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Eternal Security: An Examen in the Doctrine of Salvation and the Wesleyan Effect

The water of the Holy Spirit washes our soul and spirit bringing us out of the dry land of sin.

By James G. Owen

Jesus is the author of eternal salvation having first established the kingdom of a spiritual type on earth fulfilling two covenants, namely the Davidic Covenant, and the New Covenant. He is the author having taught the law in his ministry to the people of moral behavior to live righteously, raised the dead, healed the sick, lame, deaf and blind. In his ministry he has set the captive spirit free of all types of bondages including demon possession. The best qualifier of his authorship is his death on the Cross as a perfect sacrifice, and his resurrection after being crucified on the Cross three days later as prophesied by the story of Joel and the whale. This not only established his authorship, but also fulfilled the promise given to Eve in Genesis.

“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”

Genesis 3:15

This scripture tells of two seeds. One is of the serpent in the garden that we know is identified as Satan, and the other seed is the Messiah who later is revealed as Emmanuel, God is with us, prophesied by Isaiah 7:14 and revealed to Joseph in a dream to accept Mary as his wife. Jesus fulfilled this promise by overcoming Satan’s temptations of turning a stone into bread, and not accepting the kingdoms that Satan could give him thus placing enmity between Satan and Jesus began. The furtherance of the defeat of Satan would be in the miracles, and the casting out of the demons in the town of Gadarene. The ultimate fulfillment in which salvation was established permanently was the bruising of Satan’s head by Jesus being nailed to the Cross. Salvation was brought to every man present and future from the place of Golgotha.

What is salvation?

Salvation was a plan created by God before the foundation of the world and creation. He knew his creation would be defiled by sin because of man and their sin of disobedience, so a plan was put in place. That plan was to redeem man through the atoning blood of Jesus to save men from their sin through the grace of God. This enabled the relationship that was severed in the Garden of Eden by sin to be reestablished through man asking for the forgiveness of his sins and becoming “born again”, meaning the spirit of the man being changed from the old sinful man to a new creation, thus being changed from the corruption of sin to incorruption spiritually. It is through salvation that we can receive eternal life.

How does the plan of salvation work?

 First, for salvation to come into our lives we must acknowledge God the Father in who he is. He is our creator, the one and only true God. We acknowledge him through believing upon him and the proof he exists is that he has placed a desire to worship in our hearts. That desire is innate. We also see proof he exists in looking all around us in the intricate design of creation, including ourselves made in his image. Secondly, we must realize that all of us, mankind, are guilty of sin, that none of us are righteous, and that sin (original sin, being inborn in man) is a curse from the disobedience of Eve and Adam in the Garden of Eden. Next, in Romans 5:8 we read that God exhibited his love by extending salvation to us, a way to correct ourselves to become new again, and this is his plan for us to escape eternal death which is hell.

“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

Romans 5:8

It is our decision to make whether to choose God, or not. If we choose his way, then we are to confess our sins, and call up on the name of Jesus in prayer asking him to forgive us of all our sins while believing and enacting our faith that we are being changed. When we call upon the name of Jesus believing we will be saved. In this aspect of explaining salvation, we are being changed on the inside, our hearts and mind.

“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

Romans 10:9-10

“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Romans 10:13

Believe, trust, and faith, an interaction.

When we begin to believe what we have heard, read, or seen, then we trust that source as being truth. There is an interaction going on here I think between the three upon hearing the gospel. Our heart and mind tell us its truth because the Holy Spirit is working about us convicting us of our sins and speaking to us to come to repentance. Within ourselves we may be fighting the truth, we may question, but that is the flesh fighting our decision. Our flesh wants the desires of this world, but our mind says we must change. It is a war, a battle of carnality and flesh that is going on here. Once we believe then the three begins its interaction because we have made the decision to change because we have believed, trusted the source as truth, and faith has entered the decision by becoming loyal to God and his son Jesus. Belief, trust, and faith are similar, yet separate enough to understand how God has created us to think and make decisions. The result of the interaction of belief, trust, and faith is hope. We now have hope to continue living after we pass from this world to eternal life, and that hope also tells us we will be with our Heavenly Father in a restful, peaceful place. Having believed and trusted we reacted by stepping out in faith feeling secure and acting with confidence. Faith is loyalty, and that faith has become a spiritual marriage. Faith is a structure of doctrinal beliefs. Those beliefs should come from strict scriptural study being literal, historical, and cultural. Faith through doctrine is a statement of our morality and values.

 This is the basics of salvation, but this is not all that we can receive from God. There is always more. We will discuss this later in the article. Next let us discuss a doctrine that many of us has heard in discussion or reading, and others may have been told at the time we were saved.

The Doctrine of Eternal Security: Unconditional Security

As I begin to examine the doctrine of Eternal Security, I will explain it in two forms. One as unconditional and secondly as conditional. The unconditional form comes to us from Calvinism in which I will address from the TULIP, which is an acronym for total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and the perseverance of the saints. There is an additional portion to the unconditional form, and that is the five points of Calvinism. I will not include it here, but I may choose to discuss it in another article so that I may have the time to research it fully.

Total depravity I will explain as a man in a boat fishing on a lake. The lake is sin, and the boat is man’s ark of safety. When man disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden, he capsized the boat and Adam and Eve fell into the lake being totally submerged. Sin had caused a separation of God and man by placing the veil of sin between them, and it made all of creation imperfect and impure. We were totally soaked in sin from the outside to the inside. From skin to the mind and heart of man. There was no way out in our perspective and ability, but God the Father had a plan of salvation to defeat sin and depravity.

Unconditional election is a doctrine of works, that our salvation is based on good deeds. It furthers itself by stating that God had determined who would be saved and who would receive damnation, and who would be in a relationship with him and this was known before the foundation of the world.

Limited atonement is explained that atonement would be for some, but not for all. That some would be excluded. The unconditional election and limited atonement cause me to think of the interpretation of predestination by some to mean that God had predestined an elect to be his Church and those would serve in his kingdom.

Irresistible grace is the calling of people he had chosen to come to repentance and extended grace to them.

The perseverance of the saints is explained by the adage, “once saved, always saved”, that once a person is in God’s saving grace they will always stay within the hand of God until the person achieves eternal life. In my understanding, this is the unconditional part of this Calvinist doctrine, along with unconditional election, meaning no matter what action is taken in life after accepting Jesus, even sinning while claiming salvation one will go to heaven regardless of how they have lived their life.

The Doctrine of Eternal Security: Conditional Eternal Security

Simply, salvation is provided for all mankind and is given freely by the grace of God because he loved us all enough to give us the chance and make the decision for ourselves whether to choose him, or to choose eternal damnation. Whether to be in a loving, free relationship with God the Father, or choose the life and the pleasures of sin. In my explanation, this form will begin in John 3:16, that God loved us so much he gave his son Jesus and believed upon him as their Savior would have eternal life. Further in my discourse it is explained in the Roman road to Salvation at the beginning of this article. That we have all sinned and must come to that knowledge of being born into sin and acknowledging that we have a God that we must answer to for how we are living our lives. We must confess our sin and live a righteous and holy life to enter heaven. Also, know that God calls us to repentance, and he does so by the drawing of the person by the Holy Spirit. In Pentecostal terminology we call it conviction. He draws us by convicting us of our sins. Scripture tells us he must draw us by his Spirit, and I think that is what Calvin failed to bring out in his irresistible grace doctrine. In differing with unconditional security, I would state God calls all men, and gives us all the chance to repent and have eternal life, not an elect populace.

“No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.”

John 6:44

The Roman Road to Salvation is the basic form of coming to the Lord for eternal security, but there is more to salvation than living the basics form of salvation. We are to live our lives without spot, or wrinkle. We must show good fruit in loving people by helping them or ministering to any kind of need. We must live a life of holiness, and it will take the Holy Spirit to help us live in holiness for we cannot make ourselves holy by living and doing good works.  Living in holiness and salvation has conditions, and boundaries that we must not cross to achieve eternal life.

Losing the Eternal Security Gained

The question asked many times is can one who confessed his sin, became saved, lose their salvation? In my experience and belief is yes one can. My experience having been saved and then time passes by, I find myself not resisting the temptation that faced me, or the mocking I received when I confessed my faith. When I succumbed to the mocking and the temptations my conscience told me I had done wrong. If I had just asked God for forgiveness then, the dirt and the dust that came spiritually on my soul and conscience would not have settled.

The bible tells us that we cannot enter heaven with sin in our lives, and to be able to come into God’s presence to receive of him we cannot proceed with the sin in our lives. Yes, Christians can sin, and that sin will cause you to no longer be in the Kingdom of God if you do not take responsibility and take care of it.

“And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”

Revelation 21:27

“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

 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.”

Galatians 5:19-21

“Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,”

1 Corinthians 6:9

Turning our back on God after being saved and going back into the sin we found ourselves out is called backsliding. We have slidden from God’s kingdom back into Satan’s kingdom and have found ourselves in bondage again. The turning back towards our past and committing sin is marital unfaithfulness, that our relationship between God and us is like a marriage, intimate relationship in that we confide in him about our needs, times when we need to feel safe, and just want to worship him. Sin separates us from that relationship. The sinful life will be a form of idolatry because we have our minds and hearts in sin and not on God who created us.

The story of Elisha and Elijah in 1 Kings 19:20 illustrates backsliding. Elisha is called by Elijah to go with him to minister the word of God, but Elisha wants to say goodbye to his mother and father before following him, but Elijah says go on back for I have done to you. Elijah, a prophet of God had chosen Elisha for service in God’s kingdom. His purpose was to look forward and not backward. What was before him in God’s kingdom and is wonderful and full of life, but he looks backward to what he had, and had not look forward to the riches and eternal life he would gain. Jesus teaching to the people on this subject told them what he thought of backsliding and was teaching them to move forward in life and follow him.

“And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Luke 9:62

Jesus statement in Luke 9 is blunt. Sometimes bluntness is needed to get people to understand the consequences of sin. The spiritual situation can be remedied if we repent of our sin and move forward.

“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.”

Revelation 2:5

Eternal Security is continuous only if we stay within the grace of God and his boundaries. Sinning has consequences and that consequence is eternal damnation in the lake of fire, which is Satan’s kingdom headquarters. Paul, the apostle gives us words of encouragement in his letter of Philippians.

“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,”

Philippians 3:13

His words are to move forward, never looking backwards. Life is going to be tough, but we are to have faith, to keep the faith, and understand that God will bring us through every situation, and that we have the victory already won. The victory was won on the Cross by Jesus’s death.

So, here in this part of the examen the doctrine that I live by and I believe is the most scriptural to keep myself in holiness is the conditional eternal security. I know I cannot live life in sin, and to say I am saved, then go live a life of sin I cannot excuse that kind of life, nor will I be able to defend myself before God in his court. As I told you earlier, there is more to salvation. What should we expect next in our walk-in salvation? Let us look at what I am naming the Wesleyan Effect.

The Wesleyan Effect. What is it?

John Wesley had met the Moravians in his travels between American and Europe. He was told of a doctrine of justification (justification by faith is also Martin Luther) and what is known now as sanctification. He was intrigued with the doctrine, that was new to him, and wandered why his mentor had never told him of this doctrine. When he studied in his scriptures to see about this new knowledge he began to believe and seek a joy he had not known. As time went by, he found the joy he was seeking, and from this experience that was profound to him, he considered himself not a Christian until his new spiritual experience. In this life changing event, John Wesley had found what it meant to be truly born again. Here, he found what St. Paul was talking about in the scriptures of the peace with God through Jesus. He also found that to be justified we would not only need to believe in Jesus, but to have the fulness of faith of which our hearts can hold. To believe in Jesus with zeal. Our justification does not come by works, but by faith, even though good works is showing fruit of out testimony, it is the light of faith that shows our souls have been forgiven and that the Holy Spirit reigns within our hearts.  In justification it is meant that we are not held guilty for our sins, and justification is the action in the process of salvation that is after our prayer of confession of sins, and before sanctification. Justification is the pardoning of sin, that God as the judge in his court found us not guilty and giving us grace and love forgiving us of our trespasses. Justification must occur before the action of sanctification.

Sanctification is the process of washing of the spirit of man to wash away the sin, trespasses, transgressions, iniquities, and abominations that have spotted and trashed the spirit of man. The action is done by the Holy Spirit washing us in the blood of Jesus that takes every sin away.

“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:”

Romans 5:1

“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.”

Galatians 2:16

If we continue to see God after knowing we have had the experience of sanctification, we will experience the infilling of the Holy Spirit in which we will speak with tongues and fire. This is the experience of the disciples of Jesus and the people gathered in the Upper Room in Jerusalem in Acts 2. Some people believe that tongues has ceased, but they have not. It continues unto this day and will continue until the Last Day that the book of John speaks. How do we know that we are sanctified? John Wesley preached it as assurance, in other words by the experience you will know by faith and know without a doubt that your temple has been swept cleaned. You will know intellectually.

Sanctification, the Wesleyan Effect, is described above as the instantaneous sanctification. We are responsible for keeping our temple clean, and we do this by prayer asking God to take away any sin, spot, or wrinkle, that we may have done unknowingly. This is called purging. We must keep our souls washed every day spiritually and is called daily sanctification. What helps us to stay pure is to abstain from sin. To keep ourselves separate by not participating in other people’s activities in which we know they do not have the salvation experience. We are to witness to them to bring them to Christ, but we must not fellowship with them lest we be led astray. The purging is also explained by the transformation of our minds, that we are changed, made anew, a new creation in Christ, and being born again. We have come to a position that we are no longer separated from God, and a relationship has opened between God and us.

“But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Be not ye therefore partakers with them.”

Ephesians 5:3-7

“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”

Ephesians 5:11

We are to witness to them in love telling them we no longer participate in sin, and that we have found salvation in Jesus and found a new love that will lead us to eternal life. We are to disapprove of the sin and not partake of it being the light and witness to draw them into the love of God. By living our testimony in front of them we are showing them a life of holiness.

How do we become holy? We ourselves cannot make ourselves holy, but we can live righteous and by the work of the Holy Spirit he brings us into holiness. The purging of sin daily assures us that we will remain in holiness.

“Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”

2 Corinthians 7:1

“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

“And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.; Neither give place to the devil.”

Ephesians 4: 22,24, 27

The works of justification by faith, instantaneous and daily sanctification, purging and living a life in holiness is the Wesleyan Effect. I pray that you will come to know this experience after reading this article, hoping the Roman road will lead you to salvation if you do not know Jesus.  I invite you to read the scriptures for yourself and then ask God for confirmation if needed. This is the path in which I was raised and taught as a youngster, and now I am older and still believe this is the scriptural path of full salvation, the conditional form of eternal security, the gift that God has given us. He wanted us to have this full gift, and the power of the Holy Spirit by coming into our body and changing our spirit. It is the Holy Spirit that gives us boldness and anointing to stay on the path, to give us strength and knowledge in situations when we will need that knowledge and gives us the power (dunamis) to serve.

Notes:

All scripture used was taken from the King James Version, Public Domain, BibleGateway.

biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/bakers-evangelical-dictionary/faith.html

reformed.org/calvinism/tulip-an-introduction-by-jonathan-barlow/

reformed.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/RLDabney5PointsofCalvinism.pdf

churchofgod.org.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/doctrine-and-polity-papers/Martin-Repentance-English.pdf

John Wesley, by John H. Overton M.A., Methuen & Co. 18, Bury Street, London, WC, 1891.

A Dianoetic Process: Seeking an Answer That Evades a Profound Question About Healing

By James G. Owen

The question that evades or flummoxes a biblical scholar or an average person when asked. Why does God heal one person, but another person does not get healed? Can this question that bewilders the people queried be answered? In my opinion, there is an answer, but we must investigate the scriptures for the answer.

In seeking an answer for this question lets discuss healing from a scriptural point of view, and how it is received.

Healing in scripture begins in the Old Testament. The first healing experience that comes to my mind is the brazen serpent (nahash nehoshet) in Numbers 21:8-9. Here, the people were being bitten by fiery serpents. Some had died because of the bite. It was the Lord God, Jehovah that told Moses to construct a serpent on a pole. So, Moses had a fiery serpent and pole constructed and informed the people to go before the brazen serpent and look up on it and those bitten would live.

There is symbolism here of the serpent being placed on a pole. The pole is the symbolism of the cross that Jesus was sacrificed upon at his crucifixion. This portion of scripture causes me to think of the promise in the book of Genesis of a promised Messiah and his actions.

“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”

Genesis 3:15

By placing the serpent on the pole shows the beginning of the defeat of Satan. It is the Messiah who will bruise the head of the serpent and the serpent to bruise his heel. So, when the people went before the brazen serpent and looked up on it, they were acknowledging Satan’s defeat and the presence of the Lord who heals, and a gain in salvation because they were spared from the effects of the poisonous venom of the serpent. What was the action of healing in the scripture in Numbers 21? The action of the smitten people was they “looked upon” as they went before the brazen serpent on the pole. When we go to get healing, whether we present ourselves at the altar, or in another manner, we are coming before the one who was crucified and the sacrifice that provides for our healing as prophesied in Isaiah. Here in the action of looking upon an acknowledgment of God is made known and we present ourselves to him. In this presentation of ourselves we are asking for grace.

“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”

Isaiah 53:5

Here in this prophetic scripture the provision of salvation was promised by the atoning blood of Jesus because he was the Son of God shedding his blood for our sins. He was the perfect sacrifice because he had the DNA of God the Father within him as well as the DNA of mankind.  By providing for our salvation, he also provided for the healing of people so that they would be able to perform the spreading of the gospel to the world by destiny and purpose.

What happens when a person is healed? In an unbeliever coming to God for healing, two things should occur, that is the salvation of the person being forgiven of their sins after asking for forgiveness which is a witness that God work within their lives, but also a witness to others in the congregation, or gathering group of changes taken place. Changes in the spirit of the person from spiritual death to life, and the physical healing of the person’s body.

What other things will facilitate healing? First is belief in God. Healing is facilitated by believing that God is the only God and that he is all powerful, and that he provides grace sufficient for every need. How do we come to believe in God? We come to believe in God and who he is by reading the bible and encountering people who know him through the experience of his saving power, salvation, and by their own testimony. The child of God can point you to scripture of how to know God and his Son Jesus. It is through believing that God’s word is true, and that he is present in his creation, and by faith we come to believe. Second is grace. We are saved by grace through faith. After receiving salvation, it is our responsibility to keep ourselves purged of sin daily through sanctification through prayer. Living a righteous life before him our grace increases along with our faith and knowledge because we are spending time searching and reading the scriptures in the bible. We are growing and becoming greater by our increased affection for God and the blessings he has given us, the provision he brings, and by the fruits and proof of our newfound morality. Grace comes by obedience and gratitude.

Healing came to the people following Jesus because they had seen others healed. Those healed believed what Jesus taught and trusted him fully. They knew by his works that he was from God because no man could perform such miracles that they witnessed. The people believed because of the wisdom and the fruits of his life that he remained sinless. He could not be tested and fail or deceived because Jesus was part God because he was born of a virgin and his father was Almighty God, the Great I AM. To be clear he was tested by Satan after his baptism by John the Baptist, but he was victorious! So, his healing comes to us as a promise and through the fulfilling of the new covenant.

So, what is the answer to the perplexing question that people ask? Why some are healed instantly, and others are put on hold, so to speak?  This is my answer while working the dianoetic process. Those who are healed instantly are ones who are needing salvation.  Those who are saved have a purpose that God wants them to fulfill by working in the kingdom of God and it is his will, and desire for them to be instantly healed to continue to serve. Those who are not healed instantly should make sure they are obedient in their spiritual walk and growing in the knowledge of Jesus, and that their walk shows the fruits of the Spirit. While conducting my study for this article those who are disciples, he wants us to persist. Make sure our hearts are right and all in in order. Work your faith by believing, keeping your petition before God, and placing full trust in him. We must also realize that he may not heal because we may not remember him, and in the example of Paul may use this as a thorn to keep our minds upon him, never giving up while we are continuously working for the kingdom. It is through the pain of trials, sicknesses, tribulations, and the experiences of living that he refines us.

“But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”

1 Peter 5:10-11

“And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.”

Zechariah 13:9

“But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.”

2 Peter 3:18

“And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”

2 Corinthians 12:9

In conclusion, there may be other solutions to this profound question. I do believe that any other answer will be shown in the scriptures of the bible and by revelation through prayer or a word from the Lord. So, we must keep searching the scriptures for answers while placing our faith totally in him knowing that everything is done according to his will and mercy. He has a purpose for everything. Keep searching.

                                                           

Notes

https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Nehushtan.html

https://www.biblehub.com/greek/5485.htm

Grace, the Greek definitions for grow G 837 and grace G5485. Tecarta Bible.

All scripture used is from the King James Version, Public Domain, BibleGateway.

The Devil, Disease, and Deliverance: Origins of Illness in New Testament Thought, CPT Press Cleveland, Tennessee, by John Christopher Thomas, 2010.

THE PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONAL CHURCHES COME TOGETHER IN UNITY

by James G. Owen

There are more denominations than choices of fishing tackle. Since the Protestant Reformation the Protestant Movement has grown in number of denominations. Churches split over various reason, but one reason is doctrine.

The denominations have different views for:

  • Water baptism.
  • Different millennial positions, such as Premillennialism, Amillennialism, and Postmillennialism.
  • Pretribulation, Mid-tribulational, and Post-tribulation.
  • Trinitarian or non-Trinitarian
  • Eternal Security
  • Predestination differences
  • Dispensational vs Non-Dispensational
  • Belief in the Speaking of Tongues and Baptism of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues.

There are more differences in the denominations than the list I created I think, but we will carry on to making my point of unity. In today’s world, a bizarre year has unfolded, and there is an attack on the Christian Church—Christianity. The churches are not united in doctrine, nor united in spirit and the spiritual battle we are facing globally, and especially here in the United States must be defeated. This means that all differences in doctrine and of any kind must cease and find common ground in fighting this battle together. In numbers we will have victory, being split we are defeated.

The Protestant churches should respect one another and come to the basic of doctrines in scripture, and that is to preach Jesus born of a virgin, ministered, taught, healed, delivered, and raised the dead as spoken in the Gospels of the New Testament. We are called to make disciples of men. We are not to bicker over eschatological opinions and views, or for any other doctrine. Lay these differences down and preach Jesus as the Messiah the only way to salvation and eternal life. This is my point for unity. There may be other avenues for unity among the Protestants and Evangelicals, but we must stand together to fight the spiritual battle we are in globally. We are in a battle for the very soul of the nation of the United States of America. What happens here in this year of 2020 will determine the outcome for the whole world. In the last few months, I have seen reports of using a virus to bring global change, and that change has a name—the Great Reset. A name that I believe has changed from the original term I saw earlier in the year, and that was Tikkun Olam, meaning to fix the world.

To fix the world from the globalist view is to reconstruct the economy, set new rules for environmental issues such as climate change. I see an attack on the Christian churches of shutdown, and the outlawing of bibles. I am aware of the vaccines being produced that have been fast tracked and not taking the usual number of years to develop. For years I have been watching for a new world government to arise, and a new world religion, all set to become a One World System, and I believe I have seen the fundamentals being established using a virus to attain their goals.

So, I am making a clarion call to all Protestant Churches to assemble and to unite in a battle of good versus evil, a spiritual battle that will affect all mankind. Push back the differences and put on the Ephesians 6: 11-18 armor.

“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;”

Centuries ago, there was a Dark Age and there were differences of doctrine and beliefs. Martin Luther came to the forefront of the Reformation Movement and wrote his 95 Theses. Today, we are seeing a New Dark Age coming now being called a Dark Winter, and I have heard this term from a presidential Democratic candidate. The result is the same, but I believe we are into a more difficult time, an indignation because of a political ideology that was not present in the current form we have witnessed in my lifetime.

So, concluding let all Christians who love Jesus project, teach, preach, and evangelize Jesus. Fulfill the evangelical call and go into all the world and preach the gospel.

Notes: All scripture used was taken from the King James Version, Public Domain, BibleGateway.

The Resurrection of Jesus: Is the Resurrection Real, or is it a Fable?

What does the word resurrection mean? It is the raising of the man, woman, or child from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit, which is a person in the in the godhead (God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) of the Father. God is a trichotomous God, yet he is One.

Is the resurrection real? In 1 Kings 17:17-24, I am reminded as I write this article of Elijah and the widow’s son. The widow’s son fell ill and died. The lady complained to Elijah saying she had to pay for her sin by her son’s death. I can imagine that Elijah was grieved by the complaint and learning of the boy’s death. He took the widow’s son to the bedroom and laid him there, and for three times he petitioned God the Father to raise up the boy. After the third time God permitted him to come to life, and the boy did live. Imagine the look on Elijah’s and the widow’s face. With Elijah it must have been the look of determination and of faith. With faith we can move mountains and in enacting our faith we have authority. Elijah’s authority at this time was with the Father, even though God’s Spirit raised the boy from the dead. Also, seeing is believing and the widow believed by sight, and by the word of God that came from Elijah which was truth.

“And the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”

1 Kings 17:24

In Ezekiel, we can read about the story of the dry bones coming together as an army to fight for the Lord. Many think this is a story of the Holocaust, and it could be, but as I have been thinking on my writings this week it could be the raising of an army to go forth to bring the gospel to every man on earth by those who believe in Jesus, the Church.

Also, the basis in the New Testament that the resurrection is not a fable, but truth lies in Jesus raising the body of Lazarus who was dead for four days. It is at this point in the degradation of the human body that it begins to have a stench. Jesus waited until this forth day to prove that the man was dead, I believe, for the people to believe. Jesus by the word of his mouth, just as in Elijah’s case, commanded Lazarus to come forth. Looking upon the sepulcher where Lazarus was laid the people watched as Lazarus came forth clothed in his grave clothes. Here, we see the Old Testament giving its account and the New Testament giving witness of the other.

On the third day after Jesus was crucified, he arose just like he told the disciples. On that same morning there is another account in the New Testament, and that is the saints in the graves of Jerusalem were resurrected and walked the streets. Imagine the power of the Holy Spirit, and the Father. In the Father there is all power and can do the impossible. Surely there were people who did not believe that Jesus was resurrected, but there were many who did because of his actions in his ministry prior to his death. Jesus, arose, folded the grave clothes as he came out of the grave with the gravestone having been rolled away by two angels. Was the sepulcher guarded? Yes, by Roman guards, but they fell asleep, being put to sleep by the angels.

“And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher. And they entered in and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,”

Luke 24: 2-6

Imagine the scene as Mary Magdalene and others came to the grave and saw his grave empty and wondering who took him. They didn’t believe at this time, but there were two men at Jesus’s grave site and reminded those present of Jesus’s words. Even telling the apostles they did not believe but came to believe after being reminded, and in the days forward of Jesus coming to him before his ascension. He was seen by many over the land of Palestine before the feast of Pentecost. It was important for Jesus to die for us, and to be resurrected. It is by his death and resurrection that Satan was defeated, and those who choose life through Jesus, death can no longer sting or take hold.

Resurrection is real. Jesus’s resurrection is real and not a fable. Even today, we see a form of resurrection in the hospitals where people are given a shock to get their hearts beating and through resuscitation. Being Pentecostal, I have heard many stories of people being resurrected by the Holy Spirit in church services. We have been given the power through the Holy Spirit given to us, and the Holy Spirit came after Jesus’s death. Remember, Jesus said he would be with us always, and he is through the Holy Spirit.

Note: All scripture used was taken from the King James Version, Public Domain, BibleGateway.

God’s Glory in Light

We all have seen light in different forms. As we look into the sunlight, we know its bright and our blinded eyes will feel the effect, yet that light can be filtered to soft light and by its angle in the early morning as it rises upon the horizon. God’s light I imagine is bright, so bright that man would not be able to stand in his presence because of our corruptibility, but one day we will see Jesus, and our spirits will be fixed so that we can see God in his fullness. In this devotional I have given different ways of God’s glory in Light. Read on and enjoy.

First, God’s glory and the description of his glory is vast and deep. In 1 John 1:5, we read this about God’s glory.

“This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.”

There is no darkness in him because darkness in death. In his light there is light, hope, strength, love, confidence, mercy, grace, and faith. All of these are given to man if we are in communion with the Father.

God’s glory came to three of the disciples, James, Peter, and John, who were with Jesus upon the Mount of Configuration when Jesus was being strengthened before his death on the Cross. God came to them in a bright cloud and a voice came from the cloud. In Matthew 17:5 we read this from scripture.

“While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.”

God’s glory came to the shepherds and encapsulated them. His glory was all around them, and they were able to see and sense his glory, the reason they were afraid.  His glory came in the form of an angel. Sitting here in my chair I am thinking God’s glory was working through the angel in order to be seen. I am thinking of Moses who could not see God’s face and live in the moment, and this is the reason for my thought.  In Luke 2:9 tells this:

“And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.”

God’s glory was seen upon Mount Sinai, also known as Mount Horeb, and people could hear the voice of God. They looked up and could see his fire. Deuteronomy 5;24 gives evidence of this scene.

 “And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.”

Lastly for this devotional, God’s glory is seen through his Son Jesus. Jesus is the light sent to this earth to redeem man, and to provide salvation for man’s soul. Also, Jesus is the image of God. Some of the attributes of God seen in Jesus that I will give here to furtherance his image of God are light, holiness, anointing, and perfection. In 2 Corinthians 4:4

“In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”

Jesus, the light of the world came to us, spent time with man, and he shared his word with his disciples so that his ministry and gospel would go on so that all men may hear, many to be drawn to his presence and experience his glory. Jesus was God coming to man giving hope to all that were downtrodden. When you think of God’s glory you will be thinking of Jesus.

Notes:

All scripture used is from the King James Version, Public Domain, Biblegateway

The Glory Shield

In the year 2019 in about the early Fall I believe, my pastor prophesied over me that God wanted me to write a book on the Glory of God. Soon after this prophesy, I began the study on the glory of God. My studies went into the hundreds of scriptures seems like and I sat and listened to God’s voice. I have several pages in my diary type notebook on this subject. Since I have done the study, I have not started on a book but began on other studies. As we are currently in a pandemic, I thought I would begin to share my thoughts, what I believe God has laid on my heart. I will do my best to relate to you these thoughts and lay out my heart to you. Now more than ever this study is needed to impart to the people. As devotionals go, they are small chunks of study in scripture. Small chunks that we can chew on during the day as we work, stay at home doing chores, or whatever we want to fill our days. I will give two chunks to think on and I do suggest and invite you to investigate the scripture I will give, and to think for yourself. To think as we read scripture is vital and then stopping to meditate and reflect on what we read because during this time God may lay something on your heart that is pertinent to your personal life.

First, let’s investigate Psalm 104:1-3.

“Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

His glory is described in these three verses as honor, majesty, and light. To expound on these three aspects of his glory would be to define them. Honor is seen has having a good name. God in his attribute’s integrity is what comes to mind, and purity. His manner and ways show perfection as well. In majesty he is sovereign, supreme, and has dominion over everything. His sovereignty is stated in his name, and that name is I AM. The I AM is described many times in the book of John and is his son Jesus.  There is no other God. He is all there is, and he was at the beginning and will be at the end. He is everlasting. He is light, and this is the way glory has been taught from the pulpits. His light radiates and permeates everything, and he is everywhere at the same time. Our God is awesome and a big God. He controls everything and his glory is seen everywhere we look on earth. In this scripture his light reflects from the surface of the water. Even his light was seen through his son Jesus. His glory is everywhere!

Secondly, his glory is a shield. In Psalm 84:11 this is what he says to all men.

“For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.”

In his shield of glory is light. He imparts his light through his grace, in unmerited favor to us, and he provided salvation to us through a man that was promised to us as a messiah in Genesis 3:15. This salvation came to us as a messiah for all mankind to believe upon him that he is able to forgive sin, and to conquer death. Death being the result of sin. He gave us grace and salvation because of his love for us.

He is a shield for those who know him, who know his son Jesus. A protector in time of trouble just as Psalm 3:3 says,

“But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.”

Through his wisdom, and glory he imparts to us knowledge of a shield of faith. It is in Ephesians 6 that we come to the knowledge of the shield of faith and the armor that we must put on everyday to fight life’s spiritual battles. During my study I looked at the Greek word for faith. Pistis which is found in Strong’s Greek lexicon as SG 4102 defining it as persuasion, to come to trust, having confidence, a guarantee, a revelation, and a reflection of the redeemed. What do you think when you read this definition? God tells us to enact our faith and that through his son Jesus’s name that we defeat the plans of Satan because we believe and have the confidence that what we spoke will come to pass. It is a demonstration that we have placed our trust in God. Sometimes when we enact our faith we will prophesy, give exhortations to encourage others, and having faith shows that we are his children.

As I studied on this last year, this is the thought that came to me on a Sunday morning. That thought is that his shield that we pick up is part of his glory. I saw this shield as a diamond shape with four points. At the top was his name, that is Jesus. To the right was power, to the bottom of the diamond I saw His light which incurs life, knowledge, wisdom, and these four aspects gave us the courage and strength to stand, to endure, knowing that the battles we face the victory has been assured because of our trust and faith in him.  On the left part of the diamond I saw authority, and in my notes, I have 2 Corinthians 1:24, which is:

“Not for that we have dominion over your faith but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.”

It is by our faith we find the courage, strength, and trust to endure anything that we will face now in the times we are living and in the future.

In conclusion, I have given you a lot to think on. Sit and read. Pray and let all this sink in and let God speak to your heart. Tell him what you need. Tell him your heart. Ask him to give you everything you need to pick up the shield of faith and glory. Ask him to protect you and walk with you. He will go before you.

Notes:

All scripture used was taken from the King James Version, Public Domain, Biblegateway.

Strong’s Lexicon of Hebrew and Greek.

The Religion of the Pharisees: The Star God Chiun and the Temple of Moloch

To understand Judaism, we must examine the beliefs of the Pharisee and their pagan gods, and to understand the gods of the Pharisee will determine why the Babylonian Talmud was written, its influence, and how the Noahide Law came into existence. The religion of the Pharisee is known as Judaism, and the Rabbi’s involved in interpreting and teaching the Babylonian Talmud are called Talmudists. Judaism’s rise comes during the exile of the Hebrews into Babylon.

The Israelites have a long history of idolatry and disobedience. Their start as a nation began while they were in captivity in Egypt. It was there Israel lived in the culture of Egypt and participated in the culture of religions. Within Egypt were many gods, but as they made their exodus from Egypt under the leadership of Moses, and found themselves in the land we know as Saudi Arabia they came to a place at the foot of Mt. Sinai and began to fashion a golden calf while Moses was on the mountain receiving the laws of Yahweh. The scriptures tell us it was a golden calf, maybe what is known as a bull that was worshiped in the land. No matter it was idolatry and that is a sin.

The nation of Israel worshiped gods as they journeyed for forty years, and as they went through the lands wondering near Moab and Ammon, they learned of their gods Moloch and Chemosh, the fire gods, and known as fertility gods as well. These were the gods that scripture tells us the Hebrew people sacrificed their children by passing them through the fire. In these lands, the sacrifices were to ensure good agricultural crops by gaining favor from the pagan gods.

Years later, we progress into Israel and the people are established, and a temple is built. Destruction comes to the temple because of the people’s disobedience of not letting the land rest and are exiled to Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar. It is here in this period that a group of Hebrew people become a sect within the religious population, and we know them in scripture as the Pharisee. The people are exiled to Babylon for seventy years. It is here, the Pharisee are influenced and learn the pagan and occultic religions of Babylon. There were many religions in this area, but there is one that we will concentrate on from Babylon that is spoken of in scripture, that is in Amos 5:26.

Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

Amos 5:26

Years before the Hebrews were exiled into Babylon and wandering in the desert, Moses had warned the Israelites not to worship the stars of the universe, but did they listen? It appears that not all listened to Moses because we find in Amos, they have partaken in the worship of Chiun, and Sikkuth. Chiun is a star god that is represented by the planet Saturn and was worshiped on the sabbath day of the week. How could they have attributed the planet Saturn to Chiun? Maybe the knowledge of Saturn in accordance with Chiun came from the fallen angels because of the attribution of the hexagram to the worship of Chiun. Within the hexagram is a six-pointed shape in the middle of the hexagram. This shape is attributed to Metatron the chief fallen angel within kabbalah at the top of the sefirot. He is the prince of the universe, and of the air. Among Christians we would identify this fallen angel as Satan, or Lucifer. While looking at the Nasa space pictures, I saw the shape of the six-pointed shape within the hexagram taken of Saturn’s north pole. It was at this moment, for me, this was confirmation of some knowledge that was given to those who worshiped Chiun. Within the pagan and occult religions, the people are worshipping fallen angels and demons. As you do your own research you may find that Metatron is also associated with the Zoroastrian god Mithra, which is identified in this religion as a sun god. Satan is a fallen angel that uses confusion, and he does like to mix things up because it makes the deception deeper, and hard to disprove.

Sikkuth is the temple of Moloch and is in the country of Elam in Der. As mentioned above Moloch is a fire and fertility god but is attached to the marzeah feast that possibly is described in Ezekiel 8. As I study the religions having a fertility god there is sexual activity, like temple prostitution, within, and these activities I would believe would be the abominations that Saint Paul described in the book of Romans. 

What is a marzeah feast? Looking further into research I found that its origin is in the 14th century BC in the Ugarit culture and finds its presence in Samaria and Judah during the 8th and 7th century BC. It is a cult that deifies one person, has exclusive membership, and is within a house built near a vineyard. It is a party of drunkenness, an orgy, with drinking and eating on ivory couches carved with the icons of the marzeah feast. Within the feast is the anointing of oil practiced in their ceremonies, and some scholars have described the feast to be housed within a house of burlesque. Here, the members come to memorialize their dead whom they mourn, playing loud music and singing loud songs.

that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;  that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

Amos 6:4-6

Within these houses the participants show their revelry and rebellion against God displaying acts of pride, and Jehovah God hates the sight of it because it is against his commandments to us all. They pagan worshipers lay in their parlors, and I can imagine doing so while the common people of that nation worked to support them. This is the essence of pride and is my thought on the subject as I study the deceptions within the world trying to lead the Christian and the people of the world into a web of deception. This study I have embarked on is deep and takes a lot of time to study the subject out, but this gives one a window in which to peer into the religion that has seven laws for the gentile that is being promoted to us. As I think on the subject, the idolatry in the one world system will be the worship of a man that we know as Antichrist, and those who take his mark will be his slaves for his short-lived kingdom.

Notes

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/4345-chiun

https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/remphan/

http://www.arcalog.com/baal-peor-and-the-marzeah-feast

Beach, Eleanor Ferris. “The Samaria Ivories, Marzeaḥ and Biblical Texts.” The Biblical Archaeologist 55, no. 3 (1992): 130-39. doi:10.2307/3210292.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn%27s_hexagon

https://infrakshun.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/occult-zionism-vii-hexagrams-and-comets/

https://books.google.com/books?id=RkXrVJbHcQIC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=sikkuth+temple&source=bl&ots=6Rq9F6iP6Y&sig=ACfU3U1rCHfebuB6Ggn06rRtqxwWzylcxw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj98r3tlZDjAhUDB50JHY01D4kQ6AEwD3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=sikkuth%20temple&f=false
The Qumran Commnity by Michael A. Knipp pp. 62-63

Beach, Eleanor Ferris. “The Samaria Ivories, Marzeaḥ, and Biblical Text.” The Biblical Archaeologist 56, no. 2 (1993): 94-104. doi:10.2307/3210252.

https://books.google.com/books?id=Sew9Lby_MVsC&pg=PA907&lpg=PA907&dq=marzeah+in+the++talmud&source=bl&ots=ysZINunEMk&sig=ACfU3U0TTFl5gS9hirwas7Zv9feQ88n0Sw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjYu8yp8qrjAhX8B50JHT5cBTMQ6AEwC3oECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=marzeah%20in%20the%20%20talmud&f=false
‘Al Kanfei Yonah by Jonas Carl Greenfield pp 451-452, 454

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avdat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obodas_I

All scriptures have been taken from the American Standard Version, Biblegateway, Public Domain

Baal Peor and the Marzeah Feast

The Deception of the Veils: Zionism and the New Age Movements. How Satan Uses these Deceptions to Deceive the Christian.

He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

Hosea 12:7 ASV

Satan uses many tools to run his deceptions. One is pulling the wool over the Christian eyes. How could he pull the wool over our eyes? In today’s time it has become one who is in a hurry, distractions, the non-study of the Bible and the absence of reading the scriptures. Just these few points can leave us spiritually empty, and a prey to the world of deception. Not only are we empty of God’s word, its knowledge and wisdom, we are open to anything told from the pulpit, man’s doctrine, and in the conversations of people. We hear many things, but are you the one that does sit down and read so that you can point out to people the truth? Are you one that does read, but is blinded by the current tenets of doctrine that has been taught all your life? Especially, the teachings of eschatology—the study of end time prophecy and events.

My experiences of working in a microbiological laboratory is one of conducting quality assurance and quality control. We called it QA/QC. One of the aspects was checking the Standard weights to makes sure they were clean and weighed correctly. This meant sending them to the manufacturer for cleaning and for standardization of the weights by weighing them. If they did not comply, then a new set would be in order. Satan’s weights are never checked. They are corrupted by the dirt of evil, and his standards are continually evil. If he can deceive you, then he need not work any harder, except to make sure you stay in his webs of deceit. There are many ways in which he uses deceit, but I chose today to embark on two of the ways.

One is Zionism. What is Zionism? Basically, it is the establishment of the State of Israel, and is a political movement that is secular, with an influence of European and Russian Jewry. The Russian Jews are known to have been active in the Bolshevik Revolution, and those who came to rule in the Soviet Union which became a Communist nation.  Secular in the sense of not being loyal to Torah, meaning the commandments of God Jehovah, and bringing into the culture of the Traditions of the Elders, the Talmud. It also has within its rank’s religious Zionism, which is the practice of Judaism. Zionism is also nationalist and placing nationalism over religion. Zionism is a creator of a utopian state. Secular Zionism was influenced by Jewish Marxists under the Labor Zionism in which they brought the tenets of the Communist Manifesto into the Jewish Zionism.

The beginnings of the Zionist movement were not in 1948, but much earlier into the 1800’s. There was a plan to bring a Jewish state into being in other places of the world. One was Uganda. The first Jewish state is not the Modern State of Israel formed in 1948, but one that is called the Jewish Autonomous Oblast provided for by Joseph Stalin. This was some years after World War I. The Jewish state that is known to us today is the State of Israel. Why should I say a state instead of a nation? A nation is a diverse people with diverse culture, freedoms, and values. A state is a land with a sovereign government. It seeks, in my opinion, to have only one ethnic group.

Today, a Zionist state is working in many countries to enact laws with the help of their dual citizens to pass legislation that will impair and control freedoms. One such set of laws are the Noahide laws. These laws are being predominately promoted by a Zionist movement whose origin is in Lubavitch Russia. On the surface we do not see the problem, but underneath in the sub laws, the coding brings the deception to go back to the law, to Judaism, and to be under the control of that system.

Another danger is the preaching of Zionism in the pulpits and interpreting scripture to give support to Israel. Within Israel are different factions. One is the Zionist movement. Yes, there are those who do not adhere to the Zionist movement, or the Talmud, and are good people, but the government created is Zionist, and the Judaic religion is steeped into Talmud, and the Talmud is the origin of not only the Noahide laws, but later written into the Talmud is how their mind has described, is their hatred of Jesus. Since Jesus is vehemently hated, then this means the Christian is hated as well.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

Matthew 10:22 ASV

Within the Jewish State, and the world are a faction of Jews who have accepted Jesus, but a very large portion do not believe in Jesus as the Messiah. The Talmud has commentary of the hatred of Jesus. So, why would anyone who has come to this knowledge support the state of Israel as if this state can do no wrong? Why not use the gift of discernment to see through any fabrication that is coming our way? In America, the Jews have a strong influence politically by lobbying, and encouraging the Christian to support Israel because they know the eschatological doctrine beliefs. Why doesn’t the American Christian read and do their research into the Jewish behavior and use a check of balances? Is there deceit within the ranks of this State? My answer would be yes, and I will use the current example of Iran. It is believed that Israel has given the United States false intelligence for the United States to bring action against Iran. This means war, and that the United States will be fighting a war for Israel. I have heard these statements recently on TruNews videos.

Another deceptive act of Israel is the news of the attack and massacre of American soldiers and intelligence officers on the U.S.S. Liberty on June 8, 1967. The attack was scouted by Israeli planes, and then blackened air jets came and attacked the ship. Other small boats attacked the ship, thus making it look like a non-Israeli group was responsible for the attack. In other words, to put the blame on another militaristic group.

Why all these events between the Noahide laws and the military actions? To gain control of the biblical lands, which was pulled from the Israeli’s (Deuteronomy 28), to gain control of all the world—to dominate through politics, and religion through the guise of world peace and security. This could possibly be the beast system completing its rise. If so, then we will see that state controlling the world, instead of what was preached and taught through the years of the United Nations being the head of the beast system. It will play a part, but it will not be the head I do not believe because of the knowledge I am seeing now. If new knowledge points a different way, then we must investigate and consider, but this is the way I am seeing it currently.

What is the danger of Zionism? It is the conditioning of the Christian to blindly agree with all things concerning the Modern State of Israel, and of their supposed attacks from ethnic groups, for example, the Palestinians. But could it be the other way around? I believe it to be so, that those groups are being discriminated against, and controlled by the State of Israel. These statements are meant to seek the truth in all these matters and in doing so, watching for the coming of Jesus, and watching to make sure I am not deceived and warning others of possible deception. Instead of preaching Zionism, we should be preaching Jesus, the Gospel. Through the preaching of Jesus peace and security comes through him, and not from a governmental state of control seeking to create a utopian world. A New World Order utopian world with one head as a monarch.

The Newer Age Movement. Another danger of deception that Satan uses is the New Age. This is a movement that is not new, but what is new about it is its infiltration into the ministries of the Christian church. Within the last year I have read a book about this infiltration of using Ouija boards renamed as angel boards, and tarot cards. These two examples are being used to prophesy to the Christian instead of relying on prayer and the Holy Spirit. It is the old idea of bringing paganism back into the church. In Paul’s day he preached against the paganism in the church concerning eating the food sacrificed to idols, and even taught against having a form of sexual immorality that even the pagans detested (1 Corinthians chapter 5 and 8).

In more recent news, we see a church has added a psychic to the staff so that parishioners may talk to their deceased family and friends. With news like this destroys the church, its mission, and causes people to not desire to come to church, much less than convert to Jesus. Evil works of the New Age, witchcraft, sorcery, idolatry are types of bondages that causes people to further dip themselves into greater bondages in which they will feel they cannot escape. It is through the work of Jesus that has broke all these chains of bondage to set us free and to live life freely and having victory.

Jesus wants us to know the truth. We are expected to read his word, come together as a body to pray, edify, and to minister to others need. We are to study the end times, to keep watch, so that we will be equipped to be a watchman so that people will not fall into deception. We have been taught this phrase, if we bless Israel we will be blessed, and if we curse Israel we will be cursed. Does scripture say so? No, it doesn’t. It is the tenet of the Christian Zionist movement in America to gain support for Israel. The Lord Jehovah-the Father of us all is speaking to Abraham and his descendants. That means Ishmaelites, Arabs, Hebrews, and the adopted disciples of Jesus. To say anything different is a misinterpretation of scripture.

and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 12:3 ASV

So, both Zionism and the New Age seeks not only to deceive people to keep them in bondage, but to control. Bondage is a type of control in which it imperils the spirit into a prison. Zionism presently is being used to control speech. That is, if anyone says anything against the group that is gaining special rights through legislation will face charges. People will be afraid to say anything because they fear spending time in jail. Zionism and the New Age seek to control your life. History is repeating itself here in America in certain ways, and that history is of the relationship, politics, and legislation of Russia, meaning the antisemitism laws enacted within that nation. There is a parallel here in history.

Satan is working his deceptions. He wants you bound and controlled and he will do anything to control, manipulate, intimidate, and to destroy you. What are you going to do? Are you going to sit there and do nothing? Are you going to start reading, studying, and watching for deception? Are you going to study to show yourself approved so that you can detect misinterpretations of scripture, and making sure the end time doctrine is correct?  Where will your loyalties be? Will it be to a government, or will your loyalty be to Jesus? The deceptions are real. This scripture sums it up.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

1 Peter 5:8 ASV

Notes:

All scripture given was taken from the American Standard Version, Public Domain, Biblegateway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism

http://www.jewishhistory.org/the-zionist-movement/

https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolshevik

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolsheviks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Russia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Autonomous_Oblast

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/36226/jewish/About-Chabad-Lubavitch.htm

https://www.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_a_state_and_a_nation

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-if-iran-u-s-trump-war-israel-netanyahu-will-be-prime-suspect-1.7249974

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/04/30/pat_buchanan_on_iran_bibi_has_been_crying_wolf_for_decades.html

https://www.newsweek.com/israel-wants-war-iran-netanyahu-1330704

https://www.trunews.com/stream/six-day-war-massacre-uss-liberty-veterans-reveal-truth-about-israeli-attack-part-1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Zionism

https://www.ihr.org/jhr/v14/v14n1p-4_Weber.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Zionism

The Second Coming of the New Age, by Steven Bancarz and Josh Peck. Defender Publishing 2018

Talmud Unmasked: The Secret Rabbinical Teachings Concerning Christians, Rev. I. B. Pranaitis, IMPRIMATUR

Portion Five: Planting the Seed of Deception into the Generations of Man; The Teachings of the Noahide Law Emerge

Even though deception entered the Garden of Eden by the serpent, the seed of deception I am referring for this article began with Abraham and Sarah. They journey into another land where Abimelech is dwelling because of their displacement from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot and his daughters fled to Zoar that was a small town but far enough away from the destruction. As Abraham and Sarah meet Abimelech, Abraham tells him that Sarah is his sister, and Sarah concedes that he is her brother. Abimelech, a Philistine king has a dream from God, and God is telling him that Sarah is another man’s wife, and judgement is going to fall on him if he doesn’t return Sarah to Abraham. He is warned not to touch Sarah. (Genesis 20:1-18)

Time goes by, and Abraham and Sarah are reunited, and in their older years they have a child named Isaac. Isaac journeys to the same land, Gerar, in which Abraham and Sarah went during the destruction. Here Isaac repeats the same deception of his mother and father. He is fearful he would be harmed because of Rebekah’s beauty, but Abimelech intercedes before sin is committed in his camps. (Genesis 26:1-16)

More time flies by and we see the story of Jacob and Esau. Isaac bids Esau to go to the fields to hunt for venison so that he may have a bowl of venison stew. While Esau is out in the fields hunting Rebekah goes to Jacob and tells him to go fetch a lamb in which to make the savory stew. Jacob questions her after hearing her plan, and he obeys wearing the hairy skin of the lamb on his hands and neck. Jacob goes into Isaac’s tent and brings him the savory stew. Here, after Isaac asks Jacob who son he is, if he is Esau, and Jacob replies with the answer of I am. Through deception Jacob receives the blessing of the first born and becomes the supplanter. (Genesis 27:19)

Deception is now in the ranks and takes its root into generations of Israel through Jacob. Mind you that not all people have deception in their hearts, nor in their generations, but I am taking us through the ranks into how the Noahide law origin, its kept secrets, and now its rise into current times. The Noahide law is written into the Talmud, the traditions of the oral law, the law that the New Testament the Pharisee and Scribes followed. It is the traditions, that is, their law away from the scriptures, the Old Testament, in which some Rabbi’s follow. Also note that not all Jewish people, nor Rabbi’s follow the Talmud, but I am speaking of those who do. Its rise as far as I can tell, becomes known after the Jews establish a state in the Levant after World War II in 1948. The Noahide laws were not known by all Jews, but kept secret especially from the world, until the Jews began to make Aliyah to the land.

And the Lord said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

Jeremiah 11:9-19 KJV

The Noahide law has found its way passed into law in the United States in 1991 standing ready to be enforced as the opportune time arrives. That opportune time, currently my era that I am living in. These set of laws were passed into law under the Education Act that also commemorates a Rabbi’s birthday and is mentioned by the signing President that these are the values of the American people, which they are not. The values of the American people are the Christian values that derive from the Ten Commandments and the scriptures of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. The very act of speaking of the bill that the Noahide law are the values of the American people is deception and false.

Look within your government legislation and check to see if a similar bill has been passed into law. As to my understanding laws of this kind are to be passed into law in every country. These seven laws, which has sub laws are supposed to bring peace to the world through a court system that is under the Sanhedrin jurisdiction. My thoughts are that peace will never come through the efforts of man, but their efforts will only bring control and dictatorship. The only peace, the true peace that man will ever know is not only of having accepted Jesus into our hearts and lives, but in through the kingdom on Earth that Jesus the Messiah will establish. The kingdom that is coming through the Noahide law is not the messianic kingdom, nor is it the true light.

The deception of the Noahide law is that it will bring peace, but also of being “one” throughout the world, but that oneness is not achieved because these laws will keep separate the Jew and the Gentile. Peace is not achieved because in enforcing the seven laws will bring death to many. Most definitely those who will not make a declaration to these laws, those who will not denounce Jesus, and will bring death to the Christians. The deception is also one that will bring a depopulation of the world.

There is only one peace. He is Jesus the Messiah. He broke down the partition of Jew and Gentile, thus placing all mankind back to one group. There is no separation of the Jew and the Gentile, but we are one new man.

For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition,  having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, so making peace

Ephesians 2: 14-15 ASV

Could these Noahide laws and the courts they create possibly be the One World Government we have heard about all our lives? It certainly looks like it. What makes the emerging of these laws into a World Government system are also the agreements between religious entities that will bring all people under one system that agree and accept these laws for living righteous.

The way to righteousness is through Jesus the Messiah, by grace and not of works. The interpretation of the Noahide laws of repentance is that one can pray to the “hand of heaven” and ask forgiveness, but if one sins and then does a good work, then that good work cancels the sin. This is another falsehood. Only through Jesus is sin forgiven and by his blood. Salvation is by grace and not of works, though we do good works for witness, works cannot save.

Using ambiguous wording like the “hand of heaven” is deception because my thoughts are one does not really know who we are addressing. People any think it is God but could be addressing Satan because it is also written that Satan is the prince of the air. His throne is in the second heaven, which we know as space. My position is to call God by his name, which he has many, but he is known to us as I AM, Jehovah, and Jesus. Recognize him when you pray by calling his name, and acknowledge him as God, Lord and Savior. His name is not ineffable!

So, since the Noahide laws originate in the Talmud and are purported to bring peace and oneness how could the Talmud be “truth”? How could it be “truth” when chaos breaks out in the world?  There will be chaos because people will see the deception. How could it be “truth” when it brings death, war, and destruction? The only truth we know will be in God’s word, the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. I implore everyone to read the Bible so you will know the truth and recognize the deception that is here! The more I study, the more I am convinced that the World Government will make its final rise enforcing the Noahide law, thus bringing oppression, destruction, famine, and other destruction to the world. The One World Government system may comprise of the agreements formed, that will affect honest non-Talmudic Jews, Messianic Jews, Christianity, and Coexist religions, thus bringing all religions under the same umbrella. This government may be a triad of the major religions. Its leader will be one that will be a counterfeit to the Messiah Jesus.

Of all the religions, there is only one way in which to reach eternal life, and that is through the blood of Jesus who bought our salvation for our souls by the final sacrifice! There is no need to sacrifice, to return to the Law of the Old Testament because of his sacrifice.  For Christians it would negate what Jesus did on the cross providing salvation to all mankind. It would be going backward and not forward bringing Christians back to the Law. We are under grace and live by faith just has Abraham did. The law reveals the sin, and grace, faith, and the blood of Jesus conquers the sin.

Notes

Portion Four: Understanding Talmudic Thought in the Noahide Law, A Serial Study of the Universal Noahide Law

What is the purpose of the Noahide law? It is to intimidate, manipulate, and control the Gentile. The intimidation will come through the enforcement of the law, that if one doesn’t comply with a declaration of compliance, or obey the laws, then the Gentile will meet death. The manipulation is through deception. If one believes in the manner that the Talmudists teach, then the Gentile will see exceptions. The control of the Gentile will be through the prohibition of criticism, and through the loss of free speech, and in every aspect of life. The Gentile will need to watch what is said so that one will not be accused of antisemitism, any negativity could be construed as cursing this faction of Jew. The enforcement of the control of speech will be in the law to not curse God. The Jewish group that follows the Talmud think of themselves as God, and that a relationship with the Jew and God are One, but that is not so with the Gentile. The Gentile is seen as having been created with three levels of spirituality, and the Jew five levels of spirituality, thus saying that this faction of Jews are higher than the Gentile. What happens here is that two social classes are created. In my opinion, this is an aspect of Communism, which separated the Elite from the Proletariat. This is feudalism, in which the proletariat become slaves, and only are kept if a value is seen and realized.


let no man beguile you in any wise: for it will not be, except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,  he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or [b]that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the [c]temple of God, setting himself forth as God.

2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 ASV

To further explain their belief and description of the Gentile is to know that in the Talmud the Gentile is described as a beast, non-human, an animal, dirt, idolater, and the Gentile (goyim) origin is of the devil from hell, and after death will return to hell. This description of a Christian is no different. Thus, the Talmudic Jew is the only one that has a chance at redemption and the reward of their “world to come”, which is an ambiguous term. Does it really mean heaven? Which world, the earth? Also, the Jews are not to work on the sabbath, but if anything needs to be done, and if a Gentile does it for them, then that is permissible, thus my definition of control and slave.

Within God’s word, in the Ten commandments we are all commanded, both Jew and Gentile not to take the Lord’s name in vain, meaning not to use his name in cursing at someone, in profanity, or being irreverent. This is a commandment to God our Creator, not to the Jew who think they are God. In their teaching, the Gentile follows only the seven Noahide law, and that the Ten Commandments is their law because it was given to them only.

In their belief, we are to follow them, to listen to them as they interpret and teach the scriptures to the Gentile and this is part of the deception to keep the Gentile from the scriptures of the Bible, and the Jews from realizing the identity of the messiah, which is Jesus. The Christians believe that our salvation, deliverance, and redemption from sin is through the blood of Jesus, and it is by his blood, we, all the people of the earth, can be saved. Our reward is eternal life bringing us into the presence of God  in heaven, and in the future, we will be living on the new earth that will be created after this earth we are living on is destroyed. The Talmudists see redemption as Israel’s destiny to be the light of the world, thus ushering in a messianic era.

Let’s further investigate the beliefs of the Talmudist as to what they think of the Christian and their messiah, whose name is Jesus. In the Talmud Jesus character is insulted, to say it lightly, and that he was born an illegitimate child, which he was not because he was born of a virgin conceived of the Holy Ghost, thus being a true son of God. He is seen as a magician, a criminal that was hanged on a tree, but he was not cursed because he hung on a tree because he was taken down before sunset. Also, he was crucified for all mankind so that redemption could take place and give hope to the world to those who believed and accepted him as messiah that we would miss the second death, which is hell. Jesus is seen as an idol because Christians worship him. Jesus was God manifested in flesh, having the blood and DNA of God the Father, and possessed the knowledge, wisdom, and understanding of the father, but was limited by the human flesh so that he could be truly man as well. Also, he is seen as a heretic, a falsehood because he taught his followers to worship him on the first day of the sabbath, so the Talmudists believe. There are more insults that I have placed here, and their insults are not true. The character, ministry, and deity of Jesus can be proven in scripture.


For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthenedwith all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love; in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins: who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

Colossians 1:9-15 ASV


And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 1:27 ASV

The Christians—the nokhrim, in their terms are idiots, who can never have communion with God, and when death comes they are bound to hell because we are idolaters because Christians believe in Jesus as Messiah, and as God in man, as well as believing that God’s makeup is of three persons, God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. To them we are also unclean because we take meat of every animal that is given to us, murderers, and trouble makers. These are just some of the things that I will mention in this article, but those who are wanting further study can follow the notes I give at the bottom of the article.

Did God intend to keep the Jew and Gentile separate? Were the Jew and the Gentile created with a difference? Does the Gentile have a separate law that must be kept? Does God see the Jew in a higher state than the Gentile? My answer to all these questions is NO! All along God had in his salvation plan for the redemption of all people of the earth. At one time there were not two classes of people. God in his infinite wisdom chose to come to the world through a nation that was set aside to be different and their purpose was to lead the world in righteousness, but this nation failed repeatedly by sinking themselves into idolatry and pagan religions. God, in his word tells us that the Gentile will have a hope, and that hope will be in his son Jesus. He tells us that the Gentile will be grafted into the wild olive tree (Romans 11), and that the Gentile will no longer be an outsider, a stranger. God’s will is to bring peace to the world, and his desire that the Jew and the Gentile will become a one new man, coming together in peace to worship God as one body as we were one body before there were nations.


to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Colossians 1:27 ASV


For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition, having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, so making peace; and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

Ephesians 2:14-16 ASV


There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 3:28 ASV

As I close, I want the reader to understand that not all Jews claim the Talmud, but there are many Jews who love and revere the true word of God. This is a study of how a faction will use these laws to implement a world government and enforce these laws negatively to control the Gentile nations. Why am I concerned about these laws? It is because I see, as well as other believers, that a group desires political power to bring a one world government to fruition.

Notes:

www.myjewishlearning.com/article/israel-and-anti-gentile-traditions/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdZtycYK_Rk   Live Israel Election Analysis

The Divine Code, 3rd Edition, Rabbi Moshe Weiner, Ask Noah International, 2018

Talmud Unmasked: The Secret Rabbinical Teachings Concerning Christians, Rev. I. B. Pranaitis, IMPRIMATUR St Petersburg, Kozlowsky Archbishop Metropolitan Moghileff, April 13,1892.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGD2V3HDZHo&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2kykx283UffosoBQ4HlpC1M0qGe48B9DXHaRH4bffoo0oTHajm7DDv9As  Chabad and Noahide Laws Exposed

All scripture given is taken from the American Standard Version, Public Domain Biblegateway

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