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FALSE DOCTRINES, MYTHS AND LIES EXPOSED For accuracy, the Bible translations recommended are the Authorized King James Version or the New King James Version.
False Gods - myth that you can worship God (as explained in the Bible) and idols at the same time. Myth that Christ doesn't mind if you share your worship of Him with idols, false gods and images. With many Churches today we have promoted the " inclusive " Jesus. This " inclusive " Jesus loves everyone, so, so very much - just the way they are. This sort of Jesus doesn't expect anything much from us, why we don't even have to believe in Him too much. This " inclusive " Jesus died for everybody, and wants everyone to go to heaven - even pets. There seems to be about as many versions of Jesus as there are various conflicting denominations of professing Christianity. There are also the versions of Jesus promoted by all various other religions like Islam for example. I am here to tell you the truth. I am here to tell you about the real Jesus. How long will people keep misrepresenting Jesus ? How long will too many keep twisting His words, and claiming they know Him - when they never have ? The Jesus so very, very many of these various churches and denominations preach about and teach about is a false Christ - a Jesus they have invented and can change and control - a false God. The real Jesus is not someone we can control. I know the real Jesus. If I were to say I didn't then I would be lying. The real Jesus is the Word, the Creator - the God of the Old Testament. John 1:1-3 " In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. " John 1:14 " And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. " The real Jesus was alive forever, and dealt with and conversed with people like Moses and Abraham. John 8:53-58 " Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I Am. " The real Jesus will not put up with us worshipping idols and Him at the same time. The real Jesus was the one who thundered the Ten Commandments to the children of Israel from Mt. Sanai. 1 Corinthians 19:1-4 " Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. " The real Jesus was the Word, the Creator, who willingly humbled Himself and came to this earth as the human being Jesus Christ, so He could carry out God's will and die for our sins. Philippians 2:5-11 " Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. " The real Jesus came from heaven, and returned to the heavens again. The real Jesus was not of this world. John 8:23 " And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. " The real Jesus is not some weak, suffering, long haired effeminate man - which the images and idols claim. The real Jesus commands us not to worship idols, or bow down before images. Exodus 20:1-6 " And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 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. "
The real Jesus is alive for ever more, and John was given a vision of how He looks right now. Revelation 1:10-18 " I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last:.................. And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and His hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and His eyes were as a flame of fire; And His feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and His voice as the sound of many waters. And He had in His right hand seven stars: and out of His mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and His countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And he laid His right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. " This is how the real Jesus looks today. The real Jesus expects, and demands we put Him first in our lives, because He is God too, just like God the Father is God. Jesus is part of the Godhead. Matthew 10:37-39 " He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. " The real Jesus will not share our affections with idols. 2 Corinthians 6:14-17 " Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, " 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 " Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. " Revelation 9:20-21 " And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. " The real Jesus will not share our affections with foolish, lifeless images and idols. 1 Corinthians 10:20-21 " But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. " Simply put ladies and gentlemen - Jesus Christ demands we put away our idols and images. He expects and commands we put Him first in our lives, because He is part of the Godhead along with God the Father. If you want to be a follower of the true God then you must put away your false gods and idolatry. God is a jealous God, who simply will not share our affections with idols. He will not change to please us. We must change to please Him.
Myth that God Doesn't Really Exist, and is Just an Invention of Mankind, and the Bible is Just a Collection of Fables. This article is being specifically directed towards those who already believe and know God exists, and to those whose faith is weak. The hope is to strengthen those who feel there may be a God, but who have been made to doubt by all the evolutionary propaganda, and the unbelievers in mainstream professing Christianity. I myself am totally, 100% convinced that God the Father and Jesus Christ exist, and the Bible is the inspired word of God. There isn't a single doubt in my mind. I know God and Christ exist, because I've proven it to myself thoroughly. And this is really important - you must prove it to yourself. Nobody can walk that road for you. This article is not specifically directed towards atheists, rebels and other unbelievers. Why ? Because it seems pointless. If these people were to acknowledge there is a God then they would have to come to terms with whether they will obey this God or not. So the convenient out for them is to ridicule the Bible, and scoff at God. They seem unwilling to face reality. So that is fine. Let them remain smug in their delusions. There are so many proofs that God exists and the Bible is His inspired word, that it is hard to know where to begin. So we shall deal with some of the more major proofs, because it would take up all the space on my web pages to give all the myriad of proofs. Proofs That The God of the Bible Exists 1. One of the most basic proofs is that life can only come from life. God has life within Himself and He passes on that life to His creation. Evolutionary theory says that life evolved from non life. This is unscientific. Please click here for more details. 2. Another major proof is that a creation demands a Creator. Evolution theory teaches that matter was not created, but that it was just there, like magic. Evolution theory speculates that there was this huge ball, that suddenly blew up thus creating the universe. But oops - they can't explain where the big ball came from !!! They have no explanation where matter came from, except to suggest there are some sort of particles, or non particles or some things, which can just magically cause matter to pop into existence, randomly from absolutely nothing !!! Believe it or not folks - the so called great scientific minds (who believe in evolution) believe in magic ! Please click here for more information about this. You and I are creations of God. 200 years ago we did not exist. If you have children you are very aware of this creative process. Perhaps ten or more years ago you were alone, but now there are these children with you. They did not exist before. So what are they ? They are the work of the Creator. Am always shocked out of my socks, when encountering a mature human being, who claims that life was not created, but evolved from non life. Yet there they stand - one of the most complicated and most sophisticated of God's creations. A mature, thinking, working, breathing human being is one of the most amazing creations. Our bodies are astonishingly complex, and amazingly engineered. The human hand is an incredible feat of engineering. The human mind is so complex that science has hardly begun to even figure it out. If you were to go to an air show you will see some of the most complex and sophisticated machines made by man. Yet if you were to suggest one of these modern jet aircraft just sort of put themselves together randomly - people would consider you nuts. Yet a human being is far, far, far more complex than a jet plane. So have the true believer atheists and evolutionists lost their marbles ? 3. Another proof of God's existence is that laws require a Law Giver. When we observe the natural world we see order, and natural law. For example when water freezes it expands. It can evaporate into a gas. It can be a liquid we drink. It is amazing stuff. Scientists can count on water reacting a certain way, because of natural laws that exist. Evolutionary theory can't explain how the world and universe became so orderly all on its own and randomly. Randomness, and chaos does not an orderly universe make. God not only created matter, the universe and life, but He also sustains it and keeps it going. He created the natural laws of the universe, sustains them and thus creates order. 4. Another proof relates to the previous two proofs - a design requires a Designer. If you observe nature (which is God's creation) one cannot help but be astonished and impressed by the amazing design and complexity. When we observe God's handicraft closely it becomes more and more complex. Looking under a microscope reveals amazing design and complexity. And it goes even further than the microscope to include atoms, which we cannot see. God uses pattern and design to great effect. God is the genius designer and architect. He is a creative genius unequaled. God uses symmetry extensively. We have a left and right side that are very similar, as do most animals. 5. One enormous proof of God's existence is fulfilled prophecy in the Bible. The God of the Bible claims to know much of the future, and has the audacity, and boldness to make numerous prophecies in His book the Bible. Who else can predict with amazing accuracy future events ? I am issuing a challenge to all skeptics, agnostics and atheists. Show me a single prophecy in the Bible that has yet to fail. Naturally there are many prophecies that are still for the future, so obviously they can't be kept yet. Also there are caveats attached to some prophecies, like for example the promise that God would make ancient Israel into the greatest nation on earth and bless them. God predicted He would do this, if Israel would obey the covenant He made with them. They never kept their part of the agreement, so God didn't have to deliver on the promise, because of their disobedience. And please don't take scriptures out of context, and then claim these are unfulfilled prophecies. I expect honesty, not foolish word games and semantics. And there are many prophecies that are so complex and interwoven that we won't even understand them until they actually are fulfilled. A lot of prophecy is also flexible in nature. Then there are dual prophecies. So let's not deal in vain speculations. There are plenty of prophecies that are fairly clear and straightforward. I challenge anyone to show me a single one that has failed so far. A ) The central figure in Bible prophecy is Jesus Christ. Now there are skeptics and agnostics who don't even accept that Jesus Christ actually existed. They would have you believe that Christ is a mythical character. However, these same skeptics probably have no problems accepting the existence of Mohammed (the founder of Islam), or the Buddha Gotama (the founder of Buddhism), or Vardhamana Mahavira (the founder of modern day Jainism), or Guru Nanak (the founder of Sikhism). If Christ is a mythical character then why not Mohammed and Siddhattha Gotama, Mahavira and Nanak ? What about great teachers like Confucius, and Chuang Tzu ? Are they mythical characters ? Let's get real people. It is ridiculous and idiotic to say that the human being Jesus Christ never literally existed. We read in the Bible that without exception the eleven disciples of Christ had to be convinced that Christ had risen from the dead. When Jesus was arrested to be crucified all His disciples fled and forsook him (Mark 14:50). Peter even denied publicly three times that he even knew Christ !! Mark 16: 9-11 " ......... He (Christ) appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven devils. And she went and told them that had been with Him, as they mourned and wept. And they, when they had heard that He was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. " Mark 16:14 " Afterward He appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen Him after He was risen. " You may be familiar with the account of doubting Thomas, who would not believe Christ was risen " except I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into His side, I will not believe. " Christ appeared unto doubting Thomas and showed the signs of His suffering and crucifixion, in His hands and side. John 20:28-29 " And Thomas answered and said unto Him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. " These people were in Christ's own words " fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken; Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into glory ? " These very same men who refused to believe Christ was risen, until convinced, ended up dedicating their lives to Christ. History and tradition tells us that all of the eleven, except John, ended up being martyred for their beliefs. They died horrible deaths. Why ? Because they were 100% convinced of their cause, and they knew Christ was alive. If Christ never existed, and the Bible is just mythology then why would Christ's disciples devote their lives to preaching about His death and resurrection, and even end up laying down their lives ? Or maybe the ignorant unbelievers will try to spin the web of lies that the apostles of Christ never existed neither. Don't put it past them. Here is a list of the fate of eleven of Christ's disciples. There are some different versions of how these men died, but it is well established that almost all were martyred. The apostle Paul was also put to death.
John The Baptist was beheaded by Herod. (Matthew 14:1-12) Stephen - generally regarded as the first Christian martyr. Paul - beheaded, or torn to pieces by wild animals in the arena, during the time of Nero. It has been estimated that about 2,000 Christians, along with Nicanor, one of the seven deacons (Acts 6:5), also suffered martyrdom during the great persecution that arose after Stephen (Acts 8:1). Some agnostics and skeptics will try to undermine your faith by claiming there isn't sufficient evidence from independent historians as to the literal existence of Jesus Christ. All we have they will claim as evidence is the New Testament, and this they try to say is pure myth concocted by His followers to perpetuate the myth that Christ was the Messiah. It is important to remember that Christ lived a very humble life. He came as a human being, to live a sinless life and die for our sins. He was not one of the establishment leaders. He did not have a vast number of followers. He was a carpenter, before He started His ministry. He was just a rather ordinary Jew, who wasn't even attractive physically (Isaiah 53:2). Few people actually believed in Him. After all the great miracles He did, and after His 3 1/2 year ministry, He only had a grand total of 120 disciples, who were gathered together on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 1: 15 , Acts 2:1). During His ministry Christ said so many amazing things, like " except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you, " that this bewildered many and they left Him. John 6:66 " From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away ? Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go ? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. " Even Christ's human family didn't believe in Him !! (John 7:1-10). His friends and kinsmen thought He may be having mental health problems and were actually thinking about putting Him away !! (Mark 4:21). The religious establishment falsely accused Christ of being insane and demon possessed (Mark 4: 22) (John 10:19-21). When Christ claimed to have been alive during the time of Abraham, and to have conversed with Abraham, the Scribes and Pharisees were so incensed that they took up stones to kill Christ (John 9:59). When Christ went to His home town Nazareth He read the scriptures in the synagogue on the Sabbath and the locals were so full of wrath at His words that they grabbed him and led Him to the cliff on the edge of town to throw Jesus over it (Luke 4:16-30). A very popular man in His home town ! Christ was so persecuted and hounded by the religious establishment in Judea that He had to lay low and avoid Judea for a time, because they were out to arrest Him. The Pharisees sent the police to arrest Jesus, but they could not get Christ, because it wasn't yet time for Him to die for our sins. When Christ publicly said God was His father, and " I and my Father are one " the Jews took up stones to kill Jesus. However, He escaped from them. The four gospels are full of accounts of Christ's escape from the grasp of His enemies, who wanted to get rid of Jesus. The account of Christ giving sight to the blind man in John 9th Chapter is illustrative of the terrible persecutions Jesus suffered, and the dangers of being one of His disciples. This man was born blind, but Jesus spat on the ground and made some clay then anointed the man's eyes with the clay and told him to go wash in the pool of Siloam. The man did this and received his sight ! An amazing miracle !! Someone reported this to the Pharisees, because this was on the Sabbath day that Christ had made the clay. The former blind man said he believed Jesus was a prophet. The Pharisees didn't believe the man was born blind, so called in his parents to confirm this. The parents answered cautiously, because the religious leaders had already threatened that if anyone publicly confessed that Christ was the Messiah that person would be kicked out of the synagogue and disfellowshipped. This was very serious business being put out of the synagogue. So people were intimidated into silence. They said he was their son and was born blind, but they didn't know how or who did it. " He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself, " they said. The Pharisees couldn't figure out how Christ had healed the man. They began insisting the healed man give praise to God rather than Jesus, who they claimed was a sinner. They kept badgering the poor man. The man got angry and fed up. John 10: 30-33 " The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvelous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened my eyes. Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. If this man were not of God , he could do nothing. " So they kicked the man out of the church, out of the synagogue. The point I'm trying to hammer across is that the political and religious establishment were the enemies of Jesus, and were out to do away with him, because of envy and jealousy. People were threatened with being kicked out of the synagogue, if they confessed their belief in Christ publicly. The religious leaders conspired to kill Christ. After Christ's resurrection they tried to cover this up by claiming the disciples came at night to steal Christ's body. They bribed the soldiers to say they were asleep and Christ's disciples snuck in and stole the body. When Peter and the other apostles began preaching to the public, after Christ's death, resurrection, ascension into heaven, and the giving of the Holy Spirit they were almost immediately hounded and threatened by the religious establishment. Peter and John were arrested and threatened. The leaders commanded them not to preach anymore about Jesus (Acts 14:17-18). Later on the High Priest (full of envy, jealousy and indignation at how God was working through the Apostles and not through him and the Sadducees) had Peter and the Apostles arrested (Acts 5:16-19). The religious leaders were going to have all of the Apostles killed (Acts 5:33 ). Gamaliel intervened and the council let them go, but not before having them beaten and again ordered them not to preach anymore in the name of Jesus (Acts 5:40). So folks is there little wonder why we hear so very, very little from ancient Jewish, and Roman historians regarding Jesus Christ ? This was a man suppressed and put to death by the religious and political establishment of the day. The Church Christ founded was hounded and persecuted - many of them were put to death. So the political situation made it very difficult for any historian of the time in that area to give a straight forward honest account of Christ. The authorities were out to suppress knowledge of Christ. They did not want this to come out. The governments of the day were brutal dictatorships that had no qualms about arresting people and crucifying them. Crucifixion was not a pleasant way to die. So the people and historians were intimidated into silence. The people in these lands did not have the same freedoms you and I often take for granted here in Canada. They also did not have easy access to the written word, because this was long before the printing press. However there are some references to Christ by the ancient Jewish Historian Josephus, but the unbelievers have tried to rewrite history and discredit Josephus's account. Let me quote some of his references to Christ. Antiquities, Book 18, Ch. 3 : " 3. Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ. And when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him; for he appeared to them alive again the third day; as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him. And the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day. " Antiquities 20.9.1 But the younger Ananus who, as we said, received the high priesthood, was of a bold disposition and exceptionally daring; he followed the party of the Sadducees, who are severe in judgment above all the Jews, as we have already shown. As therefore Ananus was of such a disposition, he thought he had now a good opportunity, as Festus was now dead, and Albinus was still on the road; so he assembled a council of judges, and brought before it the brother of Jesus the so-called Christ, whose name was James, together with some others, and having accused them as law-breakers, he delivered them over to be stoned." So the authorities were out to deliberately suppress the knowledge of Jesus. Is that so surprising ? Governments in our day and age all around the world that are dictatorships, try to suppress the truth. However, today we have the printing press, and computers, so it is more difficult for governments to control information, and suppress the truth. Yet they still do it. How much easier this was 2,000 years ago. A CHALLENGE TO ALL ATHEISTS, AGNOSTICS & SKEPTICS You can destroy the credibility of the Bible by doing the following things. Prevent various prophecies for our end times from being fulfilled. If you can do this then you have destroyed the veracity of the Bible and exposed it as a fraud. * There is a caveat attached. If, all true Christians have fallen away then God is under no obligation to fulfill many end time prophecies. Christ would just allow mankind to destroy all human life through their nuclear weapons, and would not intervene in human affairs to cut short the days.The Great Tribulation Matthew 24:21-23 " For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened , there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened ."So here is my challenge to all unbelievers, who sneer at God and the Bible. 1. Prevent the Temple from being rebuilt in Jerusalem. The God of the Bible says in prophecy that it will be rebuilt (Ezekiel chapters 40 to 48). This is absolutely essential. Why? Because this is where the beast - the man who will claim to be God, will set up his image (Matthew 24:15-22) (Daniel 12:11) (Daniel 11:36) (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4) (Revelation 13:14-15). 2. Bring lasting peace to this world. Now this is a laudable goal. Here is a marvelous opportunity for you skeptics to kill two birds with one stone. Bringing lasting peace to a war torn world would save millions of lives. And in the process you will have exposed the Bible to be a fraud. Jesus Christ (the one you say is a mythical figure) says in the scriptures that one of the signs of His return in the last days will be wars and rumours of wars. Matthew 24:6-7 " And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: " The Bible teaches that a rebellious mankind does not know the way of peace. Roman 3: 15-17 " Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known. " Skeptics and unbelievers can completely discredit the Bible by simply bringing lasting peace. 3. Eliminate Famines Man alive here are golden opportunities for you atheists to do good and destroy the credibility of the Bible - all at once. Christ said that one of the signs in the end times of His return will be famines. Revelation 6:5-6 " And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny ($ 20.00 or three pounds); and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. " All you need do is eliminate famines from periodically afflicting mankind. Eliminate hunger. 4. Eradicate Pestilences There are opportunities galore for unbelievers to disprove the Bible. So get working on things and defeat the disease plagues that regularly strike mankind. We are currently seeing an aids pestilence especially in black Africa. Matthew 24:7-8 " For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. " Revelation 6:8 " And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth." 5. Prevent mankind from creating a world government. This will be a last days revival of the Holy Roman Empire in Europe, and this ten nation grouping will dominate and control a world government for 3 1/2 years just prior to Christ's return Revelation 17:7-8 " And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. " Revelation 13:5 " And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. " Revelation 13:7 " ..and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. " The Bible says that there will be a world ruling government set up just before the return of Christ - ruled over by the Beast (and the writer feels very strongly this will be a resurrection of the Holy Roman Empire in Central Europe). So all the atheists, skeptics, agnostics and other unbelievers have to do is prevent this world government from being formed. If they can do this then they will have discredited the Bible. However, those of us who understand current events, and Bible prophecy can see very clearly the seeds being sown right now for this hellish world government. 6. Prevent Mystery Babylon the Great from working to revive the Holy Roman Empire in Central Europe (Revelation 17:1-5). The opportunities never cease for skeptics to disprove the Bible, by preventing prophecies for our end times from being kept. 7. Prevent the Two Witnesses from preaching the gospel to the whole world just prior the Christ's return (Revelation 11: 1-12). Revelation 11: 3-4 " And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days (3 ½ years), clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. " Matthew 24: 14 " And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. " Zechariah 4: 11-14 " Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof ? And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves ? And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth. " The Bible boldly prophesies of Two Witnesses being anointed to preach the gospel to the whole world just prior to Christ's return. Here is another glorious opportunity for atheists and unbelievers to destroy the credibility of the Bible. Just prevent these Two Witnesses from preaching the gospel to the whole world. The time frame is somewhere during the world government controlled by the Beast. This is just before Christ returns. 8. Prevent Israel in Palestine from being conquered just prior to Christ's return, and scattered around the world. (Daniel 11: 40-41 , 45) (Ezekiel chapters 5-7) (Eze.39:23-29). Daniel 11 40-41 " And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown ... " Ezekiel 39: 23 " And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. " 9. Greatly reduce the level of corruption around the world. The God that the atheists and unbelievers claim doesn't exist knows much of the future. This God in His book the Bible says that most of mankind in the last days will be corrupt. Will opportunities never cease for the unbelievers to tear to shreds the veracity of the Bible ??? All they need do is to vastly decrease the level of corruption around the planet. Bible prophecy says that in general terms mankind isn't interested in following God and His ways. This does not mean there can't or won't be some societies on earth in these last days that won't make some progress in fighting corruption. However, generally speaking the Bible says boldly that things will just get worse and worse up until Christ returns (Romans 1: 17-32). 2 Timothy 3: 1-5 " This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. " 2 Timothy 3:13 " But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. " Matthew 24:37 " But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. " Genesis 6: 5-6 " And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. " Genesis 6: 11-13 " The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. " 10. Stop the advance of technology, so the Beast (which I feel strongly is a revived Holy Roman Empire), won't be able to enforce the Mark of The Beast upon almost all the world. Revelation 13: 16-17 " 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: 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. " The God of the Bible (the God you atheists claim doesn't exist) says in Bible prophecy that in these last days just before Jesus Christ's return, there will be a world government formed by mankind (called the Beast in prophecy) that will force people to take a number, or mark. You won't be able to buy or sell without the Mark of the Beast. God knows the future and very obviously could foresee the day when the computer would be invented. This has just come upon the scene in the last few decades. It is very recent technology. God also foresaw that a world government run by man would exploit this technology to control people. These prophecies can only be understood today. We can see them beginning to be fulfilled right before our eyes. Who would have even dreamt 50 years ago of the possibility of computers and debut cards ? Computers will make it possible for a world government to force people all around the world to get a number and hook into a world wide system of computers. Perhaps the rationale will be that a cashless society will be more secure, or something. Anyways it is clearly prophesied that this technology will be abused and used to control people. So all that the agnostics and unbelievers have to do to completely discredit the Bible is to halt the advance of technology, and thus prevent a world government run by man from using this technology to control people. Stop the advance of computer technology. Folks, you and I know that you can't un-invent technology. The genie is out of the bottle. The world is on a mad march towards one world system. It is unstoppable. 11. Another way for skeptics and cynics to completely destroy the veracity of the Bible, is for them to work it so that the Throne of David, upon which Queen Elizabeth II sits in Britain, would be eliminated. There are those even in jolly England, who do not support the monarchy. So all you unbelievers and Bible thrashers need do is to drum up popular sentiment against the British Monarchy, and cause the institution to be phased out. You will have then destroyed the credibility of the Bible. How ? Because Bible prophecy says plainly that David's Throne was to be established forever. 2 Samuel 7:16 " And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. " 2 Samuel 7:25 - 29 "And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. " Queen Elizabeth sits on the Throne of David. The Queen recently celebrated her golden jubilee (50 years as Monarch), and she and the monarchy are more popular with the British than ever. They love her. God has no intentions of having that throne die out. He will keep it strong. This is the throne Christ will take over and occupy when He returns. There are very powerful historical proofs that the throne of David was transferred from Judah to another branch of the Royal family that had migrated to the land presently called Ireland, centuries earlier. No God did not allow David's throne to die out. It is a very great, prestigious and powerful throne today. 12. Eliminate the possibility of nuclear war If the unbelievers can do this then they can destroy the entire credibility of the Bible !! Why ? Because Christ spoke of a Great Tribulation that will come to pass just prior to his return, and since the book of Revelation says there will a war where 1/3 of mankind will be killed. Christ must intervene to prevent mankind from committing mass suicide through their nuclear weapons. Matthew 24:21-22 " For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. " Revelation 9:17-19 " And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. " This is a noble goal for all Christ haters, agnostics, skeptics and others who mock and ridicule the Bible, and who don't believe in God and Christ. Eliminate the possibility of nuclear war. Eliminate the technology that allows for the production of nuclear weapons. Stop the worldwide proliferation of nuclear weapons. Eliminate the possibility of a deranged mankind being able to destroy all human life through these terrible nuclear weapons. The Bible says you can't do this. In general a rebellious mankind does not know the way of peace, and they are not interested in following God. Roman 3: 15-17 " Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known. " 13. There are all kinds of ways you unbelievers can tear to shreds the credibility and veracity of the Bible. One way is for you to work together and create a new age where mankind will start loving each other, and where murder and other crimes will be vastly reduced. If you can do this on your own then you will have disproved the Bible, because the God who the unbelievers claim doesn't exist knows much of the future, and has revealed a great deal of the future to us in His book the Bible. Bible prophecy tells us that (for the most part) mankind here in these last days, before the return of Christ will have corrupted their ways and be full of every kind of wickedness. Not all of mankind will be like this , but this will be the general situation in the world. 2 Timothy 3:1-7 " This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. " 2 Timothy 3:13 " But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. " 14. It is unreal how many opportunities you atheists, skeptics and Bible haters have to disprove and discredit the Bible. Another golden opportunity is for you to prevent the Philadelphia era of God's true church from being taken to a place of safety in the wilderness, where they will be protected for 3 ½ years from the world government. The Bible boldly predicts that the Philadelphia Era of God's true church will be protected in the wilderness for 1,260 days, or 3 ½ years from Satan the devil and the world government. Revelation 3:10 " Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. " Revelation 12:13-16 " And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. " 15. Another way for unbelievers to destroy the credibility of the Bible is to prevent Mystery Babylon the Great the Mother of Prostitutes from being destroyed. The God you claim is a figment of the imagination boldly predicts in His book the Bible that Mystery Babylon will be burnt by fire sometimes just after, or during the time of the world government. Revelation 17:16 " And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. " 16. There are seemingly endless opportunities for Bible thrashers to rip to pieces the legitimacy of the Bible. Another way to do it has to do with modern day Egypt, prior to the return of Christ. Ancient Egypt was one of the greatest nations on earth of the time. It was a centre of civilization, very wealthy and even ruled an Empire. Egypt dominated that part of the world for ages. However, the God of the Bible is the one who makes nations great, and He is the one who diminishes nations. God is the one who builds up and tears down nations. And His decree concerning Egypt cannot be defied. Modern Egyptian rulers have struggled with Egyptian poverty. They have not been able to pull Egypt out of its poverty. Why ? Because God had made ancient Egypt great for thousands of years. But then God decided to reverse this and make Egypt into one of the basest of nations. And God will still deal with Egypt more in the last days. However, until the return of Christ, God in His book says that Egypt will remain poor, and weak. Ezekiel 29:14-15 " And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. " 17. Stop the man from coming just before the return of Christ, who will claim to be God, and who will sit in the temple. God in His word the Bible predicts there will be this world government in the last days controlled by the Beast. The human ruler, or Emperor of the ten nation empire in central Europe will claim to be God, and sit in the rebuilt temple claiming to be God ! All of you Bible haters can join together and unite politically, and then work to prevent this from happening. If you can do this then you will have destroyed the whole credibility of the Bible and the one in the Bible who says He is God. So go ahead and try it. 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 " Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. " Daniel 11: 36-37 " And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. " 18. Prevent the Abomination of Desolation from being set up in the Temple by this world government, and prevent these people from trying to force the whole world to worship this statue, or image of the Beast. If you atheists and other Bible bashers can do this then you will have shown the Bible to be a farce. So go ahead and stop this from happening. The God of the Bible, who you refuse to even acknowledge says you cannot do it. Revelation 13:14-15 " And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. " Matthew 24:15 " 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:) " Matthew 24:21 " For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. " Daniel 12:11 " And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. " 19. Shut the door that Christ has opened for the Philadelphia era of God's true Church - to do some sort of work for God. Revelation 3: 7-8 " And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. " 20. Shake the Laodicean era of God's church out of its lukewarm attitude, and spiritual apathy. Shake them up so they are no longer spiritually blind, spiritually naked, spiritually miserable and spiritually poor. Revelation 14: 14-17 " 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; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: " Fat chance you can do this. There is simple too much spiritual conceit and apathy around for you to do this. 21. Another challenge to true unbelievers. Create a world on your own(through mankind's own efforts) where there will be plenty for all - where no one need go hungry. If you can do this you will have disproved the Bible. Now you atheists, agnostics, skeptics, true unbelievers, Bible thrashers, God haters, and mockers have very powerful allies. The United Nations wants to eliminate poverty. So throw your full support behind them and eliminate poverty, and hunger. Go to it. Go for it. Get working on it. This is a wonderful goal. Matthew 24: 3-8 " And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the age? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. " Revelation 6:5-6 " And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny(a loaf of bread for $20.00, or three pounds of barley flour), and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. " Of course I realize it can't be done by mankind, because mankind in general is simply too sinful and corrupt to do this. However, when Jesus Christ returns, He will do away with famines and hunger. God exists. Christ lives. Jesus will return in these corrupt last days to set up His world ruling Kingdom. There won't be any atheists around when Christ comes to shake this world out of its complacency and its refusal in general to even acknowledge Him and His literal existence. Revelation 6:14-17 " And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand. " by Ray Wegner
God the Father - false doctrine that God the Father was the God of the Old Testament.The Bible teaches that Christ never sinned. The Bible teaches that it is a sin to lie. If God the Father was the God of the Old Testament, who revealed Himself to Israel, and who spoke face to face to Moses - then Jesus Christ is a liar. Christ is no liar. John 5:37 " And the Father Himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. " These are the very words of Jesus Christ.
1 John 4:12 " No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. " John 1:18 " No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared Him. "
The scriptures are very plain here. However, some might mention some scriptures that appear to contradict this. Let us list and refute some of these now. Mathew 3:16-17 " And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. " Whose voice was this ? Many assume this was the voice of God the Father, since the voice said " this is my beloved son." Now remember that Christ taught plainly that no man (except Christ of course - who was part human, and God in the flesh) has ever seen God the Father's shape or heard His voice. The explanation should be very simple. God the Father sent one of His Angels to deliver a message from Him. The message was from God the Father, but it wasn't delivered directly by God the Father, but by one of His servants - and this almost certainly was one of the Angels - perhaps Gabriel, or Michael.
John 12:28-30 " Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. " Once again this is a message being delivered by an Angelic being. Just because the voice used the personal pronoun " I " doesn't automatically mean it was God the Father's voice they heard. The Word Was the God of the Old Testament The God who humbled Himself and came to this earth in the form of the human being Jesus Christ, was the one who revealed Himself to Israel, and who spoke face to face with prophets like Moses and His servant Abraham. John 1: 1-5 " In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made. In Him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. " John 1: 9-14 " That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 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. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth. "
The Word was with God, and the Word was God. This may sound perplexing, but it isn't. The Godhead consists of two Gods. When the Word was born as the human being Jesus Christ - then the other member of the Godhead became God the Father. Before that He wasn't God the Father - the family relationship began when the Word came to earth as God in the flesh. The Gods are creating a family, and they are doing it through Jesus Christ. We can be born into that family as children of God. Hebrews 1:8-12 " But unto the Son He saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. "
It was the Word (the one who was born as the human being Jesus Christ) who appeared to the prophets, and who thundered the Ten Commandments to the children of Israel, from Mt. Sinai. 1 Corinthians 10:1-4 " Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. " Exodus 20:18-23 " And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. " Jesus Christ claimed to have been alive during the time of Abraham, and actually claimed to have conversed with Abraham. Abraham lived about 2,000 years before the time of Christ. John 8: 53 -59 " Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: Yet ye have not known Him; but I know Him: and if I should say, I know Him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know Him, and keep His saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. " Exodus 33:11 " And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. "
It should be quite clear from the scriptures. God the Word was the God of the Old Covenant. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us as the human being Jesus Christ. Many people don't like to hear this. They have this image of Jesus, which is a false image, and a false Christ. The effeminate, long haired hippie looking white man, is the false image they convey of Jesus. The false image of a homeless vagabond, who did away with His Father's mean old laws. It is time we started having a more realistic image of Christ. Revelation 1:10- 11 " I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: .......... Revelation 1: 12-18 " And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; " And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. " His head and His hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and His eyes were as a flame of fire; "And His feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and His voice as the sound of many waters. " And He had in his right hand seven stars: and out of His mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and His countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. " And when I saw Him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid His right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: " I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. "
The Gospel - the falsehood that the Gospel has been preached to the whole world as a witness already. However, in reality the Two Witnesses will preach the gospel to the whole world, just prior to Christ's return.It is important when studying the Bible to not take one particular scripture out of context. Look at the whole picture. There are all kinds of groups, who claim to have already preached the gospel to the whole world, so in their opinion the end could come at almost any time. It is presumptuous in the extreme to think that God must return - when our little group thinks it is the right time. What needs to be done instead is for us to study the various prophecies carefully, and then see how that fits in with current events in the real world. Then we can have a more accurate, educated guess as to how near or far we are from the return of Jesus Christ. Now one of the clear signs Christ gave of His return was that the gospel would be preached to the whole world, as a witness, and then the end was to come. Matthew 24:14 " And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. " Once again it is important not to take one specific scripture out of the Biblical context, or thread of prophecy. There are other related prophecies that happen around the same time as the " preaching of the gospel to all the world. " Matthew 24:15-20 " 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:). Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day: " From these related prophecies we can see clearly that the " abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet " will stand in the holy place. So we can expect to see the gospel being preached to the whole world during the same time when this abomination of desolation is set up in the holy place. Now it is interesting how imaginative many people are as to what this abomination of desolation is, and what the holy place means. However, it is really pointless to engage in all kinds of vain speculations. Instead let us just let the Bible explain itself. Where do we find the scriptures in Daniel that refer to the abomination of desolation ? Daniel 12:11 " And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. " Now here we have a reference to the daily sacrifice. Daily sacrifice ? This is part of the rituals, and services connected to the Tabernacle (Temple) and Judaism. Exodus 29:38-42 " Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. " However, where is the physical Tabernacle (Temple) today in 2003 ? It does not exist. So the only logical conclusion for this prophecy to be fulfilled is for the Temple in Jerusalem to be rebuilt, and for the Jews to once again offer a daily sacrifice at the Temple. From the clues in scripture it seems that the abomination of desolation will be the image of the beast that will be set up in the Temple, and which the world government will force people to worship (whether the image will be of the man who will claim to be God, or an image of the political entity - it is not 100 % clear. More likely it will be an image of this man, but it perhaps will be something like an image of an emblem of the Empire, or perhaps something that symbolizes the Beast). Revelation 13:14-15 " ..............saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. " This image will probably be one of the great ruler of this world government, symbolically called the Beast (but there is an outside chance it could be an image of something else) . This man will claim to be God, and will control a ten nation empire in Central Europe, which will also create and control a world government that will last for three and one half (3 1/2) years. This is the son of perdition, and the Anti-Christ. 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 " Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. " This man will claim to be God, and will sit in the rebuilt Temple, and there will most likely be an image of him set up that this world government will force the whole world to worship. The image will probably be set up in the Holy of Holies. During this period God will not leave the world without a witness. God will send the Two Witnesses to preach the gospel to the whole world. These two men (and folks they will be men - not women) will warn the world not to worship the image, and will be warning the world of the dire consequences of worshipping this man and the image, and of taking the Mark of the Beast, and will be announcing the coming of the Messiah and the setting up of the Kingdom of God. God will divinely protect these two individuals during their 3 1/2 year testimony, otherwise they would be very swiftly silenced by the powers-that-be. Matthew 24:14 " And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. " Zechariah 4:3 " And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. " Zechariah 4:11-14 " Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth. "
Revelation 11:3-12 " And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days (3 1/2 years), clothed in sackcloth. " These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. " And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. " These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. " And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. " And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. " And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. " And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. " And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. " And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. "
The preaching of the gospel to the whole world by the Two Witnesses precedes the Great Tribulation. Matthew 24:21-33 " For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. " Matthew 24:23-28 " Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. " Matthew 24:29-33 " Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. " The gospel has not yet been preached to all the world as a witness, as of 2004. There are many people in the world, who have never heard of Jesus Christ. There are countries in this world today where it is illegal to preach about Jesus. The world for the most part simply ignores some little preacher of the gospel today. So God has to hit this world over the nose with a big club to get their attention. The plagues these Two Witnesses will pour out on the earth, and upon their wicked enemies will surely get the world's attention. Otherwise the world just ignores God's servants. Christ will get the gospel out through the Two Witnesses. Christ will get the world's attention. The world will be warned of the coming wrath of God, and of the return of Jesus Christ, and the dire consequences of taking the Mark of the Beast, and of worshipping the Beast, who in his unbounded arrogance will claim to be God. The world will therefore be without excuse, when Christ returns to destroy His wicked enemies, and set up His Kingdom. Their blood will be on their own heads. Such foolishness to worship a mere man, who is but dust.
Greatest Sin false teaching that the greatest sin is pride.Catholic doctrine teaches that there are seven capital , or chief sins. Let me quote from " THIS IS THE CATHOLIC FAITH " by Director: R.N. Mugford , Session11 page 3: " Capital (Chief Sins) " Seven in number. Not so much acts of sin, but leading tendencies toward sin. (a good self-examination list before confession). Each of these has its opposite virtue.
So there you have it. Pride tops the list of the seven chief sins according to Catholic doctrine. A lawyer once asked Christ a question, " Master what is the great commandment in the law ? " Matthew 22:35 - 40 " Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked Him a question, tempting Him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. " Luke 10:25-28 " And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. " Luke 14:25-27 (from the Living Bible) " Great crowds were following him. He turned around and addressed them as follows: Anyone who wants to be my follower must love me far more than he does his own father, mother, wife , children, brothers, or sisters - yes more than his own life - otherwise he cannot be my disciple. And no one can be my disciple who does not carry his own cross and follow me. " Deuteronomy 6:4-5 " Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. " So what is the greatest sin ? It should be obvious. The greatest command is to love God with all our hearts, soul, strength and mind. Therefore the greatest sin is to break the greatest commandment. The greatest sin is to love something, or someone more than you love God. The greatest sin is to put something or someone ahead of God and Christ in your life.
Exposing the Myth the Heaven is the Reward of the Saved It is a common doctrine among most churches that Christians go to heaven after death. The mainstream teaching is basically, if you have been good you go to heaven, and if bad you go to hell. There are various denominational twists to this accepted dogma. There is the idea of purgatory for example. Some will teach you must believe in Christ , and if you don't you are damned. Others are much more inclusive, and believe God accepts all mankind into heaven as long as they are a good Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, etc. To avoid confusion let us look into the Bible, which is the inspired word of God and the authority on the subject. What happens to us when we die ? Well this has been explained in the previous section entitled Exposing the False Doctrine of the Immortality of the Soul. We go into the grave, and our bodies rot. We return to dust. But there is the hope of the resurrection. We are saved through faith. Christ and His living word the Bible promise us that there is a resurrection, and therefore there is hope (Luke 20: 34-37) (1 Corinthians 15:42-58) (John 11: 23-27). The resurrection of the saints has not happened yet. This will occur at the last trump. At the blowing of the 7th Trumpet, which heralds the return of Jesus Christ and the setting up of His kingdom. 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 " Behold, I shew you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." Matthew 24:30-31 " And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. " 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. " Zechariah 14: 3 -4 " Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives................ " 1 Corinthians 15: 20-23 " But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. " Revelation 20: 4-6 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. " The last trumpet shall sound, and then the resurrection of the dead saints happens. This coincides with the return of Christ to the earth. His feet shall stand upon the mount of Olives. In the Bible there are three meanings for the word ' heaven.'
So when it says, " and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other " - this doesn't mean the saints will be gathered up in heaven where God lives, but rather they will meet Christ in the air - the sky, after having been resurrected. Christ won't shoot up to heaven, but His feet will stand upon the mount of Olives. When we die we return to the earth, but there is hope in the resurrection. God described David as a man after God's own heart (Acts 13: 22)(1 Kings 11:4). It is prophesied that David will be resurrected and be in God's Kingdom (Jeremiah 30:9) (Ezekiel 34:24) (Ezekiel 37:23-24). Yet it is clearly stated in the Bible that David is still dead and buried, and is not in heaven. Acts 2: 29 " Men and brethren, let me speak freely unto you of the patriarch David, he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. " Acts 2:34 " For David is not ascended into the heavens....." If the righteous go to heaven at death, then why does the Bible say plainly that David is not ascended into the heavens, and that he remains dead and buried ? It is because the resurrection of the saints won't happen until the seventh trumpet sounds. As well the saints will be with Christ and Christ will be here on the earth, setting up His Kingdom. They will rule with Christ in His Kingdom, and will be here on earth (Daniel 7:27) (Matthew 19:28) (Luke 19:17-19). Christ will rule the world from Jerusalem, which will be the world capital. The saints ain't going to heaven, except for maybe a brief official ceremony before God the Father's throne in heaven (Revelation 14:1-5). The saints follow Christ and Jesus will be busy here on earth setting up His Kingdom and ruling the earth (Zechariah 8:1-3 , 14:9) Micah 4:1-3 " But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. " The reward of the saints is of course eternal salvation, but among other things it is also a job here on earth in Christ's Kingdom. There will be a lot of work to do. No the saints don't float around heaven on clouds for all eternity, playing on harps. God plans to eventually set mankind over the work of His hands (Hebrews 2:6-9). Eventually, after the 1,000 years and the judgment period the earth will turn into a ball of fire. The incorrigibly wicked will be thrown into this lake of fire and burned up - this is the second death (Revelation 20:14-15). God then creates a new heaven and a new earth. This will be on the spiritual plane, because there will be no more death, tears, pain or crying. Death, tears, pain and crying are part of this physical existence, and are associated with the physical bodies we now have. But when we have the spiritual bodies God has promised us, and after God is finished with this physical earth, then we will be living in the spiritual realm and so won't suffer pain, and won't cry. There won't be any sin in the New Heaven and the New Earth, so there won't be any sorrow. There won't be any Devil and Fallen Angels around to cause trouble, and pain. The rebellious sinners will have been burnt up, so won't be around to cause others sorrow. All of the resurrected saints will have proved in this physical life that God can trust them to remain loyal and faithful to Christ and God the Father in God's Kingdom. God the Father will come to live on this new earth, which then will become the seat of God's throne. So actually God's home (heaven) will be here on the new earth. Revelation 21:1-4 " And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. " Revelation 21:5-7 " And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. " Revelation 21:8 " But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. " The New Jerusalem descends down to the New Earth from heaven. Revelation 21:9-27 " And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. " And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, " Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; " And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: " On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. " And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. " And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. " And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs (somewhere around 1,500 miles). The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. " And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits (which is about 216 feet) , according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. " And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. " And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; " The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. " And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. " And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. " And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. " And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. " And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. " And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. " Revelation 22: 20-21 " He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Holy Days Myth that human ministers and priests have the authority to add and make up Holy Days. The truth is they have never been given such authority. God's Holy Days are listed in the 23rd chapter of the book of Leviticus in your Bible.Leviticus 23:1-2 " And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the Sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons." The weekly Sabbath is not the Jewish Sabbath - it is the Sabbath of the Lord. These holy days do not belong to any particular religion, or race of people. They are the Feasts of the Lord. They do not belong to man. They are not Jewish. They are God's holy days. God revealed these holy days to Israel, but that did not mean Israel was the exclusive owner of them. That did not give Israel the right to alter or change them. These days are holy days, because of the presence of God in them. That is what makes them Holy. If anyone will keep these days in the proper spirit they will quickly discover that God's presence is in them. God and Christ will teach you on these days. Of course they are all prophetic and point to Jesus Christ. Days cannot save us. Days cannot wash away our sins. It is Jesus Christ who saves us and washes away sins through His sacrifice.
The myth is that these days are Jewish. We have already dispelled that myth. These are the Feasts of the Lord. They are God's holy days, because God's presence is in them. Believe me, I have kept these holy days in their proper spirit, and I can tell you from personal firsthand experience that God and Jesus Christ will teach you during this time. This is especially so regarding the Feast of Unleavened Bread, because this has to do with us putting away our sins, and Jesus is very eager to help us do this and show us our sins, so we can work on them to overcome them. You have to keep them properly and in the correct spirit - then you can expect to feel God's presence in your life in a real way during this time. Jesus Christ and His disciples kept these holy days. There are seven of them, which shows us they are complete the way they are.
The argument many professing Christians will make in defense of homosexuality is that even though the Bible condemns homosexuality in the Old Testament we are under the New Covenant, and now have only one commandment (in their opinion), which is to love one another, and so if homosexuals love each other then the relationship has God's blessings (goes the twist) . However these people forget that homosexuality is thoroughly condemned in the New Testament. Romans 1:21-28 " Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 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. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 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. 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: 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. 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; " 1 Corinthians 6:9 (from Living Bible) " Don't you know that those doing such things have no share in the Kingdom of God ? Don't fool yourselves. Those who live immoral lives, who are idol worshippers, adulterers or HOMOSEXUALS - will have no share in His Kingdom. Neither will thieves, or greedy people, drunkards, slanderers or robbers. " 1 Timothy 1:10-11 (from Living Bible) " Yes, these laws are made to identify as sinners all who are immoral and impure: HOMOSEXUALS, kidnappers, liars, and all others who do things that contradict the glorious Good news of our blessed God, whose messenger I am. " 2 Peter 2:4-8 " For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds; " Jude 1: 7 " Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. " Genesis 19: 1-13 " And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. " And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them (rape them). " And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. " And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. " And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. " Genesis 19:23-25 " The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. " Leviticus 18:22 " Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. " Leviticus 20:13 " If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. " Deuteronomy 23:17 " There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. " 2 Kings 23:7 " And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove. " 1 Kings 14:24 " And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. " The evidence is overwhelming. The Bible absolutely condemns homosexuality in both the Old and New Testaments. There can be no doubt whatsoever.
Imminence of Christ's Return - myth Christ may return anytime, perhaps tonight. There has been tremendous confusion regarding when Jesus Christ will return to set up His Kingdom. I have put together a web site on this very subject, which is specifically designed to make simple an extremely complicated and misunderstood subject. To reach this page go to Signs of Christ's Return. Some folks believe Christ could return at any moment, and rapture them to heaven. Yet there is no scriptural evidence to support that assumption. I will just quote some scriptures that so many attempt to twist around to prove their belief that Jesus may return at any moment, perhaps even tonight or tomorrow. Matthew 24:36-39 " But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. " Matthew 24:40-44 " Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. " If you have gone over my article on the Signs of Christ's Return you will have a fairly accurate picture of the events that must precede the return of Christ. I will just like to point out that we could die at any moment. None of us knows the exact hour of our death (unless we plan on committing suicide or something unthinkably horrible and terrible like that). Hopefully most of us will live to a ripe old age, but still we do not know when we shall meet our Maker. This is why Christ said that we should always be ready for Christ's unannounced return, because none of us hopefully knows when we will die. Death is like going to sleep sort of. In the next moment of consciousness we will meet Christ. We will be unaware of the passage of time. Perhaps hundreds and indeed thousands of years will have gone by since we had died, but at our resurrection we will not be aware of the length of time of our ' sleep'. I feel there are quite a few people who want Christ to return so desperately that they start to read things into the scriptures that really are not there. Christ will return when God the Father decides - not us. God has revealed certain events or prophecies that need to come to pass first before Jesus returns, and you can read them by gong to my web site Signs of Christ's Return. There isn't a shred of Biblical evidence that there will be a sudden rapture of the saints to heaven. My educated guess as to the approximate date of Christ's return is probably sometime between the years 2040 and 2070.
Exposing the False Doctrine of the Immortality of the Soul The Bible does not teach that human beings have an immortal soul. Genesis 2:7 " And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. " We are living souls. Our human ancestors, Adam and Eve, were given a choice by God. They could leave it up to God to make the rules, and set the standards of what was right or wrong. On the other hand they could rebel against God and decide for themselves what they figure is right and wrong. They were given free moral agency. Genesis 2: 16-17 " And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. " Genesis 3:2-3 " 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." This was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and the writer feels this may not be a literal tree, but merely symbolic of our two human ancestors given the choice of letting God set the standards, or rebelling against God's rule and they deciding for themselves what they thought was right or wrong. The first recorded lie in the Bible is in Genesis 3:4 " And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die. " The woman was deceived into believing she would not die, if she rebelled against God's standards of right and wrong. Eve was deceived and rebelled against God's rules. Adam was not deceived, but he followed Eve rather than God, and so in the process also rebelled against God's rule (Genesis 3:6,12,17-19). There is mentioned in Genesis 2:9 that there was also the tree of life in the garden. Adam and Eve could have eaten from that tree and lived forever ! Whether this tree of life was a literal tree is debatable. The writer feels this tree of life was symbolic of the Holy Spirit, and the fact that Adam and Eve had access to the Holy Spirit. But in rebelling, their personal access to eternal life was cut off. This is just the writers own interpretation. There is a lot of symbolism in the Bible. It could have been a literal tree. So our first parents broke God's specific commandment. The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). Genesis 3:17-19 " And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it ......................................In the sweat of your face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return to the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. " So death came upon the human family, upon those made in the image of God. Therefore we the descendants of Adam and Eve have inherited this death from them. As well we all commit our own sins, and the wages of sin is death. Romans 5:12 " Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: " The Bible teaches that we are living souls, and that we are of the earth, and return to it at death. The human body is made up of 20-odd commonplace elements that are all present in the earth's dry dust. This is a scientific fact. Chemical Composition of the Human Body
The Bible and true science agree on this point. Genesis 2:7 " And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. " Ecclesiastes 3: 19-20 " For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. Al |