ELOHIYM and YAHOVAH in GENESIS
continued
Part 5 of 5The Bible has much to say about the modern day Jew. The Jews never accepted Christ, and their leaders were the ones who caused him to be put to death. They were a mixed-blooded lot that had united with the Romans for political reasons. (Read John 11:47-48.)
It is revealing to note the biblical change in terminology that describes those left in Jerusalem after much, or most of Judah had been taken with by the Assyrians along with the Ten Northern Tribes of Israel (II Kings 18:11-13). These people, so co-mingled with Edomites and others, were then, following the taking of Judah's "walled cities," to be referred to in the Bible as the "residue" and the "inhabitants" of Jerusalem rather than purely, Judah!
Christ told them they couldn't hear, or understand, his words, because they were not of God (John 8:47). In Matthew 23, he accused them of being hypocrites, fools and blind guides, serpents, (the prophetic name for liar) and vipers. In verse 25 he told them that:
�for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion [usury] and excess.
The Pharisees had learned the art of usury in Babylon (Dan. 1:4), and were practicing it to the utmost at the time of Christ.
These were the same lot that Jeremiah prophesied about. He called them the evil figs in Jer. 24:8-10. I'll quote verses 9 and 10, to give you the fate of these Jews:
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
In large part, most of these evil figs have been eliminated over the centuries. But, lo and behold, a different nation of these mongrelized people converted to Talmudic Judaism about 740 A.D. Christ called them, "Those that say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan" (Rev. 2: 9)
This new group was a band of "Turkish stock" that stormed into the Russian Ukraine and set up what was called the Khazaria Empire. The noted Jewish historian, Arthur Koestler, in his monumental book, The Thirteenth Tribe, describes these barbarians as having white complexions, blue eyes, and reddish hair (p.19). Does that "red" hair ring a bell? Esau? On page 20, he geographically identifies them as the host of Gog and Magog - wild men -- and eaters of blood.
In the early part of their empire they began to see some of their subjects picked off by three different religious groups. The Khazars were not a religious people. Finally, their king, or "kagan" felt that he had to make a move to preserve his empire. So he called in representatives of all three religions which were proselytizing his subjects. After questioning each religious group, who were envoys for the Muslim, Christian, and Jewish faiths, the king chose Judaism in 740AD. Historians believe it was an entirely political decision, because Judaism offered him the most control over his subjects (P. 59).
The Khazaria empire began dissolving in 965 AD. Eventually they were driven further west by enemies in 1240 AD, and were assimilated into western Russia and the Ukraine. From there many of the Jews emigrated into Poland and eastern Europe, where the most "industrious" ones became goldsmiths. From goldsmithing evolved modern day usury and lending practices that have been the hallmark of the eastern European Jews to this day. Mr. Koestler has done Christianity a real service by proving, beyond any doubt, that 95% of the Jews in the world today are not of the stock of Abraham, thus exploding the "chosen people" myth.
The Lord has used the counterfeit Jews of Kharzaria to punish his Israel nations when they are in disobedience. These perverted people enjoy ravishing stupid and ill-informed Christians. But don't blame the Jews, they are only doing their thing. They have the full blessing of the Lord until Christian people get their act together.
One only has to read Rev. 2:9 and 3:9 to recognize that Jesus knew and advised, that those who would claim to be Jews in the prophetic times, would be "false Jews" These two verses are explicit in pointing out this deceit that the world would face!
Until the Christian-Israel nations get off the debt-usury treadmill, the usurious Jews will maintain their supremacy. In Ez. 18:5-9, is a list of the requirements that the Lord wants from Christians wanting entrance into his kingdom. Included in that list is this:
He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man, verse 8.
When will Christians wake up? Pray that it's soon. The end-time doom of the Jews that are not, is contained in the Book of Obadiah. God also reveals His thoughts about Jacob and Esau in Malachi 1:2-5, wherein He speaks of His love for Jacob and His hate for Esau! I suggest you read both of these references to confirm these comments.
APPENDIX E
JOB AND SATANThe book of Job is probably the bedrock book of the Satan exalters. They claim that this book shows the power of their "fallen angel" and what he can and does do! We will examine the validity of their "claims" using the word of God.
The word "Satan" is a Hebrew word, signifying "to oppose, to be an adversary." The word ''Satan'' is translated by our English translators ''adversary," "withstand,'' ''resist," and also transliterated as "Satan," in many places in the Bible.
If the translators had used the words adversary or opponent, instead of the term Satan, we wouldn't have all the Satan worshippers today! But, as usual, God moved them to use this term to lead the unregenerate man into error.
I've discussed this with many people. They all deny that they worship Satan. What they claim is that they just recognize his power, and what he is able to do! Well, my friend, if you think for a moment that you can admit that "Satan" has power to do his own will, you have, in effect, given him the power of a deity. My dictionary tells me that worship means: TO VENERATE AS A DEITY.
So any way you want to cut it -- the "fallen angel" dogma is the veneration of "Satan," in violation of the first commandment: "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
But let's go on to Job, and see if "Satan" has the power to do anything without the Lord's blessing!
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
(Job 1:1)
If we look up the word man in this verse, we discover that Job was a iysh or son of Noah. We also know he was the third son of Issachar (Gen. 46:13). Knowing this, we can see that Job had moved out of Egypt to dwell in the land of Uz. The land of Uz was in Arabia, by the way. And Uz was the first son of Aram of the seed of Shem (Gen. 10:23). We know the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt, for 400 years. With Job listed as one of the children of Issachar who entered Egypt, it is no wonder that we don't see any of the other Israelites mentioned as Job's "friends," (Job 2:11 and also Job 19:13). By knowing this, we can deduce that Job lived out his entire life separate from his brethren in Egypt. Unless, of course, he lived over 400 years, which seems unlikely, according to the "ripe" old age of Abraham at his death (Gen. 25:7-8).Now that we've determined who Job was, let's discover what happened to him. Job 1:6,
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.
And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Now the "fallen angel" proponents claim that this event took place in "heaven" and that the sons of God mentioned here are the angels. And, of course, the "Satan" here has ascended for the meeting! Now this is a nice theory, but it just doesn't wash when we know Bible terms. I've pointed out before that the Bible term, "sons of God," was exclusive property of the sons of Adam through Seth and Shem, with other divisions coming at Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob-Israel (Luke 3:38). This truth is also confirmed in Ex. 4:22-23:
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
And I say unto thee, Let my son go,
Now, as far as the angels being called the sons of God, Paul gives us clarification on this in Heb. I:
For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? v:5
But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? vs: 13-14
We can now see that the angels of God were never called sons. And that their job is to be ministering spirits to the heirs of salvation! So now you know what the Holy Spirit is! For more on this revelation read: Luke 12:8-10, Ex. 23:20-23, Rev. 22:16.
Now back to Job.
In the days of Job it was a common event for the sons of God to appear before the Lord. This "appearing before the Lord" became part of the law covenant given to the children of Israel in Ex. 23:17:
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God.
Prior to this command, and the establishment of the law covenant to be implemented by the Levitical priesthood, Melchisedek was the priest of the most High God. (Ref. Gen. 14:18 and Heb. 7). Knowing this fact, I can say without qualification that these sons of God (Israelites) came before the Lord (Melchisedek) who was their intercessor at that time in history.
Now it's obvious from the context of Job 1:7, that this Satan (adversary) was not one of the sons of God. In fact, this adversary when answering the question from the Lord, "Whence comest thou"? admitted that he was a man. His reply was, "From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it." Now if that doesn't describe the locomotion of a person I don't know what does! How in the world can any person then say that this "adversary'' was a ''fallen angel"?
But let's go on. Satan (the adversary) accused the Lord of protecting his servant Job. So the Lord allows the adversary of Job free reign to smite Job without retribution. Now remember the fact here that Job was an Israelite. The adversary knew if he vexed Job without the Lord's permission that he would be cursed. This goes back to God's blessing to Abram that:
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee:
Gen. 12:3
So with the Lord's permission the Satan (adversary) begins to afflict Job. The first affliction came when the Sabeans (v: 15) fell on Job's herds, and slew his servants tending them. One of Job's servants escaped and told Job. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said,The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
v: 16
Notice here it was the fire of God that fell! Next in verse 17, the Chaldeans came and took his camels, slaying more of his servants. Then in verse 19 we read the report of another servant:And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped.
Now then; what did Job do?
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshippedAnd said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
vs: 20-22
Job knew exactly who had caused his problem. It wasn't "Satan," but God! Now this fact is admitted by the Lord in chapter 2.Satan came again with the sons of God before the Lord. After a repetition of the formalities we read of in chapter 1, the Lord asked the adversary if he had observed that Job had kept his integrity,
�although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. (Job 2:3)
So from the mouth of the Lord we can see who it was that allowed and even caused Job's troubles. Another thing we can derive from this conversation is that Job's adversary was also a member of his household! Probably a servant who could observe Job's reactions to his plight.
Satan (the adversary) then said that the Lord had not gone far enough. If he would only,
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. v:5
Whose hand was "Satan" asking for to vex Job? If you missed it read it again, (v: 5). Yes, Satan (or the adversary) asked for, and got, permission from the Lord to inflict boils on Job's body. Just how this was done we're not told, but we know boils are caused by bacteria entering into the hair follicles or the sebaceous glands. White blood cells attack the bacteria and liquefied puss forms on the infected regions. Medical science knows today that poor nutrition is a major cause of these conditions. (Source: Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine and Nursing. W. B. Sanders Co. 1972).
Knowing this, is it not possible that Job's boils were, in large part, caused by his faulty diet? Perhaps given to him by an "adverse" servant? Or could it be that he began an extended fast and lamenting period, in sackcloth and ashes? This was common in those days and could have been the source of the bacteria entering his hair follicles. At any rate Job was afflicted with boils.(See Job 2)
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
vs: 8-10
Notice here again the truth of Job's words!Now due to the length of the book of Job, we will not cover it verse by verse, although it is full of many valuable lessons for our day. Our primary goal is to find out who it was that caused Job to be afflicted. So let's go on to chapter 19, verses 6-13, and see who it was that gave Job all his grief:
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he bath set darkness in my paths.
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counted me unto him as one of his enemies.
His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintances are verily estranged from me.
And finally verse 21, of this same Chapter 19:
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Now you just read it. Job listed all his vexations and he knew who had overthrown him. Was it "Satan," or was it the Lord?
Now to make sure that this is correct in the Lord's eyes, let's read the last chapter of Job and see what the Lord said to Job's "friends."
And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Elisha the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
vs: 7-8
And Job's friends did what the Lord had told them.And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
v: 10
And finally, part of verse 11, when Job's friends became reconciled with him --"...and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him:..."
Now, my friend, Job's friends were corrected of their error, for they had told him that his punishment had come because of his sin and his crafty tongue, which didn't know what he was talking about, when Job identified God as causing his problems.
The question I have for you, my Christian friend, is this: Will you believe Job? Or will you have to be corrected by God. The lesson in Job practically leaps out of the book. Let's heed it.
For a more exhaustive study in the subject of the "devil," "Satan," and the like -- I recommend you get No. 15 in Book Index.
You might also enjoy taking the quiz on the next page.
GIVE "SATAN" HIS DUE! Modern church doctrine teaches that there are two powers in the world -- God and "Satan." If this is true, it must be substantiated in the Bible. The following quiz is a list of conditions and attributes that are commonly believed to be authored by either God or "Satan."
ANSWER EACH USING THE BIBLE --
EITHER GOD OR "SATAN"
ANSWER REFERENCES
_________ 1. Killing Deu. 32:39 Rev. 2:23
_________ 2. Pestilence (disease) Deu 28:21 Amos 4:10
_________ 3. Evil Is. 45:7 2 Chr. 34:24
_________ 4. Wealth Deu. 8:18 Fcc. 5:19
_________ 5. Wounding Deu. 32:39 Ps. 68:21
_________ 6. Debt Bondage Deu. 28:43-44 Joel 2:25
_________ 7. Revenge Ps. 94:1 Rom. 12:19
_________ 8. Darkness Is. 45:7 Job 19:6-8
_________ 9. Madness/Delusion Deu. 28:28 2 Thes. 2:11
_________ 10. Healing Deu. 32:39 Rev. 22:1-2
_________ 11. War Deu. 32:42 Amos 4:10
_________ 12. Peace Is. 45:7 Is. 9:6
_________ 13. Life Deu. 32:39 John 10:10
_________ 14. Invading Armies Deu. 28:49-51 Ez. 38:4
_________ 15. Health Pro. 3:7-8 Jer. 30:17
_________ 16. Wicked People Pro. 16:4 Jer. 12:1-2
What then is the conclusion of the whole matter? Is. 45:5 Ecl. 12:13
APPENDIX F
THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMBMost Christians have heard of the marriage supper of the lamb, but few understand what it is.
First off, we must understand that in the Bible, whenever a peace treaty, covenant, or marriage was agreed to between parties, a feast always followed. Examples of this are: Gen. 19:1-3 and Gen. 31:43-54.
In Ex. 24:9-Il, we have the same situation. The Israelites had just vowed that they would keep the law covenant of the Lord. Then Moses (in verse 8) sprinkled the blood of the law covenant on the people to seal the vows. The people then ate and drank, with God within their view! This meal, or feast, consummated the ceremony. After this, Israel and God had a husband and wife relationship.
The God that Israel married here in Exodus 24 was Elohiym. The God they saw and ate with, would -- at a later time -- be called Jesus Christ! We know this from the statement in John 1:18:
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Now when God divided the Israelites into two nations in I Kings 12:19-20, this gave God the opportunity to divorce the house of Israel because of their idolatry. Now what most people don't know is that he also allowed the majority of Judah, which were also playing the harlot (Jer. 3:8), to go also into the Assyrian captivity. This fact is recorded in 2 Kings 18:11-13. The city of Jerusalem and her suburbs were left to represent Judah, now known as the residue of Jerusalem. About 130 years later they went into the Babylonian captivity. They remained there for 70 years, as prophesied by Jeremiah (Dan. 9:2). A remnant of 42,360 of Judah returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the nation (Ezra 2:64). This was necessary so that the promised Saviour could come through this line (Micah 5:2). For further proof that Israel was the divorced one, and not Judah -- I'll quote part of Is. 54:1:
�for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.
Of course, this confirms Hosea 1:10, "that the children of Israel would become as the sands of the sea." Israel then, as the desolate and cast off one, would bear the brunt of the Lord's anger. She was the one that needed to be redeemed, because of the divorce.
The law on divorce is explained in detail by Paul in Rom. 7:14, as I've quoted already in this study. Perhaps you should read it again so you can see the relationship that existed between God and Israel prior to Christ's resurrection.
Israel was called an adulteress as long as God had not died. When Jesus died -- Israel became a widow. And as a widow, no more an adulteress. Isaiah prophesied that when Israel finally returned to the Lord, that she would,
Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
Is. 54.4
At this point, Israel became eligible for remarriage again, to the risen Christ, who was, of course, her first husband.Another point of God's law comes into play here. It is the point that only Christ was qualified to redeem Israel. The law is the law of redemption in Lev. 25:47-54. This law states that only the next of kin can redeem a brother sold into bondage. Christ, being Israel's husband, was the only one qualified to redeem (buy back) the Israel people, not only from their physical bondage (Luke 1:68-71), but also from the bondage of death (Ps. 49:15 and 1 Cor. 15:55-57).
This remarriage ceremony is symbolized in the Lord's supper sacrament. It is a sacrament commanded by Christ to his followers to be observed until he comes (I Cor. 11:23-30).
To show you that only Israelites will be in the kingdom at the end, we should read Luke 22:29-30,
And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;
That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Of course, this was what Christ told his disciples. And it is verified in Rev. 19:7, and 9, also in Rev. 21:9-12.
Knowing this, can you tell me what authorization the "modern day" churches have in teaching that all nations and races can inherit the kingdom? Yes, my friend, this is a doctrine of men, not a doctrine of the Holy Bible. Another perverted doctrine they teach is that the bride is the church! This is not correct. The church is the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:12-27) not his wife, according to Bible terms. And the church, by Bible definition, is not an edifice. The word "church" comes from the Greek word ekklesia, which means: a calling out. That's why Paul could say with assurance, "...come out from among them, and be ye separate,..." (2 Cor. 6:17).
Those churches that proclaim that only their members are the "true" followers of Christ, are invariably liars, as their doctrines reveal. Christ said, "...by their fruits ye shall know them" (Matt. 7:20).
Before leaving this study, we should identify who the bridegroom will marry. There is no question that Christ is the biblical bridegroom. But to whom (or what) is he betrothed in prophecy? Confusion reigns on this point because most people assume the future marriage is to people, and to Israel in particular.
In Revelation 19, following the fall of Mystery Babylon, we read,
"Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he said unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.�" (vs. 7-9).
Obviously, being called to the marriage supper does not make those called, the wife!
However, the wife was prepared when the saints were found righteous. But let's get to the point, what is this wife?
"And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband" (Rev. 2l:2)."�Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife-And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God" (Rev. 21:9-10).Did John make a mistake with the bride's identity? Hardly. In fact, he was only confirming Isaiah's end-of-the-age prophecy."Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land forever"
(Is. 60:21).
"Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah (my delight), and thy land Beulah (married): for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married" (Is. 62:4).I pray this brief study will help you to straighten out these important doctrines. And that you will act on the Lord's command.
APPENDIX G
WHAT AND WHERE IS ZION?As you'll recall in our earlier study, David founded Zion before he ruled over the rest of Israel (2 Sam. 5:7). This was a type that would follow in the end of the age. (Ref. I Cor. 10:11.).
Many people have thought that the symbolic "Zion," and the "daughter" of Zion are synonymous terms. Not so, as a thorough study of the Bible terms shall reveal. In our study we will discover many attributes of this Zion nation. These attributes will point the finger directly at the modern day Zion, which is the United Kingdom.
Isaiah 66:7-8, speaks of the birth of the "manchild." This "man-child" is a nation, whose children came forth as Zion travailed. The children brought forth from this travail are called Jerusalem (v: 10). Consider also, Isaiah 38:11, which refers to �the land of unwalled villages�at rest...dwelling safely... Where is such a land today?
In Psalms 48, we have another description of prophetic Mount Zion. In verse 2, she is described as being "on the sides of the north." Verse 3, tells of her palaces. The United Kingdom is famous for her stately manor houses and palaces. America never had them. In verse 7, we read of the breaking of the ships of Tarshish (Spain) with an east wind. This, of course, is exactly what happened when the Spanish Armada tried to invade the British Isles in 1588. They were divinely destroyed by an unusual, vicious east wind from the North Sea!
In Micah 4:2, it's recorded that "the law will go forth from Zion." Who can deny that American law is completely steeped in English Common Law? In fact, nearly all of our early laws came directly from the Magna Carta, or the eminent English jurist, Sir William Blackstone, (1723-80). Continuing on in Micah 4:7, we see that the Lord says he will continue to "reign over them in mount Zion, from henceforth, even forever." This confirms that the British crown will rule until Christ claims it; as we have shown before in this book.
Now in verse 8 of Micah 4, a new player comes on the scene:
And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom [of God] shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
Notice that Zion now has a daughter. This daughter of Zion is none other than the ruling capitol of the United States.
Also take note, and NEVER FORGET, what it said in the last part of this verse. "...the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem." I can assure you this doesn't mean the "old mother."
If you continue reading Micah 4:9-1 3, you'll see this daughter of Zion will lose her way, and be "captured" by Babylon, and that many nations will be gathered against her.
. In verse 12, the Lord promises her that he is in charge of the situation. Then in verse 13, he commands the daughter to:
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord of the whole earth.
So there you have the identity of Zion, and the daughter of Zion. I pray this will help those of you who are befuddled by these Bible terms.
APPENDIX H
DEUTERONOMY 28To identify a true nation of Israel we must have a Bible measuring rod. That "rod" is Deuteronomy 28. We know this to be the case because of God's statement in verses 45-46:
Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
We've already read how America has received the curse of debt-usury money to fulfill verses 43 & 44; and how the Lord gives us bumbling leaders in verse 29. Now let's examine this chapter a little more, and see if we can identify more of America's plagues.
DISEASE AND PESTILENCE These plagues are covered in verses 21-22, 27, 35, and 59-60. The "botch of Egypt" in verse 27, is believed to be cancer. And who can deny that our current pestilence of AIDS is the fulfillment of verses 21 & 22! If verse 35 isn't arthritis, I don't know the description of the disease.
This is covered in verses 18, and 62-63. Notice in verse 63, that the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought. It certainly doesn't sound like the God preached in today's churches does it?
This is promised in verses 32 and 41. I'd be willing to bet that you didn't know that this is a curse from God. Right?
ALIENS (Within and Without)
The Bible is full of examples of how God uses the aliens to afflict his people when they are in disobedience. Aliens are prophetically called thorns, briers, and various kinds of worms. Verses 33-34, 38-39, 42, and 48-51, are vivid descriptions of how the aliens will suck up our sustenance and leave us destroyed. Some good examples of this is how the Communist nations are given our grain, beef, and technology on loan arrangements that are never repaid. Eventually the debt is forgotten, or forgiven.
Another example is the generations of welfare recipients that dwell in our inner cities. They consume the tribute of the taxpayers who are squeezed by the bureaucrats to ensure the pillage continues under the guise of "humanitarianism."
The Lord promised in verse I, that if the people of Israel would obey his laws, he would set them high above all nations of the earth. Part of that promise was recorded in verse 7: He said their enemies that would rise up against them would be smitten before their face. And that the enemies would flee before them seven ways. The Lord also promised (v: 25) that if they wouldn't observe his way, that they would be smitten by their enemies, and flee seven ways from before them. The Korean War and the Vietnam debacle are fulfillment of this promise.
The Lord uses his "locusts" (IRS) to make sure that his plagues are carried out. Mention of the "locusts" is in verses 38 & 42. To prove to yourself that these "locusts" are the Lord's army, which he has sent, I suggest you read Joel 2:11 and 25. This is God's promise of restoration after the "locusts" have done their job.
The wealth of any nation comes from the ground. And agriculture is the backbone of a nation's economy. God has definite laws governing agriculture, and violation of those laws will bring disaster. Most notable of these laws is the land Sabbath laws of Leviticus 25. Violation of the land Sabbath laws is so serious to the Lord that he promises to pluck the land from those that will not observe the Sabbath rest law. Read Lev. 26:32-35, for an explanation of why we are seeing so many farm foreclosures.
Of course, there are many more violations of God's law that come into play within agriculture today. Included in that list are: (1) hybrid seed, which violates Lev. 19:19. (2) chemical farming, which causes the plague of Deut. 28:23. (3) lusting after another's land, which is a direct violation of the 10th Commandment of Deut. 5:21. All of these trespasses are compounded by borrowing the money through usury to further deepen the final catastrophe.
The failure of agriculture will send shock waves and have a ripple effect through the industrial complexes of the rest of the nation. The continuing demise of organized labor is just one example. Industry is calling for, and getting, wage concessions to compete in what is called the "world market." The Lord is deceiving our leaders to believe that "free trade" will save us, when the reality is that "free trade" will destroy the standard of living of the country, as any perceptive mind can see. Of course this is beyond our leaders' perception, because the Lord is using "free trade" to bring us low, just as he promised. You can blame anyone you like -- just like Adam and Eve -- for America's debacle, but the truth is that our problems stem from the violation of God's laws. We, as a nation, have sown the wind, and we shall reap the whirlwind (Hosea 8:7).
This is a recent phenomenon that no one has an answer for, but verse 24 of Deut. 28 will explain this curse for you.
The following verses in Deut. 28 cover this state of affairs: 30 & 56-57.
I suggest that you read all of Leviticus 26; because this is the second witness to Deuteronomy 28. Deuteronomy 28 doesn't give us the solution to how we can stem the tide of these curses once they begin. Leviticus 26:40-42, on the other hand, does.
It is your Christian duty to alert your brethren as to why the Lord is afflicting America. Whether or not they will hear is up to the Lord. You're responsibility as a "watchman on the wall" is to give them the message!
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. Is. 58:1
APPENDIX I
THE FALL OF BABYLON BEGINS
"THE DAY OF THE LORD"Any Bible student having diligence in the study of God's Word knows that this present age will end in what is known as the Day of the Lord. There has been a lot of speculation as to when this day will begin. What we need is a reference point from the Bible, to an event that would precede this day. I believe this reference point is found in Malachi 4:5,
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the Coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:
Notice here that whatever this Elijah was to do, would be before the coming of the Day of the Lord. To understand what this means, we must look at what Elijah did. We read in I Kings 17:1, that Elijah was to tell Ahab that:
As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Now we know that this period of no dew or rain was three years and six months, according to James 5:17. We also know from numerous Bible sources that judgment will begin first at the house of the Lord.
In our previous study we have proved that the house of the Lord - here in the end of this age -- is the daughter of Jerusalem (Micah 4:8). And the nation that fulfills this prophecy to the letter is the U.S.A. Knowing this, we can then scan America's past and see if she has ever been afflicted with a period of 3� years of drought.
Well, one doesn't have to go back very far to find this period. In fact, there are many alive today that lived through this period. It was called the "dust bowl" days of the Great Depression, which occurred in the early 1930's. It was not only a drought of rain, but also a dearth of money. For the Federal Reserve dried up the money supply by 25%, inflicting a double whammy, and causing widespread unemployment and poverty.
If this assessment is correct....we now have a reference point to look for the fulfillment of the other end-time prophecies. The opening salvo that will initiate the Day of the Lord is the final demise of Babylon. So, if our interpretation of time is correct, and the early 1930's marked the Coming of Elijah's prophecy, we should see the beginning death throes of Babylon.
Well, lo and behold, in 1933 President Roosevelt took America off the Gold Standard. This removal of our currency from the world-wide standard fulfilled the seven times of Babylon's limited control as recorded in Daniel 4:16, 23, 25, and 32.
If you'll read Dan. 2:31-38, you'll see that Babylon was the head of gold of Nebuchadnezzar's vision. In other words, the strength of his kingdom was derived from gold. And by using this gold he would monetarily control all nations during his reign.
In chapter 4 of Daniel, we see that Nebuchadnezzar had another dream which Daniel interpreted for him and us. The dream was that a great tree grew in the midst of the earth:
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth (obviously quite exalted and with world-wide influence).
The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;
He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, an the fowls from his branches:
Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
Dan. 4:11-17
Notice here again, in verse 17, that it's God who gives the control of kingdoms to men. And sets up the basest of men in that control. Now, down in verse 22 of this same chapter, Daniel tells Nebuchadnezzar:It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
Then, in verse 23, Daniel says that Babylon's kingdom would be hewed down, but a watered stump would remain with a band of iron and brass fastened around the stump. This means: that Babylon would never be a world power again, but would remain on the earth in a restricted capacity. As we know, gold-backed money in America was just that until 1933.
To arrive at how many years "seven times" is, we must compare Rev. 12: verses 6 and 14. In verse 6, the symbolic woman (Israel) fled into the wilderness for 1260 days. Then in verse 14 we read that this is considered a time, and times, and a half a time.
Figuring a "time" as 360 days, or years - according to the day-year calculation of Numbers 14:34 - and ''times'' as the doubling of ''time,'' or 720 day-years, it follows then that a "half-time" is 180 day-years. By adding all numbers, we arrive at 360 + 720 + 180=1260 day-years. God's day-year computation also has a second witness in Ez. 4:6, if you care to double check it.
Seven "times" passing over Babylon would then mean 7 x 360= 2520 years that she would be allowed to remain a "watered stump." Knowing that America's association with the "watered stump" ended in 1933, we can then figure out fairly close when the final destruction of "Mystery Babylon" will be in our day and age.
The use of the term "Mystery Babylon" doesn't occur in the Bible until Rev. 17. I believe this "mystery" began when gold-backed money went out of fashion. What took its place was the "mystery." Very few people understand how the money manipulators of fiat currency can control and set in motion boom/bust cycles through the expansion and contraction of the "money" supply. It's done so that the money changers can aggrandize to themselves the wealth of the people without the people knowing it. Isaiah 10:13-14, is the Lord's description of how they do it. I recommend that you read all of Isaiah 10:5-27, because it says God is using this prophetic money power --. to do the Lord's bidding. What will defeat this power, is the Assyrian's statement:
"By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent:"
(Verse 13).
God willing, if I'm correct in this so far, we should be able to calculate fairly close when the final demise of Babylon will be, because that ancient fall occurred when Belshazzar - Nebuchadnezzar's son - was ruling. This is recorded in Daniel 5.Unfortunately, we are not told how much time elapsed between the "seven times" prophecy of the watered stump," and the final demise of Belshazzar. If we knew that
it would be easy to calculate when "Mystery" Babylon will be destroyed. What we do know is that it's a period of time of less than 70 years. We know that because Daniel made the "seven times" prophecy to Nebuchadnezzar, and also interpreted the Handwriting on the Wall to his son Belshazzar within the time frame of no more than 70 years; and probably much less. You see, 70 years was the total elapsed time that Judah was in the Babylonian captivity.
Now let's go on to the Handwriting on the Wall and see if we can close in a little more on when this occurred.
In Dan. 5:25-26, we find out the word "MeNe" was doubled. This doubling was God's numbering of the "days" that Babylon's rule would remain in the earth. And at the end of those numbered "days" it would be finished. Now by looking up the word "MeNe" in the Concordance, we find it's a Chaldean word. In the Old Testament, Hebrew and Chaldean words have the same symbols for numbers. They correspond to our modern Arabic figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.
In place of numbers, the Hebrews, Chaldeans, and even the Greeks in the New Testament, used letters of their alphabet for numbering. In this particular case, using Panin's values of Hebrew and Chaldean words, the doubling of the word "MeNe" stands for 2524 years. So, simply put, 2524 years from this Handwriting on the Wall, Babylon, as we now know it, may similarly be "hewed down" by an insidious invasion of "aliens", that can only be resolved by the Lord's intervention; most likely the task assigned to His angels against the "Tares." (Matt. 13:39)
Returning again to Dan 5 in verses 30-31, we read:
"In that very night Belshazzar was slain, and Darius the Median took the kingdom�"
Now according to Halley's Bible Handbook -- p. 725 -- this happened in 536 B .C. If this date is correct, and I emphasize if�the beginning of the end of today's Babylon starts around 1988. (An unusual date, as America's President, for the first time, publicly alluded to an affinity for and a political association with a One-world Babylonian system)
There clearly is a biblical association between the ancient and prophesied Babylon: a startling, unique similarity. Ancient Babylon was captured by deception, by aliens, simply by an upstream damming of the Euphrates River that flowed under the city center of Babylon. In drying up the riverbed, Cyrus' troops, quietly and unobserved, entered the "impregnable" power center of Babylon in 536 B.C., a major turning point of history!
Babylon however, pulsated on as an international center under several different rulers, but its power, its traditional claim to the right to confer legitimacy on the rulers of western Asia ceased to be acknowledged and by 500 B.C. it had dissipated away its former influence, its great halls and buildings demolished..Encly.Brit.Vol.13, 11th Ed.
Today, a similar surreptitious "invasion" of Babylon by strangers has been underway, abetted by similar methods and tactics -- While continuing to disguise and deny their ancient, insidious plans for World wide control over humanity, a combination of Elites: of Secret Societies, Masonic orders and Talmudic followers are busy trying to reshape the modern world into another Babylonian system of power and dominion.
They also, have "dammed" the streams -- of truth; devised the monumental hoax of the "Chosen" in promoting the bad figs of Judah -- guided and sustained by the severely anti-Christian principles of their ancient Babylonian Talmud.
The Talmud, "Oral Traditions;" originally designed to assist a clever circumvention of the rigid rules of the Torah; Moses' first five books - became the talmudic principles adopted during those 70 years of Babylonian exile -- that marked the end of Hebraism and the beginnings of Judaism. (In their own words)
These alien doctrines were brought back to Jerusalem by the returning Pharisees to become "the lifes-blood of Judaism" Extremely and severely anti-Christian in content and intent! Then, and today!
Talmudism, is a corruption of the early Hebrew religion. It evolved into Pharisaism from this Babylonian Talmudism, and then into the institution of Judaism, carrying with it, a contingent program for World overlordship, guided by the alien principles of the Talmud and its associated spin-off publications, the Protocols, the Communist Manifesto and the Humanist Manifesto.
Another witness that would seem to confirm these events, is what Christ said concerning the parable of the fig tree in Luke 21:29-32.and Matt. 21:19-21. To show you that the fig tree is Bible symbolism for the usurious nation of Jewry, I'll have to give you a few references. First off, read Jer. 24:2-10 and Matt. 21: 19-21 to confirm that "figs" and Judah are synonymous.
The Scribes and Pharisees were the leaders of Jewry during Jesus' time. (This is still true today.) They were condoning the practice of the "art" of debt-usury and money manipulation that their predecessors had learned while in the Babylonian captivity. It is vital to our study to know that it was the bad figs of Jewry that brought back to Judah this practice. It was manifest even in Nehemiah's day, and is recorded in Neh. 5. You should read all of Nehemiah 5, to see just how encumbering this practice was at that time. I'll just quote some of the more pertinent verses to show you the context of the chapter:
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their Brethren, the Jews.
(v: 1)
Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. (The dearth wasn't drought, but a lack of money).There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute [taxes], and that upon our lands and vineyards.
(vs: 3-4)
Does this have a familiar ring to our situation today? Now the last part of verse 7, and the first part of verse 8:�Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren?
Now that I've shown that debt-usury was a way of life to Jewry long before Jesus, we can begin to appreciate some of Jesus' rebukes of the scribes and Pharisees in his day.
One excellent example of this is in Mark 11:13-22. It's an allegory of the fig tree, i.e., Jewry. In verse 13, Jesus is passing a fig tree. He notices that it bears no fruit. He then curses the fig tree (v. 14). Immediately following this curse, Jesus entered into the temple at Jerusalem and overthrew the tables (records) of the moneychangers, and the seats of the merchants. (Compare, who is lamenting Babylon's fall in Rev. 18.) Then Jesus tells them:
Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
v.17
Note the long-range implication of this rebuke, and its national message. Also note in the next verse who wanted to put him to death for what he had done. Now let's go down to verses 20 and 21, and notice what has happened to the fig tree the following morning. Yes, it was withered away from the roots up.The lesson is clear. When the Lord finally casts out our "moneychangers" the life of the modern day fig tree will also die, because it's from money manipulation that Jewry has always maintained its power base.
Now let's check out Luke 21:29-32, and see why this is a second witness to the time of Babylon's fall.
And he spake to them a parable; Behold a fig tree, and all the trees;
When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
In other words, what Jesus was saying is that when you see the fig tree (the misnomer Jewish state of Israeli) setting leaves, (or, is still young) that this generation (period of 40 years) will not pass away till the Kingdom of God is come.
It is clear that the Bible likens the house of Judah to a fig tree, as we saw in Jer. 24, but it is equally important to recognize that the Jews understood this as well, and that the unique characteristics of the fig tree are brought to bear on this association.
One Christian author, G.R. Hawtin, offers his evaluation of this association, in an interesting analysis. Comments in his book, The Abrahamic Covenant are worth repeating here. See No.19 in Book Index.
"The Jews understood this fig tree analogy as being representative of Judah very well, certainly recognizing this symbol in their day as clearly as though the Lord had called them by name. The account of the cursing of the fig tree (Matt.21:19-21) is vivid in the mind of every student of scripture. The story records that Jesus, being hungry and ready to eat, saw a fig tree afar off having leaves upon it, but, coming to the tree, He found to his surprise that there was no fruit upon it. Though the time of figs was not yet, this strange instance is explained by the simple fact that, unlike other trees, it is the nature of the fig tree to bear her fruit first and the leaves afterward."
"Therefore, since there were leaves, the Lord was right to expect fruit also. What a picture that is of the house of Judah! Plenty of leaves! All manner of outward show! But, no fruit! The children of Abraham on the outside, but the children of the devil within!"
"So, Jesus pronounced a curse upon the fig tree, which is symbolic of the house of Judah, commonly known as the Jews, saying,
May no fruit grow on thee to the age. Matt. 21:19 (Diaglott)
"And when they returned and saw the tree the next day, it was dried up. In cursing the fig tree, He was symbolically cursing the house of Judah unto the age, that is to say, unto the kingdom age. It is not correct to use the word forever here as in the common version, for Judah will be restored in the kingdom" (The joining of the two Sticks of Ezekiel 37:15-28).
"True to God's word the entire age of grace has come and gone, but nationally the Jews are as blind and fruitless as they were in that day when the Lord pronounced the curse upon them. They rejected God's Christ and God has rejected them for this entire age of grace. As a result, they have wandered homeless throughout the whole earth as foretold by Jeremiah."
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers. (Jer.24: 9-10)
The Israeli nation of Jewry was established in the year 1948. Adding 40 years, which is a generation, would again bring you to 1988. There's little doubt also of the time of the year. For as Jesus said, All trees are setting buds. It would be reasonable to assume that our deliverance will correspond to the 14th of Nisan, and the redemption from Egypt.
No doubt I'll be criticized for making this prediction. But I'll remind you that I'm not predicting the return of Christ. It's plainly written that of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but the Father only. (Ref. Matt. 24:36).
The end of Babylon is not concealed from us, as long as we can compute the dates right. The only problem I have is the authenticity of ancient dates. It's easy to compute dates after prophecies have been fulfilled. The key is knowing the accurate dates to compute from.
The Israeli nation of Jewry was established in the year 1948. What I believe will be the key to finding out if 1988 was near a period that triggered prophetic events, � is the one other prophecy that must be fulfilled. Paul said in 1 Thess. 5:2-4:
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
As this book was first written in early 1986, it has been moderately revised in 1999. The prophecy of Thess. 5: 2-4, is that peace and safety will prevail before the destruction. This must happen. And it will, without question, as events since 1986 clearly show that peace can now be dictated and enforced at will by today's Babylon with its super power abundance -- as the Aliens plans and their guiding publications demand!
"The intensification of armaments and the increase of police forces are essential for the completion of our plans�we must create ferments, discords and hostilities, therein we gain double advantage. First, we keep in check all these countries, for they will know that we have the power whenever we like, to create discords or restore order. If general uprisings occur, we will use the guns of America or China or Japan to quell them, by universal war if necessary". (Protocol No. 7) Protocols of the Elders of Zion No. 20 in Book Index.
Despite persistent and vociferous denials, these Plans are now being exposed and realized, as more and more of Babylon's Talmudic influence is revealed. You, citizen, had better be on your knees and looking up, for our national redemption draweth nigh.
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. (Rev. 18: 4)
APPENDIX J
THE TORMENT OF "HELL" -- FACT, OR FICTION?To understand what "hell" is, we have to investigate the word. "Hell" is an English word that was in common usage when our Bibles were translated from the original texts. In the Middle Ages, "hell" meant a hole in the ground or grave. Throughout the Old Testament the English word "hell" came from the Hebrew word sheol, according to Strong's Concordance. Its counterpart, in the New Testament, is the Greek word Hades. Both of these words mean the grave.
Because of the indiscriminate use of the word "hell" by English and other revisers of Scripture, we have seen confusion run rampant as to what "hell" is. Our English translators not only translated the words sheol and Hades to "hell," but also the Greek words tartaros and gehenna.
The word tartaros only occurs once in the Bible. That place is in 2 Peter 2:4,
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell [tartaros], and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;Just what this describes has been the subject of much debate. My feelings on it are that it is probably connected with 2 Peter 3: verses 5 and 6. These verses describe the period between Gen. 1:1 and 1:2. If this is the application of 2 Peter 2:4, -- and I emphasize the word if, it's possible the Lord destroyed the earth prior to the restoration of Gen. 1:3 for that reason.There is too little Bible confirmation on this to make a doctrine out of it, although Paul mentioned that saints would judge angels in I Cor. 6:3. And Jude may have referred to these same angels in Jude 6. In my opinion the evidence is so skimpy and vague that it falls under the category of what Paul described as "seeing through a glass darkly" (I Cor. 13:12). Any expansion of revealed truth is unwise, and usually leads to error.
To give you an idea how these verses can be used to promote error, I'll cite how the Satan exalters use them.
They "claim" these verses explain where "Satan" and his "fallen host" came from. Then they go into a long-drawn-out story about the ''war in heaven'' (Rev. 12:7-9), and how this ''host'' was cast out of heaven to prowl the earth in search of "Souls" they could compel to do their will.
People who need the scapegoat -- God indirectly provided -- love this theory, because it provides them with the self-delusion that they are basically good, if only that nasty old "Satan" would leave them alone! This "basic goodness" of man is not scriptural. (Read Gen. 6:5, Jer. 17:9, and Mark 7:21-23.) As I've mentioned before in this study, these are delusions (2 Thes. 2:11-12) sent from God to funnel these people into damnation, because they would not receive the love of the truth.
I recommend you read 2 Peter 3:16, to put the situation in its proper perspective. When your done reading that truth, then reread 2 Peter 2:4 and Jude 6. You'll discover that whoever these angels were, they are in "...chains of darkness. ..reserved unto judgment." They are not prowling the earth in search of "souls."
Now back to our study of "hell."
The Greek word gehenna occurs twelve times in the New Testament. And according to Strong's Concordance it means: the Valley of Hinnom. This valley was the notorious place where the priests of the high places, practiced the ritual of passing their sons and daughters "through the fire to Molech" (2 Kings 23:8-10). Molech was the chief deity of the Ammonites. The children of Ammon also practiced the worship of Baal. The Israelites fell into this idol worship also. This "worship" included burning their sons unto Baal, as recorded in Jer. 19:5-11. If you read all of Jeremiah 19, you will see that it prophesied the siege of Jerusalem in A.D. 68-70, and how the besieged residents would treat each other, and the punishments inflicted by the Romans. Jeremiah was told to take a potter's earthen bottle, and go to the Valley of Hinnom at the east gate of Jerusalem. There he was to proclaim the word of the Lord to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Part of what he was to announce was this:
Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:
(Jer. 19:4-5)
Now if these things never even came into Yahovah's mind, where does that leave the tormenting hell doctrine? Without foundation, that's where!Continuing on in verse 6:
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcasses will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof. And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness [cramped quarters], wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
and shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet [gehenna], till there be no place to bury.
Jer. 19:6-11
So you can see that when Christ warned the evil people of his day that they were in danger of hell (gehenna) fire, the Jews knew what he meant, because they were familiar with Jeremiah's prophecy.This Valley of Hinnom, in New Testament days, was a refuse dump according to A Dictionary of the Bible. It had perpetual fires going in it to burn up the bodies and bones of beasts, criminals, garbage, and unclean things. It was an object of horror to the Jews. And an unmistakable symbol of dire evil and absolute ruin. It never did symbolize "eternal" hell fire punishment.
The doctrine that "hell" is a place of "eternal torment," is not a Bible doctrine. Its roots are found in pagan religions. With the rise of Catholicism in the 4th century, these doctrines were embraced by the ''universal'' church to incorporate more pagans into their ranks. Seeing the opportunity to make merchandise of the ignorant people, they also concocted the theory of purgatory. Purgatory, according to Catholicism, is a "way station" for dead souls. In order for the "soul" to be sprung from this place, the family of the deceased had to pay the priest for prayers of intercession. How much they paid was up to the discretion of the priest. As a rule, it was determined by the wealth of the family.
Following the lead of Roman Catholicism, many so-called Christian writers picked up on the theme. In about A.D. 1300, a writer by the name of Dante, wrote a book called Divine Comedy. It contained three parts -- Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. Dante's book incorporated all the ancient pagan thoughts on hell and couched them in flowery prose. The book had a tremendous influence on early Christianity
Following Dante, a man by the name of John Milton took up the theme in his book Paradise Lost. The book contained twelve mini-books of his interpretation of what happened in the garden of Eden. It is filled with vivid descriptions of "Satan" and his "fallen host" and how they deceived Eve into falling for their lie. Milton lets his imagination run wild in the book, as he describes the horrors of hell. Is only fitting that I should mention that in the Publishers Preface of the book, it mentions the state of John Milton as he wrote his book:
Milton's failing eyesight led to total blindness. He had already begun work on Paradise Lost, but made little headway before 1658.
How fitting a reward for John Milton from a righteous God!
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Matt. 15:14
So it's plain to see where these ideas of the burning torment are rooted. Of course God knew how unregenerate man would react to these things. So Christ provided a little fuel to the "fire" with the parable of Lazarus and the rich man. This parable, like all of Christ's parables - was told to teach a lesson. The lesson taught in the parable of Lazarus was this:Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.And he [the rich man] said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
And he [Abraham] said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.
Luke 16:29-31
The lesson, of course, was this: that if Moses and the prophets cannot persuade a person to repentance, neither will they repent because of the risen Christ. This is true. The followers of Judaism are perfect examples of this truth. They have never accepted Christ, because they reject what is written about him in Moses and the prophets. This rejection comes from the mixed-blooded heritage of the Jews. That's why Christ could say with assurance:I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. John10:25-26 For a complete study of the parable of Lazarus, I recommend you get No. 16 in Book Index.
The Bible teaches that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23). And that the wages of sin is death (Rom. 6:23). It never teaches that the wages of sin are "eternal torment." In fact, David said,
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the Lord.
Ps. 115:17-18
You may want to go back and reread what Job said about death in Job 14:12-15. All of the Bible witnesses are very consistent, and there's nothing said about "eternal torment."...God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law,�
Gal. 4:4-5
Those believers that are part of the first resurrection (Rev. 20:4-6) will not be subject to the white throne judgment of Rev. 20:11-13, where all of the Adamites that ever lived will be judged according to their works. Continuing on in Rev. 20, we read:�death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
(v.14)
Now think about that, my friend -- if hell is the lake of fire, how can they throw hell into hell? Do you see how silly this belief is? Yes, my friend, it's the grave that's thrown into the lake of fire.And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
(v.15)
Those Adamites cast into the lake of fire will be the ones guilty of gehenna -- which is the second death. So, in other words, the Bible word gehenna means complete destruction of the resurrected body at the white throne judgment.Now that we've got that settled, I'm going to drop a bombshell on you. As far as I know, this truth has never been disclosed before, although it's been before us for centuries. It's the truth that only Adamites will be resurrected!! This will no doubt dismay most of you, and of course, blows the doctrine of "whomsoever will" completely away. Now let's examine the scriptures and see if this is indeed the Lord's will, or a figment of my imagination.
Before we go back and pick up the pieces of this puzzle, I'd like to show you that the pre-Adamites, and the crossbreeds, will still be on the earth after the white throne judgment of the Adamites.
In. Rev. 21, we read of the complete manifestation of the New Jerusalem. It's a city come down from God to the earth (Rev. 21:2). Its borders are 1500 miles foursquare (Rev 21:16).
And the nations of them which are saved [Israel nations -- Rom. 11:26] shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth [pre-Adamites & crossbreeds] do bring their glory and honor into it.
Rev. 21:24
These pre-Adamite and crossbreed kings will be required to come once a year to do homage at the feast of tabernacles. This is recorded in Zec. 14:16-21.In verse 16, of Zechariah 14, we read:
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
These that are left are the ones that were not destroyed in the Gog and Magog uprising in Rev. 20:8-9. Notice also that this Uprising comes between the resurrection of the Just, and the white throne Judgment!
Now let's return to Rev. 21:27:
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Notice the vile of the pre-Adamites and crossbreeds will not be allowed into it. And only the ones written in the Lamb's book of life are the residents!
Now let's go on to Rev. 22:14-15,
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
For without are dogs [non-Israelites], and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
As we just read, those outside the holy city are still doing their evil deeds. Their carnal nature has not been changed. At this point, perhaps you'll remember what Adam called Eve back in Gen. 3:20.
And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
You have been shown in our previous study of Genesis 1, that the pre-Adamite man was never given the law, or access to the tree of life, which is symbolic of eternal life. Therefore they are not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can they be.
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God; neither indeed, can be. Rom. 8:7
Pre-Adamites were given a carnal nature at their creation so that they could populate the earth. That was their function, as you'll recall from Gen. 1:28. Now, because they never were given access to the tree of life, they will not be resurrected.
Is this shocking to you? It shouldn't be... if you have submitted yourself to the will of God. Think about it -- how could God resurrect them when there was no law given to them to judge them? The whole purpose of creating Adam and Eve was to introduce the law that would bring on death. Because Adam and Eve were selected for this purpose, they and their descendants had to be offered the gift of access to the tree of life. Only God knows how many of them will ever be found worthy of that life. In other words, resurrection is no guarantee of everlasting life. On the other hand, without the resurrection you cannot have eternal life.
David put it this way:
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
Ps. 146:3-5
Here we go again -- a butcher job on Bible words by the translators of complex or compound Hebrew words, especially into English words that lack an adequate, or sufficiently descriptive application to convey an intent or meaning, more in line with the original Hebrew word.Much like the English word stranger that reflects the inadequacy of English to convey the many Hebrew applications and usage to the English texts of the Bible.
The absence of more descriptive English terms to describe the various Peoples with whom the early Hebrews associated, or came into contact, renders the English word Stranger to a nondescript common usage for every type of stranger, which then skews religious doctrines, especially today, with the modern Church so active in promoting multiculturalism and ecumenism.
The Hebrews had five separate and distinct words to describe a stranger, words that in some cases, would permit a stranger to merit the charity and kindness afforded strangers by most of Christianity, but, others, different strangers, received much different consideration. Some merited the comment, "thou shall not put one above you, who is not your brother," while others were not permitted near religious functions of the priests. Nor were the Hebrews permitted to marry those not genetically associated.
This Hebrew attitude toward some strangers did not promote blanket multiculturalism or ecumenism: as the Lord intended. Today, miscegenation, once a crime, is even promoted by the enemies of the sons of Jacob, to their further debasement.
The word for man used in the previous text quoting David (Ps. 146:3-5) or son of man, comes from #120 in Strong's Concordance, a word distinctly separate in meaning and intent from #119 of Strong's; the primary, self-associated Hebrew word for man, both being "Adam."
Clearly, the description of "Adam" in #120 is at variance with the "Adam," of No. 119 in Strong's Concordance. No. 120 carries a much different meaning and connotation of man or "Adam". It is associated with the Pre-Adamites, those of the first Creation, those created by the plural "Elohiym;" not "formed" as was "Adam" (No. 119) by Yahovah God.
No. 119, markedly different, refers to an "Adam" as being one "to show blood in the face, or turn rosy. One that "blushes" or turns "flush" or "rosy." This "Adam" was placed under the Law, a distinctly unique application made by God the Creator, to the Adam assigned to the Garden of Eden and ordered to obey the Commands of God spoken in Gen.2: 16-17.
The other aw-dams (No.120) were not put under the law!
No.120 refers to a quite different aw-dam. This son of man means: another, hypocrite, common sort, low man, (man of low degree) This is the intended usage that describes the son of man in David's Psalm 146.
It is the term that is used throughout the Bible for pre-Adamites, crossbred Adamites and on occasion, for unregenerate Adamites.
Now, don't blame me, just because Strong's made the selection: as other sources validate the two separate distinctions and application of #'s119 and 120, Adams.
Thus, much like the confusion engendered by the use of one English word for Stranger, which distorts church doctrines from the truth, the proper use of the Hebrew word that identifies man, points to the fact that the English word man used in the Bible, must also be associated with its correct Hebrew application in each case!
Ignoring these two distinctly disparate meanings of the word in Genesis for man confuses the text and distorts Christian doctrines as well.
But, this Hebrew-English word translation confusion is minor when compared with an earlier, much more massive revision of the original Hebrew texts, the Septuagint, done by a group of Jewish scholars called the Masoretes, whose Masoretic text or manuscripts seriously corrupted the original Hebrew texts that had been done around 300 B.C.
Most Christians are generally ignorant of the history of the Masoretic texts which were begun around the 5th century by unregenerate Jews, claiming to be successors to the early Scribes. Known as Masoretes, they were portrayed as pious men of high integrity, having unfeigned and total devotion to accurate preservation of the Holy Writ, faithfully executing the duties of the office to which they were its legitimate heir.
In reality, nothing could be further from the Truth!
The original Septuagint was used and recognized by the early Church as the authoritative cannon of the Old Covenant Scripture, but the revived and devious activity of the Masoretes diminished the original, early text, the Septuagint, by almost one third!Removing particularly, those verses and references they considered distasteful and antagonistic to the Jews! Critics and Bible scholars have found numerous deletions and changes done by these later day Jews called Masoretes, despite the fact that the apostles and Jesus Himself, used and authenticated the words in the text of the Septuagint!
What has come to us today via this deception by the Masoretes are the modern English Bibles, translated directly from the corrupted Masoretic text, with little or no consideration given to the reading of the Septuagint or other manuscripts of the Old Covenant Scripture.
So, while we have seen a lack of faithfulness between Hebrew and English word usage and application, it pales in comparison to the use of the corrupted Masoretic texts as the basis for modern English Bible translations. See No. 21 in the Book Index.
Consequently, dedicated Bible scholars -- Christians, must recognize and consider not only the disparities in translations and the applications used between ancient Hebrew words and English, but the corrupted Bible texts as well: monumental deceptions done by 5th to 9th century, unregenerate Jews determined to thwart the growth and spread of a faith so at odds with their own.
Christianity even then, they recognized as antithetical to their Judaism, but now, even more so; a continuing deception and clever deceit permeates today's Talmudic Judaism vis-�-vis Christianity: both now so thoroughly immersed into a new religion - Judeo-Christianity - that any criticism of corrupted texts is viewed as unholy and antisemetic, so tangled are the roots of today's Wheat with the Tares. So entangled, that only the Lord can resolve this problem: and He does, by sending His angels to remove the Tares. See Matthew 13: 41 for confirmation.
Now, having digressed to make the reader aware of a historic, but monumental corruption of Bible text, word changes do modify doctrines as well, so I must continue with more comment on the references to man, to son of man.
Now consider the word perish also. This comes from the Hebrew word abad meaning: to utterly destroy. In other words, no resurrection. But note that the sons of Jacob do have hope. Of course, that hope is in their resurrection.
Solomon had much to say about the "sons of men" in Ecclesiastes 9:2-10. I'll just quote a few of the most enlightening verses.
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
V: 3
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
V: 6
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
V: 10
Daniel wrote also about the resurrection of the Adamites. He put it this way:And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Dan. 12:2
Now after reading that, why would Daniel say that many would be awoke and not all, unless only the Adamites were the ones to be awakened?Going back now to Rev. 20:12, we read of two books being opened to do the judging. One is simply called the book, and the other is called the book of life.
The first mention of a book being kept in the Bible is in Gen. 5:1.
This is the book of the generations of Adam....
We can therefore assume that the whole race of Adam -- excluding the overcomers -- will be judged out of the book, by the law.
The other book is called the Lamb's book of life. This book only pertains to the overcomers. Abraham, Isaac, and Israel etc. Those in the book of life will be judged by faith -- not by the law.
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Rev. 3:5
As you can see, this is the book today's Christians must be included in or else they will be cast into the lake of fire. As it said in the above verse: "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment,..." The only way to be an overcomer of your flesh nature is to submit yourself to the word and will of Almighty God. True conversion can only come by the calling of God.If you read His words, and rebel at His will, rest assured your faith is vain -- you are yet in your sins. Your flesh nature still reigns supreme in your body, along with your carnal mind.
For the carnal mind is enmity toward God.
Rom. 8:7
Perhaps now you will understand why missions in heathen lands have always been such miserable failures. And why Christianity has always been the white man's religion.Perhaps now you can see why Christ would say,
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs [non- Israelites] neither cast ye your pearls before swine [the unclean], lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Matt. 7:6
Perhaps now you'll understand why Christ could say with assurance:If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
John 15:18-19
To conclude this brief study I'd like to leave you with this:Enter ye in the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Matt. 7:13-14Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.Luke 12:32
"You did not choose me. No, I chose you�John 15:16
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gabriel is the messenger angel of the Lord (Luke 1:19). In the same token -- the message in this book is also from the Lord. It's a call for his servants to understand his will, to throw off the false doctrines of past centuries, and to prepare themselves for the cleansing that will initiate the Kingdom Age.
The reasons this book was written under the pseudonym "Gabriel" are two fold: First off, nobody should be excluded from believing it's truth. Christ taught that, "A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house" (Matt. 13:57).
Applying this principle to our day is essential, if an author doesn't want to alienate his associates, and thereby cause them to reject the truth to their hurt.
The second reason is also a major tenet of scripture. God doesn't exalt man: ". . . yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, (Rom. 3:4). To this end -- only His word shall receive honor in the pages of this book. The purpose of this book is to glorify the Father, and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Any book that exalts a man, or even attempts to insinuate that a man has been given some "secret" wisdom not found in the Holy Bible is a fraud.
All proceeds from this book will be used to print, advertise, and distribute the truths contained in this book.
I believe that this information should be read by every professing Christian on earth. It's vital in this age of upheaval that everyone realize why these distressing times are coming upon us. The answers are in God's word. And expounding that word is the purpose of this book.
"Gabriel"
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