Pergamos In the News

Jesus, speaks to seven churches in Revelation, the seven endtime churches, and one of them was the church of Pergamos.  Let's see what Jesus says to the church of Pergamos:  Revelation 2:12-17  New King James Version (NKJV)  “And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, ‘These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword: “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.  Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.  “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.”’

There are a few things I wish to touch on here, but will not give all of my thoughts on this sensitive subject.  Firstly we need to discover where Pergamos is.  Pergamos is located in the modern day city of Bergama, Turkey.  link1

Turkish police are arresting protesters; Turkish Prime Mininister Tayyip Erdogan's has taken outrageous steps to crackdown on protesters which has given some Europeans a new excuse to question whether country merits European Union membership; Germany is already opposing their membership into the European Union.  Jesus told the church that they would be destroyed if they did not repent, now today the country is mostly Islamic.  Are we to believe that the people are being opressed solely because they want a true democratic government?  Could it be that the people have woken up to what is really going on in the country?  All of the countries in that area are in turmoil and are being setup to give their power over to the beast, just like the bible says.  [Revelation 17:13].  Iraq, Turkey, Libya, Syria, and others...link 

Let me ask you a question, do you know where Satan's seat is?  Well would you agree that its where Satan is?
This is what Satan's seat looked like when Jesus spoke of it. The seat of Zeus in Pergamous.

 Did you know that the stage for the democratic convention was a replica of the seat of Pergamos?  Not judging just reporting the facts.

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Preventing God's Work

As I go about my job of spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, I sometimes come across people who don't like the way that I handle my ministry.  They don't agree with the administration of my gifts; sometimes they are offended by the working of the holy spirit within me and feel like I'm misusing my gifts.  They don't see the beam in their eye, they know what my path should be better than I do.  Let's see what Jesus concluded when he came across this phenomena.




Jesus gave his disciples power over all the works of the devil and sent them out preaching the Kingdom of God [Luke9].  Jesus asked them for a report of what they accomplished when they returned.  The disciples returned saying:

(And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us) [Luke 9:49].  Don't miss this point; the apostle John, the disciple that Jesus loved told Jesus that he found a man that was casting out devils in the name  of Jesus and prevented him from doing so, because the man didn't conduct himself the way he felt like he should have.  He didn't follow the guidelines, in the manner that fit John's approval.  Let me state this several ways to bring the point home.  Let me paraphrase John...

-Jesus we found a man loosing people from demonic possession in your name and we told him not to do that, only a disciple of Jesus Christ can do such a thing.  (You are correct John!)
-We found a man calling on your name Jesus, and recognizing you as the Son of God with authority over every power of the enemy but we told him not to call upon your name; we told him not to help people.
-We found a man using the gift that God gave him and we told him to sit down and shut up.
-We found a man lifting up your name Jesus, and we prevented him from doing so in Jesus name; we rebuked him from doing good in Jesus name.
-We missed your sermon Jesus about your Kingdom not being divided, so we tried to divide your kingdom Jesus; we caused a scene and argued with a good Christian man in front of sinners, to show them the way of Christ.

How hard hearted can you be John?  Didn't you see first hand how the religious leader's nit-picked Jesus for healing on the sabbath?  Don't we all know people like that; people that say my way is the right way, but Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life, no man cometh to the father but by me [John 14:6]."  It's not John's way, or Rev. Thomas's way, or Michael's way!  Let the holy spirit work in that man as it pleases.  Paul said that there are different administrations of the spirit but they all work through the will of God in Christ to benefit the church [1 Corinthians 12:4-7].  If the church is being benefited, let the man of God work!

But you don't have to take my word for it, let's see what Jesus said:
(And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us) [Luke 9:50].  In other words:

-If the man is rebuking the devil in my name, only the devil should be offended.
-If a woman wants to preach, let her preach.
-If a visitor wants to speak in tongues in your church, don't ask them not to comeback.
-If the young people want to form a praise dancing team, it doesn't have to be the focus of Sunday service, let them dance at Wednesday night prayer service; you might get more people to come out.
-If I want to write articles and books that seem to stray from your accepted beliefs, don't call me names, don't try to prevent me from doing what God sent me to earth to do, just because you don't understand it.  And if I am wrong, I pray that God reveals to me my true path, but in the meanwhile I will do the best I can.  If my ideas seem to be out there, I'm out there for Christ.  I don't understand French, but if I hear a man speaking in French at the Mall I'm not going to demand that they speak English.

This is last point I wish to make in this discussion: Jesus asked the disciples to tell him what they accomplished, but John tells Jesus what he prevented!  Do you know anyone that doesn't feel like they have accomplished anything until they have prevented you from doing your job!!  Jesus gave John power over all the works of the devil and his proudest accomplishment at the time, was preventing a man of God from doing his job.  Wow!

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Why Prosperity Preaching is Wrong!

In these last days, the church has
called for preachers who only tell
them what they want to hear; those
teachers that won't even preach a
third of the bible. "For the time
will come when they will not endure
sound doctrine; but after their own
lusts shall they draw to themselves
teachers, having itching ears; And
they shall turn away their ears from
the truth, and shall be turned unto
myths." [2 Timothy 4:3-4]. The main
tenant of the prosperity doctrine is
that if you have money its because God
is pleased with you and has blessed
you, and that if far from true. [1
Timothy 6:5] states that gain is not
godliness and is not a sign of God's
favor. Real prosperity is being
content with what you have and godly
living. In the last days people will
listen to seducing spirits, doctrines
of devils, because good doctrine saves
and bad doctrine condemns [1 Timothy
4:1-5, 1Timohty 4:16].

Prosperity preaching is not sound
doctrine because the Kingdom of God is
not of this earth: now let me prove
that statement. A rich man, a rich
young ruler came to Jesus and said,
that he had kept all the commandments
from his youth, and asked what thing
he lacked to enter into the Kingdom of
God. Jesus commanded him to sell all
that he had and follow Him, only then
could the young man enter the kingdom.
[Luke 18:22] Wait, so why didn't Jesus
say, "good-job my son you are
prosperous, you have triumphed over
the devil and are a fine example of a
prospering Christian?" Well, because
the man couldn't be a part of God's
kingdom if he loved anything more than
he loved God [Matthew 10:37, Luke 18];
the rich young ruler had to prove his
love for God by believing his Son,
Jesus, and following Jesus. You can't
follow Jesus if you don't follow his
commands. The bible says to be rich
in good works not money.

So where should your treasure be? It
should be in heaven. "Sell that ye
have, and give alms; provide
yourselves bags which wax not old, a
treasure in the heavens that faileth
not, where no thief approacheth,
neither moth corrupteth." [Luke
12:33]. But no one wants to hear
that, right! That's why they have
hired teachers that will tell them
what they want to hear!

This is the end-time, so let's look
and see what Jesus tells the end-time
churches in the book of Revelation,
you know the book that preachers won't
preach from. Let me show you why.
[Revelations chapters 2 and 3] Jesus
speaks to the Seven end-time
churches...

[1] Letter to the Church in Ephesus:
[I know thy works, and thy labour, and
thy patience, and how thou canst not
bear them which are evil: and thou
hast tried them which say they are
apostles, and are not, and hast found
them liars: Nevertheless I have
somewhat against thee, because thou
hast left thy first love. Remember
therefore from whence thou art fallen,
and repent, and do the first works; or
else I will come unto thee quickly,
and will remove thy candlestick out of
his place, except thou repent.] The
church has left its first love, its
first faith, Christ Jesus, in order to
chase after gain; the love of money.
Money is the god of this world [1
Timothy 6:6-10]!

[2] Letter to the Church in Smyrna:
[I know thy works, and tribulation,
and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I
know the blasphemy of them which say
they are Jews, and are not, but are
the synagogue of Satan. Fear none of
those things which thou shalt suffer:
behold, the devil shall cast some of
you into prison, that ye may be tried;
and ye shall have tribulation ten
days: be thou faithful unto death, and
I will give thee a crown of life.]
Here Jesus says that the church’s
poverty has made them rich, their
riches are in heaven, because they
have been faithful; when you keep
God’s commandments this makes you
truly prosperous.

[3] Letter to the Church in Pergamos:
[I know thy works, and where thou
dwellest, even where Satan's seat is:
and thou holdest fast my name, and
hast not denied my faith, even in
those days wherein Antipas was my
faithful martyr, who was slain among
you, where Satan dwelleth. But I have
a few things
against thee, because thou hast there
them that hold the doctrine of Balaam,
who taught Balac to cast a
stumblingblock before the children of
Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto
idols, and to commit fornication.]
Jesus is upset with this church
because they have listened to false
doctrine(prosperity, and idolatry: do
as you please) and this church has not
kept the commands of Jesus.

[4] Letter to the Church in Thyatira:
[I know thy works, and charity, and
service, and faith, and thy patience,
and thy works; and the last to be more
than the first. Notwithstanding I have
a few things against thee, because
thou sufferest that woman Jezebel,
which calleth herself a prophetess, to
teach and to seduce my servants to
commit fornication, and to eat things
sacrificed unto idols. Behold, I will
cast her into a bed, and them that
commit adultery with her into great
tribulation, except they repent of
their deeds. And I will kill her
children with death; and all the
churches shall know that I am he which
searcheth the reins and hearts: and I
will give unto every one of you
according to your works.] Again Jesus
is upset with this church because they
have followed false doctrine! Jezebel
is the spirit of lust and whoredoms,
she represents the love of money and
every sin that comes from lusting
after gain, the god of this world.

[5] Letter to the Church in Sardis:
[I know your works, that you have a
name that you live, and are dead.]
This church thinks that it is
prospering and following Jesus,
however it is truly a dead church! It
has accepted false doctrine and has
been separated from Christ.

[6] Letter to the Church in
Philadelphia:
[I know your works: behold, I have set
before you an open door, and no man
can shut it: for you have a little
strength, and have kept my word, and
have not denied my name. Behold, I
come quickly: hold that fast which you
have, that no man take your crown.]
How can the crown be taken? You can
lose your rewards laid up in heaven by
listening to false teachers. Jesus is
pleased with this church because they
have held on to sound doctrine, and
tells them not to let anyone take it
from them, because they will lose
their crown. Paul says that
Christians crucify Christ anew when
they leave behind sound doctrine
[Hebrews 6:4-9].

[7] Letter to the Church of the
Laodiceans:
[I know your works, that you are
neither cold nor hot: I would that you
were cold or hot. So then because you
are lukewarm, and neither cold nor
hot, I will spew you out of my mouth.
Because you say, I am rich, and
increased with goods, and have need of
nothing; and know not that you are
wretched, and miserable, and poor, and
blind, and naked: I counsel you to buy
of me gold tried in the fire, that you
may be rich; and white clothing, that
you may be clothed, and that the shame
of your nakedness does not appear; and
anoint your eyes with eye salve, that
you may see.] This church has accepted
the prosperity doctrine and will be
spewed out of the mouth of Jesus. They
are blind, miserable, and naked and
don’t even realize the state that they
are in. They have been completely
fooled by false teachers.

Now you can clearly see why most
preachers won't even preach from
Revelations. First of all they don't
want you to consider for even a second
that we are in the last days, they
want you to live a moral worldly life,
have a positive prosperous mindset,
and keep the money flowing in.
Secondly they know the state of the
church: the people don't want to hear
the truth. They don't want the party
to end, but the bible says that the
last days will be as the days of Noah
were [Matthew 24:38-39]. People lived
a riotous, worldly existence until the
rains started and the doors of the Ark
were shut. This is last call, repent
while the doors are open. The basic
tenant of God is that if a man is
qualified to preach then he will
preach sound doctrine, if not then he
is not qualified; is the church
following the guidelines [1 Timothy
3:1-6].

The Fifth Age

We are now currently in the fourth age, the age of the Holy Spirit and have been hearing for years that the Age of Aquarius is coming, a new age, the fifth age.  I have covered in previous posts how 5th age symbolism has been displayed in movies, TV, and video games.

So when does the fifth age begin?  Well before we get into that let's discuss the NBA Finals.  I will make the case that both Tim Duncan and Lebron James represent the 5th age.  Tim Duncan has won 4 NBA Championships and is facing an extremely difficult opponent in The Miami Heat, but for some reason Lebron James isn't playing like himself.  The Heat have played well enough to force a game seven, but it looks like things could be setup for the Spurs to win game seven.  Let me explain.

I have seen several messages in the Media which lead me to believe that the transition into the 5th age begins on 6/21/2013 and will be completed by the end of the year.  Lebron James wears the #6 Jersey and Tim Duncan wears the #21 Jersey.  I won't go through all of the occurrences, because you will either believe me or not.  Let's look at some coincidences surrounds the NBA Finals.

-When Duncan entered the NBA he played with another 7 footer, David Robinson: together they were called the "twin towers", now that Robinson has retired, Duncan stands alone like the One World Tower!
-Duncan averaged 21 ppg his rookie season
-Tim Duncan will be going for his 5th NBA Championship
-He wears the number 21 on his jersey
-The game starts on 6/20/2013, but the winner will actually be crowned on 6/21/2013

Now let's look at Lebron James:

James is the new face of the NBA and is competing for his 2nd NBA title: let me show that another way.

Do you see the "V", its a Roman Numeral 5.  Meaning the 5th age.


The 5th age begins when the Holy Spirit leaves earth, after the falling away [2 Thessalonians 2:1-8]!  So here is my advise, take it or leave it:  I believe that there could be an event to mark this transition into the new age, which should happen before the end of the year; you should be prepared.
-Accept Jesus Christ as Lord
-Trust in God and fear nothing
-It is generally a good idea to have at hand enough Food and Water to last 3 weeks
-If something does happen stay inside
-Ask God to show you the truth

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How To Pray: The Lord's Prayer

It occurred to me that I should make a prayer template on how to pray, since I wrote an article criticizing how people pray incorrectly.  The Lord's prayer can be found below: the disciples came to Jesus and asked Jesus, what was the correct way to pray, and below is what Jesus told them.



[Matthew 6:9-13]
King James Version (KJV)

9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Now I will add in some of my own words as an example of how the prayer can be expounded upon, to suit any needs that one has in life.

9 Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.  Jehovah  God.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.  Give us peace, love, a sound mind, health & strength.  Blessings in our occupations.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.  Forgive me for lying, fornication, forgive the pride of my heart, laziness, and wasting of time and gifts.  
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: Deliver me from Satan and his demons, from powers and principalities, I bind them in Jesus name; in Jesus name I bind all evil that comes against me and rebuke it to hell.  Deliver me from; witchcraft, jinxes, haters of God, sickness, death, and the workers of iniquity.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

This is just a start, you have to experiment with it and curtail this template to suit your needs.

Also, don't worry if you can't find the right words sometimes; the bible says that the holy spirit prays for us also because we don't know what to ask for sometimes.  [Romans 8:26].

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The Wall Debate

There are people in this world who will tell you about the "american dream" and in the same breath say that Mexicans or as they refer to them "illegals" should be thrown out of this country, and a wall should be erected to keep them out.  This is a very dangerous way to think for several reasons.

In 1961 there was a wall built to separate East/West Germany, but the wall actually did more than that.  It kept East Germans from leaving...

This isn't a play on words or semantics my friend, listen again.  The wall kept the West Germans from entering, however it also kept the East Germans from leaving.  We are in the last days my friends and we know that marital law will eventually be implemented.  This wall that some are backing so religiously, could end up trapping them or their children in a country they no longer want to be in.  History could be repeated on US. Few people know that the East Germans were Protestants like us Christians in the US (there was a guy name Martin Luther that brought about this revolution in Germany; most of east Germany converted from Catholicism); our brothers from another land were martyred, oppressed, and tormented behind this wall.  Today, there are very few Christians in Germany, the truth is often stranger than fiction.

But how could such a thing happen?  How could this wall lead people to oppose themselves?  The bible talks about people who oppose themselves without even knowing it[2 Timothy 2:25] and that is precisely what is happening today.  People don't know the truth and won't accept it when it is presented to them; they allow things like racial hatred to cloud their minds.  There is no brotherly love, men only care for themselves.  Here is an example of how the bible describes the end times.  I will let the word speak for itself.

2 Timothy 3:1-7
King James Version (KJV)
3 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

If we are not careful, this could be America, The United States one day.  Hope you never want to leave...

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Occult Activity Borderlands 2 Video Game

Can you judge a book by its cover, or in this case a video game by the box-art? You may not realize it, but this guy is blowing his brains out!

There is a widely popular video game out called Borderlands 2, which is on several consoles (xbox 360, ps3, PC); in this game there is a lot of occult imagery.  At the 1:30 mark on the video, the player has to blow a satanic horn in order to summon a monster to fight.  This kind of thing is in every level of the game.  This video shows a young boy actually playing the game; he looks kinda young to be playing such a bloody, graphic game.

There is also a part of the game where a young girl is introduced to help the player complete a mission.  Take a look at what they have her doing on there.  video

There is even a portion of the game where they introduce beings called Seraphs.  Wikipedia defines Seraphs as:
A seraph; Literally "burning ones", the word seraph is normally a synonym for serpents when used in the Hebrew Bible. A seminal passage in the Book of Isaiah (Isaiah 6:1-8) used the term to describe fiery six-winged beings that fly around God's throne singing "holy, holy, holy". This throne scene, with its triple invocation of holiness (a formula that came to be known as the Trisagion), profoundly influenced subsequent theology, literature and art.  Its influence is frequently seen in works depicting angels, heaven and apotheosis. Seraphs are mentioned as celestial beings in an influential Hellenistic work, the Book of Enoch, and the Book of Revelation. Tradition places seraphs in the fifth rank of ten in the Jewish angelic hierarchy and the highest rank in the Christian angelic hierarchy.  This video shows in game footage.


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Being Responsible and Having Accountability

This blog post will probably be a little non-linear and it will include a few things that you will probably never hear in church, but as always, I'm here to give it to you straight.

I was at church on yesterday and the pastor said a few things that I feel need further reflection; this is not an examination of his points, its highlighting the points that will never be made from the pulpit.  He was discussing accountability and my first thoughts went to Jesus, as they always do.  In the Pharisee's minds they held Jesus accountable for breaking their laws(even though he did not break any law); one of the accusations was that Jesus claimed that he was the Son of God.  Jesus is of course the Son of God, for Jesus to say otherwise would be lying, and yet he was held accountable by men and sentenced to death for being exactly who he claimed to be and being completely honest. [Luke 22:66-71] (think on that for a moment)

He was killed (held accountable by the Pharisee's) for saying that He was the Son of God.  How many innocent people are in prison today?  Here is a link for a guy I follow on YouTube, he may go to jail today for trying to fulfill his duty as a watchman; the link is to his last broadcast, its kinda sad.

We are often told that we have no excuses, even though many people are unjustly treated and given titles that they have not earned.  One of the 10 commandments is, not to bear false witness against other people, and yet somehow people believe that this kind of thing never happens.  If it didn't happen there wouldn't be a commandment addressing it.

Here is another point that you will never hear in church: King Saul was commanded by God to defeat a set of people and kill them all, and their livestock, and take nothing from them.  Saul, spared their King's life and kept their gold (to supposedly tithe to God).  Because of this God renounced him as King and told him that Obedience is better than Sacrifice [1 Samuel 15].  As you obey God don't worry about how man holds you accountable, because we will all stand before Jesus one day for true judgment.

As the pastor closed on yesterday he led the congregation in a prayer to Jesus; he started by saying "Dear Jesus", in an innocent childlike voice and the audience was captivated by it, but I was disgusted because he did not follow the commandment of God.  The pastor made a point on yesterday to remind us to tithe, however he wrongly set the example on how to pray.  The disciples asked Jesus how to pray and Jesus told them to PRAY TO THE FATHER IN HIS NAME.  Remember obedience is better than sacrifice and yet the pastor cared more about the sacrifice(tithe) than being obedient.  What about the person that went home last night and prayed to Jesus, following his example.  Remember God, could not stand Saul because he disobeyed him.

Someone will no doubt feel that it doesn't matter because God and Jesus are one, however they asked Jesus to tell them how to pray and Jesus said to Pray to the Father [Luke 11:1-4].  Christians should obey Christ.

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Now You See Me

"Now You See Me"
What does the phrase mean to you? Well, there are several things that come to mind when i hear the phrase:

[1]-Now you see me, now you don't: could be a reference to the rapture, because Christians will dissapear.  [Luke 17:34].

[2]-There are some who believe that we are in "the matrix" and can't see the hidden controllers. A CISCO commercial famously states, "we're going to wake the world up and see what happens." If you were "woken up" you would be able to see the truth, it would stand right in front of you and say, "now you see me"

[3]-The bible talks about the Antichrist "revealing himself" to the world [2 Thessalonians 2:1-4]. Is it time?

[4]-Now you see me, now you don't; It could be a reference to a magic trick where something disappears, ya think!

In the movie, Now you See Me, several illusionists known as "The Four Horsemen" commit a series of daring heists against corrupt business leaders, and shower the stolen profits on their audiences while staying one step ahead of the FBI agents that are trying to nail them.

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One World Freedom Tower

This is a great video that exposes the one world tower, please take the time to watch this. PLEASE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9pdJzVaJnc

Godzilla in the Bible

We know the story, a monster rises out of the sea and attacks Tokyo/New York. Terror ensues, our military is destroyed: cities are destroyed. The original 1954 movie was remade in 1998, and what-do-ya-know, there is another movie scheduled for 2014.
In the bible the sea represents humanity so how can a beast rise up out of humanity(the sea)? Well an army made up of several nations would fit the bill, but what nation would be in charge? Well all of them would be, kinda like the United Nations.

So is there a description of such a thing in the bible? Well sure there is : [Revelation 13:1] (And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.) the heads represent countries...

Ok so the United States has the greatest army in the world, not even the UN could take us out. Well, that's true but remember, Godzilla arrives after a nuclear blast! Think about it, we would be easily subdued after a few well-placed bombs. A "peacekeeping force" could come in and impose martial law.

There are actually several other ways for the UN to takeover peacefully:

1. China/Russia/Others could file a grievance for the 10-14 trillion dollars that we owe them and the UN could impose martial law until the debt is mediated/paid.
2. If the US breaks environmental or human rights regulations that it is bound by under UN treaty, then the UN has the right/power to occupy America. (no nukes needed in either scenario)

The purpose of this article is to get people thinking, wakeup!

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America is not Babylon

I have seen many reports and listened to many sermons in which the united states is called Babylon, this characterization is not correct.  In the bible, Israel is the woman in Revelations Chapter 12.  Christians (in this case Americans) are the seed of the woman.  So what does the bible say?  Let's look at Revelations 14:8.

And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of  her fornication [Revelation 14:8].   So since Jehovah God calls Babylon a city, why are we to believe that Babylon is the United States?  Why would you read a book and believe an author that clearly is in opposition to God's word by calling Babylon a Country, when it is called a city in the bible?  Now with that said, the bible does name daughters of Babylon: for example some of the tribes of Israel were called the daughters of Babylon because they did not follow after Abraham's example  [Jeremiah 3:6-10][Ezekiel 16].

So who/where is Babylon and who is the daughter of Babylon?  Well last I checked Babylon is where its always been, in Iraq.  Now the daughter of Babylon could be many cities in truth.  She could be Egypt, Damascus, Rome, Moscow, London, or even New York, because the Babylonian System of government and traditions is in all of these cities and their ruling countries.  New York Harbor is called Babylon, just saying.

The real prophecy concerning the United States is found in [Daniel 7:4]. Here we see a lion with eagle's wings.  Britain is the lion and the United States is represented by the eagle, the wings of the eagle are on the lion's back; it has eagle's wings, that are eventually plucked off. I believe this means that the US will be separated from Britian by force and I'm not referring to the war for Independence.  There is destruction coming to the US, but not in the way we have been led to believe.  It's important to know the truth, instead of falling for the deception. The United States in spiritual Egypt [Deuteronomy 28:68].  Look at our money, look at all of the obelisks and pyramids in this country.

 While I agree the America's leaders are corrupt and most of them pretend to be Christians, just as Constantine did, that does not make the people of this nation corrupt.  We are constantly targeted and presented with alternative lifestyles by our leaders, because they wish to corrupt the Christians of this country.  The bible says that there has to be a great falling away from the faith, before the end comes [2 Thessalonians 2:3], and that is their goal.  To bring about the end.
This is their goal, because they view it as a new beginning, a golden age, because they worship the fallen ones.  There is a book called, The Harbinger, where the author calls America the daughter of Babylon and calls for our repentance in order to prevent the country from being destroyed.  He cites a slew of events which were all carried out by our own government and hails them to be signs from God, that we are near judgment because of our sins.  In truth the same corrupt individuals who brought about these horrific attacks are the ones who corn-fed him this material to place in the book.  These are not signs from God, these are elaborately planned and staged events from men.

So you have read this far and you say, "I don't care what you say, the United States is Babylon!"  Well ok, why are you still here?  The bible commands Christians to come out of Babylon, to avoid its judgment and plagues [Revelation 18:4].

Christians are the seed of the woman, we are not Babylon's daughter, although many have gone a long way to make us believe that we are Babylonians, we are not.  Christians are not in the world, in the first place, we are set apart.  [John 17:13-19]  (And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.)

These supposed harbingers are all staged; there is nothing eerie or  prophetic about planned events: Its our leaders who should repent!  I have no doubt that there will be another attack upon this country, a devastating attack, but this attack cannot be prevented, that's the truth; its how things have to be [Matthew 24:6].  This attack will happen, but you can escape it, by being saved, that is the only way.  Running to another country will not help you to escape these times.  Even if a Christian lives in Babylon, that doesn't make him a son/daughter of Babylon.  Lot lived in Sodom, but was saved because he kept the law of God [Genesis 19].

• Israel is the only nation that God setup: they are his people period.
• An enemy did not strike our land, our own people did
• Christians do not have to repent (we already repent daily), our leaders should
• Christians did not say "we remember, we rebuild, we come back stronger", the president did

Every so called harbinger noted by this guy, cannot be attributed to Christians; if anything our leaders should repent.

• Our Leaders have defied God
• They have made the vows
• They have made laws in direct opposition to the laws of God
• They have withheld true judgment
• The purpose of The Harbinger is to scare and mislead Christians

We are Christians, we repent daily!

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The Wedding Supper

Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the lamb [Revelation 19:9].  I have experienced first hand how many Christians don't believe in the rapture, however there can be a compelling case made for an imminent rapture.

Logical Rapture Timeline
The Lord's Days

People claim to believe in God but don't believe in what Jesus said:  [Luke 21:34-36]  (34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.  35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.  36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.)


And what exactly are we trying to escape? That would be the time of testing aka the tribulation period. [Matthew 24] Signs of the end of the age:  There are many signs of the times occurring here lately:

• Earthquakes -we have seen earthquakes in India, Japan, Chile; all within the last month vid2. 
• Famine -all over the world more and more people go hungry; 1/4 children in this country go hungry everyday.
• Pestilence -worms, locust, cicadas are all decimating crops; the cicadas are swarming in the united states.
• Floods -the Midwest of the US has seen a ton of flooding lately vid.
• Signs in the Sun & Moon -the sun has never emitted this much radiation.
• Animals dying -schools of animals are dying mysteriously all over the world vid2. 
• Wars and rumors of Wars -Iraq, Iran, Syria, Korea; this is a war torn world.
• Saints murdered (throughout history, more murders to come)

Please accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior; he is the only way.  The only way to escape all of these things...[Luke 21:36]

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INDIGO ADULTS AND CHILDREN

I recently wrote a book about Indigo adults and children and want to supplement it a bit.  When I use the term Indigo, I am referring to a label in which the world has used.  I am a Christian first and foremost, however I am also called to relate to my fellowman by all means available . At the end of the day my completeness is in Christ .

In my book I discuss the characteristic traits that define and are associated with Indigo adults and children.  I also give some advice to Indigos.  Indigos are Christians that are given specific missions in these end-times to help the brethren.

Indigos are often misunderstood because they don't conform with the normally accepted view of what a "normal" person is; how he thinks; nor does he possess normal views of the world and its system of government.  Indigos are naturally inquisitive and will not begin a task without knowing why the task is important or why they should devote their time to it.  Indigos are very instinctive and perceptive and can have heightened abilities which stem from increased senses these could entail the; ability to read minds, and the ability to learn by touch.  Yes, Indigos can learn extremely technical skills by simply being in close proximity to experts in that field.  Please read my book, to learn more about my personal experiences as an Indigo.

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Video Games in Current Events

There are many people that believe that the rulers of this world hide a lot of their intentions all around us.  In this blog post I wish to discuss a few coincidences that I have seen, and if I get good feedback from you guys I will do some more of this kind of thing in the future.  We are currently in the age of the Holy Spirit, the church age, or what the world calls the fourth age. 
Nebuchadnezzar dreamed of five ages or kingdoms[Daniel 2].  His kingdom was the first age.  The 4th age began with the Holy Spirit, and is the church age; in this age everyone must be preached the gospel of Jesus Christ, before it ends.

The 5th age begins when the Holy Spirit leaves the earth and judgment begins with the four horsemen being released, with caious (The Joker) being released upon the earth.  [2 Thessalonians 2:1-8].  The 5th age is also a symbol of the Templars (V).

Two years ago a video game called Homefront was released on several consoles (xbox360, ps3, PC).  In the game, North Korea attacked the United States with an EMP.  The EMP caused all electrical devices to be rendered useless, left the US without power, and made the Korean evasion relatively easy.  This was the beginning of WW3.  Here are a few videos that show the story.
Video 1
Video 2
Video 3

Now the media has repeatedly told us that the Koreans cannot attack the US mainland with a missile, because they don't have one that will fly that far.  However, they never look at the possibility of a missile being launched from a submarine.  Funny how a video game has considered this and not our military.


There are people who believe that the Sumerian gods are returning to the earth, as what we might view as aliens; however these are actually demons carrying about the great deception [2 Thessalonians 2:11].  There is a video game that just released called Injustice Gods Among US.  In the game, the Joker sets off a nuke after destroying Superman's family (Superman (S)=Satan).  Superman goes crazy, kills the Joker, then conquers the earth and turns the earth into a military state. The people that made this game know that war is coming, that's why Aries, the god of war, is included as one of the characters on the game.  We know from the bible that Satan's son, the Antichrist  will be killed and resurrected [Revelation 13:3].  Then the world will be ruled by one man.

Video 1  Can you see the (V) for the 5th age at the 0:35 second mark?  Oh yeah the movie Oblivion Video A is about the same thing, fyi...people in white leaving the people in black behind...I watched the movie and the first thing you see when it starts is the (V) in Obli(V)ion, then the camera pans out from there; 5th age.
Video 2
In the new Superman movie, the people in black, want to claim the earth for themselves and kill all the earthlings.  They want to rebuild Krypton.
Video 3


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Too Late

There are times in our lives that we figure things out when its too late, however there are plans that must be made for our eternal security that need to be made now.  For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation [2 Corinthians 6:2].

We find in [Acts 16:22-24] that Paul and Silas were imprisoned, Paul had angered some merchants when he freed a young woman from possession.  These merchants derived their living by exploiting the  possessed girl's ability to tell fortunes.  Her owners delivered Paul and Silas to the magistrates, who had  Paul and Silas beaten and thrown into prison.  Now Paul and Silas could have said, "Its been a long day and we have been wrongly accused and beaten; let's go to bed and start tomorrow fresh."  But they didn't do that, the bible says that at Midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises to God [Acts 16:25-26] and suddenly an earthquake shook the prison and loosed everyone from their bonds and opened all the cells.

The keeper of the prison was so distraught because he thought that all the prisoners had escaped that he took his sword and planned to kill himself, because he knew that if one prisoner escaped that he would have to pay for it with his life.  It is here that Paul stopped him from leaving this life without eternal security.  Paul said, "Do thyself no harm: for we are all here."  The keeper of the prison immediately asked them, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"  Isn't this counter intuitive, this is the same man that planned to kill himself mere moments earlier, and now he has come to the realization that he wants to be saved before it is too late.

Paul and Silas responded by saying, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."  Isn't it great to realize that a saved person will persist until he convinces his entire family to be saved.  Now again, Paul and Silas didn't waste any time; they preached the word of God to the keeper and his family that very night, and also baptized them.  Isn't it great to realize the timeliness in which the apostles worked within; they didn't put anything off until tomorrow; they acted swiftly, moved by fear of losing one soul.

Will you act swiftly now and accept Christ Jesus, or will you wait until its too late?

Overcome Evil with Good

There are still a good bit of prejudices in this world, and as long as men keep and nurture these prejudices then we know that the adversary is still resisting the call of the church.  Christians are commanded to be neighborly and treat all men with charity and kindness.  When Jesus walked the earth, the Jews considered the Samaritans to be unclean and would not fellowship with them.  They would not even so much as drink a glass of water from a Samaritan's cup.

We find in John chapter 4, that Jesus was traveling to Galilee and had to pass through Samaria.  Jesus and his disciples came near a parcel of land that Jacob had ceded to his son Joseph, which had a well there.  The disciples went into town and Jesus waited at the well for them to return with food.  At noon a Samaritan woman came to the well to draw water out and Jesus said unto her, "Give me to drink."[John 4:7]  The woman asked Jesus how could he, a Jew, ask her a Samaritan to drink water from her waterpot; she knew that if Jesus drank from her waterpot, that he would be considered unclean, because she being a Samaritan was considered unclean.

We find here that, even though this is water from a well that Jacob dug and left to his son Joseph, the same Jacob that had the promises of God, the same Jacob that dug the well, drank from the well, and left blessings to his seed; Jacob left the well to the Samaritans, so how could this water be considered unclean?  Jesus had already said that there is nothing that enters the body that can make a person unclean [Mark 7:15].  The water wasn't unclean, the waterpot wasn't unclean, but somehow the person handing the water to you, could somehow make it unclean.  Isn't that how racism works; a segment of people are ostracized for some unimportant reason, and are hated and mistreated for something that they can't even control.   People who if you look back far enough on their family tree are related to the people, that hate them.  The woman then reminds Jesus that the Jews have no dealing with the Samaritans.  Have you ever said, "I don't want anything to do with that person?"  This type of attitude goes against the mind of Christ.  So how does Jesus respond to this situation?

Jesus overcomes: [1] the hatred the Samaritan woman has for the Jews, which was based on how she had been treated; [2] the woman's perception of what cleanness is and the incorrect idea that something unclean can make what God has made clean, to be unclean [Acts 10:15].  Jesus bassicly tell her, I am the Holy One of God, neither you nor anything else can make me unclean.  I am here to make you clean.  Jesus tells her, "If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water." [John 4:10].  Jesus overcomes her prejudices by giving her the word of God and offering her the gift of salvation.  The woman tells Jesus, that she must have this gift, the living water that Jesus spoke of.

The word is a powerful thing my friends and at the end of the day, its anointing is the only thing that can overcome the things that truly make us unclean like racism;  "And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,
adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."  [Mark 7:20-23]

Who is Greater?

There are instances in the bible where the disciples disputed with each other about who would be greater in the kingdom of God [Luke 9:46].  Often times we see that today in churches, when members of one church begin to feel that their pastor is better than another pastor; sometimes its even the pastors themselves tooting their own horns, but what does the bible say about this?  When these types of disputes arouse, Jesus brought forth a child and set him before his disciples and said, "Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great." [Luke 9:48]

There was also an instance where John's disciples came to question Jesus as to whether or not he was the Messiah [Matthew 11].  After receiving their answer, Jesus told them to return to John.  But wait...why didn't they stay with Jesus like Peter[John 1], another one of John's disciples did?  This is Jesus we're talking about here, shouldn't he have a mega-church?  Yes, the disciples needed to send word to John, but why send all of them back to John?  Jesus would never have told them to return to John if John was working outside of Christ's spirit of soul saving.  Jesus had already said, "No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God" [Luke 9:62].  So, going back to John could not be somehow conceived as walking away from Christ, even though technically that's what they did, lol.

There is another account where the disciples told Jesus that they saw a man casting out spirits in Jesus's name and they stopped him, forbid him from doing so.  Jesus told them "Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us."  (Us) what an appropriate term, because there is no big me or little you in the Kingdom of God; we are all one.  To think of oneself above others, is worldly thinking and Christ's Kingdom is not of this world.  Jesus said, "  My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence" [John 18:36].  God's servants do not fight amongst themselves because the kingdom of God is not divided [Luke 11].

Servants of God and Jesus Christ all have the same command, because we all have the same ability to accomplish the command of God on our life, there should not be any reverence of persons.  Servants of God and Jesus Christ are commanded: Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned [Mark 16:15-16].

Every servant of God has the ability to testify of Christ Jesus.

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Bread In The Wilderness

In Mark 8 we find a well known miracle performed by Jesus; the four thousand being fed.  However there had to be a choice made by the disciples to not only [1]share what they had, they also had to [2]trust Jesus with what they had.

Have you ever had company over to your house and said to yourself, (I wish that they would hurry up and leave so I can get me something to eat.  I would gladly share but I don't have enough to give everyone)  I assure you that I understand this because I have been on both sides of the situation, lol.

But Jesus saw things so much differently than we do, he said: "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:"[Mark 8:2]  Now, I must say here that there are some people who won't leave until you give them something to eat, lol.  The bible talks about these sorts of people also.  However, here we find people that have traveled great distances to follow Jesus and be healed, they have stayed for his ministering word, and now are too weak to leave.  Have you ever been exposed to the word, and fellowshiped so long, that you lost track of time?

Jesus had compassion on the multitude but his disciples experienced helplessness, they felt powerless to do anything about the situation.  (And his disciples answered him, from whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?)[Mark 8:4].  Now that is an extremely hard hearted statement my friends, the disciples should have known by that point, that all good things come from God! [James 1:17].   God can take the little that we have and to exceedingly, abundantly more with it than we can even think to ask [Ephesians 3:20].  Jesus chose that moment to do the works of the father[John 5:19] and commanded his disciples to bring him what bread they had [Mark 8:5].  We find here that in obeying the command from Jesus, the disciples also found a few small fishes[Mark 8:7].  Isn't that amazing, because the disciples followed the command, they found so much more than they had hoped to find, and what they had and found turned out to be a blessing to others [Mark 8:8-9].  Because the disciples were willing to share what they had, God left them with more than they had in the end.  What started as seven loaves and a few fishes, fed four thousand hungry people, and what was left was seven baskets of food.  See what can be done when we take what we have and put it in the master's hand; its his anyway.

How many people are broke today because they trusted a banker or some other wall street type with their money; when you place what you have in God's hand, you don't ever  have to worry about loosing what you have.  You will find more than you thought you had, you will even find bread in the wilderness.

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Be Wise Men

 

                                                 


[Matthew 10:16]

Let’s take a different look at the Christmas Story and see how we ourselves can learn from the mistakes Herod made.  We find in Matthew 2 that Herod, acting in the form of the Antichrist wanted to stop God's plan for the Messiah's birth and salvation of the world.  Jesus himself said that there will be many Antichrists [1 John 2:18]; Herod was the Antichrist of the moment; however I wish to discuss here what all Antichrist have in common. 

We inherently know that [1] they are against Christ, hence the term Antichrist, but let's look at what that means. A believer puts God first, [2] the spirit of Antichrist loves the world; a believer fears God and keeps his commandments, which is wisdom at its fullest [3] while the spirit of Antichrist is full of pride.  

[1]-Herod displays all three of these traits in the 2nd chapter of Matthew.  Herod proves that he is against Christ, against God's plan, when he desires and attempts to have the child (baby Jesus) killed [Matthew 2:16].

[2]-Herod loved the world; he loved his power, his throne, and would not relinquish it to Christ.  In Psalms 10:4-8, David describes the wicked man as thus: "4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.  5His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.  6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.  7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.  8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor."  Here, in these four verses, we find a correlation between the Antichrist spirit and pride; there are many such correlations in the bible.  In Hosea 7:10 we find that the prideful are told to return to God, which shows that their pride puts them in opposition with God.  We also find again, in Psalms 10:4-8, a startling description of a wicked man’s actions, which match Herod’s actions.  Herod has not saught after God; he puffed at God; he has said in his heart that he will not be moved, will not give up his throne to Jesus; Herod could not see God’s judgment of him, he was totally caught off guard when the wise men did not return; his mouth was full of fraud, due to his lies; finally Herod has murdered innocent children and fulfilled all of the actions which David has attributed to the wicked. 

[3]-Herod has shown his pride in several ways; first he has denied God, he has said in his heart that there is no God; if Herod had believed in God he never would have tried to kill God’s anointed Savior.  If Herod did believe in God, he still showed his pride because he thought that he could stop God’s plan.  He basically asked the priests in[Matthew 2:4], “where will God’s anointed be born, so that I can kill him?”  That’s Pride!  Secondly we find that Herod is upset when he finds out that he could not deceive the “Wise Men” and has in fact been tricked by them [Matthew 2:16].  Now if that’s not pride I don’t know what is:)  Herod is upset because he could not trick the wise men; his pride led him to believe that he was wiser than the wise men.  I’m sorry but that’s just funny to me. 

Jesus says in:

[1 John 2:22] Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 

We find that Herod lies in Matthew 2:7 even as he denies Christ, and tells the wise men that he only wants to come and worship the child, when in his heart he has already planned to have Jesus killed.  If Herod had accepted Christ, there would be no desire to have him killed.  

The wise men proved themselves wise, and men of God, because they [1] believed God by following the star to Jesus [Matthew 2:9]; [2] listened to God and abided by the warning they received by not returning to Herod [Matthew 2:12 ]; [3] they overcame the world, they saw through Herod's deceit and received Christ [1 Corinthians 2:14].

I can give all the scripture and examples in the world and that will not be enough to convince some people, but to those that do believe that Jesus is the all powerful, God’s Son, and Savior of the world; I charge you; I compel you to be “wise men”.  Believe God, accept Christ, and do not return the way you came.  

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Touch The Mountain

1) And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. 2) And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: 3) And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.  [Revelations 14:1-3].

When reading this passage, one should wonder, "How can I touch the mountain of God?"  I say this because touching the mountain is not a trivial thing.  In the old testament Israel was commanded that if a man or even a beast touch the mountain of God, that it should be killed. {12) And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: 13) There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. [Exodus 19:12-13]}  Paul clarifies what it means to be shot through in Hebrews 12 by saying that they should be stoned or thrust through with a spear.

You may be wondering, but how can I touch the mountain or how can a lamb stand on mount Zion without being killed?  Well, this isn't a typical lamb, this is the Lamb of God; Jesus Christ, who took away the sins of the world.  This lamb was thrust though with a spear and raised from the dead on the third day by Jehovah God.  Also, let's not forget that the people of Jerusalem attempted to stone Jesus at one point [John 8:59].  So the people attempted to stone Jesus before they finally thrust him through; wow, look how the scriptures are fulfilled in Christ.  We have the opportunity today to touch the mountain if we accept the sacrifice the lamb made for us.  Paul spells out how to accept the gift of God in Romans 10.  You must first hear the word of God and accept the truth of it, that everlasting life is gifted by the Father through Jesus Christ [John 6:40].  Don't be like Israel was; when they heard the word of salvation, they asked that it not be spoken unto them .  This is the type of person that cannot touch the mountain  of God. [Hebrews 12:19]

My goal here is not to argue whether or not we are part of the 144,000; my goal here is to tell you that nothing unclean or profane can touch the mountain of God.  The blood of Jesus Christ is the only thing that can usher you into the presence of God; you must be saved and covered with the blood of Christ if you hope to touch the mountain.  Jesus said, no man cometh to the father but by me [John 14:6]; he is the only way to God, you must go through him.  Through the veil of his flesh [Hebrews 10:20].  We must come to God, not of our flesh, but as spirits, after we have given up our lives; after we have sacrificed the physical life for a spiritual one.  [John 4:24].  The lamb has set the example for us.  

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22) But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, 23) To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24) And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.  25) See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: [Hebrews 12:22-25].

Cremation

I am writing this post because I have heard people, that I care deeply for say something over the years, that has occupied my mind during some sleepless nights; I am not sure that everyone will ever agree upon the correctness of cremation.  I say this because the bible clearly uses it as a form of punishment, however few can make the correct distinction between how someone was killed for violating the law, and why the manner in which they were killed affected their remains.  Simply put, they were killed in specific ways for a reason.

Again, I do not agree with cremation, because in the bible it was used as a form of punishment.  In Leviticus 20:14 the law requires that a man be put to death by burning with fire if he has sex with a mother and her daughter.  Now, because in the bible, each form of capitol punishment used had a specific purpose and meaning, it is significant that the violator's body is destroyed by fire.  In Leviticus 21:9 again burning by fire is used as a form of punishment for whoredoms committed by a priest's daughter.  Now I am sure that someone will argue that burning by fire was used as a means of killing the violators, and that it has nothing to do with dishonoring their dead bodies.  Well, let's look at another example.   

Now in Joshua 7:15-26 a man named Achan, his family, and all his animals are stoned to death first, then their bodies are burned with fire, and lastly they are buried, because Achan has violated the commands of God.  Here the violators are clearly dead already before their bodies are burned/cremated.  So they are killed, cremated, and then buried.  Clearly here the destruction of their dead bodies by fire is part of the punishment.  These examples lead me to question why anyone would want their bodies purposefully cremated as a means of burial?  I am against cremation even if it is only a symbolic form of punishment.

Let's look at another example; In I Samuel 31, Saul and his sons' bodies were desecrated by the philistines after their death, which caused their friends to cremate their bodies (probably to prevent the philistines from further desecration).  Now does this support my argument against cremation?  I think so.  Remember God took the kingdom from Saul's house and turned his back on Saul (I Samuel 15), so in many ways he was similar to Achan as discussed earlier in Joshua 7:15-26. A man that has been refused by God could be considered accursed. Both Achan and Saul's house had to be cremated; even if you say that Saul's cremation was by coincidinece, I will remind you that the holy spirit works through what men percieve to be conincidence (John 11:49-52), but in truth, God is over all and controls all.  I will simply ask this question in closing.  Why suffer dishonor or worse by allowing yourself to be cremated?

Saving a Soul

I have heard this biblical saying used many times; [the saving of a soul covers a multitude of sins.]  Now, men normally refer to this saying in this regard, [if you save a man's soul you will be forgiven for your sin, the act will cover your own sins.]  I submit to you that this saying should not be used in that manner when referring to the flock of Christ.  Now I would like to state here that Jesus Christ is the central figure in resolving all questions concerning the bible, because he is the central theme of it, and fulfilled the scriptures.  Let's examine the scripture...

(My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins).   [James 5:19-20]

(1)  The passage is a bit perplexing because it starts out by using the term "strays from the way" suggesting to readers today, that the person is saved but backsliding.  In referencing Ezekiel 3:20, I am only using this as a reference because Ezekiel is old testament...the person discussed was blameless concerning the law but unsaved, because salvation comes through Christ, who had not been sacrificed at that time.  Therefore James is referring to an unsaved person; sinner and unsaved are one in the same in James 5:19-20.  We are descended from God and need to be brought back to our creator, or turned back to the truth.  Let's look at the passage in another way...

(My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and a saved person in the person of Christ turns him back, let him know that Jesus Christ will save his soul from death and salvation will cover his multitude of sins)[edited mpg remix]

Now by using Christ as the central theme of the bible and only path to salvation, we see that the saved person is acting in the person of Christ, only Christ can lead a sinner to salvation.  We also know that it is Jesus Christ saving the sinner's soul from death and this gift of salvation covers a multitude of sins.  It is Christ covering all of the repentant person's sin.  Now we know that this verse is referring completely to the sinner because the saved person(acting in the person of Christ), which led the sinner to Jesus, is already covered from sin and needs no additional covering; he is already covered by the blood of Jesus.  Peter agrees that this substitution is correct because he wrote that love covers a multitude of sins [1Peter 4:8] and Jesus is love.  


Now, we know that this passage, James 5, is referring to the benefits a sinner receives when accepting Christ as Lord & Savior.  Now I will say that if this passage is used when referring to a minister as the person leading the sinner to Christ, it should be seen in a totally different light; if referring to a minister it means quite the reverse.  Explain you say, explain indeed!