Revelation 13: 2-3 describes the first beast, the one who comes up
out of the sea, as “And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard,
and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of
a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great
authority.
3. And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his
deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.”

The first beast is like a leopard, a bear and a lion. If only one of
these animals were mentioned, then
we could say it might be just coincidence that its a beast who is
metaphoric for a kingdom in Daniel Chapter 7. But since three of the
beasts of Daniel 7 are seen here as descriptive of the first beast,
then it is referring back to Daniel 7. “The first was like a lion,
and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked,
and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a
man, and a man’s heart was given to it.
5. And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised
up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it
between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour
much flesh.
6. After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had
upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four
heads; and dominion was given to it.”

The dispensationalists claim these four kingdoms are the identical
same kingdoms of Daniel 2, which are the empires of Babylon, Persia,
Greece and Rome. So the lion in Daniel 7 is Babylon again, the bear is
Persia, and the leopard is Greece. The fourth kingdom in Daniel 7: 7,
the fourth beast which is dreadful and terrible would be, according to
the dispensationalists, the Roman empire.

To the dispensationalists, who want to honor physical Israel as
remaining the chosen people of God, Daniel is a “Jewish” book of
prophecy. For them, Daniel does not deal with events and kingdoms on
the other side of the Cross. Never mind that Daniel 10: 4-21 tells is
that an angel came to give Daniel the prophecy which became Daniel 11
and 12, which does give us glimpses of things in the end times, which
is on the other side of the Cross.

So the first beast is government, that is, political government, while
the second beast of Revelation 13 11-18 might be said to be
ecclesiastical government, as well as the office of the False Prophet.
The second beast is identified as having two horns like a lamb,
indicating it is Christian, but it speaks like a dragon. The second
beast makes use of the dialectic to promote and defend his positions.
The second beast does not preach the Gospel in truth by “it is
written.”

The second beast has been called the False Prophet. The False Prophet
represents many false prophets as shown in Matthew 24:11, II Peter 2:
1 and I John 4: 1. The False Prophet operates within ecclesiastical
government, that is, in the churches.

One of the heads of the first beast, which is government in our time,
not in the time of the four kingdoms of Daniel 2, is wounded to death
but its deadly wound was healed and the whole world wonders after this
beast. This fits the nation of Israel, which received a deadly wound
in 70 A.D. when the Roman army took and destroyed the temple and much
of Jerusalem, but the deadly wound was healed in 1948 when Israel
became a nation. So the first beast has more than one head, but the
head whose deadly wound was healed is important enough to be mentioned
in this broad stroke kind of end time prophecy. The head of the beast
whose deadly wound was healed is important in the prophecy.

We will see that the second beast, the False Prophet, in verse 12 is
said to cause them which dwell on the earth to worship the first
beast, whose deadly wound was healed.”And he exerciseth all the power
of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which
dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was
healed.”

To make sense out of this prophecy, we need to know what the first
beast is. If the first beast is a government which has traits like
the lion, bear and leopard empires of Daniel 7, interpreted to be
political empires on our side of the Cross, then the first beast is
similar to the British, Russian and Nazi German empires. It can be the
United States and the United Nations, or the U.S. alone as a world
beater power.

If we see the beast whose deadly wound was healed as a different head
of the beast than that head which is like the British, Russian and
Nazi German empires, that is, the U.S.,then the False Prophet leads
people to worship the nation of Israel. We can see from contemporary
history that the U.S. has given much help to the nation of Israel, and
Israel has an influence on our foreign policy and in other ways.

The two verses of Revelation 13 that tell us about the image to the
beast whose deadly wound was healed are verses 14 and 15. “And
deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles
which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them
that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast,
which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that
the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as
would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.”

The False Prophet deceives people into creating a likeness of the
beast whose deadly wound was healed.

The False Prophet, as many individual false prophets, causes those who
dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast whose deadly wound
was healed, that is, to Israel. Its the nation of Israel, but since
the nation of Israel claims to be physical Israel, the Jews, in the
modern timeline, we can say the False Prophet also causes people to
make an image to physical Israel, who dispensationalists claim to now
be a people of God and his chosen people.

An image, from the Greek eikon in Revelation 13: 14, is Strong’s
number 1504, which is said to mean,”from 1503, eiko, a copy, to
resemble, be like, statue, profile, representation, resemblance,
image.”

Some popular dispensationalist interpretations of the image of the
beast got off on the idea of a statue, and then they take verse 15
literally which says the copy of the beast speaks and kills to mean
that somehow this statue magically talks and kills people who do not
worship it. If the image of the beast is a group of people then it
makes more sense that literally members of the group can speak their
doctrine and can cause their enemies to be killed.

The image of the beast whose deadly wound was healed is a copy or
resemblance to the beast whose deadly wound was healed, that is, the
False Prophet causes others to create something which is like the
nation of Israel, and especially like physical Israel. The copy is an
ecclesiastical structure having a resemblance to ancient physical
Israel’s temple, the Pharisees, and in other ways honoring the chosen
people by becoming like them to some extent as their surrogates. This
ecclesiastical structure also honors the U.S. government head of the
beast by being incorporated as a corporation under the Internal
Revenue Service 501C(3) provision, putting it under that beast as
having its image in addition to being like the beast whose deadly
wound was healed.

The dispensationalist church honors (worships) physical Israel, or
“All Israel,” as the beast whose deadly wound was healed (Revelation
13: 12).

While dispensationists will sometimes give up their pre-tribulation
rapture theory when confronted by more than one New Testament text
which says Christ only appears at the last day (John 6: 40), at the
last trumpet (I Corinthians 15: 52) and after the tribulation (Matthew
24: 29-30), they will more often stick to their belief that physical
Israel, or “All Israel,” remain God’s chosen people. Their belief in
the supremacy of physical Israel is very important to them and they
will not give that up easily.

The dispensationalists are potentially one arm of two opposing
polarities. When two polarities clash – meet in conflict – a storm
often comes about. You could also call it metaphorically an
earthquake.
When two opposing groups become more polarized, then it is more likely
that a heightened form of spiritual wrestling will happen. One side
of the polarity is the dispensationalists having a relationship with
their doctrine about the chosen people of the Old Covenant remaining
the chosen people after the Cross. The Remnant is the other side of
the polarity and the Remnant people tend to have a love affair with
the truth of Scripture and want to defend it, and may go on the
offensive with the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God
(Ephesians 6: 17). When the Remnant is fully following the Lamb
wherever he leads, then sparks will fly and the conflict is more
intense.

The Remnant does not threaten the dispensationalist church as long as
it is not having an influence on some members of that church. As long
as the Remnant people communicate only with one another, it does not
threaten the dispensationalist church very much, even though the
Remnant people are outside the church. The church then pretends that
the Remnant does not exist.

But if the Remnant people become more anointed in the truth, are
without guile (deception) and follow the Lamb wherever he leads, know
the scriptures better, and begin to communicate more with members of
the dispensationalst church, then the Remnant is a threat. At that
point the two groups will be more polarized and the two polarities
will clash in the end time spiritual conflict.

Revelation 13: 15 says the image of the beast whose deadly wound was
healed causes “…that as many as would not worship the image of the
beast should be killed.” Here is the connection between the image of
the beast and the martyrdom of Christians as predicted by Matthew 24:
9, Luke 21: 16 and John 16: 2.

“Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you:
and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.” Matthew 24:
9

“And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and
kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to
death.” Luke 21: 16

“They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that
whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.” John 16:
2 Synagogues in Strong’s can mean churches as well as synagogues.

Daniel 11: 33 has something to say about persecution and killing of
believers. “And they that understand among the people shall instruct
many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity,
and by spoil, many days”.

“They” may mean that those who are instructed will fall by the sword,
though it could mean those who understand and do the instructing will
also fall by the sword. During the first century A.D. all the
Apostles except John were murdered.

Interestingly there is a prophecy in Deuteronomy 32: 36, a place where
such a prophecy might not be expected, that is relevant to the
martyrdom of Christians in the last days spiritual conflict. “For the
LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when
he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or
left.”

But Ezekiel 5: 1-5,12 is even more relevant, especially when put
together with Zechariah 13: 8-9.

Zechariah 13: 8-9 says “And it shall come to pass, that in all the
land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but
the third shall be left therein.
9. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine
them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they
shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my
people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.”

It says a third part, not necessarily one third of all, will be
brought through a fire, refined, and they turn to the Lord who accepts
them.

Ezekiel 5: 1-5 shows us four groups who claim to be the people of God
(it says in verse 5, “This is Jerusalem.”). Here there are three
groups like Zechariah 13: 8-9, plus a small group shown in verse 3.
Ezekiel 5: 12 then deals with the fate of the three larger groups. “A
third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine
shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall
fall by the sword round about thee and I will scatter a third part
into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.”

The group who scatters into all the winds could be those who come out
of the dispensationalist church as the image of the beast, while the
other two groups stay in the church and die at some point in time from
pestilence and famine or by the sword. No mention is made in Ezekiel
5: 12 of the fate of that small group who in verse 3 are hid in ol
Ezekiel’s skirts.

Bernard

The Remnant Blog

An Exposé of Jewish Supremacist Sid Roth

A popular “Messianic Jewish” media figure, Sid Roth has a significant following in books, radio, print, and television. Based in Georgia, his TV show It’s Supernatural! is carried by mainstream Christian broadcasters, and Roth’s recent book entitled They Thought For Themselves: Ten Amazing Jews, has over 1 million copies in print.

Sid Roth’s ministry is one of those which requires a bit of an effort to analyze, because the style of the message tends to sidestep and/or avoid the nuts and bolts of New Testament doctrine – instead utilizing a feel good, relationship driven message of encouragement and reconciliation, all predicated on a supposed effort to reach out to Jews.

Such verbiage sounds good to most believers, but as we know, the Scriptures tell us

“There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end therof are the ways of death” (Proverbs 16:25).

The idea of reaching out to anybody, including Jewish people who need Jesus, is certainly a good thing – but the question du jour is, reaching out with what? As is the case in every Messianic ministry involved in the so called Hebrew Roots movement, Sid Roth’s message is reaching out to the Spiritually cold Jews with a lukewarm manifestation of the Gospel – yet another version of the Jewish Supremacism, which is guaranteed by the Scriptures to lead its adherents into perdition.

Those who have toured the heretical landscape that is found throughout the Antichrist movement which is known as Messianic Judaism can tell at a glance that something is wrong when they see the six pointed Star of Moloch (Amos 5:26) prominently displayed in any ministry masthead; but it’s usually a bit more difficult to precisely pin down just what is doctrinally wrong with such a ministry – especially when you have to dig to find out just what they really teach.

The fact is, any ministry that has not seen through the so called “Star of David” fraud, and continues to display the wretched symbol, whose denunciation resulted in the murder of Stephen the evangelist in Acts 7:43, indicates that ministry is so completely devoid of the truth that all should steer clear.

The prominent presence of the Molochian Star notwithstanding, the ambiguity found in ministries such as Sid Roth’s, is usually related to the fact that they’re trying to build a consensus among disparate Spiritual factions, and clear and coherent doctrinal statements virtually always offend people – a practice not conducive to financial support., or broad acceptance. This is related to the fact that Jesus said

“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law” (Matthew 10:34,35).

Like all larger ministries, it’s difficult to tell if Sid Roth personally wrote various items in his newsletter (entitled Mishpochah), or if it was prepared by an associate, such as Lonnie Lane, who has written dozens of articles for one of Sid Roth’s websites. However, Sid signed his name on a recent column in which he describes the “single sin” that “releases” the LORD’s “end time” judgment on nations – and predictably, that is the sin of “dividing” His land.

Citing the prophet Joel, Roth spins his web of deceit, clearly indicating that America will be judged for her part in attempts to bring a lasting peace to the tinderbox which is the Middle East.

Since the cited passage in Joel was penned centuries before Christ, and spoke of a coming captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, Roth’s sleight of hand in pushing the prophecy into our time clearly diminishes the astounding prescience of the prophet, who saw the events of the Roman siege, and the captivity and dispersion of the Jews, hundreds of years before the fact.

This is part and parcel of the Messianic fraud that claims America (or anyone else for that matter) will be judged for her treatment of the contemporary apostate state of Israel – thereby insinuating the famous prophecy that God will curse anyone who curses the “seed” of Abraham applies to the modern Jews – the foundational lie of the Spirit of Antichrist.

Don’t get me wrong: America is under judgment, but not for the reasons put forth by the Messianics. However, that’s not the central issue in the present exposition, as this work intens to shine the light of the truth on Sid Roth.

By embracing the monstrous fraud that physical Jewry still embodies the office of the “chosen people” as the “seed of Abraham,” Sid Roth and the burgeoning “Messianic” movement, coupled with evangelical groups such as John Hagee’s decrepit Christians United For Israel, are finding themselves warmly welcomed in mainstream Jewish circles.

Since the Spirit of Antichrist has been energizing the Israelite rejection of Messiah for centuries, The Rapture Cult, and a multitude of Messianic groups take this to be an indicator that “all Israel” is on the verge of being saved – thus fulfilling their corrupted version of the Gospel.

For example, Roth recently exulted

“I still cannot believe the great miracle God has just done! The Atlanta Jewish Times, a major traditional Jewish newspaper , recommended their subscribers read my Jewish evangelistic book…” (Mishpocha, #1105).

The obvious question should be, What’s wrong with this picture?

Anyone with an ounce of Spiritual discernment knows that “traditional” Jews (a euphemism for the Talmud-taught Semites who vehemently revile Jesus) practically spit when someone tries to “evangelize” them , so this Spiritually null and void generation of “Christians” assumes this new receptivity to the supposed gospel must be prophecy being fulfilled. This is because our entire generation has been weaned on the Rapture Cult originated concept that, after all the “Gentiles” that are earmarked for salvation have come into the fold, God will then move to save “all Israel” – and this faulty assumption is the stock in trade of virtually all Messianic groups.

It is an increasingly rare believer who can see through the charade, and realize that Messianic Jews have now found just the right admixture of truth and fiction to allow them to appeal this generation of collective Jewry.

As previously stated, the primary lie is related to the seductive concept that Jews are still the premier party in the LORD’s great plan – at a time when God has repeatedly declared the real Jew is the one who has left all behind (which would include vain traditions and previous Old Covenant standing) in order to embrace the cross.

But Sid Roth isn’t taking any chances with the fiscal health of his ministry, so he’s added a dash of the prosperity doctrine into his cauldron of Judaeo-Christian apostasy. He writes

“…no matter what happens to America, people who sow into the salvation of Jewish people will be extravagantly blessed. In the midst of judgment, watch God supernaturally protect you, your family, your income and health” (Mishpocha, page 6, emphasis mine).

Hopefully the reader accurately deciphered that veiled statement in Sidspeak. He just said that if you “sow” into reaching out to Jews – the word “sow” being synonymous with sending Sid your tax deductible donation – God will supernaturally protect you and your “income” because you helped the “chosen people.”

Ironically, Sid Roth is positioned to see explosive growth in his ministry, as the unholy partnership between Jewish Supremacist factions and apostate Christianity is prophesied to rise to unheard of heights in our time; but, as Jesus said

“What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36)

When one digs a little deeper to get at more detailed data concerning just why Christ-rejecting Jews are supposedly so open to the “gospel” presented by Roth and company, we find it’s because Sid has synthesized the truth of Christ with the lie of Judaism, and produced an abomination which maketh desolate.

For instance, on Sid Roth’s website, his associate Lonnie Lane tells us that when the Holy Spirit baptized the believers in Jesus Christ at the event called Pentecost,

“…the event was still within Judaism…. It was Judaism fully realized when all persons could be filled with the Ruach HaKodesh, the Holy Spirit, to fully follow the God of Israel.” (Roth website, Birth Of A Nation, Birth Of A Kingdom, L Lane, emphasis mine)

I’ve read the New Testament many times, and even have copies of most of the corrupted translations, but I’ve yet to find a verse that says when Jesus came into my heart to be my Saviour, I adopted “Judaism” as my religion!

If this were not an incorporated religion, we might suspect Roth is a master at product branding, for he has succeeded in a serpentine mingling of attributes from both Christianity and Judaism, and laced their wicked offspring with marketing hooks which appeal to both. Utilizing slick slogans such as “It’s Supernatural!,” and what he calls “One New Man,” this intellectual witch’s brew is saturated in a syrupy love for Israel, and seasoned with a touch of the prosperity gospel. In short, Sid Roth is a marketing charlatan who is leading significant numbers of believers to the lake of fire.

Over the years, we’ve learned the key to the many permutations of the Antichrist’s offerings is always related to the racist Jewish primacy found in Judaism. Thus, in Roth’s aberrant approach, every aspect of his version of end time’s events is predicated on the identification of Jewish people, and the present political state of Israel, as “the apple of God’s eye” – i.e. the “chosen people.”

So called “Messianic Jews” invariably seek to subtly emphasize to their Christ rejecting physical brethren that, if they will just come to Yeshua (Jesus), they will realize that they are fulfilling a promise which God made that Jews are unconditionally chosen to be drawn to the LORD. This is a deadly lie, and as long as it remains within the hearts and souls of adherents to this worldview, the results will always be in accord with the Spirit of Antichrist.

Indeed, in the process of trying to build bridges between the Gospel and physical Israel, instead of the truth being exported to the lost Jews, the leaven of the Pharisees is regularly imported into those seeking to reach them.

As a case in point, author Lane seeks to build rapport and relationship with lost Israelites by sidestepping the fact that they are in a Spiritually desolate condition, through saying the Old Covenant still has some value – but of course, they still couple such statements with the need to know Jesus. She starts out in the past tense:

“The sacrifices of Israel brought forgiveness to Israel, but they did not restore Israel to intimate fellowship with God such as born again believers enjoy” (The New Covenant Is Jewish, L Lane).

With this Dialectical approach, Sid Roth’s spokesperson tries to sustain the relationship with the Jews through a theological concession which asserts the Old Covenant still has a benefit, but quickly plays to the Christians by including the imperative that Jews still need Jesus.

She then subtly shifts her Diaprax (the practice of the Dialectic) to the present tense, and says that an Old Covenant animal sacrifice still has some value in the here and now:

“It may forgive individual sins, for that is what the Old Covenant sacrifices forgave, but it still leaves them in the sin nature that would mean eternal separation from God. Individual sins may no longer be counted against them through the sacrifices, but only sinlessness can be in, let alone remain, God’s presence and that is only accomplished by the atonement of Yeshua. I think we can all agree, with that information….” (The New Covenant Is Jewish, L Lane)

This is a classic application of the Dialog to Consensus (also called Neuro-Linguistic Programming), as highlighted in the previous quotation. For those unaware of the now pervasive process of the Dialectic, it was refined by Karl Marx, who drew from the earlier German philosopher Georg Immanuel Hegel (the process then known as the Hegelian Dialectic) ; but it’s most candid practitioners openly admit their primary role model was the serpent in the Garden of Eden.

The point is, the entire procedure is thoroughly Satanic, and it is built around the goal of trying to move a party away from a fixed position, through the process of Dialog, and the writings associated with Sid Roth just reek of it.

Although the Dialectic is complex, it is useful to simply boil it down to the simple formula that absolute truth, also seen as a fact, is subtly diminished through the process of Dialog, which seeks to preserve the relationship.

The fact is, Jesus Christ is the truth, and the Jewish rejection of the truth manifests the primary lie. Emphasizing the relationship with both, Messianic Judaism seeks to bridge the gap between the two. Ironically, this places Messianic Jews in the role of the mediator between Christianity and Judaism – thus replacing Jesus Christ who is the mediator between God and sinful man.

The Greek word for “in place of” is anti –- so in every sense of the word, Messianic Judaism is Antichrist. All of this, and much more, is accomplished using the language of Lucifer, and Sid Roth speaks it fluently.

Thus, whenever we encounter this process in religious circles, we’ve learned to recognize the true Spiritual source. Revelation aptly describes the use of the Dialectic in the end time’s “church” with the following prophetic imagery identified as the False Prophet:

“…he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon” (Revelation 13:11).

Incidentally, many believers are unaware of the fact that a resumption of animal sacrifices by Jews is rarely repudiated by Messianics, because they see this as a vehicle which will help to build affinity with their Christ rejecting brethren. We have previously documented the efforts of other supposed followers of Yeshua who actually encourage a resumption of sacrifices among Jews, as they see this as a small step back towards the LORD.

Thus, we weren’t surprised to find Roth’s writer saying that Old Covenant animal sacrifices “may forgive individual sins” when, in fact, a resumption of any form of sacrifice is a giant leap into the bottomless pit.

Earlier, I noted how the presence of the Star of Moloch (which has been definitively linked to Saturn and other names of blasphemy, as opposed to David) is a Spiritual Signature, which reveals the hidden nature of various ministries.

The same is true of Dragonspeak, for whenever a supposedly Christian ministry (one that looks lamblike) is found to be speaking with the language of Lucifer known as the Dialectic, they have involuntarily betrayed their true nature.

There are dozens of other examples of Dragonspeak in the various writings found on Sid Roth’s website and print materials, and the Dialectic is widely utilized. Of course this group is hardly novel, as we live in the time of the long prophesied Falling Away, and in previous work we’ve repeatedly shown the final apostasy is a new world order, built around a consensus between Judaism and Christianity (the so-called Judaeo-Christian religion) , with its seductive power emanating out of the earthly city of Jerusalem.

Unfortunately, Sid Roth and many other ministries of a similar orientation have positioned themselves to rise along with this tide of apostasy -– but the true Remnant believer will study the Scriptures, and they shall know the truth — and the voice of Sid Roth they will not follow (John 10:5).

– James Lloyd

Christian Media Research

The OT Israel was supposed to be a light unto the gentile world,…. after 1500 years that light had slowly become complete darkness, from the time of Moses forward…Israel had become iniquity on steroids……. now after 2000 years of sorcery from the false prophet (Acts ch 8), the same thing has repeated over again; the Christian church, who was supposed to be the light unto the world, has also become iniquity on steroids again, and has become the darkness unto the world…No more gospel going forward (the sun is darkened, and the moon turned into blood, and stars are falling away from heaven).
This is why Jesus said in the Olivetti Discourse that “iniquity will abound” –“and the love of many shall wax cold”……(this is the same story with Lucifer, iniquity was found in his heart in Ezek 28, and Isaiah 14) ….. Lucifer encounters his own ambition, likewise man encounters the zenith of his own ambition, this is “666” in Rev ch 6……it’s man’s own ambition….That is why it references Solomon the man of wisdom, and the number of the beast, six hundred and three score and six,,,,,,,It was referencing how Solomon’s ambition destroyed everything,,,,,,,,These are the death and hell riders of the pale horse….The death is (iniquity of man’s heart. “aka” lawlessness ), and the hell that follows after is the false prophet (the church, world religion),,,Both of these beasts get their power from the dragon (Rev 13)…Both of these beast get cast into the lake of fire…Restoring the waist land is when God rebuilds the wall (typed with Joshua, and Zerebubel in the OT) ‘aka’ the 144,000…This wall has been re-building since Pentecost, This is how Israel gets restored , Jesus has been restoring Israel through the power of the Holy Ghost…This is basically unseen by man and the world, because they are blind……The whole world today is drowning in the flood lies which brings about his own worst enemy, his own ambition’ ‘ie’ trying to help God, just as the Jews and the Pharisees were 2000 yrs. ago in there epoch of ambition…Man has reached the zenith of his own ambition,,, (gen 6,and every thought of his heart was continually evil)…
They will copy all of the bible prophecy in the flesh; this is the natural order of unregenerate man. He sees and does everything from a earthly perspective., thus they recreate their own shadow of bible prophecy….(man lives in the shadow, while he rejects the Spirit and true substance of “Jesus Christ”) Likewise does he miss the real substance of HIS prophecies; the TESTIMONY of Jesus Christ is the Spirit of prophecy….They don’t know what the testimony of Jesus Christ is, because the are darkened by the shadow of things, and can’t grasp the real substance….The have missed everything by 2000 years…God is restoring an Israel to himself today, but they can’t see it….Their very own ambition blinds them….The underground Christians in China, Africa, Indonesia and many other places all over the world is the true “Israel that God” (Gal 6-16) it is being restored through persecution, the church in the western civilized world won’t be restored until that persecution reaches Australia, Europe, Canada, America, and the rest of the one world utopian society..One by persecution will they become God’s people again….this is sad but true, they age of deception is closing (the false prophet) and the age of the beast is rising (persecution)……The deception by all the little Simon the sorcerers, such as TPC are going to lead everyone back to the first beast of persecution…..same old story over and over again in the text….Inn the book of Job it is found in chapters 40 and 41,,,,Behemouth and Leviathan…

The whole fake Israel thing in the middle east is mans ambition, it is codified with world trade agreements ,the UN, international law, peace treaties, building more churches for God, mans figure prints are all over it. Let’s build it for Him,> This iniquity of ambition has now encompassed the whole world, it was not possible before the discoveries of (steel and alternating current) in the 19th century..This allows man to fulfill all of his ambitions, and build his world utopia of Babel…and it’s all for God too they say; this is what they think and believe in their carnal minds.
Man has become the epoch of his own ambition, (goals, builders, and climbers) so he is trying in his mind, like the false prophets such as Stan Johnson, to recreate bible prophecy in the flesh….we can ,we can, we can, we can do it!!!……It was never given to them to understand what Ezek was writing in the first place, it can only be understood by the Spirit of God…..which is absent in the world religious construct of man…”ie” a famine is upon the land” (Amos)….. it is a spiritual famine, thus when it come to discerning bible prophecy they try to recreate everything in the flesh through the impudent power of the carnal mind……They have not eyes to see, ears to hear, nor do they have a heart to understand….The traditions of men have made them completely blind…..At best, some of them have a patch over one eye, and can see half of the picture (patch the pederast pirate)…..The only understanding they have is of a carnal man. Peter and Jude called these false prophets “brute beasts”, while having no more understanding than an animal who seeks to provide for his belly… Man himself is the beast of revelation….It’s when the” transgression come to the full, “full apostasy” the abomination that makes everything in the church desolate…This is when man encounters the fullness of his own ambition, “HUMANISM”…..The whole middle east deception on both sides is nothing more than carnal beast HUMANISM……This is hard saying who can hear it….

To make it simple they take the book of Revelation, and the books of the prophets and turn them into carnal readings..Why? Because that is all a beast can understand….A beast cannot understand the spiritual warfare, and spiritual things. So the false prophets reads scripture with a carnal mind, and then ambitiously sets out to accomplish it all for God……Same story over and over in the bible….secular Israel is a carnal recreation of God’s true Israel.. (the carnal mind is at enmity with God)……..The whole world is of a carnal mind, and are at war with God….They be killing you and thinking they do God a service John 16-2….They are killing souls spiritually in the fake churches, and fake prophecy clubs with their false prophets, (little Simon the Magus’s) all the while thinking in their own carnal understanding they are winning souls for God…Big writing Luke put into Acts ch 8. Why because Luke saw the effects of this 30 years later in Rome….The people think the Simon the sorcerers like Stan Johnson are great men of God…
Luke did not first introduce the second beast of Revelation in Acts chapter 8 for no reason….The story is huge, and the world is full of little Simon the sorcerers trying to buy the Holy Spirit…There everywhere in the church today….It’s Simon Magus’s on steroids today….Satan is the prince of the power of the air, and his ministers (little Simons) come as angels of light….The people heap upon themselves these false teacher, while having itching ears, for signs, wonders, and fables….Simon was the best at giving them fables….They put all their trust in this great wizard from Samaria…He is still doing a job for Satan today, Simon has not gone away….Acts ch 8 is a huge revelation given by God through the apostle Luke….
Simon is alive and well today, while doing some great relief pitching for Satan in the CHURCH…

Once again; just like 2000 years ago, it’s all irony….Irony, Irony, Irony…..Man seems to never learn…his biggest enemy is his own ambition…..We will fix it for God they say, we’ll set up secular Israel in the middle east, because somehow Jesus forgot to finish it, even though he said twice, ‘it is finished’…Once time in the garden, and once on the cross…IT IS FINISHED,,,,,man says; Jesus somehow forgot to set up born again Israel……This is why Jesus told Nicodemous: YE ‘MUST’ be born again….Man cannot with all of his ambition even add one cubit to his own stature….And guess who Jesus used for an example when he told them that? The ultimate man of 666 Solomon (the man of his own ambitions)
Luke 12:27 Consider the (((lilies how they grow))): they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Solomon in all his wisdom and glory could not like one of God’s true children…Who was the ultimate “Lilly of the valley:? It was Jesus Christ..Mans ambition is the opposite of Jesus, and is at war with God..

26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

“The lilies” are (God’s true people, the children of Israel) “they toil not” (they have no self ambition)….They take no thought of tomorrow….The are in Gods Sabbath rest every day, one day at a time….

The beast like Solomon are obsessed with their own ambition, while always seeking to and cubits to their own statures (building up the world trade utopia)….Building up God’s church and reconfiguring HIS plans back into the flesh,,,That will work out real well…..Same story as Gen 11 and the Tower of Babel, it’s all confusion of faces….Daniel prayed in the prophecy in Chapter 9 for God to heal the “confusion of faces” of His people….Daniel 9-24 was FINISHED by the Son of man Jesus Christ 2000 years ago…He forgot nothing!!! HE RESTORED THE House of Israel…..It’s now born again Israel (Jeremiah 18) Now all man has to do is surrender and get in on it before it’s too late…Take heed; surrender is the opposite of ambition… Building secular Israel and a forced migration is not surrender, its ambition to fix it for God…..

Peace be with you, God bless the remnant of Israel and have mercy on the multitude…Joel 2-17…..Pray for the lost in the valley of Medigo (this is the battle of Armageddon that rages in the soul of the lost gentiles, the unregenerate man of the carnal mind, the beast) ……..“Jumping Josehosaphat” There was a time when Christians’ knew what this saying meant, multitudes, multitudes in the valley of Medigo, the valley of decision…It’s Time to make a surrender to Christ…
Ambition is the opposite of surrender..

Peace be with you always in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
bill

I have been asking God for quite some time to reveal to me what this looks like, in other words how does this look in our lives. I am sure there is more meaning to be found here, but for now this is the understanding God gave me.

This verse is a part of something much bigger. This encompasses all the following.
　
Mat 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Mat 16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Luk 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Mat 8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Mat 10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

Mat 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Mat 10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

Mat 10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

Mat 22:4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. Mat 22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:

Luk 6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

When we turn to follow Jesus we are his servants and can no longer tend to all the “stuff” in “our lives” we must sell it all, give up our lives and seek first (and only) his kingdom. This is not simply a suggestion. We must be rid of everything that distracts us from taking up our cross and following him.

I have to take time to repent of some false understanding concerning the 70 weeks of Daniel. The next watchmen show. www.watchmenweekly.com will clear up some error I taught. Ouch! I’m pulling the 2 prior teachings off the blog. 

The Abomination of Desolation Study has opened up some new understanding that caused me to revisit the 70 weeks. I’m seeing something I hadn’t seen before. It involves not throwing the baby out with the bath water. Hoping the show will come together in the next couple days.
Chris

Hos_12:10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
We know the Lord uses similitudes (metaphors) to teach. Gods use of metaphor in comunicating with us is his means of conveying deep spiritual understanding using what we know what we have learned from the world around us.
Rev 9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Here we have locusts and scorpions. These are metaphors teaching deep spiritual truth pointing us to our understanding of these nasty little creatures. Locusts fly by being carried by the wind (tribulation) they devour green things (green symbolises life) they travel in unison, tightly conected in a swarm, so thick it can block out the sun, (the light of the gospel) The refence to this same identity as the scorpion we see more metaphor, The scorpion “dwells on the earth” his tail has a piercing effect as it stings. This is howthe metaphorical language works.
Rev 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
These identities known as locusts and scorpions hurt men.
Isa_61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Studying “trees” we see reference to trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD.
Deu_28:42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
And also reference to locust consuming trees.
Rev 9:5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
v 5 we see a reference to “five months” Considering the metaphor of the 70 weeks of Daniel and the 70 weeks being symbolic for 70 weeks of years, we apply the same principle to the 5 months. 5 months would mean 150 years.
Now we use scripture to look deeper into the locust scorpions.
Luk_10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Jesus told the disciples they would have power over serpents and scorpions and they wouldn’t hurt them. All but one of the disciples were martyred so the “hurt” Jesus is talking about can’t be litteral. for the sake of this study we will say that the disciples had power to tread on scorpions, the scorpions wouldn’t hurt them. This is important for us because we remember back in Rev 9 v3 “power” was given to the scorpions.
Joe 1:2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
Joe 1:3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
Now we jump to Joel where we are admonished to listen. God is making it clear it’s important. We are admonished to tell our children about it so they can tell thier children.
Joe 1:4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
We also see the locusts eating something during the same period of time, palmerworms, cankerworms caterpillers are all types of locusts. (look it up)
Joe 1:5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
The new wine is cut off because of these locusts.
Joe 1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
We have lions too here in Rev 9 in the same context as the locusts.
Rev 9:8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
Now the Lord is using lions as a picture, a metaphor to teach,
Joe 1:7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
They lay the vine waste and strip the bark off the fig tree. Christian 101 teaches the vine is Jesus and the fig tree is the covenant. The vine and the fig tree together in scripture refers to the confirmed covenant, the law written on our hearts. It seems the eating and devouring going on here in Joel ends up with the covenant covering being removed.
Joe 1:8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
We are called to lament like a virgin with sackcloth over this aweful situation. These locusts, these lions have done tremendous damage. They’ve made people drunk.
Isa_61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
The trees in Isaiah are doing the same thing, mourning, lamenting.
Joe 2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
Through Joel God is speaking to those who mourn in Zion.
Gal 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Again Christianity 101 teaches Zion, Jerusalem is above.
Rev 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
Zion becomes Sion in the New Testament.
Rev 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
That’s where the same people who are being protected from being “hurt” are. The “trees” of righteousness, sealed, on Mt Sion. This is the born again christian of course the truely regenrated christian..
Joe 2:2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
The scene in Joel is not good, many generations of the locust devouring has caused thick darkness. We know the picture of the locusts in Egypt, so thick in the sky they blocked the “Sun”
Joe 2:7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
This swarm of locusts in Joel is likened to an Army.
Joe 2:20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
Praise the Lord, he steps in and tells us he will remove this army. (from the north, referencing Gog Magog)
Joe 2:21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
Joe 2:22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
The metaphor in Joel is much bigger than this study will allow notice the “beasts” these are likened to the oxen being sold in the temple, having trouble finding pasture, in context going right to the picture of the tree bearing fruit, again after the Lord steps in and the vine and the fig tree (the everlasting covenant wriutten on our hearts) yields here strength again.
Joe 2:24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
This story is told over and over throughout scripture it always ends at the same place The Harvest.
Joe 2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
Here we see God restoring all the damage the locusts, the cankerworms, the caterpiller, the palmerworms, his great army did.
Jer 51:57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
We realize the biggest religious movement on the earth today claims to be “Joels Army” This term was coined by Rick Joyner who happens to be a Knight of Malta, another study, is responsible for the rise to power of the character Todd Bentley who has “Joels Army” tatooed to his chest.
Rev 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
Rev 9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Rev 9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
We understand the context here, the locusts come at the sounding of the fifth trumpet, the trumpet judgement. the smoke the darkness, that those in Zion are mourning over. Sound the trumpet in Zion (Joel 2:1)
2Ti_4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
The Lord warned us about this those with itching ears heap upon themselves teachers. The army of locusts who have power, hurt men. Hurt is a metaphor for decieve. The locust army is the false teachers that assend out of the bottomless pit.
Dan 11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
The locusts corrupt with flatteries causing thier follower to “lay waste the vine and bark the fig tree”, in other words they do wickedly against the covenant, (but I thought that’s what the antichirst did) Like I said “he will corrupt with flatteries”
Rev 9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
Five months, that would be 150 years, that just about how long the doctrines from the Schofield Study Bible, the Jehovahs Witnesses, The Mormons, the Azusa Street revivals have been on the scene. Hmm.
We’re under judgement, the false doctrine is the judgement. Those with itching ears are getting exactly what they want. Today the antichrist harlot religious system is a smorgasbord of doctrine. Every wind of doctrine to be exact. Wind is metaphoric for tribulation.
Joe 1:3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
Tell your children because you sure won’t hear this in church.

Here what Christian Industrial Complex kingpin John MacArthur has to say. After you watch this attempt I will tell you what is happening here.

Do we see how absurd this is? First MacArthur is defending the “literal” interpretion of prophecy. He’s using the 70 weeks of Daniel to do it, showing the accuracy of the dates, which are absolutely accurate but he is using the 70 weeks to do it. The 70 weeks are a metaphor! This is how crazy this is.

Isa_66:4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.

Now we have a listen to what associate Harlot answerman has to say about the same 70 weeks.

This is equally as absurd.

Dan 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
“the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary and the end thereof shall be with a flood”

They fail to realize this is talking about them. The “people” are the apostate christians that are so decieved they believe false teachers like John MacArthur and Chuck Missler. They don’t realize the flood is the flood of deception out of the dragons mouth and that it’s already “taken” them. (one taken one left)
The irony is astonishing.
Chris

When anyone does not turn from greed, he will use the things of God to build opportunities for himself and fulfill his lust and greed. Lust of the flesh is when one’s heart is drawn to love something else more than he loves God. This is idolatry. John warns us: “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever” (1 John 2:15-17).The Psalmist described the ones who love pride and greed: “The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous whom the Lord abhorreth. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: He hideth His face; He will never seeit” (Ps. 10:1-7, 11).When a worldly church still walks after the flesh and loves pride, greed and selfish ambition, there is no difference between them and the world. The Psalmist also said, “Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. They speak vanity everyone to his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: who have said, with our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted” (Ps. 12:1-4, 8).Every man in the world walks in the image and likeness of Satan. He does not love nor honor God; neither does he love his neighbor. Each one in the world lives for himself. The strong deceive, manipulate and lord it over the weak. Everyone greedily gathers and hoards for himself, while all-around him his neighbor hurts and suffers in need. “The whole world lieth in wickedness” (1 John 5:19). ..Their hearts agree with Satan.

The Powers of Darkness (satan and his angels) Control Men through Thoughts
Satan is the god of this world (1 Cor. 4:4). Since the way of Satan and the way of the flesh is the same, the powers of darkness are continually directing the hearts of the people in the world toward selfishness. Because both the people of the world and the worldly people in the church love this selfish nature, Satan uses them as puppets, keeping their minds and hearts occupied with selfish ambition and the things of this present world. Satan leads the whole world to practice sin and rebellion toward God. The people of the world welcome thoughts and suggestions from the powers of darkness, such as anger, unforgiveness, hate, envy, lust, jealousy, greed, pride, and revenge. Everyone walks and talks like his master, Satan. You will know them by their fruits. However, the Spirit of God leads Christians to take all these selfish thoughts captive that exalt themselves against the Word of God in order to walk in loving obedience to Christ. This is how we resist Satan and the flesh. Satan and the powers of darkness have the whole world seeking success, power, control, beauty, greed, selfish ambition, name, and reputation. Everyone deceives his neighbor in order to seek these selfish interests for himself. He seldom considers the needs of others, nor his Creator, because of his selfish motives. Therefore, the whole world is under judgment and the wrath of God. The sentence of death rests upon each person in the world. With every act of rebellion toward God and his neighbor, the powers of darkness are able to build stronghold upon stronghold, fortress upon fortress, until he is destroyed. This judgment comes upon him because he loves the nature of Satan and hates his neighbor, rather than loving the nature of God so he can also love his neighbor.

He walks in spiritual ignorance and spiritual darkness because he does not seek with his whole heart the One who created him. God permits the heart of every man to be tested. From morning until night, the powers of darkness tempt his heart against his neighbor, or entice his heart with things of the world. Satan will remain his master as long as he does not come to receive wisdom and knowledge from God so he can walk in love. Without the wisdom of God, he will remain in ignorance and be destroyed in spiritual darkness. Each person in the world spends his entire life living for himself and comparing himself with others: “they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise” (2 Cor.10:12). “The people which sat in great darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matt. 4:16, 17).
Milton Green

Then later in the week I recieved an e mail, I subscribe to a few Chrisitan ministry newsletters to keep an eye on things, I got an Elijah list titled “Bob Jones: Year of the Man” That piqued my interest so I opened it up.

Bob Jones had another dream, he shared it claiming mens need to unit and that 45% of Christain leadership is righteous or something to that effect. The letter was a exortation of misunderstood scripture, but the thing God gave again for those with eyes to see, to those who are studying to show themselves approved clear understanding as to what is taking place. Bob Jones ended his call to men for unity with a quote from Joel.

“These men will form great armies and move in one accord; they will not break rank (Joel 2:7b). They will come together in the nature of Christ and march as Joel’s end time army in the love of God.”

Here is Jones litterally claiming his place in Gog Magog. Continue on in Joel and we see this great army in context with the locusts, this great army Jones is proud of is the army of locust that assend out of the bottomless pit.

Joe 2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

This great army is the same army of locusts Hagee was preaching about, in the Lords brilliant irony, these wolves in sheeps clothing are openly proclaiming thier sinister identity. For more on Gog Magog and Joel www.watchmenweekly.com

Chris

Rev 9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Rev 9:19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.

Isa_9:15 The ancient and honourable,(Satan) he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Joe 1:4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

Luk_10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Jer_23:25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

Mat 24:37 – 42 is talking about the same thing, “taken” is taken away by the flood. This is the new testament and we know God promised to never destroy the earth with a flood. What is this talking about?

Rev_12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
Rev_12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

It’s talking about the flood that comes out of the dragon’s mount. This is a metaphor for the deception that comes out of the Dragon, or specifically Satan when he is sitting in the temple.

2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Th 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

The term Dragon refers to Satan when he is sitting in the temple of God shewing himself that he is God.

Isa 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

The temple of God after the cross became a spiritual Temple.

1Co_3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1Co_3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
2Co_6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

The temple of God is the heart of the professing Christian.

Isa 28:13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Those who put hope in being “taken” have already been taken, taken away by the flood coming out of the mouth of the dragon.

IIsa 28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

People who belive they will be taken, that the “overflowing scourge will pass bty them are making lies thier refuge and are hid in falsehood.

This goes right back to 2 Thes 2 where we see those who “love not the truth” in other words those who are “making lies thier refuge, hiding themselves in falsehood” the ones who have, “that man of sin the son of perdition”, living in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God, in other words, thier heart.

“taken” is H3920
לכד
lâkad
law-kad’
A primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively to cohere: – X at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.

Taken means to be caught in a net, a trap, a snare.

Luk 21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

The snare is deception, this is why we must abide in Christ, abide in the truth, which is the opposite of making “lies our refuge”

Isa 26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
Isa 26:21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

Enter into thy chambers. Hide yourself in Christ, the “Ark” of the covenant to protect yourself from the flood that has swallowed up the woman, the church in these last days.