JohnD

Isaiah 64:6 (KJV) 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

I may have already answered this. Forgive me if I am repeating myself. We are saved by Christ alone (John 3:16-18). Our faith is what activates this prepaid salvation for every human being (1 Timothy 4:10 / 1 John 2:2). And that being faith alone (Ephesians 2:8-10) for the work of salvation is Christ's alone.

We are in the "millennial" age (or age of the millenniums) ← chillioi in Revelation 20 is not one thousand years but the plural thousands of years. 1900+ years to date

The church age is essentially the sabbath age.

We are saved by the sacrifice of Christ alone. Which is available to all mankind (1 Timothy 4:10 / 1 John 2:2) But! there is an activation clause of that prepaid salvation: John 3:16–18 (KJV) 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. Don't be sucked into arguments over categorizations and rabbit trail arguments supposing this or that... just take to heart the facts that are.

There is a difference between standing firm in one's beliefs and convictions and forcing them on others.

Though I have never pursued it beyond drummer Phillips, I suspect Craig and Dean are also oneness Pentecostals as Phillips is. Beware. The devil gets his hooks in people by subtle means. Letting false doctrine slide because the song sounds biblical and is catchy... Just be careful.

The gatherings of significant size were like revivals, or when the Apostle Paul was in town were they not? I could also cite the effective spread of the Gospel not only under the persecution of the CC Government but that they are generally Chinese house Churches. I am not about Church bashing. But rather pointing out humanist practices in efforts to help right a wrong.

Most Churches suffer from existing in some form of lingering Roman Catholicism. And pursuing that form of human traditionalism eventually runs its course. Revivals tend to rekindle the religious aspect of society when disaster strikes of there is some sense of millennial return of Jesus. Y2K came and went with no return of Jesus and the Churches began to empty. 911 happened and the churches filled up again, for a while, then emptied out again. The Churches that maintained more success did away with more of the cathedralization of their congregation. But even those numbers are down. Electronic worship services have filled the void but they are easily stripped away from the public by power outages or internet censorship. ← this concerns me especially since we have developed a dependency on automation that puts us into the stone age with the flick of a switch. I suggest for starters that Church is less structured like a Roman Catholic Mass and be more like a class room / lecture with questions and answers during or at the end. Worship services before with a variety of songs and testimonials. But the rigid traditional structure is just as so much superstitious mumbo jumbo to get through and feel like you've served God somehow by suffering through it all. The first century Church met in people's homes and small gatherings by a well or river or some common location. They came with joy and eagerness to learn and to serve. Roman Catholicism hijacked all that and inculcated the traditions of man into the faith. Eventually the religious fervor dies down from that which lacks spiritual vitality.

Definitely get on the Worthy prayer list! I'm saying a prayer for you now. It works, and people here care enough to intercede on your behalf wit the Almighty. Our fate in more in his hands than our own!

The typical political rhetoric "end of the world..." "most critical election in history..." etc. pale in comparison to the fact that this upcoming American election will be the deciding factor of the perpetual direction America will be headed in for generations to come. We can no longer afford to turn a deaf ear to the globalist threat as a non-existent conspiracy theory. Global dominance has been attempted for thousands of years. Empires have risen and fallen during that time. World Wars have been fought to assuage the attempt to rule the world. Yet many disbelieve globalism is a threat because the information outlets they trust lie to them about it. Education system, the media, the Democratic party have all been compromised bought and paid for by the globalists whose governance of choice is communism. Which they cannot inflict upon America soon enough. These globalist outlets have pained Donald Trump as the devil and his followers a blind satanic losers. But when one truly investigates what MAGA stands for, they realize it is their own best interests that are at the hearts of Trump and all of his followers. Freedom, liberty, opportunity, safety, strength, affordability, peace, equality, improvement, happiness. The Democratic party offers NONE of these things... oh they might promise these things in campaign speeches, but they NEVER EVER do them. They promise to take care of the inner city neighborhoods and nothing ever happens or improves. Trump in his first 4 years in office made small business loans in black communities more available and affordable to help the black community improve itself. Trump also made the grants for black colleges renewed for ten years (as opposed to the annual renewal). In his words, "the black community should not have to come to D.C. every year to beg for these grants." Over the last 10 years and especially the last year the black community can identify with Trump by the way Trump was lynched by the Boss Hogg department of justice. Know that Trump is more motivated than ever to insure this lynching will no longer happen to any American! Trump stands for family values and encourages entrepreneurial workmanship which the Hispanic Americas champion as well. Democrats only tax and spend and cause inflation so that workers must have two full time jobs to make ends meet. The entitlements of he few (which is a method of control and putting down an entire bloc of people) are paid for on the backs of these workers. Giving rise to the old bumper sticker: Work Harder Millions on Welfare are Counting on You! Trump has elevated women and employed ad appointed more women than any other administration. While the recent Roe v Wade was over turned as a national right to limitless abortion (most Americans do not believe it should be a sexual contraceptive) it does not outlaw abortion but relegates it to the States. Thus anyone seeking an abortion can go to a State that permits abortion. And it also frees tax payers up from paying for abortions. Do not let the industry of death convince you that you are being deprived of something. It's still your body your choice and you will face your Maker about what you decide. Biden has been exposed since the debate with Donald Trump to be the frail, bumbling globalist stooge MAGA Republicans have been claiming he was for over 4 years. These things were hidden by the media who LIED to cover them up. They wrap themselves in the flag of truth to win your confidence and have LIED to your faces for 10 years now. What else have they LIED to you about? They should have their FCC licenses revoked and put in prison! Rumble, Fox News (mostly), Common Sense Media, X (now that free speech has returned there),

That Trump has not been installed as President for life (like FDR was 100 years ago until his death) only goes to show how Satan blinds the eyes of millions of Americans. Of course, he did so with the people down through history who opposed the men and women of God.

Oh this breaks my heart (reminding me of a cat we rescued and had to be euthanized (despite trying so hard to live). Maggie (a short haired British Blue) the product of inbreeding in a colony we helped thin down from 15 - 18 cats down to just 2 was the hardest to win trust and hardest to get over. I literally cried like a baby for her for weeks... and I'm about to again now. She tried so hard... I thought I found someone who would adopt her... I tried so hard combing the State for shelters that could take her and keep her alive... prayed, had people here pray for her... Sorry. I didn't mean to go into this...

Our salvation is based on nothing we do or can do except to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ who died for our sins and rose again from the grave. Jesus' one time sacrifice for all was for all humanity (1 Timothy 4:10 / 1 John 2:2) so it's all prepaid and ready to go. All you have to do to activated this prepaid salvation is believe in Jesus. John 3:16–18 (KJV) 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. Ephesians 2:8–10 (KJV) 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Even our faith (belief) is a gift from God. All you have to do is choose to believe. John 6:28–29 (KJV) 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. John 16:27 (KJV) 27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. It's just that simple. People add to it or make it more difficult. Don't allow people or Churches come between you and Jesus!

God bless those who helped this little angel!

And the first law of thermodynamics states that we are in a closed system. So?

An example of how easily misled mankind (human beings) are: Hebrews 9:16–17 (KJV) 16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. This innocuous passage prove that most Bibles and most Christian circles fail to even rightly divide the word of truth categorically: 2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV) 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. For tradition has placed the dividing line between Old and New Testaments between Malachi 4:6 and Matthew 1:1. Bibles, study Bibles, commentaries, Bible software often contain bold title or even a title page between the two verses "NEW TESTAMENT" when clearly Hebrews 9:16-17 states the Old Testament did not end and the New Testament did not begin until the death of our LORD on the cross. So what's the big deal? It IS a big deal! Everything prior to the death of the LORD Jesus on the cross is Old Testament and under the Law of Moses. Not understanding this or acknowledging this fact is a hole that legalism passes through to taint the theology of Grace. Example: Matthew 6:14–15 (KJV) 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. That is Old Covenant Old Testament law (Isaiah 58:5-6 / Exodus 23:21). There are many such examples where legalism and the satanic mingling of the two covenants occurs by simply putting the dividing line between the two covenants in the wrong place. And notice how universally misled the Church has been. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ New Covenant New Testament Grace is: 1. Christ died for all human sin (1 Timothy 4:10 / 1 John 2:2) 2. Faith alone in Christ Jesus alone activates this grace in our individual lives (John 3:16-18 Ephesians 2:8-10, John 6:29, John 16:27)

This is intended to be a study about just how far the Church of God in Christ (the Body of Christ / Christianity) has strayed under the influence of the traditions of man. Mark 7:13 (KJV) 13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. Mark 7:7 (KJV) 7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Matthew 16:23 (KJV) 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. From Matthew 16:23 we learn how easily man can slide into this satanic web, Peter having only a few verses prior been highly commended by the LORD Jesus for exactly the opposite: Matthew 16:17 (KJV) 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. This study is not to slam anyone, but rather to point out error (tested / proved by the scriptures) to help resolve such error and restore truth and our pure relations / walk with Christ.

Bless those dear souls who care for these little ones! Mama kitty is so sweet and her little ones so cute. My father used to play this piece on the piano (I learned the first couple of verses). Beethoven ♫ Moonlight Sonata... ♪ Thanks for the memories.

John 3:18 (KJV) 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 1 John 5:16–17 (KJV) 16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. 17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. The unpardonable sin / sin unto eternal death / blasphemy of the Holy Spirit (who testifies on behalf of Jesus) / unbelief in the Lord Jesus are all the same thing.

The LAWS of thermodynamics stand.

The common denominator among the atheists, skeptics, agnostics and so on is the varying range of omitting the metaphysical / supernatural / transcendental. The atheist especially focuses only on the physical. Their dilemma is that if by only physical means, the universe and everything in it could not exist in the first place. 1. nothing physical is or could ever be eternal (2nd Law of Thermodynamics) 2. nothing physical could come into existence from nothing (1st Law of Thermodynamics) Only by the metaphysical which supernaturally transcends physical law can anything exist. 1. the eternal source / creator existing forever without beginning or end 2. who (as the deliberate design of all things demands is an intelligent being) is supernaturally able to create everything else from nothing Atheists and their ilk will always be stopped (by their own stubborn refusal to accept and acknowledge the truth) at the border of fact for the origin of all things. They invent circular arguments and grasp after rabbit trail arguments about the implementation of time or lapse into some other form of blind faith fairy tales (ironically the very thing they accused theists of doing). But they refuse and will not face the facts. Without God nothing would even exist.

Revelation 20 (KJV) 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. 7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. 9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. Angel = messenger (malach in Hebrew aggelos in Greek) sent from heaven having the keys to the abussos = abyss. The messenger from heaven with the keys to the abyss (bottomless pit) is Jesus (Revelation 1:18). Having a great chain in his hand. He bound Satan in the abyss for thousands (plural) of years. Chillioi in Greek is a plural word. This incarceration to deliver the world from his direct evil influence is until the divinely determined end of the thousands of years is reached. Tie this is with the time of the Gentiles (Luke 21:24) when the focus of the Gospel is turned away from Israel and to the Gentiles. When that reaches its end / time of completeness / fulfillment and the number of Gentiles who will come in is reached, the focus of the Gospel outreach will once again be aimed at the Jews (Isaiah 54:6-10). Verse four briefly leaves this multiple thousand years epoch foreshadowing the “little season” mentioned in verse 3 during which time the beast shall reign and decree Christians as evil and to be exterminated if they do not renounce Jesus and take the same mark of the allegiance to the beast that the rest of the world takes in that day. Previously, during the thousands of years the beast is incarcerated in the abyss, Christians reigned on the earth in Christ during the Church age (Revelation 1:6 / Revelation 5:10 / 1 Peter 2:3-9). Verse 5 calls the Church age “the First Resurrection.” And it specifies that until the thousands of years Christian Age / Era the only resurrection to take place is that of the Lord Jesus Christ. The First Resurrection is the Church Age now in its 1992nd year. No other resurrection save that of Christ Jesus will occur until his second coming at the end of the age (Church Age / end of the thousands of years). Verse 6 again defines the Church Age where the second death has no power on those who are believers in Christ Jesus and who are a kingdom of priests in Christ (Revelation 1:6 / Revelation 5:10 / 1 Peter 2:3-9). Verse 7 explains the release of the beast and Satan in the “little season” known as the 70th Week of Daniel. Describing in overview the tribulation periods (also a plural) during the 70th Week of Daniel. Citing the goal eliminating first the Christians (Revelation 12:17 – Revelation 13:18) and then the Jewish people whom he has fooled into believing he is the messiah (John 5:43). The Jews with their backs up against the wall of annihilation as never before (with the 200 million man army bivouacked in the valley at the foot of Mount Megiddo) cry out to Jesus as a last resort. Psalm 118:25–26 (KJV) 25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. 26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. Which Jesus alluded to in Matthew 23:37-39. Jesus will return with such force that the Mount of Olives will split in two (Zechariah 14:4) and defend the Jews and defeat the armies of the devil (Revelation 19:11-21). Then comes the end of the age: Judgment Day! Revelation 20: (KJV) 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. Philippians 2:10–11 (KJV) 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Revelation 20: (KJV) 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Everyone who ever lived will bow in acknowledgment that Jesus Christ is YHVH (LORD) to the glory of God the Father. A better name for the day of judgment would be the Day of Acknowledgement and Glorification of Christ.

Only that it makes my case. Ruth was also not of A I J but included in Israel.