Thursday, May 31, 2012

# 7. Revelation's Eternal Sign in Earth' s LAST Conflctict.

HOW MANY PEOPLE, SADLY, HAVE NOT A CLUE THAT THE FOLLOWING IS A CALL TO WORSHIP OUR CREATOR, BY HIS USING WORDS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM EXODUS 20:11, THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT?

Revelation 14:6-7. "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters."

Note: Some, due to their not knowing, are put off, by this word fear, but when this word is used in connection with our relationship with our Heavenly Father, the Hebrew word used is closer to our REVERE,  or even in AWE, because He is LOVE, and all who love Him, need not ever fear Him. Others, well they are lost! Basically there's but two groups of people, the saved and the lost, there's no in between.

{In fact at the time of the end there 'll be only four (4) types of people 1: The Living Just and, 2.  the living unjust. 3. The Dead just and the 4. the dead Unjust.}

Revelation 4:11. "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created."

NOTE: We, each one of us is, or has been, a Created being by HIS hand, as it is from God that we receive the "Breath of Life", and no science can prove nor show different, because God is above Science, as He is The ONE who created all the so-called Natural Laws, that controls all movements in the Universe.
Note: For all those still hung-up on evolution, can YOU name the PhD that recorded the very beginnings of life?
NO?  None can right? Thus all it is, is a human Assumption, which is next door, to the educated guess!

Ephesians 3:9. "And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:"

Note: "....who created all things by Jesus Christ"  WHO is this but God the Father? Yet Jesus was the Active Agent in the Creation. Thus, Revelation's call to worship the Creator is a call to  give honor to Jesus.

 Exodus 20:8-11. "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it"

Note: We worship Him as The Creator, by keeping HIS SABBATHS, a call given before the coming of Christ! [See opening verses Rev.14:6,7.}

NOTE: but. . .but was this not for the Jews ONLY?

Mark 2:27 . "And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:"

Genesis 2:1-3. "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made"

Note: From earth's first beginnings to the first humans was but a 6 by 24 hour.span of time, but from Eden to the first mention of the word Jew, or Jews, is in the Book of Ruth, some 2300 years latter. Thus, well before any Jew was born! This is nothing more, than more of the "Traditions of men" in response to Satan's wish for worship to him on Sundays!

 Mark 2:28. "Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath."

Note: How can man or men make a Common day holy, and make a holy day common? Can man really change God's Law, that HE wrote into stone?

Ezekiel 20:12. "Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them"

Ezekiel 20:20. "And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.

Note: Hallow, to keep holy, and to whom do the Sabbath's belong to? Who is speaking the "MY SABBATHS?" but God Himself? So why take the words of men over the words of GOD, when men can't save self. let alone YOU?

Luke 4:16. "And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read."

Note:: does this sound to YOU, that Christ is getting ready to announce a change in the day of the Sabbath here? Nor is there ANY  OTHER verse that does this, period. It's all human "Traditions"!

Matthew 24:20. "But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:"

Note: Christ foretold, of this event, Pagan Rome's total destruction of Judah, as a nation, this event is history as of 70A.D.Does this not show that HE expected His own to still keep His Sabbaths? No mention about FIRST DAY CREATION nor His Resurrection the day AFTER SABBATH!

Acts 13:42-44. "And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.  Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God."

Note: This was Paul, who, and Peter, wrote their parts as directed by the3 Holy Spirit, near the end of the First Century A.D. in and around 85-90 AD, and they preached and kept God's Sabbaths!

Acts 16:13. "And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither."

Note: This was a mix of both Jew and Gentile, that met for worship, as there was yet no built building for a Church.

Revelation 1:10. "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,"

Note: as with the above note, here at the end of the first 100 years A.D. the Lord' s Day was held as Holy, although this verse does not make it clear the next do.  ....

 Matthew 12:8. "For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day."
 Mark 2:27-28. "And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath."
 Luke 6:5. "And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath."

Note: IF the Lord' s Day IS The Sabbath, then the Sabbath must be the Lord' s day. agree?

Note: Still in doubt about the Seventh day Sabbath?  Re-read Gen 2:1: 1-3 at the top of this post.

Luke 23:54-56. "And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment."

Luke 24:1. "Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them"

Note:The last three verses, lists three days in succession!
1. The Day Christ died-being the Preparation day-Friday, to prepare foods and home for the Sabbath
2. Sabbath, the Day Jesus rested- Sabbathed, in the Tomb- Saturday
3. The First day- SUNDAY, the Venerable day of the Sun, His Resurrection day. 

Here the Holy Bible gives its names to the DAY before the Sabbath, and the DAY after the Sabbath, therefore the day in the middle MUST BE THE SABBATH DAY, YES OR NO?

Hebrews 13:8  "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever."

NOTE: Now Christ does not, did not ever change, who is left to change it other than Satan, who hates the Sabbath, because it honors the Creator, and men or man? Either way who but Jesus is able to forgive sin and save YOU AND ME?  
   What have all those fully in Jesus, have to look forwards to...?

Isaiah 66:22-23. "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD."

Since Jesus is YOUR Savior, Your Lord and YOUR Master, do YOU lovingly choose to obey Him by Keeping His Sabbath holy?      YES?   or   NO?

Your Answer?
Find your local Seventh day Adventist Church, visit at 9:00am each Saturday/Sabbath , You just might be glad you did!

Comments?     Questions?


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john





Tuesday, May 29, 2012

6b. REVELATION' S ANSWER FOR SOCIETY' S CRUMBLING MORAL VALUES.

LESSON #6b."REVELATION'S ANSWER FOR SOCIETY'S CRUMBLING MORALS.


ONE, of the oft heard explanations, "Well it's all relative, because there are no absolutes, in right and wrong, nor in truth.  It all relative to a person at that point in time and place!"

I've oft thought that they who use this must think that well today 1+1=2, here and now but that may change elsewhere, or tomorrow! HUH?  If , this equates Societal Thinking, then we all know the why for our news headlines, right?
   Wrong is always wrong, and right is right always everywhere!AGREE?

Proverbs 26:26. "Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation."

Revelation 14:7. "Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters."

Note: much of this verse, indeed of the whole book of Revelations, just over half,. comes from the Old Book, as this finds the words from Exodus 20:11.{Q: What does this do for the New Testament only, Christians?}

Psalms 111:7-8. "The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness."

Note: There's a great reward for each person, that keeps His Laws! Just read on.....

Psalms 19:11. "Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward."

Romans 6:14. "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace."

Note: We are not "under the Law" as a means of Salvation, this comes to those with believing faith, as a gift from Our Father. Salvation comes totally and always by Grace!....>

Ephesians 2:8. "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:"

Note: because we, all with believing faith/trust, have God's grace, by breaking His law this become a DIS- Grace!

Romans 6:15. "What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid"

Romans 6:14. "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.."

Romans 6:16. "Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?"

Note: "...to whom ye yield yourselves..." All those who yield, or obey, to what and or those who teach not according to God's Word, are under Satan's powers! Just read Exodus 20, it's our "Mirror," to check self for any "dirt"/sins! If we do, act or worship outside of the Bible, who in truth, do we worship? YOUR ANSWER?

 1 John 3:4. "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law."

James 2:10. "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all."

NOTE: Would it come as a surprise to you Reader, if you are told that most of Christianity only observes 9 , yes only nine of the ten Commandments? Gen. 2:1-3, and, Exodus 20:8-11. God said MY Sabbath in: Exodus 31:13, Leviticus 19:3,26:2, Isaiah 56:4, Ezekiel 20:12 and Matt 12:8 and HE id's The Day in 28:1Yet many think that man can, and did change this,as being A OK!

Matthew 28:1. "In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher. "

Note: From ONE CROSS, ONE SAVIOR, and ONE BOOK, we have how many "Denominations"?
IF. . .if YOU. . .look up in College sized dictionary, under this word find the ROOT Meaning, being "DENOMINATOR", now to get a denominator we must divide, as in math, agree? Who or what power is forever trying to divide men from God? Who but Satan and all his?

2 Thessalonians 2:10-11. "And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:"

Note: God gave us His Word, and all are able to understand it, IF with prayer one asks for the wisdom to understand, and how to learn! Sadly most do not do this, thus they have not the love for truth, and shall believe the lies of men, thus 100's of "Denominations"! You ask, perhaps, "Why should I care?"....

Isaiah 59:1-2. "Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear."

Note: "WHY should this matter to YOU?"...;

John 8:12. "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life"

Note: What think YOU, would be the human condition, without the light of life?  A: DEATH, eternal. They shall share Satan's fate, if not to the same intensity.

Romans 3:28-31. "Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law."

Note: The law, is just that, a Sign Post, if you will, the same as man's "Stop Signs", they never stop a car, until the driver's apply the brakes, ditto for speed limits, agree? Drivers MUST be willing to obey traffic signs, thus the "Circumcision" of the heart, means only our willingness to obey based upon our love for our Savior!

GOD uses only LOVE and TRUTH, Satan uses everything but! Because love always leads to obedience...;

John 14:15. "If ye love me, keep my commandments."

Note: The very foundation of God's Governance is LOVE!  read John 3:16.

Hebrews 8:10. "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:"

NOTE: THIS is the ONLY way whereby a person, is able to fully obey all LAWS, because God will write them into our hearts/minds! What IS the opposite of this?....

1 John 2:4-5. "He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him."

NOTE: Do YOU, reader, agree, that as our Maker, HE has the right to set the rules? For in life, we ARE HIS GUESTS, thus as our Host, He sets up our arrangements, as all gracious hosts should, agree?

Psalms 40:8. "I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart."

Note David, if you've read his story, you know his path was seldom without boulders, agree?

Revelation 14:12. "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus"

Note: When Christ returns, these, shall be the ONLY ones still living! The other camp of non-believers have perished, by the Glory of His Coming! Accept this yes or no, nobody' s beliefs, shall change that which shall be! More than 3/4 of all Prophecy has come as written, and many shall still not accept Him! YOU-----?

 Revelation 12:17. "And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."

NOTE: REMNANT, a left over piece from the Original, those who believe and follow Jesus, as the early Church did! They accepted and followed the Holy Bible, as the sole Word of God! Just as did the faithful, through the ages!

All those who from His word and their prayers, have come to know Jesus, and thus love Him, are willingly obedient and accept the principle of His laws as the guide of their life,...... IS THIS YOU?

Questions?   Comments?

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john
May the Creator chose to bless each of you...







Monday, May 28, 2012

6A REVELATION'S ANSWER FOR HUMAN SUFFERING.

LESSON 6a

REVELATION' S ANSWER FOR HUMAN SUFFERING.

Most of human suffering is due to our own personal choices, we make, as to our life-style, in foods we eat, amounts, our exercise and sleep habits, as of course, What we choose to believe, thus serve! If anyone thinks a alcoholic does not serve the god of booze, they are not observant. Nor those bound with any other of Satan's chains!  Why is this,   as God is love? He gave us a free-will, to make our choices.

1 John 4:8. "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."

NOTE: If God is love, why all the hate and evil in this world?

Matthew 13:24-28. "Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?  He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?"

Note: Who but Satan is the enemy? He does the sowing. No, he can't read minds, but he has patient observers, who knows each of us better than we know self, thus they and he know, what "Bait to use to hook us, and to his will!"
BUT YOU say, " no way Jose'" he ain't got me to bite his hook, right?  OK, so then you have not EVER sinned, thus never broken any of the God's Commandments, not even in the spirit of the law? Never hated another? Never looked with lust in your heart at a beautiful woman/man, not your spouse? Never said God's name in vain [cussed?} Then congrads .YOU are only the second perfect human, Christ was the first!

Isaiah 14:12-14. "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High"

Note: This is Satan's  "I" disease, as in me myself and I syndrome.

Revelation 12:7-9. "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him"

Note: Time line for this passage is best suited in the beginning of the 3rd chapter of Genesis!  Now Satan deceived how much of the world? Part or ALL?

.Luke 10:18. "And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven."

NOTE: Yes, God did create the angel who by his thoughts and actions became Satan, no longer perfect.

Ezekiel 28:15. "Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee."

Note:"Iniquity most of the time this can be translated to mean lawlessness, as God purpose for the Law was to reveal sin, or lawlessness! Much like a mirror shows us the dirt on our faces.

Genesis 1:26-27  And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Note: many ask, "Who is this US? In the "Let us make man in our image"? They are the Three Members of the Godhead, which is best understood, as the Three Offices of God the Father, of God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit! All working as ONE, with the two allowing the Father to take the lead.

John 17:11. "And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.'

Note: Please to expand upon this idea, read all of John17 th chapter, I will be a blessing unto you!

Genesis 3:1-7. "Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?  And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, {VS4}Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.  And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

Note: VS 4, is the Bible's first Recorded lie, Satan changed whole meaning of God, by his insertion of the one word, NOT, and most of earth believed this, that our death does not mean death, but only another form of existence! Yet this finds no fit in God' s  Word! Thus both Adam and Eve rebelled against God, believing Satan's lie over God's truth! Thus sin entered into the world! Why is this bad?  Read on......

Isaiah 59:1-2. "Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear."

Note: Sin separates the sinner from God, who is the ONLY source of life! But you may think, "So what?"

Romans 6:23. "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

Jeremiah 17:9. "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?"

Romans 8:7. " Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be"

Note: If you have heard or read any "News" of late, these last two verses, should tell you the why of evils..

Romans 5:12. "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:"

Note: Christ so loved us all, that He paid the price we are not able.

Romans 6:16. "Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?"

Note: Whom do you obey God or men, and their Traditions?

Hebrews 2:15-18. "And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.  Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted."

Romans 5:17-19. "For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)  Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.  For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous."

Note: The Roman leaders in Jerusalem, thought Jesus had lost, the Church leadership, but for a few, thought He had lost, Satan and his rejoiced thinking they'd won,  Yet and thankfully so, Jesus turned this apparent defeat into victory, at His resurrection! It is both His sinless life, and His death for all sin, that HE Jesus made Redemption even possible, yet only only for those willing, with love to obey.His resurrection proved for us that in HIM there's live for us after death, but only by His Resurrecting Powers!

Romans 3:24. "Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:"

Note: this is only possible in Jesus Christ, and not no other being, not even the Father, Nor Mary!
That. saved by Mary, is nothing more than the traditions of men, that and $10.00 will get you a Latte at Starbucks!

Romans 3:25. "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;"

Note Propitiation. as in payment in full.

Isaiah 41:13. "For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

Are your problems bigger than Jesus Christ? They can't be! He formed the whole Cosmos! But what about Satan and sins, will they ever end?

Ezekiel 28:17-18. "Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee."

NOTE: Can anything still be said to exist, if they, or it, are reduced to ashes?  NO! This is the 2nd Death, more on this latter.

Revelation 21:1-5. "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful"

Note: are we sure none this evil will ever come again?

Nahum 1:9. "What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time"

Revelation 1:5-6. "And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen."

Note: When anyone wholly accepts Christ's love, and Him as their personal Savior, with love, them the Father sees only His own Son's righteousness and not us,  and for our confessed and repentant sins He has has forgotten, and looks only to His Son, IN YOU AND ME!

Revelation 1:20. "The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches."

Note:  Christ walks walks among us, in all the ages of men, unseen, by all.

Revelation 5:6. "And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth."

Note: Jesus Christ is spoken of as a Lamb some 27 times in Revelation! As in the Lamb slain.

Revelation 17:14. "These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful."

Note: Trails in the time of the end? YES, will some believers lose their lives? Yes, but all those, in Christ, shall live again with Jesus! Because He triumphs over the Dragon, the Beast and fallen Babylon.

1 John 4:8-9. "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him."

WHY is this. . . . so? Read.....

Genesis 1:27-31. "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.  And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.  And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.  And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day."

Will you accept Jesus as Your Savior?

Comments?    Questions?

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john


# 5. Revelations Final Judgment

Lesson 5.  REVELATION' S FINAL JUDGMENT.

Revelation 14:6-7. "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters."

Note: Those who claim Christ, and allow Him to rule their heart, are those who will shout the message of His Soon Return to end Probation and Judgement is closed and done!


Revelation 22:12. "And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be."

Note: Would YOU agree, that in order for any reward to be granted, a judgment MUST have already taken place? Because when HE returns in His full Glory, the wicked and the earth's surface shall both be destroyed, therefore some judgment MUST have been rendered, to decide who is just and who is not!

 Jeremiah 4:24-25. "I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled."

Note: Many area taught, this passage must be of the Flood, but it had 8 Adamic souls survive in the Ark, remember? This verse "....there was no man..."  THIS Is at  the point of Christ's return!

 Jeremiah 4:27-28. "For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it"

Note: This verse is earth's condition during the 1,000 years, and this is where Satan and his angels are held, in darkness, without sun, nor moon, nor even star shine, for light! {Rev.20:2}

Matthew 12:36. "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment."

Note: Jesus gave a verbal picture of Judgment as future, in His time on earth.

Acts 24:25. "And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee."

Note:  Is there really a MORE CONVENIENT TIME? What about the person that died of a heart attack, this morning? Or the teen that was hit by a drunken hit and run driver? Did either of these know their end was near?  NO, nor do YOU, right? I want YOU in heaven with Christ and many others!

Daniel 7:9-10. "I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened."

Note: Daniel was shown the seating of the SUPREME COURT of the Universe' s opening Judgment. When, I know not, and, neither does any other human!

Daniel 8:14. "And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed."

NOTE:  This time Prophecy, as shown below, pinpoints when heavenly judgment would take place with the cleansing of the heavenly Sanctuary.It is based on the Leviticus Record of Sanctuary procedures, and on Daniel prophecy.

Leviticus 16:29-30. "And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD."
Leviticus 23:27-29 . "Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people"

Note: Once each year, Day of Atonement {AT ONE WITH} the earthly sanctuary was cleansed of all the guilt transferred in by the confessed sins of the Israelites. It was a day of Judgment! At the end of the day the sins of the repentant people were either confessed, forgiven and renounced, or unconfessed, and cherished.sins All Israelites who refused to confess their sins were banished from the camp. {A virtual death sentence, as was the much latter EX-Communications} They were judged. The cleansing of the heavenly Sanctuary takes place near the end of this age of flesh men. IT will be and is God' s Final Judgement on sin.

2 Corinthians 5:10. "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad."

NOTE: ALL shall be Judged, By Christ.{Remember he died for our sins, because He loves us all}

Romans 14:12. "So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God"

NOTE: Judged by which bases, or what truth?

Revelation 20:12. "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works."

Note: Before YOU holler foul, works can't save us, YOU are correct, but read on

James 2:18-20. "Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.  Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?"

NOTE: Faith, without love is empty, but love gives us the the desire to do works, which MAY be just a smile to one who is in need to see a friendly face! Or to help a neighbor, with a job to great for one person.

Acts 3:19. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;"

Note: What are our costs in Not confessing or repenting of our sins, all sins?

Revelation 3:5. "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"

Note: The opposite then must also be true, no confession, no repentance, equals no over comming of sin, they shall be "Blotted Out", within the Revelation's Lake of Fire! .{By the way a QUESTION: Can our lives truly be "Heavenly"  if we all can remember our loved ones who where lost"?  MY answer: without Biblical back-up, NO!, but look at what the Hebrew word, Blotted out means (yes the New is in Greek, but written by Jews converted to Christians) "As if not ever to have existed" And their memories removed from our minds?}

Hebrews 10:17. "And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more"

Note: Will God do this for us also, or will he allow a Mother's love and memory of a lost child to be hers for ever? Please think!

Romans 8:1. "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit"

NOTE: This is a large part of the purpose for the Cross and His life, freely given for us! He IS the way and by the Cross He is the life for us all!  Plus...we overcome condemnation only through Christ! .....>

Hebrews 7:24-25. "But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.  Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them."

Note: "...unchangeable Priesthood..." human priests lived and died, but Christ is eternal!

Daniel 9:20-26. "And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.  And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.  At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.  Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.  Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.  And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

Note: The Angel Gabriel returns to continue the explanation of the vision {Daniel 8:14}, which was interrupted by Daniel's fainting. {Daniel 8:27} 
                                                                                     

|<... 457BC
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v <..................> 69 Prophetic Weeks = 483 Literal Years X..AD. 27 Messiah's Baptism
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v<   > X +3.5 yrs = 31 AD Messiah Cut Off Crucified "Midst of the Week"
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v <.. +3.5 yrs + A.D. 34. [2 x3.5 yrs= 7 years= 1 week, and end of God's Covenant with Israel
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V <...>  from 457BC to 34 AD = 69 weeks + 1week= 70 prophetic weeks
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V <....> Time of the End.

NOTE: Time line shown vertical, due to width limits, but as this is all one prophetic time frame, how can men then take the end or the 70th week, and shove it far in the still future, and others take it far into the past, as coming out from the Greek empire, when the Bible says it [the apostasy] came out of the fourth best, not the third?

Note many teach, and take the 70th week week of this time frame and throw it still today, years into the future, while still others, place this same week, far into the past and out of the Greek empire, both find  NO fit in Scripture!  Thus it's only of Satan and men!

(1) *--- Ezekiel 4:5. "For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel"
Numbers 14:34.After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise."

Note: both show the one year for a day a day in prophetic time only!

A Chart 4 the 2300 Literal years:
|457 B.C          | Messiah            |AD 31 Sacrifices Cease
|  Degree          | A.D. 27            | Cross               | AD34          
|..........................................................           ......| God's Covenant.............................| Judgement
|Rebuild wall                                              .. with Israel ends/to Gentiles
{read next line as part of the top line as all in one Horizontal line]                                  |
   
|,................2300..........................years.....................................................................;  A.D.1844

The Heavenly Sanctuary cleansing  began in 1844! {457 BC to 1844 AD= 2300 years.

YOUR RESPONSEWill you CHOOSE to accept Jesus as your Savior, Lord and High Priest in the Judgement? Will YOU surrender anything that stands between you and Jesus?
ANSWER:...................................................?

NOTE: ANYTHING YOU place between God and you is an IDOL!

Questions?  Comments?

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john

Thursday, May 24, 2012

#4 REVELATION' s Glorious Appering

L.4.   Revelation' s Glorious Appearing.

    Revelation' s focus is the Savior's Returning, more so than any other Book, with the Book of Books! This focus in on Jesus as His return as KING of Kings, and LORD of Lords

Revelation 14:14. "And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle."

Revelation 19:11. "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war."

Revelation 19:14. "And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean."

Revelation 11:15. "And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever."

Note: As one can see, God's Word is not in a chronological order, this is the why of....

Isaiah 28:10. "For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:"

Note: Jesus Himself, gave us this promise.....

John 14:1-3. "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."

NOTE: As any can see plainly, Jesus will NOT return for a select few, in a secret! Do YOU know as David declares in PS.50:3 "Our Lord shall come." that there are over 1,500 prophecies off Jesus' Second Coming recorded in the Bible? For every prophecy of His First Coming in the Old Book, there are eight (8) predicting His Second Coming! In fact the return of our Lord is mentioned once in every five verses in the New Book!{Think YOU that He placed some importance on this event?}

Psalms 50:3. "Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him."

HIS COMING - A LITERAL EVENT!

 Acts 1:11  .. "Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven."

AND A VERY VISIBLE EVENT!

Revelation 1:7. "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen."

PLUS A VERY AUDIBLE!

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17. "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."

Note: This should become a favored verse...

1 Thessalonians 4:18. "Wherefore comfort one another with these words."

What shall the condition of HIS children be, those who have allowed Jesus to sit on "the Throne of their Heart?" by their willingness to love with obedience?

1 Corinthians 15:51-54. "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory."

NOTE: No human can will gain victory over sin or death, but Christ showed all He is able, and will do this for all of His own, those who reject Him NOT! At the Last Trump [trumpet call}

AND. . .IT WILL BE A GLORIOUS EVENT!

 Matthew 24:27. "For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."

Note: How can  huge, and many lightning bolts, be a SECRET? It can not, but not only will believers see, and be resurrected to join Him in the clouds/air, all those still living, but also the same that are dead, the graves will open, and all shall be in immortal bodies, as His, at His return!

Matthew 24:30. "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory."

Note: Shall all be overjoyed to see His returning? NO! The unjust shall.....

Revelation 6:14-17. "And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"

Note: Can YOU digest the levels of fear these, who have utterly rejected Christ, must feel, to have asked the mountains and rocks to fall upon them in order to hide them from Jesus? Yet those who love Him, are totally filled with joy! They have chosen Christ thus life, all who have not chosen, are Satan's and will share his fate with him, death eternal!
NOTE: Why is this needed? Each being, as ALL are created beings, must see that sin is the core of all evils, and thus shall not ever rise up, again! God, Himself, put Himself, on  trail, to prove His way is the only way, for truth and love to become happiness, which in the Greek is known as BLESSINGS. As you can read....

Matthew 13:37-43. "He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;  The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;  The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;  And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear."

Note: All evil shall be purged out of God' s Kingdom, never to raise up again. The wicked will share the Lake of Fire with Satan and his angels and demons, while the righteous are saved through all eternity.This is the why of this:               Born twice=die once {be resurrected into life everlasting}
                                     Born once= die twice.  the Lake of fire is the second death, the death of sin, therefore ALL who willingly cling to their sin (s) shall burn up with their sins, and be no more forever!

YOU ASK WHY? Love, all who love Jesus, willingly obey because of love. ALL who reject Jesus, hate all that He represents, and God loves even sinners so much that He will allow them their desire to have no part of heaven, and HE withdraws His presence form all those! Why is this important?

John 8:12. "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life" [+ Jn. 6:35,51. 6:12.10:10,11.11:25. 14:6 GAL. 2:10. REV. 21:6]

Note: God is the very source of life, all live forms, therefore from all those from whom He removes Himself, as the very source of life, they cease to live, period! The lake of Fire then disposes of them by reducing them to ashes! Thus eternal hell is but Satan's invention to distort our view of God, by deceptions, for which he has no match!

Isaiah 25:9. "And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation."

Titus 2:13-14. "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;  Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works."

Note : Purify self?  HOW?   Become willing, to be subject to Jesus Christ, as YOUR Personal Savior, Older brother, and best Friend! Then the Holy Spirit will make all the needed cleansing and repairs or changes, within you!!God's ONLY weapons? LOVE-TRUTH-MERCY and GRACE! Satan uses all but these.
What shall be His Final invitation to prepare for His SOON return?.....

Revelation 22:11. "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still"

Note: How can we do this, you ask? Simple go to read and learn Exodus 20 the Ten Commandments, and use them, as a whole, as a "Mirror", to look into to see where the "Dirt"/sins are within you, acknowledge those shortcomings, in prayer, while repenting of each one, and asking for forgiveness for each one!

1 John 1:9. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"

How's that for a promise we all need to claim?

Revelation 22:12. "And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be"

Note: Judgement is set! There's no more time to repent, and there's no second changes! Noah preached of the coming flood for 120 years {Gen 6:3} but none believed nor accepted and were lost, all humans save for eight persons!Their personal unbelief, did NOT change that which was to come, right? Sadly many think the very same way today, and they also shall be on the wrong side, the side with Satan, the lost!

Revelation 22:17-20. "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.  He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus."

As you can read, this shall be His final invitation to eternal life, with Him and the Father! So I ask YOU reader, "Do YOU know when YOU will draw your last breath?" The dead can NOT repent, nor ask for forgiveness, thus YOUR future is then set in stone! Therefore now,--- today, is the time to claim Jesus as YOURS, to fully surrender all of self, to The Father in Christ's name!

I have searched, via many Denomination's Doctrinal Beliefs, and compared each to the Holy Bible, and found only ONE faith, that accepted, believed and taught the Bible as written, and accepted that it proves itself within itself, the Seventh day Adventist, find one in your area, and "GO AND SEE!" THE LIFE YOU SAVE IS YOUR OWN, BY THIS ACTION!
   I must also add, there shall be many Christ loving people, from all walks of life, from all faiths, even savages who have not even heard the word Jesus! God judges our hearts, and by the amount of HIS  truth we each have received!

SUMMARY:
1) SEISMIC UPHEAVALS Matt.24:7
2) Righteous dead raised
3) Righteous living changed
4) Immortality bestowed
5) Wicked Living destroyed [1st death]
6) Righteous welcome Christ, in the clouds
7) Righteous joined with Christ, go to heaven

BUT. . .but what about secret rapture?

Matthew 23:36. "Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation"

Note: Which generation?  The Last one! Only the Father knows the time and day.

Matthew 24:36. "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father"
 only."

Matthew 24:43. "But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up."

Matthew 24:44. "Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh."

Note: The Bible speaks about a thief, yet it speaks about the TIME, HE comes, NOT in the MANNER of His coming!

2 Peter 3:10. " But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up."

Note: Great destruction at His return, yet His coming shall be as a thief ONLY to those unprepared for Him! Just as we are unprepared for a thief who breaks into our homes.

Luke 17:26-28. "And as it was in the days of Noe,{Gk for Noah} so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;"

Note: Just as they not listen to the warnings given to all by Noah, many shall ignore this. and all other warnings as well. All who ignore the warnings of Christ, shall be as those in Noah's time, they were on the WET SIDE of the Ark!

YOUR RESPONSE:  Do YOU want to commit your life to being prepared for Jesus' literal,audible,glorious and joyfully coming?   ANSWER:.....................

Questions?    Comments?

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john.
May God chose to bless thee and thine.






Sunday, May 20, 2012

#2.THE END OF THE WORLD IS IT HERE,NEAR OR FEAR?

THE END of the WORLD: IS IT HERE, NEAR OR FEAR?    LESSON 2.

Most know, that there's a plethora of ideas out there, and most of us know that much is are from human origin, thus must be taken with that proverbial "grain of salt", right? Let's face it, we humans have terrible track record in ACCURATE predictions of the future, agree?
   As anyone can learn even from Daniel 2, where God showed the human kingdoms that came and went, in our recorded history, as spot on correct, as recorded by the prophet Daniel around 603 B.C and write about the two Romes, the first, that conquered Greece in 168 B.C, and the second that is still with us today, with total correctness. Men can not do this agree?

Matthew 24:2-3. "And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?"

Note: They had just been told that their Temple, their Center of the World, would be no more, this in their Jewish thinking, meant earth's end, as men know it, and Christ's Return. Well below are the signs, He told us to watch for.......

Matthew 24:4-14. "And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come."

Note: In the last 60 some years, there's been a "flood" of people, both men and women, claiming to be Jesus Christ, in fact there's one today in each and every earthly continent! The ones in Florida, Mexico City and Brazil, each are very wealthy, in earthly things!Yet please notice, that the above signs are in world of religion, politics, nature and society!
1:: earthquakes, there's been more 6-7 scaled quakes since 1990 to date than in recorded history.
2.. pestilences,  for which we have little or no defense, Zars, Ebola Virus, HIV, Mad Cow, plus we now see for the first time, viruses adapting to cross-species, and humans now get Bird-Flue, Swine-Flu, Horse -Flu! Nothing as this has ever been recorded until the last 20 or so years!
3. Weather Patterns have changed, giving floods, in places where it's almost unheard of, and droughts in areas normally well watered! How many more than "Normal" twisters" have been hitting us?
4. Plus not to mention Religious Terrorism, because we worship not as they do, thus kill us.
5. Iniquity- lawlessness, can you see this is a huge problem?
6. Hate one another, many are cold, calculating, how they can take from another, right? Either via laws or a gun?
7. Love for many is cold, common decency is where?

Granted I am an old man, but I remember days when we never locked our doors, of house or car parked in parking lots or by the curb! Do that today, and your insurance will say, good bye, right?

Luke 21:26. "Men' s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken."

Note: when the woes, and the tribulations come, those who have denied Christ, shall tremble with fear.
It is for this reason men invented the "Secret Rapture" ideas, that hold, falsely, that we will NOT have endure these trails. This is just not, so found, in God' s Word!

1 Thessalonians 5:2-3. "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."

Note: Do YOU know of any thief, who makes an announcement, or an appointment, before he or she robs a house? Of course not, the victims are totally surprised and usually unprepared, right? Many shall also be surprised and equally unprepared for Christ's return! Thus the analogy as a thief!

                                       PERILOUS TIMES--MORAL DECADENCE.

2 Timothy 3:1-5./ "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,  Traitors, heady, high minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."

Note: I sure hope and pray, that YOU dear reader, do not see yourself pictured above. But if you read a newspaper or watch T.V news, you know that these are the "TIMES WE ARE IN" agree?

ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES:

 James 5:1-5. "Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter."

Note: We pile up earthly treasures, only too pass it all on to others, all while hoping no thief takes any, right? No, God, does not begrudge wealth, gained honestly, as long as HE remains your top focus. Sadly men do not operate in this manner. Few, have met a fully satisfied millionaire, right?
Are not most of us overwhelmed by cares of this life?....

Luke 21:33-34. "Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares."

Note: ARE Y O U GUARANTIED ANY TOMORROWS?  Sadly no, none of us are, none know when we shall breathe our last. Please know by YOUR decision to accept Christ, as your LORD and Savior, because YOU know and love Him, you want to obey Him, Deciding not. . . NOT to chose. . .means Satan already claims you as his own, just as if you have rejected Jesus. There is no neutral, no grays, but it's all black and white, good and evil,  follow God or follow men, there is NO MIDDLE GROUND!

John 14:1-3. "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also"

Note: How is this for a promise? A promise of Eternal life with all in Christ Jesus, and to be with Him!

John 14:4. "And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.".

John 14:5. "Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?"

John 14:6. "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

Note: Many do not teach this, as it is written, because it is NOT Ecumenical, which is error, and just a little poison mixed with truth can kill you, IF you accept it!

ANGELS CONFIRM PROMISE

Acts 1:9-11. "And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven."

Note; the above were angels speaking to those who stood and looked up as Christ ascended back to the Father.

Psalms 50:3. "Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him."

Note: Do YOU know, there's over 1500 prophecies of Jesus' Second Coming recorded in the Bible? For every prophecy of His first coming mentioned in the Old Testament, there are eight (8) verses predicting His Second Coming. The return of our Lord is mentioned, on average, once every five verses in the New Testament!

WILL THERE BE SUCH A THING AS A "SECRET RAPTURE"?  Read and judge!

EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM....

Revelation 1:7. "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen."

Matthew 24:27. "For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."

EVERY EAR SHALL HEAR HIM....

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17. "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."

Note: Please tell me just how this could possible be a "SECRET"?   When all Eyes shall see Him, When all ears shall hear Him?  This stuff is from the fertile and deceiving mind of Satan and his helpers!
      AT this time all. . .meaning ALL the Just, shall be changed and meet Christ in the air, among the clouds, for His feet shall NOT touch earth, but the Spurious One' s feet shall, and he shall be first Supernatural visible to humans. {Look away or be lost]

2 Thessalonians 2:8-9. "And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,"

Note: Satan the deceiver shall make the first appearance, as visible to humans, and shall be covered on ALL T,V's 24/7 but do not watch, or perish!

1 Corinthians 15:51-54 . "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory."

NOTE: no man knows  the when nor  the how, of this.Just like the how of "He spoke and all things came to be"!

Matthew 16:27. "For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works."

NOTE: This combined and total Glory, will out shine the sun. However will all, be ready for Him, and will all be glad at this time?.......  NO!

Revelation 6:14-17. "And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"

Note: Many, will not be ready, at this time, yet as His reward is with Him, it just too late to repent and seek forgiveness! It's also a great fear for those who have rejected Him, for they are the ones who ask for the rocks to hide them and for mountains to fall upon them!

Matthew 13:37-43. "He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;  The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;  The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;  And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear."

NOTE: How many are truly and fully satisfied with the quality of life on this earth? Satan, the deceiving adversary, hates Christ, but the ONLY way he can hurt Him, is with us, YOU and me. If he can get you to deny or disbelieve in Jesus, Satan has the victory, and this breaks God 's heart!

Isaiah 25:9. "And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation."

Revelation 19:11-16. "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.  His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."

Titus 2:13. "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;"

Revelation 22:11-12. "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be"

Note: AS the above verses plainly show, humanity shall consist of but two classes of people, the righteous and the unrighteous, the filthy, and each at Christ's return shall so remain! There has been a life-time of second changes for all, but our death, and Christ Return, seals each where each is at those two times, forever life, or forever death! Why choose death, with Satan, when any can choose life with JESUS? Both shall be eternal!

 Matthew 24:42-44. "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh."

Jesus will soon be coming in the clouds, will YOU plan to be ready to meet Him?
ANSWER?.......................................................

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

REVELATION REVEALS the LAST SUPERPOWER.

    Have YOU, not ever questioned, why so many Pastors/Teachers, tell you; "Oh the Book of Revelations is a "Closed Book", . . .OR. . . "Well it's not meant for man to understand it?"
    I have!

    So, then YOU and I Must ask, the reason, for this verse, in what is said  to be a 'closed book'! We must also know that just over half, of the total words found in Revelation, are direct quotes from the Old Testament! Does that make it also a closed Book?

Revelation 1:3. "Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand."

Note: Blessed {Grk = happy} is the reader. and blessed is the hearer, and blessed is he that keep [do] that which is written herein. Thus we CAN read into this verse blessed are those that read, hear and do! Now does this sound like God, meant for His children to read it, YES OR NO?

The very end, Chapter 22, reveals the incredible reward, and a a journey to eternity, for those who because they know and love Jesus, will share this time and space with Him and the Father, as well as YOUR Guardian Angel!
Note: The Book of Daniel is as an overlay for Revelation, as Revelation needs the Old Book, to be its interpreter.!

Revelation 22:12. "And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be."

Note: Does not the above verse, tell all, that Judgment has been rendered, and probation is closed? As without this, how can any be rewarded, according to the life lived and actions done? Christ's return to earth marks the close of probation, and completed Judgment for all yet living, the dead have been judged since 1844, as you'll learn at a latter date, from the Book of Daniel.
   As this book, f Revelation, from about it's middle onwards, is directed at earth's last generations, the Last Day Events we find Jesus saying in. . .

Matthew 24:15. "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)"

Note: Human history of this region, tells us that Pagan Rome's army, under Titus' s rule destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple, in 70 A.D. But He also drew our attention to the Book of Daniel, and one if its most important prophecies for human future is found in Daniel 2:1-11.
. "  And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.  The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.  But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.  They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.  But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof. The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh."

NOTE: In2:16 Daniel pleads for time to pray...

Daniel 2:16. "Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation."

Note: God reveals the dream to Daniel...

Daniel 2:20-23. "Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter."

Note: Daniel notes the fact that God gave him the answer to the dream.

Daniel 2:38.. "And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold."

Note: If you have taken the time to read all of Daniel thus far, you will know the King had a dream that so troubled him him that he woke up, yet could not remember any thing about other than it troubled him greatly.

Daniel 2:29-30. "As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.  But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart."

Note: The dream revealed what shall come to pass hereafter.

Daniel 2:31-36. "Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.  This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,  His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.  Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king."

Note: This figure in the dream, called by by many the Iron Man, and or the Dream Man, whose head was gold. chest and arms of silver, belly and thighs of brass/bronze, legs of iron, and feet and toes of both iron and clay.

Daniel 2:38. "And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold."

Note: Babylon was then the Head of Gold, in a Temple for Marduk there was, {at this time] some 8 tons of pure gold. This king a much gold. The Babylonians ruled this part of the world from 605B.C- to 539 B.C. Nebuchadnadnezzer it most famed king.It was his army that took Jerusalem by the 3rd siege.

 Daniel 2:39. "And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth."

Note: then will come and rule the Silver kingdom, and the 3rd shall be of brass/Bronze.

Daniel 5:28. "PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians."

Note: Belshazzar, the grandson of the king Nebuchadnezzar, who has passed, threw a drunken party asked for the Holy golden vessels taken from the Jerusalem's Temple, and used these to drink their wines. This caused, them to praise the gods of gold, silver, stone wood and iron and that's when a ....

Daniel 5:5-6. "In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another."

Daniel 5:25. "And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN."

Daniel 5:26-27. "This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting."

Daniel 5:28. "PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians"

Note: Just as the Babylon was know for its gold, the Medes.were the first power to stamp silver coins, each of a known weight of silver, plus take into account this Dream Man had two arms, one for the Medes the other for the Persians. See no accidents in God's Word, as you can see in Isaiah...

Isaiah 44:27-28. "That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid."
Isaiah 45:1. "Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;"

This prophecy was written by Isaiah, 150 years BEFORE the fact! the same Cyrus {Artrexerces in the Gk] God led him to divert the Euphrates river, and his army was able to walk in UNDER the heavy steel bar gates, and the Babylonians were so sure of their defenses, no interior doors or gates were unlocked, the king died that very night! Thus ended the captivity of the people of God, to gather up their belongings and return to rebuild Jerusalem, in 457B.C {Dan. 9:22 degree by Cyrus Ezra 1:1-4 and  by, Darius Ezra 6: 1-12 to rebuild the Temple and use the supplies given to them.}( Not all chose to return!}

Daniel 2:39. "And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth

Note: brass, bronze was the gift of the Greeks to the world, they are the third power, or kingdom the belly and thighs of brass. God uses prophecy to tell His children what shall be, and He tells, and then expands our view, and expands it again, as you'll see.

Daniel 8:20-21. "The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king."

Note; Greece, Grecia where the inventors and users of brass, as well as bronze for military purposes,a they were much harder than brass and copper arms most others used at the time. Macedonia's people were knows as Goat People, put this info in your memory bank.

 Daniel 2:40. "And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise."

Note: most of us know, that Pagan Rome became the power all around the Mediterranean's landmasses, right? Even captured the whole of the Greek empire, including Judeah and Jerusalem.Just as God's Word used the facts such as Medes to be silver in the Dream Man figure, they invented silver coinage to standard values. The Greeks, invented and used bras/bronze that made better weapons than copper, so to Rome invented methods to make steel and iron. In fact Rome was the original Iron Lady.

Daniel 2:41. "And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay."

Note:  Rome under the Emperors, took on for herself, much of the religions and its practices from the lands and peoples she had taken.This is why we find the religious practices of Babylon, Egypt, Assyria and Greece, with her system of gods, plus reason for these rulers to self made deities, as in Egypt and Assyria.
The Northern Tribes, of Germanic stock, became united enough to take Rome itself, and the empire was split up in Western Europe into TEN kingdom, but as the Dream Man figure showed, two legs of Iron, the Roman Empire was split into two itself, the West Roman Empire, ruled by permission and power of Constantine, who himself built a his new Capital in Constantinople [Istanbul,  Turkey  of today]
   Just as the feet were part iron and part clay, so also were the Ten Kingdoms some hard and strong, some soft and weak.

Daniel 2:42. "And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken."

Note: This is true even today, agree? Some nations in the West Europe are strong, large nations, with industrial and military might, while others,. . . well not so much, right?


 Daniel 2:43. "And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay."

Note: Men have tried to unite the old empire under the Holy Roan Empire by Charlemagne, then Napoleon, then Kaiser Wilhelm in W.W.1, and Hitler in W.W.2. and now with European Common Market , yet all have failed to fully united as one! In fact Napoleon is reported to have said, "God you are too much for me!"
Most, if not all, of these nations had a Royal Family, as Rulers or Titular heads of State, they were so intermarried, that W.W.1 could rightly have been called "A Family Feud." {this is the ... "mingle themselves with the seed of men.."

Daniel 2:44-45. "And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.  Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure"

Note: This Kingdom, shall be the very last one, because it is GOD' s Own! This Rock, is "...cut without hands..."  only God is able to do this.

Revelation 11:18. "And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth."

Note: Christ's return will not be silent, nor secret, and highly visible as every eye shall see Him, and this hall mark the end of ALL earthly  kingdoms, including Satan's!

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