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Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD comes, for it is near at hand
Joel 2:1
For the day of the LORD of hosts shall come upon everyone that is proud and lofty, and upon everyone that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low.
Isaiah 2:12
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD comes.
Joel 2:31
The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastens quickly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: there the mighty man shall cry out bitterly.
Zephaniah 1:14
Wail you; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as destruction from the Almighty
Isaiah 13:6
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
Zephaniah 1:18
Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy its sinners out of it.
Isaiah 13:9
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
Ezekiel 30:3
For the stars of heaven and its constellations shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.
Isaiah 13:10
Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Joel 1:15
Seek you the LORD, all you meek of the earth, who have kept his commands; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be you shall be hidden in the day of the LORD'S anger.
Zephaniah 2:3
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the ruthless. I will make a man more rare than fine gold; even a man more than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Isaiah 13:11-12
And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executes his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
Joel 2:11
But who may endure the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap
Malachi 3:2
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; so that the fishes of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
Ezekiel 38:19-20
Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every man's heart shall melt: And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travails: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Isaiah 13:7-8
And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, says the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 3:5
Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Isaiah 13:13
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as you have done, it shall be done unto you: your reward shall return upon your own head.
Obadiah 1:15
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
Joel 3:14
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
2 Peter 3:10
Questions and Answers
1 Timothy 1:4-7: "Neither give heed to myths and endless genealogies, which cause questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain talk; Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor the things they affirm."
2 Timothy 2:14-16: "Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the ruin of the hearers. Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and vain utterances: for they will increase unto more ungodliness."
Q: Regarding the intimate physical relationship in marriage, is oral sex sinful? I have read so much material on it and I am SCARED TO DEATH because a brother who has a deliverance ministry told me that I would have to answer to God if my husband and I engaged in this kind of lovemaking. I am tormented with fear since he told me this! I am afraid to die now because when I stand before God He will reject me. My husband has erectile dysfunction so it can be difficult for us; how do we seek healing for this physical affliction?
A: Thank you for being candid and reaching out to us with this very personal issue in your marriage. There are some areas and things that we do in life which are neither black nor white and there are no Bible scriptures to guide us on. This is one of those areas. The Bible is silent on the specifics of what you have asked. Some believe that it is absolutely wrong while others believe that there is nothing wrong with it, believing that the LORD seems to be leaving it up to the mutual agreement of the marriage partners. We will take a look at both sides of this issue and the arguments that each side presents; however the final decision must rest with each couple as they are led by the Holy Spirit in the privacy of their marital bed.
First we will take a look at the objections to having this type of sex within a Christian marriage. Some of the things that we will share here on this post will be very candid, straightforward and may be offensive to some. If you get offended easily, then this is the time to stop reading this post and go to another part of this website. Although there are no scriptures directly addressing this issue in the Bible, there are scriptures that tell us to abstain from every appearance of evil and dishonorable passions:
1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
However, how is evil judged if we have no Biblical foundation to base it on? Although there is no biblical evidence that it is a sin against God for a husband and wife to express love for each other in this way, there are certain kinds of acts that are intrinsically disordered and immoral regardless of the circumstances, intention or purpose. Examples of intrinsically disordered sexual acts include: masturbation, homosexual acts, sexual acts with more than two participants, oral sex, anal sex, manual sex, sexual acts involving objects or devices, etc.
These sexual acts can never be justified regardless of circumstances, intention, or purpose. These sexual acts are unnatural because they violate the natural laws that the Eternal One set in place when He created all things. The human person was designed by God so that sexual relations would consist in acts of genital-to-genital intercourse, between one man and one woman. Other kinds of sexual acts seem contrary to this intention and purpose of God, which He designed within human nature.
Serious students of the Bible and archaeology know that the kind of things that were going on at Sodom were done by extremely ungodly people, expressing enormous selfishness, lack of love, extreme depravity, and rebellion against God.
Genesis 13:13 The men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the Lord
In other words, the sexual lives of godly husbands and wives were not an issue at these cities, nor did it have anything to do with its destruction. Sodom's problems had nothing to do with how godly, loving marriage partners were expressing their affection for each other. The problem was a total lack of godly, loving, heterosexual marriage partners in Sodom (except Lot and his wife). However, the ungodly sexual acts that were committed there are associated with sodomy; which comes from the name 'Sodom'. The
word sodomy has a three part definition according to The American Heritage Dictionary, Second
College Edition:
1. Anal copulation of one male with another (homosexuality)
2. Anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex (oral sex) and
3. Copulation with an animal (bestiality). (The American Heritage Dictionary, Second
College Edition).
On the other side of this issue, the book of Leviticus which mentions many Old Testament sex-related prohibitions and rules for the Israelites, never mentions anything relating to your question. We are commanded in scripture to meet our mate's sexual need. When we marry, we actually relinquish the right to our own body, and turn that authority over to our mate. The wife's body now belongs to the husband. The husband's body now belongs to the wife. This means that we must love our mate's body and care for it as our own. We must not cheat our partner by abstaining from the habit of sex, except by mutual consent for a brief time.
We are aware that some have tried to make a biblical issue out of what parts of the body a married couple can and cannot kiss. In their minds, there is only one biblical form of sexual expression in marriage, sexual intercourse. They attempt to defend their viewpoint on biblical grounds trying to make it into a holiness issue. However, nowhere do we see Scripture putting such limits on the sexual relationship of a godly husband and wife, even Levitical priests (who were forbidden to do many things).
Most knowledgeable and spiritually mature Christians realize that God is the author of sex and love, and every part and sensation of the human body, and that He intended the relationship between husband and wife to be loving, sensuous, joyful, creative and full of pleasure. The Book Song of Solomon uses delicate, romantic language and metaphors as it describes a beautiful, affectionate, romantic, sensuous, joyful and passionate love between husband and wife. It seems to be speaking of the lovers tasting, eating and drinking of each other's bodies.
Song of Solomon 2:3 "As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste."
Song of Solomon 4:16 "Awake, O north wind; and come, you south; blow upon my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat its pleasant fruits."
Song of Solomon 8:2 "I would lead you, and bring you into my mother's house, who had instructed me: I would cause you to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate."
In God's view, the sexual experience between a husband and wife is for their mutual enjoyment. Each has an equal right to the other's body. Each has not only the freedom but also the responsibility to please the other and to be pleased in return. These basic principles concerning the enjoyment of sex in marriage are found in scripture:
1 Corinthians 7:3-5 "Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. The wife has not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband has not power over his own body, but the wife. Deprive not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your lack of self-control."
One cannot be sure what this means exactly, but certainly we see no evidence here or elsewhere that God is concerned with what part of the mate's bodies they might be touching, including where they kissed their mate. God is concerned about your love for each other. He wants all Christians, including husbands and wives, to be kind to each other, patient, respectful and unselfish. The institution of marriage between a man and a woman is the only condition whereby sexual relations between a man and woman is not only allowed, but encouraged throughout the Bible
Hebrews 13:4 "Let marriage be held in honor by all, and the bed undefiled: but fornicators and adulterers God will judge."
One of the guidelines that you can use relating to situations such as the question you asked, is how do you feel when you engage in this activity? Does it grieve the Holy Spirit within you? Do you feel peace about it? This is something that you should be able to pray about. God wants us to be righteous in every aspect of our lives. This includes the intimacy shared between a married couple. However, due to the varying and differing circumstances and situations that may exist in each marriage couple, the final answer rests with each couple. Ultimate love is pure in motive and action. Follow that goal, and you are not likely to go wrong.
Matthew 15:1-9: "Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, who were from Jerusalem, saying, Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answered and said unto them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death.
But you say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift devoted to God, whatsoever you might have received from me; And honors not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have you made the commandment of God void by your tradition.
You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, These people draw near unto me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."
In the above passage of scripture, Jesus Christ Yahushua approved the Jewish divorce that allows a new marriage, but
limited the application only to cases involving fornication. This
divorce by adulterythat the LORD allowed, absolutely severs the marriage ties. Once this type of divorce is cosumated,
the marriage is null, invalid and dead. It is the same as if the partner that committed adultery had died. This being the case,
then there is no obstacle for a second marriage. The only type of divorce that the Jews knew was one of disolution, where the marriage was dissolved. This was also the only type of divorce recognized by the Greeks as well as the Romans. The divorce that only meant separation was invented by the Latin monks centuries after Christ.
The New Testament Law on divorce and new marriage is strict compared to the thirty reasons for divorce existing in the United States. The Old Testament Jews allowed divorce for any reason, the same as in this nation. However, Jesus Christ approved divorce and new marriage based on
any kind of sexual sin. The word fornication in the Greek is the word Porneia, which is the root from where the English word pornography comes from. Any kinds of sexual acts committed with another person constitutes the sin of fornication. Let's look at another scripture where the Messiah deals with this topic:
Mark 10:2-12: "And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? testing him. And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? And they said, Moses allowed a man to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; And they two shall be one flesh: so then they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder. And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. And he said unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, commits adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she commits adultery."
In order to understand the answer that the LORD gave to the Pharisees, we need to understand the history of the Old Testament. During the time of Moses, many Jewish men treated their wives with cruelty. Because of their cruelty and hardness of heart, God allowed deivorce. Men would divorce their wives for any frivolous reason such as burning their food, or not being a good housewife. Many times these excuses were used because they found other women more attractive than their wives. The Jewish law sytem was designed to satisfy the whims and desires of the husband. The only thing a Jewish man had to do to divorce his wife was to give her a bill of divorcement in front of two witnesses. This way, the marriage was legally dissolved and both sides could marry again.
Deuteronomy 24:1-2: "When a man has taken a wife, and married her, and it comes to pass that she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house. And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife."
As you can see, after the divorce both the man and the woman were free to go marry again. It the second husband divorced her, the second marriage became dissolved and she was free to marry again a third time. However, she was not allowed to marry the first husband again:
Deuteronomy 24:3-4: "And if the latter husband hates her, and writes her a bill of divorcement, and puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house; or if the latter husband dies, who took her to be his wife; Her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and you shall not cause the land to sin, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance."
For the Jews at the time of Messiah, divorce and new marriage was common. A divorce where the person was not allowed to marry again was unknown at those times. We have seen from scripture that according to the Mosaic law, divorce severed the marriage ties so completely that the woman was allowed to go and marry another man. The Bill of Divorcement was an emancipation document that allowed her to marry again. There remained no traces of any marriage ties between the two parties; it's as if they had never been married. For fourteen centuries from the times of Moses to Jesus Christ, this Bill of Divorcement constituted the only divorce of the Jews. When the Messiah was approached with the question of divorce and new marriage, He approved divorce for the reason of fornication.
The LORD did not abolish divorce or introduced a new type of divorce. He did not change the certificate of divorce to one of separation because He did not talk such change; He merely corrected the abuses of divorce, and approved the correct use of the same.
So, in lieu of these scriptures that have been presented, what happens to a married man or woman who was betrayed by his partner who married another? Is this person condemned to live for the rest of his/her life without marrying again because of what Messiah taught?
According to what Jesus Christ taught and we explained above, the only way to dissolve a marriage is through fornication/adultery. The moment one of the two partners commits fornication with another, that marriage is dissolved, and becomes null, dead. The innocent party is legally divorced before the eyes of God and free to marry another person without feeling condemned or guilty. Because of the act of adultery/fornication of the other party, the innocent person has been set free from that marriage, and is free to marry another person.
This is a passage of scripture from the Apostle Paul's firs letter to the Corinthians, where he deals with marriage, divorce and whether a person should remain single.
1 Corinthians 7:1-16: "Now concerning the things of which you wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. The wife has not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband has not power over his own body, but the wife. Deprive not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your lack of self-control. But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man has his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot have self-control, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother has a wife that believes not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. And the woman who has a husband that believes not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God has called us to peace. For how do you know, O wife, whether you shall save your husband? or how do you know, O man, whether you shall save your wife?"
Jesus was approached a second time by His disciples and asked a question dealing with this topic. This time, the answer of Messiah is more revealing and sheds even more light on this difficult topic.
Matthew 19:9-12: "And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery: and whoever marries her who is put away does commit adultery. His disciples said unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, only they to whom it is given. For there are some eunuchs, who were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, who were made eunuchs of men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it."
Here His disciples seem to be in the same predicament that many believers find themselves today regarding this subject. Basically, they were saying to the LORD that if it was so difficult to get out of a bad marriage, then maybe it is better not to marry. He answered them by saying that not everyone is able to receive His teaching; basically telling them that if they were able to live as eunuchs without sinning, it would be the best thing. However, not everyone is graced with this gift. Most people do not have the gift of abstinence, and may need to marry again.
In conclusion, let's recap all that we have covered. It is very obvious from scripture that the Almighty does not like divorce. He allows it only in circumstances involving adultery/fornication, in which case the marriage is rendered dead, null, void and
the innocent party is allowed to enter into a new marriage. Believers who fall into this category do not commit sin if they marry someone else, as they are free to do so.
From the reading of scripture, both Jesus Christ as well as the Apostle Paul make it perfectly clear that it is better for a believer to remain single. However, If the person does not have the gift of abstinence and feels the need to marry, then they should do so rather than burn in lust.
Once married, they need to stay married and ask the LORD for the grace to do so. If one of the two
commits adultery/fornication, the marriage is considered dead, null and void and the
innocent party is free, and no longer under any obligation to that marriage covenant in the sight of God. It is very clear from scripture that once adultery or fornication takes place, the severance of ties in that marriage is decisive and final. However, if the guilty party repents and the innocent party is willing to forgive and remain in that marriage, they may do so by mutual consent.
Once divorced, both Messiah as well as the Apostle Paul state that it is better for a believer to remain unmarried. However, if the innocent person does not have the gift of abstinence and desires to marry another person, the
person is free from the previous marriage and may enter in a new marriage without any feeling of guilt or condemnation.
A believer that breaks the marriage covenant by committing adulterywith another, has anulled that marriage by his very act. The innocent party in that marriage is free to leave, and marry another if they desire to. The guilty party will suffer the consequences of his sin in this life, as well as in the next. However, the salvation of his soul is not in jeopardy as long as he repents and continues to live his life as a true believer in Christ Jesus. There is grace available to these believers for their lives to be fully restored. However, there are some guidelines that should be applied in order to protect them, as well as others in the Body of Christ.
The believer who broke the covenant vows of his previous marriage
should remain unmarried for a reasonable period of time (Approx. 1-3 yrs) to get his life back into alignment with the LORD. During this time, the believer should remain pure and not have any type of sexual relationships with the opposite sex as he receives ministry for healing and restoration in his life. During this time, the believer should not to be involved in active ministry to others as he himself is being healed and restored. Just like in the natural a soldier who has been wounded is not allowed into battle until he is completely healed, likewise in the spirit.
After his healing and restoration is complete, the believer is ready to resume his normal life and ministry. If he has the gift of abstinence, he should remain unmarried according to the scriptures. However, if he does not have the gift of abstinence he should marry again rather than burn in lust. Believers should be willing to forgive and welcome him back as a brother, and a fully functioning member in the body of Christ.
The restoration of this person should be done under the supervision of one or more elders (Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor & Teacher). The final decision as to when he is completely healed, restored and ready to be involved in ministry again should be made by a council of elders in the Body of Christ.
If there be anyone who is contentious and is still not satisfied with the considerations shared above, I will now appeal to your sense of reasoning and common sense. We all agree that King David is one of the most beloved characters in the Bible. He is called a man after God's heart
Acts 13:22: "And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who shall fulfill all my will."
We also all agree that David committed a terrible crime by sending Uriah the husband of Bathsheba to the forefront of the hottest battle to be killed, because he had
fornicatedwith his wife Bathsheba and she was carrying his child. After Uriah was killed, David brought Bathsheba to his house and she became his wife. However, this thing that David had done displeased the Almighty
(I Samuel 11).
we also know that David, after he was rebuked by Nathan the prohet, repented before the LORD and he was forgiven of his grievous sin (I Samuel 12). However, although he was forgiven of his sins by the Eternal One, David suffered greatly as there were dire consequences for his sins. The child he had with Bathsheba died, and later his beloved son Absalom betrayed him and tried to take the kingdom away from him. Eventually, his son Absalom whom David loved dearly was killed by the hand of Joab, the commander of his army (2 Samuel 18).
Now, David stayed married to Bathsheba and had a son with her named Solomon, who wrote the Books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Songs of Solomon. We all agree that King David made it to Heaven along with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and all the heroes of the faith. Bear in mind that this happened while the Old Covenant was in place. The New Covenant was implemented by Jesus Christ with His 12 apostles. This is called the New Covenant of His Blood:
Matthew 26:27-28: "And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink you all of it; For this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins."
I leave you with this question: if King David repented of his sins and was forgiven by God and made it to heaven under the Old Covenant of the Law, how can believers in the New Testament who are under the New Covenant of Grace (which is supposed to be superior to the Old Covenant of the Law), not make it to heaven for committing and repenting of the same sin as David? Selah.
Hebrews 8:6-7: "But now has he obtained a
more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of
a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second."
In the New Testament, Paul contrastsChrist and Belial, as if Belial were the name of an idol or the personification of evil (2 Corinthians 6:15). This probably led to the use of the term Belial in the King James Version, instead of expressing its meaning, which is wickedness. They did not acknowledge, honor, regard, love, or serve The Eternal One they had no fear of The Almighty.
They did not know the way of
the LORD. The sons of Eli were sons of Belial. Although they were involved in the priesthood, they neither knew the power of God nor His presence. They had thrown off its restraints and went in the opposite direction of extreme recklessness. A spirit of lawlessness has taken over America and most of the world today. This is in preparation for the man of lawlessness who is soon to be manifested with all kinds of
deceptions and lying wonders.
Romans 1:28-32:
"Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers, backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them."
1 Corinthians 15:33-34: "Don't be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals." Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame."
Titus 1:15-16: "To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work."
Jude 1:4; 8-13: "For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ."
"Yet in like manner these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial beings. But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, "May the Lord rebuke you!" But these speak evil of those things which they know not. but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in these things are they destroyed.
Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the rebellion of Korah. These are spots in your love feasts, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about by winds; trees whose fruit withers, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever."
Matthew 7:17-19: Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree
brings forth
evil fruit. A good tree
cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a
corrupt tree
bring forth
good fruit. Every tree that brings not forth
good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Matthew 12:33:
"Either make the tree good, and
its fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree
is known by its fruit."
The laying on of hands is something not to be taken lightly. I teach and train churches to be very careful who they allow to lay hands on the believers. The laying on of hands is used in the apostolic ministry to transmit the healing power of God into a persons life, and it is also used to impart a gift or activate believers in their calling and gifting. There are many examples of the laying on of hands in the Bible. This action symbolizes a transfer, an imparting or assigning of something. The ceremony of laying hands on someone was also a sign of endorsement and confirmation of God's purpose. The physical hands dont actually do anything. It is God, through the power of His Holy Spirit that does the transferring and the assigning. This has scriptural foundation:
Mark 16:18: "They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall
lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."
Acts 8:18:
"And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money"
Acts 28:8: "And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of dysentery: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him." In the New Testament there are many examples of the laying on of hands performed after baptism for the receiving of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 19:5-6 "When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied." The laying on of hands is always performed by someone ordained to the five fold ministry. It is used to transmit the power of the Holy Spirit to the individual who just got baptized.
Acts 8:15-17 "Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit: (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit."
Other examples in the New Testament of the laying on of hands include anointing during sickness
James 5:14-15 "Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall deliver the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him."
Luke 4:40: Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
This I have done as well in many of our meetings where many have been healed, set free and received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. However, there is another dimension to this. I do not lay hands on everyone. If the Holy Sprit warns me not to lay hands on someone, I will only pray for that person without
laying on of hands. Discernment must be excercised before hastily laying hands on anyone.
1 Tim 5:22: Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep yourself pure.
The apostle Paul instructs Timothy to not lay hands hastily on anyone for a reason. Apparently it has much to do with keeping himself pure. If a minister is laying hands on someone who has strongholds of some sort, demonic spirits or is dealing with some sin issues, those things could also be transmitted to the minister. This works both ways, as the laying on of hands is a type of connection, point of contact between two people where spiritual things can be transmitted one way or the other. Pray for discernment and wisdom in these last days.
The laying on of hands is also performed on other occasions such as the blessing of the little children. This is a custom which is performed once on young children and traditionally takes place during the Feast of Tabernacles.
Matthew 19:13 "Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them."
During this ceremony, the minister asks God to assign special care and protection over the young child that is being blessed. The laying on of hands is also done during the marriage ceremony. Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained by God. The Laying on of hands during a marriage ceremony demonstrates an acknowledgment that the marriage covenant is an agreement which is bound and sealed by the Almighty who dwells in heaven. Authority is transferred to the couple where the husband is to lead his wife in love, and the wife is to submit herself to her husband.
Genesis 2:24-25 "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed."
Ephesians 5:22-25 "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it."
Leviticus 16:21-22: And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness
Another example found in the Old Testament that demonstrates the
laying on of hands was to fulfill the biblical transfer of birthright promises:
Genesis 48:16-18 And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it upon Ephraims head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manassehs head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long into this day. The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth
The transfer and assigning that took place in this ceremony shows just how important the laying on of hands is. The laying on of hands was also used in the Old Testament for the transfer of authority and the ordination of people to a position of responsibility. Moses laid his hands upon Joshua as a symbol or a sign that God Himself was placing Joshua in an office of responsibility.
Num. 27:18-20, 23: And the LORD said unto Moses, Take you Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand upon him; And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. And you shall put some of your honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
Q: I do have two questions for you 1) you where talking about the time you where on the show (live) while the war was going on in Syria and God spoke and wanted you to pray cause the war was not caused by him it was Satan. The next day after praying it came to a stand still. My question is I thought God was in control of everything, that Satan can't do anything without God's approval? and another question, I just thought of when a saint is in trouble (spiritually or physically) why do we intercede? Why doesn't God just protect them or stop what is going on? I am lost on these two questions.
A: This is a very good question, but the answer is not that simple to explain. I will attempt to answer it in a concise manner. You are not alone in asking this type of question, as it has been asked for ages by believers in Christ Jesus. Unfortunately, the answer that is most often given is the one that you just mentioned. Most churches teach that everything that happens is God's will. They try to re-assure the sheep by telling them not to worry, that God is in control. Although the premise of that statement is true, it is not that simplistic. Although the Creator is in control of the universe, the situation on this earth is a tad more complicated.
Psalms 115:16: "The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth has he given to the children of men."
You see, when the Almighty created this Earth, He gave Adam authority over the Garden to tend it and nurture it. Adam was given total and complete control over this earth to be its custodian. However, the Creator also gave Adam and Eve this little thing called "Free Will". When Adam and Eve disobeyed God and fell into sin on the Garden of Eden, this world and all that is in it came into the possession of Satan. As a result of that, this world and everything in it has come under the influence of
Satan and the powers of darkness.
Ephesians 2:2: "In which in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience"
When Jesus Christ died on the cross, was buried and resurrected from the grave
He restored part of what was lost at the Garden of Eden by destroying Satan and the power of death, hell and the grave:
Colossians 2:15: "And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it."
However, if Jesus Christ has has already taken care of the problem why are we still having all kinds of problems in our world such as disease, wars, murders, corruption, etc? The answer is that thevictory that Jesus Christ obtained at the Cross of Calvary
has to be applied, appropriated and acted on in order for it to be validated. Otherwise, everyone in the world would be saved now, wouldn't they?
1 John 5:18-19: "We know that whosoever is born of God sins not; but he that is begotten of God keeps himself, and that wicked one touches him not. And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness."
Everyone has the responsibility to exercise their own free will and choose who they want to serve. There is a spiritual law of NON-INTERFERENCE in human affairs that applies to the Kingdom of Darkness as well as the Kingdom of Light. The only way they can legally engage or interfere in human affairs:
1. Kingdom of Light: if is if it is requested by a human being through Godly prayer or intercession
2. Kingdom of Darkness: if it is requested through some kind of satanic/demonic ritual or blood sacrifice
The powers of darkness will do anything they want to do as long as they act in accordance with the rules and spiritual laws set up by the Almighty. As long as they do that, they can do anything they want on the earth and get away with it although it goes totally against the will of God. Why would Jesus teach His disciples in the model of prayer to pray "your will be done on the earth as it is in heaven" unless that is not the case most of the time. The will of the Father is implemented by the prayers of His saints on the earth. Only humans have theright to act on the earth based on the scripture posted above. Human beings may be children of the Most High or the children of the devil:
Matthew 13:25-30:
"But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the plant was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? from where then has it tares? He said unto them, An enemy has done this. The servants said unto him, Will you then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while you gather up the tares, you root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather you together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn."
The children of the devil will do anything they want to do on this earth even if it is not the will of God.
We have been placed on this earth as the enforcers of that which Christ has purchased for us through His atoning death at the Cross of Calvary. We are basically the ones that have the obligation and the rightful authority to pray and engage the Kingdom of Heaven into whatever is taking place here on the earth. This is the reason why Yahushua told His disciples to go and preach the gospel, heal the sick, cast out devils and raise the dead saying "the Kingdom of God is at hand".
The problem today is that most of the church believes that way. It is so passive, that the powers of darkness have their way with the people of God. Satanists, witches the rest of the hordes of hell laugh whenever they refer to the Christians. They see christians as mushrooms, who do not know much about anything regarding spiritual things and as weaklings who cannot even stop a demonic attack. Sad as it is, they are not far from the truth. Christians are not being taught spiritual warfare, healing and deliverance among other things in the local churches.
What a difference from the ministry of our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ who was feared by the demonic hosts. Same with Peter, Paul and the rest of the apostles. They had spirit power operating in their lives and were not afraid to use it when confronting the enemy. The Body of Christ better wake up before it is too late.
Q: I would like someone to address what does it mean to get your house in order. When you talk about such things, many do not understand what that means; because I was asked: does that mean all bills have to be paid, etc? Thanks for the reply.
A: As the scripture below indicates, getting your house in order means getting your soul and spiritual condition right with God and into alignment; repenting and asking the LORD to forgive you and cleanse you from all sin and evil things you have done. It also has to do with forgiving all who have harmed you in one way or another releasing them unto God. Then obeying the LORD as to what He would have you do.
2 Kings 20:1-3 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus says the LORD, Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live. Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, I beseech you, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
The time to come into alignment and get your house in order is now. Things are about to get real messy and only those who have gotten their house in order and come into alignment will be eligible to receive divine protection and guidance in the days to come. As the world gets darker, it behooves us to pay attention and check ourselves to see whether we are in the faith and if there is any dirt on our wedding garments. Only those with a wedding garment will be able to enter into the wedding of the LAMB. May the LORD grant us grace to repent and get our house in order before the Great and Terrible Day of the LORD comes.
Q: I have been learning to be a Shabbat Observant...however, after listening to Pastor Mike Hoggard's teachings today, I am beginning to think he is right and this is a deception from the enemy. There is no 'deeper knowledge' than what comes from the Bible. We don't need anything else. We stand on grace, through faith...not on sacred names, shofar, saying shalom or being a Friday/Saturday observant (shabbat). Where do you stand on this issue, please? I have been following the teachings of Michael Rood and Jim Staley for the last months...but, am now seeing that I may have been led down the garden path, though I am a seasoned believer in the word. That can happen to anyone. My desire is to please the LORD, and that was the only motivation.
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Q: I have been struggling with this information for about 5 or 6 yrs, since I first heard Steve Quayle talk about it. Then I asked for a spiritual journey and I say be careful what you ask for lol. What I want to know is that if aliens are all demons what about the Zetas of Zeta Talk who through Nancy Leider say the same things and more, like safe locations ands tons of scientific info and they have been warning people since 1995? I really want to know the truth about aliens. I know the truth of Jesus and he saved my life in 1981, thank God, but I can't get past the Zeta's who say they are service to others. What do you think? Thanks for your ministry.
A: The topic of aliens, UFOs and fallen angels is a very controversial subject among Christian believers. Most churches will not touch this topic with a ten foot pole, and yet there are so many people out there with a genuine desire to know the answer to the truth about these things. Many years ago I did not even believe in aliens or UFOs. The LORD began to deal with me about this in 1995 as I was preaching a revival in the city of Houston, Texas. I had a vision one night that left me with a lot of questions (see Vision of UFOs Escorted by Military Planes). This began my pilgrimage into this obscure, bizarre and misunderstood topic. A year later, while taking a stroll with my wife and small daughter, we all saw three UFOs (1 reddish & 2 white lights) dancing in the skies above us in what looked like a dogfight. I wrestled with this for many years, trying to make some sense of it and reconcile what I had seen.
The following year in 1997, the LORD brought Larry Taylor to a Prophetic Conference right here in our city, along with other men and women of God. We had an opportunity to visit and he started telling about UFOs and alien technology. At first, I had a problem with what he was sharing. However, the LORD had already shown me in previous years the truth about these things so I continued to listen to what he was saying. This was one more confirmation to everything that I had been shown. As I continued to study the scriptures and research this topic, I began to come upon an incredible amount of evidence that aliens, UFOs and fallen angels were all somehow intricately related to one another. At first, I believed that
all UFOs
were of evil origins and were here to hurt humanity. However, as I began to pray, meditate and do research on this topic both in the Bible as well as in other extra biblical sources, I came to the understanding that this was not the case. Allow me explain.
The term UFO means: "Unidentified Flying Object". It does not have to look like a flying saucer or alien space craft. The name flying saucer was coined shortly after the Roswell crash due to the saucer shape of some of these UFOs. However, although some of the UFO sightings have been described as strange looking saucer or cigar shape objects, the majority of them appear merely as lights in the sky. Since the first time I saw them, I have seen dozens of them at one time or another. It takes a trained eye to be able to discern them in the skies; but once you learn how to spot them, you can practically see them every night in the heavens. In the last few years there has been an explosion of UFOs manifesting in the skies. This is a fulfillment of Luke 21:11:
"And great earthquakes shall be in various places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven." I have come to understand that most of these UFOs (not all of them) and the strange looking space crafts spotted all over the world are of demonic origins.
These are the fallen angels, Nephillims, Annunaki spoken of in many parts of scriptures. However, not all of the angelic activity taking place in the heavens right now is of demonic origins. These angels are referred to in scriptures as the sons of God. One third of them fell and joined with Lucifer in a war against the Most High. However, two thirds of them remained faithful to the Almighty and serve Him day and night. As to why some of them require these strange looking extra dimensional spacecrafts to move from one place to another there are no firm answers, only educated guesses based on speculation. We know that angels can materialize at will anywhere they so desire. However, some of the fallen ones may have lost some of their powers and they may need these spacecrafts in order to move about and conduct some type of specific assignment or experiment in this dimensional level. We know from government declassified files on this type of phenomena that these vessels are capable of maneuvering and changing direction at very high speeds and virtually disappearing into thin air at will.
Angels of the Most High, as well as fallen ones, have access to sophisticated technology as we are talking about here. We can see proof of this when we read in the Book of Enoch how these fallen angels gave mankind information and advanced technology in the areas of science, astrology, astronomy, medicine and weapons of warfare that was way ahead ot its time in exchange for certain privileges involving human, animal and plant DNA experimentation. This is what led to the creation of giants, chimeras and the hybridization of most of human, animal and plant life on the planet. This eventually brought on the wrath of God and the destruction of mankind during the days of Noah, and the cleansing of the land afterwards of all vistages of giants and all human, animal and plant hybrids. Greek Mythology mentions these things in an allegorical way. It tells us how these kinds of gods and demigods roamed the earth at some point in the distant past. These things have been going on for a very long time and now we are standing on the verge of the end of times which is likened to the days of Noah and the culmination of all things.
However, good angels are also very active in the earth today in the protection of those that are ordained to eternal life. This is where believers in Christ Yahushua need to exercise wisdom and discernment. Angels of the Most High do not manifest themselves as aliens posing as benefactors that come to help mankind. They are Holy and carry the presence of God. They behave with a kind of Holy Reverence and whenever they do manifest they declare Jesus Christ Yahushua as the Messiah. Not every angel that manifests in our dimension comes from the throne of the Almighty; Beware:
2 Corinthians 11:14: "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light."
Galatians 1:8-9: "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that you have received, let him be accursed."
1 John 4:1-3: "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but test the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, of which you have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world."
Every angel, no matter how beautiful he may look, has to be able to pass the test. It requires great discernment to be able to separate what is Holy from the profane and ungodly. Unfortunately most of God's people have not been trained in the discernment of good and evil.
Hebrews 5:12-14: "For when for the time you ought to be teachers, you have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food. For
every one that uses milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness:
for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil."
The Zetas and the host of other fallen angelic entities using different names are lying, They are not interested in saving mankind because they care or love them. It has more to do with trying to get mankind to help them achieve their goals of a New World Order where they will rule once again over mankind. They need human beings to help them build their underground bases and sophisticated weapons that they will use to fight the Lamb Of Glory when He returns with the Host of Heaven to put an end to this mess. They will once again come offering mankind all kinds of
new technological breakthroughs in the areas of medicine, energy, finances and other areas to create (according to them) the perfect world. Men will be able to live for hundreds of years through the use of nano technology. Disease will be stamped, out and mankind as a whole will become smarter, stronger in a society free from crime, hunger and poverty.
They will claim to be the originators of the human species saying that they seeded this planet a long time ago, and now they are returning to usher us into a new level of consciousness where we will become like gods.
Beware, for this is the great deception and strong delusionspoken of by the Lord Jesus Christ as well as the apostle Paul. Notice the strong words that are used
to describe
the coming great deception that
will be foisted upon mankind:
Mark 13:22-25: "For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. But take heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken."
2 Thessalonians 2:7-12: "For the mystery of iniquity does already work: only he who now restrains will do so, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked One be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deception of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them a strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be condemned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
Luke 17:26: "And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man."
Revelation 12:4; 7-9: "And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth... And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought
and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Genesis 6:1-4: "And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons (ben) of God (elohiym) saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years. There were giants (n@phiyl) in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men ( gibbowr) which were of old, men of renown."
2 Kings 2:11: "And it came to pass, as they still went on and talked, that behold there appeared a chariot (rekeb - vehicle) of fire, and horses of fire and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven."
Job 1:6: "Now there was a day when the sons
of God
(elohiym) came to present themselves before the LORD and Satan came also among them."
Job 38:7: "When the morning stars sang together and all the sons(ben)
of God
(elohiym) shouted for joy"
Luke 17:26: "And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man."
2 Peter 2:4: "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."
Jude 1:6-7: "And the angels who kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after unnatural lust, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire."
Numbers 13:28-29; 33: "Nevertheless the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan... And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, who come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight."
Deuteronomy 3:11: "For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man."
Joshua 11:20-22: "For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses. And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakim from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, any remained."
Amos 2:9: "Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath."
1 Samuel 17:4-7: "And there went a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. And he had a helmet of bronze upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. And he had armor of bronze upon his legs, and a javelin of bronze upon his shoulders. And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him."
2 Samuel 21:15-22: "Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David grew faint. And Ishbi-benob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of bronze in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to slay David. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah aided him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore unto him, saying, You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you quench not the light of Israel.
And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew
Saph, who was of the sons of the giant. And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. And there was yet again a battle in Gath, where there was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei the brother of David slew him. These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants."
2 Samuel 23:20: "And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lion-like heroes of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in a time of snow."
1 Chronicles 20:6-8: "And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant. But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him. These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants."
Revelation 9:1-11: "And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men who have not the seal of God in their foreheads. And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a man.
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. And they had a king over them, who is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue he has the name Apollyon."
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Q: For the first time I came across today on your salvation section, or at least the videos you have in it, from your website. I was watching the videos on Angelica Zambrano (parts I & II) with my friend and co-workers (who are saved), here at work today. Her visions are very impressive and frightening. Especially since I prayed for God to give me more fear of Him as well as increased love for Him a few days ago. Her visions are also very confusing in regards to salvation. As a Catholic, I was taught that no one truly knows whether they are saved or not. As a Christian I was taught that once saved you are always saved.
Supposedly backsliders still go to heaven but will have no treasures accumulated; which always made me wonder about the economy of heaven (there will still be poor and rich people???...I don't think so). The Bible seems unclear and to point towards both opinions. I know that American evangelical churches have watered down the Gospel and are therefore very heavy on grace therefore grace seems to get abused. My understanding as a Christian also is that the only way to lose your salvation is to grieve the Holy Spirit. Something which I have heard is hard to do, due to the forgiving nature of Christ. Please elaborate or set me straight on this issue if you may?
A: This issue is one of the most divisive and difficult questions in the body of Christ. The system of Rewards in Heaven is well established in scripture; otherwise the Lord would be unfair, and we know that He is just and righteous. Not every believer will be in the same place in heaven or have the same position. That is what the Bible says. This is a topic that is not taught at all in the majority of churches today, but it is part of the foundation of our faith. Salvation is precious and valuable, and we must protect and cherish it. It should not be taken for granted, but we should work out our salvation with much trembling and fear. Salvation however, is only the beginning; believers should think beyond just the salvation part which gets us through the door of the Kingdom of Heaven. Christians need to go to a higher level. That is why the church is in the condition it is in.
Do we loose our salvation easily? No, I do not believe so. However, whenever a person does turn back to the things of the world and grows cold and hardened to the things of God he is in danger of becoming a reprobate. My recommendation to every believer is this: Try to run the race as if you mean to win it. Walk a life of purity, holiness and consecration unto the Lord. Holiness means separation unto God. The moment a person looses interest in their salvation and the race and tries to coast, they are setting themselves for shipwreck. Set your eyes on things above, not on things below. There needs to be more teaching on this topic. I leave you with the following scriptures which speak louder than any words I may say:
Philippians 2:12: Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Hebrews 12:28-29: Therefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire.
1 Corinthians 3:11-17: For no other foundation can a man lay than what is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall test every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he has built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man defiles the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
Romans 9:21-23: Has not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor? What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared unto glory.
2 Timothy 2:19-22: Nevertheless the foundation of God stands sure, having this seal,The Lord knows them that are his. And, Letevery one that names the name of Christ depart from iniquity. But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and fit for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Revelation 2:7: He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Romans 1:26-32:For this causeGod 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 shameful, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was fitting. 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 proper.
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they who commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Revelation 2:11: He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches; He that overcomes shall not be hurt of the second death.
2 Timothy 3:1-9: 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, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, reckless, conceited, 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 who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with various lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
Revelation 2:17: He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knows except him who receives it.
Revelation 11:18: And the nations were angry, and your wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that you should give reward unto your servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear your name, small and great; and should destroy them who destroy the earth.
Titus 1:14-16: Not giving heed to Jewish myths, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled. They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Revelation 2:26: And he that overcomes, and keeps my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations.
Matthew 16:27: For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Revelation 22:12: And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Romans 6:20-23: For when you were the servants of sin, you were free from righteousness. What fruit had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, you have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Revelation 3:5: He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white clothing; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
2 Corinthians 7:1: Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
1 Corinthians 3:7-9: So then neither is he that plants anything, neither he that waters; but God that gives the increase. Now he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are laborers together with God: you are God's field, you are God's building.
Matthew 10:41-42: He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Matthew 6:1-6: Take heed that you give not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise you have no reward of your Father who is in heaven. Therefore when you give your alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But when you give alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand does: That your alms may be in secret: and your Father who sees in secret himself shall reward you openly. And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But you, when you pray, enter into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly.
Revelation 3:11-12: Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which you have, that no man take your crown. He that overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27: Know you not that they who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain. And every man that strives for self control is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not with uncertainty; so fight I, not as one that beats the air: But I roughly treat my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.
Colossians 3:24: Knowing that of the Lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for you serve the Lord Christ.
2 John 1:8: Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have worked for, but that we receive a full reward.
Hebrews 11:24-26: By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked unto the recompense of reward.
Hebrews 12:1-6: 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.
Revelation 3:21: To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.
Hebrews 12:14: Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.
Matthew 5:8: Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
2 Peter 2:13-14: And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. Spots they are and blemishes, reveling themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: a heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children.
Matthew 6:1-3: Take heed that you give not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise you have no reward of your Father who is in heaven. Therefore when you give your alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But when you give alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand does.
Hebrews 2:1-3: Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; How shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.
Ephesians 4:22-32: That you put off concerning the former way of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that you put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Therefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another. Be angry, and sin not: let not the Sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needs.
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be you kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.
1 Thessalonians 3:13: To the end he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
Hebrews 12:9-11: Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them who are trained by it.
Q: I just wanted to let you know that one of my best friends (a lady whom I work with, but still have a wonderful relationship with) is an ardent new age fan. She is into past life regressions etc. Now the one thing that I have noted about here supposed past life regressions is that whenever a new "place" is discovered (I think there is a new supposed lost society called Lunaria) then my friend and all of her other new age buddies have past life regressions to that very place. I always thought that it is the biggest load of rubbish, but as I was listening to you the other night, I realize that they are probably all "guided" by the same spirits and these spirits know all about the supposed lost societies, so now I don't find it so strange that they all regress to the same place.
Another interesting thing about my friend: she told me that she once regressed to ancient Egypt where she worked closely with a priest in one of the pyramids and that inside the pyramid there were portals where you could go to another world. Of course I just thought she was being her weird self but you mentioned something about portals the other day and seeing it in that context it is probably not so far fetched. Just thought I would share this bit with you. What are your thoughts on this?
A: Portals and gateways are very real indeed. Both good angels and bad angels use it often. Jerusalem to this day, is a gateway to heaven. There are however, gates which the Bible calls the gates of hell: "And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it." Matthew 16:18
Many of these new age "Chanelers" are influenced by familiar spirits (demons) and shown "past lives" which are really people these familiar spirits also inhabited in times past and were very familiar with. Thus the term "familiar spirits". These same familiar spirits are attaching themselves to many today tricking them into believing that they were the same people who lived many years ago and re-incarnated into their present bodies. This is how re-incarnation victims are duped by these familiar spirits. This belief is prevalent in India and other countries who belief and practice Hinduism. Now, this belief system has been brought to America and Western countries and is becoming an epidemic today.
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Pyramids were used as portals to create gateways between dimensions. There are certain parts of the world that to this day are gateways to hell such as Stonehenge. Another area that is notorious is the Bermuda Triangle. Many strange and bizarre events have happened there. In addition, CERN and other colliders are being used to creat these dimensional portals to allow these fallen angelic entities, Nephilims, Annunaki however you want to call them, to come through those portal, wormhole into into this reality. Eventually, they will manage to open the Bottomless Pit and release the fallen angels that are imprisoned there.
Leviticus 19:31 "Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am Jehovah your God."
Leviticus 20:6 "And the soul that turns unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to play the harlot after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people."
Deuteronomy 18:11 "or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer."
1 Samuel 28:3 "Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land."
2 Kings 21:6 "And he made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced augury, and used enchantments, and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger."
2 Kings 23:24 "Moreover them that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of Jehovah."
Isaiah 8:19 "And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living should they seek unto the dead?"
Isaiah 19:3 "And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards."
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Q: Ever since I first read the passage about the nephilim in Genesis, I wanted to know HOW the fallen angels copulated with women. How did they get a physical body to do this? I do know that there are some instances in the Bible where angels (the good angels) took on human form (as when they visited Abraham), but I cannot recall an instance in the Bible when a "bad" angel took on human form without actually possessing a person. I know there is a Scripture in Matthew where Jesus said that angels are not given in marriage and a footnote in my Bible says that they cannot reproduce "after their own kind" (although the verse does not explicitly state this). I am just really interested to know what your view on this is. And by the way, I live in South Africa. What is Africa's role in the upcoming events in the world? Warm regards from the southern hemisphere.
A: Greetings to you in South Africa. Thank you for listening to our audio files on the Byte Show and your interest. There are not many details about this event in the Bible, but you can read it in the Book of Enoch in much more detail. Angels have the ability to materialize in human form, along with many other supernatural abilities we have no knowledge of. That scripture you refer to is Mathew 22:30, and many people use this scripture to argue the point. However, notice that it says as angels in heaven (not earth). The other two scripture talk about this same event.
Matthew 22:30 "For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angelsin heaven."
Jude 1:6 "And the angels who kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation he has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day."
2 Peter 2:4 "For if God spared not angels when they
sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment"
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Q: Is the last trump referred to by the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 the same as the last trumpet judgment in Revelation 11:15?
A: This is one of those areas where due to the lack of substantial evidence from the word of God, all we can do is speculate and share what the the Holy Spirit has revealed so far. The first two passages teach that the Church will be removed at the sound of a trump. One passage calls it The Trump of God and the other passage calls it The Last Trump. Trumpets are mentioned many times in the Bible. But nowhere does it say that the three scriptures quoted above are the same as the seventh trumpet that will be blown by the seventh angel during the Tribulation Period. Those who say The Last Trump
(The Trump of God) is the same as the seventh trumpet that will be blown by the seventh angel during the Tribulation Period just assume
that they are the same. It's probably just their interpretation or maybe something that they have heard others say. But it is not based on any solid explanation from the Bible. The timing of The Last Trump will take place some time after the great rebellion and the revealing of the man of sin (2 Thessalonians 2:1-3). This will be addressed at another time. As to the exact timing when the Lord will gather His people within the context of the Book of Revelation, all that we can do is speculate.
There are major differences between the last trump (trump of God) and the 7th trumpet judgment in the book of Revelation. First it is clear that the last trump (the trump of God) has to do with believers being evacuated or removed from planet earth due to impending cataclysmic disasters resulting from God's wrath. When the last trump of God sounds, the deceased believers will be raised, then the believers who are still alive on planet earth will be changed into incorruptible bodies and the entire Church will be caught up to heaven at the same time. However, when the angel blows the seventh trumpet it will cause anger on earth, lightening, thunder, an earthquake, great hail, and it will lead to the seven last bowls of God's wrath.
The voice of God is not the sound of a trumpet blown by an angel (Rev. 11:15). It is a voice that sounds like a trumpet (Rev. 1:10; 4:1). There is a difference between the sound of a trumpet and a voice that sounds like a trumpet.
The last trump (the trump of God) will be an act of God's mercy and grace towards His elect, where the angels gather them into heaven Mathew 24:31.
Matthew 24:31 "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."
Whereas the trumpet blown by the seventh angel in Revelation 11:15 will be an act of wrath. It has to do with divine judgment and the pouring of God's wrath upon those on earth.
Revelation 11:15-19 "And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, who sat before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces, and worshiped God, Saying, We give you thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who is, and was, and is to come; because you have taken to you your great power, and have reigned. And the nations were angry, and your wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that you should give reward unto your servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear your name, small and great; and should destroy them who destroy the earth. And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail."
When the last trump (the trump of God) sounds Jesus won't be in heaven. Jesus will descend with a shout and remain in the clouds above the earth to meet the Church (I Thess. 4:16-17). There's no mention of Jesus descending or shouting or remaining in the clouds when the seventh angel blows the seventh trumpet in Revelation 11:15-19.
Some people believe that the ascension of the two witnesses is a picture of the rapture; however the saints will be gatheredat the last trump (the trump of God). On the other hand, the two witnesses will be raised from the dead and they will ascend to heaven before the seventh angel blows the trumpet. The saints will be changed in the twinkling of an eye. But the two witnesses will stand on their feet while all the world will see them. Apparently, instead of being removed in the twinkling of an eye, whereas the two witnesses will remain on earth after they are raised from the dead long enough for television cameras to transmit their images all over the world.
There is an amazing event that took place during the days of Moses in the wilderness that may be a type and shadow of what will happen at the last trump (the trump of God). Moses took the people to meet God near Mt.
Sinai. Among other things, he took them there for the purpose of receiving God's Commandments and having His people agree to keep them. Notice what happened:
Exodus 19:16-19 "And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceedingly loud; so that all the people that were in the camp trembled. And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the lower part of the mount. And mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke of it ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice."
Exodus 20:18 "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 moved, and stood far off."
We are living today in the beginning of the third day since Messiah came. A day with the Lord is like a thousands years, and a thousand years like a day (2 Peter 3:8). The morning represents the beginning of the third day after Messiah came. Notice the thick cloud upon the mount (Jesus will meet the Church in the clouds) and the voice of the trumpet (the voice not the sound) exceeding loud. Compare this voice to Rev. 1:10 and 4:1]; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. Notice how similar what they saw and heard to what the apostle John saw in the Island of Patmos and recorded in the book of Revelation:
Revelation 4:5 "And out of the throne proceeded lightning and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God."
Revelation 8:5 "And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire from the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake."
Revelation 11:19 "And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail."
Revelation 19:6 "And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigns."
In Exodus 19:16-20 it says that "Moses prepared the people to meet God (the Lord wants His people prepared to meet Him when He returns). Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God(a picture of the Church going forth to meet Jesus); and they stood at the nether part of the mount. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended (a picture of Jesus descending out of heaven to meet the Church at the Rapture) upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder (the voice of the trumpet sounded several times getting louder and louder), Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up( a picture of the Church going up).
Notice that the voice of the trumpet was exceeding loud. It even sounded long and waxed louder and louder. This is important because God told the Jews to make trumpets and blow them on their feast days (Num. 10:2, 10). This would include all seven of the feast days: The Feast of Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of First Fruits, the Feast of Pentecost, the Feast of Trumpets, the Feast of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:1-36). The Church began on the Feast of Pentecost and most believe the Church will be Raptured on The Feast of Trumpets. Either way, the Jews blow trumpets on their feast days (Numbers 10:10), and on the Feast of Trumpets, the trumpet is blown one hundred times. The one hundredth blast or the last blast of the trumpet on the Feast of Trumpets is the longest and loudest. The Jews call it the Tekiah, Teruah, Shevarim which means The Great Blast. Many believe that The Last Trump (The Trump of God) is represented by The Great Blast on the Feast of Trumpets.
Q: What about the Scripture Jesus referred to in Matthew 24:15 when He spoke about the Abomination of desolation that Daniel spoke about? Also Paul in 2Thess 2 refers to antichrist going into the temple and declare Himself to be God? Surely this is referring to the same passage Daniel refers to in Ch 9:27 Can you explain this to me "And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him" Surely this cannot also be referring to Jesus?
A: This is a two part question, on a very misunderstood and difficult to understand subject. Everyone in the early church understood what these three scriptures meant, and interpreted it correctly. Most of the older commentaries (Albert Barnes, Adam Clarke, Jamieson-Fausset-Brown) and others also understood what these three scriptures meant and interpreted it correctly. Three scriptures are mentioned; let's take a look at them:
Daniel 9:24-27 "Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and upon your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah, the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublesome times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and its end shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate."
Matthew 24:15 "When you therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoever reads, let him understand.)"
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come the falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God."
We are going to look at Daniel 9:24-27 first. This passage refers to what is known as the 70th week of Daniel. Christians recognize that these 70 weeks or 490 days are symbolic of years, each day representing a year. A lot of modern day preachers who adhere to the futurist interpretation believe that there is a huge gap of 2,000 years that separates the 69th week from the 70th week. They believe that this 70th week are 7 years of tribulation when the antichrist will make a covenant with the Jews, allow them to build the temple and make sacrifices there, and then later he will break the covenant causing the sacrifices to stop. I will attempt to show you that this event spoken of in Daniel 9:24-27 was fulfilled by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Everything in Daniel 9:24 has to do with the coming of the Messiah and the work He would do: Finish the transgression, make an end of sins, make reconciliation for iniquity, bring in everlasting righteousness,
seal up (fulfill) the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy (Jesus Christ). Let us look at each one:
"Finish the transgression and make an end of sins"
Hebrews 1:3 "Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high"
Hebrews 9:26 "For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the age
has he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself."
"To make reconciliation for iniquity"
2 Corinthians 5:18 "And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation"
Ephesians 2:16 "And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby"
Hebrews 2:17 "Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people."
Hebrews 10:17 "And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more."
"To bring in everlasting righteousness"
Romans 3:22 "Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference"
Romans 3:25-26 "Whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him who believes in Jesus."
Romans 5:18-19 "Therefore as by the offense of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous."
"To seal up the vision and prophecy"
Jesus sealed the Old Testament prophecies by fulfilling what was written in them.
Acts 3:18 "But those things, which God before had showed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he has so fulfilled."
"To anoint the most Holy"
To anoint, (from which comes Mashiach, the Messiah, the anointed one), signifies in general, to consecrate or appoint to some special office. Here it means the consecration or appointment of our blessed Lord, the Holy One of Israel, to be the Prophet, Priest, and King of mankind.
Acts 4:27 "For of a truth against your holy child Jesus, whom you have anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together"
Luke 4:18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised"
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In Daniel 9:25 the prophecy of the seventy weeks was to begin with the decree to restore and build Jerusalem. That well-known date is 457 B.C., when Artaxerxes sent out the decree (Ezra 7:13). From that date, 457 B.C., the Jews would have exactly 490 years to finish filling up their cup of iniquity by rejecting the Messiah. That 490-year probation ended in A.D. 34, and the Jews ceased to be God's chosen people. Daniel 9:25 says that the Messiah would be anointed after sixty-nine of those prophetic weeks had passed by. That would be 483 years from the decree date of 457 B.C and It brings us to the year A.D. 27, the very year that Jesus was baptized by John and the Holy Spirit anointed Him for His ministry.
Seventy weeks were assigned as probation to the Jewish people, but Jesus Christ appeared as the Messiah after sixty-nine weeks. That left the seventieth week for Christ to minister to the Jews before their probation period ended. This scripture tells us what would happen in the seventieth week:
Daniel 9:27
"And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease."
Nowhere in this verse does it say anything about an antichrist making and breaking a covenant with the Israel. Antichrist is nowhere to be found in this verse. However, if we accept the fact that this verse is referring to Messiah, Jesus Christ everything makes sense and falls perfectly into place. The middle of the week is three and a half years from the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River. According to the scriptures, the ministry of Jesus lasted for three and a half years, or half of the 70th week. In the spring of A.D. 31 He was crucified. The veil of the temple was rent from top to bottom
(Matthew 27:51)
symbolizing the oblations and sacrifices had been terminated.
Through His death, Jesus Christ caused sacrifices to cease in the Jewish temple as far as God was concerned, although the Jews continued to offer sacrifices in the temple until the middle of 66 AD; approximately three and a half years later the Roman armies destroyed the temple in Jerusalem. After the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, another three and a half years remained of the seventy weeks and the end of Jewish probation. There are two possibilities as to when the remaining three and a half years are fulfilled.
One possibility is that the divine clock of the seventy weeks of the Jewish probation was stopped at the death of Messiah leaving three and a half years left. From that moment on, the focus has been on the Gentiles, although the Bride of Jesus Christ is made up of both Jews and Gentiles. Jews can be a part of the Bride, but they must come in through the strait and narrow gate like everyone else and be washed by the Blood of the Lamb and filled with His Spirit. After approximately two thousand years, the clock will re-start again at the end of the age when the times of the gentiles is fulfilled. At that time the Jews will be given one last opportunity to turn to Him, or to receive the false Messiah. Jesus Christ will fulfill the second half of the 70th week by confirming the covenant again. This may be the mystery that the Apostle Paul referred to when he said that the blindness of Israel was for a season until the fullness of the Gentiles comes in, and then Israel would be saved
(Romans 11:25-26).
The other possibility is that during those three and a half years after the crucifixion of Jesus, the apostles worked mostly with the Jews until 34 A.D. when the seventy weeks probation ended. Stephen was stoned and the gospel began to go to the Gentiles (Acts 8:4). The Jews had rejected the gospel message and were no longer God's people-just as Daniel had predicted. Now they could only be saved as individuals, the same way as the Gentiles. He now has made a covenant with many;these are his spiritual seed in all ages: Psalms 22:30; Isaiah 53:1. As a nation, the Jews had been rejected as God's chosen people. Here is the way the Bible describes that rejection:
Matthew 21:43 "The kingdom of God shall be taken from you."
Matthew 21:19 "And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away." (The fig tree was a symbol of the Jewish nation.)
Matthew 23:38 "Behold, your house is left unto you desolate."
Galatians 3:28 "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus."
Galatians 3:29 "And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."
Romans 10:12 "For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him."
Romans 9:6-8 "For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children; but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, they which are ... the children of the promise are counted for the seed." (The New Testament teaches the acceptance of spiritual Israel, and the rejection of physical Israel and the children of the flesh.)
Romans 2:28, 29 "For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter."
Acts 13:46 "It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles."
I would also like to point out that in the part that says: "the people of the prince that shall come"
does not refer to the antichrist. This is where the ridiculous belief among many theologians that the antichrist would come from Rome came from. Many times throughout the book of Daniel, when you see the word prince, the angel is referring to an angelic prince. I believe in this case the angel was referring to the prince of the Roman Empire, who would come after the prince of Greece. The people of the Roman prince to come of course were the Roman armies who came and destroyed the city of Jerusalem and the sanctuary in 70 AD.
Daniel 10:13 "But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; for I had remained there with the kings of Persia."
Daniel 10:20-21 "Then said he: Know you why I come unto you? And now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I have gone forth, lo, the prince of Greece shall come. But I will show you that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that upholds me in these things, but Michael your prince."
Daniel 12:1 "And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which stands for the children of your people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book."
This is the part where most get in trouble. The confirming of the covenant during that "one week" must be consistent with some work or event that would cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease in the middle of that period. The sacrifices and offerings "ceased" at the death of Christ
- in the middle of the "week." Many times Jesus said: "My time is not yet come"
(John 2:4; 7:6, 30). Then just prior to His death He said: "My time is at hand" and "the hour is come"
(Mathew 26:18, 45; John 17:1). These verses clearly indicate that there was a definite time in the divine plan when Jesus had to die. He came to fulfill the scriptures, and there is only one scripture that predicted the time of His death; the prophecy that stated that Messiah would be cut off in the midst of the 70th week, after 3 1/2 years of ministry. Those who state that the confirming of the covenant and the causing of the sacrifices to cease refer to a future antichrist, completely destroy the awesome fulfillment of this beautiful prophecy.
The death of Christ was, in fact, the thing which made the sacrifices and oblations to cease, and the fact that the great atonement has been made, and that there is now no further need of those offerings, is the only philosophical reason which can be given why the Jews have never been able again to rebuild the temple, and why for eighteen hundred years they have found no place where they could again offer a bloody sacrifice. The "sacrifice and the oblation" were made, as the result of the coming of the Messiah, to "cease" for ever, and no power of man will be able to restore them again in Jerusalem. If it were to occur again, that event by itself would be the abomination of desolation in the eyes of God.
Hebrews 8:6-8 "But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. For finding fault with them, he says, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah"
Hebrews 9:15 "And for this cause he is the mediator of the new covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they who are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance."
Hebrews 10:16-18 "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin."
And for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate. Nothing could be more appropriate, in the common estimation of the Jews, than to speak of such an object as a Roman military standard planted in any part of the temple, as an "abomination,;" and no word would better denote the character of the Roman conqueror than the word "desolator" - for the effect of his coming, was to lay the whole city and temple in ruins.
Mt 24:15 "When ye, therefore, shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet stand in the holy place"
There can be no doubt that the Lord is referring to the passage in Daniel 9:27 or that the events that occurred in the attack on Jerusalem and the temple fully correspond with the language used here. Josephus says, that when the city was taken, the Romans brought their ensigns into the temple and placed them over the eastern gate and sacrificed to them there. This is in perfect agreement with the language above and the destruction of the city and temple.
Daniel 9:27 "and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate."
The Hebrew word (shomem) means "to be laid waste, to be made desolate". The reference is to Jerusalem being seen as desolate or reduced to ruins by the hand of the foreign Roman army. The angel perhaps contemplating it as he speaks, sees it in ruins or as desolate, and he sees this also as the termination of the series of prophecies regarding Israel, and in view of everything that will take place, speaks of Jerusalem appropriately as "the desolate." A desolator has come there to spread destruction, and this shall continue even to the end of the whole matter; the completion of Jerusalem's overthrow as determined by God.
The Lord Jesus himself interpreted these words of the Roman armies standing in the holy place, and the desolation of Jerusalem they would cause:
Luke 21:20-24 "And when you shall see
Jerusalem surrounded with armies, then know that its desolation is near. Then let them who are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let them who are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the country enter into it. For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that nurse children, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled."
Luke 13:34-35 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kills the prophets, and stones them that are sent unto you; how often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen does gather her brood under her wings, and you would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, you shall not see me, until the time comes when you shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord."
2 Thessalonians 2:4 "Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God."
This scripture is not referring to Daniel 9:27 or Mathew 24:15. Most Bible scholars believe that he was referring to the coming Popes and the arrogant Papal Infallibility Doctrine adopted by the Catholic Church after Constantine in 325 AD. It is recorded history what the Popes did during hundreds of years to oppress, kill and persecute the Christians and forced them to submit to the pope as if he was God. By the temple of God, you must understand that it is referring to the church of living God, the external, visible church which professes the faith of Christ and bears his name. It is in this temple of God that the man of sin sits in. The phrase "the temple of God" is several times used in reference to the spiritual temple made up of believers in Christ who make up His Church 2Co 6:16; Eph 2:21;
1Co 3:16-17;
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 "Know you not that
you are
the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man defiles the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are."
2 Corinthians 6:16 "And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the
temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."
Ephesians 2:19-21 "Now therefore you are no more strangers and sojourners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone; In whom all the building fitly framed together grows unto a holy temple in the Lord."
The temple was the proper symbol of the church, and an apostle such as Paul, trained among the Hebrew institutions would naturally speak of the church as the temple of God. The temple at Jerusalem was regarded as the peculiar dwelling-place of God on earth. When the Christian church was founded, it was spoken of as the peculiar dwelling-place of God. See the passages referred to above. He dwelt among his people. He was with them, and walked with them, and manifested himself among them, as He had done in the previous temples in the Holy of Holies.
The New Testament does not restrict this language to an "edifice" or a "church," as the word is now commonly used, but rather it denotes the church as a society and the idea is that the Antichrist here referred to would present himself in the midst of that church as claiming the honor due to God alone. In the temple at Jerusalem, God himself was there; there he gave laws to his people; there he manifested himself as God and there He was worshipped.
When the "man of sin" sits in the Christian church, he would usurp the place which God had occupied in the temple and he would claim divine attributes and homage; he would give laws and responses as God did there; he would be regarded as the head of all ecclesiastical power and the source from which all authority emanated. This does not refer to the pope sitting in any particular church building or temple, but to his claim to the same universal supremacy, absolute authority, unerring infallibility and homage which God had in the temple at Jerusalem. No one can fail to see that the authority claimed by the pope of Rome, and the homage he demands meets the full force of the language used here by the Apostle Paul.
The sentence
showing himself that he is God, does not necessarily mean that he actually claimed to be God, but that he usurped the place of God and claimed to be the Vicar of Christ (in place of God), receiving the honors due to God like accepting the worship of people or allowing people to kiss his hand, feet or the ring on his hand. The pope in Rome has in past times been called "Our Lord God the Pope" and King of kings and Lord of lords. This is heresy and blasphemy. The Catholic Church believes that the power of the Pope is greater than all created power, and extends itself to things celestial, terrestrial, and infernal.
The Pope has throughout history done whatsoever he believes, even things unlawful. For over a thousand years, the Pope in Rome held the highest place and authority in the Christian Church, where he acted as God, taking upon himself God's titles, attributes and the authority that belongs to the Most High. Even today, kings, presidents and heads of states still bestow upon the pope those same attributes paying homage to him such as kissing his hand and ring. Sometimes, the scriptures in the bible have a dual fulfillment. Although the coming of the Roman Papacy and the Catholic Church were a partial fulfillment of 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4, I believe it will also have a future fulfillment in a coming final Pope, except that the Catholic Church will cease to exist as such and will be replaced by a New World Religion led by the two horned beast of Revelation 13.
There will come two beasts, one beast will be political and the other will be religious. It is my belief that new elected Pope Francis may very well be the one who will prepare the way for the one spoken of in the book of Revelation 13:10-17. According to the Saint Malachy prophecy, this is the last pope to preside over the Catholic Church. This pope will see the end of the Catholic Church as we know it, as it will yield to a New World Religion that will be led by the False Prophet. He may possibly rule from a New Temple in Jerusalem built by the Masons and the Illuminati, serving as the headquarters for the new world religion, and could also be a partial fulfillment of 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4. Solomon's Temple will include something else that is much more sinister which they prefer you know nothing about.
As we have explained already, the real temple of the living God (according to the scriptures) is the human body. The rebuilding of Solomon's Temple which the elite actually refer to is the rebuilding of Adam; human vessels who can be indwelt by demonic entities such as the fallen angels who (along with the old serpent Lucifer/Coatzcoatl/Kukulkan) are very soon to be thrown to Earth and given the key to open the bottomless pit as pointed out in the book of Revelation:
Revelation 12:9-10: "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accused them before our God day and night."
Revelation 9:1-3; 11: "And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
And they had a king over them, who is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue he has the name Apollyon."
Once the New Temple in Jerusalem is built, the beast that will soon arise out of the bottomless pit will walk into the holy of holies and proclaim himself to be the messiah. From that point, he will begin to rule the world in a New World Order or The New Atlantis in conjunction with the ten kings of the earth for three and one half years or forty two months Daniel 7:25; Revelation 11:2; 12:6; 13:5. Nowhere in the Bible can you find the beast ruling the earth for seven years. Neither can you find any scripture where it says that the great tribulation will last seven and a half years. These traditions of men must be laid aside if the people of the Most High are going to understand the endtimes. Satan will be given the same amount of time that Yahushua had to prove his case on the showcase of earth through the antichrist, false prophet and the 10 kings of the earth. No more.
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