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SUNDAY SERMON PART 1
"COME, HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD"
My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, (Proverbs) 3:1
COME, HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD ALL MY PEOPLES:
Hear me all you Shepherds and Leaders of all nations whom I have placed in charge of my peoples. Hear me all my peoples. For I am the Lord Almighty. Are you not all MY peoples? You speak in the name of the Lord, you worship in the name of the Lord, and your nations are guided by the ways of the Lord. Hear me all my peoples! I am against you!
Have you not heard my words? Have you not seen the work I have done? For over 3500 years I have been speaking to you, warning you – yes, you, this very generation, this very day, of what is about to come, and you have still not heeded my words, and you still do not fear the Lord.
You say that I am the God of Peace, and, of Love.... it's wise that you have said that, but you have forgotten that I am also a God of Fire and Brimstone holding back my Wrath until the set time.
This is why I am against you O' you Shepherds. You are practiced in the knowledge in the ways of the Lord. You consider yourselves experts in understanding my ways, and you preach to my peoples pretending to show them the light while at the same time you are leading them into the darkness. Yes, I've said you are pretending. Because you know the truth, you know my laws, you know my intent, yet you deny my peoples the knowledge you possess. You know that I am coming like a thief in the night, but you do not prepare my people for the coming floods, which I have spoken of from the days of old to this very day.
No, you Shepherds, you have given my people a false sense of security with your lies. You have built your large churches, which hold thousands. You speak to my peoples with large televisions, and you broadcast your lies over the air for all to hear. You wear your fancy clothes and makeup, you wear your diamond rings and gold watches, and you drive your expensive cars while my people are suffering for lack of knowledge, and understanding.
My people come to you for guidance, they believe in your lies and false promises. You say unto them "Give, Give and your Gifts will be returned to you 10 fold greater"!
You take from the poor only to enrich your storehouses, and, your riches. You make promises IN MY NAME that you have no power to fulfill.
How dare you use my name! Where does your power come from?
You are nothing but simple Men with Greedy Hearts that use my name for your own benefits, and not the benefits of my peoples! Where, yes, where O' Experts of my word is it written that my peoples should pay you to have their prayers answered?
And, you, my peoples, why are you so blind to think that you can bargain with the Lord? I am against you!
My peoples; did I not give you a free mind? Do you not have the power to think for yourselves? Why do you allow yourselves to be herded like cattle to the slaughter? Is it easier for you to let someone else do your thinking for you? Is this where your Faith has been placed?
You have given yourselves to these Shepherds of your own free will. You are ruled by them, and not by My Word. Because you have not heard my words, nor, heeded my warnings your sin is great.
You say you are my people, but I say I don't know you. You rely more on the word of man, than the word of the Lord. I am against you!
Your suffering will be unthinkable in the time of my Wrath. For you hold to the traditions of MAN rather than the Commandments of God!
Hear me my peoples! Listen to the word of the Lord, and not the words of the false prophets whom you call Shepherds. There is no power in them, yet, they amaze you!
My Son died on the Cross for all mankind so that you may be saved. In turn, you disobey my Commandments and you build idols made of wood and nails, and you hang them on your walls in your churches, and in your homes.
You kneel to these idols and statues, and you pray to these pieces of wood, and clay, and silver, and gold as if they had any power. When you pray to these idols do they answer you? Can they speak at all? Can they move at all? But, for some reason, you have placed all your Faith in them! Did they answer your prayers?
Why do you pray and speak to things that are not alive? Why do you pray to a Dead Cross?? Is MY SON not Arisen, and seated at My Right Hand? Is MY SON dead, and, is this the IMAGE OF THE SON OF GOD?
What foolishness is this?
Why do you not ask the Living God who answers all prayers? So, how is it then that you call yourselves MY PEOPLE? I am against you!
Your sin is too great to ignore just as you have chosen to ignore me, as you continue to WORSHIP YOUR IDOLS! Did I not command you to abandon such foolishness through my servant Moses? Did I not tell you the consequences of your actions of rebellion towards me, and my Laws, and my Decrees?? Yet, you say you are "My people"?? You are NOT my people! My people hear my voice, and they obey it, and they delight in it, for in it is also their salvation. My people keep my commands forever, and they shall be with me forever. I do NOT know you. How is it that you call yourselves "My people"?
Hear me Shepherds; did you not see my Son when he arrived at the Holy Temple in Jerusalem? Did you not see his anger? Did you not hear when he said MY Temple should be a house of prayer, not a den of Thieves? Did you not see when he turned over the tables of the Money Changers? Did you not see when he freed all the doves and the lambs being purchased for sacrifice to Bargain with the Lord? The word of the Lord IS NOT FOR SALE! I am against you!
You have turned my people against me, you have led my people astray, and you have taken money from the poor. For if you were truly Men Of God you would be giving money to the poor. But, instead, you speak to my people for 30 minutes to an hour, put out your collection plates, and retire to your rooms to count the money you have stolen, and you do nothing to console my people. If you would at least lead my people to the truth while you are robbing them I would have mercy on you. Instead I will pour my wrath on you in full strength, undiluted, and without mercy. Your punishment will be the greatest of all, for you have corrupted my people, who are no longer my people, and I am no longer their God. Because of you O Shepherd my people have fallen asleep because you do not WAKE THEM UP. Therefore, like you, they shall sleep in the dust, and fall into the pit because of their blindness which you have caused to come upon them.
Yet, they are also responsible for their own souls, as they rely more on YOU than on their GOD - it is their choice to do this great sin, and I shall not take pity on them when my wrath is spent on them and they cry out to me for mercy, as they did not hear me when I cried out to them, and when I called them unto myself so that I might heal them - they turned their backs on me, and they have forgotten my ways, and my laws, and they are still asleep as the time in my coming has been long in coming, and they had no patience to wait upon their Lord.
Redemption is within your grasp
Oh my people, my people. Open your ears, open your eyes, open your hearts –AWAKE!
Come; hear the word of the Lord.
How is it that you know every verse in the Bible but have no comprehension of the simple messages within it? You profess to be Christians, and God-fearing people, but WHERE IS YOUR FEAR? Do you not believe what your eyes have read? Do you think I jest? What message have you received? What have you learned in 3500 years?
You say you have FAITH. I ask you; Faith in what? You say you have accepted My Son as your Savior; this is the Gift I have given you. Your only responsibility there was to accept the Gift. So, where is your Faith? If that was all there is to it then that would have been all I needed to tell you, and the Bible would have been a very small book indeed. Isn't it easy to pick and choose only those words in the Bible that you want to know and have Faith in?
Isn't it easy to simply disregard the rest?
It's easy to put all your eggs in one basket – isn't it? Why waste your time seeking the truth when you already have a very simple answer? Jesus is my Savior! Nothing else matters, right? You've figured it all out, and all you need to know is that you are saved, right?
Have you forgotten the "Judgment Day"? It is the day when ALL THE PEOPLE WILL APPEAR BEFORE THE LORD. I am pretty sure that's in the Bible – unless someone has decided to erase it because it doesn't apply anymore.
My people, my people – AWAKE!
A time is coming. A time that was prepared for you before the creation of the world.
I, the Lord have said it, and it shall be so!
The floods are coming, and you are not prepared. You have not made yourself right with God. You have not shown your Faith in my warnings of what is yet to be. You have fallen asleep content with the knowledge that you are saved.
You have taken the light I have given you and placed it under your beds keeping it to yourselves for no one to see. And so, your light has become darkness as it quickly dwindles and disappears because it has no oil to feed it, and the oil it needs is the word of God. It needs to know the promises of God – all of the promises, not just some of them!
And so, my people, I shall reveal to you that which you already know but have chosen to ignore.
Yes, you are partly right in accepting My Son as your Savior – in fact this is the first step towards your Salvation.
I, the Lord, have other plans as well.
Not only is My Son your Savior, but he is your Judge as well. It will be up to Him to say if you shall enter the Kingdom of God or not. Why then do you accept forgiveness from Mortal Men? By what authority do they forgive sins?? Did I give them such authority? Have you seen it written in my Word that mere MEN will be JUDGING THE WORLD WHICH "THEY ALONE CORRUPTED"?? Certainly then there will be a fox in the hen house. Do I, the Lord, appear to be stupid? Was it not ME who has made Men Kings, and has also brought them down low?? According to you then, men shall judge men - by what authority do they know, or claim to be Righteous? Have I proclaimed their Righteousness in My Word?? Did I not say that "All Have Sinned"?
Still - you cannot see the foolishness of your own ways!
Surely you heard My Son speak of certain conditions by which you may enter the Kingdom of God?
A man once asked Jesus; "Lord, will I enter the Kingdom"? And Jesus responded to the man; "Get away from me, for I do not know you"! And the man replied saying; "Lord, I have done many mighty works IN YOUR NAME, why then do you say to me that you don't know me"? Jesus replied very simply saying; "You shall not enter the Kingdom for you HOLD TO THE TRADITIONS OF MAN, RATHER THAN THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD"! The man quietly went away to ponder what Jesus had said to him.
So, it's there – right before your eyes, the simplicity by which you shall enter the Kingdom of God. Did you see it? Is it over your head? Do you not understand it?
Many people say that it is by GRACE that you are saved. And that it is a Gift from God, and that Jesus made the Final sacrifice for your Sins.
Still, I ask you; is that all there is to it?
While you are correct in that statement; It is by GRACE that you are Saved because God knows that you cannot save yourselves, so, in His Mercy he sent His Only Son to be punished for YOUR sins, but, you are only saved if you adhere to what Jesus has told you. The condition by which we are saved is the acceptance of God's Laws.
"Behold, Jesus said; I have not come to ABOLISH THE LAW, BUT TO FULFILL IT"!
Did you see it? Again Jesus is telling you to obey God's COMMANDMENTS.
A third time Jesus was confronted on the SABBATH DAY because he went out to heal one of his sheep on the Sabbath Day, and the Priests and the Scribes scorned him saying: "Blasphemy! You have broken the Law by doing work on the Sabbath Day"!
Of course Jesus responded by saying "Does the Shepherd not leave the rest of his flock behind to find the one lost sheep"? "It is not wrong to do good on the Sabbath Day"! But, Jesus added one more thing that so many people simply ignore. He said; "The SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN, NOT MAN FOR THE SABBATH"!
But, did you see that "THEY QUOTED HIM THE LAW"?? Hypocrites! For even THEY know the Law, but fail to OBEY IT! How much more will YOU be punished for NOT KNOWING THE LAW?? You rely on GRACE, which is "NOT IN YOUR POWER TO OBTAIN", for indeed it is a Gift From God, but, only to those WHO OBEY THE LAW, AND HAVE FAITH IN GOD ALSO.
You must do BOTH. Law without Faith is Useless, and Faith without Law is Useless. Think to yourself for a moment what would the ORDER of things be without any Laws to Govern them? Even the "Sun" obeys the Law, for if it did not, then it would go Hurling Through Space with "Nothing To Guide It".
Even still, the "Sun" has Faith in the Lord, for without Faith in the Lord it would have nothing to "Sustain It".
Did you see it? Did the message go over your head? Jesus is trying to tell you something! Not only has he endorsed the Commandments, but also, he's telling you why the Commandments are there in the first place. The Laws of God are for Mans Sake, not Man for the sake of the Laws. He's sending US a message, a warning, and a proper way of life for our sake. And, at the same time he is showing us our Salvation by Faith to "Sustain Us", while the Law "Guides Us".
Yet again Jesus will endorse the Commandments. A man asked Jesus; "Lord, of the Commandments – which is the Greatest"?
Jesus responded: "Of the Commandments the Greatest is TO LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND SOUL, AND TO LOVE THY NEIGHBORS AS YOURSELVES, FOR NO GREATER LOVE IS THIS THEN THAT ONE WOULD LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR ANOTHER".
Did you see it? Is it hitting home yet? Are you getting the MESSAGE?
You think you are saved because you have accepted Jesus as your Savior, and that's all you need to get into the Kingdom Of God.
That is exactly what the Devil wants you to think!
Satan loves it when you Forget God's Laws!
You are being deceived by your own TRADITIONS OF MAN. You have no clue as to why you do what you do. You go to Church on SUNDAY because that's what your parents did, and their parents, and so on.
You think you're a good Christian by attending all the SUNDAY services; you donate your MONEY and expect to be rewarded in Heaven. You have your Stain Glass Windows with your names PROUDLY posted underneath the Windows. You have you names built into the sides of buildings you helped pay for, and you Bargain with God by way of your tributes....I say to you now; YOU HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED YOUR REWARDS OF RECOGNITION. You have no Bargain with GOD!
So, how are you being deceived? How does a Christian become an instrument for the Devil? How does a Christian kill you and think he is doing a service to God? The answer is pathetically simple.
The Devil has his plans just as God does.
His plan is to lead astray as many so called Christians as he possibly can, and cause them to Sin against God without their knowledge – DECEIT. How does the Devil do this? He does it by causing you to break one of God's most Holiest Commandments, the 4th Commandment; God Said; " REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, AND KEEP IT HOLY, FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY HE RESTED FROM ALL HIS WORK. THIS COMMANDMENT SHALL BE LIKE A SIGN BETWEEN YOU AND ME, AND LIKE A MARK ON YOUR HANDS AND ON YOUR FOREHEAD THAT THE "LAW" OF THE LORD IS IN YOUR MIND AND IN YOUR HEART FOREVER"!
Did you see it? Do you get it? It's the SABBATH DAY! It was the easiest way the Devil could get us to Sin against God without us even knowing it! The SECOND easiest way was to make you WORSHIP IDOLS - "THE CROSS IS AN IDOL"!!!!!! And, you are Breaking the 2nd Commandment in Worshipping a Dead Cross, WHICH CAN NEVER BE THE "IMAGE OF GOD"!!
Why? Because once we've accepted Jesus as our Savior NOTHING ELSE MATTERED ANYMORE! But, notice the final word of that 4th Commandment – It says "FOREVER"!!!
I don't know about you but when GOD says something FOREVER; I think he means it – don't you? In fact, it's the only Commandment that has the word "FOREVER" in it. Now, why do you think that is?
At the same time...why have you forsaken it?
You say you're a Christian, and you say you believe everything that Jesus has said – then why don't you believe this?
No, you are not a Christian, you only think you are. The Devil has fooled you all, and caused you all to commit a GREAT SIN against God.
Therefore I am against you Sayeth The Lord!
And I don't know you. Because you have FORSAKEN MY LAWS I have forsaken you. You hold to the TRADITIONS OF MAN , and you shall be punished as such.
Oh my people, my people. Why do you act so stubbornly when I call to you? You do not hear and heed my words. Instead, you run to your Shepherds and turn yourselves over like lambs to the slaughter, and your Shepherds lead you astray. Hear me my people! Awake from your sleep, for the time has come, and my wrath will be fierce. If only you would repent, and confess your sins of ignorance I would spare thee. Seek me and you shall find me. Knock and you shall enter. Believe my words and you will be saved...for this is the true meaning of FAITH.
My arms are wide open to all who will come in earnest. And to those that trust in ME their rewards shall be Great. Turn away from the Traditions of Man, and return unto me, for I alone am the one that truly loves you.
SUNDAY SERMON PART 2
"COME, HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD"
My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, (Proverbs) 3:1
THE "SABBATH DAY", AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT:
IF YOU WERE AN EXPERT ON THE BIBLE THEN YOU WOULD KNOW THAT 80% OF IT IS ABOUT THE FUTURE, AND THE OTHER 20% WAS SPENT EXPLAINING HOW WE GOT THE INFORMATION ALONG WITH OTHER STORIES OF MORAL FIBER GIVING US COMPARISONS ON HOW WE SHOULD LIVE & THE PENALTIES THAT WOULD BEFALL THE WICKED FOR THEIR MISDEEDS.
THERE IT IS...I JUST EXPLAINED THE ENTIRE BIBLE IN A FEW SHORT SENTENCES. BUT THE MAIN POINT IS THAT THE BIBLE CONCERNS OUR FUTURE. IT'S A MESSAGE FROM GOD OF WHAT IS YET TO BE.
THE ENTIRE BIBLE CONTAINS FUTURE EVENTS JUST AS IN THE BOOK OF "ISAIAH" HOW GOD TOLD US THROUGH ISAIAH ABOUT THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST, AND HOW HE WOULD BE NAILED TO A TREE, AND PIERCED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS. AND YES...ISAIAH HAD WRITTEN THIS ALMOST 600 YEARS BEFORE IT HAPPENED.
PEOPLE SEEM TO BE VERY CONFUSED AS TO WHAT GOD IS TRYING TO TELL US BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY BOOKS IN THE BIBLE, AND IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS JUST TOO MUCH INFORMATION, AND THEY CAN'T COMPREHEND IT ALL. THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE MAKING THEIR BIGGEST MISTAKE. IT'S AS IF "THEY CAN'T SEE THE FOREST THROUGH THE TREES".
I AGREE THAT THERE IS TOO MUCH INFORMATION IN THE BIBLE BECAUSE IT DOES TEND TO CONFUSE PEOPLE.
HOWEVER, FOR ME, THE INFORMATION IS SIMPLY REPETITION RATHER THAN EXCESS.
WHAT PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT WHAT GOD IS SAYING IS MORE LIKE A BROKEN RECORD THAT KEEPS PLAYING, RATHER THAN SOME LARGE BOOK THAT GETS BORING AFTER READING A FEW CHAPTERS.
THE PEOPLE ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH THE ONE CHAPTER IN ONE OF THE BOOKS THAN THEY ARE IN THE ENTIRE MESSAGE IN THE WHOLE BOOK. THEY SPEND ALL THEIR TIME TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE ONE CHAPTER, OR ONE BOOK, RATHER THAN UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE AS A "WHOLE".
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON YOUR PARTS IS TO COMPARE THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE AND FIND THEIR SIMULARITIES INSTEAD OF BICKERING AND DECIFERING THE MEANING OF ONE LINE, OR, ONE CHAPTER, OR, ONE BOOK.
WHILE EACH BOOK MAY APPEAR TO BE DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER, I CAN ASSURE YOU THEY ARE NOT!
WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF CHRONICLES AND JUDGES ALL OF THE BOOKS ARE SAYING THE SAME THINGS OVER AND OVER.
THE POINT OF THIS REPETITION IS TO DRUM IT INTO OUR FEBBLE MINDS SO THAT THERE WILL BE NO MISUNDERSTANDING.
UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE GET HUNG UP ON THE SENTENCES, CHAPTERS, AND THE BOOKS, AND PICK & CHOOSE WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE THE ESSENCE OF THE BIBLE – THUS MINUMIZING THE BIBLE TO A FEW SHORT SENTENCES, AND CREATE THEIR "CHURCHES" ACCORDINGLY BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT THIS "PART" OF THE BIBLE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.
I HAVE SUCH GREAT PITY FOR THOSE FOOLS WHO BELIEVE THEY KNOW THE "WAY" OF THE LORD, AND HAVE DECLARED THEMSELVES RIGHTEOUS.
IT IS MANKIND THAT CONFOUNDS EVERYTHING IT LEARNS. IT IS MANKIND THAT TWISTS EVERYTHING TO SUIT THEIR OWN PURPOSES. IT IS MANKIND THAT TAKES THE SIMPLEST THINGS AND MAKES THEM SO COMPLICATED THAT EVEN THEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND IT.
ISN'T IT SIMPLER TO CALL A TREE "A TREE" THEN TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT CAME INTO EXISTANCE?
WHO CARES?
WHY NOT JUST MARVEL AT ITS EXISTANCE RATHER THAN TRYING TO CONTROL ITS CREATION?
BUT, THAT IS WHAT MANKIND DOES...IT MUST HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OF ANYTHING IT DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.
IT MUST DISECT EVERYTHING IN ORDER TO SHOW MANKINDS SUPERIORITY OVER EVERYTHING.
MANKIND WANTS TO BE "ITS OWN GOD", AND WE HAVE WASTED NO TIME IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF REASONING MANKIND HAS HAD ONE OBJECTIVE, AND THAT IS TO "EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF LIFE & TO CONTROL IT".
FOR HOW MANY YEARS DID MANKIND THINK IT WAS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE, ONLY TO BE HUMBLED LATER WHEN IT DISCOVERED OTHER SOLAR SYSTEMS & GALAXYS?
POOR MANKIND...IT SO DESPERATELY WANTS TO BE IN CONTROL OF ITS OWN DESTINY, AND FINDS IT UNTHINKABLE TO HAVE TO HUMBLE ITSELF BEFORE GOD – THE ONE TRUE CREATOR.
YES, GOD IS THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS– EVEN TREES! WHAT HAS MAN EVER CREATED THAT GOD HAS NOT ALREADY CREATED?
THE ONLY POWER THAT MAN HAS IS TO USE THE TOOLS GOD PROVIDED TO US TO FORM NEW MATTER FROM OLD MATTER, WHICH GOD HAD CREATED.
THE ONLY TALENT MAN HAS IS TO BE AN ARTIST, A CRAFTSMAN, A CARPENTER ABLE TO BUILD THINGS FROM THAT WHICH GOD HAD CREATED.
MAN HAS NO ABILITY TO "CREATE" ANYTHING FROM "NOTHING" – YET MAN IS BOASTFULL ABOUT WHAT HE THINKS HE HAS CREATED.
SURELY GOD MUST BE VERY AMUSED BY MANS EGOTISTICAL WAYS.
THE POINT I AM TRYING TO MAKE HERE IS THAT YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING!
ALL KNOWLEDGE COMES FROM GOD & IS GOD. GOD IS OUR TEACHER & OUR LEADER & OUR SAVIOR.
GOD GIVES US LIFE & HE SUSTAINS US.
WHO OF MANKIND CAN MAKE THE RAINS COME ON THE FIELDS WHERE OUR FOOD COMES FROM?
WHO CAN PROVIDE THE WATER OF LIFE?
ONLY THE LORD CAN DO THESE THINGS, AND ONLY THE LORD DESERVES OUR PRAISE & THANKS.
THE LORD IS FULL OF GIFTS FOR MANKIND.
THE LORD GAVE US THIS PLANET, WHICH MANKIND HAS TOTALLY CORRUPTED.
BUT, THE LORD KNEW BEFORE HAND WHAT WE WOULD DO, AND HE KNOWS THAT MAN IS WEAK & GREEDY, AND HE KNOWS WE ARE ALL FULL OF SIN & DESPISE THE ONE THAT GIVES US LIFE WHICH WE CANNOT CONTROL ON OUR OWN.
MANKIND RESENTS GOD BECAUSE WE CANNOT CONTROL GOD. MANKIND IS CONSUMED WITH CONTROL OVER EVERYTHING, YET HAS CONTROL OVER NOTHING EXCEPT THEIR OWN DEMISE.
IT IS FOR THIS VERY REASON THAT GOD HIMSELF MUST STEP IN TO SAVE US FROM OURSELVES. THIS IS THE VERY NATURE OF WHICH THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN FOR. IT IS OUR SALVATION, AND OUR GUIDE – OUR LIGHT AMIST THE DARKNESS OF OUR OWN STUPIDITY. GOD HAS A PLAN TO SAVE US!
GOD'S PLAN TO SAVE US:
GODS PLAN IS SO SIMPLE – YET IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN IN SUCH A SHORT WAY.
GOD DOES ALL OF THE EXPLAINING. HE "REVEALS" EVERYTHING TO US, AND I MEAN EVERYTHING!
I TOLD YOU HOW GOD'S WORD IS REPETITIVE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BIBLE.
**WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?**
IT IS FOR THE SAME REASON YOUR TEACHERS AT SCHOOL WOULD MAKE YOU DO YOUR "ABC'S" OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
IT'S BECAUSE IT'S "IMPORTANT".
IT'S A CRUCIAL STEP IN LEARNING.
NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN LEARN SOMETHING BY ONLY HEARING IT, OR, DOING IT ONCE. THEY SAY, "PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT", VERY MUCH LIKE DANCING, YOU MUST KEEP DOING IT UNTIL YOU GET THE STEPS RIGHT.
I THINK THIS IS SIMPLE ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND – DON'T YOU? GOOD.... LET'S MOVE ON THEN.
THE SABBATH DAY;
WHILE ALL THINGS IN THE BIBLE ARE IMPORTANT – NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THIS!
THIS IS A MESSAGE FOR US, IN OUR LIFETIME, FOR THIS VERY GENERATION TODAY!
TO TRY TO PUT IT SIMPLY; IF YOU WERE WATCHING A MOVIE THEN THIS WOULD BE "THE CONCLUSION", AND NO ONE WANTS TO MISS THE END OF THE MOVIE.
WHY WOULD JESUS SAY THIS??; (Matthew 24:17-20) " Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house. Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath"
WHY WOULD JESUS SAY THAT?
HE'S SAYING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN!
WHY ELSE WOULD HE SAY; " PRAY THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN "?
IT WILL HAPPEN ON THE "SABBATH"!
THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.
I HOPE YOU REMEMBER MY LAST SERMON EXPLAINING HOW THE DEVIL WOULD DECEIVE THE WHOLE WORLD BY GETTING THEM TO "BREAK THE SABBATH" WHICH OF THE COMMANDMENTS WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT SAID THIS SHALL BE "FOREVER ". GOD IS SENDING US A VERY CLEAR MESSAGE HERE, WHICH SEEMS TO GO OVER EVERYONES HEAD.
THIS IS WHY GOD KEEPS REPEATING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. GOD WANTS US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS COMING, AND WHEN ITS COMING, AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO SAVE OURSELVES FROM HIS WRATH, OR, SHOULD I SAY; "THAT GREAT AND TERRIBLE DAY OF THE LORD". (THE SABBATH).
THE SABBATH IS THE DAY OF THE LORD TO BE KEPT HOLY FOREVER!
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN "MOSES" WENT UP TO THE BURNING BUSH AND GOD COMMANDED MOSES TO REMOVE HIS SANDLES BECAUSE HE WAS STANDING ON "HOLY GROUND"?
WHY WAS THE GROUND "HOLY"?
BECAUSE GOD WAS THERE!
DOESN'T IT MAKE SENSE THEN THAT THE SABBATH IS "HOLY" BECAUSE GOD WILL BE THERE AS WELL?
IS ANY OF THIS TOO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND?
I THINK NOT.
IT'S ALL A MATTER OF PUTTING THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE - SEEING THE FOREST THROUGH THE TREES.
THE BIBLE IS AMUSINGLY KIND OF LIKE A CIRCLE. THE BEGINNING IS THE END, AND THE END IS THE BEGINNING. THE MIDDLE IS THE END & THE BEGINNING, AND SO ON.
I CAN MAKE COMPARISONS FROM GENESIS TO REVELATIONS, AND FROM ISAIAH TO MATTHEW, AND, DANIEL TO ISAIAH, MATTHEW & REVELATIONS.... THE FUNNY PART IS THAT THEY ARE ALL SAYING THE SAME THINGS, BUT EACH ONE IS ADDING AN EXTRA PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. EVERYONE OF THEM HAS ONE THING IN COMMON – "THE SABBATH". THEY ARE ALL PROPHECIES. THE SABBATH ITSELF IS A PROPHECY!
IN GENESIS 2:2-3 IS THE VERY FIRST PROPHECY, AND IT'S ABOUTH THE "SABBATH"; By the Seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day (THE SABBATH) and made it Holy, because on it he rested from all his work.
SO, FROM THE TIME OF ADAM & EVE TO TODAY THE SABBATH WAS, IS, AND WILL ALWAYS BE A HOLY DAY – WHY? IT'S A PROPHECY!
IT IS SOMETHING YET TO COME.
THEN GOD WILL REST FROM "ALL" HIS WORK – THE END OF THE AGES!
OK.... SO HOW DOES THIS PROPHECY WORK?
THIS IS THE TRICKY PART, AND IT TAKES SOME FAITH ON YOUR PART TO UNDERSTAND IT – "IT'S A TIMELINE".
A MEASURING ROD FOR US TO KNOW WHEN THE END IS NEAR. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS STRANGE.... BUT, WHAT ISN'T STRANGE ABOUT THE BIBLE?
IN THE BOOK OF "ISAIAH" THE LORD SAYS; YOUR WAYS ARE NOT MY WAYS, AND YOUR THOUGHTS ARE NOT MY THOUGHTS.
THE LORD IS TRYING TO TELL US THERE THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO COMPREHEND HOW THE LORD THINKS, AND WE SHOULD NOT PRESUME TO KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING, OR, WHY HE IS DOING IT. THE LORD HIMSELF WILL EXPLAIN HIS WAYS TO US, BUT WE MUST HAVE FAITH TO ACCEPT WHAT HE IS TELLING US WITHOUT QUESTION JUST AS ABRAHAM ACCEPTED WITHOUT QUESTION AND BECAME THE FATHER OF FAITH AS ABRAHAM HAD NO UNDERSTANDING AS TO "WHY" THE LORD WAS COMMANDING HIM TO DO THINGS – HE JUST ACCEPTED IT ON FAITH.
TIMELINES;
THERE ARE MANY "TIMELINES" THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BIBLE.
ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE EXPLAINED IN A DIFFERENT WAY – BUT ALL MEAN THE SAME THING!
YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE IN THOSE DAYS (INCLUDING THE PROPHETS) WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND FUTURE COMING EVENTS PERTAINING TO "OUR" LIFETIME, LET ALONE THEIR OWN LIFETIMES.
SO GOD HAD TO SPEAK TO THEM IN VERY SIMPLE WAYS SUCH AS "SYMBOLICALLY".
GOD COULDN'T JUST COME STRAIGHT OUT WITH THE TRUTH OF PENDING WORLD DISASTERS AND NUCLEAR WARS AND FLYING MACHINES - IT SURELY WOULD'VE FREAKED THEM ALL OUT, AND IT CERTAINLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
THESE WERE VERY SIMPLE PEOPLE LIVING IN VERY SIMPLE TIMES.
THEIR MINDS COULDN'T COMPREHEND 3500 YEARS OF FUTURE KNOWLEDGE, WHICH IS WHY, FOR THE MOST PART, THEY ALL THOUGHT THAT THE PROPHECIES WERE WRITTEN FOR THEIR OWN TIMES.
BUT, WE, TODAY, HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF "HINDSIGHT", AND WE SEE THE PROPHECIES UNFOLDING RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES.
THE "STATUE" IN THE BOOK OF "DANIEL" WAS INDEED A "TIMELINE" OF EMPIRES THAT WOULD COME & FALL ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TIME WHEN "JESUS", THE CORNERSTONE, WOULD COME CRASHING DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND DESTROYING THE STATUE AT IT'S FEET.
THE " STATUE WAS SYMBOLIC" – BUT A "TIMELINE" NONE THE LESS.
AND, JESUS COMING BACK TO DESTROY IT IS THE FINAL RESULT....HE IS THE CORNERSTONE COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN.
THIS WILL OCCUR ON THE "SABBATH" DAY, OR, THE GREAT & TERRIBLE "DAY OF THE LORD".
NOW LET'S GET INTO "OUR" TIMELINE & THE SABBATH WHICH ARE THE SAME AS THE STATUE IN DANIEL.
THERE IS A PASSAGE IN "ISAIAH" THAT READS; TO THE LORD A DAY IS LIKE A THOUSAND YEARS, AND A THOUSAND YEARS ARE LIKE A DAY. I CAN'T EXPRESS HOW IMPORTANT THAT PASSAGE IS.
GOD IS EXPLAINING TO US HOW TO FOLLOW HIS "TIMELINE" GOD IS REVEALING HIS "KEY" TO UNDERSTANDING THE PROPHECIES.
REMEMBER THIS? : "JESUS DIED, AND ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN" (KEEP THAT IN YOUR HEAD)
ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE MAN HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD FOR 6 THOUSAND YEARS, OR, IF YOU WERE GOD, FOR 6 DAYS. ( A DAY IS LIKE A THOUSAND YEARS ).
POP QUIZ; HOW'S YOUR MATH? NOW REMEMBER...1 THOUSAND YEARS IS A MILLENIUM, AND AT THE END OF EACH MILLENIUM BEGINS THE NEXT MILLENIUM – EVEN IF IT'S ONLY "ONE DAY" YOU ARE IN THE NEXT MILLENIUM, RIGHT?
GOOD.
6 THOUSAND YEARS OF MAN IS OVER, OR, 6 DAYS IF YOU ARE GOD, AND NOW THE SEVENTH THOUSANTH YEAR HAS BEGUN, OR, SEVENTH DAY IF YOU ARE GOD....
WE ARE NOW IN THE "SABBATH DAY", OR, THE 7TH DAY.
JESUS DIED 2 THOUSAND YEARS AGO, OR 2 DAYS IF YOU ARE GOD, AND NOW THE 3RD THOUSANTH YEAR HAS BEGUN, OR 3RD DAY IF YOU ARE GOD.
WE ARE NOW IN THE 3RD DAY, WHICH IS ALSO THE "SABBATH".
HMMMM.....SEEMS TO ME THAT THE 3RD DAY WHERE JESUS RISES AGAIN HAPPENS TO COINCIDE WITH THE 7TH DAY OF CREATION AND THE SABBATH...THE DAY OF THE LORD, OR, THE MILLENIUM OF THE LORD....THEY ARE BOTH THE "SAME DAY", AND THAT DAY IS "TODAY".
PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER WITH THE "STATUE" OF DANIEL WHERE THE FINAL 10 NATIONS (10 TOES), OR, THE 10 HORNS ON THE BEAST IN REVELATIONS WE HAVE A PRETTY CLEAR PICTURE AS TO WHEN THE END WILL COME.
AND ONLY WE, THIS GENERATION HAVE THE ABILITY TO UNDERTAND ALL THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN ALL THE OTHER PROPHECIES COME TO PASS, AND THERE IS ONLY ONE PROPHECY LEFT. AND THIS FINAL PROPHECY WILL BE FULFILLED WITH THE RETURN OF JESUS....ON THE 7th DAY, OR, IF YOU PREFER; "THE 3rd DAY", THE 3rd THOUSANTH YEAR WHICH BEGAN IN THE YEAR 2000AD...
"ONE DAY" AFTER DECEMBER 31st, 1999 WE CROSSED INTO THE "NEXT CENTURY, NEXT MILLENNIUM"....WHICH IS THE 3rd DAY AFTER JESUS ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN.
IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE "GREAT TRIBULATION" WILL OCCUR SOMETIME IN LATE DECEMBER 2012.....TO BE MORE PRECISE....DECEMBER 21ST, 2012..."WHICH IS A SABBATH DAY"!!!!
(That day is a Friday – the Sabbath begins on Friday evening & ends on Saturday evening).....(Jesus also died on "Good Friday" which was the "Sabbath", and he arose 3 days later on a Sunday after "Passover Sabbath" - both occurring at the same time.)
BY USING THIS CALCULATION, JUST AS WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE GOSPEL ACCOUNTS, AND AS BELIEVED IN THE FALSE HOLIDAY OF "EASTER", JESUS DIED ON "FRIDAY", SO, THAT IS "1 DAY", THE NEXT DAY IS SATURDAY, SO, THAT IS "2 DAYS" (EVEN THOUGH ONLY ONE DAY HAS PASSED), THE NEXT DAY IS SUNDAY, SO, THAT IS "3 DAYS" (EVEN THOUGH ONLY TWO DAYS HAS PASSED).
THE POINT IS; EVEN THOUGH ONLY "2 DAYS PASSED" IT IS STILL COUNTED AS "3 DAYS" BECAUSE HE "ROSE ON THE 3rd DAY", BUT, HE WAS "NOT DEAD FOR 3 DAYS".
THE SAME THING OCCURS WHEN JESUS "RETURNS", AS 2,000 YEARS HAVE ALREADY PASSED, SO, HE WILL RISE AGAIN ON THE 3rd THOUSANTH YEAR WHICH BEGINS "1 DAY" INTO THAT NEXT MILLENNIUM, EVEN THOUGH THE 3rd MILLENIUM HASN'T PASSED YET.
THE SAME APPLIES FOR THE "6 THOUSAND YEARS OF MANKIND", WHICH ALSO ENDED ON "DECEMBER 31st 1999", AND ON JANUARY 1st 2000 THE "7th DAY" BEGAN, EVEN IF IT'S ONLY "1 DAY" INTO THE 7th THOUSANTH YEAR, AND THE 7,000 YEARS HAS NOT PASSED YET.
THIS IS A SIMPLE THING THAT IS EASILY OVERLOOKED.
IN REALITY; JESUS WAS ONLY DEAD FOR
"2 DAYS".....IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN "OPTICAL ILLUSION".
JESUS WAS THEREFORE DEAD FOR THE "SABBATH" PERIOD OF TIME ONLY BECAUSE HE WAS "NOT DEAD" ON SUNDAY. AND, THE SABBATH IS "FRIDAY & SATURDAY".
HOWEVER...THIS IS AN "IMPORTANT" MATTER, AS IT MEANS THE "DIFFERENCE OF 1,000 YEARS"!!! (Or, 1 day if you are God)
.....JESUS "IS" THE SABBATH.
ALSO, ACCORDING TO "DANIEL 12:7-13" THE RAPTURE WILL OCCUR JUST "77" DAYS BEFORE THAT ON "OCTOBER 5th, 2012", WHICH IS THE "1,335th" DAY AFTER THE "ANTI-CHRIST" CAME INTO POWER ON JANUARY 21st, 2009.
IT IS MY HOPE THAT THESE WORDS WILL INSPIRE YOU TO PREPARE YOURSELVES FOR THE COMING FLOODS, AND THE WRATH OF GOD.....THE GREAT & TERRIBLE "DAY OF THE LORD", THE "SABBATH".
ONE FINAL COMPARISON;
IN THE BOOK OF REVEALATIONS GOD SAID THAT THE EVIL ONES WOULD HAVE A "MARK" ON THEIR HANDS OR ON THEIR FOREHEADS AND IT WILL BE THE MARK OF THE "BEAST".
GOD SAID WHILE GIVING THE 10 COMMANDMENTS; "REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY (7TH DAY) AND KEEP IT HOLY FOR IN 6 DAYS THE LORD CREATED THE HEAVENS & THE EARTH & ON THE 7TH DAY HE RESTED FROM ALL HIS WORK
(Sound familiar – Genesis 2:2)
AND THIS SHALL BE LIKE A SIGN BETWEEN YOU AND ME LIKE A "MARK" ON YOUR HANDS AND ON YOUR FOREHEADS THAT "LAW" OF THE LORD IS IN YOUR HEARTS AND IN YOUR MINDS –FOREVER"!
SO, YOU SEE – THAT IS HOW YOU CAN SAVE YOURSELF BY HAVING THE "MARK" OF THE LORD ON YOU INSTEAD OF THE "MARK" OF THE BEAST WHO CAUSES ALL TO SIN AND GO AGAINST THE LORD, AND CAUSES THEM TO KILL YOU AND THINK THAT THEY ARE DOING A SERVCE TO GOD
(SUNDAY CHRISTIANS).
SIMPLY HONOR THE "SABBATH DAY", AND STOP WORSHIPPING "IDOLS" LIKE THE "CROSS", AND KNEELING DOWN TO IT, AND YOU WILL BE SAVED. KEEP IT "HOLY"... JESUS COMMANDED THIS, AS WELL AS GOD, THE FATHER.
THIS IS THE "TRUE" DAY OF WORSHIP....
NOT SUNDAY!
THE EMPORER "CONSTANTINE" MADE IT A "LAW' THAT ANY ONE CAUGHT WORSHIPPING ON THE "SABBATH" WOULD BE PUT TO DEATH.
HE DECLARED THAT "SUNDAY" WOULD BE THE DAY OF WORSHIP.....AND IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY (TRADITIONS OF MAN) ALL THESE YEARS.
MAN HAS "FORGOTTEN" GOD'S COMMANDMENT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SATAN'S WISHES.
LOOK AT ANY CALENDAR, AND YOU WILL CLEARLY SEE THAT THE 7TH DAY (THE SABBATH) IS "SATURDAY". THIS IS HOW THE DEVIL HAS DECEIVED ALL SO-CALLED CHRISTIANS, BY CAUSING THEM TO WORSHIP ON "SUNDAY".
IT APPEARS SO INSIGNIFICANT, AND OUR "PREACHERS & SHEPHERDS" KNOW THE TRUTH....YET THEY ALSO CONTINUE THE LIE, AND LEAD ALL THE PEOPLE ASTRAY.
BY WHAT POWER DO THEY "CHANGE" GODS COMMANDMENTS???
THIS IS THE WORD OF THE LORD...LET THOSE WHO HAVE WISDOM UNDERSTAND & BELIEVES SHARE THIS LIGHT WITH MANY.
Inspired by the Spirit of God, and written humbly by his servant;
Gerald Mitchell
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