Are the Amish Saved? Are you?

What were you originally taught?

How does that initial belief compare to your better understanding of scripture today?

This video quickly describes the beliefs of the Amish on one important issue:

https://youtube.com/shorts/3nbGPdQ1w5s?si=OBtplGLRZ8ckF55T

The Amish believe in Jesus, but on terms.  Rom 10:9 distinguises them from other Christians.

Do we then conclude that the Amish are saved, or not?

[Rom 10:9 KJV] "9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."

Maybe it isn't just the Anish we need to worry about.

When I did a survey of Canada & USA in Sept. 2019 it seemed 0.5% of Chtistians were "Rapture Ready" at that time.

 https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/09/poll-results-ostrich-or-owl-gods-end.html

I sense it has gotten worse, not better, since then (ie. COVID, closing churches, worse economy, polarization, antisemitism, fake news, false prophets, false doctrine, suicide, depression, anxiety, fear, crime, war, etc.).

Many who profess to be Christian place a laser beam focused reliance on this Rom 10:9  verse, to the exclusion of many other Bible verses.  Their interpretation of this verse needs to be carefully considered, as a good Berean ought to do, to check their interpretation of this verse.

Many Potestant Christians believe in the "5 Solae" of the Reformation, which distinguished the Reformers from the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church; includes sola scriptura (Scripture alone), solus Christus (Christ alone), sola fide (faith alone), sola gratia (grace alone), and soli Deo gloria (glory to God alone).

Saved by faith alone.  Does that mean just a mustard seed of faith; or must it be a deep, total, all consuming faith?  Does it mean continuous faith without a break; or periodic, intermittent, fluctuating, diminishing, or occassional faith?

Does Rom 10:9 also mandate some or all of the 5 Solae?  If yes, which ones, and to what degree?

Easy-peasy belief-ism often suggests that all a person has to do is take a few seconds out of their busy life, perform the Rom.10:9 ritual; then, if they wish (and many do), they can immediately return to their sin-filled, fleshy, life, fully engaged in this sinful world; and can then smugly rely upon being irrevocably thereafter guaranteed salvation, no matter what else subsequently happens.

Is that true, somewhat true, or totally deceiving?

For example:

Can a Rom 10:9 convert subsequently take the Mark of the Beast (Rev. 13:18, 14:11) without losing their salvation?

Can a Rom 10:9 believer safely do the Unforgiveable Sin of blaspheming the Holy Spirit (Mar. 3:29, Luke 12:10), before or after their Rom 10:9 ritual, without loss of salvation?

Can a graduate of the Rom. 10:9 ritual choose to hold bitterness, anger, judgment, and have malicious vengeful thoughts or actions against someone who trespassed against them, with no effect on their salvation (ie. Over-riding the Biblical warnings of Jesus in Mat 6:14-15, 18:21-22, Mar 11:25, Luke 6:37; and Eph 4:32)?

Can a Rom.10:9 convert sin with full impunity, even to the point of being a chronic sinner, or grieve the Holy Spirit, or being a worker of iniquity, or have a reprobate mind, or be a worshipper of idols, or be a worshipper of Satan or the Beast or the  AntiChtist?

Can a Rom. 10:9 adherent skip being Born Again (ie. is it truly a mandated requirement to see Heaven, as declared by Jesus in John 3:3-8)?

Can a Rom 10:9 believer refuse to pick up their cross, refuse to follow Jesus, keep their Rom. 10:9 testimony as a total secret, procrastinate forever rather than share the Gospel of Jesus Christ; and yet still have a guaranteed reservation in Heaven?

Many who call themselves Christian chant a mantra of "Once Saved Always Saved".  Do they rely solely on Rom 10:9 for their superlative claim?  Can their claim be true when all of the above disqualifications exist, plus the Bible clearly states there are apostates (Micah 2:4), backslidden believers (Pro 14:14, Isa 57:17, Jer 8:5, Jer 14:7, Eze 37:23), a need to rebuke sinful Christians (Luke  17:3, 1 Tim 5:20, 2 Tim 4:2; Tit 1,:9, 13; Tit. 2:15), a need to eject sinful Christians out of the church, who are unwilling or unable to repent, thereby releasing them to Satan (1 Cor 5:5), false prophets, wolves in sheep's clothing, and false conversions (ie. they truly believe they are saved, but they are not yet saved; hence weeping & gnashing of teeth when they finally find out, but too late)?

Again I ask:

What were you originally taught?

How does that initial belief compare to your better understanding of scripture today?

Salvation & Protection

Get close to God, even if you have a reinforced steel & concrete bunker under your house.  

Only with God, as a Born Again, obedient child of God, with a loving intimate relationship with Jesus Christ are you truly safe.  

That likely means you pray to God more than 5 times each day, read your Bible at least an hour each day, have gotten all iniquity out of your life (ie. pre-planned, wilfull, or chronic sin), love God with all your heart mind soul & strength, love everyone else as you love yourself, forgiven everybody who has trespassed against you & hold no grudges or bitterness, at least weekly you pick up your cross & follow Jesus by giving your testimony and preaching the Gospel to every creature.

For those who are not yet qualified as a True Christian (see above), then you are a luke-warm Christian, or a hypocrite, or a wolf in sheep's clothing, in this case, the following is for you: 

For unrepentant sinners, God hates their evil deeds (Psalm 5:5), is angry at them every day (Psalm 7:11), hates their actions (Proverbs 6:18), hates their worship (Proverbs 15:8), hates their ways (Proverbs 15:9), hates their thoughts (Proverbs 15:26), is far from the wicked (Prov. 15:29), and refuses to hear their prayers for help (John 9:31, Isaiah 59:1-2, Lam 3:44, Prov 15:29, Jer. 7:16, Mica 3:4; Ezek 8:18, 1 Pet 3:12).

Prayers of an unrepented sinner are an abomination to God, and become sin in themselves (Prov 28:9, Ps 109:7).

Unlike the unrepentant sinners, God hears the prayers of the righteous (Prov. 15:29, Ps. 34:17-19), & helps the righteous, obedient, children of God:

[Psa 34:17-19 KJV] "17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all."

2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."

Unrepentant sinners will be tried by God & convicted, then thrown alive into Hell (ie. The Lake of Fire), where they will have no rest, neither day nor night, but suffer burning & torment for ever & ever (Rev. 14:11, 20:10, 15). There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 8:12, 13:42, 50; 22:13, 24:51, 25:30; Luke 13:28)

If you want to go to Heaven, and avoid Hell, you must confess & repent all your sins to God, and ask for God's forgiveness; be a Born Again Christian who received the Holy Spirit's baptism by fire; fully believes in the true Jesus Christ who is fully God and fully man; love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength; loves all others as you love yourself; forgives the trespasses of all others; seeks to lovingly obey God's commandments; get all iniquity (pre-planned, or chronic sin) out of your life; hate sin; pick up your cross & follows Jesus by sharing your testimony, preaching the Gospel, and doing good works as proof of your salvation; don't do the Unforgiveable Sin; and don't take the Mark of the Beast.

If you aren't a fool, here is a link to what you need to know & do immediately.  

This is urgent, as WW3 begins within a few hours to a few weeks, so don't delay.  All are welcome to fully join God's winning side.

The following is a summary of 300+ Bible verses to help you quickly get started.

God's 26 Commandments for Christians

https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/12/gods-26-commandments-for-christians.html

God's D-Day 2024

I declare a "Highest of High Watch" between now and Aug. 16, 2024 (3 days after the 9th of Av on the Hebrew calendar).

This watch is based on the following three independant prophecies by well known End Times Prophets of God:

Julie:

https://iamcallingyounow.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-labor-pain-intensifies-and-though.html?m=1

Erin:

http://sparrowcloud9.com/heaven-dreams-interpretations/the-tribulation/excerpt-from-dreams-questions-answered/full-dreams/dream-825/

Dr. Robert Mawire

https://www.youtube.com/live/KbdX3lKU5L8?si=YkKwbO1sAod_SPQw

Our God is a God of history.  Patterns repeat, there is nothing new under the sun (Ecc. 1:9).  None of these three prophecies mention a specific date, only that there are no more warnings, and that God's Big Move is imminent.

Habakkuk the prophet, and others cried out to God for help when they were surrounded by evil.

[Hab 1:1-4 KJV] "1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. 2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! 3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. 

To which Almighty God responded:

[Hab 1:5 KJV] 5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you."

Hab. 1:5 had been quoted by Erin since June 2016, in Dream 204

http://sparrowcloud9.com/heaven-dreams-interpretations/the-tribulation/excerpt-from-dreams-questions-answered/full-dreams/dream-204/

It has been quoted by Julie since Dec 21, 2017:    Do or die Your way or Mine?

[no longer listed on her Blog ?? ]

It appears to me that day of reckoning is just a few days away.

This may be Three Days of Darkness, or a major crisis for Israel, or similar event that upsets the whole world, thereby kicking off God's Revival, saving souls from Hell.

Those who volunteered to be Overcomers will likely be sealed & annointed, then sent forth throughout the world to preach the Gospel, drive out demons, heal the sick, perform miracles, raise the dead, and other great exploits for the greater glory of God.

Jewish Historical Dates of Note

Based on Dr. Mawire's calendar that suggested May 27, 2024 as the Israeli turning point, now well past, and I had no other obvious date in mind for what comes next in God's End Times calendar, I surveyed "This Day in Jewish History" on http://chabad.org (copied below for key items) to find a few candidates.  The key Jewish dates & events are as follows:

Thursday, July 11, 2024
5 Tammuz, 5784

Ezekiel's Vision of the "Chariot" (429 BCE)

On the 5th of Tammuz of the year 3332 from creation (429 BCE), Ezekiel, among the only prophets to prophesy outside of the Holy Land, beheld a vision of the Divine "Chariot" representing the spiritual infrastructure of creation.

Friday, July 12, 2024
6 Tammuz, 5784

Entebbe Rescue (1976)

Jewish hostages held by Arab terrorists at Entebbe Airport, Uganda, were rescued by Israeli commando units in 1976.

Sunday, July 14, 2024
8 Tammuz, 5784

Spanish Inquisition Abolished (1834)

On July 15, 1834, the Office of the Spanish Inquisition was abolished by the Queen Mother Maria Christina, after nearly three and a half centuries. However, the right of public worship (including permission to mark places of worship and advertise religious services) was not granted to the Jews until 1967.

Monday, July 15, 2024
9 Tammuz, 5784

Jerusalem Walls Breached (423 BCE)

The Babylonian armies of King Nebuchadnezzar breached the walls of Jerusalem on the 9th of Tammuz in the year 3338 from creation (423 BCE); King Ziddikiahu of Judah was captured and taken to Babylon (Jeremiah 39:5. A month later, the capture of Jerusalem was completed with the destruction of the Holy Temple and the exile of all but a small number of Jews to Babylon). Tammuz 9 was observed as a fast day until the second breaching of Jerusalem's walls (by the Romans) on the 17th of Tammuz, 3829 (69 CE), at which time the fast was moved to that date. (Talmud, Rosh Hashanah and Tur Orach Chaim 549)

Tuesday, July 16, 2024
10 Tammuz, 5784

King Zedekiah captured (423 BCE)

When the Babylonians breached the walls of Jerusalem on the 9th of Tammuz, King Zedekiah fled the city. He was captured by Babylonian troops in the plains of Jericho on the 10th of Tammuz and was taken to King Nebuchadnezzar, who forced him to witness the slaughter of his sons, and then ordered his eyes gouged out.

Monday, July 22, 2024
16 Tammuz, 5784

Golden Calf Made; Hur Killed (1313 BCE)

In the year 2448 from Creation (1313 BCE), Tammuz 16 was the 40th day following the Giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, and the people of Israel wrongly expected Moses' return from the mountain (he would actually return on the following day). When their leader failed to return, they demanded from Aaron: "Make us a god that shall go before us". Hur (Moses' nephew, the son of Miriam and Caleb) tried to stop them and was killed by the mob. Aaron fashioned a calf of molten gold.

Tuesday, July 23, 2024
17 Tammuz, 5784

Moses Breaks Tablets (1313 BCE)

The Talmud (Taanit 28b) lists five tragic events in Jewish history that occurred on Tammuz 17, on account of which a fast was instituted on this day (see Laws & Customs").

The first of these occurred in 1313 BCE, forty days after the Giving of the Torah on Sivan 6. Upon descending Mount Sinai and witnessing Israel's worship of the Golden Calf (see "Today in Jewish History" for yesterday, Tammuz 16), Moses smashed the Tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments which he was carrying down from the mountain.

Temple Service Disrupted (423 BCE)

The daily sacrificial offerings (Korban Tamid) in the Holy Temple were discontinued, three weeks before the Babylonians' destruction of the First Temple in 423 BCE.

Jerusalem Walls Breached (69 CE)

The other three national tragedies mourned on Tammuz 17 are connected with the Roman conquest of Jerusalem and their destruction of the Second Temple in the year 69 CE:

--The walls of the besieged city of Jerusalem were breached.

--The Roman general Apostomus burned the Torah and,

--placed an idol in the Holy Temple.

The fighting in Jerusalem continued for three weeks until the 9th of Av, when the Holy Temple was set aflame.

Fast Day

Tammuz 17 is a fast day, devoted to mourning the breaching of Jerusalem's walls and the other tragic events that occurred on this day (see "Today in Jewish History") and repenting and rectifying their causes. We refrain from all food and drink from "daybreak" (about an hour before sunrise, depending on location) until nightfall. Special prayers and Torah readings are added to the day's services.  Jerusalem, the destruction of the Holy Temple and the dispersion of the Jewish people.  Weddings and other joyful events are not held during this period; like mourners, we do not cut our hair, and various pleasurable activities are limited or proscribed. (Consult the Code of Jewish Law (Shulchan Aruch) or a qualified rabbi regarding specific proscriptions).  The Lubavitcher Rebbe urged that the Three Weeks should be a time of increased giving of charity and Torah study (in keeping with the verse (Isaiah 1:27), "Zion shall be redeemed by law, and her returnees by charity"), particularly the study of those portions of Torah that deal with the laws and the deeper significance of the Holy Temple.

Wednesday, July 24, 2024
18 Tammuz, 5784

Golden Calf Destroyed (1313 BCE)

Moses destroyed the Golden Calf, and re-ascended Mount Sinai to plead God's forgiveness for the Jewish people. (Exodus 32:20; Talmud Taanit 30b. See "Today in Jewish History" for Tammuz 16 and Tammuz 17)

"The Three Weeks"

During the Three Weeks, from 17th of Tamuz to the 9th of Av, we commemorate the conquest of Jerusalem, the destruction of the Holy Temple and the dispersion of the Jewish people.  Weddings and other joyful events are not held during this period; like mourners, we do not cut our hair, and various pleasurable activities are limited or proscribed. (The particular mourning customs vary from community to community, so consult a competent halachic authority for details.)  Citing the verse (Isaiah 1:27) "Zion shall be redeemed with mishpat [Torah] and its returnees with tzedakah," the Rebbe urged that we increase in Torah study (particularly the study of the laws of the Holy Temple) and charity during this period.

Tuesday, July 30, 2024
24 Tammuz, 5784

Jews of Jerusalem are set aflame (1099)

When the crusaders captured Jerusalem during the First Crusade, the Jews of Jerusalem fled into a synagogue. The crusaders then set flame to the synagogue, burning alive all the Jewish men, women, and children who had taken refuge there. All Jews were barred from living in the city of Jerusalem for the following 88 years.

Monday, August 5, 2024
1 Av, 5784

Passing of Aaron (1274 BCE)

Aaron the first High Priest, brother of Moses and Miriam, passed away at age 123 on the 1st of Av of the year 2487 from creation (1274 BCE). This is the only yahrzeit (date of passing) explicitly mentioned in the Torah (Numbers 33:38).

Sunday, August 11, 2024
7 Av, 5784

First Temple Invaded (423 BCE)

After nearly a month of fierce fighting inside Jerusalem (see "Today in Jewish History" for Tammuz 9), the armies of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia broke through into the Temple compound, where they feasted and vandalized until the afternoon of Av 9, when they set the Holy Temple aflame.

Monday, August 12, 2024
8 Av, 5784

Spies Return (1312 BCE)

The Spies dispatched 40 days earlier by Moses to tour the Promised Land return to Israel's encampment in the desert, bearing a huge cluster of grapes and other lush fruits. But even as they praise the land's fertility, they terrify the people with tales of mighty giant warriors dwelling there and assert that the land is unconquerable.

Civil War in Jerusalem (67 CE)

Fighting breaks out inside the besieged city of Jerusalem between Jewish factions divided on the question of whether or not to fight the Roman armies encircling the city from without. One group sets fire to the city's considerable food stores, consigning its population to starvation until the fall of Jerusalem three years later.

Tuesday, August 13, 2024
9 Av, 5784

Exodus Generation Condemned to Die in Desert (1312 BCE)

On the Ninth of Av of the year 2449 from creation (1312 BCE), the generation of Jews who came out of Egypt under Moses' leadership 16 months earlier were condemned to die in the desert and the entry into the Land of Israel was delayed for 40 years.

Holy Temples Destroyed (423 BCE and 69 CE)

Both the first and second Holy Temples which stood in Jerusalem were destroyed on Av 9: the First Temple by the Babylonians in the year 3338 from creation (423 BCE), and the second by the Romans in 3829 (69 CE).

Fall of Betar (133 CE)

Betar, the last stronghold in the heroic Bar Kochba rebellion, fell to the Romans on the 9th of Av of the year 3893 (133 CE) after a three-year siege. 580,000 Jews died by starvation or the sword, including Bar Kochba, the leader of the rebellion.

Expulsion From England (1290)

On this date in 1290, King Edward I of England issued an Edict of Expulsion, ordering the expulsion of all Jews from his territory.

Spanish Expulsion (1492)

The Jews of Spain were expelled by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella on the 9th of Av of 1492, terminating many centuries of flourishing Jewish life in that country.

Celestial Eclipses

On Sept. 18, 2024 there is a partial lunar eclipse.

On Oct. 2, 2024 there is an annular solar eclipse.

As both of these are well past our Watch window, these appear to not add additional data for consideration.

Celestial Zodiac Alignment

God told us that the planets and star are for signs and seasons.

Various planets represent groups and events.

Using Stellarium, we see the following alignments and events in our Watch window:

Mars= War

On July 15, 2024 Mars is close to conjunction with Uranus, while in constellation Taurus.  

According to Dr. Mawire, Uranus is associated with Satan's earthly goverance, politics, evil, etc.

Taurus is traditionally associated with Israel.

I suggest this July 15th date as all-out attack by Hezbollah (and possibly other Iranian proxies, and neighbouring Shia Muslims), all coming against Israel

Israel likely puts up a valiant fight, but the Psalm 83 War, which Israel has been winning from Oct. 8, 2023 (ie. day after Hamas' terror attack on Oct. 7th) till July 14th, 2024 then the war likely suddenly turns against Israel.  

The Psalm 83 War likely keeps getting worse & worse for Israel, until by the 9th of Av (Aug. 13th, 2024), Jerusalem is likely sacked.  

Beginning on Aug. 13th, continuing for 3 days, Mars is in conjunction with Jupiter, the King planet, in Taurus (which represents Israel &/or Jerusalem) likely meaning Israel is being rescued by USA, &/or war coming to USA.

Mercury= Finances

Mercury is associated with commerce, stock market, banks, etc.  

Today, Mercury is in the constellation Cancer, but enters Leo (associated with God &/or Israel) on July 20th 2024.  This is just 5 days after the Mars-Uranus conjunction noted above.

It is suggested all the world's finances scurry for cover at the all-out war against Israel expands.

On Aug. 6th, perhaps the Israeli &/or Ukranian war news is so bad that a world-wide economic collapse occurs.  

This is the day that Mercury goes into retrograde motion (travels backwards, going West to East, as seen from Earth).  

Retrograde Mercury may be a reversal of all the world's bull markets, to become perma-bears.

Neptune= Nature

On Jul. 25th, the Moon (often representing Israel) is in conjunction with Neptune.

This may signal Satan releasing huge storms, earthquakes, etc. against Israel.

Uranus= Politics

On Jul 29th, Uranus is in conjunction with the Moon.  

Uranus represent political systems, and the Moon often represents Israel.  

Does this mean that stress of the mounting war losses, cripling of the Israeli economy, factions and further splintering in the War Cabinet, mounting protests on the Israeli streets, etc.

Will this manifest as a boiling point, with Israeli in-fighting, blaming, rabid fear, fleeing of citizens, and collapse of the Knesset goverment?

Jupiter= USA

Jupiter represents the ruler, so likely identifies with USA, currently the "leader of the free world".  

Does this mean that USA helps defend Israel?  The conjunction the begins on Aug. 13th, the 9th of Av, between Mars & Jupiter, and lasts 3 days.

Are USA carrier fleets attacking Israel's enemies for those 3 days of conjunction, so as to help save Israel from sure destruction?

Aug. 16, 2024 (2024-8-16, which give Gematria sum of: 20+24+8+16= 68, which Watchman Jarret, Supernatural By Design, suggests a Gematria of 68 is associated with WW3).

The USA is directly against Iran and its proxies in this scenario, while Russia has pledged to defend its alliessuch as Lebanon, Syria, and Iran  (ie. up to and including the use of Russian nuclear weapons).

Therefore, likely after USA intercedes for Israel on Aug. 13th-15th, will Russia do a nuclear attack against USA in retaliation on Aug. 16, 2024?

Henry Gruver's prophecy of Russia's 7 nuke attack against USA:

https://youtu.be/tj23b8LyTx8?list=PLoA7Hce5FJFcyB6tncAuTbFOsI8dWTU_Q

President Biden has recently moved USA away from 70+ years of blessing Israel, to suddenly cursing Israel; thereby inviting God to curse USA.

It is also interesting that there are 40 days between July 4, 2024 (USA Independence Day) and 9th of Av (Jewish tragedy day, on Aug. 13, 2024); which might be interpreted to a 40 days notice of judgment, similar to what was given to Ninevah before its potential judgment by God.

If the USA is destroyed on Aug. 16th, that may give free license to the Shia Muslims thereafter, to continue trying to wipe out Israel and all Jews.  

Perhaps that persistant Muslim horde requires God to step in, wipe out the  Muslim horde that is surrounding & attacking Israel, thereby saving Israel.

Time will soon tell.

Comments, suggestions, or additional data points to add?  Please fill in a comment below.

Salvation & Protection

For unrepentant sinners, God hates their evil deeds (Psalm 5:5), is angry at them every day (Psalm 7:11), hates their actions (Proverbs 6:18), hates their worship (Proverbs 15:8), hates their ways (Proverbs 15:9), hates their thoughts (Proverbs 15:26), is far from the wicked (Prov. 15:29), and refuses to hear their prayers for help (John 9:31, Isaiah 59:1-2, Jer. 7:16, Mica 3:4; Ezek 8:18, 1 Pet 3:12).

Prayers of an unrepented sinner are an abomination to God, and become sin in themselves (Prov 28:9, Ps 109:7).

Unlike the unrepentant sinners, God hears the prayers of the righteous (Prov. 15:29, Ps. 34:17-19), & helps the righteous, obedient, children of God:

[Psa 34:17-19 KJV] "17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all."

2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."

Unrepentant sinners will be tried by God & convicted, then thrown alive into Hell (ie. The Lake of Fire), where they will have no rest, neither day nor night, but suffer burning & torment for ever & ever (Rev. 14:11, 20:10, 15). There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 8:12, 13:42, 50; 22:13, 24:51, 25:30; Luke 13:28)

If you want to go to Heaven, and avoid Hell, you must confess & repent all your sins to God, and ask for God's forgiveness; be a Born Again Christian who received the Holy Spirit's baptism by fire; fully believes in the true Jesus Christ; love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength; loves all others as you love yourself; forgives the trespasses of all others; seeks to lovingly obey God's commandments; get all iniquity (pre-planned, or chronic sin) out of your life; hate sin; pick up your cross & follows Jesus by sharing your testimony, preaching the Gospel, and doing good works as proof of your salvation; don't do the Unforgiveable Sin; and don't take the Mark of the Beast.

If you aren't a fool, here is a link to what you need to know & do immediately.  

This is urgent, as WW3 begins within a few hours to a few weeks, so don't delay.  All are welcome to fully join God's winning side.

The following is a summary of 300+ Bible verses to help you quickly get started.

God's 26 Commandments for Christians

https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/12/gods-26-commandments-for-christians.html

My Testimony for Evangelizing

My Testimony

"Like most people, I tried to be good, but often sinned.  Jesus Christ sacrificed Himself on the cross to pay for everybody's sins.  At 63, I became a Born Again Christian.  Through Jesus, I will have an eternity of peace, joy, & love."

This testimony was designed to be as short as possible, expressly include Jesus Christ, and intrigue the listener to ask follow-on questions.

My Chronic Problem

The above testimony was developed as my solution to be used by me when I'm handing out Bible tracts. 

I have been handing out a Bible tract about sin, obedience to God's laws, and the limitations of being  , which is wrongly assumed to be sufficient for eternal salvation.

The full colour cartoon tract I like to use ("Are you a good person?") is made famous by Ray Comfort of Living Waters.  It can be purchased through http://livingwaters.com  at a reasonable price.  Alternatively, which I eventually did, you can download a copyright-free public domain version (see: http://freecartoontract.com/are-you-a-good-person-english/ ),  customize it for yourself (eg. add your contact info), print locally, and save the expense of shipping.

Free cartoon Bible tract
http://freecartoontract.com/are-you-a-good-person-english/

My version is on legal size paper (8.5" x 14", double-sided, with two tracts per page), and includes info about our church, added via my desktop publishing software, available here:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/w4qrccoa6ajnr5zlw27td/KJBC-M_AreYouAGoodPerson_A09.pdf?rlkey=z6iexdwd2iiilbqq54zzjxrif&dl=0

When I hand this tract out, I would usually say "You're a good person!  Here [handing the tract to them], this is a story about other good persons, just like you.".

Previously, too often, I didn't add my own testimony to the tract gifting; often because:

A)   I'm not sure what else to say, &/or 

B)  I want to avoid social discomfort (ie. for both me, & the receiver of the tract).  

Praying & reflecting on this lack of testimony, I now worry that my avoidance of social discomfort is way too close to:

Ps 119:46; Mar 8:38; Luk 9:26; Rom 1:16; Rom 5:5; Rom 9:33; Rom 10:11; 2Ti 1:8, 12; 1Pe 4:16

[Psa 119:46 KJV] "46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed."

[Mar 8:38 KJV] "38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

[Luk 9:26 KJV] "26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels."

[Rom 1:16 KJV] "16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek."

[Rom 5:5 KJV] "5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us."

[Rom 9:33 KJV] "33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed."

[Rom 10:11 KJV] "11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed."

[2Ti 1:8, 12 KJV] "8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; ... 12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day."

[1Pe 4:16 KJV] "16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf."

Analysis

Boldness and courage, tempered by love, friendliness, and compassion for lost souls is why we speak our testimony in spite of wanting to avoid fleeting social awkwardness.

Therefore, I wrote the above testimony as a solution for myself.

Christians are suffering more & more persecution, around the world; up to & including death.

Soon, a time will come under the AntiChrist, when it isn't just social discomfort in N. America and Europe, it will be illegal to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and give one's testimony.

The One-World government of the AntiChrist will persecute and cruelly enforce these laws against Christianity.

Strength and courage learned now will be essential for this future time of Christian persecution.

I am reminded of Acts 5:25-42 when the Sanhedrin threatened the Apostles for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Jerusalem:

[Act 5:25–42 KJV] "25 Then came one and told them [Sanhedrin], saying, 'Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people'. 26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 28 Saying, 'Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.' 29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, 'We ought to obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. 31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. 32 And we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey Him.' 33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them. 34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; 35 And said unto them, 'Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. 36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought. 37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. 38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.' 40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 And they [the Apostles] departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name. 42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ."

By memorizing my testimony above, I hope to recite it when handing out Bible tracts in all future evangelizing.  

I hope & pray that this combination of "Tract + personal testimony" will develop better, more effective evangelism methods, showing my courage and love for Jesus.

I share all this here in case the above might help you, or help others you may know.  

Therefore use any of the above freely for the greater glory of God, or if you think best, share it far & wide.

Salvation Prayer

 After 63 years as a Luke-Warm Christian, I learned that I must be Born Again if I wanted to have eternal life of peace, joy, and love in Heaven.  Within a few days of discovering this essential truth, my wife and I decided to become Born Again Christians in Feb. 2017.

At first, we heard about the ABC Sinners Prayer as the fast, easy way to get saved.  The "ABC" refers to "Admit, Believe, Confess" or "Admit, Believe, Call".  There are many slight variations of this Christian Classic, but most are similar to the following:

Dear God: I realize that I'm a sinner and I can't save myself. I believe you sent your Son Jesus to die on the cross to take the penalty of my sins. I ask Jesus now to come into my life and save my soul, and guide and direct my life from this point on as my Lord. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

After recovering from 63 years of deception, we weren't ready to fall back into another deception.  Therefore, as "Good Bereans", we consulted the Bible so as to test the ABC Sinner's Prayer, to make sure it ticked all the boxes, was comprehensive, and sufficiently met all mandatory requirements as described in the Bible so as to truly achieve Salvation.

We quickly determined that the ABC Sinner's Prayer was terrible, misleading, superficial, with many wrongful assumptions, and may not get us to 1st base, let alone failing to get us all the way around the bases to score the home run of Salvation.

Therefore, based on our Bible research, we crafted our own Salvation Prayer.  We believe it is fully compliant to all the requirements specified in the Bible (both OT and NT).  To help us remember (ie. answering "Where did you get that from?"), and prove our case about the poor quality of ABC Salvation Prayer, and the excellence our our Salvation Prayer, we have added 53 End Notes, linking this  prayer's wording to the specific Bible verse(s) that add a mandatory condition or requirements, which include 100's of Bible verses;   all so as to prove our work, rightly dividing the Word.

This Salvation Prayer is based upon God's 26 Commandments for Christians (see:  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/12/gods-26-commandments-for-christians.html ), which is based on the Bible.

We ask you to review our Salvation Prayer, and test it yourself.  Is it 100% Biblical?  Is it 100% comprehensive, containing all necessary and sufficient requirements, with no fluff or un-necessary parts?

We recognize there are lots of opinions out there.  For example Air 1 reports:

"Most Americans believe in God, but they’re a little confused about who the divine is.

While 66% of U.S. adults say God is a perfect being and cannot make mistakes, half (51%) say God learns and adapts to different circumstances.

Almost 7 in 10 Americans (67%) say God accepts the worship of all religions, including Christianity, Judaism and Islam. A similar percentage (71%) say there is one true God in three persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

Despite a majority of Americans affirming a Trinitarian God with three divine persons, most still aren’t sure about how that applies to Jesus or the Holy Spirit. Slightly more than half (55%) believe Jesus is the first and greatest created being. Another 53% say He was a great teacher but not God. Close to 3 in 5 (59%) believe the Holy Spirit is a force but not a personal being.

When thinking about these theological convictions, most Americans classify them as opinions not facts. For 60% of U.S. adults, religious belief is a matter of personal opinion; it’s not objective truth."

In case you still don't understand, the Bible clearly states that the Son of God is God, who has existed from infinity past, and will continue to exist until infinity future (ie. never born, never created, never dies, eternal).  The Son of God was incarnated as Jesus Christ, fully God and fully man.  Jesus, fully God and fully man, had a human side that had to learn and grow during His life on Earth.  God is perfect, Jesus Christ is perfect (ie. never sinned), and will never sin.  God is all knowing, including the future, and therefore, is never surprised by anything.  God had a perfect plan before He created Heaven & Earth, and has no need to change His plan, or adapt to unexpected circumstances.  God is a jealous God, and is angered by people worshipping &/or praying to false gods, idols, relics, Saints, etc..   Islam is a false religion that is in 100% conflict with Christianity, and worships a false god Allah.  The Holy Spirit (ie. Holy Ghost) is God, and has personality (ie. aware of its surroundings, has thoughts, actions, emotions, plans, and can take independent actions to achieve their plans); and is therefore not just a force (eg. electricity, magnetism, gravity, etc.), as forces do not have personality.  The Bible is inspired by God, written by many different men over thousands of years, God promised to protect it and keep it, and it is 100% truth without corruption, and is therefore objective truth and trustworthy.

Please go back and compare the previous paragraph to the USA survey results, comparing and contrasting until you fully understand.

Therefore, we recognize that ~99.5% of those who call themselves "Christian" are actually luke-warm Christians (like we were for 63 years), or pseudo-Christians, or nominal Christians (Christian in name only, non-practicing Christians), hypocrites, wolves in sheep's clothing, or cults that aren't true Christians.

Rather than expressing a mere opinion about our Salvation Prayer, please reference what the Bible says, not what you say, to suggest additions, deletions, corrections, or wording improvements.

Leave your comments below.

KJBC-M Prayer for Salvation, Version 15:   

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Full, True Christian? Or Wolf?

Fakes are everywhere.  There is fake olive oil, fake fish fillets, fake wrist watches, fake drugs, and yes, fake Christians.

When Jesus declared there was a fake Apostle, all of the Apostles were shocked, and started asking if they were the fake Apostle.  Nobody but Jesus knew about Judas Iscarriot.  Therefore fake Christians are not easy to spot.

I wrote previously about being a full, True Christian (see  https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2018/05/full-true-christians.html ).

Fortunately, the Bible offers a test.

If you don't make out so well on the 10 Question test, there is a solution, presented below, so don't worry.

Dr. Steve Lawson, as a new Pastor at a well established church, suspected that many in the congregation were not saved, but going through the motions.  What was he to do?

What should he preach to bring church members to Christ?

Dr. Lawson said,

“ I said the last thing I would preach would be John 3:16 that that just lulls everyone in the building to sleep.  I would preach the lordship of Christ. I would preach repentance. I would preach the new birth. I would preach the necessary evidence of the new birth. I would preach the sovereignty of God in salvation to the extent that I could push that. I would do everything that I could to blow a trumpet in Zion and to awaken those who are asleep.”

"When a dead man is made alive in Christ an individual should notice some changes and that is precisely what John was after when he wrote the first John Epistle."

 “When I was at my previous church (it's not it's not a County Church but it was it was a long-standing church a hundred years old) when I preached 1 John and the necessary evidences of the new birth, it rocked the planet, for good and for worse.”

“If you do not see this evidence in your life, you are not saved, you are self deceived, you have never been born again, and I mean across the board, not three out of these nine. it's not a multiple-choice. All nine of these will be evident and present in your life if you are born of God, if you know God, and if not you're going to hell.”

"There is a necessary evidence of the new birth and that's why first John is written that you may know that you have eternal life and there's something worse than not having the assurance of your salvation what's worse is to have a false assurance of no salvation and so you just have to shake people loose from their dead testimony from their dead religion and and you just have to be relentless with it you have to paint things in black and white"

Test to Detect Luke Warm Christians

1. If we walk in the light as He himself is in the light then we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1:7)
    
2. If we say that we have no sin we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us (1 John 1:8)
    
3. By this we know that we have come to know Him if we keep his Commandments (1 John 2:3).
    
4. Do not love the world nor the things of the world if anyone loves the world the love of the Father is not in him (1 John 2:15).
    
5. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also."  (1 John 2:23).
    
6. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is." (1 John 3:2).
    
7. No one who is born of God practices sin because His seed abides in him and he cannot sin because he is born of God  (1 John 3:9).
    
8. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. (1 John 3:14).
    
9. We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. (1 John 4:6).
    
10. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God God abides in him and he in God  (1 John 4:15)

To understand the full meaning of the Questions, the video below is recommended viewing.

Do you feel wounded by your answers to these 10 questions?

Dr. Lawson continued:

"People like that usually don't walk the aisle at the end of the service I mean Spurgeon said the wounded deer wants to withdraw to the thickets and lick its wounds in private rather than be paraded forward in front of a TV camera and so there was week after week after week after week after week after week after week, just non-stop, that knock on my my office door when the service is over and can I talk to you and my office became like the the birthing room at the hospital and I would just say have a seat and the the cushion is still creased from the last person that was you know sat there and the box of Kleenex right there and and people just under the sense of desperation and that's the way it was in acts two they interrupted Peters sermon and the sinners gave the invitation what must we do to be saved there's a sense of desperation."

Do you feel desperate?

Todd says,

"You're not desperate.

Desperate is to be without hope.  Desperate is to recognize: I'm in really big trouble here and there is no rescue for me.  The good news of the gospel is you should feel desperate, but you should also know that you're not, because you have a rescuer, you have a redeemer, you have a Savior, and his name is Jesus Christ."

If you have been alerted to the state of your salvation, and now you're in a panic, you don't have to be.  Call out to God, repent, put your trust in Jesus Christ, and you will be adopted into his family, totally and forever. 

All the above was extracted from the transcript from the following video.  Well worth your time to watch, listen, and consider.





If you are a True Christian, you are guaranteed protection under Psalm 91, a spot in Heaven, and many other benefits. 

If you failed the test, here is a summary of all the important Bible references to God's 26 Commandments for Christians (10 in Old Testament, 16 more in New Testament, for a total of 26), and instructions for moving up to a full, True Christian.

https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/2019/12/gods-26-commandments-for-christians.html

My Psalm

King David wrote many psalms, so maybe I should too.

This week on Manitoulin Island is kind of a National Holiday on a local basis.  While participating in this holiday event, you have 2 hours every morning and another 2 hrs. every evening to sit quietly in the forest all alone; just you and your private thoughts.

In the past, I have used that time to write letters to family members, writing one thought, then meditating and fully thinking about that before writing the next thought.

A month ago, I had written letters to all my immediate family members, so I needed something else to occupy me. That is how I came to write a psalm.

It isn't perfect.  It needs some more work.  However I am courageous enough to share my unfinished work with you in the hope that it brings some value to you.  Maybe you will decide to write your own psalm, or perhaps you'll suggest how to improve what I wrote.

My Psalm

O God, my God, glory be,

All my evil that You see,

Comes from my will wildly flexed,

Stains this short life and my next.

Sin on sin, Your patience tried,

My sin grows iniquity,

My life wasted, gray goes black

Help me God, please bring me back.

Seven churches, most are lost,

Their foul doctrine must be tossed,

No one local that I know

Help Your Word in me to sow.

Wilderness voice that I hear

Calls to me so I come near

He is also a lost sheep

We're a new flock God can reap.

Book and verse we struggle long

To consume Your Word so strong

We are confused, me the most

Thanks for sending Holy Ghost.

Your pure Word lifts Satan's fog,

Sobering us from sinful grog,

Prayer and worship we enjoy,

With our hymns we sing in joy.

Please forgive our deadly sins,

Stop our losses, let us win,

Your salvation that we seek.

Brash is gone, so now we're meek.

Holy Father, time is short,

Second Coming soon report,

Your Commandments we now know,

Iniquity we do not sow.

Signs in stars, so we look up,

Patience! Wait to fill His cup,

Watch each day for blessed hope

Satan's dark world, can we cope?

Till You come, we have our flock,

Persecution, us they mock,

Loving this world do not keep,

Climb the narrow way, it's steep.

2019-11-18

Love Vs. Iniquity

This Blog Posting is Part 2, an expansion of Part 1: Exactly How Do You Love Jesus?

The Bible tells us that Apostle John loved Jesus in the "agapao" way.

"Agapao" is the Greek word (Strong's G25) for a Holy kind of eternal, all consuming type of love.

 Luke 10:27, Mark 12:30, John 13:34, and Mat 22:37 tells us to love God in an "agapao" way.

 In John 14:15, John records Jesus saying "If ye love me, keep my commandments". This again is the "agapao" type of love.

In  1 John 2:15-17 we are told not to love the world nor the things therein with an "agapao" type of love. The world is temporary, full of pride and lust.  Even though God created the world, the world is not God, for God is permanent.  We must love the Creator and our fellow humans, not the rest of creation.  Agapao love of the rest of the created world is idolatry.

In the OT, Deut 6:4-5 and Levit 19:17-18 tells us to love God and neighbours in a Hebrew "ahab", Strong's H157 manner, similar to Strong's G25 "agapao" type of love.

Apostle Peter could never bring himself to "agapao" type of love for Jesus, as Peter was stuck at the "fileo" level of friendship, not deep abiding love that Jesus gave, and wanted in return (see John 21:7-18). No wonder Peter denied Jesus 3 times a short time later.

"Agapao" type of love is what the Bible says and means when "a man knows a woman" and they become one flesh. God's love for us is "agapao" love.

 For more understanding of "agapao" love, see C.S. Lewis' The Four Loves (Agapao) https://youtu.be/gaVaGGpeQKM

Is there a danger or consequence to a shallow love of Jesus, just the friendship level, the "fileo" level?

 In Mat 7:21-23 the people cried 'Lord, Lord', and claimed to have prophesized, cast out devils, & done many wonderful works. But Jesus said "I never knew you: depart from me, you workers of iniquity".

"Depart from me" means these workers of iniquity must leave Heaven, and get thrown into Hell.

 In Mat 13:41-42, at the 2nd Coming of Jesus, Jesus sends His angels to gather up all those doing iniquity, casting them into a furnace of fire, to their wailing and nashing of teeth.

 Iniquity is deadly.

For all those misleading Pastors who teach a simple A-B-C, magical prayer as being 100% sufficient for salvation, they need to reform their incorrect teachings, and tell everybody that they have previously misled.

 When "agapao" love is missing, iniquity reigns.

Iniquity is defined as pre-planned, purposeful sin. KJV uses 6 different words for iniquity: H205, H5766, H5771, H5999 G93, and G458.

Mat 25:12 tells us the parable of the Five Foolish Virgins, not adequately prepared, not watching, arriving after the door was shut, saying "Lord, Lord, open to us". The Master said "I know you not".

Again, a shallow relationship (ie. anything but deep "agapao" type of love, so the groom doesn't know the foolish virgins in a deep "agapao" kind of way). 

I suggest that a half-baked kind of love leads to a half-baked type of preparations for the groom's arrival.

Today  the church is Jesus' bride, who must watch and prepare herself and be continuously ready for His arrival.

What should a wedding groom think & feel when his bride has 1,001 priorities which are wrongly judged more important than getting ready for the wedding ceremony?

 The logical corollary to John 14:15 is that those who fail to follow Jesus' commandments (10 in OT, 16 more in NT, 26 commandments in total, see "God's 26 Commandments for Christians", pdf document here: https://et-manitoulin.blogspot.com/p/documents.html ) are hypocrites; they pretend to deeply love Jesus, but fall short of true, deep, "agapao" type of love of Christ.

They pretend, but truly only love Jesus half heartedly, merely for show, or virtue signaling, or political correctness, or to extract maximum benefit with minimal effort, or to manipulate others, or band wagon jumping, or to avoid personal shame.

 Is this similar to the Pharisees that upset Jesus so much, with their "holier than thou" attitude, and their lack of "agapao" love for both man and God?

 In Luke 6:46, Jesus complained "And why call ye me, 'Lord, Lord', and do not the things which I say?" Those "things which I say" are Jesus' teachings, mainly His commandments.

 There is a huge difference between iniquity (ie. pre-meditated, purposeful sin &/or living in chronic ongoing sin) vs. accidental sin.

 Accidental sin will likely continue as long as you have a flesh body.

 Iniquity however, can be eliminated if you are truly saved, are Born Again, have the help of the Holy Spirit, and have a deep "agapao" type of love for Jesus Christ.

 False conversions (ie. those who pretend but are not True Christians), will continue with both iniquity and accidental sins in their lives. They may think they are destined for Heaven, but they will be thrown into Hell to be tormented and burned forever when their shallow, half hearted love and their ongoing iniquity is exposed. They will likely be the weepers in Hell.

 Here are some more verses that warn against iniquity: Ex. 20:5, 34:7; Job 4:8, 13:26, 34:32; Psalm 5:5, 6:8, 25:11, 32:2, 36:2, 51:5, 103:3; Prov. 22:8; Is. 53:5; Hab. 1:13; Ez. 3:18, 18:26; Mat 7:21-23, 13:41-42, 24:12, 25:1-13, 25:31-45; Luke 6:46, 13:25-27; John 14:15; Acts 1:18, 8:23; 2 Tim 2:19; Rom 6:19; 2 Thes 2:7; James 3:6; and Rev 14:9-20.

 Hosea 4:6 describes how Israel was destroyed by chronic sin. In Romans 1:21-28 people knew God but vanity and arrogance caused them not to worship God, but worship themselves, so they continued to sin, and God allowed them to continue in their sins & reprobate minds.

 Sin, especially chronic sin (ie. Iniquity) brings sickness. See: Ezek 4:17; Ps. 38:3, 107:17; Hosea 7:1; Zeph. 1:17; John 9:2; Micah 6:13; James 5:14-15; and 1Corith. 11:27-30.

If anybody doubts the deadliness of iniquity, or believes God's Commandments are "soooo Old Testament", and not applicable to those claiming salvation under Jesus Christ; that mere belief in Jesus is enough for Heavenly salvation,  then these deceived (&/or Deceivers) should be able to fully explain away all of these troublesome verses shown here.

You're Likely Going To Hell, Part 2

Yesterday, I gave the 8 classes of salvation status for people; some go to Heaven, the majority who go to Hell.  Today, let's look at the Biblical proofs of which way you are going.

In the Bible, Jesus often spoke in parables.  The parables of the thief, and the different types of servants are most relevant to your salvation class status, of what soon comes.  In Jesus' parable, he doesn't describe His special case, nor babies who die before their age of responsibility, so that leaves 6 classes remaining.  Two classes we previously described could be easily combined together into 3 variations on one generic class, so our previous theoretical treatment in 8 classes can be mapped to the 4 cases in Jesus' more simple parable.  Let's take a look.

Luke 12:39-48 provides Jesus' teaching.

35 Let your loins be girded about, and [your] lights burning; 36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. 37 Blessed [are] those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. 38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find [them] so, blessed are those servants. 39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. 40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. 41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? 42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom [his] lord shall make ruler over his household, to give [them their] portion of meat in due season? 43 Blessed [is] that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. 45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; 46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for [him], and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. 47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not [himself], neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes]. 48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few [stripes]. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

In Verses 42-44, Jesus describes those True Christians who are totally involved in God's work, just as John the Baptist prepared the way for the first coming of Jesus Christ.  These servants have given up all worldly benefits so that they can focus on saving souls.  This is equivalent to Case #4
These people are the crown jewells of Jesus' church, so they will receive one of the highest crown, and help Jesus rule His kingdom.

In Verses 45-46, we have the bad servant who abuses the other servants and sins greatly while the Lord is away.  When the Lord returns at an unexpected time, and catches the evil servant in his evil acts, the Lord will kill the evil servant, and throw his body into the outer darkness.  This is obviously those who are going to Hell.  They will be going through the tribulation, as well as the Great Tribulation once Jesus returns, then ends up in God's winepress of wrath, then thrown into Hell to burn and be tormented forever; the full treatment, the worst punishment God hands out.  This compares to Cases #7 (no defiled DNA, no Mark of the Beast) or Case #8 (defiled DNA, or you took Mark of the Beast, or worshiped the Beast).

In Verse 47, we have the servant who was not prepared, and did not do as his Lord had commanded.  At least he is not sinning in a gross manner.  This servant receives a heavy beating upon the Lord's return.  This is equivalent to those who are not Rapture Ready, and therefore are not Raptured, and must suffer through the persecution of the AntiChrist, the plagues, earthquakes, and other tribulations of End Times.  This is equivalent to Cases #5 (you are persecuted and beheaded by AntiChrist as a martyr of Christ), or to Case #6 (escape from AntiChrist persecution & beheading, but must survive on your own as a fugitive through the persecution by the AntiChrist so as to capture you, plus the plagues and other tribulations imposed by God).

In Verse 48, we have the clueless person who has sinned.  It is unclear if they are clueless Christians, or clueless pagans.  It appears that these people will receive a milder form of tribulation (either from the AntiChrist &/or God's tribulation).  This likely means they ascend to Heaven at the 2nd Coming of Christ (either dead or alive), and miss the Great Tribulation.  This is comparable to Case #3, or Case #5 or Case #6.

Mat 16:19 and Isaiah 22:22 give similar allowances for receiving the keys of the kingdom as here in Luke.

You are Likely Going to Hell

Satan-inspired Preachers are misleading millions of luke-warm Christians about the danger of iniquity.  In this Blog posting, I will tell you about Bob, someone who is currently on the path towards Hell, but he doesn't know that.  It's a surprise.  Hopefully Bob turns that situation around before he dies.

Are you a luke-warm Christian who practices 1 or more sins, vices, pleasures, secret indulgences, or other taboo subjects?  Whatever the sin may be (there's lots to choose from), you have reserved seating in Hell for burning and torment forever.

Based on a recent survey, about 95.5% of people in N. America are not Rapture Ready.  If they died today, they would die in their sins, then go to Hell for eternal burning and torment.  Today, there is approximately 2 people dying every second somewhere on the planet, 150,000 dead every day.  You could be next.

Your trip to Hell is guaranteed if you live in iniquity, even if you feel you're a good person, attend church, assume you are "Born Again", receive private revelations from God, or otherwise.

The Friendly Drunk

To make the point, let's take a hypothetical example.

Bob is very drunk on one or more occassions at least weekly.  Bob is a happy drunk.  Bob has church friends and drinking friends, so these two world can co-exist nicely as they rarely interfere with each other.  Bob sobers up most Sundays, and will usually attend church, even if he has a bad hangover.  Bob fully participates in the activities of the church, and is generous in the collection plate, but not so generous that it cuts into his drinking money.  None of Bob's church friends have said anything to Bob about his excessive drinking, and most don't even know about it.  Bob has been arrested twice for drinking & driving, and the next time he's caught, the Judge told him he will be going to jail for a long time.

Bob came to Jesus many decades ago.  His church had declared at that time that Bob is a "Born Again Christian".  Bob likes it that the Pastor says "Once Saved, Always Saved".  Bob likes it that he isn't bothered by anybody about his chosen lifestyle, his drinking, and the partying & fooling around that sometimes accompanies his drinking. Bob occassionally prays in church on Sunday.  Bob thinks these prayers are a good idea, just in case. As these behaviours have been going on for more than 20 years, it is a well established habit, unlikely to change unless a critical event occur.

Bob thinks he is going to heaven when he dies.  Bob enjoys this life, and thinks he will enjoy heaven too.  Bob likes Bob's Rules, and is glad that his church, his Pastor, and God don't bother Bob about his lifestyle.

God knows everything about Bob; his drinking, his other sinful behaviours, his bad thoughts, his lusting and coveting.  God also knows His Word, and His careful work to reveal His Word to His prophets, and maintain it safe all these years.

God knows that Bob has ignored God's Word.  Bob has constructed a false god in his alcohol soaked mind, a god that readily accepts Bob's drinking and other sins.  Bob's god is a false god; blasphamy to the one true God.  Bob is in big trouble for making a false god, and worshiping Bob's false god.  God sees a disconnect between Bob's behaviour and God's Word.  Galations 5:21 clearly says that drunkedness is a sin, and prohibits drunks from entering heaven.

God is also angered by the Pastor's careless statements and misguided assurances to his congregration, leading all of them into chronic sin.

God knows that Bob doesn't pray continuously like God instructed him to do in 1 Thessalonian 5:16.  Unfortunnately for Bob, his chronic sin have built a wall between Bob and God.  God can no longer hear Bob's prayers, starting a long time ago.  Only if Bob stops sinning, confesses his sins, asks for God's forgiveness, turns away from his sin and turn towards God; only then will God be able to hear Bob's prayers again.

Jesus Christ loves Bob.  Jesus knows and is sad that Bob doesn't love Jesus.  Bob treats Jesus like a distant acquaintance.  Jesus knows Bob lives in iniquity.  Jesus is sad about the 1-way love, but He is determined to be just with Bob during Bob's trial before the Great White Throne.  Jesus knows that Bob will be found guilty of iniquity.  As punishment for Bob's iniquity, Bob will be thrown into the Lake of Fire to be burned and tormented for ever & ever.

17 Deadly Sins of Iniquity

According to the Bible, continuing to practice one or more of these 17 Deadly Sins on a chronic, premeditated basis will guarantee that you are going to Hell’s Lake of Fire for torment forever & ever.   The 17 Deadly Sins are described in 1 John 3:15:   hatred towards God or other humans is equivalent to murder;   Galatians 5:19  adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness;    Galatians 5:20  Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresy;   Galatians 5:21  Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like.

What's The Solution?

Before Bob dies, Bob has to abandon his life of sin, and the false god in Bob's imagination.

If Bob suddenly realizes he is in desparate peril, Bob can choose to learn God's 26 Commandments for Christians.  After reading these Laws, Bob can swallow hard, and steel himself to leave all his sins behind.  Bob should confess his sins to God, repent his sins, ask for God's forgioveness, turn away from his sins and turn towards God.  As soon as Bob does all that, the wall of sin that Bob constructed will be immediately demolished.  God can now hear Bob's prayers.  Bob can pray continuously, ask for the Holy Spirit to fill Bob's soul, so as to comfort Bob, protect Bob, and help him from sinning again.  Bob can pray continuously with results, for prayer will change Bob so that he understands, thinks, feels, and acts more and more like the Bible says all humans should be.

Bob is now a True Born Again Christian, and a Child of God.

Bob is Rapture Ready.

---> Go To Part 2:  Proof by 4 Biblical  Cases for Heaven or Hell

Middle East War: The End

*** Begin Update #1 ***
The high watch dates on which these prophetic events were expected did not occur.  All of the prophecies had no specific dates attached to them, so the prophecies are still valid, still expected future events that are likely to occur in the near future.

Watch this Blog for future "High Watch" dates for these events.

*** End Update #1 ***

These are the last 7 to 9 days of calm before the Middle East storm begins.

The government of Israel is a lame duck, all factions jockeying for position to form a coalition.  Brexit is steaming full speed ahead on autopilot with nobody in the wheelhouse.  The cracks and trembling in world financial markets are spreading in magnitude, number of epicentres, duration, and frequency of occurrence. The USA is a wounded bear searching for its tormenter so as to counter-attack and avenge itself; all while it spirals downwards into unconsciousness, socialism, depravity, mental illness, tribal warfare, identity politics, addiction, and hopelessness.

Salvation Now!

During the calm before the storm that we currently "enjoy", somewhere on Planet Earth, about 2 people die every second.  If those people have not confessed their sins and belief in  Jesus Christ and the salvation of His blood shed on the cross of crucifixion, they are doomed to shoveling coal for Satan in Hell for all eternity.

During this Middle East conflict to arrive soon, million to billions of people may soon die.  You need to get the affairs of your life in order for what soon comes.  You may soon be next to die.

Middle East War

There will likely be a false flag attack on Mecca on or about Nov. 2, 2019.  It is unclear to me who will be the real instigator, but Israel will be blamed.  This event will instantly enrage all or most Muslim nations against Israel, leading to all-out war amongst them.  It is likely to become a nuclear &/or WMD war (eg. Sarin nerve gas, Mustard gas, Liquid chlorine, etc.).

That conflict will quickly spread around the world.  It will effect everywhere, even if you are in the back woods on the other side of the planet.

Time to Prepare

We all need a stash of water, food, fuel, batteries & radio, and cash to see us through what soon comes. Get stocked up NOW!

Dictator of the World

The UN and others will try to mediate and obtain a cease fire.  The Evil One will soon rise after this world wide crisis, to take advantage of it, to place the Evil One into the seat of power.  The Evil One will become the totalitarian dictator over the entire Planet Earth before Dec. 31, 2019.

All governments, of all 195 countries of today, will disappear.  The Evil Ones will have 3 to 4 "Advisors", likely former Leaders of the largest world governments (ie. USA, Russia, China, UN ?); all of whom will be "Yes Men" to the absolute power of the Evil One.  The world will be arranged into 10 geographical regions.  Other than this, all current governments will be obsolete.

Democracy will be obsolete.  Money will be obsolete.  Freedom will be obsolete.  Civil rights will be obsolete.  Rule of Law will be gone.  Truth will be obsolete.  Information will be controlled and manipulated.

You will do as you are told, or you will be immediately killed or disappear.

You will happily comply, or die.

3-Way Control of Your Life

Withstanding this short term crisis will be of no value if you accept and surrender to the Evil One soon thereafter.

No matter what the majority of sheeple do (ie. masses of people who act like sheep, right up to their slaughter), no matter how powerful the dictatorship becomes, know this:

You retain 100% control over what you THINK, FEEL, & BELIEVE. 

Even if the Evil One locks you in a jail cell, hangs you from the ceiling in chains, or puts a loaded gun to your head, you retain 100% control over what you THINK, FEEL, & BELIEVE.

For example, if someone unjustly hits you, you can choose to get angry, or equally well you can choose to cry, laugh, feel fear, smile as you think about your serene happy place memory, feel compassion for your attacker that they are so messed up that they decided to strike you, or say/think "Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do". It's your choice how you FEEL, 100% of the time.

As the reign of the Evil One proceeds for the next 3.5 years, you need to have the strength and continuous support of God through the bad times the Evil One will soon bring.

Be not afraid of the pain and suffering that the Evil One can (& soon will) inflict upon you, your family, & neighbours.

Instead, be afraid of losing your eternal life of peace & love in Heaven, all because you don't take advantage of the free offer of love & protection offered by Jesus Christ and the blood He shed for you and everybody else on His unjust cross of crucifixion 2,000 years ago.

Rapture &/or Latter Day Rain:  Nov. 1, 2019

God's Rapture, Latter Day Rain, or the placing of God's Seal of Protection on the True Christians may be occurring very soon (i.e. shortly before, during, or soon after the Middle East crisis; likely on Nov. 1, 2019).

These protection events of God are reserved for True Christians (ie. the Born Again Christians who obey God's 26 Commandments for Christians, and have their Baptism by Fire as they testify to others or preach the Gospel).

If you miss this deadline, you will have to suffer through the Evil Ones' persecution for the next 3.5 years.

You may have only a few hours or weeks left to implement God's plan to save you from eternally burning & torment in Hell for your sins: Believe in Jesus Christ; confess your sins; ask for God's forgiveness through the blood shed by Jesus Christ; turn away from your sins, and turn towards God; follow God's 26 Commandments for Christians (see Documents Tab of this Blog).

Do it now, or do it never.

References

All of the above information on likely End Times Events are based upon the following references:

https://iamcallingyounow.blogspot.com/

https://youtu.be/-L4kxE2qGp8 

https://youtu.be/oFSNC_eqLjw?t=1012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhRZBJSA9a4 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmKkLAUdg-c 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq0yyCnw3tk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMIoxiXq86Y

Poll Results: Ostrich or Owl, God's End Time Process & Salvation

We have the preliminary poll results for USA on our Ostrich-Owl poll.  Poll was conducted 2019-9-16 for all of continental USA via Survey Monkey, based on our Ostrich-Owl poll (you are still welcome to participate so as to get all of the world).

Envelope please.  Drum roll please.  Here we go.

Conclusion & Recommendations:

We all need to put the popcorn bowl down, stand up, and get back to work.

There are millions to billions of souls out there that will soon be going to Hell (or a guillotine beheading) if we don't get back to work.

Now is not the time to kick back & take it easy.  Now is crunch time, all-nighters, burning of midnight oil, cramming, sprinting for the finish line.  Add your own favorite metaphor.

Now is when Jesus needs us the most.  Remember His Great Commission.  It's a big world out there.  The harvest is great, and there are few to bring in the harvest.

If we don't act, the harvest will rot in the fields where it stands under Satan's cloud and rain.

Tired or not, afraid or not, all of us need to get back to work, & re-double our efforts if we want to hear:

 "Well done, good & faithful servant"

Survey Results 

Poll conducted Monday Sept. 16,2019
Continental USA

Q1:  Is Planet Earth getting "better & better" or "crazier & crazier"?

80% said "world getting crazier & crazier"


Q2:  As the world gets crazier & crazier, how soon will the "wheels come off"?

Only 1% sense the End is near, within the next 12 months.

Q3:  An ostrich sticks its head in the sand, doesn't want to know, don't give me any facts because I enjoy my life just the way it is.  An owl is wise & aware.  In your life, do you like to be an ostrich, or an owl?

20% enjoy ignoring the news & facts of what is happening (ie. 20% choose to be ostriches with their head in the sand).

Q4:  What is your religion?

17% are Agnostics
14% Atheists
13% are non-religious (Apathy-theists)
1% Muslim
45% Christian

I was a luke-warm Christian for 52 years, ending Feb. 2019.  In my experience, 90% of those so-called, self-declared "Christians" are Luke-warm &/or not Born Again (eg. Catholics, Jehovah Witness, Mormon, non-BornAgain protestants, sects & cults, etc.), so only 10% of them are true, Born Again Christians.  Therefore only 4.5% of USA population is going to Heaven if Rapture occurs today (ie. (10% of 45%= 4.5% ) 

Q5:  How often do you practice your religion/spirituality (pray, study, worship, read Holy book, etc.)?

5% pray "continuously " (5 or more times per day).                               Cumilative%:   5%
22% are 1-A-Day                                                                                     Cumilative%:  27%
14% are 1/week                                                                                        Cumilative%:  41%
6% are 1/month                                                                                        Cumilative%:  46%
3% are 1/yr                                                                                               Cumilative%:  49%
9% are "special occassions" only                                                             Cumilative%:  58%
41% "Rarely or never" pray/study/read Holy book/think about God      Cumilative%: 100%

Q6, Q7, Q8: Demographic Info on Age, Income, & Geographical Location in USA
 

For more info, see Ostrich & Owl: God's End Times & Salvation Survey