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Addressing the Canny Investor

Preachers In America Will Cause America’s Demise

American Preachers Are At The Forefront Of The Travesties Committed Against God.

We in America have been very fortunate in the many privileges and freedoms that we enjoy. We have more freedoms and opportunities to pursue our dreams and goals than any other population of people on earth. Our country was founded upon freedom; with one of the main objectives being: to be able to publicly practice any type of religion that we so choosebe it Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Gnosticism, or any other. We have truly been blessed of God thus far.

Unfortunately, many people have swayed from the moral and ethical guidelines that these freedoms were based upon, and are now pursuing personal desires rather than the desires of God. We are now transgressing very heavily against God in our conduct and in the abomination of redefining God’s Word, abandoning His Law, and replacing It with secular opinions.

This misrepresentation of God’s Word by America’s Christian leaders, coupled with their intolerance for other forms of religious worship, represents the main travesties committed against God. Instead of showing people the true ways to God, they are hindering the seekers of God, while they, themselves, are headed down a path that leads to Hell. Pride and greed are the main tendencies guiding many of America’s preachers, as they emulate each other, while seeking personal gain in the world.

Ninety five percent of the world’s Christian preachers live in America, or are influenced by American preachers. Most practice: promising worldly prosperity to the seekers of Godin direct opposition to the true teachings of God. Man cannot serve God and the world. God wants us to seek His ways and His Law, and to live our lives in total Faith in Him, not relying on things of this world to sustain or to deliver us.

These false prophets shall seemingly prosper only for a short time, before God’s Wrath will deal treacherously with them and with their lands. The Judgments that will befall America (referred to in the Scriptures as: ‘Babylon’ and ‘Babylon the great’), due to the mass transgressions of God’s Law by our leaders and people, will be so catastrophic that the world will be grieved and astonished.

These Biblical Scriptures depict the Transgressions of America’s Preachers:

“But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.” - Matt. 23:13.

“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.” - Matt. 23:14.

“Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” - Mark 7:7.

“And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.” - Mark 7:9.

“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” - IJohn 3:4.

“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,” - Rom. 1:22.

“And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.” - Rom. 1:23.

“Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.” - Rom. 1:25.

These Biblical Scriptures depict God’s Judgment on America:

“Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;” - Jer. 51:1.

“The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.” - Jer. 51:42.

“We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.” - Jer. 51:51.

“Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.” - Jer. 51:52.

“O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.” - Jer. 51:13.

“Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.” - Amos 9:8.

“For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.” - Rev. 18:3.

“For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.” - Rev. 18:5.

“And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:” - Rev. 18:11.

The graven images and idols referred to in the Scriptures are the symbols of: the Crucifix, the Cross, and of peopleall artifacts found in Christian churches. God’s Word tells us that no images should be used in, or be the subject of any worship directed to God. God’s religion is not Christianity, nor is it any other manmade religionit is a total commitment to one God onlyno sharing with partners or images.

We true followers of Godthose who worship only one God, and who do not follow the world’s ways can be assured of salvation and deliverance when that treacherous Day of the Lord brings Judgment upon America, and the world.

More is revealed on this subject of: False worshiping, as well as on the subjects of: God’s Knowledge, Creation, and Judgments, in the Guide Book: ONE GOD ONE WORD: The TRUTH About The KNOWLEDGE and WORSHIP of GOD. Visit:
http://OneGodOneWord.com/ for additional information.

Clarence G. Wilson was called of God over twenty-five years ago, by the Grace of God, to be a servant of God. God has chosen to use Clarence in the service of propagating the true Word of God amidst all of the falseness that is so prevalent in America and in the world today. Clarence’s upbringing, which exposed him to the true Faith of God, and his life circumstances have played a major role in his God given mission. Through the Spirit of God, Clarence has been shown the Truth about serving God. The faith in, and love of God that Clarence learned in his early childhood, now help him to endure life’s ever changing circumstances, while giving God all the praise for bringing him through all of life’s situations. His life’s assignment and mission is to reveal this Truth to all of those souls who desire the Knowledge and the fulfillment of pleasing God in this life, which translates into Eternal Life for those sincere souls, when this life is over.

A Small Miracle & A Lot Of Love

According to the Gemarah in Shabbos 21:a (Rashi) the celebration of Chanukah was decreed because the oil, which was supposed to last one day, lasted for eight days. But at the same time the Jews were saved from the total destruction of their spiritual values and the loss of their Torah in a very miraculous manner. Wasn’t this a greater miracle?

Let’s ask another question: Our Rabbis tell us that Josef also experienced a miracle as he was being brought down to Egypt by the Yishmalim. They were carrying spices instead of carrying tar, so the that Josef would have a sweet smell as he travelled. Josef was being brought as a slave to an inescapable place of impurity and decadence, did the spices really help him? Could they change his frame of mind at such a time of desperation?

The answer to the second question is yes! From these spices Josef saw that G-d was still with him and he wasn’t forgotten. These spices were a ray of light in the darkness and a revelation to Josef that it was G-d himself who was taking him to Egypt.

To answer the first question we need to understand that the purpose of a miracle is to reveal G-d’s involvement (”the light of his face”)in a given situation. It does not matter what the size of the miracle is, the main thing is that we see that G-d is with us. We know that a father loves his child not so much because he provides for his simple and basic needs but rather by the extra and special things which he gives his children. Surely the smaller miracle of Chanukah was that we were able to continue the mitzvah of lighting the menorah, but because it was smaller it revealed Hashem’s love for us in a greater way. It was this small light of the menorah which announced to the world Hashem’s burning love for his chosen people.

Based on Sichot Mussar

Rabbi Eliyahu Mitterhoff is the director of the Global Yeshiva. The Global Yeshiva is devoted to creating a warm and friendly yet serious place for people of all levels to share and discuss Torah and Orthodox Judaism. He envisions this as a great and unprecedented historic opportunity to share, learn, teach and spread Torah on a global level.

The Essence of Worship (part 2)

Faith Fellowship Church…PO Box 1586…Broken Arrow, OK 74013…Pastor Terry Dashner

“Essence of Worship” (continued)

The essence of worship is where it’s at. I think you will agree with this statement if you read the first part of this document. So let’s move on. We’ve been talking about the localized and institutionalized worship of the Old Testament having been delocalized and deinstitutionalized in the New Testament because the saints worship God in spirit and truth. We see further evidence of this in Paul’s ministry. Paul calls his own ministry a “priestly service (of worship),” and he calls the converts themselves an “acceptable offering (in worship)” to God (Romans 15:16; cf. Philippians 2:17). He even calls the money that the churches send him “a fragrant aroma and acceptable sacrifice to God (in worship)” (Philippians 4:18 JP). And his own death for Christ he calls a “drink offering” to God (II Timothy 4:6).

This is what it means when we read things like, “Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” (I Corinthians 10:31). And “whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father” (Colossians 3:17 NASB). This is the central New Testament action of worship: to act in a way that reflects the glory of Godto do a thing in the name of Jesus with thanks to God. But the New Testament uses those greatest of all worship sentences without any reference to Sunday worship services. They describe life. Again, the essence of worship is not external, localized acts, but an inner, God ward experience that shows itself externally not primarily in church services. The fundamental reason for this is probably that the Old Testament was mainly a “come see” religion and the New Testament fulfillment is a “go tell” religion.

Now let me address the question: What is the essence of that inner experience which we call worship?
Worship, whether an inner experience of the heart or an outward act of the body, or of the congregation collectivelyis a magnifying of God. That is, it is an act that shows how magnificent He is. It is an act that reveals or expresses how great and glorious He is. Worship is all about consciously reflecting the worth or value of God. Paul’s passion is that what he does with his body, whether in life or death, will always be worship. In life and death his mission is to magnify Christto show that Christ is magnificent, to exalt Christ, and demonstrate that He is great. That’s plain from verse 20, that Christ shall be “exalted in my body, whether by life or death.” Paul knew in his heart that God willed his life to continue after his Roman imprisonment, he would be more determined than ever to minister to the saints. That would be good for all the churches that Paul ministered to. But, on the other hand, if God called him home that would be gain also. Death would take him into a deeper intimacy with the Lord. And that is especially good.

Therefore, the inner essence of worship is cherishing Christ as gain, indeed as more gain than all that life can offerfamily, career, retirement, fame, food, and friends. The essence of worship is experiencing Christ as gain. It is savoring Him. It is naming Him as the end of your search. Jesus is the object of your faith. John Piper, whom I quote often, brings this topic together in one sentence. He says, “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.” Christ is magnified in my death, when in my death I am satisfied with Him, when I experience death as gain because I gain Him. Or another way to say it is that the essence of praising Christ is prizing Christ. Christ will be praised in my death, if in my death He is prized above life. The inner essence of worship is prizing Christ. Are you satisfied in Jesus Christ? You can by receiving Him as Savior and Lord and walking with Him daily through prayer and praise. Tell Him often that you are thankful for Him. Tell Him often that you are glad in Him. He’s waiting to hear from you. Start talking to Him and enjoy the fellowship of worship.

Keep the faith. Stay the course. Jesus is coming again. I believe it’s time to WORSHIP!

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The Church Copying the World; Part 1

Is there anyone, seeing what I’m seeing in this world? What’s going on? Do we not care about what’s happening in this world? How come know one is out there making a proclamation of what’s happening to this world of ours?

Where is the Church, or the Church Leaders? Well, the church and their leaders have become so weaken, so worldly, so double-minded, so relaxed, they do not have a voice anymore. At this point, they do not even have worthy creditability, the church have literally fallen from Grace.

Reality is; the church sees the world as an idol, an idol that they love and worship. This may seem as though I’m being very harsh with the church, but the fact is, it’s the truth.

Let’s examine a few things about the modern church. I personally see the church today as a copy cat, that’s right a copy cat, whatever the world seek to do, the church eventually join in and it becomes a part of it. God says for us to be in the world but be not of the world. Are the people of God really that illiterate in their thinking when it comes to what God says about being in this world. A child would be more apt to understand what not being of the world mean, than what the church perceives it to mean. Just to state my case, lets take some examples:

(Rap): rap came out and most parents did not like it but could not do anything about it. So since it became acceptable, the church has picked it up, instead of singing they’re rapping. If parents and most of society did not care for rap (although it’s acceptable now) why would the church pick it up? They’re copy- cats, I’m certain they make the world feels as though it has competition.

(Dance): Christians now dance in church, literally hard down dance, no different than they do in some night- clubs. There’s a difference in dancing and shouting, The only kind of dance in the Bible is praise dance, which were done by beautiful half dress girls or young women of all the Pharaohs and Kings. There have never been any Holy women of God in the Old or New Testament dancing, before Moses, the Prophets, Teachers, or of any of the Apostles of God or even before God. When the Bible states a Holy dance to God it’s not the break dance, electric slide, or ballerinas flying up in the air with skin tights on with their legs wide open (How is this Glorifying God?). At best, this is not to Glorify God but entertainment in the eyes of the beholder. Copycats, it appears to me the church is more jealous of the world then the world is of the church. If not, then you tell me why the church fine it necessary to do what it sees the world do, seems like jealously to me.

But let the church tell it, they all would say, “Oh it all belongs to us, we’re suppose to have the best” no one is arguing that, I believe in having the best as well, in fact, I do have the best and that is, the life I live with Christ pleasing him not man. Your stupidity in copying what the world is doing is going to bring more havoc and pain to this world then your mind can even image

Do you know why it was that Christ was born in a barn and not a Palace? I guarantee most Bishops, Pastors and Ministers of God know not the revelation of this.

(Conversation): Here lies a major concern, conversation. Christians copy the world language, literally, word for word, case and point, you have Bishops, Pastors, supposedly Men of God, standing in God’s pulpit or on there stage with an audience full of what suppose to be men and women of God, Saints of God, Christian, or whatever you want to call them, that refer to their congregation of people as Guys or Man, while preaching God’s word. Being a Holy woman of God, I’m offended by a man calling himself a Bishop or Pastor and standing preaching to me or talking to me and all you can here come from his mouth as he talk is man, or you guys, since when did God change his beautiful creation of women to man, or you guys? If the secular world wants to use that terminology when talking then let them, after all, hell not monitoring their conversation, but you can believe Heaven is recording our conversation, and you would think the Bishop, Pastors and Men of God would be mindful of this.

Here again, you have Christians, copying the world and what the world has to offer it. It’s fine, when you have to correct a man that’s not thinking about God or consider him self save, but Its’ not fine, when it’s a Man of God. It really a shame, that some of these preachers, have absolutely no wisdom, when it comes to what they allow to come out of their mouth, if they had, they would often then not monitor their conversation. Do they not know some people are won by their conversation, if preachers are referring to an audience of women as, “you guys”, or “man”, you haven’t a clue as to God’s Kingdom, because there is no way a Man of God would refer to women of God as “you guys” or “man”. You can literally put these pools of preachers that use this terminology as babies still on milk.

Even top corporations send their business executives to schools to learn the proper usage of language, speaking properly, if you will. And these ministers suppose to be anointed by God and they do not know how to speak properly to a congregation of Christians and sinners?

The women in the church are just as bad, some of them wouldn’t know the proper biblical term of holding a decent holy conversation if their life depended on it. It’s just as repulsive to hear a woman say “man and you guys” when they are talking and holding a conversation with other women then it is to hear a secular woman use those terms when talking to other women. That’s’ the degrading of her value, she chooses to settle for. Its one thing for the women of the world to talk in that term, but when you have women calling themselves Holy women of God or Christian women, and they can’t separate or chose their choice of words more carefully then what the world does, then shame on them as women. They are no different and talk no differently then the women of the world, here again, copying the world. The Bible, have a great terminology for them “Foolish unlearned Women”. Course I personally prefer to them as clueless.

(Joking) another form of a lie or untruth told to make you laugh, the Bible say, let your conversation be yea- yea, and nay- nay. In other words, let your conversation be sound and to the point. Church folks do not understand this concept, they do more joking, jiving and gesturing then they do speaking the truth. Christians are forever picking up worldly words and slang words that do not glorify God or any sentences they use when speaking.

(Business Minded = Worldly Minded) Recent times have cause ministers to rename the church and church leaders as a business and businessmen. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with being sophisticated if indeed this is what the church chooses to believe it is. I just think the world should copy us by what we do and say and act and what we are and what we believe. Not by what they do and say and how they act and what they believe, which is no deceit for them, because they are serving satan, so there’s no imitating on there part, but plenty on our part. We, the Church are the copycats.

We know that the word of God never changes, what God said yesterday; the beginning, he means today, new testament time, my time and your time he still will mean it tomorrow (at the day of judgment). So while God’s word never changes, we do, time do, which is why we have life, life comes so that things can grow, evolve, and change, rather good or bad, things must change. But when they change, God intends for them to change in His favor not satan, we should not be partakers of him, he should be partakers of us.

God loves us, and I truly wonder how deeply do the Saints of God really realize and feel this about our Father in Heaven. The same love God has for us he wants us to have for others, I do not see were we have mastered his love yet. True most of us are getting there and some of us may already be there.

I got saved when I was 23, and no longer had the desire or need to put on make-up, jewelry or wear pants, and yet God placed me in a church where my Bishop did not preach solely against pants, and wearing make-up. And yet, although I did not wear make-up or pants as the Saints may have, it did not stop me from spending over 20 years of being a member there or of loving them and fellowshipping with them. God said for me to love, not to sit in judgment of anyone. God gave each of us a choice and that choice was to choose between life and death, and love and hate. Who gave me the authority to take away someone choice? While God gave me the authority to choose life and death, love and hate, he did not give me the authority to tell me that I must make you choose the choice I chose.

We are not puppets, driven by someone desire or will to think like them or do what they do. I think only God is driven by that desire and will for us to make our choice as to what it is we choose to do in this life, he did not give that choice for man to make, the decision for man, man has to make the decision for himself or herself, because after all, it will not be man that will put a person in hell over the wrong choice he made, but he himself.

So why then must we put stumbling blocks in front of people? Is it not my choice to choose rather or not I want to abort my child? Did not God give me my own will? Did he not tell me that if I choose life, I will have life and in having life, I can give life? Did he not tell me that if I choose death that I will have death and death would be born of me? So if God told me this, then why are you trying to take away my choice, why are you trying to force me to do something that your heart desires not, not mines. Did God not tell you to love me in spite of, but yet you crucify me, you kill doctors and burn clinics, all because I made the choice to abort the life in me. Why put a stumbling block in front of me because of my decision to rid life unto death, is that not what you are doing when you show me signs of hate because of my decision. When God said to love me, how do you not know by showing me love that I could not be won by you?

But if the church is going to fight with people over their decision to abort life or to have a gay partner, the church is just as bad as the world A woman having an abortion or a gay partner, is that any different then a woman getting married while in the church 2, 3 or more times, while confessing Holy Ghost filled and all 3 or more husbands are still alive. Did Jesus not tell the woman at the well, that the seventh husband she had were still not her husband. Having an abortion or a gay partner, is it any different then lying, stealing, cheating and defrauding? All is sin!

If you Pastors and Preachers are going to go to Capital Hill and fight against abortion rights and gay rights, then why are you not fighting against politician lying, stealing, cheating and defrauding? You know what you are? Unlearned Men of God with double standards, and God are going to get you for that. Mark my word!

This generation of people has caused the church to be a stumbling block to many people. Have it occurred to you that there are many hurting people in this world, that are in need of love and are wondering where is the church. I would say to them, “On Capital Hill fighting for the wrong things. God said for us to LOVE, not to put stumbling blocks in the way of people.

Our mission is salvation, not taking away a person choice, they have to give account of that not you, but you will give account of being a stumbling block to them for not seeing love in you enough to change their mind about abortion or being a gay person, Love Changes things not the laws that men put in place. Our mission is to love and take care of the poor, the fatherless, the widow, and the shut-ins. Who is crying out for them? I do not see one Pastor, Bishop, Religious leaders or Christian folks, on capital hill fighting the case for the homeless, the poor, when gas is $3.00 a gallon, bread 2.89 a loaf and milk $4.15 a gallon, do you not know the poor man and woman even the Christian poor man and woman have to pay the same price for their goods as the rich man. When prices of goods are high and still rising and yet the poor rate of pay has not risen. But if they are to survive they have to buy and pay the same grocery we have to buy and pay when the plain field is not level.

Which one of you Pastors or church are crying out on capital hill stating “the poor should not have to pay the same price for food or gas, that the rich pay, when they are making 6,7,8,9, 10 dollars an hour more or less. Yet you want to fight with women over aborting a fetus or having a gay partner, when there’s people right here in the United States living in poverty.

The church got it backward, the Church would win more souls to Christ if the nation saw Christian Leaders standing up fighting for poverty, health and welfare, which is not man choice, then to see the church standing up fighting over a choice that God gave all of us, not the church, he said for the church to love me not to be a hinder or stumbling block to me.

Dear friends, I love all of you every one of you, but I have to pay attention to how God feel about things, God forgive people for having abortion, he forgives, forget and love people like many gays that have changed, because, if they can change so can the next man and woman, but how can they when your fight on capital hill, television and radio show, shows them hate not love. I am just against abortion and gays as you are, but God did not put me on this earth to fight with them but to love them, just as he did not send me to a church to sit in judgment of them but to love them, so that my love for them will win them over to him.

Is it not obvious why so much is happening in this world today, do you not know that all lies from all those that have power will soon be reveal to the world, no hidden lie will ever be hidden, even if it comes from the President or the Vice President, God will reveal their wrong doing as well. One thing for sure, all you Preacher that think you are living Holy that your sins are forgiven and forgotten, please think again. If you cheated once guess what, it will be revealed, it will come to pass, Mark my word. Why? Your life doesn’t warren it to be hidden. Unto you Men of God start preaching the true word of God, word for word, worse things will happen to you.

My point in all this is it is the Church job as Followers of Christ too make the case for the poor that are among us. There are people that are in need of Christ love and the only way they can see Christ love and be won by it is by the things they see us do and say. Who stood up for all the babies that were killed when Moses was hidden from being killed? And yet did God stop it? Who stood up for the babies that were killed when Herod was searching for the baby Jesus? And believe me they were babies not fetus, but yet did God stop them from being killed, or did he send forth a Pastor or Bishop to fight Herod over it?

The disciples did not fight over a man going with another man or woman killing a child, so why are we? Jesus had a mission to accomplish, and it was not about a woman killing her child or a man going with another man, (but, about salvation, salvation changes people minds about these things not the law that man put down) heck the law couldn’t change their ways back in the old testament days, and you suppose to be Christians think its going to change their ways now, that’s why there’s so much havoc in this world today. Salvation changes people minds, not a man law telling a person what they can or cannot do to their own body, God gave them the authority over that, not man.

Surely, we all know that this is a sin that God will one-day judge. Having an abortion and men going with each other (which is an abomination to God) is a sin that is no different then any lie (which God hates). Look at what’s happening in the White House now, he President and Vice President, is no different then any other man that have lied, unlike the previous President, this President have confessed to be a Christian and yet I do not see any good he has done for the poor. The bible states a righteous man availed much, if he was so righteous why is there more calamity hitting us then there is prosperity? There is no secret hidden or lie told that will ever stay hidden. Just as God reveal the previous President wrong doing, he is certainly going to reveal this President wrong doing, before it is all over, because according to Christians, the republican party are the righteous ones.

Well, God have the last say over that one. Mark my word. I am not harping on the republican but I do get upset with Christian leaders that harp on this and not on the welfare and state of man when it comes to helping them and being a light in front of them. God did not call us to take away people choices, they have to make a choice, a choice given by God to all of us, be it right or wrong, it is my choice and God will avenge it not you. So as Jesus mission were to die for our sins because he loves us so is our mission to this world, to die first ourselves, then can and only can we see our way to love others as Jesus loved us. Which is why I stated above, this is something most of us, and I do not care who you are, have not mastered.

I went to the Mega fest in Atlantic back in August, something I had never done before and was truly blessed by all that was there, I sowed $1000 into the ministry so that God work would continue. It was an honor and pleasure to see many of the men and women of God that I have seen on TBN. Including Juanita Bynum, a woman I have never heard of until this year when I started watching TBN.

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The troubled love triangle culminates with Abraham’s near-fatal
sacrifice of Isaac, the son born finally to the childless Sarah.
The book, about the “First Family” of Jews, Christians and
Muslims, offers an unconventional interpretation of the biblical
story, with Sarah portrayed as a high priestess in service to
Inanna, the Sumerian goddess of Love and War, while Abraham
responds to the call of a new, single, invisible God. The story
is set against the pagan practices of the times, including
Canaanite Moloch-worship, with its child sacrifices, and the
erotic Sacred Marriage Rite performed by Sarah in Sumer, Egypt
and Canaan. (Note: This novel contains sexually explicit
material.)

The book has received high praise from religious and lay
leaders. “…A powerful, modern midrash (commentary) on the life
of Abraham, giving it a contemporary ring …The Biblical
characters come alive and become very human. It has been
meticulously researched and bears the mark of a master
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Conservative synagogue in North Hollywood, CA “…Simply
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Gompertz is the author of seven previous books, including his
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America in 1939, as refugees from Nazi Germany. He has his B.A.
and M.A. degrees in English from UCLA. He was on staff with NBC
and teaches at UCLA Extension. He created, produced, wrote and
hosted a local TV series, “ADAT ARI EL PRESENTS: Journeys into
Judaism.” He and his wife, Carol, live in North Hollywood,
California. They have three adult children and four
grandchildren.

The Rebuilding of the Jewish Temple

The Jewish people were able to recover their homeland Israel and their main city Jerusalem, but they were not able to recover the Temple Mount, which is the ground they want to rebuild their Holy Temple on. Right now, there is a Muslim Mosque on that site called the Dome of the Rock. The Muslims obviously have no intentions anytime soon on removing their Mosque to allow the Jews to rebuild their Holy Temple.

However, this Jewish Temple has to be rebuilt once again in order for all the prophecies in the Bible to be fulfilled. The Jewish people have already made plans as to how they will rebuild it should they ever get the chance. Apparently it will only take about 2 years to rebuild it again once God supernaturally clears the way for them to be able do it.

The 1st Temple was built by King Solomon back in the Old Testament. It was then destroyed in 586 BC. The Temple was then rebuilt a second time around 26 BC and then once more destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD when the Jews were dispersed out of Rome and into all the other nations of the world.

The Temple has to be rebuilt once again because there is an event involving the Antichrist called the “Abomination of Desolation.” Remember those 3 words!! When this event happens, we literally have a countdown of 42 months before Jesus comes back. What the Antichrist does on this event is to seat himself in the Temple of God proclaiming himself to be God, and from this point on, the second half of the tribulation takes place, which will have the greatest persecution of Jews and Christians the world has ever seen!

The Antichrist cannot seat himself in this Temple unless it has already been rebuilt. The consensus is that in the first three and half years of the Tribulation, the Antichrist will establish some kind of peace treaty or covenant with Israel. He will allow the rebuilding of the Temple, and once that is completed, he will then break his pact with Israel and seat himself in the Temple proclaiming to be God. Remember, it will only take 2 years to rebuild the Temple, so this could easily happen in the first half of the 7 year tribulation.

I am sure this event will be televised throughout the whole world due to the conceit and arrogance of the Antichrist. He will want the whole world to know what he has just done. Think about this. The devil has always wanted to be like God, to have His throne for his own. Now he will get his one and only chance on earth to do this. The Antichrist will be under the guidance and influence of Satan. Satan, through the Antichrist, will now be able to seat himself in God’s Holy Temple for the next three and half years - and from that position, start the greatest mass slaughter of Jews and Christians that the world has ever seen. He will literally kill two thirds of the Jewish people. Believe it or not, this persecution will be worse than the German holocaust where 6 million Jews were killed. More on this under its own caption below.

Bottom line - the Jewish Temple has to be rebuilt so the above event with the Antichrist can take place. It will also serve as a main key event for the rest of the world to key in on as it will literally tell us exactly how much time we will still have left before Jesus comes back for His second coming - 42 months!!

About the Author

Article written by Michael Bradley of Bible Knowledge Ministries. Their website is a resource of Bible commentary and teaching.
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What Must I Do To Be Saved?

One of the most important questions which needs to be answered
today is the title of this article: “What Must I Do To Be
Saved?” The answer to this question is important for those
professing to be Christians and sinners alike. Why? Because the
answer is given in the Bible and it is specific. The main thrust
of our ministry is the admonition of those professing to follow
Christ to be “Doers of the Word,” or as the NIV renders it “Do
not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do
what it says.” (James 1:22) Allow me to paraphrase this another
way: “Do not listen to what men teach, and let them deceive you.
Do what the word says.”

Some men would have you believe that all that you must do to be
saved is to “call upon the name of the Lord.” They even give you
a sample “sinner’s prayer” to pray, and having prayed that
prayer they declare, “praise God, you are now saved!” But is
this what the Bible teaches? The scripture which is used to
prove this teaching is Romans 10:13, where Paul says, “For
whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

I once heard a very wise preacher say, “If you ever put an
interpretation on a scripture that makes another scripture
appear to be wrong, then you have the wrong interpretation.”
Let’s examine Romans 10:13 to see what Paul is really teaching.
First of all you need to know to whom Paul was teaching in the
book of Romans. To properly interpret scripture, you must know
to whom the message was given. In Romans, Paul is teaching the
Christians in the church at Rome which had former Jews as well
as Gentiles. Therefore, the book of Romans is a treatise of some
things which should be considered by both Jew and Gentile.

Chapter ten teaches that Israel rejected Christ, but this did
not mean that Jews could not accept Christ. In verse twelve Paul
writes, “For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for
the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.” In
other words, both Jew and Greek (Gentile) can call upon the Lord
for salvation. If either a Jew or a Gentile seeks salvation
through Christ based upon the New Testament teachings, they
shall receive salvation. Then Paul reaffirms what he said in
verse twelve by stating in verse thirteen, “For whoever calls
upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” In other words, it
doesn’t make any difference if you are a Jew or a Gentile, if
you call upon the Lord for salvation, you shall receive
salvation.

Now please note that Paul was not teaching on the subject of HOW
you receive salvation, but WHO is eligible to receive salvation.

There are many other “plans” for salvation which have been
developed by men. Some say you have to have that “special
feeling”, others say you have to “pray through,” and still
others will put some other form of man-made qualification on
receiving salvation. No person here on earth will ever produce a
plan of salvation equal to, or that will take the place of, that
plan which Christ gave us. The New Testament gives us the plan
of salvation which was given to the Apostles by Christ, and was
practiced by them throughout their ministries.

So what is the plan of salvation? The plan of salvation consists
of five steps, all of which are necessary for the person to
receive salvation and gain the eventual reward of eternal life
with Jesus Christ. Those five steps are: Belief, Repentance,
Confession, Baptism, and Faithful Living.

Belief

Belief, or faith is the first step in receiving salvation. Paul,
in his epistle to the Romans says as much, “How then shall they
call on Him in whom they have not believed.” (Romans 10:14a) How
do we develop this faith or belief in Christ? Paul continues the
above passage by saying, “And how shall they believe in Him of
whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a
preacher?” (Romans 10:14b) And, “So then faith comes by hearing,
and hearing by the word of God.” (Romans 10:17) So we see that
we come to a realization that God does truly exist, and that He
is able to do that which He has promised, by hearing the word of
God. Of course this usually happens by listening to a preacher,
Sunday School teacher, Bible study, or some other means of
learning what God tells us in His word.

This should go without saying, but I shall say it anyway, faith
(or belief) is absolutely necessary if we are to receive
salvation. How can we have dealings with One who is unseen, and
whose chief rewards lie beyond this present life, unless we
believe that God exists and will bring eternal life. We see this
explicitly spelled out in the Bible, “But without faith it is
impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe
that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently
seek Him.” (Hebrews 11:6)

We also read in the Bible that our faith must be in Jesus
Christ, “but these are written that you may believe that Jesus
is the Christ, the Son of the Living God, and that believing you
may have life in His name.” (John 20:31)

Faith was also preached by the Apostles, “So they said, ‘Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your
household.’” (Acts 16:31) Jesus Himself emphasized faith when He
said, “He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who
does not believe will be condemned.” (Mark 16:16)

Repentance

The result of faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God is
repentance. Not just saying, “I’m sorry for the sins I’ve
committed,” but a deep feeling of remorse in the knowledge that
we have not been pleasing to God. In the same way that faith is
not merely intellectual agreement that God does exist,
repentance is not merely acknowledging that we have sinned and
saying, “I’m sorry.”

Let’s compare for a moment a child who has been caught breaking
his parents’ rules. He may acknowledge that he has broken the
rule, and he may (probably will) say, “I’m sorry and I won’t do
it anymore.” But his real motive may be to avoid the punishment
that his parents have warned him would be given to him if he
disobeyed. However, given the opportunity, he may break the rule
again, and not feel any guilt unless he gets caught again. This
is not repentance.

On the other hand, if the child realizes that his disobedience
has caused his parents to grieve (as God does for our
disobedience), and he decides that he is going to do his very
best to not break his parents’ rules again, we would say that he
has shown repentance.

It is the same with us when we become Christians. We need to be
repentant for our shortcomings toward God, and strive to not
repeat our errors in the future.

Repentance then, is a change of heart and mind. Unless we change
the way we live, we have not repented. Unless there is a
re-orientation of the ethics and values in our lives, there has
been no repentance.

Repentance is a command in the Bible: “Truly, these times of
ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to
repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge
the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He
has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the
dead.” (Acts 17:30,31) It is also a warning. Jesus said, “I tell
you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”
(Luke 13:3)

The gospel message produces repentance. When Peter was preaching
to the people on the day of Pentecost he said, “Repent and let
every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the
remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy
Spirit.” (Acts 2:38) We read in this same account that thousands
were added to the church that day.

God’s love for us also produces repentance in our hearts and
lives. You don’t need to study the Bible very much to realize
just how much God really loves us. God’s love for His creation,
man, is all through the Bible. Romans 2:4 brings this into
focus: “Or do you despise the riches of His goodness,
forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of
God leads you to repentance?”

Confession

A person shows that he is not ashamed of Christ, or to be know
as a Christian, when he confesses Him before men. We see in the
book of Romans that the confession should be made with the
mouth: “that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and
believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you
will be saved. For with the heart one believes to righteousness,
and with the mouth confession is made to salvation.” (Romans
10:9,10)

We also see that the confession should be of Christ, or that we
believe that Jesus is the Christ. In Matthew, Jesus was asking
His disciples who the people said that He was. Then we read, “He
(Jesus) said to them, ‘But who do you say that I am?’ And Simon
Peter answered and said, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the
living God.’” (Matthew 16:15,16) It should be before witnesses.
“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to
which you were also called and have confessed the good
confession in the presence of many witnesses.” (1 Timothy 6:12)

And finally, confession should precede baptism. In the account
of Philip preaching to the Ethiopian eunuch we find that the
Ethiopian made his confession prior to Philip baptizing him.
This account is in Acts 8:35-38.

Baptism

You must come into contact with Christ’s death. This is done
through baptism. Baptism depicts a death to sin or a coming
alive in Christ. It also is a picture of the death, burial and
resurrection of Christ.

Baptism is commanded by Christ as we see in Mark 16:16: “He who
believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not
believe will be condemned.” It was also practiced by the
apostles. In the book of Acts (which could also be referred to
as the book of conversions), there are eight accounts of people
being saved. In each account, baptism was part of the person or
persons being saved. For example, in Acts 2:41 we read this
passage, “Then those who gladly received his word were baptized;
and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.”

Read each of the eight accounts:

Jews on Pentacost ………. Acts 2:36-38

The Samaritans …………… Acts 8:12-13

The Ethiopian Eusuch …… Acts 8:35-39

Cornelius (1st Gentile) ….. Acts 10:34-48

Lydia ………………………… Acts 16:14-15

The Jailor …………………… Acts 16:25-34

The Corinthians …………… Acts 18:6-8

The Ephesians …………….. Acts 19:1-5

Paul ………………………….. Acts 22:16

Baptism brings remission of sins: “And now why are you waiting?
Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the
name of the Lord.” (Acts 22:16) And also, baptism saves us:
“There is also an antitype which now saves us, namely baptism
(not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a
good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus
Christ.” (1 Peter 3:21)

Faithful Living

Through faith, repentance, confession and baptism we receive the
salvation promised by God through His son Jesus Christ. But this
is not where the process stops. In some respects, it is just the
beginning.

We must continue to live faithfully. Faithful living means
continuing steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship,
in observing communion, and in prayer. (See Acts 2:42) We should
study our Bible. A daily walk through God’s word is important to
spiritual growth. We should grow in the fruit of the Spirit.
(See Galatians 5:22,23) We should be a soul winner, sharing our
faith in Christ with others. We should have Christian virtues.
(See 2 Peter 1:5- 8) And we should worship regularly with God’s
people. (See Hebrews 10:25)

So, what must you do to be saved? The answer, as given in the
New Testament, is faith (or belief), repentance, confession,
baptism, and life-long faithful living. If you don’t know Jesus
Christ as your Lord and Savior, please consider carefully what
You have read here. Being a Christian is a wonderful life.

All scriptures quoted are from the New King James Version,
unless otherwise noted.