Are The Jews Today God's Chosen People?

Genesis 12:1-3, “Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:  And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”

My humble opinion in the matter is that God's promise to Abraham in Genesis 12:3 was solely for Abraham. The Bible tells us in Genesis 18:19 that God chose Abraham because the Lord knew “that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment.” I don't think Genesis 12:3 applies to all Jews; but rather, only to Abram (later to be renamed by God in Genesis 17:5 to Abraham).

God promised Abraham to make of him a great nation (Israel), and that through him all families of the earth shall be blessed. This speaks of the promise of the coming Messiah, who would save men from their sins and give them eternal life. Romans 2:28-29 plainly tells us that one is "not a Jew" who is one outwardly, but inwardly, “For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.”

Galatians 3:26-29 teaches that saved Gentiles and Jews are “all one in Christ Jesus” (vs. 28), and that there is no difference for those who put their faith in Jesus. In my mind, I see saved Jews and Gentiles as "one" in Christ. When Romans chapter 11 says that “all Israel shall be saved,” I believe it means all of believing Israel shall be saved. It would violate numerous Scripture passages to say that unbelieving Jews will be saved. I personally do not believe that every Jew will repent to be saved at the end of the Tribulation. There has always been a “remnant” of Jews who believed, not all. We know that many of the Jews will believe on the true Messiah when He appears. Hosea 3:4-5 teaches that when the Israelites turn toward God, then He will regather their nation. That hasn't happened yet.

I like reading Pastor Harry Ironside's (1876-1951) books. I don't like dispensational teaching myself. Pastor Ironside said that dispensational teaching is not doctrine, but an overlay to help a student understand the Bible. I humbly disagree from what I have seen. In fact, dispensational teaching is very much doctrine (which means “an opinion”). I think dispensational teaching runs the risk of leading a Bible student astray from the emphasis of Scripture on preaching the Gospel, and instead emphasizing the future kingdom of Israel (aka, Zionism).

One of my favorite books by Dr. Ironside is "The Lamp Of Prophecy." Chapter 6 in particular is titled, “Will Israel Be Regathered,” which I think is a helpful chapter to read. Pastor Ironside wrote this book in 1940, eight years before present-day manmade Israel became a nation in 1948. I agree with Dr. Ironside's view that Israel will be regathered when Jesus Christ returns at His Second Coming. Dr. Ironside had no clue that Israel was about to be put back onto the map in May of 1948. I am not against preachers who teach dispensationalism per se, but I don't like it. My long time ministry friend, Pastor Max Younce (1935-2023) was (in my humble opinion) the Dr. John R. Rice of our generation. Dr. Younce has graciously freely shared all of his numerous Bible study books (which I cherish) on his church website.

One of my favorite authors is Phillip Mauro (1859-1952). Phillip Mauro was an attorney and theologian who wrote prolific writings to counter the teachings of Cyrus I. Scofield. I agree with his book, "The Gospel of the Kingdom."

Also, his book, "The Two Covenants."

I tried to simplify Phillip Mauro's teachings in this article. The basic gist of Evangelist Mauro's message is that dispensationalism tends to lead the student to focus on the future kingdom of Israel, whereas the inspired Word of God leads the student to focus on preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom (soulwinning). I realize that there are different types of dispensational teaching (e.g., Ultra-dispensational versus just dispensational views). I have no problem per se with how Dr. Younce and Pastor Ironside teach dispensationalism. However, I have a problem when some preachers idolize present-day Israel and the Jews. My humble opinion is that present-day Israel since 1948 is a fraud, a manmade imitation of true Israel.

I like to use Abraham and Sarah in the Old Testament as an illustration. God had promised them a son (Isaac), but they became impatient and doubted God. Sarah suggested that her husband impregnate their servant girl Hagar (I'm sure he made a big fuss with Sarah and was reluctant to do it...lol). Hagar got pregnant. When Abraham presented Ishmael to God the Lord rejected Ishmael as the son of promise, because Abraham and Sarah had taken matters into their own hands instead of trusting the Lord (we're all guilty of doing that). Likewise, it was The Council on Foreign Relations, and not God, who put Israel (as a Democracy) back on the geographical map in 1948.

I think Pastor J. Vernon McGee (1904-1988) gets it 100% correct.

I agree with Pastor McGee that Israel today is no different than any other nation. Of the 12 million Jews in the world, 7 million have returned to Israel, but they still haven't returned to God. In 586 BC God cut off the Jews. That is, the Lord divorced the nation of Israel due to her perpetual spiritual adultery (idolatry) with false gods. In the Holy Bible the olive tree is a symbol of life and prosperity. The olive tree symbolizes the promise of God's salvation and the abundant eternal blessings that follow. Tragically, the Jews were cut off from the olive tree because of unbelief the Bible says:

Romans 11:20-23, “Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.”

Our merciful God desires to pardon the Jews, and welcome them back into  the olive tree of salvation and blessings, but only through faith in His only begotten Son, Jesus. Romans 11:23 teaches that God desires for the cut off Jews to be graffed back into the olive tree, but it can only happen by faith. Until they believe on Jesus, they are still cut off. God is done with Israel for now, until the Times of the Fulness of the Gentiles be fulfilled (Luke 21:24). This event is depicted in King Nebuchadnezzar's image in Daniel chapter two. The stone cut from the mountain without hands is none other Jesus Christ. This event will happen at the Second Coming of the Messiah, after the 7-year Tribulation period.

The Pharisees were arrogant, relishing in their Jewish heritage. John the Baptist rebuked them sharply, emphasizing the truth that God could raise up inanimate stones as children of Abraham if He desired. Is there anything to hard for God to do? Are we not all made of the same dust of the earth as rocks? Matthew 3:9, “And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.” John was effectively saying to the Jews, "Big deal if you're Jewish, that doesn't impress God." God is only pleased by our trust and obedience to His inspired Word in the King James Bible. 

As Christians we are commanded in the Bible to love everyone, just as God loves all humanity and died for them (Romans 5:6-9). It saddens me what has happened in Gaza this past 6 months. So far 33,596 Palestinians have been murdered (a genocide) as of April 7, 2024. It is horrible what Hamas did to Israel on October 7, 2023. But that doesn't justify the hateful retaliation of Israel, who have massacred tens of thousands of defenseless women and children in Gaza to send a message to Hamas. Sadly, Hamas doesn't care! Israel has much blood on her hands for slaughtering innocent people.

The reported crimes (if they are true at all, because the media lies so much) are atrocious. I remember back in 1990. I was at work as a mechanic and listening to the news as the U.S. was about to invade Iraq. The mainstream newsmedia was telling Americans that Iraqi soldiers took babies out of the incubators in Kuwait and threw them onto the ground to die. The American people were enraged and wanted Iraq blown off the map, all based on LIES! It was all an elaborate fabricated lie to justify attacking Iraq. The whole scene was staged to create propaganda! This sneaky tactic is as old as civilization itself, but still as effective as ever.

I do not trust our ungodly American newsmedia. For all I know no one was raped, or Jews baked in ovens, or babies beheaded. The mainstream newsmedia has lost credibility with the public. Dr. Hyles was so right, "The only thing you can believe from the newspaper is the date." Even so-called erroneous "fact checking" websites like Snopes have been caught lying. We need fact-checkers to check the fact-checkers!!!

They are liars! I don't trust the media, fact checkers, Pentagon, social media companies, government or anyone who stands to gain by lying. I am not sure what happened in Israel on October 7, 2023. But I do know that even if the horrible news is true, it doesn't justify Israel brutally murdering 33,596 innocent people (70% of who were defenseless women and children). I fear that the death toll will increase much higher before this present Middle East conflict is over. Just because someone murders one of my family members, doesn't give me the right to go murder their entire extended family. It bothers me that professed Christians support this evil. They are all for Israel, but couldn't care less about the Palestinian people. 

Cartoon evangelist Jack Chick (1924-2016) wrote some horrible propaganda tracts; such as, "Love The Jewish People." Jack Chick showed no regard or love for Arab people. He was a Zionist who idolized manmade Israel. Jack Chick's cartoon tracts praise wealthy Jews and demonize suffering poor Arabs. Jack Chick had some nutty theology.

Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) always rooted for the underdog. The Palestinian refugees are the underdogs in this conflict (and have been since 1948). Evangelist John R. Rice (1895-1980) admirably expressed sympathy for the Palestinian people:

“I have a great deal of sympathy for that spirit of nationalism among Arabs who feel they have been robbed and defrauded and abused and imposed upon and who want back their own land. I can understand that. I think they will never be given back the land that was given Israel by the United Nations in 1948, but I think that provisions must be made for those millions and a third refugees in refugee camps in Jericho, in Amman, in Beirut, in the Gaza strip, and elsewhere. God loves those people and they must have the Gospel.” —Dr. Rice... “Here Are More Questions,” by John R. Rice, p. 315, Sword Of The Lord Publishers (1973)

I haven't heard the least bit of sympathy from American churches today for the suffering people of Palestine. I heard Pastor Robert Jeffress of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, a featured Fox News contributor, publicly call for preemptive nuclear strikes against Arab nations in the Middle East. What insane hatred! Pastor Jeffress makes me sick! What did Jesus say about having that horrible type of destructive attitude? Luke 9:54-56, “And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.” I think it is a very bad thing when pastors become politically biased in the ongoing Middle East conflict, and start taking sides. Instead, our heart's attitude ought to be that both Jews and Arabs alike need to hear the Gospel of free grace preached unto them. People need the Lord.

Here is a helpful Bible study titled, "God Will Keep His Kingdom Promises To Israel" (Pastor Max D. Younce). God is not done with true Israel, but until Jesus returns to establish His millennial Kingdom Israel won't exist. What exists today is a manmade deception.

On October 8, 2023, Pastor Greg Locke in Tennessee ruthlessly called for Israel to turn Gaza into a giant parking lot (i.e., to bomb them to smithereens). Israel has had their foot on the necks of the Palestinian people since 1948. Dr. John R. Rice is correct that the Arab people are hurting, They just want to be recognized. They want their own nation. I strongly disagree that the Arabs want to wipe Israel off the face of the earth, but I wouldn't blame them if they did in lieu of how Israel abuses them. No doubt there are some radical extremists in Islam who would like to see Israel obliterated. However, 99% of Arabs and Muslims are peace-loving people who just want to get along with their Israeli neighbours. I don't like when Zionists group billions of Muslims into the same boat as a handful of radical Shiite Islam terrorist nuts. That is unfair.

Israel has made life intolerable for the Arab people. As this article plainly reveals, the Palestinian people are NOT Hamas, nor do they desire to be. Israel are murdering innocent people. Such inhuman injustices are nothing new. I watched a disturbing documentary about World War II. The Germans under Hitler's leadership were ruthless monsters. The Jews by far weren't the only victims of Hitler's war machine. Millions of Russians were murdered by the Germans. The small country of Czechoslovakia suffering great losses at the brutal merciless hands of Adolf Hitler. Upwards of 320,000 Czechoslovakians were murdered by German soldiers (263,000 were Jews). The Germans exterminated 73% of all Jews living in Czechoslovakia. When World War II ended the people of Czechoslovakia were traumatized, devastated and angry. They wanted their pound of flesh in revenge against Germany. A group of about 80 people (who were not Germans but spoke German) were horrifyingly lynched publicly by some angry citizens in Czechoslovakia. They ripped those poor strangers to shreds, exacting their furious hatred of Hitler and his German henchmen soldiers upon those innocent victims (merely because they spoke the German language).

The Bible teaches that the Arabs will always be in conflict with themselves and their neighbours. Genesis 16:11-12, “And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.” This verse is true. When I went to Los Angeles for my first neck surgery in 2009, I stayed at a hotel in West Hollywood. At the hospital they had the insurance instructions posted in Arabic. I asked why. The nurse said the hospital is required to post any language if at least 5% of the local population speaks that language. In West Hollywood and around Los Angels I saw umpteen Jewish synagogues, and lots of Arab people. Just like the Bible says, the Arabs dwell in the midst of their brethren, the Jews. That is interesting.

To summarize, I do not believe that unsaved Jews today are “the chosen” people. They are lost children of the Devil, just like unbelieving Gentiles (John 8:44). God's promises have always followed a line of faith from the very beginning in the Bible. Deuteronomy 28:15-68 plainly describes the curses which God will inflict upon disobedient Jews. Why would God expect us as His redeemed children to bless a wicked people whom He Himself curses? Think about that.

The Bible is abundantly clear that only believing Jews will be graffed back into the olive tree of God's salvation and blessings. May I quote this helpful Scripture passage again from Romans 11:22-24, “Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?” Paul is telling the Romans that they too will be cut off from God's salvation and blessings if they refuse to believe the Gospel.

I full agree with Pastor J. Vernon McGee (1904-1988) concerning why present-day Israel is NOT the fulfillment of Bible prophecy:

“Israel is just like any other nation. Some think they're a little brutal, but my friend, they're on the defense over there, you can be sure of that. And they have to exercise a strong defense system. They're not backing that land in fulfillment of prophecy. They have returned to the land, but they have not yet returned to the Lord. When they return to the Lord there will be blessing. They have not yet done that! ...they went out in 70 A.D. And they actually have never returned to the land according to the Word of God. Now hear me very carefully because this is very important to see. They have returned to the land today, and it's remarkable what has happened over there, but it's not the fulfillment of prophecy, because the prophecy says when they return they'll return TO GOD!” —Pastor J. Vernon McGee; 'THRU-THE-BIBLE,' Hosea 2:19-23 and Hosea 3:4

In his 5-year “THRU-THE-BIBLE” commentary for Hosea 3:5, Dr. McGee emphasizes the biblical truth that there are more Arab Christians in Israel today than there are Jewish Christians. Galatians 3:26-29 teaches that only saved Jews and Gentiles are "one" in Christ, and of the seed of Abraham. Many unsaved Jews will repent during the Tribulation period to get saved by faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I believe this is what the number “144,000” refers to in the book of Revelation. They will be Jewish converts who become soulwinners. Toward the end of the 7-year Tribulation period, a remnant (not all) of Jews will turn toward God. At this time the Lord will defend them in the Battle of Armageddon, put down the Antichrist (the Beast), judge the nations, and set up His millennial Kingdom.

I'd like to also mention that I humbly do not agree with everything that Pastor Steven Anderson teaches. Brother Anderson is a popular figure today on social media. I love the guy for his soulwinning zeal, hard preaching and faithfulness; however, I disagree with him on about a dozen doctrinal issues. For example: I think he is way off on the timing of the Rapture. According to Brother Anderson, the Rapture will happen 75 days after the Abomination of Desolation midway through the Tribulation. This is date setting, which is theological incompetence.

I have watched his “Marching to Zion” documentary several times and I agree with it, with the exception that I do not believe in Replacement Theology (as he does). I humbly don't think there was anything to replace. Israel is Israel, and the Church is the Church. There has never been a time in the Old Testament (or today) when God blessed unbelieving wicked Jews. I do not believe that the Church replaces Israel, because unbelieving Jews have never been “The Chosen” of God. Unbelieving Jews (e.g., Korah and the Jews who rebelled with him against Moses) were swallowed into the fires of Hell beneath. From the very start God's promise of blessing was conditional (Exodus 19:5-6).

Also, I heard a pastor recently say that although God divorced Israel in the time of Babylonian's destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC (Jeremiah 3:8), He remarried Israel when they returned from captivity 70 years later. I totally disagree. Nowhere does the Bible say that God remarried Israel. I don't believe God remarried Israel after 70 years when they returned to the land and rebuilt a new temple. Those Jews were still under occupation from the Medes and Persians. Israel never had another king because their nation was long gone! God was done with the nation of Israel, as far as them being a peculiar people zealous of good works, His ambassadors to the world with the Gospel. But the Lord did not cast away His people, so He made a way for the Jews to come back through faith in His only begotten Son. Any Jew today who desires to be a part of God's future nation of Israel, needs to be born-again. It's the only way (Acts 4:10-12).

I firmly believe that the true nation of Israel does not exist today, nor has it existed since 586 BC when God gave Babylon mastery over Jerusalem. Manmade Israel today has no divine protection promised to it. Luke 21:24, “And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.” I heard a preacher say that since the time of Jerusalem's annihilation in 70 AD by Rome, that great city has been trodden down 28 times! I believe that figure.

In contrast, the true nation of Israel will not be restored unto the Second Coming of the faithful Messiah, at which time our faithful Redeemer will establish His earthly Kingdom for 1,000 years. We will help reign with Christ (Revelation 20:6). Amen! The Jews today are still scattered throughout the earth without a king, without a temple to sacrifice, and without a legitimate nation. What exists today is an ungodly manmade democracy, which woefully lacks God's blessing. Tel Aviv, Israel, today is the “Gay Mecca” of the sodomite world. The Huffington Post called Tel Aviv a “Gay Paradise.” Israel today is the unholy land. If it weren't for the United States giving Israel $4,000,000,000 each and every year in welfare money, and giving them nuclear weapons to defend themselves, Israel couldn't exist.

When the Man of Sin (Antichrist) comes, he is not going to Rome, he is going to appear in the (likely soon to be rebuilt) third temple in Jerusalem, where he will profess to be God (2nd Thessalonians 2:3).

I don't like when preachers foolishly claim that certain chapters in God's Word only apply to the Jews. I've heard preachers claim that Matthew chapters 24 and 25 were only written for the Jews. That is preposterous. They errantly claim that Romans chapter 10 only speaks about the future physical salvation of the nation of Israel. However, Romans 10:3-4 plainly reveal that the Apostle Paul is speaking about the spiritual salvation of a man's soul. I believe that all of the Bible is written for all humanity, “Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation” (2nd Peter 1:20).

We read repeatedly in the Scripture that God is no respecter of persons (e.g., Romans 2:11). Yet, Zionists do just that, elevating the Jews as gods among mankind. I think that is very wrong. It is a sin to esteem a Jewish person as being better than a Gentile. Dr. William P. Grady goes as far as foolishly calling Jews, “The Master Race.” That is nutty! Dr. Grady goes on to falsely teach that it is in the Jew's DNA to “run the world.” You couldn't make this stuff up. Satan is the god of this evil world (2nd Corinthians 4:4). Here's a great book by retired Canadian Navy commander William Guy Carr (189501959) titled, 'Satan: Prince Of This World.'

In the 1970's, Pastor James Modlish said publicly that he wanted to hire a man in his church, to do nothing but witness to Jews to obtain God's blessing, as if witnessing to black or Asian people wouldn't bring God's blessing. Listen to Pastor James Modlish's insanity for yourself! Preachers say the darndest things! It is a form of bigotry and racism! Jews are no more special than Gentiles. God loves all men. Christ died for all humanity, not just Jews (John 3:16; Romans 1:16; 1st John 2:2). It is offensive for anyone to suggest that God favors Jews over Gentiles. People are people. The phrase “to the Jew first” in Romans 1:16 does not mean in level of importance or social status; but rather, in time. The Jews received the Gospel first in time (chronologically in the Bible), and then through Israel God gave the world the inspired Holy Bible and the Messiah.

What Hamas did on October 7, 2023, to Israel should NOT be avenged upon innocent women and children in Gaza. It is wrong that Israel refuses to acknowledge the Palestinian people as human beings. Israel president Benjamin Netanyahu even called the people in Gaza “human animals” last October. That is terrible! They're created in God's image, they're not animals. The innocent people in Gaza didn't hurt anyone. They are poor people just trying to survive from day to day. Israel refuses to let them live in freedom. With all of Israel's blockades, it takes some Palestinians an extra hour each day to get to work. The sad truth is that many Jews and Arabs alike hate each other, and the fighting will never stop until the Man of Sin (the False Messiah) comes, who will establish a peace treaty between the Jews and Arabs. But that peace agreement won't last long until it is broken, and The Great Tribulation ensues, when billions of lives will be lost. That is why Matthew 24:15 calls is a time of “Great Tribulation” because of the horrific conditions which will exist at that time.

I humbly believe that our proper attitude as God's redeemed children in this world should be to always think live and do right at all times. That is why my favorite Bible verse for many years now has been Proverbs 4:23, “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Be careful what thoughts you allow to fester in your mind and heart. My attitude and prayer is that of the psalmist in Psalms 51:10, “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” David was a wise man.

Our proper mindset toward the Jews should be that they are just sinful people for whom Christ died, the same as the Gentiles. We are all miserable struggling sinners on planet earth. Since God is not a respecter of person, neither should we be (James 2:1). If you think that Jews are more precious to God than Gentiles, then you are foolishly mistaken friend.

I humbly think that many pastors merely go along with the Zionist agenda today for fear of being criticized, rejected and ostracized by peers in the ministry, because the common consensus since C.I. Scofield's Zionist theology infiltrated the churches in the late 19th century is to believe that all Jews are God's chosen people. It is not a mere coincidence that Zionist theology was introduced to America's churches a half century before the present-day secular state of Israel was established in 1948. The Luciferian elite needed the support of the churches to achieve their Satanic plans. It is tragic that 99% of churchgoers are deceived by the Devil in so many areas today, including the plethora of hundreds of corrupt English Bible revisions, the Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation, wrong repentance and Zionist heresy.

There is no legitimate nation of Israel today. Pastor J. Vernon McGee was absolutely correct, Israel today is just the same as any other nation. God never promised to save and bless Christ-rejecting Jews. Zionism is a cruel hoax, a fallacy. Just like Abraham and Sarah foolishly took matters into their own hands instead of waiting upon the Lord, so also have ungodly men taken it upon themselves to restore the manmade nation of Israel today (since 1948). Unfortunately for them, God does not honor or recognize heathen Israel today, because they do not honor or recognize His only begotten Son Jesus, who is the only true Messiah.

The Lamb Slain Before The Foundation of The World

Hebrews 4:1-3, “Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.”

I humbly believe that the "works" refer to Christ's sacrifice. In God's mind Jesus had already died, been buried and raised up before the world even began. Also, please read:

Revelation 13:7-8, “And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”

Although there is some theological debate, I humbly think the "Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" refers to Jesus, the Lamb of God (John 1:29). Romans 8:29 says that all saints are predestinated to "be conformed" to the image of Christ. Romans 8:29-30, “For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.” Calvinists often misinterpret this passage of Scripture, falsely claiming that God chooses who will be lost and saved. But we know this is untrue Scripturally, because numerous Bible verses teach that Christ died for all humanity (John 3:16; 1st John 2:2).

Jesus Died On The Cross For All Mankind

Calvinists errantly teach that Christ only draws those men who have been chosen for salvation. However, the inspired Word of God says that Jesus will “draw all men” to be saved. John 12:32, “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.” Don't ever allow anyone to feed you the Devil's lie that Christ only died for some men. 1st John 2:2, And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.” As you just read for yourself, Christ died for THE WHOLE WORLD.

God never chooses who will be lost or saved. But God knew in His foreknowledge who would trust Jesus, so God predestinated those saints to be conformed (not to salvation) to be like Jesus. God laid out a divine plan for the life of every saint before we were even conceived in our mother's womb. Jeremiah 1:5 says that before he was even conceived, God had ordained Jeremiah to be a prophet unto the nations. This verse condemns all abortions as evil and wrong. God is the only giver of life. Men do not have a right to frivolously take away human life, unless it is truly self-defense. Human life is sacred to God.

Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold says we don't believe because God chose us, God chose us because we believe. We as saints are "the elect" of God. That is, we are the chosen. God chose us because we believed on His only begotten (biological) Son, Jesus. We must remember that God does not live in time, mankind does.

God Exists In Eternity, Not In Time

Pastor Max D. Younce (1935-2023) says that God created time as a way of letting His friends (saints) know what He intends to do next on His prophetic calendar. Time will cease to exist in Revelation 10:6. God lives in eternity where there is no concept of time. So, yes, absolutely, I am convinced that in God's mind Jesus had already been slain and resurrected before the universe was even created. Three perplexing questions prove God's existence:

1. Where did time begin?
2. When did time begin?
3. How big is the universe?

There are no logical or even plausible answers to these impossible three questions except God. The Lord made the universe and all that is in it. God made time. The universe must have a boundary, doesn't it? I cannot explain this, and neither can you. Scientists tell us that the universe is 13.8 billion years old, and that the universe is continually expanding. But what is it expanding into? The only answer that makes any sense is that God exists, and the universe is His handiwork under His supreme control.

America's Secret Destiny (by Ralph Epperson)

Revelation 17:9-14, “And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.”

Anthony Ralph Epperson (born November 1, 1937) is an American writer and researcher of conspiracy theories. He is known for his anti-Masonic opinions. He began exposing the New World Order in 1985. He also wrote a book in 1995 called, "America's Secret Destiny." This book was based on 34 years of diligent research. The following intriguing 4:40 hour documentary is a result of that book.

America's Secret Destiny
(Anything Ralph Epperson)

This intriguing documentary will help you understand the now forming New World Order. Regarding politics. As a born-again Christian I have never believed that the answer to fix the problems in the United States is in the White House. I believe the great need today is preaching Bible preachers in churches. There are many new churches being started across the country, which is exciting. For example: the new Sure Foundation Baptist Church was planted late last year in Indianapolis. I think that is great!

I do not like President Joe Biden. I think he is evil. I do believed that there is a Satanic conspiracy at work from behind the scenes to corrupt and destroy America. I was shocked when I saw what Taylor Swift is doing in her despicable music video, "Wildest Dreams."

Can you imagine if a church, pastor and Christians made a raunchy scene like this in a church video? CPS, the FBI and media would be all over them like white on rice! I did some research years ago and learned from psychologists that younger teens prefer music videos, while older teens prefer audio music. So Taylor Swift's filthy videos are aimed at younger teens mostly. Why isn't every parent in American angry and outraged over this? It plainly shows that Satanists are in control of the music industry, Hollywood, Washington DC, universities, et cetera. I have looked for signs of Satan in our American culture since 2002 and I have found them! I try to wake Christians up to the reality of the demonic world that we live in, so they can be better prepared in our good fight of faith.

It is sickening to have seen President Donald Trump spent $15,000,000,000 of taxpayer money to build a southern border wall, and then his successor Joe Biden allowed 8,400,000 illegal immigrants to flood into the country since he took office. If someone travel on an airplane from a foreign country to the United Stated for the first time, there are all kinds of immigration forms that they must fill out and satisfy to be allowed entry. Yet, none of those 8.4 million illegals have been screened for anything. God only knows the diseases, criminal tendencies and ill motives that some of them have. Many are coming from the Middle East and other high risk places. I don't think any of this is by chance. I think the same Satanists, whim I call Luciferians (or, Globalists, Illuminati) are behind all of this. They are hellbent on destroying the old world order in an effort to build their new world order. Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) preached a great sermon on this very subject in 1970 titled, "Why The Antichrist Must Come Soon."

On the back of every U.S. one dollar bill are the Latin words, 'E Pluribus Unum,' which means: 'One out of many' (that is, order out of chaos) which is the foundation of the New World Order's plan to unify the world's governments, religions and money systems into one, so that the world can be controlled.

Another helpful work to understand the new world order is "Pawns In The Game" by retired Canadian Navy commander William Guy Carr (1895-1959).

That book is as relevant today as it was in 1958 when he wrote it. Having said these things, I believe QAnon is based in the truth. I am not familiar with the movement, but I share the same factual beliefs that an evil group of Satanists are behind the subversion of America. Here's another example. This procession was formed after the 911 attacks in New York. Clearly the Luciferian elite are boasting that they did it! Notice the All Seeing Eye (the same eye that appears on the back of every U.S. one dollar bill)...

These ceramic tiles appeared in New York subways near the World Trade Center...

Here is rapper Kanye West break-dancing on stage at Lakewood Church in Houston where Joel Osteen ( a minister of Satan - 2nd Corinthians 11:13-15) is the pastor. The following is a screenshot from YouTube of the church service. Again, notice the occult All Seeing Eye...

Satanists are boasting that they've infiltrated the church. I could show you stuff like this for hours! These are signs of Satan in American culture. The Holy Bible teaches in 2nd Corinthians 4:4 that Satan is the god of this world. Satan tried to recruit Jesus in Matthew 4:1-10 and Luke 4:1-10, but He overcame the temptation with the Word of God. Sadly, many people have accepted the Devil's offer today, aka, Luciferians. Bill and Hillary Clinton, the entire Bush family, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Congress are all puppets of these evil Luciferians. Many top leaders are blackmailable (having a Skelton Closet), which is how the Luciferian elite control them. This is why that monster in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has so far murdered over 30,000 innocent Palestinians in just 5 months (70% of which victims have been defenseless women and children), and President Joe Biden has done absolutely nothing! The United States is a proxy of manmade Israel today. That is, Israel controls the United States (Revelation 17:18).

Regarding child sex abuse in certain circles of top government, the evidence is overwhelming. Senator John DeCamp (Nebraska) wrote the shocking book, "Boy's Town," documenting the pedophile network in the White House with George H. Bush and Ronald Reagan (two homosexuals). DeCamp explains how boys were driven from the Catholic orphanage in Nebraska to the White House. Barack Obama, George H Bush, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton and countless more influential figures are all homosexuals!

President Richard Nixon was invited to Bohemian Grove and said it was "The most faggy God damned thing you'll ever imagine." I encourage you to watch Alex Jones' film, "Bohemian Grove Exposed." Also, watch, "Dark Secrets Inside Bohemian Grove."

The Bush family, the Clintons, Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger, and thousands more of top world leaders are all members of Bohemian Grove, a men's Satanic gathering each year about 50 miles north of San Francisco. Witches gather outside the gates and perform rituals, which you can see in Alex Jones shocking film, Bohemian Grove Exposed." Alex snuck in in 2000 and took videos of their creepy Cremation of Care ceremony, where they offer up a mock human being sacrifice to Moloch, a 40 foot tall owl god. This is the type of events that the highest leaders in the world attend.

Anyway, if I haven't blown your mind yet, I firmly believe that Senator Nancy Schaefer and her husband were brutally murdered because she exposed the child pedophile network operating through CPS nationwide.

The reason why Bush Sr. and Reagan obtained bus loads of little boys to rape from Boy's Town Nebraska is because those boys had no parents to check up on their well-being. They were living in a Catholic orphanage. It a purported sad thing that 50% of all new Catholic priests are homosexuals. Since 1950 there have been over 1,000 documented child rape cases involving Catholic priests! The Catholic church with their celibacy rules for priests have created a nightmare situation where priests are still sinful men with sinful desires, and they are not Christians on top of that. So they have become child rapists, pederasts and homosexuals, just like inmates often do in prison, who were formerly straight. God intended marriage to prevent these problems. The Bible even warns us in 1st Timothy 4:1-4 that false prophets would come to us forbidding marriage. Catholicism is a prisonhouse of religion!

Regarding Donald Trump and MAGA. When he was U.S. President the first time, Mr. Trump called for the global decriminalization of homosexuality. Although I love everybody and don't have the right to condemn anyone, the Holy Bible is clear that homosexuality is a sin (Romans 1:24-32). Mr. Trump is not a moral man. He will not make America great again by promoting sin, which brings the judgment of God (Romans 1:32; Colossians 3:5-6). That is why I say that to truly MAGA, the answer is in building more churches, and having God fearing real pastors who are preachers, preaching a free grace Gospel, preaching hard against sin, and loving people unconditionally. Sadly, 99% of churches today are a pathetic joke, which is why church attendance is at an all-time low in America.

Senator Ted Cruz's father, Raphael, came from communist Cuba, when Castro ruled. Rafael rightly says that the U.S. government couldn't care less about homosexual rights or evolution being taught in schools, these evils are used to CONTROL people.

That is what the Global Warming hoax is about, controlling people. I like Tucker Carlson. Albeit, he is admittedly not a Christian. He recently interviewed Vladimir Putin. When Tucker saw the beautiful city in Moscow, Russia, he said he realized something. He realized that the fentanyl (drug) crisis, homelessness crisis, active shooter crisis, open border crisis, filth (literally dirt and garbage) crisis across America , et cetera, ARE ALL DELIBERATE! I fully agree. Our incompetent horrible U.S. government spent $6,200,000,000,000 for the illegal war on Iraq, yet we cannot remedy homelessness? Tiny homes could be built for all of the homeless. Jobs could be providing in working communities, if someone with money cared enough to help them, without being blocked by government bureaucratic red tape from lawyers. A 90-year-old elderly man with a food manager's license was arrested and put in jail for cooking food and feeding the poor in the United States.

Clearly the people who should care don't care.

Having said all that, I like Donald Trump's strength as a leader. Trump is direct and says what he means. I love that. The majority of churches and believers in America fully support Mr. Trump. But that concerns me, because 85% of Germany's churches rallied behind Adolf Hitler in World War II. If Trump gets re-elected and takes us to war, the churches will follow him to hell. I have followed author Dr. G. Edward Griffin for decades. I really like his book and documentary titled, "The Creature From Jekyll Island," which exposes the criminal ungodly Federal Reserve banking system as fraud. Dr. Griffin said in an Alex Jones' interview that he is concerned that Donald Trump may be controlled opposition.

In the preceding video, Dr. Griffin explains how communists control both sides of the political process. For that reason he, and myself included, are leery of Donald Trump (who 90% of churchgoers hail as a savior). I like and agree with something that Evangelist Lester Roloff (1914-1982) said in his sermon titled, "The Titanic," he said: "America was 'great' when she was good, and she was good when she had great churches." We have a bunch of mega churches today, but we don't have "great" churches anymore. Churches are mediocre at best.

Since 1913, the Federal Reserve Act, has allowed private banking families to steal and pillage from American taxpayers. The Fractional Reserve Banking system is evil by design. The love of money is the root of all evil (1st Timothy 6:16). I believe these criminal banksters created World War I to make money. No matter who won or lost the war, the house always wins! That is, the scumbags making profits from war get rich from both sides. I know that Pastor Steven Anderson is highly controversial, but he is right on most things that he preaches. Here is an excellent sermon he preached titled, "War Is A Racket!"

I am concerned that Donald Trump may be controlled opposition. I think Fox News is controlled opposition. That is, they appear to oppose the left, but in reality they are all part of a clever media system designed to control the narrative. The following compendium of news reports shows how they all collude to deceive the public, and that all of the news we hear is generated from one central source.

Rupert Murdoch (who owns Fox News) is a member of the Council On Foreign Relations (unofficial headquarters of the new world order). Since Alex Jones is independent, the establishment hates him to the core. I don't agree with Alex on everything, and he has issues (as we all do), but I love the guy. I have listened to Alex since 2002 when I began my website ministry. He is a fighter like me. Alex comes a whole lot closer to being right, than the lying news media and government. Joe Biden said yesterday that he didn't go visit the border because Donald Trump went to visit the border. Biden is a LIAR! Of course that is why Biden went to the border, because if he didn't it would make him look like he doesn't care (which he doesn't).

I look at Republicans and Democrats as two separate legs both walking in the same direction of a new world order. Mr. Trump said if he is re-elected he'll finish the border wall. Sure, that wall isn't intended to keep illegals out, I think it is intended to KEEP AMERICANS FROM ESCAPING what's coming in the near future. It will be like John Carpenter's movie, "Escape From New York," except it will be "Escape From The United States"! The economy will implode! It has to because the Federal Reserve System is a massive Ponzi Scheme. They create money out of thin air from nothing, which always results in inflation. That is why food prices have skyrocketed in America! New and used car prices have soared. Those prices are not coming back down!

Congressman Ron Paul perhaps understands the evils of the Federal Reserve better than anyone, who wrote this. The state of California is a loser state!

Times will only continue to get worse in the United States. Guns WILL BE banned, it's just a matter of time. Canada banned the sale, purchase and trade of guns last October. Tucker Carlson recently exposed the socialist tyranny happening in Canada today.

That junk is coming to the United States very soon. Crime is out of control in our nation. Taking guns away from law abiding citizens is not the answer. If anything we need more guns. Proof that this works is the city of Kennesaw, Georgia, where legally everyone must own a gun! Their crime rate is ridiculously low!

Social engineering is largely to blame for America's woes! Very few people think for themselves anymore, they merely go along with whatever the toxic media spoon feeds them.

I hope that answers your questions, albeit admittedly likely much longer of an answer than you wanted...lol. I just wanted to share all these intriguing truths with you. I do hope that Donald Trump gets re-elected (and I think he will), but I have reservations about him, not sure if we can trust him. I think if re-elected, when Trump leaves office in 4 to 8 years, that the sinister new world order will be much further along. America will never be made "great" again until we repent toward God, forsake our wickedness as a nation, and become a God-fearing people once again as we were 75 years ago. The gender-bending woke insanity today is of the Devil.

Will The Church Go Through The Tribulation?

by Pastor Lee Roberson, D.D. (1909-2007)

"For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be." — MATTHEW 24:21

In my last message I spoke of the coming of Christ and the Christians' judgment. We noticed the following things:

This judgment will take place in the air when Jesus returns for His saints; it concerns only Christians, not the unsaved; this judgment has to do with rewards, not salvation; we will stand in this judgment in our resurrection or translation bodies; the outcome of this judgment will be the giving of rewards to some, and the suffering of loss by others. We should endeavor to work in such a way for our Master that our works will abide the testing of the judgment seat of Christ.

Let us notice that the rapture of the saints will occur before the tribulation begins. There are some Premillennialists who would try to say that the church goes through the tribulation, and then Christ comes. If this be so, then His coming would not be sudden and unannounced. It would not be as a thief in the night. We are to watch for the coming of Christ and not for the tribulation. His coming for the redeemed will precede the awfulness of the tribulation time. There is no evidence that any of the saved will be left when He comes.

Let us remember that Paul said, "The dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air . . ."

There are some people who believe that only exceptionally good Christians will go up in the rapture and that bad Christians will be left on the earth. I do not find this teaching in the Word of God. It is true that some Christians are better than others. They live clean lives and work faithfully for the Saviour. There are others who compromise with the world. They are indifferent to the commands of Christ; their lives are not effective in His service. These people will lose their rewards at the judgment seat of Christ.

All Christians will go up to meet Christ when He comes. They will then stand before the judgment seat and be judged. "Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God." (I Corinthians 4:5).

We do not need to fear the tribulation, for we will be in the presence of the Lord. In Revelation 3:10 we read, "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." This is the promise of Christ to us, that we are to be kept from the hour of trial — the Great Tribulation.

Notice the following things:

I. The Coming of Christ is Imminent

The word "imminent" means that it might happen at any time. It is as a sword hanging by a tiny thread. At any moment the thread may break and the sword fall. Because the coming of Christ is imminent, we are exhorted to be in a state of constant expectancy waiting for His coming. Turn to Matthew 24:36-51:

"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

From this passage we learn the following:

1. The day of the Lord's coming is known to no man.
2. The hour of the Lord's coming is not known.
3. Neither the day nor the hour are known to the angels in Heaven.
4. The coming of the Lord will be as unexpected as the coming of the flood.
5. It will be as much without previous sign or warning as the coming of a thief.
6. Because the Lord is coming at an unexpected day and hour, like the flood, He exhorts the disciples to watch.
7. Because His coming is without previous sign or warning, like a thief, He says, "Be ready."

We are to watch and to be ready for this sudden coming of our Saviour, for "in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye" the dead in Christ shall be raised and the living shall be changed and caught up into the air.

There are some people who think that it is farfetched to think of the translation of saints into the air, but God has given us a picture of what it means. In the days before the flood we find that Enoch "walked with God, and he was not; for God took him." Or, as the New Testament says, he was translated, 'having never seen death.' Later on in God's Book we have the story of Elijah who was translated and carried into Heaven in a chariot of fire. Since this was accomplished for Enoch and Elijah, it is not impossible for God to do the same for all His children who are living when Jesus comes.

This brings us to a blessed thought. There is one generation of men that shall never see death. Those who are believing on Christ and saved shall be caught up into the air to meet Him when He comes. What a wonderful thing to anticipate! Christ may come any moment, and in a moment we are caught up to meet Him.

Look for the coming of Christ and listen for the sounds, for when He comes there will be a shout, the voice of the archangel, and the trump of God. Yes, there will be a generation of saints who will never taste of death, but will go into the presence of Christ.

II. The Tribulation Begins When the Church is Caught Up and the Holy Spirit Taken Out of the World

The Great Tribulation is a time of judgment upon a Christ-rejecting world. We are going to be taken out, and then the judgment will fall.

In the days of Noah, when Noah and his family were safe in the ark, the judgment of the flood came and took them all away. After Lot left Sodom, the fire and brimstone rained upon the city. These are pictures of that which will occur when the saints are taken out. The judgment will fall.

After speaking of the days of Lot, Jesus said:

"I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left." —Luke 17:34-36

In one part of the earth it will be nighttime when Jesus comes, and He pictures the scene by two men in one bed. One was a Christian; the other was not. Before retiring the night before, the Christian man prayed to God, and in the night suddenly he was caught up. Let us suppose that the other man scoffed at his friend for praying, and ridiculed his faith. When the morning light broke, he was alone in the bed. He searched for his friend, but found him not.

When Jesus said, "Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left," this is a morning time scene. The women are grinding the meal for the day. Suddenly one is taken out of sight. The other is left.

When Jesus comes, throughout the entire world there will be consternation and confusion as the saints are caught up and the unsaved are left. Think of the stores and business establishments with only a few left to operate the business. Think of transportation systems, tied up completely because of the going of Christian men. You can simply turn your imagination loose and still not exceed the confusion which will come upon this earth.

When the saints are caught up, the tribulation begins. The tribulation is a period of unparalleled suffering which will come upon the world. When the Holy Spirit is taken out of the way, then iniquity will have its way, then the Antichrist will be revealed.

There is only one safe place for any person, and that is in the Lord Jesus Christ. Believe in Him as Saviour; follow Him as Lord and Master. Think much of His coming again and live accordingly. "And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

SOURCE: Chapter 3 from the excellent book, Some Golden Daybreak, by Dr. Lee Roberson, D.D. (copyright 1957)

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Jesus Foretold That The World Would Hate And Persecute Us As Christians

John 15:17-23, “These things I command you, that ye love one another. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also.”

Jesus told us that the world cannot really hate us; but rather, they hate Him. The reason why is because Jesus testifies against the world, exposing their evil works. Where did Jesus testify against the world's sins? Remember that Jesus' name is called: 'THE WORD OF GOD' (Revelation 19:13). John 1:1-3 and 14 tells us that Jesus is the Word of God incarnate (i.e., in the flesh). John 7:6-7, “Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready. The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.” Jesus is the Living Word; the Holy Bible is the Written Word.

We read in Psalms 138:1-2, “I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.” This is one of my favorite Bible passages because it reinforces the integrity of God. The old adage is true: A man is only as good as his word. If a man's breaks his promises then he is not trustworthy as a man. If a man is unwilling to forgive others then his name is tarnished and his character flawed. That is why to an honorable man his word means everything.

That is why to God His Word means everything! That is why we read in Proverbs 30:5-6, “Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.” God is a stickler about exactness in His Words. God said what He meant and He meant what He said in the Bible (John 14:2). Jesus said in Matthew 4:4 and Luke 4:4 (which He quoted from Deuteronomy 8:3) that we need “every word of God” to live by. That is why I make a big fuss over which Bible we use, because right doctrine matters. 

Sadly, my worst enemies in life have been religious people. It was religious people who talked my former wife into cutting my throat and divorcing me. It was religious people who continue to condemn, shun, and ostracize me from attending church because I am divorced. Pastor Jeff Redlin will not allow me to attend Campus Church at Pensacola Christian College (PCC). He despises me for being divorced and hoping to remarry, which I confided to him in July of 2021. I pray and wish that Jeff Redlin's wife would abandon and divorce him, and then some hypocritical pastor crap on him and forbid him from coming to church, so he can feel how rejection hurts. That ungodly hypocrite gets paid a 6-digit underserved salary, but he knows absolutely nothing of the love of God. Shame on the PCC camp for their woeful lack of love for individual people!

I can walk into any bar or casino in Pensacola, but I am prohibited from attending PCC's Campus Church. Isn't that tragic? That is how far from God today's religious hypocrites have strayed. No wonder the country is going to ruin! No wonder church attendance is at an all time low. Campus Church is full of PCC students who have to be there, members of the cult. God's condemnation is upon the cult at PCC for preaching another gospel of Lordship Salvation. As I said, my harshest rejection, criticisms and enemies have been pastors and religious people. They will answer to God for the evils which they have done (Ecclesiastes 12:14). I am at the place where I don't trust pastors any more, and neither should you. They are mostly evil nowadays. Most pastors are false prophets, greedy, abusive, arrogant and bullies.

Jesus foretold us that pastors would become lying fools. 2nd Timothy 4:2-4, “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” I have only met a small handful of pastors in my life whom I would truly consider men of God. Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) was one of them, who genuinely loved and cared about sinners.

It is now open season on Christians in the United States. Statistics show that persecution against Christians is growing. Persecution is on the rise worldwide against Christians. As the ungodly woke crowd weasel their way into government offices and positions of power in the courts, education, industry and law enforcement, we are going to see much more hospitality against God-fearing saints. The government FAA’s diversity push includes a focus on hiring people with ‘severe intellectual’ and ‘psychiatric’ disabilities. I cringe to think what this means for the future safety of airplanes. The airline companies should be hiring the people who are skilled and most qualified to do the jobs, regardless of their sex, gender or age; and not hire people just to appease some wacky woke agenda.

The Bible says in 2nd Timothy 3:12 that you WILL be persecuted for your faith if you are living godly in Christ Jesus. 2nd Timothy 3:12, “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” Now if you hide your light under a bushel like Lot did in Sodom in the Old Testament, then you won't be persecuted; but if you live a life of obedience to God, letting your light shine for Jesus, then you will be mocked, persecuted, prosecuted and maybe even martyred by the heathen world.

I used to work as a truck mechanic for a few years while attending Hyles-Anderson College. I went to school by day and worked afternoons. I got off work 30 minutes after midnight. I had to be up again at 6 am to drive 40 mils from Chicago to Crownpoint, Indiana to go to Bible college. I endured and did that schedule for eight years to earn my degree in Pastoral Theology.

What Do I Think About Israel And Hamas Today?

Regarding Israel, I think what they are doing to the Palestinians is evil. Israel's wicked president Benjamin Netanyahu in October 2023 referred to the 2,400,000 Palestinian people in Gaza as "human animals." Netanyahu is an unsaved hellbound monster. Israel's thug soldiers have so far murdered over 23,000 innocent poor Palestinian people living in Gaza.

It utterly disgusts me that so many Baptist churches today blindly support Israel, no matter how many innocent people they genocide. I DO NOT SUPPORT ISRAEL! I support Palestine in this conflict, because they are the true victims. The present-day manmade state of Israel since 1948 have successfully prevented the Palestinian people from forming their own sovereign state in Palestine. They just want their own nation and government, not to continually be occupied as livestock by Israel. The Palestinian people have been surviving in a cruel tyrannical police state since 1948. Since 1948 over 100,000 Palestinians have been ruthlessly murdered by the Jews in Israel.

Last month when three men surrendered, waving white flags, Israeli soldiers shot them dead in cold blood. Those ungodly murderous soldiers enraged with hate through the three men were Palestinians. In fact, they were Jews! That is poetic justice! I am not glad that those three men died, I am glad that while those wicked Jewish soldiers thought they were murdering Arabs, they turned out to be their own Jewish people! Shame on them for murdering innocent men who were surrendering!

I think as Christians that our proper attitude is that BOTH Jews and Arabs need Jesus Christ. Sadly, only 1.9% of Jews in Israel profess faith in Christ. In Palestine only about 1% of Arabs profess faith in Christ. The whole region is Christless. I am 100% against religious Zionism which idolizes the future Kingdom of Israel, instead of emphasizing preaching the Gospel of God's Kingdom. Present-day Israel is manmade. It is not the fulfillment of Bible prophecy. I fully agree with Pastor J. Vernon McGee (1904-1988) that Israel is NOT the fulfillment of Bible prophecy today, and is no different than any other heathen nation.

I love the Jewish people and am not anti Semite, God forbid. But I am anti-corruption and I am against genocide. The United States is a proxy (whore) of Israel. Jews do control our government, media, Hollywood and politics in this country. President Joe Biden is a nobody; he's just a puppet on a string who does the evil bidding of his Luciferian masters. Literally, Biden keeps telling Israel to aim better. What a sad joke! Israel has launched thousands of deadly missiles into Gaza, murdering tens of thousands (70% of which have been women and children). If he could, Netanyahu would slaughter all 2,400,000 Palestinians in Gaza! Joe Biden has done nothing to stop the genocide, nor will he do anything as it continues, because Israel controls the USA.

The world will continue to sit back idle as the genocide continues. I wouldn't be surprused if the death toll tops 100,000 before this is all over. There are an estimated 20,000 members of Hamas! At least 16,000 of the dead in Gaza are women and children. How is that eliminating Hamas? Benjamin Netanyahu is a bloodthirsty war criminal, a ruthless killer! He hates God, hates Jesus, hates Christianity, and will murder as many Palestinians as he possibly can.

What saith the Scripture? Revelation 17:18, "And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth." The Bible says that Jerusalem (that "great city" where the Lord was crucified - Revelation 11:8, "And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified") reigns (or, rules) over the kings (nations) of the earth. And by extension, the Luciferian elite control their manmade state of Israel. It was the sinister Rothschild family who put Israel back on the map in 1948, by using the U.S. and British military to drive out 750,000 Palestinians to steal their homes and possessions from them, giving it all to Jewish immigrants.

Biblically we know that true Israel has not existed since 586 BC, when God gave the Jews into the hands of Babylon as judgment for 70 years. According to Hosea 4:5-6 Israel will not exist again as a nation until the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. This event is depicted in Nebuchadnezzar's dream which the prophet Daniel interpreted by the hand of God. In the dream, the image is made of various metals (Babylon being the head of gold, the most expensive; down to the inexpensive feet and toes of clay mixed with iron, which signifies Communist tyranny mixed with Democracy in the end times). At the end of the dream, a stone (Jesus) cut from the mountain without hands, smashes and destroys the Gentile kingdoms of this world. This symbolizes the time when Jesus Himself will conquer all nations and the Man of Sin (in the Battle of Armageddon), and establish His Kingdom.

Jesus will reign with a rod of iron over the entire earth from the city of Jerusalem for 1,000 years. All saints who were raptured before the Tribulation period will already have their glorified immortal bodies. But all of the saints (people saved during the 7-year Tribulation) who survived the Tribulation will go into the Millennium with their earthly mortal bodies. We will help Christ rule for 1,000 years (Revelation 20:6). I humbly believe that the saints martyred or killed during the Tribulation will be resurrected at Jesus' Second Coming, given their glorified immortal body. Those who are mortal and die during the Millennium will be resurrected at the end of the 1,000 years. I digress.

So, that is a longer answer to your question than you asked, but I think you will appreciate the information. Bible prophecy is fascinating. The Bible contains 31% prophecy; the Muslim Koran contains none.

I do not support Israel today, and I frown on churches that do. I don't like what is called "dispensationalism." Pastor Harry Ironside (1876-1951) said it is an overlay over the Scriptures that allegedly is supposed to help the Bible student understand the Word of God. However, I think dispensationalism is more than a mere overlay, it is doctrine, because it affects how a student views the Scriptures. Cyrus I. Scofield (1843-1921) popularized dispensational teaching, which I reject because it is not found in the Holy Bible. I go along reluctantly when Pastor Max Younce teaches dispensationalism, because he doesn't take it too far, too idolize the Jews. Religious Zionism has its roots in dispensational heresy, emphasizing Israel.

Dispensationalism was used to truck the churches into going along with the slaughter of the Palestinian people in World War II, to invade and steal their homes and give the land to Jews instead. I like to illustrate what happened by using Abraham and Sarah. God promised them a son, but they became impatient. So Sarah contrived a sinful plot for Abraham her husband to impregnate their servant girl, Hagar. I'm sure Abraham had fun too! When Abraham presented the child, Ishmael to God for blessing, God rejected him. God told Abraham that He would bless Ishmael, but he is NOT the son of promise. Abraham and Sarah sinfully took matters into their own hands, instead of waiting for God to keep His promises.

Likewise, the Luciferians took matters into their own hands, rebirthing the manmade nation of Israel. Now they want the churches to recognize and bless Israel, but it is an illegitimate child. God promises to restore Israel when the Jews repent TOWARD GOD (Hosea 3:4-5). Several million Jews have returned to the Promised Land, but they have not yet returned to God. So Israel today is a fraud, a cheap imitation of true Israel, which won't exist again until Jesus comes back after the Tribulation.

I hope that all makes sense. We know that our great and omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient wonderful God reigns over the nations of the earth. Psalms 47:8, "God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness." I am not a pacifist. Sometimes going to war is inevitable, but what Israel is doing to the Palestinians is ungodly vengeance and genocide, not justice or righteousness. Just because a criminal murders your brother, doesn't give you the right to exterminate his entire family. That is exact what Israel is doing right now, murdering a bunch of innocent poor people in retaliation for what a rogue gang of thugs (Hamas) did to them. Sadly, the United States has been 100% complicit in the genocide, which makes me ashamed to be called an American.

At The Rapture The Saints Are Going UP, At The Second Coming The Saints Are Coming DOWN

There are two main Bible passages about the Rapture of the saints: 1st Corinthians 15:51-58 and 1st Thessalonians 4:13-18. Granted, the actual word “Rapture” is not found in the Holy Bible, but neither is the word “Bible” found in the Bible. I always like to capitalize the word “Rapture” since it describes a proper future event.

There has been much debate in the churches for centuries over the matter of the Rapture. Some people claim that it was invented by rogue theologians in the late 19th century. Others claim that the early church fathers made references to the Rapture in the early centuries after Christ's earthly ministry. But regardless, what matters today is what we read in the inspired Holy Bible today. I am not concerned about what Christians believed 1,000 years ago. The $64,000 question today is: Does the Word of God teach the Rapture? I humbly think it does.

We read in 1st Thessalonians 4:17-18, “Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” Those words “caught up” sure sounds like a Rapture to me! Call it what you will, the Bible teaches that someday in the future all believers who are alive will be “caught up” together with other saints in the clouds, to meet Jesus in the air. Verse 16 says that the dead in Christ (i.e., believers who have already died) will be caught up first.

We learn in 1st Corinthians 15:51-58 that both dead and living saints will have their mortal, diseased, old, decayed and even dead body transformed, changed in less than one second, into an immortal body that will never get sick, nor grow old, will not become weary nor ever die. What a glorious day that will be! If you believe the Bible, then you must concede that there will come a day when every believer will receive a new glorified immortal body fashioned like unto the Lord's resurrected body. Philippians 3:20-21, For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.”

I try to be honest in my Bible study and teaching. There are many dishonest Bible students, like Marty Herron who is vice president of Faith Baptist Bible College And Theological Seminary (preacher's cemetery) in Ankeny, Iowa. Mr. Herron preaches demonic hardcore Lordship Salvation and wickedly endorses Gospel pervert Pastor John MacArthur. On their college website, Herron teaches that 2nd Thessalonians 2:3-4 is about the Rapture, “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.” According to Faith Baptist Bible College And Theological Seminary, the phrase “falling away” is definitely the Rapture. May I kindly say that they are poor Bible students! There is nothing in this passage, nor any other Scripture passage, that indicates that this is the Rapture. At best all one can do is guess and grasp for straws in a desperate attempt to justify one's suggested interpretation.

Another popular Scripture that is abused by bad Bible students, who claim that this is definitely about the Rapture, is Revelation 4:1, “After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.” Shame on any Bible teacher or preacher who claims that this is the Rapture in Revelation 4:1. The phrase “Come up hither” was for the Apostle John alone, no one else.

I refuse to butcher the Bible and grasp for ridiculous straws to justify an agenda. Like I said, I only see two Bible passages about the Rapture of the saints: 1st Corinthians 15:51-58 and 1st Thessalonians 4:13-18. But those two passages are enough to confirm that there will be a Rapture.

The Time Of The Rapture Is Hotly Debated

As far as the timing of the Rapture, that is a whole different matter. I personally believe there will be a Pretribulation Rapture. That is, I think it will happen before the 7-year Tribulation period begins. The prophet Daniel spoke of there being 70 Weeks of prophecy. The last week is the Tribulation period, which will last for 7-years. We can calculate 7-years from knowing that there will be 1,260 days from the midst (middle) of this 70th week until the end. This is 3 1/2 years. So if there are 3 1/2 years at the end, then there must also be 3 1/2 years at the beginning (Daniel 9:27, 12:11-12).

If you'd rather believe in a Prewrath or Postribulation Rapture, then good for you, I won't judge you. Pastor Steven Anderson is the biggest promoter today of a Prewrath Rapture theory. I humbly think Pastor Anderson and his New IFB movement since 2006 are wrong. Albeit, the timing of the Rapture is not a fundamental doctrine of the Christian faith which would affect getting born again. Granted, many preachers and layman today do consider Christ's pretribulation return a fundamental teaching of the Christian faith, but it does not affect getting saved.

I admit that the Bible does not say anything about the timing of the Rapture. We can only deduce the timing from comparing Scripture with Scripture. It makes no sense to me that the saints will be caught UP, at the same time we will be coming DOWN to earth with Jesus. I used to use passages of Scripture from the four gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) in an attempt to justify a Pretribulation Rapture, but I stopped doing that because the doctrine of the Rapture was “a mystery” until the Apostle Paul revealed it in 1st Corinthians 15:51.

We Should Be Looking For Jesus, Not The Man of Sin

One of my biggest reasons for believing in a Pretribulation Rapture is that Jesus must appear before the Antichrist does. The Bible says in Titus 2:13-14 that all believers should be “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” If the New IFB are correct that Jesus cannot return at the Rapture until first the Man of Sin (Antichrist) appears upon the earth, then it would makes absolutely no sense for the Scripture to tell us to look for Jesus Christ.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!