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The history of the King James version Bible in relation to
other earlier attempts at an English translation
A Reader Writes:
What
do you think of the Geneva Bible(s)? I always thought that KJV was the first English language bible, but apparently the Geneva Bibles predate KJV. You have obviously put a lot of thought and research into these things so I was wondering what you thought.
Thanks.
Hi. The King James version was the first complete
English language Bible, both Old and New Testaments, to be widely
distributed; but was not the first time the Scriptures had been
translated into English. There were several early attempts at bringing
the Scriptures into the vulgar (common) tongue, many only constituting a
few copies, and often consisting of the New Testament alone. In
addition to the Geneva Bible, Tyndale (1484-1536) also
compiled a translation in 1525-26 (he was burned for it [literally] by
the Catholic church). We will speak more on William Tyndale shortly.
The King James version (actually it was not
originally called [the much maligned name] "King James" Bible, but was
so named that after the other newer translations came out, as a means to
identify it apart from those other versions; the original 1611 "King
James version Bible" was called simply "The Holy Bible," which name
graced its simple cover) was the first time in the world that the
average man could have the Scriptures in his own tongue, sitting on his
own fireplace mantle. Prior to that, the Scriptures were chained to the
rectory podium in the Catholic church and could only be viewed by
appointment ($$$).
The Catholic church was the greatest first enemy of
the English Bible, as it proved so much of what that harlot church had
been doing WRONG. The Catholic church burned many at the stake for
attempting to bring the words of God into the tongue of the common man.
God prevailed in the "King James Bible version" (called the "Authorized
Version," or titled on its cover, simply: THE HOLY BIBLE).
King James had absolutely nothing to do with the
"King James" Bible, save for allowing the Scholars and scribes to
compile it. And although it is called the Authorized Version
(AV), the king never actually formally "authorized it" either.
I make that last point because many over the years,
carrying on Rome's tradition of attacking the Holy Scriptures for
exposing their own gross error and excesses (the selling of
Indulgences [forgiveness for sins bought by
$$$], saint and Marian worship,
gross idolatry, the mythical place called Purgatory which one
could pre-buy his way out of, or post-buy a loved ones way
out of, etc.) have throw-up all kinds of absurd charges in an attempt to
discredit the KJV Bible.
For instance, they have
said that King James was a Gay man, and that because of this, the Bible
version bearing his name is corrupt (but we see that in his lifetime,
the Holy Bible never even bore his name, nor has it ever been
established that the man was a Homosexual [and the Catholic church
should talk about being Gay!]). They also say that
the king wanted to divorce his wife to marry another (odd desire for a
supposedly Gay king) and that the Catholics wouldn't allow him
to―so because of that, they
say, he "wrote a new Bible version." These things are absurd, but are
picked-up by Bible-doubters and spread as though the lies were the
truth. The ignorant take 'sound-bites' and form their entire opinion
based upon them―without ever
checking into the validly of the bites upon which they have rested their
shaky case.
King James himself, referencing
a Holy Scripture, wrote of his many enemies:
"They quarrel me (not for any
evil or vice in me) but because I was a king, which they thought the
highest evil, and because they were ashamed to profess this quarrel
they were busy to look narrowly in all my actions, and I warrant you
a moat in my eye, yes a false report was matter enough
for them to work upon." ― (king) James
I, Basilicon Doron.
Luke 6:41
41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy
brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine
own eye? KJV
King James had absolutely nothing to do with
the work on the text, he was busy doing what kings do―rule
and amusing himself with women, wine, and song. And while King James
did speak fluent Greek, Latin, French, English, and Scots and was
schooled in Italian and Spanish, he could not speak nor read Hebrew or
Aramaic, the original languages of the Old Testament manuscripts. He
could no more translate a Hebrew lunch menu than he could an entire
Hebrew & Aramaic Old Testament. And calling it the "King James
Version" (KJV) somehow cheapens it, I feel, as though this king
decided to make his own Bible up with his own words in it.
On
King James' hand in the English
Bible today bearing his name
[Excerpt:]
"...Not only was King James the first monarch to unite Scotland,
England and Ireland into Great Britain (as he liked to call it),
but he commissioned what many consider to be the greatest piece
of religious and literary work in the world--the Authorized King
James Version of the Bible, aka the Authorized Version. King
James gave his subjects the greatest gift he could--the Holy
Bible so that they could be saved and fed from the Word of God.
In January of 1604, the
King called the Hampton Court Conference in order to hear of
things "pretended to be amiss" in the church. At this
conference, Dr. John Reynolds, a Puritan, requested of the King
a new translation of the Bible because those that were allowed
during the reigns of Henry the VIII and Edward the VI were
corrupt.
The King loved the idea
and by July of 1604 the King had appointed 54 men to the
translation committee. These men were not only the best
linguists and scholars in the kingdom but in the world. Much of
their work on the King James Bible formed the basis for our
linguistic studies of today.
The translators were
organized into six groups and met respectively at Westminster,
Cambridge, and Oxford. This group of great scholars had
qualifications such as have not been rivaled before or after
them. They spent most of their lifetimes in the pursuit of God
and knowledge. One translator, Dr. Lancelot Andrews, mastered at
least 15 languages and by the time he was 6 years old, he had
read the entire Bible in Hebrew. Others on the translation
committee were just as qualified. Some wrote foreign language
dictionaries and lexicons, they commonly debated in Greek, they
translated and edited great works and wrote their own. These are
but a few of their fantastic accomplishments. They not only knew
the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek biblical languages but also the
related languages that shed light on them such as Arabic,
Persian, Coptic, Syriac, Latin, Chaldee, Spanish, French,
Italian, and Dutch.
These men were not only
world class scholars, they were Christians who lived holy lives
as Deans and Presidents of major universities such as Oxford,
Cambridge, and Westminster. Some prayed 5 hours a day.
Their translation work did
not go without opposition. According to the translator's notes
in the preface of the King James Bible, the Catholic religion
was dead set against translating the Bible into the common
tongue. Popery proved to be the translator's chief enemy. The
translators wrote of the Catholic religion:
"So much
are they afraid of the light of the scripture, that they
will not trust the people with it...Sure we are that not he
that hath the good gold, that is afraid to bring it to the
touchstone, but he that hath the counterfeit."
Despite the opposition of
the Catholic religion, the work continued and the end product
was nothing short of miraculous. Many consider the commissioning
of the Authorized King James Version of the Bible the crowning
achievement of King James the VI and & I.
Upon its publication, the
King James or Authorized Version eclipsed all previous and
subsequent versions. It is the best-selling book of all time.
Today there are a plethora of Bible versions available--yet for
many Christians the King James Bible of 1611 is the absolute and
final word of God. ..." ― "King James I
BIOGRAPHY." Jesus IS Lord ministries. Link: http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/kingbio.htm
As stated above, William Tyndale's body was burned
at the stake (they strangled him first) by the Catholic church for
translating the Scriptures into the English tongue. And on October 6,
1536, as he was being prepared for this fate, his last words before
being executed by order of the priests were: "Lord, open the eyes of
the King of England"
It was sixty-eight years later that God answered
that prayer, and in the year of our Lord 1604, the King of England (King
James I of England, formerly known
as King James VI of Scotland)
sanctioned (authorized) the translators to begin work on the project
known to us today as the King James Bible translation. The
work completed and the first Bibles rolling of the printing press in
1611 A.D. (which is why it
is also sometimes called the "1611 Version").
And from that moment on, much to the chagrin of the
Roman Catholic whore, no man needed to trust the corrupt clergy for the
words of God any more, no man had to have His Lord's words filtered
through a corrupt clergy class (priest-craft) who shaded them to cover
their own excess and extortion; he could curl up before his own
fireplace in his own abode and read with his own wife and children "What saith the Lord."
And God Himself preserved the
accurate transmission of the Holy Text. Praise God for that!
Psalms 12:5-8
5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now
will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that
puffeth at him.
6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver
tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD,
thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest
men are exalted. KJV
I will close with a short excerpt that should answer
your question more perfectly regarding the names and dates of other
English-language translations that antedate (precede) the 1611 King
James version, and roadmap the transmission of the Holy Text into
English:
The History
of the English Bible
by "Friends of William Tyndale." Fire for the Ploughman.
Link: http://www.williamtyndale.com/0biblehistory.htm
John
Wycliff's hand-written
manuscripts were the first complete Bibles in the English language
(1380's). Wycliff (or Wycliffe), an Oxford theologian translated out
of the fourth century Latin Vulgate, as the Greek and Hebrew
languages of the Old and New Testaments were inaccessible to him.
Curiously, he was also the inventor of bifocal eyeglasses. Wycliff
spent many of his years writing and teaching against the practices
and dogmas of the Roman Church which he believed to be contrary to
the Holy Writ. Though he died a nonviolent death, the Pope was so
infuriated by his teachings that 44 years after Wycliff had died, he
ordered the bones to be dug-up, crushed, and scattered in the river!
Gutenburg invented the printing press in the 1450's, and the
first book to ever be printed was the Bible (in Latin). With the
onset of the Reformation in the early 1500's, the first printings of
the Bible in the English language were produced illegally and at
great personal risk of those involved.
William Tyndale was the Captain of the Army of English
reformers, and in many ways their spiritual leader. His work of
translating the Greek New Testament into the plain English of the
ploughman was made possible through Erasmus' publication of
his Greek/Latin New Testament printed in 1516. Erasmus and the
printer and reformer John Froben published the first non-Latin
Vulgate text of the Bible in a millennium. For centuries Latin was
the language of scholarship and it was widely used amongst the
literate. Erasmus' Latin was not the Vulgate translation of Jerome,
but his own fresh rendering of the Greek New Testament text that he
had collated from six or seven partial New Testament manuscripts
into a complete Greek New Testament.
Erasmus' translation from the Greek revealed enormous discrepancies
in the Vulgate's integrity amongst the rank and file scholars, many
of whom were already convinced that the established church was
doomed by virtue of its evil hierarchy. Pope Leo X's declaration
that "the fable of Christ was very
profitable to him" infuriated the people of God.
With
Erasmus' 1516 translation, the die was cast. In 1517 Martin
Luther nailed his 95 Theses of Contention to the Wittenberg
Door. Luther, who would be exiled in the months following the Diet
of Worms Council in 1521 that was designed to martyr him, would
translate the New Testament into German from Erasmus' Greek/Latin
New Testament and publish it in September of 1522. William Tyndale
would do the same into English. It could not, however, be done in
England.
Laboring under Luther's shadow, in the relative safety of Cologne
and Worms, Tyndale worked to completed his New Testament in
English. Tyndale was fluent in eight languages and is considered by
many to be the primary architect of the modern English language.
Already hunted because of the rumor spread abroad that such a
project was underway, inquisitors and bounty hunters were on
Tyndale's trail to abort the effort. God foiled their plans, and in
1525/6 Tyndale printed the first English New Testament. The Bishop
of London sought to confiscate and burn them, but copies continued
to be smuggled into England. The more the King and Bishop resisted
its distribution, the more fascinated the public at large became.
Bishop Tunstal declared that Tyndale's translation contained
thousands of errors as they torched hundreds of New Testaments
confiscated by the clergy. One risked death by burning if caught
in mere possession of the forbidden books.
Like
the Pharisees of old, the clergy realized that having God's Word
available to the people in the language of common English, would
mean disaster to the church. No longer could they control access
to the scriptures. If people were able to read the Bible in their
own tongue, the church's income and power would crumble. They could
not continue the selling of indulgences (the forgiveness of sins) or
bartering the release of loved ones from "Purgatory". People would
begin to challenge the church's authority if the practices of the
church were exposed to the light of Scripture. The contradictions
between God's Word and what the priests taught, would open the
"eyes of the blind" and the truth would set them free. Salvation by
GRACE alone -- through faith (not by works)
would be revealed. The need for "priest craft" would give way to the
priesthood of all believers. The veneration of canonized Saints and
of the Virgin would be called into question. The availability of the
scriptures in English was the greatest threat imaginable to the
corrupted Romish church. The Church of Rome would never give up
without a fight.
Tyndale New Testament was the first ever printed in the English
language. Its first printing occurred in 1525/6, but only two
complete copies of that first printing are known to have survived.
Any Edition printed before 1570 is very rare and valuable,
particularly pre-1540 editions and fragments. Tyndale's flight was
an inspiration to freedom loving Englishmen who drew courage from
the 11 years that he was hunted. Books and Bibles flowed into
England in bales of cotton and sacks of wheat. In the end, Tyndale
was caught: betrayed by an Englishman that he had befriended.
Tyndale was incarcerated for 500 days before he was strangled and
burned at the stake in 1536. His last words were, "Lord, open the
eyes of the King of England".
... [end of
excerpt]
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What exactly is an "International Judaic"; who wrote the
Protocols of...Zion; are "average everyday Jews" on-board with the
Int. Judaic's generation-spanning global conspiracy to prepare this world
for antichrist/satan?
A (Judaic CHRISTIAN) Reader
Writes:
Dear Nick, Hello! Remember me? I'm sorry to have
been out of touch for so long. I have been doing a lot of studying,
and trying to rely less on human opinion, and more on the direction
in which the Lord is leading me. But I have run into a snag, and
believe that the Lord is now leading me to ask you the following:
Briefly, I recently obtained a copy of the Protocols
[Protocols
of The Learned Elders of Zion], and have been reading it
diligently.
WHOEVER wrote this book, it must be admitted that
its "prophecies" have been in large measure fulfilled during the
last 100 years. But how do we know that the authors really WERE
"learned elders of Zion"? I can think of two other possibilities:
(1) Judaeophobes, such as the Jesuits or Russian
Orthodox leaders, or perhaps even Muslims, may have written the
Protocols to smear their enemies.
(2) There may have been, for centuries, an uneasy
alliance among conspirators, with both Jews and non-Jews jockeying
for position. The Protocols may have been the work of the non-Jews,
in an attempt to get the Jews blamed, and attention diverted from
their own work. Then, they would have a free hand to actualize the
Protocols, with the blame going to the Jews, while the non-Jewish
conspirators would achieve dominance.
I also admit that the Protocols may be exactly what
you and Henry Ford [see Ford's (1920-1?)
E-book:
THE
INTERNATIONAL JEW, THE WORLD'S FOREMOST PROBLEM] and others claim, or have claimed--the work of a
largely Jewish conspiracy. If so, can you explain just how such an
important document fell into the hands of the Jews' enemies? The
story about a Russian general's daughter hiring a Jew to deliver
some documents, does not explain just how the Protocols passed from
the possession of the "elders" into the hands of outsiders.
I suppose my doubts also come from the fact that,
despite thousands of conversations with hundreds of Jews over almost
60 years, I have never, for one moment, heard anybody say anything
even remotely connected with plans for world domination, etc.
If there IS a Jewish conspiracy, then there must be
huge numbers of Jews who are totally in the dark about it, and who
are honest in their denials. My parents never taught me one word of
the Talmud, and would have been extremely disapproving if I had ever
started expressing "anti-Gentile" prejudice (something I never did).
I'll close with just one anecdote: in the late
1930's, a communist sympathizer invited my father to a party
meeting. My father was doubtful from the beginning, and made a
lifelong decision to oppose communism when the speaker stated that
the defense of the Soviet Union had to take priority over the
defense of the United States. Some years later, after WW II had
ended, my father's army unit was in charge of helping European
soldiers return to their homelands. To their surprise and shock,
the Russian soldiers were the only ones who did NOT want to return
home. My father learned from them about the terrible conditions in
the USSR, contrary to the propaganda that Americans had been
receiving. ...One of the first "history" lessons I can recall my
father teaching me is that there was a struggle between the US and
the USSR for the control of the world. He was 100% on the side of
America. I can also recall my mother telling me that, while Germany
had been America's enemy in WW II, "now, Russia is
the enemy."
I could go on, but I think you get the point. If
there is a Jewish conspiracy, it has managed to cleverly conceal
itself from a great many people of Jewish ancestry. ...
Nevertheless, I am open to the POSSIBILITY that the
Protocols may be exactly what they seem to be. I simply want to
know the truth about this book.
Can you help to clarify things?
Thank you.
Sincerely, in Christ, Xxxxxxxxx
Answer:
Hello again. Thank you for the real-life experience
that you shared in the above (I hope that it is alright if I leave it in
your above E-mail, as it can't identify you in any way, I feel). The
biggest unknown fact regarding pre-WWII
Russia (USSR) is that the International Judaics controlled her (and still do
this day). The stories about Russia being "AntiSemitic" are bogeys.
Many feared the "liberating" Red Army of Russia at the close of WWII,
not least of all the Jews. Remember "Holocaust Survivor" Elie Wiesel,
the Holocaust profiteer, liar, blasphemer of God, and fraud? And how
he left willingly with the Nazis at the close of the war so as
to avoid falling into the hands of the Judaic-controlled Russian Red Army?
There is a reason for that. But it is not within the scope of this
current topic. (The interested reader may do a search on what the
Russian Red Army did when it entered Berlin, and what they did before and
during the partitioning of Germany at the end of WWII.
Rape and murder are kind words to describe the bestial conduct of the
Russian Red Army under their Judaic field Commanders.)
If the general mass of people in
the modern day State of Germany ever fully discover the travesties visited
upon their surrendered and prostrated relatives at the close of the war
under the heel of the Judaic-controlled "liberating forces" (including the
Americans and Brits, but to a lesser degree) they
would invade the State of Israel today and decimate it, instead of fund it
as they do today to the tune of some eighty-billion dollars and counting. That is the reason why so-called AntiSemitism is so
harshly suppressed in modern day Germany, even to the extent that World War
Two is absent from children's school history books.
May I excerpt a section of my
up-coming but currently unfinished (due to lack of funds which buy the
commodity of time―not for lack of
interest or subject matter) book
that describes in detail what I am trying to illustrate here?
Excerpt, chapter 13, The Coming Storm Called the Great
Tribulation©:
The Sad
Fate Of The German Peasant At The Close Of WW II
You
never heard the sad fate of the German peasant after the war; did
you? Here, let me ask this: how many of you reading this today have
ever heard of the below facts? I know that not until well into my
adult years I had never heard of this of the war. Below, from the
book, The Zionists, we read:
"...in November 1946, almost two years after the
conclusion of the war
[WWII],
that Russia has 3,500,000 German prisoners, France
1,000,000, and the British 500,000. These are slaves
performing slave labor upon starvation rations. It is
improbable that this number is still alive
[this was written in 1950],
for it is the plan of the Communists
[Jews]
to either destroy the German people or convert them to
Bolshevism
[Judaic Communism―Marxism];
this is the Morgenthau plan
[this Henry Morgenthau Jr.
was a Jew]. It is in
flagrant violation of the Geneva Convention and an offense
against decency, humanity and civilization. It is estimated,
January 1, 1950, that the Bolsheviks
[the Jewish party controlling
Russia since the 1917 (Jewish) Bolshevik Revolution]
have more than 1,000,000 Japanese
prisoners
[that’s five years after the
war!]."
― The Zionists, chapter 10; "Zionist
Victory and the Nuremburg Trial" by Geo W. Armstrong, 1950; pp.
111-112. (no ISBN#).
Jewish Atrocities on Ger. Civilians. Against
Germans (Both military & Civilian) During WWII
he true full story of the
demonic torture, rape, and murder of helpless German civilians at
the end of WWII will probably
never be told. It has been lost (suppressed) in the deluge of
exaggerated and fabricated Holocaust fantasies.
While all atrocity is bad, of course; and we do not condone any
atrocity, naturally; it is made worse when history is rewritten to
cover-up one atrocity and exaggerate another; especially when the
suppressed victim is made the offender in the trumped-up charge. We
offer the below, to show you, the Christian reader, what the Judaics
shall do to you during the Great Tribulation, showing you what the
Talmudic-Jewish mind unhindered is capable of. And also by showing
you the blind hatred they have for you, which is even greater than
the hatred that they have for the Arabs.
The civilians of German
descent were just as much a victim of the Nazi Party as many others
were. Do you blame yourself for the invasion of Iraq just because
you are an American? Why then blame the German citizen for the
invasion of Poland (to start WWII)?
And how few people even know what was done to the German citizens by
the Judaics after the war??? Even fewer care, though the majority
of Anglo Americans have at least some German blood in their
heritage―these were their distant relatives! Forgotten
distant relatives, it seems. On the contrary, I will say one thing
for the Judaics: they don’t forget; i.e., their (complete)
saying: "Never Forgive, Never Forget," cleaned up for
Goyim (non-Jewish) consumption to simply: "Never Forget."
In the below articles and pages you should notice a common thread
running through all of the events, they are Jewish hatred against
Christian peoples. The hate that killed our Messiah Jesus Christ
lives today. And it shall once again operate unhindered when the
world is cast into the Tribulation. No Law, Civil Right, or Police
Officer shall save you, for at that time they shall control all law
and enforcement. Today they are ever making leaps and bounds in
their control apparatus (as we illustrate starkly in the chapters of
this book). It is coming, and they are gaining momentum; they will
again do the below to Christians and their families, especially the
daughters, wives, and mothers.
Jewish controlled USSR Red Army
commits
war atrocities on German civilians at close
of WWII “mop-up operations”
"…Russian Red Ilya Ehrenburg,
[the Jewish]
Minister of Soviet Propaganda and disseminator of anti-German
hate material dating from the 1930s. Ehrenburg instigated the
Soviet Red
[Communist]
Army rape and murder of German civilians.
Referring to German women, Ehrenburg
gloated to the advancing Red Army troops, “that blonde hag is
in for a bad time.”
In a leaflet addressed to Soviet
troops, Ehrenburg wrote: “...the Germans are not human
beings...nothing gives us so much joy as German corpses.” (Anatol
Goldberg, Ilya Ehrenburg, p. 197). Goldberg concedes
that Ehrenburg, “...had always disliked the Germans...now that
there was a war on he turned his old prejudice into an asset.”
(Ibid., p. 193).
Another publication distributed to
the Red Army, this time as the soldiers approached Danzig, was
described by a historian: “Millions of leaflets were air-dropped
on the troops with a message composed by the propagandist Ilya
Ehrenburg and signed by Stalin (Stalin was also Jewish):
‘Soldiers of the Red Army! Kill the Germans! Kill all
Germans! Kill! Kill! Kill!” (Christopher Duffy, Red
Storm on the Reich).
The Soviet leadership acknowledged
that Ehrenburg sought the extermination of the entire German
people (cf. Pravda, April 14, 1945. Pravda
was also published in a Yiddish edition, Einikeyt).
Ehrenburg won the Order of Lenin
[Lenin was
also Jewish]
and the Stalin
[also Jewish]
Prize. He willed his papers
to the Israeli Yad Vashem ‘Holocaust’ Museum."
― Michael A. Hoffman II., Perpetrators of the
holocaust against Christian Russia transform themselves into
"survivors" of a holocaust. “Judaic Communists; The
Documentary Record”, Michael A. Hoffman II, Revisionist
History. 2004.
You should recognize the above rhetoric where the Jewish Soviet
Minister Ehrenburg wrote:
“...the
Germans are not human beings...nothing gives us so much joy as
German corpses”;
for, you see the same references in the Jew’s holy book, the
Talmud, made to Arabs, Christians, and all other non-Jews.
...
―
The Coming Storm called the Great Tribulation© by Nick Goggin
(incomplete
manuscript, rough-draft ©). Chapter 13, ppg 112-113 (pagination
tentative).
[End
of excerpt]
The German people are a proud
true-Israel people (descended from the Israel tribes who migrated in
successive waves out of the Middle East in circa 10th through 6th century
B.C., being removed by God to set up the prophesied promised land (England
and then by proxy, the Americas [i.e., what is known as the
"Christian Western Nations" of today]), and they are fierce force to be
reckoned with, as the world saw in WWI &
WWII.
There is a rise currently in
Germany, France, and other European nations of what is being falsely labeled
"AntiSemitism." What is really happening is that patriots (defamed as
"skinheads, racists, etc., and infiltrated to discredit them by fake Hitler
and Nazi movements that do not exit save for in the Judaic-inspired facade)
from those Christian nations are waking up to what really happened to them.
Naturally, TPTB (The Powers That Be [Judaic controlled through-and-through])
are meeting this rise with harsh measures. Evidenced by the recent
purge and prosecution world-wide of so-called "Holocaust Deniers."
This one move, the persecution of those who "minimize" the "Holocaust" has
backfired on the International Judaics; so that, now, many an average
person, who would have never dreamed of sympathizing with a so-called
"Holocaust Denier," are now looking into the matter seeking documentation
with intelligent questions. The international Judaics are far too
intelligent to have this back-fire occur―save
for that it was planned.
Why would the
International Judaics Purposely
Trigger a backlash against Jews in general?
In short, they need more Jewish, as they call them in the Protocols:
"lesser brethren," to sacrifice for Zionism's political aspirations.
Mr. Everyday Jew, beware; this is exactly what your "greater brethren," the
International Judaics, did to you in pre-WWII
Germany. "They" (International Jewry) declared economic war on Germany
in 1933 (or 1934?) and crippler her (see headline at right). Hitler's response was to arrest
all Jews within the control of the Reich and attempt to deport them.
International Jewry once again raised its foot against the "lesser brethren"
everyday Jews and refused any country (for they controlled at the top all
nations of consequence) to accept the wave of Jewish refugees. Hitler
then placed these betrayed Jews into prison and work camps. That is
how you were set up then, and that is what is happening today to set you up
for persecution #2. True is the proverb for today's every-day average
Jew:
"We have seen the enemy, and it is us"
― Pogo.
In other words, your enemy is
your own "leaders," whom you neither appointed nor were allowed to elect,
much less being asked approval on as YOUR spokesmen. Yet, "they" direct
your fear to outside agents (Nazi's, Skinheads, boogey-men, etc.) blinding
you to the danger from within "your" own camp. Pretty smart, aren't
they? That is why most often when there is an arrest for a Synagogue
defacing or a Jewish cemetery desecration―it
is a Jew who is arrested. Didn't hear that on NBC or ABC or FOX, did
you? You won't―they are all
controlled by the international Judaics. I have at my fingertips
excerpts and news stories from abroad, should the reader doubt these Judaic
false flag operations (the "AntiSemitic" defamation and desecrations, etc.).
It is advantageous to the international Judaics to keep their "lesser
brethren" in a constant state of fear of persecution and holocaustings.
Terrified people will band together under a common leadership and do exactly
what they are told to do, for fear of the outside threat, that in this case
does not exist save that it is Judaic manufactured by the Int. Judaics.
Its the oldest control trick in
the book: create a common enemy, a common danger, to unite your minions
under you; that's how "they" got us into Iraq and Afghanistan (and
soon to be Iran, Syria, etc.)―remember
the false-flag 911 attacks? Only a Lemming*; okay, be nice; only an
"extremely uniformed and willingly ignorant" individual does not realize
that 911 was an inside job.
* The
term "lemming" is often used in slang to denote those who
mindlessly follow the crowd, even if destruction is the result.
Moving on....
And I also want to thank you for
this fine opportunity to explain exactly what I mean when I write the term
"International Judaic" in so many of these studies on the Website.
Often it is confused by the reader that I am speaking of all Jews in
general, such as yourself who is a man of Jewish ancestry but who is a
Christian follower of the Messiah Jesus Christ. You could never be an
International Judaic. More on this later. But first:
You wrote:
"Briefly, I recently obtained a copy of the Protocols
[Protocols
of The Learned Elders of Zion], and have been reading it
diligently.
WHOEVER wrote this book, it must be admitted that
its "prophecies" have been in large measure fulfilled during the
last 100 years. But how do we know that the authors really
WERE "learned elders of Zion"?"
Okay, you agree that what is written in that
book has come to pass, and is coming to pass as we speak. That is
good, that is correct. That alone establishes that the book is not "a
hoax," "fraud," "forgery," or some dream made up by anybody in the year 1897
A.D. (the accepted date of the original speech which the Protocols
are the minutes thereof). Having established that, we can agree that
whoever wrote it, whoever devised the plans in it, had some knowledge of a
global conspiracy, and an excellent (and I say dark-side supernatural)
working knowledge of the mind and affairs of man. For now, let's leave
the Judaic authorship of this volume on the back burner and let's establish
that this book, whoever penned its ideas on the paper, is in fact
true to the letter. We can prove its truthfulness by examining what
was written aforehand in the volume, compared to what has transpired later
on the ground.
Let's take Russia for instance.
Not the Russia of today, nor the USSR of old, but the Russia of pre-1917 Bolshevik
Revolution days. This book (the Protocols) is the roadmap to
the destruction of Tsarist Russia (Tsars were like kings). There is no way that anyone, who
both having a working knowledge of the overthrow of the once-Christian
Russian nation, and a familiarity of the Protocols themselves, can
say that this isn't so. Nobody (that I know of) has even bothered to
try to distance the overthrow of Russia from the Protocols manifesto.
You just can't do it. It is beyond the scope of this short article to
go into details regarding the aligning of the Protocols with the
revolution in Russia and the following enslavement of the state into what
became known as the godless atheistic union called the U.S.S.R. If
this becomes a stumbling point for a reader, then let them write in and ask
for evidence. As I said, there really isn't any need to beat that dead
horse.
And please, this is not a
cop-out. If I documented every point here these articles would be
unreadable for the sheer volume of excerpts and quotations, etc. I
feel that I document far more often than most every other that I have read.
And I cannot promise that I am always right, or that I am
infallible; but I can and do promise that I believe every word that I write
here at WBSG. If I am wrong, history and sharp Bible students shall
correct me. I seek to be honest and to bring as many facts to the
table, regardless of their Political Correctness or not, to establish
why I believe any certain thing here at WBSG, both
secular and religious. Then I trust the reader to do his own study and
come to whatever conclusions that he/she is led to. In matters
Scriptural, by the Holy Spirit present when you study Bible; in matters
secular, by the history and the information available to us presently.
The Location of the Delivery of the
Protocols of...Zion, 1897 |
 |
"Portraits of the members of the
first Zionist congress in Basile-Switzerland. Called for by Thodor
Herzl Whose portrait is in the center." ―
Israeli Poster Center; 29 King George St. Jerusalem, Israel (From
section C: Israel Independence and Politics). |
Therefore, if we can agree that the
overthrow of pre-1917 Russia was pre-planned and outlined in the
Protocols (which were written twenty years before that
Revolution [a copy of the Protocols even having been entered into the
British Museum on
August 10,
1906, eleven years before said revolution, where it rests today]), then
we can agree that whoever led that revolution was working from the
Protocols model and manuscript. (Note: There was also a
failed attempt at revolution in 1905, still eight years before the
Protocols were given at the first Zionist Congress in Bastille
Switzerland, 1897.)
It has not escaped even Jewish
historians that the entire leadership of the Bolshevik Revolution were
Jewish men. It also has been noticed that after the revolution, and
when the new nation was being formed upon once-Christian Russia's ashes and
blood, that all the high ranking leaders in the new government (which became
known as the USSR) were Jewish men, or, with a few "Gentiles" mixed in who
were married to Jewish women (a tactic used by the Int. Judaics to manage
"Gentile" useful-idiots). Below I will list just some evidences for my
above statements. Many more proofs exist, and I have seen many that I
will not be hunting down to publish here today (mostly for time's sake). The reader may do his own
investigation if he/she feels that more evidence is needed. If absolutely
necessary, I can be queried further on the matter. However, time is a
commodity that I do not possess an abundance of at this point in my life. So I
shall try to avoid over-documenting the obvious and well known things,
saving that time for documenting the things that many of you may not have seen or
hitherto had access to.
Bolshevism
is Jewish
Out of 556 Bolshevik
Revolutionary leaders in Russia, 457 were Jewish!
“According to the data furnished by the Soviet
press, out of 556 important functionaries of the Bolshevik State. . .
there were in 1918-1919, 17 Russians, 2 Ukrainians, 11 Armenians, 35
Letts, 15 Germans, 1 Hungarian, 10 Georgians, 3 Poles, 3 Finns, 1 Karaim,
457 Jews.”
―The Last Days of
the Romanovs, by Robert Wilton, T. Butterworth, London, 1920, George
H. Doran Publishers, New York, 1920, Institute for Historical Review,
Virginia Beach CA, 2nd Printing 1996, pp. 184-185.
“...there
is much in the fact of Bolshevism itself. In the fact that so many Jews
are Bolsheviks. In the fact that the ideals of Bolshevism are consonant
with the finest ideals of Judaism.”
― The London Jewish Chronicle, April 4, 1935.
“Communism
is Judaism. The Jewish Revolution in Russia was in 1918.”
― H.H. Beamish, N.Y. speech, 1937.
Below is another excerpt from my same (upcoming) book:
The Jewish domination in the Bolshevik revolutionary
Russian Government
We
must now lay to rest the Judaic propaganda lie regarding that
post-revolution Russia (the USSR) was AntiSemitic, and that “Jews were
persecuted” in the Soviet Union after the revolution. This is just
another lie fashioned to cover the atrocities committed by the Jewish
revolutionary government of the Soviet Union against some twenty-million
Christian citizens which were exterminated by the Judaic Secret Police.
Observe the below contemporary report (circa 1924) on the make-up of the
revolutionary government in Russia immediately after the 1917 Jewish
Bolshevik Revolution. Is it rational to presume that a government run
so completely by Judaics would allow persecutions of Jews?
"An apology must be made here for repeating
well-known facts. Yet, so many people are not even now aware
[Ed. Note: this written in 1924, and I would add that
not even now in 2005 are people generally aware]
of the true meaning of
Bolshevism, that at the risk of monotony, we shall cite a few of the
salient facts. The purpose, however, is not alone to explain
Russia, but to throw a warning light on conditions in the United
States
[Ed. Note: And we are heading in
the same direction as pre-1917 Russia did, with total Jewish
domination in our nation].
The Bolshevik Government, as it stood
late this summer when the latest report was smuggled through to
certain authorities, shows up the Jewish domination of the whole
affair. It has changed very slightly since the beginning. We give
only a few items to indicate the proportion. It must not be
supposed that the non-Jewish members of the government are Russian
[ED. Note: One was even a Negro;
unheard of in old Russia!].
Very few Russians have anything to say
about their own country these days. The so-called “Dictatorship of
the Proletariat,”
in which the proletariat has nothing whatever to say, is Russian
only in the sense that it is set up in Russia; it is not Russian in
that it springs from or includes the Russian people. It is the
international program of the Protocols,
which might be “put over” by a minority in any country, and which is
being given a dress-rehearsal in Russia.
[See table below]
Jewish Control of
Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917
Positions: |
Number of Members: |
Number of Jewish
Members: |
Jewish Percentage: |
The Council of the
Commissaries of the People |
22 |
17 |
77.2% |
The Commissariat of
War |
43 |
33 |
76.7% |
The Commissariat of
Foreign Affairs |
16 |
13 |
81.2% |
The Commissariat of
Finance |
30 |
24 |
80.0% |
The Commissariat of
Justice |
21 |
20 |
95.2% |
The Commissariat of
Public Instruction |
53 |
42 |
79.2% |
The Commissariat of
Social Assistance |
6 |
6 |
100.0% |
The Commissariat of
Work |
8 |
7 |
87.5% |
Delegates of the
Bolshevik Red Cross to Berlin, Vienna, Varsovie,
Bucharest, Copenhagen |
8 |
8 |
100.0% |
Commissaries of the
Provinces |
23 |
21 |
91.3% |
Journalists |
41 |
41 |
100.0% |
These are enlightening figures.
The reader will note that the Jewish
percentage is high at all times, never lower than 76 per cent in any
case. (Curiously enough, the lowest percentage of
Jews is found in the Commissariat of War.) But in those committees
which deal most closely with the mass of the people, as well as in
the committees of defense and propaganda, Jews fill literally all
the places.
Remember what the Protocols say about
Press control: remember what Baron Montefiore said about it, and
then look at the Government Journalists. That committee comprises
41 men, and the 41 are Jews. Only Jewish pens are trusted with
Bolshevist propaganda.
And then the so-called “Red Cross
delegates,” which are merely Red Revolutionary delegates to the
cities named—of the 8, there are 8 Jews.
The Commissariat of Social Assistance,
upon whose word the life and privilege of tens of thousands
hang—there are 6 members, and the 6 are Jews. And so on through the
list.
Out of the 53 members of the Commissariat
of Public Instruction, 11 are noted as non-Jews. But what kind of
non-Jews is not stated. They may be “non-Jews like Lenin”
whose children speak the Yiddish as their
native tongue. Whatever they are, there is a sidelight upon their
attitude in the fact that the Bolsheviki immediately took over
all the Hebrew schools and continued them as they were and laid
down a rule that the ancient Hebrew language should be taught
in them. The ancient Hebrew language is the vehicle of the deeper
secrets of the World Program."
― The
Coming Storm called the Great Tribulation© by Nick Goggin (incomplete
manuscript, rough-draft ©). Chapter 13, ppg 110-111 (pagination
tentative).
[End of excerpt]
What is my point? My point is
that since the organizers of the Russian Revolution, the leaders, those who funded it (Jacob
Schiff, etc.), and the future leaders (Lenin, Stalin, etc.) of the
revolution/new nation were Judaics; AND, since the Protocols were the
blue print for said revolution/new nation; THEN, the Judaics were the
authors of the Protocols. Simple as that. If one can find
flaw in my simple logic, please share.
Moving on....
You wrote:
"I suppose my doubts also come from the fact that,
despite thousands of conversations with hundreds of Jews over almost
60 years, I have never, for one moment, heard anybody say anything
even remotely connected with plans for world domination, etc.
"If there IS a Jewish conspiracy, then there must be
huge numbers of Jews who are totally in the dark about it, and who
are honest in their denials . . . . I could go on, but I think you get the point. If
there is a Jewish conspiracy, it has managed to cleverly conceal
itself from a great many people of Jewish ancestry. ..."
Absolutely! This brings us to our closing subject:
I believe that in my above I have
touched lightly on the fact that there is a difference between the "average
everyday 'Jew'" and the "International Judaic," and that I have illustrated
how they do not work in concert.
What then is the difference?
The 'everyday Jew" is just like
anybody else living in a particular country, they have assimilated, and
consider themselves a national of whatever nation it is that they live in.
And International Judaic however, never looses his "Jewishness," he is a Jew
first, then a resident alien of whatever host nation he is raping.
International Judaics, at the top
(a small core group that always intermarries within other
Kenite families), are Kenites (sons of Cain), but everyday Jews are a
mixture of all the nations that they have been dispersed throughout and
ejected from. More could be said on this, but that would be a
different topic for a different day (the Kenite bloodline).
When I say the term "International
Judaic" in these studies, I am referring to the elite, the hidden hand.
This group are Satanists (Cabalists) at their core and have absolutely no
concern nor pity for their, what they call "lesser brethren," the everyday
so-called Jews.
You asked why that in your 60 years
of being a Jewish man, having spoken to thousands of Jewish people, you have
never met one of these International Judaics, you have never met a "Jew"
that was part of a conspiracy to enslave and dominate the world. Fair
question.
Okay, when is the last time that
you dined with a Rothschild? Or played Cricket with a Rockefeller, or
a Chase, or a Du Pont, etc...? When is the last time that you studied
un-censored Talmud or Kabbalah with a Rabbi Shem Baal (Master
of the Name)?
You haven't, nor shall you ever.
And if you did meet one of "them" and introduce yourself as a Jew, they
would still not divulge any secrets to you. "They" and you are totally
different people, different bloodlines, different religions, different
values, different Gods, different motives. To them, you are not much
better than a Goyim.
The average person who calls
himself a Jew today is not involved in this satanic conspiracy to prepare
the world for antichrist/satan. The Ma and Pa Jews who own the corner
delicatessen don't know the first thing about setting up a nation's currency
system to drain that nation. The Average Jew working at Wall Mart
hasn't the first clue as to what the Talmud, the Zohar (Kabbalah)
says about Jesus Christ or even Christians in general. That is the
reason why you will never know of the inner workings of the conspiracy―to
"them," you are an outsider.
"Jews" don't know themselves
I myself, being an Anglo-Saxon
Christian of German and Irish decent, know more about Judaism, Talmudism,
Kabbalah, and "Jews" in general, than does most average Jews. This is
part of the problem. And what "Jews" do know of themselves, has been
filtered through the International Judaics and the Talmudic rabbis, and
therefore amounts to nothing less than lie and propaganda. The average
"Jew" really believes that he is the descendant of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, when nothing could be further from the truth. They believe that
they are of the family bloodline that God made covenants to and willed the
Promised Land to―this also is untrue.
90%-95% of so-called Jews today do not have more than a few drops of
Abraham's, Isaac's and Jacob's blood running thru their veins―they
are not their biological descendants, they are not their people.
Today's Ashkenazi Jews (who
constitute 90% to 95% of world Jewry today) are a Turko-Mongoloid people
called the Khazars, from the Steppes of Russia, circa 9th century A.D., and
that before adopting Judaism they were heathen and pagan sex-idol
worshippers. And many, many, Jewish writer's themselves know that
"Jews" today are not related to the Hebrew Israelites of the Bible.
For two very informative articles by a Jew himself on this matter, see our
E-books below:
Two
Works By Benjamin H. Freedman, Jewish Defector (Jew convert to
Christianity):
A Jewish Defector Warns America by Benjamin H.
Freedman
Facts Are Facts by Benjamin H. Freedman
NOTE ON AUTHOR: Benjamin H.
Freedman was one of the most intriguing and amazing individuals of
the 20th century. Mr. Freedman, born in 1890, was a successful
Jewish businessman of New York City who was at one time the
principal owner of the Woodbury Soap Company. He broke with
organized Jewry after the Judeo-Communist victory of 1945, and spent
the remainder of his life and the great preponderance of his
considerable fortune, at least 2.5 million dollars, exposing the
Jewish tyranny which has enveloped the United States.
Mr. Freedman knew what he was
talking about because he had been an insider at the highest levels
of Jewish organizations and Jewish machinations to gain power over
our nation. Mr. Freedman was personally acquainted with Bernard
Baruch, Samuel Untermyer, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph
Kennedy, and John F. Kennedy, and many more movers and shakers of
our times.
This speech was given before a
patriotic audience in 1961 at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C.,
on behalf of Conde McGinley's patriotic newspaper of that time,
Common Sense. Though in some minor ways this wide-ranging and
extemporaneous speech has become dated, Mr. Freedman's essential
message to us -- his warning to the West -- is more urgent than ever
before.
See also the Judaic author, Arthur Koestler's, work below
(E-book):
The
Thirteenth Tribe by Arthur Koestler
This book traces the history of the ancient Khazar Empire, a major
but almost forgotten power in Eastern Europe, which in the Dark Ages
became converted to Judaism. Khazaria was finally wiped out by the
forces of Genghis Khan, but evidence indicates that the Khazars
themselves migrated to Poland and formed the cradle of Western
Jewry…
The Khazars’ sway extended from the
Black Sea to the Caspian, from the Caucasus to the Volga, and they
were instrumental in stopping the Muslim onslaught against
Byzantium, the eastern jaw of the gigantic pincer movement that in
the West swept across northern Africa and into Spain.
...but
that does not alter the fact that the large majority of
surviving Jews in the world is of Eastern European — and thus
perhaps mainly of Khazar — origin. If so, this would mean that
their ancestors came not from the Jordan but from the Volga, not
from Canaan but from the Caucasus, once believed to be the
cradle of the Aryan race; and that genetically they are more
closely related to the Hun, Uigur and Magyar tribes than to the
seed of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Should this turn out to
be the case, then the term “anti-Semitism” would become void of
meaning, based on a misapprehension shared by both the killers
and their victims. The story of the Khazar Empire, as it slowly
emerges from the past, begins to look like the most cruel hoax
which history has ever perpetrated.
― Arthur Koestler, The Thirteenth Tribe;
pg.17.
Now, the readers here do not know
that you and I have been corresponding for some time now; so I will state
this fact out loud―you are a Jew who
knows more about Jews than most every Jew whom I have conversed with.
(I tend to like to use the term "Judaic," as the word "Jew" has become
stigmatized when uttered by a non-Jew). And you are a Christian man by
faith. And I consider you a brother because of that. But not so
with many of "your people." (Excuse the term, please.)
Peace to you in Christ Jesus.
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Nick Goggin
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Respecting church elders; the 8 kings of Rev 17; and
faith that the Scriptures are pure
A (female) Reader Writes:
First I want to say that I am thrilled to find
your website. I feel it appropriate to introduce myself. I
have been a Christian for 10 years this April, and I have been a
student of God's Word with the tutoring of Pastor Arnold Murray
[http://www.shepherdschapel.com]
for about 7 years now. Father put it on my heart several years
back to study every book of the Bible and gather my notes in
tablets for a resource. However, this past October Father again
put it in my heart to put my studies of the Bible on Word. This
allowed me to put maps, charts etc. to accompany my studies. In
the process of this, Father has shown me seeing and hearing is
dependent on the amount of appetite I have and how much time I
feed upon His Word. For me, Father has shown me that my studies
are tentative based upon my appetite and amount of feeding time
that I spend in His Word. ....
...Moreover, I too, do not see PM
[pastor Murray] views concerning Christians not being
killed during the tribulation. I have my studies with
references that I find in the Bible to be contrary to this; and
was somewhat relieved to later find that I was not the only one
seeing this differently. This has greatly bothered me, as I
have not put in the amount of time studying as PM has and I work
hard at rightly dividing the Word to best of my ability. I
differed with PM on this and until I saw your input
[reference WBSG's:
Scriptural
Evidences That Christians Shall Die In The Great Tribulation];
I thought that I was the only one seeing it the way that I was (
I do think that Christians will die during the 1st
tribulation). Question: How do you view the 2 witnesses? If
you already have this on your website just dismiss this
question. I am quite new yet to all of your studies, and I will
find it if you have it listed.
Thanks you and may Father further endeavor you
works, Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Answer:
Hello Xxxx. May I ask how you found our Website?
I am impressed with the quality
of the graphics that you have in your study [mention of
which omitted in above E-mail]. Did you make them yourself? I
myself struggle to make nice graphics. I feel that sometimes a
picture truly can speak a thousand words, and is helpful in teaching.
Regarding pastor Murray: yes, I have some minor
disagreements with him, but he is still the best out there. He even
says himself that no man is perfect, no teacher is perfect. And it
pains me to have to publicly disagree with him on some matters;
nevertheless, the truth must always be held in the preeminent place,
setting respect of persons aside (Lev 19:15, etc.). As times goes on
more information becomes available to the student of God's Word; and the
old bulls sometimes have trouble changing with that new
information; but younger bulls adapt quite readily. This is
natural, and it is okay. Did not the angel of the Lord even tell Daniel
that knowledge would increase as we neared the Tribulation?
Daniel 12:4
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to
the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge
shall be increased. KJV
But along with God's servants increasing knowledge,
so too is the other edge of the sword―many
shall reject God's wisdom and come to a willing ignorance and overthrow
brought about because of their own rejection of the Holy One and His
written Word, the Bible:
Amos 8:11-12
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a
famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the LORD:
12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to
the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD,
and shall not find it. KJV
So then, every good doctrine, proven by the
Scriptures themselves, must be well considered by the Bible student;
for, the prophecies come from God not man:
2 Peter 1:20-21
20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any
private interpretation.
21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the
will of man: but holy men of God spake
as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. KJV
Therefore, the final word on any matter scriptural,
and of doctrine, and of tenants of the Christian faith, must necessarily
be tempered and fashioned and founded upon the Scriptures of the holy
Bible itself; for, God, by His own written Word, has declared that the
Scriptures are trustworthy and acceptable:
2 Timothy 3:14-17
14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast
been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which
are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in
Christ Jesus.
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all
good works. KJV
But I live in the same world that you live in―I
see them, I do; I see them―I know
that many (most) today do believe the Bible, nor believe that it is the
Divine Word of God breathed from above to His prophets by He who has
created everything and everyone. What would I say to one who has been
led to doubt the validity of God's written Word, the Bible? I would
pity them; for, they have been robbed of a great treasure, one that is
able to lead men to God and make good men perfect in the Lord,
through Christ Jesus resurrected forever and ever. This is the
glad report of every faithful Christian. But as Isaiah said: "Lord,
who hath believed our report?" (Rom 10:16b [Isaiah
53:1-ff]).
Romans 10:13-17
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
saved.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?
and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and
how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written,
How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace,
and bring glad tidings of good things!
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias
[Grk. spelling of Isaiah]
saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the
word of God. KJV
What report was it that Isaiah was speaking of which
the people would not readily believe? The report of the Messiah, Jesus
Christ. The above verse refers to the below Old Testament prophecy of
Jesus Christ to come, written in
circa 600 B.C.―six-hundred years
before He was born to the virgin Mary―speaking
of things that were to come, as reported faithfully in the New
Testament:
Isaiah 53:1-9
[written circa 600 B.C. of Jesus
Christ to come]
53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to
whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root
out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we
shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and
acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he
was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we
did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his
stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to
his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep
before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare
his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living:
for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his
death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in
his mouth. KJV
But it was through his ministry (Shepherds Chapel)
that I began my walk with the Lord―I
shall never forget that, nor him. It was about 15 or so years ago that
the Lord led me to his ministry. My respect for pastor Murray, my
unwillingness to embarrass him for being human, and my refusal to allow
anyone to berate or slander him is kind of like for me:
Acts 23:2-5
2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to
smite him on the mouth.
3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall:
for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be
smitten contrary to the law?
4 And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?
5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest:
for it is written [Ex 22:28],
Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people. KJV
Exodus 22:28
28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler
of thy people. KJV
In other words, respect the elders of the church:
1 Timothy 5:17
17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour,
especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. KJV
But always under the Lord:
1 Peter 5:4-6
4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall
receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder.
Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with
humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the
humble.
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God,
that he may exalt you in due time: KJV
"Question: How do you view the 2 witnesses?"
They will be two men (males!) who are most likely
(most certainly?) alive today but who do not know who they are. They
will be gifted by the Holy Spirit and speak the words of God (the truest
definition of a prophet is "one who speaks God's words," not necessarily
"one who predicts the future," as many reckon; though a prophet does
does foretell of the future by God's words). These Two Witnesses shall
die by the hand of satan (antichrist) himself in the second part of the
Tribulation, and they shall die at Jerusalem; for, as our Lord has said,
"for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of
Jerusalem." (Luke 13:33b).
They will rise on the third-and-a-half day, at
midday, and ascend up to God alive. Then comes the hardest times on the
Earth for the wicked and unbelievers. The Two Witnesses will not be
Enoch, Elijah, nor Moses, as many suppose. God is not short on servant
souls, and He has always raised men of the era to speak His words. It
is unnatural for Him to operate unnaturally. These witnesses must be of
the people to be perfect. Even when God Himself came to visit man, He
was born into this world and raised naturally before He began His great
work in the last three and half years of His (Jesus') life.
Know one knows who these Two Witnesses will be. We
must wait, and, when God sends them throughout the world, He will enable
them with gifts and prove them by signs and wonders. The Christian
shall know who they are in their time, and they will listen and receive
further instructions from them. There is much that happens in the
Tribulation that is not written; for instance, we have the Seven
Thunders [Rev 10:2-4] which end-time messages Scripture is mute on
(7 of them, in perfect harmony with the 7 Seals, 7 Trumps, and 7
Vials). Etc. In other words, we don't know it all today. But we shall
know before the end.
Revelation 10:2-4
2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right
foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he
had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about
to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me,
Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write
them not. KJV
Finally; the answer to the eight kings is this:
Revelation 17:9-11
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven
mountains, on which the woman sitteth [the
whole world - "7 continents"].
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen
[5 world Empires from history], and one
is [Rome; for, Rome "was" in
94 A.D. when Rev. was written], and the other is not
yet come [the NWO - 1st beast of Rev
13]; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space
[42 months].
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth
[antichrist/satan], and is of the
seven, and goeth into perdition [satan's
ultimate abode is the Lake of Fire]. KJV
Side Note:
Contrast satan:
"the
beast that was, and is not, ... and goeth into perdition"
(Rev 17:11a)
With Jesus Christ:
"him
which is, and which was, and which is to come"
(Rev1:4b)
The meaning in verse 11 of: "and
is of the seven" is that satan controlled all the world's
Empires. He (satan) even offered them all to Jesus if Jesus would
just bow down and worship satan:
Luke 4:5-8
5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto
him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and
the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and
to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan:
for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only
shalt thou serve. KJV
Of course, Jesus rejected the offer.
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Speaking the Truth = Hatred? What Would You Do?
A Reader Writes:
I am not Jewish, I am sorry you feel
the way you about Jews. It does not matter if 30,000
or 6,000,000 Jewish died in Germany. There is
nothing in GODS word that says I should condone what
was done to the Jews. First of all they should have
never been in the consentration camps. Just by
Hilter invading the other nations, tells you what
power hungry person he was.
A GOD fearing person would never
talk hatered.
Answer:
Hello. I agree that it is tragic if only one
innocent person died―I have
stated that myself; perhaps you missed that?
And yes, it was wrong for Hitler to imprison
people based upon their race, just as it was wrong for America
to imprison Japanese people in America during WWII
based upon their race.
And yes, leaders invade other countries,
just as Bush invaded Iraq, and just as Biblical Israel of
old invaded all those in Canaan and Palestine in the Old
Testament, driving them out by the sword and with great
slaughter.
Who are we to know what people have rightful
deed to what land? The land that Hitler fought Poland over had
been taken back and forth between the two countries (and
others) for hundreds of years, the borders never having been
agreed upon (to this very day even).
"A GOD fearing person would never talk
hatered."
I hope that you were referring to Hitler,
and not me. For, I do not speak hatred. If you are accusing me
of that, then please cite an excerpt of my work bearing an
example of this hatred that you speak of. I do, however, show
some anger in some of my writings, but it is well justified when
one starts learning of the suppressed and hidden facts and
discovers the forged history that we were all weaned upon in the
controlled schools & media. We have all been set up to
fall under antichrist and his world beast system that even now
evil men are raising.
It does not take an
observant open-minded Christian very long in studying the events
that are currently transpiring to see that the world is growing
weary of us and our Christ Jesus. And it is not that far
off when the world will finally tire of us, and when the thought
of persecuting Christians will not be as distasteful as it was
even five years ago. The persecutions are coming,
and the world does hate us; did not our Lord Jesus Christ
even warn us of such in the endtimes?
John 15:17-16:4
[Christ speaking]
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it
hated you.
19 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.
20 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.
21 But all these things will they do unto you for
my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had
sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works which none other
man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen
and hated both me and my Father.
25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled
that is written in their law [Psm
109:3], They hated me
without a cause.
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you
from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth
from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with
me from the beginning.
John 16
16:1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should
not be offended.
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea,
the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you
will think that he doeth God service.
3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have
not known the Father, nor me.
4 But these things have I told you, that when the time
shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them.
And these things I said not unto you at the beginning,
because I was with you. KJV
I do not hate the Jews, not even the
International Judaics that shall destroy us all. I really am
not even sure that I possess the emotion of hate. Anger, yes;
"hate" of a thing or a principality?
Perhaps; but hate of another soul?, I don't know. But I do know that the
International Judaics (NOT all "Jews") are a necessary evil
in the negative part of God's Word―someone
had to kill Christ, someone had to usurp and destroy the
Christian faith, someone has to deliver the world into
antichrist's (satan's) hands; for, we see in the Bible that
these things do come to pass. And they are all done by the hand
of man.
But we are to live, we are to try to survive―there
is no sin in wanting to simply live. And if knowing the truth,
and if seeing what is coming, will better enable my Christian
brethren (of all races, including of course converted Jews) to
survive a little longer, live a little better, or even until the
Second Advent―then I say
that the alarm must be sounded. If there is a truth out here, a
truth that is politically incorrect, what is an honest
Christian writer to do with that truth? Does he write it, or
does he, for self-preservation's sake, suppress it and hide it,
as so many who do know, do today?
I am just a small gear in a big machine, and
I write as I feel led. I do not claim Divine inspiration,
neither do I claim infallibility; but I do claim honesty. Those
who know me intimately will vouch that, for all my human
imperfections and foibles―which
if honest and introspective, all of man possesses―I
do not lie.
And
if the Lord disapproves of what I pen, then He is fully capable
of shutting me down. But no man, no demon from hell, no
political correctness, no offended sensibilities, no trumped-up
"Thought-Crime" law, shall make me to write as a liar by
withholding the truth as I see it. Lying by omission is
still lying―perhaps the most
sinister form of it. Yes, I write of hard things, topics
that many won't dare to touch. There is a price to pay for
that, I know. I accept that in the Lord, and submit myself
under His rod alone.
No one has to agree 100% with me; we can be
friends in disagreement, we can agree to disagree honestly. And
they do not necessarily have to even like me, but what they will
have to accept is that if I am asked a question, that I will do
my best to answer it as I see the truth of the matter to be,
regardless of where that leads, regardless of what feathers it
ruffles, regardless of what pet-prejudices and cliques that it
upsets―and to write it with
documentation and evidences, whereby the reader may continue
his/her own search on any matter and come to their own
conscience-driven conclusions. I write, people read, but what
they believe I have no control over, nor would I want the
responsibility of that.
I am sorry that you were offended (though I
know not what for), but there are many out there, including Jews
(many who read here and write-in to me) who do appreciate a
moment of honest clarity in this corrupt lying world, no matter
how much that truth stings. I so hate the lying in this world,
and by God I refuse to become one to win the admiration of man.
I am not alone in the hatred of every lie:
Proverbs 6:16-19
16 These six things doth the LORD hate:
yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and
hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be
swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth
discord among brethren. KJV
Peace to you, and it is not clear whether
you are a Christian or not (no offence), but if you aren't, may
I encourage you to seek the Lord Jesus Christ? The end does
draw near, you know.
John 14:6
6 Jesus saith unto him, I
am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father,
but by me. KJV
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Power and Authority from God in man
A (female) Reader Writes:
Hello Again...You helped me out before and I am
thankful for your help. In our leadership class now, we are
studying power and authority...the differences and how and when they
are given to us in our walk with the Lord. I would very much
appreciate any help you could send. I have been reading the
article [What
was the Real sin in the garden of Eden?] on
the Garden of Eden and the story of the so called forbidden fruit.
It is very thought provoking. Thanks for the very interesting
insight. God bless. Someone who loves the Lord, Xxxxxx
Answer:
Hello Xxxxx. You ask of "Power" and "Authority"?
Authority
All Christians have authority over evil
spirits in Jesus Christ's name, though most don't know it. All
Christians can command an evil spirit to leave them IN THE
NAME OF JESUS CHRIST (and ONLY in the name of Jesus Christ). To
"play" with this, regarding casting demons and evil spirits out of
others, when not called of God to this task, is to invite chaos.
As the vagabond Jews found out the hard way in the below:
Acts 19:13-16
13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them
[i.e., took it upon themselves" (without
God's calling)] to call over them which had
evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus
whom Paul preacheth [they themselves did not
believe in Jesus, they were just trying to "copy the formula" used by
Paul and the other faithful].
14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the
priests, which did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know;
but who are ye?
16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame
them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house
naked and wounded. KJV
But we Christians all
may command any evil entity to leave us and to stay away from any situation
of our's, in Christ's name. But it must be done "in the name of
Jesus Christ." Parents may exercise this authority in the life
of their children, and husbands may take charge in the lives of their wives―for
God has given them authority over these:
Numbers 30
30:1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the
children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath
commanded.
2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul
with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all
that proceedeth out of his mouth.
3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond,
being in her father's house in her youth;
4 And her father hear her vow , and her bond wherewith she hath bound
her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows
shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall
stand.
5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of
her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall
stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed
her.
6 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out
of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
7 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he
heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound
her soul shall stand.
8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he
shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her
lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall
forgive her.
9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith
they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond
with an oath;
11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed
her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she
bound her soul shall stand.
12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard
them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or
concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made
them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband
may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day;
then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her:
he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he
heard them.
15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard
them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
16 These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a
man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her
youth in her father's house. KJV
But it must always be done, and
clearly stated: "in the name of Jesus Christ." Otherwise
you are "on your own" with a supernatural entity much more powerful than
you. Not good!
Luke 10:19-20
[Jesus speaking]
19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and
scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any
means hurt you.
20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject
unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
KJV
Spiritual Gifts
In the time after the Resurrection
the spiritual gifs were plentiful, then they died down until today even.
I believe that in the end, in the Tribulation times specifically, that these
gifts shall again increase among the faithful. But nevertheless, the
below gifts are still held by some even today.
1 Corinthians 12:4-12
4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which
worketh all in all.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit
withal.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to
another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit ; to another the gifts
of healing by the same Spirit;
10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy;
to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of
tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to
every man severally as he will.
12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of
that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. KJV
Power
You ask of "power". Do you mean power to perform
miracles, etc.? It is written that there shall come a time that chosen
men of God shall indeed be imbued with power from On High:
Revelation 11:3-6
3 And I will give power unto my two
witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore
days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing
before the God of the earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and
devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this
manner be killed.
6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the
days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn
them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as
they will. KJV
Is that what you were referring to?
God always ONLY gifts men with
power to prove that they are from Him, to prove the prophet, to prove the
words that they say, to give evidence that they in fact are of the Lord.
Peter healed the sick and cleansed the
possessed by simply passing by them [Acts 5:14-16], he
cured the lame by simply speaking to them [Acts 3:6],
Paul cast out demons with a word [Acts 16:18].
And more than that if we exhaust the Scriptures. Why was this so, why
did these things transpire? Because God wanted to show all the people
that these men were speaking for God directly, and that they should be
trusted. That is the only reason that God ever allows man to perform
miracles, work signs, do wonders, predict future, prove past perfectly, and
speak with the power of the Holy Spirit in them.
"Peter" didn't heal anyone, "Paul"
cast no evil spirits out of anyone―but
it was the power of the Holy Spirit of God working through these chosen,
blessed, and gifted servants of God which did the wonders. God doesn't
send a healer or a gifted man just because He wants that the lame are not
lame or that the sick be healed―had He
wanted that, He would not have allowed them to be lame or sick in the first
place; or, He would just heal them Himself. For, God has said Himself
that He "will not give my glory unto another"
(Isaiah 48:11b). Therefore, God sends men gifted to prove them,
and then once having proven them, placing His stamp of authority on their
words which they speak by His Holy Spirit. This is no light
thing.
(And know that the infirmities of
this flesh pale in comparison to the glory of our eternal bodies waiting for
us with our Heavenly Father; which through faith we shall attain.)
And in the end, for a time, before
and during the Great Tribulation, when once again God shall speak to man by
man (for that is His way since Mt. Sinai [Exodus 20:18-19]),
He will empower certain in order to prove their credentials, that they are
from Him and do speak His words, and many of the people will
believe them unto salvation and life everlasting. Some to their own
destruction shall not believe them nor God's words which they breath.
Luke 21:10-15
10 Then said he [Jesus]
unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom:
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and
pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from
heaven.
12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on
you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into
prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye
shall answer:
15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your
adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. KJV
Daniel 12:9-10
9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and
sealed till the time of the end.
10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the
wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand;
but the wise shall understand. KJV
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The Sabbath Day: Saturday or Sunday or doesn't matter?
A Reader asks:
"Just
out of curiosity, you do honour the sabbath day on the 7th day
of the week, that being Saturday, don't you?"
Answer:
Hi. Actually, in my line of work (Law
Enforcement) I work on a rotating schedule. In other words, my days-off
change every week and I am not off on the weekends. But regarding the
Sabbath Day, I feel that it is fulfilled in Christ, and that He is our
Sabbath (rest) 7 days a week. Paul speaks on the Sabbath Day:
Colossians 2:6-19
6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in
him:
7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye
have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit,
after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and
not after Christ.
9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality
and power:
11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made
without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by
the circumcision of Christ:
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him
through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from
the dead.
13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your
flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all
trespasses;
14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us,
which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to
his cross;
15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of
them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or
in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath
days:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but
the body is of Christ.
18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary
humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things
which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and
bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth
with the increase of God KJV
Mark 2:23-28
23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the
sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the
ears of corn.
24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the
sabbath day that which is not lawful?
25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he
had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the
high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat
but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and
not man for the sabbath:
28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
KJV
There is an on-going debate as to "when" the Sabbath
Day is (Saturday or Sunday), but I feel that we have no idea for sure
when the Sabbath Day is on our modern weekly schedule. So, why contend
over it? And I know that the names that we use for our days (Saturday
and Sunday) are actually pagan in origin (Saturn day and
Sun day) but that doesn't mean anything to us―we
do not count them as pagan―they are
just names that we grew up with.
The celebrating of the Sabbath Day is an
individual's offering to God, if he/she is led to do that; but, as Jesus
said, the Sabbath was made for our ease, not us made for it. "The
sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath" (Mark
2:27). Also be aware that back in the Old Testament, men had
slaves (servants), and they were not allowed to work them seven days―they
had to be given the seventh day off.
As we see in the below Scripture (in the last
verses) that God looks into the heart of us, judging us by our
intentions (the intents of our hearts). Also contained in the
below Scripture is the Holy Spirit's perfect explanation of what
Sabbath is. Observe:
Hebrews 4:1-13
4:1 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.
2 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.
3 For we which have believed do enter into rest
[sabbath], 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.
4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day
[the Sabbath Day] on this
wise, And God did rest [sabbath]
the seventh day from all his works.
5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest
[sabbath].
6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and
they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of
unbelief:
7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after
so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice,
harden not your hearts.
8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have
spoken of another day.
9 There remaineth therefore a rest
[sabbath] to the people of
God.
10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased
from his own works, as God did from his.
11 Let us labour therefore to enter into
that rest [Jesus
Christ], lest any man fall after the same example of
unbelief.
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any
twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and
spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of
the thoughts and intents of the heart.
13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight:
but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him
with whom we have to do. KJV
There is nothing wrong with honoring the Lord on a
certain day each week, neither is there anything wrong with honoring Him
on all seven. And there is nothing wrong with observing the Sabbath Day
on Saturday, and there is nothing wrong with observing the Sabbath Day
on Sunday. Paul showed us that. "Let no man
therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday,
or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things
to come; but the body is of Christ." (Colossians 2:16-17).
Peace to you in Christ Jesus, our rest (Sabbath).
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"But this shall be the covenant that I will make with
the house of Israel...." (Jer 31:33)
A Reader Writes:
I looked through your site and was pretty impressed
with the extension of knowledge and learning tools offered. A
tremendous amount of work has gone on here.
I did note an obvious lack of information about
Israel. I don't mean the Judean side either. I'm talking about the
other side. The other house of Israel. The key verses pertaining to
them I did not see in your study offerings or anywhere else were
scripture with them in it posted. Like Heb8:8 / Jer 31:31.
What would be the reason? I mean I look at your
"outing" of the one side of the house........and the hiding of the
other. I realize they are hidden by ignorance by the churches of
give me all dollars dumbgentilestoday but.......scripture mentions
them. Whatsa going on here? What wisdom am I missing. Sincerely, and
truthfully.
Answer:
Hello. Sorry to take so long in answering you. You
asked:
"I did note an
obvious lack of information about Israel. I don't mean the
Judean side either. I'm talking about the other side. The
other house of Israel."
Peace to you in Christ Jesus.
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[NOTE: Moments after sending the above E-mail, I
realized that I hadn't
answered the man's question. So I sent off the below E-mail]:
Oops, I almost forgot; you asked about:
"The key verses
pertaining to them I did not see in your study offerings or
anywhere else were scripture with them in it posted. Like
Heb8:8 / Jer 31:31."
Okay; regarding Jeremiah 31:31:
Jeremiah 31:31-34
31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in
the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land
of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband
unto them, saith the LORD:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of
Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their
inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every
man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me,
from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD;
for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no
more. KJV
And regarding Hebrews 8:8:
Hebrews 8:8
8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come,
saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house
of Israel and with the house of Judah: KJV
Sir, do you not understand what the Scripture says?
It is telling you that Jesus Christ was the
answer to that Old Testament promise. Jesus Christ is
the New Covenant. A "covenant" is a testament;
testament:
Greek word #1242 diatheke (dee-ath-ay'-kay); from NT:1303;
properly, a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a
devisory will): KJV - covenant, testament.
The "New Testament" of our Bible is what we call
the New Covenant:
Matthew 26:26-28
26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and
brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is
my body.
27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them,
saying, Drink ye all of it;
28 For this is my blood of the new testament
[Grk.#1242 diatheke], which is
shed for many for the remission of sins. KJV
In other words, FULFILLED!
Please read your whole chapter in context bearing that in mind:
Hebrews 8
8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have
such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of
the Majesty in the heavens;
2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the
Lord pitched, and not man.
3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices:
wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to
offer.
4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that
there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses
was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for,
See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern
shewed to thee in the mount.
6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much
also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established
upon better promises.
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no
place have been sought for the second.
8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come,
saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of
Israel and with the house of Judah:
9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in
the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of
Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded
them not, saith the Lord.
10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of
Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into
their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a
God, and they shall be to me a people:
11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man
his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the
least to the greatest.
12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins
and their iniquities will I remember no more.
13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now
that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. KJV
God, as always, has kept His Word. But man did not
accept that Covenant, they rather murdered Him. So now we wait until
the Second Advent when all things written shall be fully completed; "It
is done" (Rev 21:6a).
Revelation 21:5-7
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things
new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and
faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the
fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his
God, and he shall be my son. KJV
Peace to you in Christ Jesus.
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Was Rahab (Joshua 2:1, etc.) really a prostitute?
A Reader Writes:
Was Rahab a prostitute? Or did the community
just think so because buyers stayed with her when they came to
buy her fine linen? How can I document whether she was or not?
Answer:
Hello to you, and this answer isn't meant to be harsh to you
personally, Ok? This is just something that I have been minded to set
strait for a long time now, and you just gave me the opportunity.
You ask, "Was Rahab a prostitute?"
Of course she was. How can you document it? With your
Bible, God's written Word, that's how. And I know where you are getting
this; there is a certain ministry in Arkansas that bends over (way too far)
backwards trying to lift women's self-esteem. But that does not give any
pastor the right to alter what the Scriptures state.
In the Old Testament we see that Rahab was a prostitute:
Joshua 2:1
2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy
secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and
came into an harlot's house, named Rahab,
and lodged there. KJV
Joshua 6:17
17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to
the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all
that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we
sent. KJV
Joshua 6:25
25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot
alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she
dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers,
which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. KJV
And in the New Testament, the Holy Spirit saw fit to
give a double (and a triple!) witness as to this woman's profession:
Hebrews 11:31
31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them
that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. KJV
James 2:24-26
24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith
only.
25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by
works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out
another way?
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is
dead also. KJV
Regarding what "certain" pastors say, I would ask you,
where in the Bible do you read that she was a "cloth merchant," or a
"dyer of purple cloth"? Or where do you read that she "was just
a excellent business woman who made the finest cloth, and that the silly men
just called her a harlot because they were jealous that they couldn't manage
to make as good of cloth as her"? You won't find that between the
covers of the Bible, it isn't in my Bible, anyway.
And if Rahab wasn't harlot, and if God allowed error
into His written Word (God forbid), five times calling this woman a
prostitute when she wasn't; then also the below women are not harlots, but
are rather "cloth makers" with a keen business savy. You get the point.
Matthew 21:31
31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him,
The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the
publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. KJV
Matthew 21:32
32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed
him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye
had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him. KJV
Luke 15:30
30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living
with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. KJV
1 Corinthians 6:15-16
15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then
take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God
forbid.
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body?
for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. KJV
Hebrews 11:31
31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not,
when she had received the spies with peace. KJV
James 2:25
25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she
had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? KJV
It is never right to contradict the Word of God, it is
never right to add to the Scriptures, it is never right to say that what is
in the Bible is a lie―no matter how much
you desire to tickle the ears of your female congregants. Once you start
chopping out what you personally find objectionable in the Bible, you then
find yourself on a very slippery slope. The Word is often hard, and we must
take it as it is delivered:
Hebrews 4:12
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any
twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and
spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts
and intents of the heart. KJV
We have no problem believing that Kind David committed
adultery and arranged for the woman's husband to be killed in battle so that
he could have her all to himself, why do we have such a big problem with
Rahab selling her body for money. And besides, it is a far greater sin to
be an adulteress than it is to be a prostitute.
This is that old fashioned "women are good and can't
do anything wrong" stuff―that we
all know better than to believe. Heck, starting at the first woman named in
the Bible, they have been doing their fair share of bad things. For
every male adulterer there necessarily is a female counterpart adulteress.
"It takes two to tango."
Rahab was a prostitute. The better message for the good
pastor to be delivering in the story of Rahab, is that even when we are at
our worst, God can still pick us up and use us for some good thing,
perchance changing us in the process.
My personal opinion, and it is only an opinion here, is
that Rahab stopped being a prostitute after she saw the mighty work of God
through His people, and after experiencing the great mercy. My reason for
saying that I do not feel that Rahab continued in that wicked lifestyle, is
because in the New Testament she is actually praised and used as a good
example somewhat (bear with me, I'm not saying that it is good to
be a whore). But I feel that this would not be so if she continued in her
unrighteousness. God knows.
Hebrews 11:31
31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with
them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. KJV
James 2:25
25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified
by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out
another way? KJV
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