VCO

No, there is a small Bible Belts in Northern CA. and Southern Oregon.  Lots of BIBLE CHURCHES there.

I used to go to Ft. Dick Bible Church, when I was in the Prison Ministry out there.

10 hours ago, Revelation Man said:

Well I live in central Alabama so I can zoom down to the coast in about 3 hours {200 miles} so I know the feeling.  I guess the Mizzou River or South Platte will have to do for you now brother {that's the only two I know off hand}. I am a Prophecy/Revelation/Daniel type guy in my leisure, {can't preach that all the time} and these last few years God has really shown me some things I never saw before. 

You know, everyone has different ideas what the 1290 and 1335 is, half say it stretches into the New Millennium, some have wild ideas etc. etc. Only because I was researching the time when the Jews repent and flee did I get this from God, it was like a last piece of the puzzle, so I saw it had to fit. All the numbers are exactly the same, the time, times and half in Dan. 12 is 1260 days from Jesus' return or until all these Wonders Cease or end and we know Jesus' Second Coming will end all those wonders. Likewise, the other two numbers are also events that are a set number of days until these wonders end/cease, we know that because Daniel asks the same question the Angel asked Jesus in verse 6..............in verse 8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?

So the 1290 and 1335 are Events that are 1290 days until these wonders end and 1335 days until these wonders end {Second Coming}.

So the 1290 actually happens 30 days before the 1260, but does that fit ? I had to ponder this.....Well it fits the fact that Jesus told them in Matt. 24 to Flee when they saw the Abomination of Desolation, so it made sense that Jesus would give the Jews a Marker to flee at, which happened BEFORE the Anti-Christ Conquered Jerusalem, so that made perfect sense logically speaking, but of course I always assumed the Beast {A.C.} defiled the Temple of God, so I had to research/read my bible. Could something else defile the Temple 30 days before the Beast Conquers Jerusalem ? Well, Rev. 13 says the False Prophet makes an IMAGE of the Beast {E.U. President IMHO} and places it in the Temple, then he demands that all men should worship the Beast or die....so our answer is right there, the False Prophet places the Image of the Beast in the Temple !! That is their 30 day Marker to get out of Dodge !! {I see the False Prophet as a High Priest like unto Jason under Antiochus who tried to Hellenize his Jewish brothers, his real name was Yeshua, the Maccabeans Revolted}

This means the Jews have to repent BEFORE the First Seal is broken, does that fit ? Yes, Malachi 4:5 says Elijah will be sent back BEFORE the Day of the Lord to turn Israel back unto God. Zechariah 13 says 1/3 of the Jews repent and 2/3 will perish. So the 1290 is the AoD, and happens 30 days before the 1260 {Israel/Jerusalem is Conquered} so what is the 1335 ? Well, its a blessing, and what can be more of a Blessing than the Two-witnesses showing up to bring Israel unto Repentance ? LOL I thought, it all fits like a glove. My problem is no one sees it, the trained mind is hard to overcome, Jesus called it Men's Traditions. When everything fits we know its of the Holy Spirit, it gets us excited. But these are things I ponder on. It is exciting time brother.

I prefer to think of it as the other end of the same Bible Belt.

3 hours ago, Revelation Man said:

YW....and Holman is the version I use if someone can't understand something I am trying to explain. I understand the KJV,{then again  understand the Book of Revelation, I am a oddball some say because I see the riddles, LOL...I am a preacher, my members kid me} with all of its backwards or Old English style, but of some people can't grasp it I use the Holman, but at times it doesn't Copy & Paste well. I therefore have to paste it somewhere else, recopy and then Copy & Paste, and it works like that. 

Welcome to the board brother { or is it sister? } 

It is Brother, the Lord put in on my hard to move west in the 80's, and I knew not why.  It turned out He wanted me to start, a prison ministry in a new super-max prison that was just being build out there on the coast.  Now you have to understand, I did not know the first thing about starting a Prison Ministry, but I figured HE KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT IT, so I trusted HIM to give me guidance through it all.  The VCO, stands for Volunteer Chaplain Orville.  I left the Prison Ministry with 8 Volunteers, most I had trained personally, to take my place.  I am retired now, but what an experience.  After my wife passed away, I moved back to Nebraska, where I have some family, and it is WAY CHEAPER to live here, than in California.  I miss the Ocean though.  I turned 70 in February, oh my, now I fell like I am older than dirt.  I got aches and pains, where I did not know they were possible.  If I bend to pick up something on the ground, it takes me at least 4 times longer to get back up.  Now you know what you have to look forward to.  

1 hour ago, HAZARD said:

Hi VCO.

Great post. Scripture teaches that the Holy Spirit will remain here during the tribulation. 

It is important we understand that the church will be taken out of the world before the Antichrist is revealed and before the tribulation begins, and not the Holy Spirit.

The bible clearly states that the hinderer of lawlessness must be removed before the Antichrist is revealed,  2 Thess. 2:7-8, For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. V. 8, And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

There are only three things in the world today that hinder lawlessness. They are the church, the Holy Spirit and human governments. The hinderer that will be taken out of the world must refer to one of these three things.

It could not refer to the Holy Spirit or governments for neither will be taken out of the world. It is clear that governments will not be taken for the Antichrist will reign over the ten kingdoms during the tribulation (Dan. 7:23-24; Rev. 17:8-17).

The Holy Spirit will be here during the tribulation, so He could not be the hinderer taken (Acts. 2:16-21; John 14:16; Rev. 7:14; 12:17; 19:10; Zech. 12:10).

The Church will be taken out of the world,  (1 Thess. 4:16; Eph. 5:26-27; 1 Cor. 15:51-58), so this must be the hinderer referred to.

If one cannot understand how the church could be referred to as "he," see Eph. 2:15; 4:13 where the church is called a "man."

Good point, I should not have phased it that way, but here is some Food for Thought.  The Holy Spirit had NO PROBLEM SAVING PEOPLE on earth without indwelling them, and being heaven, too, in the Old Testament times. So WHY do you think he cannot do it During the Tribulation.  HE ENTERED OUR HEARTS, to become a COMFORTER.  EVERYTHING ELSE, HE CAN DO WHILE BEING outside our body, and IN HEAVEN, too. Because HE is OMNIPRESENT, he is in both places at the SAME TIME technically, but the Promise He will be in YOU and will NEVER LEAVE YOU, seems to be only for the New Testament ASSEMBLY.  

Why did I phrase that ASSEMBLY?  Technically CHURCH IS NOT IN THE BIBLE at all.  When JESUS SAID:

Matthew 16:18 (YLT)
¹⁸  `And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;
 

Look up the word ekklēsia and You will find the it means ASSEMBLY.  CHURCH is man's word for it, not what JESUS SAID or the Apostles said.
 

 John 14:16 (KJV)
¹⁶  And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

SO WHAT DOES GOD MEAN BY FOREVER? ? ?  I would say, for Eternity.

AND HE WILL BE AT THE WEDDING IN HEAVEN.

Another point, now that I mentioned Mat. 16:18:

So the people HE was talking to in this verse were the last of the Old Testament ASSEMBLY:

John 10:16 (ASV)
¹⁶  And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.
 

So THIS FOLD, is the last of the Old Testament ASSEMBLY, because the New Testament ASSEMBLY, did not begin until the Day of Pentecost after the Ascension. The OTHER SHEEP is us.  And we will become ONE FLOCK AT THE RAPTURE.

42 minutes ago, Revelation Man said:

This is true, if we don't study the Hebrew and Greek root words for ourselves, with the computers we have today, we do a disservice to ourselves. If one studies the Word YOWM, they can see it is used in many different ways, but its always an insertion for a PERIOD OF TIME, its just not always a day, but when you try and tell people that YOWM doesn't have to mean day, they will argue you down it does...LOL. The when I show them scripture where its used for year, month, a period of time etc. I don't hear back from them. The KJV is my go to, but there are MANY, MANY errors in it.

 

The first verse of Revelation is a perfect example, it says these things must shortly come to pass.......The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

But there are TWO NUMBERS behind SHORTLY....

 1:1 ¶ The Reuelation 602 of Iesus 2424 Christ, 5547 which 3739 God 2316 gaue 1325 z5656 vnto him, 846 to shewe 1166 z5658 vnto his y846 x848 seruants 1401 things which 3739 must 1163 z5748 shortly 1722 5034 come to passe; 1096 z5635 and 2532 he sent 649 z5660 and signified 4591 z5656 [it] by 1223 his y846 x848 Angel 32 vnto his y846 x848 seruant 1401 Iohn, 2491

#1722 ἐν en {en} a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state),

—Greek Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)

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#5034 τάχος tachos {takh'-os} from the same as G5036; TDNT - n/a; n n

—Greek Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)

1) quickness, speed

—Thayer's (New Testament Greek-English Lexicon)

From the same as G5036; a brief space (of time), that is, (with G1722 prefixed) in haste:— + quickly, + shortly, + speedily.

—Strong's (Greek Dictionary of the New Testament)

So in truth the KJV is wrong, it never says these things are going to come to pass shortly......Instead it says at a FIXED POINT IN TIME {When the Fathers sends the Son no doubt}, Jesus will return HASTILY, SPEEDILY, or in a FLASH. In other words, it means in a SHORT TIME FRAME, Jesus will return, when the Father orders that return it will be like BOOM, I am here.

But I see many a Eschatology that goes off the rails, thinking all of Revelation must have passed, because they read the KJV ad don't study the root words.

Good Advice, don't trust any  translation in full, check and recheck. Some are bad translations, and some or not even translations as you say.

Thanks for your input, I some of it I did not know before.  THANKS.

My Favorite Translation is Holman's Christian Standard Bible (HCSB), published in 2004.  The reason is their Translation Team did not mess with a lot of the word Yahweh, the way the other Translations did.  Here is an example:

Isaiah 43:10-11 (HCSB)
¹⁰  “You are My witnesses”— ⌊this is⌋ the LORD’s declaration— “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe Me and understand that I am He. No god was formed before Me, and there will be none after Me.
¹¹  I, I am Yahweh, and there is no other Savior but Me.

I use that Scripture a LOT to prove the DEITY of CHRIST, and back it up using:

Luke 2:11-12 (HCSB)
¹¹  Today a Savior, who is Messiah the Lord, was born for you in the city of David.
¹²  This will be the sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped snugly in cloth and lying in a feeding trough.”

The HCSB is FREE, and some older versions like KJV, ASV, etc.,  with the FREE WORDsearch Starter edition with their Software.  They have over 200 free books too. 

Not Greedy at all, I would say, and have very good sales.  (https://www.wordsearchbible.com/apps/wordsearch-starter)

10 hours ago, Anthony G said:

This site is not downloading my message correctly.  What it should of said pertaining to the comforter not helper,helper is in new Bible apostates created. What I said is the holy ghost will be with the comforter, also a message saying it is his messenger. Book of John ch 13 verses 18 thru 20, he already knows who he has chosen. He that recieveth whomsoever I send receiveth me, and whomsoever receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me, meaning the father. By the way,in acient Egypt, what these gods who refer to as the key of life,it is actually the key of knowledge that the angels stolen. We have been around for thousands of years, and there are people who truly believe that we've become super smart over the past 100 years,is a joke. These gods, angels can do things to us, that are way beyond our comprehension. Pharoahs of the sun whorshiped these gods. What they don't realize is that these gods are actually Satan's angels. God bless you all and if someone takes me serious and wants to know more email me at spiritoftruth10@gmail.com

You do know that the KJV was not an actual Translation? It was a Paraphrase, where they compared at least 5 older English Translations, and updated the Language to where King James was comfortable with it.  They said so in the Original 1611 Preface, that they DID NOT INTEND TO MAKE  A NEW TRANSLATION, but to revise older translations.  Here are two sites that point out that fact that the original Translation TEAM, did not intend to make a New Translation, (in the Green type below) but to revise older versions (top line) to update the languages and correct some know errors. That is a Paraphrase, and NOT A TRANSLATION.  You have put the KJV way to high on the pedestal.  The PREFACE was Re-written, and a lot of KJV ONLY people, do not even know the ORIGINAL 1611 PREFACE, even Exists.

(https://library.osu.edu/innovation-projects/omeka/exhibits/show/the-king-james-bible/sidebars/the-translators-preface-to-the)

23 hours ago, missmuffet said:

You need to do some more studying on the 7 year tribulation and the Anti Christ. Your information and interpretation is not correct

Yes, that one baffled me, too.  I have been a Born Again Christians since the last week of 1977.  It is the strangest interpretation that I have EVER SEEN.

The point that I have been trying to make is Archeologists, (one of them is an Israeli), have found evidence proving the so-called Temple Mount, where the Dome of the Rock sits; NEVER WAS THE LOCATION OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE, {in my opinion}. Those Archeologists are patiently waiting for a combined Audience with the Israeli Govenment and the Temple Institute, to PRESENT their Evidence that the Dome of the ROCK does not sit on the Temple Mount but rather that location is only the CENTER OF FORT ANTONIA. AND they have evidence that the Real TEMPLE MOUNT WAS 600 Feet South of the Whaling Wall. What I am gaining as an understanding from the above videos, is apparently the Archeologists claim to even have evidence that the Temple Mount bedrock was removed by Simon bar Kokhba, the Jewish Leader at that time. 

That location is definitely LOWER than it was at the time of CHRIST, because after the Destruction in 70 AD, in the later part of 132 AD, Simon, ordered the original Temple Mount turned into a ROCK QUARRY to remove the DEFILED Bedrock of the Temple Mount. The reason Simon considered the Temple Mount defiled, was because the Roman Emperor Hadrian had built a new City (Aelia Capitolina) over the ruins of Jerusalem, and even built a Temple to Jupitor on the original site of Solomon's Temple. Aelia Capitolina remained the name of Jerusalem, until 638 AD. That is what really TRIGGERED THE WAR known as the The Bar Kokhba revolt in 132 CE.

Yeah, I had a dickens of a time finding out what CE was, and it was simple. It stands for Christian Era, in other words the same thing as AD. Apparently during that two year Period of Simon bar Kokhba RULING OVER JUDEA, he ordered that the Temple Mount be turned into a Rock Quarry to remove the bedrock defiled by the Temple of Jupiter, effectively removing Mount Zion, to where there is a debate going on in Isreal where it was for sure. They hauled the rock and dumped it in the gorges South of Jerusalem to make a fairly level road bed, giving them an easy access to Jerusalem from the South.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Kokhba_revolt)

Jeremiah 26:18 (HCSB)
¹⁸  “Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and said to all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the temple mount a forested hill.’

Micah 3:12 (HCSB)
¹²  Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the hill of the temple mount will be a thicket.
 

2 Samuel 5:7 (HCSB)
⁷  Yet David did capture the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.

Psalm 20:2 (NCV)
²  May he send you help from his Temple and support you from Mount Zion.

Jeremiah 50:28-29 (NJB)
²⁸  Listen! Fugitives and runaways from the country of Babylon arrive in Zion and proclaim the revenge of Yahweh our God, revenge for his Temple!
²⁹  Call up the archers against Babylon! All you who bend the bow, invest her on all sides, leave her no way of escape. Repay her as her deeds deserve; treat her as she has treated others, for she was arrogant to Yahweh, to the Holy One of Israel.

ISN'T  IT CLEAR, THE TEMPLE IS IN THE WALLED STRONGHOLD OF ZION, THE CITY OF DAVID, according to Biblical Evidence?  

Lamentations 2:6 (HCSB)
⁶  He has done violence to His temple as if ⌊it were⌋ a garden ⌊booth⌋, destroying His place of meeting. The LORD has abolished appointed festivals and Sabbaths in Zion. He has despised king and priest in His fierce anger.

6 hours ago, Anthony G said:

The Antichrist I am talking about is in ll Thessalonians ch 2 verses 7 thru 11 signs and lying wonders which means God like powers the angels through the things they can do in our skies,done this in the 1930s and and ever since then. Satan through man already come into the temple, which is the church and sabotaged the word of God, apostasy has already taken place , book of Amos ch 8 verses11 and 12, many shall seek the word of God, and they shall not find it, because it has been changed in a bad way. All the church's around me have Bible's created by apostates. The book of Enoch speaks of this very thing, this book speaks of the angels giving us knowledge of weapons among other things. We are by no means the same people that we were prior to the mass UFO sightings in the 1930 and 40s. Think about it people we can get no worse than we are today. In 1960,there was a rebel against all authority, people running around doing all kinds of sinful things and it has gotten worse, when porongraphy came out, people should have known the Antichrist had already come. The book of Revelations are visions of events that happened over thousands of years, and I would stop listening to some of these pastor's on television, Haggy who likes to preach as if Revelations are all events at the end times. I don't need to do anymore studying, take no offense but everything that has been going on with me since the icon of John the Baptist started weeping is a strange thing. I know I am right and you shall find out soon enough. Prophecy of weeping icon of John the Baptist in Homer Glen Illinois book of Acts chapter 20 verse 31 book of Luke chapter 13 verses 5 thru 9. God bless you all. Email spiritoftruth10@gmail.com if you have the original King James version and want to see other passages about these angels,who are the real problem. The saints shall judge the world and we shall judge angels. Do you think we shall judge holy angels, I think not.

That is talk about the Dictator that Satan possess or controls, during the final 7 years before Christ comes back.  Satan has always wanted to RULE THE WORLD through a Dictator, and He has trying SEVERAL TIMES, but the Holy Spirit has not let him fully do it.  The Holy Spirit is the ONE that Holds him back.  He has tried through several Dictators in the Past, like NERO, NAPOLEON, ADOLF HITLER, ETC.  BUT the HOLY SPIRIT is always there, NOT LETTING Satan go too far.  BUT THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE TAKEN OUT OF THE WAY, and if HE IS GOING BACK TO HEAVEN, to let Satan Posses that Dictator in the end times, WE HAVE TO GO WITH HIM.

John 14:16-17 (GWT)
¹⁶  I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper who will be with you forever.
¹⁷  That helper is the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot accept him, because it doesn't see or know him. You know him, because he lives with you and will be in you.

That is just one of the reasons why we Evangelicals, absolutely believe in the PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE.

In the  pictures on the below website, You will see what Harod's Temple should look like.  So if they settle the debate on the LOCATION of the TEMPLE, it would be like the BIBLE is Clearer than the average JEWISH OPINION.  We ALSO have an eye witness, Josephus, other Historians, would put the true location all along, in the CITY OF DAVID.  When you consider the BIBLE, and Josephus, and many other sources such as Archaeologists, all say it is in the City of David. (Obviously the City of David is my opinion.)  I think the biggest factor is the POLITICS of ADMITTING the TEMPLE MOUNT was the wrong SITE, and therefore the JEWS have not been Praying at the Western Wall of Temple, but the Western Wall of Fort Antonia. That will be an awful bitter Pill for the Jews to Swallow. 

It seems in the top picture, to be almost Correct, EXCEPT the size of the Court of the Gentiles, and the Eastern Gate.  If I remember right it was Josephus that said, when he stood in the doorway of the Eastern Gate, if the other doors were open, he could see the curtain of the Holy of Holies.  That tallest TOWER in southeastern corner of Fort Antonia is CORRECT, because Josephus had the measurements of each Tower, and he said the Southeastern Tower was build much taller so the Roman Guards could see down into the Courtyards of the Temple, watching for signs of a rebellion about to take place.  He even recorded a large uprising that took place and the Roman Soldiers defeated them on double Colonnades Bridges.  In an Roman Legion, you had 6000 Soldiers and about 4000 support personnel.  So the artist that first drew the third Picture, for the Model in Jerusalem, NEVER bothered to look up how many people did it take to make up a Roman Legion.  So if you use Fort Antonia in the top picture, and the Temple from the third picture down in the article, of the Model of Herod's Temple in Jerusalem, it would be WAY MORE ACCURATE.

(https://truthinscripture.net/2017/11/03/where-was-herods-temple-temple-graphic/)

16 hours ago, other one said:

The way you have this written is near impossible to really understand.....    you are covering so many subjects with no punctuation that it is kind of impossible to separate things to make any sense out of it....   It might help if you just took one thing at a time and show the scripture where you get the understanding..

Do you not understand that the Holy Spirit will give us understanding ? ? ?

1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (NIV)
⁶  We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
⁷  No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began.
⁸  None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
⁹  However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"--
¹⁰  but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
¹¹  For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
¹²  We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
¹³  This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
¹⁴  The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
¹⁵  The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment:
¹⁶  "For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.

1 hour ago, Anthony G said:

I find it humorous when people refer to Satan or the Devil and Lucifer as just one evil spirit Mark ch5 verse 9 when Jesus asked the Devil his name he said my name is Legion and we are many The name Satan is just what God calls the legion of evil spirits and guess what they are playing out in all of us Do people really believe that God who can make no mistakes would create murders rapist and also liars The Lord Satan is a liar and the father of them it is an insult to God to even think he created sinners John ch 1 verse 9 we were born into this world the light of God I guess some people choose not to believe Jesus was casting devil's out of us first it must be put in. In order for it to be cast out. Prophecy of the weeping icon of John the Baptist that has been weeping since July 2015 in Homer Glen Illinois book of Acts chapter 20 verse 31 book of Luke chapter 13 verses 5 thru 9 he says 3 year's in both. Book of Ephesians ch 3 verses 1 thru 3 Prince of the power of the air the spirit that worketh in the children of disobedience. He is talking about his angels. One day with the Lord is a 1000, and a 1000 yrs is that of a day. We are past that one day, just like the angels to release the plagues in one day was actually occurred over many years, where are we today Revelations ch20 verse 8 Magog is Russia and China is Gog, their lands are connected which makes it part of Magog. This is it the real. Like I said some people are in denial,why because of fear. Wild imagination,no just the simple truth that is hard for people to accept because it is hard to comprehendif anyone would like to no of other passages that refer to these angels email me at spiritoftruth10@gmail.com. let those read,read with understanding. God bless us all

According to my understanding, we are between Chapter 3 and 4, NONE of the Prophecies after that Have happen YET, but they will.  Gog is near Moscow, and Megog is west, north and east of Caspian Sea.

4 hours ago, other one said:

may I ask where you got all this information from?

The book of Revelation was my Spiritual Milk, in 1978 .  That is the first book of that I studied from the radio ministry - Grace To You - ministry of Dr. John MacArthur, Jr.  That was a 30 minute radio show, that featured Dr. John MacArthur's sermons, verse by verse a Study of the Book of Revelation.  He is Senior Pastor of mega Church called Grace Community Church near L.A. AND he is President of the L.A.'s The MASTER'S COLLEGE AND SEMINARY.  I listened to that entire series on the radio program, Grace To You, then bought the cassette tapes, and RELISTENED to it OVER 3 more Times. Before I gave it away.  If you would like to Listen to it, Dr. MacArthur put it online for People to Listen to FREE. (https://www.gty.org/library/resources/sermons-library/scripture/1?book=66&chapter=0)  I am not sure if this is the way they want it, but copy the everything but brackets, and paste it on your Address Line.  There are 37 hours of Sermons in the series, and the Tape: A Jet Tour Through Revelation , it is the first one in the series and it is a brief out line of the entire series.  Dr. John MacArthur, Jr. is the most famous conservative evangelical Pastor that there is in the USA, and they are Classified Non-Denominational. 

I to am a conservative evangelical Christian.

Sorry, but I told you the TRUTH.  WHERE ON EARTH DID YOU LEARN THAT WILD THEORY.  Angels that fell, JOINED SATAN'S REBELLION, and ARE NOT THE ANTICHRIST, SATAN IS THE ANTI, and he possess a DICTATOR, most likely the LEADER of the E.U.

Revelation 12:9 (NASB)
⁹  And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
 

This next quote is Out of the Apocrypha, so it is not considered the WORD of GOD, but it is valuable as a historical book:

Bel and the Dragon 1:23 (NJB)
²³  There was a great dragon which the Babylonians worshipped too.

Most likely this is GOD of the Underworld that the Babylonians worshiped.

Now below is where I get that the Antichrist will be a REAL World Dictator, that is possessed or CONTROLLED by Satan Himself.  In my opinion, the final Form of E.U. will have that DICTATOR that is controlled by SATAN, for the Final 7 Years before CHRIST COMES BACK, to set up HIS KINGDOM.  Also KNOWN as the 70th week of Daniel.  I goofed and do not know how to undo it.  Therefore, there are actually two quotes from Dr. MacArthur, so click on the bottom arrow too.

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Rev. 12:13-17 Satan's onslaught against the Jews during the Tribulation will begin with the rise to power of Antichrist. During the first three and a half years of the Tribulation, Satan will work to extend Antichrist's power. Once he becomes the ruler of the world, Satan will make use of him for his evil purposes. Thus, Antichrist will pose as the protector of the Jews during the first half of the Tribulation. The covenant mentioned in Daniel 9:27 is a protection pact with the Antichrist that he will break in the middle of that seven-year period. At that point, Antichrist will become Israel's persecutor for the last half of the Tribulation. He will reveal his true nature when he breaks the covenant and sets up the abomination of desolation (Dan. 11:31; 12:11; Matt. 24:15-16; 2 Thess. 2:3-4) three and a half years into the Tribulation. At that time, Antichrist's persecution of God's people, which has been going on throughout the first half of the Tribulation (see the discussion of 6:9-11 in Revelation 1-11, The MacArthur New Testament Commentary [Chicago: Moody, 1999], 187-97), will focus on Israel and intensify.

MacArthur New Testament Commentary, The - MacArthur New Testament Commentary – Revelation 12-22.

 

2 Thess 2:4-10. The title man of lawlessness has been identified with many different individuals, including Antiochus Epiphanes, Caligula, Nero, and in the last century, Hitler, Stalin, and others. But the close association of the man of lawlessness with the Day of the Lord rules out historical persons; otherwise, the Day of the Lord might have come centuries ago. The man of lawlessness cannot be Satan, for he is distinguished from the devil in verse 9. Nor can this be a reference to a principle of evil, for the text specifically identifies him as a man. He can be none other than the final Antichrist.

Paul further described the man of lawlessness as the son of destruction. The expression son of is a Hebraism indicating a close association, or of the same kind, just as a son shares his father's nature. The Antichrist will be so completely devoted to the destruction of all that relates to God's purpose and plan that he can be said to be destruction personified. He, however, belongs to destruction (apōleia; "ruin," not "annihilation") as the one to be destroyed. He is fixed for punishment and judgment; he is human trash for the garbage dump of hell.

Only one other individual in Scripture shares the dubious distinction of being named son of destruction: Judas (John 17:12; the nasb translates the same Greek phrase "son of perdition"). The title is thus reserved for the two vilest people in human history, controlled by Satan (John 13:2; Rev. 13:2) and guilty of the two most heinous acts of apostasy. Judas lived and ministered intimately with the incarnate Son of God for more than three years—a privilege granted to only eleven others. Yet after observing Jesus' sinless life, hearing His wisdom, and experiencing His divine power and gracious love, Judas betrayed Him. Amazingly, he was so much a son of destruction that the glories of Christ that softened the eleven hardened him.

Monstrous as that apostasy was, it pales in comparison to the act of future apostasy Antichrist will commit. Judas betrayed the Son of God; Antichrist will proclaim himself God. Judas desecrated the temple with the money he received for betraying Christ (Matt. 27:5); Antichrist will desecrate the temple by committing the abomination of desolation (Matt. 24:15). Judas, apparently without influencing others, went astray, a tragic, solitary disaster (Acts 1:18-19); Antichrist will lead the world astray into destruction (Rev. 13:5-8).

After initially posing as the friend of religion (cf. Rev. 17:13), Antichrist will suddenly reveal his true nature when he commits blasphemy against God and opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship (cf. Rev. 13:15-16). Energized by Satan and aided by the false prophet, Antichrist will have immense power to successfully demand that the world worship him (cf. Rev. 13:1-17). Satan, who has always longed to be worshiped (cf. Isa. 14:13-14), will fulfill that desire vicariously through the worship accorded Antichrist. Antichrist will exalt himself by taking his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God. The temple, the symbol of God's presence, is the most fitting place for Satan to orchestrate the ultimate act of blasphemy—a wicked man displaying himself as being God. This apostasy, to which Paul refers here and which Jesus called the "abomination of desolation" (Matt. 24:15), referring to Daniel's prophecy, will take place at the midpoint of the Tribulation (Dan. 9:27). It will initiate God's judgment on the world through Antichrist's reign of terror during the second half of the Tribulation. At the end of that three-and-a-half-year period, Christ will return in glory to destroy Antichrist's kingdom and all the ungodly. The Lord Jesus will cast him into the lake of fire along with his false prophet (Rev. 19:11-21).

MacArthur New Testament Commentary, The - MacArthur New Testament Commentary – 1 & 2 Thessalonians.

 

Now there is where I get that the Antichrist will be a REAL World Dictator, that is possessed or CONTROLLED by Satan Himself.  In my opinion, the final Form of E.U. will have that DICTATOR that is controlled by SATAN, for the Final 7 Years before CHRIST COMES BACK, to set up HIS KINGDOM.  Also KNOWN as the 70th week of Daniel.

 

 

 

 

 

On 5/10/2019 at 11:19 AM, Anthony G said:

The true Antichrist of the Bible are the Angels who fell from righteousness to do evil they are the pale horse Book of Revelations chapter 6 verse 8 power was given to them to do bad things to us them meaning plural not singular the color of a pale horse is grey book of Jude everlasting chains of darkness is reserved for the Angels come judgement day must read original King James version they have never been locked up Book of Job chapter 4 verses 13 through 18these angels put evil spirits in us when we sleep who do we know of that messes with us when we sleep and also who we refer to as the greys they are not aliens they are now Satan's angels and yes they are gods you Christians must watch the movie The Fourth kind book of Isaiah chapter 14 verse 12 oh Lucifer son of the morning which means the devil's playground which is the oven called Hell go to your YouTube app live NASA footage of their ships flying into black hole in sun how do we people know when it's morning when the Sun appears the sun is the gateway to the oven must watch unsealed alien files on YouTube app season 3 episode 1 1930s and 1940s Mass UFO sightings around the world after that destruction of morals and values I also know prophecy of weeping icon of John the Baptist that has been weeping since July 2015 if you wish to know contact me clock is ticking fast but people of the church won't listen do to denial and pridefulness

Oh my, you certainly have a wild imagination.  It is much simpler than that. 

Do you remember the Statue in King Nebuchadnezzar Dream, that Daniel Explained.  That represent the entire History of the WORLD'S EMPIRES. There are FOUR EMPIRES, and the Ten Toes are a revival of Fourth Empire the Romans.  That clay mixed with the Iron, means several member of the Revival of the Roman Empire, a 10 Nation Confederacy, will make it weaker than the original Roman Empire.  The E.U. fits that Description, and SEVERAL COUNTRIES will pull a BREXIT when they see a DICTATOR about to take over the E.U.  The Antichrist will be a Dictator, possessed by Satan Himself; that is INVITED TO RULE, (the Conqueror on a with white horse with bow, but no arrows, Rev. 6:2).  He rules peacefully for 3.5 years, and they he becomes the most blood thirsty dictator that ever lived.

Daniel 9:27 (NIV)
²⁷  He will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing [of the temple] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him".

Could that Be a Guillotine on top of that WING ? ? ?  So that all the world will see those beheaded that refused to bow to him as God.

2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 (HCSB)
³  Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For ⌊that day⌋ will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.
⁴  He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits in God’s sanctuary, publicizing that he himself is God.

Revelation 20:4 (HCSB)
⁴  Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. ⌊I⌋ also ⌊saw⌋ the people who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years.

You want to see what Happens to that Dictator, read the entire Zechariah 14, and Rev. 19:11-21.

The Foolish Virgins are people who THINK they are Christians, but NEVER HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN.

For those who are unsure, Born Again happens the moment GENUINE Faith in CHRIST really enters your heart (human spirit).

The Holy Spirit works on the Heart, until it has Sincere Remorse of SIN, Rev. 2:16, Rev. 3:3, Rev. 3:19, Mat. 21:31-31, Luke 18:9-14, Ps. 34:18, Ps. 51:17.

Out of the LOVE in our Hearts, because of the HOLY SPIRIT, we willing surrender to JESUS CHRIST as LORD (MASTER):  John 1:12-13, Col. 2:6, Rom. 10:9, 1 Cor. 12:3.

The Holy Spirit Births your human spirit from Death into ETERNAL LIFE, John 3:3-7, Col. 2:13, 1 John 3:14, Titus 3:5-8.

The Holy Spirit takes up Residence in your HEART as TEACHER of Truth, John 14:16-17, John 14:26, John 16:13.

Pours GOD's Love directly into our Hearts (human spirit), Rom. 5:5, Rom. 5:1-10.

The Holy Spirit Gives us Spiritual Understanding, 1 Cor. 2:6-16.

After we are SAVED, the Holy Spirit, uses GOD's LOVE in us, to PRODUCE LOVE FOR GOD, in the form of Obedience, and the LOVE for the Brethren, 

John 14:15, 1 John 5:3, 1 John 3:14-19.

For those who do not understand that Obedience is a BYPRODUCT of GOD's LOVE IN US, and falsely think Obedience is not a free Gift and part of Salvation, 

try to make it square with this Scripture:

2 Timothy 1:9 (CSBBible)
⁹  He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.

IT CAN ONLY BE A FREE GIFT, BECAUSE OF THAT VERSE.

Is John the Baptist the re-come Elijah?

John the Baptist came in the spirit of Elijah, in other words with the same fire and zeal in his spirit.  Was that the total fulfillment?  We are not sure one way or the other.  HOWEVER, I will give you some food for thought.

Hebrews 9:27 (HCSB)

²⁷  And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment— 

Did GOD specifically mention who would be an exception to that rule?

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 (NASB)

¹⁶  For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

¹⁷  Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. 

Okay, how many other people have never died?  Two, Enoch and Elijah, but no where does it say they are an exception to the rule of dieing once.

Could these two be Enoch and Elijah moved by GOD from their time to the end times to turn the Nation Israel to become Believers that Jesus Christ is the Lord and Messiah of Israel?

Revelation 11:3-13 (NKJV)

³  And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth."

⁴  These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.

⁵  And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner.

⁶  These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.

⁷  When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them.

⁸  And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

⁹  Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, { Live on CNN } and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves.

¹⁰  And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

¹¹  Now after the three-and-a-half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.

¹²  And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.  { Live on CNN } 

¹³  In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.  

And what could be the result of Enoch and Elijah coming back to the Nation Israel with all kinds of miraculous powers, and what could their testimony or witness be?  Could it be to tell the Nation Israel, perhaps even the very day Antichrist enters the Third Temple and demands to be worshiped as God; that Jesus Christ is Our Messiah! (Yeshua Hamashiach!)  That message, coming from Enoch and Elijah, who by the power of GOD are recognized by every Jew still alive at that time, as genuinely BEING Enoch and Elijah; what would be the RESULT?

Zechariah 3:9 (ESV)

⁹  For behold, on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven eyes, I will engrave its inscription, declares the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.

Would they not ALL become that very day, as they watched the TV news about the TWO WITNESSES, Enoch and Elijah, ALL become believers that JESUS is their Messiah?

1 Corinthians 1:22 (HCSB)

²²  For the Jews ask for signs and the Greeks seek wisdom, 

And thus even Enoch and Elijah die once, at that hands of the Antichrist in the Streets of Jerusalem.  Why do they "prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days"?  Could it be that those two witnesses also are the ones who also lead the gentile Tribulation Saints to receive Jesus as their Lord and Messiah, and those gentiles take more convincing, because they may not miraculously recognize Enoch and Elijah?

Think about it!

I am in a interracial marriage. My wife is black and I am white. We have a daughter together who is mixed and she has two children from a previous marriage (both black). We encounter racism quite a bit, especially living in the south. Recently I was on an elevator with my son (he is black an I am white), and there was another white family on the elevator with us. The youngest of their kids kept looking at my son and howling then laughing. The mother kept trying to shoosh him and the dad just kind of looked away. Anyways, I got the distinct impression that they didnt really care for people of color. How does God want us to handle these situations? I felt so much anger swelling up inside it made my stomach churn. I wanted to knock someone out. I didnt of course, and simply smiled and went about my business, turning the other cheek so to speak. But it hurt long after the incident, and still does when I think about it.

I am sorry that you and your family are still running into that racism down south.  I was raised in a small town in Nebraska, where I did not see hardly any racism.  But when I was stationed at Keisler AFB in Biloxi, Mississippi, I saw first hand just how bad it could be.  Me and a buddy who was Polynesian went downtown to play pool at a local billiard parlor, and promptly got thrown out because it was for whites only.  I was so embarrassed, because Pacca had no idea why he was ordered out, he was from a very small island in Hawaii, and he asked me to tell him why he was ordered out.  It tore me up explaining it, but thankfully he made joke out of it, and said, "Well, when I get out of the Air Force, I will get my Dad the Chief, to get the war canoes together and we will come over here and attack Biloxi."

So, I agree with the others, that ignoring them was the right thing to do.  Ignorance and foolishness deserves to be ignored.  Now if they claim to be Christians and there is an ongoing dialog with them and you still detect prejudice, I would show them this verse and these pictures:

 1 Timothy 5:21 (HCSB) 

²¹  I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing out of favoritism. 

Jesus was known as the Nazarene, so what do men from Nazareth look like:

And What if they say, but Mary was from the City of David.  Okay what do they look like:

NOW, since the only images we have ever seen of Christ as we grew up,

were all based on drawings by white Europeans who had NEVER seen Christ.  

Just how certain are you that Jesus was white?

 

 

You could of saved a lot of typing if you just started with the question and waited for an answer.

 

No, that is not what I believe.  Salvation is a one time thing, as we can read in Ephesians 2:8-10

 

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Once saved, we need to continue to examine ourselves to see if we have not turned from the truth, which is the scripture I provided, 2 Corinthians 13:5 .

You really should refrain from posting accusations until you know the full facts, then take it private if you wish to discuss it with a member.

 

AMEN to that!  And I am sorry I jumped to that conclusion, but I have been debating a lot of others lately (mostly on another site) with very similar posts, and they were DEFINATELY trying to justify adding works to Grace, before you are saved.

wq

 

 

It's Funny How My Beloved David Hunt Strongly Believed In Miracles

 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. John 14:12

 

And Yet My Dear Doctor John (MacArthur) Seems To Seek

To Block The Same Holy Spirit From His Flock

(And Yes I Do Love And Respect

Dear Doctor John)

 

. . .

Perhaps?

 

I told you that I do not want to debate the so-called Charismatic gifts.  There would be no point in debating them.  

Our beliefs are as Rock Solid unmovable as yours probably are.  

Here are our beliefs about the Charismatic gifts in a nutshell.  Hopefully you will be able to see why there would be no point in debating them.

We believe that Charismatic Gifts exhibited today are absolutely not Biblical.

The so called Tongues are not done the way Apostles did them.  Every time the Apostles spoke in TONGUES, there were Unbelieving Jews present who heard everything they said in their own dialects.  In fact, we believe the Charismatic tongues do resemble Tongues of the ancient past, those of the Greek Mystery religions, who spoke in Ecstatic Tongues frequently.  In fact, Plato referred to it in the Worship of Zeus as Divine Ecstasy, and stated:  "It was as if I linked up with the god."

We believe the Miracle Healers of today are using the power of suggestion to bring temporary relief of symptoms, but when outsider Seminary Students investigated the healing of terminal diseases, of one very famous Faith Healer, every one of those names given to them by the Faith Healer were subsequently found to have had their symptoms return and had died of their terminal disease that the Faith Healer supposedly healed them of.  

We believe the Miracle sign gifts were for the APOSTLES only to validate to the Jews that the new WORDS from GOD were genuinely from GOD, just like when the Prophets did miracles.  When the New Testament was complete the purpose of the miracle sign gifts ceased and so did the sign gifts.  In a revival movement in 1906 the charismatic movement began, only their miracle gifts were not done in the same manor as the Apostles, therefore we believe they are counterfeits of the real gifts that the Apostles had.

Mark 16:20 (HCSB)
²⁰  And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the accompanying signs. 

Does Scriptures say there will be miracle sign gifts in the end times, sure:

2 Thessalonians 2:9 (ASV)
⁹  even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 

We believe what Dave Hunt said, "You are setting yourselves up to believe the lies."; accurately describes the Charismatic Movement.

Yes Dave Hunt believes in miracles the same as we do. They COME FROM GOD, MOSTLY IN ANSWER TO PRAYER.

We believe Modern Day Faith Healers, are self-deceived at best, and many are religious con-artists.

We believe the greater works that we do than Christ is witnessing, which leads unbelievers to eternal life, which is greater than Jesus raising Lazarus to physical life only to physically die again.

So you should be able to see that there is NO need for us to debate or discuss this subject, it ALWAYS ends in a stalemate, and an agreement to agree to disagree.

No I will not respond to another post on this subject, and I certainly have no interest in arguing with you about our differences in what we believe about the Charismatic Gifts.

 

Here is a list of most of the Theologians that influenced my spirit growth:

 

Dr. John MacArthur, Jr.

Dr. Ed Young, Sr.

Dr. Charles Stanley

Dr. Gil Rugh

Dr. Chuck Swindoll

Dr. Ben Haden

Dr. Adrian Rodgers

Dr. Richard Lee

Dr. Zola Levitt

Dr. J. Dwight Pentecost

Dr. Walter Martin

Dave Hunt

John Ankerberg

Wow these are mine as well... welcome by the way Love, Steven

 

YES, AMEN, I have found them to be very sound Biblically, and a genuine Blessing to be taught by.

I really do not feel that I am of any use to God.

Now how do you know that.  First things first.  

Have you ever Confessed to God that you are a sinner, mourning over your sinfulness?

1 John 1:9 (NKJV)

⁹  If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

Psalm 34:18 (NIV)

¹⁸  The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Job 5:11 (NKJV) 

¹¹  He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety.

Ezekiel 24:23 (HCSB) 

²³  Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not lament or weep but will waste away because of your sins and will groan to one another. 

Matthew 5:4 (NKJV)

⁴  Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted. { That verse is primarily about those who mourn over their sinfulness. }

See it, it is those who are brokenhearted and crushed in the spirit, whom GOD CAN USE.  It is the Proud, that he cannot use.

The night He saved me, was after a third attempt at suicide in one week.  I was going through an unwanted divorce, and felt useless and worthless.

I felt something in me break, and I think it was the PRIDE of running my own life my own way.  There was a tremendous rush of guilt over my utterly sinful lifestyle.  It dropped me to my knees bawling and weeping uncontrollably, and I cried out to the LORD, "If you have a purpose for my life, then you will have to come into it, and run my life, because I can't do it. I am making a total mess of it."  I knew in my heart I was totally surrendering to the LORD as MASTER.  I was willingly giving HIM complete control of my life.  And no one in the Church I was raised in, ever taught me to pray a prayer like that.  Is that what the Bible tells us to do?  YES, and few Churches seem to be teaching it that way any more.

John 1:12-13 (HCSB) 

¹²  But to all who did receive Him, He gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in His name,

¹³  who were born, not of blood, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God.

Received Him as what though?

Colossians 2:6 (NIV)

⁶  So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in Him, 

Romans 10:9 (NASB)

⁹  that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 

{ NOTICE: It says CONFESS, not profess.  You really have to have received Him in your heart as LORD which means MASTER, before you can say it as a confession.}

That word LORD literally means MASTER.  There are many who want a Savior, but very few who want a MASTER.

Matthew 7:13-14 (NIV)

¹³  "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

¹⁴  But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

We enter that small gate and onto the narrow road, when we receive HIM as MASTER (LORD).

How do I know all of this is TRUE?  It is the story of my life, when I surrendered control of my life to HIM willingly, I was as far down as I could get emotionally.  I meant that prayer with my whole being, never to take back the control over my life that I was giving him.  Yes I had to get into His Word and He gave me a hunger for His WORD that I never had before.  Through His Word He started changing me from the inside out.  Was He able to take this Nebraska farm boy with an addiction to a party hardy lifestyle and USE HIM? I mean really use me for HIS purposes.  ABSOLUTELY!  In time He molded me to fit HIS purposes, moved me and my godly wife HE gave me to California, and even though I had no formal Bible College training, HE opened the doors for me to become a Volunteer Protestant Prison Chaplain, in two of the hardest Maximum Security Prisons in California.  Nine years at Pelican Bay State Prison, and 6 years at High Desert State Prison.  You see it is not a matter of do we have the skills to be used by GOD.  It is a matter of mourning over one's sinfulness and then willingly out LOVE giving HIM control over your life, and willing to be used.  I had NO training in how to start a Prison Ministry, but I knew HE KNEW HOW TO DO IT, and HE was putting it on my heart to Volunteer at Pelican Bay State Prison, and I trusted HIM to give me the ability to do what HE wanted me to do.

Please respond to this post.  I pray you have confessed to HIM that you are a sinner, and have received HIM as your personal LORD.

P.S. I am happier than I have ever been since I gave HIM control of my Life.  He is doing a GREAT job of running my life.

The "born of GOD" mentioned in John 1:13, is the born again in John 3:3 & 7.  It is not a weird event as some may think, and it CERTAINLY is a REALITY.

John 3:6 (NIV)

⁶  Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.

That verse gives us the information to understand what it is.  The human spirit has to be brought to Eternal Life by the Holy Spirit to be in tune with the Will of GOD.  Because of Adam's sin of rebellion, we all inherited a sin nature, which amount to being spiritually dead to the Will of GOD.  That bringing of our human spirit to eternal life, happens when we admit to GOD that we are sinners and surrender control willingly to Jesus Christ as LORD.  It is a great feeling to KNOW HE LOVES US, and that we LOVE HIM BACK via our obedience.  That kind of "KNOWING" Him only comes when our human spirit is brought to Eternal life, because that eternally alive spirit thinks too, but it is focused on Jesus Christ, instead of self.  

OH YES, GOD certainly has a plan for your life.  He allows us to go through many negative things to prepare us to witness to others who are going through the same kind of negative things we did. REMEMBER, I had to hit bottom face first HARD, before I learned to look up. So I absolutely believe you are far enough down to be ready to be used by GOD.  In my Prison ministry, I witnessed to a lot of inmates who were thinking about suicide or had tried it.  I always shared with them that the thing that stopped me from finishing pulling that trigger, was the SHEAR TERROR of knowing HELL was for REAL, and FOREVER.  

Ephesians 2:4-5 (NIV)

⁴  But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

⁵  made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved. 

John 5:24 (HCSB) 

²⁴  “I assure you: Anyone who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.

If you need proof that there is a human spirit, check out these verses:

Zechariah 12:1 (NIV) 

¹ This is the word of the LORD concerning Israel. The LORD, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the spirit of man within him, declares: 

1 Thessalonians 5:23 (HCSB) 

²³  Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely. And may your spirit, soul, and body be kept sound and blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Hebrews 4:12 (HCSB)

¹²  For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart. 

Cross Reference said:

 

Your last post is different than your previous post. At first, there was no mention of repentance, just that if we disobey, our lives no longer rest under His grace.

I agree with your last post, but notice the key is to remain in Him, continuously checking ourselves to see if remain in faith.

2 Corinthians 13:5 

Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

I have no idea if the Christian online matchmaking services are any good, but they advertise a lot on TV here:

Christian Mingle

AND 

a close friend met her Christian husband through eHarmony, and they have been married nearly 15 years now.

You can find their websites by doing a simple Google search.

I know they charge for the service but I have no idea how much.  I repeat, I really do not know their percentage of success rate.  So it may or maynot be worth the try.