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Interests: 44 "In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.
(Daniel 2:44) (NIV)
Expertise: 25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion
shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's
food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,
saith Jehovah.
(Isaiah 65:25) (ASV)
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| DEATH IS AN ENEMY 
People believe a lot of things about death. Some believe that the
dead reside in Heaven or Hell forever. Some believe in reincarnation
back to life on earth. Some believe in Karma, Nirvana or Valhalla. What does the Bible say about death? "5 The living at least know they will die, but the dead
know nothing. They have no further reward, nor are
they remembered. 10 Whatever you do, do well. For
when you go to the grave, there will be no work or
planning or knowledge or wisdom."
(Ecclesiastes 9:5,10) (New Living Translation) Is this so?
What does God's Son think about death? Jesus answered, ”Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep;
but I am going there to wake him up." His disciples
replied, "Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better." Jesus
had been speaking of his death, but his disciples
thought he meant natural sleep.
(John 11:9-13) (New International Version) 43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice,
"Lazarus, come out!" 44 The dead man came out, his hands
and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around
his face. Jesus said to them, "Take off the grave clothes
and let him go."
(John 11:43-44) (NIV) Is he sure that dead people are just asleep? 18 While he was saying this, a ruler came and knelt before
him and said, "My daughter has just died. But come and
put your hand on her, and she will live." 19 Jesus got up
and went with him, and so did his disciples. 23 When Jesus
entered the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the
noisy crowd, 24 he said, "Go away. The girl is not dead but
asleep." But they laughed at him. 25 After the crowd had
been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand,
and she got up. 26 News of this spread through all that region.
(Matthew 9:18-19, 23-26) (NIV) Yes, to Christ, dead people are only asleep. He and his apostles
demonstrated many times that when the time comes the dead will
wake up by means of resurrection. There are two resurrections.
The first resurrection is to heavenly life - as part of the Kingdom,
to rule with Christ over the earth: "...the dead in Christ will rise first."
(1Thessalonians 4:16) (New American Standard Bible) "Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father
has been pleased to give you the kingdom."
(Luke 12:32) (NIV) "I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been
given authority to judge... They came to life and reigned
with Christ a thousand years. The rest of the dead did
not come to life until the thousand years were ended.
This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy are those who
have part in thefirst resurrection... they will be priests of
God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years."
(Revelation 20:4-6) (NIV) "and He has made us to be a kingdom,
priests to His God and Father..."
(Revelation 1:6) (NASB) "May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done
here on earth, just as it is in heaven."
(Matthew 6:10) (NLT) "... for You were slain and with Your blood You purchased
men unto God from every tribe and language and people
and nation. And You have made them a kingdom (royal race)
and priests to our God, and they shall reign over the earth!
(Revelation 5:9,10) (Amplified Bible) The second resurrection is the general resurrection of all the
other dead, who may live forever on a paradise earth, under
the kingdom rule of Christ and his "little flock". There are
numerous prophecies about this also: "I have other sheep, which are not of this fold;
I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice;
and they will become one flock with one shepherd."
(John 10:16) (NASB) "Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I
will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live. And I
will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon
you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you,
and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah."
(Ezekiel 37:3-6) (American Standard Version) "Your dead will live; Their corpses will rise. You who lie
in the dust, awake and shout for joy, For your dew is as the
dew of the dawn, And the earth will give birth to the
departed spirits. "
(Isaiah 26:19) (NASB) "Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will open your
graves, and cause you to come up out of your
graves, O my people; and I will bring you into the
land... And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I
have opened your graves, and caused you to come up
out of your graves, O my people. And I will put my
Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you
in your own land: and ye shall know that I, Jehovah,
have spoken it and performed it, saith Jehovah."
(Ezekiel 37:12-14) (ASV) "Don't be surprised! The time will come when all of
the dead will hear the voice of the Son of Man, and
they will come out of their graves. "
(John 5:28) (Contemporary English Version) What kind of people will live forever on a paradise earth? "But the meek in the end shall inherit the earth and
shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Then the consistently righteous shall inherit the land
and dwell upon it forever."
(Psalm 37:11,29) (AMP) "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth."
(Matthew 5:5) (King James Version) 10 In just a little while, the wicked will be no more;
though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there.
(Psalms 37:10 (English Standard Version) "for there are new heavens and a new earth that we are awaiting
according to his promise and in these righteousness is to dwell."
(2Peter 3:13) (NIV) "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth... and I heard
a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of
God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be
his people, and God himself will be with them and be their
God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will
be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the
old conditions and the former order of things have passed
away."
(Revelation 21:1-5) (AMP) "And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard
shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion
and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them."
(Isaiah 11:6) (ASV) "He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the
Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces;
and the reproach of his people will he take away from
off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it."
(Isaiah 25:8) (ASV) 
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.
This is the second death.
(Revelation 20:14) (KJV) 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
(1Corinthians 15:26) (KJV) 
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| Many Gods and
Many Lords The pious people of Christendom are generally satisfied
that they are serving the God of the Bible. They flock to
churches plastered with crosses, celebrate Christmas,
Easter, Valentine’s day and pray to their trinity god, Jesus.
What they don’t realize is that they are actually serving
a multitude of gods who oppose the God of the Bible. 5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven
or on earth (as indeed there are many "gods" and many
"lords"), 6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father,
from whom all things came and for whom we live; and
there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all
things came and through whom we live.
(1Corinthians 8:5-6) (NIV) And who is the True God? 8 I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not
give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.
(Isaiah 42:8) (American Standard Version)Who is the trinity god? Is Jehovah a trinity God? 9 And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth: in that day
shall Jehovah be one, and his name one.
(Zecariah 14:9) (ASV) The Bible says No, He is NOT! "The Church of Rome borrowed her doctrine
of the Divinity of Christ from the pagans
and the way they worshipped their pagan gods,
as half human and half god. Their adoration
of Jesus as a man-god was almost identical
to their devotions to the ancient pagan gods."
-Pagan Origin of Partialist Doctrines
By John Claudius Pitrat
Published 1871 "The cult that arose in Babylon and spread its cult
tentacles throughout the world was trinitarian
(Two Babylons, by Alexander Hislop). At first,
this doctrine was merely humanism, man making
himself god. The first humanism trinity of record to
be setup and worshiped as gods, was that of Nimrod,
Simeramus, and Tammuz. These are in the Old
Testament in the Canaanite language identified as
Baal, Ashtoreth, and Tammuz. At the dispersion of
the people at the Tower of Babel, this trinity doctrine
of humanism was spread all over the world. Each
religion of all the pagan religions held two common
traits: 1.) A trinity of gods and; 2.) These were in a
form of human gods."
-Jesus Messieh Fellowship
The Trinity Doctrine Is Pagan
By Cohen G. Reckart, Pastor Why did pagan beliefs become incorporated
into the beliefs God’s son brought us? 1 Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times
some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow
deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons.
2 These people are hypocrites and liars, and their consciences
are dead.
(1Timothy 4:1-2) (New Living Translation) Who is Jesus? This seems like a silly question since most people,
even non-Christians will identify "Jesus" as the son
of God. Oddly enough, that is not the name of
God’s son! It is fairly common knowledge that
Christ's name in the Hebrew texts of the Bible is
"Yeshua". Whenever the name "Yeshua" is enountered
it is supposed to be translated to "Joshua". This is
as it should be. "Jesus - In Hebrew it is the same as Joshua.
In two places [Acts 7:45 and Hebrews 4:8] in
the New Testament it is used where is means
Joshua, the leader of the Jews into Canaan,
and in our translation the name Joshua should
have been retained."
-Albert Barnes' -
Notes on the New Testament
Notes on Matthew 1:21 "Joshua" or "Jehoshua" translates
as "The Salvation of Jehovah". "(Joshua) Yahshua/Yahushua/Yahoshua, is the
correct Name for the Savior. In all spellings and
pronunciation, the Name is rendered to mean
"salvation of YAH" or "YAH'S salvation/ (His)
Savior." The Name (Joshua) in its fullest translation
means, "He (YAH) shall save His people. (Yah or
Jah - is an abbreviation for Jehovah) (Just as Yeshua
(Joshua) is an abbreviation for Yehoshuah or Jehoshuah) -
(meaning - The Salvation of Jehovah - or Jehovah's Savior)."
-COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE,
by C. J. Koster"The name "Jehoshua" means the same as Joshua."
-Hitchcocks’s Dictionary of Bible NamesSince "Yehoshua" or "Jehoshua" literally means "the
Salvation of Jehovah" - we can see why people said
that he came in his Father's Name. 9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed,
cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is
he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in
the highest.
(Matthew 21:9) (NIV) We can also see why Jehovah chose this name for his son -
because "Jehoshua" is to be the means by which Jehovah
would provide Salvation to Mankind. This is in total agreement
with the prophet Joel, who said that only those calling upon the
name of "Jehovah" would be saved. "And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call
on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered..."
(Joel 2:32) (ASV) So how did Jehoshua Christ become known as "Jesus"?
"It is known that the Greek name endings with sus,
seus, and sous were attached by the Greeks to names
and geographical areas as means to give honour to
their supreme deity, Zeus."
-Dictionary of Christian Lore and Legend
Professor J. C. J. Metford So what does the name, "Jesus" Mean, in Greek? "Some authorities, who have spent their entire
lives studying the origins of names believe
that "Jesus" actually means - "Hail Zeus!"
For Iesous in Greek IS "Hail Zeus."
"Ie" translates as "Hail" and "sous"
or "sus" translates as Zeus. The English
name "Jesus", therefore, stems etymologically
from "Jupiter-Zeus" the chief god of the
ancient Greek Olympus."
-"Yeshua" or "Jesus" -- Which?
Biblical Research Institute; 1996
by Les Aron Gosling How Insulting! Of all the insulting and barabaric beliefs incorporated
into modern Christianity, it is difficult to find a more
egregious and slanderous defamation.  How can it get worse?
Who does the cross really belong to? "It was not until Christianity began to be PAGANIZED that
the cross came to be thought of as a Christian symbol."
- Babylon Mystery Religion; Ralph Woodrow (pg 50) 'That which is now called the Christian cross was originally
no Christian emblem at all, but was the mystic Tau of the
Chaldeans (Babylonians) and the Egyptians."
- Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons, 2nd American edition.
(Neptune, New Jersey, U.S.A: Loizeaux Brothers, 1959;
(originally written in 1862), pp. 197-205. 'There is hardly a Pagan tribe where the cross has not been
found. The cross was worshipped by the Pagan Celts
long before the incarnation and death of Christ.'(10)
- 10. Ibid. p. 199. 'Crabb's Mythology, p. 163.' "Various objects, dating from periods long anterior to the
Christian era, have been found, marked with crosses of
different designs, in almost every part of the old world.
India, Syria, Persia and Egypt have all yielded numberless
examples... The use of the cross as a religious symbol in
pre-Christian times and among non-Christian peoples may
probably be regarded as almost universal, and in very many
cases it was connected with some form of nature worship."
—Encyclopædia Britannica (1946), Vol. 6, p. 753. "Cross" Christians know this commandment: 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
(Exodus 20:3) (ASV) But most nominal Christians eagerly serve many
false gods on their sacred days willingly. What other gods do nominal Christians worship? Most people are at least vaguely aware that God's son,
our messiah was not born on December 25th. Who was born on that day? "December 25th - not only was Mithra, the sun-god of
Mithraism, said to be born at this time of the year, but
Osiris, Horus, Hercules, Bacchus, Adonis, Jupiter,
Tammuz, and other sun-gods were also supposedly
born at what is today called the "Christmas" season,
the winter solstice!"
- Doane, p.474;
- "The Two Babylons; Alexander Hislop, p.93. "The winter solstice (December) was the time at which
all the sun-gods from Osiris to Jupiter and Mithra had
celebrated their (birthdays) - the celebration being
adorned with the pine tree of Adonis, the holly of Saturn,
and the mistletoe (of the pagan Druids)... tapers(candles)
represented the kindling of the newborn sun-god's fire..."
-Man and His Gods, p. 201. And more gods... "Easter is a heathen term, derived from the Saxon
goddess Eastre, the same as Astarte, the Syrian Venus,
called Ashtoreth in the Old Testament."
- The Companion Bible, King James Version
(Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel Publications,
1990), p.1607.) The history of Valentine's Day is obscure, and further
clouded by various fanciful legends. The holiday's roots
are in the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, a fertility
celebration commemorated annually on February 15.
Pope Gelasius I recast this pagan festival as a Christian
feast day circa 496, declaring February 14 to be St.
Valentine's Day. From: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/valentinesdayhistory.html How do Christians end their prayers to their God? Amen According to the online Encyclopedia Wikipedia: Amun (also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and
rarely Imen, Greek Ἄμμων Ammon, and Ἅμμων
Hammon, reconstructed Egyptian Yamānu) was
the name of a deity, in Egyptian mythology, who
gradually rose to become one of the most important
deities in Ancient Egypt, before fading into obscurity. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun What do the multi-god worshiping nominal Christians look forward to? "On that day of judgment," says the LORD, "I will
punish the leaders... and all those following pagan
customs."
(Zephaniah 1:8) (New Living Translation) 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained
down from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 "It will
be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
(Luke 17:29-30) (NIV) What day? 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the
coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before
the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying
and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered
the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would
happen until the flood came and took them all away.
That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
(Matthew 24:37-39) (NIV)What is a much better idea? This is what Jehovah's people, would suggest: "Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the
chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you,
before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you. Seek
ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his
ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be
ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger."
(Zephaniah 2:2,3) (ASV)9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
(Romans 12:9) (NIV)
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| Marriage Is God’s Arrangement
Many people believe that God approves of any kind
of a relationship. People live together without marriage
and many people have a same-sex realtionship. What does God's book, the Bible, have to say about that? 18 And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man
should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. (Genesis 2:18) (American Standard Version) With that in mind, people have been seeking to find
“someone special” to share their lives with. The type
of relationship that God approves of is male-female: 4 "Haven't you read the Scriptures?" Jesus replied.
"They record that from the beginning `God made
them male and female.' 5 And he said,`This explains
why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined
to his wife, and the two are united into one.' 6 Since
they are no longer two but one, let no one separate
them, for God has joined them together."
(Matthew 19:4-6) (New Living Translation) A good woman is hard to find, but well worth looking for: 10 A capable, intelligent, and virtuous woman--who
is he who can find her? She is far more precious
than jewels and her value is far above rubies or pearls.
(Proverbs 31:10) (Amplified Bible) Some men use the services of a prostitute instead of marrying. Is that wise? 3 The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but
if he hangs around with prostitutes, his wealth is wasted.
(Proverbs 29:3) (NLT) Many men have a good wife but do not treat her decently.
What does the Bible say? 28 In the same way husbands should love their wives
as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves
himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but
nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the
church, 30 because we are members of his body.
31 "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother
and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become
one flesh."
(Ephesians 5:28-31) (English Standard Version) What about a bad wife?
4 An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but
she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
(Proverbs 12:4) (ESV) Some have relations with other people’s spouses or
indulge in a same-sex relationship. What does the Bible have to say about that? 22"Do not practice homosexuality; it is a detestable sin.
(Leviticus 18:22) (NLT) 9 Don't you know that those who do wrong will have
no share in the Kingdom of God? Don't fool your-
selves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, who are idol
worshipers, adulterers, male prostitutes, homo-
sexuals, 10 thieves, greedy people, drunkards,
abusers, and swindlers--none of these will have a
share in the Kingdom of God.
(1Corinthians 6:9-10) (NLT)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Marriage is God’s arrangement. By Him it was designed.
It forms a bond of union, brings blessings to mankind.
Yoking a man and woman in this most sacred state
helps them serve God together, each one with his own mate.
God has an ancient guidebook with counsel good and wise.
It tells of god-like headship, which husbands exercise.
”Love her as your own body.” This God requires of them.
She who respects her husband is like a precious gem. Cords of three strands are stronger than those of only two. When God is in the marriage then problems will be few. There’s greater joy in giving. This truth we all must learn.
So as we serve Jehovah, to give is our concern. (Song 117 - Sing Praises to Jehovah) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * People in this present world have a choice to make: they
can be obedient to God’s ways or defy Him and do as
they please. The wise person will learn what pleases God
and obey Him. The foolish will be disobedient. This is
described in the Bible as “separating the sheep from the
goats”: 31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all
the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in
heavenly glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered
before him, and he will separate the people one from
another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the
goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the
goats on his left.
(Matthew 25:31-33) (NIV) Who are the "sheep"? 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they
follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall
never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.
(John 10:27-28) (NIV) Yes, Christ, himself will arrive to take over rulership
of the world, as the Bible promised long ago. Before
that, He himself will see what people are doing and
separate them into two groups. What will happen to these two groups of people?
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right,
‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take
your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you
since the creation of the world.
(Matthew 25:34) (NIV) The “goats” are the ones who do not follow the shepherd.
They are not necessarily mean and evil people; they are
just willfully disobedient. What will happen to them? 
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart
from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire
prepared for the devil and his angels. 46 “Then they
will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous
to eternal life.” (Matthew 25:41,46) (NIV) Will it be worth it? Are the pleasures of sexual sin worth the cost? Now is the time to consider these things.
37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming
of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people
were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage,
up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing
about what would happen until the flood came and took them
all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
(Matthew 24:37-39) (NIV)
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| Is the World Really
Coming to an End? The World, as we know it now, is indeed coming
to an end soon - right before our very eyes!
How do we know that this is happening?
Many prophets in the Bible wrote about the “End of this
world as we know it” thousands of years ago.
2 “The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot
together, against Jehovah and against his anointed: 3 Let us
break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us!" (Psalms 2:2-3) (Darby) This verse does not refer to past rulers at all. His anointed –
Christ – had not yet been born. It has yet to be fulfilled,
just like this similar one that the Apostle John wrote centuries
later: 19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their
armies gathered together to make war against the rider on
the horse and his army.
(Revelation 19:19) (NIV) This ancient message has not yet been fulfilled either: "For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah,
they shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while, and the wicked
shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he
shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall
delight themselves in the abundance of peace."
(Psalm 37:9-11) (ASV) But it has started... 
All of these verses are relevant to us today, because their
message is about what is happening now – that is – the meek
inheriting the earth after the trouble-makers are gone. Yet
people tend to disbelieve this because these prophecies were
written so very long ago and nothing ever seemed to happen. What does the Bible say about this? "Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily,
therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil."
(Ecclesiastes 8:11) (New International Version) And sure enough, the people of the world can look at the
world news and see the evil work going on daily. People
are being killed in many countries by terrorists, guerrillas,
even by their neighbors and friends. Just thirty years ago,
“terrorism” was largely an unknown, and unused word.
Now the word is used many times a day all over the world!
The word “terrorism” is constantly on everybody’s mind.
People who do not have faith that this system will end soon
are scared. There is so much violence and injustice in the
world now that it is very difficult for people to believe that
it will ever end. But what does the Bible say? "...Ye shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword upon
all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts."
(Jeremiah 25:29) (ASV) Does He really mean all of the inhabitants? "Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff,
before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day
of Jehovah's anger come upon you. Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek
of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek
meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger."
(Zephaniah 2:2,3) (ASV) 7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right
hand, but it will not come near you. 8 You will only observe
with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
(Psalms 91:7-8) (NIV) Why is Jehovah angry? "Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord
Jehovah; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?"
(Ezekiel 18:23) (ASV) 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the
Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves [around], and live.
(Ezekiel 18:32) (ASV) We do not enjoy having to live our lives with the wicked
around, always getting into trouble, always making life
miserable for everybody, including themselves. What did Jehovah say He was going to do about the stubbornly
wicked people almost two thousand years ago? 15The glorious God is the only Ruler, the King of kings
and Lord of lords. At the time that God has already
decided, he will send Jesus Christ back again.
(1Timothy 6:15) (Contemporary English Version) 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of
the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day
Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would
happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how
it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
(Matthew 24:37-39) Can we be absolutely sure that God will do what He promised? 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand
slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but
everyone to come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will
come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements
will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid
bare. 11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of
people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as
you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day
will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements
will melt in the heat. 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking
forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
(2Peter 3:9-13) (NIV) Why is it that almost nobody seems to
believe that "The End" is really coming? "...in the last days there will be scoffers who will laugh at the truth
and do every evil thing they desire. This will be their argument:
"Jesus promised to come back, did he? Then where is he? Why, as
far back as anyone can remember, everything has remained exactly
the same since the world was first created."
(2Peter 3:3,4) (New Living Translation) This is why it will be such a shock to the people of
the world when “The End” comes, just as Jeremiah
foretold several thousand years ago: “32 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from
nation to nation, and a great tempest shall be raised up from the
uttermost parts of the earth. 33 And the slain of Jehovah shall be
at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of
the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried;
they shall be dung upon the face of the ground.
(Jeremiah 25:32-33) (ASV) Notice here that the wicked people will not be missed. Not even close
relatives. That is how bad their behavior will become at the end. After the wicked are thoroughly destroyed along with all traces of what
people laughingly now call “civilization”, what will happen next? 6 And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie
down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling
together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 And the cow and the
bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the
lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 And the sucking child shall play
on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on
the adder's den. 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy
mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah,
as the waters cover the sea. (Isaiah 11:6-9) (ASV)
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| Christian Mythology What is the number one religion in the world? According to http://www.adherents.com there are 2.1 billion Christians
in the world, making Christianity the number one religion globally. 
From: http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html But there are numerous sects and the only thing that the sects
have in common is their apparent originator – Christ! Why do so many kinds of Christianity exist
if our Savior only brought one belief to us? The corruption of the Christian religion was foretold soon after he died. "I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and
will not spare the flock. Even from your own number men will arise and
distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them."
(Acts 20:29-30) (New International Version) Who is responsible for corrupting Christianity? "The Apostasy - that fatal period when the Emperor Constantine
called himself a Christian; From this time onward - the Christians
had no more of the Spirit of Christ than the heathens."
-John Wesley
(Wesley's Works, vol 7, Sermon 89, pp. 26-27)Roman Emperor Constantine the Great is credited for taking the
pure teachings of Christ and distorting them to his satisfaction. "It was this man who is credited with making 'Christianity' the lawful
religion of the Empire, but Constantine, himself not knowing what
Christianity is, turned to the Catholic bishops, who gave him various
answers. That was intolerable. And for that reason, Constantine
summoned councils in an attempt to unify the Empire theologically,
just as he had unified it militarily in 324, when he defeated Licinius,
his last rival for power. Councils assembled in response to his orders
and those of subsequent emperors; and creedal formulations from
the fourth century onward become the creedal formulations approved
by the Roman Emperor. All who disagreed were banished from
the Empire, or punished in more painful ways."
From: http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Cults/Catholicism/ch-state.htm"As this massive apostasy from His teachings was taking place,
what happened to the group labeled Jewish Christians? As
startling as it may sound, the religion the world knows as
Christianity was not founded by Jesus Christ! Within the span
of three hundred years, this religion had become a vast
organization with a clergy presiding over rites taken from
pagan mysteries and it had borrowed the best elements of
Greek philosophy and had formed a dogma appealing to human
reason and emotion. This religious organization had become a
powerful political force in the Roman Empire. But it was not
the Church established by Christ!"
-In Search of Early Christianity (part 1 & 2)
by Wesley WhiteYes, the apostles foretold in advance two very important
things that most Christians tend to ignore: a great apostasy
would occur where the truth would be traded for the lies
and that mankind would largely prefer the lies. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine.
Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great
number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
(2Timothy 4:3-4) (New International Version) When Will That Happen? 1 Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will
turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and
teachings that come from demons. 2 These people are hypocrites
and liars, and their consciences are dead.
(1Timothy 4:1) (NLT) Yes, now - in the last days of this world - people are accumulating
teachers for themselves in order to hear what they wish to hear. That
is exactly why we not only have thousands of religions in existence
in the world today, but hundreds of versions of Christianity!What do we need hundreds of different kinds of Christianity for?
John foretold in the book of Revelation that this great apostasy
would be called by a name - "Babylon the Great". He likened her
to a woman who prostitutes herself to the kings of the earth. 3 Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a desert. There
I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with
blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. 4 The
woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with
gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand,
filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries. 5 This
title was written on her forehead: MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT
THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF
THE EARTH. 6 I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the
saints, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.
(Revelation 17:3-6) (NIV) Yes the Apostasy, or falling away of the true faith, would be
marked by Christendom's trading the truth of Christ and his
apostles for "Babylon the Great" - the lies of ancient Babylon. The stake he died on would be traded
for the "Cross" of the pagans. The resurrection to eternal earthly life would be traded
for the immortality of the human soul, purgatory, and
the hellfire of Ancient Babylon. The worship of the Almighty God Jehovah through His mediator,
His only begotten Son, would be traded for the false doctrine of
the Trinity featuring "Lord Nameless" and his adopted son, Jesus,
another tradition handed down from Ancient Babylon. The Sabbath on Saturday would be traded for Pagan Sunday.
Forced celibacy, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Lent, saint
worship, sunrise services and many other Babylonian
doctrines replaced pure Christian worship. Paul warned us that it was coming: 1 Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will
turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and
teachings that come from demons. 2 These people are hypocrites
and liars, and their consciences are dead. 3 They will say it is wrong
to be married and wrong to eat certain foods. But God created
those foods to be eaten with thanks by faithful people who know the
truth.
(1Timothy 4:1-3) (NLT) The Roman Church adopted all of these pagan philosophies,
idolatries, and holidays to keep their pagan conquests satisfied.
The Protestant Churches broke away from the Catholic Church
but retained most of these pagan traditions. This spiritual blindness
would exist for a period of time - until the time of "The End". Was everyone fooled? Most Christians are clueless but the experts are not fooled! Nominal Christians worship a Trinity god named Jesus. Why? "The doctrine that Jesus Christ the Son of God - was God the son -
was decreed by worldly and ecclesiastical powers. Men were forced
to accept it at the point of the sword or else. Thus, the error of the
trinity was propounded to the end that ultimately people believed it
to be the truth. Thus Christianity became in essence like 'Babylonian'
heathenism, with only a veneer of Christian names."
--- Forgers of the Word -1983
by Victor Paul Wierwille "A Great apostate pagan trinity doctrine has infiltrated the
Christian Churches. Trinity or polytheism came from Babylon. The
infiltration of this great apostate pagan doctrine has cause a great
deception by Satan in theology. Most churches are teaching this
great apostasy and worship the Trinity, which in actuality is pagan.
Most Churches have departed from the true doctrine that was given
unto the church by Jesus Christ and the Apostles."
-Trinity Is The Great Apostasy
To Infiltrate Christianity
by Thunder Ministries
"By adopting the trappings of paganism, Christianity reverted to an
ancient past. By converting to Catholicism, they fell back into a form
of polytheism evidenced by belief in the trinity."
-Those Incredible Christians; pg. 225
Sconfield And what else happened? "By the turn of the second century, there were thousands of professing
Christians - but only a tiny few held fast to what they had been taught
by the original apostles. This new 'Christianity' altered and rejected
the true teachings of the Bible and embraced many pagan traditions
and customs."
- Popular Religious Holidays
Where They Really Came From
BY LOUIS F. MASCHIO Such as: "Easter and Christmas - These holidays represent only part of the
great apostasy that has come upon God's people in the latter days.
They cumulatively fulfill what are known as the latter day prophesies
that predict a great apostasy before the coming of Messiah."
-The Pagan History of Christmas
by Dr. Joel Ehrlich
"The forms and ceremonies of paganism gradually crept into the
worship of Christendom. Some of the old heathen feasts became
church festivals - with change of name."
- (Story of the Christian Church, p.79) ;
Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
"Like Christmas, the origins of Easter are deeply rooted in pagan
customs. It was A.D. 325 when Easter displaced Christ's Passover.
Christ actually commanded us to keep the Passover, in memory of
him. (Luke 22:13-20)."
- Popular Religious Holidays
Where They Really Came From
BY LOUIS F. MASCHIO "It is interesting that the holiest day of the liturgical Christian
year, Easter Sunday, bears the name of the pagan sex
goddess Eastre and the pagan sun god Solis."
-Panati, Charles. Sacred Origins of Profound Things.
New York: Penguin Books USA Inc., 1996. "It was in the fifth century that the Roman Catholic Church
commanded that the birth of Christ be observed forever on
December 25th, the day of the old Pagan Roman feast of
the birth of Sol, one of the names of their pagan sun-god!"
- Encyclopedia Americana, Vol.6, p.623 These are the most sacred days the Christian majority observe. Why don't Christendom's ministers tell people the truth? "The Christian Church is entrenched deeply in the ancient Babylonian
mystery religion, only today it is referred to as 'traditions'. Many of
God's people, as well as the secular earth, are guilty of giving in to
Babylon's pageantry and paganism. Most Christians either don't
know or care to know the truth of these pagan ties."
-The Pagan History of Christmas
by Dr. Joel Ehrlich "Notice how today's churches have sprung from the same
root as paganism! Satan has created an entire system of
"counterfeit Christianity." He has cleverly guided vain
religious leaders to introduce completely pagan
ideas, concepts and practices into "Christianity."
-Source --Satan's Counterfeit Christianity
By Roderick C. Meredith But what was the worst lie of all?
"By the end of the first century, all of the original apostles had died.
This vacuum was quickly filled by false leaders, who taught that God's
laws were no longer necessary and that Christians were now solely
under grace. All one needed to do was simply "believe." Works were
no longer required. Thus, grace was turned into a license to sin."
(I John 3:4).
- Popular Religious Holidays
Where They Really Came From
BY LOUIS F. MASCHIO And that explains the ruthless violence being
perpetuated by many "Christians". Such as... "In 2001, two Rwandan Catholic nuns were convicted by a Belgian court
for aiding and abetting the mass murders. A Roman Catholic priest is
on trial before the Tanzania-based U.N. tribunal, accused of ordering
the slaughter of 2,000 people who sought refuge in his church."
From: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2644027&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 These are supposedly Christian clergy doing this! Does the Bible condone this vicious behavior? Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.
(1John 3:4) (NIV) Lies such as "God loves us all no matter what" and "If we
know Jesus then we will go to Heaven when we die" are
very popular with the "Christian" Church crowd. The motto -
"Once saved, always saved!" has become a highly popular
and widespread "Christian" belief. But then, who wouldn't want their salvation
served to them on a silver platter? "...because they did not receive the love of the truth... For this
reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that
they will believe what is false..."
(2Thessalonians 2:10,11) (NASB) So what is the truth? Christ Said: 8 The person who keeps on sinning belongs to the devil.
The devil has sinned from the beginning. But the Son of
God came to destroy the works of the devil.
(1John 3:8) (New Life Version) And he is not the only one giving this warning. "If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received
the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but
only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire
that will consume the enemies of God."
(Hebrews 10:26,27) (NIV) "But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness,
commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations
that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds
which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery
which he has committed and his sin which he has committed;
for them he will die. "
(Ezekiel 18:24) (New American Standard Bible) "When the righteous turns from his righteousness
and commits iniquity, then he shall die in it."
(Ezekiel 33:18) (NASB) "And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne,
and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the
book of life. The dead were judged according to what they
had done as recorded in the books."
(Revelation 20:12) (NIV) Also, they warned of an end to the apostasy; so thorough
an end that the people who perpetuated and embraced the
myths would be destroyed along with their mythology. 9 I, the LORD, will show no mercy or pity when that time
comes. In my anger I will destroy the earth and every
sinner who lives on it.
(Isaiah 13:9) (CEV) Christian mythology is popular and widespread. The ministers of
Christendom have been spreading it for centuries. There is a people
who are a Christian minority who pride themselves on the authenticity
of their Christian beliefs. This is not their motto but it should be: 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
(John 8:32) (NIV) Not only will the truth set us free, it will lead
to everlasting life instead of destruction!
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