE with the State. That means, they must join their church or ministry with the State in the exact same way the Vatican joined Vatican City with the Roman Catholic church. The churches in America must be a church & state entity just as the prophecy said all false prophets will do. And as we know by looking into prophecy again, each time the mark of the beast is mentioned we see the word "worship" right there with it confirming two things. #1 it is a religious law. #2 all American pastors can now lobby to pass that religious law.
And so.. even before Gates set his date we knew in the remnant church that he was a false prophet be it doctrinally or prophetic. For we know a prophet can be defined in both ways. In his case however it is obviously prophetic for the most part. Christian prophecy is no joke. It is extremely accurate. But it can only be understood by the obedient remnant who obey the God that wrote it.
My only hope is that the SDA people wake up and clamor to the side of Jesus Christ for if they did so as much as they seek to defend their apostate leaders, it would be a blessing unto all and literally millions would be readied for the return of the Lord.
#406 You're Wrong Nicholas. Ezekiel 46: 1 teachs a Lunar Sabbath!
I have read your article on the "Lunar Sabbath" and found a great deal of misunderstanding and misinformation. How do you explain Ezekiel 46:1 Thank you (looking for truth only)
ANSWER:
Please do the “line upon line.. precept upon precept.. and hear a little there a little” before allowing anyone and this includes your pastor, to create a doctrine for you. We are in the last days when many false prophets will do exactly as prophesied when it comes to fabricating doctrines and creeds. If you read Ezekiel 46:1-3 it says this is what that verse really says..
Ezekiel 46:1-3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. (2) And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. (3) Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.
This is where the Lunar Sabbath people are being confused. It is clear here as well as in Leviticus 23 verses 23-38 that the new moons and the weekly Sabbath are separate events. That is why Ezekiel said what he did about the Sabbath "AND" the day of the new moon. I highligthed the word "and" for you in yellow in the passage so as to clarify the context for you.
The pastors and preachers leading the charge of this false doctrine claim the moon alone dictates the Sabbath when the Bible clearly says it only dictates the feast days. There is a major difference between a feast day or annual Sabbath and the weekly seventh day Sabbath. For those that teach such things to use the annual and weekly as if they are one in the same is how some use the ordinances of Moses and the Ten Commandments to claim they too are one in the same and we all know how that isn't true. In fact I made a video showing the Biblical and prophesied differences between the two.
This happens when those with little light cherry pick verses without proper Bible study so as to build a doctrine they can run with to gain notoriety. But according to Isaiah 28:9,10 that is not how doctrine is defined. This is how doctrine is to be defined. Isaiah said, "Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. (10) For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:"
As also prophesied, most people today ignore this bible instruction of doctrinal defintion because they all wonder after the beast in Rome. They build doctrines like this on a regular basis so as to keep the people under control. And so you are in grave danger if you allow the preacher, teacher or pastor to have the final say when it comes to something so easily confirmed in the Bible.
As for your claiming I shared “misinformation;” I completely forgive you because you no doubt thought you were correct in your findings and so you felt your duty was to help me see the light. But the truth from the Lord is what we the remnant people of God seek after and not that which man claims to define no matter how educated they may be. If they canot back it up with a thus saith the Lord, then we are not interested in it. Sure, there are times we all need help in Scripture and so we ask for help from those like minded brethren that are wiser than us. But even then, if they cannot back up what they say with a thus saith the Lord, then we in the remnant church will not trust it until the Lord's Word speaks on it.
By the way, I posted many Biblical proofs on the Lunar Sabbath page showing what the preachers of Lunar Sabbath claim is not Bible truth. So far every leader in the movment has been unable to rebuke that page because I let the Lord speak in volumes on that page, as I do on all my pages. What amazes me is how the lunar Sabbath proponents always ignore the verses I present that they cannot refute. Instead of stepping back to restudy their doctrine now that verses are presented showing they are mistaken, they choose rather to find new verses to put forth out of context? That is a very telling fruit, for it was prophesied that all the world wonders after the beast in Rome who does the same thing. The demons that control Rome and their Pagan dogma that fosters worship of the sun, moon and stars are the exact same demons pushing everything from the lunar Sabbath to flat earth today. I have prayed for you, and I hope your eyes are opened to see His hand move VERY soon. When it does, email me if you can.
#407 You're wrong Nicholas! The Holy Spirit is not a person!
Hi Nick.
I was watching a you tube video of yours about the Holy spirit being a person. Please see the Face book page of XXXXXX. Uriah Smith as well as Ellen White mentioned that the Holy spirit is not a person. I am not hear to knock you, brother but to show you the other side. It is only for correction. Trust all is well with your soul, and carry on with the good work.
ANSWER:
First and foremost, thank you for your concern for me dear brother, but have you seen my videos about the way the SDA leaders got caught red-handed changing Ellen White’s writings? They have been caught removing truth she declared and added falsehoods they fabricated. They are actually the ones that started the false doctrine about the Holy Spirit to get people to blaspheme as well as fall from the path many years ago. In fact Satan tried this false doctrine back when the Pioneers were alive. But after the truth was clearly presented on it, all of them recanted. And if I ever get the data back from someone I know on the West Coast, I will post how they recanted in writing. There is also evidence in Spirit of prophecy that this false doctrine on the Godhead would show up again near the end, and so it has.
Some of the many false prophets in our day recently started out first by claiming Jesus wasn’t God either so as to garner souls in their camp. But when the leaders in the SDR movment got wind of it, we went forth with MANY Bible verses they never shared with their people. After their pews started to empty they quickly changed their false doctrine and decided to only twist the truth on the Holy Spirit from that day forward assuming there was no way to effectvely correct them seeing how this doctrine is so meaty it can be used to confuse the people. But not only are theremany verses that say the Holy Spirit is a an actual person in the Word of God that they won’t share or even comment on when asked about them, there are many statements from Ellen White herself in her original unedited writings that say there are three separate persons in the Godhead. And the only reason I stated that was because the majority of these preachers prefer to only use SDA Pioneers and Ellen White as their basis of evidence. They used to use Scripture, but when it was placed back in context in videos and online studies, they stopped and started to use the edited Spirit of Prophecy books alone.
Now I don't usually do this, but since the question was asked and a falsehood was presented regarding Ellen White's definition of the Godhead, here is just one of many statements that have been removed from her books by the SDA leaders regarding the Biblical Godhead. She said this in 1905.
"There are three living persons of the heavenly trio; in the name of these three great powers --the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit--those who receive Christ by living faith are baptized, and these powers will co-operate with the obedient subjects of heaven in their efforts to live the new life in Christ.-- Special Testimonies, Series B, No. 7, pp. 62, 63. (1905) (Clickhere for a few more quotes)
And no, that is NOT Trinity preaching. The Vatican Trinity says there is only ONE God in three persons. Like a god blob with three heads on it. That is exactly how this new SDA movement is preaching but with a well hidden twist on it so as to make it appear they aren't following after the beast in Rome when that is exactly what they're doing here.
Truth is, those that say the Holy Spirit isn’t a person are actually preaching the Vatican Trinity using a new name. The devil knows the zeal of the people he confuses and so he offers them what they think is “new light” to make them feel as if they discovered a hidden truth they can run with for recognition; and so instead of preaching present truth to ready the people for the coming of the Lord, which Satan fears, these people are moved by Satan to fill their hearts with pride assuming they are new leaders in a prophesied movement when all they're doing is preaching the exact same trinity of Rome under a new name as if it’s present truth and ALL of them will be unready for the coming of the Lord if they don't stop this silliness and get to work preaching the real present truth. Because nowhere from Genesis to Revelation does it say their message is what Christ would have them preach to prepare the people for the coming of the Lord.
And just so you know, I am only sharing what I am sharing now because you place a new slant on the question. As many aready know, I no longer discuss this false dogma because I have many studies online that are massive and I even posted 2 recorded events wherein we shared the facts with many people like your leaders in an online conference wherein they could not respond to the Bible verses we presented before many witnesses. The Lord moved me to do this so as to show those being led astray how their leaders could not confirm their theology using the Bible. We even shared unedited SOP references and sadly, they got very angry with us to the point we had to put an end to the meeting. And yes, their angry words were also recorded in that meeting. How on earth is that the Spirit of a loving God I ask? If they have the truth as they claim, why do they get so angry and lash out at those that have Bible verses they cannot refute that show they are in error? Do a study on why the Pharisees hated Jesus Christ and His followers and you will know why they get so angry.
The main reason I stopped discussing this is because no matter how many Bible verses I give to prove the theology is wrong, the leaders ignore verses and come up with another twisted verse to say “what if this verse says otherwise" and so I am done. I was actually in prayer about this a few weeks ago and the Lord revealed I need not do a new sermon series on this topic as I was considering as I already have a TON of verses to back the truth and these poor souls have NOT ONE in context Bible verse to back theirs. We must let the Bible speak for itself now because all other means have been exhausted. Some people just don't want to see it and we cannot force them.
I hope you look deeper into this as I have many Bible verses and unedited SOP references confirming all I just said and a whole lot more on a few pages on my site, of which most if not all are linked out via my trinity page wherein I not only expose the Vatican Trinity, I also show all the Bible verses to back up the truth in a passage your leaders are actually saying should be removed from the KJV Bible. It's gotten that bad that because their creed is exposed by the Bble, they decided to remove that Bible verse. And that Bible verse is 1 John 5:7, which says, "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." And the reason it says they are "one" is because just as Jesus said a man and his wife are one, so is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit one in agreement with what all the truth that is written in those 66 books we call the Bible.
As for anything Uriah Smith says, he fell off the path later in life and so it's hard to lock down when the enemy was moving his pen because we cannot read hearts. He may have been off the path years before anyone saw it openly. Therefore, I do not trust his work at all. I don't read it, discuss it or even comment on it.
PS.. Please send me the quotes you have that claim Ellen White said what you claim. I will make a video about this so as to show how the SDA church started this false doctrine by editing her real books to that end. -- Sadly, I must report that this poor and precious soul never emailed me back with any quotes from Ellen White on this. And i've been waiting since May 31, 2019.
#408 I still declare myself SDA
Let me tell you one thing brother. I have no SDA in my family or circle of friends. My fiance's grandma planted the seed and i asked directly to God to lead me and he did. he him self showed me the truth of the sabbath and i learned so much..
now i was sorta raised catholic but i considered my self atheist. So as i read God's Word God impressed me to find a church who kept his law and was his church welp.... i asked him you want me to now attend to a church and I know in my heart want to get baptized. He said search by the church that keeps the true sabbath and that is the true church of mine.
So i googled churches in my location ... and the only one what popped up that kept the true Sabbath was the SDA church and when i got there i felt his glory and presence and i criedd.. actually i bawled my eyes out..
I could not stop crying and he said to me my daughter you are home. Now i went through my own experience as the pastor does not preach the truth ect. And I know the SDA church is under the lgbt church agenda deal. And welp as i read the word God it said the true harvest will be established many in my church and outside the SDA church and the humble and less knowledgeable who dont have a theological degree or what ever they have they wont be the ones to preach the last gospel but those who are the most poor in things but rich in spirit. So i will continue to call my self a SDA as God leads me... many in our church will sell us out but that doesn't mean the fundamental truth this church has been gifted by God and the little light ellen g white is not true. It is very true.... and we can see things happening before our eyes.... God bless brother... fyi... i know my membership is with heaven not with a church... after being baptized i left the SDA church and so i listen to certain pastors Gods tells me to leads me through his holy spirit .... and he will continue to lead us all of us.
ANSWER:
Dear sister, please do a study on
the early Christian church and how
the Lord used only home churches
to start the Christian movement in
the days the Apostles went forth
and how in the end times He will
again only use home churches to
protect the remnant movement due
to the same persecution seen 2000
years ago. And by the way, the
term "remnant of her seed" is
rather blunt in prophecy for a
reason dear sister.
And just so you know. We only call
ourselves the Seventh Day Remnant
people in our church because as
many poor souls have discovered,
the SDA church will sue you and
even jail you if you use the SDA
name in your church work. We know
of one family in Texas that found
this out the hard way.
If you look deeply into our message you see will that the SDR church actually is the SDA church in it's final prophesied format along with her infant zeal. We adhere 100% with the ORIGINAL SDA statement of faith. I did a video titled "SDAchanged Statement of Faith" back in May of 2019 that confirms the prophesied declaration from in Revelation 12:17 which is, "And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."
The dragon is angry with the SDA church because of what she did during the prophesied 9th hour, which as we know was during her early years wherein her prophetic voice and adherence to God's law exposed the false churches and especially the Roman Catholic church. But the prophecy here is plain, the devil is no longer making war with the SDA church because as we all know, they have fallen into the arms of Rome and now walk in obedience to Satan. Satan is now making war with us, the remnant of her seed because as also prophesied we picked up from where she left off.
When the obedient people of God in the SDA church eventually see the truth as many already have, they too will leave and discover that the SDR people kept the truth intact all along. And so, this is also why we changed our name. For calling oneself SDA in today's world can be an issue if you are one seeking to share your faith as is your duty, to do so for if you declare yourself SDA and you move a precious soul into the truth, they will naturally join an SDA church just like you did. But they may never come to leave the church as you did and that can cause a soul to lose salvation. For Revelation 18-15 is plain.
In today's world using the SDA church name has many issues that we as obedient Christians simply cannot condone. But to keep this short I will only list 8 of these issues.
#1, the SDA name is now
synonymous with apostasy and open
sin
#2, the SDA church pastors are a
church & state "image of the
beast" church. (501c3)
#3, the SDA church defends the
Pope and declares him no longer
Antichrist
#4, the SDA church openly
embraces, supports and even funds
homosexuality
#5, the SDA church declares Allah
is the Christian God
#6, the SDA church has ordianed
women pastors and GC leaders
#7, the SDA church has dozens of
Sunday keeping churches
#8, the SDA church embraces all
the Pagan holidays of Rome in the
exact same way they do.
I can go on for quite some time on
this as I have a lot more info
confirming all this listed at SDAapostasy.org
proving the SDA church is no
longer an SDA church as it was
originally founded. They literally
created a brand new denomination
using the old name. The SDR church
on the other hand were given a new
name and declared to be the
"remnant of her seed" and
therefore blessed of God with a
well-lit path before us.
And so again.. You can declare
yourself an SDA in private circles
as some in the remnant church will
understand your reasons for doing
so as your godly zeal is very
apparent dear sister. But, in the
world, to declare yourself SDA to
all the uneducated people you hope
to evangelize, no. For they will
eventually discover the truth and
your witness will be soiled by the
SDA's apostate fruit. You may do
more harm than good.
And since the SDR truth is now global and most also know the SDA people are known as an apostate church, we can finally go forth in truth to help souls in need using the SDR name. After all, you never know who you're preaching to. The truth is that you may come across a child of God who knows how evil the SDA church is and they will walk away from you to seek the SDR church instead the moment you state you're SDA. Worse yet, if you were to show the good fruit I know you have unto them and then declare yourself to be SDA, they may get confused and join the apostate church thinking they are safe like you and instead be forever lost by ignoring the commond of Christ in Revelation. So be very careful on how you identify yourself to those precious souls the Lord will send your way.
#409 Why are you so against keeping the feast days?
Dear Nicholas, I simply do not understand why you feel we need not keep the feast days anymore?
ANSWER:
I am not going to share dozens upon dozens of Old and New Testament Bible verses to back why I preach as I do regarding feast days in this email as I have already done that on my feastday page as well as the abolishedat the cross page which I linked out for you in this email. I pray you look into those studies to see the verses your pastor seems unable to share with you. Perhaps he knows in so doing you will have quite a few questions he will never be able to answer.
But I do believe the Lord would have me share this with you. In fact, this came to me as I was in prayer about such questions as this. Just as the Jews used their “chosen people of God” claim over the people for eons, and for quite a while it was true and caused them to have real power from on High. When they rejected Christ we know they lost their favored nation status in the Lord as it was then transferred to the Christians. That act of God moved them under the guidance of Satan to crave the power they used to have over the people by any means necessary.
Now I am not going to get into all the verses in the New Testament that show how they attacked Jesus and then later the Apostles out of fear they were losing their power over the people because most Christians already know that as common knowledge today. But what most Christians fail to see today is that they also seek to do the same with the modern day Christians as they did in the early Christian church for there are billions of people now claiming Christ Lord. Satan knows how he has soiled their hearts with pride of power and so this is why the ordinances have come back into the church via a few false shepherds. When we look back we see that Paul had to deal with the Jews seeking to gain control again by demanding the Gentiles needed to be circumcised as well as keep the feast days and so it is today.
2000 years ago the Jews started denominational schisms by seeking out groups of new Christians by infiltrating them and claiming some must now follow Paul, some Apollos and some Cephas. Splitting them up like this allowed for some to adhere to circumcision and some to keeping the old ceremonies that we know were abolished as the cross. And so Paul had much extra work to do as we know.
Today, 2000 years later, the very same demon's are at work but now they are using different players. Today we see many false shepherds are out there bowing to Satan’s lies wherein they get some people to declare we must keep feasts days, some declare Jesusisn’t God and some even declare theHoly Spirit doesn’t exist. All these false doctrines bring about the exact same one God theology of the Jewish nation back into the Christian church and therefore the Jews that have been under Satan's control for 2000 years with abject hatred of Jesus Christ, can once again stand at the head of the church. For quite some time they did this in a stealthy manner by simply garnering the trust of polticial leaders who openly declare from Christian nations like the USA that the Jews are still the chosen people of God when the Bible says they are not.
The Jews who hate Christ have now seen their lies grow in acceptance all over the world to the point that right now many people claiming to be Christians actually see the need for a third temple. Can you believe that?! That not only grants the Jews a massive upper hand once again, it declares Jesus Christ was not Messiah. To have a third temple means sacrifices must begin again which then declares what Jesus did for us 2000 years ago was not THE long prophesied sacrifice of salvation. And since many believe Jesus isn't God now, the Holy Spirit doesn't exist, feast days must be kept and a third temple is needed, Satan can now stand as Messiah before billions in the world because once he does that he can garner more control over the few hundred false shepherds who are loyal to Satan's lies and get them to publicly step up claiming they are men of God who can be trusted because the lies they preached for a decade have now come forth as truth because in the age of lying, the truth is no longer believed. And these false shepherds that declare Jesus isn't God or we need to keep the feast days He Himself declared were finished at the cross can now garner many more deceived people into their camp to accept Satan as Messiah.
And just so you know.. If anyone thinks such lies like the ones I just listed that are being preached by these false prophets are lies that won’t be embraced by most Christians; may I remind you of how most Christians today actually believe Sunday is Sabbath, people will live for eternity in hellfire, there is a secret rapture, a seven year tribulation and some even believe in a flat earth as well as the trinity lie of Rome without so much as a single in context Bible verse to back any of it up.
The only reason people declare feast days and a third temple are needed is because Christ is risen and Christ will come again. And so Satan will do all he can to confuse that basic fact in the eyes, ears and hearts of those that refuse to study their Bibles.
#410 Catholic declares I don't understand the Church's true method of Exorcism
I testify to this, first hand. Even in other countries... Again, first hand. Catholic exorcism is real. You are believing lies or may have a prejudice against exorcisms
ANSWER:
I was a devout Catholic for 29 years wherein we went to Mass every holy day of obligation. The last few years I went to mass daily, said the rosary daily, taught Catholic doctrine, and even stood on the platform with the priest as a Eucharistic minister. The Lord showed me more about Catholicism than my Monsignor knew as I went into an in depth Bible study to shut up people I declared to be Catholic bashers. They were not part of my study hour, I did this on my own and so I had absolutely no outside influence in finding what I found that led me out of the church. All I needed was a Bible. After doing my studies I asked my Monsignor about the differences between the Bible and the Catholic creed, he literally told me to stop reading the Bible. And so I decided to leave the church because I now had a source of absolute truth as a means to expose error that is so prevelant in so many different denominations.
I did notice while still a
Catholic however that some people
that had demons were never healed
by any Catholic prayer or any
priest who claimed to have a
calling or a specialty in such
things. But after I left the
Catholic church, and just to name
a few that come to mind, I have
seen people get off death beds,
broken bones go back under the
flesh, paralyzed spines heal
within minutes, two holes in the
heart of a baby closed wherein it
shocked the doctors, brain damage
reversed miraculously which again
shocked some doctors, toothache
pains disappear in an instant,
deaf ears open and the dumb tongue
loosed and even the pain of burned
flesh stop immediately after
prayer. And just so you know, I
have also seen demons literally
come out of children and adults
with just one single prayer.
I have also seen many people come
out of the church due to the truth
the Lord has blessed me to share
as well as one nun and a mother
superior that left the church. But
they were open to the truth and,
even though it took much study for
them to find it as it did for me,
and especially with the nuns,
truth won their hearts and they
are blessed to this day with the
perfect peace of Jesus.
Sir, I will not make up stories to
make myself or my claims appear
valid as it was Jesus Christ
Himself and not me that did all
those things and I saw them
clearly right before my eyes as
did many witnesses that were
always with me as we prayed. More
than once before an entire church
family we have seen His hand move
like this. And so I know what you
speak of regarding the Catholic
excorcism is not the truth at all
for how can Satan cast out Satan
as Jesus stated in Matthew 12:26.
And no, I am not calling you evil.
I am however duty bound to expose
your priests as they are quite
evil for they not only admit in
writing to embrace and teach Pagan
dogma, they perform ancient Pagan
rituals on a regular basis
confirming them to be against the
God of the Bible.
When Jesus does the work we ask Him to do for us or a loved one in need, the child of God is blessed by Jesus and gains perfect peace deep within each and every time. But when the Catholic priest does it using the incantations of we now have documented proof are of Satan, the precious soul is locked deeper into Catholicism and never experiences real peace or salvation. Nor is the exorcism ever succesful with one prayer. In fact some takes years. And each time the priest comes to the home to spill what he claims to be holy water and recite repetative prayer which is directly against the God of the Bible as Jesus declared in in His sermon on the mount recorded in Matthew 6:7, each time the priest does this he expects payment from the family and so besides the Bible truth wherein when Jesus or even an apostle told a demon to leave in one single statement and they leave immediately, the priest will never claim the person freed from the demon until he has gained enough finanical reward from the family.
Basic reality is, the demons can
only come out of people seeking
Christ. Catholicism is mainly
Paganism and I don't say that to
anger you or any Catholic, I say
that because your Popes and
prelates have admitted it to be
"Paganism baptized" in writing.
Here's just one quote of many to
prove out the truth...
Roman Catholic Cardinal Newman
admits in his book that; the "The
use of temples, and these
dedicated to particular saints,
and ornamented on occasions with
branches of trees; incense, lamps,
and candles; votive offerings on
recovery from illness; holy water;
asylums; holydays and seasons, use
of calendars, processions,
blessings on the fields;
sacerdotal vestments, the tonsure,
the ring in marriage, turning to
the East, images at a later date,
perhaps the ecclesiastical chant,
and the Kyrie Eleison, are all of
pagan origin, and sanctified by
their adoption into the Church.
{374}" -An Essay on The
Development of the Christian
Doctrine John Henry "Cardinal
Newman" p.359
For more quotes, see this... http://www.remnantofgod.org/beastword.htm#babylon
And so, when you read your Bible and you see demons leaving people instantly from their victims, and then look at a Catholic priest making money performing hundreds of exorcisms per victim, using something as simple as common sense one can see that the exorcisms of Rome are nothing short of a money making scheme. In fact, have you ever heard about the 19 year old girl that was demon possessed wherein during a Vatican mass under John Paul II was taken over by the demon and thrased about in the front pew wherein everyone in the building saw her writhing in demonic fury. It just so happened the head exorcist was present that day and not only did that frail little girl toss him back and laugh at his attempts to cast the demon from her, the Pope himself came down to the girl and failed in a very bold manner as well. Check out this short excerpt from the article reporting on this back in September of 2000.
Vatican Exorcism FailsSeptember 12, 2000 08:12 CDT
A British newspaper has reported an unusual encounter with the devil in the Vatican, with Pope John Paul II, himself, attempting an exorcism of a possessed young woman. The Telegraph reported "the Pope carried out an impromptu exorcism on a teenage girl after she began screaming insults in a cavernous voice during an audience in the Vatican City. Despite the Pope's efforts and those of his chief 'Satan-buster,' Fr. Gabriele Amorth, the girl remained possessed. The Devil's voice sneeringly laughed from within her at the Pope's failed attempt to drive him away," said the British news organization. -StaffWriter Sally Suddock
That all being said.. how did Christ and or His apostles cast out demons?
Jesus did it this way:
Mark 1:23-26, "And there was in
their synagogue a man with an
unclean spirit; and he cried out,
Saying, Let us alone; what
have we to do with thee, thou
Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come
to destroy us? I know thee who
thou art, the Holy One of God.
And Jesus rebuked him,
saying, Hold thy peace, and
come out of him. And
when the unclean spirit had torn
him, and cried with a loud voice,
he came out of him."
Paul the apostle did it
this way:
Acts 16:18, "And this did she many
days. But Paul, being grieved,
turned and said to the spirit, I
command thee in the name of Jesus
Christ to come out of her. And he
came out the same hour."
If you do the math.. the Catholic church "rite of exorcism" would take a minimum of 45 to 60 minutes to perform in a church setting the "first" time it is performed upon the victim. When unsuccessful, as they always are; they would repeat the process many times thereafter. A process that often takes many months if the family is poor, and many years if the family is financially blessed. Eventually the priest just gives up out of abject failure and embarrassment and suggests the family seek a psychiatrist, or as is usually the case, the priest gives up when the money from the family runs out. And yes, after all that folderol, the soul is never freed of the demon. But when Jesus or His apostles command the demon out, it comes out "the same hour."
As for your claims that you saw an exorcism "first hand" as you repeated twice in your email. What you don't know is that as a devout Catholic over 35 years ago, I was one that dabbled in the occult. I actually saw demons manifest right before my eyes many times. And there was absoute evidence I was possessed at one tme as well for many witnesses attested to what they saw "in" me at times. And so declaring you saw things "first hand" means nothing to me as I know very well as to how well the fallen angels can manipulate reality to make people believe anything they want.
And, when I accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour back then, all those frequent demonic appareitions ended never to return. It all ended the day Christ came into my life. And so just as I saw the demons cast out of people by one Word from Christ, I too saw the demons leave instantly.
#411 I disagree with your claim we are in the "little time of Jacob's trouble."
I disagree with you Pastor when you say that we are currently in the little time of Jacob's trouble cause one of the factors of the time of trouble crisis is that we will not be able to buy and sell thus fulfilling the latter part of Revelation chapter 13. This obviously has not been fulfilled yet since I have been buying yesterday about four hours after the blessed Bible Hebrew sabbath of God's memorial ended;); and most of the Christians that are currently being killed are probably going to be lost cause they are not sabbath keepers.
ANSWER:
Dear sir, I never said what you assume I said here. The buy and sell issue starts near the end of the little time of trouble. See this timeline when you get time ... https://www.remnantofgod.org/timeline.htm
The fact 165,000 to 200,000 Christians are being killed by Muslims under direction of the Pope in Rome each year confirm this as fact.
You are mistaken in your time table for there is not "little time of Jacob's trouble" mentioned from Genesis to Revelation at all. You're actually mixing two prophetic events into one. The little or early time of trouble and the time of Jacob's trouble. They are two separate events. According to the Bible and how it teaches the means by which to define prophecy, you simply cannot do this.
There is a little time of trouble, which as we know is happening now. Near its end however the buying and selling laws will go forth via the lips of the fake Jesus that Rome declares is the Messiah of the Jew, Christian, Muslim and Buddhist. Not long after that the death decree will be declared and the martyrdom will stop due to an actual date for the deaths of God's people will be set in the same way it was set in Esther's day once all the governments come come together as the ten toes of Daniel's vision confirms.
And by the way, this is why it is also prophesied in SOP that some will seek to kill us before that date comes to fruition, but the angels of God protect the Gideon band. Then we will see that somewhere between plague #6 and 7 the real time of Jacob's trouble begins as the people of God are surrounded and legally slated for death once the decree goes forth with the support of all the nations in agreement with the beast. Just as we see laws passed today, the Bill is passed and a date is set later on for its enforcement. But as we know, the only ones that will die that day are those that surround the Gideon band. (See 1SG pp201-209)
And as for the Christians martyrs
dying now that are Sunday keepers.
They are dying for the faith they
have in Jesus to the best of their
ability. Many of them will gain
Heaven because as it is declared
TWICE in the Word, the Lord's
WINKS at their time of ignorance.
And they died believing Sabbath
was Sunday just as many of us
believed before the Lord revealed
His law to us. That's all they
knew at the time of their deaths
and so they were not in sin. For
it is written twice:
Acts 17:30 And the times of this
ignorance God winked at;
but now commandeth all men every
where to repent:
1 Timothy 1:13 Who was before a
blasphemer, and a persecutor, and
injurious: but I obtained
mercy, because I did it
ignorantly in unbelief.
None can say say they are
guaranteed Hellfire if they are
sinning a sin they never knew to
be sin. Like the thief on the
cross, the truth they understood
is what they embraced and they
were blessed for it. For if
unknown sin was deadly as you
claim, then the man of God chosen
to herald the great reformation in
the 6th hour, who was Martin
Luther, is damned to hell as are
all those Catholics that left the
Catholic church to follow Christ
via Luther's message. And this is
besides the fact that his work was
prophesied to bless God's people
and glorify the Lord by Jesus
Himself in Matthew 20:1-7.
Prophetic fact is, it is AFTER the mark is enforced that the only people that are guaranteed damnation are those ignorning the present truth about the Sabbath being the seal of God and Sunday being the mark of the beast. When the Loud Cry goes forth after the refreshing of the Latter Rain, the sermons, tracts, books and declarations from the obedient people of God will be so clearly spoken that no man can claim they never knew what the mark was. They can lie to themselves, yes. And many will, as that has been the norm for decades already. But the God that reads hearts knows for a fact they clearly understood God's obedient people when they warned them about the mark.
And just so you know, the Sabbath is not a HEBREW Sabbath my friend. The angels kept the Sabbath long before a Jew was ever even born. You would do well to stop echoing what the Vatican started preaching in the second century so as to move the Christians towards a Sunday Sabbath. They claimed it is a "Jewish Sabbath" But how can that be when Psalms 103:20 says, "Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word."
#412 How long is a little season?
Hiwhen the wicked are raised and satan is loosed for a little season and since there are four seasons in the world, would the time be around 120 years i was asked this question i know a day for a year is Ezekiel 4:6 and Numbers 14:34. Let me know if this is right. See you for Sabbath tonight God Bless
ANSWER:
There isn't a locked down definition for "a season" other than what we see in Hebrews 11:25 that when speaking of Moses it says, "Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;" We know he was 40 years old when he fled Egypt as per Acts 7:23 which says, "And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel."
But the way Paul puts it, he is not saying the "season" would be only accounting for the 40 years Moses was in Egypt because had he chose to stay in Egypt and not murder the man he would have been reveling in Egyptian sinfulness much longer than 40 years. And so I would have to conclude then that a "season" would equal an actual lifetime. When doing my Revelation symbols study some years ago I looked at all 55 verses with the word "season" in it and only Hebrews 11:25 gave a clear enough definition. But when it comes to the wicked raising to life again before being burned to ash in the "strange act" of our God wherein hellfire destroys them all at the end of the 1000 years, it says in Revelation 20:3 that Satan and his followers will only live "a little season" before turning to ash and so it's any man's guess as to how long that is since I see nary a single Bible verse to define it. Basic reality is this; since we the obedient remnant people of God will have been already living in heaven for 1000 years by the time the wicked are raised up, we will know exactly how long their "little season" would be as studying the Word that long on a daily basis will no doubt grant us much more wisdom than we could ever imagine here on earth. But still, after 1000 years of Bible study.. would we care how long they will live and surround the city?
What I mean is, they could lay siege to the New Jerusalem for a million years for all I care and it still wouldn't bother in the slightest because after 1000 years of Bible study and walking closely with Christ the Author of the truth, our understanding would be perfect. Even now, before we have all that study behind us we know they will die when they decide to take a single step towards the city as a structured armed force against us. One step is all it would take for them to declare war because our God knows their hearts and the reasons for stepping forth, and so I am sure that war will end in a mighty movement of the Father's hand before they can even take step two.
Think on it this way. As we saw when Pharaoh's men died in the Red Sea; the billions of lost souls that surround the city of God will in no way come anywhere near the obedient people of God. And so no matter how long that little season is, according to Malachi 4:3; our Lord declared through His prophet thousands of years ago that "ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts."
#413 Can you explain why Jesus had to heal a blind man twice?
I was reading in the book of Mark today and came across where Jesus healed a blind man but He had to lay hands on him twice for him to be totally healed. The man could see, but he saw people as if they were trees. Why is this?
ANSWER:
Verse in Question:
Mark 8:22-25 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. 25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
What we see happening here is what I believe to be a miracle that can only be understood in the end of days when not only Scriptural but scientific knowledge will be increased as the prophet Daniel said.
Jesus did many miracles when He visited us 2000 years ago, but even though to the people looking on who saw Jesus lay hands on the man twice, the Word of God doesn't say that they raised any concern regarding all this as I am sure most in the crowd with faith simply trusted Him and His actions as being done for a reason. I mean even the Apostles showed by their many questions that they could not understand everything Jesus did or said right off each and every time. But again, I still believe this particular miracle was for the scoffer in the last days and especially for those with a scientific background and especially those in the medical field wherein today we see many with no faith whatsoever; and when you say Jesus healed your loved one they get upset and say no, they did it as doctors.
What I mean is, when we read about this amazing miracle, I am sure most just continued reading without giving it a second thought as to what happened that day 2000 years ago. They saw nothing out of the ordinary as to why the man had to be healed twice. But someone with the understanding of a mapped human brain would see something no one would have even contemplated 2000 years ago. I believe this miracle is for them to gain faith in Christ even today. 2000 years later.
Science recently proved that if a man is born blind and then receives his sight later in life by a surgical procedure or by some other means like a blow to the head or something, the things that man looks at for the first time will be totally misunderstood for the most part because he has been accustomed to rely only on sound and touch his entire life up to this point. It would be like us receiving a 7th sense all of a sudden and at first having no clue on how to process the infomation granted by that new ability.
That is why the man thought the people were trees when Jesus healed him. Reason being is, the blind man knew about trees by simply hugging and touching them so as to learn of their structure and even their smell just as sighted people will look the tree over the first they see it in life. As we can simply look at the trees the blind man would have to feel the different types of bark and in so doing would probably be able to identify any tree he came to simply by touching it in the same way we could identify it by looking at it. This is something people with eyesight would have a hard time doing. Seriously, try it. Next time you're in the woods, close your eyes and touch and smell a tree. Can you identify it right off? I would think not.
And so, of course, after investigating the tree he would see that it was upright like a huge thick stick jutting out of the earth as trees are and so when he saw the people after being given his sight and he saw them all standing around him he simply described them as being upright like a tree because that's all he knew when he first saw them.
But now we jump 2000 years later to our day we see that science has also proven that inmost cases the mind of a man born blind must also be healed if the eyes are suddenly healed after decades of blindness because the eyes will not be able to relaythe necessary information to the brain to help the man understand what he's looking at right off. In fact it could take months and even years to adjust. Hence, people will simply look like trees to him because the blind man knows a tree is tall and upright.
I know this as scientific fact because as most of you know I have always been interested in science and such and in this case I recall an article I read as a young man of a man who was healed by a scientist that was born blind because of a defect in the optic nerve that thanks to advances in medical science allowed the doctor to repair the defect later in life. Problem is, like the adult man that was healed by Jesus in Mark chapter 8, he too could see clearly all of a sudden but he could not understand what he was looking at. In fact, he not only had to learn what each thing was that he saw by touching them, he had to be repeatedly remindedas to what it was by touching it each time he saw it because even though he could see, his brain never used that area in the mind before to store things to memory like we do.
Worse yet, whenit came to people he knew his entire life; when he saw them with his eyes they were complete strangers to him each every time he saw them until they spoke. When they spoke he knew them because the area of the brain that his ears used to store memories was well trained as ours is when we hear a familiar voice or even a song we haven't heard in years. Evenlooking at trees was difficult for him until he was able to touch them to know they were trees.
I don't recall how long the man took to finally get used to seeing things, or even how long it took to finally identify his own wife as the article did say each time his wife came in the room he had no idea who she was until she spoke. The mind of the man was never healed by Science. They only healed his ability to see. Contemplation had to be healed as well. But his brain never used that area before because the optic nerve was not functioning properly.
And so, with all that said; that is why I believe Jesus healed the man twice to show those standing by He was Messiah, but knowing the end from the beginning as we know Jesus does, he also healed the man's mind so as to introduce Himself as Messiah, Lord, Creator, healer and God to the scientist who would read His Word 2000 years later when the technology finally came into society wherein they have mapped the human brain so as to know what area of the brain does what. And for those that didn't know they mapped the brain like this years ago, look online for games you can buy that will only work by using your mind. Seriously, they have them now.
And by the way, that mapping of the human brain has also granted us, the remnant people even more ways to help people understand how the mark is placed in the forehead. After mapping the brain they found the forhead is the area of the brain we use to make decisions. And so, it makes it that much easier for us to explain that when someone willfully embraces the Sunday Sabbath as the true Sabbath even after the Loud Cry when the message we put forth overwhelmingly proves the Sunday Sabbath is not the true Sabbath, they receive the mark in their forhead because they made the conscious decision to worship or obey the creature over and above the Creator who is blessed forever, amen.
But it doesn't end there at all. Knowing our Lord and the simple truth as well as the complexity of it at the same time, I see yet another reason the man was healed twice. Like the blind and lost souls to the truth Christ has to offer that walk among us on this sinful world even now that are in sin, if they would just seek out Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour He will not only heal their spiritual blindness, He would give them an understanding of His in depth truth as well. For it is plainly written in 1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Or worse yet, some hear the truth as we proclaim it, and then forget all about it like it's no big deal. In fact, they too are mentioned in the Word. Notice what it says in James 1:23-24 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: (24) For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
He reads the Word, he sees the law and realizes he is a sinner in need of a Saviour. But he chooses not to be a doer of the Word and because of that decision he soons forgets all he read because as also promised in the Word, the Lord will not force Himself on anyone and He gives all of mankind free will to do as they please.
Most anyone can 'see' what Jesus does to this day in the lives of the people around them or even read what He did 2000 years ago as anyone can read a Bible. But only those blessed by Him to the core, or the mind can truly 'understand' what they see. Anyone can see Jesus with fleshly eyes, but only those that love Him will be able to see His love and the amazing gift of salvation He offers. Isaiah 33:17 says, "Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off."
Jesus also said to His disciples in Luke 10:23, "Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:" And we all know what He meant when He said this in Matthew 13:15. he said, "For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."
This passage always reminds me of
John 12:37-41 wherein we read
the following, "But though he had
done so many miracles before them,
yet they believed not on him:
(38) That the saying
of Esaias the prophet might be
fulfilled, which he spake, Lord,
who hath believed our report? and
to whom hath the arm of the Lord
been revealed? (39)
Therefore they could not believe,
because that Esaias said again,
(40) He hath
blinded their eyes, and hardened
their heart; that they should
not see with their eyes, nor
understand with their heart, and
be converted, and I should heal
them. (41)
These things said Esaias, when he
saw his glory, and spake of him."
Many Christians today only read
the Bible on the surface and never
study it. They seek only to scrape
the surface of the Word whicn
means they build their house on
the earth, or sand as Jesus puts
it. But those that dig deep in His
Word dig down to the Rock
foundation and their house stands
firm when the trials come upon
them.
To these poor souls that build their houses on sand, the Word of God makes no sense to them just like the healed blind man who can see clearly but cannot understand what it is he's reading. They need to TOUCH Jesus in His Word to truly know Him like the healed blind man that touches the trees to identify them in his mind. When the people reach out to touch Christ, their touch will find them healed like the woman with the issue of blood for 12 years in Luke chapter 8 that was healed by merely touching the garment of Christ in faith. What does garment mean in prophecy? His walk right? The moment she decided to follow Christ and emulate His walk, she was healed.
And by the way, look around today and you will find millions upon millions of people with an issue in their blood as well that can be healed by simply reaching out in faith to Christ. An issue in the blood can be found in everything from immune disorders that attack the blood to sickle cell anemia or even leucemia. I mean there is a big list in this area. The bible doesn't specifically identify her blood disorder other than to say it was healed.
In prophecy, the garment is our walk. And the Word of God is an in depth description of His walk and so I say, don't just read the Bible. You need to touch it, and don't just pray and walk away like the man that forgets what manner of man he was, but be patient and wait on the Lord and listen closely so as to hear His voice and then you will better understand who He is as the blind man who was healed later in life who only knew his wife after hearing her voice. We must look upon the Lord in His Word, hear with out minds, and believe with our hearts. And yes, the heart is also where the blood resides. It is no mistake the Lord walked in an area wherein He knew a women who had that issue of blood would be. He knew that woman, who we know in prophecy also means the church, He knew she would reach out to Him to be healed. And so I ask everyone today, the bride of Christ herself, you are that woman. And so reach out to Christ, be healed all the way to the heart, and then go forth and declare what He has done for you so that many poor souls living in fear in these trying days can find the peace and calmness of heart we all have right now.
#414 You are wrong about the One World Government
I'm glad you're calling attention
to the Antichrist like actions of
the Pope, but I hope you realize
that he can't be the Antichrist
that places the Abomination of
Desolation.
Here's why: The World Order, ruled
by 10 kings has to come first.
They rule for 3&1/2 years
before handing everything over to
the Antichrist who will rule for
another 3&1/2 years. The Pope
is already old and isn't likely to
be leading a small Army to attack
fortresses.
This doesn't mean that the Pope
isn't evil, and that his goals
have any good in them, because he
is doing his best to bring about
the World Religion AKA the whore
of Babylon, and the World Order
which will persecute Christians
during its entire reign.
ANSWER:
Dear sister;
I implore you to get out of that 501c3 government approved church you're in before they completely confuse the truth the Lord is trying to share with you in His Word and in currents events proving His prophetic Word is 100% accurate. The strange “prophecies” you just shared are not found anywhere in Scripture. There is no 7 or 3.5 year tribulation period anywhere in Scripture. It’s all a fabrication of the Jesuits of Rome who in the early 1900’s concocted all that your pastor is teaching so as to pull the onus off the Popes being Antichrist because they knew they had to change the minds of the political leaders of the world before they could even hope to see their mortal wound begin to heal as prophecy confirmed did in fact begin to do just that in 1929 when Mussolini and Cardinal Gasspar signed the Roman pact allowing the Vatican to regain its church and state power in the Lateran treaty.
The 7 and 3.5 year tribulation as well as 3.5 year power grab of Antichrist was first brought forth to the general public in the so called “helps” of the Scofield Reference Bible of 1910. And it worked. In 19 years that Lateran treaty was signed.
And yes, I said POPES when referring to Antichrist. Prophecy does not call a single Pope as Antichrist. It clearly states all of them are Antichrist and all of them are the prophesied man of sin. Nowhere on my on my site do I declare JesuitPope Francis or any other Pope to be “THE” Antichrist. The Bible clearly says ALL of them are Antichrist. Every single one of the Popes are Antichrist. If you want verifcation of this as prophetic fact matched to historic record, I posted 26 out of literally hundreds of prophecies confirming that all the Popes through history did everything the Bible said Antichrist will do. See this… https://remnantofgod.org/666-CHAR.htm
As for why so manyfalse prophets claiming to be pastors and preachers have chosen to echo the lies of the Popes and the Jesuits about a 7 year or 3.5 year tribulation as well as many other false prophecies; this too was prophesied regarding how bad the churches would be inthe very last days. Again, if you want the biblical and historic facts on this, I share on another page what the Bible REALLY says happened thousands of years ago during what students of prophecy call the “week of Daniel” that as expected the Jesuits took out of chronological order in documented historic records of the past so as to place them at the end of the world so as to protect the Popes who had been doing these evil acts all along. See this… https://remnantofgod.org/7yr-trib.htm
As for the one world government and the Roman international court system. It was all prophesied to be invented and the ruled by the Popes of Rome. See some of my old newsletters on this when you get time.
One World Court system: https://remnantofgod.org/nl990406.htm
One World Church https://remnantofgod.org/nl000704.htm (My video about this prophecy being fulfilled is embedded in this Newsletter.
One World Government: https://remnantofgod.org/nl000908.htm
One last thing. Notice what it says in 2Peter 1:20,21.
2 Peter 1:20-21 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. (21) For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake asthey weremoved by the Holy Ghost.
The Jesuits were prophesied to place their own spin on the prophecies so as to make the real prophecies that were given to men of God via the Holy Ghost appear faultly. That is why the Scofield reference Bible added those so called "helps" to keep the people who were only surface reading their Bibles. Satan knew all about the awakening that was also prophesied to happen at the end of the 2300 years prophecy of Daniel 8:14. And so he needed to confuses the masses by placing wolves on pulpits and laziness in the hearts of God's people when it came to studying the Word. They all feel for whatever the preacher said on the pulpit assuming he could be trusted. They didn't even know they were living in the time of the end when most of the pastors were prophesied to be grievous wolves. And so their opinions of prophetic symbols make it all seem true. And when Scofield put out his Bible with those Vatican scripted lies on the prophetic and doctrinal books, it shored up the lying pastors as if they were speaking truth.
In other words, before investigating the prophetic symbols that describe the characteristics of Antichrist, we need to understand that the Word of God tells us how to define symbols in prophecy perfectly. We don't even need to help of men, and especially men that won't give Bible verses to back up their defintions. As you just saw, 2 Peter 1:20 says that, "...no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation"; that simply means Christians are told not to give our own opinion of what we think a prophetic symbol means because common sense dictates we did not write the Bible; our God did that. And so He is the one that should be trusted to define each and every symbol for us because He certainly would never write a book His own children couldn't understand. That's why He had Peter pen those words of warning. Our God knows the end from the beginning and so it was known by our Father in Heaven that the man of sin and his cohorts would do exactly as they did. We must always allow the Word of God to define its own symbols because our private interpretations are absolutely useless.
For example, the term "many waters" in prophecy doesn't only mean a large lake or ocean any more than the word "woman" means an actual woman. When used in the prophetic sense, these words are symbolic images hidden in plain sight so as to prevent the wicked from knowing the truth about the times we live in. For if they knew it without receiving Jesus Christ as Saviour they would be much more effective in their attack against God's obedient people as well as more able to twist God's Word. Yes, they know a lot of information now, but that's only because the obedient remnant people put it out there. Still, they don't know it all because our God protects it in ways they cannot even contemplate.
For another example. Notice my favorite verse in the Bible which is John 14:29. It says, "And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe."
Can you see the wisdom of this Great God that split the Red Sea, raised Lazarus from the dead and sent His only begotten Son to die for all of us? Unless you're an avid student of Bible prophecy or in a church family that has been given understanding because of their obedience, unless you are in the Word as you should be, when a prophetic event occurs you will not see any danger any more than the Christians who stopped studying Bibles saw any danger in 538AD when the Chruch of Rome was given church and state power that eventually led to 500,000,000 dead Christians who eventually refused to bow to the Popes in worship when that day finally came. On the other hand, when you are obedient you can read or watch the daily news today and see prophesied events happening daily all around you.
My point is this, the obedient people of God will understand some prophetic events as fulfilled but only directly after they come to fruition. The Lord doesn't allow us to see it beforehand either because He knows our desire to teach, preach and warn His people will move us to go forward proclaiming the truth far and wide. The three angels message confirms that hands down.
If we were to have every prophecy understood and locked down as fact to the letter and even to a given date before they come to fulfillment then the Jesuits would no doubt pick up on that and have ample time to fabricate a false prophecy for the Pope by twisting Bible Scripture in a very crafty manner just as the prophet Daniel said they would in Daniel 8:25.
If you ever read the Jesuit oath you would know for a fact they have Satan in their camp who is a superintelligent angel. A fallen angel yes, but an angel nonetheless. And so you also have to know that even he cannot see in advance in some areas when it comes to propehsied events and this keeps us all save from the crafty lies of Rome being preached by all the government approved pastors.
And so, the Lord protects us by not allowing certain prophecies to be seen to far in advance as to certain aspects of the prophecies and that can be an issue for the many false prophets who prefer to be looked upon as all knowing and so to prevent them from being looked upon as unlearned, they will make things up that come off as legit to their church goers who they already know don't study their Bibles properly, because even the Vatican has announced long ago that there isn't a single Bible verse from Genesis to Revelation saying God changed the Sabbath to Sunday yet billions of people go to church on Sunday. That in and of itself proves to them, and especially to Satan, that they are already ok with beliving lies that are not only absent in Scripture, there are hundreds and even thousands of verses that prove their pastors are bold faced liars. And knowing that makes it very easy to assume when the pastor makes up another lie without any Biblical proof behind it, they know their pews will remain packed and their coffers overflowing with cash.
The truth about the method of by which prophecy is defined is simple. Were you aware that there are 404 verses in the book of Revelation, and out of those 404 verses, 278 of them carry the bulk of the prophetic message of that book? That being said, did you know that all 278 of those verses can be found almost word for word in all the other books of the Bible?
In other words, just as our Lord planned so as to prevent confusion later on and definitely in the end of days when the Bible would be corrupted with thousands of verses missing, He wrote the Bible in a way that allows the Bible to define itself perfectly.
Each symbol in Daniel, Revelation, or any other prophetic book for that matter; all of them are defined in detail in God's Word. So, don't let anyone; be they a brother or sister or even a pastor give you their "opinion" or "interpretation" when it comes to prophetic symbols or prophetic events as they are outlined in the Bible so perfectly that even a babe in Christ can expose them.
We must always let the Word define the Word so as to prevent any confusion. That is what the Bereans of old did and this is what we must do. In fact, that's an easy way to expose themany false teachers wesee all over the world in these last days. Just hear what they have to say; then open a Bible and see if what they say matches up with what the Lord says regarding a certain symbol. If it doesn't, do not sit with them in worship for it is plainly written in 2 Corinthians 6:14 that we must "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?"
Now yes, these wolves on the pulpits will come off as wise, gentle and even loving as well as hard core believers of the Word. But if you have a thus saith the Lord and they twist it to where it's their way or the highway, then you need to get as far away from that church as you can. If they declare a prophetic symbol to mean something that you know is not proven with Scripture, and better yet you know of the verses that do define the symbol tyhey just twisted out of context, then they are openly declaring themselves to be unbelievers in the God of the Bible and therefore you cannot sit with them in worship or study until they repent. The Lord wrote the Bible and He defined the symbols. There is no getting around that basic reality.
In short, Peter stated under inspiration of the Holy Spirit that you cannot use private opinion as to what a prophetic symbol means. All 66 books of the Bible share prophetic symbols and all of these symbols are defined in the same Bible. That way, when a false prophet speaks about something prophesied and he or she claims this or that, all you need to do is look up those Bible prophecy symbols as they are defined in the Bible. I did just such a study years ago and posted it here wherein not only do I share the verses that define the symbols, I underlined the definition in each and every verse to make it easy for me and all students of prophecy when it comes to research past and even current prophesied events. See that study here… https://remnantofgod.org/books/docs/REV/Revelation.htm (I made an easy to use bookmark menu to scan each symbol quickly on the page.)
On last thing.. seethis compilation of videos and an in depth look at the last few decades of movements of the Popes that brought about the one world government. See this… https://remnantofgod.org/Rev17.12.htm And just so you know, the One World Government is already here. The fact nearly every nation on earth just did exactly as the Pope commanded them to do with the faked PLANNED-demic proves this hands down. Proof? See a recent blog I posted here… https://nicholaspogm.blog/2020/04/13/covid-19-confirms-the-new-world-order-is-here/
As for the Whore of Babylon. 100% of every prophecy ever uttered regarding this harlot has been confirmed fulfilled using historic and dogmatic records as being the Roman Catholic church. See this… https://remnantofgod.org/whoreofbabylon.htm See this pics here… https://remnantofgod.org/images/IGC/pagan-rcc.htm
And when it comes to the abomination of desolation that Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24, that was confirmed fulfilled in 70AD. https://www.remnantofgod.org/getready.htm#70ad
And finally, as for the ten kings or “ten toes” as Daniel called it and “ten horns” as John called it in Revelation. See this stack of videos proving they are already in power as we speak. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK7kUli-mCh_-9oJ74USFtL-fcttn7z4N
Judging by your comments I have no doubt you were also taught about a secret rapture and great tribulation that happens after the Christians leave. Those two prophecies are found in the Word but not in a secret way as they claim nor are they found in the timing they claim. What I mean is, the Jesuits of Rome twisted certain prophecies out of chronological order to hide the fact that #1, the Great Tribulation that Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24 already happened between the years 538AD to 1798AD. In 538AD EmperorJustinian's decree brought the Bishop of Rome into a church & state power under the military protection of Belisarius. (See the “7 year trib” page I linked out for you in the above comments.)
As for the secret rapture that I have declared to be the last trick played on mankind via Satan and his man of sin in Rome, there is not a single Bible verse from Genesis to Revelation to back that so called prophecy up either. It was purposely designed to make the claim that Antichrist was only to come in the last days directly before Jesus returns, which is true when it comes to Satan acting like Jesus in the very near future. But the Biblical fact is, all the Popes have been proven to be Antichrist since day one. You will be shocked to see the Bible verses placed back in context regarding what happens at the second coming. I have all the twisted Bible verses placed back in context here if you would have a desire to know the truth about what really happens at what mankind calls “The Rapture.” See this.. https://www.remnantofgod.org/rapt2.htm
#415 Why are people believing the easy to prove lies regarding Covid-19?
Why are some people still believing all the lies in the media that many of us know are mostly lies? Especially those of us that work in hospitals and see the empty waiting rooms and not a single occupied bed in the so called Covid-19 floors, even though local media says the hospitals are swamped? Some of these people that believe the lies are the same people that months ago said they don’t believe anything in the mainstream media because of the literal avalanche of fake news the last 4 years. But now they all believe the exact same reporters they knew previously lied about everything? Why is this happening like this?
ANSWER:
If you have been watching the alternate news videos wherein the truth is being declared you may understand this a little better. One statement in particular has been echoed a few times on camera wherein the political official was caught saying “fear helps us control the people.” It’s the age old method of control Roman soldiers of old used and then Hitler used in modern times wherein he knew if you pump enough fear in the hearts of the people, you can get some that know the truth to join the frightened herd out of sheer self preservation. But there’s another toss on this coin that needs to be addressed here.
As we know, Satan is the author of fear. As we also know, 2 Timothy 1:7 says that "God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." But Satan knows how easily men are manipulated by the use of fear and he can make people turn from their strong opinions on any topic literally on a dime as long as Satan has them in his camp and the perfect example of this is found in Acts 28:3-6
Notice what happened directly after Paul and the prisoners were stranded on that island after the shipwreck. They were building a fire to keep warm and then it says this in Acts 28:3-6 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. (4) And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. (5) And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. (6) Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
Did you see the change of mind that happened quickly here? Satan first tempts them to look upon Paul as being evil because of a snake bite so as to move the men to ignore all God did through Paul to save their lives beforehand during the shipwreck. Satan hoped that in so doing any preaching Paul may do will go in one ear and out the other without a single thought to its validity. But when Paul is not harmed by the viper they then suddenly change their opinion thanks to a new temptation of Satan that makes them believe Paul is a god which will then prevent them from believing the Gospel message Paul will eventually preach to them. They will choose rather to worship the man Paul instead of the Creator of man, Jesus Christ. In fact, Satan uses that attack quite often. Notice what it says in Romans regarding what we all see as the norm for mankind today. Tell me if this doesn't sound like today's world.
Romans 1:22-32 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, (23) And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. (24) Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: (25) Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. (26) For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: (27) And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. (28) And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; (29) Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, (30) Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, (31) Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: (32) Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
As we know, people that are tempted to worship other people as we see with many false Christ's, false prophets and prosperity preachers throughout our history, such people are drawn away from real truth to make lies come off as truth. This is why so many trust the Covid 19 fake news as if it's all 100% unadulterated truth even though most of them know about the empty hospitals and next to no one knows anyone that's ever been killed by Covid19.
The devil will use absolutely any situation, good or bad, and twist it if the mind is open to him and his lies. And thanks to the violence and lies of Hollywood, video games, novels, fake news and even false doctrines and fake prophecies preached by apostate wolves, most people today are embracing lying as the norm today.
The fact the prisoners did this without realizing they changed their minds from one extreme to the next proves they aren't even aware of how deceived they appear to others that have eyes that see. I can't tell you how many break neck turns in common sense I've seen happen in the last few decades within the expressed thoughts of people I have been blessed to share with. But then these men were criminals and so they were already under Satan's thumb to begin with.
Truth is, this is also how it was for Lot when he was vexed in the city of Sodom and this is how it is for every Christian today that has family members, co-workers or neighbors that are just as deceived as these men were.
And yes it is very frustrating to know all of this was planned so as to ready the population to accept another lie in the coming days as if it's all true. The fact billions believed the lies about Covid19 and their leaders bowed to the Popes demands even though their nations had not a single case of Coronavirus yet they closed their entire nation down anyway proves when they use the lies of climate change to get everyone to embrace Sunday laws to stop the calmaties is a done deal as we speak.
#416 What does "dead to sin" mean?
What does it mean to be dead to sin? I don’t understand Romans 6:2 that says “God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?”
ANSWER:
Before answering we need to get the context of all this and for some reason, it appears to me that the translators ended Romans chapter 1 a bit premature. So lets read the last few verses of Romans 1 and then up to verse 2 in chapter 2 to understand all this.
Romans 5:19-21; 6:1,2 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. (20) Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: (21) That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? (2) God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
To be dead to sin is to know that when you sin you confess and repent because it's not a lifestyle you want anymore. You no longer sin without guilt. The opposite is the non-believer who when they sin see no wrong and never confess and repent of it and so they live or are alive in sin. But only temporarily . Hellfire will put an end to all that of course. We all must be dead to sin. Sadly, most choose to die in hellfire to get there.
For the believer; Romans 6:12 is what moves them day by day to pray, read the Word and even confess and repent if need be because it says, “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.”
If sin reigns in your body that means you are alive to sin and not dead to it. Yes, even as an obedient Christian you will sin. Only difference is, you will grieve the sin and then confess it and repent of it. And if we maintain such a walk we will come to a place wherein we gain the righteousness of Christ. In fact it says this in Romans 6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
Those that are alive to sin actually enjoy sinning. In other words, they go from sin to sin without so much as a single tear of grief for the sin. Those that are alive in Jesus will sin still yes, for there is none righteous, no not one. But the obedient Christian knows it's wrong to do the sin and so they repent of doing the sin. They do not go from iniquity to iniquity as those that live in sin, they go from iniquity to repentance as someone who is dead to sin because sin does not reign in their hearts as it does the non-believer. It's not what guides them. Whenever sin occurs, the obedient Christian gets rid of that sin as fast as possible by confession and repentance. Whereas the lost just move unto the next sin.
With that all said, that which follows after Romans 6:2 makes perfect sense.
Romans 6:3-8 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? (4) Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. (5) For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: (6) Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. (7) For he that is dead is freed from sin. (8) Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
To live in Christ is to allow Him to reign in our hearts. In so doing we are moved to confess and repent. But to refuse to allow Christ to reign means sin is then what reigns unto death. Basic reality is, all that sin must die. But accepting Christ as Saviour means we can be alive yet dead to sin. But again, sadly, most in this world prefer to live in sin so as to die both spiritually and physically when hellfire rises up and then falls upon them at the second death. Either way, you will die. Either you die to sin now, or you will die in sin later. As usual, the choice is ours.
Romans 6:9-12 says, “Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. (10) For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. (Because the second death has no power over you. Remember what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15:55, “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” You cannot die the physical death at the end of the 1000 years if you have already died to sin in this life. And so finishing the passage from verse 11 on, it says, (11) Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. (12) Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.”
And so, if sin does not reign in your mortal body, that means Christ is truly your Lord and you are now safe from damnation. And yes, that is why you are called saved and the gift that Christ offers is called salvation. To have Christ as Lord means you are saved from the damnation of hellfire.
What the Lord said and did for Joshua of old He will say and do for you as well. And what was it He did for Joshua?
Zechariah 3:1-4 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. (2) And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? (3) Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. (4) And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
And so remember that which was penned in Romans 6:16-23 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? (17) But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. (18) Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. (19) I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. (20) For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. (21) What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. (22) But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. (23) For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
#417 Why don’t you ask for Donations?
You say you never ask nor ever
will ask for donations for the
work you do, which is commendable.
But why do you see a problem here?
Why not ask for help when you need
it? The people need to know when
the church is in need. No?
ANSWER:
First and foremost I was moved decades ago during a mid-day prayer way back when I was still a Sunday keeper that the topic of donations came up in that prayer. I promised the Lord back then that I would not soil the message He gives me by cheapening it with filthy lucre. I had always prayed for His help in financial areas and always provided my needs and so I am sure He will do the same if and when I go into the ministry full-time. 15 or so years later I was actually blessed of the Lord to go into the ministry full time. Still, I never asked for donations yet even though I was no longer getting my 9-5 paycheck every two weeks as I had been while doing the work of the Lord on the street, suddenly donations started coming in that matched my pay to the penny.
Then, many years later I came across something Paul said. Now yes, I read this many times before, but as all of us that study the Word know, sometimes we miss the importance of things said and one day the verses just jump off the page with perfect clarity. That happened just recently in fact to me regarding how it is wrong to ask for donations for the work I am doing. Notice what Paul says here in 1 Corinthians 9:1-19.
1 Corinthians 9:1-19 Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? (2) If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. (3) Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, (4) Have we not power to eat and to drink? (5) Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? (6) Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? (7) Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? (8) Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? (9) For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? (10) Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (11) If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? (12) If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ. (13) Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? (14) Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. (15) But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. (16) For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! (17) For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. (18) What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. (19) For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
This is why I fear for those
preachers that not only ask for a
donation every chance they get,
they also write books and even
make sermon DVD's they claim the
body of Christ must read or watch
if they are ever to perfect their
walks so as to gain Heaven but
they charge them a fee to get the
book or the DVD. Is it not
prophesied in 2 Peter 2:3 that
these wolves make merchandise of
the people? Did not Jesus chase
the money changers out of the
temple who used the Temple of the
Lord to make money instead of
using the Temple of the Lord to
share the truth?
Unto all those preachers that sell
books and DVDs so as to make
merchandise of God's people, I
echo that which our Lord, Saviour
and King said in Matthew
10:7-8 And as ye go, preach,
saying, The kingdom of heaven is
at hand. (8) Heal the
sick, cleanse the lepers, raise
the dead, cast out devils: freely
ye have received, freely give.
Seriously, how can anyone sell a sermon that Christ Himself has penned by inspiration? They cannot. But they can sell that which man has written with a sinfully biased mind and heart. And so if the preacher asks for money, it's only because the Lord that supplies the needs of His obedient ministers does not send them a dime for he is not the Author of confusion. He will not bless them financially to preach that which leads souls to damnation. And so this is why they sell books, DVDs as well as charge admission when they have their Pagan Christmas and Easter plays just to name a few.
#418 Why do my Christian parents get so angry when I meet with you on Sabbath?
Dear pastor Nicholas;
My parents are very angry at me for attending the online SDR church services on Sabbath. This has brought me into a depression as I feel like my worst fears have come true. Just like that, I feel like I want to die. I feel like God hasn't cared for me, though I know that He has and that He will. Please pray for me and please let the brethren know about this so that they can pray for me too. I have no idea what's going to happen to me now. I am deathly afraid of being shaken out of the truth. Satan is tempting me to doubt God's promises. I pray that you see this message soon and reply as soon as possible.
ANSWER:
We will pray brother. It was prophesied to happen like this. Keep the faith and keep praying for your parents.
Jesus said in Matthew 10:34-36, "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household."
And no, it’s not that He purposely sends division in the families. He takes the blame because he loves those that hate Him too and realizes that His loving influence causes division thanks to Satan using loved ones against obedient Christians. The Lord knows that if He didn’t send them His perfect love they wouldn’t be so upset. When the enemy of souls has people confused they cannot see the lies at all. They can only hate the truth because their mind is in tune with the world. Jesus will continue to try an reach them of course because they are in danger and He loves them. It is actually His love for all of mankind causing the division because as also prophesied, most in the world are very comfortable without God and when anything rocks their boat they naturally get angry. After all is it not written in 1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Now don't get me wrong, I am not slamming your parents. They truly cannot see what you see. But the fact you are there is a blessing to them. They can and will see Jesus in you and eventually start to seek the peace you have as the years go by.
It’s like the lump of clay and wax in the sunlight. Picture the sunlight as “God’s love” and the wax as the heart of Moses and the clay as the heart of Pharaoh. Just as sunlight melts the wax and hardens the clay, that exact same love that melted Moses’ heart hardened Pharaohs heart and that’s why the Lord said in Exodus 9:12, "And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses."
The Lord didn’t purposely harden his heart at all. But like Jesus did in Matthew 10, He does the same in Exodus 9. He takes the blame because He knows some people don’t want His love right off. I know I didn't when I was a young man.
If you study this up you will see in the Word that it clearly says over and over again that Pharaoh hardened his own heart. And so the truth is plain, truth will cause division when lies are embraced as the norm.
And so don’t ever think the Lord God stopped caring for you brother. As we get closer to the return of Christ, those of us that are strong in faith will be attacked by Satan to make us feel alone and without hope so as to cripple our faith. What you’re going through was prophesied to happen only to God's obedient people and so praise His name for that.
So keep the faith brother. You will have a great testimony to share once you are blessed with the chance to share it.
By the way.. Remember when Moses was on the side of the mountain 40 days? Nary a word was spoken from the Lord. Moses could have given up like Aaron and the rest of the people at the base of the mountain after waiting so long for an answer, but he stood firm and waited on the Lord; while the rest of the people gave up and made the golden calf. I will pray you stand firm little brother. I will also keep your precious parents in prayer as well. They love you a LOT! For them to go to such extremes proves they are doing this for what they believe is proper and out of love for you. Not many parents would do that today. I will join you in praying the Lord opens their eyes before it’s too late.
#419 Can you help me understand 1 Corinthians 13:7?
Hello Pastor,
1 Corinthians 13:7 says that
Charity, 'Beareth all things,
believeth all things, hopeth all
things, endureth all things.'
The believeth all things part is
where I'm trying to understand,
because in 1 Thessalonians 5:21 it
says, ' Prove all things; hold
fast that which is good.'
So, is there an order here? Do we
prove all things and then believe
or do we simply believe. I mean,
if love already 'believeth all
things' then why do we have to
'prove all things'. Is it a matter
of context maybe?
Hope to hear from you.
ANSWER:
Actually, the word “believeth” in 1 Corinthians is also translated in the Greek as “commit.. trust.. and of course, believe.”
Strong’s# 4100 pisteuo {pist-yoo'-o} from 4102; TDNT - 6:174,849; v AV - believe 239, commit unto 4, commit to (one's) trust 1,
Why they settled on believe as the English translation could be due to the fact that Paul is talking to believers that no doubt already “proved all things” as did the Bereans mentioned in the book of Acts. Truth is, once we do the line upon line, precept upon precept and study here a little and there a little in the Word as Isaiah directed long ago, then our final stance should be as I have always said over the years. God said it, I believe it and that settles it. But many people when they look into the Word of God choose to rebel when they come across something that declares they need to stop something they’re doing.
A good example would be the one that drinks alcohol, eats unclean foods, or smokes tobacco just to name a few. If they have read the Bible and saw wherein it speaks of defiling the body in the Old Testament or how the Lord states He will destroy those in hellfire that destroy their bodies in the New Testament, they already know God’s will when it comes to eating, drinking or smoking certain things are directly against God’s will. And so they choose to ignore it as that is their comfort zone.
Most Christians know about such things in the Bible as they all read it; but because they enjoy unclean food or they drink alcohol and smoke, they refuse to “commit” to what God’s Word says and so they are declared as those that do not “believe” God’s Word when He says what will happen if they continue to abuse their bodies. And so the best way to translate the Greek word “piteous” in Corinthians 13:7 would have to be the word “believe” again because by their actions alone, be they obeying the Lord’s will or disobeying is now declaring openly that they either believe or disbelieve His Word on such things. And disbelieve is mostly in the realm of saying to one's self, "It's not that bad" or God would not judge me in a harsh way on something so piddly, but He will. He is a perfect God and He expects perfect faith in His Word. If He took time out of His busy eternity to write this stuff down, mankind has to stop acting like God is a man that He should lie or make mountains out of molehills. There are no gray areas in His truth. You either believe it, or you don't. And if you don't, no matter what it is, then you actually call God a liar. And that will most assuredly end in a bad way.
#420 Why do some say "The Atheist has no brain?"
This is in response to a question I put forth on YouTube back in 2017. Many Atheists had been attacking a video I posted some time ago and so I asked one of them.. Dear sir, do you have a brain? He responded the very next day with, “Nicholas I do, as we all do.”
My response was
If I use your method of deduction when it comes to scientific facts, no dear sir, you do not have a brain at all. And I can prove it using your own method of reasoning.
You say because you don't "see my
God" that He must not exist. And
so I declare I see His hand move
in my life each and every day.
Sometimes even as I sleep. I see
Him heal those I pray for directly
to the point doctors get confused
and declare a miracle has been
witnessed.
I see Him open my understanding of
His Word just as He promised for
those that love Him whenever I
study the Bible. Sadly, I also see
Him hide His Word from those that
hate Him, as He also promised.
I see Him teach me how to walk and
even stand upright in His will so
as to have all I need in life and
no, that is not to excess as so
many assume that means success,
and I see those that hate Him
struggle for peace and happiness
in life even if they gain many
riches.
I see Him move the seed to grow when I place it in the soil, I see Him tell the trees to bud in Spring, I see Him send the rain to fall when we need our plants to grow and I have even seen Him force tornadoes coming towards my home to shift their track on radar the very moment we pray for Him to do so. (over 50 times so far in fact) But then I have also seen Him allow certain difficult trials and even disasters to come upon those that have asked Him to leave them alone. He loves them, but since He also gave them free will, He does as they ask and they suffer for it. I am sure you have seen the bumper sticker that says, no Jesus no peace and know Jesus know peace? That is a truth filled statement every Christian understands as fact.
I hear His voice declaring
answers to very difficult
questions in life as He promised
to do in His Word, and I have seen
countless souls who never open His
Word wander around confused as to
what they must do in life.
I've been blessed with His
promised peace so much so that
even during intense trials I can
have a smile knowing all is well
because I know His hand and I know
how He moves it. And I have seen
many commit suicide due to their
lack of peace when they refuse to
see His hand.
I have even seen Him protect me
from people that have sworn to
kill me wherein they have died
instead. And I have seen many die
without His promised hedge of
angels because they demanded He
leave them alone.
And after sharing all that, you
insist God doesn't exist because
you can't see Him. But I can see
Him plain as day.
But to get back to your brain...
I am sure you will declare you
have a brain by showing me how
your hand moves, how you can
understand language, how you can
walk and even how you can stand
upright. But I must insist that
since I cannot see your brain that
you claim exists to help you do
all those things, just as my
invisible God does for me, then I
must deduce that you sir do not
have a brain. You cannot see my
God even though I know for a fact
His hand is very apparent to me,
and at the same time using your
type of reasoning that I truly
cannot see your brain even though
you know your hand moves by using
it.
Just because you can't see my God doesn't mean He doesn't exist. The fact your hand moves yet I cannot see your brain shows me you must have one. Now all I ask at this point is to actually use your brain to meet this God I know. In fact, Isaiah 1:18 is your personal invitation from my God to you personally. For He clearly stated long ago unto every soul alive, "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."
And by the way, you cannot be upset with me at all when I say you have no brain because I am using the exact same deduction you use when you say I have no God. But since you do not have the God of love within you that has promised to give you the smile when most expect the frown, your only recourse will be to get angry. No problem, I still love you enough to tell you the truth because the God of truth is in me moving me to share His love with you.
#421 You're wrong Nicholas! The beast that was, is not, yet is happened in the first century.
This is another YouTube comment of a video I did back in 2017 that was about the “Beast that was.. is not .. yet is."
Nicholas - This would be true if revelation 17 hadn't already happened in the first century.
I then asked him to share with us his proof.. he sent this…
NicholasPOGMin short, Jerusalem was the "whore" of the old testament. The Jews that made up the nation of Israel likewise. Jesus warned them through the Olivet discourse that judgement was coming in the form of 70 AD. He told the disciples and the early church to flea when they saw Jerusalem surrounded. Through their rejection God passed judgment on them. It was the end of Jewish age. The third temple has been constructed since the arrival of the Holy Ghost at Pentecost. The 2300 days prophecy and the 70 weeks prophecy were both completed in the first century. The sanctuary has been cleansed since Jesus applied his own blood to the most holy place in heaven. He is now ruling from the right hand of God as our intercessor until all things are placed under his feet.
ANSWER:
Dear sir; you need to allow the Bible to define the prophetic symbols and not trust the opinion of false preachers and teachers as I will not blame you for this error at all. Your pastor or teacher taught you this for it was not taught in Scripture. In fact it says in 2 Peter 1:20, "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation." Your teachers are way off prophetically speaking and this is not your fault. It's the fault of the prophesied wolves claiming to be pastors. See this study on my site wherein I allow the BIBLE ALONE to define each and every symbol in Revelation. http://www.remnantofgod.org/books/docs/REV/Revelation.htm
Your teachers are lying to you because they have no choice. When the one world church began on June 26, 2000 wherein the beast in Rome catapulted the Pope as the leader and the false prophets as prophecy calls the pastors and preachers all signed on to their long prophesied 501c3 contracts with the second beast of Revelation (the USA) and so they too had no choice but to obey and lie on their pulpits to keep their tax free status or be penalized with massive excise taxes and fines if they were to step off the platform of political correctness when it comes to everything from declaring Allah is god, homosexual marriage is sanctioned and Sunday is the Sabbath.. See an in depth look at this along with many video here on my main site ... http://www.remnantofgod.org/image.htm
If you use the biblical method of a "day = a year" in prophecy as Scripture defines perfectly in Ezekiel 4:6 and Number 14:34, then the 2300 days can in no way finish in century one. How on earth can all those global kingdoms come to power lose their power, and be replaced four different times by the first century? That just physically impossible. But if you allow the Bible to define the time for fulfillment you will then see how historic events with each global kingdom appeared in the exact order just as the Bible said they would. The Prophet Daniel was actually given exact dates. See the timeline here... http://www.remnantofgod.org/timeline.htm
Also see the entire 2300 years or the "dream of the king" study I also shared on my site where I match the dates perfectly from Scripture to actual historic record right down the line. http://www.remnantofgod.org/daniel2.htm
And since you mentioned the 70 weeks see how history lines up perfectly with Scripture here as well. http://www.remnantofgod.org/70weeks.htm
I pray you are blessed :)
#422 Why is it wrong to bow before a Pope or kiss his hand?
Almost every political leader has bowed to the Pope and most even kiss his hand. And every Catholic would do the same if given the chance and all would even do so before a statue. Are you saying we are all in sin for doing this?
ANSWER:
I used to be Catholic as well. In fact I taught Catholic doctrine and agreed and even expected my students to bow before Pope and prelates and even their statues. Therefore I can attest personally that this is in fact the born and raised mindset of the Roman Catholic.
Catholics even understand and agree that bowing before Jesus or kissing His feet is an open act of worship in Scripture. However, for some strange reason these very same Catholics are taught to disagree that doing the exact same thing to Pope is worship. Remember this from the book of Mark?
Mark 15:16-19 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band. (17) And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, (18) And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! (19) And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowingtheir knees worshipped him.
Here we see how the Roman soldiers mocking the Lord in false worship. The key reality here is that the Bible clearly stated that when they bowed before Him it was an act of worship. In a mocking sense yes, but it was common knowledge even back then that doing so was an act of worship.
And so I have to ask, why is it when they bow before Jesus and kiss Him in Scripture it's called worship, but when they do this to the pope it's not called worship? Truth is, you cannot have it both ways. It's either one or the other. Case in point. Look at Shadrach Meshach and Abednego from Daniel's day...
Daniel 3:16-18, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up."
If you study the story you will find that King Nebuchadnezzar set up a 90 foot statue of gold of himself. He then demanded all in his kingdom to bow to the statue in an act of worship at the sound of the music his court would perform at set intervals. If they refused to simply bow they would be cast into the fiery furnace to die. On the coronation day of this statue, the king unveiled it and made the oration, wherein he openly demanded worship, and then the music played. EVERYONE BOWED except the three worshippers of the true God in Heaven.
If you were alive in that day, would you be bowing before the statue? Sadly, the Catholic would say yes because they wouldn't consider it an act of worship because "in their heart" they weren't bowing in worship, they were bowing to prevent death by fire. However, if it wasn't an act of worship to merely bow for any reason, why did Jesus step out of eternity for a moment to reward the three worthies with salvation from the fire that very day? Check this out..
Daniel 3:22-25, "Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God."
If it was no big deal to bow before the statue, why did Satan make the king demand it, and why did Satan make the Roman Catholic church REMOVE Commandment #2 from their Catechism books where it says..
Exodus 20:4-6, "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments."
If it was no big deal to bow to the statue in Nebuchadnezzar's day, and keep in mind, 100% of the people bowing that day didn't actually think the statue was a god worthy of worship. They bowed because they feared being burned alive. If it was no big deal, why did Jesus Himself prevent the fire of that furnace from burning Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego when they fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace?
The act of bowing before a statue or a man is nothing more than an act of obedience. Doing so shows the one bowing does so in obedience to man and an open denial of the Creator of man and that's why it's a big deal. In fact, notice this.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 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 inthem 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.
After Satan appears on earth acting as Jesus he will demand obedience. Or as the Bible calls it, worship. And because most on earth at this time have no love of the truth in that they never even study the Bible God gave them to help them escape the plagues and then damnation, just about every soul on earth will agree or "obey" the fake Jesus that Sunday is to be kept to stop the disasters. All of them will then receive the mark of the beast.
The act of worship is not just bowing before a man or a statue. Bowing is like baptism. It's just a physical act representing the heartfelt agreement or obedience. And so when they all agree to keep Sunday holy, they are all slated for eternal damnation or death as that is truly defined.
But why does our God send them a strong delusion so as to believe the lie of the fake Jesus or true Antichrist as prophecy calls him? It's for the same reason he sends the plague of bloody waters or scorching heat of the Sun. The people are bloodthirsty and so God gives them blood to drink and they are in fact worshipping the ancient Sun god Baal on his "day of the Sun" or as most call it today, SUNday. And so the Lord allows the heat of the Sun to scorch them because that is what their false god has to offer.
It all breaks down to three blunt passages in God's Word when it comes to how to avoid the mark. Revelation 14:12; Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 and Romans 1:22-27.
Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
This is a passage most Sabbath keepers understand and embrace to the heart. Well, at least for now. Many I am sad to say will step off the path and eventualll bow in obedience to Antichrist because they fear death. I actually did a video on this wherein I show how those that fear to die at the hands of the wicked when Sunday laws are enforced will escape the death of either the guillotine or the mob surrounding them in anger and so they live. But only for a short while as they are now slated for damnation.
But the obedient know that verses 6-11 in Revelation 14 more or less outlines what happens to those that receive the mark. But verse 12 says those that worship Jesus and keep His law will not receive the mark.
And without getting into much to explain all this as I have declared it many times. Satan doesn't care if like the Jews you claim to keep God's law. And he doesn't care that as most Christians you believe in Jesus Christ. What he fears is when you keep the law and believe in Jesus because he knows no man can do both unless the Holy Spirit is inside the heart of the Christian who as promised is helping him or her keep the law.
In other words, the real Christians who keep Sabbath are not keeping God's law to get saved. We keep it because were are saved. No many can keep the law unless they truly accept Jesus as Saviour who them as promised in both Hebrews 10:16 and 2 Corinthians 3:3, which says;
Hebrews 10:16, "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;"
2 Corinthians 3:3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
And so this is where the next passage that comes in that is so blunt no explanation is needed. It clearly says from the Old Testament Bible that Jesus and all the Apostles used as their Bible to preach from proving that book is not obsolete. It says in ..
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 Let us hear theconclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (14) For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
And so to solidify the reasons for the wrath of God falling on those that hate the truth we see this penned in Romans.
Romans 1:22-27 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, (23) And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. (24) Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: (25) Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. (26) For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: (27) And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
What does it mean to "worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator?" The Creator is obvious. That is Christ Jesus the Lord who is worthy of worship, and yes this is why there is a movement to declare Jesus isn't a God. Satan hated the idea that as an angel he had to bow to a man in worship. That man being of course Jesus Christ. And so Satan invented all sorts of fake worship after he was cast out of Heaven unto earth. Looking way back in time and you will see Pagans worshiping everything from the Sun to fish. This is why the Popes robes are covered in symbols of Baal. That being of course the plus sign. And then of course the symbols of the fish which one can see in the mitre the Pope wears to this day. Thousands of years ago the Pagans would take a large fish out of the sea and gut it. But they would not disconnect the flesh that covered the spine of the fish from the head. When their religious leader would place the head of the huge fish on his own head the scales of the fish ran down his back like a cape. That is why the mitre of the Pope looks like a fish head and those two ribbons that run down his back are in fact representations of the scales of the fish.
And because they did this even before Noah's day, we see them doing this today. And like back then, their sinfulness led them into homosexuality and eventually the flood like today, 98% of the Vatican is homosexual and as Jesus said, it will be like in the days of Noah and Lot when He returns and so it is.
#423 Can you explain 1 Peter 3:18-22?
Do you have any info on 1 peter 3:18-22? What is this verse talking about? Is it referring to the saints that were raised up at Jesus resurrection Matthew 27:52. And what does verse 20 mean when talking about Noah's days. Did Jesus raise up people from those days?
ANSWER:
No, sorry I never did a study on those verses, but I will do one and post it on the Q&A page for those that may have the same question on this in the days to come.
VERSE IN QUESTION:
1 Peter 3:18-20 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: (19) By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; (20) Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Just as it has been for 6000 years, the people alive in Jesus' day were in bondage or "prison of sin" as Peter says here. Just like in Noah's day, they were disobedient as well. Still, the Lord was merciful and did all He can to reach them.
As students of the Bible we know about the state of the dead. But Rome and all those that agree with her in these final days like to twist this passage to claim it proves disembodied spirits are in heaven and hell at the moment of death because Jesus went to preach to them. Satan needs that false doctrine to flourish so as to deceive the masses in and outside the church. But notice what it says in Matthew 27:52. It says that "the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,"
Those souls that came out when Jesus died on the cross to later become the 24 elders from Revelation. But that's a whole nother study. I bring them up here to highlight the way they are described while in the grave. The Bible says they were sleeping and as we know that means they were dead. Remember what Jesus said to the apostles when He told them Lazarus was sleeping? They thought Lazarus would get better of his illness now that he was sleeping. But Jesus clearly stated in John 11:14 that, "...Lazarus is dead."
When Jesus uses the term sleep He means what we call death because Jesus like His Father can see the end from the beginning. Every person that has ever died will rise up again. Some to everlasting life and most to ever lasting death. And so in God's eyes and the eyes of the obedient remnant people, all people in the graves today are merely sleeping until Jesus awakens them.
Plus it also says in Ecclesiastes 9:5,6 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
There are actually many more verses that touch on the state of the dead that lock it down while at the same time expose the wolves that preach using Vatican dogma and so I do have a page online as well as a shortvideo series on it for those seeking an in depth look at this. I pray those that need to check out those studies when they can.
Getting back to the "spirits in prison" we can see by using the line upon line and precept upon precept method Isaiah spoke of when defining doctrine; we know that Jesus would not have been preaching to them while in the grave after they died until they either arose at His second coming or in this special resurrection 2000 years ago.
Plus being students of the Bible we already know hell is not so much a place as it is an event that happens at the end of the 1000 years and so it cannot possible be a place wherein people live on for eternity. Satan lied when he told Eve should would not surely die in Genesis 3:4 and he's been using the same lie to this day because it works so well on people that don't study Bibles.
Hell is a 6000 year old prophesied judgmental event that happens when Satan and the billions of lost souls that he lured into damnation with him from the days of Cain all the way up to our day when they surround the 144, 000 at the end of plague 6. All the lost souls for the last 6000 years will eventually resurrect at the end of the 1000 years so as to surround the city of Heaven hoping to kill every saved child of God within the city of New Jerusalem.
And if you notice, even with their strange theology of eternal life in hellfire we see that as prophesies, confusion abounds. Rome also teaches that once someone ends up in hell they can never escape. Stranger still is that they even borrow from Pagan theology that speaks of a place they call Purgatory that is nowhere to be found in the Bible which claims those headed for Heaven float as burning embers in hellfire for millions of years so as to purify themselves for Heaven. Yet somehow they still declare Jesus went into that same hellfire that they say people cannot escape from, He then preached unto the lost souls that they also declare can never be saved, and He then pulled some of them out even though escape is impossible. This false doctrine allows the lost to think they can still make it to Heaven even after living a life of sin and going to a Christ-less grave. This is why many Catholics and those that borrow from their Pagan theology party hardy all the way to the grave. But the fact remains, if hell was a place where Satan ruled instead of an event where Jesus executes judgment on him and his victims, would it not be obvious that every single person in hell would want to escape that fire?
Now notice this… Againwe read in 1 Peter 3:19-20 where it says, "By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water."
What Peter is actually referring to here is how Jesus spoke through Noah, Methuselah and even Enoch who preached unto those “spirits in prison” of sin in Noah’s day. When read in context it’s obvious Peter is using the way Jesus spoke through the patriarchs and prophets of God before the flood hoping to get them to repent in the same way He does in Peter's day through the Bible and even the sermons of His apostles and then up to our day when the obedient preachers hope to bring souls to salvation. And then when you read the next verse in 1 Peter 3:21 that says, "The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:"
Peter is now purposely using the flood waters as a symbol or "like figure" as he says regarding the biblical truth in how we can go into the ark as repentant sinners so as to go through the waters of baptism wherein the flesh is left behind dead yet we are alive in the safety of the ark. One can see the "like figure" in how there were 8 saved souls in the ark, yet in the water was the dead flesh of millions all over the world.
This kind of reminds me of how Paul used the exact same likeness in 1 Corinthians 10:2 when he stated, "And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;" The obedient people of God went through the waters on dry land alive in Christ, and the dead flesh of Pharaoh’s men was left behind floating in the waters.
So to summarize, it is obvious to me that Peter is using the flood of Noah in this passage and all that went down that day as an illustration of how God’s plan of salvation has worked for 4000 up to his day and 2000 more years unto our day.
#424 Isn't Sabbath an abolished Ceremonial law?
Please clarify. Is not the Sabbath Command a ceremonial law?
ANSWER:
No, the ceremonial laws are the Mosaic laws. The feast days were ceremonial Sabbaths and were finished at the cross because of what Jesus did before getting to the cross and the fact He said "it is finished" at the cross confirms this quite boldly. See a more in depth description here... http://www.remnantofgod.org/Sabbath.htm I actually speak on the "ceremonial" issue at the start of the study. I also have another study on the site that goes into detail regarding the abolished claim that has been circulated throughout all Sunday keeping churches for centuries.
As for the Bible's seventh day weekly Sabbath, it was never changed and it was never a "Jewish" Sabbath either. Angels kept the ten commandments long before Jews were born. See Psalms 103:20 that says, "Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
Rome fabricated the lie about an abolished Sabbath in 321ad to get people to stop keeping the true Sabbath of the Creator so as to start keeping the Roman "day of the Sun" or Sunday Sabbath. Just as the prophet Daniel prophesied in Daniel 7:25. When speaking of the beast in Rome and how it was propehsied to do this, Daniel 7:25 says that "..he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time."
Not only did the Vatican change the calendars from 30 days each month to a hodge podge of different dates as well as change how the date changes to midnight instead of at Sundown, the Bishop of Rome in 321AD moved Constentine to bow in obedience to create the first Sunday laws to demand all keep Sunday holy instead of the true Sabbath of Friday Sundown to Saturday Sundown.
The 7th day Sabbath of the Ten
Commandments, like all the
Commandments, is eternal. In fact,
it is the fruit Jesus said we will
know each other by as true
Christians. Reason being is, no
man can keep the ten commandments
UNLESS they become real Christians
wherein Jesus enters the heart to
help them keep His law, for it was
written long ago in 2 Corinthians
3:2-3, "Ye are our epistle written
in our hearts, known and read of
all men: Forasmuch as ye are
manifestly declared to be the
epistle of Christ ministered by
us, written not with ink, but
with the Spirit of the living
God; not in tables of stone, but
in fleshy tables of the heart."
Also notice this.. the false
prophets pushing the Vatican
Sabbath all these centuries so as
to "wonder after the beast" in
every church, they say the Law was
abolished at the cross. If that
were so, then why after the cross
do we see this being penned by the
Sabbath keeping apostles? ...
1 John 2:4, "He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him."
2 John 1:6, "And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it."
And notice this very sobering truth...
Revelation 22:14, "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."
That's right, only those that keep the commandments, which happen to be the law of the land in New Jerusalem, (Heaven) will never enter in that city unless they actually keep the Law. And since no man can keep it without the help of the Holy Spirit, only commandment keeping obedient bride of Christ will enter in.
#425 Nicholas - You cannot Declare a Prophecy Fulfilled that quick!
Some of you may have seen this blog entry that was posted on my site by the Biblical Archaeology website on November28, 2018. I will not share the man’s name of course, but they are not only 501c3, they work hand in hand with every Christian denomination on earth in a way that uplifts Rome’s ecumenical agenda. I praise the Lord they are reading the truth, but I am saddened that they actually tried to get me to water it all down. This is what they posted on my blog recently.
"I am writing in regard to the article, "Ezekiel’s Prophecy of Dead Sea FULFILLED." If one reads the extended context of Ezekiel 47, including verses 1-8 and 12, it is clear that Ezekiel 47:8-9 is a small part of a larger prophetic picture of the Jewish Temple during the Millennium, when Jesus reigns as the Messiah in Jerusalem. Fresh water pouring into the Dead Sea so that fish can live there begins as a trickle at the south side of the Temple (Ez. 47:1-2), becoming an increasingly strong stream as it continues toward the Dead Sea. Since there is no Third Temple yet from which such a stream flows (note that verse 47:12 says the trees along its banks are watered from "the sanctuary," that is, the Temple), it is not possible that this prophecy could have been fulfilled yet."
When claims are made that a Bible prophecy has been fulfilled, it is always a good idea to open up the Scriptures and read any referenced passages in their full context. Just taking a couple of verses out of context gives a possibly false view.
ANSWER:
Dear sir;
Basic reality is this. One does not need to see Antichrist standing on earth claming to be Messiah to declare certain prophecies fulfilled when governments do things that were prophesied long ago to help him stand before the people as Antichrist. What I mean is. Take the 501c3 for a prime example. Even though it wasn't signed into an executive order by President Bush in 2006 making all churches and ministries with that contract "official government agencies" as Bush put it on March 07, 2006, when he put forth that Executive Order on the 501c3, the prophecy was stated they would create an image of the beast 2000 years ago
My point is, when Lyndon Johnson presented the 501c3 Bill way back in 1954, anyone with eyes that see could claim at that time the prophecy was fulfilled even though it was never officiated until 2006 because before 1954 no one had an inkling as to whether or not the 501c3 was even possible. They just knew of the prophecy and watched to see how the powers that be would eventually do it. And when Johnson did what he did that act alone confirmed the prophecy fulfilled as such a contract had never been drafted until that date that matched perfectly with the image of the church & state beast of Revelation 17:3.
The fact is even though it took decades to be locked into an executive order and no doubt soon to be permanent law as we saw happen when President Trump signed it on December 02, 2017, it didn't matter. Declaring it fulfilled in 1954 was just as valid as 2017. God said they would do it and in 1954 they did exactly what He said they would do. That Bill was going to become law because Christian prophecy is that accurate. And it did in fact happen.
Sadly, I just noticed that you're email address shows you are either the founder of or the webmaster from the Biblical Archaeology website that admits openly on their donation page that they are a 501c3 organization. And so I cannot expect you to see what I see regarding the Dead Sea because the only way to understand prophecy is to obey the God that wrote it. I do not say that to puff myself up or to lower you down. I say that as a warning unto you so as to better prepare for the Lord return.
The Lord clearly said in the Word that we must never create a church and state form of government yet you and millions of others disobeyed Him. I have a more in depth look at this prophetic fact posted here if you're intrested.... https://www.remnantofgod.org/image.htm )
As an ordianed watchman on the wall it is my duty to warn the people just like every other watchman. If you cannot see the prophecy regarding how many false prophets will join their churches and ministries with the second beast of Revelation (USA) then you cannot see that the prophetic waymarks of what's happening at the Dea Sea even now.
As for your claim a third temple will stand during the Millenium, that is what Rome teaches but it is nowhere to be found in the Scripture and I can prove it. See this...https://www.remnantofgod.org/1000yr.htm
I speak of Bible prophecies that are coming to fruition, I do not not teach Vatican agendas. I expose them.. I could care less of Rome wants to build a Third Temple so as to blaspheme Jesus Christ claiming what He did on Calvary 2000 was insufficient. There is not a single prophecy stating a third temple will be built anywhere in the Word from Genesis to Revelation. Just claiming there will be one is to preach what Jesus did for us did not work and I WILL NOT echo such lies as that. Still, that doesn't mean they won't build it or even get millions to trust they will build it before the Lord kills them all off in plague #7. Case in point, there are no prophecies saying Jesus will reign on earth for those 1000 years either. Yet millions of Christians think He will because the prophesied many false prophets have been teaching that lie for centuries now. There are no prophecies speaking of a seven year trib or even a secret rapture, yet again, millions think those things are true because as also prophesied they all wonder after the beast in Rome who taught them these lies.
As a Christian my heart goes out to you and so I pray that you repent and get out of that 501c3 contract before it's too late. For if you refuse, the prophesied strong delusion will come upon you making Biblical truths come off as lies and Vatican agendas as truth.
As for those of you listeing now, I can share what happened at the Dead Sea in 2018 if you would like right now. It will only take 2 minutes or so to prove this prophecy fulfilled. I also did a video on this a few weeks after the blog entry due to the feedback I got on the blog.
In 2016 scientists discovered something that they did not speak on until 2018 so as to double and tripple check what's actually happening. The investigation was done and prophecy has been confirmed fulfilled. But as you just heard, some people refuse to believe it. Not sure why they waited this long as most students of prophecy would have declared it fulfilled the split second they saw one fish in the waters of a certain body of water that is 10X saltier than the ocean. And no, I am not talking about the Salt Lake of Utah's Salt Lake City where you can actually float on the water due to its salt content.
Forcenturies Atheists and Bible haters have declared Ezekiel was a false prophet because of something the Lord said to him regarding the region where Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed and what was to happen in that region in thevery last days of Earth's history. And yes, this is just one more prophetic event confirming Christ is coming a lot sooner than most realize. I personally believe if I stay healthy I will see my precious Lord in my lifetime. I have believed that for decades in fact and now that things are happening much quicker, many I love that are near to me see it now as well. Not to mention my amazing church family.
In the region this prophesied event is happening is a sea that was once called the Lake of Sodom or the Sea of Sodom. Today it is called the Dead Sea due to the fact its salt content is so high nothing can possibly live in it. With that in mind, one can see how Atheists and scoffers can assume Ezekiel was a false prophet when he was told by the Lord to pen the following statement. The prophecy is as follows..
Ezekiel 47:8-9 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. 9, And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
Inother words.. PROPHECY FULFILLED!
Thearticle went on to say, "The existence of fish in the Dead Sea, a reality that seems to contradictthe laws of nature, has been explained by science and Biblical prophecy alike. Hundreds of researchers and universities have chimed in on the reasons why the Dead Sea is reviving. But this is no scientific miracle, said Bedein – it’sBiblical prophecy becoming true." –Source
I actually saw a video back then that showed fish swimming in the Dead Sea and so I posted the blog entry declaring my agreement that the prophecy was fulfilled and so the nonbelieving emails came in.
#426 Please explain John 11:8-10
I don't understand the response of Jesus in John 11:8-10 ... please help me understand. God bless.
ANSWER:
Verse in Question:
John 11:8-10 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again? (9) Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. (10) But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
Jesus
wasn’t concerned about His
plight with the Jews partly
because He already knew when He
was to die and partly because He
was trying to teach that we must
not let threats stops us from
preaching the truth because there
are way too many people not
walking in the light. All will
stumble without the truth that we
in Christ need to share. The
Pharisees were all about blocking
the light of truth as many are
today for all sorts of selfish
reasons and so threat or no
threat; Jesus was going to preach
unto those that would hear and
desire truth.
The way He didn’t address
His own situation wherein the Jews
wanted Him dead but instead spoke
on how much more important it was
to spread the light of truth
showed us how much He loved them
no matter how much they hated Him.
We need to trust the Father to
protect us in the same way He did
His only begotten Son because we
preach the same message He did
because the Comforter has been
sent and He will move us to preach
it.
The miracle of raising Lazarus was something He was about to perform at this time was something He knew would cut many hearts and bring all sorts of people into the truth. Hence the reason He said this in Matthew 23:37, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
#427 Who are Anna and Caiaphas in Luke 3:2?
I just came across this passage in my studies and found that Anna and Caiaphas were mentioned as high priests? What's happening here? It appears there were two high priests at one time.
ANSWER:
Passage in question:Luke 3:2-6 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. (3) And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; (4) As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. (5) Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; (6) And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. (Also see Ezekiel 17:24)
John even went so far as to tell the people in Luke 3:9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
If you look closely you can see that this is a prophetic statement for our time as well. For if the people ignore the final truth proclaimed in the Loud Cry, the mark will be upon them. I find it very telling that at present there are two Popes just as there was two high priests back then. Many years ago when I made the man of sin page the Lord moved me to place 2 mitres on the page as the header picture. Later when I saw the one Pope step back for the Jesuit Pope to take over I knew why I see a similar situation happening in Rome. And we all know how Roman Catholicism not only mixed Paganism with Christianity, they also claim to be the religious leaders of the world just as the Jewish leaders actually were at one time.
What I mean is, as we learned in the Sanctuary study, having 2 high priests is a sin. There is only one Christ. This shows how corrupt they were 2000 years ago. Looks very simular today. Jesuit Pope Francis came to power while Benedict was still alive. Plus, the fact Messiah was soon to come 2000 years ago when the corruption was high, He is returning now as well.
And so as John went forth during this time with the early rain to declare unto all they must make their paths straight, the Lord will soon send out His obedient children with the same spirit of Elijah to declare unto all, make your paths straight for the coming of the Lord in the Loud Cry.
#428 I am concerned about what they plan with the mask and the vaccine
Happy Sabbath. So I was pondering
this recently, and felt I needed
to ask for your advice regarding
this. Prior to all what went on
with Craig, I watched his videos a
few months back (I no longer do so
of course), and he really pushed
the health message. Regarding that
he advised taking the future
"Covid vaccine" (that we know
itself will be deadlier than the
virus) and then using detox
methods such as activated charcoal
and other natural detoxifying
methods/foods/etc. What do you
think about this? I suppose we
don't know for sure if the vaccine
will be "enforced" to the levels
of the mark will be, but if it is
I won't be able to get on a plane
or anything likely without taking
the vaccine. Should we as the
remnant people refuse to take this
vaccine? Or do as Craig had said
and take it but then detox, etc
(and trust in God to let us not be
poisoned by that junk).
I also already feel strongly
against wearing a mask and have
not as of yet, but I may be forced
to wear one on a flight in the
near future... I'm incredibly
bummed about that because I don't
want to show compliance to the
beast at all...
Also I'd like to thank you so much
for your reading material, your
lesson docs (I've been going
through those recently), your
videos and just overall plethora
of information that I've been able
to share with others as well.
Praise the Lord. Thanks for
reading this too.
ANSWER:
Before answering, I only left Craig's name in the email because of what he is doing lately. He continues to use the SDR name among people that are unaware of all his sins so as to make sure they keep sending money to him, which I have been alerted to lately he is openly asking people for money now as the Lord stopped sending him donations due to the sins he commited that demand he be removed from the pulpit. We need now to openly separate ourselves from him as satan is trying to use him to split the SDR church. The people need to know he is openly lying to gain donations. He is not SDR. One of the easy to see fruits of the SDR leaders is that we never ask for donations. The Lord supplies all our needs because we remain obedient.
There are ways to detox from vaccines as I have stated years ago here on my website here … https://remnantofgod.org/ama.htm#vaccine
Still, we do not know how they will enforce it. Trump keeps saying he plans to use the military to deliver it, whatever that means and so be it. But, I will not take the vaccine unless they litterally handcuff me and sit on me as they jab the needle in me. I will of course be praying all along as I was poisoned by a vaccine when I was 10 years old and have had issues because of it my entire life. In any event, if they somehow get that posion in my bloodstream, then the detoxing will begin of course. But, it will only be by force that I will take it. Telling people to stand in line to get it is not wise as if it's true, some of the ingredients do in fact defile the body with unclean animals and so, just as the women who want to kill their own babies have said for years, I am sure many people will step up and echo the same thing with the vaccine. MY BODY! MY CHOICE!
Like the mask, I am sure they will not enforce the vaccine by law. However, since the Pope already met with all the CEO’s and politicians a few years ago, as I shared in this video back in July of 2017. It is obvious to me how this will all go down.
The basic reality is, they don’t actually have to enforce the vaccine by law at all. What I mean is, the CEO’s have already shown us how they use the media and sheeple hysteria to push the mask. As we have seen, many stores and all government buildings have signs that say "no mask, no entry" and so they can use the same methods to get the vaccine in people. Not only will people lose jobs, it will become impossible to buy food or anything else from them if you don’t have the vaccine. But you can still buy online of course. They're doing this so the powers that be can see where the problems arise for when they do enforce the buy and sell enforcement of the mark. We are that close now. That's why so many wolves are out there and claiming to be pastors. The real fruit is now being made known across the board.
Refusing people’s access to food without forcing them to do something they know is wrong to do, (like masks and vaccines) is there way of whittling away at the people so as to see who among the population is going to be a problem for them when the mark is finally enforced. And with the digital age upon us, all of us are already in the system via face prints, fingerprints, DNA, bank info, education, religiosity, tax records, race etc. It won’t be hard for the computers to point out the problem areas so that when the mark is enforced they will be better able to target the obedient Christians with ease. Still.. we aren't supposed to make ourselves stick out like a sore thumb either. (SOP?)
And just so you know. And this is the hidden blessing in all this. The Lord is granting us this trial right now so as to find ways around getting the mark yet still being able to get what we need. One word in particular comes to mind. That word is BARTERING.
Still.. wearing the mask is not a sin. No law of God is broken here. In fact, all of us have been bowing to illegal unjust laws for decades. For example, if you have a driver’s license, license plates, marriage license, birth certificate or even if you pay income tax, you are already doing things the government says you must do even though they know there is no law that was ever passed to make it legally enforceable.
They also know that everyone gets the license and pays the taxes to avoid being harassed by the corrupt government. The mask is no different. BUT, that is why Satan did what he did since WWII when income tax was a voluntary donation to the war effort. After the war ended they never removed the so called voluntary taxation from the peoples paychecks and when the people complained the IRS showed their teeth; and because most of the people bowed to fear, and now that so many followed their lead, the herd mentality of it all allowed for all sorts of new “unjust laws” to come next. Like the license plates and even car insurance which is blatently illegal according to the US Contsitution. As prophesied in SOP they will change our constitution very soon.
And yes, I said taxes are illegal. Amendmant 16 was never ratified. I even called the IRS years ago and asked them, isn't the paying of income tax still on the books as being a voluntary act of the people? And the agent said YES. But then he also said, you have to volunteer. After I laughed a bit, I hung up and then paid my taxes so as not to offend anyone just as Jesus told Peter to do when they forced the illegal tax on Him. Unlike Doug Batchelor who stated on Camera that Jesus lied not too long ago when he was asked about his 501c3.
And speaking of Doug Batchelor, like Craig who made such strange claims about the vaccine recently, Doug also stated on camera to go ahead and take it even after a caller told him pig parts and other unclean things were in the vaccine.
The mask as well as the vaccine is nothing more than another demographic point of research for Satan and his pawns in big government to see who’s weak and who’s strong. The vaccine is just a little harder push against the norm is all.
And since the research shows it is true about the ingredients, and we know a 20 year old man just died in Brazil last week after allowing himself to make money as a clinical Guinea pig for the vaccine company, most Americans are now saying they won’t take the vaccine.
Still, these same Americans said in 2019 and before that they no longer trusted the media when it was making all sorts of stories up about Russia. But when the plandemic started; did you notice? Almost every American believed the lying media even after the CDC and other officials said the numbers were 100% wrong. Worse yet, after millions of people saw the video of the two doctors exposing the plandemic on YouTube, who were then censored and banned by Google, most still bowed to the mask anyway.
But still.. it’s no sin to wear the mask. However, there is a BIG difference between them wearing the mask with a blind trust in a lie and you wearing it with faith in Christ. You know it’s all a lie and you're only wearing the mask. But the majority are allowing the mask to wear them. They for the most part believe it, and that was all planned long ago.
I will be very surprised in fact if they pass a law to mandate the vaccine. They may try doing so locally, but I doubt if it will pass on a federal level. Basic reality is, they really don't need to pass the law. The mask proved that hands down.
But I won’t be surprised when big box stores refuse customers without proof of the vaccine just as some refuse entry unless you wear a mask. Now do you see why they got the people used to seeing "Walmart greeters" when they walk in?
In any event, stay in the Word of God daily and pray without ceasing. These are intense times. We all need to TRUST the Lord Jesus on this one because no man is going to be able to help you like He can. He truly does give you perfect peace in all this. Truth is, all of us could have been born centuries ago. But no, the Lord allowed us to be born right now, in these last days. He knows exactly what’s coming and He is the one that will reveal to you and me when the time comes what He would have us do. But unless you're serious about your walk by studying His Word daily, you simply will not be able to hear His voice and you will be caught totally off guard.
As for those fallen teachers and preachers like Craig Kalkofen in the Philippines or Doug Batchelor that know the vaccine has things from the pig and other toxins in it yet still telling the people to get the vaccine. I am sure they will soon say keeping Sunday holy is ok as well very soon. Their lack of faith proves they are hirelings. When danger comes, watch them. They will run away and hide when the sheep are surrounded just as prophecy predicted. They have already sold out to the flesh in everything from spiritual and even physical adultery to actually eating unclean foods so as to pander to the flesh instead of taking the opportunity to preach the real health message, of which a true Christian would never say get the vaccine. They are cultivating cowardly Christians who won't have the faith to refuse the mark. Seriously. Think about that for a minute!
Craig and all the other false prophets are preaching peace and safety to their people. They are telling them to get the vaccine so as to calm their fears instead of telling them to get close to Christ, learn of Him, emulate Him and be blessed by Him with perfect peace so that when they come to vaccinate you you won't cave in and say, ok, jab away. These wolves are cultivating Christian cowards. The Lord is allowing us this test to lear how to stand firm when the mark is enforced.
If you cave in now and get the vaccine willingly as Craig is saying, then if you survive the vaccine, you will not know how to stand up for the faith when they enforce the mark. You have no faith in how to do it because you trusted Craig, who told you it was ok to defile your body with unclean animals. And just so you know, this very same man who claims to be SDR to some people that know nothing about his sins, he officated at a wedding recently wherein he allowed a pig roast to be served at the very same wedding he attended! Is it any wonder he is telling you to get a vaccine with pig cells in it?
And so.. again. Study the Word and pray without ceasing. Only Christ can tell you what’s coming next. Don't trust me or any man. We are way too close to the end now. Unless you know Jesus Christ and set your path straight for His return, you won’t be able to hear His voice no matter how LOUD He declares present truth through His obedient Gideon Band.
#429 The Urim and the Thummim?
Okay, so one time I heard you use some words I have never heard before. They were in reference to the high priest kicking out the people who didn't do what they were supposed to in the ten days preceeding the day of atonement, you said something like "oomin & thirmin"??? For a second there I was like, "why is he talking about an actress?" Because there is an actress named Uma Thurman.
ANSWER:
Yes.. it does sound like the name of that woman, and I wonder if they planned it that way to slander the Lord, but the Urim and the Thummim were two stones the priest used to discern the will of God in tough situations wherein they had yet to receive a thus saith the Lord. The Bible was just beginning to be penned by Moses and so the stones were needed at times to know the will of God on some things. And since the High Priest was to represent Christ, and we know only Christ can be near unto the Father, the High Priest was ordained to hold the stones.
The stone that was for “light” was white of course, and the one for “darkness” was a black stone. These stones were used to get a “yes” or a “no” answer from the Lord. And yes, this too was counterfeited by Satan even unto our generation. What I mean is, those of us that dabbled in the darkness of the lies of the occult before meeting the Author of the light of truth; we know all about the yes and no sections of the Ouija board.
Now I am sure many today would love to get their hands on such stones like the Urim and the Thummim, but they were not magical in any way shape or form and so they would not work at all today. Reason being is; it was necessary back then for the Lord to use this method to express His will on certain things that most would consider the tough questions in life when it came to our Father's will on such things. However, the main reason they had those two stones was for the same reason the church has always had prophets. The Bible was going to be growing in size throughout history and for quite some time it was just the first five books that Moses wrote that the people had to use to find answers in life. And so the Lord sent prophets.
The Word of God however has finally grown to the prophesied 66 books of today. And I say prophesied, because the candlestick in the Holy Place represented the Word of God and as one would expect, it actually had 66 items on it so as to declare the Vatican's lie filled Apocrypha was not of God. Reason being is, when you add the Vatcan apocryphal books to the Bible, the Word of God no longer matches with the candlestick and so the Vatican books are proven to be uninspired and quite evil in fact. Since the Bible has grown to its prophesied size, it now contains the answer for every question man can come up with. In fact it says this in...
2 Timothy 3:14-17. "But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."
And so, even if we had the Urim and Thummim today, the white stone would not glow to answer yes and the black stone would not glow to answer no because the Lord has already declared all we need to know in His Word. If we stand confused it’s only because we do not know His will. Basic reality here is, unless you study His Word daily, how can you know His will for you? No, we cannot know everything as it is true we are looking through dark glasses as 1 Corinthians 13:12 says. That means, all we need to know is already penned. Sure, some may say they still have questions that cannot be found in His Word, but if you do the line upon line, precept upon precept as well as searching here a little or there a little in the Bible as the Lord moved Isaiah to say in Isaiah 28:10, you will either find the answer..
Truth is, if we ask a question He would merely send us back into His Word to get the answer; or as many have seen, His Word comes to mind as promised in John 14:26 and the answer would be ours in an instant as most of us have witnessed many times over the years. And yes, there are people that want to know His will in all situations in life like that even today. I am sure those being moved by the Holy Spirit to be in the Gideon band would know what I mean.
Seriously, have you ever had a certain question in mind when going to Him in prayer and suddenly a certain Bible verse comes to mind that actually has the answer? That's His still small voice speaking unto you. That is why studying and not just surface reading His Word is so important for us to do each day. Just as we wouldn’t know about the beautiful truths found in the Sanctuary unless we looked into His Word to find it, we would never have that Bible verse come to mind so that when in question one day, He reminds us of it. Hence the reason He penned John 14:26 that said, "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." Notice how the Holy Spirit was declared to be a third person in that passage? The use of the word "He" proves that hands down. But without a deep study of His Word, those that study the lies of the wolves will be more apt to study what the preacher says instead and so confusion will abound.
And the way the verse ends confirms the fact you must read it. It said that the Lord brings all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you in that verse. The word “remembrance” means just that. You cannot remember anything you haven't heard before. Seriously, do you have memories about walking on the moons of Saturn or reading a book written by a sloth hanging from a tree? Of course not. You were never on Saturn to build that memory and sloth's don't write books. Well, if you never read a Bible, then you cannot have that verse in memory that the Lord promised to remind you of when you need Him to help you escape danger. Be it physical or spiritual.
#430 Nicholas.. why don’t you ask for donations?
I noticed you never ask for donations in your services.
ANSWER:
In the Word of our God we find the following.
John 2:13-17 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, (14) And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: (15) And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; (16) And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. (17) And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
Today's churches have all sorts of money changers in their temples. Everything from passing the plate as they sit in the pew, to offering copies of the sermons to books as they leave the church.
The preachers of fitlhy lucre; who were prophesied to be those that create an image to the beast by joining their churches with the state so as to make even more money by denying Christ's command to pay the taxes so as not to offend as He said in Matthew 17:27, these ravenous wolves do this as prophesied to make the people in the pews 'merchandise' unto them as the apostle Peter said in 2Peter 2:3.
This is why some keep preaching prosperity sermons so as to get their money, others charge admission for their Pagan Christmas and Easter plays, others sell copies of their sermons and books and others ask for large donations for church projects instead of just letting the Lord give them their means towards the work He ordained them to do.
Worse yet, they actually pass the plate during the church service so as to pressure the people to give. And this allows those with money in the church to drop large somes of money in the plate so as to generate despair in the hearts of those in the pew next to them when they can only drop a few coins. Some will be tempted to give more than they can afford so as to look like they have money and the Lord will not bless them for their pride was the reason they giave.
But the truth is, no money is to exchange hands inside the temple at all. That is why they had areas outside the synagogue to put their tithe and love offerings in.
Remember what Jesus said when standing outside the Temple in the court of the women where the Temple treasury was? It's in Luke 21:1-6 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. (2) And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. (3) And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: (4) For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had. (5) And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, (6) As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
All of this was done outside the Temple wherein the Sabbath services were held. And, did you notice how some spoke of the goodly stones and gifts in the Temple? How many of us, and this is especially true of Catholics, how many of us recall the plaque in the church foyers even to this day wherein they would have the names of people listed on brass name tags depicting what they gave money to the church for? You would see many names of people who donated cash for a pew or two and some that donated large sums for statues or other expensive items. All of them received their reward from mankind which was praise and honor instead of a blessing for quitely giving unto the Lord as is the basic duty of every Christian.
This is why I never ask for donations. It is better for God's people to be blessed from the Lord instead of seeking self glorification from a pat on the back from men. If the people of God are obedient, then they will tithe. Yes, we need to remind the church every year or so that it is their duty for the sake of the babes in Christ that may not know. Plus, I have found how sinful it is by watching preachers of filthy lucre who will boldly compromise their morals and even the faith they are ordained to preach so as to conjur up silly ideas to share with the congregation for so as to make sure they keep the fancy cars and homes paid for. They do this because the Lord is not send them the money they pray for because their prayers are not heard. They are there to preach and teach. Not sell a product.
In fact, there's a video out there if T.D Jakes who was literally declared to be God's salesman by some money worshiping Television Network who made a ton of money for him and Jakes actually said that he is a salesman and Jesus is his product! WOW! Such spiritual insanity is this.
Still.. I don't ask mankind for money because I want to be blessed. I do however ask the Lord to send the funds needed because long ago, before I ever received my first donation, the Lord showed me how each time a donation comes in I am seeing His hand move twice. What I mean is, since I never ask any man, woman or child for one thin dime, when I pray for it and the money arrives to be able to do the work of the Lord, the first thing I see is that our Father is pleased with the work as He is answering the prayer by sending the money I prayed for. And secondly, I get to see His hand move upon a child of God to the point they sent a donation, because they didn't send it because I asked for it, they sent it because I prayed, the Lord heard my prayer, He moved an obdedient child of God who is open to His voice to send it, and it then arrived.
#1, I was blessed to see the Lord is still pleased with the work to keep it funded
#2, I was able to meet a real Christian who heard God's voice to send their tithe and love offering to keep the work funded.
#431 Nicholas, why do you not see Mary forever blessed and worthy to be prayed to?
Why do you not see Mary forever blessed and worthy to be prayed to?
ANSWER:
Actually, I do declare Mary was blessed because the angel said she was in Luke1:30, which was "...Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God." But she is just a human like you and I and therefore not to be worshiped or prayed to. In fact, Mary herself knew her place and stood there with no issue 2000 years ago. Truth is, Jesus also knew her place as well. But notice what happened 2000 years ago and perhaps this will help you see what needs to be seen.
John 2:1-4 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: (2) And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. (3) And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. (4) Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
It is here that after Jesus' gentle rebuked to Mary in the previous verse, she understood now that He was no longer under her wing to be controlled by her as His mother. All too often Catholics use the excuse that Mary is our go between because of our sin. But this is not biblical. Plus, the rebuke of Jesus prevented her from being tempted to be glorified as the mother of Messiah as the flesh would want and 2000 years later we see how Rome did just that. But to confirm she knew her place, notice what Mary says to the servants after Jesus rebuked her with the love of a son.
Directly after Jesus rebuked her gently this is what Mary did next.
John 2:5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
Yet to this day 100% of every Pope and prelate under them have demanded everyone venerate, obey and even seek out Mary in prayer as to what the will of the Lord is for our lives.
I was a devout Catholic 29 years and not one time did I ever hear John 2:5 spoken from any pulpit, and my wife and I liked to church hop quite often as the service was a carbon copy church to church and so we went to see all the fancy architecture, statues and gold covered items. Still, never once was this verse shared to show us that Mary just said to listen only to her Son and not herself.
Mary clearly understood the rebuke as her statement here wherein she says the servants must do only as He says proves she surrendered her pride and stood on faith that He was perfectly able to do as He saw fit to do to the glory of His Father. It was this faith in His duty to be about His Father's business from this day forward that moved Jesus to change the water into wine, which meant He was to take the rotten and watered down doctrines of the apostate leaders and shine additional light upon them so the people would know the Father's will for them in their lives. The water into new wine depicts what Jesus preaches as "new doctrine." And no, it was not new in the sense that it was just being penned and they never heard it before. No, it was not new because it was always in the Bible. It was just that, as we see today with the many false prophets and wolves on so many pulputs that the leaders simply ignored it and the people were never taught it when they sought out the changing of the Shewbread each Sabbath day. And so this first miracle fits as both a declaration of His ministry and a rebuke towards the Pharisees.
Rome wil not preach or even describe the first miracle of Christ at Cana in its proper light for in so doing will destroy centuries of false dogma that was solely designed to bring glory unto the creature Mary over and above the Creator, Jesus Christ. But then that is the long prophesied duty of Satan's headquaters on earth. That of course being the Vatican that sits on seven hills exactly as John was told in vision to be the home to Antichrist in Revelation.
#431a: I would assume that you have not died to your sins, and continue to sin (YOUTUBER) I would assume that you have not died to your sins, and continue to sin, and you will die, and continue to remain in your sickness. Maybe the tare seed (Matthew 13) expressed in Romans 6:14 only results in the progression of tares who will remain among the good seed until the end, when the tares will be the first to be gathered and burnt (Matthew 13:30).
ANSWER:
Obedient Christians are dead to sin. In other words, when we sin we grieve so much due the Holy Spirit in us that we do as 1John 1:9 says to do and we are then forgiven. Those Christians that are not obedient are alive in their sin. They sin, they do not grieve, they never repent, or they give a faulty repentance thereby assuming all is well and like Isaiah 4:1 prophesied, they only claim the name Christian to take away their shame.
And no, we do not keep the law to GET saved. We keep the law because WE ARE saved. No one can keep the law unless the Holy Spirit writes it on their hearts.
Paul put it perfectly when he said in 2 Corinthians 3:2-3 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: (3) Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
This is why Jesus said we shall know each other by our fruits. If you claim to be a Christian yet keep Sunday holy, then the law is not written in your heart yet. For it is impossible to keep the law without the Holy Spirit helping. Mankind proved that at Sinai long ago. THAT is in fact the essence of the New Covenant. God still requires we keep His law, that never changed because He never changes. Only difference now is, if we accept His Son as payment for our sins, the Holy Spirit will then help us keep the law that we have proven for 6000 years as being unable to keep it without His help.
Soon, there will be religious laws designed to force all of mankind to break God's law to keep the Sunday law of the man of sin. Christian prophecy is that accurate.
People that believe they don't have to keep the law because their apostate pastors say so will find out they were never dead to their sins all along.
Just because the Law was revealed in the Old Testament doesn't mean it's nullified. All throughout the New Testament it says you must keep it and that includes after the cross of Christ. In fact, the very last book of the Bible, and the very last chapter of that book says this in Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
That city is Heaven, or New Jerusalem as the Word says. And so to claim we are in sin for keeping God's law is to stand rank and file with all those that will die in Hellfire for that city is eternal and forever blessed as sinless because all residents therein are commandment keeping Chrstians.
Now, are you sitting down? When you get time read Revelation 14:6-11. It speaks of the warnings of the three angels upon mankind regarding the mark of the beast and his image. But verse 12 speaks of God's obedient people who cannot possibly receive the mark. Check it out, it says this..
Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
If we weren't supposed to keep His law, then why does Revelation 22:14 say only those keeping it enter into the eternal city of Heaven and why does Revelation 14:12 show how we refuse the mark that guarantees damnation upon all those that break God's law?
You see, Satan doesn't care if you keep God's law. He has the Jews as captives bound for hellfire thinking they are heaven bound on that fact alone. Satan doesn't even care if you believe in Jesus as Lord and Saviour either. He has billions of Christians trapped in his grasp doing that as Isaiah 4:1 proved they would do as well. What Satan fears is when we have the fruit Jesus speaks of wherein we not only keep the Law, we also embrace Jesus as Lord and Saviour. When we do that, Satan knows he has no power over us to force us to receive the mark. And so he will simply try to kill us off for he knows we will never bow to him. Problem with that theory is, 144,000 of us will never die. Satan has already lost.
The dying god of this world wants everyone to worship him and so he will move the powers that be to force people to break God's law to gain billions of victims. But the people of God that study the Word daily know about all this and we prepare for it.
When you get time, please do a study and you will find EVERY time the mark is mentioned in prophecy the word WORSHIP is right there with it because Satan will demand worship.
Contact me via my channel if you need more info.
#432 Did Paul say he was possessed by Satan as a Christian?
Is Paul saying that after he met Christ he is possessed by Satan because he says he is doing things that he doesn’t want to do and then says he is not the one doing them. It is “sin” that dwells in him doing it.
Romans 7:20-23 Nowif I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. (21) I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. (22) For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: (23) But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
ANSWER:
When Paul says it is not himself that does the sin he is saying Satan uses his flesh that is naturally sinful to desire those things he would not want to do. It's like the babe in Christ that after gaining salvation still does things without realizing it's sin or struggles with those things he or she knows is wrong to do. The flesh wants what it wants.
I recall after I found Christ I still kept Sunday holy, smoke, drank and ate unclean foods because the flesh was still being manipulated by Satan who revels in the flesh. I had no clue of course, but as I walked closer and closer to Christ, those things I once cherished were eventually removed from my life one at a time as the Lord revealed them to me as deadly to me in both the physical and spiritual sense.
And so, as we walk in Christ, all of us still do things in the flesh we are unaware of. And so as Paul said, after finding Christ as Saviour and walking as best he knew to do each day, when his flesh does things that are wrong, "it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me."
If we remain obedient day by day when the Lord reveals the sins to us and we repent and walk away from them, eventually ALL will be overcome! In fact, notice what Paul says next…
Romans 7:24-25 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? (25) I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
The way I see it is, Paul was a humble man. He was very thankful to Christ that even though he knew how weak the flesh was, Jesus was there to deliver him from the flesh. The flesh always wants to sin, but his mind is such that in Christ he is able to thank Him for deliverance. Plus when we repent of sin we still commit unknown sin because of the weak flesh. But when we eventually discover the sinful trait, we stop and confess again because we are willing to obey while still in the flesh. But the flesh will still tempt us to sin even though the mind and heart says we want to follow Christ.
To say in my mind as a believer that I serve the law of God but in the flesh I serve the law of sin means my mind wants to serve God as much as my flesh wants to serve sin. But when I overcome, my mind wants to serve the Lord much more than my flesh wants to serve sin. The temptation will continue all the way up until we ascend. But keep in mind. Temptation is NOT sin. It's when we bow to the temptation that sin begins.
#433 My wife says I’m not walking with God and that’s a problem
I’ve always had trust issues with people. Life has not been been very good to me. I told my wife I’ll get some counseling to help our relationship but she suggested I go to you and not a secular counselor as it will send me to hell. I don’t forgive very easily and I try but it’s a block I have and I just stay to myself. I’m reading our daily bread and try to get into the Bible everyday. My wife says I’m not walking with God and that’s a problem. It appears that she has this your with me or against me. I can get into reading but all the other stuff flat earth, laser beams making sink holes distract me. I’m losing my wife I fear and I don’t know what to do. Any advice you can would be greatly appreciate.
Best regards
ANSWER:
The Lord revealed to me decades ago in two ways how reading His Word would become not just easier, but a joy to read.
#1, When I started to read it daily before going to work each and every day; it became a habit and rather quickly I was able to better understand what was being said in the Word, mind you in child like ways as I was still a babe in Christ, but I was only learning because He saw that I was serious about not stopping and so He opened it up to me to keep me on the edge of my seat each time I studied.
But, (and this is #2) it wasn’t until years later that I finally stopped watching Hollywood movies or anything on TV for that matter because all of it (except perhaps some scientific documentaries) were all based on fiction which is in fact lies basically.
I was mostly into shoot em up bang em up movies and special effects back then as I have always been into science and especially computers. When I stopped all the movies the Bible actually became even more exciting to me. I then realized why Hollywood was invented. It used to be the stories in the Bible about creation, the plagues of Egypt, the Red Sea, Samson, Daniel in the lion’s den and the hundreds of prophecies about Jesus – just to name a few – all of this was a blessing for men to look into in life and things like entertainment wasn't as attractive. All of those events in biblical history were so very exciting that quite often people could not put the Bible down as they wanted to discover why it all happened in the way it did.
Satan knew that he needed to distract the people to make something else more exiting to them. And so everything from Hollywood movies, fictional novels and even today things like porn, violent video games, rock music and even conspiracy theories like fat earth and UFO and of course drugs and alcohol or even careers, all of it caused billions to stop reading or even trusting the Bible.
As your wife knows, as do many in the church know, end time prophecy is one of the most exciting things about the Bible. And especially now that so many things are happening as predicted.
I was blessed by it even as a young man. But it wasn’t until I left the Catholic church, which like Hollywood and other distractions is all about lies, I found that prophecy really opened up and I must say it is VERY exciting to read somethings in Daniel, Isaiah or any other prophetic books so as to discover how in historic record all those things happened exactly as the Lord said they would.
So.. why did I share all that.
Look around. Does the world appear a bit strange to you? Animals, birds, insects and fish are all dying in record numbers. Hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and forest fires are increasing in number and in size as well. There are also many other strange things happening in the climate or in the heavens as well as the current political theater with all the fake news about a pandemic, all of this has moved most people to become very fearful. Problem is, most of the people believe their religious leaders who say this is all the end result of climate change or political unrest. When in fact, all those signs (and many more I have listed online) have nothing to do with climate change at all. All of them have been confirmed to be what is supposed to happen when the return of Christ is extremely near. It's actually quite shocking how detailed Christian prophecy really is. Yet have you ever been to a church that even opens the prophetic books today? I used to be a member of a Sunday keeping church decades ago that taught we do not have to open the book of Revelation at all because we will be leaving in a secret rapture, which by the way is a confirmed Vatican contrived prophecy. It's not real.
Pastors like that, and there are millions of them the world over, they use this as a way not to teach prophecy because the only way to understand prophecy enough to teach it is to obey the God that wrote it, and none of them obey Him. The fact they all joined their churches with the state in the 501c3 contract exactly as prophecy said the fallen churches would do proves this hands down.
Now.. I need you to be honest with me. I don’t ordinarily share things like this with people without knowing them. I have no idea (other than by inspiration) as to why I shared all that with you. The Lord moved every word and sentence in this email and so I ask, is there a reason for this brother? If so.. please let me know.
And by the way, the only way to repair your marriage is to get closer to Christ who invented marriage in the Garden of Eden 6000 years ago. 75% of the marriages end in divorce because one or sometimes both spouses do not know Jesus. And the only way to get closer to Christ is to have more faith. And so how do you get more faith? Please get a Bible.. and please read Romans 10:17.
I would ordinarily share the verse outright with you, but I want you to actually get a Bible in hand so as to read that verse for yourself.
When you get into His Word, your faith will grow, your peace will be off the chart, your marriage will be blessed, you will no longer be distracted and you will be ready for what’s about to happen all over the planet in a very short time. We are THAT close.
Who knows? Perhaps we met for such a time as this? I do not believe it to be a mistake that the Lord moved your wife to ask you to email me. I hope to hear from you soon.
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ONE LAST THING... And this is a warning unto all that are watching Vatican contrived videos. I was sent a video from a brother in the faith this morning. The video was titled PRIEST WARNING FROM ROME !!! MUST HEAR BEFORE YOU DIE. In the email he sent me and many others he stated that, and I am quoting now .. The Churches have been taken over by them also. The Catholic Church has been seized by Masons. And the Protestants also. This is why we have so many doctrine disputes. The Masons have seized our Churches.
What many fail to realize is that the man in the video is a Catholic priest and being a priest you can NOT trust him in any way shape or form. Rome is very good at false flags, political theater and just plain lying as we all know. Yes it's bad out there. It's the end of days. But this priest's "warning" will most assuredly be filtered with Vatican agenda. It will also be used to pull the onus off the Pope and put it on others. Like the Vatican books that came out about 10 years ago claiming that Islam was home to Antichrist. I did a video and a page all about that easy to expose lie. The Vatican has been using Islam to kill Christians since September 11 and so they will naturally make them appear to be as Antichrist just as they tried to do with Hitler when they used him to kill Christians and Jews. Now they are seeking to hide behind another pawn in the hands of the Pope, the Masons.
The Popes are evil, and they are the ones prophecy says will be used by Satan as the main problem in the final days. You cannot change Christian prophecy.
The priest in the video is ruled by the Pope and we all know the Pope wants to use climate change to enforce the mark by 2027. Once done he then knows he will rule the one world government by 2030. If his Pope gets his way and those dates agree with the Father in Heaven who is the ONLY ONE that knows the day and the hour, then Christ will return in 2030 because the one world government is the prophesied one hour with the beast that only lasts 15 days at the end of plague 6. Directly after plague 6 is of course plague 7 that not only ends all life on earth with 125lb chunks of hail, (look up comet Encke) it is also when Jesus returns to rescue His people that the Pope's hoards (in Armageddon) seek to kill.
Christianprophecy cannot be changed. But if you don't study the Bible, then it can be changed in your mind. Yes the Masons are evil and they will do crazy things just as the Muslims and Hitler are and have done for the Pope. But according to my Bible, it’s only the Pope of Rome who is used by Satan to control his minions. Pulling the focus off the man of sin will only confuse the masses to where they will eventually join hands with the Pope, as we see every so called Protestant denomination doing today, and this includes the SDA church that is not only defending the Pope on camera, they are sending the tithe of the SDA people to the Pope. And yes, I can prove all of this and will link out everything I just stated when I finally post the QA
#434 Did Paul just admit to being crafty in 2 Corinthians?
In 2 Corinthians 12:16, is Paul saying that he was being crafty & used guile to catch the Corinthians in something (this seems out of character), or is he saying that he caught the Corinthians using craftiness & guile?
Also, in verses 2-4, is Paul talking about someone he saw in vision since he doesn't know if he knew this man in person or not? And what does he mean by the unspeakable words which are not lawful for a man to utter? Thank you, brother. God bless.
ANSWER:
Passages in question:
2 Corinthians 12:2-4 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. (3) And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) (4) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
2 Corinthians 12:16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
The word “crafty” as used by Paul is also translated as shrewd, sly, quick and skillful. All too often people will be on the defense when their leaders speak in a way they assume means they have the drop on them and so they will do what they can to hide the truth about their mistakes. Paul was quick witted and no doubt knew that he would be able to get them to admit of certain things assuming by carefully forming his words without using deception. This can be used to discover the good and even the bad in some people.
As for verses 2-4, Paul was actually speakinh of himself here. The fact he said "such an one caught up to the third heaven as well as in paradise proves this. But I will let Sister White go into a little detail on this.
“The apostle Paul was highly honored of God, being taken in holy vision to the third heaven, where he looked upon scenes whose glories might not be revealed to mortals. Yet all this did not lead him to boastfulness or self-confidence. He realized the importance of constant watchfulness and self-denial, and plainly declares, "I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway" (RH May 3, 1881).
Again, Paul said that he knew a man that was "caught up to the third heaven", and sister White just said Paul was the one that was brought to the third Heaven of which students of prophecy know means New Jerusalem.
And so, like myself and others have done for years in the SDR movement, Paul was not seeking to take credit or even glorify himself. He purpsely kept it vague so as to give all glory to God.
To fruther confirm this. Notice what SOP now says..
“Paul had a very humble opinion of his own advancement in the Christian life. He says, "Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect." He speaks of himself as the chief of sinners. Yet Paul had been highly honored of the Lord. Hehad been taken, in holy vision, to the third heaven, and had there received revelations of divine glory whichhe could not be permitted to make known (ST Jan. 11, 1883).
“Mysteries which had been hidden for ages were revealed to him [Paul], and as much as he could bear of the workings of God, and of His dealings with human minds, was made known. The Lord told Paul that he must preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. Light was to be given to the Gentiles. This is a mystery which had been hidden for ages. (ST Jan. 30, 1912).
#435 I am not sure about what the Lord is saying through Amos in Amos 3:3-8 regarding a roaring lion or the snare.
ANSWER:
Passage in question:
Amos 3:3-8 Can two walk together, except they be agreed? (4) Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? (5) Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? "
The lion doesn't roar in the joy of pride unless he has a reason to do so. It's only after he catches his prey that joy abounds. Walking together with unbelievers would only give Satan joy as soon as you now become his prey.
This reminds me of the coyotes out here. Whenever they make a kill wherein the hunting party is split up, they howl loudly to bring everyone in to eat. They only do that when the prey is taken and killed.
In the same way the Lord mentions through His prophet Amos that a bird never ends up in a snare unless they are blind to it and become trapped.
Being blind to the snare means in plain and simple terms that the one caught by Satan is the one that never saw the danger. And the only reason they could not see the snare he set up is because they didn't study their Bibles and so they were blind to Satan's snares.
Continuing to verses 6-8 it says (6) Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? (7) Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. (8) The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?"
The trumpet will not be heard by those that are deaf to it and the only way they are deaf to it is when they are not studying the Word or they are in disobedience to the Lord in ways they know for a fact are sinful. Such are described as foolish virgins. This is why some strong Christians who then fall into sin start to preach very strange doctrines and false prophecies. Since they cannot understand or even hear the Lord's trumpet, Satan helps them proclaim his. And they truly believe they are doing God's work.
One can see the trumpet of truth being sounded worldwide right now, yet most cannot hear a thing because they do not study the Word to be able to have the ears to hear.
The fact next to no one knows about the end time prophecies fulfilling all around us proves this hands down. The lion HAS roared, yet no one hears it and because they are deaf, none can echo the prophecy and the godly fear is not within them and so they blindly fly into the snares of Satan.
#436 Please explain 2 Cor 1:17-20
Please explain 2 Cor 1:17-20
ANSWER
Passage in question:2 Corinthians 1:17-20 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? (18) But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. (19) For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea. (20) For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
The promises of Christ are absolute. But as we know, 2000 years ago the Pharisees would declare they are the only ones worthy of the promises. If in fact they were 100% obedient unto the Lord then yes, we could agree they were the only ones worthy of the promises. But they were not obedient at all.
In fact, they often declared “yea yea” for themselves and “nay nay” for the Gentiles and others they professed to be dogs outside the camp of God. Yet we know they erred here as well after Jesus shared with the Samaritan woman at the well. The Jews boldly hated the Samaritans and always declared “nay nay” unto them. Yet Christ did the exact opposite.
The Word doesn’t say the “Jews” are the only ones that can ask and it shall be given unto them. And the Lord doesn't say that only the “Jews” seek and ye shall find, or “only Jews” will knock and it will be opened unto them; it clearly says all of us can ask, seek and knock and we will all be blessed.
Salvation is for all of mankind, that is why the four horns on the altar of sacrifice pointed to the north, south, east and west. All of mankind can declare all the promises theirs for the taking but only if they accept Jesus as Lord and obey Him by laying all on the altar.
I recall as a young Christian that I believed deep within me that some of the promises were “yea yea” unto me, but the ones I wanted like the gift of healing, prophecy or other blessings were “nay nay” unto me because I thought they were slated for other men and women who had a better walk or faith than I had. This is how the Roman church teaches to this day and this is how the Pharisees taught all along.
Later in my walk the Lord revealed to me that 100% of all the promises are for me as well as any Christian alive as long as they obey the Lord AND trust Him to keep His Word. And so there is no “yea yea and nay nay” with our God. It’s all 100% YEA YEA unto His children. He loves us that much.
As for verse 19 specifically, we can do all things in Christ. He says YES to every promise in His Word. And so there is no yea and nay regarding His Word. Some believe He will bless here but not there. But the truth is, He says YES to all promises. Christ would never contradict His own Word. And this is why so many people have weak faith to this day.
Now notice verse 24
2 Corinthians 1:24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
All apostate churches today emulate the Vatican in that they "lord" over the people just as the Popes and prelates have done since 538AD. The leaders of the true church are workers with the people, not over the people! It is their faith in Christ and not in Paul that they be called Christians. We are here to help each other, not to demand power over anyone.
#437 Why do you claim to be the "only church" blessed of God?
Hi Nicholas,
Question for you: We know that a
church does not save, nor can any
name or denomination or the
remnant save. Only Jesus saves as
you know. (John 14:6) (Acts
4:11-12) However, you believe you
are the “only church“?
So Gods people are called out of
the churches of today but they
don’t have to be part of the
seventh day remnant I know that.
Do you see what I mean?
Thank you!
God bless you.
ANSWER:
Not one time on my site, in a video or any stream or radio broadcast did I ever say we are the “only church” on the planet that is blessed with the final truth. And so I am quite confused as to why you assume as you do.
I stated countless times that many people out there do believe as we do that we have never met yet. In fact we have brethren in all nations and most do not claim the SDR name at all. Many even join us each Sabbath and they also know do not have to claim the SDR name to be considered brethren by any of us. It’s about Christ and only Christ in this church family. This is why I never use my last name and I never ask for donations. To God be the glory. Period.
Plus, as the Lord revealed to us some years back, we are more of a remnant movement than we are a physical church. In fact, we have no brick and mortar churches at all. We meet in the homes as did the apostles 2000 years ago because that is how the Father guided us these last days and we can see why.
When the Latter Rain falls it will be very apparent to all why we meet in homes. Especially to those seeking to attack or infiltrate us. Our Father has us strategically scattered for a long prophesied purpose.
The only reason we chose the SDR name was to stop the SDA leaders from suing us. They actually join hands with Catholic and Jewish lawyers and have been suing some brethren that want to keep using the SDA name.
THE BIBLE IS CLEAR:
Acts 2:21; 4:12 “And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
#438 Why did the Jews ask ROme to kill Jesus?
Why did the Jews say it wasn’t lawful for them to kill Jesus in John 18:31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
ANSWER:
Verse in question:
John 18:31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
Actually, they did have biblical authority to stone people that committed certain sins. But to kill someone for the fake crimes they levied against Christ, no, they could not do so.
They openly admitted that day to Roman officials they want Jesus killed and they knew He was not worthy of death by their own law. What a testimony against the "religiosity" of their apostate condition.
Like Rome today.. they employ others to do the evil deed of murder for them. They even admitted their law would not allow them to kill Him for such things as they said He did. And everyone knows their law was God's law. Or so they said. But their actions on this day proved they had no love for the Lord or His law. Commandment #6 proved that hands down.
The thing is, as I stated earlier, the Law of God DID allow them to stone people to death. Did they not stone Stephen under Roman rule? And did they not twice try to stone Jesus?
They said what they said because they wanted the Romans to kill Jesus! They hated Him so much that stoning Him was too quick and merciful for their bloodthristy hearts. Plus they feared the people that trusted Jesus. They knew the so called crimes they levied against Christ now would have led the people to stone them. And so having the Romans kill Jesus offered them a way to get Jesus killed in a very torturous manner for as everyone knew, the Romans killed people very slowly in the most painful way possible.
In short, it was lawful for them to stone people to death as they did that in the past and they did that 3.5 years after Jesus ascended back to Heaven with Stephen in fact. But it was not lawful for them to beat, whip and crucify Jesus to death. Hence the reason for verse 32 which says, John 18:32 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.
#439 What is the "Mystery of Christ?"
What is the mystery of Christ that I see mentioned so often by Paul?
One verse in particular that speaks of this mystery is found in Colossians 1:26 which says even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
Please help me to see this mystery?
ANSWER:
Dear brother. You already know what this mystery means. But most churches do not teach it where it can be easily understood.
What I mean is; prophetic facts and doctrinal truths that were hidden by the Lord to prevent Satan's victims from understanding them so as to gain the upper hand on God's people have always been opened to the eyes of God's people and that is why they easily walked away from the Synagogues.
To clarify further, the mystery of Christ is also defined as the "secret" of Christ when you look into the Greek defintions of the word. That mystery, or secret simply cannot be found by the world at all. It can only be discovered when we meet Jesus as Lord.
Like when we say we have met Jesus to someone that asks about the change in us. The world cannot grasp that at all. It is a complete mystery unto them in how we can literally say such a thing as if it is true. Which we know it is, yes. Reason being is, once we accepted Christ as Lord, King and Saviour He opens our eyes to his loving hand in many ways from how He opens His Word when we study it to how He literally grants us perfect peace in difficult situations. He truly is with us when we need Him the most. But to the lost soul, this is utter foolishness in that they simply cannot see it at all without blessed "eyes to see." THAT is the mystery or secret of Christ that we all see clearly now and the world declares we are fools for even claiming such a thing. In fact, the very next verse confirms this.
Colossians 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is They will be punished yes. But they will not be destroyed., the hope of glory:
I have a question when Adam and Eve had Cain and Able, I know Cain killed Able, but then who did Cain marry?
ANSWER:
As far as I see in the Word, Cain’s wife is never named in Scripture. Yes, she lived in the land of “Nod” and so that is obviously where Cain went to marry her. But I am sure your question is that; how can there be people in Nod if Cain, Abel, Adam and Eve are the only ones alive at the time, and then when Cain kills Able there’s only three people left on the planet, where did Cain's wife come from?
It has to do with the TIMING of all that happened that is not mentioned in the passages that speak of Adam and Eve’s history after being cast out of the Garden. In fact, Moses (who wrote the book of Genesis) never shared how long Adam and Eve lived in Eden before the fall, nor does he say how long they lived outside of Eden after their fall.
My understanding based on my studies is this.
Since the fall, and due to the nature being mostly perfect after the fall with the firmament still in place above the planet allowing for a much longer lifespan, mankind could live nearly 1000 years. And I say up to 1000 years due to the limits put on him in Genesis 2:17 which was stated that death will come “in the day” they ate of the tree of good and evil. And that “day” as it is defined by God’s standards - is in fact 1000 years. Notice what Peter declared 2000 years ago.
2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Now yes, it does say that a day can drag on as long as a thosuands of years of time for the Lord as His wisdom is such that He can disect a day to that level so as to assure every spec of His will is performed even if a billion people are required to fulfill it. But at the same time, no pun intended, those very same one thousand years can zip by just as fast as a single day with a God such as ours that can see the end from the beginning. Still.. He said what He said in Eden unto Adam regarding the fate of anyone eating of that tree and the context is clear that when He said a day, He literally meant the one eating of the tree will be dead within one thousand years. And yes, that is why Adam died at the ripe old age of 930 years old. His death truly was “in the day” just as recorded in Genesis 5:5.
Genesis 5:5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
So as not to confuse, for I do know we are also students of prophecy; we have all known from day one in our own private studies that a day = a year in prophecy Numbers 14:34 & Ezekiel 4:6 confirms this as biblical fact. But as you just saw, a day also = 1000 years when we use God’s own timing outside the prophetic realm. Unto Adam it wasn't a prophecy. It was a stated fact.
But getting back to Cain's wife. Since they lived so long back then, Cain and Abel could have been hundreds of years old when the argument happened wherein Cain killed his younger brother in a very graphic manner. And I say graphic because of how quickly the body healed back then. Science has already proven today that with that type of atmosphere as we know was present on the planet, the human body would heal up and actually finish scaring within 14 to 24 hours wherein today can take up to 14 days to form a scar. Cain had to literally behead Abel to kill him.
That being the case; if the argument happened many years after Adam and Eve left Eden, the city of Nod would no doubt be well established by then with all of Adam and Eve’s many descendants living in the city. Case in point, Fran and I had 8 children in just 16 years and we stopped for 5 years in the middle. Imagine how many children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins there would have been born via Adam and Eve’s children in 100, 200 or even 300 years. Makes sense then to move away and build a city eh?
This reality also shores up the reason behind Cain's fear regarding his punishment for killing righteous Able. He thought it was too harsh when he said in Genesis 4:14 “it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.” Now notice the next verse.
Genesis 4:15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
The Lord put this mark on Cain to prevent people from killing him that was very obvious to all that God was the one that put it there because keep in mind, all living at that time were very much in tune with God and perfect in nature. That would mean that ANY blemish whatsoever on anyone alive at that time would be seen as an act of God because no one had so much as a pimple back then. A since all of them were related, God had to place Cain out in the open on this because Cain's family members would no doubt kill him for killing righteous Able who was related to all of them. I would even think that Able was the very first human they ever saw dead at that time. And so it was a major traumatic event for all and that is why Cain was so fearful.
As for the silly claim by some that the mark was black skin, I see that as a learned deception which living in this last days one can see as a seed planted towards racism. Adam and Eve could have been black, brown, white, red or yellow for all we know. The mark was a miraculous sign upon Cain to not only declare him the killer of Able, it was also a warning unto anyone else seeking to following Cain's lead in killing, the Lord would come upon them sevenfold. And as we know by what is stated in Hebrews 10:31, "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."
The word "mark" in Genesis 4:15 is also translated out as "a signal, a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, miracle,sign, token."
That could mean literally anything. In fact, it could mean Cain's hair could have been turned silver in color wherein no one else had that color. Or his eyes could have been changed to a very unnatural in color. The Lord could have also made his ears grow to look like rabbits ears or his neck to stretch forth like the giraffe if need be so as to prove to everyone looking on what the Creator God Himself did this to this man and so they need to stay clear else something seven times worse will happen to us.
#441 Please explain Exodus 16:29?
Hello Nicholas, can you please explain Exodus 16:29? Does it mean that we shouldn't go out of our house on the Sabbath day? Because I'm pretty sure that this is not it, because in Mark 2:23 it says Jesus and his disciples went out on a corn field on the Sabbath day, and Jesus would never break the Law. I tried to find this on your site but couldn't find anything about it, thanks.
ANSWER:
Your 100% correct brother. When read in context we see this…
Exodus 16:21-30 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. (22) And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. (23) And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. (24) And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. (25) And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field. (26) Six days ye shall gather it; buton the seventh day, which isthe sabbath, in it there shall be none. (27) And it came to pass, thatthere went out someof the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. (28) And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? (29) See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. (30) So the people rested on the seventh day.
The people were disobedient and ignored the command to not go out looking for manna on Sabbath day. Thing is, if you read into this they also ignored the Lord and saw worms in the manna that they kept from the previous day even though the Lord said take only what you needed each day and twice on the 6th day so as to have what you need for Sabbath day as well.
This was done to teach them to trust the Lord and His Word. He said they would have twice as much manna as needed for Friday and Sabbath day and that’s exactly what He gave them. But some ignored all that and they still went out on Sabbath day to find fresh manna when the Lord already said He was not going to send it on Sabbath. They no doubt failed to gather two days worth on Friday as the Lord commanded and so it was their own fault if they went hungry that day.
Having them stay in their tents on Sabbath was to teach them to obey the Lord and not step out looking for something He never promised to give.
This actually reminds me of people giving thanks for unclean foods when the Lord never gave them that food to eat. That is why Paul said in 1 Timothy 4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
Most only read the first part of the verse to ok alcohol, pork and other unclean things. In other words, you cannot give thanks to God for unclean foods like pork when He never gave us permission to eat it in the first place. Those people that give thanks for such things, even though God never gave it to them, are no different than those that ignored the Lord when they went out on Sabbath day looking for manna.
There is nothing wrong with going outside on Sabbath. The Lord was teaching them a lesson in trusting Him by saying don’t even step out of your tent on Sabbath to do something I stated you are not allowed to do. With that being said they knew they had no choice but to gather twice as much on Friday as they knew not to even go near the door of the tent on Sabbath. And because the Lord allowed it, the manna would not have worms in it on Sabbath day.
I am sure, by Sabbath #2 there was not a single person stepping out on Sabbath looking for manna. Not one!
This comes from the very book you praise and worship and when it's exposed for what it truly is which is a made up story that was created thousands of years ago people begin calling that person evil and they begin hating and immediately doing things there stories tell them they shouldn't do, but there is one thing I always like to say " If you give a man a fish he'll eat for a day and if you give a man a religion and tell him to pray for a fish he will starve to death". The bible is contradictory of everything it says from beginning to end and in defense of someone exposing this truth christians cherry pick verses and then say that this is what God truly meant but that just proves our point more.
ANSWER:
Until you meet Christ you cannot see what His people see for that is the "mystery of Christ" as the Word declares. We can actually declare He is alive for we have met Him. But the rest of the world cannot understand that as they believe He is dead. THAT is the “mystery of Christ.”
As for the Bible contradicting itself. No, it only does that in the mind of the nonbeliever for God's people understand the prophetic symbols and doctrinal truths that uplift the truth all Atheists are confused about because the basic reality is, the only way to understand the Word of God is to obey the God that wrote it. For if the Lord allowed the nonbeliever to understand His Word, they would easily twist it out of context so as to lure God's people into sin with them. But the God of the Bible is far too wise for the craftiness of men.
Basic reality is this my seeking friend, and I know you are seeking the Lord's truth for why else would you comment on a Christian channel with such comments knowing a Christian would respond?
But notice this.. even the hardened scoffer in these last days have begun to see that there is no way to explain how hundreds of prophecies that were written thousands of years ago have been fulfilled to the letter in today’s world. And before the ability to date prophetic events ended in 1844 at the fulfillment of the 2300 year prophecy of Daniel as Revelation 10:6 predicted, those prophecies of Daniel that all fell on certain dates all the way up to October 22, 1844 confirmed the Word of God to be true. Yet because most do not believe the Word and those that claim to preach it never study up the prophetic utterances contained in the Word, next to no one knows all that's happening was prophesied to happen exactly as it is.
That all being said, even you can see what the remnant people see if you give Jesus Christ a chance to show these things to you. And just so you know, Atheists have joined our number because as intelligent as most Atheists are, they know what they're looking at when they see the cookie cutter churchianity and preachertainers out there in all the government approved 501c3 churches. They know when they come across the truth as it is declared by God’s obedient remnant people, they see that we do explain the Word in ways only true children of God can explain it because we know Him personally. What we declare is locked down via the Scripture and historic events as well as those events that are very soon to happen. Don't believe me? Wait just a few short years to when the Pope demands Sunday keeping laws to stop all the disasters he claims are the end result of climate change. When you see that happen, contact me via my main site at remnantofgod.org, as I am sure all my videos will be offline by then. But don't wait too long to contact me through the site because even though my servers will still be online for a little while after the videos go down (I hope) I do not know how long before they will cut my servers offline that are not reliant upon Youtube or Google.
The true child of God is nothing like the so called Christians of the world who give only lip service unto our Lord, for they are all exactly as Isaiah 4:1 said they would be today. They only claim to be Christians to hide their shame and they embrace sin and declare it sanctioned simply because they cannot deal with giving things up to follow Christ. That is why even you, a professed Atheist can see how those so called Chrstian churches are nothing more than moneychangers in the temple of God.
And as for your claim, and I quote, "Ifyou give a man a fish he'll eat for a day and if you give a man a religion and tell him to pray for a fish he will starve to death." I beg to differ as I have first hand experience that my Lord will feed me spiritually and physically daily.
Many years ago before I was even aware of my calling to go into fulltime ministry, my wife and all 8 of our children moved away from the suburbs of Chicago and left our welfare checks of $1500 a month cash and $1500 in stamps behind. We wanted to see God's hand move and begin a new life in Jesus away from the wicked influence of the city as well as family members who were very much against us for leaving the Catholic church.
For 16 months I was unable to find work for two reasons. #1, many said I was over qualified and they felt bad about offering small pay no matter how much I insisted I didn't care about the money as I knew we would make it, and #2, all of them demanded I break Sabbath each week to get the job and I of course refused.
Yet, not only did the Lord provide us the food we needed each day as well as a 5 bedroom home on 5 acres for only $100.00 a month, of which we lived in for 8+ years, after those 16 months ended I was given a very nice job as well as a company truck and when the ministry started to get busy, my boss allowed me to take 1 day off each week which then changed to 2 days off work each week and get this, he paid be for a full 8 hours for each of those days each week and every week until a few years later when the Lord finally called me into ministry full time. And the entire time I never asked mankind for help from the government or the pulpit. And so you're very wrong sir. My God can and will proved for His people as long as they stay in His will as it is written in His Word.
#443 Why did God order people to be killed?
My husband wants me to ask you why does God order them to kill the Amalek and his family, kids, babies, etc.
Here is the verse.
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samuel 15:3
Now go and smite Amalek, and
utterly destroy all that they
have, and spare them not; but
slay both man and woman, infant
and suckling, ox and sheep,
camel and ass.
ANSWER:
Many think God is hateful in doing this because mankind is not aware of how death works. Satan has been lying to everyone since the Garden of Eden regarding the fact that when people sin they will die, or even in this case where the Lord is demanding the deaths of men, women and children.
This was war and they that were slated for death were in direct denial of the God of creation. They were evil people and they trained their children from a very young age to be evil as well and so if the children were allowed to live, the evil traits taught them by their parents would fester on and make them far worse as they grew older because now they would have revenge added to their hearts. Their very own parents are the reason they were to be killed just as many will die during the plagues.
The truth in Proverbs 22:6 works both ways, which says, Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
If you train a child from their youth about our loving God and all the good things of life, when they get old, they will grow stronger towards God. But if they are trained to follow Satan early on as so many parents teach them today, when they get older, they will grow to glorify Satan, and most don’t even realize they’re doing it. Anyone alive today that has seen the most recent generation come to adulthood can see clearly how much different their mindsets are than ours were from back in the 1970's. I even recall how different life was from the mid 1960's when I started to grow up as a pre-teen. What life was like then for a teen if lightyears away from what life is like now. And so the theology of Proverbs 22:6 is absolute.
Still, mankind does see death as the ultimate insult unto man from God; but they fail to realize that God doesn’t look at death as we do. Each person that has died since Adam's day unto plague #7 will “resurrect” at the end of the 1000 years for a “short lifetime” or "little season" as Revelation 20:3 puts it. Their thoughts on death are all based on a lie. But, at the end of that little season they will die and be dead for all eternity.
Think about the fact that our God created all of mankind and it was mankind that made the decision to be disobedient as well as obedient. They took His blessing of life and offering of eternal life no less and graphically abused it to the point of being reprobate. The basic reality is that after the 1000 years when all the wicked die for eternity, it will be as if they never lived anyway. All their accomplishments will be for naught for nothing they have done no matter how moral and amazing them may have thought it to be when they lived will never be mentioned in Heaven as something worthy of emulation because if it was, they would have placed their crown of stars at the foot of Christ on day one anyway because no matter how much some people declare otherwise, there is not a single self-made man on the planet. 100% of each and every one of them have to thank God for their talents and blessings. And so if they're not in Heaven, then they are not of the least bit of importance in any conversation that could ensue in eternity.
What I mean is, after a few trillion years of life with the Lord's presence literally upon us as a robe of light, will those that lived 8 or 80 years in sin on planet earth really matter when you think about it? They had their chance to take the gift of life and run with it. It’s not God’s fault they hated Him and lusted after the flesh so as to take the riches He gave them to glorify their flesh. And yes, the same holds true for the poor who blame God for allowing them to be poor. We all have our tests to pass so as to see if we love the Lord more than we do our own lives. And yes, they that died, be they rich or poor hated Him as He made Himself known to them just as much as He did to everyone else. Like Pharaoh and Moses.. that same love of God was presented to both of those men. It melted the heart of one man and hardened the heart of the other. Same exact love, but two completely different responses to it.
In short.. it is only man who is to blame as to how he enters the grave. God did and is still doing all He can to get them to live with Him forever. In fact, one of many verses speaking on this is found in Ecclesiastes 7:17 which says, “Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?”
One last thing…
Notice Titus 2:11 which says, “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appearedto all men,”
The word "all" is not something anyone needs to have defined. It means that ALL of mankind that is lost is without excuse when they stand in hellfire 1000 years from now. All of them had a chance to make the right choice. Our God cannot lie, even though many claim otherwise. The fact all the prophecies that were supposed to happen just a few short years before they enforce the mark are in fact fulfilling before everyone's eyes is proof of that fact. If all those prophetic events are happening as He stated, why then do so many believe otherwise or believe hellfire isn't real or the plagues are just a fairytale. It's because of another prophetic fulfillment found in 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 which states after speaking about how it will be right before the end of all things occur, it says that it is "...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.
Again, the same love that was shared to Moses and Pharaoh wherein the Lord takes the blame by stating many times that "He hardened Pharaoh's heart" from Exodus chapter 7 to chapter 14, the same love was presented to all of mankind again, and this time in a very graphic manner from Calvary unto today. Yet for some, and thanks to their parents teaching them lies about God, many people today look at our Lord as not worthy of worship. And so when He says "He will send them a strong delusion" He is taking the blame again because truth is truth.
What I mean is... The Lord lays our life and death to all of mankind and then gives mankind free will to choose on his own. Even though the Lord proved many times He does not want them to die, some do choose death and because it is the end result of denying God's love, the Lord places the blame upon Himself by stating He sent the strong delusion, which in actuality is true, but only after mankind demanded He do so by their rejection of Him.
Therefore, seeing how He has made Himself obvious to ALL men, what we're all going through in life right now is a test to see who among us will be able to live in the city of our God so that when Heaven begins and we go forth into the Universe to share the eternal love of God to others outside the city, living with Him as we will be doing makes us a people that know Him better than anyone in the entire Universe and so we need to come to this faith that He is the great “I am” even now before He returns if ever we are to stand in that perfect number declaring quite boldly that echoes that which we read in Isaiah 25:9 which is, "...it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation."
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Question regarding Catholic article "The Sabbath or the Lord's Day"
#445 I am lonely - there are no brethren here
Dear brother Nicolas,
Every Sabbath I join you and I spend my Sabbath on my own doing what I can to respect God's Sabbath day. I am so blessed joining God's people each Sabbath, but I must be sincere, I feel lonely without being with other brothers physically. I was wondering if you could ask the brothers & sisters who are in Italy if they would like to contact me so maybe I could have brothers closer to me (online) to be able to serve the Lord and respect His Holy Sabbath with them.
Thank you.
God bless you
ANSWER:
I know exactly what you’re going through as I have been unable to find anyone in my area that believed as I did for 37 years and when I started to keep Sabbath again there was no one nearby for 27 years. But in all this I found a blessing.
I believe the Lord is preparing you for is to be able to stand alone in His truth when the enemy starts to run rampant the world over without so much as a slap on the wrist. Very soon the mark of the beast will be enforced here in America and then not too long afterwards in Italy and so, being alone will be the better option for many obedient Christians as most that claim Jesus Christ Lord will not obey Him out of fear.
Learn from this lonely time that you are never alone as a Christian because of what Jesus said in Matthew 28:20 which was, “lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
As for brethren in Italy, yes there are some there. But, at present they are unable to open their homes to others due to what’s happening in all countries via the Vatican’s rule over all the CEO's, politicians and preachers during the PLANdemic.
What I find that has helped me in these trying times is to study the Bible daily each morning and pray at the minimum of three times a day so as to get as close to Christ as I possibly can. Since I have been doing it this way for so long I know that if I was on the moon without a single person near me I would not feel alone at all as Christ truly is near me 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Yes it gets trying and Satan will tempt us to despair, but tell him to get away from you and trust Jesus and His promise to always be with you even unto the end of the world.
#446 Can you please explain Romans 7:7-12. Thank you
Can you please explain Romans 7:7-12. Thank you
ANSWER:
Romans 7:7-12 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. (8) But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. (9) For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. (10) And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. (11) For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. (12) Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
In a nutshell, what Paul is saying here is that it wasn’t until the Law was presented to him in a clear way by faith that he discovered he was in sin. And because the Law has that power to open our eyes unto the need of a Saviour, he saw many sinful things in his own life just like every babe in Christ experiences once they find Christ. If the Christian stays faithful all throughout life the Law and the Word helps us to see areas we need to overcome.
As for being “alive” before the law. Just like all of us; before understanding the truth, Paul walked outside the law. But when the truth came and he understood the commandment, sin was seen in its true light and he died to sin. He was no longer alive to sin. This confirms the fact that all past sins are forgiven once Christ is found as Saviour. After all, Paul was a killer of Christians was he not? And the moment he found Christ he now stands at the desk a servant of Christians for Christ.
Paul saw himself as a man of God as did Daniel in Daniel 10:8. But when Daniel was in the presence of the angel, he said "Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength."
When Daniel saw the perfection of the angel, he saw himself sinful just as Paul did who before meeting Christ on that road. Before then he thought he was blameless until he looked deeply into the Law of God. He, like all Jews even to this day thought by keeping the law as a Jew this is how he gained salvation. But when he found Christ he realized the law confirmed he was deceived by Satan who used the law against him and he was now hell bound like every one else. What he thought was “ordained to life” was actually “to be unto death.”
In other words, as he alludes to in verse 11, Satan used the commandments against him so as to deceive him, but then when Christ came, Paul died to sin and was alive in Christ.
Through the plan of salvation, we learn that the law holds true in condemning the sinner. And so, as we see even to this day, Satan has many claiming the law ended at the cross so as to prevent the souls from seeking a Saviour. The sinner can only be saved through the sacrifice of Christ, "in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins." (Colossians 1:14)
Mankind wants to believe the Law was abolished or at the very least changed at the cross. But the Law is unchangeable. For if it was changeable Christ would not have to die at all. And so as Paul puts it, it remains “holy, just, and good.”
Want it declared in a simple way? Notice what Paul said in Romans 6:2. He said, “God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?”
To be dead to sin is to know that when you sin you confess and repent because it's not a lifestyle you want anymore due to Christ's influence in your life. You no longer sin without guilt. The opposite is the non-believer who when they sin, they see no wrong and never confess and repent of it because they see no need to since they think it was abolished at the cross, and so they are then “alive in sin.” But only temporarily. Hellfire will put an end to all that at the end of the 1000 years.
We all must be dead to sin. Yes, you will sin, but the difference is now that you will confess and repent of your sin and receive the blessing as per the promise of 1John 1:9. You no longer live to sin. Non-believers never repent and so they live to sin each and every day. The obedient Christian is dead to sin. It no longer directs his path at all.
#447 I believe the vaccine is the mark - not Sunday keeping
Thanks but you left me the same because i dont see a big deal about the Sunday Sabbath that most are already doing. But I find it a big deal that there's a vaccine with luciferase and Rna which is a dna changer JUST LIKE TIMES OF NOAH.
Answer
It was prophesied that all the world would wonder after the beast in Rome. And so as you just admitted, everyone is keeping Sunday holy. But because most refuse to study the Bible they not only see this as no big deal, they are following the Pope's lead exactly as prophecy said they would. What many don't realize is that the Christian God never changed the Sabbath. It was always the 7th day. The disobedient "Christians" didn't start to keep Sunday holy until Constantine under direction of the Bishop of Rome forced them to do so on March 07, 321AD. That's right! We have historic proof the Christians did NOT keep Sunday holy when Christ arose as Rome has been claiming for centuries. Fake news and fake doctrine has always been used by Rome. Why would today be any different?
Satan needed to use the Sabbath as his MARK because he knows that the Sabbath people choose to keep actually proves who it is they worship, and so he knew the only way to get most "Christians" to agree with a Sunday LAW was to start early in history to get them used to breaking God's law for centuries so that when he (Satan) finally got his pawns in the Governments as well as all the 501c3 churches to pass a Sunday law to honor him above the God of the Bible, most people would see it as "no big deal" today because they had been keeping Sunday holy all along and they truly believe it is the Christian Sabbath because they were taught it was since childhood in the same way some believe the USA landed men on the moon or evolution is real. Your admission regarding how most keep Sunday holy actually confirmed Christian prophecy is THAT accurate.
Check out this in depth study or watch one of many of the short videos I made proving everything I said using Scripture and historic record here... https://remnantofgod.org/mark.htm
Thebasic reality is this. Since most Christians keep Sunday holy anyway and see it as no big deal today, why are they doing all they can to make sure Sunday Laws are enforced worldwide when we all know for a fact they already keep it holy? It's because Satan MUST get that law passed to guarantee those "Christians" worship him over and above the Creator God. In Heaven there is a law of the land just as on earth there is a law of the land. The law of the land in New Jerusalem is in fact the ten commandments. And Satan knows that it is plainly declared in Revelation 22:14 that the only people allowed into New Jerusalem, or Heaven as most call it is that they must keep the commandments. Check it out...
Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
That city mentioned here is in fact New Jerusalem. And thanks to Satan manipulating calendars, the way work days are outlined in Scripture, most people see no big deal in breaking God's Sabbath each week.
I recall as a young man that I worked all week just so when I got paid on Friday I could blow my paycheck by partying all night Friday into Saturday. The Bible clearly states the Sabbath begins on Friday evening and ends on Saturday night. This is why the people of the world that refuse to study Bibles go to the Mall, parties, baseball games and many other activties on the Sabbath because they were never told by the preachers it was sin to do so.
Again, is breaking God's Sabbath each week is no big deal then why is Satan moving the powers that be into passing Sunday laws? Have you seen my mostrecent video wherein the G7 Summit meetings of two weeks ago literally discussed and created a global climate Sunday movement that wehave been warning people they were going to do for decades? They even made a new website called "climateSunday.org" of all things. Christian prophecy is that accurate! And just the other day word has gone out in the media that they plan to start climatelockdowns in the USA! (Alsosee this)
Satanhas been testing how he can get people to break God's law all along. Just mentioning two times, we see in Esther's day he tried to get the Jews to break commandment #1 to get them to bow before their Pagan rulers in worship and in Daniel's day they tried to get him to do the same thing. And just to mention one more, Satan tried to get Daniel's friends to break Commandment #2 by demanding they bow before the statue of Gold he got Nebuchadnezzar to build. Don't you find it strange that it is God's law that Satan is focusing on back then and now in the very last days he is focusing on Commandment #4? That very commandment proves who you worship and that is why he is trying to get billions to break it.
Onelast thing. If you don't believe that the Governments and churches have been pushing for Sunday laws the last few decades exactly as prophesy said they would. See thousands of articles confirming that fact here... https://remnantofgod.org/sabatak.htm
I pray you're blessed.
#448 Why is the arm of God holy in Isaiah 52:10 but not in Ezekiel 4:7?
Why is the arm “holy” in Isaiah and just an “arm” in Ezekiel?
Isaiah 52:10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Ezekiel 4:7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
ANSWER:
This can be seen in two ways. He uncovers His “holy” arm in Isaiah to make it plain to all that look upon it that it is the Lord that brought salvation unto His people. In fact, Isaiah 52:6 says “Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.”
And reading on one can see this is in fact a blessing being prophesied unto all that seek Him as Lord, Saviour and King. Notice this in context.
Isaiah 52:6-10 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. (7) How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! (8) Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. (9) Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. (10) The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
But in Ezekiel we see a different scenario wherein the Lord is now laying siege to prophesy of the coming battle against the city of Jerusalem as their just deserts for denying His will by refusing to study His Word and pray daily unto Him as a people filled with love towards our God will do. And so like a soldier with a sword under His cloak; to uncover the arm is to make it read to strike quickly in battle. I believe this is why the word “holy” is not mentioned with the bare arm here as it was in Isaiah 52:10.
Besides the fact He is having Ezekiel bare his own “human” arm, the word “arm” here in Eze_4:7 comes from the Hebrew word “zeroah” which means to be “stretched out” and the figurative definition of that same word denotes it to be stretched out “by force.”
And so what is being stated here in Ezekiel’s vision is that what the Lord is about to do unto Jerusalem for their iniquity will not only be known to all it is the Lord Himself doing it, but seeing that He has Ezekiel bare his own arm rather than just speaking of His “holy” arm moving from heaven as it does when it comes to the gift of salvation, this declares that the Lord will use mankind to do this prophesied act against Jerusalem and it will be done very quickly as we all know did in fact happen when Nebuchadnezzar besieged and then burn the city to the ground.
Notice the difference in the two. The first one is called “holy arm” unto salvation for their obedience. But the second arm we see that it is Ezekiel’s arm denoting the Lord’s will unto judgment for their disobedience using mankind to fulfill his will. In both cases it is done in a way that all looking on will know without a doubt, it was the Lord that did both acts.
#449 Why did Jesus use the widow in Elijah's day as an example?
After Jesus stood up to read from Isaiah in Nazarath after coming from the desert for 40 days, He declared what He just read was fulfilled in Him. I understand why the people in the Synagogue started to question how Jesus, the assumed Son of Joseph, could say such things, but what I don't understand is why He chose to remind them of the widow in Elijah's day?
ANSWER:
PASSAGE IN QUESTION:
Luke 4:18-26 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, (19) To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. (20) And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. (21) And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. (22) And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son? (23) And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. (24) And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. (25) But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; (26) But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
Jesus was stepping into what we call the week of Daniel and specifically so regarding what was abuot to happen the next three and a half years. And so, looking back we see that just as the land had no rain for 3.5 years in Elijah's day and he (Elijah) was only sent to a believing "woman" in Sarepeta; Jesus was now about to go to the believing "church" or "woman" as we all know is the symbol for a church in prophecy. And Jesus was going to personally speak unto the church for the next 3.5 years. And just as as the land had a drought in Elijah's day, there was a drought in Jerusalem when it comes to the water of life. This is why Jesus spoke of His Word as "living waters" a few times. He knew there was a spiritual drought in the land.
Using the widow of Serepta to represent the church Jesus was sent to is fitting and downright perfect in that she was a widow in the same way the church 2000 years ago was without the guidance of the true Husbandman, Jesus Christ. The leaders in the church had such a negative influence upon the Jewish church that their true "Husbandman" was considered dead to them in the same way the widow's husband was dead in reality.
And if you notice Jesus also mentions in the next verse the end result of nonbelievers in Israel back then when in Elisha's day only Naamn was healed of his leprosy. As reluctant as Naaman was to obey the prophet at first when Elisha told him to bathe in the Jordan, he eventually did the right thing and was perfectly healed of his leprosy that even to this day is considered an incurable disease.
Soon all in that Synagogue 2000 years ago were to see how many were going to be healed by Jesus in the next 3.5 years; and yes, their lack of faith in Him not only brought the people and their leaders to a hellish wrath when He stopped speaking that day, this is also why He said what He did in verse 24, which was, "No prophet is accepted in his own country." As we know He was standing in Nazareth when He stood up to read. Everyone present knew Him as the assumed Son of Joseph. But none saw Him as the prophesied Messiah. And I say assumed because we all know Joseph was only His stepfather. The Father in Heaven is the One who set forth His only begotten Son to us.
#450 Please explain the “touch” in Mark 8:22
ANSWER:
Mark 8:22-25 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. (23) And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. (24) And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. (25) After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
This is an amazing miracle that wasn't completely understood by most until a few decades ago scientists found a way to reconnecte an optic nerve in a man born blind. No, they were not able to completely duplicate the healing like Jesus did. Sure, the man was able to see, but he wasn't really healed. What I mean is, Science proved that the mind of a man born blind must also be healed if the eyes are mechanically healed by surgery decades later, because the eyes will not be able to understand what they're looking at without a complete healing. In other words, like the blind man of 2000 years ago, they would see people that look like trees to them because the blind person knows a tree is tall and upright by simply touching and embracing it. His eyes would be healed but not his ability to "see" to understand what he was looking at and so Jesus healed him twice, wherein mankind cannot.
This man that was recently healed that was born blind due to a defect in the optic nerve could see but not understand sight. He not only had to learn what each thing was that he saw repeatedly by touching it so as to use his original senses to realize what he was looking at. In fact, people he knew his entire life were complete strangers to him each time he saw them until they spoke. He could only remember the trees as they felt or the people as they sounded. The mind of the man was never healed by Science, only the eyes.
This miracle of Christ wasn't only amazing towards the physical realm in that Science could never re-map a human mind no matter how arrogant they are because the mind is only resident in the flesh of the brain. They may be able to make the brain move arms and legs and even generate hate and love, but the vapor of the mind as I can only describe it is a fragile and quite permanent reality for lack of a better term unto the person.
When we look deeper into the miracle we see what Christ was also teaching us by the healing that like the blind in sin, if they would just seek out Jesus He will not only heal their spiritual blindness, He will give them biblical understanding of the mystery of Christ as well.
As we see by the billions of Isaiah 4:1 type Christians, many people can see Jesus and claim Him Lord, but they have not given their hearts to Him so as to be spiritually healed as well. Most anyone can 'see' what Jesus does by simply reading His Word or seeing how He changes people around them that got saved, but only those blessed by Him to the core (heart/mind) can really 'understand' what they see.
Many only read the Bible on the surface and never dig in to study it. To these the Word makes no sense to them like the healed blind man. They need to TOUCH Jesus in His Word to truly know Him. When they do this, their touch will find them healed like the woman with the issue of blood that was healed by merely touching the garment of Christ.
Her faith was such that she knew by merely touching Him will bring on the healing, but unless she knew Him in the heart, as was obvious the case here, she never would have been healed.
In prophecy, the garment = the walk. And the Word of God is an in depth description of His walk and so I say, don't just read the Bible. TOUCH IT!
For Christ to have the man "look up" when He healed Him appears obvious that the only way our understanding can be assured is to "look up" to Heaven, the home of our Creator.
Plus the scientist in men says Jesus knows exactly how He created the eyeball. And so could it be that Sunlight would generate a chemical reaction in the eye that can add to all that was needed for the man that was healed?
I know when I look at a bright light I feel some pain and have to squint. That pain has to be generated in some way by the eyeball itself. How? I do not know, but I do know we are all nothing more than chemical puddles.
And so, just as Sunlight can generate electricity in a solar panel, it can also generate something in the eye that was needed for this man to see clearly. And I am sure vitamin D was a huge part of this.
Basic reality is.. do we not sneeze when we step outside into the Sunlight?
But the obvious here is the fact that in verse (25) it says that "After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly."
The physical as well as the spiritual healing can only be realized when we LOOK UP to Christ.
I know you describe the main fruit of the Nicolations on the QA page – but who were they?
ANSWER:
By the way, the biblical pronouncement is not NICOLATIANS. It's actually NICOLAITANS.
Nicolaitans DEFINED = "destruction of people"
Strong's # 3531
1) a sect mentioned in Rev. 2:6,15, who were charged with holding the error of Balaam, casting a stumbling block before the church of God by upholding the liberty of eating things sacrificed to idols as well as committing fornication
The historic fruits of the Nicolaitanes suggests them to be the forefathers of the Roman Catholic church. Their name came from "Nicolas the Bishop of Samaria" that was a known heretic often in the company of a Pagan magician named Simon Magus. He was the first "Simon Pater" or "Simon Peter" of the Roman church. His name being "Simon" and his title being "Pater" or "Peter." A "Pater" or "Peter" is a high priest in the Pagan church. Rome used this title (Simon Peter) to declare Simon Peter the Christian Apostle to be their first Pope. In other words, being Pagans and under the guidance of Satan, the name for their high priests in Paganism was an obvious ploy by Satan to make the Paganism of Rome appear to be Biblical. This is actually an historic signpost in that the Nicolaitanes have also been identified as the first known historic compromise between Pagans and Christianity.
Jude speaks of the Nicolaitanes lascivious "fruit" in his letter...
Jude 1:4, "For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ."
Nicolatianes were also known to be first to preach the Law of God was unnecessary after the cross of Christ just as the Pope publicly announced last week when he declared the Ten Commandments to be non-absolute. But then this fits in with his agenda to belittle the Law of God in advance of openly demanding all on earth break it or be killed for refusing to do so when he final phase of the enforcement of the mark comes to fruition. This ancient satanic mindset allowed for doctrines of demons to make their way into the church that eventually lead to Sunday Laws by the Pagan leader Constantine on March 7, 321ad and it remains to be seen if the modern day Pope will use the exact same date of March 7 to enforce the final long prophesied Sunday laws.
The Nicolaitanes were also known to be the forefathers of the hierarchical structure of the Roman church, wherein they divided the laity from the clergy. Thereby placing the clergy above the people. With this came many murderous acts and unjust laws seeing how the people were indoctrinated into believing that a man can lead the church instead of Christ. Which by the way is how all churches are structured today and this includes the SDA church who also have a hirearchial structure to their church. I did a video on this not too long ago if anyone needs the verification on this. The Link = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSpE8kUnZI4
The Nicolaitanes were also know to preach antinomianism. (an·ti·no·mi·an·ism (nt-nm--nzm) n.) Which by definition is:
1. Theology The doctrine or belief that the Gospel frees Christians from required obedience to any law, whether scriptural, civil, or moral, and that salvation is attained solely through faith and the gift of divine grace.
2. The belief that moral laws are relative in meaning and application as opposed to fixed or universal.
This is Roman theology in a nutshell wherein is taught you can be saved IN sin rather thann FROM sin. This effectively does away with the Law of God and preaches His grace will save you if you only believe. Yet the WOrd clearly says in Romans 6:1-2, "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?"
#452 What does baptized for the dead mean?
What does "baptized for the dead" mean in 1 Corinthians 15:29? Obviously, it does not mean what the Mormons think it means ... but that's all I know. God bless.
VERSE IN QUESTION:
1 Corinthians 15:29 Else
what shall they do which are
baptized for the dead, if the dead
rise not at all? why are they then
baptized for the dead?
ANSWER:
What I do on such things is I will re-read the entire chapter and then find where the conversation begins and ends. I usually find a few key passages that cover the topic of the chapter. For example.. The context of the statement begins in..
1 Corinthians 15:12-13 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? (13) But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
Continues with..
1 Corinthians 15:16-17 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: (17) And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
Reading on…
1 Corinthians 15:21-22 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. (22) For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
And with those verses in mind I next re-read the passage in question.
1 Corinthians 15:29-31 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? (30) And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? (31) I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
When I get the meaning of the passage I then re-read the chapter and find it flows much smoother in my mind without doubt on any verses because they all contribute to the doctrine and or point being made by the Lord through His servant with pen in hand.
It appears the demon that CONfused the Mormons was playing his games back then to fabricate their strange baptism by proxy theology and so jumping to our day I can see this as a rebuke on the Mormon doctrine that some were doing at that time.
But, at the same time, Paul is clearly saying, if there is no resurrection, (his original reason for writing this chapter by the way) then why are people being baptized when baptism clearly declares to all that the one being baptized believes in the death AND resurrection of Christ? Going under the water = death. Coming out = resurrection. But if there is no resurrection, and we just drop dead never to arise, why bother getting baptized?
IN
SHORT:
If I was to translate the verse in
today's language I would say,
"What shall they do who are
baptized in behalf of Christ who
died if in fact He never arose as
some claim? Why then be baptized
in Christ's name if He never arose
since the very act of baptism
depicts death and resurrection?"
I pray this cleared it up brother. And THANK YOU! I love when you ask questions like this. It allows for a FUN bible study into finding the hidden nuggets of truth!
#453 You're wrong about the image of the beast!
Image of the beast? In all studies I have followed none pays attention to the fact that the beast, political power shall perform the miracles of bringing fire from heaven. Literal a political leader who shall call fire from heaven, upon calling fire from heaven the world shall be deceived into making the image because of the great miracle, the whole world deceived, the only fitting image is the UN, a study of events that happen when UN was formed will have you realize the fire. Then you realize how deceived we have been and how the world worships the UN teachings and doctrines to its destruction.
ANSWER
2 Peter 1:20-21 clearly says that "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. (21) For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."
What you shared cannot be found anywhere in Scripture as a definition for the image of the beast in Rome. That means 100% of your deduction here is based solely on your own opinion and that's not how Bible prophecy works dear one. Biblical jurisprudence dictates that we must always allow the Word of God to define its own symbols because our private interpretations are useless. We simply did not right the Bible. Therefore we must let who did write it define its meanings.
If you wrote a book and created a symbol in your book to describe something in detail but you also placed a definition beforehand in the book so as to make it easy for the reader to understand what you meant whenever you used that symbol in the book, would it not be considered foolish to read the book and then place your own definition on the symbol? Yes it most certainly would; and especially before the eyes of all the people that read the book and knew the definition due to obedient methods of study.
Students of prophecy are known to only allow the Bible to define the prophecies itself because we know there are people that are blessed to see what we see and if we say a symbol means something else when the Bible clearly says otherwise, we would look foolish to them.
Before you can understand what the image is, you need to know who the beast is. And that's a rather quick study if you have the time. For example; in Revelation 17:3 we read, "So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns."
In prophecy, a woman is defined as a church. Jeremiah 6:2 says, "I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman." And we also understand the Church of Jesus Christ is considered to be the "Bride of Christ" because of many areas of Scriptures lovingly that describe her as such. It is also commonly understood by students of prophecy that our Lord also defines a beast to be a nation in His prophetic Word. When speaking of all the nations of the world from Daniel's day to our day, Daniel 7:17 says that, "These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth." But when Daniel's vision gets to beast #4, it's a bit strange in appearance It says in Daniel 7:23, "Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom uponearth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces."
Even in today's world, nations are described as beasts. The USA is seen as an eagle. Russia is likened unto a bear, and China even carries the image of a dragon for some strange reason. And I say strange because in prophecy the dragon is actually Satan. It says in Revelation 20:2 that a good angel "laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,"
Many years ago Daniel was given a great vision about all the nations of the earth till the end of time. I go into detail about that vision which was a duplicate of Nebuchadnezzar's dream on my "dreamof a king" page. In this vision he saw the last or "fourth beast" as Daniel put it, was a nation that is to be "diverse from all the others." (Daniel 7:19)
But how diverse would it be? According to Revelation 17:3 as we have already seen, this beast will have a woman riding it. Since we already know that prophecy defines a woman as a church, and a beast as a nation; we have to ask ourselves is there such an entity described in history? Is there a church and state mixed together as one political entity some place today in the end time society? And does this church and state entity have global power as Daniel predicts it will have? Yes there is. Only one place on earth has ever done this in the history of mankind on a global scale.
The Vatican of the Roman Catholic church has been established upon this type of union nearly 15 centuries ago, and is now finalizing plans to use this prophesied church & state structure to obtain global rule in the place of pagan Rome that fell in 476AD. And yes, this is why all the churches have joined with their states in a 501c3 contract so as to proclaim allegiance to Rome as well as createan image unto her. How is it an image? The only way to get a 501c3 is to join your church with the state, or incorporate as they call it today. And yes again, this is why we saw theone world church officially come into existence on February 04, 2019. (SeeSigned Vatican Document here) Their agenda towards the markof the beast is nearly complete. We are THAT CLOSE now.
The Vatican is the church and state beast, and all the Protestant churches are an image to that beast as they are also considered government church and state agencies as of December 02, 2017 when the 501c3 was signed into Law. See all the videos on my image of the beast page at https://remnantofgod.org/image.htm
Each symbol in Daniel, Revelation, or any other prophetic book for that matter are defined in detail in God's Word. So, don't let anyone; be they a brother or sister or even a pastor give you their "opinion" or "interpretation" when it comes to prophetic symbols or prophetic events as they are outlined in the Bible. We must always let the Word define the Word so as to prevent any confusion. In fact, that's an easy way to expose themany false teachers we see all over the world in these last days. Just hear what they have to say; then open a Bible and see if what they say matches up with what the Lord says regarding a certain symbol. If it doesn't, do not sit with them in worship for it is plainly written in 2 Corinthians 6:14 that we must "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?"
And yes, if they declare a prophetic symbol to mean something you know is not proven with Scripture, and better yet you know of the verses that do define the symbol, then they are openly declaring themselves to be unbelievers in the God of the Bible for they are changing that was written by God to fit their own creed and therefore you cannot sit with them in worship or study until they repent. The Lord wrote the Bible and He is the one that defined the symbols. No getting around that.
Now yes, the UN is a major cog in the wheel of the end time deception that has grown worldwide as we speak, but the Word of God and the prophecies contained therein clearly point out that the image of the beast is the church and state (501c3) Protestant leaders, and only Satan himself will stand as a fake Christ on earth after the Loud Cry goes forth emptying the churches, and the beast system in Rome will be the visible controller of the One World Government that lasts only 15 days at the end of plague #6.
For a lot more info on all this see https://remnantofgod.org/image.htm and this https://remnantofgod.org/onehourwiththebeast.htm
#454 Isn't the Sabbath only for the Jews?
The Sabbath commandment was given to Jews. I believe that it is obsolete now and we can worship any day. No one can keep a day holy no matter how hard they try. Jesus is our Sabbath rest. During tribulation Jews will need to keep the Sabbath etc to be saved. Christians are saved by faith and they can't lose salvation by not keeping a day holy or not eating pork etc.
ANSWER:
No, the Sabbath commandment was not given to the Jews. They were merely REMINDED of God's law on Sinai. Proof? Psalms 103:20 says "Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word."
According to the Christian Bible, the angels kept the commandments long before a Jew was ever even born. Not to mention Adam and Eve who kept the very first Sabbath on earth after being created the day before on day 6 of creation week.
As for people not being able to keep the day holy, you do realize that in saying that you just called God a liar? I am sorry if that shocks you to hear that, but it's just as shocking for me to hear you say that. Our God stated in a LOT of verses that we are commanded in Exodus 20:8 to, "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy." Therefore, if it's impossible to "keep it holy" as you just said, why did the Lord tell us to "keep it holy?" And what about the command put forth in Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 that says, "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (14) For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil." And before you say that's Old Testament, let me ask you this one question. When Jesus or the Apostles preached 2000 years ago, what Bible did they use? That's right, all they had was what mankind calls the Old Testament when as far as prophetic history confirms, calling it the First Testament would have been a better choice. What amazes me is how most people know God wrote the Bible, but most have no clue He didn't give a name other than "The Word of God." The Old and New Testament names were man-made, and one can see why today wherein the Law of God is soon to be placed before all mankind as their final test of loyalty to God or to the beast in Rome.
As for Jesus being our Sabbath. There is not a single Bible verse from Genesis to Revelation stating that Jesus became the Sabbath anywhere in the Old or New Testament. If the Sabbath was so easily abolished at the cross as you assume, then why did He have to DIE for all those people in the past unto plague #1 that broke His Law? He could have just abolished His Law then and remained alive to keep teaching us. By the way, He is still teaching us to this day.
You might want to see this 4 minute video I did years ago answering the question "Is Jesus our Sabbath?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQGw68euYt4
As for the Jews needing to keep the Sabbath during the "tribulation." That is nowhere found in the Bible either. In fact, the "7 year tribulation" was a Vatican contrived fake prophecy created by the Jesuits to hide the fact that when Jesus prophesied a great tribulation He was actually predicting what the Popes did for 1260 years as Daniel and John also prophesied regarding when they killed over 500,000,000 Christians who refused to burn their Bibles and or bow to the fake Jesus the Popes declared resided in the Eucharistic wafer. You need to see this in graphic detail here when you get time... https://remnantofgod.org/7yr-trib.htm
As for eating unclean foods. Jesus is "the same yesterday, today and forever" is He not? And does not the Bible say in Malachi 3:6, "For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed." Since the Lord NEVER changes when it comes to eternal truths, and no I am not talking about ceremonial laws that were prophesied to be abolished at the cross to signify that which Jesus did at the cross WAS FINISHED when it came to that which the ceremonial laws prophetically pointed to. He declared in prophecy that they would end at the cross and He never changed His decision there either. What I'm getting at is how God created us in the same way back then as He does today. Our bodies are STILL designed by the same Creator to eat certain foods. Unclean foods are actually a slow poison onto us. Science even proved that decades ago that vegans live far longer than people that eat unclean foods like bloody meat and pork just to name a few.
By the way, I am not SDA. That church is no longer following Christ. See my sister site at https://sdaapostasy.org. I am a pastor in the Seventh Day Remnant church that was prophesied to finish the work the SDA people now refuse to do. See this prophetic study when you get time. https://remnantofgod.org/SDR.htm
I pray you repent and get out of the church you're in for your pastor is a confirmed wolf just as prophecy predicted most will be in these last days. Proof? Not only did he lie to you about a 7 year tribulation, you have been taught to believe you will escape the time of what he calls a great tribulation of plagues in a secret rapture. The secret rapture is a confirmed Jesuit lie. Proof? See al the Bible verses proving that here... https://remnantofgod.org/rapt2.htm And by the way, when you read that study you will find that many of the events they said would not happen until all the Christians were raptured have already been proven fulfilled. But nary a preacher will recant his old sermons nor will the producers of the left behind movies pull those videos.
Ask your pastor one question to verify to you I am telling you the truth here. Ask him why is it most of the prophecies you said will fulfill AFTER we are raptured up have already been confirmed FULFILLED as we speak yet we are still here? Proof? See this... https://remnantofgod.org/near-the-end.htm
I truly pray you were blessed and I hope to hear back from you very soon as the end of all things is at hand.
#455 Can you explain what begotton means?
Please explain what it means when the Word says the Lord Jesus was begotten of the Father. Many preachers are saying Jesus was created by the Father.
ANSWER:
The answer to this misunderstood doctrine is found in Acts 13, but before sharing that passage, we need to look at Psalms 2:7 where it originates which says, "I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee." I believe it is here most preachers have it wrong. And so to clarify the doctrine, let's look at Acts 13:33-35 wherein it says, "God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. (34) And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. (35) Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption."
If this passage is read in context and not just stopping at verse 33 as many preach, we see this proves many are in error that claim Psalms 2:7 is speaking of Jesus being born in Heaven. Paul is directly defining the Psalm to mean Jesus was ressurected and on that day He was begotten of the Father, which if you do the line upon line and precept upon precept as Isaiah declared was the only way to define doctrine, we can see here that the term "begotten" can only be defined as after His death and resurrection Jesus was actually begotten back into the Kingdom as the accepted sacrifce for sin. The word "begotten" is also translated as... to regenerate, bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make and spring.
The statement "no more to return to corruption" means that after Jesus arose he would never again be subject unto death in any way shape or form for both Satan and death have been defeated by Christ as we saw declared in 1 Corinthians 15:55 which says, "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" and then in Nahum 1:9 which says, "What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time."
These verses confirm Satan, who is the god of death, hence the reason for him being named "Beelzebub" which defined is "god of dung", the basic reality here is that he will never be allowed to repeat his attack once he is turned to ash. As we all know, the human body will be rotten (corrupted) within 4 days. This is why Jesus arose in 3. That is why Psalms 16:10 was echoed in Acts 13 when stated that, "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
#456 Why didn’t the Jews just stone Jesus?
Since we know the Jews tried to stone Jesus before, and stoning was the normal means of execution, why did they insist He be crucified instead?
ANSWER:
Notice how the Jews played Pilate here in John 18:31 wherein it says "Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
Here the Jews not only lied, but they admit to Roman officials they want Jesus killed and they knew He was not worthy of death by their law. He did no sin worthy of death at all and so they could not stone Him. What a testimony against the "religiosity" of their apostate condition is it not?
Like Rome today.. the Jews sought to employ others, and these being the Romans, to do the evil deed of murder for them. They even admitted their law would not allow them to kill Him. And everyone knows their law was God's law. Or so they said. But their actions on this day proved they had no love for the Lord or His law in any way shape for form.
The thing is, the Law of God did in fact allow them to stone people to death all the time and the Romans had no problem with it. They openly lied to Pilate. Seriously, did they not stone Stephen under Roman rule 3.5 years later? Yes they did. And did they not twice try to stone Jesus already? Yes again. And did they not stone Paul years later without so much as a slap on the wrist?
They said what they said to Pilate because they wanted the Romans to kill Jesus! They hated Him so much that stoning Him was too quick of a death for them. And being cowards as most politicians are even back then, they feared the people that trusted Jesus. They knew the people would have stoned them if they tried to stone Jesus as the people had some say so in their government back then. Well.. as a mob scene obviously. Quite often the Pharisees walked away with their tail between their legs when Jesus answered their questions. Take the time they asked Him of who's authority He taught under. Check it out, it's in Matthew 21...
Matthew 21:23-27 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? (24) And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. (25) The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? (26) But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. (27) And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things."
Like politicians to this day, they are far more concerned with their image than they are the people or even the facts. And so they looked to Rome to kill Jesus because they knew no one could supersede the Roman power. And so having the Romans kill Jesus offered them a political way out as well as a way to get Jesus killed in a very torturous manner. This way they can have Jesus killed and the people wouldn't accuse them of killing Him. Well.. at least not the crowds. The apostles and the believers knew they manipulated Pilate as is obvious in statements Peter, Stephen and even Paul stated years later exposing them.
In short, it was lawful for the Jewish leaders to stone people; but it was not lawful for them to beat, whip and crucify people to death as the Romans did on a regular basis. Hence the reason for verse 32 which says, John 18:32 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.
#457 What does the term “the letter killeth” in 2Corinthians 3:6 mean?
Can you please explain what 2 Corinthians 3:6 means regarding how the lettter kills, and what was the "glory that was to be done away" as Paul puts it in verse 7?
ANSWER:
To keep the context, let us read…
2 Corinthians 3:1-6 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? (2) Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: (3) Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. (4) And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: (5) Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; (6) Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
The term "the letter killeth" here simply means that when man is "under the law" he has actually broke it. This is where his sin begets death because the Law of God cannot be compromised in any way shape or form; If it could be ignored by God, Jesus would have to die a literal death for us. Sin begets death and so Jesus, out of His amazing love for us decided to take on that death for us. When we accept His sacrifice for us, He sends the Holy Spirit to reside in us to write the law on our hearts so as to give us the promise of eternal life back to us so that we have what we require deep within our own hearts as the means by which to enter into the eternal city of New Jerusalem. In fact, notice what it says in the last book of the Bible on the very last page.
Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
The verse is clearly saying that the only way to have access to the tree of life is to be those Christians that actually keep the Law. That is why Jesus died. The Law said if you break it you must die. Jesus then said He will die for us. And when we simply look to Him in faith knowing He died the death the Law requires thereby declaring openly that He is obviously the one that saved us from the letter that killeth, the Lord who looks at our hearts sees that we truly do see Him as Saviour and He then does what He promised to do in John 14 which was...
John 14:16-17 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; (17) Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
And since the Comforter which is the Holy Spirit has entered into us, we now have right to the tree of life in New Jerusalem as Revelation 22:14 just said.
Christianity is not rocket science, but Satan uses all sorts of false prophets and wolves to make it appear complicated so that none of us will be able to understand the simplicity of Christ . In fact, Paul actually warns about Satan doing just that in 2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
Satan has been working through millions of false prophets and wolves for 6000 years so as to make the simplicity that is in Christ Jesus to appear as something only a theologian can understand. In fact, that is exactly what he moved the Popes to do during the dark ages by declaring the common man cannot understand the Scripture and so they burned the Bibles forcing the people to trust the lying Pagan priests masquerading as Christians.
Those those that do not accept Christ, the letter killeth them for the law condemns them to death eternal. And the statement in verse 9 that you needed clarity on that is regarding the "glory that was to be done away", I can try to explain this and go on for hours, but I came across something in SOP from back in 1902 that says it far better than I can. Check it out..
"The law of God given in awful grandeur from Sinai was the utterance of condemnation to the sinner. The transgressor died without mercy. The proclamation of that law and the repetition of it in the holy mount was so sacred and so glorious that upon the face of Moses was reflected a glory which the people could not look upon without pain, so that Moses covered his face with a veil. {BEcho, August 4, 1902 par. 2}
"Much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth." Verses 9, 10. It is the province of the law to condemn, but there is no power in the law to pardon. The glory that shone upon the face of Moses was the righteousness of Christ in the law. He saw to the end of that which was to be abolished when type should meet antitype in Jesus Christ. In consequence of the transgression of the law of God, death was introduced into the world. The slain lamb typified the Lamb of God that was to take away the sin of the world. The full significance of the typical offerings pointing to Christ was unfolded to Moses. Death came in consequence of sin. Sin was the transgression of the law. Christ revealed in the gospel was the propitiation for men's sins, the transgression of the law. His perfection of character was placed in man's behalf. The curse of the law Christ took upon Himself. It was the seeing to the end of that which was to be abolished, that which brought to light the plan of salvation in Christ, -- it was this that illuminated the face of Moses. {BEcho, August 4, 1902 par. 3}
Stopping here for a bit...as we know, the law contained in ordinances was that which was abolished at the cross. If one does a study in Colossians 2 you will see this pointed out quite clearly. We know the feast days pointed to all that Christ would do for us in the plan of salvation. or as Sister White puts it, those feast days are what "brought to light the plan of salvation." And this is what Moses saw that caused him to glow. Going on she says that ...
If the typical sacrifices which were done away were glorious because Christ was revealed by them as the sin-pardoning Saviour, much more that which remains is glorious.
And just so you know, that which remains is the gift of Salvation that was finished at the cross when Jesus literally said "it is finished." She goes on to say that "The moral law was bondage and death to those who remained under its condemnation. The law was ordained to life, that those who were obedient, walking in harmony with its claims, should have the reward of the faithful--eternal life. {BEcho, August 4, 1902 par. 4}
And so there you have it; when Moses kept the law by walking in lockstep with Jesus Christ as he did he literally glowed with God's glory upon him as we all will when we begin to ascend homeward to New Jerusalem not too many years from now. But nary a one will glow unless we allow the glory of the feast days to end so that which Christ did on Calvary can remain.
And by the way, just to answer another question that comes up quite often regarding those that think the Garden of Eden was some kind of nudist colony, this glowing, or robe of Light as it is declared in both Scripture and SOP is what Adam and Eve had upon them before they sinned. The Light was the Light of Christ's righteousness. Notice what is declared in the year 1900.
"The white robe of innocence was worn by our first parents when they were placed by God in holy Eden. They lived in perfect conformity to the will of God. All the strength of their affections was given to their heavenly Father. A beautiful soft light, the light of God, enshrouded the holy pair. This robe of light was a symbol of their spiritual garments of heavenly innocence. Had they remained true to God it would ever have continued to enshroud them. But when sin entered, they severed their connection with God, and the light that had encircled them departed. Naked and ashamed, they tried to supply the place of the heavenly garments by sewing together fig leaves for a covering. {COL 310.4}
When mankind fell it became very apparent that we needed the New Covenant promise that is in Christ because ever since that fall Satan has been trying to get mankind to cover up their sins just as Adam and Eve did wit the fig leaves. The Lord's promise to send us the Holy Spirit is glorified in how He helps us keep the Law in these mortal bodies. The glory of man is one thing, for we are fearfully and wonderfully made. But the man that gains Christ caused the glorious presence of Christ to shine forth. And when that great and dreadful day comes we will have our new and eternal glorified bodies after the mortal body is also "done away." One can see the connection here in that the glory of the ordinances that demanded the death of the mortal sacrifices were replaced by the perfect and eternal glory of Christ's righteousness when all that was done away at the cross in the same way we too will go from one glory to another on that great and dreadful day.
#458 Is there a verse other than 1 John 5:7 to use?
I know we can use 1 John 5:7 to prove there are three separate God’s in Heaven and not just one as the Trinity teaches in a very stealthy manner by claiming three when they really only mean one; but those that come against God’s Word to declare this verse in 1john should be removed and sometimes no matter what we say to prove the verse was actually in the earlier Bibles proving Rome lied, is there another passage in the Word that we can use that is just as blunt?
ANSWER:
Yes, there is…
If we look in the Word of God from Genesis to Revelation we find that there are things the Father does that the Son does not, there are things the Spirit does that the Father or the Son do not do and so on. Yet ALL THREE are in "one accord," or in AGREEMENT as the Bible proves quite often. Truth is, we need all three, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit to be in one accord for our Salvation. And if the one you seek to help escape confusion via the wolves declaring 1 John 1:5:7 is somehow not to be believed, you can then share with them the truth as it is penned in 1 Corinthians 12: 4-6.
1 Corinthians 12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
1 Corinthians 12:6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
Three different aspects of the Godhead are clearly described with three different offices to perform, and all three glorify the Father "whichworketh all in all" as verse 6 declares. Christians need to dwell on that which has been made known to us by the Father in His Word, and ignore that which He has not made known to us through His Word.
Deuteronomy 29:29, "The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law."
Fact is, He is all knowing is He not? If He chose to keep certain things from us, THERE MUST BE A REASON! And if He hid these things as we travel through life with dark glasses, you can rest assured they are past finding out.
Romans 11:33, "O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!"
Besides, if He truly wants us to know certain secrets, He will do so when we are better able to understand them without an evil influence at the ready to confuse us. Perhaps we shalllearn such secrets in heaven when we don't have all the temptations that are designed to pull our focus off of God, thereby clouding our understanding.
#459 You're wrong Nicholas - the pope is not AntiChrist - he's the false prophet
The pope is the false Prophet . leading the Church into the clutches of the anti christ I believe and I feel this too in My God breathed soul . Barack obama Lightening from Heaven . The evidence he is the ac is staggering.
ANSWER:
You're somewhat on the right track here; but the Popes of Rome are not the false prophet they are false in their prophecies yes, but when we look at the dragon, the beast and false prophet as they are described in Revelation 16:13, each frog has its own agenda and Rome is set to do the bidding of Satan so as to move all denominations to bow to them. As prophesied, they actually cultivated the false prophet in all those that "wonder after the beast" in the Protestant churches. The fact all Protestant churches keep Sunday holy, embrace Pagan holidays and even Pagan dogma when it comes to the state of the dead and eternal life in hellfire proves this hands down. Prophetic fact is, the Pope cannot possibly be the false prophet. The Protestants action of bowing to Rome on everything from dogma to Pagan rituals prove they are not only worshipping the beast and his dying god, they have taken on the role to be Satan's obedient prophet. The fact they uplift, preach and promote Catholic dogma in every sermon proves they are indeed the false prophet who will declare "smooth things" unto the people they "make merchandise" of each and every Roman Sabbath of Sunday.
According to the Bible and historic facts compiled over the last 15 centuries, the Popes of Rome have literally fulfilled every prophecy that speaks of Antichrist on earth. And just so you know, 2 Peter 1:20 clearly says no prophecy of the Bible is of ANY private interpretation. In other words, we cannot give our own personal opinions as to what we think a prophetic symbol means in the Bible. All of us need to let the Bible define the symbols on its own because we didn't write the Bible. Our God did that. We cannot add our own opinions on His prophetic symbols because He's the one that invented them. The nice thing is however, if you study the Bible carefully each and every day, you will find that the Lord actually defined every symbol for us in His Bible and I can prove it. On my site I have listed every symbol in prophecy found in Revelation and I defined them by using Scripture from all the other books of the Bible, including Revelation itself for as we know, the angel in John's vision often defined the symbols John was looking at. And for those new to this truth, I underlined each definition in each verse so as to help you and anyone else interested in finding out what the Bible says on such things. You can see this long study here...https://remnantofgod.org/books/docs/REV/Revelation.htm
ONE LAST THING.. You mentioned that the evidence proving Barack Hussein Obama was Antichrist was staggering. But the basic truth here is, if that were true, each that means every prophecy must be fulfilled by him for him to be the Antichrist. We cannot use 1 prophecy here and ignore another prophecy there so as to make any one man or even a group of men to be that which prophecy says is Antichrist. All the prophecies must only point to one man. Reason being is, our God is not a God of confusion. That's Satan's prophesied fruit.
When the God of the Bible speaks truth be it doctrinal1y or prophetically, He will never allow a mish mash of error to be found in His Word at any time no matter what. For one example out of hundreds that prove he is not the prophesied Antichrist is that Obama was not alive back in 538AD to kill hundreds of millions of Christians for exactly 1260 years as both the Prophet Daniel annd John stated the Antichrist will do between the years 538AD to 1798AD when Napoleon came to inflict the prophesied mortal wound that removed the Pope's political power. Obama is just one man who simply cannot do that, nor can he fulfil hundreds of other prophecies. But the Popes are many men who whenever they die they are bound by Vatican law to carry the exact same Latin name that = 666 of the previous Pope so as to keep the demonic illusion of a man of sin being on the throne of Rome 365 days a year. Not even a US President can do that as each man doesn't carry a Latin title that equals 666 nor does the USA install a President who remains President until he dies.
The Lord exposed Antichrist to the letter in His prophetic Word so as to equip His obedient remnant people in the last days the ability to know who he is as well as the tools by which to expose the man of sin as was also prophesied in 2 Thessalonians 2:3. Not only do I prove the Pope's political office of power is the prophesied beast system of the Antichrist, I list all the documented historic records proving they performed certain tasks prophesied in history since 538AD when they became an official church and state, right down to what the Pope plans to do in the next few years with the long prophesied enforcement of his mark. Christian prophecy is THAT ACCURATE!
Any Christian alive can know what's going to happen next, even today. No, we won't know the day or the hour, but the Lord does love His obedient children and so He makes sure we have all we need to not only be ready for His return, He also blesses us with the faith, courage and wisdom to stand firm until that day comes in the very near future.
#460 Sabbath is any day I choose, and Jesus is not Michael
I can keep any day I want as Sabbath. Collosians 2:16 - enough said?
And Jesus is Lord God Almighty clothed in unsinful humanity and He is the author of eternal life to all who trust Him alone for salvation. Saving repentance is realizing that you are a sinner deserving of God's just punishment in Hell and turn (repent) from whatever you trusted in before to trusting in the person and finished work of Christ alone for salvation. Jesus has always existed and was never a created being. He is not Micheal the Archangel!
ANSWER:
First and foremost, your claim that Collosians 2:16 speaks of the Seventh Day Sabbath is not possible, for it clearly says in Colossians 2:16 the following. "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:" Please understand that this passage cannot be plucked out of context to make it appear as if it's speaking of the Sabbath of the Lord. Case in point, if this was speaking of the seventh day Sabbath recorded in Exodus 20:8-11, then it is upon you to show us all where we find "meat, drink or holy days" in Commandment #4. As is obvious, you cannot do that because nowhere in Commandment #4 do we see it mentioning " "meat, drink or holy days" or even new moons for that matter.
Reading from verse 14 in that same chapter of Collosians we see it's speaking of the annual FEAST SAYS found in the Mosaic Law or "ordnances" as they are called that were to end at the cross. Verse 17 even confirms this as fact in that it says these Sabbath days "are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ."
The "shadow of things to come" prove using biblical jurisprudence that the passage is not about the Seventh Day Sabbath at all. The seventh day Sabbath is all about creation week. Notice how the Commandment is penned by the Lord.
Exodus 20:8-11 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. (9) Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: (10) But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: (11) Forin six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
The Lord does not mention the "meat, drink, holy days or new moons" at all, but He does mention what He created and how He rested on the seventh day and even blessed it. The feast days were declared by God through Moses to speak of salvation as a "shadow of things to come" in their future. The Sabbath was created in mankind's past except of course Adam and Eve's past as they were created the day before Sabbath was was made. Looking back thousands of years we see that the feast days or annual Sabbaths as they were also called is was what all believers waited for after they embraced the Gospel message in the Old Testament that was carried forward into the New. All the feast days pointed to the death of Christ on the cross. That is why Jesus said "it is finished" in John 19:30. He said "it is finished" because all that the feast days that pointed to for thousands of years ended the very moment He died. That's also why the temple vail ripped as well. There was no longer a need for the earthly temple to shed the blood of goats, sheep and oxen as a sacrifice for sin. That was all FINISHED at the cross.
As for Michael the archangel. Do some research on the term "archangel" and you will find it does not mean Jesus was an angel. The term archangel simple defined means Jesus is the LEADER of the angels. In fact, the name "Michael" is defined "who is like God" in the Greek. Still, there is no way I can convince you on this Bible fact regarding Michael the Archangel in a verse or two as this is what's called a meaty truth. For an in depth study on this, please see this ...https://remnantofgod.org/Michael.htm
#461 The Catholic Church doesn't hate the Bible
Im not understanding how the guy in the video thinks the Catholic Church hates the word of God. you saying we hate we hate the Bible, when i hear that, it is equivalent to me hearing "hey Catholics, why do you hate the Catechism of the Catholic Church?" both are ours. be grateful we let you have it as well. I agree that laypeople shouldnt read the bible. it should be for doctors of the faith. look at what reading the bible has caused. so much division in the protestant community. there is no magisterium and tradition to guide them. of course the Bible is above both of those other pillars of the Church. that is not what i am saying, but self interpretation is dangerous.
ANSWER:
I never said the Catholic people hated the Bible. I said the Popes, prelates, nuns and priests hate it. Proof? Click here
Their hatred moves them to demand YOU not read it so as to keep you in the pew. How do I know this? The historic records regarding Rome's hatred of all Christians wherein they tortured and killed hundreds of millions during what Jesus called "the great tribulation" and mankind calls "the inquisitions" proves the Popes and prelates are not Christians that God would use to compile the Bible. In fact, they have been caught stealing and plagiarizing works for centuries, and even unto this day they still echo the same lies that outed them long ago. Basic reality it, the only way to understand prophecy and doctrine is to obey the God that wrote it, and Catholicism is not based on Christianity and therefore wholly disobedient unto God. How do I know this? I was not only a devout Catholic nearly 40 years ago, I also went to Mass daily, said the rosary daily, was a Eucharistic minister and, I taught Catholic doctrine for my local church. I know for a fact that 86.2% of Roman Catholic Dogma is Pagan based. Proof? Click here. And then see this about the Catechism of Rome.
The fact they embrace Paganism by overwhelming majority in their Catechism proves the Vatican could never "give us" the Bible. Using godly discernment based on the well-documentedhistoric fruits of the Popes of Rome, what happened was a true man of God compiled the Bible long ago, Rome heard of his work and sought him out. Once found they tortured and killed the man, and then claimed his work as their own so as to change it to foster their Pagan dogma. Fact remains that if you do a study on the prophetic symbols all throughout the Sanctuary the Lord had Moses build you would find the candlestick in the holy place was purposely designed to have 66 items in it so as to prophesy that the Bible would eventually grow to 66 books. But Rome added the books of the Apocrypha claiming those books were also inspired of God yet not only is that impossible as the candlestick was only 66 books, the apocryphal books are replete with Pagan dogma.
As for your claim that "laymen shouldn't read the Bible" and they must rely on their priests to read it and define it for them, confirms you are in grave danger as your priest is doing all he can to keep you in the pew and out of the only book on earth that can help you find Jesus as He was meant to be found. For him to teach you that is to declare to all the world that the God that created all that is seen and unseen cannot possibly write a Bible His own children could understand.
Those of us that do study the Bible not only know what your priest said is untrue, we have PROOF in the Scripture as well. See this biblical fact that all that open the Bible can see. 2 Timothy 3:15-17 says, "And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (16) All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: (17) That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."
If what your taught is true, how was it possible for Timothy to have "known the Scriptures" as "a child?" Your priest is teaching you to believe Paul lied to Timothy 2000 years ago. No getting around that biblical fact.
Now I do not blame you young man, as you are simply being loyal to your priest which is KEY to how Catholicism works. This is why they demand the people trust (worship) the priests over and above the Lord Jesus Christ who is the Word made flesh. If you open a Bible and study it you too can discover Jesus Christ as Lord, King and Saviour wherein He will teach you to be loyal to HIM instead of mankind. In so doing you will escape the coming 7 last plagues of Revelation that are VERY SOON to fall upon all those that refuse to leave the Roman Catholic church and her many denominational apostate "Protestant" daughters all over the world.
As for your claim that I "self interpret" the Bible, that is not true. I allow the Bible to define the Bible. Proof? See my many studies wherein I do just that at my main website at https://remnantofgod.org. I make especially sure NEVER to give my own interpretation of the Bible as Peter warned in 2Peter 1:20. This is why so many get angry with me because they know there is no way to refute that which is written. When I share Scripture they have no way to prove me wrong because I simply did not write the Bible.
#462 The SDA people are being purposely confused about "the church militant" (to hide Elijah msg)
This Q&A is a back and forth I had with a dear sister in the faith and so it is a bit different than most in that I want to share both emails from the same woman this Q&A Sabbath so as to show how such things can progress when dealing with some SDA people that have dug in their heels so as to stay in an admitted apostate church instead of staying in the purity of Christ. This was actually QA email #4737 way back in March of 2017.
EMAIL #1
Recently during a family discussion with the in laws (because my husband has now shared with them what he's been learning) I was asked if I thought the church was Babylon and couldn't remain silent- this lead to a family bible study a few days later. I prayed all day while at work and was able to share a little of what I've found in my studies. They, as mostly Adventist , will acknowledge the church is laodacia and in apostasy, and tho I tried to show that the sda history will follow that of the Israelites in loosing Gods favor, they don't believe the church is Babylon at least not yet.
Would you happen to know how to best approach the adventists resistant to this message, or what quotes they seem to use to support their position and how to refute it via scripture and egw? We printed off a page from sda apostasy with quotes to share etc. But they don't seem to get that God will always have his faithful commandment keeping people who will never be Babylon and will depart from error but that the structure has become corrupt and Babylon . My husband thought maybe they are thinking that I'm saying they sda church is now Babylon as in the RCC and taking her place in prophecy.
Anyways, just wondering if you would have some insight on how best to approach this, and what specifically I should share. The history of Israel just makes perfect sense to me and it's obvious what's happened to sda church. Maybe if you could help me narrow down the apostasy to show how the sda church has indeed given up specific pillars of doctrine? Because they use an egw quote to say sda haven't given up the faith and our message etc
Just not sure what to share at this point, but I do know it's the holy spirits job to convict.
Thank you in advance.
ANSWER:
My dear sister;
The SDA people for the most part have succumbed to the same demon the Roman Catholics bowed to long ago that tells them to trust their leaders above the Bible. As for any set method of approach; like the Catholics, no approach in particular can be used on all of them and since I compiled many ways to reach Catholics over the years at my main site, I decided some years ago to make a sister site to try and help the SDA people as well. It also has many different ways to approach the deceived souls. As you already know that site is at www.sdaapostasy.org
Did you share any of the quotes from the SDA leadership with them?
As for the SDA church replacing the Vatican’s “Babylonian” title, no. That cannot happen. But MANY SDA’s claim that’s what I preach even though I have posted numerous times on and offline, in sermons and in videos as well as on the radio that I never said THEY are Babylon. But I do say they are a SISTER to fallen Babylon just as prophecy predicted they would be. Have you seen this… http://www.remnantofgod.org/SDR.htm I show how Jesus predicted they would fall in Matthew 20.
I will add you and your loved ones to my prayer list.
EMAIL #2
Thanks for replying so promptly. I've been going over and over documents on sda apostasy almost everyday. I really need prayer and wisdom as now this little church is ready to study out, What constitutes the church, and what is Babylon etc.
I already know the sda mindset and what they have issues with but there are three specifically that I personally don't know how to respond back to them with.
One their The wheat and the Tares parable- how they grow together till the harvest,
To their take on Paul's journey - when the ship wrecked. And their belief that the church will seem to sink / falter but will go through.
And three the shaking/ they think the evil will be shaken out of the church and people will be brought in. When I have come to understand the shaking as all that shaken will be shaken and there will be a letting go of errors and a settling into the truth. Those who reject truth will be shaken out of their faith/ truth and lost.
Also, do you know what they mean when they throw out things like "the church is now the church militant, but she will be the church triumphant." Those terms I don't quite understand what they are trying to state, in assuming that it's that the structure will go through.
Anyways, just writing to see if you have any sermons about the wheat and tares or some page I haven't seen yet.
Thank you for the prayers, I need them greatly at this time.
ANSWER #2:
See the “EGWQuotes on Babylon” page to get an idea of what sister White says constitutes Babylon.
Basic summary would be from both Scripture and SOP is that the main fruit of Babylon is apostasy and every SDA person I have spoken within the last 2 decades have told me, they all agree their church is in apostasy. But they refuse to see that being in apostasy means they are a sister to the great harlot. They can't see the danger in this because they stopped studying their Bibles.
As for the wheat and tares, that entails the REAL church sister. The SDA church is no longer that church. In fact, as I stated many times in sermons, studies and videos as well as on SDAapostasy.org, the SDA leaders like to take Sister White out of context by claiming every time she uses the word "church" she is specifcally talking about the SDA church. But anyone with the time to study up the context of just a few of her statements in this matter can see that when she uses the term "church" in a positive manner, more often than not she is speaking of the obedient people of God and not the SDA denomination.
Just as we in the SDR church see, some in our number all around the world aren’t as faithful as they should be. So we too have tares in our church. No matter how hard we try, some will simply refuse the truth no matter how clearly it's presented. But I am sure once the harvest begins, the holdouts in the SDA church will eventually leave. At the same time, the tares in the true church will be unable to discern the latter rain falling. It’s only the obedient and the wise that leave the SDA church early so as to do work for the Lord before the rain comes. Many I am sad to say will have to be martyred to make it home due to dragging their feet in the SDA church. They do love the Lord, but due to lack of study, inability to see clearly, or even a simple lack of understanding deep truths show the Lord they cannot be used by Him in the loud cry and so He lets them go to sleep.
As for the shaking, that has already started. But Satan got the SDA leaders to confuse the prophesied event with very crafty lies. What I mean is, look at the original SDA statement of faith and the statement of faith they have today. They are two different documents. They actually created a brand new denomination inside the SDA church so Satan can hide the shaking. Quite ingenious if you ask me.
WHat I'm getting at here is, look at the souls that left the SDA church to “follow the Lamb withersoever He goeth.” Our statement of faith matches that of the original SDA pioneers. And so that means, the SDA preachers openly lie when they say we were the ones shaken out. If you study and believe your bible, the truth is clear that THEY were actually shaken out of the church when they created an apostate version of the church under the SDA name.
Notice what was prophesied in Revelation 14:4-5. It says, "These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. (5) And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God."
According to the written Word of God, the REAL church follows only Christ Jesus as Lord. Always has, always will. That means, those that left apostasy are the true Christians and anyone standing in the SDA church today ARE actually the ones that have been shaken out of the true church that follows Jesus. That is why the SDA leaders keep claiming Sister White meant "SDA church" whenever she used the word "church" when in fact, when she meant those refusing to stand in sin with apostate leader. And I have many eye witness testimonies to this to back this all up. The bible says we only need two or three witnesses to establish a matter in Deuteronomy 19:15 and 2 Corinthians 13:1. Bearing that biblical fact in mind, I can declare without being the least bit dishonest wherein I would place my salvation in jeopardy, most in our humble little church were disfellowshipped from the SDA church after they approached their pastors regarding the obvious apostasy. Instead of correcting the issues or even promising to look into them, the pastors all did the exact same thing. Like Ahab of old, they declared the obedient child of God "a troubler of Israel" and then removed them from the church without so much as an inkling of that which Jesus declared was a must to be performed in Matthew 18:15-17 when someone was in sin. The apostate pastors knew no sin was committed and so doing as Christ commanded in Matthew 18 was not only going to fail, it would allow the obedient child of God an audience wherein they could state their case as to why the pastor was claiming they were in sin and nary an SDA pastor would do that for in so doing would cause an even worse exodus of the church then was seen in 1980 when they changed their statement of faith and adopted the Vatican's Pagan trinity dogma as Gospel.
As for the statement found in SOP that says "the church is now the church militant, but she will be the church triumphant." That describes all those that left the apostate SDA church. In fact, just listening to our monthly testimony services alone confirm to all with eyes that see and ears that hear that the hand of God is most assuredly upon us. Not only do we see prayers answered, people healed, demons cast out, certain duties of the church changing hands from the 9th to the 11th hour church as well as many other amazing movements of God’s hand upon us that in just the last few decades alone hundreds of SDR brethren have proclaimed. We have also seen the increase in knowledge regarding the end time prophecies and this includes current events. Have you noticed? The SDA leaders NEVER seem to be able to comment on any prophesied event until AFTER we in the home churches have posted online as fulfilled. Worse yet, their own main leader with the worldly title of SDA president stated more than once that "Sunday laws are not in the pipeline as far as they have understood." They cannot see because the only way to understand prophecy and doctrine is to obey the God that wrote it, and the only way to experience the peace and love of Jesus Christ in the most trying trials that come upon us is to step out of apostasy and openly "follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth."
SOP says:
The work is soon to close. The members
of the church militant who have
proved faithful will become the
church triumphant. In
reviewing our past history, having
traveled over every step of
advance to our present standing, I
can say, Praise God! As I see
what God has wrought, I am
filled with astonishment and with
confidence in Christ as leader. We
have nothing to fear for the
future, except as we shall forget
the way the Lord has led us, and
his teaching in our past history.
{RH, October 12, 1905 par.
22}
" And still our General, who never makes a mistake, says to us: Advance. Enter new territory. Lift up the standard in every land. 'Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee" {6T 28.4}
Our watchword is to be: Onward, ever onward. The angels of God will go before us to prepare the way. Our burden for the "regions beyond" can never be laid down until the whole earth shall be lightened with the glory of the Lord.
The missionary spirit needs to be revived in our churches. Everymember of the church should study how to help forward the work of God, both in home missions and in foreign countries. Scarcely a thousandth part of the work is being done that ought to be done in missionary fields. God calls upon His workers to annex new territory for Him. There are rich fields of toil waiting for the faithful worker. And ministering angels will co-operate with every member of the church who will labor unselfishly for the Master.
The church of Christ on earth was organized for missionary purposes, and the Lord desires to see the entire church devising ways and means whereby high and low, rich and poor, may hear the message of truth. Not all are called to personal labor in foreign fields, but all can do something by their prayers and their gifts to aid the missionary work." {6T 29.3}
"There is earnest work to be done by all who would be successful in their ministry. I entreat you, dear brethren, ministers of Christ, not to fail in your appointed duty to educate the people to work intelligently to sustain the cause of God in all its varied interests. Christ was an educator, and His ministers, who represent Him, should be educators. When they neglect to teach the people their obligation to God in tithes and offerings, they neglect one important part of the work which their Master has left them to do, and "Unfaithful servant" is written against their names in the books of heaven. The church come to the conclusion that if these things were essential, the minister, whom God has sent to present the truth to them, would tell them so; and they feel secure and at ease while neglecting their duty. They go contrary to the express requirements of God and as the result become lifeless and inefficient. They do not exert a saving influence upon the world, and they are represented by Christ as salt without savor. {5T 255.3}
And to finish this email unto the sister seeking to help those she loves to find their way back to Christ and out of apostasy. We all need to know that when the people of God left the SDA church it was because, as prophesied, we are “not defiled by women” and it was the “new territory” Sister White spoke of in 6T that we found ourselves in exactly as prophesied. So let me ask you this; Sister White also said here that the obedient souls will go “Onward, ever onward!” And we will continue to go forth with the “first, second, and third angels' messages." Praise His name on high that we have brothers and sisters in absolutely every nation on earth right now. And even though we live many thousands of miles apart, I ask, does anyone hear that which we speak to be in tune with the modern day SDA church? NO WAY! We follow the Lamb withersoever He goeth, not the apostate leaders of the goats that refuse to believe their Bible or Spirit of Prophecy. We do not declare Allah is God, homosexual marriage is ok, women can be ordained as pastors or that the health message is quackery just to name a few. We go forth in TRUTH because that is the only thing that will bring people to the Lord Jesus Christ who is very soon in coming..
That being said, we will be triumphant because only lies fall to the ground. Truth forever ascends on High so as to gloirify the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
#463 Who are the daughters of Zion?
Hi Pastor Nic. I was wondering, who are the daughters of Zion? Thank you.
ANSWER:
Sister White describes it best. So I will let her answer you this time.
"The prophecy of Isaiah 3 was presented before me as applying to these last days, and the reproofs are given to the daughters of Zion who have thought only of appearance and display. Read verse 25: "Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war." I was shown that this scripture will be strictly fulfilled. Young men and women professing to be Christians, yet having no Christian experience, and having borne no burdens and felt no individual responsibility, are to be proved.They will be brought low in the dust and will long for an experience in the things of God, which they have failed to obtain. - {1T 270.1}
She also said…
"In the third chapter of Isaiah's prophecy mention is made of the prevailing pride of the "daughters of Zion," with "their tinkling ornaments, . . . the chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, the bonnets, . . . and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, the rings, and nose jewels, the changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, the glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails." Verses 18-23. How different this picture from that portrayed by the apostle Peter of the God-fearing woman, who, estimating at its real value the "outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel," chooses rather to cultivate beauty of soul, "even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price." It was "after this manner in the old time" that "the holy women . . . who trusted in God, adorned themselves"; and their "chaste conversation coupled with fear" (1 Peter 3:1-5), as revealed in daily life, was ever a standing rebuke to their sisters who followed after folly." {RH March 4, 1915}
Hi Pastor Nic. I was wondering, who are Gog and Magog? Thank you.
ANSWER:
Gog and Magog = all the wicked throughout time
Ezekiel 38:2, "Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,"
Ezekiel 38:3, "And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:"
Revelation 20:7-8, "And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea."
As we know, the only ones resurrecting at the end of the 1000 years are those that will be burned to ash in the fires of damnation after a little season of time. The prophet Malachi stated thousands of years ago the following in Malachi 4:1-3 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. (2) But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. (3) And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
Also notice what James White stated in the book the SDA church edited in a big way to try and hide many events that will happen directly before and during the prophesied 7 last plagues. (See the video I made on this here) They actually removed the first 11 pages and the book they sell actually starts on page 12 if you buy it from the SDA church. They didn't even try to hide the fact they deleted those pages! Notice what it says on page 12 regarding Gog and Magog.
"And I saw, that as Christ is the vine, and his children the branches: so Satan is the "root", and his children are the "branches;" and at the final destruction of "Gog and Magog," the whole wicked host will be burnt up, "root and branch," and cease to exist. Then will appear the new heaven and the new earth. Then will the saints "build houses," and "plant vineyards." I saw, that all the righteous dead were raised by the voice of the Son of God, at the first resurrection; and all that were raised at the second resurrection, were burnt up, and ceased to exist. {WLF 12.1}
Since James White mentions the "root and branch" here, it depicts there is a leader who directs all the wicked and so, my contention on this is that Gog is the Vatican and Magog are all those that obey / worship the Popes. Which today is the overwhelming majority of Christendom as well as the Jews, Muslims and all others.
#465 Why did Pail say "Let us keep the feast" in 1 Corinthians 5:8?
I know this verse is not talking about the feast days, but what does this verse mean when he says "Let us keep the feast."
1 Corinthians 5:8 Therefore LET US KEEP THE FEAST, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."
ANSWER:
To get the context let's look at the preceding verse as well.
1 Corinthians 5:7-8 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: (8) Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
And so, yes, you're correct; the verse is not advocating the keeping of the feast days, if it was, it would not be saying we should keep the feast with "the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth" directly after saying the Jews kept it with the "leaven of malice and wickedness."
As we know, Christ was cleaning things up here in the same way He did with His first miracle by changing the water into wine at the wedding in Cana. The watered down theology of the Jews was prophesied to be put down while at the same time the true doctrine (new wine) was about to be shared unto all that studied the Word and therefore had the ears to hear what Jesus was teaching. And yes, it still works this way to this day. If you study the Word made flesh which is Jesus Christ, then you will understand simple as well as in-depth doctrine.
The annual feast days, which we also called annual Sabbaths in Leviticus 23 were all fulfilled at the cross exactly as prophesied all throughout the prophetic Word and in graphic form after Christ said "it is finished" the very day the shadow ended at the cross.
When looking into the Word using the plumbline laid out by the Lord in Isaiah 8:20 and 28:10, we know there are far too many passages to prove to those with eyes that see that the feast days were completed at the cross the very moment Jesus said "it is finished" that very day.
At present; we are in the spiritual Day of Atonement awaiting our Lord's return and each of us is being judged during this time to see if we are worthy to either receive the Latter Rain or even have the faith to be martyred before plague one begins. In this spiritual end of days investigative judgment we can and should "keep the feast" we are in with "the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth" by acknowledging how Jesus Christ not only ended the feast days at the cross, but replaced them with the ordinance of humility (foot washing) at the last supper (communion) which He commanded us to "do this in remembrance of me" in 1 Corinthians 11:22,25.
In fact, Sister White even stated the following regarding the feast days in Spirity of Prophecy. Some of what I am about to share will shock some that keep the feast days while at the same time claiming to trust the Bible and even claiming Sister White to be a prophet. FOr if they hear what I am about to share and still claim the feast days must be kept, they are in fact in sin. And the last quote will confirm that as fact.
"The Lord instructed Moses definitely in regard to the ceremonial sacrifices, which were to cease at the death of Christ. The system of sacrifices foreshadowed the offering of Christ as a Lamb without blemish." {1SP 266.3}
"At the crucifixion, as Jesus died on Calvary, he cried, It is finished, and the vail of the temple was rent in twain, from the top to the bottom. This was to show that the services of the earthly Sanctuary were forever finished, and that God would no more meet with them in their earthly temple, to accept their sacrifices. The blood of Jesus was then shed, which was to be ministered by himself in the heavenly Sanctuary. As the priests in the earthly Sanctuary entered the Most Holy once a year to cleanse the Sanctuary, Jesus entered the Most Holy of the heavenly, at the end of the 2300 days of Dan, viii, in 1844, to make a final atonement for all who could be benefited by his mediation, and to cleanse the Sanctuary." {1SG p161,162} (1858 GC)
"The interviews between Jesus and his disciples were usually seasons of calm joy, highly prized by all of them. The passover suppers had been scenes of special interest; but upon this occasion Jesus was troubled in spirit, and his disciples sympathized with his grief although they knew not its cause. This was virtually the last passover that was ever to be celebrated; for type was to meet antitype in the slaying of the Lamb of God for the sins of the world. Christ was soon to receive his full baptism of suffering; but the few quiet hours between him and Gethsemane were to be spent for the benefit of his disciples." {3SP 83.3}
FINALLY.. she stated this...
"This ordinance does not speak so largely to man's intellectual capacity as to his heart. His moral and spiritual nature needs it. If His disciples had not needed this, it would not have been left for them as Christ's last established ordinance in connection with, and including, the last supper. It was Christ's desire to leave to His disciples an ordinance that would do for them the very thing they needed--that would serve to disentangle them from the rites and ceremonies which they had hitherto engaged in as essential, and which the reception of the gospel made no longer of any force. To continue these rites would be an insult to Jehovah. Eating of the body, and drinking of the blood, of Christ, not merely at the sacramental service, but daily partaking of the bread of life to satisfy the soul's hunger, would be in receiving His Word and doing His will (RH June 14, 1898).
Paul is saying here in 1 Corinthians 5:8 which was long after the last supper that we must now feed on Christ by faith in the same way Jesus said His flesh and blood were meat and drink in John 6:55, or even when the prophet Jeremiah said what he did in Jeremiah 15:16, which was, "Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts."
This in turn connects right back to the Lord's supper which was instituted during His last Passover on earth and for eternity. And He kept it without bowing to the old leaven and corrupted paganism that was already mixed in with Judaism at that time in the very same way we see happening today with Catholicism wherein all churches, including the SDA church, and even those that stand in Islam or Hinduism do to this day. The sincerity and truth of faith in Jesus Christ alone made much more sense to the apostles by this time than the rituals and lip service of the boldly corrupted and spiritually blind Pharisees in a big way.
#466 Is it ok for Christians to wear jewelry?
In recent months, I heard you saying that we were not to wear jewelry. Can you please give me the references in Scripture that say this?
I would appreciate some clarity here. I just recently read Proverbs 25:11, 12 and noted that Solomon (in a roundabout way) gave admiration to gold jewelry. Solomon’s wisdom was a gift from God. If wearing jewelry was forbidden by God, I don’t understand why then Solomon would have used Gold jewelry for a comparison in these verses.
Can you please let me know? Much appreciated. Thank you.
ANSWER:
It's good to hear you want to get the Lord's will on this as some Christians will take this one passage in the Word that eludes to jewelry in one way and end it with the assumption they have correctly defined the doctrine when in fact the Bible is clear on how to define doctrine. Notice what the Lord declared through Isaiah long ago.
Isaiah 28:9-10 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. (10) For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
In other words, using one Bible verse does not make the doctrine. In fact, I recall many times how drunkards on skid row told me to my face that it was ok to drink alcohol because Paul told Timothy in 1 Timothy 5:23 to "Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities." When one does the proper line upon line study, we find in many areas of the Word that alcohol is deadly to body and soul. The wine Paul was talking about was new wine or grape juice as we call it today because in the region Timothy lived in the water was very unhealthy. Natural grape juice was much better for Timothy's weak stomach as the water was well filtered through the soil and the grape vine.
As we know, and especially now as we step closer to the return of Christ with each passing day, the walk of the Christian is to be done seeking what best pleases the Lord and not the flesh. The world will declare one way to follow the Lord, but the Word of God will always say the best way.
Truth is, even if it was ok at times in history to wear jewelry in that it was often used to declare the rank of office with royals, as we can see by how it is displayed today, many wear it now as a form of idol worship as well as a declaration of self-glory, prominence and pride. As Christians, for us to wear jewelry, and this includes just a small piece that probably wouldn’t generate idol worship, wearing it can not just make our brethren stumble if we were to wear it, it soils our character wherein we are to emulate Christ. Did not Christ create us with a perfect design? Why do some believe placing a man made item upon the perfection of Christ's creation much better? In so doing is to say Christ didn't finish His creation work on man, but my Bible says after the Lord finished creating all that is seen and unseen including man, He declared in Genesis 1:"31 that "it was very good." And as we all know, He finished and rested on the Seventh day and hallowed it.
1 Timothy 2:9-10 says, " In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; (10) But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works."
1 Peter 3:3-4 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; (4) But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Also see question #18 in our “These Last Days” Bible study course.
And notice this from SOP..
“Self-denial in dress is a part of our Christian duty. To dress plainly, abstainingfrom display of jewelry and ornaments of every kind, is in keeping with our faith." - Testimonies vol 3 page 367.
As for Solomon, he was describing wall carvings or "pictures of silver" in Proverbs 25:11 and the earrings in verse 12 were indeed jewelry, yes. But none of us were alive back then, and being a king as he was, such things were no doubt allowed as long as it wasn’t overdone in the king’s quarters and as historic record confirms, certain items of jewelry were necessary to declare the person to be of the king's cabinet. Remember the ring that was removed from Haman and then placed on the finger of Mordecai directly before Haman was hanged on the gallows he built for Mordecai who saved the king?
Biblical fact is; regardless of Solomon having wisdom from the Lord or not, he is still a man that can and did sin. In fact his many strange marriages proved that even with all his wisdom he still had issues with the flesh. Still, Jewelry is not sin per se. But it can and often will lead to sin. I say, why take the chance this close to home? Bottom line is, what would Jesus do?
And by the way, to wear an earring today, and this includes the smallest of earrings, to do so means you need to cut a hole in the flesh to wear it as the Pagans of old and modern day still do.
As Christians we are called to be as much unlike the world as possible. We are to be peculiar in fact. Deuteronomy 14:1-2 says, “Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. (2) For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.”
One very telling truth we need to remember is when the Lord described the pure and adulterous churches in Revelation, the pure woman was adorned by the sun standing on the moon with a crown of 12 stars. She did not have any costly array or jewelry at all. But the harlot was literally covered in gold, precious stones, pearls as well as holding a golden cup while wearing costly array. She was the epitome of worldliness.
If this is how the Lord describes His bride on one hand and then the one that is a counterfeit to His bride on the other, me thinks the best way to walk is in a way He literally expects His bride will walk directly before He returns to take us home.
#467 Atheist AGAIN slams the healing of amputation (See Video)
Atheist on YT asks...
"This is the typical dishonest response one can expect from so called e-vangelists. The atheists asking this question are doing so honestly as an honest act of inquiry and they are specifically talking about why won’t god heal amputees in todays world rather than only 2,000 years ago where there were no cameras, video recorders or trained observers to witness and verify it? If god’s power is still present in this world and there are still believers out there that would be granted this level of power on the level of Christ’s apostles then there’s absolutely no reason amputees should not be getting healed en masse today which would only produce more and more believers to the faith in celebration of gods healing power and his love yet no dice…"
ANSWER:
Basing your assumptions on 2000 years of weakened Christians who will not see nearly any answers to prayer due to disobedience is the fodder in every Atheist cannon of late. What you fail to realize is that there have always been obedient Christians, though few in number, none of them seek self glory so as to popularize self as the preachers of filthy lucre do daily.
After all, we know most Atheists will simply take the truth we present, no matter how bold it is, and slam it with yet another off kilter assumption to vindicate themselves.
Still.. just give it a few more years. And I mean VERY few. If the Pope gets his way and his plans to enforce the mark (phase 1) in 2027 coincides with the Father in Heaven's timing, then you need to realize that BEFORE that year comes the prophesied Loud Cry will commence. Reason being is, the Pope (man of sin) only enforces the mark to try and shut up God's obedient remnant.
A word of warning to you though. Miracles are NOT how Christianity is defined. Soon, and as prophesied, God will give the obedient remnant a much larger portion of the Holy Spirit than He did the Apostles 2000 years ago so as to present the final warning worldwide. A small number of God's people will go forth with truth that even the hard core Atheist will understand with clarity because the God of creation not only reads the hearts of all men, He has promised to give the obedient remnant the exact words YOU need to hear to bow your knee to Christ, if in fact you truly are one seeking truth as I have found with many atheists that have already joined our movement just the last few years alone. Still.. if your pride has built a large pedestal for you, you might succumb to denying truth so not to lose face with some close to you.
As for the miracles, they will restart and go WAY off the chart very soon. But, unless you know how to define "the fruits" of the true Christians, the fake ones are also prophesied to perform miracles to CONvince those that prefer lies above truth they KNOW is truth.
If I was to give you one thing to watch for in the coming days so as to have somewhat of an inkling to know that what I say is truth; I say watch how the Pope and his pawns will use climate change in the coming days to enforce SUNDAY LAWS claiming that in so doing will stop the calamities that are prophesied to increase. WHat he's not saying though is what he calls climate change disasters have nothing to do with climate change at all. All of what the world sees now and in the coming days are in fact the final signs of Christ's return.
Why did Jesus share the “turn the other cheek” lesson?
ANSWER:
I will let Sister White answer that one as she does so quite eloquently. As Jesus was teaching the people one day, this happened…
“A detachment of the Roman troops was encamped near by, on the sea-shore, and Jesus is now interrupted by the loud blast of the trumpet which is the signal for the soldiers to assemble on the plain below. They form in the regular order, bowing in homage to the Roman standard which is uplifted before them. With bitterness the Jews look upon this scene which reminds them of their own degradation as a nation. Presently messengers are dispatched from the army, with orders to various distant posts. As they toil up the abrupt bank that borders the shore, they are brought near to the listening crowd that surrounds Jesus, and they force some of the Jewish peasants to carry their burdens for them up the steep ascent. The peasants resist this act of oppression, and address their persecutors with violent language; but they are finally compelled to obey the soldiers, and perform the menial task required of them. This exhibition of Roman authority stirs the people with indignation, and they turn eagerly to hear what the great Teacher will say of this cruel act of oppression. With sadness, because of the sins which had brought the Jews into such bondage, Jesus looks upon the shameful scene. He also notes the hatred and revenge stamped upon the faces of the Jews, and knows how bitterly they long for power to crush their oppressors. Mournfully he says:-- {2SP 222.2}
"Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away." {2SP 223.1}
The example of Jesus was a practical illustration of the lesson here taught; contumely and persecution never caused him to retaliate upon his enemies. But this was a hard saying for the revengeful Jews, and they murmured against it among themselves. Jesus now makes a still stronger declaration:-- {2SP 223.2}
"Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in Heaven; for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?" {2SP 223.3}
The manifestation of hatred never breaks down the malice of our enemies. But love and kindness beget love and kindness in return. Although God faithfully rewards virtue and punishes guilt, yet he does not withhold his blessings from the wicked, although they daily dishonor his name. He allows the sunshine and the showers to fall upon the just and the unjust, bringing alike worldly prosperity to both. If a holy God exercises such forbearance and benevolence toward the rebellious and the idolatrous, how necessary it is that erring man should manifest a like spirit toward his fellow-men. Instead of cursing those who injure him, it is his duty to seek to win them from their evil ways by a kindness similar to that with which Christ treated them who persecuted him. Jesus taught his followers that they should exercise a Christian courtesy toward all who came within their influence, that they should not be forgetful in deeds of mercy, and that when solicited for favors, they should show a benevolence superior to that of the worldling. The children of God should represent the spirit that rules in Heaven. Their principles of action should not be of the same character with the narrow, selfish spirit of the world. Perfection alone can meet the standard of Heaven. As God himself is perfect in his exalted sphere, so should his children be perfect in the humble sphere they occupy. Thus only can they be fit for the companionship of sinless beings in the kingdom of Heaven. Christ addresses to his followers these words that establish the standard of Christian character: "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect." {2SP 224.1}
My brothers and sisters. Soon we too will be treated as the Jews were when the Romans took over and formed a police state upon them. Soon, the remnant people will be hated, despised, rejected, persecuted and even martyred simply because we love the Lord. We need to show love even to those that persecute us. As I have said so many times, when they see a loving smile on our face when they expect a frown of hatred, that moves some people to seek out Christ. For the most powerful miracle ever witnessed is how the Holy Spirit changes the character deep inside the man. We all need to “go home and humble ourselves before God.” For if you think about it, all of us are powerless to stop anything that is coming upon this world. Only in Christ can we stand firm, blessed and eternal.
#469 Looking through dark glasses?
When Jesus was about to wash Peter's feet, and Peter was a bit too prideful wherein he questioned why the Lord wanted to do this, Jesus said this in John 13:7. It says that "Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter."
As many of you know, we as a family have been going through something that is very hard to go through. No, it hasn't shaken my faith and and I hope it hasn't shaken my family's faith, but I do know this. We have a loving Father in Heaven and He allows what He allows for a good reason no matter how we look at it down here. Especially when losing a loved one, some of us that are grieving wonder how such a bad thing can be allowed by such a loving God.
As I was in study Thursday morning the Lord gave me this as I read John 13:7.
"Elder Stockman spoke of my early misfortune, and said it was indeed a grievous affliction, but he bade me believe that the hand of a loving Father had not been withdrawn from me; that in the future life, when the mist that then darkened my mind had vanished, I would discern the wisdom of the providence which had seemed so cruel and mysterious. Jesus said to His disciples, "What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter." John 13:7. In the great future we should no longer see as through a glass darkly, but come face to face with the mysteries of divine love. {LS 37.1} 1848 - 1915
In other words... Even if we can't understand why some bad things happen that look like God's hand isn't where we had hoped it would be to stop the bad thing. When we get home the "mysteries of divine love" will be opened up to us wherein the dark glasses are no longer an issue. We will come to see that what we saw as a bad thing down here was a loving act of our God and it will make perfect sense as to why the Father allowed it to happen. His perfect love is that powerful! I can see now how our "God shall wipe away all tears" as He promises in Rev_21:4. We will understand then how what we thought was a bad thing down here truly was a good thing that will make eternal life that much better for us and all those involved.
This is especially true for those parents that lost children in Texas the other day. If the parents repent and trust the Lord unto the end, they will see their children again for according to Scripture, the age of accountability is 20 and none of those kids were that old. They were allowed to escape Satan's clutches in the coming years that may have moved them off the path to salvation so as to die in hellfire. They are safe in the grave never to be tempted by the enemy of souls. And so again, what we see as a bad thing now, and it is quite bad to say the least, in Heaven those parents that gained Christ as Lord will be overjoyed with the presence of their children for eternity.
And for those of us that may have loved ones that died in open sin as adults, even here we will see the loving hand of God once we gain heaven for nothing evil comes from above. Even the lost are placed in our lives and some of them are placed very near to us so as to help us grow in Christ in ways we can only understand once the dark glasses are removed in Heaven. Need I remind you of the wheat and the tares? Or what of the atheist Pharoah and his wicked soldiers that declared in Exodus 14:25 "...Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians." They made that statement within moments of dying when the Red Sea fell upon them. One can only imagine how many souls over the last few thousand years that have been blessed with repentant hearts after seeing how even the wicked relate to the Creator God.
We have a loving God. And even if we cannot see or understand why He allows certain things now, rest assured that soon we will understand in ways we never thought possible.
Isaiah 55:6-13 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: (7) Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (8) For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. (9) For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. (10) For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: (11) So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. (12) For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. (13) Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
#470 What does
the angel represent in Revelation
3:14 does it represent the
leadership of the church?
Revelation 3:14
[14]And unto the angel of the
church of the Laodiceans write;
These things saith the Amen, the
faithful and true witness, the
beginning of the creation of God;
And in verse 16 it says.
Revelation 3:16
[16]So then because thou art
lukewarm, and neither cold nor
hot, I will spue thee out of my
mouth.
Does it mean that the leadership
of the church is spued out?
Thank you, God bless and may the
Lord be with you.
ANSWER:
Greetings (BROTHER OR SISTER)
The word, "angel" in the Bible is
also translated as messenger. In
the Strong's Concordance (list of
words in the Bible), we can see
this Greek word "aggelos" is used
186 times, and is translated as
both angel, and messenger. In
specific instances, when the Bible
says "angel", it does not mean a
being clothed with celestial
light. The message to the
Laodiceans is filled with
instruction to be delivered by
those "messengers". But it is not
committed unto angels to preach
the Gospel of Christ; to reprove,
rebuke, and exhort. Thus, the
interpretation of angel here in
Revelation is a messenger.
The messenger of the church does
not necessarily mean leadership;
but rather those who are tasked
with giving the understanding of
this passage to the others. John
the Baptist was also called a
messenger, but he was not a man
who went to any of the schools of
the Pharisees, or Sadducees. He
learned from God.
Matthew 11:7-10 And as they
departed, Jesus began to say unto
the multitudes concerning John,
What went ye out into the
wilderness to see? A reed shaken
with the wind? 8 But
what went ye out for to see? A man
clothed in soft raiment? behold,
they that wear soft clothing are
in kings' houses. 9
But what went ye out for to see? A
prophet? yea, I say unto you, and
more than a prophet.
10 For this is he, of
whom it is written, Behold, I send
my messenger before thy face,
which shall prepare thy way before
thee.
As for the spewed out, this refers
to every single lukewarm
individual. It does not matter
whether it is someone in
leadership, or someone who is
sitting in the pews; every single
lukewarm individual, if they do
not choose to become "hot" (as in
zealous), they will be spewed out
of Christ's mouth.
Revelation 3:19 As many as I
love, I rebuke and chasten: be
zealous therefore, and repent.
Finally to close this message, I
will leave you with the Strong's
Concordance information for
angel/messenger.
G32
ἄγγελος
aggelos
ang'-el-os
From
ἀγγέλλω
aggellō (probably derived from
G71; compare G34; to bring
tidings); a messenger; especially
an “angel”; by
implication a pastor: - angel,
messenger.
Total KJV occurrences: 186
#471 Whois the false prophet
“works great signs, even
making fire come down from heaven
to earth.”
Throughout the Bible God at
various times has shown His
acceptance of sacrifices through
fire. He has also used fire to
punish the wicked.
Fire is a very interesting concept
to me, especially that Satan will
make use of this in his end times
deceptions.
Do you think he will in some way
deceive the nominal Christians
with fire from Heaven showing his
acceptance of Sunday worship, or
some other misguided sacrifice he
may induce the masses to employ?
Many believe this fire to be of a
worldly origin, yet I can't seem
to neglect or forget the
importance of fire to the Lord.
Will this be just another
counterfeit of Satan or will it be
something else I may have missed?
Thanks
ANSWER:
You are correct, the fire is not
just of a worldly origin. The
Bible makes it clear that the
false prophet will work miracles
before the beast, and this is
power which Satan's agents have
power to do, not that which they
pretend to do.
These persons overlook the
testimony of the Scriptures
concerning the wonders wrought by
Satan and his agents. It was by
Satanic aid that Pharaoh's
magicians were enabled to
counterfeit the work of God. The
apostle John, describing the
miracle-working power that will be
manifested in the last days,
declares: “He doeth great
wonders, so that he maketh fire
come down from heaven on the earth
in the sight of men, and deceiveth
them that dwell on the earth by
the means of those miracles which
he had power to do.”
[Revelation 13:13, 14.] No mere
impostures are here brought to
view. Men are deceived by the
miracles which Satan's agents have
power to do, not which they
pretend to do. — {4SP 372.1}
There is no fakery here, or,
impostures, as Sister White calls
them. If holy angels can exercise
power that we do not understand,
then evil angels can do the same
things. Recall this saying of
Jesus:
Matthew 6:27 Which of you by
taking thought can add one cubit
unto his stature?
By mere thought, can angels turn
themselves from the appearance of
human beings, and back to angels.
The power of this disguise is
impossible to see through by
sight. Demons can do the exact
same thing, even turning
themselves into dead loved ones.
The power with which we will have
to contend with in the future is
no fake power; it will be real
miracles, real supernatural power.
Some of God's people will have to
deal with this face to face, not
because they have gone there, for
God tells us not to go before
these demons, but because Satan
will target God's people and try
to bring them under the delusions
he is sweeping the entire world
under.
The line of distinction between
professing Christians and the
ungodly is now hardly
distinguishable. Church-members
love what the world loves, and are
ready to join with them; and Satan
determines to unite them in one
body and thus strengthen his cause
by sweeping all into the ranks of
Spiritualism. Papists who boast of
miracles as a certain mark of the
true church, will be readily
deceived by this wonder-working
power; and Protestants, having
cast away the shield of truth,
will also be deluded. Papists,
Protestants, and worldlings will
alike accept the form of godliness
without the power, and they will
see in this union a grand movement
for the conversion of the world,
and the ushering in of the
long-expected millennium. —
4SP 406.1
If demons can cause literal
statues to appear as if crying
tears, or even blood, then why
could they not bring fire down
from heaven, as they have
manifested their demonic working
power in the past? Satan is
graphically involved here on earth
with things that go on; many of
which things some people turn and
blame God for. Satan has in the
past, and will in the future
continue his warfare like so:
Satan works through the elements
also to garner his harvest of
unprepared souls. He has studied
the secrets of the laboratories of
nature, and he uses all his power
to control the elements as far as
God allows. When he was suffered
to afflict Job, how quickly flocks
and herds, servants, houses,
children, were swept away, one
trouble succeeding another as in a
moment. It is God that shields his
creatures, and hedges them in from
the power of the destroyer. But
the Christian world has shown
contempt for the law of Jehovah;
and the Lord does just what he has
declared that he would do, he
withdraws his blessings from the
earth, and removes his protecting
care from those who are rebelling
against his law, and teaching and
forcing others to do the same.
Satan has control of all whom God
does not especially guard. He will
favor and prosper some in order to
further his own designs, and he
will bring trouble upon others,
and lead men to believe that it is
God who is afflicting them. {4SP
407.1}
*Do you remember how FIRE FELL
FROM HEAVEN when Satan wanted to
afflict Job?*
As Spiritualism assimilates more
closely to the nominal
Christianity of the day, it has
greater power to deceive and
ensnare. Satan himself is
converted, after the modern order
of things. He will appear in the
character of an angel of light.
Through the agency of
Spiritualism, miracles will be
wrought, the sick will be healed,
and many undeniable wonders will
be performed. And as the spirits
will profess faith in the Bible,
and express regard for Sunday,
their work will be accepted as a
manifestation of divine power.
— 4SP 405.3
#472 Should we Christians have remorse for the sinner?
Should we delight to see the sinner fall? I always hear some Christians say they don't have no remorse on certain sinners like those who hurt children or shed innocent blood which we know is wrong and they hope that person burns in hell and suffer for eternity. I couldn't imagine a real Christian thinking like that, shouldn't a real Christians hope that person repents instead of delighting to see them suffer. Surely Jesus wants to save the sinner and it's not willing to let anyone perish we should be like Christ not haven't desire to watch others suffer because they choose to do evil.
ANSWER:
The Bible says that Christians
should love their enemies. God the
Father sends rain on the just and
unjust. He even sent His Son to
die for the sins of this fallen
world. Christians ought to
exemplify such love in their own
lives.
Matthew 5:43-48 Ye have
heard that it hath been said, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour, and hate
thine enemy. 44 But I
say unto you, Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you, do good
to them that hate you, and pray
for them which despitefully use
you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the
children of your Father which is
in heaven: for he maketh his sun
to rise on the evil and on the
good, and sendeth rain on the just
and on the unjust. 46
For if ye love them which love
you, what reward have ye? do not
even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute
your brethren only, what do ye
more than others? do not even the
publicans so? 48 Be ye
therefore perfect, even as your
Father which is in heaven is
perfect.
The problem is, is that because
there is so much lawlessness
within the land (including
Christian churches), many are
ignoring this command of Jesus to
be perfect as as God the Father is
perfect. These souls are allowing
the wickedness of the world, and
of the church to corrupt their
beliefs in the Word of God, and
thus, they are but a fulfillement
of the prophecy that Jesus spake
of Matthew 24:
Matthew 24:12 And because
iniquity shall abound, the love of
many shall wax cold.
So, instead of following the love
inspired writings of the
Scriptures, many are following the
bent of their own minds, and of
the teachings of men instead.
Proverbs 24:17-18 Rejoice
not when thine enemy falleth, and
let not thine heart be glad when
he stumbleth: 18 Lest
the LORD see it, and it displease
him, and he turn away his wrath
from him.
#473 And what does precepts mean
Biblically?
This is from Acts of the Apostles 563.1 If we abide in Christ, if the love of God dwells in the heart, our feelings, our thoughts, our actions, will be in harmony with the will of God. The sanctified heart is in harmony with the precepts of God's law. AA 563.1 Thank you, God bless and may the Lord be with you.
ANSWER:
Greetings
The word, "precepts" shows up
multiple times in the Word of God,
in both singular and plural form.
Biblically, we see this for
example in the book of Nehemiah:
Nehemiah 9:14 And madest
known unto them thy holy sabbath,
and commandedst them precepts,
statutes, and laws, by the hand of
Moses thy servant:
H4687
מִצְוָה
mitsvâh
mits-vaw'
From H6680; a command, whether
human or divine (collectively the
Law): - (which was) commanded
(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Total KJV occurrences: 181
A precept is just basically a
command, or commandment. Here we
have another word translated as
precept in the Psalms, and in this
David is talking about the 10
Commandments.
Psalms 119:40 Behold, I have
longed after thy precepts: quicken
me in thy righteousness.
H6490
פִּקֻּד
פִּקּוּד
piqqûd piqqûd
pik-kood', pik-kood'
From H6485; properly appointed,
that is, a mandate (of God; plural
only, collectively for the Law): -
commandment, precept, statute.
Total KJV occurrences: 24
As for the quote you are using, it
appears you are actually quoting
an EDITED VERSION of the Spirit of
Prophecy. All 5 books of the
"Conflict of the Ages" series are
not trustworthy; they are a blend
of Ellen White's comments, and the
things of others. Some of what
Ellen G. White even originally
wrote in the original volumes of
the Spirit of Prophecy have been
doctored in these books to support
the Seventh Day Adventist Church's
apostate stance. It would be far
better for you to read Spirit of
Prophecy, Volumes 1-4, and
Sketches From The Life of Paul.
You can check out the website here
about this topic:
https://remnantofgod.org/soporiginals.htm
To get an in depth look at the
edits, and what went on behind the
scenes with the SDA Church, go
here:
https://remnantofgod.org/books/docs/SOP/RevivingSOP.pdf
#474 I have looked all through the Bible, I can’t find anything. What I would like to know is, my wife died last December. Is it okay to marry a divorced woman.
ANSWER:
Greetings
The reasons as towards divorce,
and remarriage matter. Having a
wife that has passed away permits
you to remarry. However, in
regards to your re-selection of a
spouse, the reason that she was
divorced matters (as well as when
she was divorced).
If she was a Christian, and was
divorced by an unbeliever, then it
would be okay for her to remarry
(the unbeliever being the
instigator of the divorce). If she
divorced her ex husband because he
physically cheated on her (or he
divorced her to cheat on her),
then she can remarry. But if she
committed adultery as a Christian,
then it is not okay for her to
remarry. Here are some Bible
passages regarding these things:
1 Corinthians 7:39 The wife
is bound by the law as long as her
husband liveth; but if her husband
be dead, she is at liberty to be
married to whom she will; only in
the Lord.
Matthew 5:31-32 It hath been
said, Whosoever shall put away his
wife, let him give her a writing
of divorcement: 32 But
I say unto you, That whosoever
shall put away his wife, saving
for the cause of fornication,
causeth her to commit adultery:
and whosoever shall marry her that
is divorced committeth adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:15 But if
the unbelieving depart, let him
depart. A brother or a sister is
not under bondage in such cases:
but God hath called us to peace.
But, I would not have you without
carefulness; if you remarry, you
should be certain that this
individual is someone whom God
Himself approves of, and if there
is unmistakable evidence that your
life, and this individuals lives
will be bettered in Christ. You
need to set dedicated time aside
to pray to God, and receive a
clear answer from Him, in regards
to stepping into another marriage.
If you are accustomed to praying
two times a day, in theory, you
should pray 4x a day. In
actuality, you need to become more
diligent in prayer with God, to be
certain that the individual whom
you think you should be with is
the very one that God would choose
for you.
#475 Some begin the view the vegan diet as discouraging. This guy would juice raw vegetables, right from the garden. Same with Steve Jobs. I'm not discouraging alternative medicine, in fact I promote completely. But I begin to question whether a body without protein is healthy. The body is made of proteins.
ANSWER:
I would agree with you that a
body without protein isn't good.
However, if you mean that if you
don't eat meat then you aren't
getting protein, this is untrue,
as there is protein in virtually
everything. True that some things
have a smaller amount of protein,
like a medium apple has 0.5g of
protein, but if you want more
protein, there are certainly high
protein vegan foods, like nuts,
and especially beans.
To add to this response, I want to
bring up something:
Genesis 1:29 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.
The natural diet that God gave to
man is fruits, and seeds (grains,
beans, psuedograins, nuts, and
"seeds" are all considered seeds).
God did not permit mankind to eat
of animal flesh until after the
flood in the days of Noah. How
then did mankind live, if animal
flesh was not permitted to be part
of the diet? It is rather peculiar
that there are Christians who are
under the belief that we need meat
to live. How is it possible that
animals, which are less suitable
for food, are needful for the
human being to be able to live?
#476 Digital Cash: is this the Mark of the Beast?
ANSWER:
2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this
first, that no prophecy of the
scripture is of any private
interpretation.
The Bible will help us to figure
out what the mark on the hands and
the forehead is. According to the
Bible, a sign on your hands and
forehead does not have to do with
money, or digital cash. It has to
do with religious laws. For
example, the Bible says:
Deuteronomy 11:18 Therefore
shall ye lay up these my words in
your heart and in your soul, and
bind them for a sign upon your
hand, that they may be as
frontlets between your eyes.
God's words, His commandments, go
into the heart, into the soul,
upon your hand, and between your
eyes. You cannot literally open up
your heart, and literally stuff
God's words in your soul, anymore
than you can literally make them a
sign on your hand or put them
literally between your eyes.
Rather, if we accept the
commandments of God, and if we
allow the Holy Spirit to mold us,
the Holy Spirit will cause God's
word to be brought into the soul,
accepted in the heart, and in our
minds (between your eyes) and all
the works of the hands will show
forth our belief in God. These
spiritual things happen when we
worship God. The same is true when
it comes to the mark of the beast.
Have you noticed that the passages
about the mark of the beast also
talk about worshiping the beast
and his image?
Revelation 14:9 And the
third angel followed them, saying
with a loud voice, If any man
worship the beast and his image,
and receive his mark in his
forehead, or in his hand,
The mark of the beast is about who
you worship. The Image of the
Beast will demand that you keep
the commandments of the beast. But
if you are a saint of God, you
will keep the commandments of God.
The last part of the third angel's
message says:
Revelation 14:12 Here is the
patience of the saints: here are
they that keep the commandments of
God, and the faith of Jesus.
The "mark" of the "beast" will be
the enforcement of the religious
law that demands that everyone
keeps Sunday holy instead of
keeping the 7th Day Sabbath of the
Bible holy. Sunday is not the
Christian sabbath, but it is the
sabbath of the beast. The 7th Day
is God's Sabbath, which we call
"Saturday". And so, from Friday
Sunset to Saturday Sunset (since
the day starts at the sunset in
the Bible), God's people are to
keep His Sabbath holy.
If you have any more questions,
feel free to ask. Also, you are
welcome to take a look around the
site. Here is a video about the
mark of the beast. It is about 14
minutes long:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUyJx24KuLs
#477 The term
"Godhead?"
Thanks for providing all the good
quotes from the pen of Mrs. White
dealing with the subject of the
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Enjoyed reading your material on
the Trinity. Have you done any
research on the origin of the word
"Godhead"? From my study and
reading it is merely an old
English term for "divine being" or
"Godhood": meaning the person or
self-existent God himself.
From reading your page on the
Trinity, can I assume that you
fault the trinitarian dogma in
that it teaches the "oneness" of
the three persons in the Godhead?
You state that you accept that
there are three persons in the
Godhead, but deny that the three
persons constitute one God. Sort
of like three separate Gods. Or am
I misunderstanding your intent??
Best regards in Christ,
ANSWER:
While I haven't done any
background research in the meaning
of the word "Godhead", here is
what I can gather from the
Strong's Concordance: Every single
time it is used in the King James
Bible, it has a different original
Greek word. For example:
Acts 17:29 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.
The word "Godhead" in this
instance is strong's G2304,
theios. It is translated as
"divine" in two other verses (2
Peter 1:3-4). And that word theios
comes from the word theos (G2316).
That word simply refers to a
deity, and is translated as God
numerous times.
Romans 1:20 For the
invisible things of him from the
creation of the world are clearly
seen, being understood by the
things that are made, even his
eternal power and Godhead; so that
they are without excuse:
The word Godhead here is Strong's
G2305 (which comes from 2304)
theiotēs.It simply means
divinity. It has no other usage in
the King James Bible. And finally:
Colossians 2:9 For in him
dwelleth all the fulness of the
Godhead bodily.
The word Godhead here is Strong's
G2320 (which comes from 2316)
theotēs. This word also refers to
divinity.
As for the Trinity, yes it is
faulted for teaching that there is
one literal God. There are three
Persons in the Godhead; three
literal Divine Beings that are
aiding in the salvation of
mankind. One of the clearest
verses that brings forward this
truth is found here:
1 John 5:7 For there are
three that bear record in heaven,
the Father, the Word, and the Holy
Ghost: and these three are one.
When one studies the Bible, they
will find that the Apostle John
writes a number of times in
regards to the unity between the
Godhead Themselves, the unity of
the church, and the unity of the
Godhead with the church.
John 17:11 And now I am no
more in the world, but these are
in the world, and I come to thee.
Holy Father, keep through thine
own name those whom thou hast
given me, that they may be one, as
we are.
The disciples of Christ are to be
one as Christ and the Father are
one. If this meant a literal
oneness, this would be impossible.
But the language used here forbids
us from taking this concept as
meaning quite literally one being.
Jesus further continues upon this
point:
John 17:21-23 That they all
may be one; as thou, Father, art
in me, and I in thee, that they
also may be one in us: that the
world may believe that thou hast
sent me. 22 And the
glory which thou gavest me I have
given them; that they may be one,
even as we are one: 23
I in them, and thou in me, that
they may be made perfect in one;
and that the world may know that
thou hast sent me, and hast loved
them, as thou hast loved me.
Christ desires His people to be
one, as The Father is in Christ
and Christ is in the Father.
Christ further explains that not
simply with one another are we to
be one, but that with Him and His
Father are we to be one. There is
to exist a close fellowship, and
close relationships between the
believers, and between the
Godhead. We will not all come
together to form literally one
being, but that we will all come
together in harmony and in unity.
The world will see that Christ is
in us, as the Father is in the
Son. It is through unity with
Christ that the disciples of
Christ will become united, and
through this unity, made perfect.
1 John 4:12-13 No man hath
seen God at any time. If we love
one another, God dwelleth in us,
and his love is perfected in us.
13 Hereby know we that
we dwell in him, and he in us,
because he hath given us of his
Spirit.
That which will express the unity
of Christians is the love shared
towards one another. This makes
sense, since God is love. And if
we love God for who He is, we will
love one another, who will
reflect, but dimly, God. We will
know for a surety that God
dwelleth in us. And, we will know
that we dwell in Him.
1 John 4:16 And we have
known and believed the love that
God hath to us. God is love; and
he that dwelleth in love dwelleth
in God, and God in him.
#478 Hi
Nicholas
I'm looking for your list of words
n your definition. I'm looking for
your definition of grafting.
Thank you
Julie
ANSWER:
The link that has the symbolic
definition of words is found here:
https://www.remnantofgod.org/books/docs/REV/Revelation.htm
However, the word "graffed" does
not appear with its own definition
there. Turning our attention to
the Strong's Concordance, we can
find this for the word "graff" in
Romans 11:23:
G1461
ἐγκεντρίζω
egkentrizō
eng-ken-trid'-zo
From G1722 and a derivative of
G2759; to prick in, that is,
ingraft: - graff in (-to).
Total KJV occurrences: 6
The process of grafting something
into another refers to taking a
part of a plant, and sticking it
into another plant. When this is
done successfully, the branch
takes part of the nutrients of the
plant it is grafted into, even if
it came another another kind of
plant entirely. This process is
used in the Bible to describe the
process of Gentiles being grafted
into, or joined to, Israel, so
much so that the Gentiles who
believe in Christ are also
referred to as Israel.
The Gentiles did not naturally
have the Bible, the 10
Commandments, or any of the
especial blessings that were
granted to the Israelites. But due
to the goodness of God, and, the
fact the natural born Israelites
had rejected Christ, the Gospel
went out to the Gentiles. So the
natural Israelites, or natural
branches, were cut off from the
plant, which would give them the
blessings they desired, and the
Gentiles who received Jesus became
Christ's people.
Hosea 2:23 And I will sow
her unto me in the earth; and I
will have mercy upon her that had
not obtained mercy; and I will say
to them which were not my people,
Thou art my people; and they shall
say, Thou art my God.
#479 Canyou expand more on Mark
9:28-29?
ANSWER:
Mark 9:28-29 And when he
was come into the house, his
disciples asked him privately, Why
could not we cast him out?
29 And he said unto
them, This kind can come forth by
nothing, but by prayer and
fasting.
This Scirpture is referring to the
fact that when Jesus was away with
Peter, James, and John and was
transfigured, His other disciples
weren't with Him. They were left
dealing with the multitudes and
the scribes, and in their dealings
with them, a man brought his son
unto the disciples. However, when
the disciples attempted to cast
this devil out, which caused his
son to gnash his teeth, and foam
at the mouth, and which tried to
kill this man's son even by
casting his son into the fires, or
into the waters, the disciples
failed at casting out the devil.
Christ of course, returned to the
scene, and after discussion with
the father, then cast this demon
our of his son.
The disciples later came to Christ
privately and they asked Him, "Why
could not we cast him out?" Now,
the response Jesus gave, some
misinterpret to mean that one must
fast and pray, right then and
there, that the demon may be cast
out. But this is an error, for
Jesus did not right then and there
fast and pray. And if we look at
later Scriptures we see this:
Acts 5:12-16 And by the
hands of the apostles were many
signs and wonders wrought among
the people; (and they were all
with one accord in Solomon's
porch. 13 And of the
rest durst no man join himself to
them: but the people magnified
them. 14 And believers
were the more added to the Lord,
multitudes both of men and women.)
15 Insomuch that they
brought forth the sick into the
streets, and laid them on beds and
couches, that at the least the
shadow of Peter passing by might
overshadow some of them.
16 There came also a
multitude out of the cities round
about unto Jerusalem, bringing
sick folks, and them which were
vexed with unclean spirits: and
they were healed every one.
If the people could later be
healed by the mere shadow of Peter
passing by them, what changed?
What Jesus was referring to was
the fact that the disciples had
not, as they should have, prepared
and dedicated themselves for the
ministry by fasting and prayer.
They themselves were in unbelief,
and they had a certain
carelessness with which they
regarded the sacred work that was
given to them. Hence Jesus saying:
Mark 9:19 He answereth him,
and saith, O faithless generation,
how long shall I be with you? how
long shall I suffer you? bring him
unto me.
The Christian who fasts, and prays
will see their spiritual walks
grow in astounding ways, even to
the point of casting out devils.
While I cannot speak on the
casting out devils part, I can
look at my very own walk as an
example, and how I have noticed
that all night prayers have
boosted my walk in unexpected
ways. And the time that I fasted,
and did an all night prayer, while
I was physically out of it the
next day, I felt my discernment
grow by leaps and bounds. In
short, the disciples had not
fasted and prayed, and were not
spiritually ready, nor strong
enough, at the time to cast out
the devil that was tormenting the
man's son. But, after the death of
Jesus, and after the disciples had
come together, that they may be
one, and they all prayed, waiting
for the Holy Ghost, they were
ready to do the work that the LORD
needed them to do.
#480 Please explain Ezekiel 43:1-4 (Comments on Red Heifer added)
I need help understanding these verses please.
Ezekiel 43:1-4 "Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east: And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory. And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east."
ANSWER:
This vision is all about God being glorified
First and foremost, the eastern gate is the only gate of notability in Scripture. In fact, that is the only gate the people could enter into the courtyard of the Sanctuary where in so doing caused them to place their backs to the eastern horizon which was the main location of worship for all Baal worshipers. Doing so was a public denial of Satan and his many false gods.
Just as 'the Kings of the east' will do at second coming, as per the prophecy of Revelation 16:12 that says "the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared." I can see how Jesus coming from the eastern sky openly exposes Baal as a hopeless and defeated false god not just globally but throughout the Universe as well; for all Pagans have looked to the east for their god sinceday one and instead, our God will destroy him and his lying claims, even the silly claim of the eastern horizon and that ball of fire they worship.
What’s amazing here is that Ezekiel is being blessed with a vision of God’s eternal glory as he saw previous at the river Chebar when his first vision came upon him.
As for his saying “to destroy the city,” this is a warning/judgment and not the actual act. He was passing sentence upon it which was eventually fulfilled. He didn't actually destroy the city himself. He came to warn them that their sin will destroy it. (See Ezekiel 9:3-8) What he saw was like the vision he had at the river. (Notice Ezekiel 3:23)
By the way, when we look at the verse 5 we see Ezekiel was actually allowed to step into the Heavenly temple in that vision. And by the way, the “glory of the Lord” was not the Shekina glory as the Lord’s Presence never entered into the second temple UNTIL Jesus Himself walked into it 2000 years ago. That’s why even though the second Temple was a much smaller building, it was far more glorious due to Christ entering in physically.
#481 Please explain Matthew 8:9 or Luke 7:8
Verses in question:
Matthew 8:9 "For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it."
Luke 7:8 "For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it."
My brain doesn't want to understand this, lol. I know it has to be set into the context of the centurian seeking a healing miracle from the Lord for his servant. And this verse comes after the humble remarks of the centurian saying how he is unworthy of having the Lord step into his home. But I cannot understand how this verse relates to all that.
God bless
Also, (this is a question I have heard several times) what should we say when someone argues that Jesus kept some of the Jewish feasts?
ANSWER:
Yes, you need to allow the context to have its say in order to understand the verse. Notice what was revealed before the Centurion said what he said…
Matthew 8:5-9 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, (6) And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. (7) And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. (8) The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. (9) For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
The centurion knew it was a demon that made his servant sick. In fact, verse 6 confirms it. It says he was “tormented.”
Just as a leader in the military can tell soldiers to go here or there, Jesus can tell His angels to go here or there and this includes the angels that fell with Satan. As we know Jesus can command them to leave and they leave quickly. They have no choice but to obey because Jesus who they know is Michael the ARCHangel, which simply defined means He is the main Commander / Creator of all the angels obedient and fallen.
Satan has no choice to do as Jesus commands. And every eye in the Universe will see that as fact at the end of the 1000 years when Satan, his fallen angels and all the wicked that worshipped him the last 6000 years all bow to Jesus directly before the fires of damnation ends their awful existence turning them to ash, or "powder" as Jesus puts it in Matthew 21:44.
As for the feast days, yes Jesus kept all of them as He knew exactly what they stood for. After all, He wrote and designed them before giving them to Moses did He not? In fact, that is why He said “it is finished” right before He died. He knew all the feast days pointed to what He planned to do that day for all of us. He knew they ended the very moment He died. That means there is no need to keep the feast days after He died as He “finished” perfectly all that they were designed to educate every soul with eyes that see via His prophetic truths regarding what He would do for all of mankind on Calvary.
In regards to the man saying he was unworthy to have Jesus in his home; I would think all of us would say the same thing if we lived 2000 years ago if we had with faith in Jesus and a realization of our sinfulness. Even now I feel unworthy of the blessings Christ has bestowed upon me each and every day. Plus, I see this as a way to illustrate unto God’s people 2000 years later that no matter how far away Jesus is in Heaven, His power has no limit and He can do all we ask Him to do that is in His will. And so just as the demon was cast out of the Centurion’s servant many miles away, Jesus still casts them out being light years away from all of us. After all, He created the entire universe, and this includes the space between each planet.
BTW.. SOP says…
“What kind of power did this centurion think was vested in Jesus? He knew it was the power of God. He said, "I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth." The centurion saw with the eye of faith that the angels of God were all around Jesus, and that his word would commission an angel to go to the sufferer. He knew that his word would enter the chamber, and that his servant would be healed. And how Christ commended this man's faith! He exclaimed, "I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel." {RH, March 11, 1890 par. 10}
Amazing how deep His Word gets at times eh?
#482 What is the 10th hour in John 1:39?
Can you please explain why the 10th hour is mentioned in John 1:39? Why would the Lord make it a point to mention this hour?
ANSWER:
After hearing John the Baptist declare Jesus to be the Lamb of God, this happened.
John 1:36-41 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! (37) And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. (38) Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? (39) He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour. (40) One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. (41) He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
After hearing John declare Jesus to be the Lamb of God, we see two of John's disciples leave John to follow Jesus. The Word of God has a reason for every statement made. And so what I see here is a prophetic innuendo as I like to call them. As we know the Bible has at least 33% hard core prophecy penned for all of us to study up, but there are also many statements made in all 66 books of the Bible that not only use prophetic symbols, the statements can be understood in the current moment in time as they are penned as well as a prophetic innuendo or a gentle whisper of well placed truth, be it doctrinal or prophetic that moves the one studying to dig deeply for the pearl of truth. As I see the disciples leave John's side to join with Jesus I can look forward in time wherein many from the 9th hour SDA church have left their apostate church to "follow the Lamb withersoever He goeth" so as to be used of Him in the 11th hour remnant church that is to be used of God in the last days to proclaim the Loud Cry. But until they obey the Lord and completely leave the 9th hour church that has clearly joined with all the apostate churches who are now following the whore of Babylon so as to fulfill the prophecy that defines as the false prophet, they cannot be considered in the final 11th hour church. And so just do the math.
When the 9th hour people see the apostasy in the church they leave and then step into the 10th hour totally separated from the 9th hour. When they do so and pass any tests the Lord may send their way to verify their faith, they will then join with the 11th hour church. In other words, they have to be completely out of apostasy to even be considered part of "the remnant of her seed." And so, just as these two disciples of John sought out others to hear Jesus, and no I am not saying John was apostate in any way shape or form. His work was about to end. But his ended in a good way. The SDA church's work ended many decades ago when they rejected Christ and His righteousness and then sealed their decision and fate in how they changed their statement of faith in 1980 so as to please the man of sin in Rome.
The bad toss on this coin is that Satan knows all about the 9th hour apostasy and how many were destined to leave and so most that begin to evangelize after leaving the SDA church do so without the necessary study to be prepared for the attacks upon them when they obey the Lord. As we look around today with so many SDA offshoots preaching all sorts of strange things, it is clear they have all succumbed to all sorts of false doctrines.
#483 What is the "shadow of things to come" mean?
Greetings brother and happy
Sabbath, I have a question. Are
the feasts only mentioned in
Leviticus 23, and what does "
shadow of things to come mean" and
what does "but the body is of
Christ" mean?
Thank you, God bless and may the
Lord be with you.
ANSWER:
Your question is of ..
Colossians 2:15-17, “And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. (16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: (17) Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.”
The holy days, new moons and (annual) Sabbath days mentioned here are all feast days which the Jews 4000 years ago saw as prophetic “shadow of things to come” in that they pointed to the cross of Christ.
Picture the cross standing way in their future with the light of truth shining on it from the Lord behind as it does in prophecy. As they killed a lamb each time as a sin offering they were taught that Messiah would come one day to be the “Lamb slain” for their sins. That's why John the Baptist called Jesus the "Lamb of God" 2000 years ago. All those little lambs they killed were a symbol of what the “Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world” would do in the future.
This they all clearly understood for eons. But right before Messiah came, Satan removed their understanding for the most part using the corrupted leaders in the Synagogue to prevent them from seeing Jesus as a meek and gentle Lamb of God or as the Messiah of ancient prophecy.
As for the shadow; we all know, a “shadow" casts only in one direction. For example, if you were to stand in front of a massively bright light source with your back to the light, you will see your shadow projected on the floor below you. Therefore; if someone came into the room, they would be unable to see you clearly due to all the light blinding them. Their eyes would not be used to such light. But, they could see your shadow on the floor and if they followed your shadow, they would eventually come to your feet. Then looking up, they would see you clearly now.
Well, the prophesied truth about the cross works the same way. Prophetically speaking we know the bright light of truth from Heaven shines a very bright light on the cross of Christ due to the fact there are hundreds of prophecies all throughout the Bible that point to it. There is a LOT of light on this one prophecy alone. But because Paul said in 1 Corinthians 13:12 that “now we see through a glass, darkly…” mankind cannot see all he needs to see at times to understand God’s will. The light is just too bright due to lack of wisdom as well as lack of Bible study.
But, if the Jewish people of God 2000 years ago were to study the Word faithfully, it would be like they were following the prophetic shadow in time that if they remain faithful to the Lord in His Word, that shadow would eventually lead them to the cross in their very near future in the same way it leads us back to the cross in the past.
Our Bible study today will lead us to the foot of the cross and once there, when we look up, we will clearly see Jesus on that cross. That is what the feast days did for the Jews back then and can also do for us today.
No, we no longer keep the feast days because Jesus replaced them with the ordinance of communion the day before He was killed. But if we study the Word of God, we will understand the reason for each feast day and how all those feast days spoke prophetically of all that was perfectly fulfilled in Christ.
That shadow is in fact the feast days in a prophetic sense that as the people of old walked on their darkened path due to their sins. They kept those feasts to declare they believed the Messiah would eventually come to save them from their sins. But the Pharisees changed the prophecy from being saved from sin to being saved from Roman tyranny and so when Jesus came as a gentle Lamb, they rejected Him as unable to defeat the Romans.
When Jesus came; those with real faith looked up from the foot of the cross and understood clearly as to why Jesus said “It is finished” with His last breath. He clearly meant, all those feast days that pointed to His arrival and death for all sinners was FINISHED When He died.
Just as there is no shadow behind the light source that is behind you if you stood in front of it, there is no shadow behind or past the cross as it too ended at the foot of the cross. All we have now is fulfilled prophecies and doctrinal truths pointing back to the cross today so as to confirm prophecy was fulfilled and doctrine was confirmed.
As for the statement Paul makes regarding “the body is of Christ.” This is like saying, the feast days were a symbolic or prophesied reality of that which is yet to come for the ancient Jews; and the literal reality is Christ’s body that has come and has done all that was prophesied to be done for us to gain salvation. For in Paul’s day, Christ had already come and so he spoke with that reality in mind. He knew the feast days pointed to a Messiah in a way most beforehand saw as a mystery. But now that He has come, Paul saw Jesus as the perfect fulfillment of the feast days.
Another way of looking at what Paul just said is to look at what Moses did when he lifted up the serpent in the desert. That serpent was a figurative symbol of how Messiah would come in the future to take all the sins upon Himself from those faithful people that “looked up” at that brazen serpent on a cross. This is why Jesus told Nicodemus in John 3:14-15 that “as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: (15) That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.” And yes, this is why everyone that looked at Moses’ brazen serpent with faith, God would heal them immediately from the deadly serpent bites that came into the camp. Those that refused to look, died. Just as those that refuse to look to Christ to be healed from the deadly effects of sin will die eternally in damnation.
Later, when Jesus came, He was lifted up as Moses prophesied. Jesus was literally hung on that cross filled with all the sins of mankind within Himself so as to be the death we all deserve. Hence the reason He said in Matthew 27:46 “…Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
Jesus took on all the sins of mankind, past, present and future and in so doing the Father left His side for the first time ever in His life, and then He said what He said about being all alone and simply died.
The brazen serpent of Moses like the feast days was a prophesied statement. The body of Christ on the cross is the fulfillment of both the brazen serpent and feast day prophecies.
#484 Why not preach on the good things God does and not just end time prophecy?
I'd like to see videos about positive things that are happening. Like, Gods hand moving and healing people, saving people, ya know. That kinda stuff. Things that get people excited about God's love. :-). I know you're all about prophecy but I think a good balance of videos of love and showing people the spirit of God would be good.
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Yes, I used to actually have a section on the site that had only links to “articles that would make you smile,” but the Lord moved me to remove it. Reason being, only the obedient will see God’s hand moving and be affected in a good way and in a time when present truth is key to get the lost off their couches and on their knees, truth about what’s really happening regarding the end of days is more powerful for them to hear than anything else. Especially now that most people embrace sin as if it's the norm. Remember John the Baptist's message? He said in Matthew 3:2 that everyone hearing him need to "Repent ye: for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand." And are we not supposed to echo that same message when Jesus is soon to return?
All throughout biblical history the warnings given at each pivotal time the last 6000 years was never about the good times. Not once. Take John the Baptist as the perfect example as the pattern for the preachers of present truth today. What gets people to repent is letting them know Jesus is coming a lot sooner than they thought. In fact, everyone that has joined the SDR movement over the years were all blessed by the warnings first that they all actually admitted none of their pastors ever mentioned from their pulpits. They had no clue how close to the end they were and so they didn't know any of this was happening and yes, they also saw that many in the church preferred it that way. They don’t want to hear about what’s coming because it convicts them to get ready and getting ready means they will have to stop all the sinful things they loved to do daily. In fact, that was prophesied. When speaking of the people today, it says in Isaiah 30:9-10, "That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:"
No I am not saying what you’re suggesting is a “smooth thing” message as I know you know what time it is. And I agree that it’s good at times to hear of God’s hand moving in a positive manner. And have you noticed? Each and every first Sabbath of the month we have a Testimony Sabbath wherein many step up to tell "the great congregation" all about the wondrous movements of God's loving hand of healing and peace during these trying times. But have you also noticed? Since the apostles died 2000 years ago rarely do you see miraculous events happening in the church at large and when you do, it only affects the obedient in Christ because most people don’t have faith to even believe what they're seeing. Some even think some of the miracles we share on Testimony Sabbath are all made up, but those of us with eyes that see know what we're looking at here. Sadly, though this is why most prayers are never answered. In fact, I have seen many amazing movements of God’s hand over the years and each time I share them with others next to none of them are affected in a good way. They may get excited for a moment yes, but only for a moment. And as soon as Satan can do so, they are distracted and seemingly forget all about it. I say seemingly because even though they choose to forget, the seed planted will be watered in the very near future and if they have any good soil in their hearts, the Father in Heaven will grant them an increase in that seed so as to move them unto repentance.
I recall when a young lady that had hands laid on her who was paralyzed by pain from the neck down due to a mishap by her doctor. Within minutes of leaving we got a phone call from her husband who was hysterical because he never saw such a shocking miracle as that before in his life? I’m the one that answered the phone that day and I recall how shocked he was. He was weeping and shouting that God’s hand moved and his wife was completely healed. He shouted, "She's doing the dishes!" The last time I talked with him in private which was some years ago I asked him about that wonderful miracle he said, and I quote, “I don’t remember that day.” That floored me as many eye witnesses do remember that day.
What happened to him has been happening to billions all over the world who refuse to acknowledge the need to get ready for Christ's return. Even when He shows His hand is such a graphic manner so as to make Himself known unto them, the permission they give Satan to be in their lives grants Beelzebub the power for them to forget all about such blessings as they are bestowed from above.
Truth is, all the churches today preach smooth things as well as prophecy deceits so as to keep the people in the pews funneling cash to the preacher who never stops asking for donations with every chance he gets. Hence the reason Peter said what he did in 2 Peter 2:3 which was that these preachers, "with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not."
This is also why they preach deceptive prophecies like the secret rapture, seven year tribulation or even a futuristic version of Antichrist so as to hide the truth about the pope and keep the people in a man-made peace that as we see in the prophetic Word, that the modern day peace and safety message in all the churches simply will not last. Not only do they preach peace and safety in their sermons before the people, they all have hundreds of thousands of feel good messages on YouTube that those that don't know the truth clamor after as they see what's happening all around them is so scary that they go to church with the hope of hearing a positive message, when in fact all they're hearing is what the pastors know will calm them down enough that not only will they feel better that day, they will put all sorts of money in the collection plate because they appreciate the cloud of deception they just listened to that calmed them down with a false sense of security. This is also why sin is sanctioned in the churches because the pastors know if they share truth and repentance the people will leave.
For example. The main reason all the churches embrace homosexuality as if there are no verses calling it a graphic abomination unto God, they know the homosexuals accuse them of spreading hate when we know the truth we present proves hands down we love them enough to tell them the truth. If we truly hated them, we wouldn't warn them at all and they would end up in hellfire when it's all said and done. But because the pastors and preachers of today and all about the money, and their 501c3 contract with the government proves that hands down; they refuse to preach truth knowing how unpopular it is. And so the people are not even told to repent and they stay in their apostate churches thinking God’s happy with them. Sadly, as per another prophecy in Amos, many of them will only seek to repent when it's too late. The fear they experience at the start of the plagues cannot in any way be swept away by the apostates on the pulpits because this fear is part and parcel to the wrath of God and when that fear comes upon them they will finally see with their own eyes the warnings were true. But then.. it’s too late. No matter how much Bible study they do now won't save even the most sincere seeker for the final judgment has fallen upon them and as it says in Revelation 22:11, "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still..." At this time many will bang on the doors of their friends and relatives that they heard the warnings from previously asking them for a word of hope from the Bible to calm their abject fears at that time but God won’t allow it. The judgment is final and "it is done" as Jesus shouts on that day as Revelation 16:17 says He will and they will die in those plagues and then later they will weep and gnash their teeth when the executive judgment falls on them at the end of the 1000 years which is also called the second death. It is such a death that no one experiencing it can ever arise from for all eternity. And for those of us that remain faithful up to plague #1, we also know that Revelation 22:11 says "and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still."
And so to answer the original question that prompted this answer, that is why we in the SDR global movement not only glorify Jesus each and every month on Testimony Sabbath before the great congregation, we also warn the people that have yet to repent as often as we can that Christ has died, Christ has risen and Christ will come again.
Hi there hope you are well; I have a query for you and was hoping you may be able to help one way or another. Its regarding weather over the last few years, maybe between the times of 2010-2014 give or take a year or two you have come across anything that resembles the 1st bowl judgement at all? I had a dream about the mark of the beast a few weeks ago, that it may have already been and gone in the movement of Toronto (calling fire down from heaven and people making/acting like animals) a move I did not trust as being from God at the time for obvious reasons and am not entirely certain this dream was legit as i always keep an open mind and won’t be swept in one direction without research and scripture to back it up and understand your views which i also keep an eye on for any fulfillment of, but my query comes in that since with this heatwave that’s sweeping the world and a headline title regarding the Greece wildfires blatantly blaming God in its title (bowl 4) sparked these thoughts and I have since looked up bowl 2 and 3 and can see and have previously read on your own website regarding rivers and seas turning blood red and mass fish deaths have already taken place (weather in fulfillment to the bowls or not I don’t know) the dating of those are in chronological order to the bowl judgements regarding the order they are poured out and happened in the world. I have looked and can’t find anything that could fulfill the 1st trumpet, but also don’t know really how to word that search in the 1st place, so I wondered if anything springs to your mind regarding this, I’ve been visiting your site for years and know if there’s anything like that, even if not linked directly to the bowl judgement that you may well have put something in your times of the end news feed.
Anyway, thanks for your time and hope to hear back from you soon.
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First and foremost, you need to get rid of the Bible you’re using dear sister. The KJV Bible uses the term “vials” and not “bowls” as the corrupted Bibles use. The NKJV is not safe if that is what you’re using here. Plus, all the other Bibles (including the NKJV) add their fleshly assumptions upon many of the definitions in part with each prophetic symbol and in so doing muddy the prophecies up so much that it makes it hard to follow for those seeking prophetic insight.
Those vials are actually the seven last plagues that happen AFTER the mark is enforced with the death penalty Bill being passed which leads up to the one hour with the beast. And so, they haven’t started yet. However, we do see signs on how the Lord will make them come to fruition all over the world and that is why I made that page many years ago about the plagues on my site as well as that video back in January of 2013.
As for the trumpets, six have already finished blowing. In fact, trumpet six ceased to blow on August 11, 1840 at the collapse of the Turkish empire. Just four years later we see the 2300 year prophecy ending on October 22, 1844 signaling the beginning of the blowing of the seventh trumpet, which continues to blow unto this day as we see by the murderous hearts of men with all the wars and mass killings becoming quite frequent which is a fulfillment of this trumpet in regards to what it says in Revelation 11:18 regarding the nations being angry.
The prophecy states in Revelation 10:7 that "in the DAYS of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall BEGIN to sound." As we know, these days are prophetic in nature and therefore represent years. The fact the trumpet began to blow in 1844 coincides with the order of events in Revelation 10:10. After the seventh angel starts to blow this trumpet, it states the "little book" that is "sweet" and "bitter" was given unto William Miller.
Just as the famine of hearing the Words of the Lord have to be cultivated before plague #1, so must the bloodthirsty mindset be cultivated before the plagues begin and so this is why we saw both world wars and many after that come to fruition after the 2300 year prophecy of Daniel coming to an end on October 22, 1844 and this is also why we see violent movies, video games, music, protests, riots, talk of civil war and society itself in general being loaded down with hate and bloodshed off the chart. The lost souls who refused to study Bibles have also had their minds reconditioned as the prophet Amos sited in 8:11 so that when the plagues do finally fall, they will be spiritually blind and completely unable to understand Scriptural truths so as to find comfort or peace in what they know has begun and is soon in coming.
Worse yet, due to their satanic obedience that fostered their blindness, they will also be easily tempted to use their well-indoctrinated bloodthirsty desires to go forth in hate against their fellow man that refuse the mark of the beast to the point of seeking their deaths when the buy and sell portion of the mark is proclaimed against us, which I am sure brings on talk of a death decree that we know will be made know globally before the Bill is passed so as to test the lost souls in how far they will obey Satan during plague 6 when the Bill is made law and Armageddon begins.
And no, I do not have a study online about all this step by step as of yet as it is common knowledge among most students of prophecy and so I never saw the need. Plus, the fact James White wrote a small booklet outlining the seven trumpets in detail in 1875 wherein sister White gave approval. You can getthat book at vbates.com.
If you want, I can read the last few paragraphs of James White’s booklet on this regarding trumpet #7.
“We think the seventh angel, or third woe- trumpet, began to sound in 1844. According to the position taken on the sixth trumpet, that ceased to sound Aug. 11, 1840, at the downfall of the Turkish Empire. Concerning this event, Inspiration says, "The second woe is past, be- hold, the third woe cometh QUICKLY." Rev. 11: 14. In 1844 Christ changed his position in the heavenly sanctuary, preparatory to its cleansing, as predicted, Dan. 8: 14, at the ending of the 2300 days. When the seventh angel sounds it is said, " And there were great voices in Heaven, saying, the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ." Rev. 11:15. We think Daniel the prophet speaks of the same event, chap. 7: 13, 14, "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. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and A kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages should serve him." Doubtless the parable of the nobleman refers to the same fact. " A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself A kingdom, and to re- turn. . . . And it came to pass when he returned, having received the kingdom," &c. Luke 19: 12, 15. The foregoing we think plainly refers to the work which takes place at the commencement of the sounding of the seventh trumpet, when Christ changed his position in the heavenly temple, and consequently assumed different relations to mankind at large. "And the seventh angel sounded, and there were great voices in Heaven," &c. Rev. 11: 15. We think these jubilant tones above, at the inaugural of the Lamb of God when he receives the throne of his father David, will be felt and responded to by the hopeful and expectant people of God on earth, who are then looking for that blessed hope, and for Him to come and commence his reign "whose right it is.
While we may speak of fulfilled prophecy with positiveness, we would apply unfulfilled prophecy with becoming modesty. We may, however, suggest that the anger of the nations will be immediately followed by the wrath of God, or seven last plagues ; see Rev. 15:1; that the judgment of the dead refers not to the judgment of the righteous, for that takes place before the plagues are poured out, but to the judgment of the wicked during the 1000 years of Rev. 20 ; that the full reward of the righteous will be given when they inherit the new earth, at the close of the 1000 years ; and that at that very time God will destroy by the second death all who have corrupted the earth. And why may not the sounding of the seventh angel continue until the end of the 1000 years? and the third WOE COVER ALL WOE till sin and sinners cease to be, at the close of the seventh millennium?” -James White “The Seven Trumpets” PAGES 95,96
#486 Why do you say the Mark of the Beast is a Sunday Law?
I don't understand why followers of Ellen White insist that the mark (on the hand or forehead) must be Sunday laws. Especially when the powers that shouldn't be are clearly rolling out a physical mark on the hand. Throughout history many Christians, even Christian martyrs worshiped on Sundays. Are they damned to hell for "taking the mark"? Of course not.
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Those that kept Sunday holy in the past have NOT received the "Mark" of the Vatican Sabbath. As declared TWICE in Scripture, namely Acts 17:30 and 1Timothy 1:13, "God winks" at their times of ignorance. If they don't know it's sin then they are not judged as being sinful. But, the days are coming that theLatter Rain will fall blessing God'sobedient remnant with His Word of truth and wisdom as a final warning unto all and, 100% of every person on earth will know beyond a shadow of doubt that Sunday is in fact the mark of the Vatican's dying god.
As for them "rolling out a physical mark on the hand" as you say, no. All you're seeing is a globally contrived distraction so as to make people see what the Vatican and its political pawns want them to see. Rome knows how dangerous the Scriptures are to them and their so called holy agenda. This is why they have re-writtenthe Bible so many times. They are desperate to hide what's in the pages of the Holy Writ as it exposes them in a big way. The fact billions think the mark is a tattoo, a veri-chip or even the number 666 proves their long prophesied campaign of confusion has worked. But it only works on those that refuse to study the Bible. Nowhere in the Bible does it say the mark is an implanted microchip, a tattoo or even the number 666. In fact, it clearly says in Revelation 13:17 & 18 that 666is the number of a man's name. That man of course is theman of sin in Rome, or the Pope as most know him as. And just so you know, there are 12 titles to the office of Pope that when spelled in Latin, which is not just their alphabet, it's also their numeric system, adding each name up individually you will find that it equal 666 each and every time. Only Christian prophecy is that accurate.
Satancreated his own Sabbath to gain worship. You can see this in detail just by reading Isaiah 14:12-14. But Satan also knew rightbefore the end the Latter Rain would fall upon theobedient remnant people who are called to go out and warn everyone during theLoud Cry and everyone they speak to will know the seal of God is obedience unto Him and keeping His COMMANDMENTS and especially #4 that proves they worship Him on the day He created as Sabbath. He commanded all to keep it holy, and when people keep it holy, they are blessed and God's wrath will not fall on them during the plagues. In other words, they will not get the mark. And so Satan has been very busy since 321AD making billions believe the Sabbath was changed from the Seventh Day to the First Day of the week. Why 321AD you ask? That is when the Bishop of Rome forced Constantine to set up the first Sunday laws. Satan knew that if he was ever going to be able to pull off this major lie regarding the never changing Sabbath of the Creator that he had to not only have to get many to think it was changed over 17 centuries ago, having billions think it was changed 1700 years ago would make them think it was truly changed since the change supposedly stuck, even though historic record shows that the obedient Christians have been keeping the Seventh Day Sabbath all along. And because our numbers are so small, most think the change is legit even though there's not a single Bible verse showing God changed it in any Bible on earth.
Those that hear the truth spoken by the obedient remnant people during the Loud Cry that theVatican Sabbath is in fact the mark of the beast, the words given unto the obedient remnant people are perfectly designed by the Holy Spirit who gives them the exact words to share that are easily understood as fact by everyone hearing them because the God that created all that is seen and unseen also knows the exact words all of them need to hear. When those words are heard by all, they have no excuse now as the warning is crystal clear in their minds and they now know it is sin due to the Bible verses presented that prove 100% the Sunday Sabbath of Rome is the mark. If they still ignore all that proof given unto them just so they can buy and sell, keep their jobs or escape the guillotine, then they will receive the unremovable mark of the beast at this time. Why unremovable? It's because the Loud Cry of the Holy Spirit that is declared via the lips of His obedient children confirmed that they did in fact know what we said was true, if they still ignore it, and billions will, they will have no way of escaping damnation or even the seven last plagues that fall upon all the wicked.
One more thing.. I am not SDA as you assumed here in your comment. Why? See my sister site at SDAapostasy.org, or my short study regarding the prophesied SDR movement at remnantofGod.org/SDR.htm. As prophesied the SDA church did a mighty work for the Lord during the 9th hour, but as also prophesied, they have stepped off the path to join hands with Rome and so a remnant of her seed has left her to join us in the final 11th hour movement.
As for us being a follower of Ellen White. 1 Corinthians 1:13 plainly says, " Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?" And so no, I am not a follower of Ellen White. I am a servant and follower of Jesus Christ. He just happened to use Ellen White in her day as prophesied in Joel 2. In our day He will use the obedient remnant people. It has already been confirmed that Ellen White is a prophet with the same exact fruits of the prophets God called to write the Bible. If you would like to see this proof, click here.
As for the "rolling out of the physical mark on the hand" that is a DISTRACTION from the obvious prophetic warnings. Study up the "strong delusion" in 2Thessalonians 2:11 when you get time.
#487 The secret rapture is true!
The bride of Christ is not appointed to the wrath of God. I am also 100000% rapture believer. May we get how we believed..
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You are somewhat correct. The bride of Christ will NOT suffer God's wrath for it is clearly stated in Psalms 91:10-11 that, "There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways." But as the Scripture also proves, Jesus literally prayed in John 17:15 "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil."
That one statement alone proves the secret rapture to be a LIE. It also means your pastor is one of the "many false prophets" Jesus warned us about in Matthew 24:11. (See my video on this when you get time)
Dearest sister; there is not a single Bible verse that says Christians will be raptured off the world during the very soon to come seven plagues of Revelation. But as I just showed you, there are many Bible verses that say the Lord Jesus will protect us during those plagues. The wrath of God is NOT going to fall on His bride. Not a single plague will harm them. And just as Noah was on the planet during the flood which ended all life in his day, so will we be on the planet during the plagues when all life on earth ends. But we will only be protected if we can stand firm in Christ and trust Him and His Word. What the apostate leaders are preaching today about a secret rapture is not found in Scripture as I prove in that video as well as a page on my site wherein I cover every verse that speaks of His second coming.
I have to warn you that claiming you're convinced the secret rapture is true doesn't change Christian prophecy one iota. You need to get out of that church dear one. Your pastor is lying to "make merchandise" of you as 2Peter 2:3 warned and he is about to be destroyed by Christ for doing so. Worse yet, anyone that trusts your pastor instead of the written Word of God will also be destroyed when those plagues begin.
As prophesied, Satan is moving these false pastors all over the world to lie to the people so as to make them 100% UNREADY for the return of Jesus Christ. And sadly, because most of the people refuse to trust the God of the Bible, they demand their false pastors preach false prophecies that calm their fears regarding God's wrath and their soon damnation. Somehow they think that if their pastor can make the Bible say something it doesn't really say, then all the scary truths will somehow be nullified. In fact, it was prophesied they would do this in these last days. Want proof? Check this prophetic statement out... Isaiah 30:9-10. It says "That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:"
Christian prophecy is THAT ACCURATE! But sadly, your pastor won't tell of of such things because he cannot see what God'sobedient remnant people can see. In fact, the children in the SDR movement know more about end time prophecies and what's about to happen than ANY of the so called theologians and pastors of today. Think about that for a moment. There are so many truths in the doctrinal and prophetic sense that are not being understood and taught that the small amount our children know is far more than any of the so-called religious leaders of the day. The Lord truly does open His Word and especially His prophetic Word unto those that not only love and obey Him, they also want to learn from Him.
Ever notice this? Most of these secret rapture preachers share this passage in this way... They read... 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3, which says, "For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." AND THEY STOP! Why? Check out the very next 3 verses...
1 Thessalonians 5:4-6 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober." And just so you know, in prophecy the word "wine" depicts doctrine, both true and false doctrine. New Wine, which is unfermented or grape juice as we call it is the pure doctrine of truth. False doctrine that is the mainstay of Roman Catholicism that all the world is wondering after as we speak is represented as fermented wine. That is why Paul said to be SOBER in that verse I just shared. For to be drunken by Babylonian lies is to be in error. Even the prophet Jeremiah said in 51:7 that, "Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad." Do a little research and you will find you church's statement of faith is filled with Babylonian theology straight from the Vatican itself .
Your pastor cannot preach those verses in 1 Thessalonians 5:4-6 because he is in a druken stupor wandering in the darkness of night. Paul even stated in 1 Thessalonians 5:7, "For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night." And because he cannot understand the prophecies, he simply doesn't preach them.
Paul is clear when he says that that day won't overtake Christians as a thief in the night because being a child of the light of truth the obedient Christian will understand the signs of the times. The remnant people study the Word of God daily and we keep our lamps filled with oil so as to be ready for when the Bridegroom comes. If we're supposed to be raptured up, then why does Paul say " let us watch and be sober." Seriously, why watch for any of the prophecies that the Bible speaks of that happen directly before Christ returns if in fact we're not going to be here anyway? But Paul DID say, " let us watch and be sober." And so God's people do study to stay sober so as to understand the signs of the times.
By the way, are you aware that many of the prophecies the "secret rapture" preachers said will happen AFTER Christians are raptured up have already been fulfilled? I implore you to take a look at my study on thesecret rapture assoon as possible as there is not a lot of time left.
Notice what Jesus says about what happens at His Second Coming...
Matthew 13:24-30, "Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn."
Jesus then explains all this...
Matthew 13:36-39, "Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels."
Have you ever seen an actual TARE? It's not just any weed. This is what I used to think for years. A tare looks just like wheat! In fact it looks exactly like wheat. Until harvest that is. The wheat is plump and filled with its grain, but the tares are scrawny and thin, even at harvest time. In fact, inside the tares is a small back seed that if eaten causes sleepiness no less! This parable fits perfectly with today's world. SO MANY people claim Christ as Lord. Literally billions of people on this planet "look" like Christians just as the tares look like wheat. Soon however, the harvest will be ready and those of us called to tarry through the time of Jacob's trouble will experience first hand how scrawny and thin those "Christians" really are. They will be the ones that join with Rome to have us jailed, persecuted and even killed.
And notice this as well. There is only one harvest right? And Jesus said "the harvest is the end of the world" did He not? So I ask, how can the wheat and tares grow together all the way till harvest time if the wheat had already been raptured up seven years earlier?
There is one verse in the Word of God that directly addresses the so called "Secret Rapture" in such a way that it appears to say the Lord knew this lie would be embraced in these last days. It is found in Psalm 50:3 which says, "Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him."
For Him to openly declare He will not keep silent means His return will not be done in secret AT ALL! The "Secret Rapture" theory claims that it happens not only secret, but it is done in absolute SILENCE where "suddenly" millions are missing without even a sound of a trumpet from Heaven! In the movies they make they have people vanishing behind the wheel of a car, in seats on airplanes and even in beds as they sleep next to nonbelieving loved ones and none of them heard a sound. They just secretly and silently disappeared. This one verse directly exposes those many false prophets with childlike ease!
ONE LAST THING...Ask your pastor what 1 Thessalonians 5:4-6 means. If he answers you, which I discern he won't, email me and we can discuss it.
I pray you are blessed.
#488 You're using a Vatican Bible moron.
YouTuber stated: "You're using a Vatican Bible moron."
ANSWER:
Actually, no. Your priest lied to you. The Vatican bible contains the Apocrypha which are by no means inspired books. They not only promote Pagan dogma, they are confirmed uninspired in how they contradict the KJV Bible. The main reason your priest hates the KJV Bible is because how it confirmed the Popes were Antichrist. Even the preface of theoriginal KJV declared the Popes to be Antichrist.
One more thing. The Sanctuary was not just a prophetic utterance that spoke of what Christ would do on Calvary; in the Holy Place is the Candlestick that was placed there as a symbol of the Bible. Even though Moses only penned the first 5 books of the Bible, that Candlestick had 66 items on it to prophesy how many books would eventually be in the final Bible of today. Adding the Vatican Apocryphal books changes that number drastically confirming that the Vatican Bible can in no way be the Word of God. Worse yet, there is a warning in the book of Revelation unto anyone that adds to the Bible, of which the Popes have done. Check it out, it's in Revelation 22:18 which says, "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:"
As for the claim the Vatican compiled the 66 books of the Bible? That too is impossible for the God of perfection would never ask the apostate Popes of Rome to compile His book. For not only is 86.2%of Roman Catholicism not found in the Bible, PopeJohn Paul II admitted the Popes of Rome killed over 500,000,000 Christians that refused to bow to the Pope as a god on earth, and yes, JohnPaul II declared himself to be a god as did all Popes of Rome have done in writing. Historic fact confirms the Popes of Rome slaughtered hundreds of millions of people for just reading the Bible because they knew once read they would know who Antichrist was. They even declared it a FORBIDDEN BOOK in writing so as to hide the truth. Proof? The Papal decree set forth in the year 1229 A.D. by the Council of Valencia literally placed the Bible on The Index of Forbidden Books. The doctrine withholds that "it is forbidden for laymen (common man) to read the Old and New Testaments. - We forbid them most severely to have the above books in the popular vernacular." "The lords of the districts shall carefully seek out the heretics in dwellings, hovels, and forests, and even their underground retreats shall be entirely wiped out." -Council Tolosanum, Pope Gregory IX, Anno. Chr. 1229
And the church Council of Tarragona ruled that: "No one may possess the books of the Old and New Testaments in the Romance language, and if anyone possesses them he must turn them over to the local bishop within eight days after the promulgation of this decree, so they may be burned." -D. Lortsch, Histoire de la Bible en France, 1910, p.14.
That all being said, I will pray for you so that the Lord opens your eyes soon for there is no way the God of creation would ever move the Popes of Rome to compile the Bible. I suggest you get a Bible soon dear one and I pray you study it as I did when I was a Catholic 40 years ago. For it was the Word of God alone that opened my eyes to the point I would never call someone a "moron" for loving me enough to tell me the truth. And so, I forgive you. But when you get that Bible, please go to Matthew 12:36 and read what Jesus said 2000 years ago about using such language. Perhaps then you will come to repent and be saved before plague #1 starts.
#489 Why do you say the “one man” in Isaiah 4:1 is Jesus?
ANSWER:
See all the verses confirming the following prophetic symbols here.
Isaiah 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
women = churches
one man = Jesus Christ (see below)
eat= knowledge, study, acceptance, agreement / communion, justice, nourishment, consume
bread = Scripture
apparel (garment)= salvation, righteousness (also see garments= Light of Heaven that covers self, salvation, righteousness of Christ, heavenly strength)
name= blessing, excellence, strength / safety, surname / identity, character
Since we already know the other symbols in the verse mean prophetically, it is understandable that some that may be new to the Word would not be able to see what the “one man” reference means. As we know, in prophecy a woman is defined as a church, and the fact there are seven women mentioned right off and we know about the seven churches and their four movements inprophecy, that symbol is easily defined. We also know that in prophecy that “bread” is defined as Scripture. This definition is found in many areas of the Bible but my favorite has to be the symbolism of the Shewbread in the Holy Place of the Sanctuary, which we know represents the Word of God. And finally, we also know as students of prophecy that the apparel in the verse means our walk as is obvious in the prophetic Word as well. But the “one man” being mentioned here, and the desire of those claiming to be believers in the verse who do admit to studying the Word as the reference to “eating” mentioned here confirms, and we all know what Jeremiah meant when he said in Jeremiah 15:16 unto the Lord that “Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.” Since they claim to study the Word as well as walk in its instruction, and we know Jesus Christ is the Word made flesh as per John 1:14, then this is where we can see that the ”one man” mentioned has to be Jesus Christ.
But, I am aware that not all will see it that way by merely declaring it as I just did, and so I must say that first and foremost we need to realize who is speaking here. No, it’s not Isaiah, even though it’s a verse from his inspired book. We as Christians agree that the one speaking is the Holy Spirit. For our God used man to pen the Holy Writ, but He never allowed Him to add to or take away from what was to be written. And so with that in mind, who is the “one man” being referenced here?
Again, since this is the Holy Spirit who is on the same page as the Father and the Son, and we see this type of language in the Word many times; in fact, some may even see it as evidence of the writing style of our God, which in ancient terms is called the Rabbinic Code, that being the case, since our God is all knowing and He is the one speaking here, when He says “one man” who on earth would be the one man that represents the truth as it is written in a way that no other man can represent? Is it not written in Romans 3:10 that “…There is none righteous, no, not one:”
The Holy Spirit knows that if a Christian would seek to follow the Lord and His Word, then that one man can only be Jesus Christ who is the “one man” on earth that never sinned in any way, shape or form. For God to say “one man” is a bold statement in the same way that He stated to Moses in Exodus 3:14, “I AM THAT I AM.”
For God to say they want to take hold of “one man,” which the verse proves has the much needed “bread and apparel” that if eaten and worn would “take away” their reproach, then we know that our God is declaring that the “one man” to be the only man that ever lived who was sinless and righteous to the point He could offer the bread of life and garments of righteousness. For did not Jesus declare in John 6:48 that, "I am that bread of life." And is it not also declared in Isaiah 61:10 that, "I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels."
What most miss here is that because the churches say they will eat their "OWN" bread and wear their "OWN" apparel, this means they don't want the “bread” or “apparel” of the "one man" Jesus Christ; wherein if they were to truly declare to be a follower unto Him, the promised Holy Spirit within them would in fact take away their shame by prodding their hearts towards true repentance and confession.
The basic reality here is, those of us that do want "HIS" bread as well as a pure walk in "HIS" granted obedient garments, we do have eyes to see that they that seek to read the Bible in their OWN ways and walk in their OWN ways are self-deceived. For Jesus was rather plain when He said in Matthew 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? And Jesus also spoke through His prophet Isaiah and then echoed those very words when He walked among us when He said in Mark 7:6-8, "...Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Forlaying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do."
In short, Isaiah 4:1 is all about today's apostate churches that teach and command from their man-made creeds. As we learned over the years, some even go so far as to declare certain Bible verses should be removed from the Scriptures because they openly expose their creeds as wicked, fleshly and not of God.
#490 The Sabbath is not Saturday OR Sunday!
Sunday is not the Sabbath and neither is Saturday! The Jewish Sabbath starts on sundown of Friday. If you want to convert to Judaism, you need to do so and stop pretending that you observe Sabbath by having your church meeting on Saturdays. If you claim that those who hold theirs on Sundays worship the Roman sungod, then the Seventh-Day Adventists worship the Roman god, Saturn. Saturday is named after him. Believers in Jesus Christ do not deify any day. Only God is holy and we worship Him 24/7. I hope you have a Bible. If you do, read Colossians 2:16-23
ANSWER:
Dear one;
Do a study on this and you will see that the Sabbath is not "Jewish" at all. In fact, the angels kept Sabbath long before a Jew was ever born. Proof? Notice Psalms 103:20. It says, "Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word."
Secondly, the Sabbath is not only "Friday evening" as you have been taught. The Sabbath begins on Friday Sunset yes, but it lasts till Saturday Sunset. Look in Genesis and you will see how the dark part of the day comes first on every day of creation.
As for SDA's. No, I am not SDA. In fact I expose them as is my duty. They are fallen exactly as prophesied on my other site... https://SDAapostasy.org
As for the names of the days, that is not how days are declared in Scripture. It doesn't matter what man calls each day of the week for man did not create those days, the Lord Jesus Christ did. As per many verses in the Scripture, all the days of the week were numbered. But day 6 (which we call Friday) was called preparation day. Day 7 (Saturday) was called Sabbath, which as I stated earlier started at sundown on the day we now call Friday. Pagans created the names so as to glorify the Sun god Baal. In fact, it was prophesied the Pagans would create a so-called "Christian" church and changed the Bible Sabbath to SUNday and "all the world" would "wonder after" this beast of a church. Proof? See this study I did years ago... https://remnantofgod.org/romeadmits.htm
As for obedient believers deifying any day of the week, no, this is not true. Obedient Christians obey the Law of God and it clearly says in Exodus 20:8-11 that the Seventh Day is the Sabbath. It is not deified, but it is sanctified by God Himself. And sanctification means it was "set apart for holy use." Proof, notice what it says in Genesis 2:1-3. It says, "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."
As for your claim that every day is Sabbath for you, then I must inform you that you must quit your job, for it is sin to work on the Sabbath day. The Sabbath was set apart and sanctified for holy use. That means if you work on Sabbath, you desecrate it and that is sin. And just so you know, yes, we worship God on every workday of the week. But when it comes to the sanctified day of the week that we are commanded to rest as our God did, we obey Him who as Creator also RESTED on that very same day after creating all that is seen and unseen. In fact, Jesus even RESTED in the tomb on the 7th day 2000 years ago. Even the Christian women refused to anoint His dead body until AFTER Sabbath as well. It states clearly in Mark 16:1 "And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him."
As for Colossian 2:16-23, that speaks of the ceremonial laws (feast days) that were given to Moses that prophecy declared were to end at the cross. And yes, that is why Jesus said "It is finished" directly before He died and that is also why the temple vail ripped in two when He died signifying the feast days held in the temple for eons were no longer needed. The Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world did exactly as those feast days illustrated He was supposed to do. Those "Sabbaths" mentioned in Colossians 2 were the annual feast days. Please read Leviticus 23 and you will see all of them listed as "holy convocations." (Sabbaths) But make special note of verse 38 that says these annual Sabbaths are "besides the Sabbath of the Lord." If Colossians 2 is really about the weekly Sabbath as your pastor claims, then please ask him to show you where in commandment #4 that it speaks of "meat and drink offerings or new moons." That CONFIRMS Colossians 2:16 is speaking of the annual FEAST DAYS wherein they do have "meat, drink offerings and new moon" celebrations. But in commandment #4, no such things are declared.
I pray you are blessed. :)
#491 Is the 501c3 a mystery? Or do the church leaders really know what they're doing?
You have a lot to say about 501c3 status, do you happen to have or know how to obtain the gov. contract of churches? Is there such a thing or is it kept all in the gray and nobody really knows? Do churches, even leaders, know what is required? Can the gov. just say out of the blue, "You are out of compliance with 501 c3 rules and come in and confiscate everything? Churches signed up for 501c3 in the 40s and 50s. I kept thinking, "Church has existed for thousands of years, isn't there some kind of grandfather recognition? Why does a church have to cease being a church and become an organization?"
The internet was a maze of confusion, so I ask you.
ANSWER:
First and foremost, the contract is quite clear as to what's required for anyone seeking tax free status, 100% of every church that has a 501c3 MUST read the contract before signing. In fact, most even go so far as to have a lawyer read it for them before signing so they know exactly what they signed onto. In other words, it's no mystery. Anyone can read the contract by simply applying for it.
Secondly, the reason so many sign unto it is because they cannot see the danger of doing so due to their sinful lifestyles outside the church as well as their apostate ways inside the church. The Lord will not give them eyes to see the danger unless they obey Him. Their disobedience shouts unto the Lord they don't want much of His input in life. This is why I have said so many times before, the only way to understand both doctrine and prophecy is to obey the God that wrote it. Jesus even said in John 8:47 that, "He that is of God heareth God's words: yetherefore hear them not, because ye are not of God."Christianity is not rocket science. If you obey, the God of creation blesses you, if you disobey Him, His blessings are no longer yours to receive.
The fact the 501c3 is such an easy prophecy to see fulfilled by the way its written by lawmakers hell bent on doing as their dying god demands of them, proves how blinded the so-called religious leaders of the world truly are. The 501c3 contract clearly requires the church to join with the state as an exact duplicate of the church & state beast system in Rome and this is something that even an oibedient babe in Christ can see as open sin by simply reading what Jesus said in Matthew 22:21 which is, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's." Seriously, that's about as blunt as it gets.
That blunt fact alone declares not only are the pastors, preachers and ministers in these churches blind to God’s will on this, and therefore should not be standing as leaders in any church as Jesus declared in Matthew 24:11 many false prophets will do so anyway in these last days. What they're doing all over the world reveals to those of us with eyes that do see that they are openly and willfully denying the Lord Jesus Christ, who they claim to follow, so as to gain riches by making “merchandise” of their flock exactly as 2Peter 2:3 prophesied they would.
As for how to get a 501c3. It’s as easy as surfing the web. There are many websites explaining how step by step here… https://duckduckgo.com/?q=how+to+get+a+501c3&t=opera&ia=web And if you want to find out if your pastors has a 501c3, just click this link to find out. https://501c3lookup.org
#492 Was the "10 Commandments of Climate Change" signed into Law?
Good afternoon Pastor, Thanks for your response to my last e-mail to you, am grateful sir, Did the meeting on mt Sinai held on the 13th of Nov pass the 10 commandment on climate change into law? Please can you kindly send me the app of your hymnal? Or you can send it to me in any format that it is available, Thanks.
ANSWER:
No, there is no such law on the books as they have to change the Constitutions of many nations including the USA to allow for religious laws. Most nations did in fact change their constitutions back when Pope John Paul II demanded those nations that he visited during his pontificate. But he was not able to get all of them to bow in worship before he died. When they do these political events other political leaders see it and they are then tempted to join them for two reasons. #1, they join out of fear of assassination due to everyone else following the Popes demands. And #2, they do so as to gain more power for themselves politically. They all know if they bow to the Pope in any political agenda it means they will have a powerful friend in the Pope who they also know has already been slated back in 2009 to be the moral leader of the New World Order. And so, shaking his hand will allow for untold riches and power.
By the way, the agenda against the sovereign nations and their constitution was made clear long before John Paul II even came to office when the statements regarding same was "imprimitured" globally by Cardinal Hayes in 1922. It was stated back then "Constitutions can be changed, and non-Catholic sects may decline to such a point that the political proscription [ban] of them may become feasible and expedient. What protection would they have against a Catholic state?" -TheState and the Church, pp.38,39, by Miller and Ryan, imprimatur of Cardinal Hayes.
Their so-called, "ten commandments on climate change” was only a political ploy. They did it to gain more power from other leaders that have yet to bow to Rome. What they did was mostly for show as well as to blaspheme the Creator God. The reason it’s so important to use this political stunt of theirs as a harbinger unto all with eyes that see is because we have been warning people for literally decades now that theywill use climate change to enforce the mark, and when they gathered at the fake Mt Sinai location that is found in the maps of all the bogus bibles out there, it proved we the remnant people were blessed with 100% discernment from our King Jesus that they are in fact working to get the power to enforce the mark of the beast in ALL nations. Which we also know will happen a lot sooner than all the apostate preachers could ever imagine. Sadly, all those sitting in those fallen churches that have joined with the State will also be caught off guard when Jesus returns. This is why Jesus said through the apostle Peter 2000 years ago in 2 Peter 3:10-13 "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? (13) Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness."
As for the hymnal app? I have no such app. Only a link on my server to some of our SDR music located here… https://remnantofgod.org/music/
If you have internet on your phone, then you can go to this link and hear the music.
#493 I don't need a church or a Sabbath day to worship God
You can worship The Lord any day of the week at any time or hour and in any place you'd like. It need not be a building and it need not be with a set amount of people. Wherever 2 or more are gathered He is there.
ANSWER:
The Lord SPECIFICALLY stated the SEVENTH DAY of the week is the Sabbath. Rewriting commandment #4 will only place you under God's wrath and I pray you change your mind on this. This is why that commandment starts with the word REMEMBER. The Lord knew Satan would use a bevy of ways to get people to FORGET this particular commandment. For this is the one Commandment that if kept, proves to all looking on as to the true God you worship. For The Bible says the Creator God chose the seventh day of the week and as we know by looking at all the churches that keep Sunday holy, as prophesied Satan got all of them to forget the Sabbath day.
Do you recall when God told Adam and Eve not to eat of a particular tree in the garden? Not only was the tree good for food, like all the other trees, its fruit was lovely to look upon according to Genesis 3:6 which says, "And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat."
My point here is this, the tree was not poisonous. It was actually "good for food" just like all the other trees in that garden of Heavenly abundance. Surely the eating of fruit from one tree would be no different than the eating of another, right? But the Lord specifically said in Genesis 2:17, "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it."
The Lord Himself could have picked any tree He wanted because He knew He was using it only as a test of loyalty unto Adam and Eve. In other words, it wasn't up to Adam or Eve to choose which tree they could or could not eat from so as to please the Lord. The Lord didn't ask them to pick a tree to refuse. No, He said don't eat or touch of the one particular tree lest ye die, and it was up to them to show their loyalty to Him in trust and obedience. Does this seem logical? Not at all to those with eyes clouded by sin as we all are.
The fruit was obviously "good for food" as far as we can see yes, and so the truth here is that "not" eating of it was a test of loyalty and trust towards God by Adam and Eve when they obeyed. Nothing more, nothing less!
Why then would anyone want to keep Sabbath on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday or any other day of the week when the Lord Himself specifically said to keep day Seven holy? Yes, all the others days look just as worthy as what we now call Saturday for going to church as far as we can see. But the clear and present truth on this is that we have a thus saith the Lord here just like Adam and Eve did 6000 years ago. As Christians that study His Word, we know that we worship a God that never changes as he see declared in both the Old and New Testament verses that said the following.
Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
And since Adam and Eve were commanded to obey Him, why would we be allowed to disobey Him when in fact He never changes at all. Is it not written in Jeremiah 38:20 to "Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live." -Jeremiah 38:20
Sounds like the exact same warning given to Adam and Eve that in a nutshell said if they obey the Lord, they will not die. Basic reality here is that you cannot add or take away from His Scripture for in so doing you will literally bring the seven last plagues upon you and your family. Check it out, it's clearly stated as such in Revelation.
Revelation 22:18-19 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: (19) And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
And this isn't saying ONLY Revelation. For it is also written in Deuteronomy 4:2, "Yeshall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you."
Again, He never changes and this is why His will is the same in the Old as well as the New Testament. And as for the prophecies being mentioned, the word "REMEMBER" is in fact the only prophetic statement in all of the Ten Commandments.
I pray you are blessed.
#494 What does Ecclesiastes 4:5 mean?
ANSWER:
Ecclesiastes 4:5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
There’s a physical and spiritual way to look at this verse. When a fool is mentioned it’s always speaking of the man that doesn’t believe in God in a certain area of his life or all together as the atheist who doesn't believe God for any aspect of life; for it is plainly written in Psalms 14:1 “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”
And when it comes to the fool that doesn't believe in God's will in a certain area of life, that has to do with some Christians who believe the way they want to believe in everything from dress reform to health reform because their flesh is far more important to them than loving, trusting and obeying God. Isaiah 4:1 speaks of them in a prophetic way as being the norm in the last days and this is easily seen as a fulfilled prophetic fact due the many false prophets as Jesus called them in Matthew 24:11, or apostate "pastors" as we call them today who cannot preach truth due to their disobedience to the God of the Bible who must be obeyed to understand doctrine and prophecy. On top of that, being in the last days all these fallen pastors preach from what we know to be bogus Bibles with thousands of verses missing. That fact alone causes billions of people to believe in "another Jesus" as Paul prophesied in 2 Corinthians 11:4.
Plus the folding of hands depicts a fool who refuses to “..lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.” as Lamentations 3:41 says those that love God will do. And yes, this is why the Catholic church taught their people to do this and now most people claiming to be Protestant Christians do the same due to yet another prophecy being fulfilled as we see penned in Revelation 13:3 that says, "And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast."
To fold ones hands in prayer is to copy that which Pagans of old did. They were instructed by their dying god (Satan) to deny the God of Heaven by closing hands in prayer in direct defiance to that which is written as well as stand in defiance and even look down towards the world they love instead of looking up to "God in the heavens." Today, nearly all Christian churches fold hands and even stand in prayer looking down exactly as the Pagans of old did and the Vatican taught them. But then, these are the end days wherein this is prophesied to be the norm and so pray for them and pray for yourself in that soon you will receive the Latter Rain to go forth with truth that will help many of them escape the clutches of Satan in all the fallen churches.
The folding of the hands also speaks of the man that refuses to get off his couch and work for a living. For the hand represents the man’s God given ability to work so as to buy and sell in prophecy, and yes, this is something we see clearly as the first phase of the mark of the beast being administered in Revelation 13:16-18 that says;
Revelation 13:16-18 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: (17) And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. (18) Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
I purposely read all the way to verse 18 because due to the many false prophets out there, many people believe the 666 is the mark when in fact it's the number of a man's name. And if you would like an quick explanation to this prophesied fact that exposes every Pope since day one in the Vatican, check out my 666 page when you get time.
#495 Have you heard of the "3 earth ages?"
Today I was presented something that I have never heard of and was wondering if you have. I have studied my bible for years and honestly never heard of it until today and still i do not believe it is biblical. This is what was spoken to me today after a question was posted about being "born again".....the response was "to know about being born again. You must know about the three earth ages. Peter talks about. We are all born again when our mother gave birth to us. (Your mom gave birth to you like my mom gave birth to me. So forth and so on) that’s born again. You were alive in the first earth age." I stated that it was not biblical, and they responded back with this, "so you have never heard of three earth ages??? That was, the age we are in now and the one to come. Its written. You have been told, bye. Check out 2 Peter KJV it’s explained in that book. Check it out for yourself". I stated to this person that I have read 2 Peter over and over again and this is not what Peter was saying. My question is, have you heard of this and what is your thoughts on it? Thank you.
ANSWER:
I never heard of it and it is nowhere to be found in the Bible. But I am not surprised such things are being taught as these are the end of days and so we can expect all sorts of deceptive theories to pull the people off the path so that when the Loud Cry goes forth, most will be too confused and faithless to be able to embrace the final warning as truth due to all the fancy lies that have them spiritually brainwashed which helps Satan cause them to burn to ash in hellfire with him. The enemy of souls knows his time is extremely short and so he is doing all he can to lure people into his dying camp of damnation.
The fact the person says to you, "Check out 2 Peter KJV it’s explained in that book" yet never gives a single Bible verse to explain his doctrine proves this to be someone who has never studied or even believed the Word of God. Making up doctrines, traditions and even all the false prophecies out there from a seven year tribulation to a secret rapture exposes all of them. If they cannot use the Bible to prove their doctrine then you know for a fact it's simply not true.
The Bible only speaks of being born again twice as you know. Once in John 3 and again in 1Peter 1. As Jesus revealed unto Nicodemus that night, when we are born of our mother, which if course being born of the flesh, in life we will hopefully come to accept Jesus as Saviour from this awful and very weak flesh driven world to the point if eternal life entices us as well as a deep seated love of God to the point of being obedient unto His written Word, we will then be blessed with new life or “born again” as John and Peter described it wherein the “old man” dies and we become a new creature in Christ.
Paul described this born again doctrine rather well when he said in Romans 6:6-8, "Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. (7) For he that is dead is freed from sin. (8) Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:" You might also want to look at Ephesians 4:22, Colossians 3:9 and 2 Corinthians 5:17 as well for further wisdom on this.
The basic reality is this, Jesus is the Word made flesh and when we embrace His Word as truth, and I mean REAL truth and not just an idea we run with so as to please a spouse, loved one or a preacher, when we embrace real truth to the point of allowing it to change our way of thinking, the corrupted seed of the world is killed off and we then walk anew in Christ’s incorruptible seed of His Word.
You have done well in Christ to question their theology and strange extrabiblical claims as that too is a fruit of an obedient child of God seeking only to do as the Lord commands and not man. The Bereans of old where known to have this fruit. Check it out, it's in Acts 17:10-11. It says, "And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. (11) These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so."
Stay in daily study of the Bible dear sister and you will grow stronger and stronger in Christ with each passing day to where people like those that knowingly or even unknowingly would preach lies to pull people from Christ will be easily seen as dangerous and very easy to avoid. In fact, when those that come against us in the SDR movement seek to lure people away they often sneak into the church hoping to find newcomers they can dazzle with craftily twisted Scripture and not one of them will ever come to anyone in the church known to be a leader. But what amazes me is how even the babes are protected by the Lord wherein the promise of John 14:26 blesses them with truths they can use to combat the lies and sometimes even plant a seed of truth in the hearts of those seeking to lure them into sin. For it was plainly written in 1 Peter 3:15-16 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: (16) Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ."
And yes, if they are not open to the truth they will "speak evil of you" when their lies are not accepted. That too is a fruit that can be easily seen in those that hear the truth we present and because they cannot refute it, the evil spirit within them is angered in the same way the Holy Spirit in us rejoices when we embrace, trust and share His truth with others.
#496 Strangest claim I've ever heard regarding "the Lord's Day" in Revelation 1:10
YT Comment #1: - The Lord's day is judgment day . John was making reference to "the day of the Lord" judgment day.
My Response:
Thank you for sharing. But we are Christians that only trust the Word of God. Please share the Bible verses with their prophetic symbols defined that prove "The Lord's Day" is a judgment day.
Comment#2
I do agree that The Seventh-Day Sabbath can be referred to as the Lord's day because it is his holy day nevertheless the phrase Lord's day is only found one time in the Bible where John was in the spirit and saw what was to happen on judgment day. Judgment day is the day of the Lord found 5 times in the Bible. AC. 2:20 1Co 5:5 (2Co 1:14)(1Th5:2) DAY OF THE LORD (2Pe 3:10) DAY OF THE LORD (Re 1:10- LORDS DAY. Also according to my Spanish Bible in Re 1;10 John was in the spirit on the day of the Lord.
My Final Response:
Dear one;
You left out one very important verse that proves the Lord's day is not a "judgment day," and that verse is specifically speaking of the Sabbath. See this in Isaiah 58:13, "If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:"
As for all your verses presented, I must obey my Father in Heaven and warn you that, I checked each and everyone of them and none are in context or even in the slightest of doctrinal or prophetic definition with John being in the Spirit on the Lord's day when receiving the vision. In order for you to make the claim you need to add to the Bible something that was never said. And I must wholeheartedly warn you that according to Revelation 22:18, you are in danger of receiving the plagues for doing so. You need to repent.
And if you're interested, I can lock down the truth as it is presented regarding the Lord's day" in Revelation 1:10. The word "day" in that verse comes from the Greek word "heymera" meaning.. "the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours." And in Isaiah 58:13 when it comes to "my holy day" the Hebrew version of the word "day" in the verse is "yom" and again, that too is defined as "from sunrise to sunset." Seeing how that definition matches perfectly to the one used in the Greek found in Revelation 1:10, that proves your teacher lied to you about that Bible verse and I pray you get out of that church before the plagues begin. And if you were the one that lied on your own to me seeking to lure me or others off the path by posting this on a public forum like YouTube, then I implore you to repent, you are in grave danger of the plagues.
QUESTION: I have to ask, as I have seen this type of "back and forth" many times in the past. Are you a Catholic priest? (He never responded.. please pray for him, his name is "Louis H...")
#497 The Bible says everyone will have the mark
The mark of the beast is sin. The buying and selling represents this material world beast system. We have the mark either in our thoughts or actions and because of our imperfect state we continue to sin as soon as we enter this world. The Bible says that everyone will have the mark. We are all at first marked with our sin before we enter this world. Only Jesus Christ can save us from our sins and redeem us. In order for us to be worthy of life without death, we must have the name of Jesus Christ written on our forehead. We must have our focus on Jesus Christ and not be of this beast system. We must be born again in Jesus Christ.
ANSWER:
2 Peter 1:20-21 is very plain. It says, "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."
What you're doing here Andy is giving your own "private interpretation" about the mark of the beast and that is a VERY dangerous thing to do as a Christian; for all that do such things are false prophets in the eyes of our God who defined 100% of every single symbol in the Bible for us. Proof? See this study I have online... https://remnantofgod.org/books/docs/REV/Revelation.htm.
We must never place our own opinion above that which is written by the very God we worship. Especially in these last days when the mark is actually going to be enforced. All that's needed to enforce it now is already set in place. Everything from all items sold in stores, online or offline must have a digital bar code so as to verify as well as identify the seller of each item as well as make it childishly easy to not only refuse the seller the option to sell his goods without agreeing with the global mandate that all must keep Sunday holy so as to stop the disasters that are right now ramping up to the very day they do this, to preventing the common man from buying anything using digital cash, which is soon to be the norm due to the great reset that looks to remove all cash so as to digitize the monetary systems of the one world government that allows them the option per each human on earth the ability to buy food or anything else without agreeing with the Vatican's global mandate of Sunday laws.
And by the way, nowhere in the Bible does it say the "everyone will have the mark." To say such a thing is "adding" to the prophetic Scripture, and if you refuse to repent of this sin, the plagues of Revelation will be upon you. Proof? Read the warning in Revelation 22:18-19, "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."
The truth regarding this is that the devil will TRY to "mark everyone." But Jesus said in Matthew 24:24 that the elect CANNOT be deceived. And as per Revelation 14:12, the obedient people of God will NEVER receive the mark because we have Jesus as Lord and we keep His law.
As for claiming "We are all at first marked with our sin before we enter this world" that Andy is a Roman Catholic lie called "the original sin" dogma. Dear one, you need to leave the Catholic church (beast system) to see such things for in such a church it is taught never to study the Word of God and only trust the priests, prelates and Popes who are Antichrists filled with demonic twists on Scripture. And before you comment back to say "I am not Catholic," remember this, another prophecy found in Revelation 13:3-4 is that "all the world" will wonder after this beast." That means you don't even have to be a member in a Catholic church to be considered Catholic. Just to name a few, if you keep Sunday holy, celebrate Christmas and Easter, or believe in a 7 year trib or secret rapture, you ARE Roman Catholic for all those doctrinal lies and much more were first taught by Catholic priests, prelates and popes. Proof? See my main site wherein I have over 16,000 pages exposing the Roman Catholic Vatican at https://remnantofgod.org
Please see what the Bible really says about the mark of the beast here... https://remnantofgod.org/mark.htm
#498 Did you say a planet exploded near us?
Good evening Pastor Nic,
I was wondering if you could tell me the scripture about the expanding of the Earth and the planet exploding into the astroid belt? That really fascinated me! I've never heard that before! I thought you said it was scripture; or wherever it may be!
ANSWER:
Dear sister;
The planet exploding creating the asteroid belt is not mentioned in Scripture. But we now know that a gravitational change of this magnitude as recorded in Scripture during Peleg's day would cause a massive issue for any planet in our solar system that was designed by our God to be easily ruptured. Why would He create such a planet? For many reason's I'm sure, but I would think mostly to protect us in ways Jupiter and the other larger planets can't. What I mean is, just as Jupiter is positioned in such a way to draw asteroids to crash land on it instead of our planet as one just did in October of 2021, the asteroid belt deflects countless more asteroids. Still some get through as we just saw last October 4th and 5th when four asteroids did a fly by of our planet on what the Jews still declare to be their judgment day, or "Yom Kipper" as they call it.
But getting back to that asteroid belt, check out these five articles out of over 9 million listed online that I just found the other day after surfing for a few moments to further lock down my response to you.
As for the planet swelling to where the continents formed and spread apart to where they are today; onlinewe find quite a few articles touching on the fact that thering of fire, as it's called today, is actually showing signs of awakening. And not just little creeping insignificant signs either. I have a growing list of articles and videos on my 7 last plagues page all about all the volcanic eruptions happening on earth. Check out plague #5 when you get time. I would think you're going to be shocked as to how many volcanoes have come to life since I started logging the events in August of 2000.
The ring of fire is a collection of volcanoes that are positioned in various places all around the world. Strange thing here is, they are all located on the ancient continental divide that Christians believe occurred long ago, in the days of Peleg when the Lord "divided the earth" as 1 Chronicles 1:19 describes it. In other words, all the continents used to be connected in one massive continent called Pangea. But during Peleg's day, (his entire lifetime that is) the Lord slowly caused them to part and drift across the oceans.
Looking at a map of the world today, one can see how the eastern seaboard of South America fits snugly into the Western shores of Africa. There are many animations online that show how the continents drifted to their present positions if you're interested.
When the continents separated, it appears the areas in which they split became less stable over time. In fact, volcanoes have formed all along this unstable areas, which stretches for about 25,000 miles along four of the world's continents as well as some island chains. This collection of volcanoes fairly recently became active again and were eventually tagged the ring of fire as I stated earlier due to their volcanic activities. For decades scientists have been warning about this, yet lately the warnings have all but stopped. But not the activity.
#499 You SDR's anger some people way too much
End time prophecy appears to be angering many people today. Why not just preach love and peace sermons instead?
ANSWER:
Yes I agree, many don’t like to hear about prophetic events because they may claim it’s too far-fetched. Even though all of it is easy to show fulfilled using documented records. But my experience shows they don’t want to hear it because it scares them. Hence the “smooth” reference in Isaiah 30:10. In fact, more than a few pastors have admitted over the years that if they preached what we preach, their churches would empty fast because the people don’t want to hear it and so, let them preach the lovey dovey stuff. As is sadly obvious, nary a one is moved to repent by it anymore than does Bingo nights in a Catholic church.
As for making videos that might get them to see the love of God… what happened on Calvary 2000 years ago was the most loving act ever presented to mankind from the Lord. Yet most to this day ignore it. So preaching the nice things won’t work for the lost. That’s all they hear anyway. If you notice, in the Word of God such messages only work in an edifying manner with believers that have already repented and due to their studies know what time it is. In fact, once the plagues start, and if I am blessed to be in that number, I am done preaching. If I am to be among the 144,000 believers at that time, 100% of my sermons will only be on edification because each and everyone of us already know what’s going to happen next. In fact, we already know now what's coming thanks to our daily Bible studies.
The prophesied “present truth” message of today is to be proclaimed by the obedient bride of Christ to warn the people at this time. And part of our obedience has to do with sharing this message far and wide. And soon, each of us will be called to do it in ways that will enlighten every person on earth with the hopes many will agree with it and bow in worship to Christ. Hence the reason it’s called a “loud cry.” In fact, both Jeremiah and Ezekiel knew all too well about how warning the people worked very well in their day. Jeremiah saw many repent inside the city to the point it upset the king with fears of a military coup, and Ezekiel saw the people do the same while inside Babylon once under captivity. Both men were given bold messages from the Lord to tell the people to repent. And it worked.
The basic prophetic reality here is that it is prophesied that we, the “remnant of her seed” will go forth in the exact same Spirit of Elijah that John the Baptist preached with regarding repenting and making their path straight to be ready to meet the Lord. And John only preached repentance in His day so as to make all realize they needed to be ready for the Lord. And it worked. Many sought Jesus out when He finally arrived.
As for the uplifting message in the Bible. Yes, it’s there for a reason just as the warning to repent is there for a reason. As Ecclesiastes 3 states, there’s a “time” for everything. At present, it is time to warn the people.
People that email me their thanks, and I have hundreds of them now, all say more or less the same thing. They said the sermons about the love of God in their apostate churches did nothing for them at all due to apostate complacency. In fact, they all preach the same thing week after week so as to allow for every type of sin to appear as a lesser issue because the feel good sermons grant them a sense of peace and safety when they gather. But the people that email me also knew things were looking very bad in the world and declaring God loves to them wasn’t answering their questions. They were still very scared and annoyed by what’s going on out there and even more concerned that their pastors never spoke on it or even declared prophecy was being fulfilled. They all knew deep within that all the nice things about God are good and a blessing to hear, but it all mounts to a hill of beans when they know they are also being disobedient to Him. All those wonderful things of God are ONLY promised for the obedient. The disobedient cannot claim a single promise. Not one. They all tell me it wasn’t until they heard our present truth message to repent that they finally realized they actually needed to repent. And so.. as it did in Ezekiel’s, Jeremiah’s, John’s and even Jesus’ day of visitation, it works today.
By the way.. remember Jonah and how his bold message of warning worked to get all of Nineveh to repent, including the king? The Lord told him to only declare repentance unto the people and because he obeyed, ALL OF THEM repented.
Don’t get me wrong though. Preaching a loving sermon once and a while is good, and I and many SDR preachers do often share words of encouragement to the believers in the church in sermons or in studies because they too have repented and thanks to the Holy Spirit moving upon them, they do strive unto perfection as best they can which moves their lips to declare others need to do so as well. But for the people of the world, we must echo the message of Elijah and John. The people need to make their paths straight for the coming of the Lord. Truth is, in so doing, they not only know prophecy is being fulfilled, they also realize they need to accept then obey Jesus as Lord, King and Saviour. And so, present truth isn't just about prophecy. Prophecy is merely the catalyst that makes those with eyes that see realize Christ has died, Christ is risen and Christ will come again.
#500 What was Jesus writing in the dust with His finger?
It says in John 8:6, "This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not."
ANSWER:
Let's take a deeper look into this as it's recorded by the apostle John.
John 8:1-11 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. (2) And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. (3) And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, (4) They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. (5) Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? (6) This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. (7) So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. (8) And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. (9) And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. (10) When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? (11) She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
Looking back at verse 9, we see the word "heard" in this verse would be better translated with today's light as "understood." (G191) I say that because they saw that Jesus was writing THEIR SINS in the dust in verses 6 and 8. The fact they heard or "understood" as also Strongs's G191 defines means they were "convicted" as is also noted in verse 9 and therefore they left one by one. The fact they were convicted proves they had to know what Jesus was writing on the ground.
When I first saw this in the light the Lord intended some years ago, I wondered at first; did they drop the stones and walk away because they feared He would out them personally seeing how they saw Him write their own sins in the dust? I mean, after all, they knew he had power from the Father to do things no man had ever done before and so yes, I do believe they feared being exposed publicly as sinners and hypocrites, for repentance was not a frequent fruit of these hypocrites back then nor is it the norm for them today as we have seen when many scoffers that have come against us and then exposed as liars by anyone opening a Bible to see they twisted what we preach, none ever repent, apologize, or try to lie their way out of their hypocrisy. They all just walk off back in the darkness from which they came.
Still, just to further lock this down, notice what it says in ministry of healing.
"Should Jesus acquit the woman, He might be charged with despising the law of Moses. Should He declare her worthy of death, He could be accused to the Romans as one who assumed authority belonging only to them. {MH 88.1} -1905
Jesus looked upon the scene--the trembling victim in her shame, the hard-faced dignitaries, devoid of even human pity. His spirit of stainless purity shrank from the spectacle. Giving no sign that He had heard the question, He stooped and, fixing His eyes upon the ground, began to write in the dust. {MH 88.2}
Impatient at His delay and apparent indifference the accusers drew nearer, urging the matter upon His attention. But as their eyes, following those of Jesus, fell upon the pavement at His feet, their voices were silenced. There, traced before them, were the guilty secrets of their own lives. {MH 88.3}
Rising, and fixing His eyes upon the plotting elders, Jesus said, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." Verse 7. And, stooping down, He continued writing. {MH 88.4}
He had not set aside the Mosaic law nor infringed upon the authority of Rome. Theaccusers were defeated. Now, their robes of pretended holiness torn from them, they stood, guilty and condemned, in the presence of infinite purity. Trembling lest the hidden iniquity of their lives should be laid open to the multitude, with bowed heads and downcast eyes they stole away, leaving their victim with the pitying Saviour. {MH 88.5}
Also notice this...
"Although doing this without apparent design, Jesus was tracing on the ground, in legible characters, the particular sins of which the woman’s accusers were guilty, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest. At length the Pharisees became impatient at the indifference of Jesus, and his delay in deciding the question before him, and drew nearer, urging the matter. But as their eyes fell upon the words written in the sand, fear and surprise took possession of them. The people, looking on, saw their countenances suddenly change, and pressed forward to discover what they were regarding with such an expression of astonishment and shame. Many of those who thus gathered round also read the record of hidden sin inscribed against these accusers of another." { 2SP 350.1 }
And this...
"The scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman whom they accused as guilty of breaking the seventh commandment. They said to him, "Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground." Curiosity led them to draw near, and read what was written on the ground. There they saw their own sins plainly stated,--sins of a far more aggravated character than that into which she had been betrayed; for her accusers had induced her to sin, that they might lay a snare for Christ. And they which heard the words of Christ, "being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last." {RH, January 10, 1893 par. 6}
