1 Tishri – Feast of Trumpets

Posted on October 2, 2016 by abdicate

Feast of Trumpets
In Hebrew called Yom Teruah – יום תרועה– Day of Blowing

God gave us an appointment book, and called them feasts. It is very important to know them.

Leviticus 23:1-2 (KJV)
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, [Concerning] the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim [to be] holy convocations, [even] these [are] my feasts.

The word feast is actually the word mo’ed (מועד) meaning appointed time. The first time this is used is in Genesis 1:14 where in the KJV it’s translated seasons, it’s literally appointed times. Speaking of the sun and moon, God said, “…and let them be for signs, and for appointed times, and for days, and years”. Seasons, spring, summer, fall, winter, didn’t even exist until after the fall, maybe even after the flood! Islam uses just the lunar cycle for their calendar, the West uses only the solar cycle for their calendar, but the Jews still follow the instructions of God and use both the solar and lunar cycles for their calendar. Yet, they still missed His signs!

These feasts are to be proclaimed forever because they speak of the Lord Jesus, a dress rehearsal (the meaning of the word convocation is literally dress rehearsal!) of His life, so all can recognize Him.

The seven appointed times are:

  • Jesus was born on the Feast of Tabernacles, 15 Tishri
  • Jesus died on Passover, 14 Nisan
  • Jesus was buried on Feast of Unleavened Bread, 15 Nisan
  • Jesus rose from the dead on the Feast of First Fruits, 17 Nisan
  • God gave the Law to Moses and the Holy Spirit to the church on Pentecost, 6 Sivan

There are two feasts left, Feast of Trumpets, 1 Tishri and Day of Atonement, 10 Tishri. The Day of Atonement is when Jesus will do according to the meaning of the word: the reconciliation between God and man, and lift the curse and set up His kingdom on earth for 1000 years, Revelation 20:6. So what is the Feast of Trumpets?

Tishri is the name of the seventh month – originally was the first month until the Exodus when God changed the first month to Nisan, Exodus 12:2. Tishri 1 is when the calendar year changes number. It is not connected to any historical event, even after Jesus’ time on earth. The same is said for the Day of Atonement. Tishri 1 is also known as “the day in which no man can know the day or the hour” because it must be proclaimed. A hint from Jesus’ own words perhaps, Matthew 24:36. First, two witnesses need to see the new moon. Then the council will determine if the day (1 Tishri) falls on a Sabbath or causes any other feast day to fall on a Sabbath. If so, it is postponed until the next day or even a second day. Hence the reason no one can know the day or the hour! Now 1 Tishri, because of the diaspora, dispersing of the Jews to Babylon, this day is also called the One Long Day because they’d light fires to notify the next hill who’d like a fire to the next hill, all the way to Babylon. As such, no one knows the day or the hour in which it started. Even the devil doesn’t know when it begins, 1 Corinthians 2:8.

Leviticus 23:23-25 (KJV)
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first [day] of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. Ye shall do no servile work [therein]: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

The trumpet wasn’t the brass ones you see today, but a ram’s horn. Four distinct sounds, or calls, were made with it. The first one is called Tekiah, the Blast, and means Awake and to Praise God with the Tekiah, Numbers 10:3. The next one is called the Shevarim, three blasts, meaning Broken, as in True Repentance, Broken before God, Numbers 10:5. The third one is called Teruah and means Alarm, Numbers 10:9. The sound is intended to alert the hearer to danger or an event. The fourth sound is called the Tekiah haGadolah and means the Great Blast, and is to be blown until out of breath, the long blast, Exodus 19:16, 19. You can hear them here http://abdicate.net/shofar.mp4 . The shofar is blow 100 times. The three sounds are blown and repeated 3 times making a series of 9 blasts. This is repeated 11 times, making 99 and the end, the 100th is the Great Blast, blown with a full breath until it cannot be blown any more, and it is also known as the Last Trump! The last trump is Rosh haShanah, the First Trump is known as Pentecost, and the Great Trump is on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) because it is when the Year of Jubilee is declared with the silver trumpets, not the ram’s horn.

Notice the progression of the types of trumps: Awake, Repent, Pay Attention, Event! This is also the meaning of these three fall feast:

  • 1 Tishri, Repent
  • 10 Tishri, Redeem
  • 15 Tishri, Rejoice!

1 Tishri has many names:

  • Rosh haShanah – Head of the Year
  • Yom Teruah – Day of Blowing
  • Yom haDin – the Day of Judgment
  • Yom haKeseh – the Hidden Day
  • Yom haKiddushin – Wedding Day
  • Yom haMelech – Day of the King
  • Yom Ziccaron Teruah – Day of Remembrance Blast
  • Opening of the Books
  • Opening of the Gates
  • Day of the Awakening Blast
  • Feast of Trumpets

No reason is given for this feast. Apparently, the reason was self-evident. In his book The Jewish Festivals, Rabbi S. M. Lehrman notes that Rosh haShanah is “…the picture of a Day of Judgment on which all mortals pass before the Heavenly Throne to give an account of their deeds and to receive the promise of mercy.” Just like the bailiff cries out “Hear ye! Hear ye! The Honorable Judge of the Universe presiding,” and beginning the ten days of trial. After which, man is reconciled to God, then God dwells with man! However, whereas this day is holy for His people, it is a gloomy day for those that reject God, Joel 2:1-2! Also check out Joel 1:15, Zeph 1:14-15, Amos 5:18.

For those that are His people, let’s look at the usage of the shofar (ram’s horn trumpet) in the scriptures:

Exodus 19:10-13 (KJV)
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, [that ye] go [not] up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether [it be] beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

Exodus 19:16-19 (KJV)
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that [was] in the camp trembled. And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

In Joshua, we see that the city of Jericho was shut up and Israel could not possess the land.

Joshua 6:2-5 (KJV)
And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, [and] the mighty men of valour. And ye shall compass the city, all [ye] men of war, [and] go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long [blast] with the ram’s horn, [and] when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

What an amazing picture these verses depict! Notice where else the shout and trumpet is used:

1 Corinthians 15:52-53 (KJV)
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (KJV)
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

What a comfort!!! Paul is quoting this verse:

Psalms 47:5-9 (KJV)
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God [is] the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. The princes of the people are gathered together, [even] the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth [belong] unto God: he is greatly exalted.

Shout: Teruah! Trumpet: Shofar! Last trump is called Tekiah haGadolah and is played only on 1 Tishri! Notice this:

Zechariah 9:14 (KJV)
And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.

Psalms 89:15 (KJV)
Blessed [is] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

Sound in Hebrew is the word Teruah! The signal, the alarm! Those that are His will hear it and know!

1 Corinthians 14:8 (KJV)
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

But when this day of trumpet arrives for the lost, it is a day of judgment:

Zephaniah 1:14-16 (KJV)
The great day of the LORD [is] near, [it is] near, and hasteth greatly, [even] the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. That day [is] a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

A day of the trumpet and alarm: Yom Shofar and Teruah! Here’s Jesus’ parable of the Ten Virgins in the Hebrew Scriptures is found in Daniel 12:1-3 and in Matthew 24:7-8, the Greek word here for sorrows is birth pangs. So the day of the Lord is not a good day for those that do not know God, Amos 5:20.

Notice in Revelation 17:5 the woman is the mother of harlots. Speaking of the Antichrist Daniel 11:32 says he will corrupt the covenant with flatteries but the people of God will be strong and do exploits. Proverbs 7:1-3 says we’re to keep the teachings of God in our heart. Torah means teaching, not Law, and literally means to hit the mark. Sin literally means tomiss the mark. Now look at the rest, Proverbs 7:4-10, where it says it’ll keep you from the strange woman with flattering words! Also notice that the simpleton goes to her house in the black and dark night, the time of Jacob’s trouble, and met the woman dressed as a harlot. Now look at verses Proverbs 7:13-15 where she’s a religious person having finished her vows and sought after the simpleton.

Now look at Mark 13:34 where Jesus is like One on a long far away journey. In Matthew 25:14-15, where the kingdom of heaven is like as a man traveling into a far country, giving His servants money and authority. Matthew 20 shows where Jesus is the householder, the good Man of the house. Go back to Proverbs 7:18-20 and see what it says:

Proverbs 7:18-20 (KJV)
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey: He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come home at the day appointed.

Everyone is trying to figure out the times, yet here it is for all to see who wish to see. The devil has already changed the times (Daniel 7:25) by leading us to follow the Pope Gregory’s calendar – Gregorian calendar, (before that Julian and before that Roman calendars) rather than the Scriptural calendar where we can see the day appointed.

The words day appointed in Proverbs is Yom Kece meaning the day of the full moon. What feasts fall on the day of the full moon? The feast of the full moon, 15 Nisan, is when Jesus was buried. The other feast of the full moon is 15 Tishri, Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus’ birthday! In other words, Proverbs 7:20 states that when Jesus returns, He’ll set up His kingdom on 15 Tishri, the day appointed, feast of the full moon!

But, you say, Jesus comes as a thief in the night. I say not to those watching and alive in Christ, but only to those dead in the church. Revelation 3:1-3 states that if the dead church does not watch, I will come unto you as a thief! The same warning to the church of Laodicea who don’t even know they are poor, blind, naked and miserable! Jesus warns again:

Revelation 16:15 (KJV)
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed [is] he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

In the Jewish tradition, the High Priest was called the one that would come as a thief in the night because he’d sneak up to the night watchman and if he found them asleep, he would go and get coals and set their garments on fire, they’d wake up and throw off their garments and run away naked!

Now read Matthew 25:8-13 and Luke 12:37-48! Peter asked if this was for the world or for them. Jesus plainly states it’s for the Man’s servant who is not watching! Matthew 16:3 shows that the Jews didn’t see the signs nor understand them, Luke 19:44. 1 Chronicles 12:32 shows that Issachar knew the times. Seeing all these links, now read what Paul says to the faithful!

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 (KJV)
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

We as Christians are to help the Jews see these appointed times, Ezekiel 33; Jeremiah 6:10, Acts 7:51.

Isaiah 58:1 (KJV)
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

Remember the old paths, the appointed times.

Jeremiah 6:16-17 (KJV)
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein]. Also I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

The rest of the chapter talks about the tribulation period!

Notice what happens to the faithful, those that are watching and waiting:

Daniel 12:2 (KJV)
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.

Isaiah 26:19-21 (KJV)
Thy dead [men] shall live, [together with] my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew [is as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

If that’s not understood as the Rapture, then you just don’t want to believe the scriptures.

Psalms 98:4-9 (KJV)
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap [their] hands: let the hills be joyful together before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

So let’s go back to the beginning where God set up His schedule:

Genesis 1:14 (KJV)
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

The first thing the sun, moon and stars are for is for signs. This word signs can be translated sign, signal, a distinguishing mark, banner, remembrance, miraculous sign, omen, warning, token, ensign, standard, miracle, and proof. Do not think for a moment this is astrology (interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world) but only for what God has said signs.

1 Tishri also marks the beginning of the Sabbatical year (shemita) and the year of Jubilee, and the trumpet is sounded on 10 Tishri, Leviticus 25:8-9, mark that that year is the year of Jubilee. And in Jewish tradition 1 Tishri was the day in which Abraham bound up Isaac to sacrifice him. When Abraham proved himself to God, God provided a ram who was caught by its HORN!! The shofar is a ram’s horn! Who is Isaac a symbol of? Jesus! So when the shofar is blown on 1 Tishri it’s to remind God of the promise (which the Jews missed) and to us of the finished work of Jesus as He moves from the seat of judgment to the seat of mercy, Numbers 10:10; Isaiah 44:23-24; Psalms 32:10-11; Psalms 47:1-9!

Note an interesting word. The first word of the scriptures is בראשׁית and means in the beginning, and literally means in head [of time] mark, as in Genesis, in beginning, in source, in onset, in inception. Like when NASA says, “Start the countdown, mark!” Rearrange the letters and you get תשׁרי בא, Tishri Come! If you put a space after the tav (ת), you have Mark [and] Abide [the] Coming! Philippians 1:24 and 1 John 2:24-25! Tav (ת) is what God said in Ezekiel 9:4 would be what is used to mark the worthy, Revelation 7:3 and 9:4! Tav is also the symbol that is portrayed when the lamb’s blood is put on the sides and lintel of the door!

We know this day is also the day when the Lord comes to rule the earth because on a 30-day monthly calendar, from Passover to Feast of Trumpets is 1260 days! Jesus died on Passover, so too will the Antichrist kill the Two Witnesses, and execute the abomination of desolation on Passover, and then in 1260 days Jesus returns to rule for 1000 years. The Two Witness preach for 1260 days, Revelation 11:3, and Israel is to flee to the mountains and abide there 1260 days, Revelation 12:6. Add the two together and you get 7 years. 2520 days after the arrival of the Two Witnesses, Jesus returns. 1 Tishri is a dual meaning day!

Psalms 102:13 (KJV)
Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

Time in this verse is mo’ed, Appointed Times.

Psalms 102:18 (KJV)
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.

The words generation to come is literally last generation.

Job 24:1 (KJV)
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

Whether the Lord comes on this day or not, always look up! Maranatha – Come Lord! :)

Luke 21:28 (KJV)
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

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Digesting the News

Posted on May 17, 2016 by abdicate

2 Peter 2:7-8 (KJV)

And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] unlawful deeds)

 

Focusing on their deeds will vex you. What is it to be vexed?

Greek: kataponeo

1. to labor down, i.e. wear with toil.
2. (figuratively) harass.

This word is a compound word, so other translations like this are: “beginning to sink”, Matt 14:30; “drowned” Matt 18:6; “oppressed” Acts 7:24; “swallowed up” 2Cor 2:7; 2Cor 5:4.

The point is, it’s okay to learn of their sins to pray for them and you, but to focus on it will bring you down. This is why the word of God says to think on:

Philippians 4:8 (KJV)

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things.

 

The TV, Internet, newspapers, people walking down the street, family members, even your own thoughts are all ingested with your senses (hearing, seeing, touching, smelling, understanding, believing) and it pulls us down. Statistically if we spend 7-8 hours of sleep, that leaves 16 hours. If your spend 8 hours working, 2 hours commuting to/from work, 2 hours of eating, that leaves 4 hours left. Grooming, house work, shopping, all chip away at that time. So let’s say you have 2 hours left. What do you do with it? 22 hours are spent in the world, how much time is needed praying and digging into the word of God to “balance” out all the worldly intake? To un-vex our intake?

Now you understand why the word of God says to meditate day and night on His word, Joshua 1:8. Because as you go about your very busy day, during breaths when you’re on auto pilot, murmur to yourself the word of God and listen to it, pray as you breath, all day. It takes a lot of effort to focus on meditating on God’s word with all the distractions around us, but if you take 30 mins to an hour before you start your day to find that one verse you need to chew on during the day, you’ll overcome the things of this world. Now you just have to do it. Then you’ll be MORE than conquerors, Romans 8:37.

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In Defense of the Trinity

Posted on February 11, 2016 by abdicate

 

Every cult and false religion denies in differing ways that the Lord Jesus is God Almighty in human flesh. The doctrine of the Trinity is what makes Biblical Christianity stand alone.

The late Dr. Walter Martin said several times: ‘If you are wrong about God and who He is…you are wrong enough to lose your soul for eternity!’. How true that statement is. (Dr. Martin has written several excellent books on the cults and false religions)

In His Word, the Bible, God has revealed Himself as a Triune God. The definition of the Trinity is as follows: The Bible says there is only one God but within the one God there exist three Divine Persons; God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. These three Divine Persons are the one God.

This study on the Trinity gives Biblical proof to those who doubt or deny the doctrine of the Trinity. First I will show from God’s Word that there is only one God. After this point is made, I show that there is a Person called the Father and that He is God. Next, I show that there is a Person called the Son and He is God. Finally, I show that there is a Person called the Holy Spirit and He also is God. Three Divine persons…One God.

Keep in mind that we as finite men cannot fully understand an infinite God by our own understanding. However, God has revealed Himself to us in His Word and through His Word He is revealed as a Triune God.

Main Points to cover in this study:

1……..There is only one God

2……..God the Father

3………God the Son (The Lord Jesus Christ)

4………God the Holy Spirit

5……….The Trinity: One God — Three Divine Persons

ONE GOD

The Bible teaches there is only one God

God reveals in His Word that there is only one God and that no other gods exist apart from Him. The following verses illustrate this fact:

“Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him” (Deuteronomy 4:35).

“Ye are my witnesses saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me” (Isaiah 43:10).

“…I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God….Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any” (Isaiah 44:6,8).

“I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me:…Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else” (Isaiah 45:5,22).

“Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble” (James 2:19)

These verses show that there is only one God that exists. Men may call different things gods or worship different objects, but there is only one eternal God who exists apart from His creation.

GOD THE FATHER – the First Person of the Trinity

This section will show to the reader that there is a Person called the Father and that He is God Almighty. The following are a few of the verses that state that the Father is God:

“Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)…Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ” (Galatians 1:1,3).

“Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort” (2 Corinthians 1:2,3).

“Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 6:23).

“And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:11).

“To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord” (2 Timothy 1:2).

“…Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour” (Titus 1:4).

“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,…Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ…” (1 Peter 1:2,3).

“Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love” (2 John 3).

“…to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called” (Jude 1).

“Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father that honoreth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God” (John 8:54).

GOD THE SON (Jesus Christ): Second Person of the Trinity

Who is the Son? What does the Bible have to say? Did God take on human form and come to the earth? Did the Lord Jesus claim to be God? We address these questions here.

“For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” (2 Peter 1:17).

This verse shows two things:

(1) There is a person called the Father and He is God

(2) There is a person called the Son.

This section deals with the Second Person of the Godhead, the Lord Jesus Christ. Several scriptures will be examined that deal with the diety of the Lord Jesus. This is an important section since every cult and false religion denies that the Lord Jesus is God in human flesh.

The apostle John warned: “For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist” (2 John 1:7). “Beloved believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world” (1 John 4:1-3). His warning is clear. If someone denies that the Lord Jesus is God in the flesh, that person is a false prophet and an antichrist.

God the Son became a man and dwelt on earth

“Behold a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us” (Matthew 1:23).

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6).

These verses describe the birth of the Lord Jesus, when God the Son took on flesh and was born on earth. The next three verses give more evidence to the fact that God took on a body and became a man.

Who became flesh?

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us” (John 1:1,14).

?? Who was the Word? ….. The Word was God

?? Who became flesh and dwelt among us? .. The Word (Jesus)

“And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life” (2 John 5:20).

“…God was manifest in the flesh…” (1 Timothy 3:16).

“For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily” (Colossians 2:9).

The Lord Jesus claimed to be God

“And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you” (Exodus 3:13:14). Notice in this verse that God told Moses I AM is the Divine name to tell to the children of Israel.

The following verses is when the Lord Jesus was speaking to the Jews in John chapter 8. Notice two things in these verses: (1) The Lord Jesus takes the Divine name I AM and applies it to Himself (2) The Jews clearly understood what He was saying. Look at their reaction when the Lord used the Divine name.

“Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father that honoreth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM. Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by” (John 8:54-59).

The Lord Jesus used the Divine name and applied it to Himself: “…Before Abraham was, I AM.” The Jews clearly understood that the Lord Jesus was claiming to be God because they picked up stones to stone Him for blasphemy.

There are recorded two other occasions when while talking with the Jews the Lord Jesus claimed to be God. Again the Jews clearly understood what He said because each time they got so angry they wanted to kill Him.

The first verse is John 5:17,18 “But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.”

The second verse is John 10:30-33 “I and my Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from my Father: for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.”

The Lord Jesus made a claim that He was God Almighty. You dear reader must decide if He was a liar, a lunatic, or the Lord from Heaven. The Word of God is either all true or all false. Do not forget that “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16).

Thomas confesses that the Lord Jesus is God

After the Lord’s resurrection He was seen by the other disciples except Thomas. When Thomas saw the Lord Jesus he called Him his Lord and his God. The Lord Jesus did not correct Thomas but instead He said he was blessed because he believed. The account of Thomas confessing that the Lord Jesus is God is found in John 20:27-28 “Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed.”

The Father calls the Son, God

“But unto the Son He Saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands” (Heb. 1:8,9,10). Look closely at this verse and its context. In this verse God the Father is speaking to God the Son and He calls the Son (Jesus) God.

The Diety of the Lord Jesus in the Creation

The following are verses that show that God Almighty is the one who created the heavens and the earth.

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (Gen 1:1).

“Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that gaveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:” (Isaiah 42:5).

“Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together” (Isaiah 48:12,13).

“By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth” (Psalm 33:6).

The following verses are about the Lord Jesus Christ who created the heavens and the earth. These verses show that the Lord Jesus is God and He is the creator.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him (Jesus); and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men….And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:1-4,14).

“In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature: For by him (Jesus) were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him and for him: And he (Jesus) is before all things, and by him all things consist” (Col 1:14-17).

Notice that in the above verse it says that ” For by him were all thing created,…all things were created by him,…And he is before all things”. This shows that the Lord Jesus created ALL the things that were created. The Lord Jesus is the Creator of all things!

Also notice that the Lord Jesus is ‘before all things’. On the one side there is God; and on the other side there is the created things. Now since the Lord Jesus is before all things, then He is God because only God existed before the created things.

Worship and the Diety of the Lord Jesus

“And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve” (Luke 4:6-8).

In the Bible worship belongs only to God. It is wrong for men or angels to be worshiped. In the above verse the devil wanted the Lord Jesus to worship him but the Lord said only God is to be worshiped. Here is the point, only God is to be worshiped. Now if it can be shown that the Lord Jesus Christ is worshiped then He is God.

The following verses show that the Lord Jesus is worshiped both on earth in heaven.

The Lord Jesus is worshiped on earth: “While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshiped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live” (Matt. 9:18). “And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshiped him” (Matt 28:9).

The Lord Jesus is worshiped in heaven: “And again, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him” (Heb.1:6). “And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshiped him that liveth for ever and ever” (Rev 5:13,14).

God’s Glory and the Diety of the Lord Jesus

The following verses show that God will not give His glory to another:

“I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images” (Isaiah 42:8).

“For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory to another” (Isaiah 48:11).

The Lord Jesus is God because He has God’s glory: “And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was” (John 17:5).

Our Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ

The following verses show that our Saviour is God and there is none other:

“I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour” (Isaiah 43:11).

“…and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else” (Isaiah 45:21,22).

“…My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior” (Luke 1:46,47).

“But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Savior” (Titus 1:3).

The Lord Jesus is God and He is our Saviour. We read: “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13).

“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ” (Phil. 3:20).

The Diety of the Lord Jesus in Ezekiel

“Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east: and it was shut. Then said the Lord unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut” (Ezekiel 44:1,2).

The closing of the Eastern Gate is one of the many fulfillments of Bible prophecy. Notice that the verse says that the Lord the God of Israel hath entered in by it. The Lord Jesus is the Lord the God of Israel. He entered the gate with His triumphal entry a few days before the crucification.

To know the Lord Jesus is to know God

“Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also” (John 8:19).

“If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him” (John 14:7).

To see the Lord Jesus is to see God

“And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me” (John 12:45).

“Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father: and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?” (John 14:9).

To believe in the Lord Jesus is to believe in God

“Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me” (John 12:44).

To receive the Lord Jesus is to receive God

“Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me” (Mark 9:37).

To hate the Lord Jesus is to hate God

“He that hateth me hateth my Father also” (John 15:23).

To honour the Lord Jesus is to honour God

“That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father which hath sent him” (John 5:23).

The Lord Jesus Christ is God

These verses show that God is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, and the first and the last.

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty…I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last:…” (Revelation 1:8,11).

“…I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end…” (Revelation 21:6).

“And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last” (Revelation 22:12,13).

“Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last” (Isaiah 48:12).

“Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his Redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God” (Isaiah 44:6).

In Revelation chapter 1 we read the following description of the Lord Jesus in His Glory:

“And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength” (Revelation 1:13-16).

In the next two verses the Lord Jesus speaks and identifies Himself as God.

“And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore…”(Revelation 1:17,18).

“And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive” (Revelation 2:8).

The Lord Jesus who lived, died, and now lives forever identifies Himself as the first and the last. We have already shown that the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, and the first and the last refers to God Almighty. The Lord Jesus claims directly to be God in these verses.

Who is coming? … God is coming

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty” (Revelation 1:8).

“Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown” (Revelation 3:11).

“Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him” (Isaiah 40:10).

“Behold, I come quickly:…And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be, I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last” (Revelation 22:7,12,13).

We see in the above verses that God Almighty is the one who is coming quickly and has His reward with Him. In the next verse the Lord Jesus is identified as the one who is coming. This gives conclusive proof that the Lord Jesus is God.

“He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly, Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus” (Revelation 22:20).

The Lord Jesus is God and He is coming quickly.

PRAISE GOD!!!

GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT – Third Person of the Trinity

“But a certain man named Ananias with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? While it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God” (Acts 5:1-4).

“Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Cor 3:17,18).

The Holy Spirit is God and He is the third Divine Person of the Trinity. We see in the first verse that to lie to the Holy Spirit is to lie to God. In the second verse the Holy Spirit is called God.

The Holy Spirit is a Person with personal attributes

He speaks

“Then the Spirit said unto Philip , Go near, and join thyself to this chariot” (Acts 8:29).

“As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them” (Acts 13:2).

He wills

“But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will” (1 Cor 12:11).

He testifies

“But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me” (John 15:26).

He intercedes

“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered” (Romans 8:26).

He leads

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God” (Romans 8:14).

“But if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law” (Galatians 5:18).

He commands

“Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not” (Acts 16:6,7).

He appoints

“Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood” (Acts 20:28).

He can be blasphemed

“Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come” (Matthew 12:31,32).

He can be insulted

“Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?” (Hebrews 10:29).

He can be grieved

“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption” (Ephesians 4:30).

“But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them” (Isaiah 63:10).

He teaches

“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:26).

He has intellect and understanding

“But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual with spiritual” (1 Cor 2:10-13).

He has a mind

“And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God” (Romans 8:27).

He is a Personal Being

Many cults and false religions believe that the Holy Spirit is nothing more that the power of God. They deny that He is a personal Being. The above verses show that He is a Person with personal attributes. He is not the force or power of God.

For example: electricity is power but it cannot talk. One can stick his finger into a light socket and get power but that power will not give advice or guidance. Radio waves are a form of energy but it is impossible to lie to a radar beam. Radio waves and electricity are both impersonal forms of energy but the Holy Spirit is God Himself…a personal Being.

The Holy Spirit has God’s Attributes

He is eternal

“How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself…” (Hebrews 9:14).

He is all powerful

“…The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee…” (Luke 1:35).

“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:…” (Acts 1:8).

“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost….Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God;…” (Romans 15:13,19).

He creates

“…And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters” (Genesis 1:2).

“The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life” (Job 33:4).

“Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth” (Psalm 104:30).

He is everywhere present

“Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold thou art there…” (Psalm 139:7-10).

He is all knowing

“But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God….even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God” (1 Cor 2:10,11).

“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:26).

Hebrew Scriptures and New Testament Comparison

In this section the Holy Spirit will be shown to be God Almighty as we compare a verse in the Hebrew Scriptures with its counterpart verse in the New Testament.

First, let us look at Isaiah 6:8,9 “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not”. In this verse God gave Isaiah a commission to go and speak to the children of Israel.

Now lets look at the counterpart verse in the New Testament. “…Well spake the Holy Ghost by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers, Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:” (Acts 28:25,26).

When these two verses are compared it can be easily seen that the Holy Spirit the one who is speaking and He is God.

We read in Jeremiah 31:31-34 “Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was a husband unto them, saith the LORD: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more”.

I think that it is clear that it is God Almighty who is talking in this verse.

Next, we compare this verse with Hebrews 10:15-17 “Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more”. Again, it is clearly shown that the Holy Spirit is God Almighty as He is the one speaking in each verse.

This section has shown that the Holy Spirit is a Divine Person with personal attributes. He is not a mindless power or the force of God. He is God Almighty, the Third Person of the Trinity.

THE TRINITY: One God — Three Divine Persons

Hinted in the Hebrew Scriptures

“And God said, Let US make man in our image, after our likeness…” (Genesis 1:26).

“And the Lord God said, Behold the man is become as one of US, to know good and evil:…” (Genesis 3:22).

“…let US go down, and there confound their language…” (Genesis 11:7).

The Trinity: Revealed in baptism

“And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: and there came a voice from heaven, saying, thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” (Mark 1:9-11). This verse shows the Father speaking, the Son being baptized, and the Spirit descending.

“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” (Matthew 28:19).

The Trinity: Revealed in salutations

“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ:…” (1 Peter 1:2).

“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.” (2 Cor 13:14).

The Trinity in the Resurrection

(1) The Father raised the Lord Jesus

“Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities” (Acts 3:26).

“And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus which delivered us from the wrath to come” (1 Thess 1:10).

(2) The Lord Jesus raised Himself

“Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up….But he spake of the temple of his body” (John 2:19,21).

(3) The Holy Spirit raised the Lord Jesus

“But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you” (Romans 8:11).

The previous verses show that the Father raised the Lord Jesus, the Lord Jesus raised Himself, and the Holy Spirit raised the Lord Jesus. The Trinity is shown in the resurrection.

This final verse shows that it was God Almighty who raised the Lord Jesus: “Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead” (Acts 17:31). Remember, there is one God: three Divine Persons.

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one” (1 John 5:7).

TRINITY — FINAL WORDS

I hope this study has been helpful in giving you, dear reader, a better understanding of the Doctrine of the Trinity. Use it wisely to stand against those who would distort and pervert God as revealed in the Bible. Remember, if a person is wrong about God and who He is, then he is wrong enough to lose his soul forever and is a path of destruction to others!

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God….And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us…” (John 1:1,14).

“For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist” (2 John 1:7)

“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world” (1 John 4:1-3)

“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them” (2 Cor 4:3-4).

“But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed” (Galatians 1:8,9).

DO YOU KNOW THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOUR?

“For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon” (Isaiah 55:7).

“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23).

“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5).

“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13).

“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” (John 3:16).

“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name” (John 1:12).

SINNERS PRAYER

Lord Jesus, I admit that I am a sinner and I ask You to come into my life to forgive and save me. I now receive You as my Saviour (trusting in You ALONE to save me) and my Lord (making You my Master and committing my life to You). Thank You for Your blood that cleanseth me from all sin. Take control and cleanse my life from everything that is sin in Your eyes.

The following notes give additional Scriptural proof about the doctrine of the Trinity. We are in the last days and the Trinity is one of the foundations of Christian faith under severe attack from the deceivers and the enemies of the Gospel.

NOTES on the TRINITY:

** Who RAISED Jesus from the dead? The Father (Romans 6:4)? The Son (John 2:19-21; 10:17,18)? The Holy Spirit (Romans 8:11)? Or God ??? (Acts 3:26, 13:30, 17:30,31; 1 Thessalonians 1:9,10; Hebrews 13:20)?

** Who does the Bible say is God? The Father (Ephesians 4:6)? The Son (Titus 2:13; John 1:1, 20:28)? The Holy Spirit (Acts 5:3-4)? The one and only true God (Deuteronomy 4:35)?

** Who CREATED the world? The Father (John 14:2)? The Son (Colossians1:16,17; John 1:1-3)? The Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:2; Psalm 104:30)? Or God (Genesis 1:1; Hebrews 11:3)?

** Who SAVES man? Who REGENERATES man? The Father (1 Peter 1:3)? The Son (John 5:21, 4:14)? The Holy Spirit (John 3:6; Titus 3:5)? Or God (1 John 3:9)?

** Who JUSTIFIES man? The Father Jeremiah 23:6, cf. 2 Corinthians 5:19)? The Son (Romans 5:9, 10:4; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21)? The Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:11; Galatians 5:5)? Or God (Romans 4:6, 9:33)?

** Who SANCTIFIES man? The Father (Jude 1)? The Son (Titus 2:14)? The Holy Spirit (1 Peter 1:2)? Or God (Exodus 31:13)?

** Who propitiated God’s just anger against man for his sins? The Father (1 John 4:14; John 3:16, 17:5, 18:11)? The Son (Matthew 26:28; John 1:29; 1 John 2:2)? The Holy Spirit(Hebrews 9:14)? Or God??? (2 Corinthians 5:1; Acts 20:28)?

by Alan Yusko [Reprinted with permission]

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To Trinity or not to Trinity?

Posted on July 5, 2015 by abdicate

Most people don’t read the word of God beyond their dogma so when someone says something from the word of God they’ve not heard via their dogma, they dismiss it right off. I remember this happening to me with my own dad when I was a kid. We were talking about the Lord’s coming and I mentioned the Lord would come like lightning from the east to the west. He told me I was wrong. We didn’t have computers then so I couldn’t remember the verse number to show him Matt 24:27. I felt terrible and it felt he was calling me a liar though I knew he didn’t mean that. But he just dismissed what I said.

Anyhow, where do you think he got the count of nine from? The nine count comes from these:

Revelation 1:4 (KJV)
John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
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Revelation 4:5 (KJV)
And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and [there were] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.​

Now you understand the temple Menorah – seven lamp stand

Who are the seven Spirits of God?

Isaiah 11:2 (KJV)And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;​

  1. Spirit of the Lord (Whom we call the Holy Spirit)
  2. Spirit of Wisdom
  3. Spirit of Understanding
  4. Spirit of Counsel
  5. Spirit of Might
  6. Spirit of Knowledge
  7. Spirit of the Fear of the Lord

These seven and the Father and the Son sum to nine. Maybe this is why “Trinity” isn’t a word in the word of God. Besides, how can we number God, He is all and therefore One! We are made in His image and we’re made up of more than 35 trillions cells, yet we are one. Trillions of stars make one galaxy! :D

Proverbs says that the Spirit of Wisdom is a she and she has maidens, Pro 9:3. She’s the builder of the seven churches, Pro 9:1, and she sends her maidens out, the Church (the Bride!), to call throughout the cities the calling of the Lord! We may be the lampstand, but it’s the Spirit that’s the fire – the Anointing Oil! ;) :ROFLMAO: :LOL: (y) :cool:

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Sin

Posted on June 7, 2015 by abdicate

Sin… yep, such a problem. I find many, including myself, struggle with this concept because without proper understanding of what sin actually is leaves too many with contradictory verses, concepts, and misunderstandings.

So, sin. The word literally means to miss the mark. But first you have to see that there IS a mark to be missed. Take the golden calf Aaron made. Before they were told it was wrong to do, no one did it. They had the gold from day one. But the Ten Commandments were not given for over a month! They were told not to do it, and they turned around and did it. They sinned. A bullseye was created and they were given instructions and they missed it. That is what sin is: to miss the mark. But it’s still more than that, so here’s the Hebrew for it:

– Original: חטא
– Definition:
1. to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness

a. (Qal)

1. to miss
2. to sin, miss the goal or path of right and duty
3. to incur guilt, incur penalty by sin, forfeit ​

b. (Piel)

1. to bear loss
2. to make a sin-offering
3. to purify from sin
4. to purify from uncleanness ​

c. (Hiphil)

1. to miss the mark
2. to induce to sin, cause to sin
3. to bring into guilt or condemnation or punishment ​

d. (Hithpael)

1. to miss oneself, lose oneself, wander from the way
2. to purify oneself from uncleanness​

Interestingly the Hebrew letters of this word mean:

ח fenced in/wall/separation;
ט snake/surround/below;
א strength/sacrifice/leader

Being a prisoner of the snake leader!​

How very fitting! We know that we are free FROM sin, but we still sin in this body of flesh. We are to be overcomers, nay, more than overcomers, because how to/way/path to defeat sin in our lives was literally lived by Jesus for us to follow. So to remain in sin is to remain a prisoner. Before we were saved, we were sinners/prisoners on death row for those sins. After we were saved, the sentence has been commuted and the prison doors opened for us to leave. BUT!!! We have to leave. It is a process. First we look at the door in disbelief – “Is it really open after so many years?!” We inch forward, all the while, our Judge and Executioner is saying we are free. He gently calls us over to the open door. Something happens, a sound, a thought, and we run back into our familiar corner. And we have to start over again. Some make it to the door and just stick their heads out to survey their surroundings. Spooked again by the change, we run back to our corner in fear or in surrender to sin. People fundamentally don’t like change. After a few years, sadly, we might make it a foot out the door. We see how wonderful it is, but again we become tempted with the familiar for fear of the unknown freedom.

So what is happening in this scenario? In a nutshell, we don’t trust the Judge and Executioner to do what He says. We revert back to our old habits and sin. Think of the lost years to sin. We forfeit our freedom. While we may not be physically free of sin, by our own choice, will we be executed for remaining in the prison? No, not at all. But look at it like this, whether we’re in the prison or free, unless events change, we’ll all die physically. We can’t even imagine what our lives would have been like if we had trusted our Judge and Executioner, trusted Him and obeyed Him, and lived free lives what a difference that would be. Those that leave the prison of sin enjoy a great relationship with our Judge and Executioner and live a full meaningful life showing His mercy and grace and calling other prisoners out too. Sin and salvation are not just about what happens AFTER we died physically, but what our lives are like NOW, here TODAY on this planet. Remaining in sin after salvation begs the question: are you really saved? If so, then you’re free from sin, so why remain in the prison? Remaining in sin after salvation, if you are indeed saved, only leaves you ignorant, lonely, and hurting, blaming God for problems in your life, when He paid the price for you to be free. Sin affects the relationship with God. He died for you, set you free, so what more can He do?

To obey the Judge and Executioner helps us to get out of the prison. We heed His words! He’ll clean you up, set you on the correct path, and gives you a job to do. The more faithful you are to Him, the more responsibilities He’ll give you. Imagine the spiritual the way life is and you’ll understand. If you’re the boss and you take a chance and give a homeless kid a job, pay him well, if he does a lousy job cleaning the toilets and taking out the trash, why would you trust him with the cash register? Why do you think God would be any different? Be a faithful servant and He’ll make you the ruler over His whole house!

Put sin in its correct context and understand what the word of God is saying when it talks about sin. At what point is it referring to? Before salvation. After salvation. Before a great relationship. After freedom with a great relationship. God’s protection from the effects of sin are not long term. His umbrella shrinks over time to allow us to see that there’s sin still in our lives and to get closer to God to remain under His umbrella of protection. Things once permitted newborns (wetting themselves, making a mess trying to eat) are not permitted in adults. Put everything into correct perspective and we’ll understand the word of God. Don’t spiritualize everything. The word of God is our guidebook to be free, don’t make new laws to keep others a prisoner because we don’t want to be free!

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Scientists Find Faith – and don’t know it

Posted on June 5, 2015 by abdicate

I found this article and it’s amazing, they have found faith, yes, Hebrews 11:1, in quantum physics – and they don’t even know it – nor would they even admit it if they had. Talking of their experiment they said:

According to Truscott, this means that if one chooses to believe that the atom really did take a particular path or paths, then one also has to accept that a future measurement is affecting the atom’s past.

“The atoms did not travel from A to B. It was only when they were measured at the end of the journey that their wave-like or particle-like behavior was brought into existence,” said Truscott. “It proves that measurement is everything. At the quantum level, reality does not exist if you are not looking at it.”
http://www.gizmag.com/quantum-theory-reality-anu/37866/

Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. ​

This is so cool! The reality of your situation does not exist if you’re not looking at it. So you have an issue, and you’ve asked God to help, but nothing changes. Why? Because you’re not looking at the reality of the situation in the Spirit! You’re only seeing it in the flesh! I know many won’t like this, but what they’re saying is exactly what the word of God says – if you are looking at something that is not there as if it was there, then it is there, therefore declare it! God SPOKE what wasn’t as though it was, and it became what was spoken! It’s that what prophecy is? Yes! Elijah said no rain would come except by his word!

It’s not wishful thinking, it’s putting faith in the right light, that God is our provider. Immature Christians jump on this and bring up the Ferrari example, and equate that stinking thinking to all things. “Since God won’t give me a Ferrari, then He won’t give me any car.” A self-defeating prophecy. If you doubt and don’t believe in your heart, then how can God help? You don’t have any “money”. In this case “money” is faith, the currency of heaven. First you have to be responsible with the small stuff before God will give you the responsibility of the big stuff.

I’ve said this before, if you cannot believe for a necessity, how are you going to believe you’ll go to heaven? It’s the same currency. How can the currency of heaven (faith) work in one area of your life (or in this case after-life) and not work in all parts of your life? It can! Your thinking must change. Look at it like this: if you know you only have $10 to your name compared to if you know you only have $1 Billion to your name, what actions would you take? Do you have $10 of faith or $1 Billion? The choice literally is yours, you just have to show responsibility for what you do have. Now you understand this verse:

Romans 12:3 (KJV)
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think [of himself] more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. ​

2 Corinthians 10:15 (KJV)
Not boasting of things without [our] measure, [that is], of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly, ​

Don’t have that Ferrari? Then be found first faithful to the little things:

Song of Solomon 2:15 (KJV)
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes. ​

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Christ and His Bride in the OT

Posted on May 15, 2015 by abdicate

How about this for OT Rapture? All the early church fathers believe Songs of Solomon was about Jesus and His bride – the church. With that in mind, read these verses:

Song of Solomon 2:8 (KJV)
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. ​

Skipping entails air between you and the earth! “… meet Him in the air…”

Song of Solomon 2:10 (KJV)
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. ​

Rise up… caught up… and come away… come up hither…

Parable of the fig tree explained…

Song of Solomon 2:13 (KJV)
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines [with] the tender grape give a [good] smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. ​

Song of Solomon 2:14 (KJV)
O my dove, [that art] in the clefts of the rock, in the secret [places] of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance [is] comely. ​

The word in Genesis translated as Night also means protective shadow and comes from the root word meaning staircase or enclosed space and the word for darkness is translated the secret place. In other words, the secret place of the stairs is HEAVEN! Come away with me to Heaven!

What are we going to do? Marriage supper of the Lamb!

Song of Solomon 5:1 (KJV)
I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. ​

Finally:

Proverbs 25:7 (KJV)
For better [it is] that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
​

The word for “come away” is הָלַך halak and means: to go, walk, come, specifically: depart, to lead, bring, lead away, carry

There ya go…

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Mark, or Name of the beast, or the Number of his Name

Posted on April 27, 2015 by abdicate

When I embarked on this portion of my 2010 study, I struggled with even how to start. I’ve been studying Scriptures since I was eleven. No other part of Scripture has seemingly been more elusive than Revelation 13 especially verse 18. When I learned the truth, I really had to struggle with what I’ve been taught all my life; to go against far more learned and respected men than myself.

Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

However, I have a more pressing desire to know the truth and nothing but. The Lord put within my heart discernment. I’ve grown up spiritually with the King James Bible and I’ve been very content with using it however; I began finding wonderful gems within the Hebrew Scriptures’s original language of Hebrew. The more I learn from Scriptures the more awesome and clearly divine it becomes. The devil has been trying since the first scrolls to mock the written Word by creating varying versions and minor adjustments, but the Almighty has allowed for those wishing to know the truth to do so. I’ve written a lot of things in this study, but the fundamental issue is: you must do your own homework. Just as parents cannot live the lives of their children, I cannot walk in your journey to the truth. I can only pray that I can be a tool to help you get there. I am not implying that I have presented everything accurately and without error – by now you should have found several typos. I am only presenting what I feel I have been taught by the Lord to the satisfaction of my intellectual desire and yearning of spirit.  Truth has no agenda.

Since I accepted the Lord Jesus into my heart, I knew I was in the last days. Even Hollywood is a believer with all their end-time and end-of-the-world movies and TV shows. There is a doom-and-gloom over the Earth especially with what is going on over the entire planet; major earthquakes, wars, rumors of war, countries against countries, ethnic groups against ethnic groups, crime, famine, floods, plagues: one need only to scan the headlines. 2011 alone has seen a rise to all those things just mentioned, but not with just its “happening” but that everything is breaking all-time records and not just by a little. The recent tornados in the south surpassed the previous record by twice as many tornados in a single day. No month in recorded history has had as many tornados as April 2011.

But Jesus says in Matthew 24:8 “All these are the beginning of sorrows.”

I’ve been taught just like everyone else a lie, not intentionally by the speakers or writers, but conceived by the devil over 400 years ago or more to hide the truth. I speak about the kingdom of the antichrist. 400 years ago the Roman Catholic Church was very powerful. They had the Spanish Inquisition and made and destroyed kings. They were indeed the most feared entity on the planet, and remained so for a very long time. So 400 years ago, stating that the kingdom of the antichrist was the Roman Catholic Church was only offensive to Catholics. However, today, they do not behead non-believers. They still hold, to some degree, that Jesus is God and that as a man He died on the cross for us, and rose from the dead and ascended to heaven. Although a mix of old pagan beliefs and New Testament teaching, they don’t diminish Jesus to mere mortal as Islam does today. In fact, if they knew Scripture well enough, no one, including me who used to be Catholic, would have been deceived by this lie.

I John 2:22 “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.”

Catholics will still admit that Jesus is the Son of God and that He is God. So by the definition laid out in Scripture, they cannot be the kingdom of the antichrist.

Matthew 12:30 “He that is not with me is against me; …”

Luke 9:49-50 “And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.”

This should be a warning to all the Christian denominations that their division is not what the Lord intended for His bride. It is from all the misinterpretations of Scripture by unprepared preachers, scholars, and evangelists, and mostly the lazy believers that falsely allow others to live their spiritual lives, to be deceived resulting in division. I am most certainly not an ecumenicalist (doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations) but I believe if we stop judging one another, live by the Word of God, and be obedient to the Holy Spirit, the outcome can only be unity. The one thing I really despise are labels.

Psalms 133:1 “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”

Hearing this from Walid Shoebat, a former PLO terrorist who accepted Jesus as his Savior, I started doing my homework. Since I didn’t have any problems with Islam being the kingdom of the antichrist, I had a hard time fitting in the “mark of the beast” and the illusive “666”. But let’s start at the beginning.

Isaiah 14:12-14 “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.”

Lucifer, son of the morning = הֵילֵל בֶּן-שָׁחַר (literal meaning – Morning star son of black [as in just before the dawn]) – pronounced helel ben shahar

Lucifer in Hebrew is pronounced heylel.

Heylel means:

“Morning star” in Hebrew הֵילֵל

“Light Bearer” in Latin

“Crescent Moon” in Arabic هلال (copy and paste this into Google images and you’ll get a crescent moon)

Cresent MoonIf you type into Google translate, hilal bin shahar (هلال بن شر ) you’ll get Crescent Moon son of Evil!

The crescent moon is the symbol and the image of Islam.

Arabic uses metathesis (vowel substitution and same consonant shuffling) to generate variations of the same theme. For example, the same is done when transliterating Hebrew word for “Festival of Lights” Hanukah, or Hanukkah, or Chanukah. In Arabic, a great example is Mohamed, Muhammad, Muhammed, and Mahomet. Metathesis first starts in pronunciation. For example in English, the proper pronunciation is “TO”, but most Americans say “TA”. “LATER” but most say “LADER”. UK English still spells it CENTRE but is pronounced CENTER which is the American spelling.

  • Hilal means Crescent Moon
  • Halil means Crescent
  • Halal means [appearance of] New Moon
  • Ahillah means Crescents
  • Khalil means Friend (Kh being a hard H) (the moon being a “friend” of those at night
  • Allah is the moon-god and is the great Hilal in the sky. Ibrahim was a “friend” of Allah the moon-god, and Ibrahim pilgrimage was to Haran, the City of the Moon. (A rip off story of Abraham.)
  • Hilal – hard “h” sound – means “dwellings” and another word for the Kaaba (black cube building in Mecca) and the crescent-shaped wall on northwest side of the Kaaba is called Hatim.
  • Ihlal is the name of a ceremony around the Kaaba
  • Hilah means Ruse and is the means which one can circumvent the sharia’a law.
  • Halal meat that has been processed correctly by killing while invoking the name of Allah and killed with a crescent-shaped knife – Halal means the food is permissible to eat and is stamped with a crescent symbol. During the hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca), the sacrifice is to be made facing the crescent-shaped Hatim wall (see the layout on the next page.)201

Starting to sense a pattern?

Kaaba

Kaaba (الكعبة) in Arabic means “cube”. It is a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its direction when praying.202

Kaaba in Mecca

Kaaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia203
 Kaaba Explained Labeled elements are as follows:

  1. The Black Stone;
  2. Door of the Kaaba;
  3. Gutter to remove rainwater;
  4. Base of the Kaaba;
  5. Al-Hatim;
  6. Al-Multazam (the wall between the door of the Kaaba and black stone);
  7. The Station of Ibrahim;
  8. Angle of the Black Stone;
  9. Angle of Yemen;
  10. Angle of Syria;
  11. Angle of Iraq;
  12. Kiswa (veil covering the Kaaba);
  13. Band of marble marking the beginning and end of rounds;
  14. The Station of Gabriel. 204

As the Lord had a temple, the devil has a temple and is black as written in Isaiah 14:12 in Hebrew. Housed in this building is a meteor rock, and you guessed it, it’s black.

Black Stone

The Black Stone – accordingly black because of the sins of man – it used to be white, it is said, when it fell from heaven. Yes, they worship a meteorite!

The seven trips around the Kaaba (pilgrimage – hajj) are said to represent the journeys of Ibrahim and Mohammed being guided by the seven phases of the moon!

Allah – The ancient Moon god

The word Allah is the name of the Islamic god. The world will try to persuade you to believe that this god is the same as Jehovah of the Hebrew Scriptures. This is a boldface lie. The devil has always wanted to be called God.

Until the 4th century AD, Allah was spelled Hallah or Alaha both meaning “the god”. In Arabic the word Al Ilah “the god” became “Allah”. Without the vowels, Allah (llh) is the metathesis of hilal (hll) meaning crescent.

Allah is supposed to have 99 names. Two stand out to me:

المميت The Destroyer, The Bringer of Death 3:156
خططوا The Great Deceiver (schemer) 3:54

“Conclusion

In conclusion we can see that this objection (of context) is irrelevant because the statement in the verses is definitive (not dependent on context) and from the Quran itself we see that Allah has no problem deceiving:

  • ‘Enemies of Islam’
  • Muslims
  • Innocent people – who lived in the 600 years that it took Allah to send the Qur’an”205

Revelation 12:9 “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world”

Revelation 20:14 “And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.”

God brings life, not destruction or death. All the names of Allah are all stolen from Scriptures. Though stolen, the devil cannot stop what’s coming. Remember Daniel’s statue’s destruction? Read the rest of the story:

Daniel 2:34-35 “Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.”

“The stone became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth” – the Stone is the Messiah and His people fill the earth. A “mountain” is specific people. Watch.

Revelation 17:9 “And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.”

Revelation 17:15 “And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.”

As you can see, the waters are the people of the earth. The mountains are specific kingdoms or in this case the seven kingdoms wherein the ten kings come from. As indicated before, these are all the kingdoms that ruled over Israel in her history. When the Messiah comes and rules the earth His kingdom will “fill the earth”. Again, since every war fought by the Messiah when He comes is against an Islamic nation, the beast is Islam – and the history of it bears this out in the seven kingdoms which have always been the enemy of Israel. Again, this beast rises up out of the “sand of the sea”.

Revelation 13:1 “And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.”

John was taken to the wilderness where the antichrist arises out of the beast (Islam) and causes all those that would not worship Islam to make war and overcome them. Blasphemy is written on all the heads. The second beast (the antichrist) speaks blasphemous things. The antichrist unifies Islam and causes anyone who refuses to worship Islam to die by the sword.

In Islam everything is done “in the name of Allah”. This phrase is called the Bismillah (which is the pronunciation of the phrase in Arabic) and looks like this: ( بسم الله ). Every chapter of the Quran starts with Bismillah except one.

Here is a flowery way to write it.

Bismillah

Bismillah

  • B “in”
  • Ism “Name”
  • Allah “God”

The full phrase of the Bismillah is Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim

“In the name of God, most Gracious, most Compassionate”.

It looks like this:

full phrase of the Bismillah

Muslims often say this phrase when embarking on any significant endeavor and the phrase is considered by some to be a major pillar of Islam. This phrase is expressed in a lot of flowery calligraphy. Here are some examples so you can recognize them for yourself.

   
   
   
   

The Mark

So now we come to the meat of the matter. I’ve gone to this much detail because it’s important to understand what’s coming and if you don’t know where to look, how can you see it coming? I’m going to say something I never thought in my life I’d say this, but with the overwhelming evidence, it must be pointed out. As I stated the single most cryptic verse has been Revelation 13 specifically verse 18. Here’s the King James Version of that verse:

Revelation 13:18 “Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”

Right off this verse invokes the need to first have wisdom and with it understating also. We quickly skim right past this part and jump into the last part. I’ve looked up every version of this verse and in many languages, but they all same the same thing as above, with the exception of two versions: The Living Translation, and the James Moffatt New Testament. Still I’m wasn’t satisfied with what was written. I’m not a bible scholar, nor do I know Greek, yet something isn’t right. Most of my adult life, I’ve hear theory upon theory and the number is, and without fail, I never had peace about the meaning. Knowing now what I do about Islam, and my firm belief it is the end-time antichrist religion, this number must fit in some way. Walid Shoebat stated what he believed it meant and showed the West what the oldest copy of the New Testament had in place of “six hundred threescore and six”.

The image206 to the left is the Codex Vaticanus of Revelation 13:18. Note the red box: that is the “translated” 666. This is the ONLY place in scripture an untranslated set of letters exists in Scripture. Therefore, until today, the only reasonable translation would be to use Gematria, substituting letters for numerical values: A=1, B=2, C=3 etc. But what if this is an erroneous translation. John was told to “bare record” of what he saw. What if he did just that, yet, since the entire book of Revelation is written in Greek, when copies were made, they were not seeing the three Greek letters highlighted, but actually and unknown language at that time: Arabic? I’m going to break this down so you can see for yourself.

This is the original

Arabic reads right to left. This is said to be

بسم Bism 

A stretch I agree, in computer font.

The second “letter” is rotated 90° counter-clockwise and mirrored. This is said to be

الله Allah

Reconnected the “letters” and you get

بسم الله

Bismillah

With Arabic script there is a real resemblance. The left part of the image below is the full Bismillah quote, I’ve separated the part “In the name of Allah” (center image) for comparison.

I challenge you to go to Google images and type in “Allah” and you’ll find images of every conceivable example, from your finger to fish, with the word Allah superimposed. Once you do that, you’ll understand that what I’ve presented isn’t nearly as implausible as you first thought. Jesus even warned about one coming in his own name. Please don’t just glance over these verses, but truly read them:

John 5:43 “I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.“

Matthew 24:4-5 “And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.“

In these next verses make much more sense when you realize that the sand of the sea are desert people, and that the beast rising up out of this sea is Islam which since the birth of Israel, seven kingdoms have ruled over Israel with ten kings with the name of blasphemy on their “foreheads” – Bismillah!

Revelation 13:1 “And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.”

Revelation 13:6 “And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.”

Revelation 17:3 “So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.”

With most the stolen 99 names of God Almighty for the false god Allah, you cannot but see the blasphemy Islam speaks even now.

Isaiah 14:14 “I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.”

While researching another meaning to Revelation 13:18, the more I began to see how hidden the truth became because of how it’s translated. The word in Greek ἀριθμός (arithmos) is really only translated as “number”, “digit” or as a reckoning. However, if you look up the etymology of the word “multitude” you will find the Greek word arithmos for a great number [of people]. So using multitude instead of number you get the following understanding:

“Here is wisdom. Let him that has understanding reckon [calculate, total, estimate, compute] the multitude of the beast [Islam] for it is the multitude of a man [antichrist, Mahdi – Islamic Messiah] and is “In the name of Allah (Bismillah) and the two swords”

I have given this image to many Arabic speakers and the only ones that notice right off that this is Bismillah were from Iraq!

Revelation 13:18 “Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”

Don’t think I haven’t thought about Revelation 22’s warning, but I’m not changing the Greek, but adjust the English. Anyone who knows a second language knows that there are different ways of expressing a meaning. Though the Hebrew version of this verse translates into English the same, the word for wisdom is צְפוּנָה, according to the dictionary, can be hidden, concealed, encrypted. In the verse below, the words “layeth up” in Hebrew is the word wisdom צְפוּנָה and is used twice (צְפוּנָה צְפוּנָה). When there is a double usage of a word it’s meant for emphasis; like Holy of Holies, and Song of Songs. So in the verse below the meaning is implied that the Lord hides the hidden wisdom for the righteous.

Proverbs 2:7 “He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.”

Colossians 2:2b-3 “…the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”

So “here is wisdom” is calling the reader to seek out the hidden message. Let him have understanding though. Hold on to this explanation as we continue with what the Muslims believe.

The third letter presented to John was the Greek letter Chi (χ).

Notice a pattern in the images below:

Muslim Brotherhood Rehals
  When the Quran is displayed open, it rests in a wooded display called a Rehal. This is always the shape of the device, an X. Still not convinced? Notice the X in the images below. They are symbols of the Muslim Brotherhood.
 
 Boy wears Shahadah on his forehead at a U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Meeting
| AP Photo

Below are the images of Jihad (Holy War). They even cross their arms to produce an X. Notice the image of the kids; their foreheads and what’s in their right hand.

Islamic Terrorist Future Jihadists (Holy Warriors)
   

How, pray tell, can anyone after examining the facts, believe Islam is a peaceful religion. Just look how they indoctrinate their children before they can even read or write.

The creed of Islam is the Shahadah. If you wish to convert to Islam you will need to simply repeat the phrase below to an imam – Muslim cleric.

“There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is His messenger” –

“La ilaha illa Allah, Mohammed rasul Allah”

It looks like this in computer font so you can cut-and-paste it into a translation program like Google:

لا  إله  إلا  الله , محمد  رسول  الله

The left image below is the image of the Shahadah, the Islamic creed. It’s also the writing on the flags in the children’s hand above. Notices how the letters are written, in such a way as to produce X’s. The image on the right is flag of the Somali Islamic Court.

Somali Islamic Court Flag Shahadah

This phrase is in the flowery calligraphy below is on the flag of Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabian Flag  
 

A coaster you can buy in the UK
  Headbands for sale
I want to show you a peaceful religion when it is given “freedom” to express itself.
 
   
   
Notice the writing on their foreheads, the Shahadah.  

Granted any protest can get ugly on all sides, but did you read the signs? Freedom to them isn’t “democracy” but the right to live under Sharia’a law! Now read these verses:

Revelation 7:3 “Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.“

Revelation 20:4 “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.”

Their signs say death to those that mess with Islam or the “prophet”, who is Mohammed, and that Islam will rule the world. Also notice that the 144,000 are sealed by God. Did you know that Islam teaches that only the true Muslims will be sealed in their foreheads by their messiah – the Mahdi? 207 Non-Muslims will have black faces while true Muslims will have a face that glitters. Muslims also wait for Jesus to return (he’s been in suspended animation until the Mahdi comes) with the Mahdi and he will correct the Christians that they worship Judas who was crucified, not him. Furthermore, did you know the Islam says that this unedited verse in Revelation speaks of their Mahdi?

Revelation 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.”

If you search the Scriptures for the word images, you’ll find that it’s not always a physical mark, but symbol of something to believe in. In this case the image is also a name. What better example of this than in the bismillah? I highly recommend that you read “God’s War on Terror” by Walid Shoebat and Joel Richardson from which a lot of this is explained in much more detail.

Lastly, if you don’t believe we can repeat history, notice the Nazi salute of Hezbollah below.
 
 

References:

201 Moon-o-theism, Volume II by Yoel Natan, http://books.google.com/books?id=EsNv92MuRTUC
202 http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=kaaba
203 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaaba
204 http://forum.davidicke.com/showthread.php?t=134753
205 http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Allah_the_Best_Deceiver
206 http://images.csntm.org/Manuscripts/GA_03/GA03_150b.jpg
207 http://al-mahdi.atspace.com/isa.html
208 http://genome.crg.es/courses/laCaixa05/Genomes/index.html
209 http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/dna/b/replication/dna_base.html

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The lineage of Cain points to Jesus

Posted on April 5, 2015 by abdicate

Here’s another example of the power of names in the word of God pointing to Jesus:

Cain’s lineage – Genesis 4:17-24

Cain – Possession – chat dirge
Enoch – dedicated, train, inaugurate
Irad – fleet, wild donkey, fugitive, “City of Witness”, go away
Mehujael – smitten by God, blotted out by God
Methusael – who is of God, Man of God, I’m Mortal Where is God, requested Man
Lamek – powerful, for lowering, for humiliation
Adah – ornament, adorned
Zillah – shade, shadow, darken
Jabal – stream of water, living water, carry, flowing, pass by, leading
Jubal – stream, trumpet, Jubilee, joyful sound
Tubalcain – flowing fourth of acquisition, carry, you will be brought for produce (posses)
Naamah – loveliness, pleasant, sweet, delightful, beautiful

Ref: http://www.abarim-publications.com

Combined Meaning: [] means the word is not part of the original

[A] lamented poem dedicated [to the] City of Witness: Smitten by God, the Man of God, humiliated [and] adorned [in] darkness. [The] Living Water flows. Flows forth for [the] acquisition [of His] Lovely.

What a lovely poem right there in the word of God about Jesus. The City of Witness is Jerusalem as she is to witness these events. The Man of God, Jesus, smitten by God for our sins, was humiliated on the cross, naked and bare, adorned in darkness because the sun was blocked out for three hours. The Living Water flows – blood was shed for us and in the blood is the Life. It flowed to pay for us, His lovely Bride! Simply Amazing!

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10 Virigins

Posted on February 27, 2015 by abdicate

Matthew 25:1-13 (KJV)

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five [were] foolish. They that [were] foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, [Not so]; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

In Matt 17:14-21, the disciples couldn’t free a young child, they went to the Lord and Jesus freed the child. Later the disciples asked why it didn’t work for them when it had in the past. Jesus said that these only leave through prayer and fasting. Note though: Jesus didn’t fast or pray at that moment, He had done it before. You can’t withdraw from an account you don’t put something into it. That’s what the faithful virgins did… they were storing up for when it was needed. The foolish ones didn’t and when caught off guard they went to do what they should have done earlier but by then it was too late. It is indeed about preparedness, just like Jesus said:

Luke 21:36 (KJV)

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. ​

I believe the rapture is not a right, but a gift to escape the end times which are fast approaching. Many older real spiritual leaders will begin to die off as the times get worse and worse until it’s time for the rapture. Just like in the days of Noah.

I’ve really been wrestling with this for weeks. So let’s go over the words.

The Greek for “foolish” can mean “godless”. “Slumbered” can also mean negligent or careless and “slept” can also mean indifferent to one’s salvation, yield to sin, be slothful, which all ten did. It’s also a euphemism for death. The oil is specifically olive oil, which is used for lighting lamps, healing the sick, anointing the head and body, and used in commerce. The lamp “going out” can be a metaphor to quench by divine influence. To “buy” can also mean to loiter at the market, to lounge there. But of these, the most interesting is the word ready. It can also mean to receive one coming. The warning from Jesus is to Watch, which the word means: give strict attention to, be cautious, active , to take heed lest through remission and indolence some destructive calamity suddenly overtake one.

Now to whom was Jesus telling this story to? The disciples, Matt 24:3. Since I firmly believe you cannot lose your salvation, then what’s the other suggestion? The foolish were not really saved maybe. This is reiterated by Paul:

2 Corinthians 13:5 (KJV)

Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? ​

This reminds me of another verse:

2 Timothy 4:7-8 (KJV)

I have fought a good fight, I have finished [my] course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. ​

Interesting…
Remember “buy” could also mean to receive one coming… So then Jesus also said:

Luke 21:36 (KJV)

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. ​

It could also mean that they just were not going in the rapture and therefore just not part of the bride, like John the Baptist, John 3:29. Also we know that there will be Christians in the tribulation, no less than 144,000, male virgin Jews, Rev 7:4. But what of those left behind (and I don’t mean the movie or books :( ) We know that people survive the tribulation because they’ll have kids in the millenium, Isa 65:20. With all the warnings, show me where it’s a right to be raptured; Jesus says to pray you’re accounted worthy, that means we’ve got work to do.

I believe they were all Christians. I also believe this isn’t about heaven vs. hell, but being part of the Bride or not – aka partake in the Rapture. Literally those foolish are left behind. Radical concept, but it brings us back to – you can’t do what you want in this world and still be called the Bride. Those who call on Jesus’ name are saved and still go to heaven, they just won’t be part of the Bride because they were not found worthy to escape because they didn’t Watch as Jesus warned. No warning is a warning if there’s not a chance for loss.

The Holy Spirit is indeed the earnest (downpayment) of our salvation from hell, Eph 1:13-14, but that is still no guarantee of rapture participation. Hence the warnings to his followers. Jesus Himself said to pray to be found worthy to escape, Luke 21:36. If He said the warning then the possibility of being found unworthy is a possibility. Only the faithful virgins were ready and went with the Bridegroom when He arrived, a very example of the rapture itself. Jesus reiterates the warning to those who don’t even know they’re miserable, poor, blind, and naked, who are part of the Church, Rev 3:14-22. Again I remind you that many will be judged and lose everything having their garments spotted and smelling of smoke when they enter heaven, 1 Cor 3:15. The word of God is filled from Genesis (aka to Adam) all the way to very last chapter of Revelation with a warning: “don’t eat” and “there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth…”

2 Peter 3:14 (KJV)

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. ​

Salvation is a guarantee for those that call on the Name of the Lord and have faith. But because of the easy-believism infecting the church, once they pray a formulated prayer, they put faith in the prayer instead of the One they’re supposed to be praying to. Sadly many of this indeed think they’re a Christian and really are not, and maybe even go so far as to actually be a Christian, but a 40-year old baby. Proof is in the pudding, even Jesus said so:

Mark 16:16-18 (KJV)

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. ​

The story of the virgins is a warning, heed it.

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