Monday, October 30, 2023

By Peace The Antichrist Shall Destroy Many

Daniel 8:25, “And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.”

The Bible foretells of “perilous times” in the last days. I was born in 1967 in Chicago. Things have drastically changed in the United States over the past 56 years. ...
2nd Timothy 3:1-7, “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
The preceding passage practically gives the address of America! I've never seen things so bad as they are now in the United States. What we are beholding today is anything but normal. As an example: the prevalent homosexual agenda didn't just happen naturally in America; but rather, it has been carefully plotted and implemented by the Luciferian powers working relentlessly behind the scenes through the entertainment industry, newsmedia, television networks and government to subvert our American culture.

It is no mere coincidence that the Woke movement has risen to influence in our culture. This has all bene planned and orchestrated by Satan's minions. No sane person would try to convince a boy that he was really meant to be a girl, and vice versa. The entire idea of being “  ”non-binary (i.e., neither male or female) is crazy. The left eats its own! This utter insanity is just getting started in America. The end will be our own destruction as a society and country.

Do you really think open borders is just our government's concern for poor foreign people who need help? You are extremely naïve if that is what you think. Dear reader, this is all by Satanic design to destroy the Old World Order, to make way for a New World Order.

Do you really think that all of the Smash & Grab violent pillaging and robbing of stores across the country is mere happenstance? Not a chance. This is all be design. The ungodly corrupt judges, greedy lawyers and liberal lawmakers and politicians are doing everything in their power to undermine and destroy our society. ...


Looting Erupts In Philadelphia; Foot Locker,
Apple and Lululemon Stores Hit

I just heard in the news today that Target store chain is closing eight major stores in cities like Seattle, San Francisco and New York, due to violent store riots and massive theft of their merchandise. Like many companies today, Target is worried about employee safety and lawsuits for failing to protect their employees. I really hate lawyers, who are predators who prey upon people to make money. Lawyers have ruined this country! I highly recommend reading the shocking book by former judge and attorney, Katherine Crier, who exposes the criminally insane legal industry. The book is titled: 'The Case Against Lawyers!' After reading this book you will need to go take a long walk to clear your mind, blown away by the truth.

Why is all this insanity happening today? And it's not just in the secular realm. Why are there hundreds of different English Bible revisions to choose from today? Why are there hundreds of different plans of salvation? Why are there 4,200 different religions to choose from in the world? Friend, Satan is the god of this rotten world (2nd Corinthians 4:4). We have been lied to on nearly level.

The American mainstream newsmedia is saturated with lies, disinformation and fraud...
“We'll know that our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is FALSE.”

SOURCE: William Casey, CIA Director (Quote - 1981 internal staff meeting notes)
Yes Sir, that is exactly true! Lie, lies and more lies! Satan is a beautiful liar. What saith the Scripture? John 8:44, “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.” The Devil always lies!!!

I'll be honest with you, I am at the place where I don't want to go outside my home's door anymore. I am a homebody by nature. My Dad used to say to me: “I want you to play in your own backyard, you can't get into trouble playing in your own backyard.” Dad was so right! I love staying home, I can't get into trouble when I stay home. Pastor Jack Hyles used to tell us at Hyles-Anderson College when I was a student there (1985-1993): “It's a jungle out there!” Brother Hyles sure was right! I am reluctant to leave my home anymore, because of the way people have become. People are angry, stressed out, miserable, proud, selfish and only care about themselves! ...
2nd Timothy 3:1-7, “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
Please don't just read through that list of sins and fail to grasp what it means. Think about just the word “unholy.” People today are unholy! That is frightening. “False accusers. Oh my! “Fierce.” Again, that is scary! Liars, trucebreakers, unthankful, disobedient to parents, blasphemers, proud, covetous, boasters, et cetera. This describes Americans today! This woeful list of sins doesn't just describe the punks who violently steal from retail stores, it sadly describes many of the police officers today who bully and abuse the public. Sadly, it also describes many pastors today, who are full of sinful pride, who lie about how to get to Heaven, and they are greedy and fierce, unreasonable and selfish, lovers of their own selves!

As God's children we must be ON GUARD like never before. None of us are perfect. Time after time I have ended up in unpleasant altercations with wicked people in public, regretting that I left my house that day. I just love staying home as much as possible. Proverbs 4:23, “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Dear friend, I don't won't bad things to happen to you. So, be careful where you go, what you say, how you respond to situations, and always keep in mind that we are living in unprecedented times of wickedness in 2023. Many of the American people have gone insane!

I rarely go driving without seeing angry drivers laying on the horn. I always see some driving way over the speed limit. I have been run off the road by angry drivers quite a few times by angry drivers. You just don't know what is going on in someone's mind. Oh, how people need the dear Savior. We should all be soulwinners! We must be on guard everywhere we go at all times, because the Bible says we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against the spiritual forces of Satan. I have visited several Baptist churches in Pensacola and I'm not impressed with any of them. Pastors sadly all have their own agenda, but I haven't felt wanted in any of their churches. There's something wrong when you attend a church for over 2 years and the pastor has never once initiated a conversation with you. I'm not kidding. That is really bad!

read today that in 2022 there were 49,499 suicides in the United States. In 2021 there were 48,183 suicides in our country. That is so sad. Suicides are much higher among minority groups; such as, blacks, Asians and Hispanics. Women commit suicide more than men. Younger people commit suicide more than older people. Oh, how people need the dead Savior! My heart has been heavy lately, seeing all this sin, wickedness, war and death in our world.

To be honest, I am glad to be 56 years old, rather than 26, because it means that I am nearing the end of my time here on planet earth. 2nd Corinthians 5:8, “We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” I don't want to be here anymore, but I am not suicidal. The Apostle Paul felt the same way that I do, who said in Philippians 1:21, “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. As long as I am alive on earth, I will continue to preach the Gospel of free grace, and earnestly contend for the faith once delivered unto the saints. But I would just as happy to go to Heaven, to be home with Jesus my blessed God, Lord and precious Savior.


It grieves my soul to see my country ripping itself apart. I grieves my soul to meet people who are angry, frustrated and stressed out over everything from the faltering economy to the mistreatment they endure from companies, police, the government and local churches (Go figure!). So many Americans are wound up, ready to blow, angry and have a big chip on their shoulder, having very thin skin. It doesn't take much to bring out their true ugliness. Too many people have zero understanding or patience, itching to call security or police on anybody who dares to offend them. Put another way, the United States has become a big overgrown nursery of big spoiled brat babies!!! Americans are sickening today.

Over 90% of American women have little to no morals. They take off 95% of their clothes at the beach, or wherever there is water, causing ungodly men and lesbian women to lust. Ninety-nine percent of American men will commit fornication or adultery if given the chance. The Luciferian elite lurking behind the scenes to corrupt America's families have sexualized the United States. Read the prolific words of former retired Canadian Navy commander, William Guy Carr (1895-1959):
“Lust is sexual desire outside the Natural Law of God. Therefore Christ Himself seems to have confirmed that Satan was lustful and is father of the Synagogue of Satan as those who are Satanists teach and believe. Satanists have always used sex-bribery and the depravities and perversions of sex to obtain control of men and women they wished to use to further the secret plans of their diabolical conspiracy. Satanism makes a God of sex. They worship the human body because of its sexual abilities. When men and women prove they are unyielding to all other forms of devilish temptation, they often fall as the result of becoming involved in illicit relationships and perversions. Did not David commit abominable sexual crimes, including incest?” [emphasis added]

SOURCE: Satan: Prince Of This World, by Commander William Guy Carr, p. 22
I highly recommend that you read William Guy Carr's numerous books. Satanists teach that Satan had sex with Eve in the Garden of Eden (which claim I totally disagree with). Satanist's entire belief system is rooted in human debasing with sex-perversion. Thus, Satanism and sex are inseparable. With this disturbing truth in mind from Commander Carr, it will become obvious to you just how evil and dangerous the sensual, promiscuous and sexualizing music videos of Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Carrie Underwood and thousands of other Satanic servants are! We are now living in Sodom and Gomorrha on earth in America!!! We truly have become The Great Satan.

I am at the place where I am reluctant to go outside of my home anymore, because of the insanity of Americans today. Road rage can happen at any moment. The police are bullies and corrupt. You simply do not know what type of cop you might meet, a nice one or a thug. I am not saying that I am afraid to leave my home, I'm simply saying that I really don't want to be around Americans anymore, because of how rotten we've all become. We are the most spoiled rotten people in the world in the United States!!! Have you thanked God today for the blessings in your life? I have. There are 86,400 seconds in a day, make sure that you thank your Creator with at least a few of those seconds.

I'll be so glad when this miserable life is over. I hate being vulnerable. I hate being subject to becoming victim at any moment in this world. I don't want to lose my legs in a car accident, or go blind because someone else does something stupid and I get hurt. Two men were walking in a mechanic's shop. Across the building another mechanic was using a hydraulic press to remove a bearing from a shaft. He put the press adapter on the outer race instead of the inner race of the ball-bearing. When he applied 7,000 pounds of force on the outer race, it broke apart and ball-bearings shot out like bullets. One tore into the eye of one of the men walking across the other wide of the building. That unfortunately man is blind today in one eye. I hate being vulnerable to accidents. I could go on for hours, and so could you, about all the crazy things that can happen, to hurt or maim or kill someone. In Heaven we won't be susceptible like that anymore.

As I type, my propane tank is chained with a thick 3/8" chain to a big pole in my backyard, because some punk(s) stole my other one last year, which cost me $75. I hate thieves!!! They came back a month later and stole my King James Bible and radios from my car. I called the police, but they couldn't have cared less. They filed a police report and said a detective would call me to follow up. Nobody ever called. So, I called them, three times, but no one ever called back to follow up. Our sheriff's department here in Pensacola sucks! They just don't care.

Sadly, nobody seems to care anymore. The police don't care. Pastors and clergy don't care. Churches don't care. The biggest problem in the medical profession today is a woeful lack of compassion for patients. Likewise, the biggest problem in churches and Bible colleges today is a woeful lack of compassion for people. Dear reader, everybody and their dog today is walking around with a cellphone in their hand, just waiting to call the cops on you if you give them a reason. I honestly don't want to be around people anymore, because of the way Americans have become big babies. All over Pensacola, as I drive down the streets and highways, I see several dozen billboards by greedy ambulance-chasing lawyers, begging people to sue their neighbours. That is evidence of a decadent wicked culture of selfishness and greed, encouraging people to sue anybody they can for money (mostly for the attorneys).

The Bible prophecies in the book of Daniel that “by peace” the coming man of Sin (Antichrist, meaning “in place of” Christ) shall destroy many. I humbly think this refers to what we call “Democracy” today in America. Democracy is mob rule! Democracy is NOT freedom!!! When the majority get their way, but individual rights do not matter, that is not freedom. What we have in the United States today is not freedom.

Sadly, it is our Democratic system that so many Americans are so proud of that is destroying our society, families and country. God never intended for people to be free to have abortions, free to go naked at beaches, free to lie in business and take advantage of people, free to commit homosexuality and adultery, free to divorce, free to commit wickedness! By “peace” (Democracy) the Man of Sin will destroy many people. It is already happening today and the Antichrist hasn't even appeared yet, but his minions are preparing the stage for his coming.

Liberty is a gift from God. How we choose to use that liberty will determine whether we remain free or become enslaved. Sadly, we are slowly enslaving ourselves because of sin. John 8:34, “Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.” We Americans don't deserve to remain free anymore, because of the stench of our wickedness!

This ungodly insanity cannot continue if we want God to continue to bless our nation! Tragically, God's hand of blessing has long departed from America. Half of the American people have rotten teeth due to the insanely high cost of dental work. That is not freedom!

I read this article today about the Medicare Advantage scam in the United States. Like me, you've probably been bombarded with hundreds of Tv commercials, whether it be on YouTube or Tv, with Medicare Advantage ads. What is that about? I'll tell you. Those ads are paid for and promoted by greedy private insurance companies who have nothing to do with Medicare. If you switch to one of their so-called “advantage plans,” they'll get a set amount of money each month from the U.S. federal government, whether they pay for your medical bills and drugs or not. Sadly, statistics show that these rotten private insurance companies very often reject claims and refuse to pay your medical bills. In other words, they screw you! I have the original Medicare, parts A and B, and that is all I want. Please don't get scammed dear friend, because I love you with Christ's love and want what's best for you, truly.

You would think in a so-called “free” country like the United States that things would be so much better than it is. I'm sure you've seen the epidemic of panhandlers and homeless people everywhere today. How is it that our government can give Ukraine $190,000,000,000 for war since 2020, but then the government doesn't have any money to construct affordable housing and jobs for the homeless? I really like the idea of Tiny House Villages, which could solve the homeless crisis in the United States. Something desperately needs to be done to help the poor and misfortunate. Greed is ruining our society.

I watched a interesting YouTube documentary the other day about highspeed trains in China. They've constructed 26,000 miles of highspeed train track rails in China. Those trains travel at 200 mph. Wow! Sadly, in the United States we have no highspeed trains. Our fastest train in the U.S. only travels at 65 mph. The reason why we don't have highspeed trains is because of greed. The documentary said that it costs 10 times more in the U.S. than it does in China to build the system. Something is very wrong with our American culture, when it costs $4,000 for a root canal on your tooth.

I suffered back in July of this year from severe pain under my left shoulder blade, and on my right flank under my ribs. The earliest doctor's appointment I could schedule was a couple months out, so I had no choice but to go to the local Emergency Room (ER) at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola. The ER doctor ordered blood tests and a CT scan with dye. She said the CT scan didn't show any problems with my kidney on the right side, or any other issues. She thought the shoulder pain was muscle related. After spending four hours in the ER and being given a shot of morphine, I was sent home. I received a billing statement weeks later from Medicare. I was shocked when I saw what just 4 hours in the ER cost (at the only so-called non-profit hospital in Pensacola)... $16,758!!! Just the CT scam (I mean scan) cost $12,000. Yikes! What is wrong with this country? That is pure greed. Thankfully Medicare paid the whole bill and it didn't cost me a penny. Praise God!

I am bewildered as a U.S. citizen, to see all the insanity in American society and government today. Pastor Texe Marrs (1944-2016) used to broadcast an ongoing Power Of Prophecy series titled: “Churches Gone Wild!” Texe sure nailed it! Our country is sadly tearing itself apart. Things are getting more crazy every day. The Bible says that when wicked men rise to power, righteous men go hide somewhere...
Proverbs 27:12, “A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Proverbs 28:28, When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Yeah buddy! I've been doing a lot of hiding myself in recent years, just staying home and avoiding public events. When I went to the Pensacola Interstate Fair this year, cops were everywhere. They even had a big mobile home Command Center on the premises...lol. You'd think they were anticipating a terrorist attack or something. American society has become so bad these days, that you cannot even go to a public event without feeling like you're in fascist Nazi-Germany. You can see the paranoia on the cop's faces, like everyone is a suspect. I doubt if I'll go to the fair next year, because it is getting creepy. Dr. Jack Hyles is so right, who said to us preacher boys at Hyles-Anderson College 35 years ago: “Fellas, it's a jungle out there!” It sure is. It sure is!

From time to time I like to go visit the First Baptist Church of Pensacola. Unfortunately, they preach the Devil's damnable heresy of Lordship Salvation, and they use the Devil's modern corrupt Bible revisions. I go because I made some friends there when I first moved to Pensacola back in 2021, and I like to go visit them. Anyway, it is creepy at their church, because they have not one, but two, patrol vehicles parked outside at all times during church services. When people exit the church auditorium after the service, cops are standing in the hallways monitoring everything. Yes folks, things have gotten so bad in our culture today, that churches have to have police officers standing in the hallways to keep the peace, lest church members commit crime. You couldn't make this stuff up!

I find it disturbingly ironic that the Bible tells us that the sinister Antichrist will use peace” (of all things) to destroy people. Goodnight in the morning! Wow! Satan tried bombs, napalm, deceit, bullets and murder used in war to destroy people, which were effective in the short terms, but the Devil found the most effective weapon of all—FREEDOM! If you doubt what I say, please view the following shocking data, which compares the number of men killed in every American war since The Revolutionary War versus those murdered by abortion in the United States...
Each cross abortion below represents approximately 50,000 or less of American war dead.
American Revolution (1775-1783)
abortion

Total: 25,324 Killed

 
War of 1812 (1812-1815)
abortion

Total: 2,260 Killed

 
Mexican War (1846-1848)
abortion

Total: 13,283 Killed

 

Civil War (1861-1865)
abortion
abortion
abortion
abortion
abortion
abortion
abortion
abortion
abortion
abortion

Total: 498,332 Killed

 
Spanish-American War (1898)
abortion

Total: 2,446 Killed

 
World War I (1917-1918)
abortion
abortion
abortion

Total: 116,708 Killed

 
World War II (1941-1946)
abortion
abortion
abortion
abortion
abortion
abortion
abortion
abortion
abortion

Total: 407,316 Killed

 
Korean War (1950-1953)
abortion
abortion

Total: 54,246 Killed

 
Vietnam War (1964-1973)
abortion
abortion

Total: 58,151 Killed

 
Persian Gulf War (1991)
abortion

Total: 200 Killed

 
Abortion War (1973-present)















































This is what peace has done for America!!! This is what we have done with our liberty and freedom. We should be ashamed of ourselves as Americans. God will not bless a nation that murders its children in the womb. Woe unto the United States!

The coming Antichrist will take things to the next level, influencing people to use their God-given freedoms to commit wickedness. In do doing we will continue to enslave ourselves. Perhaps that is why the government has allowed 60,000,000 illegal aliens to flood into the country, to compensate for the 60,000,000 aborted human beings in the womb since Roe Vs. Wade in 1973 (which was finally overturned in 2022). Sadly, the FDA just approved an abortion pill, so that abortuaries (ungodly abortion clinics) are no longer needed. Life is no longer sacred to Americans. We abuse our veterans, many of whom are homeless on the streets. We abuse our elderly, leaving them no choice by to travel to Canada for affordable medications. We abuse our children, by allowing homosexuals to adopt them. Shame!

I know the prophet Daniel foretold that the coming Man of Sin will destroy many by using peace. However, I can't help but think that we are doing a pretty darn good job of destroying ourselves with the freedoms which God has granted to us, for which millions of soldiers died on the battlefield to secure and preserve. What is it to you dear reader?

If you truly appreciate the liberty and the freedom which it brings that God gave you, then do what is right. Keep the Lord's commandments. Abstain from evil. Most of all, make sure that you have received the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary as payment for your sins, believing that after three days He bodily resurrected from the dead. This is the Gospel (i.e., the GOOD NEWS) by which all who BELIEVE IT are instantly, irrevocably and forever saved. You have God's promise of it! Thank you for reading my blog.

Monday, September 25, 2023

The Promise Of Jesus' Sudden Return

1st Thessalonians 4:13-18, But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Our text passage vividly describes the Pretribulation Rapture. Perhaps the greatest promise from God in the Bible, next to His promise “TO SAVE THEM THAT BELIEVE” (1st Corinthians 1:21b), is the promise of Christ's return.

Pastor Jack Hyles used to explain it this way:
  • Jesus came 2,000 years ago TO His own (John 1:11).
  • At the Pretribulation Rapture Jesus is coming FOR His own (1st Corinthians 15:51-58).
  • At Christ's Second Coming 7-years later, He is coming WITH His own (Jude 1:4).
I humbly think the following Bible prophecy chart is accurate. ...


I am firmly convinced that if one takes the inspired King James Bible at face value, we can only conclude a Pretribulation Rapture.

Reading Into The Scripture What It Doesn't Say

First, let me say that I don't like the way that some preachers wrestle the Bible to fit their agenda. A perfect example of this is found in 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.” I have heard numerous Baptist pastors, college Bible professors and evangelists claim that the phrase “Come up hither” refers to the Pretribulation Rapture. I have a big problem with that shoddy type of Bible interpretation, simply because the Word of God doesn't say that this is the Rapture. The invitation to come up hither in this passage is for the Apostle John alone. Dear reader, never assume (ass-u-me) what the Bible means. If we do, then we are no better than the pseudo-Christian cults (e.g., Mormons, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, et cetera).

Another popular example is found in 2nd Thessalonians 2:1-5, “Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 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. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?” Like many other Scripture passages, this is one of the most controversial passages in the Bible. In 2nd Thessalonians 2:1-7, there is no exegetical or theological matter that makes a Pretribulation Rapture impossible, or even improbable.

I have heard numerous believers attempt to use this passage from 2nd Thessalonians 2:3 to errantly claim that the Rapture will happen AFTER the Antichrist appears, but this would contradict numerous other Scripture passages, which clearly indicate that the Rapture must occur BEFORE the Tribulation begins. Jesus made it clear that NO ONE knows the time of His return. Certainly, this must include the Rapture, lest we know when He would return. Thus, only a Pretribulation Rapture maintains this element of secrecy.

To be honest in Bible study, nobody can claim to be dogmatic on the intended meaning of 2nd Thessalonians 2:1-2, “Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.” I read Pastor Oliver B. Greene's (1915-1976) commentary for this passage and I agree with him. Dr. Greene thinks that the phrase “by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” refers to Jesus' Second Coming AFTER the 7-year Tribulation, while the next phrase “and by our gathering together unto him, refers to the Rapture BEFORE the 7-year Tribulation period. Although we cannot verify that this is the intended meaning, Dr. Greene's interpretation agrees with the whole of Scripture.

There's Nothing 'Comforting' For Saints About The Tribulation

For example: The Apostle Paul plainly was teaching about the coming Rapture in 1st Thessalonians 4:13-18, But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Now, Paul said in 1st Thessalonians 4:18 to “comfort one another with these words.” But what comfort would there be if saints living today knew that they would be going into the dire Tribulation period, when the sun and moon shall be darkened and billions of people upon the earth will be killed. In the book of Revelation 9:1-11, we read of terrifying creatures that will torment humanity with stings that will cause them excruciating physical pain for 5 months. The Bible says in Revelation 9:10 that these scorpion-like creatures will have the power to hurt men for 5 months. That is frightening, not comforting. What comfort would there be for the saints of Thessalonica, if Paul's intended meaning was for the Church to suffer through the horrors of the Tribulation?

In Revelation 16:3 says that an angel will afflict the sea and every living soul will die. Dear reader, remember that Bible prophecy is history written in advance. I agree with Pastor Max D. Younce that God created TIME, so that He could share with His friends (we the saints) what He is planning to do next on His prophetic calendar. Revelation 16:4-7 foretells that the third angel will pour out his vial of judgment upon the rivers and fountains, turning it all to blood. Is there any comfort in these words?

Revelation 16:8-9 foretell that the fifth angel will pout out his vial upon the sun, which will scorch men alive with an intolerable burning heat. Humanity will blaspheme God, still refusing to glorify the Lord as all men ought to do. Revelation 16:10-11 says that the sixth angel will pour out his vial of judgment upon the Beast and his followers who all have the Mark of the Beast (in their right hand or forehead). They will be afflicted with sores and pain so excruciating, that the Bible says in Revelation 16:10b-11a that “his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

Please understand that this is not referring to salvation by good deeds. When the Ninevites turned from their evil way, the Bible says that GOD SAW THEIR WORKS (Jonah 3:10). The Ninevites (the capital city of Assyria) didn't get saved, they just repented of their sinning. That is, they changed their mind about their wicked lifestyles and decided to reform, for which God spared their nation imminent judgment and annihilation at the time. We know that they didn't get saved, because from Genesis 15:6 to Revelation 7:14 we are taught in the Bible that salvation is by God's grace, through faith alone, without works (cf. Acts 10:43).

Revelation 16:20 says, “And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.” Wow, say goodbye to the island of Guam during the Great Tribulation! In Revelation 16:21 we are told that during the Great Tribulation that 75 pound (one talent in weight) hailstones will fall upon the earth. To clarify, the last 3 1/2 years of the 7-year Tribulation period (i.e., the 70th week of Daniel's 70 weeks of Bible prophecy) is known biblically as the, “Great Tribulation.” Matthew 24:21, “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.”

How do we know that the Tribulation will last for 7-years? ...
Daniel 9:27, “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.”
So, during Daniel's 70th week of prophecy, in the “midst” (middle) of the week, the Man of Sin (Antichrist, or “in place of Christ”) commits the Abomination of Desolation (cf. Matthew 24:15), stopping the Jews from worshipping their Jewish God and demanding that instead they worship him (Antichrist) as God (cf. 2nd Thessalonians 2:4).

And also, please read:
Daniel 12:11-12, “And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.”
In the preceding passage we see that there will be 1,290 days (3 1/2 years) from the Abomination of Desolation in the “midst” of Daniel's 70th week of prophecy (i.e., the Tribulation). Since there is 3 1/2 years after the “midst,” then logically there must also be 3 1/2 before, which equals 7-years. This is where we get a 7-year Tribulation timeframe. Pastor Steven Anderson says that he rejects the word “Tribulation” to describe this time period, because he says it is not in the Bible. Well, he chooses to often use the word “Rapture,” which is also not found in the Holy Bible. And for that matter, neither are the words “Trinity” or “Bible” found in the Bible, but he uses them too. After the Church has been removed at the Rapture from the world, things will start to turn ugly quickly.

Dear reader, are any of these words “comforting”? Does not 1st Thessalonians 4:18 command us as redeemed saints to “comfort one another with these words”? Yes, most definitely, the Scripture does! But what comfort is there if saints alive today must suffer through the Tribulation period? Kindly said, Pastor Steven Anderson is arguably the biggest denier today of a Pretribulation Rapture. Brother Anderson is also the biggest promoter today of postribulation Rapture, which is effectively a total denial of the Rapture altogether, since he teaches that Christ's Second Coming is the Rapture.

No One Knows The Time Of Jesus' Return

My biggest argument in support of a Pretribulation Rapture is the fact that Jesus repeatedly said that no man, nor even the angels in Heaven, know the timing of His return. ...
Mark 13:32-37, “But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Now, if the Rapture were to happen at any later time than the very beginning of the 7-year Tribulation period, then WE WOULD KNOW exactly when Jesus is coming back. 

Respectfully, Pastor Steven Anderson is the biggest denier of a Pretribulation Rapture. Quite frankly, Brother Anderson is WRONG! I know he is wrong because the Bible plainly teaches that no one know WHEN Christ will return.

Whereas, Pastor Anderson claims that the Rapture will happen 75 DAYS after the Antichrist breaks the covenant with Israel, and professes to be the Messiah, God, demanding worship from the world, on penalty of death. The Bible calls this prophetic event the 'Abomination of Desolation' (or, the Abomination that Maketh Desolate - Matthew 25:15; Daniel 12:11). Daniel 12:11, “And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. So, again, we learn here from Daniel 12:11 that from the event of the Abomination of Desolation until the end of the Great Tribulation (the last half of Daniel's 70th week of prophecy) will be 1,290 days (or, 3 1/2 years).
Daniel 9:27, “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week [7 years]: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
To recap my earlier point (because repetition is the key to learning), by doing some simple math we can logically conclude that if from the “midst” (middle) of Daniel's 70th week will be 1,290 days, then we can also know that there will be 1,290 days before the middle of the 70th week. This adds up to 2,580 days, or a 7-year Tribulation period. The preceding logic is how we can know that the Tribulation period will last for 7-years.

The preceding logic is also why we can safely deduce from these known facts, that the Rapture must happen BEFORE the Tribulation period, because any later time for the Rapture would allow us to track Christ's return to the very day!!! It disappoints me that Pastor Anderson actually SETS A DATE for Jesus' return, which is a big violation of the Scripture.

In the following chart from chapter 2 of Pastor Anderson's YouTube movie titled: 'THE BOOK OF REVELATION,' you can see in comment number 15 that he errantly teaches the Rapture will happen 75 DAYS after the Abomination of Desolation. This is DATE SETTING, a big no no for any preacher to do. Mark 13:32-37 plainly warns that NO MAN knows the time of Christ's return, not even the angels in Heaven.

The inspired King James Bible, if you rightly divide the Word of Truth, teaches a Pretribulation Rapture. That is, the timing of the event of the Rapture will happen BEFORE the 7-year Tribulation period (which is the 70th week of Daniel's prophecy).

The Bible plainly teaches God's promise of the coming unpredictable Rapture:
1st Corinthians 15:51-58, “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”
I cherish verse 58, which promises that all my hard and sacrificial ministry labor won't be in vain. Instead of boating, traveling, snowmobiling, surfing, partying, playing in a band, fishing and living large; I have spent the past 21 years buckling down in intense labor to build my website ministry for Jesus Christ, and by His grace I have done just that. I admit that I have lived a pretty boring existence, a total homebody, lonely without a wife all these many years, but God is my best friend and ministry co-laborer. 1st Corinthians 3:9,  “For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. I now that it will be worth it all when I see Jesus. But for now I must suffer in bodily pain, loneliness and frustration, until my heavenly Father calls me home from my work. Philippians 1:21, “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

We Are Commanded To Look For Jesus Christ, Not The Antichrist

Also, we're not supposed to be watching for signs of Christ's return; but rather, LOOKING FOR CHRIST HIMSELF!!! Respectfully, Pastor Steven Anderson is doctrinally wrong to teach that, “The Rapture simply cannot happen at any moment.” According to Pastor Anderson THERE WILL BE SIGNS before Christ's return; namely, the appearing of the Man of Sin. This is how we know that 2nd Thessalonians 2:3 cannot mean that the Antichrist must appear before the Rapture cannot happen, because this would be a dead giveaway of Christ's imminent return.

Understanding 2nd Thessalonians Chapter Two

I admit that trying to grasp the meaning of 2nd Thessalonians 2:1-7 is difficult as regards the timing of the Rapture. If taken by itself, one would naturally conclude that the Man of Sin must appear before the Rapture can happen. However, as I have shown you on a few different levels, such a claim would violate multiple other passages of Scripture. In this blog we've been addressing Paul's command in 1st Thessalonians 4:18b to “comfort one another with these words.” You absolutely cannot comfort a fellow shaken believer, who is worried that they may have missed the Rapture, by scaring them half to death with horrifying details of the Tribulation period.

Thus, in my humble opinion, the Apostle Paul was simply telling the saints at Thessalonica that they Christ's Second Coming cannot come until first the Man of Sin appears, and none of this can happen until first the Rapture happens. It is evident from 2nd Thessalonians 2:5 that Paul had orally taught them about the Rapture, Tribulation and Second Coming; but they either weren't paying close enough attention, were confused or had forgotten. 2nd Thessalonians 2:5, “Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?” Had they fully understood what Paul had told them, there wouldn't have been a need for Paul to further address these important issues in a second epistle. By the way, these are some of Paul's earliest epistles.

Pastor Curtis Hutson Taught A Pretribulation Rapture

One of my favorite preachers, Dr. Curtis Hutson (1934-1995), believed and taught a Pretribulation Rapture. Dr. Hutson rightly said: “A good rule to follow when interpreting the Bible is to never use an obscure passage to contradict a clear one.

Although 2nd Thessalonians might seem clear to some, any honest Bible student would have to readily admit that this is a very vague passage. Since we don't know what Paul orally said to the Thessalonian believers previously, we simply cannot know exactly what Paul means in 2nd Thessalonians 2:1-7 as regards the timing of the Rapture. 2nd Thessalonians 2:5, “Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?” We simply do not know what these things were. But I totally reject the plethora of bad theologians who assume (ass-u-me) that “a falling away” is definitely the Rapture. We simply cannot say with any certainty that this is the Rapture. I won't add to the Word of God where the Bible is silent, and neither should you (Proverbs 30:5-6).

Obviously Brother Anderson and the Bible are in conflict. I believe that Dr. Curtis Hutson did an excellent job explaining the matter, and I agree with him concerning the Rapture, because he agrees with the Holy Bible. You must decide for yourself my fine non-feathered friend. You have just read the Scripture for yourself, which plainly teaches for us to LOOK FOR JESUS, not signs. Brother Anderson is telling us to look for signs, saying that Jesus' return must be preceded by signs. 
Respectfully said, Pastor Steven Anderson is WRONG...
“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.” —𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗟. 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 (01:27:05 video)
The inspired King James Bible teaches that Jesus COULD come back TODAY!!! Jesus could return this very moment. ...
𝗧𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝟮:𝟭𝟯-𝟭𝟰, “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.”
Why would the Bible tell us to LOOK FOR JESUS if the Man of Sin (Antichrist) must appear first? Pastor Anderson errantly teaches that the Rapture will happen 75 DAYS after the biblical event called the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION in Matthew 24:15 (cf. Daniel 9:27, 11:21, 12:11), when the Antichrist shall stand in the future temple in Jerusalem and profess to be God, committing blasphemy (2nd Thessalonians 2:4). At this time the False Prophet will demand that the world worship the image of the Beast, or be killed; every human being will be required to have a mark, or won't be able to buy or sell to survive (Revelation 13:15-18).

The Forming New World Order Is Here To Stay

Already, we are becoming a cashless society. I only use cash now less than 5% of the time, all other financial transactions are electronically processed with either credit cards, debit card or online banking. The Beast system is already in place. The world is just awaiting the Man of Sin himself (the False Messiah). The Bible promises that Jesus Christ will return. Consider Acts 1:9-11, “And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.” This cannot refer to the Rapture; but rather, Jesus' Second Coming after the Great Tribulation (cf. Matthew 24:29-51).

Some preachers say that the apostles in their four gospels weren't referring to the Rapture, because it was still “a mystery until Paul revealed it in 1st Corinthians 15:51-58. However, did not Jesus provide vivid details of the Tribulation period, which had never been revealed before? Yes, I think He did. Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21 (aka, The Olivet Discourse) contain new information about the Tribulation which were not known previously from the Old Testament. Jesus as God had knowledge of the future that no one else had. I will leave it up to you to decide dear reader, if The Olivet Discourage makes any mention of the Rapture. It would appear not, except that Christ said NO MAN knows the time of His return.

The 45 Day Judgment Of The Nations

As I have humbly mentioned numerous times, we KNOW that from the midst of the Tribulation to the return of Christ will be 1,290 days (3 1/2 years). The Judgment of the Nations will immediately follow, which is why the Bible says Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days” (Daniel 12:12). The extra 45 days is for the Judgment of the Nations, which will be a judgment of separating the tares (unsaved) from the wheat (saved). I do not think it will be a judgment of China, then Russia, then Ukraine; but rather, a judgment of the whole world who live in the nations.

Saturday, September 9, 2023

The Rapture Versus The Second Coming

THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH AGE & THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST

There is a growing number of believers who think that both the Rapture Of The Church Age and the Second Coming Of Jesus Christ occur at the same time, and are the very same event. This makes no sense, nor is it biblical.

1.) Scripture itself explains the Rapture Of The Church Age and the Second Coming Of Jesus Christ, as two clearly and completely different events.

RAPTURE — All saved born believers meet the real Jesus Christ of the Bible in the air and clouds just before the satanic Antichrist appears on the global royal red carpet.
SECOND COMING — The real Jesus Christ of the Bible returns bodily, literally & physically on the white horse from heaven to the Mount of Olives (enter the Eastern Gate of Jerusalem City) to set up His 1000 years of kingdom reign on earth.

RAPTURE — The Mount of Olives is unchanged.
SECOND COMING — The Mount of Olives is totally divided and split in two, forming a valley east of Jerusalem.

RAPTURE — All living believers obtain supernatural glorified bodies.
SECOND COMING — Living believers remain in same bodies.

RAPTURE — All believers go to Heaven.
SECOND COMING — Glorified believers come down from Heaven with Jesus Christ and His angelic warriors, and earthly believers stay on earth.

RAPTURE — World is left behind and living in total sin.
SECOND COMING — World is judged and righteousness is established for 1000 years.

RAPTURE — Depicts deliverance of the Church Age from God’s wrath.
SECOND COMING — Depicts deliverance of the Jews who endured wrath.

RAPTURE — NO SIGNS precede it.
SECOND COMING — MANY SIGNS precede it.

RAPTURE — Revealed only in the New Testament. But foreshadowed characters of the Old Testament.
SECOND COMING — Revealed both in the Old Testament and the New Testament.

RAPTURE — Deals with only the saved folks.
SECOND COMING — Deals with both the saved folks and unsaved folks.

RAPTURE — Satan remains free.
SECOND COMING — Satan is bound (chained) and thrown into the Abyss (Bottomless Pit) for 1000 years.

Here are many more comparisons, which I am confident if you will honestly take into consideration, you will also conclude a Pretribulation Rapture. ...

Scripture is very clear that the Rapture Of The Church Age and the Second Coming Of Jesus Christ are completely two different & separate events that do not occur at the same time, this would rule out all these Post-Tribulation Rapture, Pre-Wrath Rapture, Mid-Tribulation Rapture, Partial Rapture, and Pan-Out Tribulation scenarios.

If you believe that the UP and the DOWN are one same event, then if everybody is raptured at the end of the Tribulation Period, who is going to populate the earth during the millennial kingdom reign of Jesus Christ? Those who deny a Pretribulation Rapture don’t seem to have an explanation for that.

So let us be watching and ready for Jesus' imminent arrival in the air and clouds at anytime. Praise His holy name forever! To God be all the glory, hallelujah!

The Pretribulation Rapture is indeed the Blessed Hope!

I keep hearing all those folks who deny a Pretribulation Rapture, that it's not an issue worth dividing over, and yet they shove their heresy down our throats more than anyone. There is no argument that Pastor Steven Anderson has done more than anyone to destroy the biblical teaching of a Pretribulation Rapture. And yet, Pastor Anderson is guilty of DATE SETTING, claiming that the Rapture will happen 75 DAYS after the event called THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION (Matthew 24:15).

MARANATHA! (i.e., THE LORD IS COMING!)

Friday, September 8, 2023

Pastor Steven Anderson Is Wrong On The Rapture

Titus 2:13-14, “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.”

The Bible teaches to LOOK FOR JESUS! Now, we cannot look for Jesus if the Man of Sin (Antichrist) must appear first, which is the case if you deny a Pretribulation Rapture.

In his booklet titled, “The Second Coming Of Christ,” Dr. Curtis Hutson (1934-1995) teaches on page 11 concerning the Pretribulation Rapture. ...
“Jesus Christ could come for His own at any moment. There are no signs that precede His coming. The Bible does not say to watch for signs but we are to watch for the Savior, the Son. 
For instance, Philippians 3:20 states, 'Our conversation [citizenship] is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior.' Not looking for signs but for the Savior.

Titus 2:13, 'Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ.' Not looking for signs; looking for the Savior.

Hebrews 9:28, ' . . . And unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.' We are not told to look for signs but for the Son, the Savior.

There are no signs that precede Christ's coming for His own. His coming is imminent and has been since New Testament times. The Apostle Paul thought Jesus Christ would come in his lifetime and said in I Thessalonians 4:17, 'Then WE which are alive and remain . . . ' Paul thought he would be living when Jesus came.

...The coming of Christ for His own is imminent. It could happen any second. No signs have to be fulfilled. He could have come day before yesterday. He could have come last year. He could have come in Paul's time. HE MAY COME TODAY! We are to live in constant expectancy of His coming.

SOURCE: Pastor Curtis Hutson, THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST, p. 11; copyright, 1981 - Sword of the Lord publishers; Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Amen! We're not supposed to be watching for signs of Christ's return; but rather, LOOKING FOR CHRIST HIMSELF!!! Respectfully, Pastor Steven Anderson is doctrinally wrong to teach that, “The Rapture simply cannot happen at any moment.” According to Pastor Anderson THERE WILL BE SIGNS before Christ's return.

Obviously Brother Anderson and the Bible are in conflict. I believe that Dr. Curtis Hutson did an excellent job explaining the matter, and I agree with him, because he agrees with the Holy Bible. You must decide for yourself my fine non-feathered friend. You have just read the Scripture for yourself, which plainly teaches for us to LOOK FOR JESUS, not signs. Brother Anderson is telling us to look for signs, saying that Jesus' return must be preceded by signs.
Respectfully said, Pastor Steven Anderson is WRONG...
“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.” —𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗟. 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 (01:27:05 video)
The inspired King James Bible teaches Jesus could come back TODAY!!! Jesus could return this very moment. ...
𝗧𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝟮:𝟭𝟯-𝟭𝟰, “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.”
Why would the Bible tell us to LOOK FOR JESUS if the Man of Sin (Antichrist) must appear first? Pastor Anderson errantly teaches that the Rapture will happen 75 DAYS after the biblical event called the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION in Matthew 24:14, when the Antichrist shall stand in the future temple in Jerusalem and profess to be God, committing blasphemy. At this time the False Prophet will demand that the world worship the image of the Beast, or be killed (Revelation 13:15-18).

In the following chart from chapter 2 of Pastor Anderson's YouTube movie titled: 'THE BOOK OF REVELATION,' you can see in comment number 15 that he errantly teaches the Rapture will happen 75 DAYS after the Abomination of Desolation. This is DATE SETTING, a big no no for any preacher to do. Mark 13:32-37 plainly warns that NO MAN knows the time of Christ's return, not even the angels in Heaven.

Thursday, September 7, 2023

This Is Not The Laodicean Church Age

Revelation 3:14-18, “And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.”

There is a popular heretical doctrine taught by Pastor Clarence Larkin (1850-1924), Pastor Peter S. Ruckman (1921-2016), Pastor William P. Grady and other Bible teachers. I humbly disagree with their teachings in this matter, although I love and respect these soulwinning men of God.
  1. There is no such thing as the 'Universal Church.' The Bible teaches that there are only local New Testament churches. The Churches of Asia Minor in Revelation chapters 2 and 3 were literal local churches (today located in the region of the country of Turkey). By the way, I am shocked that several months after 50,000 people were killed in February of 2023 by a massive Mw 7.8 earthquake in Turkey, we hear nothing in the news about it anymore; yet nearly every week we still hear about the death of Princess Diana in 1997. Go figure! Anyway, there is no worldwide church today. There is the Body of Christ, but we have never all been gathered together yet. This gathering will occur for the very first time at the Rapture, when all saints (dead and living alike) are transformed in the twinkling of an eye and CAUGHT UP into the air to meet Jesus in the clouds (1st Corinthians 15:51-58). For now we simply have local churches throughout the world.
  2. I reject the manmade doctrine of Dispensationalism. Pastor Harry A. Ironside (1876-1951) is one of my favorite free grace preachers. I love the guy! However, Dr. Ironside greatly promoted dispensational teaching at Moody Church and Moody Bible Institute. Dr. Ironside pastored Moody Church between 1930 to 1948. He died of a heart attack in New Zealand in 1951, the country where he loved to visit and preach the Gospel. I think perhaps Mr. Ironside somehow got a glimpse of Moody Church 75 years later, seeing how Moody Ministries today has turned Calvinist and publishes Dr. John MacArthur's heretical literature, and it stopped his heart...lol. Seriously, Pastor Ironside would have totally rejected the Lordship Salvation garbage being taught today at Moody Bible Institute and Moody Church. Dr. Ironside was not a Calvinist to any degree!!!

    Anyway, dispensational teaching alleges that the 7 churches in Revelation chapters 2 and 3 are really church ages (time periods), but the Bible doesn't teach that at all. It is wrong to attribute something to the Bible which the Bible doesn't actually teach. We should accept these 7 churches as literally local churches, and no more. We must be careful not to spiritualize and read into the Bible what it doesn't say.

    Dispensationalists make 7 or sometimes 8 divisions to God's Word, but the Lord Himself has already made TWO GREAT DIVISIONS of THE LAW and THE GOSPEL; or respectively, OLD and NEW TESTAMENTS.
  3. There are Bible colleges and churches today that resemble the wicked church at Laodicea. Pensacola Christian College (PCC) and Bob Jones University (BJU) are doing much damage today to the cause of Jesus Christ, by denying that we have an inspired Holy Bible today. Instead, these ungodly cults errantly teach their tens of thousands of students that only the non-existent original autographs of God's Word were inspired. So according to BJU and PCC we don't have a perfect, incorruptible, inspired King James Bible today. Please RUN from these cesspools of iniquity!!! Also, PCC and BJU preach a counterfeit plan of salvation, which requires your behavior to change to prove that you are saved. They misunderstand this to mean Bible repentance, but they foolishly misunderstand the true meaning of repentance, which is simply a change of mind from unbelief to belief. Repentance does NOT result in behavior modification, which would be WORKS (Jonah 3:10). SHAME on PCC and BJU. Like the wicked church at Laodicea, PCC and PCC think they are prospering because they have tens of millions of dollars and plenty of students, but as Jesus said about the church of Laodicea, they are spiritually naked, wretched, blind, miserable and poor. It is hellholes like PCC and BJU why America is going to ruin today, while they bask in their disgusting 6-digit salaries, apostasy, abusive authoritarian cult leadership, rejection of hurting individual people like me, and their Satanic stiff-necked arrogant pride.
  4. We CAN still have revival today. Dispensationalists errantly claim that this is the age of Laodicea, so that we can no longer witness large city-wide revivals or widespread revival in the churches. But they are oh so wrong! We CAN have revival still today.
“Old-fashioned, Spirit-filled, Christ-honoring, sin-hating, soul-winning, Bible preaching! It is the hope of the church! It is the hope of the nation! It is the hope of the world!” —Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001)

Saturday, August 12, 2023

Does Revelation 16:9 Teach Turning From Sin To Get To Heaven?

Revelation 16:8-11, “And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.”

No, I do not believe Revelation 16:9 has anything to do with getting born-again. Notice that Revelation 16:9 says they "repented not to give Him glory." That is, they refused to change their mind to show God some respect. The Bible say that they repented not to believe to be saved. This is not about salvation, but honoring God.

In Jonah 3:10 the Bible says that the Assyrian Ninevites turned away from their evil ways, and God spared judgment upon the land. Jonah 3:10, 
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.” The Bible says in Jonah 4:11 that they didn't know their right hand from their left. God knew that they hadn't been blessed to know the truth. The Ninevites were ignorant of truth. God even cared about the animals, which you can read in Jonah 4:11. If the Lord destroyed the people, then no one would have remained to care for all the animals, and they would have died. Our great God is so good and ethical that He even cared about the many cattle in the land. That is a wonderful God!

So Jonah 3:10 is similar to Revelation 16:9. These are not matters of salvation, but of respecting and fearing God. The Ninevites did not get saved, they feared God so that God spared them imminent doom. Sadly, one hundred years later the Ninevites went back into wickedness, so that God sent the prophet Nahum to pronounce judgment upon the Ninevites, and the Babylonians came and defeated and conquered the Assyrians.

The United States today and its associated territories like Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are wicked. We are guilty of murder (abortion), sexual immorality (adultery, divorce, homosexuality, fornication), public nudity wherever there is water, lying greed and taking advantage of each other, idolatry, rebellion, indifference, false religion, et cetera. I am fully convinced that Revelation chapter 18 vividly describes the coming nuclear destruction of the United States in one hour by fire, which will ripple throughout the world and cause the impoverishment of sea merchants and everyone whose wealth is dependent upon trading with the USA. I am so sick of the filth, pride, arrogance, hatred and wickedness of the American people.

When God spared judgment upon Nineveh, Jonah was angry about it. Jonah warned Nineveh to burn! Admittedly, I want America to burn too! But unlike Nineveh who didn't know their right hand from their right, Americans today know exactly what they are doing, because we have Bibles and preachers which the Assyrians didn't have. As Jesus warned, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah, than it will be for these modern wicked cities and nations who have preachers, but still refuse to repent.

So we learn that even though a group of people won't get saved by faith in Jesus Christ, God is often still willing to honor repentance from sin. Of course, we know that repenting of sin is NOT part of the Gospel. Know such teaching is found in the inspired King James Bible. Only the Devil's corrupt modern Bible versions teach that a person must forsake their sinning to be saved, but the accurate King James Bible has no such teaching. The ONLY thing that a person must repent of to get to Heaven is their UNBELIEF.

As we saw in Jonah 3:10, the Bible says that God saw their WORKS, that they repented (change their mind) to TURN from their "EVIL WAY." The Gospel of John in the New Testament, teaches to simply BELIEVE ON HIM (Jesus) to be saved, We see this in John 3:16, 35, 47; 6:29-30; 11:25. John never tells the reader to forsake sinful ways to be saved. This same Apostle John penned the Epistle of John, showing us how to KNOW that we are saved. In his epistle John is writing to believers, whereas the Gospel of John is written to everyone, particular the lost.

God wrote the Holy Bible to all mankind, but only the saved man can understand spiritual things (1st Corinthians 2:14-16). I've heard people say that God only wrote the Bible to the saved, but that is not true. In Acts chapter 7 we read about the Ethiopian eunuch who was reading from the Old Testament book of Isaiah, but he couldn't understand it. So Phillip showed him how to be saved, and he did get saved; and then water baptized as a new believer.

The Gospel of John is God's Gospel tract to humanity according to John 20:31. All that Christ requires, as stated in John 6:28-29, is that a lost sinner BELIEVE ON CHRIST to be saved.

I Believe Revelation 18 Describes America!

How I Easily Conclude A Pretribulation Rapture

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