AMERICA,....LOOK WHERE WE'VE COME FROM AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY!

     Many of those of my age, mid-70's, well remember the old time movies, where they NEVER showed a husband and wife never in the same bed, but is their own  bedrooms!
     As time advanced, for the sake of reality (??) they began to show them in the same bed, but under the covers.
    The, again for the sake of reality (?), we could see, with very little imagination on our part, what they were doing, then the blankets were removed and anything goes, prevailed!
   So tell me, America, who did all this edify, but Satan?
   Then, our man in the White House, who thinks he's the King(?) who before he was elected told us that , he is fully against same-sex marriage, at least until he got into the the White House!
   Then, the NOT SO Supreme Court, {they also shall answer to a higher authority) decides as an other 9 humans did long ago that abortion was Constitutional, and well let's face it, babies do not vote but Mom's do! After all, it all due to PRIVACY, BUT A HUMAN BEING IN THE WOMBS, UNDER CONSTRUCTION HAS NO SUCH A RIGHT?
  Live, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, must have limitations due to age? Have Y O U found such a restriction? Fo4 I have not!

   I will hence forth, no longer use the term "Traditional Marriage" , since this NOT so Supreme Court, found that same-sex marriage is also Constitutional  {find it and tell me what and how this reads, please!}
As a few years have since passed this also can be called Traditional! So hence forth I'll refer to marriage, the LEGAL, in the Eyes of God,  kind, as Spiritual and or Biblical Marriage, ----- only!

    Now latest insult, to common decency and righteousness, is the President's..OPPS THE KING' S latest bombastic edict., BATHROOMS! Open to anyone at anytime for only the reason of so-called "Personal Comforts"!
   I'd like to be a "FLY_ON_ THE _Wall: so to speak when his two teenage daughters come running home shouting "Guess what Daddy, Mommy, we had a whole bunch of boys taking showers with us after gym class, and one of them asked it I wanted to touch it, I wanted to but I ran away! They told us they were all uncomfortable in the men's showers!

  Proverbs 14:12 " There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death."
    Isaiah 5:20  "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"

  Sadly most people are in the frame of mind that says: "There is no right or wrong, or absolute truth,"  it all depends upon the times and the situation, right?"
   That's called SITUATIONAL  ETHICS!
   Sadly, this has been the guiding principle for all the Progressives in both parties!  And Satan couldn't be more pleased at his progress, since 1844's revelation of the Charles Darwin's rough draft, of and for evolution, that sprang from the mind of the  One who Opposes, Satan!

  I, at times wonder, just how willingly blind most of humanity chooses to remain! The Bible, yes, a big book, but even a child, with prayers asking for wisdom to understand, can, will and have! I know few have ever read, revelation 13 th chapter with prayer asking for the Holy Spirit to give the understanding and guidance, then they'd know, just how close all these Tribulations really are, plus they know that men have been lying through their teeth, about believers being RAPTURED AOUTA HERE BEFORE THEY BEGIN!
 Yet their own Biblical illiteracy, will not allow then to read and learn the the Truth of God, but they listen to the lies of men! Because-------

     Acts 28:27  "For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."

     2 Timothy 4:3  "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

Meaning?: Teach them what they want to hear, not reality , unless its well sugar-coated!  However look----

     2 Peter 2:1 " But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction."

    Now PLEASE THINK!  If the false, teachers, those that teach stuff outside the Bible's truth, do so to their own destruction, where does that leave Y O U?   Please take a good look at your calendar, and count the days beginning with Sunday the FIRST DAY, of the week, so when is the SEVENTH DAY SABBATH? but on the Seventh day? Saturday, so why does most of the world's "Christians," follow the Vatican's law of Sunday sacredness? Why,indeed, when we have this........

    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."

Man received the year, from earth's rotation around the sun right?
The Month came from the Moon's orbit around the earth, agree?
The day we received by the earth's rotation on its axis, the 24 hr day.
But what Celestial even gives us the 7 day day week? NOTHING!  So why not 10 day or?
It is God's gift to us a day of rest, a Memorial for His Creation! as seen in Genesis 2:1-3 and Exodus 20 in the FOURTH COMMANDMENT Vs 7-11.
So I ask what is there in any man, to think that they can change God's laws?

       Daniel 7:25-26  "And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end."
The 4th is the ONLY  commandment that has a time element within it, as well as it being God's law! It was Pope Gregory XIII {The Great}that changed the day from sunset to sunset to mid-night to mid-night that we still have! {Gen. 1:5}

Blessed the 7th Day Sabbath only!
Sanctified it only!  Thereby making this day HOLY! something men can not do, nor change, yet men has done so nearly 1700 years ago! The age of a tradition does not make it right, nor truthful!

    Exodus 20:1 " And God spake all these words, saying,"

    Exodus 20:8-10 " 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:"

Please KNOW: This change was made by the same people who removed the SECOND COMMANDMENT in its entirety, and as all know, there's 10, they split the last one into two parts!  WHY"

Page 50 the Converts Catechism of Catholic of Catholic Doctrine Rev. Peter Geirmann,SC.SS.R

3 The Third Commandment.
Q; What is the third Commandment?
A: The Third Commandment is Remember that thou keep the Sabbath day.
Q: Which day is the Sabbath day?
A. Saturday bis the Sabbath day.
Q: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
A: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic church transferred the solemnity from
Saturday to Sunday;

   There, in their own words is the reason for the change, and even they admit there is not ONE VERSE in the entire Bible that shows God changed the day from the MEMORIAL OF HIS CREATION FOR US!.

   YES BUT. . . .but that was for the Jews only, was it not?

The word Jew comes from the tribe of Judah, A son of Jacob and the first mention of the word Jew in the Bible is in Ester, almost 2,000 years after Creation week!  Besides look------

  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."
 I know not about others but I spell Jew as J--E   W-- not as M...A...N! how about YOU?

  Then how do all those who obey man's Sunday Sacredness edicts, act upon this verses?

    In Jesus' [He is the Author John 1:1-3,14.] own words!  John 14:15 " If ye love me, keep my commandments."
    
     Revelation 14:12 " Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."

      Revelation 19:10 " And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."

  I wonder how many non Adventists have ever hear the term "Spirit of Prophecy"?   How many know that about 30% of the word of God is Prophecy?

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THE ULTIMATE SPACE JOURNEY.Mark Finley and Signs of the Times mag. 9/2013.

My many thanks to both Mark and This Magazine. John B
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   Mark Finley says that a day is coming when we won't have to be Astronauts in order to explore our own galaxy, or any other!

Note: (jb) Won't that be something? Our Father will brings each one of us "Up to speed", for total navigation skills, as it a huge Cosmos out there, right? We, with Jesus, will visit other worlds, and other of God's children, to give witness, to God's Grace, Forgiveness, and Redemption, that they have not ever experienced!

    On April 17, 2012 the space shuttle Discovery bolted on top of a 747 from NASA' s aircraft, soured over the Nation's Capital in a final salute before landing at Dulles International airport outside of Washington D.,C. Thousands of people lined the National mall to catch a glimpse of the famed spacecraft as it headed for the airport and its final resting place in the Smithsonian Institute.
    It's rather difficult to imagine that Discovery traveled a total of 148,221,675 miles on only 39 space missions. That's equivalent of 311 round trips to the Moon. What an incredible accomplishment! No wonder so many people wanted one last look at America's most beloved Craft.
    There's something fascinating about space travel. It does capture the human imagination. It stimulates our thinking. It fuels our dreams for a better tomorrow. Maybe--just maybe-- there are answers to our deepest questions out there beyond the stars.
    Some private companies are already advertising trips into space and booking seats on rocket ships. A March 24, 2006, Associated Press article on space travel made this intriguing observation: "If floating weightless and peering down on a shimmering blue earth sounds appealing, you might consider being a space tourist. As long as you've got a fat wallet.."
Note: May I add make that two fat wallets?
   
THE ULTIMATE SPACE JOURNEY.

     There's, however another space journey that's open to more than a few astronauts. It's a journey anyone WILLING, to take, and it SHALL bring each of those, face to face with destiny!

    What's more, we will not need to build any type of space-craft, in order for us to take this trip. We'll travel beyond our Solar system, beyond even our own Milky Way Galaxy, right through Orion's empty space, into the heart of the Universe. But....but it must begin with Some one's return!

   Jesus Christ, The Messiah, The One who paid such a remarkable visit to this earth near two thousand years ago, is set, real soon, to pay us another visit. This time, not as a new born, but as KING of Kings, and LORD of Lords,  [Revelation 19:16] And the Heavens will rumble with a great shout as trumpets blast and millions of angels sing out.

   1 Thessalonians 4:16  "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: "

   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."

    Imagine, Jesus and the Heavenly Host swoop down in  a cloud {cloud is symbolic a great multitude of Heavenly Angels] encircling the earth so fast, that every eye shall see it! The very ground shakes, [earthquakes that shall level all man-made structures] mountains will slide into the seas, Graves will split open and all those who died, "sleeping in Christ Jesus" will be resurrected, and receive their "Glorious Bodies" as has Jesus, and just as immortal as He!
   The Faithful believers who are alive at that time will also be changed.----

    1 Corinthians 15:50-55  "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 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. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?"

    1 Thessalonians 4:13-18  "But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.  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. Wherefore comfort one another with these words."

  All believers, who obey because of their love for Jesus, shall join the resurrected ones and all shall be lifted up to meet Jesus in the air! Jesus then will become as our Noah''s Ark, and take us to our HOME!

LIFE BEYOND THE STARS.

  NOTE (JB)   NASA' S  dream is to find life on another planet.  A world that is suitable for human habitation. But I ask, "What's the point"? Until we allow God's Holy Spirit to transform our characters, we shall pollute our new world with evils, just as we have done to this world! It is for this very reason we have this caution-----

     John 17:15 " I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil."

Note: What does this do to man's doctrine of believers being "RAPTURED"  OUT BEFORE THE TRIBULATIONS BEGIN? But that we should be as ONE!----

    John 17:22-24  "And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world."

Note: That we all may be as ONE With Jesus, why?-----
    Matthew 7:13-15  "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:  Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.  Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves."

Note: Most of the Protestant churches today hold many false doctrines inherited from Rome:
!. Man has an immortal, eternal soul.  [Genesis 2:7 shows us a soul in a living being]
2. Die and go to your reward
3. Sunday sacredness, in place of the Bible's Seventh day Sabbath!
None of these can find a fit in any so far printed Bible! Thus it's man's words based upon human traditions.
However even a 2000 year old observed tradition, age does not correct error, agree? LOOK-----

    Mark 7:13 " Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye."

Note: The three above examples are but a few of the many false doctrines found in churches today!

     2 Peter 3:7  "But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men"

Note: a close reading will show anyone who can read and understand, that 1. There is no eternal punishments until AFTER Judgment. Thus no going to one's reward at death.
2. reserved unto fire.. means the Rev.19's Lake of Fire that covers all earth, to cleanse, to purify, and to remove both sin and death.
3. Perdition means liable to die this is the second death of the ungodly men.------

     .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." [Revelation 2:11; 20:6,14; ]

   This is the great event Jesus told us to look forwards to in---

    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."

     1 Thessalonians 4:16  "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:"

  NOTE:  When we earthlings think about journeys from one Galaxy to another, the distances are overwhelming. How do we reach a star that thousands of light years away? Science is at a quandary, they can't conceive a speed greater that the speed of light! But our own Milky Way Galaxy is ten million + light years across, and that is still in our own back yard so to speak!
LOOK   Speed of Light = 282,272 miles per second!  282,272 x 60 seconds = 16,936,320 miles per minute. =  X 60 minutes or 1,016,179,200 miles per hour, x 24 = 24,388,300,800  that's in one day, my little calculator gave me error message when I tried to find how far in one year, now take, the fact, ten million years just to travel across our own Galaxy! Then know we are still in our own back yard!

  However Jesus' return removes all these obstacles, for HE is The One Who created all those stars, and calls each by their name-- this God, can transport us through the Universe as fast as He wants to! Distance will not matter, Black Holes will not matter, even the light-speed barrier will not matter why? It's God The Father Who beckons us to come to Him and home! We will arrive all together and walk on the streets of gold, as pure and as transparent as the finest glass.Now that's the Ultimate Space Journey, agree? But there's one more journey that is destined.   [Revelation ------

    Revelation 21:1-2  "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."

OUR FINAL RETURN.by John B

       What may be a surprise to the Biblical Illiterates, is that this journey will not be a ONE-WAY trip!

    Matthew 5:5 " Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth"
   The above is part of Christ's Sermon on the Mount, the greatest Sermon earth ever head to date!.Yet this was foretold by David----

      Psalms 37:11 " But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace."
Note please find and read the next verse, verse 12! This puts our time-line, right at the very end of Revelation's 1,000 years, and Satan's removal of the "Chains of circumstance," as he will again have all the resurrected evil doers, and non-believers to deceive again. They surround the the Holy City....

   Revelation 20:7-8  "And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea."

Satan and all his will try to take by force what was offered for free, Christ's salvation by attempting to eat from the tree of life, thus gain eternal life. However-----
 
   Revelation 20:9-10  "And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever"

That dear reader, is the First and the very LAST time the Hell Fires are in use! It's use also cleanse earth from human pollution, and removes all traces of our previous existence, then and only then will human eyes see God creating as He RE-CREATES the Garden of Eden across all this earth!.

   To counter another man-made religious myth, about sinners burning forever and ever in the hell-fires look--

    Malachi 4:1  "For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch."

NOTE: Yes Satan and all evildoers and non-believers shall be burned up, but know this fact: Brimstone is sulfur and that burns at around 2300 degrees F. now how long can a body of flesh and blood last at those temperatures, seconds?
  Next: In order for the evil ones to be burning forever God has to give them eternal life, does that make sense for a God who gave us, because He loves us so much,His only son Jesus Christ to die for our sins?

   Malachi 4:3 " And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts."

Where Sodom and six other cities and towns set a blaze with eternal fire?  Are they still burning today? NO!
Eternal in the sense of punishing, are meant to last only as long enough to do the job, besides when a fire has run out of fuel, what happens? Ashes do not burn, right?

To finish Mark's thoughts:

   Jesus assured us that He's coming soon---
   Revelation 22:7 " Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book."
   ONE day, all HIS saints will be taken into His loving arms!
    One day we shall journey to Heaven [Heaven is wherever The Father is!] in an angelic craft of light.
   One day we shall all walk on that Holy city whose streets are paved with gold.
   One day we all shall be able to personally thank Jesus for taking what we deserved, while giving us what               He deserved.
    One day all of humanity, who has ever lived shall know God's truth! Sadly for most it shall be too late!
   ONE day we shall look upon THIS earth made new.
  ONE day we shall live with God and be His sons and daughters.
   SO be ready.
   So look up as your redemption draws neigh.  . Luke 21:28  "And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh."

Please read all of Luke 21, Matthew 24 and Mark 13, to learn of "THESE THINGS!"

Note:YOU are special in The fathers eyes!  Think of all the millions of sperm cells from your biological father, it was Y O U, that made the journey to the your  Mom's egg and fertilized it. millions of your possible brothers and sisters never came to be born, BUT YOU DID, by God's choice! HE has a place for you and YOU alone, wont you reach out to Him in prayer in the Holy name,  of Jesus Christ?

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THE PURPOSE of GOD'S JUDGMENT in HEAVEN. Signs of the Times Mag,3/2016

May thanks to this magazine and author Marvin Moore.  (JB)

THE SENSATIONAL O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL..

   A murder trail in Los Angeles California, was called "the trail of the century". Simpson was accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. This trail begin with the swearing in on November 3, 1995, with a stunning verdict of not guilty, months latter.

     A Key part of the evidence brought by the prosecution was a dark leather glove that had been found at the crime scene. The defense attorney, Johnnie Cochran, persuaded the prosecution to have Simpson put on the glove. Simpson tried to get it over his hand, but couldn't.

Note: They had him put on a plastic clove first, now Y O U try to put on YOUR leather glove over top of a plastic glove!

All this theater led Cochran to explain, out load, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit"----and that's exactly what the jury did! While an estimated 100,000 people watched and listed to T.V, and radio!

GOD'S TRAIL.

   As sensational as Simpson's trail was, however, It doesn't come close to matching a trail in Heaven that will take place just prior to Christ's second Coming.  Daniel wrote of it this way----

      Daniel 7:9-14 " 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. I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.  I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."

    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."

     The "Ancient of Days, is clearly God ,The Father, and in ----

        Revelation 5:11  "And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;"

    A thousand times a thousand is a million, and the thousand times ten thousand ids a 100 million, which makes for a sizable "Jury" Agree?

    One of the key points, so far, are in the words:  "The court was seated, and the books were opened."

Daniel may have thought of a leather scroll, but we can think a computer. However the actual recording is more than possibly far beyond our present levels of knowledge.

     The point being that evidence was brought forth and it had been recorded prior to this court scene These "BOOKS", contain the record of every one's life's moments bot the righteous------

     Daniel 12:1  "And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book."

     Malachi 3:16 " Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name."

     AS WELL AS THE WICKED-----

     Revelation 20:1-3  "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season."

    Revelation 20:14-15  "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."

     CONDEMNATION AND VINDICATION..

   Two issues stand out in this judgment scene. First the wicked are condemned and God's people are vindicated.

Note: At the time of Jesus' return, there shall be ONLY TWO camps of believers:  A. Those who believe obey  God!   B. Those who believe in men and obey the laws of men!  The latter are lost!  However please make note, that ALL who are LOST have so CHOSEN to be lost! Not ONE person will be cast into the Lake of Fire, who truly does not want to be there! It's each person's own choice, as life without God is not possible, but He loves us so much He'll give us what we want, gone from His presence!

    THE WICKED in Daniel's prophecy are represented by a "Little Horn," power, first noted in ----

    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."

     Daniel's angelic interpreter spoke of----

    Daniel 7:21 "I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;"

    this points to the persecutions of God's people that's was inspired by demonic forces and carried out by Satan's human accomplices. It's been going on ever since Adam and Eve were cast out of the Eden, and it will so continue until Jesus returns!

THE RIGHTEOUS.   In Daniel's Prophecy are referred to as "The Saints," and they can expect no mercy, and that the little horn [The Vatican] would wage war against them until Jesus returned.

     Daniel 7:22 " Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom."

    So we have set the scene, and have the wicked on one side and righteous on the other. After a careful review of "Heaven's Books," by the angels God will pronounce His final judgment including the eternal destiny of both His and Satan's people!

    DOMINION.

    The Second issue is this drama is DOMINION. To understand this dominion we have to go back to a series of events in heaven that occurred 1,000's of years earlier. God had an angel that held a very high position....

     Ezekiel 28:14 " Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire."

    This high angel, was given many great gifts, in voice and in looks as well as responsibility. But this angel Lucifer, became to proud of his attributes---

   Ezekiel 28:17 " 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."

    Isaiah informs us that Lucifer,aspired to be like the Most High! In short, this Created Being wanted to be like and as God----

     Isaiah 14:11-15  "Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. 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"

     How do we know this event occurred in Heaven?.

    Revelation 12:3-4 "And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.  And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born."

    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: Actually it helps the stories flow if we think of these few verses, to be placed in-between Genesis 2 and 3 chapters! Especially when we think of Satan using the serpent as a Ventriloquist used his dummy!, in Genesis 3:1-5.

   Thus to put in terms of the world, Satan wanted God's DOMINION, and to be worshiped!  Via his deceit and deceptions he was able to gather to his side-----1/3rd of all the angels  Rev. 12:3-4..

    You need but to watch the nightly news, to see that Satan, as the devil still rules, thus has Dominion of this earth! Even though most think he's not real! Well where do YOU think ISIS received all their ideas from, Santa Clause, or the Tooth Fairy?   This brings us to Daniel 7 : 13 and 14.---

     Daniel 7:13-14 " I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man [Jesus Christ] came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."

    So this Judgment in Heaven shall remove the dominion that Satan has held over this earth, and give it back to Jesus. He has yet to take on this dominion of our world. That shall happen at His Second Coming. However, the legal authority to take dominion over the world was given to Him at the conclusion of Heaven's Judgment, and God's angles participated in that decision! We must know, that Satan was totally defeated at the Cross and with His resurrection three days later! Yet even judged and sentenced, Satan's end will not come until after the 1,0000 years he spends on this earth during the Millennium [Rev.20:2-3]

WHEN WILL THIS JUDGMENT TAKE PLACE?

Even, most nations, do not punish a person, until after they have judged right,? So die and go to hell is not Biblical but of human tradition only!

    As mentioned previously, this is scheduled to take place just before Jesus Return. There's two ways we can know this.

World History:  The first eight VERSES of Daniel 7, speaks to four great beasts, that represent four great kingdoms of earth.. They shall arise out of the earth   VS17. The Bible goes to I.D these four as Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. Rome was invaded by the so-called Barbarians of Northern Europe, the Germanic tribes and the Franks and the Anglo-Saxons, as they invaded to the south in A.D. 250 to 500 A.D. The Little Horn is represented the Medieval Christianity, which sorely persecuted all who opposed
Rome. Best known as the Spanish Inquisition, but this was throughout all of Catholic nations.

    Babylon from whom all the other conquerors absorbed her customs and religious practices, all the way up to Rome even today! However just as Satan saw that spilled blood only created many new Christians, he decided to deceive them by blending Paganism with Christianity, and in that he's had great success, but the torture ceased in about the late 1700's and Heaven's Judgment scene comes in after that in Daniel's Prophecy. That's the first clue that this Judgment shall take place in Heaven PIOR to Christ's return.   

     When is Dominion given to Christ?
   
    We get the second clue from the careful reading of this Dominion that's given to Christ in Daniel 7:13-14--

     -Daniel 7:13-14  "I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."

Please NOTE: The above is one of many, many reasons why the phrase: "I am a New Testament Christian, is as empty as a V.8 engine running on only four cylinders, one has only 1/2 the picture! Yet  both speak to the very Creator God! With the very same 10 laws, still in full effect, and, they shall always so be! For they are God The Father's character!

  Now some Christians have PROBABLY understood the "Giving of this Dominion" to happen at Christ's Second Coming because of the statement is Verse 13, that "A son of man" came "with the clouds of Heaven"
 Jesus Himself said that He will return to earth" with the clouds of the sky"----
     

     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"

   However Daniel's 7:13 has---- "THE SON OF MAN APPROACHED THE ANCIENT OF DAYS, ON CLOUDS therefore this CANNOT be His Second coming. Further-more, all this in Daniel 7, is taking place in Heaven, and thus is but a description and its interpretation--occurs in Heaven, Whereas Christ's second Coming shall occur in earth's near orbit, His feet never touching this earth, at this time!.

Therefore in Daniel's 7 pictorial scene, of the Judgment, the Second coming has not yet happened, nor written off, in this scene.

SATAN'S STRATEGY.

   Satan has relied upon lies and deceptions from the the beginning is sin, within him, note Genesis 3:----

    Genesis 3:3 " 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."

Eve quoted God inaccurately, He said "Do not eat" never said anything about touch ---

      Genesis 2:17  "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die".

However Satan said this----

   Genesis 3:4-5  "And the serpent said unto the woman, 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."

Note: Many are they that have swallowed this hook, line and, sinker, in this thinking and teaching: "Die and go to heaven, and then after the resurrection the body and soul will be re-united!"

   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: What does this say? A soul is a living being, human or animal, and is NOT a ADDED ON SOMETHING!

    Ecclesiastes 9:4-6  "For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 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. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun."

Note: NEVER, ever take the words of men for the Word of God, learn it for yourself!

     Satan, soon reverted to his more norm, by using force, and murder,, by his usage of his proxies, mankind! Read the story of Moses, the reason he was placed in a basket, was that the Pharaoh, fearing the Israelite's, ordered the death of all new born male children, by tossing them into the Nile river! From here on Satan used pure force, until the latter parts of the 1700's, always in the "Name of Christianity"! Millions were burned alive, tortured to death, an ed killed by the sword, over all that time, where-ever the Papacy ruled! In fact the LAST court of Inquisition closed its doors in Peru, in 1890!  {Fox's Martyrs, Church History by Abijion (sp?) 

    During Christ's life on earth and The GOD-Man, He met satan in the wilderness following 40 days of His fasting and praying. At the end of which Satan came to Him and attempted to temp Him three (3) times--

[ Matthew 4:1-11] 

     Matthew 4:8-9  "Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me."

Note: Know now why and how some humans have an ego the size far larger than themselves!  Look----

        Pope Leo XIII in an Encyclical Letter, June 20, 1894 said this:

"We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty."    Even John Paul II said the same thing!

Note: they all have egos as large as Satan's read Revelation 13::1-4 and know they why!

     2 Thessalonians 2:3-5  "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?"---------

Note:  It it this Jesuit Pope Francis, who called for and led the Paris Summit on "Climate change" that puts nation's Sovereignty under the U,N. and the Popes, in fact the London England chapter of the Jesuits, proc;aimed this made the Pope, the world's Moral leader, and He called for all work to cease on Sunday, the day of Pagan Sun worship, and called it a DAY for Earth to rest! {Mother earth- Ghia, that's Pantheism!}{NEW WORLD ORDER-ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT AND THE POPE RULES JUST AS BEFORE!  Google Jesuit's Oath of service, and know  with ,This Society of the friends of Jesus, He is not in want of enemies!}

   Revelation 13:7-9  "And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear."

NOTE: THIS IS WHERE WE ARE, in Bible's time line , so how much time do WE EACH have to chose right or wrong? God or men? Before the Tribulations hit the non-believers and the wicked ones? I am not trying to scare you, only trying to bring you to reality! BECAUSE, 90% + of all Prophecy has come to pass as written and on time, so what makes anyone think the last 10% will not happen? Because many do not believe? Then why did God save only 8 humans from the FLOOD in the Ark He had Noah build?

OH, YES I know man's sciences [ you know the Search for Truth!] as long as God is not mentioned! I want all to be Saved for Eternal life just as Heaven does. The Father has chosen YOU, to be born and has a special spot in Heaven for Y O U! A spot no other can fill!

------   Satan had a very clever strategy. He had gained Dominion over the world {DOMINION = A King and his kingdom!  Which was one reason Christ had to die to "BUY IT BACK"] due to the "FALL" into sin by Adam and Eve, and now he was offering it to Jesus, under the condition that Jesus worships him!

Satan used the very same things to temp Jesus as he did Eve, The Lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life.Thank Goodness Jesus told him to get lost! If He, Jesus has failed the human race would be extinct, long, long ago!-----

    Matthew 4:10  "Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve."

   How grateful can we be, or should be, that Jesus gained the victory and defeated Satan on the cross, even while his proxies kept shouting "He says He will save us all but He can't even save Himself!"

   Jesus, who regained Dominion over this world, the hard way, by His perfect life,- through His 7 in all Trails his scourging, and His crucifixion, and resurrection!

Note: Sadly it was His resurrection man used to change the day of the Sabbath for the Seventh Day {Look at your calendar!] to the First day of the week, right?   LOOK----

    

     Daniel 7:24-26 "And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end."

Praise God that Jesus resisted Satan and regained dominion of the earth the right way!, not by lies, deceptions nor force! In fact God uses only Love and Truth, Satan uses all but those two!

   Revelation 13:2  "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."

Note: Rev.12 :7-9 will ID the Dragon as Satan the devil who what?  HIS POWER, HIS SEAT, in Rome from Pagan to Pagan/Christian mix!  Read Daniel 7th chapter, here the beast's are earthly kingdoms that ruled much of earth uniting religion and state into one, are revealed! This record agrees with human recorded history! However the "Scripture Lawyers"  try to have you believe the Book of Daniel was written after Christ instead of nearly 500 years before His, earthly, birth!

Thanking Y O U, for your time.

Questions? Comments?    John at www.servant@frontier.com

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#28 last in series. THE NEW EARTH. Signs of the Tims 3/2016 "We Believe"

My Thanks to this magazine and all their works: JB.

WHEN SIN-SINNERS -DEATH ALL-----

-----Have been destroyed, at the end of the Millennium, the fires, that engulfed all earth, consuming them and make purify the earth, it will erase all trace and evidence of sin, and human pollution, as well. Then God will RE_CREATE earth as He intended at the beginning, and the whole earth will become EDEN!

    2 Peter 3:10-13 " 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. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?  Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness."

       Revelation 21:5 " 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."

   In this earth made new, people will find many reasons for joy, delights that are beyond our comprehension here for....

    

    1 Corinthians 2:9  "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."

    Isaiah 64:4 " For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him."

   Though we cannot imagine in the slightest the glories that God has prepared for His redeemed, the Bible offers a surprising amount of information about His eternal Kingdom.

WHAT WILL HEAVEN BE LIKE?

    We will have dwellings prepared for us by Jesus, in  the house of His Father-----

    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."

  Plus we shall----

    Isaiah 65:17  "For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind."

    Isaiah 65:21-22  "And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands."

   With minds that are no longer benumbed by sin, nor limited by time, we all shall be in a position { all the Saints] to investigate the wisdom of the Universe that is without stain or spot!

   The pain  and the sadness that we deal with every day will no longer exist because----

    Revelation 21:4-5 " 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"

      Just think of it! No more crime, injustice, death or illness, as many say, "No More Aids, seeing, chewing, walking, hearing, aids, ever, for anyone!" No more Md's, funerals, nor grave yards, or mortuaries, ever again! No more police, nor courts, jails or lawyers ever!  We will forever have those we love close to us, even The Father and The Son!

     The corruption in nature caused by sin, shall be no more, and our physical bodies shall be forever young and mature, all vegetation shall be evergreen, and nothing shall ever die!  LOOK------

     Isaiah 65:25  "The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD."

  The New Jerusalem, which by then will have been set upon this earth,.....

   

    Revelation 21:2  "And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."

    Revelation 21:23  "And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof."

    .Revelation 22:2  "In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."

Note: We are not told if The Tree of Life, is the very same one that Adam and Eve ate from or that God destroyed it and created anew one in Heaven! But we shall have one nevertheless!

   God's people will not get tired nor be in need of  nightly, sleep.

FACE TO FACE WITH GOD!

    But beyond any material gratification that we will receive as heirs of His Kingdom, will the the supreme privilege of direct communication with both the The Father and The Son plus The Holy Spirit!-----

      1 Corinthians 13:12  "For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known."

     From the book "The Great Controversy" P. , 678----

       

    "And the years of eternity, as they roll by, will bring richer and greater and still more glorious revelations of God the father and God the son. As our knowledge increases, so will our love and reverence and happiness increase. The more men learn of god, the greater will be their admiration of His character become. As Jesus opens before us the riches of redemption and the amazing achievements in the great controversy with Satan, the hearts of the ransomed thrill with more reverence and fervent devotion, and more rapturous joy, they sweep the harps of gold and ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands of voices will unite to swell the mighty chorus of praise."

From "The Desire of Ages" P.26.

    "The work of redemption will be complete. In the place where sin abounded, God's Grace much more abounds.. The earth itself, the very field that Satan claims as his own, is to be not only ransomed but exalted. Our little world, under the curse of sin the one dark blot in the glorious Creation, will be honored above all other worlds, in the Universe of God. Here, where The Son of God tabernacled in humanity; where the King of Glory lived, and suffered and died,--- here, when He shall make all things new, the Tabernacle of God shall be with men, and they shall be His people, and He shall our God, and dwell with us. And through the endless ages as the Redeemed walk with their LORD, they will praise Him for His unspeakable Gift, EMMANUEL, 'God with us' "

Further Study: Genesis 17:1-8 Matthew 5:5 2 Peter 3:13 Revelation 11:15.

Thanking Y O U for your time,

Questions?   Comments?   John at www.servant@frontier.com

Visit you Seventh day Adventist church, any Saturday/Sabbath at 9-10 AM. You just may find that which you have been searching for..Peace of Mind!

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# 27 IN SERIES. The Millennium AND THE END OF SIN.

THANKS TO Signs of the Times special 03/2016 issue "WE BELIEVE".   JB.

THE BOOK OF REVELATION,

  tells all of a one-thousand - year period of time, that Bible students call "The Millennium." This word id NOT found in the Bible. It comes from the two Greek words, "MILLE,"  meaning "One Thousand," and "ANNUM" meaning " a year"  Referring to this passage----

    Revelation 20:2  "And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,"

    The time frame of this 1,000 years, is by far, the most easiest to determine, because of the unmistakable bookends. It begins on the day that Christ returns in His Second Advent, and the Resurrection of the Just, and it ends with creation of the Lake of Fire ----

   

    Revelation 20:10-11  "And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them"  [Rev. 19:20. Rev.20: 14-15.].]

Note: Brimstone is sulfur and it burns at over 2,000 degrees F. Thus death is instantaneous, for most, but for Satan, upon whom Jesus will place ALL sins upon him, that will also be burned up! Punishment will be for ever, in its results, but not forever punishing! [God would have to give all evil-doers, eternal life just to keep on punishing them, does THAT, sound like a God, that so loves the world that He sent His Son Jesus to died for our sins?"...look....

    Malachi 4:3  "And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts."

NOTE: Please ask yourself, "IF... if YOU are one of the saints, {I hope you are] can you see your self walking among the flames just to walk upon Satan's ashes? Or -----

    Jude 1:7 " Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire".

Note: Are these 7 cities and towns still burning today? After all it says Eternal Fire right?  Biblically in this application the word eternal, means men can't put the fire out, and it will burn ONLY as long as it's job is to last, no more fuel, no more fire!  Never allow men to deceive you go to the Word for truth!

     Another false teaching in most churches,at least those who DO NOT insist the members actually study the Bible,  is that there are TWO RESURRECTIONS!

      The FIRST RESURRECTION at the Second Coming of Christ, are the JUST! The second resurrection is for all the rest, a 1,000 years latter.----

     Revelation 20:4-6  "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years."

Note: The SECOND shall be exclusively for the wicked! Who shall come out of the graves with the same age and infirmities and illnesses they died with! Unlike the Just who will resurrect  with A glorious Body as is Jesus' and be a youthful adult, forever!  By the way, those who "Pierced Him at the Cross?------

   John 19:37  "And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced."

    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."

Note: All those who Nailed Jesus to the Cross, or shoved in a spear, will also see Him and perish again thus shall perish three times! Because they Murdered the Sin Bearer!

RESURRECTION OF THE RIGHTEOUS.

   These are the two resurrection that Jesus spoke about when He said, ----

      John 5:28-29  "Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

   We can know this first Resurrection happens because of----

       1 Thessalonians 4:14-18  "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.  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. Wherefore comfort one another with these words"

     Thus, there can no question the millennium will begin with the second coming of Jesus, since that is the time when the righteous living, and the righteous dead will be resurrected, and will join Jesus in the clouds, just as Jesus had promised near 2,000 years ago!----

     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."

      During this time the just shall be with Jesus and The Father-God, for the 1,000 years, and they will judge-----

    Revelation 20:4  "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, [ during the Dark Ages of persecutions from AD 100 to 1798 A.D. ] and which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; [ Revelation 13] and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." 

 Where will the wicked be, during the time their cases are being examined? They will be dead, {both in the graves, and not buried on this earth, in fact the wicked humans and angels will not ever leave this earth!]

  The righteous only will be raised to eternal life condition [ 1 Corinthians 15:50-55] at Christ's return, thus making it plain that the millions of people who are not saved, {note: DUE to their own personal choices because they chose to reject Christ!]  , who died at His return, and those during the ages past, will all remain in the ground or sea, until the second Resurrection at the end of the 1,000 years!

   The living, at that time, wicked ones will perish due to His power and glory, as sin can not live nor exist is His presence!----

    Jeremiah 25:33 " And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground."

     2 Thessalonians 2:7-12  For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 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, 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: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."

Note: Because they refused to receive the love for the TRUTH! God allowed them to be deceived by Satan;'s lies, and because they had pleasure in doing evils things!

    Revelation 19:11-21  "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. And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh."

Note: At His return all the wicked who reject HIM will perish, and their bones picked clean by birds of prey as Satan will not bother to dig graves for them! Most living then will be lost! All due to selfish Pride, of living life their way!

SATAN BOUND.

  This helps us to understand why the Bible says that Satan will be "bound" during the 1,000 years. Since the day he tempted Eve, and Adam i n the garden of Eden, he has spent time deceiving us humans and causing us to sin But with the righteous in heaven after Christ Second Coming, and the wicked all dead Satan will have none to deceive thus he is "chained' by circumstance.....

    

    Revelation 20:1-2  "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,"

  This chain is symbolic, not literal, just as in our case case, when we wish to go someplace, but can't because "Our hands are tied."

Note:  The Bottomless pit, There can be no such thing unless there's a hole right through the planet right?. The Greek word here is Abusos, where we have out abyss from.  

    When Jesus comes, the earth will be reduced to chaos as the results of the previous events of water turning to blood and with  boils on the unjust, plus earthquakes, storms and human violence.

      Isaiah 6:11 " Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,"

      Isaiah 24:1 " Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof."

      Jeremiah 4:23-27 " I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. 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. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end."

     Revelation 16:18-20  "And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found."

Note: The above verses shows what shall be earth's condition after the Second Advent! Thus the earth will become as it was in Genesis 1:1-2. Tuhu VA Buhu,  (SP?) desolate and formless and empty. Satan and his fallen angels will have the full 1,000 years, without sunlight, nor light of any king, reflect on the ruin he caused bringing sin into this world, and by Adam's surrender to his will by his disobeying God, Adam surrendered earth to Satan ruler ship. Yet Satan will not change, his ways nor his thinking.
    In fact, at the moment of the end of the 1,000 years, when God resurrects all the unjust and wicked ones, he, Satan will again deceive them into believing that HE, Satan resurrected them, and lea where he will attempt to eat from the Tree of Life, as will all his own.and them to surround the The Holy city New Jerusalem. They will attempt to take by force what was offered to them for free.through Christ Jesus, Whom they all rejected!

THE RESURRECTION OF THE WICKED.

    At the end of the Millennium Satan will be "Released" from his prison-----

    Revelation 21:1-2  "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"

     .Revelation 20:7-8  "And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea."------

      Ezekiel 39:11  "And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog."

Note: As usual men have allowed their imaginations to run wild in print and Pulpits on this topic, and as usual they are not following the word of God.-- [ mentions in the O.T. but only once in the New, above: 1 Chronicles 5:4; Ezekiel 38:2,3,14,16,18,; 39:1, and 39:11 above].  

    Sorry all you rumor mongers, but this final battle is God's battle in the which He will----

     

     Revelation 20:9  "And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them."

-------   WHY? Why will Satan, the devil try to muster his deceived ones into the final battle/ when he knows he had zero chance of success?  In a word ego, and belief in self, not ever dampened after a life-time for him of failures against Jesus Christ, after the New Jerusalem sets down on the very location of earth, that was promised to Abraham, so long ago. [ Numbers 34,] [ area given is about a square of 375 miles, making it a cube]-------
     Revelation 21:16 " And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal."   {furlong is one-eighth of a mile, or 1,500 miles around,or 375 miles per side.]

   But of course their attack shall fail. Fire from God will consume Satan and his vast host------

    Revelation 20:10 " And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."

Note: for ever and ever, sorry this means just as in Sodom, the fire will burn only as long as the "JOB" lasts! What happens when the no more "Fuel" for the fire to burn? It goes out! As this will also!

    Malachi 4:3 " And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts."

Note: QUESTION, can ashes burn? When we cremate a a person, do they still live and feel pain?  NO they are dead, and beyond pain of feeling or knowing anything!, DEAD IS DEAD! No Part of us lives beyond death, until God's resurrection, period, anything else is from the Devil!

    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: This is the condition for Satan and company of fallen angels for the next 1,000 years on this earth, with no light of any kind! The Bible is NOT written in a chronological order, that's why we must search and properly divide it.
   
     2 Timothy 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

CLEANSING THIS EARTH.

    Thus the universe, will be cleansed of sin and death!  Satan and all who followed him, even by staying neutral, they have rejected the savior, and followed Satan, the deceiver. to destruction. Then God, will re-Create Eden over this entire earth,------

      2 Peter 3:13 "Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness"

      Revelation 21:5 "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: For the very first time in human history we shall see, with our own eyes, God Creative Powers at work!  So when an evolutionist tells us how life began or earth, it is ONLY a human assumption, nothing more!

   The Great Controversy is ended, and Christ is thew Victor.  Please read page 678 of "The Great Controversy by Ellen White, Visit your Seventh day Adventist church and ask to  see this book and read this page, from their library!  Thanks!

Thanking Y O U for your time.

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# 26 in Series: DEATH AND RESURRECTION. Signs of the Times Special 3-2016

WE BELIEVE.   MY MANY THANKS TO THIS MAGAZINE AND ITS STAFF.  JB.

THE BIBLICAL TEACHINGS,

about the Resurrection and the condition of human beings in death is full of hope!

   We have no need, when at the loss of a loved one,  while, we are hurting, thus we have little need to take the words of men, and their silly Satanic notions of a ever punishing hell, No wonder The Bible's Author saw fit to have this written----

      1 Thessalonians 4:13-14  "But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him."

As well as this:      John 14:19  "Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also."

NOTE: ALL, who believe and accept Christ in loving obedience shall live again after death, via HIS RESURRECTION at the time of His Return! That's according to the Bible, an d not as many apostates teach! If anyone knowingly teaches falsely, look at -----

     2 Peter 2:1  "But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction."

   We Seventh day Adventists differ from the majority of "Christians", in their understanding what happens during the time of our death and the Resurrection. We believe what the Bible teaches,  and not what many men teach. 

NOTE: This way is much safer, agree?

  We believe in the unity of the Person  [Genesis 2:7]  and in the impossibility of a conscious existence apart from the body. There's absolutely no basis nor foundation there will a reunion of the body and the soul, that was somehow separated at death!

    In both the Hebrew and the Greek, there is no words that are translated as "SOUL" in English, simply means the living person---Gen. 2:7, "...God breathed into his nostrils and man became a living soul."

AT DEATH then is simply the reverse, our last breath returns to He who created us, and we return to the dust of the earth, from whence we came!

    Men, do err, in thinking that man have an ETERNAL SOUL, only God has immortality until Jesus Returns for His elect! The bible teaches that mankind as a living being is a soul, and when that living soul, the human being stops breathing death takes us! It is the reverse of  OUR, Creation!

     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."

THE BIBLE C ALL OUR DEATH "A SLEEP".

     John 11:11  "These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep."

Note Please read this account of Lazarus, who by the time Jesus got there, he was dead four days, yet Jesus did not say COME DOWN, nor COME UP, but COME OUT! Now if as many teach, he was in heaven, for 4 days, why was he still bound up in his funeral wraps? No knives or scissors in heaven? Would YOU be a happy camper if you were in heaven for 4 days and suddenly found your self in your old worn-out body, here on earth again?  THINK! SELAH!

Plus, if all the just are resurrected at death to heaven why is written, in many places that Christ will resurrect all His own at His return, and why the need to return?  Biblical ignorance is the only explanation is it not? Willful or otherwise!

      Please allow reality to seep into Y O U when I ask this question:  "IF, and only IF, God takes us to heaven at our death, speaking of the just, only, how would they feel, and how could they be blissfully happy when they can see all the pain and suffering all, including their own loved ones, still fighting for survival on earth?

Note: That's not the Bible's telling us about life in heaven for His own now is it?  Is it Satan, that is constantly feeding us disinformation, lies, and, deceptions? THINK for your selves and not the "ONE VERSE CHARLIES" at the Pulpits!

Please know, the Bible says nothing, about a CONSCIOUS SOUL, nor of a SPIRIT that can survive the death of a body, but it does say much about life after death.It affirms that death comes to all, both the just and the unjust, alike. But it describes a future that is vastly different for each member of each group!

      John 5:28-29  "Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."

   After "resting," in the dust, until the resurrection by Jesus, the dead shall live again to receive the results of the choices they have made, in their life. Those who have accepted Christ's offer in---

     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"

----- will receive the gift of immortality---[ 1 Corinthians 15:50-55.] Those who have chosen to reject this offer, leaves God, who loves them enough to give them what they desire, a total  separation, from the Sustainer of Life itself The Father-God!. Thus they can NOT continue to receive the gift of life, from God, and they shall forever perish, in the Second Death, for it is final!  WHY?

      Revelation 20:14-15  "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."

Sin began with Satan[ REV.12] AND with him reduced to ashes, he shalt never more be! Thus the final end of sin! Sin being the transgression of the Law of God's Ten Pillars!

God can not, and will not permit sin nor selfishness [are not both the same thing?] to exist in the coming perfect universe!

THE RESURRECTION:

    At the Second coming of christ, the saints of ALL ages will each receive their inheritance all at the very same time...

     1 Thessalonians 4:16-18  "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. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.""

   On the Resurrection morning each one of God's own will be a new Creation. Yhey shall receive the same Glorious Body that christ arose with fron His tomb, near 2,000 years ago. Each will still recognise their loved ones and friends will do the same , those who will walk Heavens streerts shall be the same ones who walked upon this earth. It is comforting that God will preserve out identity and character we had going into the grave, but coming out will be a new forever lasting body.

   Song of Solomon 8:6  "Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame"

Note Death is the enemy of both God and man! Becuse it robs the life of those He loves, YOU ans Me!

  We therefore consider death to be our enemy, but one that's not to be feared! We confront it confidently, committing ourselves to our loving Heavenly Father, and our older Brother Jesus, whose victory over the grave is also ours to claim in Jesus!.

A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

    An Adventist who discovered that he was the victim of an incurable disease, illustrates this kind of confidence or better known as FAITH/TRUST. When he wrote to a close family member this: "Last Tuesday, the original diagnosis was confirmed. As you can well imagine, it was difficult to accept, but I know that everything will turn out OK. God can work miracles. That night, my wife and I had a long serious talk and together we faced everything about this situation realistically for the first time. Sometimes I think that God tests the fervor of mourn prayers so that we can examine our faith. It doesn't matter what happens. Time is very short for anything to do with this earth. It occurred to us to compare our situation to a father who tells his little son that's it's time to go to bed. The child may object and say he wants to stay up a little longer, but the father says, m"Son, tomorrow will be a better day, a day in which you can play as you would like."

    "if that is what god is telling me, why should I question His wisdom?"

Note: (JB) God KNOWS the future, and perhaps He sees things that may hit us far worse than our demise!

For Further Study: Ecclesiates 9:5-6. . John 5:24. Romans 6:23; 8:35-39; 1 Corinthians 15;51-54. 1 Timothy 6:15-16. Revelation 20:1-10.

NEXT: THE MILLENNIUM AND THE END OF SIN.

THANK Y O U  for your time.

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Note:"Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished."

The word seven appears 331 X in OT, and 74 times in N.T. or 404 times total. From Adam and Eve, to the now is close to 6,000 years,add another 1,000 years after Christ's return for the Millennium and we are at 7 thousand, There are no errors nor co-incidents in God's Word!. And none is able to seek forgiveness and repent from the grave, so why not today? Or are you will to be "Blotted Out", as if never even existed? No legacy in that is there? Besides your Father in heaven and I want YOU there!

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