A NEW WORLD ORDER

   But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:  in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.  (II Corinthians 4: 3,4)

   The "god of this world" is Satan, or Lucifer, or the Devil:  and for the past 2000 years, the Evil One has been working through the minds of evil people to distort, distract, and deceive people from believing in God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
   Such people have been rewarded for their attitudes against God, against Christ, and against the Holy Bible.  They have been rewarded with money and possessions, with positions of power and prestige, which enhance their own feelings of importance and self-worth.  They do not believe in a burning hell, but rather they believe they are contributing something of importance to the people whom they obey.
   Satan has been working through people of politics and religion to usher in a new world order, a world that is dominated by the powerful, by the rich, and by the religious to rule and dominate people all over the world:  to distort, distract, and deceive people from believing in God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
   Beyond politics and religion, Satan has been working through people in the world of entertainment, music and movies, through people of the news media---radio, television, newspapers, and magazines.
   In slow and in subtle ways, Satan has been spinning his web of darkest deception in the minds of people who do not believe in God, nor in Christ, to distort, distract, and deceive people from believing in Christ for salvation:  to keep the gospel of Christ hid from them and to mock the Holy Bible.
   Satan has been working through the minds of people to get them to look to themselves, to look inward, to think of themselves more than they think of others, to fuel their egos to thinking of themselves more highly than they are capable of feeling or even reaching:  and to believe that they do not need God. 
   For, if Christ is not real---as so many people in the world believe---then why are there religions that pretend to be Christian religions?  Why are there so many people who pretend that they are Christ?  If Christ is not real, then there would be no need for religions pretending to be Christian, and there would not be people pretending to be Christ.  And if the Holy Bible is not real, then what is the need to collect and burn all copies?  What was the point of killing millions of people, who believe in Christ, if Christ is not real?
   The New World Order will control the world through politics and religion:  and they are doing it through the power of a man who sits atop the most powerful instituion in the world today:  the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.  And at a later date, the Vatican will draw all religions together as one with the pope in total control and with Satan sitting atop the world system:  drawing his net out of the water (or Holy See) full of souls to take with him to hell!
   This is the quest of the New World Order, which is happening at this present moment in front of our eyes!
   Today, people have a choice:  they can believe in Christ, be saved from their sins, and be assured they will go to heaven.  But people can also refuse Christ, remain where they are in their minds, and  be swallowed by the evil New World Order that is working now.
   So, what are you going to do today?  Believe in Christ, or go in the other direction?

AN INVISIBLE EMPIRE

   A city-state is an independent city that is also its own state, or nation, with one form of government, and is sovereign to itself and free from the laws of other nations.  A city-state can also be a city within a nation, but not be subject to that nation. 
   Today, there exists three city-states that work in unison to control the world.

   LONDON, ENGLAND:  London's inner city is a city-state, a privately owned corporation, which is the world's financial power center and the wealthiest square mile on the face of the earth, which also means that the Queen of England is the wealthiest and most powerful woman on the earth.

   DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:  Created as a city-state in 1781, the District of Columbia has its own flag and its own constitution, and it manages a corporation known as the United States of America.  The President of the United States is actually the President of the District of Columbia, and the United States Government oversees the people of the United States of America. 
   The United States of America is not a sovereign nation, but rather a colony of the Crown of England, just as Canada and Australia are colonies of the Crown; which also means that the President of the United States bows to the Queen of England. 

   VATICAN CITY:  The Catholic Church of Rome is the wealthiest and most powerful institution on earth and hoards enormous wealth of gold and cash in British banks, in Federal Reserve, and in its own bank in Vatican City, as well as stock investments.  The Catholic Church also owns more land than any person or corporation in the world.
   At the time the Catholic Church was created, it was made to appear to be a Christian church, when, in fact, it is a counterfeit religion designed to destroy the work of God through the power of deception; for in Rome, the statue of Jupiter was changed to Saint Peter, the statue of Venus was changed to the Virgin Mary, and the headquarters was built on the seven hills of Rome called Vaticanus, the place of the diving serpent where the Satanic temple of Janus stood, and the pope became a god-man by whom people are led to believe is God on earth.  Thus, the Catholic Church is a cult of Satanic worship by its leaders on the inside of the Vatican, but when they come out of their dens of darkness they appear to be messengers of God.

   Working together in secrecy for hundreds of years, these three city-states have the combined power to rule the earth.  The city-state of London has financial power, the city-state of the District of Columbia has military power, and the city-state of the Vatican has the power of spirituality.
   Each city-state has a network of secret societies working in concert to deceive peoples and nations to believe that each of these city-states is strong in their convictions of God, when, in fact, they believe the opposite:  bringing the world together toward a global union with the pope at the top of the tower.
   Together, these three city-states is a mafia, and the Godfather of this cartel of evil is the pope of Rome, for even the Queen of England and the President of the United States bow to the pope and are subjects of his orders and commands.  Yet each city-state appears to be operating independently.
   The goal of this invisible empire, or cosa nostra, is to control the earth and thus allow Satan, the great red dragon, to rule over people.  For behind closed doors and in secret chambers, the leadership of this invisible empire worships Satan, even now.
   Jesus told us several times that there will be many antichrists and many false prophets.  And here they are:  in the Vatican, in London, in the United States, and in nations all over the world:  operating in darkness and in deception because their hearts and minds are evil.
  In the future, we will see the rise of Islam in the United States.  We will see the merger of Islam and the Catholic Church.  We will see all the religions of the world become one, at which time the pope of Rome will be the head of one worldwide religion.
  But in the future, we will see the return of the Lord Jesus Christ.
   Even so, come, Lord Jesus.  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.  Amen.  (Revelation 22: 20,21)


          

THE GREAT RED DRAGON

   The Holy Bible tells us about the end of days when the Antichrist and the False Prophet arise upon the earth.
   The Antichrist is a person, but the Antichrist is also a system:  a system of many people who are opposed, or anti, to Christ. 
   Jesus said, For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.  For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.  (Matthew 24: 5,24)
   The False Prophet can just as easily be a person, such as the pope is Antichrist and is part of many Antichrists, but the False Prophet can also be a system of many false prophets.
   Apostasy is a word that means "a falling away"; therefore, apostate Christians are those who have fallen away from having their faith in Christ to following other teachings and doctrines.   For example, all of the Christian organizations that joined with Muslims to produce a new religion, Chrislam, in 2011, are apostates. 
   The False Prophet also includes all ministers, pastors, and preachers of Protestantism who are teaching false doctrines:  doctrines that look true and sound true, but these teachings are not true.        
   Members of the clery of Protestanism who are teaching that there are other ways to heaven other than Christ as the only way are false prophets.  They talk about "bad habits" instead of "sin".  They talk about doing good instead of repentance. 
   The False Prophet of Protestanism are many who have successful radio and television ministries and they constantly ask for money.  Send your generous offering of love.  Make a sacrificial love gift.  They sell CDs, DVDs, books, magazines, trinkets and toys.  Send money and they will send you something absolutely free.  They even pay the postage!  Buying something from them creates an attachment, such as a religious relic creates an attachment to a person's religion.  In a way, holding something in your hands is like an idol.  In time, people will believe in that person more than they will believe in Christ.  People will then follow that person more than they will follow Christ. 
   What, then, does the Antichrist and the False Prophet have in common?  They worship the same god, for they are servants of Satan!  As such, their responsibility is to deceive people from believing in Christ.  They are suave and subtle.  They look and sound like honest people.  In a way, they may even appear to be holy!  Just like in the Garden of Eden, false prophets are persuading people to pick fruit from the wrong tree because of words that sound good and sound true.  Such people are allowing false prophets to tell them what the Bible says rather than studying the Bible for themselves.
    In like manner, the Catholic Church forbids its members to read the Bible for themselves:  for if people will read the Bible, they will learn the truth and turn to Christ.  But if the Bible is treated as forbidden fruit, the people are afraid to read the Bible for themselves.
   As it is written, And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.  (Revelation 12: 3)
   The Antichrist (or systems of Antichrist) and the False Prophet (or systems of False Prophets) are gaining converts for Satan instead of winning souls for Christ.
   When Christ returns, however, the Lord will judge the Antichrist (and its systems), He will judge the False Prophet (and its systems), and the Lord will judge Lucifer, the great red dragon.
   Please remember:  the Holy Bible is the only book on earth that is declared to be the Word of the Lord and the Word of God.  All other books are collections of dogmas, doctrines, philosophies, and essays written from the imaginations of men, and these writings are not holy.
   If reading the whole Bible seems like a difficult undertaking, please allow me to suggest that you read the four gospels of the New Testament---Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John---which you can accomplish in less than two hours.  If you do not own a Bible, you can go to www.bible.com and read online from the privacy of your home as well as with the privacy from your personal computer.

TO KNOW FREEDOM

   In previous blogs, we discussed Karl Marx and how he said that religion is the opium of people; and if you can control religion, according to Marx, you can control the world.
   Recently, we have been discussing the future merger of Islam and the Catholic Church, thus creating a new religion, according to Pope Benedict XVI.
   Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world and presently has more than 1,000,000,000 (billion) members worldwide. The Catholic Church also has more than 1,000,000,000 (billion) members worldwide.  Added together, the membership of these two religions equals about one third of the world's total population.
   Now, try to imagine the power you would have if you could control over 2,000,000,000 people?
   Next, what if you had the authority to say that all religions are one?  Then you could control the world, which is precisely what will happen in the future when the pope of Rome will control the world through the power of religion:  the opium of people, according to Karl Marx.
   Do you see the deception that reigns in the minds of people through the power of religion?
   Because of the opium of religion, people become slaves to religion as well as slaves to their religious taskmasters, who are their gods upon this earth. 
   The Lord Jesus Christ came to this world to give us life everlasting and to set us free from the bondage of sin as well as to set us free from the power of religion.
   To know freedom is to know Christ; but without Christ, there is no freedom.
  

MYSTERY, BABYLON

   In 2009 when Pope Benedict XVI called for the merger of Islam and the Catholic Church, the pontiff never said that this merger would be a blend of Islamic and Catholic dogmas and doctrines; instead, the pope said that Catholicislam will be a "new religion".
   What did the pope mean by "new religion?"
   The Latin title for pope is Pontifex Maximus, which was the title of the high priest of the cult of Janus in Rome as well as the title used by the Roman emperors before the age of popes began to use the same title.  Pontifex Maximus means the high priest of sacred mysteries with the power to determine the ultimate destiny of souls.
   A "new religion" is implying a religion that people of the earth have never seen before.  Perhaps we will see the lid removed from the occult world of Satanism and, that which has been done in secret for centuries, will become open and out in the light of day.  Because religion will control the world as well as control any and all civil governments, religion will be free to do whatever religion wants to do.   Whatever this religion will be, it will be big, and it will be bad.  It will be an evil that people of the earth have never seen before.
  Also consider the fact that the United Nations launched the United Religions Initiative on June 26, 2000, which is a New World Order Religion and, at a later date, all religions will become one; in fact, Pontifex Maximus will announce that all of the religions of the world are now one.
   The "church" of Jesus Christ is the people, or believers, in Him.  The church of Christ is not an institution.  And to Christ, the "church" is the bride and He is the groom.  Therefore, when Christ returns, He (the groom) is coming for the "church" (which is the bride). 
   The Catholic Church of Rome is not the true church of Christ.  The Catholic Church is an imposter, a false religious system that was designed to deceive people from believing in Christ.  And since Christ is the Head of the church, the Catholic Church has people believing that the pope is the Head of the church, which means that the pope is an imposter of Christ.  The pope is antichrist:  he is opposed to Christ, for "antichrist" means "in the place of God". 
   The pope's title in Latin is Vicarius Filii Dei, and the letters of the Latin alphabet also have a numerical equivalent.  Thus, Vicarius means "Vicar", Filii means "of the son", and Dei means "of God".  Vicarius equals 112, Fili equals 53, and Dei equals 501.  112+53+501= 666.   666 is the number of the beast of the Bible.
  Thus the pope is pretending to have the seat of Christ in a church that is pretending to be the true church of Christ.  For Catholics do not follow Christ, but rather they follow the pope.  And so the pope as well as the total line of popes, throughout the history of the Catholic Church, are all antichrists, for all have the same Latin title and all have the number 666.
   In Revelation 18: 4, the Lord says to the people of the Catholic Church:  Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 
   In other words, the Lord is making a plea for Catholics to run and get out of the Catholic Church!
   In other words, too, the Lord will judge the Catholic Church for her sins.
   So when the pope declares that all of the religions of the world are now one, he is saying that he is God. 
   Jesus said, And call no man your father upon the earth:  for one is your Father, which is in heaven.  (Matthew 23: 9)
   Christ tells us that the Catholic Church has a name written on her forehead:  MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.  (Revelation 17: 5)
   Please pray for the people of the Catholic Church:  that they will believe in Christ and flee the false teachings of the church of Rome.  But pray also for people of all religions:  that they, too, will flee false teachings and come to Christ.
   Amen.

PATTERNS

   ONE:  In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI said it is time for the Catholic Church and Islam to merge, and the pontiff named the new religion, Catholicislam.

   TWO:  In 2011, a new religion was created, called Chrislam, which is the merger of a number of Protestant churches with Islam, in which the people believe that God and Allah are equal, that Christ and Mohammed are equal, and that the Holy Bible and the Qu'ran are equal.

   THREE:  In July, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice hinted that Shariah law could become legal in the United States and that speaking against Islam would be criminal.

   FOUR:  At the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, September 3, 2012, radical Muslims will join the Democrat Party.  On August 24, 2012, President Obama turned down a Catholic cardinal's request to pray at the Convention.

   Questions:
   How many Catholics, in the United States and around the world, are aware of the pope's plan to merge the Catholic Church with Islam?
   How many people, in the United States and around the world, are aware of the new religion, Chrislam?
   How many people, in the United States and around the world, are aware of radical Muslims joining the Democrat Party?
   Is it too extreme to think that Islam could become the state religion of the United States?
   How many people throughout the world are aware that the Jews will rebuild the temple in Jerusalem at a time to come later?
   How many people throughout the world are aware that the Vatican will move its headquarters to Jerusalem?
   Do you see a pattern developing? 
  As we have been discussing civil governments and religious governments, it should be very clear that a religious, global government is rising upon the earth.
   The Holy Bible is very clear about a world government that will come upon the earth and that the leader of this government is called the False Prophet.  He will appear to be leading people toward God when, in fact, he is an imposter and is leading people away from God.  The False Prophet will direct the attention of people to the Antichrist, who is the False Messiah, and the Antichrist will seat himself in the Jewish temple in Jerusalem.
   All of these prophetic events, as written in the Bible, are happening now and in front of our eyes.
   And after these things come to pass, Jesus Christ will return. 

LET FREEDOM RING!

   Whenever nations are under the control of a civil government or a religious government, the wealth of the people decreases and poverty increases.
   When nations are under the power of a religious regime, people suffer.  People live in fear.  They live under the fear of being a heretic, the fear of being an infidel, the fear of being excommunicated, and even the fear of death!
   Because of fear, people bend and bow to the powers of religion in order to survive, to live another day.  They are not concerned about their sins against God, but rather their sins against their own religion!  Thus they confess their sins to their religious priests and gurus in order for them to be clean underneath their religious god, who is a man or a god created in their imaginations.  Their faith is in someone they can see with their eyes rather than having their faith in Almighty God, Creator of Heaven and earth, whom they cannot see with their eyes.  Therefore, people of religious empires are not taught about the love of God; instead, they are taught to fear their religion and their priests, their god-men, and a god created in their imaginations.
   While Christ was upon the earth, the Lord never taught His followers such words as heresy, infidel, or excommunication.  The Lord taught His disciples to take the love of God to all nations, and the Lord never instructed His followers to treat people as heretics or infidels, and He never taught them to threaten people with excommunication, nor with death.
   Christians, therefore, have never been a band of warriors, raging across nations with swords and killing people because they refuse to believe in Christ.
   Jesus Christ does not want people to walk or live in fear, but to walk and live in freedom!
   For all the people who have been born again in Christ, not one has ever been excommunicated from God the Father.  No, not one!

THE LOVE WE NEED

   Whenever nations are dominated by either political or religious empires, the people of those nations suffer immense pain and poverty because of oppressive, ungodly dictatorships.
   For under dictatorships, the people lose.  The people lose everything.  They lose their dignity and self-worth.  They have no human rights, nor freedoms of any kind.  They have no freedom of speech, freedom of expression, nor the freedom to think for themselves.  They lose everything they have ever worked for, they have nothing to gain for themselves for the future, and they lose their ability to even dream about a better life, leaving them hopeless and helpless.
   When dictatorships rule nations, people are no more than subjects and slaves.  They do not own anything because the state owns everything.  Over time, people become no more than robots:  living and working for the state, then dying without as much as a headstone or a marker over graves.  Names for the days of the week and names of months are meaningless.
   Dictatorships bankrupt people; and, if you will examine human history over the past five thousand years, you will see the truth of the suffering of people, all across planet earth.
   Dictatorships---no matter if they are political or religious---arise from the minds of bad people:  people who want to control and dominate others, to enslave them, abuse them, steal their possessions, take the wives and children, and destroy families, communities, cities, and nations.
   Political empires arise by the power of a strong military; religious empires arise by the power of deception.  And neither is concerned for your welfare, nor your health.  Neither is concerned about the increase of diseases and plagues, or the lack of food and starvation.  The one common ground that both political and religious empires stand on is the fact that they want people to die.
   The danger we are watching upon the earth today is the change in religion, which is more powerful than the change in politics.  Religions are beginning to merge and blend as if enemies can be friends and peaceably co-exist while keeping their own identities.  This is like two snakes in a box and you know one snake will arise to dominate the other.
   When Christ came to earth 2000 years ago, He faced the same situation we face today:  bad people in politics and bad people in religion.
   As the disciples and apostles of Christ departed Jerusalem to take the Good News of Christ to the world, they also faced bad people in politics and bad people in religion.
   And as we move closer to the return of the Lord, true believers of Christ face the same situation of bad people in politics and bad people in religion.
   For now, the two snakes in a box are politics and religion; but one will arise and dominate the other.  Religion will rise to the top and become a global power, and the military of politics will bring death and destruction all around the world.
   That day is quickly approaching.  This is not a pretty picture, but this is the truth.
   Christ said our days would be like this, and our days are just as He said they would be.
   What Christ brought to this world, which religion and politics do not have, is love.  And this love of Christ is what the world needs today.

CATHOLICISLAM

   If you will read the words of Christ as recorded in the New Testament of the Holy Bible, you will clearly see that Christ never said that believing in Him would become a religion, nor that believing in Him would become a state religion, nor that believing in Him would become a religious empire.
   According to The Daily Weekly, written on July 1, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI said it was time for a merger between Christianity and Islam, which the pope called Catholicislam.
   The pontiff said:  "I am willing to wear that Arab head thing.  And we have come up with a great new logo for the new religion.  Let's do it."
   Islam is the most violent religion on the face of the earth, a religion in which women have no rights whatsoever as well as a religion that treats animals better than it treats women; for in Islam, women are subjects and slaves to men.  In Islam, husbands can throw acid on the faces of their wives and be perfectly legal under the law of Islam; and, in Islam, husbands can beat and whip their wives, both in private as well as in public places, and no one is allowed to intervene.  Husbands can also shoot, hang, and even behead their wives and be perfectly legal in their religious law. 
   Furthermore, Islam is the breeding ground of pedophilia and men are legalized to engage in sex with children, and girls can be taken as brides as young as six years of age.  This is no more than legaized rape of helpless children, who are unable to defend themselves in these acts of violence against their will and against their bodies.
   In Islam, alcoholic beverages and pornography are forbidden while their barbaric treatment of women and children are legal. 
  In the world of Islam, animals have better lives than women and little children.
  Beyond Islam's evil against women and children, Islam also hates Christians and hates Jews.
   Why, then, would the pope want to merge Christianity with the barbarism of Islam?  Does that decision even meet common sense?
   The truth of the matter is this:
   The public demonstration of Islam is a mirror image of the heart of Roman Catholicism.  For underneath the pomp and religious splendor of the Vatican, the Catholic Church of Rome has as much hatred for Christians and Jews as Islam.  The Catholic Church also hates God, hates Christ, and also hates the Holy Bible.  For the Catholic Church was created by evil people to stamp out true Christianity, and Catholics have been taught to believe that the Church of Rome is the only true religion on earth; therefore, all people who refuse Catholicism are considered to be heretics or infidels, and even Protestants are also considered to be enemies of the Church of Rome.
   As stated today as well as many times before, the Son of God, Jesus Christ, never came to earth to launch a new religion.  Christ is not the founder of the Catholic Church, and the Apostle Peter was never a Catholic and, therefore, Peter was never a pope.  For if Christ created the Catholic Church, why did it take more than three hundred years for the Catholic Church to arise in Rome? 
   Nevertheless, Catholicislam is coming upon the earth, which will create a super religion, at which time a reign of terror will exist all across planet earth. 
   Please remember:  Pope Benedict gave us this word, Catholicislam, not Christ the Lord; for the pope's desire is for a religious empire to rule the earth. 
   Jesus said, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.  (John 3: 3)
   And for us, who have been born again in Christ, the Lord said, Rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.  (Luke 10: 20)
   Please know, too, that one of my fervent prayers to the Lord is that many Catholics and many Muslims will come to be saved by Jesus Christ.
   Amen.
  
 
  

THE EVIL OF RELIGION

   Religion is powerful and religion is fearful.
   The purpose of religion is to conquer, capture, dominate, and control.
   Religion has no love, no compassion, no concern for its members, nor for people outside its prison doors.
   Religion is arrogant, proud, puffed up, and thinks highly of itself. 
   Religion has no humility.
   Religion is cold, lifeless, and does not care if you sleep well tonight, nor if you sleep on the street.
   Religion will rob you of your money, your possessions, and leave you bankrupt. 
   Religion does not care about the homeless, the helpless, nor the hungry---but it wants you to care.
   Religion is selfish, keeps a tight lid on its money, and invests money to make more money even though its members can be in dreadful need.
   Religion will steal the lives of people, and it will also steal the children of families---holding families captive for many generations.
   Religion induces fear in people, fear in children:  the fear of not being good enough, the fear of going to hell, and the fear of not going to heaven. 
   Fear is a fearful thing and religion knows how to use fear to get the most out of its victims.
   Religion robs people of their lives, then steals their souls.
   In the eyes of religion, people are worthless; for it is not what your religion can do for you, but it is what you can do for your religion.  And when you die, your body is worth nothing in the eyes of religion.  You are finished. 
   Religion is a slavehouse, and people are slaves because their minds are clouded with darkness.
   Not only is religion a master of fear, but religion is also a master of mind control.  This is why people keep going back.
   Religious people get angry if you talk about their religion because their religion is their god:  for religion owns their minds, their hearts, and also their souls. 
   Religious leaders are as god-men.  They have the power over their converts and their converts are submitted to their leadership as if they are gods on earth.
   Above all else, religion is evil. 
   The father of evil is Lucifer and he is also the father of religion.  Even though Satan is invisible, his power of influence is attractive to the minds of people who do not know God.
   If you will take the time to study Nimrod and the tower of Babel, from the 11th chapter of the Book of Genesis, you will see that Nimrod was the first god-man with a religious system that was Satanic; and when those evil-minded people departed Babylon, they took the seeds of that Satanic, occult world of Babylon and created religions all over the world, for elements within the religions of the world can be traced back to Babylon.  For Babylon has many sister religions, and though they have different names, it is the same evil that Nimrod used in Babylon.
   Christ the Son of God came into this world to die for our sin, but the Lord also came to deliver us from the power of religion.
   As the Lord said, If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. (John 8: 36)
   Know Christ and you will know freedom for the first time in your life.
   Amen.

TOMBS OF DARKNESS

   The greatest threat to the freedom of people is not the politics of human government, but rather the power of darkness that reigns in human minds in the form of religion.
   During the temptation of Jesus for forty days, the devil took Jesus to an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, all these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.  Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan:  for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.  (Matthew 4: 8-10)
   Jesus resisted Satan. 
   People, however, have been unable to resist Satan's offer for thousands of years:  during which time people have received power, prestige, honor, and enormous wealth in the arenas of this world system:  in places such as religion, politics, business and finance, education, as well as in the entertainment world of music, movies, and sports. 
   Such people are those who amass financial fortunes, who get the attention of headlines in newspapers and magazines, who live in mansions, drive the most expensive vehicles under the sun, and who are frequently visible on television, in movies, and on the internet.  They are the "stars" of Hollywood, show business, the talking heads of talk radio and talk television, and also the "stars" of religion and even the "stars" of Christianity with television and radio ministeries that attract millions of viewers.
   Such people become the "gods and goddesses" of this world.  They are watched, adored, and even worshipped.  Their words are as honeycomb, dropping from their lips. 
   Religious leaders of the world are also wealthy people; therefore, do not be deceived to believing that they are poor people, for they are not poor.  They live in fancy homes, drive expensive vehicles, wear the finest garments under the sun, travel in luxurious jets, and have servants attending to their needs. 
   Religion is a tomb of darkness and its members are on deathrow, for the minds of members have been brainwashed through deception to believe that when they die they will pass through a door of light and enter a world far better than the world in which we presently dwell:  an eternal world of heaven, or happiness, or delight.  This future world, however, is merely an illusion from the minds of religion's messengers, or ministers of darkness, for their allegience is not to God, but to the prince of darkness, Satan, and they are being rewarded for teaching others to avoid the way to God, which is through Christ Jesus the Lord.  And for people who are trapped in this wonderland of fantasy, their dream will always be there as long as they follow the doctrines and dogmas of their religious gurus, the priests and priestesses of religion:  as long as they stay on the Yellow Brick Road and keep their eyes focused on reaching the Oz in Emerald City they will forever remain prisoners in tombs of darkness.
   The Apostle Peter wrote a warning:
      But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.  And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.  And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you:  whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.  (II Peter 2: 1-3)
   Religions of the world are the tombs of darkness, which include:
   Islam, Chrislam, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, Mormonism, Scientology, and a host of others worldwide.  For all of these offer ways to eternity that bypass the Lord Jesus Christ, who was crucified for the sin of the world.
   Beginning at the tower of Babel, as written in the 11th chapter of the book of Genesis, man has been at war against God ever since that day, and man has created religions all over the world as military outposts of opposition:  recruiting members by the power of deception out of secrecy in order to protect the identity of religions' head, who is Satan, so that Satan can take the souls of people to be in hell with him.  This is why religion is the greatest threat to freedom because the powerful people that rule religion also rule the politics of human government, thereby making politicians no more than puppets in the hands of the priesthood of religions, worldwide.
   Jesus said, salvation is of the Jews.  Even today, the two most hated groups of people on the earth are Jews and Christians.  And the most hated book on the earth today is the Holy Bible.  We are hated for Christ's sake because Christ is above all the religions of the world as well as above all the principalities of human government. 
   Therefore, people of religions resist Christ because they prefer their tombs of darkness:  and there they will remain until they come to believe in the Light, which is Christ Jesus the Lord.
   As it is written, Neither is there salvation in any other:  for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.  (Acts 4: 12)  And that name is Jesus.
   Amen.

THE NEW TESTAMENT

   The New Testament of the Holy Bible contains the oldest written accounts of the life of Jesus Christ, written by eight men---the disciples and apostles of Christ---and all of the books were written in their lifetimes:  so they had first-hand knowledge as eyewitnesses of the Lord---before the Lord's death but also after the Lord's resurrection.
   All other books about Christ, over the past 2000 years, have been written by people who were not eyewitnesses of the Lord.
   The Holy Bible is the best-selling book of all time, and the King James Version is the best-selling version of all time. The King James Version of the Bible has had no revisions since it was first published in 1611. Therefore, if you want to know the truth about Christ, go to the Holy Bible; go to the New Testament; and go to the King James Version.
   In the New Testament, read what the eyewitnesses wrote about Christ.
   Remember, too, that all of the New Testament writers, except for John, were martyrs of Jesus:  they were killed for their belief in the Lord.
   The Holy Bible is the most important book in human history, about the most important person in the history of the universe, and God has made the Bible available for people to read in more than 1200 languages. 
   If you do not have a copy of the Bible, you can go to www.bible.com/ and read the New Testament in your own language and in the privacy of your home to see what Jesus is all about.

A PROPHETIC PARABLE

   There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
   And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
   And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table:  moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
   And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom:  the rich man also died, and was buried;
   And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
   And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
   But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things:  but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
   And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed:  so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
   Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
   For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
   Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
   And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
   And he said unto him, If they heard not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.  (Luke 16: 19-31)

   After Lazarus died and while his body was in a tomb for four days, his soul went to Abraham's bosom, the place where people, who believed in God, went and there remained until Christ had completed His sacrificial death on the cross and His resurrection from death; and there was a gulf between Abraham's bosom and hell.

After the resurrection of Lazarus:
   Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.  But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.  Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we do? for this man doeth many miracles.  If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him:  and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.  And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.  And this speak he not of himself:  but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.  Then from that day forward they counsel together for to put him to death.  (John 11: 45-53).
Six days before the Passover, Jesus was in the house of Lazarus, Martha, and Mary.
   Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he (Lazarus) was there:  and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.  But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. (John 12: 9-11).
   The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing?  behold, the world is gone after him. (John 12: 19)

  

  

PILATE'S FINAL ANSWER

   And on the day when Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem, Pontius Pilate was given two meetings with the Son of God, or two chances for his own salvation.
   To begin, the Sanhedrin wanted Jesus dead.  In fact, this body of Jewish leaders had murder on their minds and in their hearts.  They tried to reach a quick verdict in their early morning trial, but because their witnesses were not credible, they had no case.  Now what.  Now they took Jesus to Pilate because they believed that Pilate would surely agree with them, that he would give the order to crucify Jesus, and the whole matter of Jesus would disappear.
   Not so fast.  Three times Pilate told the Jews he found no fault with Jesus, and when he learned that Jesus was of Galilee, which was Herod's jurisdiction, he sent Jesus to Herod; but when Herod questioned Jesus, the Lord said nothing, after which Pilate arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe and sent the Lord back to Pilate.
   Now what.  Pilate did not want to order the crucifixion of Jesus, and now the Lord was in his presence a second time.  As Pilate began another round of questions, a messenger arrived with a written note from his wife, saying, Have nothing to do with that just man:  for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. (Matthew 27: 19).
   Throughout the Bible, God spoke to many people in dreams, and this time God spoke in a dream to Pilate's wife, which was God's final appeal to Pilate.  Pilate, however, resorted to an escape clause; for when he offered the Jews a choice to crucify Jesus or crucify Barrabbus (a prisoner convicted of murder), the Jews said to release Barrabbus and crucify Jesus.
   Pilate asked two important questions of the Jews:
      1.  Why, what evil hath he done?
      2.  What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ?
   Clearly, Pilate did not want to have anything to do with this "just man" of his wife's note.
   Then the Jews screamed at Pilate:  If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend:  whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.  (John 19: 12)
   Suddenly, Pilate was injected with fear.  Caesar was King of the Jews and Pilate knew it; and for a man (Jesus) to be claiming to be King of the Jews, this was blasphemy.  If Pilate let Jesus walk away and Caesar learned of Pilate's decision, Pilate's neck was on the line.  Therefore, Pilate feared Caesar more than he feared God, and Pilate turned his back on Christ and gave the order to crucify Him.
   In my own life, I can tell you that fear gripped me when I was faced with my decision for Christ.  What would my wife think about me if I became a Christian?  What would my family and friends say about me?  And what would fellow church members say or think about me when I would tell them that I met Jesus for the first time?  These were my "Caesars" and I experienced fear.  But when I chose Christ, none of the fears that I had imagined would happen never happened.  The "Caesars" disappeared because God gave me grace.
   Pilate, however, did not find grace in the eyes of the Lord.  Pilate was given two chances and his final answer was to let Jesus be crucified.
   Amen.
  

LAZARUS: AT THE CROSS OF JESUS

   Jesus had a special relationship with a family of Bethany, a brother and his two sisters, who were Lazarus, Martha, and Mary.  As it is written, "Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus." (John 11: 5)  This family was dear to the heart of the Lord.
   Lazarus became ill, and his sisters sent word to Jesus, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick."  Yet Jesus, even after hearing this news, tarried for two days; and even before He arrived in Bethany, He said to His disciples, "Lazarus is dead."  When the Lord reached the tomb of Lazarus, Jesus said, "Lazarus, come forth", and Lazarus came forth and lived again.
   As students of the Bible, one of our weaknesses is the power of assumption:  
   First:  In the 11th chapter of the Gospel of John, the writer uses the phrase, he whom thou lovest, and we can assume that the writer, John, was writing about himself.
   Secondly:  While Christ was on the cross, Jesus said to the disciple "whom he loved...Behold thy mother!"  And to his mother, He said, "Woman, behold thy son!"  And again, we can easily assume that John was writing about himself. 
   Thirdly:  On the morning of the resurrection of Jesus  (after hearing from Mary Magdalene that the tomb was empty) Peter and the disciple whom Jesus loved  ran to the tomb.  And again we can assume that John was writing about himself, but it was Lazarus running to the tomb and not John.
   Now, let us return to the Passover Feast (or Last Supper) on the night before Jesus was crucified.    
   Jesus had the twelve disciples, but the Lord also had many disciples.  Here, we can easily assume that the Last Supper was a special time for Jesus and only the Twelve.  Yet, this meal could have also included several unnamed disciples:  just because they are not named does not mean that they were not there. 
   For when Jesus announced that one would betray Him, it is written, "Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved,  Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who should be of whom he spake.  He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? " (John 13: 23-25)
   It would have been uncharacteristic for John or for any of the writers of the New Testament to speak of themselves with phrases such as  whom Jesus loved  or he whom thou lovest.  For John, this would have been like setting himself on a pedestal as if Jesus loved him more than the others.
   Remember, that on the day of the crucifixion of the Lord, all of the disciples fled because of fear.  That leaves the disciple Lazarus at the cross of Jesus because Lazarus had no fear.  Because Lazarus had died once, and Jesus raised him from the dead, Lazarus also knew that if the enemies would kill him again that Jesus would also raise him from the dead again!
   Beyond this, the home of Lazarus and his two sisters was large enough for Mary, the mother of the Lord. 
   Also consider the fact that Mary had other sons:  James, Joses, Simon, and Jude.  Why did Jesus not tell one of His half-brothers to Behold thy mother!?  Could it have been because they were not there?
   Moreover, please consider the fact that John became one of the Twelve Apostles and that the Lord had an assignment for John that did not include taking care of His mother, Mary, but that Lazarus would be Mary's caretaker and not John.
   Perhaps one lesson we can glean from Lazarus is this:  he had been resurrected from the dead, and, as Lazarus was beholding the face of the Son of God on the cross, he also knew that Jesus would arise from death and live again!  So that we, when we die knowing Christ, can also believe that when the Lord resurrects us from death, we also shall behold the face of Son of God as King of kings and Lord of lords! 
   In summary, the first 46 verses of the 11th chapter of the Gospel of John are devoted to the story of Lazarus.  Other than Christ, does any other person in the Four Gospels receive as much attention as Lazarus? 
   Amen.

   Let not your heart be troubled:  ye believe in God, believe also in me.  In my Father's house are many mansions:  if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.  (John 14: 1-3)

   For believers in Christ, these are exciting times!  Even though these days are filled with evil, these are the times that we have been studying in the Word of the Lord, and the words of prophecy are being fulfilled in front of our eyes.
   The resurrection of Jesus Christ is essential to the belief that Christ is the Son of God; for without the resurrection, there could be no return of the Lord; but because of the resurrection, there will, in deed, be the return of the Lord at a time according to God's plan. 
  This is our hope, and this is our belief by faith; for if our faith is not in Him and His resurrection, then we would have no faith in Him for His return to earth.  And without our faith in Him, then we would have no hope in Him.  For without faith and hope in Christ, then there is no faith or hope in all of the religions of the world:  for these are the works of mens' hands, and not from God, because the religions of the world are no more than coffins for the people who are spiritually dead, who are the people who have rejected Christ.
   The days we are presently living are evil, but the worst of the evil of men on earth is yet to come; for in the future, people will see evil that no generation has ever seen upon the face of the earth, and this future is approaching quickly.  From here on out, the days upon the earth will get worse.
   Christ, however, will return before the worst of evil arises.  The Lord is returning for the people He loves as well as for the people who love Him.  He will lift us above these most evil of days upon the earth and we will not be here as witnesses to those dreaded events.
   So then, how do we know that evil will get worst?
      1.   Jesus said, salvation is of the Jews (John 4: 23) and Jews have been hated and persecuted since the time of Abraham.  Islamic nations hate Jews, for their desire---above all else---is to rid the earth of Israel and all Jews.
      2.  Jesus said, ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. (Matthew 24: 9)
      3.  all governments of the world are against God.
      4.  all religions of the world are against God.
   All of these things must come to pass before we see the return of Christ. and for us who believe in Him, we are small in number in comparison to the world's population; and because of our faith in Him, we will be on the winning team because Christ will put an end to evil.
   Now faith is substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.  (Hebrews 11: 1)

ABRAHAM'S FAITH

    Abraham was born in Ur of the Chaldees, which is located in southern Mesopotamia, near the Euphrates River, about 150 miles from Babylon, or about 100 miles northeast of the Kuwait border.
   Abraham was not born to Jewish parents and he was not a Jew by birth:  but he became one---the first Jew as well as the father of the Hebrew nation, and his life is a wonderful story of faith.
   Abraham's story begins in the 12th chapter of the Book of Genesis, at which time his name was Abram, but God changed his name to Abraham.
      Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:  And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.  So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him;  to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.  (Genesis 12: 1-5)
   Abraham believed God by faith and departed his homeland of Ur to go to a land he knew not as well as with no plan to return.
   In Abraham, God created a new nation, a nation with its own land, a nation to be set apart from all nations, complete with its own language; a nation that would worship God, and a nation that would never be a world empire.
   Out of Abraham came kings and queens, prophets and preachers, the writers of the Holy Bible, and the death, burial, and resurrection of the Son of God, born of the seed of Abraham.  Just as God said to Abraham, in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed,  God was faithful in the words He spoke to Abraham.
  Beginning with Abraham, there have been 48 Jewish prophets and 7 prophetesses, and the writers of the Holy Bible are also Jews; and Abraham's name is mentioned 75 times in the New Testament.
   For after the ascension of Christ, the Jews became ministers of the Lord as disciples, apostles, teachers, preachers, evangelists, and writers of the New Testament, thereby taking the message of Christ to all nations throughout the world, so that the lives of millions of people have been transformed in Christ all around the globe over the past 2000 years.
   In Abraham's birth nation, Ur was an idolatrous people, a pagan nation, and a nation that had built shrines and temples to gods, and other nations throughout the world were just as idolatrous as Ur, for people did not know God.  As Abraham departed Ur, he left the religion of his native land behind him; neither did he bring any of the idols or religious relics of a pagan country with him on his journey.  When he arrived in Canaan, he did not establish a religion, nor accept the religious practices of people in Canaan.  Futhermore, throughout his entire life, Abraham never had a religion, for his faith was in God and in God alone. 
   Likewise, when people accept Jesus Christ as their Saviour, they leave everything behind them, taking nothing.  Our faith is in Christ and in nothing else, just as Abraham's faith was in God and in nothing else:  at which time Christ begins to do a work in our lives just as God did a work in the life of Abraham. 
   Abraham is a picture of salvation:  God came to Abraham, Abraham believed in God, and Abraham followed God by faith.  Likewise, Christ comes to us for our salvation, and, when we believe in Christ, we follow Him by faith, just as Abraham followed God by faith.
   Since the time of Abraham, Jews have been persecuted throughout history because they are the children of God.  Likewise, Christians have been persecuted since the time of Jesus because we also are the children of God.
   Perhaps you were born to a Christian family:   this does not make you a Christian.
   Perhaps you are a member of a Christian church:   this does not make you a Christian.
   Like Abraham, all of us are born in lands of religion and religious idols; and, like Abraham, we must make a choice when faced with Christ.
   Jesus said, No man can serve two masters:  for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.  Ye cannot serve God and mammon.  (Matthew 6:24).
   As for Abraham's faith in God, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness:  and he was called the Friend of God.  (James 2: 23)
   Again, Jesus said, Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsover I command you.  Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth:  but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.  (John 15: 14,15)
   With God, there are no secrets; but there is always secrecy behind the walls of religion. 
   In choosing Christ, therefore, we must be willing to let go of everything that clings and binds us and place our total faith at His feet, and He will lift us up.
   Through Abraham, a line of prophets came forth to tell about God.  These are the true prophets, and prophets of the religions of man are false prophets:  they tell of other ways to get to God that is not the way of God, for God's way is through His Son.  For Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life:  no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.  (John 14:  6)
   Jesus also said, ...salvation is of the Jews.  (John 4: 22)  But also notice Genesis 17: 7, a prophecy that says the Hebrew nation will be an eternal nation.
   Therefore knowing Christ is not a new religion, but rather a spiritual relationship with God the Father by way of the Son of God, thus eliminating the need for rites and rituals, which religions require. 
   Knowing Christ also enables us to have a direct pipeline of communication with God, whereby we can speak directly to Him and He can speak to us, for God and Abraham had the same relationship.
   Abraham was not born a Jew:  but he became one.
   We are not born as Christians:  but we can become one.
   Above all else, please remember this:
   Christianity is NOT a religion, and neither is it a religious empire.  Christianity is a body of people who have trusted in Christ for their salvation.  And Christ wants to do a work in our lives just as He did a work in the life of Abraham.  Abraham made some mistakes; but we also make mistakes in our walk with Christ. 
   Remember, too, that Abraham's faith was in God.  Abraham never had a building in which to worship; and though we have buildings in which to worship, we can also worship Christ outside buildings:  for the Lord does not reside in buildings, the work of men's hands.
   Amen.
  
  
  
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OVER THE WALL

   The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the greatest event in all of human history, for it is the resurrection of the Lord that separates Christ from all the religions of the world!
   For you see, Jesus was not a religionist.  He was not the founder of any religion, nor of any religious dogma, doctrine, or philosophy; therefore, the Lord did not come from Heaven to create another institution, but rather to help us over the wall.
   Without the resurrection, Jesus would have been no different than the founders of all the religions of the world; and, if He had created a religion, then all He would have accomplished would have been to offer people another item on the menu:  such as the food choices we make when standing in front of a smorgasbord. 
   The death and resurrection of Christ is twofold in contrast to all of the founding fathers of all the religions of the world:
      1.  Christ was cruicified for the sin of the world:  no religious founder has never done that!
      2.  Christ arose from death:  no religious founder has never done that!
   None of the founders of all religions of the world never said a word about dying for the sins of people; neither have they said a word about arising from death.
   Therefore, all the founders of all the religions of world have died:  and they are still dead.
   The sum total of all the founders of all religions has been is nothing more than to introduce new ways of believing in something that is different from the religion next door.
   Added together, all the religions of the world are nothing more than choices available on a smorgasboad:  sugar-coated and candy sweet, designed to look good and taste good, and to excite the taste buds of your mind.
   So then, how do we know for sure that Christ arose from death?
   Follow the blood.
   In Jerusalem, Jesus bled to death on the cross. 
   Perhaps you would think that the enemies of Christ would have been satisfied, knowing that Jesus was dead:  that they would have resumed their normal lives and that the story of Jesus would vanish as soon as His followers realized He was dead, and that the nonsense of Him arising from death was simply wishful thinking:  that He was no prophet, and certainly no king, but rather one who had filled the heads of people with false hope. 
   The enemies of Christ could not see beyond the tomb.  The scribes, Pharisees, and others could not see the invisible world on the other side of death.  But Satan could.  And Satan knew the Son of God was alive again!  The Light of world was shining again and the Lord appeared to the disciples and others after three days!  Satan saw this and he knew that the disciples and others would take the message of Christ throughout the world and people would be saved from their sins.
   Satan's mission on earth has always been to prevent people from knowing God as well as to take souls to hell with him because he hates God; and by the power of his influence, he filled the minds of his evil agents of darkness with the same hatred and venom that they had against Christ.  Thus began a trail of blood that began to flow from Jerusalem as the murders of Christians became a battle, and this war has continued until this day in the form of cold-blooded, premediated murders of innocent people, unarmed and defenseless, against swords, spears, axes, and guns.
   Why would millions of people be willing to die for a man they have never seen and never met?  For all that we know of Christ is from the pages of the Holy Bible.  We have no photographs of Him; no newspaper clippings.  Yet we believe in Him as if He is living now:  and He is alive now!  For it is not a dead man that gives us hope:  it is hope in a living man that gives us hope.  For if our hope is in a dead man, then any religion from the smorgasbord would be sufficient.
   Christ gave His blood for the sin of the world; all religion can do:  is pour ketchup.
   So if you are standing at the smorgasbord of religion,
         Why seek ye the living among the dead?  (Luke 24: 5)
   Amen.

DECEPTION CENTERS

   So then, if Christ is merely a fairytale or a religious myth in the minds of people, Christ was not a fairytale or a religious myth in the minds of the scribes, Pharisees, and many others in Jerusalem 2000 years ago!
   For after the resurrection of the Lord, they directed their evil minds and swords toward the disciples and apostles:  and went after them with murder on their minds in the exact same manner as they went after Jesus. 
   If Christ was dead and not risen, why did murders of the followers of Christ, beginning in Jerusalem, continue for hundreds and hundreds of years?  All because of a dead man?
   If the people who killed Christ did not believe that the Lord arose from death, why did it bother them that a few people were preaching about a dead man? 
   Christians have been stalked and slaughtered as if we are no more than wild animals in the eyes of hunters on wild-game safaris.
   Why would an educated and intelligent man, Constantine the Great, Emperor of Rome, declare Christianity as the State Religion of the Roman Empire if Christ was a dead man? 
   Why did the people not think of Constantine as one who had gone insane?  After all, did Rome need a State Religion named for a dead man? 
   And what interest did Rome have in elevating a Jewish carpenter, crucified in Jerusalem, at a time when Jews were subjects to Caesar?  Jews were supposed to bow to Caesar---not to become as gods in Rome's religious shrines! 
   Would Germany elevate a Jew, burned in the ovens of Hitler, and create a religion in the dead man's honor?
   No! 
  The purpose in Rome was to create a great Deception Center:  the Vatican.
   The root of religion is about control and domination:  and, of course, money; and after money, power. 
   Rome's purpose:  Control.  Domination.  Power.  Money.  And deception.
   The truth of the whole matter is this: 
   Those evil-minded people, from the scribes and Pharisees forward, did believe that Jesus is the Christ, but because their minds were evil minds their duty was to their god, Satan, from which they could not let go.  Knowing this, they began a work to keep people from knowing Christ, and, therefore, they began to establish religions that would become Deception Centers:  "Yes.  Come on in.  Take a seat.  Be baptized.  Leave money." 
   If you leave your money, then you feel as though you have bought something and you now have an attachment.  Then you can say:  look what it did for me!
   Deception Centers are as prostitutes.  The buildings are wonderful pieces of work.  They truly are!  They have elegant cathedrals, temples, shrines.  Clean.  Attractive.  Inviting.  Just what you need.  You are at the right place at the right time.  If you are troubled, lost, and weary:  come on in.  We will comfort you and ease your pain.  The  leaders are intelligent and educated people.  They are compassionate.  They understand you.  They know how you feel.  They have the exact prescription for your happiness and contentment.  And by the way:  they accept cash, checks, or credit cards for services rendered.
   Inside of these Deception Centers, however, is an invisible trapdoor:  a snare for your soul.
   But how can we say that the scribes, Pharisess, and many others know that Jesus is the Christ?
      And when he (Jesus) was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, and coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that not many might pass by that way.  And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God?  art thou come hither to torment us before the time? (Matthew 8: 28,29)
   Do you see it?  The demons spoke from the bodies of the men they had possessed.  They knew Jesus.  They called Him the Son of God.
   Evil-minded people, such as the scribes and Pharisees, knew that Jesus is the Christ.  But because their minds dwell in the tent of evil, they cannot think in words such as love, grace, mercy, and truth.  They think in lies for lying is their nature.  And even though they knew the truth of Christ, their responsibility was to their god, Satan, and they could not change their minds.  To them, their reward is in this world and not in the world to come because Satan owned their souls as he owned their minds. For many of the religious leaders in the world today are demon-possessed people.  This is not something that new!
   This, then, is the danger of a person's involvement in religion.  For if people stay there long enough, they will not want to come out.
   One came out of the Pharisees, however, and his name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.  Please listen to his words:
      Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God:  for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 
      Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. (John 3: 2,3)
   And after the death of Jesus on the cross, two men came to take Jesus down from the cross and to bury the Lord in a tomb.  One of the men was Joseph of Arimathaea, and the other man was Nicodemus.
   No Pharisee could have done that except:   God be with him.  Nicodemus came out of religion and was saved by Christ the Lord.
   When Jesus looked in the eyes of the scribes and Pharisees, the Lord was looking in the darkness of religion.  Not only this, but the Lord was also looking at Satan, standing as lord and master of religion.
   Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of God broke down the wall of religion; but man, in his rebellion against God, rebuilt the wall.  If you are not in Christ, you are still behind the wall of religion:  and for salvation in Christ, you must come out:  just as Nicodemus came out.
   Amen.
  
    

IN PRIESTLY GARMENTS

   Human behaviours are habits we learn in the habitats of life. 
   As defined, a habitat is a natural environment.  We can produce habitats that can appear to be natural, and we can also produce habitats that can appear to be supernatural.  In order to change habits, we can either change within the habitat, or we can move out from under the habitat in order to change habits.  Changing human habits is often difficult, and changing habitats can be even more difficult.
   Earth is the habitat of humanity, for In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.  (Genesis 1: 1)   
  When God created Adam, change began to happen quickly:  for the Devil did not like what God had done on planet earth.  And the divine order of God was attacked.
   When the Son of God was born in Bethehem, the Devil did not like what God had done.  The Devil issued a declaration of war and summoned all of his evil converts to take up arms and go after Jesus.
   As the years moved toward the cross, the scribes and the Pharisees were unrelenting in their verbal abuse and visciousness directed at Christ!  Hounding Him.  Following Him.  Sneaking.  Snitching.
   Jesus issued seven woes against the scribes and the Pharisees, and the Lord was not kind to them.  The Lord knew them.  The Lord knew they were evil.  Their mouths were full of the venom of Satan. 
   This is an important lesson we need to pay attention to and learn from in this habitat of humanity as Jesus addesses the issue of the scribes and Pharisees.
   Obviously, other people---namely, the disciples---did not know the seriousness of the problem with the scribes and Pharisees.  Jesus knew.  Their minds were evil because evil was their natural habitat, and their behaviour was shrouded in priestly garments.  Because they were master deceivers, they had dual personalities.  Their deception was so expertly polished and refined that even family members did not know of their evil activities, nor would ever suspect that they were members of an evil, corrupt organization that had infiltrated the Sanhedrin in order to persuade the Sanhedrin to execute Jesus.
   To go further, religion is the pinnacle of the arrogance of mankind, for it is an unnatural habitat though man has done his best to make religion appear to be natural.  Adding evil people in religion---in the shroud of priestly garments---is like grinding salt with pepper to produce one seasoning, and people whose taste buds are dead will not know the difference.  Religion is evil, the priesthood of man's religions are evil, but for people who do not know God, they do not know the difference, nor do they ever suspect that they are in an house of evil with evil priests.  This is a habitat inspired by Satan in order to deceive people from knowing Christ. 
   Over the past 2000 years, evil-minded people of the seed of the scribes and Pharisees have constructed pinnacles of arrogrance across Europe, across the United States, and in many nations in the form of cathedrals and churches:  filling pulpits with agents of darkness, shrouded in priestly garments, displaying pomp and pagentry in order to subvert and pervert the Gospel of Christ.  They have also infiltrated Bible colleges and theological seminaries in order to doctor doctrines that are not Biblical in order to compromise the truth of Jesus Christ.
   Not only are the pulpits contaminated, but many of the laity are also part of this evil conspiracy as participants of secret societies:  and they, too, are polished and refined to the extent that even their families do not know, nor even suspect, their connection to subverting and undermining the cause of Christ.
   This is their cause.  This is their crusade.  For there is a network of societies, working together though seperately, for the purpose of preventing Christ from becoming known to people around the world---while, at the same time, promoting their cause in their duty to Satan:  for their service to Satan is to tear down the cause of Christ.
   Jesus knew this.  Jesus saw this in the scribes and Pharisees.  For as young as two years of age, King Herod issued a decree to have Jesus killed---when the Lord was merely a baby!  Herod's mind was evil because he was of the same habitat of those in priestly garments.
   Centuries earlier, Nimrod built the first pinnacle of arrogance at Babel, and even though God confused their language, thereby disabling effective communication, the people departed in various language groups to transport Babylonianism throughout the world.  Their habitat was occultic, Satanic mysteries, operating under the disguise of religion(s) with evil messengers in priestly garments. 
   Centuries later, they lodged in Rome, where they reinvented the tower of Babel with a new name--- Catholic Church---and Constantine the Great declared Christianity to be the State Religion of the Roman Empire:  thereby erecting a habitat of evil over true Christianity in an effort to extinguish the Light of Christ by eliminating Christ's messengers, the born again believers.
   For in Rome, Babylonian practices became Church practices.  Babylonian names became Christian names.  Nimrod became Pope.  Semiramis (Queen of Babylon) became Mary.  And Jesus was reduced to the image of a baby.  People who refused to bow to the Pope were called heretics.  The Catholic Church is just as opposed to Christ as the scribes and Pharsiees were in Jerusalem!  Their modus operandi is deception by evil-minded people in priestly garments.
   Not just in Rome, but in religions around the world this same habitat became the practice with god-men at the top of the pinnacles of arrogance.
   Jesus saw this modus operandi in Jerusalem 2000 years ago and He called them:  vipers and hypocrites. 
   Please remember:  pinnacles of arrogance is the habitat of evil; and the people within this habitat have evil minds because their environment if all about evil.  Their minds feast and manufacture evil because their natural minds are all about evil, 100% of the time, and these people shroud their evil minds in priestly garments in order to deceive people from knowing Christ.
   Therefore, because their minds are evil from their evil habitat, murder is natural to them.  It was their nature to kill Christ.  It has been their nature to kill Christians for 2000 years, and they will kill again because killing is their nature.  And their nature is from the mind of Satan.  They think like their daddy, Satan, because his mind is in them, for they are the sons of Satan in priestly garments, vipers and hypocrites.
   Jesus knew them.
   Amen.
  

HEAVENLY NEWSPAPER

   The Holy Bible is truly an amazing book!
   The Holy Bible is the Holy Book:  the only holy book on the face of the earth, and it is a sacred book.
   The Bible is a gift from God to us:  freely given that we may freely receive.  The cost to you for all of the information in Bible is absolutely zero.
   To begin, the Bible is a collection of many books, from many authors, and all of the writers were inspired by the Holy Spirit to dip their pens in the inkhorn and to write, "Thus saith the Lord."  And having been inspired by the Holy Spirit, we can then believe that the Bible is God-breathed.  God spoke to the writers and the writers recorded the words from the mind and the voice of Almighty God.
   Translated into more than 1200 languages, all of the books of the Bible are relatively short, the chapters are short, the verses are short, and, for the most part, even the sentences are short sentences.
   In this revelation of truth from God, the Lord gives it to us straight, holding back nothing:  the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.  He tells us of things past, things present, and things future because He wants us to know truth:  which includes the good, the bad, and also the ugly.  In short, God tells like it is.  This way, you will know how you stand with God, but also you will know how He stands with you.
  The Bible is not complex; neither is it difficult to understand. You do not need to be a "rocket scientist" nor an Einstein to understand the Bible.
   The writers of the Bible were simple, everyday people, just like you and me, yet they were people who believed and served God.
   For example, having been raised in Pharoah's house in Egypt, Moses was highly educated, and he wrote the first five books of the Bible;
   David, having been a shepherd, became a King of Israel and wrote the Psalms;
   Nehemiah was the cupbearer to a Persian king;
   Esther was a Jewish lady who became queen of the Persian king, Ahasuerus, and she wrote the Book of Esther, which is still read today in Israel during the annual Feast of Purim;
   Paul, fluent in Greek and Hebrew, was educated under Gamaliel the Elder of Israel, a Pharisee doctor of Jewish Law;
   Matthew was a tax collector by profession while Peter, James, and John had been fishermen.
   God drew stories out of the lives of people, from which came the books of the Bible, so that the writers were God's journalists on the ground and thereby experiencing the stories they wrote; and God, as Editor-in-Chief, printed their stories in His Heavenly Newspaper for all the world to read.
   We, also, are experiencing life as journalists on the ground, and are we "writing" about our experiences.  Would He print your story in the Heavenly Newspaper if you wrote a paper and filed your report?
   Your life is just as important to God as the life of any person on the face of the earth, and your life is also just as important to God as the lives of the men and women who wrote the Bible.
   In your own life, God can reveal truth to you from your experiences if you will open your mind and your heart to Him and to His leadership.  He will reveal truth to you in your environment if you are open to Him.
   The people who wrote the Bible were ministers of God as well as His messengers in order to reach people with truth from God that they may be saved from their sin by the Lord Jesus Christ.  Our writings will not replace the Bible, but they can become testimonials of His love and grace, which is also important to God.
   So then, no matter if you are brickmason, an engineer, a college professor, a shrimper or a baker, and, no matter if you live in the United States, or Russia, or China, you and your life are important to God. 
   If you do not have a Bible, you can click www.bible.com and read it where you are living now.
   Amen.
  

HEADS OF STATE

   In the State of the Invisible Universe, there are two seats of authority, and both have influence upon the visible world in which we live.  Outside of these two, there are no more invisible influences in the world, and these two are not on equal platforms in the State of the Invisible Universe.  Christ is above and in Heaven, and Lucifer represents all that is evil.

    I.  JESUS CHRIST:  the Son of God, who sits and reigns at the right hand of God the Father.
  II.  LUCIFER:  also known as Satan, devil, and the prince of darkness.

   If people are not submitted to Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit, they are, by virtue of their rejection of Him, being influenced by Lucifer.  Because of Lucifer's power of deception, these people are under his leadership and they do not even know it.  They are, in fact, against Christ, and they do not even know this either because of Lucifer's power of deception.  Remember, Lucifer is invisible and he is the master (or god) of deception.
   The evil that people do is because they are doing the will of Lucifer without even realizing they are following his leadership from his invisible influence.  Without Christ, people are accomplishing Satan's will even though they have never submitted themselves to Him. 
   This is why the new birth is vital and absolutely essential to understanding this truth.  Without Christ and the new birth, you will never see this truth because it is impossible for you to believe this truth until there is a spirtual change inside of you.  By accepting Christ as your Lord and Saviour, the Holy Spirit will indwell with you, which is the same as a spiritual union with the Lord.  This choice is based on the words you speak and not from anything you can do, for the Lamb of God paid the price for your salvation when He was cruicified.  He died for your sins, just as He died for my sins.  These words of confession are truly simple:
      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.  (Romans 10: 9)
   These are the words that I confessed on the morning of my salvation and these words are truth. 
   Without salvation, I would have never written this blog, and you would not be reading these words at this exact moment in time.  This is neither an accident, nor a concidence, that you are experiencing at this exact moment in time.  Therefore choose Christ, for He waiting for you to say yes.
   Amen.

THE WATCHERS

   Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.  (First Corinthians 13:1)
  
   Jesus was a good man.  Jesus was a nice man.  He was considerate, respectful, helpful, kind, pleasant.  He was a teacher, a preacher, and a prophet.  As the Son of God, He had the power from the Father to do anything He wanted to do and no one could stop Him.  Yet the Lord restrained His divinity and maintained His humanity during His time on earth, limiting Himself by submitting Himself to the will the Father in Heaven.  (And by the way, Jesus is also a King.)
   Wherever Jesus went and in all of His teachings and healings, He was welcomed and well-received by the people.  No one through rocks at Him, no one chased Him out of town, and no one asked Him to arise and leave their homes.  In fact, no one had anything negative to say against Jesus.  No one had a charge to file against Him with either the religious establishment, nor with the Roman government, for even Roman soldiers had no problem with Jesus.
   Had Jesus been campaigning for the Office of the President of Israel, for example, whom do you think would have won the election?  Jesus would have had a landslide victory. Therefore, to crucify Jesus did not make any sense to the people of Israel, nor to many people in Jerusalem.  The Lord's crucifixion to many people was a total surprise, and perhaps many were stunned and shocked to see or know that Jesus was executed.
   So then, we arrive at a conflict of interest, for there were others in Israel who did not see eye-to-eye with Jesus, nor with the people who had no fault with him. 
   Please remember this:  Satan knew Jesus.  Satan knew the Son of God and where He was from.  Satan also knew the Lord's ambition. 
   Satan is the god of this world as well as the prince of the power of the air as well as the Prince of darkness. This world we live in is Satan's domain, by virtue of Adam's defeat in the Garden of Eden.
   Jesus was now in Satan's arena, Satan's world, Satan's playground and sandbox, and Satan did not like it!  Satan has spiritual influence even though Satan is invisible, and, while the human mind is subject to receive invisible influence from God, the human mind is also subject to receive invisible influence from Satan.
   Therefore, it should be clearly understood that there were people in Israel who were under Satan's influence:  namely, the scribes and Pharisees as well as other people, which we will see as the Watchers.
   The Watchers did not care about Jesus, nor did they agree with the Lord's message.  The Light of the world was in this world and the Light of Christ was shining on the sins of people.  The Light was exposing their evil minds and hearts.  They resisted the Light and were submissive to the Prince of darkness, and they had to extinguish the Light.
   Therefore the Watchers went about to find fault with Jesus.  They followed Him, they stood in shadows, and sent spies to gather information.  They had to be careful because Jesus was accepted by many, many people, and they did not want to draw attention to themselves that would indicate that they were up to something.  They were sly, they were sneaky.  They needed facts to support their legal claim.  They met in secrecy to compare notes as well as to manufacture charges.
   The Watchers was not a small group.  There were more people involved than the scribes and Pharisees and Sanhedrin.  To bring down Christ was not a small matter.  In the minds of the underworld of crime, Jesus was a big "hit".  They had to "cover their tracks" and eliminate trails of evidence that would lead back to the people who did not want to be known.  They had to have people in certain places to make their plan work to their benefit.  They had to have a "fall guy"---someone to take the rap, the blame.  They had to have people in certain places to justify the cruicifixion of Christ in order to make it appear that this was a legal process for execution and not a public lynching.  They had to hide their crime.
   Thus they watched from windows to see if Jesus would mow His grass on the Sabbath.  To see if the Lord would help a homeless puppy to find its home on the Sabbath.  They contested and questioned the words of the Lord at every opportunity.  They argued instead of debated:  for they could not debate with Christ because He had the sharpest mind in the universe.  Thus they needled Him with verbal darts, with silly questions, and mixed with the attitude to get Jesus to lose His cool, or to erupt in a fit of anger, or even to curse.  They did not want Jesus to influence people with his teachings and sermons.  They wanted Jesus to go away because He was gaining ground in both power and popularity, which the Watchers was losing.  The Watchers had the power and the control over people and they wanted to keep it that way.  Satan has power and control over people and the devil wants to keep it that way.  So this Jesus had to go, for Jesus was a problem for the rich, the powerful, and the corrupt:  and Satan stood to lose souls for hell if Jesus was not eliminated.
    Even after the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord, the Watchers continued their evil ways by turning their power on the disciples and the apostles.  Jesus had been killed; now they went after the Lord's messengers and killed them also. 
   Over the past two thousand years, the Watchers have been perpetually active throughout the world to try to put an end to the message of Christ by taking down the messengers.  They have killed millions of Christians in an effort to stop Christ from being preached throughout the world, and they are not finished yet.
   If you are a Christian today, you can expect the Watchers to watch you, to spy on you, to mock you, laugh at you, belittle your belief in Christ, your belief in the Bible, and your belief in the return of the Lord.  You can expect people to shoot you with verbal barbs and darts to prick your position with Christ, laugh at you, and even mock you. 
   Today, if you take a stand to do a work for the Lord, you can expect repercussions and retaliations for your conviction:  from people you know and know best:  from your family, your friends, and even people you meet later.  People will look to find fault with you.  For the Watchers are part of the army of Satan, and it is their nature to find fault, criticise, and condemn.
   Jesus used the words hypocrites and vipers when addressing people like the Watchers.
   Hypocrites:  an outward appearance of being sparking clean, but internally they are bad to the bone.
   Vipers:  because they are snakes.
   The Watchers are all over the world today, included in families, communities, and also in churches and religious institutions.  They are people in love with religion, but not in love with the Lord. They are sounding brass and tinking cymbals because they are void of the love of God.
   The Watchers are deceived people and they are also masters of deception.  If you listen to these silver-tongue brutes, they have the persuasive power to convince you that Jesus:  is still on the cross.
   The Watchers are snakes.  They are sneaky, they are sly, they are quick, and they like to bite.  They enjoy injecting their fangs in the messengers of Christ.  It thrills them to criticise, condemn, ridicule, judge,gossip, find fault, and mock the children of the Most High God.  Their behaviour is exactly like their daddy, Satan, and their venom is evil.  Unless they come to know Christ, they will continue to reflect the characteristics of their habitat.
      For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.  (Matthew 5: 20)