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If you have a strong concordance, using KJV, you won't find demons in the alphabetical word listing, but if you have an NKJV bible, where devils are, they put demons instead, that's what I meant interchangeable. As you know, sin is made up of 3 things, lust of eye, lust of flesh, & pride of life. Extremes of self can lead to obsession, wanting more. At the less harmful end of this could be music. I don't know you, but I do know you like all kinds of music, like I do. I saw a Rush documentary, with fans that travelled the world, having seen them in concert 100-200 times, along with all the merchandise, that takes up huge amount of time & money, that could be obsessive. I'm old enough to remember Beatlemania, where girls passed out, with all the madness & screaming, that can send them crazy. There are all sorts of mental & physical types of diseases stemming from loss of self-control, like schizophrenia, bi-polar, etc, & some people get through form of disability, like autism & asbergers. Like I have said, disease comes from not being at ease with yourself, or not able to handle what life throws at them. Christians have a gradual cure for all this, when we add to our faith 7 things in 2Pet1v5-7 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. Self-control can stop a lot of what leads to the harmful side of 'wanting more', like conflict & war, serial killers, & individuals shooting & stabbing random people, suicides of all kinds. Your 'oppression & depression' stems from a lot of all this, at least we can be thankful we have a God who can combat all this, the world does not, so manic behaviour will be out of control for them.

I don't go to any church around, I used to, before discovering errors. Church is ekklesia in Greek, means called out ones. I have been called out, & where 2 or 3 are gathered, there God will be. It would be good to have fellowship with others, of like minds. In the meantime, I am the 2 gathered, my inner man & my outer flesh. God has made us kings & priests (2 witnesses) Rev1v6.

Part 5 As demons are self & distribute fortunes, leads us on neatly to 1Tim6v9-10 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. Love of money- philarguria- from 2 words, philos from phileo, means to like or have affection for, fond of friend. Arguros- silver or shining, (where argue comes from, shining above others). Love of money is the devil's doctrine (distribute fortunes). Death to self daily is God's doctrine. Prosperity preachers, like Kenneth Copeland & many others, take money from the poor, saying God will reward them hundredfold. Most of these people have private jets & palace type homes. To prosper- eudoo is from eu- well & hodos- way, well way, which is the narrow way, & Yeshua is The Way.

Covid-19 is a smart virus, whether started deliberately, or not, & small enough to infect & spread into a contagion. The particles are 50-100 nanometers. To give some perspective, there are 25,400,000 to the INCH,, & masks are ineffective, as they are, at best, 300 nanometers, so the virus can easily get through. Also the 14 day quarantine thing looks way off, more like 24-30days, so people will be released, & still infect others. So prepare for the worst, & hope for the best. As a cure is months away, the best protection (other than God's), is nano silver solution, that protects the immune system, very beneficial, not only for corona, but other diseases too!

There is no accept Christ, as we do not choose God. Jn15v16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you So you have either forgot, or learned the other gospel 2Cor11v4 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!

Luke 9v23-24 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. 2Thess1v4 so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure,

I'm with you there, but that's OK! You & God & His Word are a majority, so don't take it personally. I know it's easy for me to talk, I'm probably a lot older than you, but just stick at study, speak on things you know, question what you don't, but be careful in following anyone's doctrine, as there is a lot of weird doctrine, Hey! I've been accused of having odd doctrine myself, but as we say in the UK 'It's water off a duck's back!!'

To mature us in the faith. Were you not disciplined as a child to do as your told, & get told off, or slapped if you didn't? God will also us to sin & mess up,as long as you ask forgiveness, it is in our nature, it's harder to live spiritually, in a world that just wants to their own thing. You sound young in faith, so you need to read & study, & not always believe any human, so confirm it in the bible, to see if is truth or lie!

Yeshua (Jesus) is The Shepherd, who will lose NONE of His sheep (elect church), but most who call themselves Christian, are already following the 'other Jesus' of 2Cor11v4, because that is the 'easy comfortable Jesus'. Yeshua says 'Deny self, take up your cross, & follow me', which means going through trials & tribulations.

If I am understanding you, yes the bible's words deceive when not interpreted correctly, but that is why there are 1000's of different churches, all would claim to be the truth, I have been in a few myself in the past, but that is why is important to study yourself, it might take years, but if your God's elect, He will steer you to His truth. Part 4 Having spoken about covetousness & lust, America certainly fits the bill when talking about 'Spiritual Babylon' mothering the idolatry of self-esteem. I'm in the UK, & we are not far behind too! Rev18v2 Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen. The 1st Babylon fell on the Euphrates River in the 6th century BC never to rise again from destruction. The 2nd Babylon will be an international city that reigns over earth Rev17v18, of self & wealth, albeit with trillions of debt! It's interesting going back to when it was Babel in Gen11, when the whole earth had one language, but Nimrod & his minions wanted to be like God, & build a tower to the heavens. Notice him say in 11v4 'Let us make a name for ourselves', mimicking God in Gen1v26 "Let Us make man in Our image". The result, God scattered them with different languages, & in v6 ended "now nothing that they do will be withheld from them". Free reign to sin as much as you want, & fulfill self. Babylon The Beast carried Israel away, as the 1st of 4, Babylon, Persia, Greece & Rome, & we still have the beast in Rome, along with manmade denominations as defined as de- no & nomos- law, so no law, they make their own laws & rituals.

Part 3 Back to the 2 Greek words for devil- daimon & diabolos. Daimon- distribute fortunes links to capitalism, which is defined 'The economic system in which all, or most of the means of production & distribution (distribute) as land, factories etc, (fortunes) are privately owned & operated for profit, it has been generally characterised by a tendency toward concentration of wealth. (for the individual or capitalist) Diabolos- slanderer links to democracy, defined demos- the people, damos- a division of the people, & kratein- to rule by kratos- strength, a gov't who rule. A government of the people, by the people, for the people. When satan was tempting Yeshua to cast Himself down Mt4v6, he wanted to cast God out of office, as the judge. He was seeking to establish a democracy by getting a majority vote over God. Democracy began in Eden when the serpent & Eve got together & enlisted Adam's vote. They began a democratic form of government, by ruling themselves with a majority vote. Their government was a true democracy. Man will vote to fulfill the desires of the flesh with capitalism. Man's sinful nature is to fulfill the devil's doctrine. The doctrine of the devil is lust & covetousness. Lust- epithumia- a longing for that which is forbidden, long for. Covetousness- pleonektes- to want more (better car, house, wife, money etc). Paul said in Col3v5 covetousness is idolatry, & in Eph5v5 a covetous man is an idolator.

Part 2 Demons & devils seem to be interchangeable, gods who distribute fortunes. There is only 1 God in 3 persons of the trinity. These other gods are self imaginations, like all the sun, moon & tree gods (baal & the grove) that Israel worshipped, with their golden calf & other metal & wood idols. Jews had their demons, Arabs have their genies (with their 3 wishes, like Eve!), Celts have their faeries, Romans have their guardian angels, & even the Irish have their leprechauns! The churches that celebrate the festivals of xmas (gods-mithra, baal etc), but put Christ there instead, & easter (gods-ishtar, ostara, etc), where it should be Passover, so they represent the 'other jesus' of 2Cor11v4. We know self opposes God, that is why we need forgiveness on a daily basis, for our sins. There are always opposites that God put in place, after creation; God-satan, light-dark, good-bad, live-die, hot-cold etc. God's elect are 2 as well, the inner man (Christ dwelling in our hearts) that cannot sin (Holy Spirit), & the outer flesh (self), that cannot stop from sinning, (along with all the self-imaginations). If demons were real, that would make a 3rd entity, being or whatever you imagine a demon to be! It don't add up!

Part 1. Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons. Devils is in the KJV & demons in the NKJV. Seducing is KJV & deceiving is NKJV. If there is a 'doctrine of devils' being preached at the latter times (husteron - eventually, last of all times) we need to define it, so we can warn God's elect (sheep), that they will not be seduced, (deceived). Seducing - planos, meaning imposter, misleader, deceiver, Only imposters masquerading as ministers of righteousness can seduce men by this devils' doctrine. It started in the Garden of Eden, when the serpent preached it to Eve, beguiling her. He did not come breathing fire & smoke, saying that God was not God. He simply told Eve that God didn't mean what He said. She could have all that the world had to offer, which is the meaning of the word devil. Devil - diabolos meaning slanderer, or false accuser (satan was accusing God of lying about eating of the tree). Diabolos is the construction of 2 syllables; dia - meaning the channel of an act, through or thereby, & ballo - to throw, cast out, strike or throw down. Satan 'casts God down' off the throne of a man's life, seducing him by accusing God of lying, concerning His commandments. God says "Thou shalt not", but with smooth seductive words satan says, 'God doesn't mean that, you can have & do those things, if you want to. You can have the world, & all it has to offer'. 2nd word for devil - daimonion - daemonic being, deity or god, which is the derivative of the word daimon - our word demon, from the root- daio - to distribute fortunes. When Eve looked upon the tree, she saw 'all that is in the world' 1Jn2v16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. The lust of the flesh - Eve saw a tree that was good for food The lust of the eyes - Eve saw a tree that was pleasant the eyes The pride of life - Eve saw a tree to be desired, to make one wise (sakel - self-esteem, self-intelligence), 'pride comes before a fall'.

Lupercalia survived the initial rise of Christianity but was outlawed—as it was deemed “un-Christian”–at the end of the 5th century, when Pope Gelasius declared February 14 St. Valentine's Day. It was not until much later, however, that the day became definitively associated with love. Having a particular Valentine's Day is a very old tradition, thought to have originated from a Roman festival. The Romans had a festival called Lupercalia in the middle of February - officially the start of their springtime. It's thought that as part of the celebrations, boys drew names of girls from a box. It's Roman Catholic tradition, which is pagan & against God, who instituted marriage between people of the same faith. Now the world pollutes that with adultery, living together, & sex outside marriage. The picture of the little 'eternal' boy with bow & arrow, is 'cupid' from cupido, meaning sexual lust, & 'eros' the Greek god of love, but hey! celebrate it if you want!

See OP. I didn't look at the date, just read the story!

Like the irony, but you could buy a card at anytime of the year, or just go up to her, give her a hug, & say your bit. I will leave it to you to find the meanings of St Valentines, if you wish to do so!

What God does not welcome is any of His elect church celebrating a pagan festival, like Valentines, following on from xmas, to lent, & easter to come Ez8v14-16 14 So He brought me to the door of the north gate of the Lord’s house; and to my dismay, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz. 15 Then He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Turn again, you will see greater abominations than these.” 16 So He brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house; and there, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east.

I beat you by 7yrs!

Thanks, I would have put that!

Thanks for your input, I'd like to stick to eternity, rather than any life that you think you will have in a '1000yr reign'. As we differ, as I believe we are already living in the millennium (last 2000yrs), as in Rev20 1000yrs is plural, meaning at least 2000yrs. Anyway, that is getting away from the subject of eternity.

We all have differing beliefs of the process of getting there, as well as who gets there, but I would like to focus on what will we be like, so I will write questions here, & you can summise the answers, or maybe come up with other questions too! Will we be like a certain age look & not grow old? If so, what about babies, that have been saved? Babies did not have a chance to know who they are, will they recognise themselves? We will have new bodies, but reproductive organs are unnecessary? Do we eat, drink & sleep, as we will be eternal, so not die? I love music, will there be any, along with sport? What about relationships, will we all be platonic with each other? What about animals, will they all be tame, & like what's already here? Will we have memories this life, if so, they contained many sins? I could go on, but will hand over to you folks! (You probably think I'm a bit mad, but God made me this way, so deal with it)

Sorry, I cringe a bit when I hear 'accepted', as God chose us, jn15v16, we cannot choose Him, like most who think they get born again, after saying a 'sinners prayer', which is the false gospel. Being saved is over a lifetime of conforming to Christ's likeness, & gradually getting rid of self. So God only forgives His elect, when they sin.

They would come under having started the Spiritual Israel Church, that all that God has predestined, belong to, if He has chosen you. Their our blueprint for having sinned, & been forgiven for their democratic stance, & therefore faced the consequences, like the rest of us. Yeshua came for His elect, not anyone. Eph5v25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her. I agree with your other points.

We are in the world, but not of the world. I believe in Theocracy, God at the helm, guided by His Word. Democracy can be defined from Greek - damos - a division of the people, & kratein - to rule by kratos - strength - govt rule by the ruled. Eve began a democracy, they began to rule themselves, 'of the people, by the people, for the people'. I never vote, & never agree with any politician, & basically do not put my trust in anybody, except Christ.

It appears ever since Constantine brought in his edict of toleration in 312AD, that still holds under 'political correctness', where we all hold hands & tolerate our differences, which sounds good, but you would have trouble calling someone out on their sexuality now, as opposed to 30-40yrs ago. Hence, people who now class themselves as gay, feel more comfortable coming out, as it's more embraced by most in the world, so we have to tolerate in films, TV, soaps & sports, all these so-called brave folks coming out of the closet, & being applauded for gay marriage etc. How the cup of iniquity is fast filling up!