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Centralizing the Holy Spirit:
Establishing control and Head Offices; religious capitals like Jerusalem, Mecca, Rome, Salt Lake City, etc.
John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us. Luke 9: 49-50
The Radical Pilgrim
Purpose:
Free spirit. Ps. 51:12 ... uphold me with thy free spirit.Heavenly CallWe are wonderfully (re) made in the image of God to have the mind of Christ (1 Cor. 2:6), to bring captive every thought (2 Cor. 10:5), as the spirit of the prophet is subject to the prophet (1 Cor. 14:32). Meaning, we are not supposed to be an automatism but gifted with the ability and faculties to think for ourselves, to independently rationalize and weigh up situations, and to make choices. God has called us to respond ... not compelled us to activate like robots.
Pr. 25:28. He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Called to a heavenly vision ... Acts 26:19. Eyes fixed on above (Col. 3: 1-2), to what's unseen and eternal (2 Cor. 4:8).Meaning:Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepth the law, happy is he. Pr. 29:18.
This verse is nothing to do with setting earthly goals as taken out of context in Motivational Teaching, used by sales teams and New Age seminary, but everything to do with obedience to the word of God.
Our goal, our destiny is Heaven:
Heb 11:8-16. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Apostolic calling direct from God:
Rom. 1:1. Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God ...
v 6-7. Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Relating to 1 Cor. 1:1- 2. Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
v9. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Focused solely on Jesus:
Heb 12:1- 3. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Priesthood of all Believers:The Way1 Pet. 2:5. Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
1 Pet. 2:9. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Rev. 1:6. And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.
Rev. 5:10. And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
Rev. 20:6. 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.
Also:
Matt. 23:9. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Gal. 2: 2,5 - 6. And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain ... To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:
Covering, Mothering, and Smothering:
For all those dear Saints who are concerned about me being a Lone Ranger outside the camp where the sheep do rein (along with the odd deer and antelope, the odd goat and 'cross dresser' wolf), hope the following two lines reassures you:
"We read a different chapter at home every week, then gather together to discuss it. And there are elders in the midst, to make sure everything is done orderly and scripturally."
Excerpt taken from the end of Without The CampThe way (meaning travellers way, journey). Because the early Believers were recognized publicly as putting no importance on earthly things. As pilgrims only passing through, they were nicknamed as a sect ... the way. John 14:6. Acts 9:2; 19:23; 24:14,22. See also Acts 24:5; & 28:22.
Joel 2:32. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
Matthew. 10:32. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
Mark 3:35. For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Mark 9:41. For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
Mark 11:23. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Luke 6:47. Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
Luke 7:23. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
Luke 9:24. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Luke 9:48. And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
Luke 12:8. Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
Luke 17:33. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Luke 20:18. Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
John 3:15. That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 4:13. Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
John 4:14. But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
John 11:26. And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
John 12:46. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
Acts 2:21. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Acts 10:43. To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
Acts 13:26. Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
Romans 9:33. As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Romans 10:11. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Rom. 10:13. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
1 John 3:6. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
1 John 3:9. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
1 John 4:15. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
1 John 5:1. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
Revelation 22:17. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12.
Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Rom. 3:23.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1 Tim. 2:5
Own merit ... by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Gal. 2:16. (also Rom. 10:3; Ph. 3:9)
Rom. 10:9. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Matt. 10:32. Rom. 10:13. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shalt be saved.
2 Cor. 6:2 ... behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
If you continue in my word, then are ye my disciples in deed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. John 8:31- 32.
A Pilgrim's Story
Matt. 7:7. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. ( and Luke 11:9)Most driest bookJer. 29:13. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes ... and the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed. Is. 29: 10-11.Job 28: 20- 21. Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air ...
Luke 18:34. And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
1 Cor. 2:14. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
2 Cor. 4:3- 4. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Eph. 4: 17-18. This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
Rev. 5: 2- 4. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
Without
the Camp
Heb. 4:16.. Let us therefore come boldly unto
the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in
time of need.
The Good News Bible omits 'blood' in the following verses: Eph. 1:7; 2:13, Col. 1:14; 1:20, Heb. 12:4; 13:20, 1 Pet. 1:19, Rev. 1:5; 5:9; 6:10; 19:2. The Revised Standard Bible Col. 1:14, and the Living Bible Rev. 19:2.
Without the blood the sting is removed from the
gospel.
Verse 12 For I neither received it
of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation
of Jesus Christ.
A foreshadow of the authentic. A picture of the real thing, usually found in the Old Testament first, as a natural sample / symbol of what the New Testament reveals spiritually. Divine principle ... first the natural (physical), then the spiritual (heavenly). 1 Cor. 15: 38- 49
... verse 46. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
e.g. the first Adam was physical, the second Adam (Jesus) is spiritual. First there was the natural tabernacle on earth as a copy, and secondly there is the true spiritual tabernacle in heaven. Heb. 9: 1-11 ...
verse 11. But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
And so forth ...
Whose
Builder
and Maker is God:
Rom. 12:1. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
1 Thes. 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
1 Cor. 10:31. Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Eph. 5:20. Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ ...
Heb. 13:15. By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
True fellowship:
Come out from among them:
Heb. 13: 12-14. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
Rev. 18:4. And I heard another voice from
heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of
her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
In contrast to:
Rom. 11:4. But what saith the answer of God unto him (Elijah)? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
Making disciples:
Also:
35:1. The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
35:5-10. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
41: 18-20. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
51:3. For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he
will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness
like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness
shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
The
Infallible Book
Some examples from the New International
Version: Matt. 18:11 & Luke
9:56. Son of man part omitted. Acts 3:13 ... God's Son
Jesus changed to "servant Jesus". Rom. 14:10. The judgement
seat of Christ changed to "God's judgement seat". Rev. 1:13.
One like unto the Son of man changed to "Someone like a son of man".
Pr. 8: 8- 9: All the words of my mouth are in righteousness ... they are all plain to him that understandeth. Also, 1 Cor. 2:1-2.
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech. 2 Cor. 3:12.
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly,
and gave the
sense, and caused them to understand
the reading. Neh. 8:8.
Heb 6:17-18. Wherein God, willing more abundantly
to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability (unchangableness) of
his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable
things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong
consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before
us:
James 1:17. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
2 Tim. 1:12. For the which cause I also
suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have
believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed
unto him against that day.
John. 8:32. And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
1 John. 2: 3- 5. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
21. I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
5:13. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
3 John. 1:12. Demetrius hath good report
of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and
ye know that our record is true.
Luke. 6: 48- 49. He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
1 Cor. 3:11. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
1 Tim. 6:19. Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
2 Tim. 2:19. Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his ...
By revelation only:
Is. 29: 10- 12. For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned ...
Pr. 14:6. A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
Eph. 4: 17-18. This I say therefore, and
testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk,
in the vanity of their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being alienated
from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of
the blindness of their heart:
Matt. 13: 3- 23. And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. (key verses here ... 10-17 accented).
Expedient, relative, or true:
1 Cor. 1:19. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
2:14. But the natural man receiveth not
the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither
can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Is. 66:2. For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
Also:
Ps. 111:10. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments:
Pr. 9:10. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
The word given not to titillate
but to transform:
Also:
Rom. 12:2. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Pr. 10:23. It is as sport
to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
Gal. 6:12. As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
6:14. But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
Heb 12:4. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
How can they hear without a
preacher:
1 Cor. 7:19. Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
Rev. 12:17. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
14:12. Here is the patience of the saints:
here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
3:27. But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
5: 5- 8. Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her. And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them. Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you; Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
Plus about 220 more times mentioned in Ezekiel
alone.
How can they preach without
the word:
Rom. 10:17. So then faith cometh by hearing,
and hearing by the word of God.
19:7. The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Matt. 5:18. Till heaven and earth pass, one jot
or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
We have a book:
Heb. 4:12. For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
1 John. 1:1. That which was from the beginning,
which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked
upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life ...
119:140. Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
Pr. 30:5. Every word of God is pure: he
is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Heb. 4:12.
Finally, in divine wisdom, the Lord foreseeing English would be the last universal language on earth before His return, gave His written word in English. What better timing when this language was established at its most purest**, during the seventeenth century, just prior to the greatest missionary thrust of all time. This was when Great Britain and the United Sates of America were God fearing nations having freed themselves from the yoke of Rome, when the Authorized Bible was honoured, when countless translations for ethnic peoples and tribes were translated from the A.V. Which makes you wonder if W.W.I. and W.W.II. were jack-ups!? Satan hindering or diverting God's purpose from these two nations!?
Sure, much culture was unfortunately exported in God's Name, and promoted on a par with or above the Holy Bible, wreaking havoc on what the Lord had intended, by well intentioned 'ladies and gentlemen' hiding behind "civilized" colonialism. With the back-up of gun-boat diplomacy if all else failed. (That's a village or two being wiped out by superior firepower).
By the way, the opposite is occurring today as a reaction to the above, with the backing and blessing of the UN, as ethnic groups are using the bible to renascence their pagan roots, hiding behind the motive of reviving their forgotten culture. With the back-up of the NWO's psychological 'gun-boat diplomacy'. This comes about when UN charters are ratified by 'sold out' bankrupt governments, under the guise of new (intimidatory) anti discrimination laws, and imposed, irrational, political correctness.
Two wrongs don't make a right. However, in the mean time, the word of God is not bound, nor will it return void. Despite the one world government's new invented world language going flop, English is entrenched more than ever as the international / universal language (though it looks like the American cheaper version is the chosen one), with more people in China learning English than all the people in the U.S.A., and more people in India speaking English than the whole population of the British Isles. Just go on the internet chat rooms ... and what is the language most commonly used ... English!! What is the language most computers are programmed with ... English!! We could go on ...
Does this mean the Anglo Saxons are more superior? ... Nope!! Just look at them now! Little more than the Romans or the Greeks were before they digressed from their moment of glory. Lots of nations have had their day. Even the Celts had their day when they ruled Europe and sacked Rome about 350 years before Christ. Being of Celtic stock myself I could argue for Gaelic. But what would that prove. Let's not be irrational and stupid and try and out whit the Lord. The Lord in His wisdom has authorized His book ... in English ... the 1611 AV / KJB!!
Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. Is. 34:16.
Which
Bible by David Otis Fuller. Grand Rapids International Publications.
Pages *247 **246, 316.
Not gagged, or owned. Cannot be controlled by censorship or outlawed. Also:
Pr. 23:23. Buy the truth, and sell it not ...
Is. 55:1. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Matt. 10:8. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Rom. 8:32. He that spared not his own Son,
but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely
give us all things?
The reason this very important scripture is omitted in the new age versions is because it shows infallibly the Word and the Lord Jesus Christ (the second person of the Godhead) are one and the same. Also, contrary to much teaching today, particularly in charismatic circles, the Spirit (the third person in the Godhead) is always subservient to the Word, not the other way around. Meaning, the Spirit must always line-up, be in agreement with, and back- up the Word. The Spirit will never act independently to the Word / Jesus, will never glorify or exalt Himself, but Jesus ...
John 15:26. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
16: 13-15. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
... and will always be kept in check by the word ...
Acts 17:11. These were more noble than those in
Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind,
and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Matt. 5:18. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
24:35. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Mark 13:31. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Luke 16:17. And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
21:33. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Only one real Jesus:
16:18. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Rom. 9:33. As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
1 Cor. 10:4. And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
1 Pet. 2:8. And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
The law of the Lord is perfect
converting the soul:
Lucifer - the counterfeit light:
Lucifer is implied as Day or Morning Star in most mod versions, with the absence of the name Lucifer. However, there is another star in scripture, a pagan star:
Amos 5:26. But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
Acts 7:43. Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
For he is Lucifer, the counterfeit light. Biblically, Jesus is the true light:
Matt. 4:16. The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Luke 2:32. A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
John 1: 4- 9. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
8:12. Then spake Jesus again unto them,
saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk
in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
2 Pet. 1:19. We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Rev. 2:28. And I will give him the morning star.
22:16. I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
Also:
Num. 24:17. I shall see him, but not now:
I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star
out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the
corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
2 Tim. 3:17. That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
James 1:17. Every
good
gift and every perfect gift is from above ...
Deu. 1:39. Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
Heb. 5:14. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
As children of God we partake of the Tree of Life
discerning
between good and evil. Children of this present age partake of the
'tree of the knowledge of good and evil'
knowing
good and evil.
Hating what is (falsely) good Art Katz
The Lie: The beautiful side of evil; white
magic in the church. The
devil has two sides, a dark and a light side. He comes as a beast
and he comes as an angel of light. He can be ugly and he can be beautiful.
His beautiful side is religious, for he is above all, a religious creature.
Joseph
R. Chambers
Later, the same method would be repeated as the devil / serpent creature would possess Judas Iscariot (Luke 22:3) as a new gained trophy, becoming one with him as the son of perdition, to infiltrate and control the whole human race. Due to coercing this added dimension, would this spiritual impostor gain more knowledge to identify with man as his preferred leader instead of God. Therefore, when the time would be ripe (through 'end time' international globalism), the devil / serpent would hand his power base (Rev. 13: 2- 4) over to the spirit of Judas after being released from his own place, Acts 1:25 (the bottomless pit, Rev. 1 1:7; 17:8), to possess another man as son of perdition, the modern false prophet (anti-christ) as world dictator.
So we have an end time unholy alliance of the counterfeit trinity ... Rev. 16:13: 1. The dragon (the devil/serpentine creature): 2. the beast (the spirit of Judas Iscariot) being released onto the earth again to control the beast empire (the New United Europe), possessing a new man/religious world leader: 3. The false (replacement) prophet, anti (replacement) christ.
The two devilized men, the beast and the false prophet will be cast into the eternal lake of fire at the end of the tribulation (Rev. 20:10), before the 1,000 year reign of Christ on earth, their position no longer required. The devil, the dragon, will be temporally cast into the bottomless pit this time (Rev. 20 1,3). This way he will still have a useful role to play in God's overall plan, as he will be released for a short time at the end of the 1,000 years.
You see, during the millennium, mans heart will still be the same ... wicked above all things. Even though the earth will be restored to pre flood conditions (environment wise), with people living a 1,000 years again, being non meat eaters and non-violent; things will be a lot better this time, with peace and righteousness reigning under King Jesus. For the Lord will enforce His righteous law the ten commandments (Is. 2:3) under a rod of iron (Rev. 19:15), bringing a true new world order the earth has never witnessed before (Is. 65:25). Then at the end of this age of peace and prosperity (Jer. 33: 6-17), the Devil will be released once again re-exposing mankind to temptation. This will prove one thing; we cannot put the blame on our foreparents Adam and Eve! Man is born into sin with a sinful rebellious nature. We need Jesus. Some will rebel in this new up-rising, but the Lord will act swiftly this time, ruthlessly stamping out all rebellion (Rev. 20: 7-10), ushering in the Great Judgement Seat of Christ (2 Cor. 5:10; Rev. 20: 11-15; 21:5).
Those who choose Christ will live with Him forever in the Paradise of God. Those who choose to be deceived by the Devil will be cast with him into the eternal lake of fire, along side the beast and the false prophet. The best thing we can do right now is make up our mind who we choose to follow. There are only two places beyond the true new millennium, and they both begin with 'H'!
http://hometown.aol.com/ParanoidX2/endtimes/endtimes.html
Jos. 24:14. Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth:
1 Cor. 5:8. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
2 Cor. 1:12. For our rejoicing is this,
the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity
and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but
by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more
abundantly to you-ward.
Rom. 7:18. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
7:24. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Phil. 3:21. Who shall change our vile body, that
it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body ...
It is inevitable this man will be ratifying a finale peace treaty (Dan. 9:27) with Israel in the not too distant future, being prepared by full-time statesman Henry Kissinger (both Jewish and a Jesuit man*) with the help of other colleague diplomats.
Watch for the new Pope coming soon!! Will he be Jewish? Israel signed a concordat with the Vatican in 1993. Incredible but true. This is indirectly acknowledging the Pope for who he claims to be. Think about that one!
The Church of Rome has dual Popes matching its two sides. The white Pope is the front man. The diplomat / international statesman, the peoples pope. The good image of the church. The black Pope is the Jesuit General, the one who really holds the reigns. Representative of the darker side of the church. Keeps a low public profile, is more low key working in the background. Controls or influences education / propaganda, politics and is the subversive wing of the Church.
What does all this mean ... ? Jesus is coming back very soon!!
* Beyond The Mark Chapter four (page 52), by George & Eileen Anderson, P.O. Box 946, Whangarei, N.Z.
"The
Vatican and Israel" By Barry Chamish, 1998.
Separation - a principle of
God:
Rom. 2:29. But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Phil. 3:3. For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
Col. 2:1. For I would that ye knew what
great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many
as have not seen my face in the flesh ...
3:14. And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
Mark 9:42. Luke 17:2.
Rev. 18:21. And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
The millstone is representative of the hardness of our heart:
Job 41:24. His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
Can we make an idol of our bible:
Acts 7:43. Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Reading the stars (modern day astrology) is of the devil:
Deut. 4:19. And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
18:10-11. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Is. 47:13. Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
Dan. 2:2. Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
... 2:10. The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
... 2:27- 28. Daniel answered
in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded
cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew
unto the king; But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets ...
The word - higher than His Name:
And which bunch make a big song and dance about the 'outward spectacular' above ... !? You've got it ... the Signs and Wonders Movement! Penny nostrils and Charismanics!
Matt. 12:39 ... An evil (unbelieving) and adulterous (jumping into bed with those of strange new doctrines) generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas (Jesus' finished work on Calvary). Also, Jer. 27: 15,18.
Mystery
of the Two Wines
Intro - Discerning the wine:
For class
(and socialites of distinction)
Modern Wine
Sipping Saints (David Wilkerson)
Reformation Online (Kilkenny Family)
Grape Juice (Bill Mosely)
Wine or Grape Juice (Davis Huckabee)
Wine and Juice (Paul Channel)
Wine in the Bible (Samuele Bacchiocchi)
Cutting asunder:
imaginations: The reasoning and intellectualizing of man. Being wise in your own estimation to establish set practice. e.g. using Greek as a final authority, or your education as your argument.
high thing: Tradition. Religious habit. According to what has always been "properly" done.
These things are to be cut down by the Word of
God and replaced with thinking conforming to the standards set by the Word
of God.
Jer. 40:10 ... gather ye wine
(before processing, before fermentation), and summer fruits, and oil, and
(then) put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have
taken.
S. of Sol. 8:2. I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
Mic. 7:1. Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
Mt. 26:29. But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. Mk. 14:25. Luke. 22:18.
No
where in scripture does it use the word wine in
regards to the Lord's Table (fellowship around the Lord). The emphasis
is on the cup and the fruit of
the vine (what the cup contained).
2 Cor. 5:13. For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
1 Thes. 5:6. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
1 Thes. 5:8. But let us, who are of the day, be sober ...
1 Tim. 2:9. In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety ...
1 Tim. 2:15. Not withstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
1 Tim. 3:2. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine ...
1 Titus 3:11. Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Titus 1:8. But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate...
Titus 2:2. That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
Titus 2:4. That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children ...
Titus 2:6. Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
Pet. 1:13. Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober ...
1 Pet. 4:7. But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
1 Pet. 5:8. Be
sober,
be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as
a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Scripture is clear that Christians and the above
accented things don't mix.
Given over to a hypnotic spirit (false fire, false revival):
Is. 29: 9-12. Stay yourselves, and wonder;
cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but
not with
wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep,
and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath
he covered. And the vision of all is become unto you as the words
of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying,
Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
And the book is delivered to him that is not learned,
saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
Ex. 13: 6-7. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened
bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. Unleavened
bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen
with thee, (plus) neither shall there be leaven seen with
thee in all thy quarters.
Next
the spiritual ... an exposé's on
Modern Religion
The two Israels:
Jer. 6:8. Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
Jer. 7:29. Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
Jer. 11:13. For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
Jer. 13:27. I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
Jer. 15:5. For who shall have pity upon
thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask
how thou doest?
Rev. 21:2. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Rev. 21:10. 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 ...
Two sets of commandments given
(testaments, covenants):
John 1:1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 20:28. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
Acts 7:59. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Rom. 9:5. Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Phil. 2:6. Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Col. 1:15. Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Titus 2:13. Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of *the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
1 John 5:20 ... that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Rev. 1:6. And hath made us kings and priests
unto God (Jesus) and his Father; to him be glory and
dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Mans
way of doing God a favour, or helping Him out (Foolishness).
1 Cor. 1:21. For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
1 Cor. 1:23. But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness ...
1 Cor. 1:25. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
1 CO 2:14. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Cor. 3:19. For the wisdom of this
world is foolishness with God. For it is written,
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
Ps. 51:6. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Pr. 20:27. The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Pr. 20:30. The blueness of a wound
cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Deut. 4:1. Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
Deut. 4:6. Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Ezk. 11:20. That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Rev. 22:14. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
The Fallacy
(of the Communion Service)
(Taste and See
-
taken from 1st edition March 1993)
Intro:
Luke 22:19. And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
John 6: 31- 35. Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
6:41. The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
6:48. I am that bread of life.
6:50 - 51. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
6:58. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
1 Cor. 5:8. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
10: 16 -17. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
11: 23 - 27. For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
2 Cor. 9:10. Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness...
The late David Otis Fuller, D.D. made an interesting
comment: "We partake of Him,
not through some ceremony, wherein a mysterious life takes hold of us."
Which
Bible. Page 317. Grand Rapids International
A wee bit of history:
From Genesis chapter one: And evening (evening
first) and the morning were the first day ... second day ... third day
etc.
Show bread (or shewbread)
1 Sam. 21:6. So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
Luke 6:4. How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
A meal - but more than a meal:
1:10-11. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
1:26. John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not ...
4:10. Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
5:43. I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
9:30. The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
14:9. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Acts 13:27. For they that dwell at Jerusalem,
and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the
prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in
condemning him.
22:19. And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
1 Cor. 11: 24-25. And when he had given
thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken
for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also
he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament
in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
Non instituted:
2 Pet. 2:13 ... while they feast with you.
Jude 1:12 ... in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you ...
Also:
Gen. 21:8. And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
Instituted:
Lev. 23:2. 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.
2 Ch. 2:4. Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
Showing hospitality:
Rom. 12:13. Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
1 Tim. 3:2. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach ...
Titus 1:8. But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate ...
1 Pet. 4:9. Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
Heb. 13: 1- 2. Let brotherly love continue.
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained
angels unawares.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John 1:7.
Not discerning the body (opposite to communion) ... He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. 1 John 2:9.
If we are not walking in the light worthily ... no blood, no cleansing, no healing. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 1 Cor. 11:30.
Also:
2 Cor. 6:14. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
2 Cor. 13:14. The grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with
you all. Amen.
The Name
Re: Jan 1st 1988 ... "The battle to return Christianity 100% to its Hebrew roots is sure to pick up this year, and I am looking forward to some mighty moves of G-d."Subject: Re: Tom Lamb Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:07:38 -0500Organization: Prepare the Way Ministries
For those of us who believe that "Christianity" has become so far removed from the restoration that Y'shua gave us, taking Christians out of Christianity is like taking pagans out of witchcraft that disguises itself as the worship of the true God. The only truth that has lasted throughout the ages, in so-called Christianity, is that Y'shua is the Messiah. Even that concept has been overlaid with Mithran sun-worship imagery that we no longer recognize Him. If we can't distinguish Him from the truth because of the false teachings, how can we expect the Jewish nation to do so. Remember, He will not return until they do so.
Directory of Sacred Name Groups
The original language of the New Testament
What Has Christianity to Do with Jewish Tradition?
Hebrew Roots and true Israel biblical position
Ezk. 8:16. And he brought me
into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the
temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces
toward the east; and they worshipped the sun
(Tammuz
- v.14) toward the east.
Eph. 5:11. And have no
fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove
them.
Snared:
Rev. 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
John 10:14. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
John 10:27. My sheep hear
my voice, and I know them, and they follow
me:
Pr 23:10. Remove not the old landmark; and
enter not into the fields of the fatherless.
John 12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
John 14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
John 16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
Rom. 12:2 And be not conformed to this world ...
1 Cor. 3:19 For the wisdom of this
world
is foolishness with God.
Mat. 26:59. Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death ...
Unity at any price ... not unity in truth.
John 17:17.
The
Parent
Witchcraft
is a life-affirming, earth- and nature-oriented religion which sees all
of life as sacred and interconnected, honors the natural world as the embodiment
of divinity, immanent as well as transcendent, and experiences the divine
as feminine and often as masculine, as well. Like the spiritual world view
and practices of Native Americans and Taoists, Wiccan spiritual practices
are intended to attune humanity to the natural rhythms and cycles of the
universe as a means of personally experiencing divinity."
Brett
Peterson
The religion of witchcraft based on devotion to the goddess, the Full Moon Mother, who is emulated through the two sisters (when the moon changes) Maiden, the innocent goddess, and Crone, the dark goddess. White magic and black magic working together, the everlasting 'circle of life' of good and evil. Sometimes recognized as the 'three in one', the ever lasting' triangle of life'. Substituting the true triune God.
This goddess (the goddess of witches covens) has
been accepted through the United Nation's NGO (non governmental organizations)
to replace all previous religions as a unifying force for the new millennia.
Lucifer will be brought out in the open, he will no longer need to hide,
and religion (his smokescreen) will no longer be necessary. The fallen
transsexual prince, disguised as a beautiful princess, is luring the world
towards Armageddon.
Ancient and Shining Ones. D.J. Conway
Also, by examining the above, can you see why Celtic music/culture has been highly promoted in recent years.
Other goddesses: Astarte (Semitic)
Diana (Latin, moon goddess) Eros (Greek, of love)
Hestia (Greek) Inanna (Sumerian) Isis Ishtar (Assyrian)
Venus (Latin, of love) Virgo
Luke 21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Ec 9:12 For man also knoweth not his time:
as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are
caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an
evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
"Globalist theologian Hans Kung was commissioned by UNESCO to create a 'Declaration of Global Ethic' which would impose a set of binding commitments upon religious leaders and institutions. " To obtain this projected one-world worship, Kung insists that "traditional religions have an ethical obligation to cease to exist."
In
his 1991 book, "Global Responsibility: In Search of a New World Ethic",
Kung writes: "Any form of ... church conservatism is to be rejected ...
To put it bluntly: No regressive or repressive religion - whether
Christian, Islamic, Jewish or whatever provenance - has a long-term future."
. . . How about humanism?
From
Bible Believers Newsletter, Anthony Grigor-Scott.
1 Cor. 11: 7- 9. For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
1 Tim. 2: 13-15. For Adam was first formed, then
Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was
in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing,
if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
3:12. Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Titus 1: 5-9. For this cause left I thee
in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting,
and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: If any
be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful
children not accused of riot or unruly.
2:20. And Adam gave names to all cattle,
and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam
there was not found an help meet for him.
11:7. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Pr. 8: 22- 31. The LORD possessed me in
the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting,
from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths,
I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest
part of the dust of the world. When he prepared the heavens, I was
there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: When he established
the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the
waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations
of the earth: Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was
daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; Rejoicing in the habitable
part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
Mi. 5:2. But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
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.
1: 10-18. 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. John bare witness of him, and cried,
saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred
before me: for he was before me. And of his fulness have all we received,
and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and
truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; the
only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared
him.
8:58. Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
17: 5. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
17:24. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
1 Cor. 8:6. But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Eph. 3:9. And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ ...
Col. 1: 15-17. Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Heb. 1: 1-2. God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds ...
1:8. 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.
7:3. Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
1 John 2:24. Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
5:20. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Rev. 22:13. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning
and the end, the first and the last.
In pagan Rome the Mother and her Child were worshipped as Fortuna and Jupiter, until Constantine (the first pope) nationalized Christianity and christianized the Duo, giving them the biblical names of Mary and Jesus. This was to try and appease the Christians and keep the pagans happy at the same time, thus keeping the Roman Empire from falling apart. Nothing's really changed ... a face lift or two keeps Mystery Babylon looking fresh and appealing to its time. Respectability is the name of the game, with much tolerance and plausibility 'thrown in'.
Stage one was a one world (godless) order at Babel.
Stage two was Rome being modified to look Christian but keeping its Babylon style monopoly in tack. Motto: "If you can't beat 'em, then join 'em!"
Stage three will be one and two combined and revamped for our era, to bring about the same Babylonian goal under a new millennia, with God outside the picture. Get the picture!?
*The Two Babylons by Alexandra Hislop.
A Woman Rides The Beast by Dave Hunt. The Godfathers & Angel of Light
by Chick Publications.
Also:
Matt. 24: 37- 38. 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,
44:25. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the
God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths,
and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that
we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out
drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely
perform your vows.
Times
magazine April 27, 1998, pages 42
& 43.
Ec 9:12 For man also knoweth not his time:
as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are
caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an
evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Other
interesting / important* sites on Christmas /
Mixtures / Jubilee 2000:
"The
Vatican plans to establish Jerusalem as the capital of the world.
According to the will of the Vatican, Jerusalem could
become the capital of the world. The one-sided claim by Israel does not
justify the equality of Muslims and Christians and their claim to the Holy
City, according to Secretary of the Cardinals, Angelo Sodano. In a press
release, the pope invited all people to create conditions in which Jerusalem
should fulfil its calling as a city of peace to the honor of God. The Vatican
is willing to supply finances for such an undertaking. According
to Catholic dogma, Jerusalem is the most important city universally for
the 900 million Catholics on planet Earth."
Topic,
3.98, p.5, translated from the German, Postfach 1544, D57206, Kreuztal,
Germany
Mark 13:14. But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
2 Thes. 2:4. Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
"The year AD 2000 is surely a jubilee of jubilees!" "Many may see the year AD 2000 as a chance to start again both in personal terms as well as within community and nation. " "There have been times when Christians have actively persecuted those of other faiths, and in our present multifaith society any celebration of Christian heritage must be accompanied by repentance."
Will there be an amnesty encouraging people to
go back to their roots, like the religion they were born into, or christened
into, coinciding with ruthless laws against proselytizing? This will
sound favourable as all religions and ideologies with be connected to the
new multifaith world religion proclaiming peace. However, it will
also eliminate freedom of choice once and for all, making the world's populace
into universal individual clones.
A bill
called the “Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1999”10 has recently been introduced
in the
House
of Representatives as HR 77, and it bears watching. It proposes to “enhance
Federal
enforcement
of hate crimes, and for other purposes.” In addition to “actual” incidents
of
violence
motivated by race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation,
gender, or
disability
of the victim,” it uses the word “perceived.”
This
wording gives the Attorney General authority to arrest and punish offenders
that he or
she
perceives, whether it is true or not. Again, this is reminiscent of “thought
crimes,” and
the
same kind of oppressive totalitarianism that George Orwell predicted.
An
American Holocaust: Is It Possible?
Rom 8:28. And we know that all things work
together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according
to his purpose.