Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Drastic Global Change As She Kills Prophets, Saints and of ALL That Were Slain | WHY?

 

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here is the documentary
https://www.ukchristian.news/before-the-wrath/

 

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Hi all 👋☺️

I have a question for you, I don't think there is a right or wrong answer, as well as I don't think it's sinful weather you have or haven't done this. Let's please not argue though. Thanks in advanced. If there is scripture you would like to share, I'd be happy to read as well.

Question:
Do you pray for Jesus return?

Yes

Or do you feel the need to reach out to as many lost souls as possible?

Yes

For if we pray for a quick return, those lost have no opportunity of us to reach out.

Nope, if you say that those who have yet to receive the Lord are a valid reason to delay the Lord's coming you put them in charge. Jesus is Lord. You have the option to receive and believe in Jesus' saving work or to not believe. You do not have the option to prevent or delay the Lord's saving work. If you did, you would be Lord and you are not, Jesus is.

 

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The day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night!

More and more we are discovering all the thieves that have stolen the gold, stolen Social Security, stolen tax dollars. What is the mark of the beast, it is forcing people to worship the Beast or else die, and why would they be able to force the whole world to do that? Because the thief has come in the night and stolen everything. All these food "recalls" are simply a thief in the night. The US is still the world's most productive agricultural powerhouse, when they hit the US with a surprise attack that will be the thief robbing a huge amount of food from the rest of the world. Ukraine is the breadbasket of Eurasia landmass, and so the thief in the night is striking there.

 

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We have seen from John 5 and John 11 a direct reference to the season of Purim and the rapture. We can also confirm from Daniel 4, and Daniel 5 a rapture during the month of Adar this year. We can also support this theory with Joel 2 saying that the latter rain is in the first month of the year.

Now if we are correct in seeing Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead as a preview of the rapture and a preview of John 5, then we know several things from that record.

1. Lazarus is raised from the dead after the Equinox.

2. Lazarus is in the grave for four days. That can certainly refer to 4,000 years from Abraham to the present. But it could also signal two very big "deaths" four days before the rapture.

3. Six days before Passover Jesus eats with Mary, Martha and Lazarus. We know from John 11 this was not immediately after he was raised and we can surmise from the Law that it was seven days after he was raised. Therefore the latest that Lazarus could have been raised would have been right around Nisan 1.

Now Exodus 40 tells us what happens on Nisan 1. In Exodus 12 we learn that the three days of darkness which is a shadow of when the rapture will be was prior to Nisan 1.

Exodus 40 is the conclusion of Exodus where the Jews leave Egypt to worship God. So the first point we should understand is that our Exodus concludes on Nisan 1.

 

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Exodus 40:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

The feast of tabernacles is the wedding feast, but the tabernacle is set up on Nisan 1. 42 months later would be Tishrei 1. If this is when the ministry of the two witnesses comes to a close it would also be the Feast of Trumpets announcing to the Jews the coming of the King.

3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail. 4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. 5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle. 6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein. 8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate. 9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.

We are told in the New Testament that we are vessels of the Lord, some are unto glory and some are unto dishonor. So the rapture is the day that the Lord brings all the vessels into the tabernacle. However, I have heard that since we are contaminated by the world we will have to wait seven days before we could enter the tabernacle. I don't know that this is true. The feast of unleavened bread is when we were supposed to sanctify ourselves for a full week, that seven day period being a shadow of the church age. My point is simply that although this is looking like the rapture takes place at this time, it could be a week earlier.

10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy. 11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. 12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. 13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. 14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: 15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

One question I have had is why is there a rapture? Some people are taken at the start of this seven year period, more are taken during it, and then all of Israel that still remains is taken at the end. Why? Well, the types and shadows tell us the first to be taken are the Levites, one twelfth of the Israelites. On the one hand they are a tithe to the Lord, on the other hand they serve the altar for eternity.

16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he. 17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the Lord commanded Moses. 20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the Lord commanded Moses. 22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. 23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses. 24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. 25 And he lighted the lamps before the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses. 26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail: 27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the Lord commanded Moses. 28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. 29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the Lord commanded Moses. 30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal. 31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat: 32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the Lord commanded Moses.

We are told as it has been so it will be. Here we have Moses and Aaron and at the end of the age we'll have the two witnesses. This tabernacle will be an awesome manifestation of God on Earth leading the Israelites through the wilderness.

33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work. 34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

This is the first day of Nisan and it is clearly after the three days of darkness is over. If Lazarus is in the grave for four days it suggests to me that the three days of darkness are the first three days, and the rapture is on the fourth day.

36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: 37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

 

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One more piece to the puzzle

We have one more piece to the puzzle, Nisan 1 is when Exodus from Egypt is concluded in chapter 40, and it is concluded with the tabernacle being raised and filled with the glory of God. This tabernacle is built together for a habitation of God. This is God dwelling on Earth with man. That is the point of six thousand years of history. This indicates that the rapture prior to the 70th week is for God to take the priesthood for his tabernacle.

Now we know from Exodus 10 that the three days of darkness is prior to Nisan 1 and the three days of darkness is the same time as the rapture. Compare this to Lazarus being in the grave, He is raised on the fourth day, but prior to the fourth day he was in the grave for three days of darkness. We also know that the latest that Lazarus could have been raised was right around Nisan 1 because it would have been at least a week before Jesus eats with Mary, Martha and Lazarus and that was six days before the Passover, which is the 14th of Nisan.

Joel 2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

The latter rain refers to the revival that takes place after the rapture. We are told that this is in Nisan.

In Luke we have an account of Lazarus dying and the rich man also dying but not of Lazarus being raised from the dead. Instead we see those in the gospel of Luke worshipping God right to the point they are no more just like Enoch. Luke concludes with the rapture and Mark begins with Jesus being baptized and then thrust into the wilderness to fast and pray. The rapture divides Luke from Mark, so for some it is the end of their journey and for others it is the beginning of the gospel.

Now in John 5 we see the Lord talking quite clearly about the rapture and about raising Lazarus from the dead:

20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. 21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. 22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

Now in verse 1 we begin with a feast of the Jews, in John 6:4 after the Lord has told us this we learn that the feast of Passover was nigh at hand. From this we can discern that this word from the Lord was during the Purim season, after Purim but before Passover. The same was true of Lazarus being raised from the dead, after Purim, but before Passover.

Now in the story of Lazarus it is very clear that he is raised on the fourth day that he is in the grave, and that would also align with it being after the three days of darkness. Jesus told us the rapture would be as the days of Noah and Noah entered the ark after Methuselah died. This wasn't a coincidence, there was a prophecy that when Methuselah died the end would come. Methuselah was the oldest man on earth. Now we have theorized that this could refer to Damascus because Damascus is the oldest continually inhabited city on earth and there is a prophecy in Isaiah 17 that would be fulfilled. I'll get to that in a second, but in Luke we learn that Lazarus was lying at the gate of the rich man. In Jerusalem there is a gate called "The Damascus gate" and at that gate we have a Catholic church dedicated St. Stephen, signifying the rich man who is dressed in purple. But one more thing, Lazarus is the Greek version of Eleazar, Abraham's servant who went and brought Isaac's bride to him. Eleazar was from Damascus.

Isaiah 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

This is analogous to dying.

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

At the same time we have cities that are forsaken. A picture of the immediate aftermath of the rapture and the judgement on the Great Babylon that takes place at the same time. Think about our types and shadows of the rapture: Samson pushing out the pillars and 3,000 killed at the same time, and Elijah calling down fire followed by 400 prophets being killed.

3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts.

Ephraim is the northern kingdom of Israel but in this case I believe it is a direct reference to the US. This would require thirty minutes to explain. The US will be judged at the time of the rapture as the Great Babylon.

4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

Sounds like the tribulation starts after Damascus is destroyed.

5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

The rapture is a harvest.

6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord God of Israel.

Yet for those left behind it will be like gleaning in the field. Yes, Ruth is a picture of the bride just as Esther is, but Esther is raised up in glory, Ruth gives us a picture of the left behind saints in the tribulation. You see them divided. The two widows had husbands who had gone to Moab and die during the judgment on those who were in idolatry at the time of the rapture. Then one widow returns to Moab while the other one, Ruth, decides to stick with the people of God regardless of the cost. This is the tribulation saints.

7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

Let's be realistic, there are very few people on this earth who look to their maker and have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.

Many are caught up in idolatry, in that day they will forsake their idols.

9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.

Again, sounds like the tribulation.

10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: 11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

Again, sounds like the tribulation.

12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

Again, sounds like the tribulation.

14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

Again, sounds like the tribulation. This prophecy about Damascus becoming a ruinous heap is given to us and then immediately after we are given multiple pictures of the tribulation and the tribulation saints.

 

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So, buy sardines for others.

Have you put a timing on the rapture before that has come and gone?

Will you simply readjust if we're still here in a few weeks?

If we're still here in a few weeks, will you ask for the prophets who agree with you to be stoned?

I am watching and studying the word. For some reason most of Christianity is afraid to touch this subject so I have had to do most of my studying on my own though there are a few others who are doing the same.

I don't see anything wrong with making an educated guess based on my study. Instead I view this the same way Thomas Edison did, he didn't make 99 mistakes, he simply found 99 things that didn't work.

But the longer I have been doing this study the more disgusted I become with some so called Christians. They attack anyone who is watching even though we are commanded to do that. Then they insult, mock and ridicule anyone who refuses to obey their command to stop watching, anyone who chooses to obey the Lord Jesus rather than their attempt to usurp His authority. They also try to put words into your mouth, and their hypocrisy is out for all to see. They claim to believe in the imminence of the Lord's return, they say He could return any time and that you should be ready at any time. So when I say I think His return could be any day now it is no different from what they say and yet somehow they want to throw stones and condemn me for saying that.

Also their ignorance is astounding. They have no idea what the criteria are for a false prophet. That is the most stunning discovery I have made seeing how dangerous that is in these days. Christianity doesn't want to touch this topic about the rapture, maybe that is not so bad. But to not have everyone fully aware of what the New Testament teaches about a false prophet, that is reprehensible.

So then let's hit a few key points. Being mocked and ridiculed for some word you speak from the Bible, that is fine. That is not in any way indicative of a false prophet, on the contrary that was how genuine prophets are treated. Obviously not proof of a genuine prophet, but not a red flag either. On the other hand we are told clearly by Peter that false prophets will make merchandise of you. So having a salary for what they say, selling books, or in any other way making money from their ministry is a red flag. Again, not proof of a false prophet, Paul said you don't muzzle the ox that treads out the corn, but if someone is a false prophet they will be trying to make money from it. That is a key criteria. They bring in damnable heresies, that is different from "heresies". Anyone who teaches the Bible teaches "heresies", the word simply means a school of thought. Terms like Evangelical or conservative christian are "schools of thought". Damnable heresies deny an item of the faith, even the Lord who bought them. It is amazing to me how widespread these damnable heresies are in Christianity. For example, many teach that Jesus opens the first seal of the scroll in heaven, releasing the rider on the white horse, at the start of the seven year tribulation. But if that doctrine were true it means that for the last two thousand years no one has been worthy to open the scrolls. It also means that Jesus Christ has not been sitting on the throne for the last two thousand years. In fact, this doctrine is what Islam teaches about the Mahdi, saying Jesus was a prophet but he failed, and so they are waiting for the Messiah to still come. This doctrine is blasphemy against the Lord Jesus Christ and is a damnable heresy, and yet it is common among all these Christians throwing stones at others desperately trying to find a false prophet. But hold on, these denominational churches have FreeMasons on the board of directors, that means they are unequally yoked with unbelievers all for money, huge red flag, they are paid, another red flag, they teach damnable heresies another red flag, and they beat their fellow servants who are watching for the Lord's return, another red flag! There you go, if you want to throw stones at false prophets you have hundreds you can hit.

 

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I am watching and studying the word. For some reason most of Christianity is afraid to touch this subject so I have had to do most of my studying on my own though there are a few others who are doing the same.

I don't see anything wrong with making an educated guess based on my study. Instead I view this the same way Thomas Edison did, he didn't make 99 mistakes, he simply found 99 things that didn't work.

But the longer I have been doing this study the more disgusted I become with some so called Christians. They attack anyone who is watching even though we are commanded to do that. Then they insult, mock and ridicule anyone who refuses to obey their command to stop watching, anyone who chooses to obey the Lord Jesus rather than their attempt to usurp His authority. They also try to put words into your mouth, and their hypocrisy is out for all to see. They claim to believe in the imminence of the Lord's return, they say He could return any time and that you should be ready at any time. So when I say I think His return could be any day now it is no different from what they say and yet somehow they want to throw stones and condemn me for saying that.

Also their ignorance is astounding. They have no idea what the criteria are for a false prophet. That is the most stunning discovery I have made seeing how dangerous that is in these days. Christianity doesn't want to touch this topic about the rapture, maybe that is not so bad. But to not have everyone fully aware of what the New Testament teaches about a false prophet, that is reprehensible.

So then let's hit a few key points. Being mocked and ridiculed for some word you speak from the Bible, that is fine. That is not in any way indicative of a false prophet, on the contrary that was how genuine prophets are treated. Obviously not proof of a genuine prophet, but not a red flag either. On the other hand we are told clearly by Peter that false prophets will make merchandise of you. So having a salary for what they say, selling books, or in any other way making money from their ministry is a red flag. Again, not proof of a false prophet, Paul said you don't muzzle the ox that treads out the corn, but if someone is a false prophet they will be trying to make money from it. That is a key criteria. They bring in damnable heresies, that is different from "heresies". Anyone who teaches the Bible teaches "heresies", the word simply means a school of thought. Terms like Evangelical or conservative christian are "schools of thought". Damnable heresies deny an item of the faith, even the Lord who bought them. It is amazing to me how widespread these damnable heresies are in Christianity. For example, many teach that Jesus opens the first seal of the scroll in heaven, releasing the rider on the white horse, at the start of the seven year tribulation. But if that doctrine were true it means that for the last two thousand years no one has been worthy to open the scrolls. It also means that Jesus Christ has not been sitting on the throne for the last two thousand years. In fact, this doctrine is what Islam teaches about the Mahdi, saying Jesus was a prophet but he failed, and so they are waiting for the Messiah to still come. This doctrine is blasphemy against the Lord Jesus Christ and is a damnable heresy, and yet it is common among all these Christians throwing stones at others desperately trying to find a false prophet. But hold on, these denominational churches have FreeMasons on the board of directors, that means they are unequally yoked with unbelievers all for money, huge red flag, they are paid, another red flag, they teach damnable heresies another red flag, and they beat their fellow servants who are watching for the Lord's return, another red flag! There you go, if you want to throw stones at false prophets you have hundreds you can hit.

Finally there is one more criteria, false prophets have pernicious ways. That is it has a harmful effect in a gradual, subtle way. For example, Christianity focus on increase. They do this because their board of directors which have FreeMasons tell them to. Sounds like a good goal, probably similar to the goal that Billy Graham had. But because of this goal they are told to not teach anything that would turn unbelievers away. As a result I have seen many teachings where they teach half the Bible. For example, I just sat through a teaching on the fruits of the Spirit from Galatians 5. Very good teaching, only it was only half of what Paul said. Paul compares and contrasts the fruit of the Spirit with the works of the flesh. You need both, but they only teach half. You also see a lot of money going into sound systems, and all kinds of events to attract people to church. Again, it sounds good but the question is are you separate from idol worship or not? Are you lifting up a holy God or are you compromising with sin? It is easy to see if you back up and look at the last seventy years, from the 1950s to today with Christianity in America. Pernicious ways, a slow creep, subtle. But seventy years later you have churches flying LGBTQ flags outside and having transgenders preach from the pulpit inside. Concerts and single activities all have the veneer of being Christian with good names like Sardis saying they were living and yet were dead. Pernicious is like trees infested with bark beetles and slowly drying up. Joel Olsteen, T.D. Jakes, Creflo Dollar. These pastors are a symptom, the only reason you can have pastors this brazen at being false prophets is because of the pernicious impact on all of Christianity by having FreeMasons on the board of directors. The proof of how widespread this impact was on Christianity was the Pandemic. Why would a church agree to shut their doors? They were protected by the US constitution. Costco is open but the church agrees to close? How is that not in your face showing how weak and pathetic the people who supposedly were standing for the Lord Jesus had become?


Matthew 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

The US government just walked all over Christianity during the pandemic.

14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

It all began when they put FreeMasons on the board of directors. That put their preaching under the people with money funding the church.

 

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Let us do a deep dive on false prophets

First let's look at the word for false. In Hebrew

שֶׁקֶר sheqer, sheh'-ker; from H8266; an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial):—without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.

It is used 113 times in the Old Testament.

The first time is by Pharaoh in Exodus 5:9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain H8267 words.

Moses had come to Pharaoh saying to let God's people go. What was Pharaoh's response? He punishes the Israelites accusing Moses of speaking vain or deceitful words, trying to put a wedge between God's people and Moses. Let this be a warning to us, calling a messenger of God "false" is definitely something the enemy does.

This is also true in the New Testament, the first time False is used in the New Testament is

Matthew 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Now to say all manner of evil against you falsely is a false witness.

Exodus 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

You do not fight evil with evil. If a person is a false witness you do not accept any of their testimony. This should be our biggest red flag. Someone lies to you that is not a small, trivial matter. That should be seen as a fire alarm going off.

Now in Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

This is a different word,

שָׁוְא shâvᵉʼ, shawv; or שַׁו shav; from the same as H7722 in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain):—false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.

So the first verse about being a false witness was more along the lines of scamming someone, lying about something to make money. In this verse it is more about slandering a person. We see this all the time with the "news". They shake hands with the government, say they have an anonymous source high up in the government and then use this false report to damage others. This is what the NY Times did to Trump when they claimed to have a deep throat in his administration when in fact the man was working in a cubicle across town and was a nobody.

The New Testament also condemns this, it is called "evil speaking".

Ephesians 4:31 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

A good example of evil speaking is when they asked Jesus if it was right to give tribute to Caesar, yes or no. If He said yes one group would be outraged, if He said no another group would be outraged.

The Greek word is βλασφημία blasphēmía, blas-fay-me'-ah; from G989; vilification (especially against God):—blasphemy, evil speaking, railing.

1. slander, detraction, speech injurious, to another's good name
2. impious and reproachful speech injurious to divine majesty

If you hear someone speaking like this about another person or about the Lord you must confront them. Do they have solid evidence and proof to say what they are saying? If not have nothing to do with them. Now there are people who will have a difficult time stating their evidence, that is because they may be terrified. So you must be sympathetic. Abusive people are like bullies, they pick on those weaker than them, so do not immediately dismiss someone who claims a brother or sister is evil. Rather, investigate the claim. The way I look at it if someone tells me a brother or sister is evil then it is very likely that someone is, either the person giving the evil speaking or the person they are accusing of it.

Matthew 12:31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy G988 shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy G988 against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

This is the first example of this word being used in the New Testament. Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is an unforgivable sin. So this is a very serious sin, however, have mercy on those who blaspheme you and God will have mercy on you for anything you might have said that would be considered evil speaking.

1 Timothy 6:3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; 4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

Railings here is the same word as blasphemy. How much time do we waste with people who are proud, ignorant, doting about questions and strifes of words? We are witnesses, if someone doesn't receive your witness that is on them. A witness is not required to argue, debate and convince. Often when people ask questions it is because they are interested, but you can discern the difference between someone who is genuinely seeking and one who is proud, ignorant, and doting about questions and strifes of words. Once you realize it is the latter withdraw yourself.

Revelation 2:9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy G988 of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

This should be a wake up to us. There are many people who say they are children of God but they are really the congregation of Satan. How do you know? The blasphemy is all the proof you need.

However, be careful, a person who calls you out for a fault you have made is not blaspheming you. Correcting you is not blasphemy. People are allowed to have their own opinions, to say "I don't like you" is not blasphemy.

I would hope the takeaway from these verses is to judge yourself first. Know that you will be judged for every word you speak.

 

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False prophets (2)

1 Timothy 3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

The word slanderer in Greek is διάβολος diábolos, dee-ab'-ol-os; from G1225; a traducer; specially, Satan (compare H7854):—false accuser, devil, slanderer.

Think about that, a deacon is disqualified based not only his character but that of his wife and children. This is how slander works, the person who instigates the slander will often try to insulate themselves, by getting someone else to be the slanderer. The deacon is shaking your hand and pretending to be your best friend while his wife is slandering you and stabbing you in the back.

The first use of this word is in

Matthew 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. G1228

Slander is a temptation. For example they accused Jesus of eating with tax collectors and prostitutes. The insinuation is that Jesus is a sinner who hangs out with sinners. Think about how Peter reacted when they accused him of hanging out with Jesus, it was a temptation to him and he denied knowing Jesus. So some will respond to this temptation by lying, others will respond by excusing sin. Jesus did neither, He said He had not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. He did not excuse their sin nor did He lie and try to cover up the fact that He was eating with sinners. Many times the reason for slander is to get you to respond, it is your response that becomes the story, not the initial slander. This is why Paul says the deacons wife cannot be a slanderer. Some men use this device to advance their career by destroying their competition.

John 6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? G1228

Here is another example. Wives of a Deacon or Pastor must not be a Judas. How did Judas slander? He kissed Jesus. False prophets will betray you with a kiss. One way to slander someone is to accuse them of a crime. But if you do that you run the risk that people will investigate and learn you are a liar. So another way is to pretend to be someone's friend. Maybe you are concerned about them. You don't accuse them of anything wrong, you don't lie, but you insinuate. For example, consider Mike Lindell. He is well known to have been delivered from drug addiction and now his ministry is to help others escape addiction. So you pretend to be Mike's friend, you explain how you are concerned about him, the pressure may be getting too much, you know how hard it is for someone to beat addiction. Well you just insinuated without actually saying it that you think he has fallen off the wagon.

John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Here is another example. Have you ever seen someone who is doing everything in their power to find a justification to condemn someone else? They brought a woman who was caught in the act of adultery to Him to see what He would say. Think about all the things one would have to do to do this. Even if you knew of a woman who was in an adulterous affair how do you know when she will be committing the act and how do you catch her in the act? I could see catching her eating dinner with the man, but catching her in the act? This is like Delilah having the men in her bedroom hiding when she is going to commit the act with Samson. This is why Jesus says "the lusts of your father ye will do". If someone will commit grievous sins in order to prove someone else is a sinner, that is more than enough to realize they are a false prophet. They want to convict Jesus of a crime and put Him to death, but since they will use lies to convict Him what they are actually doing is murder. In the law if a false witness is caught trying to get someone else convicted of a crime, then the punishment they wanted for the other person should be administered to them. They want Jesus killed, they are murderers and should be sentenced to death.

Acts 13:8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. 9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him. 10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

This is very common today. Why are they accusing some of being "false prophets"? In some cases the reason is to turn people away from the faith. Jesus and Paul were both accused of this.

Ephesians 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. G1228

This is why we are doing a deep dive on this, so we are not ignorant of Satan's devices and so we are fully protected with the armor of God. Very often the best defense is a good offense. I was attacked in this way during a church service. The Pastor did not mention me by name but for his entire sermon he described a very sinful and mentally disturbed individual that could only refer to me. In this meeting after he spoke he opened the meeting up for testimonies. I was the first one to stand up, not to defend myself, but to share something that I enjoyed from one of the Bible verses mentioned. That caused everyone to be outraged and after the meeting I was cornered before all and asked who the Pastor was talking about. I said "I don't know, ask him". You see if he used my name that would be slander and he could be sued, so he was trying to get away with insinuating the slander. The next week he doubled down accusing this as yet unnamed individual of using drugs and being a homosexual. Again, I was the first person to stand up and share a testimony. Everyone felt they had to get to the bottom of this, one of these two people are lying to them. They talked to people who had known me for the last few years and discovered to their shock that the pastor was the one who was lying.

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

We are children of the most High God, we don't run from snakes, we cut off their heads.

 

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I don't see anything wrong with making an educated guess based on my study. Instead I view this the same way Thomas Edison did, he didn't make 99 mistakes, he simply found 99 things that didn't work.

Chicken Little did the same thing, didn't he? With this mindset all one has to do is be living at the right time and keep making failed predictions until maybe being close to right. God's Prophets didn't have such leeway and hopefully you'll agree that many that think and present themselves as Prophets today are very simply not.

Bible students saying what they think Scripture says is a free-for-all no matter what the theological topic.

Also their ignorance is astounding. They have no idea what the criteria are for a false prophet. That is the most stunning discovery I have made seeing how dangerous that is in these days. Christianity doesn't want to touch this topic about the rapture, maybe that is not so bad. But to not have everyone fully aware of what the New Testament teaches about a false prophet, that is reprehensible.

The Rapture theory of eschatology has been and is constantly being discussed. Some simply see it as unbiblical.

On the other hand we are told clearly by Peter that false prophets will make merchandise of you.

You mean false teachers who were compared to previous false prophets, correct?

You're preaching to the choir in my case speaking about the worldly condition of the church. Within a few months of first going in and out of several of them nearly 4 decades ago, I walked out and sat down with His Word and a bit after that prayed intensely for a solid teacher of His Word. Many things thereafter.

It looks like you've used your prolific abilities to write much more. I'll look at more later.

I've been looking at some of your multitude of posts for months. I'll be watching over the next few weeks to see what adjustments you may be making, or I'll look for you on the way up and apologize for doubting you.

 

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False Prophets (3)

Jeremiah 6:13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

This is the most important lesson. If you think of a false prophet as a cult leader like Jim Jones you will miss the forest trying to find that one peculiar tree. Fauci was a false prophet, CNN, MSNBC, and FOX news are false prophets, Enron and Madoff were false prophets. Instead of "thus saith the Lord" they rely on something to give them credibility. They are the expert, everyone else is not even qualified to ask them a question.

James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

God does not rebuke us for asking questions and if we lack wisdom He gives us wisdom. That is a clear difference between a false prophet and a genuine one. In both cases they may understand something better than you do. The one will help explain it to you, the other will rebuke you for questioning them. Fauci was about as good as you will ever see when it comes to a false prophet.

James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

Every time we have been deceived in the past is a great opportunity for us to learn. Do not blame others for your being deceived. For example, think of a magnet, whose fault is it that the metal sticks to the magnet? The magnet will pick up iron but have no effect on wood or plastic. In the same way false prophets appeal to your lust. The problem is your lust, if you didn't lust for money you would not have been drawn away by the scam. It is the same with people in a cult. They are seekers, they may feel guilt for their sins, but they are looking for a shortcut, a magic formula, the cheat code.

16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

There have been many excellent Bible teachers who have taught the entire Bible verse by verse. 99% of people on this earth are unfamiliar with them. So it is not hard for a scammer to come along and pass off the teaching that is easily found on the internet as their own. They use that good teaching as "proof" that they are a prophet of God that cannot be questioned. But then they inject 1% into this doctrine that is not good, it portrays them as "the apostle" or the "cult leader" that no one can question. When you look at a counterfeit bill 99% can be right, if 1% is wrong then the whole thing is wrong. It can be very confusing, so James tells us not to err, what we need to spot is the variableness, the shadow of turning.

22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

The easiest way to be deceived is to simply be a spectator Christian. For example it was by preaching the gospel every day that I learned that making increase a goal is missing the mark. This thought has completely taken over Christianity. Christians know the bible talks about sin, the flesh and hell. So why do they rebuke others for talking about that? Because "we are trying to win people to Christ" or some other lame reason. Ask yourself, was Paul trying to win people to Christ? So why did he talk about sin, the flesh and hell? How about Peter, or John, or any of the other writers of the New Testament. If you regularly preach the gospel then you are regularly rejected. If you are judging yourself based on how many people have been saved and are now meeting with the church you will become depressed and feel like you are a failure. It was because I was one who regularly preached the gospel, every week, and over a number of years every day that I realized I could not continue if I measured success by how many had been added to the church because of this. During one semester in Taiwan I was working in a gospel team of three, two brothers and a sister. We were preaching on this one campus and 18 brothers were added to the church. But we spoke to a thousand people, and we spoke every day. I spoke to dozens every afternoon, another brother spoke to dozens every night and a sister brought all those who were interested to the home of one of the elders for dinner. But day by day you don't see any fruit, that cannot be what you are looking at. Rather I realized that the Lord did not call me to win people to Christ. Rather I was called to be a witness. Some will receive it, some will reject it. But I get credit for being a witness, every person I speak to counts whether or not they receive it. Christianity is deceived because they are not doers of the word, they are hearers only. You have to preach the gospel for yourself, you have to study the Bible for yourself, you have to pray for yourself, you have to experience miracles for yourself. If you are not willing to do that then you will be easy prey for deceivers.

26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

When you are around a liar or scammer you will hear them say things that reveal it. They can put on a show on the TV or on the pulpit, but it is too hard to bridle your tongue all the time. They'll let it slip. It is very simple, if you are with a person and they say something that strikes you as being immoral, unethical, or even criminal. Then know that this person's religion is vain. They'll see you are offended and then try to shake it off as a "joke", an idle word. But know this, out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Here is how you can easily identify a cult. There are two kinds of cults. You have the wealthy church goers who are spotted by the world, but they will have outreaches to fatherless and widows. They will fund soup kitchens and shelters. Then you will have the other cults that are not spotted by the world, they are absolutely given to the religion, living in homes with other members, they don't watch TV, they don't go to movies, etc. But every dollar goes to the cult leader, they don't have any outreach to the fatherless and widows. They sold flowers at the airport, but all the money they raised was for the cult.

 

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False Prophets (4)

The New Testament uses the term prophets 88 times, seven of those are "false prophets".

Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

This is the first time. A wolf has a very different nature than a sheep. So don't simply look at their outward clothing, they say they are a Christian, they talk a good game, but you get to know the person and it will become clear they are a wolf, not a sheep.

16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Isn't it strange how Once Saved Always Saved attacks works as though there is something wrong with having a work of the Lord. They emphasize over and over and over again that if you prayed twenty years ago you are saved, that is it. The fact is they can't hide the fact that they don't have fruit of the spirit, so they are making it seem like there is something wrong for you to even notice that they don't.

17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

But regardless of what they teach you will find that genuine believers will bring forth good fruit and there is nothing wrong with paying attention to the fruit of a person's life. What is evil fruit? That would be the works of the flesh.

18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

It isn't just that they don't have fruit, they can't bring it forth. A lot of people deceive themselves, they think they could lead a Christian life if they wanted to, they just don't want to. The reality is if you don't have the spirit indwelling you then you can't. You can try, you can be a hypocrite and act like you do, but you can't. So who gets deceived by these ones? If you were actively involved in bringing forth good fruit you wouldn't.

19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Take a look, how many of these phony pastors have been exposed? That is like being cut down and cast into the fire. Obviously this verse refers to hell, but the Lord is merciful to us to let us see that many of these so called famous preachers are just wolves in sheep's clothing.

20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

The fruit is an easy way to discern them, but the problem is that you could be under their ministry for months before seeing the fruit.

Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

If you see someone who is a teacher of the word of God involved in any of these know that this is a false teacher. I don't care if they are "saved" or not. I don't care if they say Jesus is Lord. I don't need to be under the ministry of anyone practicing these things.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

If you are around a person for any given amount of time you will easily be able to discern if they are this nature or that nature.

What is interesting is that "False prophets" are relatively rare. Judas and Balaam are the two biblical examples. Prophets of Baal and Prophets that sit at Jezebel's table are much more common. Interestingly in the New Testament we have 12 apostles and 1 false prophet and we have a ratio of real prophets to false prophets mentioned in the New Testament about 12:1. Also 3 out of seven appear at the end of the age. So although they are relatively rare throughout the church age, they will become twice as common at the end of the age.

2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

A damnable heresy is a teaching that denies one of the items of the faith. JW's say that Jesus is not God, that is a damnable heresy. Even denying the Lord that bought them is also a damnable heresy, but they will often disguise this. They will say Jesus was good, He was a prophet, etc. But you need to do something in addition to the blood of Jesus Christ to be forgiven of your sins and to be saved for eternity. Remember the phrase "Jesus plus nothing". Many of these false prophets bring on themselves swift destruction. They get caught in fornication or embezzlement or tax fraud long before they get to old age. So being under a ministry of someone who has been in the word for 50 years is a lot safer than someone who has been saved in the last ten years. That is a general rule of thumb, obviously there are exceptions.

2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

Often a false prophet is very good at deceiving others, but look at those who are following him. Do they express Christ or do they express pernicious ways. During the seventies I was in a church that had a meeting hall in a very dangerous part of Los Angeles. People complained about the church but the police wouldn't listen to them. They said "before they moved into this neighborhood we were called here every night for some crime, now that they are here we have seen the crime fall dramatically. Even the unbelievers can discern if a church is having a positive or negative impact on the neighborhood.

3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

This is a big verse, everyone needs to learn this. First, they are acting through covetousness. One way or another their ministry is to make money off of you. Now we aren't simply talking about donations, we are talking about merchandise. They will sell books, CDs, Tshirts, Cups, etc. This is not proof of a false prophet, but if you look hard and cannot see any way that this person is making merchandise of anyone, well then they aren't a false prophet. They may be mistaken, they may be in error, but the one thing common to both Judas and Balaam was covetousness. In addition they will have feigned words. They always will have an incredible salvation testimony. They need a story that says "this person is special" and "has a special anointing". That is a sure sign of a false prophet.

 

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False Prophets (5)

And so it begins

James 2:1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

This is the on ramp to the broad way that leads to destruction.

2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: 4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

Everyone knows this is wrong, but the fact is many Christian churches welcome the money, they lay out the red carpet for the money. You have Freemasons who are on the board of directors of these churches. There are denominations with trust funds well over $1 billion.

5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

Our focus should be on being rich in the faith. Money is an idol, so if you value it above faith, that is idolatry. That is covetousness. Of course they will justify it, the money will do "good". What the money has done is corrupt the churches and make them compromised. They have covered the lampstand with an offering basket.

6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? 7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?

Can you imagine having people like this on your board of directors.

8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

The royal law is to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. If you were the one in the poor clothes you would not want to be treated that way, so what the churches are doing violates the royal law, hence they are transgressors.

14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

You can say that you believe that God will provide, but then instead of walking by faith in a God who will provide you bring the Freemasons in to help pay the bills? Once you do that your faith is vain, it is false, and you are now on the broadway leading to destruction.

15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

It is not good enough to say "be ye warmed and filled" if that is not accompanied with a helping hand then the faith is dead. Jesus told Sardis they had a name that they lived but they were dead. That is the point, they claimed to have faith but had no works that demonstrated they believed in a faithful God.

18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

In other words some talk a big game, others live it.

19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

Big verse, just because someone says they believe in God, that is not a test that discerns false prophets, even devils do that. This is what you want to see. In my experience I have known a few false prophets, they are covetous, they are all about gathering money for themselves. They will talk a big game but you won't see them actually give to the poor. Think about Judas, that was a big tell with him.

20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

A false prophet is a vain man. They are all talk and no action.

21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

That is real faith. Abraham was "the father of faith", that was his ministry. Isaac was the miracle child, that was his testimony. God asked him to put it all on the altar. The fact that Abraham was obedient and agreed to do that justified him in the eyes of God.

22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

His act of obedience was a testimony that his faith was real. It also made his ministry perfect.

23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

A false prophet will always have some feigned story similar to Abraham having Isaac when he and his wife were old. They can imitate that, but they cannot imitate putting that ministry on the altar, they cannot imitate giving money to the poor. They can make a show, they can do something for the Public Relations, but if you see a ministry that makes merchandise of you and yet is very stingy towards helping the poor, that is a very big red flag.

But here is the secret, how about you? The people who get deceived are hearers of the word only and not doers. If you are a doer of this word you will be much better at discerning false prophets.

 

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False Prophets (5b)

Luke 18:18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. 20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother. 21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.

So wee have a "ruler" who calls Jesus God and keeps the ten commandments. That is a very accurate description of a pastor of a church.

22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

If you are in a church with a board of directors, it is a 501(C)3 organization. If you sell the assets you must give the money to another 501(C) 3. So you can give the money to a soup kitchen. This is the problem with Christianity, they have made a deal with the devil and the devil refers to FreeMasons. Initially it seemed like a good arrangement, they said they would not tell you what to preach. That was true, but they did tell you what not to preach and that included prophecy, anything about the Antichrist or the Mark of the Beast or the rapture, or about hell. That still left you a lot, but eventually you saw that this was very limiting. The emphasis became increase and in order to get more and more people they began doing things that were less and less godly. Now here he is "serving God" and worried about inheriting eternal life. He preaches OSAS but knows he has a problem with the Lord. This is a good sign, his conscience is bothering him. He is hoping for a simple solution, and there is one. Sell the church, give the money to the poor, to another 501(C)3 and then you will be free to come and follow the Lord in sincerity and truth.

23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.

That is the problem. They look at this big church, with the great sound system, the great broadcast ministry, the great extra curricular activities and they are very popular, the building is full. But the word has lost its saltiness and the light of the lamp stand has been put under the offering bucket. He built with wood, hay and stubble and it is hard to hear that in the day of judgment it will all go up in flames.

BTW, this is why I post to this blog without any input from anyone else. I know how hard and offensive this word is to so many. I also had to face this same situation and I chose to sell all. So, I have nothing holding me back from speaking the truth, regardless of how tough it might be.

 

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False Prophets (6)

James 3:1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

Most of us preach the gospel saying "Jesus is Lord". This means you have to quit being Lord and allow the Lord to be Lord of your life. Think of the rich young ruler who went away sorrowing when the Lord told him to sell all, give to the poor, and come follow Him. There is a great peace in that. If you say amen and simply do what the Lord says then there is no condemnation, your head is covered. But if you refuse, well, then you refused to take the exit and get off the highway to hell.

2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

If you are honest you will admit you can't do this on your own. You are not a perfect man.

3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

You can see Hitler in this chapter. He was able to turn about the whole body of his political party with his words. Many of us still cannot understand why so many people obeyed him.

4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

When Hitler took over Germany he turned that country about just like turning a ship. Again, he did it with his speaking. He was the small rudder on the holocaust and WW2. He is a type of the Antichrist to come.

5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

This is what Hitler did, he set the world on fire, like a big forest fire, that was revealed as the fire of hell. We may look on him as one of the most evil men in human history, but what we should do is consider that this is where the road leads when we are the master of our life. Everyone who rejects Jesus as Lord is on this same road and they are all heading to the same place.

7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. You have to get a new heart, otherwise you will be speaking from a heart filled with poison. It is impossible for it to be otherwise.

9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

It shouldn't be but it is. Imagine your heart is like a gallon jug of poison. When you get saved drops of gold and silver fall into this jug. With every drop of gold and silver a drop of poison is removed. Little by little you can reconstitute your heart. We see this picture in petrified wood, molecule by molecule the carbon from the tree is replaced with jasper. The tree still looks exactly like a tree but it is now petrified wood. We should all be living stones that have been transformed from our previous life.

11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

This is why I love posting on this forum. It reveals what is within you. Are you filled with sweet water or bitter? You can claim you are filled with sweet water but then someone insults you or offends you and out comes the bitter water.

13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

The testimony of Jesus is a good conversation.

14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

This is the problem, our ego. You say that Jesus is Lord, but if that were the case then you wouldn't have problems with your ego, there would be no bitter envying and strife. But the fact that there is does not mean you aren't "saved" it simply means you are not fully transformed into the image of the Lord Jesus. The Christian life is a process. Be thankful every time you get exposed because it means you are not simply a hearer of the word but you are a doer.

15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

There are two wisdoms. Freemasons have a wisdom that is earthly, sensual, devilish. It is true that if you partner with them you can have a big ministry, with an expensive audio visual system, a team of workers, a large congregation, good pay, and a place of honor in Satan's kingdom of darkness. If that is what you want then just know you have your reward but in the next life you will spend eternity paying for it.

16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

The reason there is confusion is that everything is built on a lie. Every evil work is built on unrighteousness and covered up with lies.

17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Nothing is better than cool, clear, pure water. If you don't have pure water then you are always thirsty. It may seem like a small thing, but it is a warning of what it is like in hell. Then it is peaceable. Some people have marriages that are anything but peaceable. I used to tell people "God said it is not good for man to be alone, but He didn't say it was bad". It is like a number line, not good is simply 0. A bad marriage can be way over on the negative side of that number line. God never said it is better to be married. A bad marriage is worse than being single, a great marriage is better. However, you are not going to have a great marriage unless both of you are fully committed to being transformed into the image of Jesus Christ. Then it is gentle, imagine living in a house where you are afraid of your spouse or your parents or your children. Then it is easy to intreated. Imagine you have a problem with your spouse or your child. In the world these offenses are generally very difficult to intreat, that is because in the world they are not being transformed, instead they both have hearts full of poison. To be merciful to those who have wronged you is powerful evidence that Jesus is Lord in your life. When you are a little Lord the goal is always to deal with the slight and insult with tit for tat. But when Jesus is Lord of your life these insults can roll off your back like water off a ducks back. Then and only then will you have good fruits and you will be without partiality. You look at people differently, there is nothing that a rich person can give you that a poor person can't. You have no interest in the money or social standing, instead all you are interested in is the faith. As a result there is no hypocrisy, you aren't pretending to be holy.

18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

That is the difference between false prophets and genuine, the fruit of righteousness. Genuine prophets sow the fruit of righteousness in peace.

 

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False Prophets (7)

Judas was one of the 12 disciples of the Lord Jesus. Balaam was a real prophet and his prophecies are in the Bible. False prophets does not mean "phony prophets". It could, but what is much harder to discern is a real prophet who is false because they are motivated by money.

Matthew 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Do you think that when you stand before the Lord you will have to give account for the sins of the AntiChrist? How about the False Prophet? Highly unlikely, but all of us, every single one, will have to give account for our speaking. Therefore we should be much more concerned about our speaking. Are we false? Are we motivated by money? Do we have the sin of omission? Do we avoid speaking the full counsel of God because we don't want to offend the rich?

Can you imagine how serious the judgment will be if you accused others of being a false prophet and yet were guilty of the same thing? I would much rather deal with my own speaking, my own words. I'm not saying you don't call out damnable heresies, but to me it is like a doctor. Before you operate on someone else make sure you have scrubbed fully and have dealt with any offensive speaking you may have given.

 

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Lazarus Reveals the Rapture (part 1)

Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead is one of the biggest events in the gospels and paves the way for Jesus to enter Jerusalem triumphantly. Because of that I could not understand why it wasn’t recorded in the other three gospels. But now I have found it in Luke, Mark, Matthew, Genesis, Exodus, Isaiah, Judges, Ruth, Esther, Joel, Revelation, and in 1 and 2 Kings. In every type and shadow of the rapture we can see this. Any one point I am going to make will not be conclusive, anyone could debate the interpretation. But when all of the points are taken together the weight of evidence is overwhelming.

So then, let’s go through these stories because each one tells us a little more about the rapture and gives us a very clear picture about when it will be and what will take place four days before it.

Let’s start in Luke, the story of Lazarus and the rich man, they both die, one is comforted in death and the other is in a holding cell in torment waiting to go to hell. The rich man asks Abraham to send someone back from the dead so that people will repent.

Luke 16:27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: 28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

Abraham does not say He won’t do that, instead He says that if they refuse to believe Moses and the Prophets they will not be persuaded though one were to rise from the dead. The proof of this is His resurrection, many who did not believe and have still refused to believe. That was how the church age started, but this is also a reference to the rapture, how the church age will end. After Jesus rose from the dead we had the former rain, the revival at Pentecost and the start of Acts. After the rapture there will be the latter rain, the revival that takes place after the rapture.

Joel 2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

The latter rain is in the first month, that is Nisan. So according to Joel the revival after the rapture takes place in the same month of Passover and according to John Lazarus being raised from the dead takes place right before Palm Sunday, about a week before.

Now in Genesis we are told that Enoch, the seventh from Adam walked with God and he was not for God took him. That is a reference to the rapture of the church. Now look at how Luke ends:

Luke 24:52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: 53 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

It is the same story, they walked with God and then poof, that is it, they are no more. Luke tells us about Lazarus dying, and being in the grave, and about how if someone were to come back from the dead it would cause a revival, but we don’t see Lazarus rise from the dead. Why? Because the rapture takes place in the twinkling of an eye, at the same time Lazarus is raised the saints in Luke who are walking with God are taken. The rapture is the conclusion of Luke’s gospel.

Now the word Lazarus is the Greek form of Eleazar, the servant who Abraham sent to bring Rebekah as a bride for Isaac. This is a picture of the rapture prior to the seventieth week. Isaac meets Rebekah halfway, just like Jesus meeting the raptured saints in the clouds.

We also know that Eleazar (Lazarus) was from Damascus.

Genesis 15:2 And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

We are told that Lazarus lay at the gate of the rich man.

Luke 16:20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

In Jerusalem there is a Damascus gate and at that gate is a Catholic church dedicated to Saint Stephen, the first martyr. So then this gate signifies all those who have died in Christ from Stephen to the present over the last two thousand years. We know that in John Mary and Martha sent to Jesus saying Lazarus was sick and yet Jesus waited two days to come. That signifies the two thousand years of the church age.

Hosea 6:2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

So this brings us to the prophecy in Isaiah 17

Isaiah 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

Damascus is the oldest continually inhabited city on earth. We have a prophecy in Isaiah 17 that it will become a ruinous heap, that is it will die. The rest of Isaiah 17 describes the tribulation that takes place after the rapture starting. Jesus said the rapture would be like the days of Noah

Luke 17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

and one of those days was the day that Methuselah died. He was the oldest man on earth and there was a prophecy that when he dies the end will come. Because of all this I believe that Damascus will become a ruinous heap four days before the rapture.

But in Luke we learn that Lazarus was not the only one who died, the rich man also died who dressed in purple. Lazarus died at his gate and at the Damascus gate we have a Catholic church dedicated to martyrs which is ironic since the Catholic church is responsible for many of the martyrs during the church age. I believe the rich man signifies that the Pope will also die four days before the rapture. When a Pope dies they hold the funeral four days later. At the funeral of the Pope we would expect all the religious leaders of the world to be gathered at St. Peter’s square and for the ceremony to be live streamed to the whole earth.