Spreading the Saving Grace of Christ Jesus. Giving God the glory in all circumstances and allowing Him to transform lives and hearts through the atoning work on the Cross. "For we are saved by grace through faith...Ephesians 2:8-9. Love and praise Him with all your heart, mind, strength and soul. Love thy neighbor as thyself and these are the 2 greatest commandments. For even Christ Jesus came not to be served but to serve and sacrifice.
Sunday, November 20, 2016
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PLEASE DO NOT GO TO HELL FIRE!!! A MUST READ
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Discussion - Yesterday 6:06 AMEvangelist Idaline Joelle.
The Bible says in Revelation: 20:11:15. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus, I will encourage you to share God's word wherever you go, and warn people about hell fire.
You and I Brothers and Sisters cannot preach the gospel
( Good News), without first mentioning the danger of rejecting the gospel. (See: John:3:18; John:3:36)
You and I cannot preach the gospel, without warning people about the reality of hell fire.
HELL FIRE IS REAL, AND MUST BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS!
The saddest truth is that, many Christians and churches do not want to preach about hell, to read about it, or to warn their churches and friends about hell fire.
You and I beloved Brothers and Sisters will be accountable to God, specially for not preaching the gospel, not warning people about the danger of hell fire and for withholding the truth. Selah
2 Corinthians:5:10: says: For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Revelation:20:12 says: And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. Selah.
Words of Jesus Christ in Matthew:12:36: But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. (See: also: Romans:14:12)
Jesus Christ preached about hell fire, and warned about it more than anyone else in the Bible.
(See: Matthew:25:41; 25:46, Mark:9:42:48, Luke:13:27:28; Luke:16:19:31)
Words of Jesus Christ in Matthew:25:30: And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Jesus Christ says in Mark:9:48: Where the worm never dies, and the fire never goes out.
Words of Jesus Christ in Matthew:22:13:Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The Bible says: And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no respite (no pause, no intermission, no rest, no peace) day or night—these who pay homage to the beast and to his image and whoever receives the stamp of his name upon him. Revelation:14:11
The Psalmist said: The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. Psalm:9:17
The wicked, the sinners, unbelievers and Christians who are sinning willfully in the name of God' s grace will be turned into hell fire; and the saddest truth about it is that although they will be turned into hell fire, they will NOT die, but they will be tormented DAY and NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER, NO REST! Selah
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Revelation:20:10
You and I Brothers and Sisters are the Lord's watchmen and women; if you do not preach the gospel to warn people about hell fire, and they die in their sins, then end up in hell, the Lord God will require their blood at your hand. Selah
Ezekiel:33:6 says: But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
There is NO point writing "Amen" to this message, if you are not going to share it with someone, or at the very least, say to someone JESUS LOVES YOU.
James:1:22 says: But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Underline this in your Bible: "Deceiving your own selves."
DECEIVERS HAVE NO PLACE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD!
HAVE YOU ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOUR?
The Bible says: And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. Hebrews:9:27:28
I am calling all Illuminati members, New age members, the Mormons, Muslims, those who belong to satanic groups, Rose Croix, Hindus, Buddhists, Jehovah's witnesses, anyone and everyone who is not a Christian to Come to God in repentance TODAY before it's eternally too late for you in the Lake of Fire!
IF YOU MISS HEAVEN, YOU WILL NOT MISS HELL. Selah
#Proverbs:16:25 says: There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Selah.
#Serving satan while pretending to serve the Lord God of Hosts, seems right to many Pastors, Evangelists, Deacons, Deaconesses, Bishops and Reverends, but when they land in the lake of fire, they will know they were DECEIVED BIG TIME, but it will be ETERNALLY TOO LATE FOR THEM. Selah
Isn't it sad how many are going on about Illuminati. Some are killing each other in the name of Muhammad. Whilst others are saying New age this and that.... All these claptrap will lead many to hell fire, except they repent and accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. John:6:37.
Words of Jesus Christ: I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John:14:6.
John:3:16 says: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For Jesus the Messiah is (the one referred to in the Scriptures when they speak of ) a ‘stone discarded by the builders which became the capstone of the arch.’ There is salvation in no one else! Under all heaven there is no other name for men to call upon to save them.” Acts:4:11:12 LB.
In other words: SALVATION IS ONLY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST! AMEN!
YOU ARE READING THIS MESSAGE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT YET IN IN HELL.
AVOID HELL AT ALL COSTS! DO NOT GO TO HELL FIRE!
AVOID SIN AT ALL COSTS AS SIN WILL LEAD YOU TO HELL FIRE!!!
MANY ARE IN HELL FIRE AS YOU ARE READING THIS
MESSAGE, AND HAVE NO HOPE OF COMING OUT!
AVOID HELL AT ALL COSTS!!! AVOID SIN AT ALL COSTS!!!
HELL FIRE IS SO REAL AND ETERNAL!
AVOID LIVING A DOUBLE, AND SINFUL LIFE! SIN WILL LEAD
YOU TO HELL!!! REPENT TODAY, FOR TOMORROW IS NOT PROMISED!!!
BE HEAVEN - FOCUSED! PAY EVERY PRICE NOT TO MISS HEAVEN!!! Selah.
COME TO JESUS CHRIST TODAY, FOR TOMORROW IS NOT PROMISED TO ANYONE WHETHER YOUNG OR OLD!
If you meant this prayer in your heart congratulations, you are now a child of God, and your name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad. Alleluia!
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. John: 1:12:13
(See also: Luke: 10: 20, Revelation: 20:15, Galatians: 4:7; Galatians: 3:26:28)
Remember having a personal relationship with Jesus means you will need to spend time with Him in prayer and regular Bible study. To know more about your new friend Jesus Christ, you need to plug into a good Bible believing Church. A Bible believing Church is one that believes in the truth of the Bible and practices the teachings of Jesus in our daily walk.
He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). Selah
#Words of Jesus Christ: If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin. John:15:22. Selah
ALWAYS share God's word, and win souls into His marvellous Kingdom
Everyone you meet with today on your way out, greet him or her, and say to him or her: JESUS LOVES YOU.
HE THAT WINNETH SOULS IS WISE. Proverbs:11:30
#Make it your aim to win ONE SOUL every Month into God's marvellous Kingdom.
#James: 1:22 says: But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
#THE WISEST CHRISTIANS ON PLANET EARTH ARE SOUL WINNERS. Selah (See: Proverbs: 11:30, Daniel: 12:3)
#ONE ZILLION SOULS FOR CHRIST JESUS! GO NOW!
#ONE SOUL AT A TIME. GO! GO! GO NOW!
#GOING TO HELL IS NOT AN ACCIDENT, IT IS A CHOICE!!!
#MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE WHILE YOU ARE STILL
ALIVE, IT WILL BE ETERNALLY TOO LATE TO CHOOSE ONCE IN THE LAKE OF FIRE. Selah
#AVOID HELL FIRE AT ALL COSTS!!! FLEE FROM THE WRATH TO COME!!! REPENT OF YOUR SINS TODAY! DO NOT GO TO HELL FIRE!!! HELL FIRE IS REAL, AND ETERNAL!!!
Words of Jesus Christ in John: 9:41: If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
DO NOT GO TO HELL FIRE! REPENT NOW! THE FIRES OF HELL ARE SO REAL AND UNQUENCHABLE!!! REPENT OF YOUR WICKED SCHEMES AND ACTIVITIES TODAY, DO NOT BURN ETERNALLY IN THE PLACE PREPARED ONLY FOR satan and His angels. (Read: Matthew:25:41)
Words of Jesus Christ :Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. Matthew : 25:41
THERE WILL BE NO REPENTANCE IN HELL FIRE! REPENT TODAY, IT WILL BE TOO LATE ONCE YOU LAND IN HELL FIRE!
#Hebrews: 9:27: says: And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.
#DEATH IS THE ONLY APPOINTMENT YOU CANNOT AND WILL NOT POSTPONE! SELAH
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted. Ecclesiastes:3:2.
YES FRIENDS, THERE IS ALSO A TIME TO DIE. WHEN DEATH FINDS YOU IN INIQUITY, YOU GO STRAIGHT TO HELL FIRE, AND IN THERE YOU WILL REMEMBER READING THESE MESSAGES OF WARNING, JUST AS THE RICH MAN REMEMBERED LEAVING 5 BROTHERS BEHIND. SELAH
(See Luke:16:27:31)
#Words of Jesus Christ: "If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin." John:15:22 Selah
YOU ARE BLESSED AND LOVED.
SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION BY JESUS CHRIST
First Corinthians 15:1-11
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SHARE THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION
First Corinthians 15:1-4
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First Corinthians 15:1-11
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Mark and the God of The Second Chance
You may have had an incredible or horrible past year—but whichever it was, God declares that we start today brand new in Christ. This reality is emphasized as the calendar starts over; communion also is a constant reminder of this promise—but as we will see today, the Gospel by Mark is from start to finish the Gospel of New Beginnings!
"What can God do with me if I have failed Him?" As a pastor I hear that or something like it, so often. Is there an answer to believers who are less than perfect? Yes! Failure for a believer is only a temporary condition; for the lost it is permanent.
Have you ever failed, quit, or walked out on an assignment from God?
- We serve the God of the second chance, a Lord so gracious that His strength is made perfect in our weakness (II Corinthians 12:9).
- He is the God of new beginnings (Lamentations 3:23).
- And the life we have in Christ is just a series of new beginnings! (II Corinthians 5:17)
That is comforting for me. The longer each of us live the more aware we are of our imperfections, failures, shortcomings, and sins—aren't we?
So today as we look at this New Year before us, we have our first choice to make as believers: wait until we are able to perfectly minister (never) or get started now and serve as we grow and are shaped by the Lord.
Mark's LIFE is encouraging
FIRST, we see that God wants to use ordinary people to serve Him. It is ordinary people who fear; it is ordinary people who fail. And that is just the kind of people that the Lord wants to use. The question is do we want to be used? God wants to do extraordinary things with ordinary people so that He - the Lord, will get all the credit for what is done.
SECONDLY, we see God wants to use those we might call failures to serve Him. Before Mark wrote this Gospel he was a drop out from ministry. Paul was so upset that he was willing to lose his partner in ministry than take someone he thought was a quitter along on the 2nd Journey. The grace of God is so wonderful. God gave John Mark a second chance. Peter picks him up after Barnabus, and uses him to give us the greatest of the Four Gospels. And even Paul and John Mark finally reconciled by the time Paul was in prison in Rome.
THIRDLY, God wants to use young people in ministry to Him. When the Lord moved on Paul's heart to invite young John Mark on the great 1st Missionary Journey - the Lord knew he would quit. But the Lord wanted him to go to show He is the God of the 2nd chance, and 3rd and on and on. His mercy endures forever. Even when we fail He loves us!
FINALLY, God wants to use the weaknesses in our lives to show His Grace as we serve Him. Yes, the Book of Acts tells us John Mark was a quitter, a drop out. He was not useful at one time in ministry. But have you thought about how gracious our God is?
Every time we read this book we are experiencing the result of God's transforming grace. History records the path of Mark.
- Mark the failed follower of Christ, becomes
- Mark the forgiven follower, becomes
- Mark the devoted disciple, becomes the
- Mark who writes what may be called the premier biography of Jesus Christ, and finally becomes
- Mark the honored martyr.
Mark's Book should remind us of Mark's God who can encourage all of us to keep going.
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THE HOMECOMING OF THE BRIDE
" The Homegoing of the Bride of CHRIST - COMFORT ONE ANOTHER "
The Homegoing of the Bride of CHRIST, when JESUS comes back for HIS Bride, the church; those who are alive and have been TRULY Born Again by the WORD and the SPIRIT will be taken up into the clouds by the LORD along with those who have died in CHRIST; we will not all die before this happens but we will all be changed at the time it happens. Currently in GOD's timeline, there is nothing that needs to happen except that " last " soul that will come to HIM, by faith and complete the church, the LORD's Bride.
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IN TOUCH DAILY DEVOTIONS WITH CHARLES STANLEY
The Power of a Discerning Spirit
In a world filled with endless sources of information and opinions, believers need to develop a discerning spirit. Otherwise, how will we know what is true? Much of what we see and hear is based on a worldly perspective that is influenced by Satan, the Father of Lies. Deception is found even in the religious realm: cults mix lies with enough truth to make some people consider them legitimate Christian institutions.
The only way believers can guard against deception is to ground themselves in God's Word. The more time you spend filling your mind with the Lord's thoughts, the more discerning you will be. However, just knowing biblical truth isn't enough. You must put what you learn into practice so that it becomes more than head knowledge.
The goal is to let God's Word become such an integral part of your thinking that it guides all your decisions. Even if the situation you're facing isn't specifically addressed in the Bible, scriptural principles provide the needed wisdom for every choice. In addition, the Holy Spirit was given to each believer as a Helper, whose job is to guide you into all the truth (>John 14:26; 16:13). However, your responsibility is to put God's Word into your mind so that He can bring it to your remembrance. If you neglect the Word, you'll lack discernment.
What are you allowing into your mind? Is Scripture high in your priorities? Unless you're careful, worldly thinking will overpower spiritual discernment. It's difficult to keep God's perspective in the forefront if you spend two or three hours in front of the television and only ten minutes in the Bible.
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WHAT IS THE GREAT TRIBULATION? BY ABALONEKID
"What is the Great Tribulation?"
The Tribulation is a future time period when the Lord will accomplish at least two aspects of His plan: 1) He will complete His discipline of the nation Israel (Daniel 9:24), and 2) He will judge the unbelieving, godless inhabitants of the earth (Revelation 6 - 18). The length of the Tribulation is seven years. This is determined by an understanding of the seventy weeks of Daniel (Daniel 9:24-27.
The Great Tribulation is the last half of the Tribulation period, three and one-half years in length. It is distinguished from the Tribulation period because the Beast, or Antichrist, will be revealed, and the wrath of God will greatly intensify during this time. Thus, it is important at this point to emphasize that the Tribulation and the Great Tribulation are not synonymous terms. Within eschatology (the study of future things), the Tribulation refers to the full seven-year period while the “Great Tribulation” refers to the second half of the Tribulation as well as "JACOB'S TROUBLE referring specifically to Israel who is the main object of God's program for this time. SEE: Jeremiah 30:
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. 3 For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
4 And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah. 5 For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. 6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. 8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: 9 but they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; neither be dismayed, O Israel:
for, lo, I will save thee from afar,
and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet,
and none shall make him afraid.
11 For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
An understanding of Daniel 9:24-27 is necessary in order to understand the purpose and time of the tribulation. This passage speaks of 70 weeks that have been declared against “your people.” Daniel's people are the Jews, the nation of Israel, and Daniel 9:24 speaks of a period of time that God has given “to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.” God declares that “seventy sevens” will fulfill all these things. This is 70 sevens of years, or 490 years. (Some translations refer to 70 weeks of years.) This is confirmed by another part of this passage in Daniel. In verses 25 and 26, Daniel is told that the Messiah will be cut off after “seven sevens and sixty-two sevens” (69 total), beginning with the decree to rebuild Jerusalem. In other words, 69 sevens of years (483 years) after the decree to rebuild Jerusalem, the Messiah will be cut off. Biblical historians confirm that 483 years passed from the time of the decree to rebuild Jerusalem to the time when Jesus was crucified. Most Christian scholars, regardless of their view of eschatology (future things/events), have the above understanding of Daniel's 70 sevens.
It is Christ Himself who used the phrase "Great Tribulation" with reference to the last half of the Tribulation. In Matthew 24:21, Jesus says, "For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall." In this verse Jesus is referring to the event of Matthew 24:15, which describes the revealing of the abomination of desolation, the man also known as the Antichrist. Also, Jesus in Matthew 24:29-30 states, “Immediately after the tribulation of those days . . . the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory." In this passage, Jesus defines the Great Tribulation (v.21) as beginning with the revealing of the abomination of desolation (v.15) and ending with Christ's second coming (v.30).
Other passages that refer to the Great Tribulation are Daniel 12:1, which says, "And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time." It seems that Jesus was quoting this verse when He spoke the words recorded in Matthew 24:21. Also referring to the Great Tribulation is Jeremiah 30:7, "Alas! for that day is great, There is none like it; And it is the time of Jacob’s distress, But he will be saved from it." The phrase “Jacob’s distress” refers to the nation of Israel, which will experience persecution and natural disasters such as have never before been seen.
Considering the information Christ gave us in Matthew 24:15-30, it is easy to conclude that the beginning of the Great Tribulation has much to do with the abomination of desolation, an action of the Antichrist. In Daniel 9:26-27, we find that this man will make a "covenant" (a peace pact) with the world for seven years (one “week”; again, see the article on the Tribulation). Halfway through the seven-year period—"in the middle of the week"—we are told this man will break the covenant he made, stopping sacrifice and grain offering, which specifically refers to his actions in the rebuilt temple of the future. Revelation 13:1-10 gives even more detail concerning the Beast's actions, and just as important, it also verifies the length of time he will be in power. Revelation 13:5 says he will be in power for 42 months, which is three and one-half years, the length of the Great Tribulation.
Revelation offers us the most information about the Great Tribulation. From Revelation 13 when the Beast is revealed until Christ returns in Revelation 19, we are given a picture of God's wrath on the earth because of unbelief and rebellion (Revelation 16-18). It is also a picture of how God disciplines and at the same time protects His people Israel (Revelation 14:1-5) until He keeps His promise to Israel by establishing an earthly kingdom (Revelation 20:4-6).
WHY PRE TRIB RAPTURE? BIBLE BASED REASONS.
THE RAPTURE IS FOR US!
It is our Lord's will that His bride, who is the true church, be comforted. (Titus 2:13-15; John 14:1-3). He will call us Home before the Great Tribulation (2 Th. 2:1-12)
A great division exists in the minds of Christians. Will the church go through any part of the "Great Tribulation" or will Christ call us out before that terrible time? This is readily made clear by the following issue IF understood!
The ISSUE is our failure to correctly identify the nation Israel and Jew's in God's program AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME PERIOD, who GO THROUGH The Great Tribulation under judgment, and the church, consisting of Jew's and Gentiles, who are the bride of Christ AND RETURN WITH HIM at the end of the Great Tribulation, at the last day called the the great and terrible day of the Lord at the Battle of Armageddon (Rev.19:11-16). NOT UNDER JUDGMENT.
Salvation comes to Jew's during the Tribulation (Rev.7:1-8).
They are NOT members of the church. If the true church were still on earth, they would become a part of His bride, the true church! But they are of a new Israel to be delivered by our Lord at Tribulations end (Joel 2:30-3:21; Rev.19:11-16). A nation formed in a day! (Isaiah 66:7-9).
Let us reason together and see why we will NOT enter into the"Great Tribulation".
THE CHURCH IS NOT APPOINTED TO WRATH!
Romans 5:8-9 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come."
1 Thessalonians 5:9-10" For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him."
Clearly, we don't have to do anything to make ourselves worthy outside of praying for salvation. For somebody to have to "do" something, outside of making the decision to accept the free gift of salvation, would be "works". Our salvation is based on grace through faith; not works.
Ephesians 2:8-9" For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Nor are we appointed to Judgment.
"Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation, which will shall upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." Rev.3:10
WE WHO ARE SAVED LOOK FOR HIS COMING DAILY! WE WAIT, IN FAITH, FOR HIM. PATIENTLY! 2 Th.3:5
AND WE WILL INHERIT HIS PROMISES TO US. Heb.6:12
AND NO MAN WILL TAKE OUR CROWN AS WE AWAIT HIM AND NOT THE "TRIBULATION" OF 7 YEARS AND THE APPEARANCE OF anti- Christ. Rev.3:11;
Not before the church is removed from the earth can "The Day of the Lord" begin, which starts with this supernatural event, and is followed by the "Great Tribulation" of 7 years. Nor can "the man of sin", to be possessed by Satan, be revealed as on a white horse coming to deliver mankind from it's irresolvable perplexities, until believer's are gone. Satan's time will come for his make believe rule on earth through this man of sin called Antichrist, no longer having a place above, after being thrown out of Heaven by the archangel Michael (Rev.12:7-17).
The departure (Gr. apostasia) of 2 Thessalonians 2:3 will precede the revelation of the Man of Sin (the Antichrist). The rendering of "apostasia" as "rebellion", "apostasy" or "falling away" in most English Bibles is unfortunate since these are secondary or derived meanings of the word. Its primary meaning is "departure" which, in this verse, refers to the rapture of the church. In consequence of the rapture, great apostasy will occur on earth while the Antichrist institutes his lawless and utterly sinful reforms. That time will be characterized by a worldwide moral and spiritual falling away.
Contrary to the error of some who teach that the Holy Spirit will not be here during the Great Tribulation, HE WILL, to save, seal, comfort and empower Jewish and Gentile believers in this most dreadful time in earths history and convict of sin for salvation purposes.***HE WILL NOT RESTRAIN EVIL ANYMORE!!!
It is an Evil time of God's wrath and long awaited judgments on mankind for sin, especially Israel not in faith.
AFTER THE GREAT TRIBULATION
ISRAEL IS THE FOCUS OF GOD TO RE-ESTABLISH HER AS A NEW BORN AGAIN NATION "IN HIS FAITH"
After The Regathering Of Israel IN MESSIAH
Amos 9:
11 "In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:"
15"And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God."
THE NEW COVENANT WITH ISRAEL
Jeremiah 31:
31 "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people."
The Tribulation is a future time period when the Lord will accomplish at least two aspects of His plan: 1) He will complete His discipline of the nation Israel (Daniel 9:24), and 2) He will judge the unbelieving, godless inhabitants of the earth (Revelation 6 - 18). The length of the Tribulation is seven years. This is determined by an understanding of the seventy weeks of Daniel (Daniel 9:24-27.
The Great Tribulation is the last half of the Tribulation period, three and one-half years in length. It is distinguished from the Tribulation period because the Beast, or Antichrist, will be revealed, and the wrath of God will greatly intensify during this time. Thus, it is important at this point to emphasize that the Tribulation and the Great Tribulation are not synonymous terms. Within eschatology (the study of future things), the Tribulation refers to the full seven-year period while the “Great Tribulation” refers to the second half of the Tribulation as well as "JACOB'S TROUBLE referring specifically to Israel who is the main object of God's program for this time. SEE: Jeremiah 30:
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. 3 For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
4 And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah. 5 For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. 6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. 8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: 9 but they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; neither be dismayed, O Israel:
for, lo, I will save thee from afar,
and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet,
and none shall make him afraid.
11 For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
An understanding of Daniel 9:24-27 is necessary in order to understand the purpose and time of the tribulation. This passage speaks of 70 weeks that have been declared against “your people.” Daniel's people are the Jews, the nation of Israel, and Daniel 9:24 speaks of a period of time that God has given “to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.” God declares that “seventy sevens” will fulfill all these things. This is 70 sevens of years, or 490 years. (Some translations refer to 70 weeks of years.) This is confirmed by another part of this passage in Daniel. In verses 25 and 26, Daniel is told that the Messiah will be cut off after “seven sevens and sixty-two sevens” (69 total), beginning with the decree to rebuild Jerusalem. In other words, 69 sevens of years (483 years) after the decree to rebuild Jerusalem, the Messiah will be cut off. Biblical historians confirm that 483 years passed from the time of the decree to rebuild Jerusalem to the time when Jesus was crucified. Most Christian scholars, regardless of their view of eschatology (future things/events), have the above understanding of Daniel's 70 sevens.
It is Christ Himself who used the phrase "Great Tribulation" with reference to the last half of the Tribulation. In Matthew 24:21, Jesus says, "For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall." In this verse Jesus is referring to the event of Matthew 24:15, which describes the revealing of the abomination of desolation, the man also known as the Antichrist. Also, Jesus in Matthew 24:29-30 states, “Immediately after the tribulation of those days . . . the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory." In this passage, Jesus defines the Great Tribulation (v.21) as beginning with the revealing of the abomination of desolation (v.15) and ending with Christ's second coming (v.30).
Other passages that refer to the Great Tribulation are Daniel 12:1, which says, "And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time." It seems that Jesus was quoting this verse when He spoke the words recorded in Matthew 24:21. Also referring to the Great Tribulation is Jeremiah 30:7, "Alas! for that day is great, There is none like it; And it is the time of Jacob’s distress, But he will be saved from it." The phrase “Jacob’s distress” refers to the nation of Israel, which will experience persecution and natural disasters such as have never before been seen.
Considering the information Christ gave us in Matthew 24:15-30, it is easy to conclude that the beginning of the Great Tribulation has much to do with the abomination of desolation, an action of the Antichrist. In Daniel 9:26-27, we find that this man will make a "covenant" (a peace pact) with the world for seven years (one “week”; again, see the article on the Tribulation). Halfway through the seven-year period—"in the middle of the week"—we are told this man will break the covenant he made, stopping sacrifice and grain offering, which specifically refers to his actions in the rebuilt temple of the future. Revelation 13:1-10 gives even more detail concerning the Beast's actions, and just as important, it also verifies the length of time he will be in power. Revelation 13:5 says he will be in power for 42 months, which is three and one-half years, the length of the Great Tribulation.
Revelation offers us the most information about the Great Tribulation. From Revelation 13 when the Beast is revealed until Christ returns in Revelation 19, we are given a picture of God's wrath on the earth because of unbelief and rebellion (Revelation 16-18). It is also a picture of how God disciplines and at the same time protects His people Israel (Revelation 14:1-5) until He keeps His promise to Israel by establishing an earthly kingdom (Revelation 20:4-6).
WHY PRE TRIB RAPTURE? BIBLE BASED REASONS.
THE RAPTURE IS FOR US!
It is our Lord's will that His bride, who is the true church, be comforted. (Titus 2:13-15; John 14:1-3). He will call us Home before the Great Tribulation (2 Th. 2:1-12)
A great division exists in the minds of Christians. Will the church go through any part of the "Great Tribulation" or will Christ call us out before that terrible time? This is readily made clear by the following issue IF understood!
The ISSUE is our failure to correctly identify the nation Israel and Jew's in God's program AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME PERIOD, who GO THROUGH The Great Tribulation under judgment, and the church, consisting of Jew's and Gentiles, who are the bride of Christ AND RETURN WITH HIM at the end of the Great Tribulation, at the last day called the the great and terrible day of the Lord at the Battle of Armageddon (Rev.19:11-16). NOT UNDER JUDGMENT.
Salvation comes to Jew's during the Tribulation (Rev.7:1-8).
They are NOT members of the church. If the true church were still on earth, they would become a part of His bride, the true church! But they are of a new Israel to be delivered by our Lord at Tribulations end (Joel 2:30-3:21; Rev.19:11-16). A nation formed in a day! (Isaiah 66:7-9).
Let us reason together and see why we will NOT enter into the"Great Tribulation".
THE CHURCH IS NOT APPOINTED TO WRATH!
Romans 5:8-9 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come."
1 Thessalonians 5:9-10" For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him."
Clearly, we don't have to do anything to make ourselves worthy outside of praying for salvation. For somebody to have to "do" something, outside of making the decision to accept the free gift of salvation, would be "works". Our salvation is based on grace through faith; not works.
Ephesians 2:8-9" For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Nor are we appointed to Judgment.
"Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation, which will shall upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." Rev.3:10
WE WHO ARE SAVED LOOK FOR HIS COMING DAILY! WE WAIT, IN FAITH, FOR HIM. PATIENTLY! 2 Th.3:5
AND WE WILL INHERIT HIS PROMISES TO US. Heb.6:12
AND NO MAN WILL TAKE OUR CROWN AS WE AWAIT HIM AND NOT THE "TRIBULATION" OF 7 YEARS AND THE APPEARANCE OF anti- Christ. Rev.3:11;
Not before the church is removed from the earth can "The Day of the Lord" begin, which starts with this supernatural event, and is followed by the "Great Tribulation" of 7 years. Nor can "the man of sin", to be possessed by Satan, be revealed as on a white horse coming to deliver mankind from it's irresolvable perplexities, until believer's are gone. Satan's time will come for his make believe rule on earth through this man of sin called Antichrist, no longer having a place above, after being thrown out of Heaven by the archangel Michael (Rev.12:7-17).
The departure (Gr. apostasia) of 2 Thessalonians 2:3 will precede the revelation of the Man of Sin (the Antichrist). The rendering of "apostasia" as "rebellion", "apostasy" or "falling away" in most English Bibles is unfortunate since these are secondary or derived meanings of the word. Its primary meaning is "departure" which, in this verse, refers to the rapture of the church. In consequence of the rapture, great apostasy will occur on earth while the Antichrist institutes his lawless and utterly sinful reforms. That time will be characterized by a worldwide moral and spiritual falling away.
Contrary to the error of some who teach that the Holy Spirit will not be here during the Great Tribulation, HE WILL, to save, seal, comfort and empower Jewish and Gentile believers in this most dreadful time in earths history and convict of sin for salvation purposes.***HE WILL NOT RESTRAIN EVIL ANYMORE!!!
It is an Evil time of God's wrath and long awaited judgments on mankind for sin, especially Israel not in faith.
AFTER THE GREAT TRIBULATION
ISRAEL IS THE FOCUS OF GOD TO RE-ESTABLISH HER AS A NEW BORN AGAIN NATION "IN HIS FAITH"
After The Regathering Of Israel IN MESSIAH
Amos 9:
11 "In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:"
15"And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God."
THE NEW COVENANT WITH ISRAEL
Jeremiah 31:
31 "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people."
AFTER GREAT TRIBULATION
***After the rapture of the church, after the seven-year long tribulation, after the war of Armageddon and the resurrection of the saints, Jesus will rule on the earth for one thousand years Revelation 20:4-6. The purpose of the Millennial Kingdom is to establish Christ as King in Jerusalem, sitting on the throne of David Luke 1:32-33 and to fulfill the promises God has made to Israel. They will bless the other nations, fulfilling the Abrahamic covenant Genesis 12:1-3. They will take control of the promised geographical borders, fulfilling the Palestinian covenant Deuteronomy 30:1-10. And they will experience forgiveness and a renewed relationship with God, fulfilling the Davidic covenant 2 Samuel 7:10-13.
***After the rapture of the church, after the seven-year long tribulation, after the war of Armageddon and the resurrection of the saints, Jesus will rule on the earth for one thousand years Revelation 20:4-6. The purpose of the Millennial Kingdom is to establish Christ as King in Jerusalem, sitting on the throne of David Luke 1:32-33 and to fulfill the promises God has made to Israel. They will bless the other nations, fulfilling the Abrahamic covenant Genesis 12:1-3. They will take control of the promised geographical borders, fulfilling the Palestinian covenant Deuteronomy 30:1-10. And they will experience forgiveness and a renewed relationship with God, fulfilling the Davidic covenant 2 Samuel 7:10-13.
SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF GRACE THROUGH CHRIST JESUS
First Corinthians 15:1-11
IN NEED? BY UNASHAMED OF JESUS
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And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19
Do you worry about your needs being met? When you have faith in God you can have peace and confidence knowing that your Heavenly Father will meet all your needs regardless of your circumstances. God knows your needs before you even ask for them (Matthew 6:8)
No matter what your financial situation is , we are rich in Christ. By the blood of Jesus, we have been given a priceless gift of grace and freedom. There is no greater gift God could have given us than his only begotten Son. You have inherited something money can’t buy, and that’s peace, joy, love, grace, and victory through Jesus Christ
Do you believe God can and will supply all your needs? Remember with faith the size of a mustard seed we can move mountains (Matthew 17:20) however without faith its impossible to see the miracles of God or to please him (Hebrews 11:6)
Learn to trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding (Proverbs 3:5) because its pleases our Heavenly Father to supply your needs , to give you the Kingdom of God (Luke 12:32) in Jesus Name Amen.
SPREADTHE GOSPEL OF SALVATION BY CHRIST JESUS!
First Corinthians 15:1-11
THE SECOND DEATH BY TOM BLADECKI
The second death is not life! The soul is not immortal. This is the oldest LIE from Satan!
We've established that the doctrine of the trinity has its roots in prehistoric paganism and that worshipping a man as God is idolatry. If the pope and the jesuits are idolaters who worship a man as God, perhaps they know their bible when it comes to what happens when you die. I mean, the vatican has made fortunes taking money from grieving families to spring dead souls from purgatory, so surely they must know their bible in this field.
Just about every religion on earth teaches that when you die you go to some kind of paradise, or some kind of hell, or somewhere in between, but is that what happens? The word is clear on this subject.
Psalm 6:5
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
It says that there is no remembrance of anyone who has died. This verse is talking about the remembrance, the memories, the thoughts and consciousness of those who have died. After someone has died they cannot remember God, and nor can they thank him for anything.
Psalm 146:4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
When you take your last breath, your life has gone and at that moment your thoughts are no more. You have no more consciousness, which means absolutely no thoughts or emotions. That is logical because you are dead, and dead, by definition, means dead, it does not mean alive.
Ecclesiastes 9:5,6,10
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 (their memory, their thoughts are gone).
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.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
This supports the truth of Psalm 146:4 - there is absolutely nothing awaiting anyone in the grave other than death, a state of nothingness.
Psalm 30:9
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Forget about going to be with God and enjoying a party in heaven when you die. The dead go into the grave, they do not party in heaven.
Psalm 115:17
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
People who believe they live immediately after they die, or go to be with Jesus, have been deceived. Those who teach that when you die you go to heaven, to hell, or to purgatory, either have no understanding of the scriptures or they are liars.
Isaiah 38:18
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
So what happens to all these dead people? Is there any point to life other than just living it while it lasts? Job gives us a clue.
Job 14:10-12
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Until the heavens be no more is a reference to a point in time which is still future, when the dead shall be raised from what the word often refers to euphemistically as 'sleep'. David also knew of a day coming in the future when he would be raised from death.
Psalm 16:9-11
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell [in the grave]; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Curiously, the word translated hell in the bible is from the Greek word hades, which simply refers to the state of death. Everyone who dies goes to hades, to hell. Hell is nothing more than the continuing state of death. Everyone who dies goes to hell, whether christian or not. David knew he was going to hell when he died. Hell is not a place where bad people go to be tormented in another life, it is where all people go when they die. Even Jesus Christ went to hell when he died.
The word is clear that the dead being raised from death is an event that happens in the future. In the meantime, everyone who has died is dead and will remain so until that point in the future when they will be raised.
1 Thessalonians 4:14
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
This is referring to a future event when Jesus Christ returns to gather the church of God. The word sleep is a euphemism referring to death, a figure of speech employed to soften the harsh reality of death. The word calls death an enemy, and also tells us that the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
1 Corinthians 15:26
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
So when do those who have died with holy spirit rise from the dead? Keep reading!
1 Thessalonians 4:15
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent [precede] them which are asleep.
We that are alive and remain when Jesus Christ comes back will not precede those who have died. In other words, the dead in Christ will be raised from the dead before those of us who are still alive are changed. That is precisely what the bible says in the next two verses.
1 Thessalonians 4:16,17
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Now ask yourself, if when you die you go to heaven, why would Jesus Christ have to come back to earth for you? If you are already alive, how could God raise you from the dead? If you were alive, there would be no need to raise you from the dead because you would already be alive. The teaching that when you die you don't really die has no scriptural basis. In this context, it is intriguing to recall the first lie ever recorded in the bible, way back in Genesis.
Genesis 3:1-4
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
There you go - the first lie in the bible is that when you die you don't really die. God said they would die, the devil told Eve she would not die. This is still the biggest lie in the world today. All religions teach that when you die you go to some place called heaven, or you go to some burning hell, or to some place in between called limbo or purgatory. It is all lies. When people die, they are dead, they do not go anywhere except into a grave. Anyone who teaches otherwise has no knowledge of scripture or they are liars.
This means, of course, that you cannot buy anyone out of purgatory and get them into heaven, because there is no such place as purgatory and everyone who has died is dead. The Roman Catholic church, therefore, is engaged in ruthless criminal activity and fraud when it offers to release souls from purgatory in exchange for sums of money.
In the context of swindling people out of their estates, consider these extracts from secret instructions issued to jesuits.
Chapter VI: Of proper methods for inducing rich widows to be liberal to our Society.
I. For the managing of this affair, let such members only be chosen as are advanced in age, of a lively complexion and agreeable conversation; let these frequently visit such widows, and the minute they begin to show any affection towards our order, then is the time to lay before them the good works and merits of the society. If they seem kindly to give ear to this, and begin to visit our churches, we must by all means take care to provide them confessors by whom they may be well admonished, especially to a constant perseverance in their state of widowhood, and this, by enumerating and praising the advantages and felicity of a single life: and let them pawn their faiths, and themselves too, as a security that a firm continuance in such a pious resolution will infallibly purchase an eternal merit, and prove a most effectual means of escaping the otherwise certain pains of purgatory.
IV. Care must be taken to remove such servants particularly as do not keep a good understanding with the Society; but let this be done by little and little; and when we have managed to work them out, let such be recommended as already are, or willingly would become our creatures; thus shall we dive into every secret, and have a finger in every affair transacted in the family.
Chapter VII: How such widows are to be secured, and in what manner their effects are to be disposed of.
I. They are perpetually to be pressed to a perseverance in their devotion and good works, in such manner, that no week pass in which they do not, of their own accord, lay somewhat apart out of their abundance for the honour of Christ, the blessed Virgin, or their patron saint; and let them dispose of it in relief of the poor, or in beautifying of churches, till they are entirely stripped of their superfluous stores and unnecessary riches.
XIII. Let the confessors take diligent care to prevent such widows as are their penitents, from visiting ecclesiastics of other orders, or entering into familiarity with them, under any pretence whatsoever; for which end, let them, at proper opportunities, cry up the Society as infinitely superior to all other orders; of the greatest service in the church of God, and of greater authority with the Pope, and all princes; and that it is the most perfect in itself, in that it discards all persons offensive or unqualified, from its community, and therefore is purified from that scum and dregs with which these monks are infected, who, generally speaking, are a set of men unlearned, stupid, and slothful, negligent of their duty, and slaves to their bellies.
XIV. Let the confessors propose to them, and endeavour to persuade them to pay small pensions and contributions towards the yearly support of colleges and professed houses, but especially of the professed house at Rome; not let them forget the ornaments of churches, tapers, wine, and things necessary in the celebration of the sacrifice of mass.
XV. If any widow does in her life-time make over her whole estate to the Society; whenever opportunity offers, but especially when she is seized with sickness, or in danger of life, let some take care to represent to her the poverty of the greatest number of our colleges, whereof many just erected have hardly as yet any foundation; engage her, by a winning behaviour and inducing arguments, to such a liberality as (you must persuade her) will lay a certain foundation for her eternal happiness.
XVI. The same art must be used with princes and other benefactors; for they must be wrought up to a belief, that these are the only acts which will perpetuate their memories in this world, and secure them eternal glory in the next.
This practice of mercilessly robbing widows was prevalent in Jesus Christ's time and he warned the people of his day about it, just as I'm doing today in the 21st Century.
Matthew 23:14
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Look, when you die, you are dead and you remain dead until some point in the future when Jesus Christ comes back either to gather the church or at the resurrections of the just and the unjust. Those who are born again in this administration are part of the church of God and will be gathered when Jesus Christ returns, those who are not will be part of the resurrections of the just and the unjust at a later date.
We've established that the doctrine of the trinity has its roots in prehistoric paganism and that worshipping a man as God is idolatry. If the pope and the jesuits are idolaters who worship a man as God, perhaps they know their bible when it comes to what happens when you die. I mean, the vatican has made fortunes taking money from grieving families to spring dead souls from purgatory, so surely they must know their bible in this field.
Just about every religion on earth teaches that when you die you go to some kind of paradise, or some kind of hell, or somewhere in between, but is that what happens? The word is clear on this subject.
Psalm 6:5
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
It says that there is no remembrance of anyone who has died. This verse is talking about the remembrance, the memories, the thoughts and consciousness of those who have died. After someone has died they cannot remember God, and nor can they thank him for anything.
Psalm 146:4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
When you take your last breath, your life has gone and at that moment your thoughts are no more. You have no more consciousness, which means absolutely no thoughts or emotions. That is logical because you are dead, and dead, by definition, means dead, it does not mean alive.
Ecclesiastes 9:5,6,10
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 (their memory, their thoughts are gone).
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.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
This supports the truth of Psalm 146:4 - there is absolutely nothing awaiting anyone in the grave other than death, a state of nothingness.
Psalm 30:9
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Forget about going to be with God and enjoying a party in heaven when you die. The dead go into the grave, they do not party in heaven.
Psalm 115:17
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
People who believe they live immediately after they die, or go to be with Jesus, have been deceived. Those who teach that when you die you go to heaven, to hell, or to purgatory, either have no understanding of the scriptures or they are liars.
Isaiah 38:18
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
So what happens to all these dead people? Is there any point to life other than just living it while it lasts? Job gives us a clue.
Job 14:10-12
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Until the heavens be no more is a reference to a point in time which is still future, when the dead shall be raised from what the word often refers to euphemistically as 'sleep'. David also knew of a day coming in the future when he would be raised from death.
Psalm 16:9-11
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell [in the grave]; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Curiously, the word translated hell in the bible is from the Greek word hades, which simply refers to the state of death. Everyone who dies goes to hades, to hell. Hell is nothing more than the continuing state of death. Everyone who dies goes to hell, whether christian or not. David knew he was going to hell when he died. Hell is not a place where bad people go to be tormented in another life, it is where all people go when they die. Even Jesus Christ went to hell when he died.
The word is clear that the dead being raised from death is an event that happens in the future. In the meantime, everyone who has died is dead and will remain so until that point in the future when they will be raised.
1 Thessalonians 4:14
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
This is referring to a future event when Jesus Christ returns to gather the church of God. The word sleep is a euphemism referring to death, a figure of speech employed to soften the harsh reality of death. The word calls death an enemy, and also tells us that the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
1 Corinthians 15:26
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
So when do those who have died with holy spirit rise from the dead? Keep reading!
1 Thessalonians 4:15
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent [precede] them which are asleep.
We that are alive and remain when Jesus Christ comes back will not precede those who have died. In other words, the dead in Christ will be raised from the dead before those of us who are still alive are changed. That is precisely what the bible says in the next two verses.
1 Thessalonians 4:16,17
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Now ask yourself, if when you die you go to heaven, why would Jesus Christ have to come back to earth for you? If you are already alive, how could God raise you from the dead? If you were alive, there would be no need to raise you from the dead because you would already be alive. The teaching that when you die you don't really die has no scriptural basis. In this context, it is intriguing to recall the first lie ever recorded in the bible, way back in Genesis.
Genesis 3:1-4
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
There you go - the first lie in the bible is that when you die you don't really die. God said they would die, the devil told Eve she would not die. This is still the biggest lie in the world today. All religions teach that when you die you go to some place called heaven, or you go to some burning hell, or to some place in between called limbo or purgatory. It is all lies. When people die, they are dead, they do not go anywhere except into a grave. Anyone who teaches otherwise has no knowledge of scripture or they are liars.
This means, of course, that you cannot buy anyone out of purgatory and get them into heaven, because there is no such place as purgatory and everyone who has died is dead. The Roman Catholic church, therefore, is engaged in ruthless criminal activity and fraud when it offers to release souls from purgatory in exchange for sums of money.
In the context of swindling people out of their estates, consider these extracts from secret instructions issued to jesuits.
Chapter VI: Of proper methods for inducing rich widows to be liberal to our Society.
I. For the managing of this affair, let such members only be chosen as are advanced in age, of a lively complexion and agreeable conversation; let these frequently visit such widows, and the minute they begin to show any affection towards our order, then is the time to lay before them the good works and merits of the society. If they seem kindly to give ear to this, and begin to visit our churches, we must by all means take care to provide them confessors by whom they may be well admonished, especially to a constant perseverance in their state of widowhood, and this, by enumerating and praising the advantages and felicity of a single life: and let them pawn their faiths, and themselves too, as a security that a firm continuance in such a pious resolution will infallibly purchase an eternal merit, and prove a most effectual means of escaping the otherwise certain pains of purgatory.
IV. Care must be taken to remove such servants particularly as do not keep a good understanding with the Society; but let this be done by little and little; and when we have managed to work them out, let such be recommended as already are, or willingly would become our creatures; thus shall we dive into every secret, and have a finger in every affair transacted in the family.
Chapter VII: How such widows are to be secured, and in what manner their effects are to be disposed of.
I. They are perpetually to be pressed to a perseverance in their devotion and good works, in such manner, that no week pass in which they do not, of their own accord, lay somewhat apart out of their abundance for the honour of Christ, the blessed Virgin, or their patron saint; and let them dispose of it in relief of the poor, or in beautifying of churches, till they are entirely stripped of their superfluous stores and unnecessary riches.
XIII. Let the confessors take diligent care to prevent such widows as are their penitents, from visiting ecclesiastics of other orders, or entering into familiarity with them, under any pretence whatsoever; for which end, let them, at proper opportunities, cry up the Society as infinitely superior to all other orders; of the greatest service in the church of God, and of greater authority with the Pope, and all princes; and that it is the most perfect in itself, in that it discards all persons offensive or unqualified, from its community, and therefore is purified from that scum and dregs with which these monks are infected, who, generally speaking, are a set of men unlearned, stupid, and slothful, negligent of their duty, and slaves to their bellies.
XIV. Let the confessors propose to them, and endeavour to persuade them to pay small pensions and contributions towards the yearly support of colleges and professed houses, but especially of the professed house at Rome; not let them forget the ornaments of churches, tapers, wine, and things necessary in the celebration of the sacrifice of mass.
XV. If any widow does in her life-time make over her whole estate to the Society; whenever opportunity offers, but especially when she is seized with sickness, or in danger of life, let some take care to represent to her the poverty of the greatest number of our colleges, whereof many just erected have hardly as yet any foundation; engage her, by a winning behaviour and inducing arguments, to such a liberality as (you must persuade her) will lay a certain foundation for her eternal happiness.
XVI. The same art must be used with princes and other benefactors; for they must be wrought up to a belief, that these are the only acts which will perpetuate their memories in this world, and secure them eternal glory in the next.
This practice of mercilessly robbing widows was prevalent in Jesus Christ's time and he warned the people of his day about it, just as I'm doing today in the 21st Century.
Matthew 23:14
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Look, when you die, you are dead and you remain dead until some point in the future when Jesus Christ comes back either to gather the church or at the resurrections of the just and the unjust. Those who are born again in this administration are part of the church of God and will be gathered when Jesus Christ returns, those who are not will be part of the resurrections of the just and the unjust at a later date.
SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST JESUS
First Corinthians 15:1-11
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