The issues of speaking in tongues have plagued traditional christianity for decades with church splitting and division that cause acrimony and disunity. This is to be expected as people who play with fire will eventually be burnt by it. This short blog intents to answer some of the controversy surrounding the issues of speaking in tongues or more appropriately called, babbling in gibberish tongues. The former is biblical but the latter is another man-made theology that has it root tracing all the way back to the tower of Babel (confusion) from where the English word 'babble' comes from.
People who babble in gibberish tongues have no idea what they are talking or even doing. As speaking in tongues is listed as a spiritual gift, then babbling in gibberish tongues is a violation of 1 Cor 12:1 which states, 'Now conserning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be IGNORANT.' Obviously, what the tongue babblers are doing is contrary to what the Scripture is teaching as it is not God's intention for people to be ignorant or unable to understand spiritual gifts. Simply put, they are exercising the 'gift of confusion' by confusing people, both believers and non believers alike! Such a practice is common among idol worshippers whose trademark is confusion, with its root originated from the Mystery Babylon Religion. During the time of the Apostle Paul in Corinth, pagan temple prostitutes were among the gibberish tongue babblers. Perhaps those who are adamant on such practices should research their ancestral lineage!
Much like banks' toxic assets, they are repackaged and resold under the Christian brand with the Charismatic logo tagged onto it! Under the aura of fear, eloquence and emotional mesmerisation by nothing more than snake charmers in staged settings, gullible and naive people are led to undergo and practise such spiritual charades without even understanding what it's all about. They were told simply to exercise faith and trust God and viola! they're spirit filled! Truly, the white horseman of the apocalypse is charging ahead to slaughter like the knight templar, all in the name of Christianity.
It is true that all believers must have the Holy Spirit indwelling them in order to be saved for eternal life (Romans 8:9,11). But must all speak in tongues? The Apostle Paul asks some rhetorical questions in 1 Cor 12:29-30, 'Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?' The answer to each of these questions is obvious and does not require a degree in theology to understand. Disciples of Jesus Christ are known by their fruits (Matthew 7:20) and by their love for one another (John 13:35). Nowhere in Scriptures is it mention that they are known by their speaking in tongues, let alone babbling in gibberish tongues. It goes to show that the propagators of gibberish tongues to the mass congregation are doing so outside the ambit of the Bible!
The next question to ask is, 'What exactly is speaking in tongues?' Simply put, it is speaking another known human language unknown to the speaker. For example, I neither speak nor understand the Tamil language, and if God would give me the gift of speaking in Tamil to bring some of my Tamil friends (who can converse and understand only Tamil) to salvation, He would endow me with the gift of speaking in the Tamil language to reach out to the Tamil folks in our midst. This was what happened at Pentecost when devout Jews from every nation under heaven heard them speak in his own language (Acts 2:5-6). 1 Cor 14:22 clearly states that tongue is a sign for unbelievers and not for believers. In fact, the word 'unknown' in 1 Cor 14 is in italics, meaning that the word was added by translators but not in the original Greek manuscript which is the true inspired Word of God!
Many Christians, especially those from the Pentecostal camp, believe that to fall backward after being prayed for to receive the 'gift of tongues' is to be 'slain by the Holy Spirit'. Some were even coerced to move and roll their tongues in rituals that often fringed on the bizarre. But examples abound in God's Word that those who face the Lord or His angels fell forward like Abraham did, and so was the soldier when he confronted Jesus to arrest Him. However, while those who faced the demons fell backward like those who were demon possessed. Man loves to seek exciting thrills and experiences to spice up their lives. The music and drumbeat of the Pentecostal's Holy Ghost meetings are often a draw for those seeking the mysterious and unknown like 'speaking in tongue' and 'miraculous healings'. But such is not the way given in Scriptures, for man's way is not His way. That is why many fall prey to deception.
Speaking in tongues is a gift that only God can dispense as the Spirit gave them utterance (Acts 2:4). But thrill seeking men are trying to invoke the gift by playing all kinds of spiritual poker games to lure and entice the uninitiated. They become mere pawns in the hands of Satan whose sole purpose is to confuse and deceive so that they will fail to inherit the kingdom of God and hence no eternal life! The end result is that all participants are being deceived as the demonic forces lay hold of their victims like the lamb being led to the slaughter. In these days and age, this gift should be few and far between as modern communications and interpretations render it almost unnecessary. There has to be a purpose for God to invoke every gift but in most 'Holy Ghost' meetings where I had attended, I see no purpose for the clairvoyance other than to exalt the preacher. The Lord Jesus warned of the severe punishment to be inflicted upon the unprofitable servant who will be cast into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 25:30)- if they still have them! Indeed, their end shall be according to their works (2 Cor 11:15a).
It is ironical that man will seek what God never tells them to and not to seek what God wants them to. There are only two pre-conditions to receive God's Holy Spirit - to repent and to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:38). By this the Word of God means genuine repentance, going through proper water baptism as a sign of death and resurrection and being laid hand upon with prayer by someone with the proper authority in order to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is as simple as that but man complicates the whole process to push their own agenda. 1 Cor 12:13 should be correctly read as, 'For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.' Most translations use the preposition 'by' is incorrect as the Holy Spirit baptizes no one. It is Jesus Christ who baptizes His disciples with the Holy Spirit as the means of baptism!
The Lord Jesus Christ says in Matthew 16:18, 'I will build My church' , note that He did not say churches. So how do all the divided and disunited churches of the Pentecostal Movement fit into the scheme of things in Christ's church? This is a question that many Pentecostals would rather avoid to concentrate on 'flowing with the tide' while the going is still good. Such flirting with spiritual poker games could well land them on the wrong side of the great divide come the day of reckoning!
Remember, the Church is called out of the world to live the way God teaches, as written in the Bible. No one has the right to do as he/she pleases. The Church started on the day of Firstfruits called Pentecost in June A.D. 31. Never has such supernatural display occurred before or since. The Greek heard the 120 speaking the Greek language. The Parthian heard the same 120 speaking the Parthian language and the Medes heard the 120 speaking the Medes language! Most of the Pentecostals failed to understand the truth about the Holy Spirit and also what is true repentance, conversion and baptism. Sadly, many will continue to worship Christ in vain as they failed to obey God's commandments (Mark 7:7-9). Since a leopard cannot change its spot (Jeremiah 13:23), many who are already hooked are unlikely to change their ways. But hopefully, it will prevent others from being misled onto this spiritual deception!
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY
Many of us Christians were brought up with the belief in the doctrine of the trinity - the triune God of three-in-one. But a closer examination of Scriptures will show that the Bible never states such a concept. This goes to show that many are being deceived into worshipping the wrong God of the Bible! Since the truth can only be revealed by the true God, anything else is at best falsehood spiced up with some sprinkling of truth to make it look real. Little wonder that relatively few disciples have the real truth embedded in their understanding because they are worshipping some deities other than the true God of the universe, what a tragedy!
I am shocked and flabbergasted at Christians singing and prancing around without knowing what they are singing and confessing. Frankly, they are most to be pitied because they are sincerely wrong in their belief and understanding. They are totally ignorant of the fact that the doctrine of the trinity was conceived outside of the pages of the Bible! Satan is the chief architect of the false trinity doctrine that have deceived millions the world over down the centuries. His main motive is to confuse Christians into believing the lie that God had closed His Family for good since the Fall of man. On the contrary, God is opening up His Family to the multitudes who will eventually become God beings in His Family to rule and reign in His Kingdom! The reason it is not happening now is one of TIMING. Only those who live by faith and not by sight will inherit all things. The all wise God has His own timing and plan of accomplishing His purpose for mankind which only a select few of this church age will understand. Because many are called but only few are chosen, and the latter have been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven (God) - Matthew 13:11.
The doctrine states that God is made up of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In truth, Scriptures is clear that God is made up of Two Supreme Personage - the Father and the Word, before the Latter was made flesh through incarnation to become the Son of God. John 1:1-14 is unequivocal in explaining the Father and Son as the Godhead of the whole universe! The Holy Spirit is God's Spirit projecting out from Himself. Man also has a spirit (spirit of the man - 1 Cor 2:11) that diffentiates him from animal. When a man dies, his/her spirit returns to God (Eccl 12:7b), though it is totally unconscious and that is why Scriptures tell us he/she is sleeping when dead. But God is Spirit and is able to project His Spirit outside of Himself. The Spirit is the POWER of God that is often symbolises as the wind, water, oil and dove descending from above. God lives in the third heaven and not on earth (Eccl 5:2). The only time epoch in human history when God dwells on earth was when Jesus Christ walks the earth some two millennia ago.
Theologians and bible scholars explain away the concept that since God is omnipresent, the Holy Spirit is able to split Himself into millions of beings to indwell each and every believers, making the 'third person of the trinity' like 'Gasper the ghost'! What a great misunderstanding and misrepresentation of the Godhead that they claimed to worship. If the Spirit of God is the third person of the trinity, then is not the spirit in man also another man?
Some proponents of the trinity doctrine conclude that since the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters when God created the earth (Genesis 1:2), it must be the third person of the trinity. But looks what Jeremiah 27:5 states, 'I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground, by MY GREAT POWER and by My outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed proper to Me.' This verse clearly states that the Holy Spirit is God's power and NOT a separate God Being. The Holy Spirit is from God but is not the third person of the Godhead! The Father and Son theme is consistently revealed in all of Scriptures. Let's look at some of them.
David in Psalm 51:11 repented of his sin of adultery with Bathsheba and asked God not to take His Holy Spirit from him. If the Holy Spirit is a separate God Being as the doctrine of trinity suggests, David would have asked the Holy Spirit directly not to depart from his presence! King Solomon in Proverbs 30:4 asked, 'What is His name, and what is His Son's name?' There is no mention of the Holy Spirit.
John chapter 17 records the Lord Jesus' prayer to His Heavenly Father the night before He went to the cross to be crucified. Throughout the whole chapter is the conversation between the Father and the Son and none else. In the Lord's prayer recorded for us in Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4, there is no mention of the Holy Spirit. Hebrews chapter one records the conversation between the Father and the Son, again no mention of the Holy Spirit. Similarly, there is no Scripture verse anywhere in the whole Bible teaching us to pray to the Holy Spirit!
The Apostle Paul understood the concept of the Godhead clearly when he greets God the Father and the Son in all his epistles but there was no greeting of the Holy Spirit. His signature greetings come with the words, 'Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ'. It is through the power of God that enabled us to be saved for eternal life (1 Cor 1:18). In Acts 8:18-20, when Simon the sorceror saw Peter and John imparting POWER through the laying of hands, he offered them money to acquire the same power. Peter did not rebuke him for blasphemy but for desiring the gift of God for the wrong reason! The Holy Spirit is addressed as a 'He' in Scriptures is purely a translation preference as the original Greek is neutral and can also be translated as 'It'. Romans 8:16 of the King James Translation states, 'The Spirit ITSELF beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.' The saying of our Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew 12:31 about the blasphemy against the Spirit is kind of a figure of speech much like saying 'the rock will cry out'. In any way, it is not wrong to say so as the Holy Spirit comes from God. Just like insulting an emissary sent by a king is indirectly insulting the king. But unlike Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit is NOT A SEPARATE GOD BEING.
Trinitarians often quote 1 John 5:7-8 to substantiate their stand in the doctrine of the trinity. However, most do not realise that these two verses were NOT present in the original Greek manuscript which is the true inspired Word of God, but were added by translators in the years leading to the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. The Council was convened by Constantine, Roman's favorite general who was made Caesar. It was an ecumenial Council of the Roman Catholic Church. Because the Council had political backing from Constantine, it won out on their own brand of man-made theology to suit their political agenda!
God is not the author of confusion (1 Cor 14:33) but man is. God reveals Himself clearly to His own sons but man seems not to want to know Him and creates all kinds of doctrine to confuse one another - the Mystery Babylon Religion. Only God Himself can reveal truth to whom He has called (John 6:44-45), all the others will 'keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.' - Isaiah 6:9. The Holy Spirit is His agent for accomplishing His purpose for His true church on earth.
The rest of mankind are shut off from the Holy Spirit of God since the TREE OF LIFE was barred from Adam and Eve after the Fall, save for the chosen few. The reason why we must be baptised in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is because it is God's Holy Spirit that will resurrect the dead to immortal spirit being at the first resurrection! Will you have the faith of Jesus to believe God and take His revealed truth at face value? Stop being like the many charlatans clamouring 'Lord, Lord' but believe Him not (Matthew 7:21-23), for they SHALL NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD! Man can say and do anything they want, but if they fail to believe and obey the Word of God rightly (fail to fear God and tremble at His Word), they will be in for a sorry state as the cataclysmic events will unfold before their very eyes that even the angels in heaven will await with bated breadth!
I am shocked and flabbergasted at Christians singing and prancing around without knowing what they are singing and confessing. Frankly, they are most to be pitied because they are sincerely wrong in their belief and understanding. They are totally ignorant of the fact that the doctrine of the trinity was conceived outside of the pages of the Bible! Satan is the chief architect of the false trinity doctrine that have deceived millions the world over down the centuries. His main motive is to confuse Christians into believing the lie that God had closed His Family for good since the Fall of man. On the contrary, God is opening up His Family to the multitudes who will eventually become God beings in His Family to rule and reign in His Kingdom! The reason it is not happening now is one of TIMING. Only those who live by faith and not by sight will inherit all things. The all wise God has His own timing and plan of accomplishing His purpose for mankind which only a select few of this church age will understand. Because many are called but only few are chosen, and the latter have been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven (God) - Matthew 13:11.
The doctrine states that God is made up of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In truth, Scriptures is clear that God is made up of Two Supreme Personage - the Father and the Word, before the Latter was made flesh through incarnation to become the Son of God. John 1:1-14 is unequivocal in explaining the Father and Son as the Godhead of the whole universe! The Holy Spirit is God's Spirit projecting out from Himself. Man also has a spirit (spirit of the man - 1 Cor 2:11) that diffentiates him from animal. When a man dies, his/her spirit returns to God (Eccl 12:7b), though it is totally unconscious and that is why Scriptures tell us he/she is sleeping when dead. But God is Spirit and is able to project His Spirit outside of Himself. The Spirit is the POWER of God that is often symbolises as the wind, water, oil and dove descending from above. God lives in the third heaven and not on earth (Eccl 5:2). The only time epoch in human history when God dwells on earth was when Jesus Christ walks the earth some two millennia ago.
Theologians and bible scholars explain away the concept that since God is omnipresent, the Holy Spirit is able to split Himself into millions of beings to indwell each and every believers, making the 'third person of the trinity' like 'Gasper the ghost'! What a great misunderstanding and misrepresentation of the Godhead that they claimed to worship. If the Spirit of God is the third person of the trinity, then is not the spirit in man also another man?
Some proponents of the trinity doctrine conclude that since the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters when God created the earth (Genesis 1:2), it must be the third person of the trinity. But looks what Jeremiah 27:5 states, 'I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground, by MY GREAT POWER and by My outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed proper to Me.' This verse clearly states that the Holy Spirit is God's power and NOT a separate God Being. The Holy Spirit is from God but is not the third person of the Godhead! The Father and Son theme is consistently revealed in all of Scriptures. Let's look at some of them.
David in Psalm 51:11 repented of his sin of adultery with Bathsheba and asked God not to take His Holy Spirit from him. If the Holy Spirit is a separate God Being as the doctrine of trinity suggests, David would have asked the Holy Spirit directly not to depart from his presence! King Solomon in Proverbs 30:4 asked, 'What is His name, and what is His Son's name?' There is no mention of the Holy Spirit.
John chapter 17 records the Lord Jesus' prayer to His Heavenly Father the night before He went to the cross to be crucified. Throughout the whole chapter is the conversation between the Father and the Son and none else. In the Lord's prayer recorded for us in Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4, there is no mention of the Holy Spirit. Hebrews chapter one records the conversation between the Father and the Son, again no mention of the Holy Spirit. Similarly, there is no Scripture verse anywhere in the whole Bible teaching us to pray to the Holy Spirit!
The Apostle Paul understood the concept of the Godhead clearly when he greets God the Father and the Son in all his epistles but there was no greeting of the Holy Spirit. His signature greetings come with the words, 'Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ'. It is through the power of God that enabled us to be saved for eternal life (1 Cor 1:18). In Acts 8:18-20, when Simon the sorceror saw Peter and John imparting POWER through the laying of hands, he offered them money to acquire the same power. Peter did not rebuke him for blasphemy but for desiring the gift of God for the wrong reason! The Holy Spirit is addressed as a 'He' in Scriptures is purely a translation preference as the original Greek is neutral and can also be translated as 'It'. Romans 8:16 of the King James Translation states, 'The Spirit ITSELF beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.' The saying of our Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew 12:31 about the blasphemy against the Spirit is kind of a figure of speech much like saying 'the rock will cry out'. In any way, it is not wrong to say so as the Holy Spirit comes from God. Just like insulting an emissary sent by a king is indirectly insulting the king. But unlike Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit is NOT A SEPARATE GOD BEING.
Trinitarians often quote 1 John 5:7-8 to substantiate their stand in the doctrine of the trinity. However, most do not realise that these two verses were NOT present in the original Greek manuscript which is the true inspired Word of God, but were added by translators in the years leading to the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. The Council was convened by Constantine, Roman's favorite general who was made Caesar. It was an ecumenial Council of the Roman Catholic Church. Because the Council had political backing from Constantine, it won out on their own brand of man-made theology to suit their political agenda!
God is not the author of confusion (1 Cor 14:33) but man is. God reveals Himself clearly to His own sons but man seems not to want to know Him and creates all kinds of doctrine to confuse one another - the Mystery Babylon Religion. Only God Himself can reveal truth to whom He has called (John 6:44-45), all the others will 'keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.' - Isaiah 6:9. The Holy Spirit is His agent for accomplishing His purpose for His true church on earth.
The rest of mankind are shut off from the Holy Spirit of God since the TREE OF LIFE was barred from Adam and Eve after the Fall, save for the chosen few. The reason why we must be baptised in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is because it is God's Holy Spirit that will resurrect the dead to immortal spirit being at the first resurrection! Will you have the faith of Jesus to believe God and take His revealed truth at face value? Stop being like the many charlatans clamouring 'Lord, Lord' but believe Him not (Matthew 7:21-23), for they SHALL NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD! Man can say and do anything they want, but if they fail to believe and obey the Word of God rightly (fail to fear God and tremble at His Word), they will be in for a sorry state as the cataclysmic events will unfold before their very eyes that even the angels in heaven will await with bated breadth!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
THE PALE HORSEMAN OF THE APOCALYPSE
My last three blogs of the first three horsemen touched on religious deception, war and famine. The fourth seal that was opened reveals a pale horse (Revelation 6:8). This signifies PESTILENCES which are already circulating the globe and are prophesied to get worse as the church age draws to a close. The word 'pale' symbolises sickness and disease, which is translated from the Greek word 'chloros' from which we get our English word chlorophyll - a symbol of health and wellness. A pale horseman signifies the pestilences travelling around the world as is currently happening with the H1N1 virus!
The cumulative effects of diseases, war and famine will wipe out up to one-fourth of mankind (Rev 6:8) during the coming Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord! This is all because of man's continuous rebellion against his Creator God. The Lord Jesus Christ makes it clear the certainty of these happenings in Matthew 24:7 that unless He intervenes, 'no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened' (Matthew 24:22).
Of all the past plagues in history, The Black Death - also known as the bubonic plague - of the 1340s to 1360 was probably the worst. The pandemic plague, caused by flea bites and rats, killed tens of millions in Europe between 1347 to 1350 ! Eventually, the plague died out because more and more people developed immunity against the disease. Similarly, terror struck in 1664-65 from the Great Plague of London and the outbreak in Canton and Hong Kong in 1894 resulted in more than ten million deaths worldwide. During the First World War, a sudden mutation of the influenza virus caused a worldwide epidemic in 1918 that reportedly killed 25 to 40 million people worldwide. Some historians feel that that was a major factor which hastened the end of World War I.
God warned us in Deuteronomy 28:21-22 that pestilences will strike if His people refused to obey Him. Such warnings are repeated in Leviticus 26:15-17. For years, I was deceived to think that all these were behind us as 'Jesus had nailed these curses to the cross'. I discovered that I was sincerely wrong! Yes, the Lord Jesus had taken away all our sins and wrongdoings up to the time of our conversion. Subsequent to that, blessings will flow only on conditions that we abide in Him and obey His laws and commandments. It is worthy to note that most of the pandemic diseases are caused by animals, and that rings home the verse in Revelation 6:8c, 'and by the beasts of the earth'.
The list of diseases is long and growing that even modern medical science found baffling. God's promises in Deuteronomy 7:15 is assuring for those who will repent and obey Him, 'And the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those who hate you.' Medical science can find cures but these will treat only the effects and not eradicate the root cause, which is due to man's continuous rebellion by turning away from his Maker. Only by obeying God's commandments can one be protected from worse epidemics to come.
When the four horsemen of the apocalyse take their ride, it will be after repeated warnings and patience on the part of the loving Heavenly Father. After these, the 'fifth horseman' in Revelation 19:11-16 - the Lord Jesus Christ - will return to bring many sons to glory (Hebrews 2:10a) in the first resurrection. The King of kings and the Lord of lords will usher in the blessed hope of the new world order when God will intervene in the affairs of man. That is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD - the 'Good News' and promise that kept the faith of the patriarchs and prophets of old and the early apostles of the New Testaments through trials and tribulations so that they can overcome Satan, the temptations of society and the pull of self-centredness through faith in God on all His promises!
God wants to turn our human nature into the 'spiritual nature of God' (partakers of the divine nature - 2 Peter 1:4) as given in the Fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23, and also in Christ's Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapters 5 to 7 so that we can be born again in the resurrection into the God Family to rule and reign in the Kingdom of God. In this life, we are only 'begotten of the Father', meaning 'not yet born', like foetus in the mother's womb. What the Holy Spirit deposited in us is God's promise that we belong to Him (heir of God - Romans 8:17). The church is the 'mother' commissioned to feed and grow the 'foetus' so that he/she can become mature unto the likeness of Christ. Currently, 'the creation eagerly awaits for the revealing of the sons of God' (Romans 8:19) to become the 'new creation' (2 Cor 5:17 ) to ultimately become RULERS OF THE UNIVERSE that even angels will become subjected to them ( 1 Corinthians 6:2-3)! What a vision to behold!
For those who will say 'yes' to God and obey Him in order to receive His Holy Spirit as promised in Acts 5:32, the fear of the Lord will be upon us to keep us from the fear that will come upon this world that has Satan on the throne. In Psalm 91:5-10, the Word of God promises thus, 'You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, Nor of the PESTILENCE that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked. Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place, No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any PLAGUE come near your dwelling.' Only the sure word of prophesy can be fully trusted to protect you in times of calamities. Trust no man for your eternal destiny, check out the sure Word of prophecy for yourself, and that surely includes me!
The cumulative effects of diseases, war and famine will wipe out up to one-fourth of mankind (Rev 6:8) during the coming Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord! This is all because of man's continuous rebellion against his Creator God. The Lord Jesus Christ makes it clear the certainty of these happenings in Matthew 24:7 that unless He intervenes, 'no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened' (Matthew 24:22).
Of all the past plagues in history, The Black Death - also known as the bubonic plague - of the 1340s to 1360 was probably the worst. The pandemic plague, caused by flea bites and rats, killed tens of millions in Europe between 1347 to 1350 ! Eventually, the plague died out because more and more people developed immunity against the disease. Similarly, terror struck in 1664-65 from the Great Plague of London and the outbreak in Canton and Hong Kong in 1894 resulted in more than ten million deaths worldwide. During the First World War, a sudden mutation of the influenza virus caused a worldwide epidemic in 1918 that reportedly killed 25 to 40 million people worldwide. Some historians feel that that was a major factor which hastened the end of World War I.
God warned us in Deuteronomy 28:21-22 that pestilences will strike if His people refused to obey Him. Such warnings are repeated in Leviticus 26:15-17. For years, I was deceived to think that all these were behind us as 'Jesus had nailed these curses to the cross'. I discovered that I was sincerely wrong! Yes, the Lord Jesus had taken away all our sins and wrongdoings up to the time of our conversion. Subsequent to that, blessings will flow only on conditions that we abide in Him and obey His laws and commandments. It is worthy to note that most of the pandemic diseases are caused by animals, and that rings home the verse in Revelation 6:8c, 'and by the beasts of the earth'.
The list of diseases is long and growing that even modern medical science found baffling. God's promises in Deuteronomy 7:15 is assuring for those who will repent and obey Him, 'And the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those who hate you.' Medical science can find cures but these will treat only the effects and not eradicate the root cause, which is due to man's continuous rebellion by turning away from his Maker. Only by obeying God's commandments can one be protected from worse epidemics to come.
When the four horsemen of the apocalyse take their ride, it will be after repeated warnings and patience on the part of the loving Heavenly Father. After these, the 'fifth horseman' in Revelation 19:11-16 - the Lord Jesus Christ - will return to bring many sons to glory (Hebrews 2:10a) in the first resurrection. The King of kings and the Lord of lords will usher in the blessed hope of the new world order when God will intervene in the affairs of man. That is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD - the 'Good News' and promise that kept the faith of the patriarchs and prophets of old and the early apostles of the New Testaments through trials and tribulations so that they can overcome Satan, the temptations of society and the pull of self-centredness through faith in God on all His promises!
God wants to turn our human nature into the 'spiritual nature of God' (partakers of the divine nature - 2 Peter 1:4) as given in the Fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23, and also in Christ's Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapters 5 to 7 so that we can be born again in the resurrection into the God Family to rule and reign in the Kingdom of God. In this life, we are only 'begotten of the Father', meaning 'not yet born', like foetus in the mother's womb. What the Holy Spirit deposited in us is God's promise that we belong to Him (heir of God - Romans 8:17). The church is the 'mother' commissioned to feed and grow the 'foetus' so that he/she can become mature unto the likeness of Christ. Currently, 'the creation eagerly awaits for the revealing of the sons of God' (Romans 8:19) to become the 'new creation' (2 Cor 5:17 ) to ultimately become RULERS OF THE UNIVERSE that even angels will become subjected to them ( 1 Corinthians 6:2-3)! What a vision to behold!
For those who will say 'yes' to God and obey Him in order to receive His Holy Spirit as promised in Acts 5:32, the fear of the Lord will be upon us to keep us from the fear that will come upon this world that has Satan on the throne. In Psalm 91:5-10, the Word of God promises thus, 'You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, Nor of the PESTILENCE that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked. Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place, No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any PLAGUE come near your dwelling.' Only the sure word of prophesy can be fully trusted to protect you in times of calamities. Trust no man for your eternal destiny, check out the sure Word of prophecy for yourself, and that surely includes me!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
THE BLACK HORSEMAN OF THE APOCALYPSE
We saw in my earlier blogs that false religion can be forced upon the people through violence and war. When the third seal was opened (Revelation 6:5-6), the horseman riding on the black horse signifies FAMINE. Though famine usually follows after war, it is not always the case necessarily. Sometimes, it is due to freak weather conditions resulting from global warming, at other times it could be due to pestilence or poor soil conditions due to over-cultivation. Whatever the reason(s), famine has plagued mankind for centuries and will contine with greater intensity as the final phase of the end times draws to a close before the Lord Jesus Christ returns to set up His kingdom on earth.
The main difference between famines of the past and the big one yet to come is that the latter will fall upon the FIRST WORLD. This is prophesied in Ezekiel 5:12 when the Word of God reveals that the peoples inherited from the birthright nations of the lost ten tribes of Israel (mainly the modern nations of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and some of the nations of Western Europe ) will be inflicted so badly that one-third will perish. This is because of their disobedience of God's laws and commandments and the resultant curses that follow as given in Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28! The scenario to come is so gruesome that some will resort to cannabalism...yuk yuk!! (Ezekiel 5:10). This had happened before as recorded by the Jewish historian Josephus during the Roman siege on Jerusalem. As duality is a principle of bible prophecy, this will happen again during the close of the church age.
Tragically, most will have to undergo such severe sufferings before they will surrender to God (Philippians 2:10). For the minority that believe and obey God and do His biding, they will be shielded from such calamities for the Word of God promise so, 'Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril or sword?' (Romans 8:35). Only those so protected will hear from God as the rest will experience a severe 'spiritual famine of the Word' (Amos 8:11-12).
Man thinks he is wise enough to solve all his problems. But God tells us that all manmade solutions will ultimately fail, as it will lead to disaster (Deuteronomy 12:8; Proverbs 14:12, 16:25; Jeremiah 10:23). Christ warns us ahead of time that famines would immediately precede His Second Coming (Matthew 24:7). God promises in Leviticus 26:1-13 and Deuteronomy 28:1-14 that blessings would follow for all who would obey His laws and statutes and warns of curses to follow in Lev 26:14-39 and Deut 28:15-68 for all who disobey, and that includes famine. Sadly, most are either ignorant, being deceived into thinking that Christ had done away with all that on the cross, or showing a cavalier attitude towards the Word of God. As the prophecy relates to the whole world, there is no way of escape, save for the elect. Most will be paying a very high price for their disobedience!
Consider that most nations' food warehouses do not have more than a couple of months food supply, should there be a major war and or severe famine, pandemonium will strike as society will operate on the principle 'of every man for himself '.The seven-year famine that befell Egypt as recorded in Genesis 41:30 is not the only one in their history. Around the end of the twelve and beginning of the thirteen century, the nation of Egypt was plagued by famine, plague and civil unrest that according to some eyewitnesses, many parents ate their own children!
According to some 'think tank experts', water shortages in some countries could lead to war as they fight over shrinking water resources. I am utterly amazed at the countless reports of government investigations reacting to recurring accidents and disasters which nobody seems to have learnt anything from past experiences! Proverbs 22: 3 states, 'A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.' It goes to show that the only thing people learn from history is that they don't learn anything from history. Those who failed to learn from history are doomed to repeat it!
God says in Leviticus 26:3-4, 'If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and perform them, then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.' It is clear that the weather - sunshine and rainfall - and food yields are under the soverign hand of God. Looks like only through severe discipline and punishments will mankind wake up to realise their own folly and turn to the Almighty for mercy!
Throughout the 6,000 years of man on earth, hardly any country or land has not been ravaged by drought, famine or natural disaster in one form or another. Whatever food aid and mercy relief - noble as they are - will only address the effect and not the root cause of all the problems that has plagued mankind. The main reason is simply because human nature remains unchanged with Satan on the throne, and man's systems of government are but his proxy. Unless and until God's law such as the land sabbaths (Leviticus 25:1-7) and crop rotations without the use of fertilisers, pesticides, herbicides and chemicals for cultivation are put into effect when Christ returns to set up His kingdom on earth, paradise is only a fool's dream anyway! The good news to follow after the bad news is that 'Thy kingdom comes'.
The main difference between famines of the past and the big one yet to come is that the latter will fall upon the FIRST WORLD. This is prophesied in Ezekiel 5:12 when the Word of God reveals that the peoples inherited from the birthright nations of the lost ten tribes of Israel (mainly the modern nations of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and some of the nations of Western Europe ) will be inflicted so badly that one-third will perish. This is because of their disobedience of God's laws and commandments and the resultant curses that follow as given in Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28! The scenario to come is so gruesome that some will resort to cannabalism...yuk yuk!! (Ezekiel 5:10). This had happened before as recorded by the Jewish historian Josephus during the Roman siege on Jerusalem. As duality is a principle of bible prophecy, this will happen again during the close of the church age.
Tragically, most will have to undergo such severe sufferings before they will surrender to God (Philippians 2:10). For the minority that believe and obey God and do His biding, they will be shielded from such calamities for the Word of God promise so, 'Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril or sword?' (Romans 8:35). Only those so protected will hear from God as the rest will experience a severe 'spiritual famine of the Word' (Amos 8:11-12).
Man thinks he is wise enough to solve all his problems. But God tells us that all manmade solutions will ultimately fail, as it will lead to disaster (Deuteronomy 12:8; Proverbs 14:12, 16:25; Jeremiah 10:23). Christ warns us ahead of time that famines would immediately precede His Second Coming (Matthew 24:7). God promises in Leviticus 26:1-13 and Deuteronomy 28:1-14 that blessings would follow for all who would obey His laws and statutes and warns of curses to follow in Lev 26:14-39 and Deut 28:15-68 for all who disobey, and that includes famine. Sadly, most are either ignorant, being deceived into thinking that Christ had done away with all that on the cross, or showing a cavalier attitude towards the Word of God. As the prophecy relates to the whole world, there is no way of escape, save for the elect. Most will be paying a very high price for their disobedience!
Consider that most nations' food warehouses do not have more than a couple of months food supply, should there be a major war and or severe famine, pandemonium will strike as society will operate on the principle 'of every man for himself '.The seven-year famine that befell Egypt as recorded in Genesis 41:30 is not the only one in their history. Around the end of the twelve and beginning of the thirteen century, the nation of Egypt was plagued by famine, plague and civil unrest that according to some eyewitnesses, many parents ate their own children!
According to some 'think tank experts', water shortages in some countries could lead to war as they fight over shrinking water resources. I am utterly amazed at the countless reports of government investigations reacting to recurring accidents and disasters which nobody seems to have learnt anything from past experiences! Proverbs 22: 3 states, 'A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.' It goes to show that the only thing people learn from history is that they don't learn anything from history. Those who failed to learn from history are doomed to repeat it!
God says in Leviticus 26:3-4, 'If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and perform them, then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.' It is clear that the weather - sunshine and rainfall - and food yields are under the soverign hand of God. Looks like only through severe discipline and punishments will mankind wake up to realise their own folly and turn to the Almighty for mercy!
Throughout the 6,000 years of man on earth, hardly any country or land has not been ravaged by drought, famine or natural disaster in one form or another. Whatever food aid and mercy relief - noble as they are - will only address the effect and not the root cause of all the problems that has plagued mankind. The main reason is simply because human nature remains unchanged with Satan on the throne, and man's systems of government are but his proxy. Unless and until God's law such as the land sabbaths (Leviticus 25:1-7) and crop rotations without the use of fertilisers, pesticides, herbicides and chemicals for cultivation are put into effect when Christ returns to set up His kingdom on earth, paradise is only a fool's dream anyway! The good news to follow after the bad news is that 'Thy kingdom comes'.
Friday, May 15, 2009
THE RED HORSEMAN OF THE APOCALYPSE
In my last blog, we saw that the white horseman went forth as the deceiver disguising himself as Christ (2 Cor 11: 13-15) and went out 'conquering and to conquer'. This leads to the red horseman (Rev 6:4) who went on to wage wars in the name of religion throughout the history of mankind. Man cannot gain salvation by following a false Christ. Similarly, man cannot solve the mounting problems of mankind through religious wars. In fact, false religions will inevitably led to wars. This was prophesied to continue until the true Christ returns to end all wars and bloodshed and bring in everlasting peace and prosperity!
Since the first murder of Abel by his brother Cain (Genesis 4:8), the history of mankind has been chronicled by conflicts and wars, with increasing intensity as time marches towards the 'midnight hour'. History records that some of the worst brutality against human beings were committed in the name of religion - most were innocent victims and martyrs killed in the name of 'Christianity', their only 'sin' was because they refused to obey men but were obedient to the Word of God even to the point of death. These martyrs had the faith of Jesus and believe God for a better resurrection and rewards!
However, the red horseman in Revelation 6:4 is no ordinary war or world war. It is what Christ says in Matthew 24:7, 'For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.' It is going to be a world war worse than the catastrophes of World Wars I and II combined! For in Matthew 24:22, Christ warns , 'And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened.' What this means is that it will be cataclysmic in nature that only through the direct intervention of Jesus Christ will humanity be saved from total annihilation! The fact that he has a 'great sword' means that probably billions of people the world over will perish. Personally, I have no doubt it will be a nuclear World War III.
The national and international psyche of today's generations and populace is one of pride and arrogance, permissiveness, rebelliousness and contempt of all kinds of authority to want to hear the Word of God, let alone believe and obey Him. This is evident in the West where all forms of indulgences and pervertions exist in the name of personal freedom and democracy. And it is fast encroaching into the Eastern strata of societies due to the internet and mass media. Hence, any message and warning coming from the Word of God will be viewed with skepticism and deemed distasteful. What they want is political correctness and freedom to say and do what they like that please their senses. According to Bible prophecy, only the minority will heed the message and warning. The large majority is like the titanic heading towards destruction!
Today, the world has the capability to wipe out the entire human race in a short span of time. Just one hydrogen bomb has more power to wreck havoc than all of World Wars I and II combined! Recently, I read that the United Nations predicted that in the not too distant future, we will be living in a nuclear world as more and more countries with nuclear capabilities to develop nuclear warheads. It is unimaginable what is going to happen if the nuclear weapons of mass destruction falls into the wrong hands! But for those who understand Bible prophecy, this is no surprise. Revelation 6:4 clearly prophesied that ' the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another.' The time to fulfill the prophecy as given by Jesus Christ in Matthew 24:22 and Revelation 6:4 could only be from this present generation forward.
Satan is clearly the master strategist behind most of man's warfare and conflicts. He knows his time is short as the ruler and god of this world (Rev 12:12; 2 Cor 4:4) before Christ's return to set up His government on earth. Satan had challenged Christ at His first advent in the wilderness and lost (Matthew 4:1-10). He will challenge the King of kings and Lord of lords one last time before his destiny is sealed in incarceration and Christ installed as the new King and Ruler by God the Father.
True to Biblical prophecy in Daniel chapter 11, the current trend of political, religious, military and economic blocs of nations polarizing into the northern, southern and eastern alliances are taking shape behind the scenes, away from the unsuspecting world. Destruction during the Great tribulation will be so catastrophic that many cities will be laid waste, without inhabitant (Jeremiah 4:7). According to Revelation 9:18, one-third of mankind will perish - that is some 2 billion lives - much more than both World Wars I and II combined! The Lord Jesus Christ had warned us way ahead of time - it will be unprecedented in all the history of mankind (Matthew 24:21). These are words that no sane person will take lightly. The only reason most Christians are ignorant is because the churches are talking about God all the time but few really believe Him (most merely believe IN Him as the Supreme Being Who is the Creator of all things, including human beings), let alone obey Him! This is the root of all the problems the world is facing today.
The armies of the world will gather at the valley of Megiddo - known as Armageddon - to descend upon Jerusalem. When Christ returns, touching down at Mount Olives -the same mountain where He first delivered the Olivet prophecy - the opposing armies will turn to fight Christ and will be utterly destroyed by Him! This is prophesied in Zechariah 14:2-12, where the Lord will smite all peoples who turned against Jerusalem. 'Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, Their eyes shall disslove in their sockets, And their tongue shall disslove in their mouths.' (Zechariah 14:12). No wonder the very knowledge of what is to come made prophet Habakkuk trembled and sick (Habakkuk 3:16).
But all is not lost. After Christ had put down all enemies and all lawlessness, there will be great peace and prosperity in a new world order. As prophesied in Isaiah 2:2-4, all nations and peoples that remain after the Great Tribulation and The Day of the Lord will go up to Jerusalem to worship the King - the Lord Jesus Christ - and the Word of God will go forth from Jerusalem. There will be no more war as swords are turned into plowshares, and neither will nations learn war anymore (Isaiah 2:4). The resurrrected born again spirit god-beings who are the sons of God will be revealed in glory to help Christ govern and rule the whole earth, turning it into a paradise during His Millennial Reign. His kingdom will come AFTER His appearing (Second Coming of Christ) - 2 Timothy 4:1
When Jesus Christ walked the earth, He rebuked the Pharisees for failing to read the signs of the times (Luke 12:54-56) - the coming destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 by the Roman army - despite His many warnings. We have now come full circle to such a time when the Lord Jesus Christ is again pleading with the lukewarm Laodicean church to heed His warnings or face destruction! Matthew 24:41 states, 'Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.' In the Bible, a woman is a type of the church. Two kind of churches - the one who believe and obey Him, God will protect (taken to a place of safety) and the other left behind to undergo the Great Tribulation. Only those faithful and wise servants of God who do His will by teaching His message of truth to warn this end-time generation will be amply rewarded (Matthew 24:45-47). Those servants who lose patience as they see the 'Lord delays His coming' and lose faith by breaking His law and commandments will be severely punished(Matt 24:48-51). However, we have to learn to develop character through obedience in keeping His law and commandments. Otherwise, God's universe will again be wrecked like what Satan and his demons had done! We are commanded to watch and pray, look up to Him as our redemption (first resurrection) draws near.
Since the first murder of Abel by his brother Cain (Genesis 4:8), the history of mankind has been chronicled by conflicts and wars, with increasing intensity as time marches towards the 'midnight hour'. History records that some of the worst brutality against human beings were committed in the name of religion - most were innocent victims and martyrs killed in the name of 'Christianity', their only 'sin' was because they refused to obey men but were obedient to the Word of God even to the point of death. These martyrs had the faith of Jesus and believe God for a better resurrection and rewards!
However, the red horseman in Revelation 6:4 is no ordinary war or world war. It is what Christ says in Matthew 24:7, 'For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.' It is going to be a world war worse than the catastrophes of World Wars I and II combined! For in Matthew 24:22, Christ warns , 'And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened.' What this means is that it will be cataclysmic in nature that only through the direct intervention of Jesus Christ will humanity be saved from total annihilation! The fact that he has a 'great sword' means that probably billions of people the world over will perish. Personally, I have no doubt it will be a nuclear World War III.
The national and international psyche of today's generations and populace is one of pride and arrogance, permissiveness, rebelliousness and contempt of all kinds of authority to want to hear the Word of God, let alone believe and obey Him. This is evident in the West where all forms of indulgences and pervertions exist in the name of personal freedom and democracy. And it is fast encroaching into the Eastern strata of societies due to the internet and mass media. Hence, any message and warning coming from the Word of God will be viewed with skepticism and deemed distasteful. What they want is political correctness and freedom to say and do what they like that please their senses. According to Bible prophecy, only the minority will heed the message and warning. The large majority is like the titanic heading towards destruction!
Today, the world has the capability to wipe out the entire human race in a short span of time. Just one hydrogen bomb has more power to wreck havoc than all of World Wars I and II combined! Recently, I read that the United Nations predicted that in the not too distant future, we will be living in a nuclear world as more and more countries with nuclear capabilities to develop nuclear warheads. It is unimaginable what is going to happen if the nuclear weapons of mass destruction falls into the wrong hands! But for those who understand Bible prophecy, this is no surprise. Revelation 6:4 clearly prophesied that ' the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another.' The time to fulfill the prophecy as given by Jesus Christ in Matthew 24:22 and Revelation 6:4 could only be from this present generation forward.
Satan is clearly the master strategist behind most of man's warfare and conflicts. He knows his time is short as the ruler and god of this world (Rev 12:12; 2 Cor 4:4) before Christ's return to set up His government on earth. Satan had challenged Christ at His first advent in the wilderness and lost (Matthew 4:1-10). He will challenge the King of kings and Lord of lords one last time before his destiny is sealed in incarceration and Christ installed as the new King and Ruler by God the Father.
True to Biblical prophecy in Daniel chapter 11, the current trend of political, religious, military and economic blocs of nations polarizing into the northern, southern and eastern alliances are taking shape behind the scenes, away from the unsuspecting world. Destruction during the Great tribulation will be so catastrophic that many cities will be laid waste, without inhabitant (Jeremiah 4:7). According to Revelation 9:18, one-third of mankind will perish - that is some 2 billion lives - much more than both World Wars I and II combined! The Lord Jesus Christ had warned us way ahead of time - it will be unprecedented in all the history of mankind (Matthew 24:21). These are words that no sane person will take lightly. The only reason most Christians are ignorant is because the churches are talking about God all the time but few really believe Him (most merely believe IN Him as the Supreme Being Who is the Creator of all things, including human beings), let alone obey Him! This is the root of all the problems the world is facing today.
The armies of the world will gather at the valley of Megiddo - known as Armageddon - to descend upon Jerusalem. When Christ returns, touching down at Mount Olives -the same mountain where He first delivered the Olivet prophecy - the opposing armies will turn to fight Christ and will be utterly destroyed by Him! This is prophesied in Zechariah 14:2-12, where the Lord will smite all peoples who turned against Jerusalem. 'Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, Their eyes shall disslove in their sockets, And their tongue shall disslove in their mouths.' (Zechariah 14:12). No wonder the very knowledge of what is to come made prophet Habakkuk trembled and sick (Habakkuk 3:16).
But all is not lost. After Christ had put down all enemies and all lawlessness, there will be great peace and prosperity in a new world order. As prophesied in Isaiah 2:2-4, all nations and peoples that remain after the Great Tribulation and The Day of the Lord will go up to Jerusalem to worship the King - the Lord Jesus Christ - and the Word of God will go forth from Jerusalem. There will be no more war as swords are turned into plowshares, and neither will nations learn war anymore (Isaiah 2:4). The resurrrected born again spirit god-beings who are the sons of God will be revealed in glory to help Christ govern and rule the whole earth, turning it into a paradise during His Millennial Reign. His kingdom will come AFTER His appearing (Second Coming of Christ) - 2 Timothy 4:1
When Jesus Christ walked the earth, He rebuked the Pharisees for failing to read the signs of the times (Luke 12:54-56) - the coming destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 by the Roman army - despite His many warnings. We have now come full circle to such a time when the Lord Jesus Christ is again pleading with the lukewarm Laodicean church to heed His warnings or face destruction! Matthew 24:41 states, 'Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.' In the Bible, a woman is a type of the church. Two kind of churches - the one who believe and obey Him, God will protect (taken to a place of safety) and the other left behind to undergo the Great Tribulation. Only those faithful and wise servants of God who do His will by teaching His message of truth to warn this end-time generation will be amply rewarded (Matthew 24:45-47). Those servants who lose patience as they see the 'Lord delays His coming' and lose faith by breaking His law and commandments will be severely punished(Matt 24:48-51). However, we have to learn to develop character through obedience in keeping His law and commandments. Otherwise, God's universe will again be wrecked like what Satan and his demons had done! We are commanded to watch and pray, look up to Him as our redemption (first resurrection) draws near.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
THE WHITE HORSEMAN OF THE APOCALYPSE
The first three of the four gospel books of the New Testament recorded the OLIVET PROPHECY delivered by Jesus Christ in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21. The Apostle John recorded this pivotal prophecy in the book of Revelation at the island of Patmos. Chapter six of Revelation records the seven seals, with the first four known as the four horsemen of the apocalypse. In this blog I shall focus on the first - the white horse.
Since only Christ is qualified to unlock the seven seals, only He and He alone can interpret the prophecy. Revelation 6:1-2 reads, 'Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, "Come and see." And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow, and he went out conquering and to conquer.' Many were and continue to be deceived into thinking that the white horseman here refers to Christ. Though Christ wil return to Earth on a white horse (Rev 19:11), He has a sword and not a bow and has many crowns, not just a crown. The four horsemen of the apocalypse will bring great calamities upon the Earth. Conversely, the true Christ of Revelation 19:11-15 will bring everlasting peace, joy and love once His enemies were destroyed.
There are some fraternity within Christiandom who views the white horse of the first seal represents the Church. However, the true church of God was never called to subdue and conquer nations. The true church of God is to be like a 'mother' to teach and nurture those who are called (Galatians 4:26). What this white horse in Revelation 6:1-2 represents is not all other religions, but counterfeit christianity - a false Christ , a false gospel and a false church - but all done in the name of Jesus Christ to make them look and feel authentic! Such is the state of spirituality as we march towards the close of the church age. 'Because many false prophets have gone out into the world' (1 John 4:1). Though the other three horsemen will cause great physical sufferings, but the first horseman is the deadliest because it is religious deception. This means that many had and will continue to fall prey without even knowing that they were being deceived! It will get so bad in the last stage of the end times that they cannot even tell the truth from falsehood. Notice too that Christ gave these warnings to His close inner disciples at the Mount of Olive (hence the term Olivet Prophecy) when asked to give the sign of His coming, and of the end of the age (church age) - Matthew 24:1-3. Sadly, many still believe that they are following the true faith of Christianity and 'heaven bound for eternity'. Hence, the severe warning from Christ in Matthew 24:5, 'For many will come in my name, saying I am the Christ, and will deceive many.'; Matthew 24;11-12,' Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.' ; Matthew 24:24, 'For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.'
The truth of the matter is that all those who are deceived will 'be delivered up to tribulation to be killed' (Matthew 24:9) Tragically, many will undergo the Great Tribulation to suffer the wrath of Satan with no covering of protection! Though it happened in history in A.D. 70 when the Roman army conquered Jerusalem, that was only a type of greater sufferings and catastropies to come just before Christ's return. Such is Christ warning to us amplified multiple fold for our time and echoed in the book of Malachi and by Apostle Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2. The falling away will come first with the son of perdition revealed before the Lord Jesus Christ returns.
The true Christ in Revelation 19 will come with a sword in His mouth, representing the Word of God. Unlike the white horse in chapter 6 with a bow in his hand trying to conquer and subdue people and nations with man made systems and movements. Alas, little did they know that what they are doing is outside the government of God - they are in the outer courts! Meaning that they are not being led by the Spirit of God, but fighting a losing battle on their own man-made righteousness which God will not accept as it is not based on faith. Since only what is promised in the Word of God is to be claimed by faith. What is not based on the promises of His Word, God is not obliged to fulfill.
Note also that this white horse came in first of the four horsemen of the apocalypse as deception started almost immediately after the death of all of Christ's Apostles around A.D. 100. It gets worse as the centuries draw by until Christ's return. Whereas the white horse in Revelation 19 refers to the time at the close of this church age when the true Christ will be revealed with His resurrected saints born again into spiritual god beings as the sons of the living God into the Family of God with God the Father as the Head of the God Family. Together with Christ, they will rule the earth for a millennium and then the whole of the universe for all of eternity (Rev 20:4 & 6). That will be the time when the prophecy of Romans 8:19 will be fulfilled, 'For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.' Only at resurrection is the flesh changed to spirit to inherit the kingdom of God because 'flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God' (1 Cor 15:50)! Sadly, it looks like most Christians just don't get it. Little wonder that Christ called the little flock that will get to inherit the kingdom of God (Luke 12:32).
The false counterfeit Christianity of this world has its origin in Nimrod and his wife Semiramis who introduced the Babylonian Mystery religion. The name 'Babylon' originates from the Hebrew word 'Babel' which means 'confusion'. Centuries later, the Babylonian Empire became the center of the Babylonian Mystery religion. Bible prophecy tells us that there will yet be a last attempt to revive the great Babylonian Mystery religion.
Bible history tells us that Simon Magus (the word 'magus' means 'sorcerer' or 'magician') who was once the leader of the Samaritian Babylonian Mystery religion, was probably the founder of the heretical movement. Among the well-known Christian writers and scholars who followed or were influenced by the heretical movement are Justin Martyr, Jerome and others in the centuries that followed. Simon Magus carried the title of 'Papa', 'Father' and even 'Pope'. This is in direct contradiction to Christ's command in Matthew 23:9, 'Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your father, He who is in heaven.'
The heretical movement believed in the doctrine of the 'immortal soul', 'going to heaven when you died' and 'eternal burning in hell'. But all of these are contrary to what the Bible teaches. The Bible clearly states the the soul who sins shall die (Ezekiel 18:20a). The Apostle Peter in Acts 2:29 tells us that 'David is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.' If David being a man after God's own heart is not in heaven, probably none of us is going to make it there! Job knew that he would be 'changed' and David was confident that he would' awake', Daniel was told he would 'rest and arise to his inheritance' and so was the Apostle Paul. Similarly, none of the great men of faith had received their promises of eternal life, for they all died in faith (Hebrews 11:13). This truth is authenticated by Christ when He told Nicodemus thus, 'No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.' (John 3:13). This means that all who had died in faith are still 'resting in peace' (RIP) awaiting the first resurrection, if they so qualified!
The word 'hell' is nothing but a 'tomb'. And all who died will end up there. The concept of hell and hell fire was invented by man to scare people into following their false religion. Christ mentioned the danger of hell fire in Matthew 5:22 is actually in the context of total destruction and not ongoing suffering in hell. Many misguided preachers will quote Mark 9:43-48 to justify their story. These verses refer to hell and hell fire that is not quenched and worms that die not. These are translated from the Greek word 'gehenna' represents the Valley of Hinnon. The term was mentioned in several Old Testament verses (2 Kings23:10; Jer 19:6; Nehemiah 11:30) and refer to a place near Jerusalem where the fires were kept burning to consume the trash and corpses thrown in there. This rather deep and long ravine have bushes and trees on it ledges. Some of the corpses thrown there never made it into the fire below, but caught among the trees and bushes on the ledges. Hence, they were not burned up but decomposed by maggots. Such maggots or worms died not but later developed into flies. The fire below was not quenched as it always had things to burn up! Similarly, the parable of Lazarus and the rich man in Luke 16:19-31 is not referring to eternal burning in hell fire. If that was so, how could water from the tip of Lazarus' finger be sufficient to quench the inferno (verse 24)! So quoting verses out of context without a proper understanding of the background could end in deception.
There is not a single verse in the whole of Scriptures that says the lost will suffer eternal burning in hell. Such man -made half truth and falsehood are part of Satan's grand plan of deception. Man can be sadistic but not our loving heavenly Father. Theologians and evangelists down the centuries have portrayed God the Father as the ultimate terrorist! What the Bible does say is that anyone who is unrepentant after given all the revelations of God's truth in the second resurrection will be annihilated forever (the second death) in the lake of fire (Rev 20:14-15)! Only a merciful and loving God will put them out of their misery.
There are many believers of Christianity who have no idea that what they believe are mainly half truths or even completely false. Christ warned that they are spiritually blind (Rev 3:17), because they are being misled and deceived. The Lord Jesus Christ is giving them one final chance before this church age draws to a close. Christ is standing at the door of their hearts and knock (Rev 3:20). If they would respond to the truth and be set free, they will still have their inheritance in the kingdom of God (Rev 3:21). Your eternal destiny is at stake!
Since only Christ is qualified to unlock the seven seals, only He and He alone can interpret the prophecy. Revelation 6:1-2 reads, 'Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, "Come and see." And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow, and he went out conquering and to conquer.' Many were and continue to be deceived into thinking that the white horseman here refers to Christ. Though Christ wil return to Earth on a white horse (Rev 19:11), He has a sword and not a bow and has many crowns, not just a crown. The four horsemen of the apocalypse will bring great calamities upon the Earth. Conversely, the true Christ of Revelation 19:11-15 will bring everlasting peace, joy and love once His enemies were destroyed.
There are some fraternity within Christiandom who views the white horse of the first seal represents the Church. However, the true church of God was never called to subdue and conquer nations. The true church of God is to be like a 'mother' to teach and nurture those who are called (Galatians 4:26). What this white horse in Revelation 6:1-2 represents is not all other religions, but counterfeit christianity - a false Christ , a false gospel and a false church - but all done in the name of Jesus Christ to make them look and feel authentic! Such is the state of spirituality as we march towards the close of the church age. 'Because many false prophets have gone out into the world' (1 John 4:1). Though the other three horsemen will cause great physical sufferings, but the first horseman is the deadliest because it is religious deception. This means that many had and will continue to fall prey without even knowing that they were being deceived! It will get so bad in the last stage of the end times that they cannot even tell the truth from falsehood. Notice too that Christ gave these warnings to His close inner disciples at the Mount of Olive (hence the term Olivet Prophecy) when asked to give the sign of His coming, and of the end of the age (church age) - Matthew 24:1-3. Sadly, many still believe that they are following the true faith of Christianity and 'heaven bound for eternity'. Hence, the severe warning from Christ in Matthew 24:5, 'For many will come in my name, saying I am the Christ, and will deceive many.'; Matthew 24;11-12,' Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.' ; Matthew 24:24, 'For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.'
The truth of the matter is that all those who are deceived will 'be delivered up to tribulation to be killed' (Matthew 24:9) Tragically, many will undergo the Great Tribulation to suffer the wrath of Satan with no covering of protection! Though it happened in history in A.D. 70 when the Roman army conquered Jerusalem, that was only a type of greater sufferings and catastropies to come just before Christ's return. Such is Christ warning to us amplified multiple fold for our time and echoed in the book of Malachi and by Apostle Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2. The falling away will come first with the son of perdition revealed before the Lord Jesus Christ returns.
The true Christ in Revelation 19 will come with a sword in His mouth, representing the Word of God. Unlike the white horse in chapter 6 with a bow in his hand trying to conquer and subdue people and nations with man made systems and movements. Alas, little did they know that what they are doing is outside the government of God - they are in the outer courts! Meaning that they are not being led by the Spirit of God, but fighting a losing battle on their own man-made righteousness which God will not accept as it is not based on faith. Since only what is promised in the Word of God is to be claimed by faith. What is not based on the promises of His Word, God is not obliged to fulfill.
Note also that this white horse came in first of the four horsemen of the apocalypse as deception started almost immediately after the death of all of Christ's Apostles around A.D. 100. It gets worse as the centuries draw by until Christ's return. Whereas the white horse in Revelation 19 refers to the time at the close of this church age when the true Christ will be revealed with His resurrected saints born again into spiritual god beings as the sons of the living God into the Family of God with God the Father as the Head of the God Family. Together with Christ, they will rule the earth for a millennium and then the whole of the universe for all of eternity (Rev 20:4 & 6). That will be the time when the prophecy of Romans 8:19 will be fulfilled, 'For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.' Only at resurrection is the flesh changed to spirit to inherit the kingdom of God because 'flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God' (1 Cor 15:50)! Sadly, it looks like most Christians just don't get it. Little wonder that Christ called the little flock that will get to inherit the kingdom of God (Luke 12:32).
The false counterfeit Christianity of this world has its origin in Nimrod and his wife Semiramis who introduced the Babylonian Mystery religion. The name 'Babylon' originates from the Hebrew word 'Babel' which means 'confusion'. Centuries later, the Babylonian Empire became the center of the Babylonian Mystery religion. Bible prophecy tells us that there will yet be a last attempt to revive the great Babylonian Mystery religion.
Bible history tells us that Simon Magus (the word 'magus' means 'sorcerer' or 'magician') who was once the leader of the Samaritian Babylonian Mystery religion, was probably the founder of the heretical movement. Among the well-known Christian writers and scholars who followed or were influenced by the heretical movement are Justin Martyr, Jerome and others in the centuries that followed. Simon Magus carried the title of 'Papa', 'Father' and even 'Pope'. This is in direct contradiction to Christ's command in Matthew 23:9, 'Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your father, He who is in heaven.'
The heretical movement believed in the doctrine of the 'immortal soul', 'going to heaven when you died' and 'eternal burning in hell'. But all of these are contrary to what the Bible teaches. The Bible clearly states the the soul who sins shall die (Ezekiel 18:20a). The Apostle Peter in Acts 2:29 tells us that 'David is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.' If David being a man after God's own heart is not in heaven, probably none of us is going to make it there! Job knew that he would be 'changed' and David was confident that he would' awake', Daniel was told he would 'rest and arise to his inheritance' and so was the Apostle Paul. Similarly, none of the great men of faith had received their promises of eternal life, for they all died in faith (Hebrews 11:13). This truth is authenticated by Christ when He told Nicodemus thus, 'No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.' (John 3:13). This means that all who had died in faith are still 'resting in peace' (RIP) awaiting the first resurrection, if they so qualified!
The word 'hell' is nothing but a 'tomb'. And all who died will end up there. The concept of hell and hell fire was invented by man to scare people into following their false religion. Christ mentioned the danger of hell fire in Matthew 5:22 is actually in the context of total destruction and not ongoing suffering in hell. Many misguided preachers will quote Mark 9:43-48 to justify their story. These verses refer to hell and hell fire that is not quenched and worms that die not. These are translated from the Greek word 'gehenna' represents the Valley of Hinnon. The term was mentioned in several Old Testament verses (2 Kings23:10; Jer 19:6; Nehemiah 11:30) and refer to a place near Jerusalem where the fires were kept burning to consume the trash and corpses thrown in there. This rather deep and long ravine have bushes and trees on it ledges. Some of the corpses thrown there never made it into the fire below, but caught among the trees and bushes on the ledges. Hence, they were not burned up but decomposed by maggots. Such maggots or worms died not but later developed into flies. The fire below was not quenched as it always had things to burn up! Similarly, the parable of Lazarus and the rich man in Luke 16:19-31 is not referring to eternal burning in hell fire. If that was so, how could water from the tip of Lazarus' finger be sufficient to quench the inferno (verse 24)! So quoting verses out of context without a proper understanding of the background could end in deception.
There is not a single verse in the whole of Scriptures that says the lost will suffer eternal burning in hell. Such man -made half truth and falsehood are part of Satan's grand plan of deception. Man can be sadistic but not our loving heavenly Father. Theologians and evangelists down the centuries have portrayed God the Father as the ultimate terrorist! What the Bible does say is that anyone who is unrepentant after given all the revelations of God's truth in the second resurrection will be annihilated forever (the second death) in the lake of fire (Rev 20:14-15)! Only a merciful and loving God will put them out of their misery.
There are many believers of Christianity who have no idea that what they believe are mainly half truths or even completely false. Christ warned that they are spiritually blind (Rev 3:17), because they are being misled and deceived. The Lord Jesus Christ is giving them one final chance before this church age draws to a close. Christ is standing at the door of their hearts and knock (Rev 3:20). If they would respond to the truth and be set free, they will still have their inheritance in the kingdom of God (Rev 3:21). Your eternal destiny is at stake!
Saturday, April 11, 2009
PROPHECY OF THE FLYING SCROLL
The main theme of the book of Zachariah is about God's temple. It is a type of God's church in today's context. Zachariah chapter 3 records what transpired between God, His angel and Joshua the high priest. Joshua was in filthy garment, typifying corruption that had infiltrated the church. God told the high priest (equivalent to modern days minister of the Word of God) to remove the filth. If this condition if fulfilled, rewards and greatness will come - 3:7. Zechariah could not understand the prophecy he wrote (What are these? - 4:4; 4:5; 4:11; 4:12; 4:13), much like Daniel, because all these are for the end times before the Second Coming of Christ!
God shows Zechariah a 'flying scroll' (5:1 & 2), with exact measurement of 20 cubits long (30 feet) by 10 cubits wide (15 feet). If we let the Bible interprets the Bible, we see similar measurement in 1 Kings 6:22-27 inside the holy of holies - the heart of the temple where God dwells. The two cherubim, with outstretched wings measured the same dimension, guarding the mercy seat - where God's throne is!
What is the significance of this? Inside the ark, under the mercy seat were three items - the Ten Commandments, Aaron's rod and manna. The ten commandments represents God's law, the rod of Aaron typifies authority and hence, the Government of God and the manna signifies God's Word and His revelation. God is reminding His church to focus on His law, the coming kingdom of God and the prophecies inscribed in His Word! God is also telling us that the flying scroll came from the inner court, His throne room and not from any man! The specific dimensions is a testimony of that truth.
Chapter 5 verses 3 and 4 go on to pronounce curses on those who claim to be God's ministers but who misuse God's tithes (Every thief shall be expelled) shall be expelled from the inner court of His temple. And every minister who swearth falsely using the name of God flippantly shall also meet with the same fate (Every perjurer shall be expelled). This is God's plan to first start with His own ministers, leaders and members in His church so that they can be qualified to teach and rule when Christ returned to set up His kingdom (Government) on earth. For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God (1Peter 4:17). God found the ministers wanting because they had led many to 'stumble at the law' (Malachi 2:8) and commandments.
In Zechariah 5:5-8, God is measuring His church ('woman' is a symbol of church) and found wickedness (verse 8). Those who failed to measure up to qualify to be in the inner court will be left in the outer court to be trampled under foot to undergo persecutions and sufferings in the Great Tribulation for three-and-half years (Revelation 11:1-2; 12:17). There are two churches (two women) - one Philadelphian and the other Laodicean. The former is in the inner court and the latter in the outer court. This prophectic vision is reiterated by the Lord Jesus in Matthew 24:40-42 thus,'The two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.' Just before the onset of the Great Tribulation, God will send the Philadelphians to a place of safety (counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass -Luke 21:36c), while the Laodiceans will have to undergo the Great Tribulation. Though many will repent during the Great Tribulation, they will lose their physical lives in order to gain eternal life (buy gold refined in the fire -Rev 3:18). Similar teachings by the Lord Jesus are found in Luke 17:35-36.
The Philadelphian church continues to focus on doing God's work - that of prophecy (Revelation 10:11- 'prophesy again' ) and proclaiming the coming kingdom of God in these end times. The Laodicean church main focus is on the present physical and material well-being and they are 'rich and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing' (Revelation 3:17). Hence, the Lord will spew them out of His mouth with no covering of protection when the Great Tribulation comes (probably a nuclear World War III)!
Basically, the prophecy of Zechariah's flying scroll is about measuring the two different churches - one in the inner court and the other in the outer court. The 'flying scroll' has now taken wings and gone international, having been taught by Herbert Armstrong for decades to warn the church and the renegades. The question for the reader to do some soul searching is this: Are you in the inner court where God is now measuring and judging you to qualify you as sons of God to inherit His coming kingdom; or are you in the outer court awaiting the Great Tribulation, if you are still living then when He comes? The choice is one entirely yours to decide - but the right one will make a difference to your eternity destiny!
God shows Zechariah a 'flying scroll' (5:1 & 2), with exact measurement of 20 cubits long (30 feet) by 10 cubits wide (15 feet). If we let the Bible interprets the Bible, we see similar measurement in 1 Kings 6:22-27 inside the holy of holies - the heart of the temple where God dwells. The two cherubim, with outstretched wings measured the same dimension, guarding the mercy seat - where God's throne is!
What is the significance of this? Inside the ark, under the mercy seat were three items - the Ten Commandments, Aaron's rod and manna. The ten commandments represents God's law, the rod of Aaron typifies authority and hence, the Government of God and the manna signifies God's Word and His revelation. God is reminding His church to focus on His law, the coming kingdom of God and the prophecies inscribed in His Word! God is also telling us that the flying scroll came from the inner court, His throne room and not from any man! The specific dimensions is a testimony of that truth.
Chapter 5 verses 3 and 4 go on to pronounce curses on those who claim to be God's ministers but who misuse God's tithes (Every thief shall be expelled) shall be expelled from the inner court of His temple. And every minister who swearth falsely using the name of God flippantly shall also meet with the same fate (Every perjurer shall be expelled). This is God's plan to first start with His own ministers, leaders and members in His church so that they can be qualified to teach and rule when Christ returned to set up His kingdom (Government) on earth. For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God (1Peter 4:17). God found the ministers wanting because they had led many to 'stumble at the law' (Malachi 2:8) and commandments.
In Zechariah 5:5-8, God is measuring His church ('woman' is a symbol of church) and found wickedness (verse 8). Those who failed to measure up to qualify to be in the inner court will be left in the outer court to be trampled under foot to undergo persecutions and sufferings in the Great Tribulation for three-and-half years (Revelation 11:1-2; 12:17). There are two churches (two women) - one Philadelphian and the other Laodicean. The former is in the inner court and the latter in the outer court. This prophectic vision is reiterated by the Lord Jesus in Matthew 24:40-42 thus,'The two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.' Just before the onset of the Great Tribulation, God will send the Philadelphians to a place of safety (counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass -Luke 21:36c), while the Laodiceans will have to undergo the Great Tribulation. Though many will repent during the Great Tribulation, they will lose their physical lives in order to gain eternal life (buy gold refined in the fire -Rev 3:18). Similar teachings by the Lord Jesus are found in Luke 17:35-36.
The Philadelphian church continues to focus on doing God's work - that of prophecy (Revelation 10:11- 'prophesy again' ) and proclaiming the coming kingdom of God in these end times. The Laodicean church main focus is on the present physical and material well-being and they are 'rich and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing' (Revelation 3:17). Hence, the Lord will spew them out of His mouth with no covering of protection when the Great Tribulation comes (probably a nuclear World War III)!
Basically, the prophecy of Zechariah's flying scroll is about measuring the two different churches - one in the inner court and the other in the outer court. The 'flying scroll' has now taken wings and gone international, having been taught by Herbert Armstrong for decades to warn the church and the renegades. The question for the reader to do some soul searching is this: Are you in the inner court where God is now measuring and judging you to qualify you as sons of God to inherit His coming kingdom; or are you in the outer court awaiting the Great Tribulation, if you are still living then when He comes? The choice is one entirely yours to decide - but the right one will make a difference to your eternity destiny!
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