CREATION
VERSUS EVOLUTION,
FACT VERSUS FALLACY
When
the Creation Science movement made its appearance in the U.S.A. some three
decades ago, it was a purely scientific endeavor, a backlash against the evolutionary
theory, which after more than a century of scientific investigation was still
without any tangible proof to justify its adoption. So successful have the creation scientists
been in exposing its weaknesses that in the relatively short time since they
published their first treatises, they have virtually demolished this once
impregnable theory. Nowadays, buoyed by
their success in the scientific field, the movement has transformed itself into
a pseudo-evangelistic organization, but with far less impressive results. Nevertheless, they still carry the legacy of
brilliant scientific research that has proven beyond doubt that:
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The dating methods used by traditional science are completely off the mark;
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The long 'ages' prior to Adam are figments of imagination;
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The biblical record of creation is both historical and accurate;
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There is no conflict between true science and the Word of God.
The Creation Science movement rocked the
scientific world to its foundation; it spread among the educated and lay people
alike, and continued to expand at a prodigious rate in many countries of the
world. Even in
The remarkable thing about the success of
this movement is that it has not been orchestrated by the churches, but by the
scientists themselves. In fact many
times they faced considerable opposition from church people who regard any newcomer
to their field with suspicion if not downright hostility. To their credit, the main organizers behind
this movement have remained undaunted by the occasional setbacks, surging ahead
with a string of publications that bring further proof to the bankruptcy of the
evolutionary theory and credence to the account of creation from the book of
Revelation. It is beyond the scope of
this paper to go into many scientific details, nevertheless a few examples will
give you an idea of the strength of the creationists' case:
1. It
is a well-known fact that the earth is enveloped by a magnetic field and that
in its core there is a strong electric current.
Scientists have discovered that this magnetic field is decaying rapidly
at a known rate. If this rate had always
been the same (the evolutionists believe in uniformitarian geology, that is,
what we observe in the world today is the way things have always developed),
then 8 000 years ago, the earth's magnetic field would have equaled that of a
magnetic star, a clear impossibility. 20 000 years ago, the heat generated by
the interaction between the magnetic field and the electric current would have
dissolved the earth. One million years
ago, the figures for the magnetic field would have reached impossibly high levels.
2. A steady stream of cosmic dust is falling
on the earth and the moon at a measurable rate.
If this had been going on for 4.5 billion years – the age of the earth
according to the evolutionists – large deposits should have accumulated by now,
but they have not. American scientists
were worried that their moon craft would submerge in a layer of dust as deep as
30 meters, so they built it with long legs and pancake type landings capable of
keeping it on top of this layer. But
when the astronauts landed on the moon, they found less than 1 centimetre of
dust. This could have accumulated in
less than 10 000 years.
3.
Every year about 27 billion tons of sediments are being deposited on the
ocean floor. If this rate had been
maintained for one billion years, the length of time evolutionists say it took
life to evolve from the chemicals in the sea, this sediment would be about 30
kilometres deep. The actual sediment is
less than one kilometre, nowhere near the amount expected according to the
“geological” time. ”. (Points 1-3 were
taken from Sylvia Baker’s, Bone of
Contention, Is Evolution True? p.23, Creation Science Foundation,
P.O. Box 302, Sunnybank, Qld., Australia, 4109).
4. The sun is burning about one billion tons
of its mass every second. Scientists
have been suspecting for some time that the sun is in fact shrinking. Recently, a Chinese scientist, Professor Wan
Lai of Shanghai Observatory of Chinese Academy of Sciences, has confirmed this. He said that the sun has shrunk 410
kilometres in 273 years, from 1715 to 1987.
This means that the sun is shrinking at a rate of about 1.5 kilometres
per year. At this rate, a million years
ago, the sun would have been double its present diameter.
Ten million years ago, its size would have
made it impossible for life to exist on earth.
210 million years ago, the surface of the sun would have reached the
earth. (The Australian, April 14, 1990, quoted by Creation Ex Nihilo, Vol. 12, No. 3, p.7, June -
August, 1990;
5. Galaxies rotate about their galactic
center at different speeds - the stars at the center rotating faster than those
in the outer layers. The speed with
which these stars rotate indicate that if the galaxies were more than a few
hundred million years old they would have become an amorphous mass instead of
their present distinguishable spiral shape.
Yet our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is supposed to be at least 10 billion
years old. This “winding-up dilemma” is
resolved by evolutionists with a complex “density waves” theory which is neither
conceptually sound nor borne out of scientific observation. .
More recently however, other scientists have
postulated that the stars near the center of the galaxy are rotating at the
same speed as those in the outer layers.
Which means that the stars near the center should have completed many
more rotations than those that are further out.
Yet scientists say that they cannot detect more than 1 or 2 rotations at
the most, which means that the universe in nowhere near as old as evolutionists
would have us believe.
Another puzzle about the age of the universe
comes from the red shift observations that determine the distance of the
galaxies from the earth. The galaxies
that are further out near the edge of the universe should be younger and have a
less developed spiral form. Yet
scientists find they are just as formed and as old as those near the center of
the galaxy. No problems arise if the
universe has been recently created, and all stars were created at the same
time.
(This point has been compiled from Malcolm
Bowden, True Science Agrees With The Bible, The Berean Call,
6. Comets
are supposed to be of the same age as the solar system, but the rate at which
they disintegrate when their orbit nears the sun indicates that they should
have disappeared long ago. But since
they are still around it means that they are of a much younger age than the
evolutionists would have us believe. Of
course, there are no problems if we accept the biblical account of creation.
7. Every year more than 450 million tones of
salt are being deposited in the world’s oceans.
Of this, only about a quarter are being recycled out of the sea. Assuming that no sodium was present to begin
with, the amount currently found in the oceans would have accumulated in a few
million years rather than the three billion years imagined by the
evolutionists.
8. According to the evolutionary theory, top
geological strata were deposited millions of years after the bottom
strata. But fossils found in many parts
of the world penetrate several strata, invalidating this theory.
Fossils require rapid burial in order to prevent
decay. In
9. Helium is produced continuously by
decaying radioactive elements. But the
amount found in the atmosphere is nowhere near what would be expected if the
evolutionary time scale of billions of years were true.
10. If human populations existed in Stone
Age conditions for 100 000 years, their number would have reached into the
billions. These primitive people were
supposed to have buried their dead accompanied by religious accoutrements and
artifacts. Yet the number of skeletons
found in the ground in such conditions is a tiny fraction of what would
normally be the case. This indicates that the Stone Age was much shorter than
the evolutionary scientists would have us believe. (Points 6-10 quoted from,
Russell Humphreys, Evidence For a young world, Creation Science Foundation,
Qld.)
These examples, and there are many more in
creationist publications, clearly show that the case for a recent creation is
overwhelming, while the case for evolution is virtually non-existent. Yet how many people who believe in evolution
know these facts? The theory of evolution continues to be taught in Schools and
Universities throughout the world as if it were a fact, while any attempt to
introduce a balance into the educational system by presenting facts about
creation is vehemently opposed by educational departments, by government
officials, and even by churches and religious organizations.
Such is the moral rectitude of our society,
that in the face of all evidence, it clings on to fables simply because it does
not wish to acknowledge a Creator God.
But a Creator God it will acknowledge soon, because it no longer has a
choice. The problems this world is
facing are beyond the human resolve.
Either God will step in soon to save humanity from its own destructive
bent, or the slide towards oblivion cannot not be stopped.
The greenhouse effect, the acid rain, the
depletion of the ozone layer, the changing weather pattern, the pollution of
water, land and air, the epidemics of old and new diseases, the population
increase amidst decreasing resources, and the ever present danger of nuclear
war, have created the conditions that can set the world, if it hasn't already
done so, on the road to extinction of all life on earth.
The world needs to wake up and realize what
traditional science has done to it, and the precipice to which it has been
brought. Above all, human beings need to
turn their hearts to their Creator God in worship, supplication and prayer, so
that He may turn His heart to us and look upon us once more as His children
worthy of salvation.
In the conclusion to the Old Testament, God
inspired the prophet Malachi to record a dire warning to the world if a proper
relationship between human beings and their heavenly Father is not restored.
"Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to
the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and
strike the earth with a curse" (utter destruction) (Mal.4: 5,6).
If the world continues to believe in those
evolutionary fallacies, how can it ever turn to God if it doesn't even believe
that there is a God? For without love
and proper relationship between the Creator and His children there could never
be love and proper relationship between human parents and their children. God alone is the source of true love, and
human beings would do well to always remember that. Therefore those who want to enrich their
life, and improve this loveless world for the better, and give it a chance of
salvation, must tap into the source of true love and keep it flowing through an
intimate relationship with their heavenly Father and Creator God. As Jesus Christ also said:
John
John
John
John 15:15
"No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what
his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard
from My Father I have made known to you.
John 15:16
"You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should
go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the
Father in My name He may give you.
John
Postscript. Some theologians and biblical
scholars believe that they can reconcile the two irreconcilable positions by
adopting the notion of “theistic evolution” as a means of creation. For this,
they use those scientific arguments that give a probable age for the world in
the millions, ignoring the other equally sound arguments that place that age
merely in the thousands of years.
This is a new theory that was unknown to the
ancient people, to the Apostles, and even to Jesus Christ Himself, all of whom
believed in the Genesis week of creation.
Since the Bible enjoins us to have the mind that was a Christ Jesus, it
means that one cannot think differently and still be a Christian.
Phil 2:5
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
Phil 2:6
who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal
with God,
Phil 2:7
but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and
coming in the likeness of men.
Phil 2:8
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became
obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
Phil 2:9
Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which
is above every
Phil 2:10
name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in
heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
Phil
Therefore, if we have the mind of God and of
Christ, we avoid those theories that discredit the Scriptures, and bow our
knees to God the Father and to Jesus Christ His Son, confessing that He is
Lord, to the glory of the Creator God.
If God could crate this awesome universe in
the first place, He could do so just as well in a week as in a few billion
years. It is not the creation itself
that is the problem, but the planning for it, and that may well have taken an
eternity. It certainly did not happen in a week, but since God did not think
that this is a matter of concern to us, He did not tell us about it. Therefore any speculation on this matter is
not helpful; it is not from Him, and not impinging on our salvation. All we know is that when the creation took
place, the angels of God shouted for joy.
Job
38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of
the whirlwind, and said:
Job
38:2 "Who is this who darkens
counsel By words without knowledge?
Job
38:3 Now prepare yourself like a man; I
will question you, and you shall answer Me.
Job
38:4 "Where were you when I laid
the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
Job
38:5 Who determined its measurements?
Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?
Job
38:6 To what were its foundations
fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,
Job 38:7
When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted
for joy?
Job 38:8
"Or who shut in the sea with doors, When it burst forth and issued
from the womb;
Job
38:9 When I made the clouds its garment,
And thick darkness its swaddling band;
Job
38:10 When I fixed My limit for it, And
set bars and doors;
Job
38:11 When I said, 'This far you may
come, but no farther, And here your proud waves must stop!'
Job
38:12 "Have you commanded the
morning since your days began, And caused the dawn to know its place,
Job
38:13 That it might take hold of the ends
of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?
Job
38:14 It takes on form like clay under a
seal, And stands out like a garment.
Job
38:15 From the wicked their light is
withheld, And the upraised arm is broken.
Job
38:16 "Have you entered the springs
of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths?
Job
38:17 Have the gates of death been
revealed to you? Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Job
38:18 Have you comprehended the breadth
of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
Job
38:19 "Where is the way to the
dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,
Job
38:20 That you may take it to its
territory, That you may know the paths to its home?
Job
38:21 Do you know it, because you were
born then, Or because the number of your days is great?
Job
38:22 "Have you entered the
treasury of snow, Or have you seen the treasury of hail,
Job
38:23 Which I have reserved for the time
of trouble, For the day of battle and war?
Job
38:24 By what way is light diffused, Or
the east wind scattered over the earth?
Job
38:25 "Who has divided a channel
for the overflowing water, Or a path for the thunderbolt,
Job
38:26 To cause it to rain on a land
where there is no one, A wilderness in which there is no man;
Job
38:27 To satisfy the desolate waste, And
cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass?
Job
38:28 Has the rain a father? Or who has
begotten the drops of dew?
Job
38:29 From whose womb comes the ice? And
the frost of heaven, who gives it birth?
Job
38:30 The waters harden like stone, And
the surface of the deep is frozen.
Job
38:31 "Can you bind the cluster of
the Pleiades, Or loose the belt of Orion?
Job
38:32 Can you bring out Mazzaroth in its
season? Or can you guide the Great Bear with its cubs?
Job
38:33 Do you know the ordinances of the
heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
Job
38:34 "Can you lift up your voice
to the clouds, That an abundance of water may cover you?
Job
38:35 Can you send out lightnings, that
they may go, And say to you, 'Here we are!'?
Job
38:36 Who has put wisdom in the mind? Or
who has given understanding to the heart?
Job
38:37 Who can number the clouds by
wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
Job
38:38 When the dust hardens in clumps,
And the clods cling together?
Job
38:39 "Can you hunt the prey for
the lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
Job
38:40 When they crouch in their dens, Or
lurk in their lairs to lie in wait?
Job
38:41 Who provides food for the raven, When
its young ones cry to God, And wander about for lack of food?
Job
39:1 "Do you know the time when the
wild mountain goats bear young? Or can you mark when the deer gives birth?
Job
39:2 Can you number the months that they
fulfill? Or do you know the time when they bear young?
Job
39:3 They bow down, They bring forth
their young, They deliver their offspring.
Job
39:4 Their young ones are healthy, They
grow strong with grain; They depart and do not return to them.
Job
39:5 "Who set the wild donkey free?
Who loosed the bonds of the onager,
Job
39:6 Whose home I have made the
wilderness, And the barren land his dwelling?
Job
39:7 He scorns the tumult of the city;
He does not heed the shouts of the driver.
Job
39:8 The range of the mountains is his pasture,
And he searches after every green thing.
Job
39:9 "Will the wild ox be willing
to serve you? Will he bed by your manger?
Job
39:10 Can you bind the wild ox in the
furrow with ropes? Or will he plow the valleys behind you?
Job
39:11 Will you trust him because his
strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?
Job
39:12 Will you trust him to bring home
your grain, And gather it to your threshing floor?
Job
39:13 "The wings of the ostrich
wave proudly, But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork's?
Job
39:14 For she leaves her eggs on the
ground, And warms them in the dust;
Job
39:15 She forgets that a foot may crush
them, Or that a wild beast may break them.
Job
39:16 She treats her young harshly, as
though they were not hers; Her labor is in vain, without concern,
Job
39:17 Because God deprived her of
wisdom, And did not endow her with understanding.
Job
39:18 When she lifts herself on high,
She scorns the horse and its rider.
Job
39:19 "Have you given the horse
strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder?
Job
39:20 Can you frighten him like a
locust? His majestic snorting strikes terror.
Job
39:21 He paws in the valley, and
rejoices in his strength; He gallops into the clash of arms.
Job
39:22 He mocks at fear, and is not
frightened; Nor does he turn back from the sword.
Job
39:23 The quiver rattles against him,
The glittering spear and javelin.
Job
39:24 He devours the distance with
fierceness and rage; Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has
sounded.
Job
39:25 At the blast of the trumpet he
says, 'Aha!' He smells the battle from afar, The thunder of captains and
shouting.
Job
39:26 "Does the hawk fly by your
wisdom, And spread its wings toward the south?
Job
39:27 Does the eagle mount up at your command,
And make its nest on high?
Job
39:28 On the rocks it dwells and
resides, On the crag of the rock and the stronghold.
Job
39:29 From there it spies out the prey;
Its eyes observe from afar.
Job
39:30 Its young ones suck up blood; And
where the slain are, there it is."
Job
40:1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and
said:
Job
40:2 "Shall the one who contends
with the Almighty correct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it."
Job
40:3 Then Job answered the LORD and
said:
Job
40:4 "Behold, I am vile; What shall
I answer You? I lay my hand over my mouth.
Job
40:5 Once I have spoken, but I will not
answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."
Job
40:6 Then the LORD answered Job out of
the whirlwind, and said:
Job
40:7 "Now prepare yourself like a
man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me:
Job
40:8 "Would you indeed annul My
judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
Job
40:9 Have you an arm like God? Or can
you thunder with a voice like His?
Job
40:10 Then adorn yourself with majesty
and splendor, and array yourself with glory and beauty.
Job
40:11 Disperse the rage of your wrath;
Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
Job
40:12 Look on everyone who is proud, and
bring him low; Tread down the wicked in their place.
Job
40:13 Hide them in the dust together,
Bind their faces in hidden darkness.
Job
40:14 Then I will also confess to you
That your own right hand can save you.
Job
40:15 "Look now at the behemoth,
which I made along with you; He eats grass like an ox.
Job
40:16 See now, his strength is in his
hips, And his power is in his stomach muscles.
Job
40:17 He moves his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
Job
40:18 His bones are like beams of
bronze, His ribs like bars of iron.
Job
40:19 He is the first of the ways of
God; Only He who made him can bring near His sword.
Job
40:20 Surely the mountains yield food
for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
Job
40:21 He lies under the lotus trees, In
a covert of reeds and marsh.
Job
40:22 The lotus trees cover him with
their shade; The willows by the brook surround him.
Job
40:23 Indeed the river may rage, Yet he
is not disturbed; He is confident, though the
Job
40:24 Though he takes it in his eyes, Or
one pierces his nose with a snare.
Job
41:1 "Can you draw out Leviathan
with a hook, Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower?
Job
41:2 Can you put a reed through his
nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook?
Job
41:3 Will he make many supplications to
you? Will he speak softly to you?
Job
41:4 Will he make a covenant with you?
Will you take him as a servant forever?
Job
41:5 Will you play with him as with a
bird, Or will you leash him for your maidens?
Job
41:6 Will your companions make a banquet
of him? Will they apportion him among the merchants?
Job
41:7 Can you fill his skin with
harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?
Job
41:8 Lay your hand on him; Remember the
battle; Never do it again!
Job
41:9 Indeed, any hope of overcoming him
is false; Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him?
Job
41:10 No one is so fierce that he would
dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand against Me?
Job
41:11 Who has preceded Me, that I should
pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
Job
41:12 "I will not conceal his
limbs, His mighty power, or his graceful proportions.
Job
41:13 Who can remove his outer coat? Who
can approach him with a double bridle?
Job
41:14 Who can open the doors of his
face, With his terrible teeth all around?
Job
41:15 His rows of scales are his pride,
Shut up tightly as with a seal;
Job
41:16 One is so near another That no air
can come between them;
Job
41:17 They are joined one to another,
They stick together and cannot be parted.
Job
41:18 His sneezings flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
Job
41:19 Out of his mouth go burning
lights;
Job
41:20 Smoke goes out of his nostrils, As
from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
Job
41:21 His breath kindles coals, And a
flame goes out of his mouth.
Job
41:22 Strength dwells in his neck, And
sorrow dances before him.
Job
41:23 The folds of his flesh are joined
together; They are firm on him and cannot be moved.
Job
41:24 His heart is as hard as stone,
Even as hard as the lower millstone.
Job
41:25 When he raises himself up, the
mighty are afraid; Because of his crashings they are beside themselves.
Job
41:26 Though the sword reaches him, it
cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.
Job
41:27 He regards iron as straw, And
bronze as rotten wood.
Job
41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones become like stubble to him.
Job
41:29 Darts are regarded as straw; He
laughs at the threat of javelins.
Job
41:30 His undersides are like sharp
potsherds; He spreads pointed marks in the mire.
Job
41:31 He makes the deep boil like a pot;
He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
Job
41:32 He leaves a shining wake behind
him; One would think the deep had white hair.
Job
41:33 On earth there is nothing like
him, Which is made without fear.
Job
41:34 He beholds every high thing; He is
king over all the children of pride."
Job
42:1 Then Job answered the LORD and
said:
Job
42:2 "I know that You can do
everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.
Job
42:3 You asked, 'Who is this who hides
counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
Job
42:4 Listen, please, and let me speak;
You said, 'I will question you, and you shall answer Me.'
Job
42:5 "I have heard of You by the
hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You.
Job
42:6 Therefore I abhor myself, And
repent in dust and ashes."
The Inspiration of the Scriptures
Scientifically Demonstrated
By
Ivan Panin
Letter
to the
In its Sunday
edition of
On that day, the
writer, who did not normally read this paper, was travelling by train from
Sir: - In to-day's Sun Mr. W.R.L. calls for a "champion of orthodoxy" to "step into the arena of the Sun;' and give him some "facts." Here are some facts:
The first 17 verses
of the New Testament contain the genealogy of the Christ. It consists of two
main parts: Verses 1-11 cover the period from Abraham, the father of the chosen
people, to the Captivity, when they ceased as an independent people. Verses
12-17 cover the period from the Captivity to the promised Deliverer, the
Christ.
Let us examine the
first part of this genealogy.
Its vocabulary has
49 words, or 7 x 7. This number is itself seven (Feature 1) sevens (Feature 2),
and the sum of its factors is 2 sevens (Feature 3). Of these 49 words 28, or 4
sevens, begin with a vowel; and 21, or 3 sevens, begin with a consonant
(Feature 4).
Again: these 49
words of the vocabulary have 266 letters, or 7 x 2 x 19; this number is itself
38 sevens (Feature 5), and the sum of its factors is 28, or 4 sevens (Feature
6), while the sum of its figures is 14, or 2 sevens (Feature 7). Of these 266
letters, moreover, 140, or 20 sevens, are vowels, and 126, or 18 sevens, are
consonants (Feature 8).
That is to say:
Just as the number of words in the vocabulary is a multiple of seven, so is the
number of its letters a multiple of seven; just as the sum of the factors of
the number of the words is a multiple of seven, so is the sum of the factors of
the number of their letters a multiple of seven. And just as the number of
words is divided between vowel words and consonant words by sevens, so is their
number of letters divided between vowels and consonants by sevens.
Again: Of these 49
words 35, or 5 sevens, occur more than once in the passage; and 14, or 2
sevens, occur but once (Feature 9); seven occur in more than one form, and 42,
or 6 sevens, occur in only one form (Feature 10). And among the parts of speech
the 49 words are thus divided: 42, or 6 sevens, are nouns, seven are not nouns
(Feature 12). Of the nouns 35 or 5 sevens, are Proper names, seven are common
nouns (Feature 12). Of the Proper names 28 are male ancestors of the Christ,
and seven are not (Feature 13).
Moreover, these 49 words
are distributed alphabetically thus: Words under A-E are 21 in number, or 3
sevens; Z-K 14, or 2 sevens; M-X also 14. No other groups of sevens stopping at
the end of a letter are made by these 49 words, the groups of sevens stop with
these letters and no others. But the letters A, E, Z, K, M, X, are letters 1,
5, 6, 10, 12, 22, of the Greek alphabet, and the sum of these numbers (called
their Place Values) is 56, or 8 sevens (Feature 14).
This enumeration of
the numeric phenomena of these 11 verses does not begin to be exhaustive, but
enough has been shown to make it clear that this part of the genealogy is
constructed on an elaborate design of sevens.
Let us not turn to
the genealogy as a whole. I will not weary your readers with recounting all the
numeric phenomena thereof: pages alone would exhaust them. I will point out
only one feature: The New Testament is written in Greek. The Greeks had no
separate symbols for expressing numbers, corresponding to our Arabic figures,
but used instead the letters of their alphabet: just as the Hebrews, in whose
language the Old Testament is written, made use for the same purpose of theirs.
Accordingly, the 24 Greek letters stand for the following numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700,
800. Every Greek word is thus a sum in arithmetic obtained by adding the
numbers for which its letters stand, or their numeric values. Now the
vocabulary to the entire genealogy has 72 words. If we write its numeric value over
each of these 72 words, and add them, we get for their sum 42,364, or 6,052
sevens, distributed into the following alphabetical groups only: A-B, have
9.821, or 1,403 sevens: G-D, 1904, or 272 sevens; 3,703, or 529 sevens; TH-R,
19,264, or 2,752 sevens; A-X 7,672, or 1,096 sevens. But the numeric value of
the 10 letters used for making these groups is 931, or 7 x 7 x 19, a multiple
not only of seven but of seven sevens.
Let Mr. W.R.L. try
to write some 300 words intelligently like this genealogy, and reproduce some
numeric phenomena of like designs. If he does it in 6 months, he will indeed do
a wonder. Let us assume that Matthew accomplished this feat in one month.
2. The second part
of this chapter, verses 18-25, relates the birth of Christ. It consists of 161
words, or 23 sevens; occurring in 105 forms, or 15 sevens, with a vocabulary of
77 words or 11 sevens. Joseph is spoken to here by the angel. Accordingly, of
the 77 words the angel uses 28, or 4 sevens; of the 105 forms he uses 35, or 5
sevens; the numeric value of the vocabulary is 52,605, or 7,515 sevens; of the
forms, 65,429, or 9,347 sevens.
This enumeration
only begins as it were to barely scratch the surface of the numerics of this
passage. But what is specially noteworthy here is the fact that the angel's
speech has also a scheme of sevens making it a kind of ring within a ring, a
wheel within a wheel. If Mr. L. can write a similar passage of 161 words with
the same scheme of sevens alone (though there are several others here) in some
three years, he would accomplish a still greater wonder. Let us assume Matthew
accomplished this feat in only 6 months.
3. The second
chapter of Matthew tells of the childhood of the Christ. Its vocabulary has 161
words, or 23 sevens, with 896 letters, or 128 sevens, and 238 forms, or 34
sevens; the numeric value of the vocabulary is 123,529, or 17,647 sevens; of
the forms, 166,985, or 23,855 sevens; and so on through pages of enumeration.
This chapter has at least four logical divisions, and each division shows alone
the same phenomena found in the chapter as a whole. Thus the first six verses
have a vocabulary of 56 words, or 8 sevens, etc. There are some speeches here:
Herod speaks, the Magi speak, the angel speaks. But so pronounced are the
numeric phenomena here, that though there are as it were numerous rings within
rings, and wheels within wheels, each is perfect in itself, though forming all
the while only part of the rest.
If Mr. L. can write
a chapter like this as naturally as Matthew writes, but containing in some 500
words so many intertwined yet harmonious numeric features, in say the rest of
his days - whatever his age now, or the one to which he is to attain: if he
thus accomplish it at all, it will indeed be marvel of marvels. Let us assume
that Matthew accomplished this feat in only 3 years.
4. There is not,
however, a single paragraph of the scores in Matthew that is not constructed in
exactly the same manner. Only with each additional paragraph the difficulty of
constructing it increases not in arithmetical but in geometrical progression.
For he contrives to write numeric relations to what goes before and after. Thus
in his last chapter he contrives to use just 7 words not used by him before. It
would thus be easy to show that Mr. L. would require some centuries to write a
book like Matthew's. How long it took Matthew the writer does not know. But how
he contrived to do it between the Crucifixion, A.D.30 (and his Gospel could not
have been written earlier), and the destruction of
Anyhow Matthew did
it, and we thus have a miracle - an unheard-of literary, mathematical artist,
unequaled, hardly even conceivable. This is the first fact for Mr. L. to
contemplate.
A second fact is
yet more important: In his very first section, the genealogy discussed above,
the words found nowhere else in the New Testament, occur 42 times, 7 x 6; and
have 126 letters, 7 x 6 x 3, each number a multiple not only of seven, but of 6
sevens, to name only two of the many numeric features of these words. But how
did Matthew know, when designing this scheme for these words (whose sole
characteristic is that they are found nowhere else in the New Testament) that
they would not be found in the other 26 books? That they would not be used by
the other 7 New Testament writers? Unless we assume the impossible hypothesis
that he had an agreement with them to that effect, he must have had the rest of
the New Testament before him when he wrote his book. The Gospel of Matthew,
then, was written last.
5. It so happens,
however, that the Gospel of Mark shows the very same phenomena. Thus the very
passage called so triumphantly in today's Sun a "forgery," the Last
Twelve Verses of Mark, presents among some sixty features of sevens the
following phenomena: It has 175 words, or 95 sevens; a vocabulary of 98 words,
or 2 sevens of sevens with 553 letters, or 79 sevens; 133 forms, or 19 sevens,
and so on to the minutest detail.
Mark, then, is another
miracle, another unparalleled literary genius. And in the same way in which it
was shown that Matthew wrote last it is also shown that Mark, too, wrote last.
Thus to take an example from this very passage: It has just one word found
nowhere else in the New Testament, 'deadly'. This fact is signaled by no less
than seven features of sevens thus: Its numeric value is 581, or 83 sevens,
with the sum of its figures 14, or 2 sevens, of which the letters 3, 5, 7, from
both the BEGINNING and END of the word have 490, or 7 x 7 x 5 x 2: a multiple
of seven sevens, with the sum of its factors 21, or 3 sevens. In the vocabulary
it is preceded by 42 words, 7 x 6; in the passage itself by 126 words, or 7 x 6
x 3, both numbers multiples not only of seven, but of 6 sevens. We have thus
established before us this third fact for Mr. L. to contemplate: Matthew surely
wrote after Mark, and Mark just as surely wrote after Matthew.
6. It happens,
however, to be a fourth fact, that Luke presents the same phenomena as Matthew
and Mark; and so does John, and James, and Peter, and Jude, and Paul. And we
have thus no longer two great unheard-of mathematical literati, but eight of
them and each wrote after the other.
7. And not only
this: As Luke and Peter wrote each 2 books, John 5, and Paul 14, it can in the
same way be shown that each of the 27 New Testament books was written last. In
fact, not a page of the over 500 in Westcott and Hort's Greek edition (which
the writer has used throughout) but it can be demonstrated thus to have been
written last.
The phenomena are
there and there is no human way of explaining them. Eight men cannot each write
last, 97 books, some 500 pages cannot each be written first. But once assume
that one Mind directed the whole, and the problem is solved simply enough; but
this is Verbal Inspiration - of every jot and tittle of the New Testament.
There remains only
to be added that by precisely the same kind of evidence the Hebrew Old
Testament is proved to be equally inspired. Thus the very first verse of Genesis
has seven words, 28 letters, or 4 sevens: to name only two out of the dozens of
numeric features of this one verse of only seven words. - N.Y.
To this letter several
replies appeared in the Sun, but not a single answer. For in only three ways
can it be refuted.
·
(a) By showing that
the facts are not as here given.
·
(b) By showing that
it is possible for 8 men to write each after the other 7; for 27 hooks, for some
500 pages to be each in its turn written last.
·
(c) By showing that
even if the facts be true, the arithmetic faultless, and the collocation of the
numerics honest, it does not follow that mere men could not have written this
without Inspiration from above.
Accordingly, as
many as nine noted rationalists (of whom Drs. Lyman Abbot and Charles W. Eliot
are still living) [now in 1927 also gone to where they may know] were
respectfully but publicly invited to refute the writer. One was not "interested"
in the writer's "arithmetical" doings; two "regretted"
that they "had no time" to give heed thereto. Another "did
not mean to be unkind," but ... The rest were silent. For the special
benefit of these the writer printed the original data with numerous details,
enabling them in the easiest manner to verify every statement made by him, if
they wished. And to the best of his ability he has for years seen to it that no
scholar whom surely these things specially concern remain in ignorance of the
facts here recounted and of like cogency.
A notable exception
to the above is a lawyer of standing [now also dead], whose books on Law are
deemed as of authority. He had intelligence enough and candor withal to confess
that the case for the Bible as made out by the writer is impregnable, that the
Bible is thus proved to be an "absolutely unique book." This
much the case itself exhorts from the but too well equipped writer on -
EVIDENCE; and accordingly he henceforth reads the writer's Numerics with
intense appreciation. And then, fresh from this confession, he betakes himself
once more to the circulation of his anti-Christian books in the writing of
which he joys to spend his leisure hours.
In the second
letter to the N. Y. Sun the author, in discussing some irrelevant "answers"
to his first letter, recited the three ways of refuting him and then
continued:
No sane man will
try to refute me by the second method. To refute me by the first method I
herewith respectfully invite any or all of the following to prove that my facts
are not facts: namely Messrs: Lyman Abbott, Washington Gladden, Heber Newton,
Minot J. Savage, Presidents Eliot of Harvard, White of Cornell, Professors J.
Henry Thayer of Harvard, and Dr. Briggs, and any other prominent higher critic
so called. They may associate with themselves, if they choose, all the
contributors of the ninth edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica who wrote its
articles on Biblical subjects together with a dozen mathematicians of the
calibre of Professor Simon Newcomb. The heavier the calibre of either scholar
or mathematician, the more satisfactory to me.
They will find that
my facts are facts. And since they are facts, I am ready to take them to any
three prominent lawyers, or, better still, to any judge of a superior or
supreme court, and abide by his decision as to whether the conclusion is not
necessary that Inspiration alone can account for the facts, if they are facts.
All I should ask would be that the judge treat the case as he would any
other case that comes before him: declining to admit matters for discussion as
irrelevant when they are irrelevant; and listening patiently to both sides, as
he does in any trial.” Ivan Panin (panin.htm).
THE
Defining The Concept
The Bible is a book about the
This is the message brought to this world by
Jesus Christ nearly two thousand years ago, yet in spite of the fact that the
Bible has been with us all this time the
Some people believe that the Kingdom of God
is in people's hearts; others that it is the church; others that it is the
place where “immortal” souls go at death; others say that it will be
established on this earth at the end of time; while many more do not believe
that there is, or ever will be, a Kingdom of God in this or any other world. The truth is, none of these concepts are
true.
During Jesus' ministry on this earth, He
spoke many times about the
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What He was saying then is that those who do
not deserve to enter the
The Gospel of the
Mat 7:7
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock,
and it will be opened to
Mat 7:8
you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him
who knocks it will be opened.”
He also said:
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Without the Holy Spirit no one can see the
face of God or enter into His Kingdom.
But if you are among the lucky ones who receive His call, do not neglect
this unique gift for there is no second chance.
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Yes, by giving yourself to meditation,
prayer, worship and supplication before the Almighty God, “you will save both
yourself and those who hear you.” The author
of the book of Hebrews, amplified on these thoughts in a wonderful passage from
the book of Hebrews.
Heb 2:2
For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every
transgression and disobedience received a just reward,
Heb 2:3
how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the
first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who
heard Him,
Heb 2:4
God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various
miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?
Heb 2:5
For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection
to angels.
Heb 2:6
But one testified in a certain place, saying: "What is man that You
are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him?
Heb 2:7
You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him
with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands.
Heb 2:8
You have put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that
He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him.
But now we do not yet see all things put under
Heb 2:9
him. But we see Jesus, who was
made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with
glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.
Heb 2:10
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all
things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation
perfect through sufferings.
Heb
Heb
Heb
Heb 2:14
“Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He
Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him
who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through
fear of death were all their life time subject to
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Heb 2:17
Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He
might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to
make propitiation for the sins of the
Heb
Heb 3:1
Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider
the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful
to Him to appointed Him,
Heb 3:2
as Moses also was faithful in all His house.
Heb 3:3
For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch
as He who built the house has more honor than the house.
Heb 3:4 For every house is built
by someone, but He who built all things is God.
It would be hard for anyone to improve on
this passage and explain the meaning of life and the purpose of salvation
better than this author. It is a lengthy
passage, but it could not be truncated if its meaning was to be preserved in
its entirety. So study these Scriptures,
meditate of them, make them your daily spiritual food, “for in doing this you
will save both yourself and those who hear you.”
This is what the
LOCATION
AND NATURE OF
THE
KINGDOM OF GOD
Like the kingdoms of men that have a defined
geographical location in this world, the
This world was not designed to last forever,
a fact confirmed by the second law of thermodynamics, which states that this
universe is slowly winding down. The sun will one day run out of matter and
energy, and no longer give out its life sustaining light and heat. Scientists are now assuring us that this
universe will expand until its gravitational force will dissipate to such an
extent that it will no longer hold it together, thus causing it to come to a
standstill and vanish without trace.
That may well be the case if it lasted that long, but our Creator tells
us that this word will in fact last a lot less than that.
Now while those who do not believe in a
higher force may ponder on the futility of life in general and the emptiness in
their life in particular, those who believe in God know that He created both
this world and human beings for a transcendent purpose – eternal life in a
better and more enduring world.
Isa 40:21
Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from
the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Isa 40:22
It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are
like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, And spreads
them out like a tent to dwell in.
Isa 34:4
All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, And the heavens shall be
rolled up like a scroll; All their host shall fall down As the leaf falls from
the vine, And as fruit falling from a fig tree.
Rev
21:1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new
earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was
no more sea.
Rev
21:2 Then I, John, saw the holy city,
New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned
for her husband.
Rev
21:3 And I heard a loud voice from
heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will
dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them
and be their God.
Rev
21:4 "And God will wipe away every
tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying.
There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."
Rev
21:5 Then He who sat on the throne said,
"Behold, I make all things new." And He said to me, "Write, for
these words are true and faithful."
A wonderful picture and a great
prospect! No more death, no sorrow, no
crying, and no more pain, for the former things have passed away. Then God Himself will dwell among His people
on a new earth and a new heaven. He will
be their God and they shall be His children forever more.
So then the kingdoms of this world are a
preparation, a stepping ground for the
Those who destroy the earth, who pollute it,
who tamper with the fabric of God’s creation – cloning, genetic engineering,
etc. – will not inherit the
THE KING OF THE KINGDOM
OF GOD
Like the kingdoms of this world, the
At the time of His trial, Pontius Pilate
asked Him whether He was indeed a king.
This is what Jesus Christ replied.
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“You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for
this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth.
Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”
This is the most potent phrase in the entire Bible. My soul rejoices and trembles every time I
read it.
Jesus Christ not only qualified to become
the Great King of the Kingdom o God, He showed the way that others may qualify
to rule under Him too. Among the first
to do so were His Apostles.
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The twelve Apostles will rule over the twelve tribes of
Rev 1:3
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy,
and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.
Rev 1:4
John, to the seven churches which are in
Rev 1:5
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the
dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed
us from our sins in His own blood,
Rev 1:6
and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him
be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Rev 5:9
And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the
scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God
by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and
This should make it abundantly clear why God created this world in the
first place. Life is not easy in this
world. But the trials, sufferings and
tribulations that human beings must endure, enables them to develop the
character needed for eternal life in the
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1 Cor 15:50 Now this I say,
brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does
corruption inherit incorruption.
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THE INHABITANTS OF THE
KINGDOM OF GOD
Who then are the inhabitants of the
The question is, who are the inhabitants,
the subjects of the
Heb 1:1
God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the
fathers by the prophets,
Heb 1:2
has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed
heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
Heb 1:3
who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His
person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by
Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Heb 1:4
having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance
obtained a more excellent name than they.
Heb 1:5
For to which of the angels did He ever say: "You are My Son, Today
I have begotten You"? And again: "I will be to Him a Father, And He
shall be to Me a Son"?
Heb 1:6
But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says:
"Let all the angels of God worship
Heb 1:7 Him. And of the angels He says:
"Who makes His angels spirits And His ministers a flame of fire."
Heb 1:8
But to the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A
scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your Kingdom.
Heb 1:9
You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your
God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions."
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So the angels are “ministering spirits sent
forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation”. And who are those who will
inherit salvation? Human beings of
course! Those who deserve to be saved out of all nations of the world.
In the Old Testament, we have an interesting
promise God made to the prophet Daniel.
Dan 12:8
Although I heard, I did not understand. Then I said, "My lord, what
shall be the end of these
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things?” And he said, "Go
your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the
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You will arise and receive your inheritance
at the end of the days! Until then Daniel is resting, as are all other prophets
and saints who have died for the Work of God and the Word of Jesus Christ.
Rev 6:9
When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those
who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held.
Rev 6:11
Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them
that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their
fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was
completed.”
They should rest until both the number of
their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was
completed. What does this tell you in
addition to the fact that human beings would be the inhabitants of the
A lot of people believe that after the
creation week, God has been sitting on His throne up in heaven, watching how
human beings, under the influence of Satan, have been debauching and devouring
themselves and made a wreck of this world.
Well, the truth is quite different.
After he created this world, God began the more important work of creating
spiritual beings for His eternal Kingdom.
Now we know how Jesus Christ qualified to be
the Supreme King of the Universe; we know how the Apostles qualified for their
positions; and we know how the other kings and priests qualified for their
positions. How would the other human
beings qualify for their place in the
Acts
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Indeed, we must through many tribulations
enter the
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John
John 14:26
"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My
name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things
that I said to you.
John 16:7
"Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I
go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I
depart, I will send Him to you.
John 16:8
"And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of
righteousness, and of
John 16:9
judgment: "of sin, because
they do not believe in Me;
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John
John 16:13
"However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you
into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He
hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
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With the help of the Holy Spirit we can
overcome the tribulations of this world to the end.
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be saved.”
In His parable of the sower, Jesus Christ
also made it clear that not those who receive the Word of God and rejoice in it
for a while will be saved, but those who bear fruit and remain steadfast to the
end.
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"When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand
it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.
This is he who received seed by the wayside.
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At one time, two of His disciples sought to
gain a privileged position in His Kingdom.
Notice what He told them.
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Mark
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But Jesus called them to Himself and said to them, "You know that
those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their
great ones exercise authority over them.
Mark
Mark
Mark
Jesus told them that they “will indeed drink
the cup that I drink, and with the baptism I am baptized with you will be
baptized”. Every human being who aspires
to attain eternal life in the Kingdom of God needs to be baptized with the
baptism that Jesus Christ was baptized with – each according to his own gifts
and abilities.
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At one time, a young man wanted to know how
he might gain eternal life. Notice
Jesus’ answer.
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“If you want to enter into life, keep the
commandments”, said Jesus Christ. Yet most of the mainstream churches preach
that the commandments have been done away with because Jesus Christ supposedly
instituted a new commandment:
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What they do not realize is that this
commandment is found in the Old Testament too.
Deu 6:5
"You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all
your soul, and with all your strength.
Deu 11:1
"Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and keep His charge,
His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments always.
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Can one love God with all his heart, with
all his soul, and with all his strength, and his neighbor as himself without
keeping the commandments? Take another
look at Deuteronomy 11:1 and notice that in addition to loving God it also
requires to keep “His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments always.”
Those who claim that the commandments are no
longer valid, use this as convenient excuse for not keeping the fourth
commandment. Do you know which one that
is?
Exo 20:8
"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
Exo
Exo 20:11
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and
all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the
Sabbath day and hallowed it.
Instead of hallowing the Sabbath of the
Lord, they hallow the Day of the Sun. In
so doing they cut themselves off from God and His people, for He made the
Sabbath a sign between Him and His people.
Exo 31:12
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Exo 31:13
"Speak also to the children of
Exo 31:14
YOU. 'You shall keep the Sabbath,
therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put
to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from
among his
Exo 31:15
people. 'Work shall be done for
six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever
does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exo 31:16
'Therefore the children of
Exo 31:17
'It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for
in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He
rested and was refreshed.'"
Exo 31:18
And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave
Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger
of God.
In the New Testament, the followers of Jesus
Christ are the true Jews and the New Israel.
So if you want to find out who are the people who will inherit the
When the young man asked Jesus Christ what
he must do to inherit eternal life, Jesus’ first words were, "Why do you
call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.” Now can you think of a religious leader who
would admit that he is not good? How
could they say that when they have given themselves such titles as, “His
Holiness”, “His Highness”, “Most Reverend”, or even God’s own title of, “Holy
Father”?
Can one say, I am not good, but I am “Holy”,
I am “Reverend”? Or I am not good, but I am infallible, I am the “Holy
Father”? That is why one should never
forget the Apostles’ warnings:
2 Cor
2 Cor
2 Cor
Remember also the words of the great prophet
Isaiah.
Isa
The Pharisees of Jesus’ day led their
followers to perdition. The “Pharisees”
of our day do no better.
But you can ensure your place in the
THE
SETTING OF
THE
KINGDOM OF GOD
There seems to be as much confusion about
the setting of the
Many people speak of a thousand year reign
of Christ on this earth, believing that that is the same thing as the
Rev 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to
them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to
Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image,
and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they
lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Rev 20:5
But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years
were finished. This is the first
Rev 20:6
resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first
resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be
priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.
So first we have the thousand-year reign,
during which the kings and priests who are resurrected at the beginning of the Millennium
reign under Christ, then comes the judgment of God and the proper
When Jesus Christ comes back at the
beginning of the Millennium, He does not come to live on this earth, but to
take His people to Himself.
John 14:1
"Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also
in Me.
John 14:2
"In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would
have told you. I go to
John 14:3
prepare a place for you.
"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and
receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
I go and prepare a place for you, then I
will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be
also. Isn’t that clear enough? It cannot be otherwise, for then you would
have spirit beings intermingling with and living among human beings. Now would
Jesus Christ leave His position and glory that He enjoys in heaven to come and
live on a devastated and heavily polluted planet?
The needs of human beings are quite
different from those of spirit beings.
Besides, flesh and blood is enmity with God.
Rom 8:5
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things
of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the
Spirit.
Rom 8:6
For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life
and peace.
Rom 8:7
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to
the law of God,
Rom 8:8
nor indeed can be. So then, those
who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Rom 8:9
But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of
God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not
His.”
During the
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And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations
which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King,
the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of
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Then, near the end of the Millennium, the
world will once again be ravaged by war.
Rev 20:7
Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from
his prison
Rev 20:8
and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of
the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as
the sand of the sea.
Rev 20:9
They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the
saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and
devoured them.
It is only then that the proper
Now
Jesus Christ abolished the enmity that existed between human beings and God,
but they are still human beings, and still carnal and subject to the laws of
the flesh. As Apostle Paul said:
Rom
Rom
This has nothing to do with Satan. Human beings will still be subject to the
pulls of human nature eve when Satan will be locked up during the thousand-year
reign, just as Adam and Eve were before they fell under his influence. Jesus Christ and the priests and kings who
will rule and judge the world for a thousand years, will not dwell with human
beings in buildings made by human hands, but in heaven. Most people ignore a little known Scripture
that confirms this fact.
Rev 14:1
Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on
Rev 14:2
And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like
the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their
harps.
Rev 14:3
They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living
creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred
and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from
Rev 14:4
the earth. These are the ones who
were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow
the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being
firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
Rev 14:5
And in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault
before the throne of God.
The
They come back to earth as they wish, they
judge the world, but they always return to their place in heaven. It does not
take long to make that journey.
Immediately after His resurrection, in a single day, Jesus Christ went
up to heaven, presented Himself to the Father, then came back and showed
Himself to His Apostles. Notice:
John
John
John 20:17
Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended
to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I am ascending to My
Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.'"
John
John 20:19
Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the
doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus
came and stood in the midst, and said to them,
John
During the Millennial Kingdom there will be
a vastly reduced number of people on this earth. The Great Tribulation will see to that.
Mat 24:21
"For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been
since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Mat 24:22
"And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but
for the elect's sake those days will be shortened.
During that period, the earth will enjoy its
sabbatical rest. But as human beings
multiply again, the earth will once again reach saturation point and come under
pressure. That is when Satan will be released from his restraint and allowed
lead one final revolt against God and His people.
Rev 20:1
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the
bottomless pit and a
Rev 20:2
great chain in his hand. He laid
hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound
him for a thousand years;
Rev 20:3
and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal
on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years
were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.
Rev 20:7
Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from
his prison
Rev 20:8
and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of
the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as
the sand of the sea.
Rev 20:9
They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the
saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and
devoured them.
It is only after the Millennial Kingdom that
the proper Kingdom of God will be set up, and not on this earth, but on a new
earth and a new heaven.
Rev 21:1
Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the
first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.
Rev 21:2
Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven
from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Rev 21:3
And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be
His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.
Rev 21:4
"And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be
no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the
former things have passed away."
Rev 21:5
Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things
new." And He said to me, "Write, for these words are true and
faithful."
Rev 21:6
And He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the
Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely
to him who thirsts.
Rev 21:7
"He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God
and he shall be My son.
Rev 21:8
"But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually
immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake
which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."
Rev 21:9
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the
seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, "Come, I will
show you the bride, the Lamb's wife."
Rev 21:10
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and
showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from
God, having the glory of God.
Rev 22:1
And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal,
proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Rev 22:2
In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the
tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every
month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Rev 22:3
And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb
shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him.
Rev 22:4
They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads.
Rev 22:5
There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun,
for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.
Rev 22:6
Then he said to me, "These words are faithful and true." And
the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the
things which must shortly take place.
Rev 22:7
"Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of
the prophecy of this book."
Rev 22:8
Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I
fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.
Rev 22:9
Then he said to me, "See that you do not do that. For I am your
fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the
words of this book. Worship God."
Rev 22:11
"He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let
him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is
holy, let him be holy still."
Rev 22:12
"And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give
to every one according to
Rev 22:14
Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right
to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.
THE LAWS OF THE KINGDOM
OF GOD
All nations have sets of laws to govern
their citizens. The
God Himself has told us that He will imbed
His laws in the hearts of those who will inherit His Kingdom.
Ezek
Ezek
Ezek 36:25
"Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I
will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
Ezek 36:26
"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I
will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
Ezek 36:27
"I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My
statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
Ezek 36:28
"Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you
shall be My people, and I will be your God.”
The land that God promised to the fathers of
Mat
Mat
A good question to ask at this point is what
would happen to the myriad of laws and penal codes that operate in the world at
present? Well, if they had created a
harmonious and peaceful society they would be retained. But looking at the morass, into which this
world has fallen, and the confusion and lawlessness that prevail in the world
at present, can anyone say that they have done their job?
The law profession is one of the largest
industries in the western world. In the
United Stares there is one lawyer for every 400 people; in
Clearly, the people of the Western world,
particularly the Anglo-Saxons, are a litigious people, yet they claim to base
their civilization on the Bible, on the so-called Judeo-Christian
tradition.
God delivered His laws in person to these
people, yet instead of applying them in their lives, they thought that they
could do better by inventing their own set of laws. They continue to invent more laws in a
never-ending process. And who benefits
from this legal juggernaut? Lawyers, of
course!
The world is in desperate need of a return
to the simplicity, certainty, and authority of God’s laws. Fortunately, this is exactly what the
Scriptures are telling us that will happen shortly.
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"Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'In those days ten men from every
language of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying,
"Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."' "
Some people tremble at the thought that the
Jews would one day become the leading servants of God once again. They know that in the western world they
dominate the law profession, and they don’t like what they see. Well, they need not worry about that, because
none of the wicked Jews will make it into
They should not forget that Jesus Christ and
His Apostles were Jews too, and I don’t think anyone would object to having
Them ruling the world. Only the Jews who
repent and learn to apply the law of God without partiality or personal
interest would attain that position. Let
us not forget what God says about the rebellious house of
Ezek 36:16
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
Ezek 36:17
"Son of man, when the house of
Ezek 36:18
"Therefore I poured out My fury on them for the blood they had shed
on the land, and for their idols with which they had defiled it.
Ezek 36:19
"So I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed
throughout the countries; I judged them according to their ways and their
deeds.
Ezek 36:20
"When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned
My holy name; when they said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD, and
yet they have gone out of His land.'
Ezek 36:21
"But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of
Ezek 36:22
"Therefore say to the house of
Ezek 36:23
"And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among
the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know
that I am the LORD," says the Lord GOD, "when I am hallowed in you
before their eyes.
Ezek 36:24
"For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all
countries, and bring you into your own land.
Ezek 36:25
"Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I
will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
Ezek 36:26
"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I
will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
Ezek 36:27
"I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My
statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
Ezek 36:28
"Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you
shall be My people, and I will be your God.
Ezek 36:29
"I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. I will call for
the grain and multiply it, and bring no famine upon you.
Ezek 36:30
"And I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of
your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the
nations.
Ezek 36:31
"Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not
good; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities and
your abominations.
Ezek 36:32
"Not for your sake do I do this," says the Lord GOD, "let
it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of
Israel!"
Ezek 36:33
'Thus says the Lord GOD: "On the day that I cleanse you from all
your iniquities, I will also enable you to dwell in the cities, and the ruins
shall be rebuilt.
Ezek 36:34
"The desolate land shall be tilled instead of lying desolate in the
sight of all who pass by.
Ezek 36:35
"So they will say, 'This land that was desolate has become like the
garden of Eden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are now fortified
and inhabited.'
Ezek 36:36
"Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I,
the LORD, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate. I, the
LORD, have spoken it, and I will do it."
Yes, God will cleanse these people out of
their iniquity and filthiness, and grant them His Holy Spirit, not because they
are worthy of it, but because He had concern for His holy name, which they had
profaned among the nations in which He scattered them.
Now to give you an example of the difference
the Holy Spirit makes in the life of human beings, take a look at what the Jews
have done with the laws of God. Over the
centuries, the leading Jewish scholars have simplified and regrouped those laws
by related topics in a list called, “The 613 ‘Mitzvots’”.
Mitzvot 94 read like this: “Not to commit sodomy with one’s father’s
brother (Lev. 18:14).
This seems to imply that sodomy is all right
with anyone else except with one’s father’s brother.
The truth is, Leviticus 18:14 says no such a
thing. Notice:
Lev
The “nakedness” mentioned here is that of
the aunt, which in marriage becomes of the husband. Leviticus 20:11 and 20:21
confirm this.
Lev
Lev
As you can see, Leviticus 18:14 has nothing
to do with sodomy, and everything to do with incest.
We alerted them to their error and they
seemed to be grateful for it, saying that they will look into it. That was about a year ago, but since Mitzvot
94 is still the same, it means that they are still looking into it. When they finish looking into it, they can
come to us and we will show them more things that they need to look into.
Now coming back to the laws of God, some
people may content that they do not cover all situations that arise from
everyday conflicts and activities. Oh,
they certainly do! When you eliminate
speculative activities and those that are harmful to human beings, you
eliminate the need for armies of lawyers and judges to arbitrate on such
matters. For example, there will be no Futures and Stock Markets, there being
no need for insurance against possible future loss since God guarantees a
plentiful harvests for all. The priests
will fulfill the role of judges, just as it used to be in the Old Testament
times.
Jesus Christ confirmed the sanctity of the
law of God when He said that He did not come to destroy it but to fulfill
it.
Mat
Mat
Mat 5:19
"Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments,
and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever
does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Mat
He not only confirmed the sanctity of the
law, He went on to say that whoever breaks one of the least of these
commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of
Heaven.
Many people confuse Jesus’ teaching about
personal forgiveness and His attitude towards the law. If the law is still intact, how can the two
be reconciled? Simple! The law belongs to the State, while
forgiveness is a matter of personal choice. Christians are under obligation to
forgive personal offences, but they cannot interfere with the working of the
law. Jesus Christ did not initiate a new
set of laws for His followers. Neither did He leave them at the mercy of
evildoers forever more. If someone does not mend his ways after repeated
forgiveness, in serious matters that involve personal injuries, or interference
with one’s freedom of worship for example, the law must be allowed to take its
course. The two go hand in hand up to a
point, but when things become unmanageable, the State takes over and applies
the law.
You may have heard of the expression, “three
strikes and you are out” applied in many countries of the world at
present. That is a Christian method,
taught by none other than Jesus Christ Himself.
Mat
Mat
Mat
You can wipe out all the laws and penal
codes of this world and replace them with the first five books of the Old
Testament and the first four of the New Testament, and have the formula for a
harmonious and crimeless society. For if
everyone kept God’s commandments and loved his neighbor as himself, there would
be no need for dispute resolution before judges and lawyers. Apostle Paul went on to say that in this
world people are better off suffering loss than seeking justice before the
unrighteous.
1 Cor 6:1
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the
unrighteous, and not before the saints?
1 Cor 6:2
Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world
will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
1 Cor 6:3
Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that
pertain to this life?
1 Cor 6:4
If then you have judgments concerning things pertaining to this life, do
you appoint those who are least esteemed by the church to judge?
1 Cor 6:5
I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among
you, not even one, who will be able to judge between his brethren?
1 Cor 6:6
But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers!
1 Cor 6:7 Now therefore, it is already an utter failure
for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept
wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated?
1 Cor 6:8
No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your
brethren!
1 Cor 6:9
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the
1 Cor
1 Cor
If none of those lawbreakers will be in the
MYSTERY OF THE 144 000 PEOPLE
In the seventh chapter of the book of Revelation, we find a statement
that has puzzled biblical scholars for centuries.
Rev 7:1
After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the
earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on
the earth, on the sea, or on any tree.
Rev 7:2
Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the
living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was
granted to harm the earth and the
Rev 7:3
sea, saying, "Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we
have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads."
Rev 7:4
And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and
forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of
Countless books and articles have been written about who these people
might be, but as far as we could ascertain none has come even remotely close to
resolving this mystery. This comes as no
surprise to those who know how biblical prophecies work. Like all the others, this prophecy was not
meant to be understood before its time.
Since this event is just around the corner, it means that its time has
arrived.
To find out who these people are, you need to understand the order in
which God’s people will be resurrected.
This is what Apostle Paul told the Thessalonian people.
1 Th 4:14 For if we believe that
Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in
Jesus.
1 Th 4:15 For this we say to you
by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of
the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.
1 Th
1 Th
The dead in Christ and those who are following Christ at the time of His
return, will be part of this first resurrection. These are the kings and priests that will
rule and judge the world during the
Rev 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to
them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to
Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image,
and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they
lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Rev 20:5
But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years
were finished. This is the first resurrection.
Rev 20:6
Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such
the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ,
and shall reign with Him a thousand years.”
Some churches believe that these people will come from the twelve
physical tribes of
Apostle Paul said that in the New Testament there is no longer a
difference between Jews and Gentiles.
Gal
Gal
Gal 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is
neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Gal
Christ’s followers are inheritors of Abraham’s promise. And Abraham’s promise is a place in the
Rev 14:1
Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on
Rev 14:2
And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like
the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their
harps.
Rev 14:3
They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four
living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the
hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.
Rev 14:4
These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are
virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were
redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
Rev 14:5
And in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault
before the throne of God.
Rev 15:3
They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the
Lamb, saying: "Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just
and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!
Rev 15:4 Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify
Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship
before You, For Your judgments have been manifested."
Moses was the man who received God’s commandments, and had the mission
of transforming
Exo 19:5
'Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant,
then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth
is Mine.
Exo 19:6
'And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These
are the words which you shall speak to the children of
What Moses was supposed to achieve with
Rev 7:9 After these things I looked, and behold, a
great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and
tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white
robes, with palm branches in their hands,
Rev 7:16 "They shall neither hunger anymore nor
thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat;
Rev
7:17 "for the Lamb who is in the
midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of
waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
These people are not resurrected at the beginning of the Millennium in
the first resurrection, but at the end of it in the second resurrection. They are not among the 144 000 people that
follow Jesus Christ wherever He goes during the Millennium
Although they 'wash their robes' during the Great Tribulation, and thus
could be included in the first resurrection, because they are not meant to be
kings and priests they must wait for their turn at the end of the
Millennium.
The
WHAT IS THE USA
At the beginning of the current Middle
Eastern crisis, President Bush said that the
President Bush went on to say that the world
had entered an “era of promise, freedom and peace”, and that a new world order
was being established in which acts of “naked aggression” like the one
perpetrated by Saddam Hussein against Kuwait would not be appeased as was the
case of Hitler's aggression against his neighbors that led to the Second World
War.
Promising words from the leader of the
world's greatest power, and worthy of praise if he remains consistent, but so
far he has not explained why one aggression is worse than another. Saddam
Hussein, the darling of the West when he invaded
Neither did President Bush explain since
when is the Middle Eastern oil vital to the survival of the
In a front page article, in one of
"Without much trouble, I arranged a
meeting this week with a young man who prefers to be known by his nom-de-modem
of Crud. I was shown a selection which
ranged from shots of 'Penthouse' centrefolds to the latest La Cicciolina movie
(The Rise and Fall of a Roman Empress) to Animal House, which features
unspeakable acts with dogs, donkeys and chickens, to 'interactive party games'
in which the player(s) can compete... The kids don't need access to the family
video, they can do it in the privacy of their bedrooms... anyone who knows how
to use a computer and a modem can obtain this stuff, and parents wouldn't have
a clue."
One might have expected that such a story
would have stirred to action the custodians of society's moral and spiritual
standards, but one would have been very disappointed if he thought that
way. Not a voice of concern from a
preacher, a Member of Parliament, an educationist, a community leader, or from
the ordinary people. These people's
feelings have been dulled to such an extent by the fall in moral standards that
nothing shocks them anymore. The
religious leaders (in most countries but especially in America) are busy
preaching week by week, telling people what they want to hear, instead of what
they ought to hear, feeding themselves instead of feeding the flock (Eze.34:
8). Is it any wonder that national
leaders are blind to their countries' true vital interests?
One would be excused in hoping that perhaps
what the journalist described was an isolated case in some sleepy suburb of
"Most of the material is taken from an
overseas network of bulletin boards - there is much demand for the output of a
military installation in the US Mid-West where bored computer operators create
much of the raunchier electro-porn... 'There is no control over it at all,'
said Crudd...”
No, there is no control over it at all,
nobody cares what happens to our younger generation anymore. No one cares what kind of adults they will
grow up to be with that kind of garbage in their minds, for once it is fixed in
there it cannot be taken out. The people
who created such despicable programs are now in the
The
For more than two centuries, the
These nations also produced and exported
most of the Bibles of this world, and were always ready to help others less
fortunate or who fell on hard times. But
what has happened to them lately is nothing short of astonishing. They have fallen into a deep morass from
which there seems to be no way out.
Their obsessive emphasis on personal freedoms and “human rights” is
threatening the very fabric of their society.
Freedom without responsibility, without decency, without God, is no
freedom at all; it is enslavement to one's uncontrolled passions and desires,
and to Satan's clever devices and deceptions.
The Bible, the unshakable Word of God, has
preserved for us the example of those nations that have defiled themselves with
the kind of pollutions that are now rampant in the western world, and
especially in the
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Can President Bush see now where his
nation's truly vital interest lies? Does
he realize the danger in which he finds himself, and the catastrophe that is
about to engulf his nation and the rest of the world?
If he does, he ought to take quick measures
to rectify it, for the conditions are all set for the most spectacular fall in
the history of the world. That this
coincides with the fast approaching Great Tribulation that will change the face
of the earth, should make it that much more obvious that the nations of this
world in general, and the U.S.A. in particular, are about to face the truth and
consequences of their way of life.
How long before all these things shall
happen? Not long for sure.
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That cannot be achieved until the problems
of
Postscript. It is clear that since we first
published this article eleven years ago, events have not develop quite the way
we expected them to. The Pope did visit
Our mistake was in being too anxious to see
the return of Jesus Christ and not paying enough attention to His prophecy
about the time of His return. But we are
not alone; we are in good company, for virtually all of His Apostles believed
that His return would occur during their lifetime and establish the
We based our prediction on Jesus’ prophecy
of Matthew 24. Here is part of it.
Mat
24:15 "Therefore when you see the
'abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the
holy place" (whoever reads, let him understand) . . .
Mat
24:21 "For then there will be great
tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this
time, no, nor ever shall be.
Mat
24:22 "And unless those days were
shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be
shortened.
Mat
24:29 "Immediately after the
tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give
its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will
be shaken.
Mat
24:30 "Then the sign of the Son of
Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and
they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and
great glory.
When you look at this passage as we
presented it here, you get the impression that immediately after the
‘abomination of desolation’ stands in the holy place, the world would be
plunged into the Great Tribulation. It
is a belief that has been expressed by virtually everyone that has ever written
on this topic.
But that is a trap into which everyone fell,
including us. Jesus Christ knew about it, and that is why He added in
parenthesis, (whoever reads, let him understand).
Now look at that passage again, and notice
that between Mat. 24:22 and Mat. 24:29, there are 7 verses which we left
out. Now look at them, and consider when
are these events supposed to take place.
Mat
24:23 "Then if anyone says to you,
'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There!' do not believe it.
Mat
24:24 "For false christs and false
prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible,
even the elect.
Mat
24:25 "See, I have told you
beforehand.
Mat
24:26 "Therefore if they say to
you, 'Look, He is in the desert!' do not go out; or 'Look, He is in the inner
rooms!' do not believe it.
Mat
24:27 "For as the lightning comes
from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of
Mat
24:28 Man be. "For wherever the
carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.
What these verses are telling us is that
after the ‘abomination of desolation’ defiles the holy place, there is still a
period of time during which false prophets will proliferate and try to deceive
the very elect. Are they doing this work
right now? Well, if you could see what
we receive at this office, your hair would stand on end too. Their deceptions
are so cleverly disguised, so deviously written, millions of people are totally
unaware that they are being led to destruction.
Now how long will this period last? This is what Daniel’s prophecy, to whom Jesus
Christ sent His disciples, is telling us:
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So from the moment the “abomination of
desolation” defiles the
As Jesus Christ said: “whoever reads, let him understand”.
- Almighty Father, we come before You in
humble worship, knowing full well that we are unworthy of the love and mercy You have
shown us! Amen! - Lord God Almighty, we thank You that through
the sacrifice of Your Son Jesus Christ You redeemed us from our sins and gave
us the hope of eternal life! Amen! -
Heavenly Father, we thank You that through Your Son Jesus Christ You
made the Holy Spirit available to us that we may become Your children too! Amen!
- O Lamb
of God, that takes away the sins of the world, receive our prayer and grant
us Your peace and blessings! Amen! -
Eternal God, we pray that You fill us with Your Holy Spirit that He
may keep us in remembrance of You
and our Lord Jesus Christ, and help us to overcome
the trials and temptations of this
world always! Amen! - Our
loving Father, forgive our sins, purify our soul, and heal our sicknesses,
that we may serve and worship You and our Lord Jesus Christ with a pure heart
always! Amen!
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Almighty God, place Your love and fear in our hearts that we may
never depart from Your ways!
Amen! - Lord
God and Savior, we beseech You take our heart in Your hand and lead us to
Your heavenly Kingdom where there will be no more pain and
suffering! Amen! - Our
Father, help us grow in grace and knowledge, and fulfill the command of our
Lord Jesus Christ to become holy and perfect as You are holy and perfect! Amen! -
Everlasting Father, we pray that You place our names in Your Book of
Life, that at the resurrection of the just You may grant us a place in Your Kingdom and be
with You and our Lord Jesus Christ forever! Amen!
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Wonderful Father, we bless You, praise You, honor, worship, and
glorify You and our Lord Jesus Christ for Your greatness and goodness, and Your wondrous
creation! Amen!
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Eternal Father, we love You and our Lord Jesus Christ with all our
heart, mind, soul, and strength, and shall continue to do so for the rest of our lives and
for eternity! Amen! Holy Father, we now humble ourselves before
You, that we may receive Your blessings: The
Lord God bless us and keep us! The
Lord let His light shine upon us and pardon us! The
Lord grant us His peace and blessings! Amen!
Alleluia!
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