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| Back To Top | King James Bible the correct version with I Cor 15:47 (and ALL others)
A reader (a pastor) writes:
Hi [Xxxxx]. I only have a moment here, sorry; but I did do a screen capture of the Interlinear for your verse. It is from BibleSoft (PC Study Bible Version 4 Reference Library + [upgraded to the new version 5]). What happened to you is that you looked in the manuscripts of the NIV [the Nestles text], not the manuscripts from the KJV (Textus Receptus.) In other words, you were checking the King James version against the Mss (manuscripts) of the NIV version (New International Version). In the below, the Strong's numbers on the upper row are from the KJV manuscripts (Textus Receptus), and the Strong's numbers on the lower row are for the NIV manuscripts (Nestles text). Below is a legend to help understand the Interlinear used further below:
Below is a picture showing both the KJV's and the NIV's manuscript readings for I Cor 15:47. In it you can see that the KJV did not add the words, but rather the NIV omitted them. (The 9999#s are not words; but rather the "9999" indicates that the word did not appear in that text): 
In closing, not only does the KJV texts have the word "Lord" but they also have the Definite Article (Grk. #3588)! Once again the King James Bible is vindicated. Now, pastor, I have a question for you who enjoys the NIV: How do you feel about them (Adamantius Origen in his second century recension[1] which became the base manuscript for the corrupt codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus, copied later by Nestles, etc. et al, and then finding it's way into ALL newer Bible versions other than the KJV) omitting "the Lord" from the verse? And can really use that Bible version with confidence ever again?
Stick to the time-tested, faithful, and trusted King James Bible version, and you won't go wrong. What good thing can come from newer corrupt Bible versions that the very making of has consigned their editors and translators to hell?
Peace to you in Christ Jesus.
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| Back To Top | The Millennium and the change of bodies
A reader writes:
Hello. I see two problems which may be causing difficulty. One, regarding the change of bodies at the Second Advent; and two, what happens to whom at the beginning and on into the body of the Millennial time (the 1000 years of Revelation chapter 20). The change of bodies Let's first take on the change of bodies. In 1st Thessalonians chapter four we see the Second Advent and what becomes of those faithful Christians who remained true to the Lord Jesus Christ during and through the Great Tribulation. In that Scripture (supplied below), Paul is speaking to Christians of Christians. He speaks not of any others (antichrists, infidels, atheists, etc.)—he is not speaking of what becomes of all men on that Second Advent, but only of all the faithful Christians; for, he addresses those that he is speaking to as "brethren", and he includes himself ( a Christian) with those whom he is speaking to when he says, "we believe that Jesus died and rose again". Then, speaking of the Second Advent, Paul says "the dead in Christ shall rise first". He speaks there of the deceased who died as faithful Christians; then he goes on to speak of those fellow servants, those others who were faithful to Jesus Christ until the very end, but who had not died, who had not been martyred: "Then we which are alive and remain...". The "we" are faithful Christians. He then gives them the glad news that those Christians who remain faithful to Jesus Christ during the Great Tribulation, and who have not died (naturally or by martyrdom), but rather "are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord" shall not die a flesh death at all—they shall be changed into their spiritual bodies without tasting of death, and shall forever be with the Lord. This is the first resurrection, and finds its compliment in Revelation chapter twenty. Observe the above Scripture we spoke of:
Those Christians who change without tasting of death
In other words, at the Second Advent there shall still be living Christians on the Earth who neither died nor betrayed Christ by taking the mark of the beast, and these shall not die—they shall never die—they shall not ever experience a flesh death. They shall simply "step out of their flesh bodies," their spiritual body (which is within us all, both good and evil, loosely referred to as "our soul") thus standing before Christ "and so shall we ever be with the Lord". The second death different than the first (flesh) death These (both the dead and living in Christ) shall not taste of the second death (the death of a soul, loosely and incorrectly referred to as "going to hell", but more accurately would be called "going into the lake of fire"). This is "the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years." (Rev 20:6b). And after that thousand years shall come the Judgment Day, where these faithful shall be judged worthy of eternal life, and shall be partakers of the New Heaven and New Earth of Revelation 21 on through the eternity; for, "on such the second death hath no power" (Rev 20:6). And thus, in fulfillment of prophecy and the honorable completion of God's promise in 1st Thes 4:17, they shall "ever be with the Lord" in Heaven; the Tribulation and trials of this world being completed, "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." (Rev 21:4). How appropriate that Paul would close the 1st Thessalonians chapter four prophecy with "Wherefore comfort one another with these words." (1st Thes 4:18). And how tragic that misguided but perhaps well meaning preachers of the Gospel would diminish such glory and great comforting words of God by calling it a "Rapture." A Rapture, I might add, that shall never happen—never was to happen—and never was in the Holy Bible, but was rather the traditions of man forced into Scripture unnaturally. Clearing up a confusion Before we move on it is necessary to clear up an important issue with the above interpretation. It will be noted by some that in Rev 20:1-6, which speaks of the first resurrection, that those faithful (saved) Christians who died in years-gone-by are not mentioned specifically as being among those who constitute the people (souls) who partake in "This is the first resurrection" (Rev 20:5b). In those named in Rev 20 as partaking of the first resurrection we see two groups of Christians mentioned in Rev 20:4; those that, (1) "the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God" (the Tribulation martyrs) and those that, (2) "and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands" (those who had remained alive at the Second Advent). And we do not see written here specifically of those faithful Christians who had died all down throughout the centuries. Now, in fairness I will state that some would disagree that the above two groups are even two separate groups, but rather that both Scripture segments above (1 & 2) are one long description of the same group of people (the Tribulation martyrs). I disagree; however, that is immaterial to our present point, and would be a diversion and a source of confusion to work out here and now. For, as I hope to show, it doesn't matter, because other Scriptures overlap and fill in the blanks. We shall cover those Scriptures presently. Our dilemma is this: are the dead in Christ (those faithful Christians who had died all down throughout the centuries) resurrected in the first resurrection, or at some latter resurrection? This is important because knowing this allows us to know whether or not the dead Christians from yesteryear are active during the thousand years of Revelation chapter twenty (the "Millennium"). To this question we find our answer in our Second-Advent Thessalonians Scripture, where the "fate" (destination, condition) of those dearly departed of old in Christ is tied together with those who never died and who "are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord" (1 Thes 4:15). Now, if we can agree that those Christians who "are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord," of which is said shall "ever be with the Lord" (1 Thes 4:15) in fact are always thereafter with the Lord and thus necessarily partake of the Millennium, for that is where Christ is; then we must also conclude that those dearly departed of old who died "in Christ" (i.e., as faithful saved Christians) are also in that Millennium, for that is where the deathless ones are, and once again that is where the Lord Jesus Christ is. That the deathless ones are in the same place that the faithful dead of old are is evident: "and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever [forever and always] be with the Lord." (1 Thes 4:16b-17). Therefore, if these two groups of Christians are forever with the Lord from the Second Advent on into the eternity, then they are in the Millennium which comes between the Second Advent and the eternal New Heaven and New Earth of Revelation chapter 21 forward (commonly known in Christians teachings as "going to Heaven"). Read the below Scripture below again, bearing all of the above in mind:
In conclusion on this "difficulty": It is no more a cause of concern that Paul, in the Thessalonians Scripture, makes no specific mention of the Tribulation martyrs being "ever with the Lord", than it is any cause of concern that John in the Revelation makes no specific mention of the "dead in Christ (from antiquity)" being part of the first resurrection. Both authors spoke of the same subject—the first resurrection—and as often is the case in parallel Scriptures, one speaking more perfectly on one group of partakers, and the other speaking more perfectly on another of the groups. In other words, the first resurrection happens at the Second Advent, and those who partake in it are "ever with the Lord" including during the immediately-following Millennium. Else, what do we do with those "which are alive and remain" at the Second Advent? They never died, shall we kill them so that they can resurrect after the Millennium. Of course not. They never die, and are forever with Jesus Christ—ergo, they are with Jesus Christ during the millennium—as are their fellow servants who resurrected when they (the deathless ones) were changed at the Second Advent. Can anything be more clear? If they are from that point (the Second Advent) forever with the Lord (which Scripture says they are), and if the Lord is in the Millennium, which He clearly is, then they are with Him in the Millennium and not waiting for some future resurrection. Man is only resurrected once, but he can die twice. Die once in the flesh and then a second death of the soul in the Lake of of Fire (fore those who do not overcome). And while there is more than one resurrection, every soul only goes through one of them, they just do it at different times. "And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth [die] shall awake [resurrect], some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt." (Dan 12:2). Finally, regarding omissions in the lists of with-Christ/Millennium partakers: Nowhere in either the Thessalonians Scripture not the Revelation Scripture does the Holy Spirit announce that He is giving an exhaustive (complete) list. So that what we have here is another great witness (Thessalonians by Paul and Revelation by John) to the single Author of the Bible—our Heavenly Father. For He, writing through many human authors and paper epistles, spread His whole message between and across the several books of the Bible—no single book or author possessing the whole message, and none able to stand alone as complete; so that none of them can be defamed by the wicked one and their work cast aside by intelligent readers. One can't understand the book of Revelation apart from the rest of God's Bible, both the Old and the New Testaments. Moving on... Now that we have looked at the first resurrection from its beginning as it will happen, now let us look at it as it completes and moves further in time into the thousand years that we refer to as "the Millennium" (millennium means 1000 years).
The above events transpire at the Second Advent, which we just looked at in the Thessalonians Scripture; but these events above occur in a different location than the gathering to Christ of His faithful (which we saw in 1st Thessalonians). Also notice that while Christ Jesus comes directly for His own, it is angels of God who deal with antichrist (satan). Continuing the above Scripture we see the principle actors in the Millennium:
The second death is the death of a soul. It is the final destination of the damned. They are not tortured for an eternity as so many medieval paintings depict, for they are now at this time in their spiritual bodies which do not respond to pain (as witnessed in Nebuchadnezzar's furnace). The Lake of Fire is what most Christians think that "hell" is; that is to say, the destination of those who do not "go to Heaven." That the final end of the unsaved and unredeemed is not "hell" is easily witnessed by the fact that even hell itself is cast into the Lake of Fire before the eternity begins. Thus, there can be no eternal hell; for, even "hell" (which means the grave; i.e., death) is destroyed in the Lake of Fire. So we see that even death can die ("The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." [1st Cor 15:26]), and that in the eternity "there shall be no more death" (Rev 21:4), for it is no more; i.e., it "dies" (ends, completion, is no more, etc.).
Please let me know if I missed something that you were asking about.
Peace
to you in Christ Jesus.
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| Back To Top | Pastor Murray and the Shepherds Chapel. Also, the mark of the beast and the global apparatus to enforce it
A reader writes:
Hello [Xxxxx]. I could add to your list: his interpretation of "born again," his "our brother Judah" doctrine, his "5 month total Tribulation time," and an "Ezekiel 44 Millennium"; but I don't want to turn into a critic of pastor Murray, as he is the best out there on TV. But those would cover the main ones; and none of those are salvation doctrines, they are not spiritually imperative nor interfere with the saving of souls. I will only say this: I agree with pastor Murray on all important salvation doctrine, and I disagree with him on some points (as evidenced in my writings) related to prophecy matters. And while I did not say that the mark of the beast is necessarily a (computer) chip, I did say that it will be something identifiable. I base that on the fact that "they" shall know if you are one who is allowed to "buy and sell," and they shall know if you are one who hasn't yet taken the mark, whereby they can deliver you to the (soon to be, Judaic-run) councils for conversion (to antichrist/satan) or death. So, how will they know, if there is not a visible or detectable mark in/on you? Are they going to divine it? Nope, they shall see/detect it. Why do I identify these councils as Judaic? Well, for one, Christ more than hinted at who would be the ultimate persecutors of Christians in the Tribulation; and, the current world-wide "Hate Crime" / "AntiSemitism" / "Holocaust Denial" laws that are being instituted near and far (we even have in American government a global AntiSemitism office!) is the framework for the global apparatus that shall morph and eventually become the body that will be utilized to enforce totalitarian compliance with the receiving of the mark of the beast. You are free to disagree with that position. To that I would say to you: "Just watch." I need not prove it—they themselves are proving it for me, if one would only look. Pastor Murray is great Bible teacher, it is through his ministry that I began my own study of God's written Word, and he has taken Bible deeper study further than any of his peers, should he even have any peers nowadays. And he has done what few others have done, he has taught his students how to do their own studies. However, like all men—and like my favorite, E.W. Bullinger—he isn't perfect (nor does he claim to be, I might insert). Please allow me to close this E-mail with the words of that favorite of mine Bible teacher, Ethelbert Bullinger (deceased a century ago):
Peace to you in Christ Jesus.
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Hello [Xxxx]. My, my, aren't we all wound up? I have no problem with women watching for the signs of the times. Neither did Paul in God's Word, they just aren't supposed to be over and leading men, especially in the churches. So you can be a watchmen to. I implied no gender in naming this Watchmen Bible Study Group. As you know, often times the male gender term is used to include women, such as in the designation "mankind." Let's not get all Feminist here, please. You might be surprised to know that the supporters of Watchmen Bible Study Group are about half male and half female, so I don't think that I am coming-off as being anti-women on the Website. I just supply the Scriptures and let women take their place as their conscience dictates. Regarding your above quote, I have some detailed work on the matter that I will direct you to. I couldn't do the subject justice in a short E-mail, and why re-write it anyway? But in answer to your question: of course I believe Ezekiel, as I do all the prophets of God. When a prophet speaks and writes, he speaks and writes the words of God. That, by the way, stripped of all else, is the purist definition of the word prophet—one who speaks God's words. But you are not rightly dividing, as you shall shortly discover if you choose to read my below articles. So here you go, fellow watchmen: [Xxxxxxx], I deduce that you are an ardent supporter of pastor Murray. So too am I. However, I will part opinion with any man at the exact place and time where his teaching contradicts clear Scripture. Now, that does not mean that I will throw away a man who makes a mistake; but it does mean that I will side with God where man and God disagree. Pastor Murray is a great old guy, and I respect him greatly. In fact, for whatever it may or may not be worth to you, it is deeply painful for me to have to disagree with the man publicly, as I have learned so much from him. But for me, it all and always comes back to loyalty and fidelity—loyalty to God and fidelity to the truth. Now, perhaps I may be the mistaken party, and pastor Murray the correct; but you will never find that out until you do Scriptural investigation for yourself. I stand on my studies as sound doctrine, I always post Scriptural documentation for my positions. And if and where I can be shown through Scripture where I am wrong on a matter, I would come forward and change my position Biblically on that matter. I am not so burdened, as is pastor Murray, to be perfect. You all truly do expect too much from the man. No man, save for Christ, was ever perfect. My favorite Bible teacher and most true servant of Christ Jesus, E.W. Bullinger, believed in the Rapture hoax, knew nothing of the two creation events, was oblivious to the identity of Cain's father, etc. Apostle Paul had to publicly correct and admonish Apostle Peter. Why hold pastor Murray to a higher standard than any other man on the planet?
Peace to you in Christ Jesus.
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| Back To Top | Jewish defector and convert to Christianity, Benjamin Freedman, on Jesus NOT being a "Jew"
Hello; Jesus was definitely NOT a Jew as we reckon "Jews" today. Below is an article by a Jewish convert to Christianity: Below are some free E-books on our Website from the same above author. This should get you more than started. 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.
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| Back To Top | More on the "King James Only" Bible position
A reader writes: [WBSG Note: The "..." marks are in the original reader's E-mail, and do not denote editorial omissions as are generally then case with such markings in quoted text]
Check out the following. Then ask the question...Just 'how many' Gods are there?...
I believe with all my soul that this is no mistake...for it is they " Who changed the
truth of God into a lie".
Hello, thank you for the kind words and the payers, they mean much to me. As you have ably illustrated, the main focus of the omissions and adulterations in the newer Bible versions (every version AFTER the true King James Version Bible) are geared towards attacking the Deity of Jesus Christ. Your Scripture (Dan 3:25) was a foreshadowing of Jesus Christ before His time. Jesus, THE Son of God, THE "the only begotten Son of God" (Jn 3:16) was the forth man in the furnace which saved the three Hebrews. How could Jesus have been here before His time, one might ask?:
This, the same Jesus whom God by His Holy Spirit in the Gospel of John confirmed in His Holy Bible as being the only begotten (through Mother Mary without man's seed) Son of God. We, you and I, male and female, are all sons of God; all the angels are called sons of God; but there is only one begotten Son of God, the man Jesus Christ.
As described in our study (Adulterations in the Newer Bible Versions (NIV, NASB...); Proof that the King James Bible (KJV) is the True Word of God), all the newer versions are based upon a corrupt manuscript stream that deviated from the manuscript stream that the King James Bible was translated from. But that is only for the Greek text, for the New Testament text. But you have shown that the damned new version Bible makers have also corrupted the Old Testament text in the newer "Bible" versions. This is substantial, it is very important to observe; for, they have no corrupt manuscript to blame for the tampering with the Hebrew Old Testament text. In other words, these self-damned men have purposely lied about what the text says and, sadly, so many well meaning Christians are using these "Bible" versions. Satan is very smart, as are his minions:
Below is the whole passage for context. In it you will observe that Nebuchadnezzar witnessed a miracle, and because of it he made the Hebrew's religion legal in his realm:
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| Back To Top | Is there unrighteousness with God?
A reader writes:
Hello, I won't "Pleazzzzzzzzzzzze" say that "those were different times" because God's Word is never ending. And even Jesus stated:
The answer question #1, "...is this justice, really?", is this:
And also a warning from the Scriptures for those who endeavor to charge God with "unfairness":
And when you learn to respect God with a reverent fear, then He may choose to explain verses 22 and 23 above to your heart. But you are nowhere near ready to believe God; therefore, all shall remain a mystery to your heart, because from the first you did not trust the Lord, nor, apparently, do you now yet fear Him. The answer to question #2, "...10 concubines; how is this not fornication or adultry?", is this: Your not knowing what is and what is not adultery is causing you confusion. Then, once confused, you "solve" the problem by charging God with error. Please learn what Adultery is according to God's Bible, then go about assigning guilt and attributing contradiction: Adultery is SOLELY and SPECIFICALLY predicated on the marital status of the female participant So we see that the problem was not that God contradicted His own written Word (the Bible); but that rather, man failed to teach it accurately. Some preachers think it good to add and take away from what God said and meant in the commandments and laws of the Bible. But, for however well-meaning they may have been, in the end they cause God problems like the above reader's dilemma. False would-be do-gooder preachers cause God to look contradictory and even hypocritical! They shall answer for that one day. It is a mighty and fearful responsibility to teach God's written Word, the Bible. Many men take up the noble task quite haphazardly. Men don't choose the vocation, God calls men to it. Those who force their way in shall run right across and through the back door, right back out in the dark. For, God begins His judgment at the altar (clergy first). Now perhaps people can see why it is never right to lie about God's written Word, it is never right to add to the Scriptures because "one feels that the people will take excessive license with freedoms." The Catholic Church is an enormous offender in this regard: telling people that this or that is a sin when God didn't say it was. For instance, nowhere in the Bible is drinking alcohol or smoking cigarettes a sin; yet, so many non-Christians and quasi-Christians believe that it is a sin. The reason they errantly think that these are sins is because the churches, in their ignorance—or worse, in their adding to the Scriptures through false teaching—have told everybody that these are sins. So that in the Catholic Church you are a sinner for drinking beer, but you are a "good Catholic" for worshipping idols in the church. Go figure! Now, we know that idolatry is a sin because it in the Ten Commandments, which the Catholic Church is in extreme disobedience to; but, what will the popes and cardinals (and many non-Catholic Christian clergy) do with Jesus Christ? After all, His first miracle on Earth was to turn water into wine at a wedding party. And what about those neo-preachers who say that it "wasn't real wine" that Jesus made, but that it was grape juice? They will go to any length, any stretch, to make God say what they want Him to say, not what He is really saying. Further comment is superfluous. Let's just prove Scripture by Scripture; or, let's let God's written Word prove God's spoken intent:
So we see that the above wine spoken of, is a wine that made men drunk "have well drunk" (Jn 2:10b). Below we have another Scripture with both these same words, in the which there is no room for misinterpretation:
Peace to you in Christ Jesus. And I would tread a little lighter with the God-blaming and God-accusing if I were you. "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." (Gal 6:7). WBSG NOTE: For honesty's sake and for full disclosure: This author both smokes cigarettes and drinks alcoholic beverages; but, I assure you, that had no bearing on my above Scriptural interpretation. Drinking alcohol in moderation is no sin, and smoking cigarettes is no sin. And should "they" throw up the "your body is the temple of God" Scripture, ask them to read the verse in context with the rest of the passage, and they shall discover that it is speaking of sexual immorality (and figuratively, idolatry), not diet, alcohol, cigarettes, tattoos, piercings, biting your fingernails, failure to wash behind your ears, etc. The "your body is the temple of God" Scripture is a "catch all" for those who can't find their positions mirrored in the Scriptures, whereby they can make God look to be in agreement with their own particular (and un-Biblical) pet-peeves; and it is one of the more misapplied Scriptures in the Bible.
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Christians and self defense, should we sit back and expect God to do it all? A reader writes:
Hello, may I answer your last question first? You said/asked:
I can't help you with that because that is not the truth of the matter. We are supposed to count on God for things that we cannot do, but we are supposed to do what we can do. Could not I take your above argument and say "Why should I spread the Gospel, God is capable of spreading it Himself?" The laws of America provide for self-defense. So it is not against the law, neither God's law nor man's law. Now, I am not advocating young people running around with knives, but every adult ought to provide for his and his/her family's self defense. (You never told me your son's age, many people have adult sons.) You use the common "Christ is my defense," and that is rightly true, but then you err by taking that to mean that we can be lazy and "leave everything to Jesus to do." It is not God that seeks to render Christians helpless and disarmed, it is satan's minions who exploit the Scriptures to leave Christians vulnerable to criminals, rapists and robbers and murderers and thugs. If someone is trying to rape or kill you or your wife/daughter, then you have the right both under man's laws and God's laws to dispatch that wicked person to God (kill) where God shall then deal with them. The reality on the ground is that good Jesus Christ loving Christians do in fact get raped and murdered; however, another fact on the ground is that far fewer good Jesus Christ loving Christians get raped and murdered while they are armed. And yes, God helps some; but as we see, not all.
And the rest of your questions: You said/asked:
The answer should be self-evident: so that the Christian may protect his person and his family from evil doers. You said/asked:
If he is of an age where it is legal in your area to possess a knife, and if the length of the knife is legal—then your son is most correct. But do inform him that the law draws a very thin line between self defense and aggression. "Self defense" is not a valid excuse just because someone is insulting you. And a measured response is also looked at by the law. In other words, if a bully punches your son in the nose after insulting him in front of his girlfriend, and then your son pulls a knife and chases down the bully and stabs him to death—then you son shall be spending the next 15-20 years in State Prison for murder, and someone else shall be taking his girlfriend to the Prom, and he shall discover a side of "diversity" that he cannot now fathom. You said/asked:
Because that was enough weaponry for self defense in that particular place at that particular time. Today, a nine-millimeter is an "enough" weapon. But do it legally, following all the laws of your locality if at all possible. And understand that if you go against the laws of your city, even though you are in accord with God's laws, you will still end up in jail. Which most usually is better than ending up in a rape clinic or graveyard. But do understand that your actions have consequences, and that courts are not very accommodating to the Christian Bible defense because this world hates Jesus Christ and God's Bible and God's Christians. Don't give satan an opportunity to entangle you, Christian. You said/asked:
You notice that Jesus did not chastise Peter for doing something wrong, He simply healed the man's ear so that Peter would not be arrested. Jesus had work for Peter to do which Peter could not do if he was in jail or on a cross. Christians, think about that before you take irreversible "self-defense actions." You may be right, but you also may not get a fair trial, as Peter no doubt would not have had a fair day in court. Just because you can kill an assailant doesn't mean that you have to. The Judaic-controlled court systems of America are not very friendly to what they consider "vigilante action," most especially Christian self-defensers. In the book of Revelation, which speaks of the endtimes which we are racing into presently, it states:
You will notice that God didn't say that he was angry with them for fighting, but just that if they resist they can expect to be dealt with by satan's henchmen. However, those who accept captivity shall go into captivity of antichrist, which means they will swear allegiance to him and bring upon themselves the wrath of God. I'd rather die than worship satan (antichrist). Each Christian must make his/her own decision when that time comes, should our Lord choose to allow us to be subjected to difficulties during it. And I must stress that if your child is a minor: that most states have more restrictive laws regarding minors and weapons, because minor children are not always capable of making sound decisions and are less likely to give measured responses to aggression. You said/asked:
By studying each Scripture in context and then comparing them as a whole. Your problem, if I may say it, is that you have been poisoned by false pacifist preachers who would disarm God's Christians and leave them vulnerable to victimization. You even have preachers who don't know their Bible protesting Capital Punishment. That shall be most helpful to the International Judaics during the Great Tribulation when they are rounding up Christians for conversion (or execution) to their antichrist. You must understand that without the sword and the gun there would be no such religion as Christianity today—we would all be hell-bound Muslims. Remember the much maligned "Crusades," well, had the Christians not won there would not be a Christian religion on this planet today—that's why God gave the Christians the victory (yet you have deceived Christians today that are ashamed of the "Crusades"!). And today, Judaics are behind all gun confiscation legislation. Why is that? It is because they want Christians ripe for the plucking when the time comes. The greatest enemy to the antichrists are well armed Christians. Not the answer that you expected, huh? Not at all surprising nowadays, what with the endemic failure of the Christian clergy and churches. But it is Biblical. Now what will you do? Well, you could go to most any other Christian ministry with your question and have them tell you to lay down and go to sleep. But do insist that they satisfactorily answer regarding your above excellent Scriptural examples of armed Christians.
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Hello. I appreciate your trying to search the Scriptures out for your answer. That is exactly what we are supposed to do. However, what you have sent me does not do what you claim it does. Perhaps my position was not clear. I did not say that there would not be a Millennium, I said that it would be different than Ezekiel was shown before King Messiah was rejected. Revelation chapter twenty forward is "the new Ezekiel 40-48." What caused the change? They rejected the King of Ezekiel 40-48, they killed the Messiah of God, they spilt the Holy Blood and broke the Covenant. Therefore, God made a New Covenant, annulling the Old Covenant; you know it as the New Testament and you have a copy of it in your hand. Why is it that such a marvelous and terrible thing is happened? Christians today interpret the Old Testament prophecies as though there never was anything fulfilled in the New Testament, as though there never was even so much as a First Advent of Jesus Christ! Their error, as the great E.W. Bullinger spoke of, is that they are not rightly dividing, they are not rightly dividing the endtime prophecies based upon a rejected and killed—and then gloriously resurrected—Messiah Jesus Christ.
Is it any wonder that the endtime prophecies are a mystery to them? They are in fact, become "good Jews," but ignorant Christians. That is the sad outcome when you have so many Christ-denying Jewish professors teaching Theology to future Christian clergy. And it is not by any chance coincidence. All Seminary and "Christian" University-taught Christian clergy are compromised, they have been leavened with error and blasphemy. If you want to learn how to doubt the Bible and doubt Jesus Christ—spend four years in a "Christian" Seminary or a "Christian" University. Today, over half of new Seminary graduates (clergy) do not believe in Christ's virgin birth, so is it any wonder that 8 out of 10 Americans also deny the virgin birth of Messiah? When I see a man with a "Doctor of Theology" or "Reverend" before his name, I know to watch out for that man, for he speaks not for God nor Christ, but rather the traditions of unbelieving men leavened into the lump to destroy the whole of Christianity. I am so thankful (and blessed) that I never had the displeasure of their higher education! I will take my humble and God-believing High School education over all the "Doctors of Theology" and "four year University Reverends" any day, and will stand head and shoulders, by God, above those apostates when it comes to understanding God's simple Bible. The Old Covenant being fulfilled and completed
What's the point? The point is, is that the Kingdom in Ezekiel is patterned after the Old Covenant, which God said would vanish away (Heb 8:13), but the Kingdom in Revelation is patterned after the New Covenant, which is eternal. In Ezekiel we are in a flesh (body) with the Lord, in Revelation we are in the spirit (body). In Ezekiel they offer animal sacrifices, in Revelation (and anytime after Christ was once offered) any animal sacrifice is an abomination. Therefore, the animal sacrifices by flesh human priests in Ezekiel have been superseded by Christ and therefore Ezekiel's endtime scenario is likewise vanished away with the old promise (Old Covenant). Which is why God saw fit to show us the new pattern in the New Testament generally, and in the book of Revelation particularly.
And I have to say that it is unsound and unreliable your saying "this" means "that" all the time. For example, from your supplied article we find:
The conclusion that "waters = knowledge" is inaccurate (and also quite not to your point, either, as was all your other supplied copy & paste article which I didn't bother to post here). The Scripture says that as the water covers the sea so too shall the knowledge of the Lord cover the Earth;. it doesn't say that water is knowledge, it says that as water acts so too shall knowledge act; i.e., cover universally. In other words, knowledge of (not necessarily belief in) the Lord (Jesus) shall be universal in the endtime; for, just as the sea has no part that isn't covered by water (else it wouldn't be a sea to begin with), so too shall the Earth have no part where the knowledge of the Christian's Jesus Christ isn't known (or heard of). Missionaries, starting at the Apostles on down through the great missionary work of the twentieth century have gone to the four corners of the Earth and preached Jesus. Now, not all accept Him for who He claimed to be (and this of off-topic); but go to any continent, any country, any tribe, and they will know what the cross upon the missionary's neck means. And if there yet be any place like that, they shall hear of the lord before the end. But, I hasten to add, that doesn't mean that they necessarily believe it, they just "have knowledge" of it. Was this not prophecy fulfilled: "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world." (Rom 10:17-18). And in the end, the world shall wonder (worship after) the false god of this world (antichrist/satan), therefore they all shall have the concept of the Lord in their minds, they just pervert it. The above example is not the only place that you have had to do that to make your interpretation stick, as you know. You are over-spiritualizing many Scriptures to fit your theory. You are in effect, if you aren't careful, rewriting God's prophecies by saying that "this" really doesn't mean what it says, but that it is always symbolic and rather means "that." Be careful of that slippery slope. Yes, there are types and parables; however, great error is the result of taking parable for plain speech and taking plain speech for parable. Some beginning Bible students learn of the concept of "types" and "parable" and then run amuck making of every Scripture that does not fit their preconceived notions a type or allegory or metaphor, or parable. It happens all the time, people over-spiritualize plain Scriptures and inadvertently turn their meaning upside down and quite opposite to the intent of the Holy Spirit. And remember this: no true interpretation of a Scripture can contradict any other Scripture. Keep at it and let me know when find something sound that doesn't have to be forced into reality by changing what God said, and which also doesn't contradict so many foundational Scriptural teachings to be "true," such as Ezekiel's animal sacrifices for sin and offering to the Lord (Ezek 44:11), and his flesh marriages [and widows; i.e., death] in the Millennium (Ezek 44:22), etc. Then there will be stubborn people who will say that Ezekiel's "Millennium" animal sacrifices "really mean" love sacrifices (belief in Christ, presumably), and his marriages (and deaths) really mean ???. Come on, stop it with the "'this' really mean 'that'," please! The Scripture is just way to descriptive to mean anything other than flesh marriages (and flesh deaths, I might add). Observe how in the below verse you have virginity, marriage, offspring (seed), divorce, death (widows), and remarriage to another; then try to tell me that this is referring to an otherworldly "marriage supper of the Lamb" or other such foolishness:
One more thing. You wrote:
First, you unduly flatter yourself and the strength of your argument and the relevance of your "documentation". Secondly, I do not appreciate the irreverent manner in which you are addressing this. You act as though this is a game, and that I am trying to look right more than I want to be right. You don't know me. Scriptural interpretation is not a contest where one may laud his knowledge over another's head in victory. There is only the correct answer and the incorrect answer, there is nothing else. I am interested only in the truth of what God said, and I couldn't care less about winning arguments with the likes of you. To tell you the truth, you are beginning to sound like an unbeliever who is playing games with the Word of God. If you do not tremble at the Word of the Lord then you are debating with the wrong fellow. Be careful before you cross the line:
Stick to Bible-facts and leave the childish sarcasm at home, please. Thank you. The Bible and its study and interpretation is a serious matter. Life (eternal) and death (eternal) even.
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In regards to a recent article which speaks of the discovery of the remains of an ancient Rain Forest under the (northern colder-climate) state of Illinois (Ancient Rainforest Revealed in Coal Mine), an anonymous writer comments:
No, all Christians do not believe that! And the Bible gives no date as to the age of the Earth itself, only as to the age of the rejuvenation of it. The failure of 98% of Christians to understand this Bible truth is what puts them at a disadvantage when discussing Creation with Evolutionists. If Christians in general would understand that “old-Earth” is not against the Bible then most all of the Evolutionist's claims would vanish away for their own internal absurdities. The best friend that an Evolutionist has is the blissfully uninformed Christian who claims that planet Earth itself is only 7,000-14,000 years old. See our older article which reveals the danger to Christianity by such self-imposed ignorance: "Creation Science" and Ken Ham's AiG Ministry (Answers in Genesis). Now you know what God meant:
Gap Theory There is a punctuation period after the first sentence in verse two below, That means that the sentence has stopped, the thought complete and able to stand independently, and that what follows is another statement. Then after that first sentence there is long period of time (unknown amount) which transpires before the next sentence happens. In Bible argument circles this is called “the gap theory;” and the term, while being correct, is sometimes now used in a pejorative way, just like "they" pervert all truths that uphold God, Christ, and the truthfulness of the Holy Bible:
Below are Bullinger's (Companion Bible [which we are currently making into an E-book—time permitting]) footnotes for verse two of Genesis chapter one, which will bear me out and direct the reader to many Scriptural references that should enable the student to come to the conclusion based upon his/her own research:
I have another proposition here that may be a hitherto-undiscovered (to my knowing) strong argument for the "gap theory" in Genesis 1:2. Let's start with Dr. (and Rev. [Anglican]) Bullinger's above observation regarding the common Scriptural Figure of Speech called the Polysyndeton. First we will re-post Bullinger's above footnote:
and for more understanding on the Figures of Speech utilized by the Holy Spirit in the Bible, see Bullinger's appendix on the matter, from which I will below supply a brief introductory excerpt to familiarize the student with the subject. The below is taken from our upcoming new (electronic, cross-hyperlinked, indexed, 'copy & paste' enabled, etc., E-book) version of the Companion Bible which should be ready for distribution in the near future:
And regarding the particular Figure of Speech Polysyndeton, we will take Bullinger's definition in the whole:
Now, based upon an understanding of the phenomenon of the Figure of Speech Polysyndeton, allow me to propose the below. As you have noticed, Genesis chapter one begins with a Polysyndeton, in the which certain clauses are set-out with the same beginning word (and).
Now, understand that the verse structure of the Bible is not of Divine design, but of man's design. In the manuscripts there are no separate verses, and all of the Scripture runs together like when someone writes a long letter and does not make breaks for separate paragraphs. This makes it hard to read and sometimes causes confusion. However, with the Holy Bible the Translators set the books into paragraph form, taking; say, the book of Genesis from the original manuscripts, and setting it forth into fifty separate chapters, each having a various number of verses (paragraphs); thus making it easier on the eye, easier to keep your place when reading, and helps to organize individual subjects in grouped-together sentences (i.e., paragraphs) which we call "verses." These verses (paragraphs) were then numbered which allows us today to reference any Biblical statement by chapter and verse for easy citation and documentary purposes. There are separations in the manuscripts for certain "chapters," so to speak, but we shall not confuse the matter here by going into this, as it is not relevant to our point. We will simply focus on the verse breaks (or separations in the text) incorporated by the Translators. These are not Divinely set-out; and being arbitrary, may well have, in this or that place, have been selected in error—due to the translator's not always fully understanding that which they translated from the Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic, into the English of our modern Bibles. And this ("imperfect" paragraph separation) is not an odd thing in writing or rendering text; for, even I myself often break-up large paragraphs into several smaller ones for the purpose of easier reading, but which goes contrary to grammatical law. A "paragraph" is supposed to mark the beginning of a new subject or a change in direction of a writing. Consider a "paragraph" to act like a huge period mark between sentences, separating subjects just as periods separate statements. My point is that in our above Genesis excerpt (Gen 1:1-7) we have seven verses all of which begin with an "AND." That is the Figure Polysyndeton, as noted by the great Dr. Bullinger. However, if one looks at verse two in the below, he/she will notice that there are two Polysyndetons in this single verse.
And this is exactly at the point wherein we have stated that there was a gap in time. In the middle of verse two above is untold millions (billions?) of years of time. And I feel that this added phenomenon (the Polysyndeton) lends weight to the argument that there was indeed a gap in time at this very place in the middle of Genesis 1:2. How convenient that the Holy Spirit chose to mark off the rejuvenation of the old destroyed world with a separate Polysyndeton, which I purpose should have been rendered as a separate verse in the Bible, and which would have made teaching that there were to be three separate Earth ages a much easier task. Thus may it be read as so:
Note: By this proposition, verses 5, 8, and 31, should be broken down into two separate verses each. More work could be done on this subject, but we will close it with the following comparison of the Creation narrative in the books of Genesis and 2nd Peter, both of which speak a declaration of the separate and defined Earth ages. We will compare side by side Genesis and 2nd Peter (which we looked at earlier) where we observe the first two of those ages (the third age being "Heaven").
When these two parallel Scriptures are viewed side by side as in the above table, the Holy Spirit is seen to be completely consistent when He inspired Moses to write the book of Genesis in the Old Testament and Peter to write the 2nd Epistle of Peter in the New; with
And if we read further down in the 2nd Peter Scripture we would see there written (the third Earth age):
Prophetically fulfilled in:
Moving on... But anyway, regarding Illinois' newly discovered (Ancient Rainforest Revealed in Coal Mine): so much for so-called man-made Global Warming! Since Illinois is currently too cold to support a Rain Forrest today we have to conclude that Illinois cooled considerably in the modern era—but "they" say that man has made it warmer by his fossil fuels. Pure bunk! Man has absolutely nothing to do with it or with so-called "Green House Gasses." The truth of the matter is that the Earth goes through natural cooling/warming cycles entirely independent of man's activities. Everything is in cycles, as is the mean temperature of the Earth’s surface. The current (subtle) rise in temperatures on the Earth is the (observed by scientists, who then conveniently "forget" it) result of an increase in thermal activity on the Sun's surface (solar flares, eruptions from the core, etc.). True, Earth's surface is getting (mildly) warmer, but so too is the surface of Mars[1], the moon, and etc. Is my S.U.V. to blame for Mar's Global Warming "emergency" as well?
The eruption of Mount Saint Helens put more so-called Greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere than did the Industrial Revolution. Cows put more methane (a so-called Greenhouse Gas[2]) into the atmosphere than does America.
Why the Global Warming lie? "Global Warming" is an instrument in the elite's (no name necessary) hands to force one-world environmental laws and facilitate the rearing up of a global authority to enforce international law over the individual laws of the several sovereign nations of planet Earth.
This whole hoax, being pushed through by the controlled-media and ram-rodded into the "research papers" of compromised and manipulated Scientists is all part of the setting-up of the beast's one-world "global society" that we read of in Revelation chapter thirteen. And it is nothing less, nor anything more. In other words, it is a lie. It should have sent up red flags when the New World Order Globalist, Al (I invented the Internet) Gore, came out with a "documentary" supporting man-made Global Warming. Ex-Vice President and failed Presidential Candidate Al Gore was just repaying a favor to his International Judaic handlers and garnered a little attention for himself in the process. There is no man-made Global Warming. Search the Internet under the search terms "global warming hoax" and read the counter arguments to Global Warming. And any brave Scientist that comes forward and boldly declares the truth about so-called Global Warming is ridiculed, marginalized, can't get his work published, harassed, fired, and cut-off from Research Grant monies[4]. And those who do speak the party line on man-made Global Warming enjoy popularity, financial success and academic tenure[5]. I don't have to tell you WHO is the body that provides these Research Grant fund$, tenure, and popularity; I hope. There shall be a lot of terrified Scientists on Judgment Day (particularly with their intellectual prostitution regarding the impossibly flawed Evolution hoax); for, they used their great wisdom to willingly, "lie by omission," corrupt many immutable truths of God. "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." (Gal 6:7).
That is how the International Judaics control the intelligentsia and get them to come to the "desired conclusions." That's what they did, and are still doing, with Scientists who publicly support the impossibly flawed Theory of Evolution. When you read a Scientist support Evolution, you are listening to an intellectual prostitute—a bald-faced liar—because no even mildly intelligent man who studies the issue (as scientists do) can arrive at the conclusion that Evolution is real.
Against all opposition, legitimate hard working and honest scientists (and thus grossly underfunded, unpublished, untenured, etc.) are countering the absurd claims of the intellectual sell-out "Evolution scientists." And they are paying a heavy cost.
The debate over Evolution should be OVER, but it's not. "Certain" forces (the International Judaics through the United Nations organization which they founded in the aftermath of WWII, after their post-WWI League of Nations failed) are continuing to act as though Evolution is an agreed upon conclusion by all "rational" scientists, but it's not. You were—and your children are—being taught in our UNESCO-compliant core-curriculum educational programs that Evolution is a bygone conclusion. Why? Because in the New World Order (soon to be realized in the Tribulation) there is no room for the (only) True Lord God; nor for His (only) true religion, Christianity; and certainly not for His (only) Savior, Jesus Christ. UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization which is globalizing education, harmonizing what is taught to all peoples of the planet, molding every single child's mind on the face of the Earth into the New World Order—a New Order, New Realm, with a soon to be realized common government (global Marxist Communism [as was experimental nationally in the 1917-1991 U.S.S.R. and in China for the last six decades]) and a common religion and god ("antichristianity" and antichrist/satan). This is the groundwork to prepare the minds of the masses to first reject the True God, then to accept the false god, known to Christians as the antichrist (satan). Sadly, Christianity is not having success combating this and is rather melding into it (through "Judeo-Christianity," that impossible and false religion, the joining of darkness to Light, and "Christian Zionism," the political arm of the rising false religion). However, Islam, though a false religion with a false god, is not merging in with the New World Order program, which is why it is presently being dismantled from within (by infiltrated traitors) and without (by economic and military force). You will also notice that America is taking the lead on the military front, and derive whatever conclusions from that which you may. Contrary to modern thought, Islam is not all that far from perishing, which perhaps is why you do not see Islam in the Tribulation Scriptures; but don't lose sight of the fact that you also do not see a discernable Christianity during the Tribulation either. What forces were able to suppress all religion but their own (satan's antichristianity) leading up to and in the Great Tribulation? Could it have been done without a plan? Could it have been done—as we see it prophesied to be done in the Tribulation, and witness the groundwork today—without a conspiracy? And if there was a plan, carried out multi-generationally by a small coterie of wealthy and powerful men, and directed spiritually by satan, what is it?
Dismantling Islam was not in America's interest, it was in the New World Order's interest, that is to say, it was in the International Judaic's interest. And before modern day so-called "Israel" was—when that band of mostly Atheist Turko-Mongoloid impostors (Khazars - Ashkenazi Jews) set up camp in the holy land falsely claiming to be the true Israel peoples of the Bible—America enjoyed a peaceful relationship with Islam. Derive whatever conclusions from that which you may. But I hope that you are following the trail of the serpent as it slithers throughout the Earth. Back to Evolution ...However, there is overwhelming evidence against Evolution. See, for instance, DNA: The Tiny Code That's Toppling Evolution, where hard science and recent advances are debunking the Evolution hoax so absolutely that the Theory of Evolution is in its death throes. And they do it without religion. But any middle school Bible-believer could have told them that Evolution is a lie because it goes against God's Bible truths. In other words, science is finally catching up to the Bible, somewhat, anyway.
Yet, those men who publicly promote Evolution, those Doctors of Science, those cowardly sell-outs—who for mammon and fear of standing up for the truth and daring to be different in a corrupt academic world—have sold their professional opinion to the highest and only bidder, the International Judaics. Entire Universities and Pre- through High-School Systems on seven continents have sold their policy to the International Judaics, and your children are unwittingly being taught lies in these schools which you pay thousands of dollars in attendance fees and taxes to. Nothing is clearer than this to the free-thinker.
Once again, search the Internet under the search terms "evolution lie" or "evolution flawed" and read the counter arguments to the Theory of Evolution (here's a place to start: Evolution Fraud). Listen friend, if you do not do your own research, and instead glean all your information, and have your every opinion formed by satan's agents, then you are hopelessly consigned to wanton ignorance; an ignorance which may cost you your soul, and that of your children's not a little bit. Get busy, Christian. “Learning is not compulsory...
neither is survival.” — W. Edwards Deming Why is the Evolution lie so important to satan? Why is Evolution so valuable to the International Judaics? Because it makes a liar of God, Christ, and His Bible; that's why. If the Bible lied about God Creating everything, then nothing in the Bible would be trusted by anyone. That is the great prize—the fostering of the disbelief in God by destroying His written record. There is a war going on for souls, satan is utilizing the considerable influence and power of his people (which he gave to them) to separate mankind from their God, the only True God; yet, most people can't even smell the gunpowder in the air, much less see the battle being waged for their own very souls and the souls of their children. Even Pope John Paul II, the (late) so-called spiritual leader of one-half of the planet's Christians, stated publicly that he believed in "limited Evolution"! And the Catholic's Vatican has come out publicly in support of Darwin's Theory of Evolution![6] Who needs to ask if the end is nigh! The bad news is that satan is winning that war that he is waging, as the Bible declared that he would, for a season. Yes, this is that serious.
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