I just saw 3 very disturbing videos that I listened to for as long as I could stand it (which wasn't long) and felt very weird. One is that the Apostle Paul is the false prophet or anti-Christ that Jesus Christ is referring to in Revelation 2:2. This comes from Islam and the Hebrew Roots Movement so consider the source but others are picking up on it and are making these videos that to me sound so heretical and blasphemous that I feel I need to get baptized, not for salvation but to get the filth of their words off my body. I want their words out of my head but in order to get a brain operation, you must have one, lol. Just trying to lighten things up a little because this is serious stuff and can definitely cause new believers or weak older Christians to become deceived. I personally wouldn't recommend you watching them unless you are very grounded in the Word and are secure. Use discernment and realize they are destroying the very foundation of our faith that the Bible is inerrant, infallible and the inspired Word of God. If Paul is a false prophet, what he taught was a lie, then the Bible is not perfect. Think about that.
Another that is just so outlandish I'm baffled. He says there is no proof whatsoever that Jesus Christ was crucified and, in fact, His "twin" took His place on the cross and the resurrection was a fake. The title of this video is "the Crucifixion is a false flag." Wow. I would suggest he listen to Lee Stroebel's "A Case for Christ" and to do some more research because there is more "secular" proof that Jesus of Nazareth existed, became THE most influential Man/God who lived and was crucified. Jewish writings also uphold the crucifixion as well as does the Jewish Talmud. Letters written to Caesar by Pontious Pilate afterward also uphold it. Archaeologists have found 2 sites that by records of the tomb in which He was buried. One is owned and made into a great and awesome museum-type place by the Roman Catholic Church, very fancy and ornamental. The other is just a peaceful garden and this tomb was found not too long ago when the owners of the house did renovations and found the tomb. Using the Bible and other info it appears this is the most likely burial place of Jesus Christ. It even shows signs of it being sealed by the Romans and what is also amazing is that the resting place was for a man of around 5'10" but it shows that it had to be enlarged very quickly to fit a man of about 6'0" to 6'1" (but I could be wrong on the exact heights). It is now just a garden where people go and is said that it's one of the most peaceful, tranquil places on earth. The beauty and simplicity is amazing. You can find this on YouTube. Now, it doesn't say it IS the burial place of Jesus but it fits perfectly with the Biblical account. There's much more evidence but I don't remember. I'll try to find it and leave a link to it.
Last, but not least, is there's a man who is gaining a lot of followers that claim that the God of the OT is really satan. The serpent wasn't satan but rather God. Or something like that. He says no loving God would require a blood sacrifice or kill people who disobeyed Him. This to me shows a lack of Christianity 101 and the OT. Now, I admit I didn't know this until I really started reading the Bible about 5 years ago but I wouldn't really read the Old Testament because my beloved Savior, Jesus Messiah, was not in there. Go ahead and laugh, I think it's hilarious myself. That's how ignorant of the Bible I was. Now, I believed it but on faith alone but had no desire to understand it at all. The truth is, the OT is about one single event and one only. One message! The message is even before Christ was born, pre-Christ saints were saved by grace, not the law ("and Abraham believed God and it was counted to him as righteousness). The law or 10 Commandments hadn't even been written yet. The event was about the birth of His Only Son and everything in the OT points to the NT.
I admit I had issues with God's wrath at times and why it's so different now. While I do not endorse the SDA church, they do have a lot of truth but also a lot of error. When I asked one about this, here is what he told me about why God demanded animal sacrifices. If God was cruel, He would have required human sacrifices but no, he didn't because humans sin, animals don't. They are blameless and have no sin. So imagine you did something bad and you needed to repent and cover that sin. You had to go and pick out the perfect, spotless and most of all innocent little lamb you had to go sacrifice it for what you did. Imagine how much you loved that precious lamb. It was your pet, your friend, sort of like our dogs and cats are today. You had to go get it, take it and kill it. I don't know about you but the very thought of that makes me sick and want to cry. The guilt and shame, sadness would be overwhelming. So, in conclusion, God didn't cause us to sacrifice animals, we did. As the world got more and more evil and sinful, the more blood was shed but was that God's fault or ours? It seems just like we use saved by grace and not works to continue in sin, thus crucifying Jesus over and over again. The more we sin, the more blood falls on that cross. Again, that's just my personal thought but it does seem to bring things into light.
Now, I'm going off script here but when I surrendered my life to Christ approximately 5 years ago, I went to a Pentacostal church and without going into details and definitely not saying that all of them are like this one, it was a very controlling church that taught solely on the book of Acts, never on the Gospels or the OT, and was abusive to the members/visitors in every way imaginable but especially Spiritually. Now, I didn't see any evidence of sexual abuse but women were held in low esteem. We weren't allowed to sit on the front row lest we tempt one of the pastors to "sin" by looking up our dress. Why are we held responsible for their sin? Oh, everybody dressed modestly there and women had to make themselves as unattractive as possible so we would not cause anyone to look upon us with lust. I want to share something with you that my husband told me when I started wearing skirts and dresses. He didn't like it and we got into a pretty heated argument over this because I bought into that. I am convinced that God does not look at your outward body, your bank account or your material possessions but only at your heart and mind. Finally, a few days after the fight, we started talking and we were out and I was wearing pants to keep from arguing again. I asked him why he was so upset and this is what he told me and I want YOU to think about this as well.
He said that men see women who are wearing a dress as easy prey. It's easier and quicker to pull up a dress pull down their panties cos hosiery and underwear are easily ripped and they can overpower you and rape you in less than 30 seconds. It is way more difficult if you wear pants. Now, if you are convicted and convinced in your heart that you must wear dresses, wear something like shorts or anything to give you a fighting chance. I don't understand that mindset that we MUST wear dresses and never pants. I know it's because the Apostle Paul says men should not dress like a women nor a woman like a man.
Think about it. Back then men didn't wear pants. They wore robes and women wore robes or gowns but were different. This has nothing to do with being immoral but it was meant to be about not deceiving people on who you are. Now, I wear my husband's old clothes at home. They are comfortable and I like feeling that it keeps us connected as we are one flesh. However, no matter whether I wear pants or a dress, I don't dress or look manly. It is always clear that I am not deceiving anybody, that I am fully a woman, not pretending to be a man or to deceive anybody. Not so much now but a few years ago, there was a huge difference in the way women and men dressed. Do you see where I am going with this? We are making our men to appear to be women in the way they dress. I can only guess at the reason why.
Last thing I want to mention is that there are some videos circulating that claim that the Holy Spirit is a female and rather than Mary being Jesus's mother, the Holy Spirit was. The Bible says, I think, that Jesus Christ was manifested by the Holy Spirit. We know that He was fully God AND fully man. Without a human female bloodline, and Him being born only by the divine, then He could not possibly have been fully man. I'm basing this on common sense and not of anything else but am just wondering why everyone is trying to "humanize" the divine Godhead. Jesus was born male, no doubt. God is referred to by Jesus as His Father, obviously a masculine image. In Galations, the last chapter and last verses say this, "We are neither Jew nor Greek; free nor bond; male nor female but ONE in Christ Jesus. So if God is masculine, there is only ONE God made known by 3 personages (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) then they are all ONE and do they have a gender as they are not humans but divine? Both men and women are the Bride of Christ Jesus. There will be no marriage or giving in marriage in Heaven. This tells me that gender to God is just the way we procreate life in His image but our new resurrected bodies will be changed and glorified. Sex is not sinful at all but rather a gift and by our differences, through the sacred act of sexual intercourse, our bodies fit together so perfectly that through that act, we literally become one. God created marriage and defined it. Just because it's legal for same-sex couples to get "married" on earth does not mean they are married. Just like heterosexual marriage, it's a legal and binding earthly contract. Learn how the Jews were married in Biblical times and you'll have a clearer view on some parts of Revelation.
Again, my thoughts and opinions, in no way do I claim extra-Biblical revelation but I do believe the Bible, when viewed in whole, says much of what I believe. Please point out any errors so we can talk about it. I'd love to hear your thoughts on these issues as well. God bless and I'll try to find that video about the tomb. If it's not on here, well, I didn't find it, lol.
I couldn't find it but want to send this out. Just making you aware of what's on YouTube as it can be confusing at best and apostasy at its worst with everything bad in between. Don't go to these videos unless you are well grounded, have a rock solid foundation and have good to great discernment. God bless and be careful, the wolves are taking over!
