Twin Pillars part 2. of # 931.

     Continued from Part #1.

   "They all do meet in the Roman Papacy, so NO OTHER power fits all the criteria given in the Bible. Latin  is the language of the Caesars, and of this power. It is the ONLY Church that is for ever has been named from a city. The Papacy fulfills the first condition therefore. During that time the ten kingdoms were forming, the Little horn grew up among the ten. The Papacy developed synchronously with the Gothic kingdoms."
"Romanism and the Reformation."

    LITTLE HORN--PAUL'S DESCRIPTION.

   Paul's fore view consists of two parts:  First: A general view of a great apostasy
                                                              Second: a carefully drawn portrait of the power in which that                                                                         apostasy would be headed up.
    Acts 20:30  "Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples                              after them.".
FUTURISM: has this found a correct fit in God;'s Word? NO!  This says that the end-times Antichrist arises AFTER  the so-called Secret Rapture, thus Christ's followers have no worries about this nor the tribulations. Remember "OF YOUR OWN SELVES"  means out from Christ's followers these shall come, from within and among us!

   1 Timothy 4:1-5  "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.".

  " Here we have not only a prediction that there would be an "apostasy", or a falling away from the faith in the christian Church, but a description of its origin and character, Its origin was to be satanic; its doctrines were to be doctrines of devils, or demons. It was to assume authority, and to lay down laws and prohibitions. Prominent among these was the prohibition of marriage. Marriage, although divinely ordained, would prohibited, and meats, though created to be received with thanksgiving , would be forbidden.{(JB Fish Fridays} The substitution of an external religiousness, and self-imposed sacrifices, for true holiness of heart,." IBID.
   1 Timothy 4:2  "Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;"
  Which church forbids its "Ecclesiastic Members," to marry? Rome, right?  Foods? What about fasting for Lent?  Can YOU find this word LENT in the Bible? Or what about EASTER or Christ's MASS?

"This feature of FALSE Profession reappears in the corresponding prophecy in 2 Timothy concerning "the last days", in the which the abettors and adherents of the apostasy arre described as men "Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.".Cont:..
  2 Timothy 3:2-5  "For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,  Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."
Cont: "These men were not then to be open opponents of godliness, but,, on the contrary, they would be great professors."  Ibid.

Please remember, the power behind this Futurism will always appose,  but is  not a confessor! Yet 96% of Christians believe Rome and not the Reformers!

   THE MAN OF SIN VS THE MAN OF GOD:  

    The "man of sin", like the "man of God" had a broad, extended meaning. When we read "that the man of God may  be perfected, thoroughly furnished unto all good works," {2 Timothy 3:17] we do not suppose it means any one individual man, although it has the definite article. It indicates a whole class of men of a certain character, succession of similar individuals. A man of sin could be only one, just as a king of England could only mean one. The King, on the other hand, may include a whole dynasty.
When, in speaking of the Jewish Tabernacle in Hebrews, Paul says that into the holiest of all "Went the high priest alone once every year, he includes the entire succession of the high priests of Israel. That a singular expression in a prophecy may find its fulfillment in a plurality of individuals is perfectly clear from John's words: "  John 2:18  "Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time."

     Grammatically it may mean either and individual or a succession of similar individuals. The context determines that it actually does mean the latter. "The mystery of iniquity." [2 Thess.2:7] in the which this man of sin was latent, was already working in Paul's day.
    So"the pope of Rome", may intimate one single bishop {Overseer]  or a long succession of a perpetual person. So "the man of sin." can one or a long ling of successors. Ibid.

Note the counter argument was "The man of sin is singular, so It can't be the P:ope"  They also continue to say:
    NO duration at all is mentioned i n the prophecy by Paul, only THE two Limits.
"ALREADY", the apostasy was developing, and it would not be destroyed till the advent. Paul's features of anitchrist chronology reveal when it would arise {after the fall of Rome] and that it would exist to the second coming {Compare Daniel 7:26] when he would be destroyed.:    IBID.

Thus the two limits set by Paul agrees with the two limits set , Daniel . However both Futurism and Preteritism =[ anti Christ came out of the 3rd kingdom Greece, thus has already been, teaching] So which is the truth?  The Bible and the Reformation were and are the truth.   Let's go back and read what Martin Luther had to say about this subject,shall we?

     "Oh, Christ, my Lord, look down upon us and bring upon us Thy day of judgement, and destroy the brood of Satan in Rome.. [(jb) that will not endear him to this system, right?] There sits the Man, of whom the Apostle Paul wrote [2 Thess. 2:3-4.] that he will oppose and exalt himself above all that is called God, - that Man of Sin, that Son of Perdition [sentenced to die the 2nd death  Revelation 21:8  "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." , Rev.2:11;20:6,14; 21:8]  What else is Papal power but sin and corruption {(jb) then and still today, with rampant homosexuality, while puting up a sinless front?]  It leads souls to destruction under thy name O Lord!.... I hope that day of judgement is soon to dawn. Things can and will not become worse than they are at this time { (jb) Sorry Martin  but they did and shall get much worse still to come!] The Papal See is practicing iniquity to its heights. He suppresses the Law of God and exalts his commandments above the commandments of God"
"Dr. Martin Luther's Sammtiiche Werks" (Erlanger edition-- Vol. 21, p.339.

   [(jb) This is just my writing to you, of what Luther's opinion was at the time, but today this is called 'Hate Speech", yet I repeat his words, in love to and for, my fellow man, even within the Papacy, as christ said Love your enemies! Because no man can save himself, let alone Y O U!  I am only repeating known History]

    Now let's go to more recent printed words, in an effort to show Y O U , just how much things have changed here is Rick Warren's book " Purpose Driven Life" p. 205.

"Completion of our Mission, Today there's a growing interest in the second coming of christ and the end of the world. [(jb) NO! same world, but with a renewed surface made clean and new by the Lake of Fire of revelation. you find it!] When will it happen? Just before Jesus ascended to Heaven the disciples asked Him this same question, and His response was quite revealing, He said: "It is not for you to know the times and dates the Father has set by His own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
    When the disciples wanted to talk about prophecy, Jesus quickly switched the conversation to evangelism. He wanted them to concentrate on their mission in the world. H said is essence, "The details of my return are none of your business. What is your business is the mission I have given you. Focus on that!"
    Speculating on the exact timing of Christ's return is futile, because He said, "No one knows about the day or the hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."

Ibid:     If you want Jesus to come back sooner, focus on fulfilling your mission, not figuring out prophecy.                  P.286
      All the reformers said "Study the Prophecy"! but modern theologians say don't? right? So why this verse?
     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 (J.B.) Does Rick Warren not want to see Y O U and me, receive this blessing? Remember that Revelation without knowing Daniel's book, shall remain a puzzle? Thus is not all prophecy study relevant? Or else why this.....
    John 14:29  "And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe."
    Question, to me JB this seems an obvious question: "Does Rick Warren truly believe in Christ Jesus, not the "Cosmic christ?" Or is it just a big con, on his part, and a a way to make a very good living? Is this the why o f, "I will not allow Revelation to be taught in MY church?"

  Yet is not much of the world "Hooked" on prophecy? Either Futurism or Preterism, meaning the Instead of Jesus will come in the far distant future, or he has already come and gone, from Greece when he soiled the Temple by roasting a pig within it!  Both ideas come from a single source, the Papacy!]

            WHAT, AFTER ALL, DOES THE BIBLE SAY ON THIS?

   2 Peter 1:19-21  "We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."

    Does not the Bible tell us to study the Prophecies? YES!"Ye would do well"

     MARTIN LUTHER (1483-1546) "Luther... proved, by the revelations of Daniel and St. John, by the epistles of St. Paul, st. Peter, and St. Jude, that the reign of Anitchrist, predicted and described in the bible, was the Papacy...And all the people did say, Amen! A holy terror seized their souls. It was Antichrist whom they beheld seated on the pontifical throne. This new idea, which derived greater strength from the prophetic descriptions launched forth by Luther into the midst of his contemporaries, inflicted the most terrible blow on Rome".  J.H. Meric D'aubignc's "History of the Reformation of the Sixteen century, " book vi chapter xii .p. 215.

    Can he also be wrong, as 96% of Christians say, this is not in the Bible? At this point, where are Y O U?

    Yet, no matter where Y O U are, at this time, THIS IS history, and it can;'t be undone, and truth will always come out!  WHY?
     John 17:17 " Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth."

     Revelation 13:1-2  "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.  And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority."
    Daniel 7:3  "And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another"   Please read all of this chapter 7..JB.

    Question: Who is this Dragon?  Read: 
          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."
{Now tie this into that which Y O U have already learned.. So, , ..  who worships whom, on Sun -god-day, Sundays?]

                        A GREAT "CLOUD," OF WITNESSES:
     "WYCLIFFE, TYNDALE, LUTHER, CRANMER; in the 1600's , the 17th Century, Bunyan, the translators of the King James bible (1611)  and the men who published the
Westminster and Baptist confessions of Faith: Sir Isaac Newton, Wesley, Whitfield, Jonathan Edwards, and more recently Spurgeon, Bishop J,C. Ryle and Dr. martin Lloyd-Jones; These men among countless others, all saw the office of the Papacy as the antichrist." P.205. 1991 "All Rads Lead to Rome", Michael de Semlyen,,, Dorchester House Publications.

  Yet, today they are ALL condemned as being in error! but look at their own words:
Cardinal Giorgio Salvadore spoke that this YEAR'S 1,981 ST ANNIVERSARY, is to be the Vatican's last in regards to waiting for the Lord to return to Earth! "We just feel that Jesus is not coming back, by the looks of it", he said, "It's been ages like He's probably flat out doing  other really good things for people somewhere else."
     Nearly 2,000 years ago, Jesus promised his disciples that he would come back again in chapter 14:1-3 of John. But having the ability to turn water into wine has it's ups and downs. adding, m"We all make promises we can't keep when we are drunk, Jesus is no different"
WOW! Is the the message of faith, from a faithful follower of Jesus Christ? Or one who follows another supernatural being?

Let's Review: ATTRIBUTES OF THE LITTLE HORN POWER FROM THE WORD OF GOD:

1: AROSE OUT FROM THE FOURTH BEAST [DANIEL 7:7-8]
2.  AROSE AMONG THE TEN HORNS  [VS. 8]
3. AFTER THE TEN HORNS [another shall rise after them VS. 24] after the division of the Roman Empire
4. DIFFERENT-DIVERSE FROM THE OTHERS. [VS.24]
5 MORE STOUT THAN HIS FELLOWS (OTHERS) [VS. 20] more resolute.
, deposes kings and sets up others via political and religious powers into one office., as in #4.
6 UPROOTED THREE KINGDOMS {Before whom three fell VS20] Heruli 493; Vandals 534; Ostrogoths in 538 all A.D.] {Dan.7:8,20,24.] (Ever heard of these nations?)
7. EYES LIKE THE EYES OF MAN, SPOKE GREAT WORDS AGAINST THE MOST HIGH {VS.               8, AND, 25]
8 HE WILL WEAR OUT THE SAINTS. [7:25]
9. He will THINK to change times and laws  [7:25]
10. time, times and half a time [ 7:25] (see Numbers 14:34- Ezekiel 4:6 One day for a year= 1260 years)

   Today most apply this as 3.5 years, and apply at some future post rapture date, yet how can we split-up, in sections God's prophecy without such instructions to do so????
11. Shall devour the whole earth  [trample it and crush it Vs. 23]
12. It shall exist unto the end [Until the Ancient of days comes  Vs. 22}
13. Dominion taken away.. [vs 26]

    There is NO other POWER on God's green earth, that all these identifiers can possibly fit, but the Little Horn Power whose seat is in the Vatican!

              LUTHER & THE SECOND COMING:

     In 1538, in commenting on the prevalent godlessness, Luther said: "I hope that day is not far of and we shall see it." "Luther's Schhriften" {writings} vol. 22, col.1331
   I hope the last day will not travel over 100 years, because God;s Word will be taken away again and a great darkness will come for the scarcity of ministers of the word" Ibid Vol. 22, col. 16

[(JB) Here I fully agree, even though we have a record number of preachers of the word of God, few there be that believe it in total, other wise none would accept evolution over Creation!] Thus I agree with Walter Veith, when he said, m"These days his words have been fulfilled!" And I say Shame on us all!


TO THE THEN  THE REFORMERS

   HE sits in the temple of God:  The face of the man of sin is the face of a false apostle, the dark face of Judas. Written upon the wall of the temple, "son of perdition." The man of sin is as Judas- secret enemy while seeming a friend- a "familiar friend," yet a fatal foe who betray with a kiss and a "hail m aster."
     Observe the lace occupied by the man of sin-- the "temple our house of God. This is not, and cannot be, any "Jewish Temple".  This blows up the Pretorism teachings that this is all in the far past.

Note: The title "Son of Perdition" appears but twice, #1. for Judas the betrayer. #2. The instead of Christ --antichrist.

TO THE NOW:

    WE HAVE FUTURISM AND DISPENTATIONAISM"
   We must keep our eyes upon Jerusalem, and for the rebuilding of the New Temple, and that's WHERE The antichrist will sit! This is what passes for Bible knowledge in 96% of today "Christian" Churches! How awfully sad!

    Paul, who uses this expression in his prophetic portrait of Romanism, employs it in both Corinthians and Ephesians with reference to the Christian church. In the second Epistle to the Corinthians, writing Gentile Christians, he says, " Ye are the temple of the living God."  2 Corinthians 6:16  "And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."  In Ephesians he calls the church   Ephesians 2:21-22 " In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit."
    So to Paul emphatically the temple of God was the church of Christ. THIS is the temple in which is his prophetic eye saw the man of sin seated. It is no person in a temple of stone, but a power in the CHRISTIAN CHURCH!  "ROMANISM AND THE REFORMATION"

   It this method not logical, as well as Biblical? Thus it is TRUTH, yet many shall reject it, because of ????  I was taught this for many years, or Grandma believed so do I!  Is that not a type of group think? When we face judgement, our record will speak for us and it alone.

    Ibid:    HIS CHARACTER:

    Just as Jesus Christ acts on God The Father's behalf, so to does the man of sin act for Satan. CONT:
{ In 2014 this pope spoke of the fact that many of his clergy, bishops and cardinals, spoke out for allowing homosexual, and all the derivatives, into the church. His answer: "Who am I to judge"?  {note (JB) guess he never read or understood Ezekiel 4:16-27!]
    Ezekiel 3:18 " When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand."
CONT:: Christ and he are antagonistic powers: the power of Light, and the power of darkness; the majesty of heaven, and the might of hell. And as the Son of God humbled Himself, so the "man of sin" exalts himself.Cont:

{Pope Leo X111 in a Encyclical Letter June 20, 1894  "We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty."
      2 Thessalonians 2:4  "Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God."

Catholic National, July 1895 {thus the same man] The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, but he is Jesus Christ Himself, hidden under veil of flesh." [And Y O U say?]

  Cont:    "There is infinite self-abasement in the One, the Divine nature stooping to humanity; and infinite self-exaltation in the other, the human and satanic assuming the Divine. "He as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God", or Divine or a divine being. There is no article here before the name God, The expression indicate that the man of sin would show himself by acts and professions to be possessed of superhuman and Divine dignity, authority and power." Romanism and the Reformation.

  [ Who can not see, that the Reformers were very through, and complete, in their Bible studies? Can Y O U dear reader, not appreciate the depth of their studies?]

To Be continued in Part 3.

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THE REFORMATION REKINDLED.[part 1] Taken from A.D T.V.'s # 931 Twin Pillars..

    This topic will be  a totally different "kettle of fish!"

    Professor Veith and myself both fully accept and believe that God has His own, in all of earth's religions, because in the end it is Jesus that shall judge, and not no man!  However, truth is truth, throughout the whole of the Cosmos, agree

      But what is truth?
      Man's truth, is not to be counted on, or else earth would not today have over 40,000 denominations, all of whom call themselves "CHRISTIANS"!  Would Y O U agree?  More latter.

     Now, may I ask Y O U, dear Reader, a question?  ARE Y O U a Protestant? If yes. . . .what are you Protesting?

     This, next lessons will take many of you into Bible truths, that may hurt and even anger you, but a ask to tighten your seat belt, for the sake of your soul, the YOU!
    
      John 17:17  "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth."
     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."
      Psalms 119:151  "Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth."

    There are NO other truths, regarding the Bible's Author, thus it the only reliable source for all things about God and the Godhead as well as Heaven, agree?

    Just as the Books of Daniel and Revelation, are written in layers upon bigger layers of information, just as a multi-story building's floor upon floor, so also Does the Bible expand a precept.

    As this whole precept, is directed to humans and their lives on this earth, it also get bigger and more terrible, especially those who reject Christ, or have a deceived view of Him.

    Before we go further, please allow me to give you my most humble apologies, for the hard truths that will follow, because of the all the lies, deceptions, and honest truth that has come forth from more than 90% of all Protestant churches. I Came out of them myself, and it was hurtful, to me, personally, that I was lied to by those who teach the Bible to us!

    Psalms 119:174  "I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight."

   Yes, there shall be those, who as I, will be hurt by the truth. Not only hurt, but very angry by this truth, but as I studied the Bible, with prayers, and help from the Holy Spirit, the anger left me, and joy replaced the hurt, I pray that it shall do for Y O U, what it, the truth of God, has done for me.
    PLEASE, be angry at me, but not at the Truth, because who enjoys being lied to?

     If it is truth, then its worth buying, and you've already read the three locations in the Bible that tells of the truth and its source, is none other than God Himself.

    Test all that I write, as I will not attempt to indoctrinate Y O U, the truth of God will do this, IF Y O U but allow it! NEVER, EVER, TAKE THE WORDS OF MAN/MEN, FOR THE WORD OF GOD, CHECK THAT OUR FOR SELF.

    ALL YOU'LL FIND AR FACTS, so I ask you to test these facts within the Bible, and if they are truth, then Y O U must make a choice right?

   If it fits . . .  buy it!  If it does not. . . reject it!

    I do not wish to trod on anyone, but remember "The Truth will set you free." John 8:32  "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

     Hebrews 4:12  "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."

    Truth is not free, it cost time and effort to search it out. Yes Salvation is free, but it cost us something, our total self-reliance, upon self. As we can't make self righteous, by our own power, nor save self to salvation, for that we all, ALL need Heaven's help! Yet it cost's EVERYTHING WE HAVE.
   Matthew 13:46  "Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it."
   Is not your eternal life worth a great price? Yet money can't buy it, only obedient and loving service, sharing Jesus with others! 
    
                   THE TWIN PILLARS OF REFORMATION.

   L et's begin with man's history, are you ready for a history lesson, few schools, if any still teach?  What you will read, please take it as a history lesson, and not an attack on anyone or power system. Again,  firmly believe, that God has His people, in every denomination, on this planet! He has His children, in every walk of life and religion on this planet!

    If one lives in ignorance, God winks at your errors, BUT If you know a truth, and you do other wise, then....it's up to Him! Acts 14:16  "Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways."

     So, What was the Reformation, some 400 years ago? Why did it come about? Is it still "Enforce" today?  More importantly, do we still remember the what and the why today?  May I ask you, "Are You a Pro- tes-tori?  Are not most Christian Churches still Protestant, today?
But if your are a Protestant, then WHAT IS IT your are Protesting about? It has been virtually eliminated from the face of this earth! Does this mean all those early Reformers died by horrific means, died in vain? Or did they have a very strong and valid reason, to fight knowing they places life in peril;?

                            WHAT IS PROTESTANTISM?

   It has both a Positive +, and a Negative - meaning. within itself. IF there was not a positive to its message, it would have died before it began!
PRO-- (for, in favor of) and testari  ( to bear witness) A true Protestant therefore, is a witness for the truth: That which is simply negation of error is not true Protestantism. A true Protestant will bear primarily a positive message. His attitude will be that of his Master, who said: "I came not to judge the world, but to save the world." John 12:47. {Aurther S. Maxwell, Protestantism in Periled, Signs Publishing Warburton, Victoria Australia.)

   Now does this mean that no errors, ever should not be exposed?  By that, I mean, how many enjoy, being lied to?
    So, what went wrong, in the Christian world, that made it necessary to begin a protest movement?  It was long  way back in history and it can be said that it ,began with...

    Augustine's book, "The City of God",: The theology of Augustine places the emphasis on the church as the kingdom of God, declaring that Christ was already reigning with His saints, and that the resurrection was of dead souls to spiritual life. The church was encouraged to assume the ruler-ship of the nations, and instead of carrying the gospel to the world, the church leaders began to seek prestige and power by political intrigue. The Dark Ages were the result.

   Thus the Kingdom of God found its reality with the church, from this kind of theological thinking. Look at the phrase "Dead souls to spiritual life," this is directly out mythology, and not the Holy Bible For today most believe, as taught, die and go to your reward but look.... 
   
Ecclesiastes 9:5  "For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten."  Genesis 3: 19's "from dust thou art, to dust thou shalt return."

Thus the Bible's narrative, of the Coming Kingdom at Christ's return was 'Spiritualised' away by men.
NOTE (J.B.) is the reason Cardinal Giorgio Salvadori said this: "The Vatican since 1981 was the last year they regarded waiting for the Lord to return to earth.We just feel Jesus is not coming back by the looks of it, he said, "It's bee ages like, He's probably  flat out doing other really good things for people somewhere else." The Vatican defended Jesus' broken promise {John 14:1-3}  claiming "He was probably drinking wine", at the time. "Having the ability to turn water into wine had its ups and downs" added Cardinal Salvadore, "We all make promises we can't keep when were' drunk. Jesus is no different." 
  I, John b. will that speak for itself!

  This theology began to bring many whispers of discontent, and among the first were the Waldenses beginning in the 1100's by none Joachim, who began giving clear Bible witness against this doctrine, and as he began to unfold the Prophecies of both Daniel and Revelation, he actually measured the Prophetic times period of "A time and times and the dividing of time" of Daniel 7 as 1260 years. Two hundred years latter can Wycliffe, "the Morning Star of the Reformation".He, like Huss and Jerome of Bohemia, was greatly influenced by such men as Joachim.
   The 16th Century 9 1500's) dawned ablaze of glory, radiant with the prophetic vision. Martin Luther, Calvin, Baxter, Cranmenr, and hundreds of others led the church out of the darkness of men's doctrines, and into the light of God's truth.
  
    There are many whop hold up proof, that the Waldenses' protest go back to the 4th and even the 3rd century, by the protesting against the doctrines of men! Even they began to call this church system the anti-christ! [JB) Please know this term in the Greek of the New testament this word is instead of and or in place of and not anti of against}

Note: Wycliffe was arrested and my Armed men taken to London England, but God spared him by taking his life! Yet some 40 years latter, they dig up his bones cursed him, and burned his bones to ashes, tossed then into the river. {Can it be said his ashes took God's over all the earth?}

THE REFORMATION RESTS UPON A TWOFOLD DISCOVERY:

1. The Rediscovery of Christ and His salvation. [Christ is THE central Figure in the Bible]
   From that time we have the phrases "Sola Christos", Sola Gratia" , Sola Scriptura" meaning Christ alone, Grace and  Saved by Grace alone, Scriptures and scriptures alone.
2. The discovery of the identity of the antichrist.

   The latter proved to be the "binding together", the message of protesting the man-made doctrines. The rediscovery of the sufficiency of christ rested on the "Word of God". "The Bible and the Bible alone," which provided the weapons of warfare and the discovery of the identity of the Antichrist united the Reformation in opposition to the Perceived, common enemy.

     Now, granted, they were many differences of doctrines, regarding Salvation, yes, But on the I.D. of the Antichrist, they were as one!

   There are three distinct sets of prophecies of this rise, character, deeds, and doom of Romanism. The first is found in the Book of Daniel, The Second  in the Epistles of John; and the Third, in the letters and the Apocalypse of John [Revelation] ; and none is complete in itself. It is only by the combing of these three that one receives a completed picture. Daniel's overview presents the POLITICAL CHARACTER,  and relations of Romanism.  The apostle Paul's foreview, on the other hand, gives the ECCLESIASTICAL CHARACTER AND RELATIONS OF THIS POWER. and John's Prophecies, both in Revelations 13 and 17, present the COMBINATION OF BOTH, fthe mutual relations of the Latin Church and Roman state.  "Romanism and the Reformation" P.11

     Daniel 7:8  "I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things."
    
            THE LITTLE HORN-- DANIEL'S DESCRIPTION:

     The Rule of Rome. We repeat, has never ceased. It was a secular pagan power for 5-6 centuries, and it has been an ecclesiastical power and apostate Christian power ever since. The rule of Rome revived in a new form, and was as real under the popes of the 13th century as it had been under the Caesars of the first! It was as oppressive, cruel, and bloody under Pope Innocent III, as it had been under Nero and Domitian. The reality was the same, though the forms had changed. The Caesars did not persecute the witnesses of Jesus more severely and bitterly that did the popes; Diocletian did not destroy the saints or oppose the gospel more that did the Inquisition of Papal days. Rome is one and of the same all through, both locally and morally." Note:
The Popes even have the very same titles as did the Caesars Pontifix Maximus {P.M. on both their statues] 

     THE LITTLE HORN: 
      
      The power symbolized by the proud, intelligent, and blasphemous, head-like "little horn" of the Roman beast, To this he devotes, on the contrary, the greater part of the prophecy:; and I must ask you now {as I ask you, today] carefully to note the various points that prove this horn to be a marvelous prophetic symbol or hieroglyph of the roman papacy, fitting it as one of Chub's keys fits the lock for which it was made, perfectly and in every part, while it refuses absolutely to adapt itself to any other power.  Ibid Romanism and the Reformation. 

Note: Please know that some 96% of the Christian world, today,  says he was wrong, yet ALL of the Reformers agreed, with with each other on this fact,  so who is wrong? Many of them, then, died for their convictions, how many are willing today? ?????. 

H. Grattan Guinness' book "Romanism and the Reformation" Harley House Roe F.  June 1 1887.

     "The Reformation of the sixteenth century, which gave birth to Protestantism, was based on scripture. It gave back to the world the Bible.
Note: [(JB) books were very expensive being written by hand, thus very rare, and the Bibles were kept away from all but the very rich and the churches kept them locked up] It, the Protestants translated the Holy Bible in peoples languages from the Latin, and taught the word, and exposed the errors and corruptions of Rome by the use of the Sword of the Spirit, the word of God. It Applied THE PROPHECIES, and accepted their particle guidance. Such Reformation work requires to be done afresh, today! WE, today, have suffered prophetic and anti-papal truth to be too much forgotten. This generation is dangerously latitudinarian-- grossly indifferent to truth and error on points which scripture is tremendously decided and absolutely clear."


    Now Professor Veith, will take us down into History, on topics no longer found in books, or even in new Encyclopedias. He found them in old must, moldy books, long out of print and forgotten by nearly all.Many of the books, that speak of these things, have been "cleansed" , cleaned-up to remove the sting, so to speak,  but History can't really be changed now can it? Writing a different story today does not change yesterday!
Now Mr. Guinness, was the last of the great Protesters, that generation's gone, non-existent, and sadly so is are their words and works! Did all of them suffer and die for nothing or was it all in error? Did Huss die by being burned alive, and millions of others, at the stake for nothing, or die for an human error?
   
    Ibid:  "Our reformed faith is thus endangered both from without and from within, and it can be defended only by a resolute return to the true witness borne by saints and martyrs of other days.. We must learn afresh from divine prophecy God's estimate of the character of the church of Rome if we would be moved afresh to be witnesses for Christ as against this great apostasy. 
    We feel constrained to renew the grand old Protest to which the world owes its modern acquisitions of Liberty, Knowledge, Peace and Prosperity.

Note: (JB) Look at all the nations yet today that are largely Catholic, and what is their economic levels? Mostly  the very rich and the very poor right? Just as it was during the Dark Ages and Feudalism!  WHY?  Then again The Vatican has more wealth than many of the world's largest corporations, WHY?  Jesus had only the clothes on His back, and not a place He called His own to lay His head!

Ibid cont: " We recognize it as a patent and undeniable fact, that the future of our race lies not with the Papists, but with the Protestants. Its leading Nations this day are not Papal Italy, Spain and Portugal, but Protestant Germany, England and America,." 

   The Veith crew interviewed many people in front of the "Radhouse" Townhouse of one German city,  Nuernberg, where Martin Luther preached. Over the two entry door, during his time they place very elaborate carvings, that depicted the prophecies of Daniel's  kingdom successions from Babylon to Rome , and they asked many people if they knew what their meanings were, none knew, not even a city's tour guide for THAT building! As two young men said we are Protestants, yes, and, Yes,  one owns a Bible but one just does not read it!

            ROME BEFORE AND AFTER CHRIST:

    ITS PLACE:   morphed into being from the body of the fourth empire [Pagan Rome]
THE PERIOD of its ORIGIN: soon after the division of the Roman territory into the Ten Kingdoms.

ITS NATURE:  different from the other kingdoms, though in some respects like them. It was a horn {denotes power], but with eyes and mount. I would be a kingdom like the rest, a monarchy; but its kings would be OVERSEERS  or Bishops and prophets.

  ITS MORAL CHARACTER: boastful, blasphemous; great words spoken against the Most High --
                                         GOD and Heaven!  Daniel 7:25.
Note: Today many teach that this Little horn came up out from the third beast, or Greece but the Bible itself tells us from the 4th beast and that's Rome!

ITS  LAWLESSNESS: It would claim {for itself] authority over times and laws {Dan. 7:25]

Its OPPOSITION to the Saints: it would be a persecuting power, and that for so long a period that it would wear out the saints of the Most High, who would be given into its  hand for a time.

ITS DURATION: "TIME, TIMES AND A HALF TIME" OR 1260 YEARS. [ Prophetic time 1 day=1 year.                             Numbers: 14:34-- Ezekiel 4:4-6.]

Its Doom:  it would suffer the loss of its dominion before it was itself destroyed: "They shall take away its dominion, to consume and destroy it to the end." [Daniel 7:26  "But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end."]
   From 539 AD to 1798 A.D when Napoleon captured the Vatican and took away all but 114 Acres of land, 538 + 1260 = 1798. This Pope died 3 Months latter. Deadly wound.

End of Part !

Go to www.amazingdiscoveries.org  go to library and find dick # 931 The Twin Pillars of the Reformation.

And Or go to Part 2. next post.  

Thanking you for your time.
John at www. servant@frontier.com. 

WHAT IS A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST?

  Taken in part:  from a Book "YOU LEAD THE WAY" P.76+  BY:  lYNN E.. lEE. .M.A.

        

    IF, you believe in Jesus Christ's soon return-- "THE SECOND ADVENT",  then guess what?   you ARE ALREADY AN ADVENTIST !

    PLUS...If Y O U , fully believe that the Holy Bible IS the very word of God, and you've studied it regularly, and you have found that the Sabbath, the weekly Sabbaths, are on the Seventh Day, then you are a Seventh Day Adventist, without knowing it!  But any such statement MUST be backed up by Scripture, as anyone speaking of a Biblical Fact, without the support of the Scriptures, is only starting yet another of the 40+ thousand of "Christian" denomination on this earth, right?

    

     2 Timothy 3:16  "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:"                                                                                                    John 17:17  "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth."

    

    Now after Y O U read the next verse, can you doubt His truthfulness, of His Word?

        

      1 John 4:7-8  "Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love"  

      After all, IF. . . Y O U have a son, or a daughter, would Y O U be willing to give him or her, to die in the place of another?  God did! He sent His Son, to die in our place because.....

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

     Romans 3:23  "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;"

     Roman's tells us all, that ALL need Christ's forgiveness, does it not?.

   NO KINGDOM, NOR NATION WITHOUT LAWS!

       Matthew 19:17-19  "And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."

     Why is this requirement so fully viable to all?

      Well, think about it this way, If YOUR Heavenly Father, allowed all, including the willful sinners, into Heaven, would it be the the very, for us all now on this earth, with it's crime a second? If that's our vision of heaven , count me OUT!

     Do yo, or rather, CAN Y O U agree with this fact:  "Mankind needs Laws, on our roads, in our schools and on our jobs, and YES, even in our homes! How could anyone play a game without rules?"

      As the old saying goes, "Honor among thieves", even lawbreakers have their own laws, right?

     Now, it should not come as a surprise, that God's Government also operates upon a set of Laws! That law's first law is LOVE! Lucifer broke that law when he became very proud and selfish.  Until he as Satan { meaning  he who Apposes] the Holy Angles had obeyed the law of God, without even thinking about them., They loved God and each other, and they were filled with joy. After Satan rebelled....

     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."

    Now, there's much speculation, in word and print, from mankind, as to the why, Satan rebelled, but in truth all we know is what is written in The Word, right?

       Isaiah 14:12-15 " 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. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit."

NOTE: The word hell, in the last sentence is the Hebrew word SHEOL, meaning nothing more than the common grave for mankind.

     Thus after Satan deceived Eve and Adam lack of faith/trust in God, and sin entered nto this earth, the Law of Love had to be fully explained.  The Law of Love includes ALL that is within the Ten Commandments, and The Bible, but it takes the Bible and the writings of the prophets to magnify that principle of love so that we can see and understand all that it means.

     Think this way..."If God had Zapped Satan and the 1/3 of all the angles [Rev.12:4] would that not be taken by all, including you and me, that God no longer ruled with love but with fear? Can we put a gun to an other's head, and demand that they love us, out of fear? NO!

  REMEMBER?    1 John 4:7-8  "Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."

    1 John 4:10  "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."

    Romans 5:8  "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

   Plus among the most well known: To bad most know not this whole message: John 3:15-18  "That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God".

                     FOLLOWING JESUS IS OBEYING GOD.

  Sadly many labor under the false premise, that A.  The Law has been done away with., when Jesus died

B. I am a "New Testament Christian!"

Both are false, as neither finds a fit in the Word of God. Regarding A: Yes there was a law that was abrogated, done away with, the Law of Blood Sacrifice, because Christ was, and is, that Perfect Sacrifice.
The "Ceremonial Laws" are they that where "Nailed to His Cross!  God's Royal Law, the Law of Liberty still and shall always stand!

A.   Colossians 2:14 " Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;"

       Deuteronomy 31:9  "And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel."

       Deuteronomy 31:26  "Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee."

B. Pray tell what did Jesus use and read and teach from if NOT the Whole of the Old Testament? Saying and believing one is ma New Testament anything is saying I believe only one half of God's Word! God is the same in both, and PLEASE don't say "But, we are now under GRACE, for that is but a DISGRACE! 

    WHY?

     Malachi 3:6  "For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed."

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

     Why is this of such import?

     John 1:1-3  "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made." {emphasis are mine., but look at next...

     John 1:14  "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."

NOTE: Does this not show all, that Christ, is not only The Creator, of all, but is also The Word, the Holy Bible, as well as our Savior?  SELAH! Think- [chew on this for a while, from Hebrew]

   In so, our following the path Jesus set before us, we are in obedience with God....

     John 15:10  "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love."

Note: IF Y O U keep MY Commandments   are the words Jesus used , right? Did He say "If you keep my Father's commandments?  NO!

      1 Corinthians 15:27-28  "For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all."  Ephesians 1:22  "And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, "    Hebrews 2:8  "Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. "

                            THERE CAN BE NO SIN. . . IF THERE IS NO LAW!

     This subtitle, is fully truth, in both Heaven and earth! Right?  How can any police, give Y O U a speeding Ticket, when there is no posted law for any speed limits? Or, how can one become a thief, IF, there are no laws against stealing?  As sin, is the breaking of God's Law.....

     1 John 3:4-5  "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin."

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

NOTE: God;s Glory and Character are shown and reflected in His Ten Commandments, and if we follow not all of them how can we say we follow Jesus because we love Him?????? How can we humans separate the two????

                           THE CEREMONIAL LAWS ONLY. . ."NAILED TO THE CROSS".

     Sadly , the Jews, then and still now, are still awaiting the Messiah to come, so I ask them but one simple question: If YOU insist that we are still under the Old Law, the Old Testament sacrificial system that was but a "shadow", a precursor to the Messiah, "Why are YOU not sacrificing live animals still today, is in the Books of Moses???? One can't really have it both ways right?

    Colossians 2:14  "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;"

    Matthew 27:51  "And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;"

Note: By unseen hands, God ripped into two parts, from the top on down. But the unbelieving priests, quickly sew all six layers back together!

     Matthew 5:17-22  "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:  But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, [ or Fool] shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire."

This for all those "New Testament" Christians (?) .....Psalms 89:34  "My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips."

NOTE: Please, think of God's Law as a MIRROR, upon which we can look to see where the dirt {sins} are on our faces.

   Galatians 3:24-26  "Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus."

    Sadly, even-though all humans are Children of God, not many live and act like it!

                             THE LAW . . .AND GOD'S GRACE.

     You are driving to your Mom's place, she called you, to say that she has fallen, and afraid to move, so you are speeding. A Police Cruiser pulls you over, and you tell him your reason, he says follow me, and he hist the siren, and escorts you to Mom's place, but he walks in with you, to see if your story is hurtful. It is, and he says, will Sir, I could give you a big speeding ticket, but I will not, ticket you, due to the circumstances,  You were under the Law for SPEEDING, but the officer placed YOU under Grace, and forgave your speeding offense. 

   Romans 5:20  "Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:"

    Romans 6:1-3  "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?  Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?"

    Romans 8:1-6  "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:  That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace."

       WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT THE SABBATH,  . . .NOT BEING ON SUNDAY?

     SADLY, most, but thank God not all Christians, follow and obey the commandments of men from Rome! Some actually still follow Christ's example for the Sabbath set down in Genesis 1 and 2. I

     Frankly speaking, {is there another way?] men aught to obey God rather than men......
     Acts 5:29  "Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men."
      1 Peter 4:17-18  "For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?"
     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."

   If you were, to take the time too read all of Genesis chapter 1 you'll notice that God set the days from Even {evening}to even and the first day Vs.5, 2nd day Vs. 8, the 3rd day Vs13, 4th in Vs19 the 5th in Vs23 and 6th in Vs.31.   Then look....

  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: God Blessed and Sanctified the Seventh day , now look at your calendar and which day is that?  From Sundown Friday [Preparation Day]  to Saturday/Sabbath's sunset is this Sabbath Day!

      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: Please compare this 4th Commandment passage with your Bible {I use KJV.] and or even with your Catechism booklet by Peter Geiermann, C.S.S.R. "The Converts Catechism of Catholic Doctrine (1957 and or, the 1910) P.50.
    Now ads I have many Catholic friends, most will not accept this information, even thought it is their very own words!
   Here are two quotes, only months apart thus one of the same person words! "We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty" from a Encyclical letter June 20, 1894.
From "The Catholic National, July , 1895... "The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, but he is Jesus Christ Himself, hidden under veil of flesh"   Pope Leo XIII. 
   Now  that's what I call blasphemy, how about Y O U? So who changed the day for the Sabbath?

Again from Mr. Geiermann  "Question: Which day is the Sabbath day?"
                                            "Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath day.
                                            "Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?"
                                            "Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic                                                                      church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday."
Does that not all fall in line with the Pope's thinking?

Plus: We believe and do, Submersion Baptisms, only on those who have some knowledge about it's meanings and responsibilities that go with it.
Plus: We believe that Daily Bible Studies, should be done by all members.
Plus, we believe that the Bible is our principle source of truth, and that prophecy allows us to glimpse the future as God details it.
Plus:  Matthew 24:4  "And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you."
Please know most people are deceived about the Bible and from the pulpits no less!

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DEEP DOWN...WE ALL KNOW THE BIBLE IS TRUTH.

From: "You Lead The Way" by Lynn E. Lee. M.A. P.50. with all my thanks.J.B.

                           WE KNOW THE BIBLE IS TRUE.

1.  Because it's the only Book that tell us the origins of the world.[evolution has more holes than good bread]
2. Because it is the only Book that tells the future, not a one prophecy, come to pass, as written,has failed.
3. Because it's the only Book that has and will change people, and their lives. Drunks get and stay sober, the gambler quits, as does the users of tobacco, the philanderer now stays true, in short become new.

4. Because it does not contradict itself, even though it was written over a span of 1,500 years, by men and women, most of whom never knew the others, in three languages : Hebrew, Aramaic, and. Greek, all with full harmony within.

   John 10:35 " If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;"

5. Because it gives hope and comfort to every one who will accept it, no matter who one is, or where one lives, or how one lives. No other book is able to do all that, period.

6. Because ancient records found in the earth have fully agreed with it.
7> Because the Science of Archaeology, is the only science, that has no problem with the Bible of God!


    TO TAKE THE FIRST STEP UP THE LADDER OF YOUR CONVERSION

    #1.   One must accept and believe that God is and the Bible is His Word.
.2 Timothy 3:16  "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:"
Hebrews 11:6  "But without faith [trust] it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
    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."
    Isaiah 46:9-10  "Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 10.  Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:"
     Isaiah 41:20-22  "That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.  Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come."
    Genesis 1:1-2  "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."
    Genesis 2:7  "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."
NOTE: (J.B.) man became a what? A living soul,, so a soul is NOT something added apart from men!

      #2. We must believe that the Bible is the word of God.

    .2 Timothy 3:16  "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:"
     2 Peter 1:21 " For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."
     John 5:38-39  "And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."
      1 Thessalonians 2:12-13   "That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe."

         # 3. We must accept and believe, that Jesus came from Heaven to save sinners.

    John 3:15-16  "That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
     John 3:17-19  "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil."
   1 John 4:2-3  "Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world."  [antichrist is better translated as: "Instead of Christ." JB]
    1 Timothy 3:16  "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory."
Note: Please take the time to read John, 17th chapter it Christ's prayer.
    Luke 24:25-27 " Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself."
Note: Please know, the ONLY Scriptures they and Jesus had at that time was the Old Testament, Mark the first book written did not appear until A.D. 67-68. some 30+ years after Christ's death.

    #4. We must accept His invitation to come to Him. [He uses only love and truth, Satan uses all else.]
     
     Matthew 11:28-30 " Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
   Revelation 22:17  "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."
Note. the Bride is His Church members, Christ is the groom, all within  a spiritual context.

     Isaiah 1:18-19  "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:"

Note: Please understand this, God created each one of us, died for each one of us, does that not give Him some rights over us? If Y O U make something, does that not give you some rights and say how it is to used?

    Luke 5:31-32  "And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."


#5.  We must believe that He accepts us as His children, no matter our past.

      Acts 16:30-31 " And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."

NOTE:  Nationality can't save you, neither can any mortal, nor church that's only by Jesus Christ.

   Mark 9:23-24   "Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief."
   
     1 Timothy 1:14-15  "And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief."
   
       Mark 11:24-26 " Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses."

Note: (J.B.)  All of the above, without your earnest prayers, will not be a any great help, but with prayers, and your acceptance of Christ, as YOUR savior, wisdom shall be given you to understand, and the Holy Spirit will reside within you to teach, to guide,j and YES to re-build you into a new person.

 
1 Corinthians 6:19  "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?"
1 Thessalonians 4:8 " He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit."

Note: Please Read John 14, the Holy Spirit, The Comforter, Vs. 17 The Spirit of Truth. ar3e all names of the Holy Spirit.

Thanks, for your time. Questions?  Comments?  John at servant@frontier.com

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PRIVILEGE,---MUCH IN THE NEWS, OF LATE.

      Privilege: a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group.

     Note: ( J.B.) Did we as a nation not try this already? When civil service tests one group could score 10-20% lower that another group yet they got hired first? Or how about the forced school busing, how did all that work out?  There is an OLD saying, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink it."  Whatever happened to personal responsibility? OK OK back to the author...

     Recent events in the U.S. have caused the term Privilege to be used a lot in the media reports of late. Statements from leaders of various ethnic groups mention Privilege. Those who have been made to feel that they have less worth than other groups in society are talking about privilege.

     I have to be honest: I represent on of those "Privileged" groups, being born into this group, I can't help it, and I will die this color as well.

Note: (J.B.) As a school boy I was always on the tall [for my age] and very thin, now at 73 and 6:2 with 270 pounds, none call me what I used to hear all the time up to about 16 years old. I well remember the words, I loathed, "carcass", "bag of Bones" , "dead boy walking" , that usually ended with we getting beat up! At 14 I was 6:2 and 135 lbs. I used to say I need to stand twice to make a shadow! The harassment stopped as I filled out, and funny thing, so did the beatings! Oh, I well remember how angry and bitter I was, but I learned a long time ago, those feeling never hurt anyone but me! So I became the best student I was able, so I have always been able to make a decent living, because let's be honest, "Knowledge is the ONLY thing none can take from you, and the Government can tax it, only thing they can tax are the wages you earn!"

    If you are in school, study and learn knowledge that is relevant, so you can be productive, and knowledge coupled with skills, is and always shall be in high demand!
    Jeremiah 13:23  "Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil."

   I was discussing this with a close friend and colleague, and his comments made me stop and think. He shared how these events [death by police] brought back memories of being called names as a boy because how he looked, his family's ethnic background, the color of his skin. I couldn't relate, not even a little bit. And it bothered me. A lot.
    I have friends from many different ethnic and racial backgrounds, and  consider myself fortunate for having the vision to accept  people for who they are, and not what or how they look like. But I also have to be honest: At times I've let feelings of resentment and anger bubble to the surface. I have felt frustration when someone of a different ethnic group, a complete stranger, cuts me of in traffic, or violates my self-perceived personal space.
     I remember one time in my life that I felt completely out of place.
     I was gathering stories in Asia. My itinerary took me to Dhaka, Bangladesh, an immense city, one of the most densely populated cities in the world. One afternoon I decided to take a stroll up the street on which the compound where I stayed, was located. I may have been the only white person for miles. The sidewalk was tightly packed with men in long white robes, and women covered in black that showed only their eyes. I felt as if every eye was one me as I made my way along the path. My physical stature made me stand out head and shoulders above the crowd. part of me wanted to crawl into a hole and hide. For the first time in my life I felt uncomfortable about who I was.
      At that point my human nature took over, and I did what we should all do in these conditions: I smiled, I looked the person in the eye and smiled. The person smiled back! I was shocked, That's all it took. My smile showed my respect, and their smile told me I was welcome in their community. The rest of my walk was a joy.

    Here's another definition for Privilege: something to be regarded as a rare opportunity. As Christians, we should look at the world through rose-colored glasses, losing sight of all the different colors and focusing on the opportunities God places before us, {To share Christ's love with all others]
    Christ, {the Savior of us all, that accept Him]  accepts us AS WE ARE. He loves us and forgives us [the humble hearted requests] despite the mistakes we make, no matter the color of our skin, where we live, or where we were born, God made each one of us in to His image, and that should be something we ALL can be proud of!
    He is Black, Brown, Red, Yellow and white. His hair is is straight, curly, red or white or blond, perhaps even bald,[ though I doubt that}. In short, HE is the reflection of each one of us on earth! So, how can we respect and love Him and NOT respect  ALL those humans, He created?
 
   I am praying for those affected by the current turmoil on our streets, alleys, and homes of my homeland. I am also praying that my life will be the start of something new; that maybe I can be the spark of a wave of respect, acceptance and love in this world; that I accept the challenge of the privilege of being a child of the ONLY LIVING God; and that it all begins with me, not my neighbor.

     It starts with a smile as we accept the privilege and opportunity of being Christians.

Thanking Y O U for your time. Comments?  Questions?  John at servant@frontier.com

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