The
following basics
are very brief explanations of over 150 articles each of two-three
pages in
length
The Statement of Beliefs of the King James
Bible Church, Australia is also available
The
Bible
Which
Bible Should I study
You
have no choice – it’s the Authorized Bible commonly
known as the King James Bible. If there is one God, there is only one
Bible
with pure words (Ps 12:6-7).
Q:
“What if English is my second language?” A:
“No problem, just do your best with the language Bible you have, but
remember
the standard for all other languages is the Authorized Bible”
Furthermore, as a believer, your saved soul has been separated from your physical body of sins (Col 2:11), so why not separate yourself from the many sins and corruptions of all other ‘bible’ versions, and read the purified Bible?
Errors
in the King James Bible
There
are none. The false suggestion that there are
errors in the Authorized Bible, is generally promoted by those who won’t be subject to the words of God in
English. Generally, these are people who resort to the Greek or Hebrew,
believe
another man’s opinion or who are bound by some denominational creed.
The King
James Authorized Bible is the only pure,
perfect, infallible, inerrant,
inspired and preserved words of God
All
other Bible Versions
They
are not Bibles but are satanic counterfeits backed
by Rome. “… the words of the LORD are
pure words: as silver tried in a
furnace of
earth, purified seven times. Thou
shalt keep them, O LORD,
thou
shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. Psalm
12:6-7. (Deut
4:2, Deut 12:32; Rev 22:19; Prov 30:6).
There are many thousands of errors, omissions, additions,
substitutions
and corrupt doctrine in all the other versions eg
the NKJV
and the NIV.
The
Greek Game
This
is a ploy used by gnostic Christians (people with
their own self appointed deeper spiritual knowledge) to destroy the
belief of
the average Christian in the plain English of the Authorized Bible. For
example, the Greek word “haplotes”
is translated five different ways in the King James Bible, and they are
‘liberal’, ‘bountifulness’, ‘liberality’,
‘simplicity’ and ‘singleness’. Now,
puffed up preachers
destroy the common man’s faith in the Bible by saying “The translators
made a
mistake as this word should not be ‘liberality’ but ‘simplicity.”
absolutely
wrong.
For
example, we have Jesus speaking “As many as I
love (phileo)…” (Rev 3:19). Conversely, Jesus
speaks
of the Pharisees and how they “…love
(agape) the uppermost rooms.”
(Lk11:43)
Using
the Latin language of Rome, Satan hid the Bible
away from the common man for one thousand years. With the Bible having
been
translated into the King James English, Satan has now succeeded into
getting
the Bible back into the hands of the scholars and away from the common
man once
again – but this time into the hands of the Greek and Hebrew scholars.
The
Italics
Italics
are vital
for a translation to give the proper meaning.
For
example: The
Authorized Bible says “God judgeth the
righteous, and God is angry with the
wicked every day.” (Psalm
7:11) If there were no italics the verse would read “God
judgeth the
righteous, and God is angry every day.” What does that mean? Is God
angry with
the righteous every day? Is God just angry every day? All other
versions, while
casting stones at the King James Bible for including italics, are
deceitful, as
they omit them entirely.
The
Greek Versus the English
There
is no contest, as the English Authorized Bible is far
superior to any of the Textus
Receptus compilations which all have needed correction in about a
thousand places.
Furthermore, at the last count as of 2007, thirty two Greek texts had
been
manufactured by man. Had God wanted the world to read the Bible in
Greek, he
would have had Greece conquer the world. No, this duty was given to
England who
produced the perfect, inerrant, inspired and infallible King James
Bible, also
known as the Authorized Bible, and sent it to the four corners of the
earth.
The
First and Second Deaths
Christ
rejecting people believe that once they have died
that is all there is and they no longer exist but according to the
scriptures
there are two deaths for the unbeliever. For
all, including the Christian, there is the first death,
but God assures the Christian, that after this first
death, we will “…
be
with
Christ; …” Phil 1:23
and as Christ dieth no
more, neither will we. (Rom 6:9). Now, those not saved, after
the first
death, will spend 1000 years in hell till the great white
throne of
judgment (Rev 20:11) to be then cast in the lake of fire, which will be
the second
death (Rev 20:14
The
kingdom of
heaven and heaven are not the
same.
Heaven
is a spiritual place
and the kingdom
of heaven is physical on earth.
Christ
preached to the Jew both the kingdom of heaven (the
rules of the sermon on the mount) and the kingdom of God,
with the understanding
that entry into the latter depended on whether he could be proved
worthy by
passing the tests of works of the former. Of course he failed (eg the
rich
young man wanting eternal life in Matt 19:21). However, if he believed, and continued to believe (believ
- eth) that Christ was constantly
fulfilling the law for him
every second of every day, he would enter into Abraham’s bosom at
death.
Replacement
Theology
This corrupt
doctrine says the church has replaced
Israel as God’s covenant people and that
1. God has rejected Israel
2. The church has replaced Israel as God’s covenant people
3. The church is therefore spiritual Israel which is the entire
opposite
meaning of Romans 2:28-29.
This
satanic doctrine ignores the dispensations and in particular Daniel’s 70th
week which is called the Great Tribulation.
Dispensations
or Ages
You
will notice that all the dispensations end with a judgement.
However,
no matter what the dispensation God has always
demanded PERFECT OBEDIENCE to his
laws at any time and that the entry standard for heaven is PERFECT
WORKS.
Current
instructions for the present Church Age are “Believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts
16:31) because Christ has kept the law perfectly for us on our
behalf.
Second
Coming
The
second coming is not
the rapture but is Jesus Christ coming back at the end of the seven
year
tribulation to rescue Israel at Jerusalem.
Behold,
he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him,
and they also which pierced him: and all
kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.
Even so, Amen. Rev 1:7;
And
Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied
of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his
saints, Jude 1:14. Rev
19:11-21; Matt 24:19-35
Israel
When
the Jews put Christ on the
cross, it made room for Christians to be graffed (put into the death
of) into
Christ. Their blindness is only for a while (about 2,000 years) and
then they
will be received back by God.
For
I would not, brethren, that ye should be
ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits;
that blindness in part is happened to Israel,
until the fullness of the
Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel
shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the
Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I
shall take away their sins. As concerning the gospel, they
are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’
sakes. Rom 11:25-28
After
this I
will return, and will build again
the tabernacle of David, which is
fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set
it up: That
the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles,
upon whom
my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. Acts 15:16-17
Gen
32:28; Is 46:13; Is 43:1-7; Is 11:11-12
The
New Covenant
The
word ‘covenant’ is a term always used for Israel and
the Jews and never for the church or
Christians. The Christian is under ‘the new testament’ and not
a new covenant as many uninformed pastors preach. The ‘new
covenant’ will be for the Jew in the tribulation (Heb 8:8-13).
The
law and the curse of the law
Because
“…the
law is holy, and the commandment holy,
and just, and good.” Rom 7:12
it demands perfection
which nobody can keep and this is called the curse of the law
(Gal 3:10,
13). So because Christ kept, perfectly obeyed and fulfilled the law on
our
behalf, he has now removed the curse of it that requires our obedience
to it
(Rom 10:4).
However,
there is a mistaken
belief among Christians that they are no longer under the law. No!
There are
plenty of laws given in Paul’s thirteen epistles. The lawless Christian
says
“Oh, but I love God and he loves me!”. But how will they do this? You
see,
‘love’ never tells you how to act or what to do, as it is only ever the
motive
behind the action. To find out how to love Christ and what to do,
Christians
are given these instructions in Paul’s writings which are the
commandments of
God as he says If any man think himself
to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that
the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
1 Cor 14:37
The
Great Tribulation
This
is the seven
years that follow the rapture of Christians from the earth, and is
also
called Daniel’s 70th Week
(Dan 9:27).
The
first 69 weeks (exact to the very day) finished with
Jesus Christ riding into Jerusalem on the Sunday before he was
crucified on the
Wednesday, and we are now in the 2,000 year church age which will be
followed
by the tribulation.
Know
therefore and understand, that from the going
forth of the commandment to restore and to build
Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore
and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even
in
troublous times. And after threescore
and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off,
but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall
destroy
the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be
with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations
are determined. Daniel 9:25-26
Rev
7:14; 6:1-19; Dan 9:27; Matt 24:15-21; Deut 4:30; Jer
30:7; 1Thess 5:3
The
Rapture
The rapture is Christ coming for his church before the
seven year tribulation starts. It is not
the second coming which happens at the end of the tribulation. There
are
approximately twenty-eight references in the New Testament, with five
in
Philippians, seven in 1Thessalonians, two in 2 Thessalonians, three in
1Peter,
four in the Timothy’s and mentions in Titus, 1&2 Corinthians, James
and
1John.
…that
we which are alive and remain unto the coming of
the Lord shall not prevent them
which are asleep
(dead). For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the
trump of
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds,
to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
1 Thess 4:15-17
God, heaven, hell
What
is heaven
It
is God’s throne (Is 66:1; Matt 5:34); it is above (Col 3:2) where Jesus lifted
up his eyes to (Jn 11:41); there is one
heaven but three heavens (2Cor 12:1-4). Heaven is
the backdrop or the canvas
upon which God created and placed his three heavens.
Q:
Where did God originally exist? A: Outside of his
creation as Now in the beginning God created the heaven (not heavens) Gen 1:1.
The
first heaven reaches to the
clouds. The third heaven is paradise
where Paul heard unspeakable words.
This is also where the thief on the cross went to be with the Lord.
Heaven is
not the kingdom of heaven.
Who
is the Holy Ghost
God
is a Spirit
and has no
form until his Spirit indwells a saved person and takes the shape of
that
person in the form of a ghost – in this case it’s called the Holy
Ghost. There
are many ghosts but the indwelling Spirit of God is called the Holy
Ghost.
At
the moment a person gets
saved, God’s Spirit baptizes that
person into the death of
Christ
For
by
one Spirit are we all baptized into one body … 1 Cor
12:13, Rom 6:3 and
the Spirit permanently remains in that person (this is called eternal
security), and takes on the shape of the physical body of the saved
person. The
Holy Ghost is that form of God’s Spirit that indwells and lives within
a saved
man or woman and is of great comfort and is called the Comforter
(Jn
16:7)
Neither
shall they say, Lo here! Or, lo there! For,
behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Luke 17:21. For the
kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace,
and joy in the Holy Ghost. Rom 14:17
What
is Hell
Hell
is an actual and
real place of fire in the centre of the earth (Ezekiel 31, 32) and
is God’s
wrath for the unsaved – for those who reject Jesus Christ as their
Saviour. Hell
is God’s wrath and heaven in
God’s love. Much more then,
being now justified by his
blood, we shall be saved from wrath
through him. Rom 5:9. Hell is
not Satan’s wrath.
Is
Jesus God
Yes,
it’s very simple and just two verses prove it!
1.
In the beginning God created the heaven
and the earth … (Gen 1:1).
2.
…For
by him (Jesus Christ) were all things
created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth,
visible and invisible, whether they be
thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were
created by
him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things
consist. Col 1:15-17
Another
explanation, although inadequate, is as one apple has
three parts – core, flesh and skin, then the
one God has three persons (Heb 1:3)
– the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
God
became flesh – And
without controversy (argument)
great is the mystery of godliness: God was
manifest in the flesh, … 1 Tim 3:16. Jesus was God manifest in the flesh.
For
there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father,
the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 1Jn 5:7 In
the beginning was the Word, and the
Word
was with God, and the Word was God. John
1:1
And
the Word was made flesh,
and dwelt among us, … John 1:14.
How
many more do you need? (Is 9:6; Jn 1:1-3,14; 8:58 with Ex 3:14; Matt 1:23; Mark 2:7; Heb 1:8; Gen 1:1 with Col
1:13-18).
Is
the Holy Ghost God
Of
course, For
there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father,
the Word, and the Holy
Ghost: and these three are one. 1Jn 5:7
He
is called the Comforter
(Jn 16:7). *Note that the capitals indicate the deity of God.
Indeed, all the attributes of the Father and Jesus Christ are used to describe the Holy Ghost.
|
Father |
Jesus
Christ |
Holy Spirit |
Omnipresent |
Matt 19:26 |
Matt 28:18 |
Ps 139:7 |
Called God |
1Peter 1:2 |
John 20:28 |
Acts 5:3-4 |
Almighty |
Gen 17:1 |
Rev 1:8 |
Rom 15:19 |
Eternal |
Ps 90:2 |
Micah 5:2 |
Heb 9:14 |
Omniscient |
Rom11:33 |
Matt 9:4 |
1Cor2:10 |
Truth |
John 7:28 |
Rev 3:7 |
1John 5:6 |
omnipotent |
1Peter 1:5 |
Matt 28:18 |
Rom 15:19 |
Holy |
Rev 15:4 |
Acts 3:14 |
John16:7-14 |
Lord |
Rom 10:12 |
LUKE2:11
|
2Cor 3:17 |
Powerful |
Jer 32:17 |
Heb 1:3 |
Luke1:35 |
Which
Jesus and which blood.
Everybody
loves Jesus! Which one though?
All
heresies and cults, like the tentacles of an octopus, emanate from one source, a wrong understanding of
the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ – what it is and what it does. 1. The Calvinist Jesus doesn’t have
enough blood to go around for
everybody – just those that get selected. 2.
The blood of Rome’s Jesus is the
wine you drink at the altar, as the priest has the power (he can’t but
he
thinks he can) to transform ordinary grape juice into the actual
blood of Jesus 3.
Those that deny eternal security have
a Jesus whose blood is not strong enough to keep you saved.
The
Trinity
The
Godhead is
the name the Bible gives for the man-made name of the ‘trinity’ (Acts
17:27;
Rom 1:20; Col 2:9) For
there
are three that bear record in heaven, the Father,
the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and
these three are one. 1 John 5:7.
Virgin
Birth
Joseph
was not the father of Jesus otherwise Jesus would have
been born with a
sinful nature (Rom 5:12).
“…
When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, BEFORE
they came together, she
was found with child of the Holy Ghost.” Matt 1:18
Therefore
the Lord himself shall give you a sign;
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and
bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah 7:14
Behold,
a virgin
shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call
his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Matt 1:23
And,
behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring
forth a son, and shalt call his
name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the
Highest: and
the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: … Then
said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be,
seeing I know not a man? And the
angel answered and said unto her, The
Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall
overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of
thee
shall be called the Son of God. Luke
1:31-35
And
in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent
from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,To a virgin espoused to
a man
whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s
name was Mary.
Luke 1:26-27
Evolution
Evolution
is simply disproved by
mathematics with the following example. The chance of a polypeptide
being
formed at random is 1040,000. Now, it is estimated that the
number
of atoms in the known universe is 1050 and any number
greater than
this is an impossibility.
Reincarnation
This
is a made up lie that your soul passes from one body
to another person or animal at death depending on how good you were in
this
life.
But
the scriptures say And as it is appointed unto men once to
die,
but after this the judgment: Heb 9:27. Furthermore, Paul says We are confident,
I say, and willing rather to be absent
from the body, and to be present with
the Lord. 2 Cor 5:8
For
I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart,
and to be with Christ;
which is far better: Phil 1:23
Now,
if anyone deserved to be
reincarnated in the ‘lower form’ of an animal, it should have been Paul
as he
openly states This is a faithful
saying, and worthy of
all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 1 Tim 1:15
Blasphemy
Against the Holy Ghost
This
was to call the Spirit of God, the Holy Ghost that
Jesus Christ had, an unclean spirit, and this could only happen while
Jesus was
a man on earth. This can’t happen today, as he sits at the right hand
of God
the Father in heaven.
…
All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies
wherewith
soever they shall blaspheme:
But he that shall blaspheme
against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of
eternal
damnation: Because they said, He
hath an unclean spirit. Mark
3:28-30
Heresies,
error and the blood
Error is like an octopus that has many
tentacles but one heart. The doctrine of the blood
exposes all errors and is the divine plumb
line to test every doctrine and belief. The sharp sword of the shed
blood of
the Lord Jesus Christ will slay the octopus at its very heart.
All the theology ever written can be reduced to the
rock foundation of the shed blood of
Christ.
All
heresies stem from a misunderstanding of the blood of
Jesus. Various heresies include:
1.
Charismatic groups 2. Christian
Science 3. Church of Christ 4. Jehovah’s Witnesses
5. Mormons
6.
Roman Catholics 7. Seventh Day
Adventists 8. Unity School 9. Worldwide Church of God
10. Christadelphians 11. Scientology 12. Bahai
A.
Numbers 2,5,8,9,10,11,12
have no blood atonement whatsoever
B.
Numbers 1,3,4,6,7
have a type of “jesus” blood with NO
eternal security.
Other
heresies include the Presbyterian Calvinist Jesus
who’s blood was not shed for all, but
only for those who God chooses to save.
All
Religions are the Same
How
can that be? Neither
is there salvation in any other: for there is NONE
other name under heaven given among men, whereby we
must be saved. Acts 4:12
Apostolic
Signs and Wonders today
As
there are no apostles or prophets today, there are no
apostolic signs and wonders.
They
indeed laid the base for the church which is “…built
upon
the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;” Eph 2:20.
The
offices for today are “…evangelists;
and some, pastors and teachers;” Eph 4:11.
Paul
uses the word ‘sign’ for the Jew and never for the church as “…
the Jews require a sign …” 1 Cor 1:22. We also note that Paul writes the book of
Romans about one or two years after his writing of First Corinthians in
56AD,
and we note that the gifts to the church have changed to the ‘less
spectacular’
of prophecy,
ministry,
teaching, exhortation, giving, ruling,
mercy (Rom 12:6-8). He
still includes prophecy as he has yet, at that time, to write
Ephesians,
Philippines, Colossians, Philemon, Titus, 1&2 Timothy and Jude.
Can
Christians Expect Physical Healing
Under
the old testament, a saint had the promise of
physical health but only temporary security.
Today
the Christian has eternal security but no promise of
physical health.
Can
Christians expect healing?
The question is “May a Christian ask for healing?” Of course, be
humble
before God and ask anything according to his will. (Jam
4:15)
However,
Paul says If
I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine
infirmities. 2 Cor 11:30. In
addition he says 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. Therefore I
take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches,
in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am
weak, then am I strong. 2 Cor 12:9-10. Apparently Paul didn’t seem to worry too
much
about healing.
Is
Deliverance for Today
Yes,
it’s called deliverance from sin. As rats and
cockroaches appear if food is left lying around, then devils will
appear if sin
is present. Be
sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the
devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 1 Pet 5:8
Devils
may appear and harass a Christian if he won’t
clean up his life from gold, glory, girls, games, gluttony,
entertainment, TV,
magazines, sport, wrong doctrine, pastimes, radio and so on, and
indeed,
hatred, bitterness and all the sins of the flesh (Gal 5:19-21). All other deliverance is a total
waste of time and promoted by
pastors who can’t understand the Bible, who seek their own glory or who
may be
after your money. There is the mistaken belief that devils can’t
possess the
body of a Christian, but this is not true as they can possess and live
in the
flesh of Christians but they, and Satan, can NEVER POSSESS the saved
soul. All other ‘bible’ versions with their sensitive new age
translators have
the word ‘demons’ and not the word “devils” of the King James Bible.
Why? It
scares them as it is too harsh! Demons are seen as being nicer perhaps.
Let’s
not scare the children and old people.
Speaking
in Tongues
would
be to speak French to a room full of French people.
It would be known to them.
2.
An example of an unknown
tongue (still a proper earthly spoken language) would be to speak
French to
room full of Germans. It would be an unknown to them.
3.
But the example of utterance
today is “Doraymefardabarsharsofalahteedoh” which is not a language.
So
#1 and #2 are mentioned in
the Bible as legitimate but not #3.
Tongues were
uttered at Pentecost for unsaved Jews ONLY, not the
church.
Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe
(Christians), but to them that believe not
(Jews): … 1 Cor 14:22 .
Furthermore, known
and unknown tongues were not angelic
and they were never, as the excuse is today, “Oh, my
tongues are an ancient extinct Egyptian dialect.” You see, ancient
extinct
Egyptian dialects would have been useless at Pentecost.
We
also note, that only the Authorized Bible, The King
James Bible, distinguishes between “known” and “unknown” tongues. Why?
The
inventors and magicians of the modern day tongues movement all pride
themselves
on speaking in ‘tongues’.
Psychology
and Psychiatry
1.
Psychology is the study of human behaviour that
attempts to make people feel better
before they drop into hell.
2.
As psychology tries to help the human condition
without addressing the topic of sin, its main aim is to
invent words that can be substituted for the words ‘sin’ and
‘sins’. For example, ‘maladaptive social behaviour’ are the code words
for
‘disobedience’.
4.
Psychology is the same as spraying air freshener at a
pig farm – a bit of temporary relief but not a long term solution.
Calvinism
Calvinism
springs directly
from the roots of the Roman Catholicism
of Augustine, the great father of Rome. With no idea as to what the
term
‘grace’ means, the modern Calvinist now hides behind the title of
‘Doctrines of
Grace’ for their corrupt doctrine. For example, when a Calvinist sees Who will have all men to be saved, and to
come unto the knowledge of the
truth. 1 Tim 2:4, he inserts
the words “…all men with exceptions … to
be saved.” (Rev 22:19; Prov 30:6; Deut 4:2; Jer 26:2). Like all
Roman
Catholics, Calvinists are scripture, twisting masters by making up
their own
definitions. For example Calvinists have invented the phrases ‘total
depravity’, ‘unconditional election’, ‘limited atonement’,
‘irresistible grace’
and ‘perseverance of the saints’ none of which cannot be found anywhere
in the
Bible.
Sunday
and Sabbath Worship
The
Sabbath was the fourth
commandment of the law for the Jew to keep, as a sign between God
and
himself Remember
the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Ex 20:8. As
Christ fulfilled the law, there is no
more need to observe the Sabbath. Christ rose on the first day of the
week,
that is after 6pm on the Saturday night (Mk 16:9), and as such,
Christians
worship on the first day of the week (Acts 20:6-7; 1Cor 16:2). However,
people
will still say “But didn’t God rest on the seventh day?” Ans: “Yes, but
it was
his ceasing from physical creation
activity.”
Christians
are spiritual
new creatures (2Cor 5:17) but not
new physical creations, and this is why we worship on Sunday. And the
bottom
line is this – Christians are at liberty to worship any day of the week.
Binding
and Loosing
There
are two popular misinterpretations of this topic.
1.
The
terms of binding and loosing as found in Matthew 16:19 have nothing
whatsoever to do with any man
assuming God’s power to forgive or retain of sins. For a start 1. All Jews knew that Peter, a man,
couldn’t forgive sins, as only God
forgives sins (Mk 2:7). 2. Three
verses later Christ calls Peter Satan
(Matt 16:23) and furthermore 3. All
the disciples were given this duty
(Jn 20:23).
Christ
made all
the disciples the official custodians, or gatekeepers,
with the key to the knowledge of the
entry requirements into the kingdom of
heaven (which is completely different
to the kingdom of God) as
outlined by Christ in the sermon on the mount (Matt 5-7).
Because Peter was the first to answer
Christ’s question of “…Whom
do men say that I the Son of man am?” (Matt 16:13), he
is simply given this
honour before the other disciples.
where
they are headed when they die by using the apostle Paul’s
doctrine as the standard of
entry into the kingdom of God. A
modern day example would be a real estate agent, having been given a
key, has
the responsibility to inform prospective buyers of the terms and
conditions
about entry and indeed buying the owner’s house.
The
reader will note that entry into the kingdom of heaven
as outlined in the sermon on the mount (Matt 5-7) is
one
of works and has nothing in common
with Paul’s doctrine of “…not
of works …” (Eph
2:9) for entry into the kingdom of God.
2.
The
deceived Pentecostal Pastor believes he has the power of binding and
loosing devils from a person. However, what
appears to be devil possession is simply unconfessed sin and flesh. Can
Satan or devils
possess your soul? Of course not, but they can dreadfully harass a Christian
with a carnal mind (Rom 8:6) who has sinful thoughts or
practices
and even objects, statues and jewellery coming from pagan sources. But
the reader should be under no illusion, that just as rats and
cockroaches will
appear if food is left lying around, then devils
will appear if sin is persistently present. Be
sober, be vigilant; … your adversary the devil,
as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 1 Pet 5:8.
Baptism
with the Holy Ghost and with fire
This
is mentioned in Matthew 3:11. The former happens when
a person believes
and is automatically baptized (not
with water) into the death of Christ by the Holy Ghost (1Cor 12:13; Col
2:12,
3:27; Eph 4:5; Col; Rom 6:3). The latter,
to be baptised with fire, is to die unsaved and experience the fires of
hell
followed by the lake of fire.
Angel
Protection
Prior
to eternal security in Jesus Christ, angels, as
protectors and messengers, were an important part of Jewish life.
Saints under
the old testament did not have two
things Christians have today 1. The full
written revelation of
God’s words in the sixty six books of the Authorized Bible 2.
Eternal security.
Hence angels, and of course prophets, were sent by God to Israel for
their
instruction and protection.
Gap
Theory
This
satanic theory is a devil inspired theory, made up
by a Scottish preacher who was a university lecturer in Science, and
who was
also a Freemason of rank. The Gap Theory was his woeful and sinful
attempt to meld the six day creation with evolution
such that both could be
believed. He said that God had two
creations, with the first starting at Genesis 1:1 and lasting for
billions of
years. After Genesis 1:1, the gappist says that God destroyed his first
creation with a flood (not Noah’s) and then started his second six day
creation
in Genesis 1:2.
In summary: Can angels bring us messages today? No, it’s all been written down in the scriptures and there is nothing more to add. Can angels give us protection today? Not needed.
Why
Should Christians Follow the Apostle Paul and not Peter or Christ
1.
Be ye followers
of me, even as I also am of
Christ. 1Cor
1:11
“Wherefore
I beseech you, be
ye followers of me.”
(1Cor 4:16)
“Those
things, which ye have
both learned, and received, and heard,
and seen in me, do: and the God
of peace shall be with you.” (Phil
4:9)
“…ye
became followers of
us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, …”
(1Thess 1:6)
2.
But don’t we follow
Jesus? No, as Jesus Christ was a Jew and came to fulfil the old
testament law.
But as we follow Paul, we shall “… be
conformed to the image of his Son, …” Rom 8:29
3.
What about
following Peter? No. Paul was the apostle to the Gentiles while Peter
was the
apostle to the Jews. … when they saw that
the gospel of the uncircumcision was
committed unto me (Paul), as the gospel
of the circumcision (the Jews) was unto Peter; (For he that
wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision,
the same
was mighty in me (Paul) toward the Gentiles:) Gal 2:7-8
Paul’s
Doctrine
Paul writes fourteen epistles - thirteen epistles to the churches -
Romans, 1&2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians,
Colossians,
1&2 Thessalonians, 1&2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon and one epistle
to the
Hebrews. The Hebrews epistle is written to unsaved Jews who are
expressing
kindness to Paul and other Christians.
Paul states: But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith,
longsuffering, charity, patience, (2 Tim 3:10)
Holding
fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound
doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. (Titus
1:9)
…when
God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus
Christ according to my gospel. Rom 2:16
For
if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward:
but if against my will, a dispensation of
the gospel is committed unto me.
1 Cor 9:17
...
Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised
from the dead according to my gospel:
2 Tim 2:8
There is a simple rule of thumb:
Women
preachers and teachers
Let
the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to
usurp authority over the man,
but to be in silence. 1 Tim 2:11-12
Furthermore,
A
bishop
then must be blameless, the husband of
one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality,
apt to
teach; 1 Tim 3:2
states that a bishop (a
pastor) must be the husband of one wife, which is not possible
for a
woman. So it is unscriptural for a woman to be a pastor or preacher. Women
can teach children and other women
and girls, as these do not ursurp the authority over men.
This is of course that they teach sound Bible doctrine.
Read
1Tim Chapters 2, and 5; Titus Chapter 2; Eph Chapter 5; 1Cor Chapter 14 for further
guidelines.
Tithing
Tithing
is the modern day Pastor’s use of walking by
sight (and using guilt) to extract a certain amount of money out of the
congregation, as there are wages, rent and bills to pay. Along with
having
membership of the church and not missing a Sunday’s attendance without
good
reason, tithing is a nice little earner. “But without tithing our
church
wouldn’t exist?” they cry – not knowing that statement simply reveals a
certain
fearfulness on their behalf.
Tithing
is never mentioned by the apostle Paul, but
cheerful giving is. The Christian is freed from the old testament law
of
tithing. But people ask the question “Isn’t Abraham
our father in the faith and didn’t he tithe?” The answer is
“Yes of course (Gal 3:9), but Abram
tithed to Melchisedec (Gen 14:20) before
he became a man of faith.” You see, Abram heard the promise (Gen
12:1-3) but he
didn’t believe it. He only became a man
of faith (Gen 15:6) AFTER tithing to
Melchisedec.
Now
having Moses and the tithing of the law removed, cheerful
giving now becomes the real test for the
Christian. All that
Christians have belongs to Christ, so he may require 20%, 30%, 50% and
upwards.
Adhering to tithing can hinder those who have been financially and
abundantly
blessed from giving more. The church
can shake off the limitation of Moses and his tithing commandment as he
is no longer, and never was, needed to
prop up
and enforce wrong doctrine for the church.
Ten
Commandments
All
the ten commandments are restated by Paul (Ephesians Chapters 4-6; and
Rom 12-14; and Col 3-4; and 1Thess 5) except
the fourth commandment of “Keep the
Sabbath”. Why? Jesus fulfilled the law perfectly and rose on
resurrection
Sunday which is the first day of the week.
Wherefore
I beseech you, be ye followers of me. 1 Cor 4:16 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. 1 Cor 11:1
This
being the case, Christians are to do what Paul the
Christian says to do in his thirteen epistles to the churches, not what Jesus Christ the Jew says to
do concerning entry into kingdom of heaven which is different from
entry into
the kingdom of God Lk 17:21 Rom 14:7.
Lord’s
Supper
Nowhere
in
scripture does it say that the bread and the wine are the actual
body and blood of
Christ or that they contain the presence
of Christ. Christ said they are to be taken in remembrance
only (Lk 22:19). How often? Paul does not say but
it can be as often as you meet (1 Cor 11:25).
Roman
Catholics misunderstand what ‘grace’ is by thinking
it has to be infused and imparted
into their physical body every
time they eat their sacraments. That’s why the mass is very important
to them
and they don’t like to miss out by not attending the mass service. They
think
they eat Christ’s actual body (the biscuit wafer) and drink his actual
blood
(the grape juice) and by so doing, they will infuse
and impart
Christ’s grace into themselves. Nothing could be further from the
truth. They
re-crucify Christ every time to do this. As the scriptures say
But
this man, after he had offered ONE sacrifice for
sins for ever,
sat down on the right hand of God; Heb
10:12 …there remaineth NO MORE
sacrifice for sins, Heb 10:26
You
see, they interpret For
by GRACE
are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it
is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph 2:8-9, as
INFUSED grace. That’s
why it’s always a mad scramble by the Catholic priest to get a dying
Roman
Catholic to EAT the bread and the wine before he dies, lest he
drop into
hell. He has to get Jesus into the man’s stomach!
Christians
have Christ’s grace and righteousness imputed NOT imparted to
their
account (Rom 4:11, 22-24), not into their body!
The
Christian’s salvation grace is imputed to him not imparted (put
into)
him. It is not a grace that you can swallow in the form of a
wafer
biscuit!!!!
Judging
Christians
are to judge, not the unsaved, but to those that would
call themselves a
Christian
For
what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do
not ye judge them that are within? But them that are without God
judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. 1 Cor 5:12-13. A
Christian that doesn’t judge is sinning.
Marriage
and Divorce
A
Christian may divorce and have another husband or wife,
but this is to be avoided at all costs if at all possible.
The
scriptures say that A
bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife,
vigilant,
sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 Tim 3: 2
Repentance
Repentance
is not a turning from sins but a changing of the mind.
The unsaved man
thinks that if there is a heaven, he will get there by his good works
or being
a good person. BUT THIS THINKING WILL
TAKE HIM TO HELL. HE HAS TO CHANGE HIS MIND … HE HAS
TO REPENT OF THIS
THINKING!!!
The
steps are
1.
He has godly sorrow
about his sin and not a worldly sadness and sorrow.
2.
He changes his mind (repents by changing his mind) that
only Jesus can saved him
3.
He gets saved.
For
godly sorrow (step
1)
worketh repentance (step 2) to
salvation (step 3) not to be repented of: but the
sorrow of
the world worketh death.
2 Corinthians
7:9-10
Now
I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed
(step
1) to repentance (step 2):
for ye were made sorry after a godly
manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
Remission and redemption
Remission
is
for sins past (Rom 3:25) while redemption
is for past, present and future
sins (Col 1:14). A way to
describe this is to take the analogy of cancer – with treatment it goes
into
remission but it might come back. Animal blood was for the remission of
sins
and provided only temporary
salvation, but Christ’s perfect blood redeems
us and gives us permanent and eternal security.
Gospel
An
everyday, but inadequate, analogy of the gospel to the
sinner’s ear, would be the equivalent to the delight/relief/ praise/
thankfulness/absolute ecstatic joy etc etc of a prisoner on death row,
who has
just heard that the judge who sentenced him to death, stepped down,
took off
his robes and went to the gas chamber in his place out of love for the
prisoner.
God
the judge has paid with his own blood “…
the church of God, which he hath purchased
with his own blood.” Acts 20:28
But
God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ
(the
judge) died for us. Much
more then, being now justified by his
blood, we shall be saved from wrath (an
eternal gas chamber) through him. (Rom 5:8-9)
…
Christ Jesus came into the world to save
sinners …1 Tim 1:15
“…the gospel
… By which also ye are saved, … how
that Christ died for our sins
according to the scriptures; And that he was buried,
and that he rose
again the third day according to the scriptures: 1 Cor 15:1-4
Can
a Christian ever be lost (called
eternal security)
Of
course not. Christians are sanctified and perfected
forever.
That
I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to
the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of
the
Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified
by the Holy Ghost. (Rom 15:16)
Also
1Cor 1:2; 1Cor 6:11; Jude 1:1; Heb 2:11,
Heb 10:10.
For
by one offering he hath perfected for
ever them that are sanctified. Heb 10:14.
Read
Rom 6:3-11.
Water
Baptism not Needed to get Saved or to Stay Saved.
We
follow Paul the Apostle and his doctrine of no water
baptism
1. For
Christ sent me not to baptize, but
to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of
Christ should
be made of none effect. 1Cor 1:17
2.
The
jailer was told to only believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved (Acts 16:31)
3.
Also, the Galatians were retreating back into works and water baptisms
(water
baptism is a work). Paul
says Are
ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by
the
flesh? Gal 3:3. Paul’s
doctrine replaces and is superior to
Peter’s who addresses the men of Israel with “…repent and
be baptized (with water) …” (Acts 2:38)
Infant
Baptism
Two
verses explain this:
…
for where no law is, there is no transgression. Rom 4:15
…
but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Rom 5:13
Now,
children up to a certain age of five? six? seven?, and certainly not
new born
babies, are not able to understand laws. However, by getting a
smack for
doing something naughty, they soon learn that there are right and wrong
things
to do.
Did
Paul and Jesus get Water Baptised.
Yes,
Jesus was water baptised but not for sin. By his
baptism (Matt 3:16) God demonstrated that
there was a changing of the priesthood from Aaron to himself. Under the
old
testament, Aaron had actual water and oil poured on him (Ex 29:4, 21)
when
being installed into the priesthood.
Now,
Jesus Christ had water also, but the Spirit of God
descends on him instead of oil,
showing that this was a much better
priesthood than that of Aaron.
With
regard to Paul, at the time he underwent water
immersion, he had not received his gospel
of no water baptism.
Would
a God of Love Send Me to Hell
He
has no choice. To think otherwise, is to misunderstand
the nature of God who is pure and holy and cannot let sin or sinners
into
heaven. Furthermore, “… the law is
holy, and the commandment holy,
and just, and good.” (Rom 7:12). God is holy and his law is holy.
Now
here’s the example
of an unsaved man who hides behind the excuse: “Well, what about
all those
tribes that haven’t heard the gospel?” You could answer: “They probably
won’t
believe just like you!” Answer not a fool
according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool
according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. Prov 26:4-5.
It
is to be noted that God
saves through dreams as we are hearing with Muslims today.
Entry
into heaven by works and blood
From
Adam to now, entry into heaven his has always been
by perfect works, and reconciliation
with God has been with blood …it
is
the blood that maketh an
atonement for the soul. Lev 17:11
1.
The Christian has the perfect works of Christ and his
blood, put into his account.
2.
Under the old testament, the Jew went to Abraham’s
bosom with animal blood.
Spiritual
Circumcision
This
is the unseen
spiritual operation performed by God when he separates the soul
from the
sins of the flesh. This is automatic
and occurs at the very moment a man gets saved.
In
whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision
made without hands, in putting off the
body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision
of Christ: Col 2:11.
Like
a ring-barked tree that
actually dies, physical circumcision under the old testament, was
an actual
body operation which only symbolized the death of self; and it
involved
that part of the male body that rises up.
Now
the new testament parallel
is that the works and sins of the flesh also rise up like anger,
bitterness,
wrath and hatred and so on (Eph 3:1-12) and God cuts
these off
from the soul so that the soul is saved. God performs not a
physical
circumcision, but an unseen spiritual one, that separates
the soul from the actual body of flesh. Your
saved soul is called the inward man For which cause we faint not; but though our outward
man perish, yet the inward
man is renewed day by day. 2 Cor 4:16.
And
so our saved soul, the
inward man, thirsts for God’s words For
I delight in the law of God after the inward man: Rom
7:22, but the outward man, that is the flesh, is
still full of sin and sins.
The
Law and its curse
As
“… the law is holy, and the
commandment holy,
and just, and good.” (Rom 7:12), it demands perfection, which nobody can
fulfil. That’s why it is a curse (Gal 3:10,13). But Christ perfectly
obeyed and
fulfilled the law on our behalf (Rom 10:4).
Christians
are still under laws,
but only those set down by Paul in his thirteen
epistles. If
any man think
himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the
commandments of the Lord. 1 Cor
14:37.
The
Book of Hebrews
doctrine
of Moses and their animal blood sacrifices, with
the latter now treating them as enemies. Although the cross had taken
place
about 30 years earlier, these Jews were still embracing Jesus as the
Messiah,
but not as Saviour. Paul clearly
states that their Messiah beliefs will take them to hell. Paul urges
them to
stop being ‘Messianics’ (unsaved Messiah believing Jews) and get saved
and have
Christ as their Saviour and become Christians.
They
were, as the saying goes, caught between “a rock and a hard place”. In their case, the
Rock was Jesus the Saviour and the hard place was
the animal sacrifices of
Moses.
Is
Salvation Doing or Done
There
are only two
religions in the world. Are you still doing
and working or will you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ who has done all that’s necessary for you to be
saved and stay saved?
Is
OT Salvation the Same as NT Salvation
No.
God has always demanded blood for sin (Lev 17:11),
but the blood of animals only ever gave temporary security. Now there
remains
no more sacrifice for sin (Heb 9:26, Hebrews 10:2 Hebrews 10:10, Hebrews 10:12, Hebrews 10:14, Hebrews 10:18, Hebrews 10:26).
Christ’s
perfect blood means eternal security - never to be lost.
How
to be Sure of Getting to Heaven
Getting
into heaven has always been by 100% perfect obedience
and that means not one sin since the day you were
born. It is knowing that although Christ was sinless, he was made sin
with our
sins and so God poured out his wrath on Jesus for the world’s sins.
Jesus paid
the penalty God demanded for sin. We are justified and redeemed by his
blood.
Believe
on
the Lord Jesus
Christ (Acts 16:31)
For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and that
not of yourselves: it is the
gift of God: Not of works, lest any
man should boast. Eph 2:8-9
In
whom we have redemption through his
blood, even the forgiveness of
sins: (Col 1:14)
For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works,
lest any man should
boast. (Eph 2:8-9)
But
to him that worketh not, but believeth on
him that justifieth the
ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
(Rom 4:5)
But
God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then,
being now justified by his blood, we
shall be saved from wrath through him.
(Rom 5:8-9)
We
note that water baptism is not mentioned anywhere by
the apostle Paul to get saved or stay saved.
Atonement
Reconciliation
with God has
always been by blood
and there are two types – animal’s or Jesus
Christ’s, with the former
only offering a temporary restoring of man’s fellowship with God.
For
the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I
have given it to you upon the altar to
make an atonement for your souls: for it is
the blood that maketh an atonement
for the soul. Lev 17:11
Reconciliation
with God has never been by works For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and that
not of yourselves: it is the
gift of God: NOT OF WORKS, lest any
man should boast. Eph 2:8-9.
This
blood atonement/reconciliation/fellowship with God is not to be
mistaken
for entry into heaven, as this is by perfect works. You see, having
been put
into Christ by his blood, the Christian can now have the perfect
obedience of
Christ put into his account, which is his ‘entry ticket’ into heaven.
Purgatory
This
is a made up lie by Rome to extract money
from widows and others at the death of their loved
one, in order that their time in hell can be minimized with special
prayers.
This heresy appeared about the 6th century in Rome and was
originally believed by Plato, the Stoics, Buddha and the Muslims. But
as the
scriptures point out, that one can only be redeemed by the blood of
Christ
(1Pet 1:18-19).
They
wrest the scriptures to
their own destruction (2Pet 3:16) by misunderstanding the following Every
man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it,
because it
shall be revealed by fire; and the fire
shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
1 Corinthians 3:13
If
any man's
work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he
himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. 1 Cor
3:15. Works
shall be burned but not the man.
The
Mass = biscuit or wafer grace
Rome
claims that the wafer is the actual body
of Christ
and must be eaten for a man to be internally righteous before God. They
claim
the effect of the wafer will last for about 20 minutes or so. They also
claim
that their ‘red sacrament’ drink is the actual
blood of Christ.
Christians
have the imputed righteousness of Christ
obtained by belief, not, as the
Catholics say, the imparted righteousness of their bread and wine.
Spooky!
Could we prosecute them for cannibalism? Fancy
having a building to actually eat people’s bodies and drink their
blood! “No!
No!” They cry “It’s the un-bloody sacrifice.” “Well” we reply “that’s
no good
either, because only actual blood will
atone for sins.”
As
Paul
says we have the Lord’s supper in remembrance only …
Take, eat: this
is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance
of me. … This cup
is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 1 Cor
11:24-25
By
the which will we are sanctified through the
offering of the body of Jesus Christ once
for
all. And every priest
standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices,
which can never take away sins: But this man,
after he had offered one sacrifice
for sins for ever, sat down on the
right hand of God; Heb 10:10-12
For
by one
offering he hath perfected for ever
them that are sanctified. Heb 10:14
Jn
6:58, 63
Rome
and Mary
Worship
Why
would anyone pray to and worship a sinner? Mary was a
sinner and sinners needed to be purified (Lk 2:22). Mary called on God
to be
her Saviour (Lk 1:47) and only sinners do this. It is blasphemy to pray
or
worship Mary as … there is one
God, and one mediator between God
and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1 Tim
2:5. Indeed, Christ knew no
sin, in him was no sin, did no sin and spoke no sin (1Jn 3:5; 1Pet
2:21; 2Cor
5:21)
Rome
is the harlot of Babylon
Satan’s
chief counterfeit religion on earth is found in
Rome.
1.
Rome is the city that sits on seven hills And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman
sitteth. (Rev
17:9)
2.
Rome is the harlot and whore of St
John’s Revelation
And
upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY,
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. Rev 17:5
3.
Rome infiltrates every
government on earth
4.
The colours
of Rome are indeed purple and scarlet.
And the woman was arrayed in purple
and scarlet colour, and decked with gold
and precious stones and pearls,
having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of
her
fornication: Rev 17:4
Satan
Satan
is the god of the world and its system (2Cor 4:4) and
hasn’t been to hell yet (Rev
20:10). Jesus Christ, not Satan, controls the earth
with its earthquakes and storms and floods and Satan is not
to be blamed for these. (Matt 8:26)
There
is a mistaken belief that God needs Satan to punish
people as he can’t or won’t do it himself. Put it this way, as a parent
do you
need the help of the paedophile or a violent neighbour down the street
to help
correct your son or daughter? Of course not, you’ll do it yourself!
Antichrist
There
are three that make up the ‘unholy trinity’ – the antichrist
(the beast of Rev 13:1), the
false prophet (another beast of Rev
13:11) and Satan himself (also
called “… the
dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil,
and Satan … (Rev 20:2).
The
antichrist
will be the earth’s political leader supported by the false
prophet
who will be the earth’s religious leader in Rome, and both
being under
the direction and control of Satan himself, who is the god
of this
world’s system (2Cor 4:4)
Read
also 2Thess 2:3-4; Dan 7:23-26; Rev 13:1-10, Rev 14:9-11; Rev 17:8-18; Rev 19:19-20
False
Prophet
The
false prophet will be the earth’s religious leader
after the rapture has
happened, and it will be the Pope
that sits in Rome. He will do great wonders,
calling down fire from heaven and doing other miracles and he causes all to receive the mark of the beast (Rev 13: 11-17; 16:13; 19:20; 20:10)
Mark
of the Beast
Such
is the hatred that Satan has for people, that his
mark of the beast will be his final and total attempt to control
everything on
earth. We can see the start of it already with all being encouraged
(and
forced) into online banking, financial dealings and so on. Those without the mark of the beast will not
be able to buy or sell (Rev
13:16-17) however they will rule and
reign with Christ (Rev 20:4). Those with
the mark will suffer eternal torment
(Rev 14:9, 11); 15:2, shall
suffer horrendous body sores (Rev 16:2) and will be cast into the lake of fire (Rev 19:20).
The mark of the beast cannot be offered before the rapture of Christians off the earth. Why? Those that receive the mark will suffer the fire of eternal torment (Rev 14:11, 19:20). This cannot apply to Christians who have eternal security. Just suppose the mark was offered before the rapture, there would be some saved but ‘weak in the faith’ Christians that would willingly take the mark. Therefore we see that the mark can only be offered after the rapture when there will be no Christians on earth.
By
Harley Hitchcock
www.AustralianBibleMinistries.com