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Daily Devotional, Year 2 – NOVEMBER 18

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Eternal Torment?

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Part 15:

“How Satan Steals Bible Truths”

To read Part 1, click here… “September 8th (Eternal Torment?)”

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Can Satan steal Bible truth?

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Well obviously, Satan does that every day!

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Yes, there are many false gospels made up of truth, mingled with error.

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Christ battles Satan – www.thebiblerevival.com – Public Domain

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HOW DOES SATAN STEAL TRUTH?

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But is there is a special way in which the Enemy of Souls steals Bible truth, and makes it very difficult to recover these truths?

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Oh yes, this clever arch-deceiver does have a special way!

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But just how can Satan steal Bible truths, making it very difficult to recover these lost truths?

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Question Marks – At a loss – svg – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License

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“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy…”

John 10:10

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You see, when the mainstream church-world abandons any Bible truth, and replaces it with an erroneous belief…

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…Satan is right there to grab that discarded truth and make it his very own!

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But just how can the Enemy of God’s people accomplish such theological larceny? 

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Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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FALSE GOSPELS & “CULTS”

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You see, in these last days, Satan has raised up false gospels and so-called “cults” and gives these discarded truths to such counterfeit gospels and “cults”.

(NOTE TO READER: The reason for saying “so-called cults”, is that the name “cult” is the unbiblical replacement for the more biblical name, “another gospel” [2nd Corinthians 11:4 & Galatians 1:6])

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And so now, the great majority within the Church point to these obviously false gospels, and says…

…“Now, you don’t want to be like these cults, do you?

But if you insist on believing such-and-such doctrine,

you will be just like them:

a heretic! An infidel!

An enemy of the Church!”

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Karla LaVey satanist – cropped  image – Wikimedia – GNU license

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ETERNAL TORMENT

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“Eternal Torment”, is a prime example of how this false doctrine has become firmly embedded in mainstream Christianity!

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And because most of the so-called “cults” teach that Hell is merely “death”…

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…therefore, it is almost impossible to convince mainstream Christians that “Eternal Torment”, is a false doctrine!

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Hell’s Torment and Tormentor – Wikipedia – Public Domain (2)

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TRUTH GIVES CREDIBILITY TO FALSE GOSPELS

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And in this way, Satan not only gives credibility to these cults by giving them some discarded, actual Bible truth.

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But he also stigmatizes that abandoned Bible truth even more, when false gospels embrace those Bible truths!

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And that discarded Bible truth now becomes an abomination in the minds of the apostate, so-called, “orthodox churches”!

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“YOU’LL BE JUST LIKE THEM!”

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And thus, the end result is that churchgoers are now afraid to embrace that abandoned Bible truth, for fear of being branded as a heretic, or fanatic.

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Because now, all the so-called, “mainstream orthodoxy”, needs to do is to simply say to any inquisitive parishioners…

…”You don’t want to be like that heretic preacher, do you?

You don’t want to be like that group, do you?

After all, the cults teach that ‘false doctrine’!

And if you believe that ‘false doctrine’,

you’ll be just like them!”

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Audience hands – cropped & altered – Wikimedia – Universal Public Domain

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OUR LEADERS CAUSE US TO ERR

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But what most Christians do not realize, is that it is not so much the so-called cults we need to fear.

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No, but mainstream Christianity has become the false Gospel to fear the most!

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Yes, God warns us…

…”O My people, they which lead thee cause thee to err,

and destroy the way of thy paths.” 

Isaiah 3:12

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It has always been the so-called, “mainstream orthodoxy”, which has misled God’s people, as Isaiah points out in this above verse.

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Whether back in Old Testament times, or in the days of the great apostasy of European churches, it was the so-called mainstream religious body which had taught the greatest errors.

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Torture devices – The Wheel – Calas Chapbook – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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THE END OF THE CHURCHES

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And today’s churches are no exception!

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Listen to Paul’s prophecy concerning the last days…

…”For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;

but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers,

having itching ears;

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth,

and shall be turned unto fables.”

2nd Timothy 4:3, 4

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Here is foretold a total church-wide apostasy.

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And in this great apostasy, sound doctrine will be replaced by false teachings, which the itching ears of the apostate parishioners love to hear!

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Church – Audience hands – cropped and altered image – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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PRAY DAILY FOR LOVE FOR TRUTH!

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And so, it is imperative that we pray daily for a truth-seeking heart.

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Because the love of truth is the gift of God and should not be taken for granted.

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And of course, this website is dedicated to restoring those discarded truths.

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May the Lord bless His chosen and elect people! Amen.

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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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TO READ PART 16, GO HERE…

January (Eternal Torment? Part 16: God’s Two-Edged Sword!

Glittering Sword Constellation www.theheavensdeclare.net

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Let me not be given to a close-minded spirit. But help me to love truth, no matter if it means I will be hated by my own brethren…

Woman Praying – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…

…Planet of Rest: Doctrine of Eternal Torment…

…or you can also read this shorter article…

…AUGUST 19 (Apocalypse Now! Part 6: Fire & Brimstone!)

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN

 

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ORION, THE GOOD SHEPHERD

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“The LORD is my shepherd;

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I shall not want (lack).

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He maketh me to lie

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down in green pastures:

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He leadeth me beside

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the still waters…

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I will fear no evil:

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for Thou art with me;

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Thy rod and thy staff

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they comfort me….”

Psalm 23:1, 2, 4

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ORION, THE GOOD SHEPHERD

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This star-chart from Wikipedia, has Orion sketched in by the editor of this website.

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With the addition of a single star, Theta Geminorum (the left hand of the Castor twin of Gemini)…

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…the sickle in Orion, the Reaper’s hand (see sketch), now extends the blade, thus transforming that sickle into the hook of a shepherd’s rod and staff. 

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And this is a very wonderful and beautiful Bible truth: namely, that Jesus is the Good Shepherd, as is written…

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“As a shepherd seeketh out his flock

in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered;

so will I seek out My sheep,

and will deliver them out of all places where they have

been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.”

Ezekiel 34:12 

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And so God has placed this Starry Shepherd in the winter-night heavens to remind us of His great love for a planet which has wandered away: just like sheep that wandered to where the grass looked greener.

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ABOVE WIKIPEDIA STAR-CHART: Orion the reaper – Wikipedia star-chart (with the Reaper drawn over by this website)

ABOVE WIKIPEDIA STAR-CHART – winter – Orion the Good Shepherd (Orion Constellation and rod made of Gemini stars – with the Shepherd drawn over by this website) – www.signsofheaven.org

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… Orion, The Good Shepherd

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TOMORROW…

NOVEMBER 19 (Flee To The Mountain, Part 9: “Stay Thou Not On The Plain!”)

Picture – Lot Escapes – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.

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END OF THE CHURCH AGE STUDIES ON AUDIO

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE INVITED AND ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN TO THE FOLLOWING AUDIO BIBLE STUDY BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING.

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THIS STUDY IS PART 15, CONCERNING “THE END OF THE CHURCH AGE”

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Click here to listen…Harold Camping The End of the Church Age #15 – YouTube

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Daily Devotional, Year 2 – SEPTEMBER 27

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Eternal Torment?

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Part 14:

“An Eternal Torment Story”

To read Part 1, click here… “September 8th (Eternal Torment?)”

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“Yet [God] sets the poor on high from affliction, and makes him families like a flock.

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The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

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Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.”

Psalm 107:41-43

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Jesus The Good Shepherd – Bernhard Plockhorst – 1825-1907 – Wikipedia – Public Domain

ABOVE PICTURE – winter – Orion the Good Shepherd – www.signsofheaven.org

 

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There once was a soldier coming home from the War.

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He had no doubt seen much death and destruction.

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But perhaps his Christian upbringing helped him deal with the horrors of war.

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Well, back home, he got the news that one of his fellow soldiers had committed suicide.

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Now this was too much for him, knowing his deceased friend was an atheist, or at least, had no relationship with the Savior.

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He just couldn’t believe in a God who torments unbelievers for all time and eternity!

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Soldier (Not connected to this story) – Air Force Sergeant on guard duty – Public-Domain

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MANY SIMILAR STORIES

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The fact is, this same story probably reoccurs time and time again!

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As a matter of fact, this church-doctrine has been circulating within Christendom for many centuries.

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So, one can just imagine how many persons over the last 1,500 years or more, have rejected Christianity, out of sheer disgust, because of this heretical false doctrine!

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Many others were probably even driven to insanity and suicide because of this unthinkable church-doctrine!

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Insane Asylum – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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“Mercy and truth preserve the King: and His throne is upholden by mercy.”

Proverbs 20:28

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Doesn’t this above verse chip away at our hardheartedness?

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Doesn’t this above verse press hard against our refusal to acknowledge God’s ultimate and infinite mercy?

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After all, how can a reasonable person love a God who has absolutely no mercy on those who reject His love?

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How can a human love a God who saves millions, but will torment even BILLIONS more, day after day, millennium after millennium throughout the ceaseless ages?

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It’s too horrible to even imagine!

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Only a cruel and heartless monster could do such a thing!

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Gustave Dore Inferno – freezing in River Styx – by Dore – courtesy Wikipedia – Public-Domain

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BAD HERMENEUTICS WERE RESPONSIBLE

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Fortunately, God is not a cruel and heartless monster!

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And this whole nonsense of eternal torment is a heresy invented by erring theologians from a very apostate church in early centuries, A.D., who couldn’t understand how to properly interpret scripture.

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The problem was, they did not understand that parables were not to be taken literally.

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And so, they decided that the parable of the Rich Man & Lazarus must be interpreted literally.

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And they made the same mistake concerning many other scriptures which speak of fire & brimstone.

(See Exodus 24:17 & Isaiah 30:33 for metaphorical use of fire and also brimstone)

Nicaea icon – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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“THERE (IN HELL) THE WICKED CEASE FROM TROUBLING!”

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And for some reason, these same theologians rejected the numerous passages which speak of Hell as the grave, and death as sleep, such as this one from the Book of Job…

…”Why died I not from the womb?

why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

For now should I have lain still and been quiet,

I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

With kings and counsellors of the earth,

which built desolate places for themselves;

Or with princes that had gold,

who filled their houses with silver: 

There the wicked cease from troubling;

and there the weary be at rest.

There the prisoners rest together;

they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

The small and great are there;

and the servant is free from his master.”

Job 3:11, 13-15, 17-19

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God would never have put this above passage in the Bible if it were not true.

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Job (oil on canvas) by Bonnat, Leon Joseph Florentin (1833-1922) – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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DO WE JUST FORGET ALL WE LEARNED DOWN HERE?

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Fortunately, we have a God who says 41 times of Himself, “His mercy endures forever!”

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And God has been teaching us all our lives to love mercy and to suffer with those that suffer.

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And so, after spending a lifetime becoming merciful and pitying of the sufferings of others, are we then supposed to forget all that?

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Are we to believe those erring Bible teachers who tell us that we’ll go through eternity without a tear for untold multitudes shrieking in pain and shaking their fists at an unmerciful God!

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Are we to merely shrug our shoulders and say of our unsaved family, friends and former neighbors, as they scream for mercy throughout the ceaseless ages, “Well they’re just getting what they deserve”?

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It doesn’t make any sense, does it?

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Brooklyn Museum – The Bad Rich Man in Hell – James Tissot – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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WILL HE EVER FIND THE TRUTH?

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Well, maybe this discouraged soldier will one day find the true God and become a true follower of His Christ. 

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Perhaps his faith will reignite as he discovers that this old church-doctrine is based on ignorance of true and correct Bible hermeneutics.

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And just maybe he will begin to really study to know that, in all of Scripture, God never caused people to linger and linger in suffering as they were dying.

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What do you think?…

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Brooklyn Museum – The Bad Rich Man in Hell – James Tissot – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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TO READ PART 15, CLICK HERE…

NOVEMBER 18 (Eternal Torment? Part 15: How Satan Steals Truths)

Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Give me an understanding into the spiritual nature of the Bible. Help me to compare scripture with scripture and spiritual things with spiritual to rightly divide Thy Word…

Prayer for USA – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…

“September 8th (Eternal Torment? Part 1)”

…or you can also read this shorter article…

AUGUST 19 (Fire & Brimstone!)

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THE END

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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN

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ORION, THE GOOD SHEPHERD

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“The LORD is my shepherd;

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I shall not want (lack).

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He maketh me to lie

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down in green pastures:

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He leadeth me beside

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the still waters…

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I will fear no evil:

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for Thou art with me;

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Thy rod and thy staff

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they comfort me….”

Psalm 23:1, 2, 4

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ORION, THE GOOD SHEPHERD

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“As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered;

so will I seek out My sheep,

and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.”

Ezekiel 34:12 

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And so God has placed this Starry Shepherd in the winter-night heavens to remind us of His great love for a planet which has wandered away: just like sheep that wandered to where the grass looked greener.

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ABOVE WIKIPEDIA STAR-CHART: Orion the reaper – Wikipedia star-chart (with the Reaper drawn over by this website)

ABOVE WIKIPEDIA STAR-CHART – winter – Orion the Good Shepherd (Orion Constellation and rod made of Gemini stars with the Shepherd drawn in by this website) – www.signsofheaven.org

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… Orion, The Good Shepherd

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TOMORROW…

SEPTEMBER 28 (Come Out of Her, My People! Part 19: Why Can’t I Escape Babylon?)

Babylon – Wikimedia – Share-alike License 4.0

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 

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THIS IS STUDY #635 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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Daily Devotional, Year 2 – SEPTEMBER 25

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Eternal Torment?

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Part 13

“Tophet NOW!”

To read Part 1, click here… “September 8th (Eternal Torment?)”

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“For Tophet is ordained of old;

yea, for the King it is prepared;

He hath made it deep and large:

the pile thereof is fire and much wood;

the breath of the LORD,

like a stream of brimstone,

doth kindle it.”

Isaiah 30:33

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There are many who read this above passage and assume that it is speaking of the church doctrine known as “Eternal Torment”.

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But such misunderstanding of Scripture and ignorance of God’s character can be corrected by doing a more thorough investigation of the Bible.

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Brooklyn Museum – The Rich Man In Hell – James Tissot – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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FIRE AND MUCH WOOD?!

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Listen… “For Tophet is ordained of old;

yea, for the King it is prepared;

He hath made it deep and large:

the pile thereof is fire and much wood;

the breath of the LORD,

like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.”

Isaiah 30:33

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Here is a verse concerning the judgment of the last days.

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And yet, when God speaks here of the “pile thereof is fire and much wood”, this is a tip-off that God is speaking metaphorically, and not literally.

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After all, this verse says that Tophet will burn because of “much wood”.

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Thus, if we would take this literally, it would be totally ridiculous!

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And this is confirmed by the next words, “the breath of the LORD, like a steam of brimstone, doth kindle it.”

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Now obviously these metaphors, speaking of piles of wood and the breath of the LORD and the fires of Tophet are presenting an allegorical description of the great Day of God’s wrath.

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Firewood – Tres Tombs in Igualada – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-alike License

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“the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning”

Isaiah 4:4

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Here is another passage which further confirms the metaphorical nature of fire & brimstone…

…“Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved,

let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably

with reverence and godly fear:

For our God is a consuming (devouring) fire.”

Hebrews 12:28, 29

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Here it says that our God is a consuming or devouring fire.

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Now obviously, God is a Spirit, and not an actual fire!

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Isaiah 4:4, even speaks of “the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.”

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Notice it says here, “the SPIRIT of burning”.

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Gérôme, Jean-Léon – Moses on Mount Sinai – Jean-Léon Gérôme – 1895-1900 – Wikimedia – Pub. Dom.

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DWELLING WITH THE DEVOURING FIRE

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Listen to this rather lengthy passage…

…“The sinners in Zion are afraid;

fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites.

Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?

who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

He that walketh righteously,

and speaketh uprightly…”

Isaiah 33:14-17

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As this above passage reveals, only the righteous will be able to dwell with the devouring fire and everlasting burnings.

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And here is veiled, allegorical language to describe the LORD!

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It is God who is that devouring fire and everlasting burnings.

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And only righteousness can dwell with Him. And all our dross will be burned away by “the spirit of burning”.

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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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THE DEAD-WOOD OF SIN

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And so, for further confirmation, let’s examine a passage from 1st Corinthians…

…”Now if any man build upon this foundation

gold, silver, precious stones,

wood, hay, stubble;

Every man’s work shall be made manifest:

for the day shall declare it,

because it shall be revealed by fire;

and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.

If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon,

he shall receive a reward.

If any man’s work shall be burned,

he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved;

yet so as by fire.”

1st Corinthians 3:12-15

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Now here we have a big clue as to what God is speaking of, concerning the fire which will burn up the wicked.

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It is a spiritual fire which will burn up our vain fleshly deeds… “wood, hay, stubble”.

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And so, when Isaiah speaks of the fires of Tophet being kindled by a large pile of wood,

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He is speaking of the dead wood of our unsanctified character.

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But praise the Lord, God will not completely destroy us…“If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.” 1st Corinthians 3:15

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Gold smelting – Public Domain – wn.com

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DON’T WAIT! BEGIN NOW!

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Now we don’t have to wait for the fires of tribulation to burn away our, “wood, hay and stubble!” (even though those fires are now already beginning to burn)!

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Yes, we can get rid of the fuel for God’s fire right now, first, by putting away all vain and ungodly influences, as far as possible!

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And then, in these final moments before the fires of Judgment Day begin, we must be busily hiding God’s purifying Word in our heart!

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And then, through our day we can pray for the ability to meditate (contemplate) upon God’s Word, and how we might, “walk, even as He (Jesus) walked.” 1st John 2:6

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This is how we eliminate the “wood, hay, stubble” from our lives!

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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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TO READ PART 14, CLICK HERE…

SEPTEMBER 27 (Eternal Torment? Part 14: An Eternal Torment Story)

Brooklyn Museum – The Rich Man In Hell – James Tissot – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Give me an understanding into the spiritual nature of the Bible. Help me to compare scripture with scripture and spiritual things with spiritual to rightly divide Thy Word…

Morning Prayers – Ebenezer Newman – Downard – 1860 – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… Planet of Rest: Doctrine of Eternal Torment…

…or you can also read this shorter article…AUGUST 19 (Apocalypse Now! Part 6: Fire & Brimstone!)

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN

 

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“Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins,

which took their lamps,

and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

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And five of them were wise,

and five were foolish.

They that were foolish took their lamps,

and took no oil with them:

But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.”

Matthew 25:1-4

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FIVE WISE VIRGINS STARS

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This constellation was identified on May 22nd, 2014.

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It is simply five stars, two from the Serpens Constellation, and three from the Hercules Constellation.

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What gives this constellation impetus and significance is that it appears as five evenly positioned stars, in a slight oval pattern, as if they were sitting in a meeting, listening, or perhaps watching someone.

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Second, they appear to be gathered in front of The Crown of Revelation 12 Constellation. (just below Corona Borealis in this Wikipedia star-chart, in which the editor of this site sketched in these two constellations)

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GATHERED AROUND THE GLORIOUS CROWN!

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The position of these stars is significant in a number of ways.

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The first, being that these Five Wise Virgins are gathered around the 12-star Crown of Revelation 12.

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And the obvious message here is, that these wise virgins represent the faithful portion of God’s Church.

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And as wise virgins, they understand the importance of winning the glorious crown of victory, which Jesus promised.

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Corona Borealis/Bootes & Five Wise Virgins – (constellations highlighted by this website) – wikimedia – C.C. Commons License

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… Woman of Revelation 12, (“The Woman on the Altar”)

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TOMORROW…

SEPTEMBER 26 (Come Out of Her, My People! Part 18: Quench Not The Spirit!)

ABOVE PICTURE: Unfunny Judgment Day Cartoon – a party tonight – signsofheaven.org

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 

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THIS IS STUDY #633 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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Daily Devotional, Year 2 – SEPTEMBER 15

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Eternal Torment?

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Part 12:

“Outer Darkness”

To read Part 1, click here… “September 8th (Eternal Torment?)”

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“And I say unto you,

That many shall come from the east and west,

and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob,

in the kingdom of Heaven.

But the children of the kingdom

shall be cast out into outer darkness:

there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Matthew 8:11, 12

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There are many who read this above passage and assume it’s speaking of the church doctrine known as “Eternal Torment”.

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They believe that outer darkness and weeping and gnashing of teeth is what all lost souls will be doing for all eternity.

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But such misunderstanding of Scripture and ignorance of God’s character can be corrected by doing a more thorough investigation of the Bible.

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Brooklyn Museum – The Rich Man In Hell – James Tissot – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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SPIRITUAL DARKNESS, NOT HELL!

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This phrase, “outer darkness” is found three times in scripture…

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1: One concerning the Centurion’s Servant (Matthew 8),

2: The next in the Parable of the Invitation to the Wedding Feast (Matthew 22)

3: And the third is found in the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25).

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But in all three instances, the phrase, “there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth” is mentioned by Jesus.

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But the outer darkness spoken of here is actually concerning the spiritual darkness that covers this unbelieving world.

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In other words, being cast out into outer darkness has to do with a churchgoer being cast out into spiritual darkness: that is, cast back into this lost world.

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People on Times Square – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License

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GNASHING OF TEETH

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And “gnashing of teeth” actually is when a person gnashes on his teeth in anger at another person.

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It’s like a growling or biting and grinding to show one’s anger at another.

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We read concerning David…

…”But in mine adversity they rejoiced,

and gathered themselves together…

With hypocritical mockers in feasts,

they gnashed upon me with their teeth.”

Psalm 35:15, 16

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And so, here we see how an apostate churchgoer will become judgmental and scornful against all the sinful behavior in this rebellious world!

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Brooklyn Museum – What Our Lord Saw from the Cross – James Tissot

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EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW, EVERY TONGUE SHALL CONFESS

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Of course, this could never ever be speaking of the state of “Eternal Torment”.

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It is utterly absurd to imagine that the lost will be eternally cursing God in some netherworld den of torment.

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All such notions are borne of abject ignorance, not only of God’s Character, but also of how to properly interpret Scripture….

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Listen… “For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord,

every knee shall bow to Me,

and every tongue shall confess to God.”

Romans 14:11

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On Judgment Day, all humanity will confess that they were wrong, and will admit that God is true and righteous and good.

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This above verse makes that perfectly clear!

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Triumph of Christianity by G. Dore www.christimages.org Limited use license – cropped image – see their website for restrictions

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CHAMBER OF HORRORS?

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Scripture must be properly interpreted by comparing Scripture with Scripture and “comparing spiritual things with spiritual”. 1st Corinthians 2:13

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Oh yes, God purposely put some scriptures in the Bible, which, when taken out of context of the whole and entire Bible…

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…might lead today’s careless and fully indoctrinated Bible teachers to imagine that there is some netherworld chamber of torments.

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After all, this false church-doctrine has been deeply ingrained into the minds of churchgoers for hundreds of years!

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Hell – G. Dore – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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HELL IS EVERLASTING SLEEP

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But when searching the Bible carefully and prayerfully, quite a different picture of Hell begins to emerge…

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For example, listen to Job…

…”Why died I not from the womb?…

For now should I have lain still and been quiet,

I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

With kings and counsellors of the earth,

which built desolate places for themselves;

Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been;

as infants which never saw light.

There the wicked cease from troubling;

and there the weary be at rest.

There the prisoners rest together;

they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

The small and great are there;

and the servant is free from his master.”

Job 3:11, 13-19

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This above passage from Job gives us quite a different picture of death and Hell, wouldn’t you agree?

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Job (oil on canvas) by Bonnat, Leon Joseph Florentin (1833-1922) – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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JESUS, THE LIGHT 

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Listen to Jesus’ warning… 

“Then Jesus said unto them,

Yet a little while is the light with you.

Walk while ye have the light,

lest darkness come upon you:

for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

While ye have light, believe in the light,

that ye may be the children of light.”

John 12:35, 36

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So here we see that Jesus was speaking of walking in the darkness as a spiritual condition right here on earth!

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Jesus – by H. Bloch – Sermon On The Mount – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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But just how do we walk in the light, and stay in the light?

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This subject and more will be dealt with in PART 2 (click here to read)

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Question Marks – At a loss – svg – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License

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TO READ PART 13, CLICK HERE…

SEPTEMBER 25 (Eternal Torment? Part 13: Tophet NOW!)

Brooklyn Museum – The Rich Man In Hell – James Tissot – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to keep my eyes steadfast upon Thee. O let me not be taken away and cast into outer darkness…

The Christian Martyrs Last Prayer – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… Planet of Rest: Doctrine of Eternal Torment…

…or you can also read this shorter article…“September 8th (Eternal Torment?)”

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THE END

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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN

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“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Six days shall you labour, and do all thy work:

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God:

in it you shalt not do any work,

thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter,

thy manservant, nor thy maidservant,

nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 

For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth,

the sea, and all that in them is,

and rested the seventh day:

wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.”

Exodus 20:8-11   

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The Earth seen from Apollo 17 – wikipedia, – NASA, – public domain

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FOURTH SOLAR SYSTEM MEMBER

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Counting the Sun as the 1st heavenly sphere, the Earth is the 4th heavenly sphere.

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If we extend our theory (and it’s just a theory) that God created our solar system to correspond to the commandments, then planet Earth would correspond to the 4th Commandment.       

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And so, on the very planet that corresponds to the commandment that exalts the idea of “rest” and “peace”, there exists very little peace.

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And very little rest. Ironic, isn’t it?

Picture: Solar System NASA public domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Planet Of Rest”…4th Sphere & 4th Commandment

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TOMORROW…

SEPTEMBER 16 (Cuttlefish & The False Prophet, Part 3: All Power, Signs & Lying Wonders, continued)

ABOVE PICTURE: Satan, The False Prophet who now in these last days destroys the churches via a world-loving prosperity-driven false gospel – www.signsofheaven.org

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY

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ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 

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THIS IS STUDY #623 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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Today’s Devotional – February 9th

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“Waiting For The Church to Shine!”

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“…if so be that we suffer with Him,

that we may be also glorified together….

For the…the creature (or, Creation)

waits for the manifestation of the sons of God…

Because the creature (or, Creation) itself

also shall be delivered

from the bondage of corruption

into the glorious liberty of the children of God.”

Romans 8:17, 19-21

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Now this above passage from Romans is very difficult to understand, as just about any Bible passage about the future is difficult to understand.

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But basically, it says here that God’s Elect have been called to suffer with Christ, so that we may also be glorified together with Christ.

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But that glory is only important because it will be revealed to the world!

And God has subjected the world to vanity (futility), not willingly, but for the reason that, hopefully, the world might be saved, as they see the glory of Christ revealed in His people!

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Listen again to the last line of this passage from Romans…

“Because the creature (or, Creation) itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.” Romans 8:21.

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Now, such a passage as this gives great hope for the future!

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Picture: The 7 Stars Constellation, as it represents God’s people (i.e., the 7 churches). This is a picture of the Church finally uplifting the Cross for all the world to behold!

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So, the question to be asked is this: “When will all this happen?”

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When will God’s people finally be glorified?

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Question Marks – At a loss – svg – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License

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HOW ARE GOD’S PEOPLE GLORIFIED?

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Well, listen to this next passage…

“And He gave some…pastors, etc… 

for the work of the ministry,

for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Till we all come in the unity of the faith,

and of the knowledge of the Son of God,

unto a perfect man,

unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:”

Ephesians 4:11-13

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Okay, so it says here that God’s people will finally attain to the fullness of Christ’s stature.

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Cross of Jesus Christ – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

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“WE ALL…BEHOLDING…THE GLORY OF THE LORD…ARE CHANGED INTO THE SAME IMAGE”

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Perhaps this next verse says it the most concisely as any verse in the Bible, as to how God’s people will be glorified…

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Listen… “But we all…beholding…the glory of the Lord,

are changed into the same image…”

2nd Corinthians 3:18. (Condensed for brevity)

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So, here is what God has ordained for His Bible-studying Elect to become: changed into the very image of Christ!

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Holy bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative commons lic.

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“COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE!”

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Well here below in Isaiah, God speaks of the time when God’s people will finally get tired of trying to have Christ, while we’re still clinging to the world at the same time!

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Listen… “In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold,

which they made each one for himself to worship,

to the moles and to the bats;

To go into the clefts of the ragged rocks,

for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of His majesty,

when He ariseth to shake terribly the earth.”

Isaiah 2:20-22

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As this above passage reveals, God’s people will finally flee from our idolatry and from our unholy alliance with fallen Mankind.

In that day, God’s people will flee to the clefts of the ragged Rocks of God’s Word, for the fear of the Lord, and for the glory of His majesty!

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Picture – Lot Escapes Sodom – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.

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SHINING AS THE SUN!

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And what a glorious day that will be!

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Oh yes, this will be the day when God’s people will finally cease from mingling with the false brethren in the Church.

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This will be the day when God’s people will do what the false brethren in the Church cannot and will not do!

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And this will be the day when God’s people finally separate from the earthly Mammon which has mired us in idolatry and spiritual mediocrity!

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And this will be the day when God’s true worshippers will finally go all the way in following the Lamb, as He leads His Chosen ones to the top of Heavenly Mount Sion!

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PICTURE – Constellation- Woman of Revelation 12 flees to the mountains Mark 13:14 This is not a star-chart, but merely a concept picture

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“Let the people praise Thee, O God;

let all the people praise Thee.

 Then shall the earth yield her increase;

and God, even 

our own God, shall bless us. 

God shall bless us;

and all the ends of the earth shall fear Him”

Psalm 67:5 

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to use whatever time is left to prepare myself to stand in that Day. So let me immerse myself in Thy precious promises, as I fix my gaze upon Jesus…

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Crown of Revelation 12: What Is “The Time of Jacob’s Trouble”?”

or you can also read… “How To Be Hidden in the Day of Wrath”

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

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7 STARS IMITATE THE CROSS OF ORION

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LOCATING THESE TWO CONSTELLATIONS

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This phenomenon begins in October, in the pre-dawn hours. It then begins a little earlier each night.

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This Wikipedia star-chart to the left, has this Orion Constellation sketched in.

You must locate Orion, when it is mid-sky, between east and west.

You’ll be facing southward most likely, unless you are far south.

Try to imagine it as a Cross on a steep hill.

The 3-star belt of Orion becomes the crest of the hill.

The 3 very faint stars that make up Orion’s head become the very top of the Cross.

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Next, locate the 7 Stars Constellation.

This 7 Stars Constellation is seen by facing northward.

It stands upright a little later in the night.

Eventually, Orion will lay down and no longer be seen as an uplifted Cross!

Beginning in November, the 7 Stars (AKA Big Dipper) can be seen as a Cross a little bit later in evening.

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When you are comfortable in locating Orion & The 7 Stars Constellations, then show a friend.

This can be a great witnessing tool!

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ABOVE CHART: The Cross of Orion Constellation star-chart – wikipedia star-chart with orion drawn in by this website – not for commercial use

Picture: The 7 Stars Constellation, as it represents God’s people (i.e., the 7 churches). This is a picture of the Church finally uplifting the Cross for all the world to behold!

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “’7 Stars’ Imitate ‘The Cross of Orion’”

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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TOMORROW…

February 10th (Television in a Perfect World!)

Berlin neukoelln – TV satellite dishes – Wikimedia – C.C. Share-alike License

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20 MINUTE+ AUDIO STUDY IN JEREMIAH 

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ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.

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THIS STUDY #40 IS PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING, FORMER CEO OF FAMILY RADIO…

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Harold Camping Jeremiah Series #40

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above picture: Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain

 

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Today’s Devotional – March 10th

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Pilgrim’s Progress: “Vain-Confidence”

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In John Bunyan’s remarkable allegorical tale, Pilgrim’s Progress, there was a character called “Vain-Confidence”. (Vain actually means “worthless”)

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And this most unfortunate fellow was true to his name!

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You see, this Vain-Confidence did not enter into the pilgrim’s journey through that absolutely required, “Wicket Gate”!

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And as a result, his experiences were nothing like the pilgrim’s experiences!

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Pilgrim’s Progress – Vain-Confidence – Wikimedia – Public Domain

 

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“…He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber…”

John 10:1, 2

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This above passage speaks of those self-deceived ones whom Bunyan was referring to, in his character, Vain-Confidence.

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And just like Vain-Confidence, there are many modern-day Vain-Confidences who got in some other way than the Narrow Gate.

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Perhaps by some popular evangelist or prophecy seminar with colorful time-charts, or by some exciting musical extravaganza or Babylonish holiday, such as Christmas!

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And while these exciting inducements drew them in, they nevertheless, did not enter in through the Narrow Gate, but instead, through The Broad Gate!

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VAIN-CONFIDENCE TEACHERS

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Those who have spent much time with Christian television and radio ministries can probably confirm a certain common technique often used by the various teachers and evangelists, when addressing their audience.

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This common practice is very insidious and very evil!

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Yes, this very deceptive practice, is that of addressing the parishioners in the pews as though they are all God’s sheep, thus giving them a vain (worthless) confidence.

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Have you witnessed this extremely deceptive and presumptuous practice?

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The Pastor, or teacher, or evangelist, will go on and on, giving practical tips and helpful hints into victorious Christian living, as though his parishioners are all born-again Believers!

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“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”

1st Corinthians 2:14

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The Apostle, Paul realized that the Corinthians church suffered deep spiritual troubles, causing him to confess…

“And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual,

but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.”

1st Corinthians 3:1

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He saw that they were, at best, “babes in Christ”.

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And probably because of their unspiritual condition, Paul also confessed…

“For I determined not to know any thing among you,

save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.”

1st Corinthians 2:2 

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Paul the Apostle – cropped & brightened photo – Artist – Valentin de Boulogne or Nicolas Tournier – circa 1500s – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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DECEIVING EVEN THE ELECT

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And in this day of great apostasy within the churches, there are probably very few, if any, who are truly God’s sheep in any one particular local congregation.

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And so, the featured Bible passage for today’s devotional is very pertinent:

“He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous;

him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

But to them that rebuke him shall be delight,

and a good blessing shall come upon them.”

Proverbs 24:24, 25.

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This passage reminds us of these modern-day preachers being discussed today, who never ever should lead anyone to believe that they are saved, when they are not!

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Audience hands – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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HIS FATEFUL END

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But back to the story of Vain-Confidence.

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At the end of their pilgrimage, the two pilgrims, Christian and Hopeful, crossed through that River of Death, finally entering into the wonderful and glorious Promised Land!

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And soon after, poor Vain-Confidence came along too, riding on a hired ferry-boat!

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But when standing before the entrance into the City, it was discovered that this Vain-Confidence had not the proper certification papers!

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And so, poor Vain-Confidence was cast out through a door, which took him from the Celestial City directly down, down, down, to Hell!

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The Pilgrim’s Progress by Byam Shaw – Wikimedia Commons – US Public Domain

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THE TRUE PILGRIM

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But like Hopeful and Christian, there are true pilgrims sprinkled here and there, in today’s church-world.

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Yes, and every true pilgrim who has the hope of meeting Christ at His Coming, is actively engaging in the purification process (see 1st John 3:3).

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He is seeking to separate his or her own self from as much ungodly associations as possible.

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He is seriously striving to walk, “even as Jesus walked”, and deeply grieved when overtaken by some sin.

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He sees himself as a stranger and pilgrim, sojourning through this dark and hopeless world.

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The Word of God is his delight and is his counselor.

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The Psalms are as cool water to his thirsty soul, speaking of the same trials and joys that he is experiencing!

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He loves to get alone with God in the sweet hours of prayer.

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He shuns all outward display and strives for the simplicity which Jesus displayed.

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He loves to talk with other Believers about Jesus, and about Christ’s many wonderful qualities.

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He rejoices to make sacrifices, so that he can more closely imitate His self-sacrificing Lord.

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He patiently endures the chastening of the Lord, crying out for deliverance, but also for wisdom, so as to learn from these oft unpleasant trials.

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And he loves to share his victories and even his many trials with other Believers, who are likewise experiencing the same things in the world.

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And he longs for the day when he will open his eyes on Resurrection Morning, only to see the smiling face of His Lord, and hear the words… “enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” Matthew 25:23

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Yes, these are just some of the qualities which the true worshipper of God will have in his or her life.

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And Mr. Bunyan has given us this dramatic comparison between the true pilgrims, and that Vain-Confidence fellow.

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Pilgrim’s Progress – Henry Altemus, 1890, p. 47 – Wikimedia – public domain

Pilgrims Progress – His Burden Fell Off His Back – Wikimedia – Public Domain

Chaplain reads Bible – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain

Morning Prayers – Ebenezer Newman – Downard – 1860 – Wikipedia – Public Domain

Cross of Jesus Christ – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

David’s sorrow – Wikigallery – Public Domain

Sunrise from Burrow Mump, Burrowbridge, Somerset – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-alike License

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To read part 6, click here… 

“February 12th (Pilgrim’s Family’s Progress!)”

Evangelist Preaching – Church – Audience hands – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Let me often test myself, and see if there is any selfish way in me. Turn me from all presumptuous and vain confidence…

Marine Praying – Wikimedia – USMC Public Domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “March 29th (Preaching to the Wrong Church”…

…or you can also read… “Moon into Blood Trilogy: 3rd Face: The Sadducee Seeker”

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

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NARROW GATE STARS LOCATION

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This most amazing phenomenon is seen throughout the winter.

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Although it can be observed most of the winter, it is seen best when it is the western part of the sky, at winter’s end (The end of winter being the final scene of this heavenly Gospel story).

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Orion , the Dragon, and the Glorious White Horse are beginning to descend into the western horizon

(This sketch is Winter Constellations descending into western horizon. This can actually be seen as early as December, in the pre-dawn hours).

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And at this point it is apparent that the Fleeing Woman of Revelation 12 Constellation is veering toward the two bright stars, known as Castor and Pollux (sketch to left).

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But the Wide Gate Stars are composed of the two brightest stars of the Auriga Constellation, known as the star, Capella, and the star, Menkalinan.

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The two stars, Castor and Pollux, make up the concept of the Orion’s Narrow Gate Stars.

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This can even be observed into June in the western sky (for a short time just after dark).

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While a dark night is best for seeing the Woman Constellation, the 4 stars which comprise the Narrow Gate/Wide Gate Stars can be seen even under mediocre conditions.

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It begins with the Fleeing Woman of Revelation 12 Constellation (AKA Ursa Major) going towards these two doors.

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The sketch shows, the two doors are each composed of two bright stars.

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The two bright stars that comprise the Narrow Gate are the two brightest stars of the Orion the Reaper’s sickle.

(For more information on Orion’s sickle, just click here, “Orion The Reaper”.)

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The two stars that comprise the ‘Wide Gate’ Stars are the two brightest stars of the wave of water that comes out of the Dragon Constellation’s mouth (for explanation of “Wave of Water”, just click here).

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The stars that make up the ‘Narrow Gate’ are about half the width of the Wide Gate (see sketch below left).

 

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READ MORE…

Revelation 12 Woman & The Narrow Gate Stars (Orion’s Gate to Heaven)

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TOMORROW…

“March 11th (Just Two Wings of the Same Bird!)”

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO STUDY IN JEREMIAH 

ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.

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THIS STUDY #69 IS PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING, FORMER CEO OF FAMILY RADIO…

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Harold Camping Jeremiah Series #69

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Above picture: Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain

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Today’s Devotional – March 9th

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Free-will? What Free-will!?

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Part 1

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“Ye have not chosen Me (Jesus), but I have chosen you,

and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit,

and that your fruit should remain:

that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My name,

He may give it you…And when the Gentiles heard this,

they were glad, and glorified the Word of the Lord:

and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.”

John 15:16 & Acts 13:48

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The term, “free-will” is often heard bandied-about in Christian circles.

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No, not those “free-will offerings” spoken of in the Old Testament.

Those offerings concerned the chosen people of God.

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No, but rather, the “free-will” which is so often spoken of today, concerns the human race, and their innate ability to choose Salvation, or not choose Salvation.

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Question Marks – At a loss – svg – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License

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WHAT FREE-WILL!?

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And so, to this currently popular doctrine comes the response, “free-will? What free-will!?”

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And today will be a quick glance into just what the Bible says about this subject.  

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But truth is not defined by human reason.

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No! Truth is defined by divine wisdom, as revealed in the Scriptures.

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Beware of dogma – Wikimedia – public-domain

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SATAN: “THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD”

John 12:31, 14:30, 16:11

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The very first place which must be examined is what happened in the Garden of Eden, when Mankind chose to rebel against God’s divine authority.

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Just what happened?

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Well, as we all know, Satan was given rule over Mankind.

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Oh yes, God was still the ultimate supreme authority.

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But Satan became known as, “the god of this world”. (2nd Corinthians 4:4).

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Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US public domain

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MANKIND SPIRITUALLY BLIND

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The second point to be made is this: as “the god of this world”, just what power does Satan have over the minds of men?

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Listen to this… “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.”

2nd Corinthians 4:3, 4.

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Now this verse says that Mankind has been spiritually blinded by “the god of this world”, so that they are unable to see the light of glorious Gospel of Christ.

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Atheist sign – Wisconsin State – cropped photo – Wikipedia – share-alike license

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NOT JUST BLIND, BUT DEAF TOO!

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But that’s not the only place which speaks of Man’s inability to respond to the Gospel.

Listen to this…

“What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for;

but the election hath obtained it,

and the rest were blinded

(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber,

eyes that they should not see,

and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.”

Romans 11:7, 8.

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So, here is presented the spiritual condition of false brethren amongst God’s people: spiritual blindness and spiritual deafness.

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Therefore, they cannot respond to the Gospel, because they are blind and deaf, spiritually speaking!

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Brooklyn Museum – The Pharisees Question Jesus – James_Tissot – US public domain – Wikimedia

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DO YOU NEED MORE PROOF?

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Now does this take care of this notion that Mankind has free-will?

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Well, if it doesn’t, there is more proof!

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Okay, so let’s further explore this notion about free-will.

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Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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“FREE-WILL” NOT FOUND IN BIBLE!

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Thirdly, besides the “free-will offerings” connected with the Temple Service in the Old Testament, the term “free will” is never used in the Bible concerning lost humanity.

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“Free-will” is only used concerning Israelites in God’s Realm: God’s Elect.

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So even the very name, “free-will” is a non-biblical term, except concerning God’s Elect.

Yes, God’s Elect have free-will.

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But it never, never says the word, “free-will” concerning lost humanity.

Never is “free-will” used in connection with those who are lost in the world and those who are still lost in the Church!

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Jesus plainly told those false brethren… “Why do ye not understand My speech? even because ye cannot hear My word. Ye are of your father the Devil.” John 8:43, 44

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magnifying glass – Wikimedia – share-alike license

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HUMANITY SPIRITUALLY DEAD

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Okay, so what else does God say concerning humanity?

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Listen… “And you hath He quickened,

who were dead in trespasses and sins:

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,

according to the prince of the power of the air,

the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:”

Ephesians 2:1, 2.

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Not only does this passage call Mankind, “dead in trespasses and sins”, but also says concerning the lost, that they now have, “the prince of the power of the air, that spirit that now works in the children of disobedience”.

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Now the condemnation grows much worse!

Now God calls lost humanity, spiritually “dead”.

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But He also says they now have the spirit of “the prince of the power of the air” working within them! (2nd Corinthians 4:4)

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THIS WORLD: SATAN’S PRISON-HOUSE

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Now listen again to what God says here in 2nd Timothy…

“if God peradventure will give them repentance

to the acknowledging of the truth;

And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil,

who are taken captive by him at his will.”

2nd Timothy 2:24-26

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So, just at the time when we thought that humanity’s condition couldn’t be any worse, this above passage indicates that humanity has been taken captive by the Devil!

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Yes, this planet was eventually ordained by God to become a sort of “island prison”.

Kind-of like a “Devil’s Island”, in which this fallen rebel angel rules over lost mankind.

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Pilgrim’s Progress 15 p45_- There Sat A Man In An Iron Cage – Wikipedia – public domain

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MANKIND’S HOPELESS CONDITION!

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Thus, it is apparent from the above Bible passages, that Mankind is in a hopelessly lost condition. They are unable to repent.

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The only hope for Mankind is that God will open their blind eyes…

…loosen them from their prison and from their shackles…

…open their deaf ears, quicken their dead souls…

…nullify Satan’s antichrist indwelling spirit within them…

and “give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth”. 2nd Timothy 2:24

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Anti-Christian rally in Chicago – cropped photo – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license

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TO READ PART 2, CLICK HERE…

FEBRUARY 8 (Free-will? What Free-will? Part 2: Little Jack Horner Christianity)“

Little Jack Horner – WW Denslow – Project Gutenberg

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Let me not be prejudiced by the prevailing theories of the day.

But let me be like those noble Bereans, who searched the Scriptures daily with an open mind…

Girl Praying – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…April 13 (Free-will? What Free-will? Part 5: “Salvation By Good Works”)…

…or you can also read this shorter article…FEBRUARY 9 (Free-will? What Free-will? Part 3: Little Jack Horner Christianity, Continued)

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

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THE SWINE: “LUST OF THE FLESH”

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“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” 1st John 2:16

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This article will introduce this third beast-like face, inscribed in the Moon: a swine.

And the three beast-like faces represent the concept taught in the above verse concerning “the lust of the flesh…the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life”.

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It has become apparent that the second face in the Moon, besides appearing as a wolf-like beast, also appears as a Swine.

So, let’s explore this concept, for a moment.

First of all, when a person sees the second face up in the sky, it’s arguable whether or not it looks like a swine.

But it must be conceded that the photos do indeed make it appear as if this character has a “sawed-off” snout like a swine.

And of course, a swine is spoken of quite frequently in Scripture.

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Moon – Public Domain – 2nd face Pharisee Scorner – by Cezar Popescu for Wikimedia – Universal Public Domain – cropped, highlighted & rotated photo

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Moon Into Blood: Addendum to 2nd Face: The Swine Eater”

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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TOMORROW…

“March 10th (Pilgrim’s Progress: Vain-Confidence)”

Pilgrim’s Progress – Vain-Confidence – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO STUDY IN JEREMIAH 

ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth)  ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY (#68) THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.

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THIS IS STUDY #68

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Harold Camping Jeremiah Series #68

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above picture: Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain

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Today’s Devotional – September 12th

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Narrow Gate Stars,

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Part 2

Continued from yesterday…click here to read

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“…And after three months

we departed in a ship of Alexandria…

whose sign was Castor and Pollux.”

Acts, 27:41, 44 & 28:11

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FIRST SHIP REPRESENTS CHURCHES

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The above abbreviated verses from Acts, 27 & 28, tell of the Apostle, Paul’s journey to Rome to be tried by Caesar. 

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These two chapters describe the breaking up of the first ship in a terrible storm, followed by the boarding and safe journey of the second ship to Rome.

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Now, for those who understand the spiritual, allegorical nature of the Bible, these two chapters from Acts, 27 & 28, paint a spiritual portrait…

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…a scenario in which God’s people have been sailing toward our own Judgment Day, using Paul and the other 216 passengers as a symbolic portrait of God’s people.

(read the article, “Castor and Pollux and the Mystery Ship of Scripture”, to get a fuller understanding of this Bible allegory…click here to read).

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“And so it came to pass, that they (Paul and the other passengers) escaped (from the 1st ship) all safe to land…And after three months we departed in a (2nd) ship of Alexandria…whose sign was Castor and Pollux.”

Acts, 27:41, 44 & 28:11

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It seems as if God is trying to get a message to us right now, in a day when a great portion of the churches and congregations have become apostate.

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It seems as if God is now giving us the message that the first ship must be abandoned, and the second ship is what we must now sail into the Judgment Day (which day is even just now appearing upon the horizon).

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“But…there arose…a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon…the next day……they…cast themselves first into the sea…And…they escaped all safe to land.”

Acts 27:14, 28:38, 44 (abbreviated for brevity) 

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Yes, it seems as if God is now giving us the message that the first ship (the established churches and denominations) must be abandoned…

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…and the second ship is what we must now sail into the Judgment Day which is now just over the horizon.

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In other words, in a day in which we are so immersed in materialism and vain and worldly aspirations…

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…that this heavenly sign of two gates is beckoning God’s people to cast our earthly idols to…well…let’s just let Scripture speak for itself…

…”In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver,

and his idols of gold,

which they made each one for himself to worship,

to the moles and to the bats; 

To go into the clefts of the ragged rocks,

for fear of the LORD,

and for the glory of His majesty,

when He ariseth to shake terribly the earth.”

Isaiah 2:20, 21.

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Notice this verse is connected with Judgment Day, a day in which God “arises to shake terribly the earth!” 

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Picture – Lot Escapes Sodom – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.

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GREAT PARADIGM SHIFTS

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This world is now rapidly changing; natural and man-made catastrophes have been ever-increasing.

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World-wide paradigm shifts are happening so fast, swifter than we ever deemed possible; shifts of a nature which no one would have believed possible just a few short years ago.

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Once-trusted secular institutions are now promoting insane and deviant behavior. 

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2004 Tsunami – Wikimedia

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THE TIME OF JACOB’S TROUBLE

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Sadly, the churches of today are allowing such a low-grade of piety to be substituted for the holiness of Christ, that God’s people must make a choice…

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…a choice of whether or not to come out of the Babylon of confusion found in today’s churches, and enter into the Narrow Gate…

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…or, as Scripture plainly warns…

…”And I heard another Voice from heaven,

saying, Come out of her, My people,

that ye be not partakers of her sins,

and that ye receive not of her plagues.”

Revelation 18:4.

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God’s people must now enter into what Scripture calls “The time of Jacob’s trouble”.

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Listen… “Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.” Jeremiah 30:7.   

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Jacob – Wikimedia-US – Public-Domain

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GOD’S PEOPLE WILL SHINE AS THE SUN

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The Lord has no intention of “Rapturing” a world-loving Church out of this fallen, selfish world we so dearly love!

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We must overcome the world. The main message in Revelation, to the 7 churches, is that of overcoming…

…”He that hath an ear,

let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;

He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.” 

Revelation 2:11.

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Yes, Salvation is by grace alone.

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But those who are truly Born Again will go on in their Christian warfare to victory.

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Those who are mere pretenders will remain in their sins. The Day of the Lord will make clear as noonday, just who it is “that serveth God and him that serveth Him not.” Malachi 3:18.

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DOOR IS STILL OPEN!

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Yes, here is the Good News of Salvation!

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This is the door of escape which now stands wide open for any man, woman, or child who is tired of living in the midst of this angry and hateful world…

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…a doomed planet which seems to be growing angrier and more hateful with each and every passing day! 

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But the Gospel ship doors will soon close forevermore!

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Thus, there should be no delay to get on-board this Heaven-bound vessel!

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The place of embarkment is within your very own soul!

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Yes, this Gospel ship is coming by to get you!

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But please do not refuse! Just come aboard.

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Our ticket required is the Gospel of Salvation!

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Our passport is a mustard-seed of faith!

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Bring me out of my Laodicean lukewarmness!

Take away all the vain pursuits out of my life, and make me into a single-minded follower of Jesus…

Prayer for USA – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

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READ MORE…

December 30th (How Narrow Is The Narrow Gate?)

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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN

 

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CASTOR AND POLLUX = THE NARROW WAY

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“And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria,

which had wintered in the isle,

whose sign was Castor and Pollux.”

Acts 28:11 

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NARROW & WIDE GATE STARS IN THE WEST 

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This most amazing phenomenon is seen throughout the winter, and even into June at the beginning of night.

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It is seen best when it is the western part of the sky.

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The Woman of Revelation 12 Constellation is veering toward the Narrow Gate Stars as you can see just to the left of the mountain. 

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A dark night is best for seeing this.

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It begins with the Woman of Revelation 12 Constellation going towards these two doors.

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The doors are each composed of two bright stars.

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The two bright stars that comprise the Narrow Gate are the two brightest stars of the Orion the Reaper’s sickle.

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The two stars that comprise the Wide Gate Stars (to the right of the mountain) are the two brightest stars of the Wave of Water (AKA Auriga Constellation) that comes out of the Dragon Constellation’s mouth (for explanation of “Wave of Water”.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Castor and Pollux & The Mystery Ship of Scripture” 

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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TOMORROW…

September 13 (“Do Replacement Theology Christians Hate Jews?”)

Anti-Jew – Anti-Zionist RallyFeb16, 2003

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY

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ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 

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THIS IS STUDY #253 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING, FORMER CEO OF FAMILY RADIO…

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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