WOMEN OF THE BIBLE

WOMEN OF THE BIBLE

Some churches will not accept women as pastors, but God does.

This is a very dangerous game they are playing ; they create their own doctrines and traditions, instead of the word of God.

God chooses people to be His ministers, not men.  Throughout His word, He has chosen many women to be leaders of His church.

Churches have gone so far away from the true teachings of God ; Christ found only two types of churches (out of seven) He was pleased with in Revelation 2 & 3.  These churches are in our time.  If people knew God through His word (without church doctrines and traditions), they would see how different He is than what they have learnt.

Have you ever wondered there is more to God than what you have been told ?

In this post, we are going to prove to you that God choses women to do His work, and be church leaders.

OLD TESTAMENT.

1. MIRIAM.

MIRIAM was Aaron's and Moses' sister.  She was chosen by God to do His work.

Exodus 15:20   And Miriam the prophetess (teacher, pastor, minister), the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel (drum) in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Micah 6:4   For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants ; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

2. DEBORAH

DEBORAH was a religious leader as well as a judge.  She delivered the children of Israel out of their enemy's hand when all the others were too afraid to face their enemies.

She was a very brave woman, and knew God would protect her.

Judges 4:4    And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

SHE WAS CALLED "MOTHER" IN ISRAEL.

Judges 5:7   The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother (a mother figure) in Israel.

MAKE A NOTE OF JUDGES 4 & 5.

3.  HULDAH

HULDAH was a teacher, pastor, minister ; God used her to bring forth His message.

II Kings 22:14   So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (a tailor) ; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college ;) and they communed with her.

MAKE A NOTE OF II KINGS 22:14-20.

SHE WAS A TEACHER IN THE PASTORAL COLLEGE.

4.   RAHAB

RAHAB was chosen by God to do His work.  She was accused of being a harlot (not by God, but by men), but she was a business woman.

God used her to bring down Israel's enemy.

MAKE A NOTE OF JOSHUA 2, HEBREWS 11:31.

NEW TESTAMENT

1.  TABITHA

TABITHA was a disciple, meaning, a trainee to become a teacher of the word.

Acts 9:36    Now there was at Joppa (means beauty) a certain disciple (mathitis in the Greek) named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas (a deer in the Greek) : this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds (she had a lot of compassion) which she did.

9:37   And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died : whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.

9:38    And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.

THEY SENT A DOUBLE WITNESS.

9:39    Then Peter arose and went with them.  When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber : and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

9:40   But Peter put them all forth (put them out), and kneeled down, and prayed ; and turning him to the body said, "Tabitha arise."  And she opened her eyes : and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

9:41    And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.

PETER WAS CALLED BY JESUS "BARJONA" (THE DOVE IS SYMBOLIC OF THE HOLY SPIRIT).  HE WAS THE ONE WHO ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH.

GOD THROUGH PETER PERFORMED THAT MIRACLE.  PETER DID NOT DO THIS ON HIS OWN.

9:42    And it was known throughout all Joppa ; and many believed in the Lord.

THIS WAS THE REASON MIRACLES HAPPENED AT THAT TIME.  THE CHURCH WAS NEW AND THROUGH THESE MIRACLES MANY BELIEVED.

2.  PHEBE

PHEBE was God's servant that delivered Paul's letter to Rome.

Her name indicates (Phebe = bright, or pure, the fem. of Phoebus = Apollo, the sun-god) a convert from paganism.

3. PRISCILLA

PRISCILLA WAS A TEACHER, PASTOR, MINISTER.

Romans 16:1   I comment unto you Phebe our sister (sister in Christ, not a relative), which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea :

16:2    That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you : for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.

A SUCCOURER OF MANY = PHEBE WAS A LEADER IN THE CHURCH.

SAINTS = A SAINT IS NOT SOMEONE WHO A CHURCH LEADER (S) HAS MADE THROUGH WORKS (THAT IS A CHURCH DOCTRINE ; IT IS NOT FROM GOD).  ALL CHRISTIANS ARE CALLED SAINTS BY CHRIST.

16:3    Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus :

PRISCILLA WAS THE TEACHER, OR PASTOR ; AQUILA (HER HUSBAND) ASSISTED HER.

16:4    Who have for my life laid down their own necks : unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

16:5   Likewise greet the church that is in their house.  Salute my well beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.

16:6   Greet Mary, who bestowed much labor on us. 

MAKE A NOTE OF I COR. 16:19.

4.  PHILIP'S FOUR DAUGHTERS

Acts 21:7   And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.

21:8    And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea : and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven (6:5) ; and abode with him.

21:9   And the same man (Philip) had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

ALL OF PHILIP'S DAUGHTERS WERE TEACHERS OF THE WORD. 

THE LORD TELLS US THAT IN THE ENDTIMES, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WILL BE TEACHERS OF HIS WORD.

Joel 2:28    And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out My spirit upon all flesh ; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions :

2:29   And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out My spirit.

2:30    And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 

THE SIGNS OF THE END TIMES.

2:31   The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS = BECAUSE OF THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING.

2:32   And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered : for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

THE REMNANT = GOD'S ELECT. THE ONLY ONES WHO WILL NOT WORSHIP SATAN.  EVERYONE ELSE WILL, INCLUDING THE CHURCH (II THES. 2).

NOTE :  God chooses both men and women to teach His word.

Do not listen to church doctrines that teach otherwise.  The head of the church is Christ, not a man.  What He says is the final word, not some preacher who likes people worshipping him.

Listen to "Thus saith the Lord", not "Thus saith my preacher".

A pastor, preacher, priest, minister, can become an idol if you are not careful.

If "it's not written" it's not true.

GOD BLESS

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THE PARABLE OF THE TARES

THE PARABLE OF THE TARES

Christ spoke in parables because it was not meant for everyone to understand. 

WHY ?  FOR THEIR OWN PROTECTION.

Not everyone is strong enough to overcome Satan's lies ; many Christians will worship Satan (II Thes. 2), unknowingly.  However, because they are weak, and if  they would have done it knowingly it would have been the unforgivable sin.  Therefore, God placed that "spirit" of stupor in their foreheads (Romans 11:7-10), so they won't commit the unforgivable sin (becoming a devil worshipper knowingly).

God is a very loving God ; He knows who is strong and who is weak.

Matthew 13:10    And the disciples came, and said unto Him, "Why speakest Thou unto them in parables ?"

13:11   He answered and said unto them, "Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

13:12    For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance : but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

13:13    Therefore speak I to them in parables : because they seeing see not ; and hearing they hear not,  neither do they understand.

13:14    And in them is fulfilled the prophesy of Esaias (Isaiah), which saith, 'By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand ; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive :

13:15    For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed ; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.'

GOD HAS PLACED THAT SPIRIT OF STUPOR IN THEIR FOREHEADS, THEREFORE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, THEY CANNOT BE CONVERTED AT THIS TIME.

MAKE A NOTE OF HEBREWS 5:11.

13:16    But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

THE PARABLE OF THE TARES.

Matthew 13:24   Another parable put He forth unto them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field :

CHRIST WILL EXPLAIN TO THE ONES WHO HAVE EARS TO HEAR, AND EYES TO SEE, AT THE END OF THIS PARABLE.

13:25    But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

HIS ENEMY = SATAN.

THE KENITES (SATAN'S OFFSPRING) CONTROL THE WORLD TODAY.

13:26    But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

13:27    So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, 'Sir didst not thou sow good seed in thy field ? from whence then hath it tares ?'

13:28   He said unto them, 'An enemy hath done this.'  The servants said unto him, 'Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up ?'

13:29    But he said, 'Nay ; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

CHRIST IS TELLING US TO LEAVE THE KENITES ALONE ; HE WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM UPON HIS RETURN.

13:30    Let both grow together until the harvest : and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, 'Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them : but gather the wheat into my barn.' "

THEY WILL TURN INTO ASHES FROM WITHIN, JUST LIKE THEIR FATHER (EZ. 28).

13:31    Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field :

13:32    Which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof."'

THE MUSTARD SEED IS THE SMALLEST OF THE SEEDS, BUT IN THAT AREA GROWS 15 FEET TALL.

13:33    Another parable spake He unto them ; "The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven (yeast), which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened."

LEAVEN = SYMBOLIC OF SIN.

LEAVENED = CORRUPTED.

13:34    All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables ; and without a parable spake He not unto them :

13:35   That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables ; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world."

QUOTED FROM PSALMS 78:2.

GOD FORETOLD US ALL THINGS MANY YEARS BEFORE THE FACT.

13:36    Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house : and His disciples came unto Him, saying, "Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field."

CHRIST IS EXPLAINING THE PARABLE RIGHT NOW.

13:37    He answered and said unto them, "He That sowest the good seed is the Son of man ;

13:38   The field is the world ; the good seed are the children of the kingdom ; but the tares are the children of the wicked one ;

THE WORLD = THIS WORLD AGE.

WICKED ONE = PONEIROS = ONE OF SATAN'S NAMES.

13:39    The enemy that sowed them is the devil ; the harvest is the end of the world ; and the reapers are the angels.

13:40    As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire ; so shall it be in the end of this world.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE KENITES WILL BE DESTROYED AT THE END OF THIS DISPENSATION. 

NOTE :   The Kenites are responsible for the decline of immorality.  The war is between God and Satan.  People have given Satan a lot of power, and it will get worse before it gets better.

 Put the Gospel (the word) armor on and overcome deception.  Satan is supernatural and he can take over your life if you allow it ; he controls most churches and the world ; only God's elect know his game, and they are the ones who will bring him down ; all the others have blinders on (the spirit of stupor placed upon them).

 God is allowing him to have this power to test His people.  Unfortunately many will not pass this test.  They want a godless world, without rules, and without structure ; they want to create their own salvation.

"Man" destroys everything he touches.  However, when Christ returns He will bring order back to this troubled world.  

GOD BLESS

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SELF DEFENSE

SELF DEFENSE 

God does allow and encourage self-defense.

If we did things God's way we would not have crime because criminals would have been punished severely.  However, Christ does tells us to obey the laws of our country ; He will bring things back to order upon His return.

He does expect you though to protect your family if someone is trying to hurt you.

Exodus 22:2    If a thief be found breaking up (caught up), and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

IN OTHER WORDS, IF SOMEONE BRAKES INTO YOUR HOME AND HE DIES, YOU ARE NOT HELD RESPONSIBLE.

22:3    (If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him) ; for he should make full restitution ; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

22:4    If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep ; he shall restore double.

IN OTHER WORDS, IF HE SURVIVES, HE SHOULD PAY DOUBLE OF WHAT HE STOLE.

I Samuel 13:19    Now there was no smith (a metal worker) found throughout all the land of Israel : for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears :"

 THE ISRAELITES WERE NOT PREPARED FOR WAR.

13:20    But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter (a ploughshare), and his axe, and his mattock (a kind of pickaxe, with broad instead of pointed ends).

13:21    Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

13:22   So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the People that were with Saul and Jonathan : but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

ISRAEL WAS DISARMED.

THE POINT IS, GOD EXPECTS YOU TO PROTECT YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR FAMILY.

HOWEVER, VEGEANCE AND SELF DEFENSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

Romans 12:19  Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine ; I will repay, saith the LORD."

QUOTED FROM DEUT. 32:35.

Romans 13:4    For he is the minister of God to thee for good.  But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain : for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

AND AGAIN, SELF DEFENSE AND VENGEANCE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

13:5    Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

13:6    For this cause pay you tribute (taxes) also : for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

AS LONG AS YOU ARE PAYING YOUR TAXES YOU ARE A CITIZEN.

OBEY THE LAWS OF THE LAND AS WELL AS GOD'S LAWS.

FOR EXAMPLE : GOD DEMANDS THE DEATH PENALTY, TO BE EXECUTED BY THE NEXT OF KIN.  HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT THE LAW OF THE LAND, THEREFORE HE WANTS YOU TO OBEY YOUR LAWS.

IN THE OLD TESTAMENT JUDGES WERE APPOINTED TO PUNISH THOSE WHO HURT PEOPLE ; IT STILL PRACTICED TODAY.

Luke 22:35    And He said unto them, "When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye anything ?' And they said, "Nothing."

GOD TAKES CARE OF HIS OWN.

22:36    Then said He unto them, "But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip : and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.

22:37    For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in Me, 'And He was reckoned among the transgressors :' for the things concerning Me have an end."

THE PROPHESY HAD TO BE FULFILLED.

QUOTED FROM ISAIAH 53:12.

22:38   And they said, "Lord, behold, here are two swords."  And He said unto them, "It is enough."

CHRIST ENCOURAGES SELF-DEFENSE.

I Timothy 5:8    But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

IF ANYONE DOES NOT TAKE CARE OF HIS FAMILY (PROTECTION INCLUDED), IS WORSE THAN AN INFIDEL (UNBELIEVER). 

Luke 10:19   Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy : and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

CHRIST HAS GIVEN US POWER OF ALL EVIL.

Luke 11:21   When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods, are in peace.

A MAN TAKES CARE OF HIS HOME.

11:22   But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

JESUS IS STRONGER.

Psalms 144:1  Blessed be the LORD my strength, Which teacheth my hands to war, And my fingers to fight : My goodness, and my fortress ; My high tower, and my deliverer ; My shield, and He in Whom I trust ; Who subdueth my People under me.

Psalms 18:34   He teacheth my hands to war, So that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

MAKE A NOTE OF PSALMS 35.

NOTE : Christians are not second class citizens.  Christ has given us authority of all evil, and He expects us to defend our country and our home.

"Turning the other cheek", means if a brother (another Christian) comes and "slaps" you because you offended him, you turn the other cheek, but if someone is trying to cause you harm, you defend yourself.

LEARN HOW TO RIGHTLY DIVIDE THE WORD.

The disciples carried swords to defend themselves ; Christ demanded it (Luke 22:35-38).

WE SUPPOSE TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY (PSALMS 144 = THE SOLDIER'S PRAYER)AND OUR FAMILIES.

Protect your family, but always use common sense, and obey the laws of your land.

If we obeyed God's laws, crime would cease to exist.

Deuteronomy 19:11   But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities :

THESE CITIES WERE MADE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ACCIDENTLY KILLED SOMEONE, SO A LOVED ONE (FROM THE PERSON THEY KILLED)WOULDN'T HARM THEM ; THE DEATH PENALTY IS ONLY FOR PREMEDITATED MURDER.

19:12    Then the elders (they were the government at that time) of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood (a family member ; the next of kin of the deceased), that he may die.

THE SAME GOES FOR RAPISTS (DEUT. 22:5).

19:13   Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.'

THIS IS HOW YOU HANDLE A MURDERER.

GOD DOES NOT LIKE FALSE WITNESSES EITHER.

19:16  If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong ;

19:17    Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days ;

19:18   And the judges shall make diligent inquisition : and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother ;

19:19   Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother : so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

19:20    And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE ABIDE BY GOD'S LAWS, THERE WOULD BE NO CRIME. 

GOD BLESS

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PREDESTINED

PREDESTINED

Did you know that not everyone has free will ?  There are some who are chosen to do God's work before they were even born.

They went against Satan in the first earth age, after Satan's fall from grace, therefore, God trusted them to do His work in this flesh age ; it's His elect.

Jeremiah 1:4    Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

1:5   "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee ; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee (set apart), and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations."

JEREMIAH WAS CHOSEN TO DO GOD'S WORK BEFORE HE WAS EVEN BORN.

Acts 9:1   And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

SAUL (PAUL) WAS A PHARISEE (MANY PHARISEES WERE KENITES, BUT NOT PAUL ; HE WAS FROM THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN ; ROMANS 11:1), AND PERSECUTED CHRISTANS AT THAT TIME. 

9:2    And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way (Christ way), whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

9:3    And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus : and suddenly there shined round about him a light (it flashed) from heaven :

9:4    And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me ?

9:5   And he said, "Who art Thou, Lord (sir) ?"  And the Lord said, "I am Jesus Whom thou persecutest : it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks."

9:6    And he trembling and astonished said, "Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do ?"  And the Lord said unto him, "Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do."

9:7    And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.

9:8    And Saul arose from the earth ; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man : but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

HE WAS BLIND ; HIS VISION WAS NOT RESTORED COMPLETELY AFTERWARDS.

9:9   And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.

9:10    And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias ; and to him said the Lord in a vision, "Ananias."  And he said, 'Behold, I am here, Lord."

9:11   And the Lord said unto him, "Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight (true), and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus : for, behold, he prayeth,

9:12   And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight."

EVEN THOUGH HE GOT BACK HIS VISION, IT WAS NOT PERFECT.

9:13    Then Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to Thy saints at Jerusalem :

ANANIAS WAS WORRIED BECAUSE SAUL PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS.

9:14   And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on Thy name."

9:15    But the Lord said unto him, "Go thy way : for he is a chosen vessel unto Me, to bear My name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel :

9:16   For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for My name's sake."

PAUL WAS CHOSEN BEFORE HE WAS BORN TO BRING FORTH GOD'S MESSAGE.

HE BECAME THE APOSTLE (=TO SENT FORTH) TO THE GENTILES ; HE WROTE MOST OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

GOD'S ELECT * ARE CHOSEN BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THIS WORLD.

Romans 11:2   God hath not cast away His people which He foreknew (before they were even born).  Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias ? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

11:3   "LORD, they have killed Thy prophets, and digged down Thine altars ; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."

THE KENITES (SATAN'S OFFSPRING) KILLED THE PROPHETS, AND THEY WERE AFTER PAUL AS WELL.

11:4    But what saith the answer of God unto him ? "I have reserved Myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal." 

GOD'S ELECT ARE CHOSEN TO DEFEAT THE DEVIL AND HIS WAYS, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

NOTE: GOD'S ELECT ARE THE ONES WHO LIVE RIGHT NOW, AND GOD HAS CHOSEN THEM TO BRING DOWN THE DEVIL, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

THE REMNANT (LIKE PAUL), ARE GOD'S ELECT THAT BROUGHT FORTH HIS MESSAGE TO THE WORLD, BUT ARE HAVE ALREADY PASSED ON. 

GOD BLESS

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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE

                                                WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE

Have you ever wondered what happens when you pass and your spirit returns to the Father (Eccl. 12) ?
The answer is in the Apocrypha, in the second book of Esdras.  It tells you exactly what you will be doing there.
First we need to understand the word "Paradise". Paradise is the place that both good and bad people reside.  There is a gulf that separates "good" from "bad" (Luke 16:19-26).
The bad are held there until judgment day.  There is not "hell" yet (hell is the death of your soul, not an actual lake that a bad person burns day and night ; the spiritual body does not burn, do not age, nor feels pain ; the lake of fire of Rev. 20:15 is a figure of speech).

LET'S GO TO II ESDRAS.

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT MAKE IT TO ETERNITY.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY CROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE.

II Esdras 46 - 60   "I said then, Lord, and I say now, blessed are those who live and keep your commandments !  But about those for whom I prayed, who is there of those who live who has not sinned, or who is there that is born who has not transgressed your agreement ?  And now I see that the world to come will bring joy to few but torment to many.  For an evil heart has grown up in us, which has alienated us from these commands, and has led us off to corruption and the ways of death, and shown us the paths of perdition (to turn into ashes from within ; to be blotted out = this is hell), and removed us from life, and that, not just a few, but almost all who have been created !"

And he answered me and said,
"Listen to me, and I will instruct you, and I will admonish you a second time.  It was on this account that the Most High made not one world but two. For because you have said that the upright are not many but few, and the ungodly abound, hear the answer to this.  If you have very few precious stones, will you increase their number with lead and clay ?"
And I said, "Lord, how can that be ?"  And he said to me,  "Not only that, but ask the earth and she will tell you ; intreat her, and she will inform you.  For you must say to her, 'You produce gold and silver and copper and also iron and lead and clay.  But silver is more abundant than gold, and copper than silver, and iron than copper, lead than iron, and clay and lead. So consider which things are precious and to be desired, what is abundant, or what is rare?"
And I said, "Sovereign Lord, what is plentiful is cheaper, for what is more rare is more precious."
And he answered me and said, "Consider with yourself what you have thought, for he who has what is hard to get rejoices more than he who has what is plentiful.  It is so with the judgment that I have promised ; for I will rejoice over the few who will be saved, because it is they who have made my glory to prevail more now, and through whom my name has now been honored.

LET'S SKIP TO VERSE 75 - 99.

"If I have found favor in your sight, Sovereign, show this also to your slave ; whether after death as soon as each one of us gives up his soul, we shall be faithful kept at rest until those times come when you begin to renew the creation, or shall be tortured at once."

And he answered me and said, "I will show you that also ; but you must not associate with those who have shown scorn, or count yourself among those who are tortured.  For you have a treasure of works laid up with the Most High, but it will not be shown to you until the last times.  For about death, the teaching is : When the final sentence goes forth from the Most High that a man is to die, when the soul departs from the body to return again to him who gave it (Eccl. 12), first of all it prays to the glory of the Most High ; if it was one of those who scorned and did not observe the way of the Most High, and of those who have despised his law, and of those who hate those who fear God (love - reverence), such spirits shall not enter dwellings but wander about thenceforth in torment (it's not torment in fire, but tormented because they know they didn't make it), always grieving and sad, in seven ways :  The first way is that they have scorned the Law of the Most High.  The second way is that they can no longer make a good repentance, so that they may live.  The third way is that they will see the reward destined for those who have believed the agreements of the Most High.  The fourth way is that they will consider the torment destined for them in the last days.  The fifth way is that they will see that the dwelling-places of the others are guarded by angels in profound silence.  The sixth way is that they will see that some of them will pass over to be tormented henceforth.  The seventh way, which is worse than all the ways that have been mentioned, is that they will waste away in shame and be consumed in disgrace, and wither with fear (fear because they know they will be blotted out, ceased to exist after judgment day), at seeing the glory of the Most High before whom they sinned while they lived, and before whom they are destined to be judged in the last times.

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO MAKES IT TO ETERNITY.

"But of those who have observed the ways of the Most High, this is the order, when they shall be separated from this fragile jar (flesh body).  In the time when they lived in it, they carefully served the Most High, though they were in danger every hour (from persecution), so as to keep the Law of the Lawgiver perfectly (we all fall short, but we can have forgiveness after repentance, therefore, God considers it perfect).  Therefore this is the teaching about them :  First of all, they see with great rapture (a figure of speech, there is not going to be a rapture ; we have to be here to do work for Him) the glory of him who takes them up, for they will rest in seven orders.
The first order is that they have striven with much toil to conquer the wicked though that was formed with them, so that it should not lead them away from life to death (they did the best they could to serve the Lord).  The second order is that they see the labyrinth in which the souls of the ungodly wander, and the punishment that awaits them.  The third order is that they see the testimony that he who formed them has borne to them, because when they were alive they faithfully observed the Law which was given them.  The fourth order is that they understand the rest which they now enjoy, gathered in their chambers, in great quietness, watched over by angels, and the glory that awaits them in the last days (when you pass you are not in a hole on the ground, but with God).  The fifth order is that they exult that they have now escaped what is corruptible (the flesh is corruptible, feels pain, ages, and gets sick ; our spiritual body is perfect) and will possess the future as their inheritance, and besides perceive the narrowness and toilsomeness from which they have been freed and the spaciousness they are destined to receive and enjoy in immortality.  The sixth order is that it is shown to them how their face is destined to shine like the sun, and how they are to be made like the light of the stars, and be incorruptible thenceforth.  The seventh order, which is greater than all those that have been mentioned, is that they will exult boldly, and that they will trust confidently, and rejoice fearlessly, for they hasten to see the face of him whom they served in life, and from whom they are to receive their reward when they are glorified.  These are the orders of the souls of the upright, as henceforth proclaimed, and the above ways of torture are those which those who would not give heed will henceforth suffer (suffer because they know they didn't make it)."

And I answered and said,  "Then will time be given the souls after they are separated from the bodies, to see what you have told me of ?"
And he said to me,  "They have freedom for seven days, to see on the seven days the things you have been told, and afterward they will be gathered in their dwellings."

LET'S SKIP TO VERSE 104-105.

The Day of Judgment is final and shows to all the stamp of truth.  Just as now a father cannot send his son or a son his father or a master his slave or a friend his dearest friend to be sick for him, or sleep or eat or be cured, so no one can pray for another then, or lay a burden on another, for they must all bear everyone his own iniquity or uprightness then."

IN OTHER WORDS, EVERYONE WILL ANSWER FOR THEIR OWN SINS.

LET'S SKIP TO VERSE 105:42-45.

"The present world is not the end, and its glory is not lasting ; therefore those who were strong prayed for the weak.
But the Day of Judgment will be the end of this world, and the beginning of the immortal world to come, in which corruption has passed away, immorality is ended, unbelief is abolished, uprightness has increased, and truth as appeared. So no one will then be able to pity one who is condemned in the judgment, or harm one who is victorious."

IN OTHER WORDS, POWER AND MONEY WOULDN'T MATTER IN ETERNITY.
IMMORALITY WILL END, BECAUSE EVERYTHING CORRUPT OR IMMORAL WILL BE BLOTTED OUT.
YOU WILL NOT FEEL SORRY FOR THE CONDEMNED BECAUSE GOD WILL ERASE YOUR MEMORY (REV. 21).
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WON'T REMEMBER THEM ; MEMORY WILL BE ERASED.
WHY ? BECAUSE GOD IS A LOVING GOD.  IT WOULDN'T BE HEAVEN TO SEE AND REMEMBER A FAMILY MEMBER, OR A FRIEND THAT WENT TO HELL.

THE APOCRYPHA (TRANSLATED BY EDGAR J. GOODSPEED).

The Apocrypha formed an integral part of the King James Version of 1611, as they had of all the preceding English versions from their beginning in 1382.  But they are seldom printed as part of it any longer, still more seldom as part of the English Revised Version, and were not included in the American Revision.

This is partly because the Puritans disapproved of them ; they had already begun to drop them from the printings of the Geneva Bible by 1600, and began to demand copies of the King James Version omitting them, as early as 1629.  And it is partly because moderns discredit them because they did not form part of the Hebrew Bible and most of them have never been found in any Hebrew forms at all.

But they were part of the Bible of the early church, for it is used the Greek version of the Jewish Bible, which we call Septuagint (the Greek version of the Bible translated from older Hebrew manuscripts than King James), and these books were all in that version.

They passed from it into Latin and the great Latin Bible edited by St. Jerome about A.D. 400, the Vulgate, which became the Authorized Bible of western Europe and England and remained so for a thousand years.  But Jerome found that they were not in the Hebrew Bible, and so he called them the Apocrypha, the hidden or secret books.

GOD BLESS

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THE MILLENNIUM

                                                              THE MILLENNIUM

Have you ever wondered how it's going to be when Christ returns (after Satan's tribulation) ?  Everything you need to know is in God's word.  Have you read it ?

In today's post, God is going to answer all these questions ; you just have to listen.

LET'S GO TO THE WORD.

Revelation 20:6    Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection : on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

WHAT IS THE FIRST RESURRECTION ?  THE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT WORSHIP SATAN (GOD'S ELECT ; ROMANS 11:4), AND THE ONES THAT DID AT FIRST BUT CAME OUT OF CONFUSION (REALIZED THE TRUTH), JUST BEFORE CHRIST RETURNS (REV. 7).

GOD'S ELECT WILL BE TEACHERS IN THE MILLENNIUM.

WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE TEACHING ?  THE ANSWER IS IN EZEKIEL 44.

THE SECOND RESURRECTION IS FOR THE ONES THAT ARE TAUGHT IN THE MILLENNIUM, AND MAKE IT TO ETERNITY, AFTER THEY ARE TESTED A SECOND TIME (REV.20) ; THIS TIME THEY PASS.

LET'S GO TO EZEKIEL 44.

Ezekiel 44:1   Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east ; and it was shut.

EAST = EAST GATE TOWARD THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.

44:2    Then said the LORD unto me ; "This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it ; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

DURING THIS TEACHING PERIOD HEAVEN WILL BE SHUT.

IN OTHER WORDS, ONLY GOD'S ELECT, AND THE ONES WHO NEED TO BE TAUGHT, WILL BE ABLE TO BE HERE ON EARTH WITH CHRIST ; ALL THE OTHERS WILL STAY WITH GOD THE FATHER IN HEAVEN.

MAKE A NOTE OF REVELATION 15.

44:3    It is for the prince ; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD ; he shall enter by the way of the porch (of the millennium temple) of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same."

IT IS FOR THE PRINCE ; THE PRINCE = THE PRINCE ! AS PRINCE IN THE HEBREW.

IT'S CHRIST AND DAVID (EZEKIEL 34:23-24, 37:24-25).

44:4    Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house : and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD : and I fell upon my face (Ezekiel).

THE NORTH SIDE IS THE SIDE GOD IS ALWAYS ON.

44:5    And the LORD said unto me,  "Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances (statutes, not ordinances in the Hebrew) of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof ; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.

ALL THE LAWS THEREOF = THE MILLENNIUM LAW.  THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ANY BLOOD ORDINANCES.  THE BLOOD ORDINANCES WERE REPLACED WITH CHRIST'S SACRIFICE.  THE HEBREW STATES, "STATUTES", NOT "ORDINANCES".

THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE MILLENNIUM.

44:6    And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, 'Thus saith the Lord GOD ; 'O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations.

HOUSE OF ISRAEL = CELTS, ANGLO-SAXONS (SAXON = SON OF ISAAC), VIKINGS, IBERIANS (GAELIC WORD, MEANING, HEBREWS ; IBERIA = NORTHERN SPAIN).

THE ISRAELITES (NOT THE COUNTRY OF ISRAEL) HAVE ACCEPTED IDOLATRY EVEN TODAY.

WHAT IS IDOLATRY ?  ANYTHING YOU PUT ABOVE GOD IS IDOLATRY.

EXAMPLE : NEW AGE RELIGIONS, CHURCH DOCTRINES AND TRADITIONS, ATHEISM, DENY GOD'S LAWS AND TRYING TO CREATE YOUR OWN SALVATION, AND SO FORTH.

THE MILLENNIUM IS A TEACHING PERIOD FOR THE ISRAELITES, AND FOR THE ONES THAT NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT CHRIST.

44:7   In that ye have brought into My sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary, to pollute it, even My house, when ye offer My bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken My covenant because of all your abominations.

STRANGERS = KENITES (SATAN'S OFFSPRING).

SATAN WILL TAKE OVER THE CHURCH (EXCEPTION OF THE ELECT) WHEN HE ARRIVES (II THES. 2).  IT'S THE GREAT "APOSTASI" OF THE CHURCH.

MY BREAD...BLOOD = HOLY COMMUNION.

44:8    And ye have not kept the charge of Mine holy things :  but ye have set keepers of My charge in My sanctuary for yourselves.'

THE KENITES HAVE TAKEN OVER THE CHURCH.

IN THE TIME OF EZRA ONLY 42,000 FROM JUDAH AND BENJAMIN (NONE FROM THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL) RETURNED TO JERUSALEM.

THE LEVITICUS PRIESTS GOT LAZY, AND HIRED STRANGERS (NETHANIMS = MANY KENITES AMONG THEM) TO DO PRIESTLY WORK.  THEY LATER BECAME THE SCRIBES OF JUDAH (EZRA 8, I CHRONICLES 2:55).

THEY HAVE TRIED TO CHANGE THE WORD OF GOD (THE NEWER TRANSLATIONS OF THE BIBLE) TODAY.

WHEN SATAN IS HERE ON EARTH, THEY WILL BE IN CHARGE OF CHURCHES.

GOD IS NOT PLEASED WITH THE ISRAELITES BECAUSE THEY ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN.

44:9    Thus saith the Lord GOD ; 'No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into My sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.

THIS IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH.

IN THE MILLENNIUM, EVERYONE IS CHANGED (EVEN THE KENITES) INTO THEIR SPIRITUAL BODY (I COR. 15:35-54).

HE IS SAYING HERE, 'NO KENITES WILL BE ABLE TO ENTER HIS SANCTUARY ANYMORE'.

A KENITE CAN BE CONVERTED IF HE OR SHE CHOOSES TO DO SO ; SALVATION IS OFFERED TO ALL.

44:10    And the Levites that are gone away far from Me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from Me after their idols ; they shall even bear their iniquity.

GOD IS GOING TO CORRECT THEM.

THEY ARE THE 144,000 ISRAELITES WHO WORSHIPPED SATAN AT FIRST, BUT REALIZED JUST BEFORE CHRIST'S RETURN, THAT SATAN IS NOT CHRIST.

THEY ARE ASHAMED BECAUSE THEY SHOULD KNOW BETTER (THEY ARE CHRISTIANS) ; INSTEAD OF LEARNING THE WORD OF GOD, THEY FOLLOWED THEIR CHURCH DOCTRINES AND TRADITIONS.

44:11   Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house : they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the People, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them. 

BURNT OFFERINGS AND SACRIFICE =  A FIGURE OF SPEECH.  IT'S THE SACRIFICE OF THE HEART.

CHRIST WAS THAT SACRIFICIAL LAMB, THEREFORE, THERE ARE NO BLOOD ORDINANCES.

THEY CAN'T COME TO CHRIST, BUT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TEACH THE TRUTH AS THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO FROM THE BEGINNING ; GOD'S ELECT WILL BE WATCHING THEM, SO THEY WON'T MESS UP AGAIN.

44:12    Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel (not the country of today's Israel) to fall into iniquity ; therefore have I lifted up Mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.

IN OTHER WORDS, THY WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE CHRIST UNTIL THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM ; THIS IS TO BE THEIR PUNISHMENT.

THEIR INIQUITY IS, TEACHING CHURCH DOCTRINES AND TRADITIONS, INSTEAD OF "THUS SAITH THE LORD".  THEY CAUSED THEIR WHOLE CONGREGATION TO BE DECEIVED.

44:13    And they shall not come near Me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of My holy things, in the most holy place : but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

44:14   But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

THEY ARE GOING TO TEACH THE PEOPLE THEY MISLEAD.

NOT TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND TALK TO CHRICT, IS A VERY SEVERE PUNISHMENT TO A CHRISTIAN.

44:15   But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of My sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near to Me to minister unto Me, and they shall stand before Me to offer unto Me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD :

ZADOK = GOD'S ELECT.

THE FAT AND THE BLOOD = A FIGURE OF SPEECH.  THEY WILL REPORT THE LOVE FOR HIM FROM THE PEOPLE. 

GOD'S ELECT WILL NOT WORSHIP SATAN, THEREFORE, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COME TO CHRIST, AND BRING TO HIM THE LOVE FROM THE PEOPLE.

44:16    They shall enter into My sanctuary, and they shall come near to My table, to minister unto Me, and they shall keep My charge (watch).

THE ZADOK ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE MILLENNIUM TEMPLE.

44:17   And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments ; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.

LINEN GARMENTS = SYMBOLIC OF RIGHTEOUS ACTS.

IT'S YOUR RIGHTEOUS ACTS THAT BRINGS BLESSINGS TO YOU.

MAKE A NOTE OF REV. 19:7-9.

44:18    They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins ; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causeth sweat (tension).

BONNETS = HEAD-DRESSES, OR TURBANS.

SWEAT = THERE WILL BE NO SWEAT CAUSED BY TENSION.

44:19    And when they go forth into the utter (outer) court, even into the utter court to the People, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments ; and they shall not sanctify the People with their garments.

THE PEOPLE ARE NOT FIT, TO SEE THE ROYAL ATTIRE GOD'S ELECT WEAR WHEN THEY ARE WITH CHRIST.

44:20    Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long ; they shall only poll their heads.

ONLY POLL = SURELY CLIP IN THE HEBREW.

44:21    Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

WINE = SYMBOLIC OF SHEDDING BLOOD.

44:22    Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away : but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY CANNOT BRING PEOPLE (THE ONES WHO WORSHIPPED SATAN UNKNOWINLY) INTO THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE BRIDESGROOM (CHRIST), UNTIL AFTER THEY ARE TESTED AGAIN (WHEN SATAN IS RELEASED FOR A SHORT SEASON ; REV. 20).

GOD USES ANALOGIES, SYMBOLS, FIGURES OF SPEECH, AND NATURE, TO BRING FORTH HIS MESSAGE.

44:23    And they shall teach My People the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

HE IS TELLING YOU WHAT IS GOING TO BE TAUGHT IN THE MILLENNIUM.

UNCLEAN = SATAN AND HIS WAYS.

CLEAN = GOD AND HIS WAYS.

44:24    And in controversy they shall stand in judgment ; and they shall judge it according to My judgments : and they shall keep My laws and My statutes in all Mine assemblies ; and they shall hallow My Sabbaths.

THEY WILL JUDGE ACCORDING TO THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD.

44:25   And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves : but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath no husband, they may defile themselves.

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY CANNOT COME PERSONALLY TO A SPIRITUALLY DEAD PERSON, UNLESS IT'S A FAMILY MEMBER.

44:26   And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.

THEY HAVE TO BE CLEANSED  FOR SEVEN DAYS, MEANING, THEY CANNOT GO TO THE SANCTUARY AND SEE CHRIST FOR SEVEN DAYS. 

WHY ? BECAUSE THEY WENT TO THE UNCLEAN.

44:27    And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord GOD.

SIN OFFERING = YOUR LOVE.

44:28   And it shall be unto them for an inheritance : I am their inheritance : and ye shall give no possession in Israel : I am their possession.

GOD IS OUR INHERITANCE.

44:29    They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering ; and every dedicated (devoted) thing in Israel shall be their's.

44:30    And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's : ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.

EVERY OBLATION = DAILY OFFERING.

A FIGURE OF SPEECH.

CHRIST IS THE FIRST FRUIT, AND HIS ELECT WILL EAT THE VERY BEST.

44:31    The priests shall not eat of anything that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.

A FIGURE OF SPEECH.

HIS PRIESTS WILL NOT EAT ANYTHING UNCLEAN.

EZEKIEL 40-48 = THE MILLENNIUM TEMPLE.

The dimensions of the Millennium Sanctuary is given in Ezekiel 40-48.  The Sanctuary is comprised in a great square (42:15-20) enclosed with a wall measuring 500 reeds each way (a little more than one mile square).

The city (Jerusalem, after Christ's cleansing of the city) will be parallel with the "very great valley" cloven through the Mount of Olives and running east and west (Zech. 14:4-5).  The "city of the Great King" will be situated in a magnificent position on the north side of this great valley.

As the original Zion towered above the Kidron Valley in days gone by, so in the Messianic days to come, "Zion, the city of our God" will be seen towering in majestic elevation above the north side of the "very great valley" that will be then "cleft" east and west, and through which the cleansing waters will flow eastward to make the land "blossom as the rose" (Ezekiel 47:8, Isaiah 35).

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THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL

                                                             THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL

Did you know the tribes of Israel are not in the today's country of Israel ?

In today's post we are going to document through history, where those tribes are.

In the time of Ezra, only 42,000 from the tribe of Judah, and Benjamin returned to Jerusalem

( none from the other 10 tribes). The rest were Nethanims (many Kenites = Satan's offspring).  The Leviticus priests got lazy, and hired foreigners to do priestly work ; they later became the scribes of Judah. There was a lot of mixing with the Babylonians going on at that time.

It was this mixed remnant of Judah, upon returning from the Babylon captivity in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah, that became known as the nation of the Jews ; a name not applied to Judah prior to the Babylonian captivity.

By the time of Christ, continued mixing with the Amorites, Philistines, Canaanites, Babylonians and Hittites resulted in a racially mixed nation.  Modern Jewry includes a further in-mixing with Mongol-Turkish people (Khazzar kingdom of Russia) who adopted Judaism during the 8th and 9th century.

It is evident that among these mixed people in Israel at the time of Christ were literal descendants of Cain (Satan's offspring), for Christ said of these "Jews" : "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do.  He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.  When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own : for he is a liar, and the father of it.  And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. Which of you convinceth me of sin ? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me ? He that is of God heareth God's words : ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God". (John 8:44-47).

"But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. And I give unto thee eternal life ; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.  My father which gave them me, is greater than all ; and no man is able to pluck them out of my father's hand. I and my Father are one" (John 10:26-30).

John recording God's word in Revelation, writes, "and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews (Judah), and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan (Rev. 2:9).

In 70 A.D. the Romans drove the tribes out of Jerusalem.

In the 1948, when Israel became a nation, good (Judah and Benjamin), and bad (Kenites claiming to be Jews) figs returned to Jerusalem (Jeremiah 24).

At Mount Sinai, God gave His people a code of Laws, Statutes, Judgments, Commandments and Ordinances (the latter ceased with the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ) by which His kingdom on earth would be administered.

These laws covered every phase of both national and individual life : social, financial, economic, ecclesiastical, agriculture, dietetic, and personal.

The keeping of these laws, on the promise and the assurance of God, will result happiness and contentment with freedom from sickness.  Concerning these laws, the psalmist wrote : "The law of the Lord is perfect" (Psalms 19:7).

The people at Mt. Sinai entered into a solemn covenant with their God and King, for they said, "All that the Lord hath spoken we will do" (Exodus 24:7-8).

That is what is known as the first or national Covenant and must not be confused with the Abrahamic Covenant which was made some 400 years previously and which was unconditional.  The Covenant made at Mt. Sinai was made conditional upon keeping of the Laws, Statutes, judgments, and Commandments of God.

So we find God laying before His people the conditions of this National Covenant.  If they kept His laws, blessed would they be in all their undertakings.  However, if they didn't keep His laws, blessings would be taken away, and they will be cursed.

For a good many years all went well, the people obeyed the laws of the kingdom and received the promised rewards.

Then they began to tire and wanted to be like other people around them.  

The house of Israel (10 tribes), and the house of Judah got separated (due to idolatry), and remain separated unto this day (they will become one again upon Christ's return).

The kingdom was divided into two:  The northern Kingdom (10 tribes), and the southern kingdom (two tribes).

The 10 tribes were captive by the Assyrians (God allowed it, due to idolatry), and later some escaped and went north.  They passed the Caucuses mountains, settled in Europe, and later migrated to Canada and United States.

Judah (the two tribes) were captive by the Babylonians for 70 years.

The Israelites called Gimira by the Assyrians and Gimmerians by the Greeks ; they established a reign of terror in Asia Minor.  They finally migrated to Europe to a place which they called Arsareth (II Esdras 13:40-44).

In 650 - 600 B.C. Israelites in Media became known as Scythians.

During the 5th century B.C.   the Scythian Israelites began moving across the rivers Don and Dnieper, thus coming into collision with the Cimmerian Israelites who had earlier migrated round the west of the Black Sea.

In 650 - 500 B.C.  Cimmerians in Europe moved up to Danube and became known as Celts.

In 525 - 300 B.C. Others driven out of south Russia by the Scythians moved north-west between the rivers Oder and Vistula to the Baltic, where they later became known as Cimbri.

As the Scythians were driven west by the Sarmatians they in turn drove the Cimbri across the Rhine into France.

The Cimbri, in search of living area, went roving and pillaging as far as Spain and Italy, but were almost entirely wiped out in battles with the Romans.  One group did reach north Britain, by ships, and became known as the "Picts".

Between 400-100 B.C., the Celts (Celts were the main body of Scythians) poured into Britain to form the "bed-rock" of the British race.  One group in Spain, known as "Iberes" (the Gaelic name for Hebrews) moved into Ireland as "Scots", naming the island "Hibernia", a name that still exists.  Some Celts remaining in Spain, became known as "Basques" ; others, in France, became known as "Bretons".

During the succeeding centuries the Scythian Germans broke up into many divisions, possibly in some instances into their original Israel tribal families. One group settled around the shores of the Baltic Sea as "Goths".  Others became the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Danes (Denmark) and Vikings, to name just a few.  

The first Israel tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776. In the case of Ephraim we start with 721 B.C. when Samaria , the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel, fell to the Assyrians.

Exactly 2520 years from that date, Great Britain became a Commonwealth (Jan. 1, 1881). The last tribe to go into captivity was Benjamin.  Remember Benjamin was "lent as a light unto Judah", so that they would be light bearers before Judah for all times. And, as their captivity started later than any of the other tribes, we would expect it to end last, which proved to be the case.

The great Scottish Pyramidologist and Bible Chronologist, Dr. Adam Rutherford F.R.G.S., told the Icelandic nation many years ago that on a certain day and certain year, they would become an independent nation.  They laughed at him and said it would be impossible since they were under the control of Denmark.  Exactly 2520 years from the exile of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.  When invited by the Icelandic Parliament to address them after their independence, Dr. Rutherford reminded them of his prediction, and many members of the Parliament acknowledged they were of Benjamin.

It is difficult to determine with certainty which Anglo-Saxon (Saxon means, son of Isaac) - Scandinavia - Lombard - Germanic - Celtic nation of today is basically from which particular Israel tribe.  There has been much intermingling among the tribes in their westward migrations.  In God's plan of the ages they progressively became "many nations" in Europe and a "company of nations" (the Commonwealth of Great Britain) with colonies and daughter nations.

Today, certain European and Scandinavian nations appear to possess certain characteristics of the individual tribes of Israel, which may well indicate the people of those nations are predominately of that particular tribe (i.e., Denmark - Dan ; Holland - Zebulun ; Germany  (in part) - Judah.  Great Britain, although it can be identified with Ephraim, has a large infusion of Judah as well as other tribes.  America, possessing the "birthright marks" of Joseph, can only be identified as modern Manasseh.  However, it is today, peopled by a gathering of all the other tribes of Israel.  This is in fulfillment of the prophesy of Jeremiah. "In those days the house of Judah (tribes of the southern kingdom) shall walk with the house of Israel (tribes of the northern Kingdom), and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance (appointed land - II Samuel 7:10) unto your fathers (Jer. 3:18).

Our flag is made up from the colors of scarlet, blue and white, the colors of Israel of old.   These colors covered the table of the shew bread within the Tabernacle.  Red is the color of blood and signified justice or judgment, reminding us of the shed blood of Christ for the redemption of His people Israel ; White, signifying purity or holiness, the color of snow ; (Psalms 50:7 ; Isaiah 1:18).  Blue the color of the sky signifying love and because this is the color of the heavens it is representative of God.

The name Manasseh means "forgetfulness" and if there has ever been a people forgetful of all their past, it is this tribe of Manasseh (United States).  However, America, as prophesied of Manasseh, did become the great nation, one out of many, and took her place in the appointed time, in fulfillment of God's covenant with Abraham.

America has yet to recognize her relationship to God, and re-institute His laws.  Through the centuries Israel has usually had to be chastised into repentance.

NOTE : ISRAEL (10 TRIBES) = CELTS, ANGLO-SAXONS, IBERIANS, VIKINGS.

JUDAH (TWO TRIBES) = THE ROYAL FAMILIES OF EUROPE ; QUEEN ELIZABETH OF GREAT BRITAIN COMES FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH.

REFERENCE :  E. RAYMOND CAPT.

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