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Do Not Miss the Boat
But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Matthew 24:37-39
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Deuteronomy 31:24-26 …’ And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.’
Exodus 40:20 …’ 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:’……Note from these two verses above, that the stone tablets (The Testimony) on which were written the Ten Commandments were placed INSIDE the ark, yet the book of the law by Moses, was placed in a pocked BESIDE the ark. This also shows a distinct separation between the two laws.
2 Chronicles 33:8 ….’ Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.’ ….That word ‘and’ separates the two laws…. The Ten Commandments and the Laws of Moses.
Take a look at the above verse from Deuteronomy 31, where it says ..’that it may be there for a witness against thee.’ This is talking about the ‘book’ of the law, not the Ten Commandments. Now take a look at the following verse from the New Testament:
Colossians 2:14 …' Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;' ..Notice a couple of things from this verse. The Handwriting of ordinances were the laws of Moses, which contained the ceremonial laws and it was these laws that were against us, NOT the Ten Commandments. It was the laws of Moses that were taken out of the way by Jesus Christ, being nailed to the Cross.
John Wesley knew the truth about the above verse (1825)
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Three last points from the last book in the Bible are:
“And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” Revelation 12:17
“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Revelation 14:12
And from the very last page of the very last book :
“Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.” Revelation 22:14
Why do Christians forget the one command that God specifically said to remember?
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Revelation 11:14-19 Before the sounding of the seventh and last trumpet, there is the usual demand of attention. The saints and angels in heaven know the right of our God and Savior to rule over all the world. But the nations met God’s wrath with their own anger. It was a time in which he was beginning to reward his people’s faithful services, and sufferings; and their enemies fretted against God, and so increased their guilt, and hastened their destruction. By the opening the temple of God in heaven, may be meant, that there was a more free communication between heaven and earth; prayer and praises more freely and frequently going up, graces and blessings plentifully coming down. But it rather seems to refer to the church of God on earth. In the reign of antichrist, God’s law was laid aside, and made void by traditions and decrees; the Scriptures were locked up from the people, but now they are brought to the view of all. This, like the ark, is a token of the presence of God returned to his people, and his favour toward them in Jesus Christ, as the Propitiation for their sins. The great blessing of the Reformation was attended with very awful providences; as by terrible things in righteousness God answered the prayers presented in his holy temple now opened.
Nailed To the Cross?
“And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man” Luke 17:26. Only eight people were saved from the flood and “as it was then” so shall it be at His coming.
Jesus said, “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of Heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity”. Matthew 7:21-23
Jesus dealt with the Pharisees over and over again because of legalism.
If you get nothing at all from this post other than this one fact, please let this sink in!
Because He highly condemned salvation by works, people have assumed that Jesus considered obedience unimportant. Please note the beautiful balance in Christ’s doctrine of faith and works. Jesus taught that obeying in order to be saved is the worst kind of legalism, but obeying because we are saved is a true religious experience. Obedience follows true faith just as surely as day follows night.
The word “legalist” has been thrown around just like the word "awesome". In my humble opinion only God is awesome, anything else just doesn't compare.
I believe that many sincere Christians have been accused of legalism just because their love for Christ has led them to be more partial in obeying God than their accusers.
A legalist is one who believes that he can be saved by his works.
The person who keeps the commandments because he doesn’t want to displease the God he loves is not a legalist at all.
Religious activity is useless if we are not doing the will of God! Willing disobeying God after knowing the truth cuts off the relationship, drives away the Holy Spirit by which we are sealed, and effectively removes us from the position of grace.
People are being taught today that the Ten Commandments have been abolished and that God and His Son Jesus Christ are responsible for them being “Nailed” to the Cross. Other people say that the Ten Commandments are still in force except the 4th. It was disobedience that nailed our Savior Jesus Christ to the cross.
Jesus said Himself that He did not come to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. Note: The word fulfill here means to keep it or fill full. No one can be saved by keeping the law. Salvation comes only through grace, as a free gift from Jesus Christ, and we receive this gift by faith, not by works. The law serves only as a mirror to point out sin in our lives. Cleansing and forgiveness from that sin come only through Christ.
For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Romans 8:3, 4.
This means that through Jesus Christ and what He did for us at the Cross, we are changed so we can measure up to that law.
Our Father’s Commandments actually reflect the very character of God Himself. To love God with all our heart, all our soul, all mind and all our strength and to love our neighbor as ourselves is the purpose of our existence. God wrote His law in stone! It’s absolutely true that violating any part of God’s law always brings negative consequences. As our world is being overrun by evil and crime, doesn’t it make sense that for peace and safety we need to obey the laws of the land? Well, the same holds true with God’s law in our own lives!
Revelation 22:14 “Blessed are they that do his Commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.”
That first sin was was caused by disobedience. Let’s not follow in their footsteps, but instead desire to eat from the tree of life by keeping God’s Commands. Below are one hundred questions to ask yourself and think carefully about in regards to God and His Law. If the Ten Commandments have been abolished, how many verses in your Bible are meaningless and should be left out? As you ask yourself the following one hundred questions, please remember that your Bible says that God is Holy, Righteous, Perfect, Unchangeable, Just, Kind and Good.
- The Sabbath Command is in the center of His Law.
- The Sabbath is God’s Mark or Sign of His Power and authority as the Creator. Exodus 20:8-11.
- The Sabbath has always been God’s test of obedience. Exodus 16:4-31.
- God’s Law is in His Heart. May we never wound His heart of love and insult His Grace.
- If God has abolished His Law then hundreds of texts in your Bible become meaningless and should be left out!
Here are some examples:
1. All the texts that speak of repentance.
2. All the texts that mention or refer to the Law.
3. All the texts that mention the Commandments of God.
4. All the texts that speak of obedience.
5. All the texts that speak of transgression.
6. All the texts that speak of SIN. (Sin is the transgression of the Law. 1 John 3:4).
7. All the texts that speak of Jesus as the Savior from sin. etc, etc.
If God has abolished any part of His Law then every Bible text that speaks of the Law as Perfect, Holy, Just and Unchangeable etc., become meaningless. “Not one tittle of the Law shall fall.” If we offend in one point of the Ten Commandments we are guilty of all.
See James 2:10-12 and Matthew 5:17-19.
Proof That the 10 Commandments Weren't Nailed To The Cross»Please understand that I prayed diligently for wisdom and Bible truth.
I believe that if we had no opportunity to learn a certain Bible truth, God won’t hold us accountable. In some places on earth, information is hard to come by. That’s not the case in the U.S., even with no money a Bible is always accessible. It was my responsibility to hunt diligently for the truth.
The Bible teaches that I am responsible to God for all the light (knowledge of right) I have and all I can have! People who refuse or neglect to study, seek, learn, and listen (Place God above all else) will be destroyed because they have “rejected knowledge.”
“If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.” John 9:41. “To him that knoweth to do good,and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” James 4:17. “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee.” Hosea 4:6. “Seek, and ye shall find.” Matthew 7:7.
I believe God chose me to be a Noah in our day!
Will you get in the boat?
An umbrella will do you no good, and the rain is coming!
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The Dead Know Nothing
Can a relative that has died and believed to have gone to Heaven see you when you’re taking a shower?
Not many people talk about this question but I’m sure it has crossed many a mind! The answer is a no! The truth that’s taught in the Bible is very clear on this subject, but most people, even professed Christians ignore the correct Biblical answer.
The Bible says that the dead know nothing! Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6, 10 “The dead praise not the Lord.” Psalms 115:17.
Jesus called death a “sleep” John 11:11-14. Before I read the Bible for myself and studied this particular subject in great depth, I found it mysterious or strange that we go to Heaven or hell before we are even judged!
If this would be the case, then God would not be a righteous judge! Someone who died a thousand years ago or more, and went to hell would suffer torment a lot longer than someone who would die and go to hell right at the end of the world. Think about that for a minute! I have good news, that’s not the case.
The dead sleep in the grave until Jesus returns at the end of the world. In death, humans are totally unconscious with no activity or knowledge of any kind. Time has no meaning, therefore, to you, just as soon as you die (in the twinkling of an eye) Jesus will be here. The man that died a thousand years ago (depending on if he is saved or not) and you will rise at the same moment. To each of you though, it will seem as though no time has gone by since you kicked the bucket!
Most people hang on to a very few cloudy verses that they say points towards an immortal soul that pops out of the body at the moment of death and flies away at death, but that idea is not at all biblical. There are hundreds of verses that proves that the dead are dead, and stay dead until Jesus returns. If you would like to learn more about this truth for yourself pray about it and then do a detailed Bible study on this topic.
“The body without the spirit is dead.” James 2:26. “The spirit of God is in my nostrils.” Job 27:3.
The spirit that returns to God when we die is the breath of life. Nowhere in all of the Bible does the “spirit” have any life, wisdom, or feeling after a person dies. It is the “breath of life” and nothing more.
“So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more.” Job 14:12. “The day of the Lord will come … in the which the heavens shall pass away.”
2 Peter 3:10.
If the dead are really dead and can’t communicate with the living, how can the mediums and psychics talk to my dead relative.
The truth is that they can’t. They may be communicating with something, but it ain’t your peeps! It’s actually the fallen angels (demons) that got thrown out of Heaven along with Satan! It’s in the Bible, and God plainly warns us about it.
The Bible Says that after death a person: returns to dust (Psalms 104:29), knows nothing (Ecclesiastes 9:5), possesses no mental powers (Psalms 146:4), has nothing to do with anything on earth (Ecclesiastes 9:6), does not live (2 Kings 20:1), waits in the grave (Job 17:13), and continues not (Job 14:1, 2).
The belief that we don’t really die when we die began when Satan lied to Eve at the very beginning. “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die.” Genesis 3:4. “That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan.” Revelation 12:9.
Does it really matter one way or the other what we believe happens when we die? Yes, it does. Misunderstanding this subject will almost certainly allow you to be deceived by Satan about this and other subjects including the Battle of Armageddon in the last days. If you know for certain that the dead are actually dead, the Devil and his demons will have a hard time making you believe that you are being visited or led by one of your dead relatives.
One of the biggest misconceptions is that the unsaved go straight to hell and the righteous go straight to Heaven at death! The Bible couldn’t be any clearer, that the unsaved don’t go to hell as soon as they die, but are reserved in the grave until the day of judgment to be punished. Jesus taught this truth in the well-known parable of the Wheat and Tares. But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.’ Matthew 13:29, 30.
Now follow the words of Christ as He explains the meaning of the parable: “He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.” Matthew 13:37-42.
Isn’t what Jesus said plain and simple? It is so clear that a child can understand it. He said the tares represented the wicked people, and that they would be cast into the fire “at the end of the world.”It was in the harvest.
The harvest is the end of the world that the separation would take place, and He plainly stated, “.” How can anyone twist these words of Jesus? The whole idea of the wicked going to hell at the time of death contradicts our Lord’s specific teaching that they would be cast into the fire at the end of the world.
Since the judgment also takes place after Christ comes we can see how impossible it would be for anyone to be punished before that time. Justice demands that a person be brought into judgment before being punished. Peter declared, “The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.” 2 Peter 2:9. That certainly makes sense, doesn’t it?
Read more about this interesting Bible topic here.
The truth from the Bible says something totally different than what the majority is teaching and believing!
Unbelievable!
Can Satan Read Your Thoughts?
Satan has been around for a long time; longer than 6000 years, he tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:1).
A few facts:
Satan is not omnipotent (all powerful), omniscient (all knowing) or omnipresent (can be in more then one place at a time).
Satan is an Angel, a fallen Angel. (Isaiah 14:12-14)
Satan was thrown from Heaven because his pride led him to rebel against God. (Ezekiel 28:12-17)
Satan deceived and took with him one third of all angels in Heaven. (Revelation 12:7-9)
He can only be in one place at a time, so he needs his demons to help him and report back to him. If Satan could read our thoughts or if he were “all knowing” (omniscient) he wouldn’t need any help from demons.
Satan does know exactly how people think though, and he knows the weakness of humans.
This is how he’s able to tempt us; otherwise, he would not have wasted his time tempting Job. Job 1:6-12, or Jesus. Matthew 4:1-11. Satan certainly did not know what Job would do. He had not read Job’s mind; he had simply made a guess based on his observations (his walking to and fro, and up and down in the earth) and he was certainly wrong.
Satan has had a lot of time to practice. He knows exactly how to influence man. You better believe that the enemy knows the Bible better than any human being does.
Satan has the power to deceive those who do not follow, or have God's Word in them. If you are not full of God's Word, that leaves "room" for the Devil's minions to come in.
“The great dragon was hurled down, that ancient serpent called the devil,
or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth,
and his angels with him.” (Revelation 12:9, NIV)
Satan was brought under the power and authority of Jesus when He died for
our sins and established His Kingdom and His church. Satan no longer has
power over us and by this, we can be sure that the devil, Satan, cannot
read our thoughts. Revelation 12:7-17
Only God and his Son Jesus Christ can read the minds and the hearts of mankind.
This is the four Bible definitions of sin.
1) “Sin is the transgression of the law.” 1 John 3:4
2) “Sin is anything that is unrighteous, not like Christ.” 1 John 5:17
3) “Sin is failure to follow the things we know to be right.” James 4:17
4) “Sin is lack of faith in God and His Word.” Romans 14:23
The "in" thing today is talking to the dead. Psychics and mediums actually believe that they are communicating with the dead. The truth is that a supernatural world indeed does exist, and people miss the familiar voices of loved ones, but they are sadly mistaken about mediums communicating with spirits of the dead. A thorough Bible study into this interesting topic will prove without a doubt that the dead know nothing, they are dead and cannot speak.
These mediums are really communicating with demons that’s posing as ghosts and dead relatives. The last book in the Bible has this warning, “For they are spirits of demons, performing signs…..” Revelation 16:14
The Bible clearly says, “For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.
Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled: Death is swallowed up in victory.”
Study God’s Word and it’s easy to see that we aren’t immortal, not until the last day. That’s not the last day of our life, but the day that Jesus returns! Don’t give in to the same lie that was told to Eve, “Ye shall not surely die” Genesis 3:4
There is a difference between being able to plant a thought in someone’s mind and being able to read a person’s mind. When someone writes a book or speaks a word they are able to stimulate thoughts in people’s mind, but they cannot see what is happening beneath the surface. The only one that the Bible ever speaks of as being able to read the thoughts is the Lord. (1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalm 94:11; Psalm 139:23; Matthew 12:25; Luke 6:8) This is one of the very strong evidences that Jesus was the Son of God.
Though Satan is able to guess at our thoughts through observing, and suggest thoughts through circumstances and stimuli, there is no indication in the Bible that he can actually read our thoughts.
Keep looking up – Jesus is coming back!
Jesus repeated the history of Ancient Israel
The book of Matthew reveals that Jesus repeated the history of ancient Israel, point by point, and overcame where they failed. Notice these parallels between ancient Israel and of Jesus Christ:
Yet there is more. Remember that the name “Israel” not only referred to Jacob, but also to his descendants, who became Israel. The same principle is seen in the New Testament.
For example, the Lord had told the ancient Israelites, “And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.” Exodus 19:6. In the New Testament, Peter applies these exact words to the church: “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people.” 1 Peter 2:9.
Likewise, right after Paul’s statement in Galatians chapter 3 about Jesus being “the seed,” he then told his Gentile converts [a Gentile is any person who is not of the Jewish faith], “And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” Galatians 3:29. Thus in the New Testament, the name Israel not only applies to Jesus Christ, but also to those who are born in Christ-His church! In other words, all true Christians are now God’s spiritual Israel.
Double Vision
Have you ever been hit hard on the head and then started seeing double? Well, from what we have studied, the Christian world needs a loving bonk on the head with this New Testament truth so that more people will start “seeing double” about the subject of Israel! According to the New Testament, there are now two Israels. One group is composed of literal Israelites “according to the flesh” (Romans 9:3, 4). The other is “spiritual Israel,” composed of Jews and Gentiles who believe in Jesus Christ.
Paul wrote, “They are not all Israel, which are of Israel.” Romans 9:6. That is, not all are part of God’s spiritual Israel who are of the literal nation of Israel. Paul continued, “That is, They which are the children of the flesh [physical descendants of Abraham], these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.” Romans 9:8. The children of the flesh are only natural descendants of Abraham, but the children of the promise are counted as the true seed. Today any person-Jew or Gentile-can become a part of this spiritual nation of Israel through faith in Jesus Christ.
God Looks on the Heart
Just as there are two Israels, there are also two kinds of Jews!
Also, the seven last plagues that are found in Revelation 15 and 16 talks about the angels that pour out the vials of God’s wrath. It’s just before the second coming of Jesus because the seventh of the seven last plagues is synonymous with the coming of the Lord.
There’s a lot of similarity between the seven last plagues and the plagues that fell on Egypt.
The plagues fell on Egypt just before the Children of Israel were liberated from their slavery. The plagues are going to fall on this wicked world just before Spiritual Israel, God’s people, are liberated from the world that is in bondage to sin. And so, just before the second coming, there will be a period–based on some things in Revelation and Daniel, I have good reason to believe the period of the plagues is all going to fit within one years’ time, perhaps even just over a month. When you look at the severity of these things, you can imagine how long the world can go on with the fresh water supply being blood, or the oceans being blood, and most of the population of the world lives either by rivers or oceans, and men being scorched with great heat. And another reason, how long did the plagues last that fell on Job, it was just a matter of weeks when you read the context.
How long did the plagues last that fell on Egypt; again it was in the matter of within a couple months’ time, and so for these reasons, based on those stories, the plagues will probably fall just with a few months. And it says in Revelation, “All of her plagues come within one day”, and a day in prophecy is a year. So within a year’s time it all happens.
The intensity will be different in different parts of the world, the same way it was in Egypt. But God promises to protect His people all through those plagues, just like He protected the Children of Israel through the plagues that fell on Egypt. We don’t need to be afraid; that’s why we should memorize Psalm 91.
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