Elijah Must Come First
Matthew 17:10; Mark 9:11Part 1: The Type And The Actual (this post)
Part 2: How To Know Who And Why
During the ministry of JESUS CHRIST, HE revealed to (i.e. told) HIS disciples of the many signs that will directly lead up to HIS (second) coming or Second Advent (Matthew 24).
Before HIS First Advent (or coming), the Old Covenant's Scriptures revealed (i.e. recorded as prophecies) many of the signs of both HIS First and Second Advents, with most of these prophecies dual, having two separate fulfillments, one a Type and the other, the Actual.
Many Scripture chapters, passages and verses have a few contexts oftentimes at least one or more general contexts with specific context in one or more other fulfillments. Many also applying to the times of those who recorded them but also many that don't but apply to some later fulfillments with many for fulfillment during the End of the Age. Then there are those that applies to those (includes others living in those) who recorded them and also to other times, often in slightly different contexts, often the former as Types to the latter Actual (i.e. as a sort of archetype). The End of the Age is also known in the Scripture as the Time of the End.
Many also applies generally (as well in some contexts specifically too) while others despite being quite specifics yet still applies to many others who experience and go through similar andor parallel situations and circumstances (i.e. those with similar contexts). Then there are those, though lesser, that apply to just one very specific context.
With many prophesies of the signs of CHRIST's advents, many were not explicitly clear which (because they are dual, having two or more fulfillments), with the main focus was on the Actual which will lead to the Day of the LORD).
The Day of the LORD is a one (lunar) year long event of GOD's vengeance or wrath (Jeremiah 48:10; Isaiah 13:6, 9; 2:12; Joel 1:15) against the wicked who will at that time again be persecuting HIS Elect in the events leading up to the Tribulation with precedes the Day of the LORD.
The Prophet Daniel recorded of CHRIST's First Advent through the messages given to him by the Angel Gabriel (Daniel 9:21 – 27) to explain to him the visions he was given, the main of which was very specifically about the MESSIAH the PRINCE's First Advent.
yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering. And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand. At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision:
Daniel 9:21 – 23
“Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until Messiah the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The street shall be built again, and the wall,
Even in troublesome times.
Daniel 9:25
But no one of those times leading up to CHRIST's First Advent fully understood those messages were dual (having Types and an Actual fulfillment) even though the main of which was very specific of the MESSIAH the PRINCE's coming (Daniel 9:25) to establish a New Covenant (Daniel 9:27) with HIS death (Daniel 9:26) dying as the LAMB of GOD who takes away the sins of the world.
Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the desolate.
Daniel 9:27
“And after the sixty-two weeks
Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself;
And the people of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
Daniel 9:26
The prophecy of Daniel chapter 9 was also very specific as to the timing of the First Advent (Daniel 9:25) and the destruction of the Jewish vassal nation by the Romans after that (Daniel 9:26, 27; Luke 21:20).
It was also explicitly specific that the MESSIAH would be cut off (meaning HIS work and ministry would come to an end in HIS death — 'be cut off') in three and a half years (first part of Daniel 9 verses 27 and 26) into this First Advent (i.e. ministry and work).
Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately. Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’
Luke 19:11 – 13
And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
Luke 19:15
This also made in clear that the Second Advent would be the remainder of 'the week' of the Prophet Daniel's prophecy of the coming of the MESSIAH PRINCE (i.e. three and a half years or one thousand two hundred and sixty days, starting with the Tribulation (in the persecution of the Elect) as a prelude and additional warning) continued as the second half (here again we have the main doctrinal concept of dualism in prophecy in the Scriptures) after a lapse of some two thousand years (Luke 19:12, 15) to be fully completed some two thousand years later.
Officially the Second Advent is (begins) at the Tribulation when the Two Witnesses will begin their three and a half years ministry prophesying. Technically it begins at the commencement of the Day of the LORD, and literally when all the dead in CHRIST will rise (i.e. brought back) to (immortal) life (as HOLY SPIRIT composed personages) and those who are still living instantaneously changed from flesh and blood into HOLY SPIRIT (1 Corinthians 15:53, 54) composed life.
All of these (i.e. of official, technical and literal) highlight a point about reality which all the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of GOD, G-d, Gods and whatever name-god as well as all the prophets of doom of every belief systems, creeds and colors seemingly all are in lust seeded, fueled and driven deliberated stupidity over. And this is that reality is a process and there is no reality expression of instant-by-fiat except in theories (for theoretical assumption in analysis, and in analogical expression).
“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near.
Luke 21:20
To be sure the prophecies of the siege of Jerusalem too were dual, once and the first as the Type during the Apostolic times leading to the destruction of the city of Jerusalem and the temple by Roman forces.
Then a second time at the End of the Age marking the beginning of the Tribulation when the servant agents of Satan the Devil, the Beast power in cohort with the Christmas religion and worshiped by the bulk of the humankind, will surround the city seeking to destroy (Revelation 12:13) the Church of GOD which will at that time be headquartered there, sheltering from a worldwide persecution (Revelation 13:14 – 15) of the Elect.
The beginning of the Tribulation will be marked officially by the Two Witnesses beginning their testimonies. This event also portent that of the Day of the LORD which will commence two and a half years later. Keep in mind that the Christian Holy Scriptures uses the Sacred Lunar calendar and not the Gregorian solar calendar which the whole world today uses.
The current calendar used by the whole world (especially in the reckoning financial affairs) is the Gregorian (fyi) calendar from the ancient Roman Empire (the fourth Beast of the Prophet Daniel's prophecy from the vision in the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar). So two and half years according to the Scriptures do not correspond exactly to two and a half years of the solar Gregorian calendar in wide and common usage today.
The Day of the LORD is the day the Second Advent technically commences as it marks the year long event of punishment from GOD leading to and culminating with the First Resurrection (of the dead in CHRIST) and all the rest in CHRIST who are still alive being instantaneously at that same moment changed from flesh and blood into SPIRIT.
The culmination of the Day of the LORD will be preceded by the Two Witnesses being killed (Revelation 11:7) by the Beast (and her army), and when (i.e. the day and hour) three and a half days later (Revelation 11:12 – 13, 15), the Two Witnesses will rise (Revelation 11:11) back to (HOLY SPIRIT composed, no longer flesh and blood) life (together with all those true Christian who had died before), while at the same instant all the true Christian still alive at the time will be instantly changed to HOLY SPIRIT composed personages no longer fresh and blood. This is the culmination literally of the Second Advent with the LORD JESUS returning with all HIS Saints (Jude 1:14; 1 Thessalonians 3:13).
But it will be another thirty-five days (Revelation 15:1, 5 – 8; Daniel 12:12) before all the explicitly unrepentant wicked are to be completely destroyed, exterminated from the planet with at the very of the extermination, Satan the Devil being seized and incarcerated (Revelation 20:1 – 3) for a thousand years. After the (one) thousand years Satan the Devil will 'be released' for a little while for him to carry out one last act before the (great) Judgment.
This annihilation of all the explicitly wicked will be accomplished through the Seven Bowl plagues which will culminate in the Battle of Armageddon where the armies of the Kings of the North and the King of East will both be obliterated at the place, called in the Scripture, Armageddon.
It is immediately after this that Satan the Devil will be seized and bound with chains [halysis G254] as of a restraining implement that restricts and prevents movements in the ability to act) and be incarcerated in the bottomless pit (aka the Abyss [abyssos G12] as analogical of being totally and absolutely cut off from all access and contacts with anyone or anything).
Similar to the time when the Antediluvian Age was destroyed and exterminated where GOD preserved just only the immediate family of Noah with their spouses, so that HIS purpose for creating humankind will stand (i.e. remained to be fully implemented in HIS seven thousand years process) GOD will again preserve some (a whole lot more this time, around ten percent of humankind living in the period entering into the Tribulation) from the End of the Age (which includes the Day of the LORD and the Seven Bowl plagues) annihilation.
The seven thousand years process which began with the renewing of an earth destroyed of all life by the first recorded Angelic rebellion placing humankind made in HIS image and likeness on earth, with end in The great and final Judgment lasting one hundred years (Isaiah 65:20).
There however, will be several significant differences between the Antediluvian extermination and the one in the coming End of the Age. For one those preserved (but not called just as during the Antediluvian deluge while Noah was called no one else of his family who were preserved in the Ark were) will not be in another Covenant but will remain under the Rainbow Covenant. The Rainbow Covenant which all of humankind (not called into another separate Covenant with GOD where they accept HIM as GOD) will remain in force and valid until The Judgment.
The two most significant differences would be that Satan the Devil will no long be around to deceive and manipulate the nations, and that the Kingdom of GOD will be restored in the Promised Land but the flesh and blood Elect (mostly the genealogical descendants of the Biblical Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) given the HOLY SPIRIT similarly as all those called by GOD (from the time the Church of GOD was founded in 30 C.E. until the time of the First Resurrection) will no longer be, mostly to totally. lust driven and deceitfully unfaithful.
The Elect inheriting the Promised Land from that time forward will all be given the HOLY SPIRIT and be guided by the Saints (all those who have inherited immortality at the First Resurrection) with CHRIST ruling in place of the disqualified Satan the Devil, as KING of Kings and LORD of Lords.
The preparation to set the stage for the Second Advent has been the reason GOD had by divine intervention (Daniel 7:4) in these last days (on May 14 1948, according to the historical records) returned (but not restored) the Jews to the Promised Land as the modern pagan nation state of Israel.
But the far greater bulk of the Jews whether residing in the modern pagan state of Israel or elsewhere, as also the rest of the genealogical descendants of the Biblical Patriarch Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in all the nations that they are currently residing, will only begin to repent well into the Tribulation after the Two Witnesses has begun their testimonies.
Matthew 24:15 (also Mark 13:14)
It will be only then when the Actual of the Abomination of Desolation (spoken by Daniel the Prophet) will be set up in Jerusalem (Matthew 24:15).
The End of the Age is not a single day, week, month, year or three and a half years event but that of within one physical or literal generation (Matthew 24:34; Mark 13:30; Luke 21:32) of one hundred and twenty years (Genesis 6:3) duration. This is just as the Day of the LORD is not a single day event but a year long event lasting some three hundred and sixty days (according to the Sacred Lunar calendar of the Scripture).
This coming End of the Age parallels the same end duration of the Antediluvian world. Noah was called when he was five hundred years old (Genesis 5:32) to begin building the Ark. But it was not until some one hundred years later when the rain came down for forty days and nights.
Then the Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation. You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female; also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth. For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.” And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him. Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters were on the earth.
Genesis 7:1 – 5
Now how many of the Elect of GOD of today actually know that we have all been living in time the Scriptures called 'the End of The Age'?
Hardly any, this even when (i.e. despite the fact that) many to most of the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives among the Elect (since the Philadelphia era) are still and have not stop proclaiming dates of when the end would come. So much for their claims that they are all zealously obeying the command of JESUS to watch and pray so as not to be caught unaware and to be counted worthy to escape (Luke 21:36; Mark 13:33; Matthew 24:42, 44) the coming Tribulation.
Just (several months) before I was 'kicked out' (in 2008 C.E.) of his own personal Church of GOD by (on the direction of) the Worthless Shepherd, I was told by his lackey who was then (he had since died in 2013 C.E. for his sins) the regional director overseeing Australasia that he (i.e. the Worthless Shepherd) had proclaimed to the Church of GOD that the end would come in 2012 C.E. (i.e. when the Tribulation would commence), obviously always in a constant lust fueled search for anything he could plagiarize to gorge his ego and to enhance his self image, he totally bought, bait, line, hook and sinker, the utterly ridiculous Mayan Calendar end of the world prophecies which was being widely promoted by all the lust driven in those days.
And the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”
Genesis 6:3
Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”..........
Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
“Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors! Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.
Matthew 24:3, 30 – 34
Although I heard, I did not understand. Then I said, “My lord, what shall be the end of these things?”
And he said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Daniel 12:8 – 9
Officially the one generation long event called or termed in the Scripture as the End of the Age aka Time of the End (Daniel 12:8 – 9, 7:1 – 9, 7; Revelation 13:1 – 3; Mark 13:10, 24; Matthew 24:3, 29, 13, 32 – 34), began with the commencement of the Church of GOD of the Philadelphia era and through to the end of the Laodicea era, stretching for (i.e. within) one literal generation of one hundred and twenty years (Genesis 6:3) culminating with the First Resurrection when all the dead in CHRIST will be resurrected to immortal HOLY SPIRIT composed personages (Luke 21:36, 20:35).
There are two main or principle keys to know when the count down and official commencement (in the Scripture concept) of the 'End of the Age' also known in the Scriptures, but not in this work, as the the 'Time of the End'.
This work defines the 'time of the end' differently for just the discussions purposes not to redefine the Scripture usage, but used the term to identify (i.e. refer in order to separate out and highlight) a specific period in the End of the Age when the direct persecution of the Elect commences after the rise of the last of the four beasts of the Prophet Daniel's prophecies (Daniel 7:7 – 14).
The first key is the preaching of the Gospel message to the nations. The taking the message of the Gospel to the nations began with the twelve Apostles and was carried out as their main work and that of the Church of GOD. This however began to be neglected until it ceased completely in the ending period of the Ephesus era.
However, in those time the means to do this was direct and physical so very limited, restricted by travel time and physical distances but also to physical accessibility thus restricted to mostly areas in relative close proximity to Jerusalem and Judea, and even in these proximity locations there are other restrictions such as infrastructure of just well traveled roads and waterways.
Though subsequent eras until the Sardis era (which stopped doing so), still continued to preach the Gospel message but they mostly have ceased taking the message to the nations but their preaching were mostly to localized restricted mainly to their area or locale (i.e. in localized sharing with those who the Elect come into close contact and gain some measure of trust) where the main body of the Elect were residing.
From after the Ephesus era until the Thyatira era, there was little if any active mission (as in specifically organize planned activities and events by either the leadership or the Church of GOD as a whole), let alone a vigorous (i.e. zealous) effort by the Church of GOD, to take message of the Gospel to the nations. One of the reason for this was because of the vicious persecution of all those who would not submit to her evil tyrannical authority by the Great Harlot church of the Christmas religion.
Then the time came during the latter half of the Thyatira era when the vicious murderous persecution of the Great Harlot ebbed due to her ebbing religious and political clout after the Protestant Reformation where she spawn the bulk of her harlot daughters.
However despite the greater freedom from persecution the Church of GOD by that time had just retained the same practices of proximity or neighborly sharing of the Gospel message which she had inherited (i.e. as per the tradition from when the era began).
Satan the Devil then acting through his newly spawn agents, the harlot daughters of the Christmas religion, devised and engineered his diabolical process to cause the Church of GOD to stop the preaching the Gospel message altogether. In this we have an agent of Satan the Devil, William Miller, a Baptist minister of the Christmas religion.
During those times the Church of GOD because of centuries of vicious persecution, had become (beginning from especially during the latter part of the Ephesus era) a loosely organized collective of those were called by GOD.
Even while during the Ephesus era when the Elect were being lead by the very Apostles personally handpicked and ordained by CHRIST, as also have been true throughout all the seven eras (Revelation 2 to 3) of the Church of GOD, the agents of Satan the Devil have always been found among (Matthew 13:24 – 30) the Elect bringing in destructive (i.e. heretical doctrines undermining faithful worship) teachings and practices to corrupt and lead the Elect (from some to most) to apostasy (of breaking the commandments of GOD and even the Everlasting Covenant).
And during the Thyatira era, this was no difference, the Church of GOD during the latter part of this era was headquartered in the USA and there was basically no formalized distinction between them and some members, particularly those holding to the total water immersion in baptism doctrine (i.e. the Baptist denomination) among the harlot daughters of the Christmas religion.
The most clear distinction (to know who were the Elect and who were of the Christmas religion) among the Elect and the members of a particular sect of the harlot daughters during this period was in the Sabbath and Passover commemoration doctrines.
The Elect keeping the Sabbath on Saturday (i.e. Friday sunset to Saturday sunset) while those of the Christmas religion keep Sunday from midnight Saturday to midnight Sunday), and the Elect keeping Passover on the 14th day of Nisan of the Sacred Calendar while those of the Christmas religion keeping either Easter or Passover as the Lord's Supper whenever they like or at different date (and dates, meaning several times a year) and time, and also some with different media for the bread and red wine of the commemoration. Note also the pagan religion Judaism keep their own pagan version of the 'Passover' on the 15th day of Nisan (i.e. a twenty-fours day later then that commanded to the ancient Israelite before the Pharaoh of Egypt agreed to let them go).
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head while on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream, telling the main facts.
Daniel spoke, saying, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other. The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I watched till its wings were plucked off; and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet like a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.
“And suddenly another beast, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And they said thus to it: ‘Arise, devour much flesh!’
Daniel 7:1 – 5
The second main key is the rise of the four beast nations of the Prophet Daniel's prophecies (Daniel 7:1 5, 6 – 8, 9 – 10, 17 – 18, 22, 11 – 12, 26 – 27) in the Book of Daniel (of the Scripture of Truth) chapter 7.
The fulfillments of these prophecies of these four beasts arising are definitive that it is already the End of the Age aka Time of the End. Of these four Beasts, two has already risen with the last two yet to arise. When the last two of these Beasts arise the time will be already at the front of the door leading into the Tribulation.
The ego supergorging proclamations and assertions including the full-of-himself know it all conduct of the Baptist minister William Miller declaring and proclaiming date of the Second Coming without understanding any of the main doctrines of the messages of the Gospel was Satan the Devil's vehicle to have the Gospel of the Kingdom of GOD message be ridiculed and mocked from henceforth after all of his supreme proclamations and prophecies miserably failed to materialize and happen.
This then led to the Sardis era of the Church of GOD (including most of the Elect) from after the William Miller's debacle (during the Thyatira era) to shy away from preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, focusing instead on the Sabbath primarily and the Ten Commandments secondarily.
It should be noted that the message proclaimed by William Miller (as well as by the Great Harlot and all of her harlot daughters) absolutely was not the message of the Gospel of the Kingdom of GOD but was either them just recruiting followers to their religions (including sects) or just another of the numerous messages of an end of the world (which has been preached by many Tom, Dick, Harry and Mary from all sorts of belief system, both religious and non religious, for centuries since the Gospel was first announced).
Over the centuries until this very day, the messages of an end of the world aka a so called 'apocalypse' or as 'Armageddon' has been proclaimed (or preached) by many of proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of many religions and system of beliefs including science, alien invasion and other conspiracy theorists, and just about anyone who lusted to be able to boast that they know that the world is going to end.
These are all those such as: the 2012 C.E. Mayan Calendar end of the world; planet Nibiru end of the world; nuclear holocaust end of the world; Third World War end of the world; disease pandemic end of the world; asteroid collision extinction level event end of the world; etc., none of which has ceased, though of late because of the cry wolf effect, lesser and lesser people are paying attention to them unlike previously. On the other hand elitism and supremacism of all manner and forms are beginning to gain more traction (as in embraced and push in activism and militancy) among humankind across the planet especially in the more 'developed' nations and communities.
No doubt all these are plagiarizers who took (i.e. steal or rob) the Message of Gospel (about the End of the Age), adding in their own twists and spins to the concept (of CHRIST returning at the time appointed as revealed in the Scriptures to exterminate all the wicked) to frighten people so that they (passing themselves off as somebody great) can gain a following after themselves for ego supergorging purposes as well as (if they can manage to do so too) to profit from their proclamations (includes assertions and dissertations) through whatever means including to feed off and parasite on the gullible and massively stupid among humankind. All these messages are basically and absolutely not the Gospel message but are those of fraudsters, charlatans, imposters and identity thieves.
The Gospel requires as the primarily and first basis a believing (in the Gospel message founded and framed) repentance to begin obeying the message (all is entailed which are commanded and taught as recorded in the entire Scripture of Truth from the books of Genesis to Revelation, not just selectively select part and pieces, form here and there and whatever else from wherever else) that is (and had been) preached by those who are true Christian (as defined by the process specifically laid out in the Scripture of Truth) and not some fraudsters or identity thieving charlatans claiming to be the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of the GOD of Abraham.
The requirement is first to believe the Gospel message (all that is taught and commanded) preached by the LORD JESUS (as well as all the faithful accounts based on the foundation laid by the preaching of JESUS CHRIST, and not all the ego gorging self advancing accounts of those who preached themselves as from superior to supreme, and their own personal supreme gospels) and to believe the Gospel message means one must understand what exactly is the Gospel message in full, not just believing and knowing that GOD is going to set up HIS Kingdom on earth in the Promised Land and command all to repent (especially without understanding what that exactly what it means as have been revealed in the testimonies of the LORD JESUS and the entire record (as opposed to selectively selecting passages and verses) of the Scripture of Truth).
This is then followed by the believing repentance and followed through with the commitment of baptism (as the demonstration of the required repentance) then the laying on of hands by those who are already true Christians (to receive the HOLY SPIRIT as promised by LORD JESUS during HIS ministry as the SON of man and SON of GOD) to enter into the Everlasting Covenant made in the BLOOD of the LAMB of GOD who takes away the sins of the world.
Without these compulsory requirements preached as central to the Gospel, any end of a world message is just that — an 'end of the world' message which could not be and is not ever the message of the Gospel of the Kingdom of GOD announced by JESUS CHRIST and commanded to the Church of GOD as her commission (Mark 16:15 – 16; Matthew 28:19 – 20; Luke 24:47; John 21:15 – 17; Acts 1:8) to be preached to all the nations as a witness (i.e. testimony against all who are wicked commanding all to repent).
These types of messages have been preached and proclaimed by lust driven people who in their insane delusion lusting for the world to end firstly (as a first of their agenda, with parasitism either explicitly or implicitly as their main agenda) so that they can in ego supergorging lust, gloat over all others to feel that they are someone great to have awesome knowledge and are thus superior to supreme over others.
All these are basically types of William Miller (as also among those within the Church of GOD, such as Ellen G White who proclaimed herself a prophetess of GOD preaching heresies and lies to lead many of the Elect of the Thyatira era astray) who probably through his Baptist beliefs was introduced to the Gospel message preached by (not that he was actually in fellowship with, except maybe very fleetingly or superficially) the Church of GOD in Thyatira (Revelation 2:18 – 29) which was also being preached by (some to many) of those of the Baptist sect (particularly the Seventh Day Baptist sect) of the Christmas religion.
William Miller then (additionally) through his own study of the Bible gleaned what he could (mostly from the prophecies of the Book of Daniel without understanding any of the crucially important doctrines of true Christianity as revealed and expounded on in explicative clarity by this work) mostly from the heavily interpreted Christian Bible (notably the KJV), to formulate his own doctrines that the world was going to end with JESUS CHRIST returning in the Second Advent reportedly*, by 1884 C.E..
Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Luke 21:36
All these are of course very simple things which anyone who is a sincere, faithful true Christian would (or should anyway) understand (Matthew 13:16) and know. However no one during those times and also after that to this very day (until this author revealed them disclosed and discussed in this work) even remotely had a single clue (i.e. all were totally oblivious) to all these very simple things (Matthew 13:14 – 15).
Many to most of the Elect in all the so called Churches of Gods as well as the one true Church of GOD to this very day, other than those who have read this work; the work of those who shared this work sincerely; or those who (yes, the Worthless Shepherd has been among these) have been plagiarizing the revelations of GOD to this work, still don't understand most to nearly all of these very simple things.
Jesus answered and said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage. But those who are counted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;
Luke 20:34 – 35
For the discussion of the symbolism of timeframe or time duration from the context of the Scripture prophecies, please read the post 'The Keys To Unlocking The Mystery: Part 4 – Symbolism of the Bible' in the blog 'The Holy Bible Expounded' of this author.
Indeed, Elijah Is Coming First But Elijah Has Come Already
After JESUS revealed to (i.e. showed) HIS disciples (notably the Apostles Peter, James and John) a vision while they were on a mountain, where Moses and Elijah 'appeared' to them, the disciples afterwards asked HIM, 'Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?' (Matthew 17:10; Mark 9:11).
This event fulfilled JESUS CHRIST's prophecy that they 'shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom' (Matthew 16:28) in a vision.
Some has interpreted that verse to mean that some of the Apostles will not die but will live until the Second Advent either because of deliberated stupidity or just plain stupidity as the term 'till' or 'until' (depending of which translation you reference) makes it explicitly clear that they will (still) die so the prophecy must be about seeing CHRIST coming in HIS Kingdom in a vision (Acts 7:54 – 56; Jude 1:14) as it makes no sense that after they see the Second Advent that they will later die.
And Jesus answered and said unto them, “Elijah truly shall first come and restore all things.
Matthew 17:11 (KJ21)
HE further added: 'But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. Likewise the Son of Man is also about to suffer at their hands.' (Matthew 17:12; Mark 9:13).
Matthew 17:11 (KJ21)
HE further added: 'But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. Likewise the Son of Man is also about to suffer at their hands.' (Matthew 17:12; Mark 9:13).
And no, JESUS was not joking nor contradicting HIMSELF out of total clueless massive stupidity (as have been the case with near all the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of religions, specifically the three main so called Abrahamic religions, and also many to most of the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of GOD among the Elect from such as the most iconic Apostle Paul and the even more iconic first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia who was the Actual of which the Apostle Paul was the Type).
Both Isaiah 40 verse 3 and Malachi 3 verse 1 carried two contexts, having fulfillment in both the First Advent and Second Advent of the LORD JESUS CHRIST.
John's denial of being the Elijah who 'must come first' (i.e. the Prophet coming in the 'spirit and power of Elijah') was because the questions posed by the Jews were that of the context of the Actual fulfillment of the Second Advent.
So no, John the Baptist was not that specific Prophet 'Elijah the prophet' who will be coming 'before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord'), he was just the Type.
All those living during those days (as well as nearly all living after that time until the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia proclaimed himself as the Actual Elijah who 'must first come') basically were totally clueless to Dualism in prophecies and totally had no idea that just as there would be two coming of the MESSIAH the PRINCE, consequently there would also be two Prophets who would come in the 'spirit and power of Elijah', both 'to make ready a people prepared for the LORD'.
This is despite the fact that JESUS CHRIST (as well as the Scripture of Truth) was explicitly clear on this, that there would be two (Matthew 17:11 and Matthew 17:12) specific and different Prophets coming in the 'spirit and power of Elijah', one was John the Baptist and the other someone else coming at the End of the Age before 'the coming of the great and dreadful Day of the LORD' (Malachi 4:5; Acts 2:20).
The Scripture is explicitly, very plainly and literally clear that just as John the Baptist came in the 'spirit and power of Elijah' first (i.e. the main and primary purpose for the John the Baptist, his primarily job as the ordained Prophet to announced the First Advent) to 'make ready a people prepared for the LORD' as a portent to the arrival (i.e. the beginning of the ministry of JESUS CHRIST) during the First Advent of MESSIAH the PRINCE, so also in the Last Days, another Prophet would be ordained to 'to make ready a people prepared for the LORD' and that 'he will return the heart of the FATHER to the children and the hearts of the children to their FATHER' or GOD will 'come and strike the earth with a curse' (Malachi 4:6 xref 1 Kings 18:37, the verse of Malachi 4:6 is a specific reference to the work of the Prophet Elijah in which he prayed to GOD to 'that You have turned their hearts back to You again').
John the Baptist literally accomplished (i.e. completed) this (his main ordained role and job) preparing most of the Apostles before JESUS called and appointed them to this role (and job title). It is also very likely that the Apostle Paul who was called much later, had been baptized (Luke 3:7, 12, 14, 21) by John the Baptist, as did the other Apostles (including Judas Iscariot).
Even the some one hundred and twenty (including the eleven Apostles of CHRIST) who were gather together on the Day of Pentecost (aka the Feast of Weeks and Feast of Firstfruits) in 30 C.E.** and received the gift of the HOLY SPIRIT, all these too were first baptized by John the Baptist before CHRIST was revealed at HIS baptism by John (the Baptist). Truth of the matter is that even one (Luke 23:39 –43) of the two men who were crucified with (Matthew 27:38; Mark 15:27 – 28) JESUS, one of them was also previously baptized by John the Baptist. But you don't have to believe any of these if you lusted uncontrollably not to.
So, we have JESUS CHRIST answering the puzzled question of the three Apostles namely, Peter, brothers James and John, both telling them that: it is true 'Elijah shall come first', but also that 'Elijah had already come' in the person of John the Baptist; that there would be two contexts to the Scriptures on the Prophet who would come in the spirit and power of the Prophet Elijah.
All three, the Apostles Peter, James and John, were fishermen (basically lay persons who especially of those time were not highly educated in academic much less in religious knowledge) before they were called, so naturally (i.e. of what is normal of those times but even right up to today) they were not conversant of the Old Covenant Scriptures but look to and relied on the Jewish religious authorities of those days for any information on these.
During the times they spent with JESUS (in HIS three and a half year ministry) they would (or should anyway) have learned much but sadly they did not. Not that they (most to nearly all of them, the exception being the Apostle John) didn't learn anything at all but what little they actually learned they retained little and remembered even less. That was the reason of those who recorded anything at all of their (own) teachings, none even understood that their calling was into the New Covenant mediated by JESUS CHRIST as the MESSENGER of that Covenant. But the most telling thing about their failure to retain most of the teachings of JESUS was that they totally bought the ego supergorging spins of the Apostle Paul to push the supreme doctrine of a so called grace that required no repentance towards GOD to begin faithfully obeying GOD seeking to sincerely and diligent be doing the will and work of the FATHER (Matthew 7:21 – 23, 28:19 – 20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47 – 48; John 21:24; Acts 1:8) which was to believe JESUS CHRIST in all that HE taught them (John 4:34; 5:20, 14:12; Luke 6:46).
But let us not forget that at that time they were all basically typical (not that they were very much different later) of all humankind and especially the Jews of those times, essentially lust (Matthew 18:1; Luke 9:46, 22:24; Mark 9:34) focused and driven people. None of them were yet given the HOLY SPIRIT (unlike all those called during the earlier Old Covenant times to be Prophets, Judges, Scribes and a few among the priesthood, also David the King) until the Church of GOD was founded in 30 C.E. with them then only receiving the HOLY SPIRIT.
Even after JESUS CHRIST's death and resurrection (before HE returned to the Third Heaven 'to sit on the righthand of POWER'), when HE taught them about HIS role as the MESSIAH and the LAMB of GOD (Luke 24:44 – 46), their understanding remained limited and restricted to mostly just those things. No doubt over time with the empowerment by the HOLY SPIRIT they all grew in knowledge (though restricted) to the measure (Matthew 13:11 – 12; ) of their faith (i.e. their sincerity to GOD in seeking HIM) to faithfully do HIS will and work (Matthew 7:21 – 23) and the role or job for which they were ordained.
Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.” And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.
Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
Luke 24:44 – 46
Let me again (in case anyone think that I am belittling the Saints) emphasize that GOD gives us understanding and knowledge of truth based firstly (and also mainly) on a 'need to know' basis, what we need to know and understand to do and get done the job we are appointed and ordained to do, the message we are been assigned to deliver.
This was the reason JESUS CHRIST (who was the all knowing and all powerful LORD GOD of the Old Covenant, then ONE with the FATHER) during HIS three and a half years ministry as a SON of man did not know all things (Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32) but only what was needed for HIM to get HIS job done as the MESSIAH PRINCE and MEDIATOR of the New Covenant, dying as the LAMB of GOD who takes away the sins of the world.
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
Matthew 25:14 – 15 (Note: the terms 'own ability' should not be read in isolation from the entirety of the Scriptures to then interpret it to advance oneself as superior or supreme. The concept of the terms in the Scripture is about how each one is given different abilities aka talents, our abilities are depending on such things as: our parentage, social and education background, life encounters and experiences, all of which are our preparation by GOD to be called until we are called, all focused and based on the work HE has preordained for us to do in calling us)
Of course HE also do this to the measure of our faith (trust in and sincerity towards HIM) and commitment to HIM (Matthew 7:21 – 23) in seeking HIM (John 5:30; 2 Chronicles 12:14) to do HIS will and work (Matthew 7:21, 5:36, 12:50; John 10:25, 37). This is in how (especially in our attitudes) we respond to HIS voice (and the things reveal by the HOLY SPIRIT) in HIS instructions (aka charges), corrections (i.e. rebuke and chasten when we stray), revelations (as knowledge and understanding as education), test and trials (as training and development as education).
With me it has been no different. When I first called, GOD had been preparing possibly (which would explain why among my other eight siblings I was the only one born with the poorest health and constitution —meaning Satan the Devil was already targeting me. I was literally born sickly and additionally there was two incidents which could, if GOD had not preserved me, have possibly seen me not surviving to adulthood) even from my birth until HE familiarized me with the concept of HIM (as the all powerful, all knowing, all everywhere CREATOR of all there is) when I was in my tween (I have always remembered it as when I was twelve, thirteen or even eleven, but that may not be accurate as memories can be faulty).
Though much of my life from birth to when I was finally called in my early thirties, I was basically just like everyone else (from the context of norm, mean and average with regard to my social environment, educational and life encounters) as evil and lust driven as the average person of those times and situations.
When I was called I literally immediately went searching for the Church of GOD, having already read the Christian Bible from cover to cover (not literally but effectively) even though my understanding then was nominal and very basic, (understanding mostly the literally andor the explicitly recorded accounts of the Scripture which very, very strangely none of the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives in the Church of GOD including the very Messenger to the Church understood) it was enough for me to understand that some of the doctrines of the Church of GOD (of the Philadelphia era) were erroneous.
Though I noted the erroneous doctrines advanced and taught by the Church of GOD during those times (when I first joined in 1987 C.E.), my focus then was on my own education and overcoming (John 21:21 – 22) often praying to GOD to reveal (i.e. give) these understanding (which I have been given) to the leadership as I was (then) only just an ordinary tithe and offering paying lay member of the Elect as such my understanding do not benefit anyone else.
However my understanding only grew very slowly, not being yet ordained (by GOD, not by the Church) to any role or office. Even after I was called (i.e. ordained as Watchman Messenger in 1995 C.E.) to at first just testify against the first Messenger to the Laodicea era, then some ten years later to testify to the second Messenger (I did not begin testifying against him until two years later which was when my understanding begin to grow at an faster rate), my growth in understanding and knowledge of the truth of GOD remains slow.
One of the (but not the only) reasons for this (my lacking in growth in understanding during the initial twenty one years of my calling) has been that (unbeknownst to me, yes I was basically a clueless klutz) Satan the Devil has been intensifying his focus to weigh me down with the cares of life.
That said, those formative years though lacking (but not zero) in growth in understanding and knowledge were nonetheless important, if for nothing else, as a testimony to the genuineness and sincerity of my repentance. At no time was I, for a even single nano instance, not fully committed to honor and faithfully keep (i.e. perform) the Covenant I was called into with GOD.
And I believe (or suspect, for want of a better word) that too is true with at least some (but not many, because GOD is not unfaithful to spewed out HIS Elect if they have been faithful and committed) of the Elect including the likes of the Apostle Paul and the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia both of whom were overcame for the most part by failing to note, understand and control their unbridled (ego gorging) lust.
A very good example of such who failed to control their lusts (even momentarily and ended up being nearly totally consumed by it) was King David whose failure to check (i.e. control) a very common lust of men (as in males) for sex and women (as in females) led him down a very slippery that would see him first committing adultery then to cover it up, planned and conspired with his servants to commit murder. The worst part of it was he could have (i.e. marry) literally any unmarried women in the kingdom (and even those outside of his kingdom as was did one of his sons, King Solomon) that he wanted but he had to had what was explicitly (Genesis 2:17; Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18) forbidden.
When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ.
From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.
Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!”
But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
Matthew 16:13 – 24 (also Mark 8:27 – 34)
A better example is the case of the Apostle Peter when he was praised by JESUS then almost immediately was rebuked by HIM, both these happening with a couple of minutes. This Scriptures passage shows how GOD's revelations (Matthew 16:16) if not handled with respectful fear and sincerity of believing faith, but used to indulge in a person's own ego gorging lust, it will lead to their failure to understand these revelations from GOD, all who having received that which is good (i.e. the revelations, analogically as talents or minas) from GOD, choosing to use them to advance themselves and their lusts (i.e. to do evil instead) to the measure of their ability (all that they do) and impunity (to act without any immediate perceivable undesirable repercussions to themselves).
Of these are such as Apostle Peter's, Apostle Paul's and all the rest whom GOD had ordained to office then given 'power' of the truth, every single case using these to advance themselves (their uncontrolled ego gorging lust) and their agenda (other lusts) have all failed (i.e. lost the understanding and knowledge and remained clueless) to understand these revelations from GOD to remained cluelessly clueless (Luke 8:17 – 18; Mark 4:24 – 25, 13; 8:21; Matthew 16:9, 11; 25:14 – 30, 15:11 – 12).
Then He charged them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have no bread.”
But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, “Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart still hardened? Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember? When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up?”
They said to Him, “Twelve.”
“Also, when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of fragments did you take up?”
And they said, “Seven.”
So He said to them, “How is it you do not understand?”
Mark 8:15 – 21 (similarly Matthew 16:8 – 11)
But worse because of their ego supergorging lust all became massively stupid proclaiming massive stupidity (as supremely enlightened doctrines) while strutting around parading themselves to all and sundry (Revelation 3:17) thinking to themselves just how incredibly ingeniously intelligent and so full of divine truths and understanding (i.e. supremely enlightened they are) because of all these massively stupid things they are proclaiming.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Revelation 3:6 (also Matthew 11:15, 13:9, 43; Mark 4:9; Luke 8:8)
‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
Matthew 25:29 (also Matthew 13:12; Mark 4:25; Luke 8:18)
Luke 8:17 – 18 (also Mark 4:9, 23, 24 – 25, 13)
The main and crucial differences between those totally versus those nearly totally, consumed by lust (Mark 4:19; Matthew 13:22), are in their responses to GOD's rebuke and punishment (i.e. chastening) whether they repented at the former and remained repentant through the course (aka process) of the latter or remained unrepentant (includes the pretend repentance of a stirred up just for show remorse).
There are basically two main types of punishment from GOD, one is a disciplinary chastening (to prove the sincerity of one's repentance, whether it is just an emotional expression or something enduring) the other a destroying punishment as a warning and also as education toward repentance for the time of the (Great) Judgment.
Of the former we have the iconic example of King David who repented at GOD's rebuke through the Prophet Nathan. Of the latter there was the iconic example of the Antediluvian Age, Sodom and Gomorrah, as well as all those (and only those) who suffer destruction directly at the hands of GOD in this current age.
“I saw in the visions of my head while on my bed, and there was a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven. He cried aloud and said thus:
‘Chop down the tree and cut off its branches, strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit.
Let the beasts get out from under it, and the birds from its branches.
Nevertheless leave the stump and roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field.
Let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let him graze with the beasts on the grass of the earth.
Let his heart be changed from that of a man, let him be given the heart of a beast, and let seven times pass over him.
‘This decision is by the decree of the watchers, and the sentence by the word of the holy ones, in order that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, gives it to whomever He will, and sets over it the lowest of men.’
Daniel 4:13 – 18
Any other destruction (mostly indirectly) by GOD through the overseeing or oversight council of Angels (Daniel 4:17) that have been meted out on the nations and the wicked (which included that of Sodom and Gomorrah) was done more to slow the pace and progression of evil in the human social order than as a punishment. This is because these destructions do not serve effectively as either a warning or a deterrent. GOD does not act in futility and to no purpose (Isaiah 14:24).
Generally during the period of this current age (as equally true during the Antediluvian period except at its very end), GOD do not directly punish the rest of humankind not called into a covenant relationship with GOD. Any suffering or destruction directly at the hands of GOD (but not events that are so called 'acts of God') are more as extraction of vengeance in the meting out of justice for the cause of the Elect, not so much as punishment by GOD per see.
Though the destruction of the Antediluvian Age and that of the soon coming Day of the LORD (Jeremiah 46:10; Joel 1:15) may be construed as such but even in these the concept of meting out justice for the cause of the Elect, primarily Enoch the seventh from Adam during the Antediluvian Age, remained as the primary and main reason while that of wiping of all life on land particular humankind then (to restart the human social order on a new slate, state, condition or standing) was the secondary reason. With punishment only as a tertiary reason.
And with the soon coming End of the Age's destruction (i.e. the extermination of ninety percent of those living during the time) it will still be the same. Vengeance in the meting out of justice for all the Elect persecuted andor martyred by humankind, all who worship the Beast remains (as with the Antediluvian Age) the main reason while restarting the human social order under a new slate remains the secondary reason.
These (all which are disclosed above) show, reveal and teach the processes and mechanisms of GOD's acts to ensure HIS purpose stands, and how any failure lies in our (those of us who are the Elect of GOD) failure to sincerely (as opposed to pretending to, as were showcased in the iconic examples of the Prophet Balaam and King Saul) repent.
The second (and the more significant reason) was (until this work started slightly over a year after I was kicked out by the second Messenger of the Church of GOD in Laodicea) after my calling (after the initial three years) my focus was not on GOD (to learn about HIM and HIS truth revealed in the Holy Christian Scriptures) mainly (i.e. firstly but only secondarily) but was shifted to my life and living, struggling to cope with my increasingly financial difficulties, relationship issues and numerous issues of living and employment.
The exponential, geometric or logarithmic (whichever terms you prefer) growth in my understanding only began when this work commenced, first in Windows Space Live™ then moved to Blogger™ in November 2009 C.E., though not without severe trials. Satan the Devil's attacks on me and thus on this work intensifies correspondingly with each progression in my calling, ordination (as Watchman and Messenger, but not as a Shepherd of the Elect of GOD) and this work.
These attacks were firstly focused on discouraging me, then on impeding and hindering me; first physiologically then additionally on the facilities (including financial resources, electric power, broadband access and a conducive work environment) I needed and used. But they do not end there but includes anyall things that can distress and distract.
The more I struggled (against Satan's attack on me) to faithfully and diligently testify to what I have been given or granted to know and understand (by the grace and providence of GOD), the more my understanding grew, so much so that there have been numerous times I felt overwhelmed by them, unable to take them all in (i.e. to note, remember, muse, analyze and contemplate on to further explore wider and deeper).
All these (the above disclosures on my calling, ordination and growth aka my Christian pilgrimage, especially after this work on Blogger started) are revealing testimonies to these two basic doctrines of the Scripture that GOD's empowerment and revelation (of knowledge and understanding) to HIS servant Prophets that these are, firstly based on a need to know (what we must know) to get the job done, and secondly on our sincere due diligent focus to seek GOD to do HIS will and work (Matthew 13:11 – 12; Matthew 25:29; John 14:12) or failure to be faithful thereof.
Even when we fail, the basic work HE raised us (as HIS instrument) up to get done will be accomplished (Isaiah 14:24, 46:10; Romans 9:11) but we will suffer losses (1 Corinthians 3:15) in our inheritance (as long we do not sin the unpardonable sin or willfully hardening our hearts and refuse to repent on HIS correction and punishment) at the Second Advent.
Here we shall discuss the iconic Apostle Paul who was without a doubt the hardest working of all the twelve Apostles of CHRIST, giving up his entire life just to preach his own personal supreme gospel of a grace which is not under the law, and his spin on how the law cause death to come upon him (Romans 7:9) who was alive, happy and thriving without the law and commandments of GOD (Hosea 8:12; Amos 2:4) which if kept will lead to a 'fall from grace'. JESUS CHRIST appointed and ordained the Paul to the office as one HIS twelve Apostles for a reason exactly as HE made Peter HIS chief Apostle for a reason.
We need to know and understand all these reasons as they are both examples and testimonies to all of use who believe to the ends that we can learn to discern good from evil, truth from lust conceived and fueled twisted lies.
All of these things were recorded in the Scriptures of Truth for our education if we are sincere, and as a testimony against us if we chose to lust uncontrollably as most have. The failure to be sincere has two primary causes.
One, that of uncontrolled lusting of all manners and sorts. And two, a general and entrenched duplicity (Jeremiah 17:9) seeded and fueled by a totally self centered focused life's expression of making everyall things we encounter solely for our own advancement and agenda. Of the former we have those such as the Apostle Paul (one of the most iconic) and the latter were such as King Saul, Judas Iscariot and the Prophet Balaam (as those among the most iconic).
Then, of course, there are all the rest (of the Elect) with varying degrees of either or both of these traits, more both than either. And these are (as well as had been the case) with nearly all (with very few exceptions) the Elect of the New Covenant era who having the empowerment of the HOLY SPIRIT remain basically to entirely exactly as all the rest of totally lust driven humankind.
Without a doubt Satan the Devil played a major role in humankind (includes the Elect) lust seeded, fueled and driven expression of life.
But Satan the Devil's role and sway of us (to get us to lust uncontrollably) are mostly to nearly entirely, because we allow it and we allow him whether out of cluelessness (as is the case with most of humankind before these last some over a hundred years due to the lack of a systematic education framework and insufficient of knowledge and understanding of our realm and reality) or deliberated stupidity (especially those who are proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of the human social order and even more so with all those who are or have been true Christians) because we crave, covert and lust after power, glory, success, wealth, prominence, popularity, sex andor other titillations and especially ego gorging lust (of feeling superior or supreme).
Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”
Matthew 4:8 – 10
Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!”
But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
Matthew 16:22 – 24
I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me.
John 14:30
Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
John 8:43 – 44
Let me illustrate this for you with a very simple example. If a friend, a close relative or even a total stranger comes (as well as even your very own mind) to you and said, 'let us go plunder, rape and slaughter.' And you without a moment of hesitation replied 'alright' or worse in all eagerness and excitement say, 'oh wow yes, let us go and do so'. Tell me, how are you not culpable, how are you blameless?
Typically with the Elect (though empowered with the HOLY SPIRIT) of this New Covenant era, once a complacently sets in after the initial 'having the crap totally frightened out' of them 'honeymoon period' is over, they (most to near all of them) revert to their totally lust driven focus of life, which they from, nominally to significantly (but never totally) suspend when and while they first had the crap and their wits frightened out of them during their 'conversion' (i.e. turning in an initial 'too frightened to not dare to not believe' react and whatever repentance they exhibited or expressed then).
I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.
Romans 7:9
And this was the Apostle Paul's one overwhelming problem his humongous ego (aka ego supergorging lust of holding himself as superior and supreme to all) got pricked and irreparably bruised by the Jewish converts and he could not let go of that, obsessing over it almost continually until his martyrdom. He was not working for CHRIST or GOD but for (i.e. to satiate his own unbridled lust), his insatiable ego supergorging lust.
Lust driven people are the most obsessively driven among humankind. Which is not to say that there are any member of humankind who are not lust driven but as with most things there are varying degrees.
The greater the lust, the more obsessive the drive, and it is nearly always (but not absolutely so, as some such as King David, do get awaken, thanks to the mercy of GOD) compounding, growing more and more, worse and worse (2 Timothy 3:13).
To be sure our subconscious (i.e. the so called 'conscience aka moral compass', another ethereal concept spun and invented by the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of the human social order) mind knows whenever we do things (of socially and personally unacceptable thoughts and actions) we know we need to conceal, cover up with lies and spins to justify, andor hide from others (Matthew 7:2, 12) in order to avoid unpleasant andor undesired effects, consequences or repercussions.
Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Matthew 7:12
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Matthew 7:1 – 5 (similarly Luke 6:37 – 38)
Further (for those who have the HOLY SPIRIT, the SPIRIT always reveals our obvious sins to us, first subtly and then very clearly (usually through causing us to see such behavior in others to serve as a 'mirror' for us to see these sins and misdeeds in ourselves).
In these revelations (both the subtle and unmistakably clear) all the Elect are tested to reveal our sincere commitment to obey GOD (i.e. our willingness to being led by the HOLY SPIRIT).
The two most iconic examples of these in the Scriptures are the Prophet Balaam and King Saul both of whom willfully resisted and grieved the HOLY SPIRIT (Isaiah 63:10; Acts 7:51; Ephesians 4:30) and both pretended stupidity (Numbers 22:34; 1 Samuel 15:20) when they were explicitly rebuked by GOD (Numbers 22: 32 – 33; 1 Samuel 15:14, 17 – 19). King Saul went further in his deliberated stupidity to blame the people (1 Samuel 15:15, 21) for his sin of explicit disobedience.
Now don't go thinking as the Jews during the Gospel years thought to themselves thinking how they were so much better than others (Matthew 23:30). Throughout the Church of GOD's journey, LORD JESUS have rebuked the Elect including and even more especially so those who have been in positions of leadership.
Every single one who hardened their hearts at these rebukes were ultimately rejected just as King Saul and the Prophet Balaam were.
But from 1995 C.E. (even as early as 1990 C.E.) all the Elect especially those who are the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives among them, all have from then to this very day, went totally into deliberated stupidity, pretending they don't understand those verses so that they can harden their hearts to reject GOD's corrections, resisting and grieving the HOLY SPIRIT exactly as the Prophet Balaam and King Saul had done.
GOD in the Tribulation, is not (going to be) subjecting to the sadistic torture and martyrdom at the hands of the Beast and False Prophet of the Christmas religion, without just reason and cause.
These Elect much more than just totally deserve the horrific torture and martyrdom (as punishment to correct and to prove or refine them) they will suffer in the Tribulation. And you (all those reading this work) too, if you continued on in deliberated stupidity to hardened your hearts at the testimonies of this work refusing to take the necessary and concrete (i.e. definitive) steps to turn from (i.e. repent of) your sins against GOD.
And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!
Matthew 10:14 – 15 (similarly Mark 6:11)
Sometimes (but not always) GOD will explicitly correct us (after we completely fail sinning very wickedly as the case of King David, often out of a deliberated stupidity, to take note the things which the SPIRIT reveals) especially when these sins are very glaring and cause significant or substantial harm to others. When GOD act to explicitly andor directly (as with the case of King David) correct us, these corrections even when we repent, are often by a followed through punishment of letting evil be falling us and those things (includes people) we hold dear.
If only the Apostle Paul's zeal was to glorify GOD and magnify (Psalm 138:3; Isaiah 42:21) GOD's words (i.e. truths) and law (Isaiah 42:21), and the Gospel of the Kingdom of GOD instead of his self perceived superiority over all others promoting himself and his very own supreme inventions in the so called gospel of grace (Romans 2:16, 16:25, 14; 2 Corinthians 4:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:14; Acts 20:24; 2 Timothy 2:8; Philemon 1:13; Galatians 5:4), of him being supremely spiritually mature (1 Corinthians 2:6, 15, 3:1 – 2; Hebrews 5:12 – 13) and himself the definitive expert on the Mystery of GOD (Ephesians 3:4); railing uncontrollably against circumcision (Philippians 3:2; Galatians 5:12) and the law (Romans 7:9, 8; 5:13) of GOD to the point of insanity.
While GOD did not for the most part directly correct him of his ego gorging lust, though he was actually quite thoroughly shown his sins by the HOLY SPIRIT. This if I am able to do, I will discuss in a post in this blog.
The truth is he was made fully aware of his sins throughout his ministry as evident and reflected in the very words (Luke 19:22; Matthew 12:34, 36; 15:11, 18) of his own mouth (i.e. in all of his writings or epistles to his 'converts') but was just so totally consumed by his ego gorging lust that he ignored them all. While it is not clear if he ever repented from them, his martyrdom is indicative (though not definitive) that he didn't.
Even with these (of only been given just the knowledge and abilities to get the job done) as the first basis, sometimes not even this is true, as many a Prophets of GOD had delivered andor recorded messages from GOD which they do not understand at all (Ezekiel 20:49; Daniel 12:8) because it was not yet (Daniel 12:9) the appointed times for these messages to be revealed and understood.
In most (but not all) of these cases, these things prophesied, testified to and recorded by all these who did not understand the messages they were given to deliver and record, these messages usually pertains to prophecies of future events not in the lifetime of these Prophets.
Furthermore the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the forest land, the South, and say to the forest of the South, ‘Hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be scorched by it. All flesh shall see that I, the Lord, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.” ’ ”
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They say of me, ‘Does he not speak parables?’ ”
Ezekiel 20:45 – 49
Although I heard, I did not understand. Then I said, “My lord, what shall be the end of these things?”
And he said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Daniel 12:8 – 9
However quite a lot of them pertained to general truths, doctrines and even about events in the pasts. Truth is, this work has revealed many of these which until they were revealed in this work, no one understood them or even know (had even the most remotest clue of them at all) about them.
The very first (chronologically) of these was the Genesis chapter one account that it was not understood by the one (and all those of his time as well as all others who had a part in recording the message of the Scripture of Truth) who recorded it. Not until these last two hundred years could the account be understood that Genesis chapter 1 verses 3 onward were about the renewing of earth with life which were all destroyed by an Angelic rebellion leaving the earth as an empty blackened dark wasteland (Genesis 1:2).
A very good example is the very simple concept of evil which literally no one else being (or had ever been) precisely and definitively clear on it, until this work defined it in explicative clarity very, very, simply and plainly.
Another is the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, what it symbolized. Then there were the ego gorging lust of the Apostles Peter and Paul and Bishop James; the one talent Moses at the beginning of his calling; the turning back of Lot who lust uncontrollably after city life, to live in a city; the self righteousness of Job's three friends; and tons more. I shan't mentioned all of them here again as all these have already discussed, many extensively too, in this work.
Today we live in a world overflowing with knowledge and information of every kind (Daniel 12:4, last part of verse), there is so much knowledge (and never mind information) that it is beyond any single person to be able to process even just a tiny fraction of these knowledge even if we be given ten times a thousand years life duration to learn them.
This is true even with just only the knowledge and understanding of the Scriptures of Truth. The internet basically makes available to just about anyone with an unrestricted internet, easy access to the testimonies of original texts of the Scriptures.
It is not a coincident that this work began at the time when the availability of high speed (aka broadband) internet access was gaining momentum to make the testimonies of this work available to the largest global population (of potentially some over four and a half billion individuals who has internet access as at October 2020 C.E.) than at any other prior time in the history of humankind. Even during the peak of the work of the Church of GOD in Philadelphia, the testimonies from the era reached at the maximum (in terms of subscribers and literature distribution) less than ten million households while potentially (meaning not actually) additionally from the television and radio programs, still way less than a fraction of a billion.
But the availability of so much knowledge with tons upon tons easily accessible to humankind (and especially the truth in the original texts of the Scriptures for the Elect especially to those who are the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives among them) has not make humankind more effectively intelligent. On the contrary it seems to have made the bulk of humankind even more lust driven and more massively stupid than ever before.
And it was no coincidence that a few months before the Worthless Shepherd (of the sheep) had his lackey kicked me out of the Church of GOD (in August 2008 C.E.), he was proclaiming (as was directly conveyed to me by this lackey of his, a few months before he was instructed to kick me out of the Church of GOD) that the end (meaning the Tribulation would commence) in 2012 C.E., having totally bought bait, line, hook and sinker the Mayan Calendar's end of the world prophecy being widely pushed by the totally lust driven at that period of time.
He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
Matthew 13:11 – 12 (also Matthew 25:29)
And because of the overflowing of abundance (in revealed knowledge and understanding) given to this author, throughout this work from then to this day, I have struggled intensely (against severe trials of impediments and afflictions) to focus on just the subject topic (in order to not go out of topic too much, writing so much that I will never be able to complete each discussion I am working on) with each discussion I am working on, each time I write or muse on them to avoid being drown by the overflowing of abundance (Matthew 13:12, 25:29).
But that has not been my only struggle in doing this work, I have struggled intensely to write all that I (have been given and appointed) to know and understand. Very often I feel physically exhausted, emotionally drained and in great distress because of all these impediments, especially but not restricted to, my physiological impediments.
I am almost absolutely certain that were not for the severe impediments I began facing and experiencing since this work commenced in November 2009 C.E., I would have easily done ten times more writing in this work than I have managed to accomplished to today.
Compared to the abundance in understanding, I have only been able to do so little (due to all these restricting and hindering disabilities) writing (compared to how much more I could have done). I have over a hundred discussions pending, numerous more unfinished, needing to be completed and then there are still those in the midst of being updated but basically hanging in limbo.
But because of my primarily and almost total focus to share (i.e. disclose) all that I have been given to know and understand, (on being given such an 'abundance') sadly I have neglected to develop my faith and it has not grown correspondingly, but is still severely lacking. At a time (considering how much I have since been given) when I should have the faith to move mountains I am still struggling over little, little things. This sadly adds to the feeling of being overwhelmed and is definitely not helpful.
Beginning from the time the original texts of the Scriptures became available to the general public through the publishing of Bible Concordances, technically if anyone has been sincere towards GOD (in the Covenant they have entered into with HIM) they all would (or should anyway) be very conversant with both the messages recorded in both the Old and New Covenant Scriptures. But are they really, especially all those who are the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives among the Elect (meaning in leadership position from paster general, regional directors, evangelists to pastors?
Additionally, today nearly everyone have access to the internet to allow for very detail and thorough studies on the Scriptures including of the Original Texts. The fact that this facility for studying the Scriptures in the original texts (as opposed to from the heavily interpreted full of errors and lies rendition of all Christian Bible's translations) has since become widely and easily available to at least some over 60 percent of the world population, is in part (i.e. partially, or a context to) a fulfillment of the very Words spoken (Matthew 10:26; Mark 4:22; Luke 8:17, 12:2; Ephesians 3:9) by JESUS CHRIST, the main (context) of which of course, is this work (Isaiah 46:11).
If you think this work and the Scripture of Truth can be believed, you would (or should anyway) have understood that we have been living (since before the Second World War when the Church of GOD in Philadelphia began starting to preach the true though not the full Gospel message) in the period of time the Scriptures called 'The End of Age', then you would (or should anyway) realized that many of the revelations and prophecies which had been sealed until 'the time of the end' (Daniel 12:4) must (because the Word of prophecies is sure) have began to be unsealed from then (the time period called 'the End of the Age' commences) for which reason (aka which was why), they had been sealed before.
The beginning of the unsealing of many to nearly all the prophecies and truths in the Scripture of Truth actually (if you think this work can be believed and never mind if you don't) began when the original texts of the Scriptures first began publishing in Bible concordances until these become easily and widely available.
The final mystery (of GOD) to be unsealed will be when the last of the Seven Trumpets (symbolized by the Feast of Trumpets) sounded to complete (Revelation 10:7) the (message) of the Mystery of GOD (aka Mystery of the Kingdom of GOD). And if you have actually (as opposed to in deliberated stupidity thinking, holding or believing that you) believed this work, you would (or should anyway) know what is this last Mystery of GOD to be unsealed (Revelation 10:4, 7) which will be completed when the Seventh Angel sound the last of the seven trumpets. So do you?
Let's us not be deliberately stupid to ignore the fact that the entire record of the Scripture of Truth was not completed until the Apostle John recorded the Book of Revelation some two thousand years ago. Even after these was recorded by the Apostle John to complete the records for the New Covenant period, until the End of the Age they were not actually available to the general public anywhere until the first heavily interpreted works of the Christian Bible were published and become available to the general public.
While the publishing (and commercial distribution) of the heavily interpreted Christian Bible did make the Word of GOD available as a general message riddled with deliberated stupidity lies to push the Christmas religion's diabolically deceitful interpretations, it however falls far short as the Truth from the GOD, and is only good for doing a very general overview reading andor study.
This has been the reason for centuries even the very servant Messengers raised up (by GOD) to lead the Church of GOD (founded on the Day of Pentecost aka Feast of Weeks in 30 C.E.) through the centuries (Revelation 2 and 3) all (especially those of the last four eras when the Christian Bible has become available to them) stumbled at many points. Without extensive cross references on the terms, verses and passages made to the Original Texts the best that one can get (i.e. comprehend and understand) from the heavily interpreted Bible is a muddled up truth, with many cases (verses and passages) of very confusing information.
In our currently reality, there are few things that are of absolute (as opposed to relative andor contextual) values, truth (not all as many are contextual) are just one among a few absolutes but if infused even with a single error or worse lie, it ceases to be truth anymore but just raw information at best and at worst evil lies.
While it is true that even concordances of the Bible are not free from erroneous interpreted translations it however makes the original texts available to the HOLY SPIRIT led (i.e. those who have and are led by the HOLY SPIRIT) true Christians to make discerning effective intelligence's based comprehension sincere review to be able to get to the true meanings (which is precisely and exactly what this work has been doing) of the words and phrases through contextual and cross referencing these words, phrases and terms, and through these Truths that was recorded by the Scribes and Prophets raised up by GOD to do the job.
When I was first called by GOD (even before I was baptized) in 1987 C.E., among the very first things I bought (traveled over a hundred kilometers to another city) was the Christian (NKJV and KJV) Bibles, books of historical information on Christianity, and the Strong's Concordance of the King James Bible.
When this work began on Blogger in 2009 C.E. (some over twenty years after I was called) I bought another Concordance and more (versions of the) Bibles. Here is a question for all of the Elect of today regardless whether you were called during the Philadelphia era or the Laodicea (which ever administration), how many actually on being called until today (and even when not yet baptized but just on hearing the voice of the calling) did or have done so since?
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, 46 who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.
Matthew 13:44 – 45
Please do not think (because I know many to most will) that I am asking this to advance myself or to belittle anyone, but surely this does testify to (as revealing for all who did) or against (as exposing all who didn't, their lacking thereof) their sincerity in their commitment to GOD in the Everlasting Covenant that they all have entered. Regardless whether you (the reader, especially but not exclusively, if you have or had been a member of the Elect), it is high time to get your sincerity and relationship with GOD right (Luke 21:34). The Scriptures testimonies (Matthew 13:44 – 45) are not just pointless ramblings, mumbo jumbo or for decorations.
The year is 2020 C.E. and knowledge of every sort fills the world of humankind to overflowing. Our understanding of ourselves (what we are composed of: our genetics and biology; what is good and bad for us (individually and collectively): the nutrition, the environment, the social interaction and even our own behavior how they harm us); our planet and our cosmos); and just about everything that we can think off we have investigated and found answers (not all but enough). And our access to almost all of these knowledge and other information has never ever been easier from right in the comfort of our home.
But more important than even all that, the Truth of the Word of GOD has been more readily and easily available as never before. Even most to nearly all of the things recorded in Scriptures which had been hidden to the ages before is not unsealed and expounded in simply, plainly and explicative clarity by this work for over a decade.
More knowledge and greater in depth and broader understanding of ourselves and our reality should have made us all more effectively and actually intelligent but this does not appear to be so.
To this very day humankind (including nearly all of the Elect) have remained mostly to nearly totally, insanely massively stupid in this day and age of over abundance of knowledge as they have always been, holding on to utterly preposterous ridiculous belief systems and religion.
And despite the fact that most to near all of the Elect of today would (or should anyway) have been at least ten times more educated academically, added to the fact that everyall of the Elect who wants to, is able to easily access the Christian Holy Scriptures both the heavily interpreted Christian Bibles in numerous versions and languages, and (more importantly) the original texts of the Scripture of Truth, whether online (on the internet) as well as in hardcopy concordances.
“But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
Daniel 12:4
I am sure many have heard of others saying, 'you should know better (than to do that)'. More information should translate to more understanding and knowledge, to make us more effectively intelligent. Knowing better should translate to doing better, But with humankind this is not only not so, it is actually a whole lot worst than being not effectively intelligent, the bulk of humankind are borderline insane, remaining sane only because of the real consequences of cause and effect.
There is no more greater and more obvious proof of the insane unchecked and uncontrolled lusting of humankind than in the things that they eachall believe in. From utterly ridiculous belief systems and religions to even in academia and science where sanity should prevail but don't. At no time in the history of humankind has there been more ridiculous things being believed and with more insanely stupid people being worshiped (i.e. mostly to totally believed and obeyed for their massively stupid proclamations and assertions) by more members of humankind than ever before.
Today (in 2020 C.E.) with a worldwide disease pandemic infecting tens of millions and killing millions, we are witnessing just how just about everyone (including science and WHO) is pushing their own social political agenda selecting to believe what is expedient to this agenda over the common sense approach to managing a global disease outbreak.
Wherever and whenever humankind have some measures of impunity whether from holding and wielding power through whatever means and mechanism, or from being shielded (in a social environment such as by over protective dotting parents, misplaced loyalty in religious, political, commercial or social groups, religious worshiping subscribers, an entourage of hangers on, etc.) we have them believing in themselves (especially from the contexts of knowledge and intelligence) as anything from being superior in some, most to all ways, through being infallible, all the way to them believing that they are some supreme or divine beings, deities or gods.
And if you (the reader, especially if you are among the Elect of GOD whether from the previous Philadelphia era or the latest and last the Laodicea era) have not also became incredulously massively stupid from an over abundance of lust, you would (or should anyway) be gobsmacked (for want of a better word) why very simple and plainly (and often times too explicitly recorded) messages of the Christian Holy Scriptures have until this very day, mostly to totally not understood by humankind, but worse much of these messages (which this work has expounded on in explicative clarity) are still not being understood by most to nearly all the Elect of GOD of today.
From the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of science (many of whom) totally believed (circa 2010 to 2015 C.E.) that absolutely nothing created absolutely everything, through billions subscribing to all sorts of religious utter nonsense and many (particularly all the mainstream religions and near all the lesser known ones too) very explicitly evil ones at that, to all the rest believe in magical andor supernatural stick, stains, stones, rock and geographical formations, cloths, paper, water, liquid, rivers, ponds, lakes, sea and ocean, air, gases, stars and planetary formations, portions, ashes, dusts, dirt, detritus, food, fruits, meat, plants, numbers, colors, words, phrases, objects, etc. and etc..
What JESUS CHRIST told HIS personally handpicked and appointed Apostles Peter, James and John was explicitly clear in that just as HIS coming was dual (coming first to die to pay the penalty for humankind's sins and the second time to destroy all the wicked in the Day of the LORD), so too there would be two advents coming in 'the spirit and power of Elijah' to announce HIS coming and 'make ready a people prepared for the LORD'.
The phrase and concept of that term 'in the spirit and power of Elijah' was an analogy of a Type to the work and ministry of the original Prophet Elijah and not literally that the Prophet Elijah will come back to life after hundreds of years to turn back the Jews of those day nor the Elect of the Last Days, to turn back from their adulterous (i.e. compromised and corrupted) worship to the true worship.
And the phrase and concept of the term 'to make ready a people prepared for the LORD' (Luke 1:17) was a sort of analogical version for 'return the heart of the FATHER to the children and the hearts of the children to their FATHER' (Malachi 4:6).
When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.”
Acts 11:18
in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth
2 Timothy 2:25
No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:44
But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”
From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.
John 6:64 – 66
Acts 11:18
in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth
2 Timothy 2:25
No doubt all the clueless klutz would ask why, 'the heart of the FATHER to the children' first and not the 'hearts of the children to their FATHER' first? Should not we repent first so the FATHER will forgive us, how come it is the other way around?'
No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:44
But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”
From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.
John 6:64 – 66
And that would be why they are clueless klutz, because just as literally no one can come to JESUS unless it is the FATHER's doing through first preparing them to be called, then at the appointed time called them, so too no one will repent absolutely, unless GOD lead (i.e. grant) them to repentance (Acts 11:18; 2 Timothy 2:25).
There are a few reasons why no one can come to JESUS and repent unless it is the FATHER's doing. But we shan't discuss this here as that belongs to another long discussion.
The term 'in the spirit and power of Elijah' referred to, or referenced the (type of) work that matters which was turning back (aka returning or restoring) the Israelite from their unfaithfulness to their Covenant with the LORD GOD, specifically their idolatry. It is not about the person of the Prophet Elijah during his lifetime.
And this work was to turn back (i.e. to return) the ancient Israelite from their disobedience and idolatry in false worship of false gods, of gods and things that are not real or actual Gods, returning or restoring them to the true worship (obedience) of the GOD of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob according to the Covenant they had entered into at Mount Sinai which gave them the Promised Land as their inheritance).
The rules-based hairsplitters (including all the mockers and scoffers), true to their myopic tunnel vision and rules-based hairsplitting way of thinking would ask, 'Who is lying here, JESUS or John the Baptist?'
While all the deliberately stupid proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of the Christmas religion as well as many among the Elect of GOD, totally having no clue what the Scriptures recorded (but all were just selectively reading and quoting Scriptures which they can twist with spins added in to the messages that they can use to advance themselves and all their agenda and lusts), would proclaimed, 'Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!' (Romans 11:33) to say that absolutely no one absolutely (yes, the repeating of 'absolutely' is deliberate) can understand GOD.
This is exactly the same as for the longest time until this work precisely and concisely defined the concept of evil, all the so called Abrahamic religions used subterfuge to confuse the meaning of the term through saying that no one can understand GOD. At the same time all the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of academia, science and philosophy have been doing the same, so they too can in deliberated stupidity refuse to understand the concept of good and evil through defining that these as moral choices and not something real with life and good, death and harmful consequences.
Signs To Announce And Reveal John The Baptist As Elijah To Come First
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Luke 1:13 – 17
In the prophecies on John the Baptist revealed to his father by the Angel Gabriel it was revealed (i.e. prophesied) that John would fulfill the role prophesied by the Prophet Malachi (Malachi 4:5) of the Elijah, coming in the 'spirit and power of Elijah'. who would come first 'to return the Heart of the FATHER to the Children and the hearts of the children to the FATHER' (Malachi 4:6) as well as the prophecies of Isaiah, '.
See a discussion of Malachi 4 verse 6 after the next paragraph (i.e. Scripture passage) to explain the deliberated stupidity interpreted rendition by near all Bible translators of 'and he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers'.
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Luke 1:13 – 17
The rendition by most Bible 'translators' of Malachi 4 verse 6 and correspondingly Luke 1 verse 17 (which was a direct quote of Malachi 4 verse 6) were done in absolute and total deliberated stupidity so they could render that passage into meaningless garbage because there are no point in the entire history of humankind when or where all the fathers' hearts are not towards their children except with the exclusion of all those who are parasites (includes predators) whose entire expression of life have been to seek out others to feed on and feed off them.
Further the context of that passage was in reference to the work of the Prophet Elijah which was on turning the idolatry (1 Kings 18:18 – 40) of the ancient Israelite under King Ahab, back to the true worship of the GOD of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob with whom they are bound by the Old Covenant which gave them the Promised Land as their inheritance.
Therefore the connotation that GOD would need to sent someone to come to correct fathers from not caring about their children, is not just false but an perverted evil lie. that can only come from the Devil. Even the word rendered as 'turn' is inaccurate and is incorrect because it connotation is 'to change' rather than to turn back or to returning to a previous state, of worshiping GOD (as per the Covenant they have all entered into with GOD).
This calling to repentance to return to (a faithful worship of) GOD had been the main work of almost all the Prophets GOD raised up during the period of the Divided Kingdoms and afterward during the period of the Jewish exile (i.e. bondage in Babylon and Mede Persian empire) all the way to the time they were return to the Promised Land until and through the time of the Gospel (when both John the Baptist and JESUS CHRIST proclaimed the time was at hand for the message of Gospel of the Kingdom of GOD to began to be testified) until the destruction of the Temple by Rome. So a correct translation would be 'to turn back' or 'to return')
Basically then, the word of the Angel Gabriel to Zacharias was that John the Baptist would fulfill both the prophecies of Isaiah 40 verse 3 also Luke 1 verse 17 last part which was a direct quote: 'to make ready a people prepared for the Lord' and Malachi 4 verse 6 also Luke 1 verse 17 the first half: 'to return the heart of the Father to the children,' and 'the disobedient to the wisdom of the just'.
Anyone effectively intelligent who wonders about the 'Elijah who must come first' aka the Prophet coming in 'the spirit and power of Elijah' as the advent to portent the Second Coming of LORD JESUS, to 'make ready a people prepared for the LORD' would ask is, 'Will there also be signs to identify the coming of this Prophet?' And if there are what will these be?
So what do you (the reader) think, will there or won't there? Read to the end of this discussion (the second installment) to find out the answer (i.e. if you think this work and this author can be believed, but never mind if you don't).
Another question the answer to which you would (or should anyway) already know if you (are intelligent enough to have basic reading and comprehension know how) are a regular reader andor follower of this work, and never mind if you are not.
The question the answer for which (if you are a regular reader or follower of this work) would (or should anyway) already know is 'why does this author keep saying if you think this author/work can be believed and never mind if you don't?'
The answer is simple: to make it explicitly clear that the decision to believe or not believe is your freewill decision and choice (to believe or not, and if believed to take positive affirmation action or not), whether if the issue is about truth or GOD. And the consequent is yours to bear (not mine or anyone else) whatever the decision you make.
That essentially is the main issue in the creation, it is about choices and consequences particularly when we are intelligent but only if we choose to be intelligent instead of being significantly to totally lust driven.
Adam and Eve made the choice to distrust GOD and all the progeny have been reaping the consequences to this very day (and it is not yet over for every single one of them when already dead or still alive). The Antediluvian Age made the decision to disbelieve Enoch (and also Noah) and seek to kill Enoch. The consequent, they were all exterminated.
The greater majority of the religious Jews during the Gospel times chose to disbelieve both John the Baptist aka the Elijah who came first, and JESUS the MESSIAH to later demanded that JESUS be crucified and they all suffered the consequences when Jerusalem was laid siege to and finally fell.
All the Elect of GOD today who choose to disbelieve this work, will if they live long enough (as most will) suffer a baptism of fire (of horrifying torture and sadistic slaughter) at the hands of the people of world who worship the Beast (Revelation 13:15, 17:6) not too long from today.
Whereas all the rest (who have read this work) who will live to see (as indeed most will, as will ninety percent of humankind living then) the Day of the LORD who choose to disbelieve this work will suffer the (Seven Bowl) plagues of GOD (Revelation 16:2, 8, 10, 21) and be exterminated exactly as the bulk of those living during the Antediluvian Age were exterminated (Revelation 19:21). But that is not all, they will all be brought back to life in the (Great) Judgment to be punished (Matthew 11:22; Luke 10:14; Mark 6:11) for all their sins for a lifetime; for all the evil they committed in this current lifetime.
And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.
Luke 13:2 – 3
Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”
Luke 13:4 – 5
Do not think (Matthew 3:9) that just because you have been baptized either during the Philadelphia era or first Laodicea administration before the apostasy, or in the one true Church of GOD today (i.e. the second Laodicea administration) you therefore will be protected by GOD.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 3:7
Many were baptized by John the Baptist but almost all except those few who actually believed John (as opposed to who just got baptized by him thinking that by doing so they could escape the wrath to come which was what near all those who got baptized during the last two eras of the Church of GOD's journey did, revealed when they followed after men during the 'Spewing Out' or corrupted and defiled themselves in the 'Falling Away') to follow JESUS and sincerely and faithfully obey the Gospel. Many of these (who got baptized by John thinking they could escape the 'wrath to come') perished in the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 C.E..
Do not forget or be in ignorance, of the twelve Apostles (not counting Judas Iscariot who had failed) eleven died in martyrdom because they were not sincerely and fully faithful. Martyrdom (aka baptism of fire) was the mechanism to extract, and for them to prove their repentance through refusing to renounce the faith (and be spared) but be martyred (John 12:25).
You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death. And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But not a hair of your head shall be lost. By your patience possess your souls.
Luke 21:16 – 19 (Note: the rendition in the NKJV of the last part of the verse 'By your patience possess your soul' is not just not accurate but was deliberately intended to obfuscate the meaning. The accurate rendition would read 'by your sincere/steadfast/faithful endurance/steadfastness, your life (soul) will be secured/procured/preserved', but you don't have to believe this if you chose not to. Xref for better rendition by: NASB, NLT, AMPC and MIV)
Of the twelve Apostles (not counting the one disqualified, Judas Iscariot) only the Apostle John survived attempts to martyred him (Luke 21:18 – 19), and was exiled to the Island of Patmos because the Romans were unable to have him killed when they boiled him in oil.
If you (all who read including all the Elect of this Last Days) will not repent at the message (i.e. preaching) of the Prophet coming in the spirit and power of Elijah before the coming of the great and dreadful Day of the LORD (Malachi 4:5), there are one of two consequences awaiting you in this life and one in the Judgment.
You (if you live to see it, meaning if you don't die before that time) you will either (if you repent during the Tribulation but only if before the Day of the LORD) most likely be martyred during the Tribulation or (because you did not repent) die in plagues of the Day of the LORD.
And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!
Matthew 10:14 – 15
But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.
Matthew 11:12
And if you die in plagues of the Day of the LORD, you will be brought back to life after a thousand years for the Judgment (Revelation 20:11 – 13), where you will be appropriately punished (Matthew 10:14 – 15) for a hundred years (i.e. one prophetic generation, see the post 'The Keys To Unlocking The Mystery Part 4: Symbolism In The Scriptures' for the various symbolic meaning of time periods in the Scriptures).
Signs That Portent Of CHRIST's First Advent
The earliest definitive series of signs of JESUS CHRIST first coming (aka the First Advent) before there were any other signs was some over thirty years before the actual event (i.e. officially mark by the baptism of JESUS CHRIST by John the Baptist, a short time before HIS ministry officially commences with HIM be tested by Satan the Devil).
The very first of these was the events leading to the conception of John the Baptist and the signs about him and his calling as the advent to announce the coming of the MESSIAH PRINCE and MESSENGER of The Covenant, given to his father by the Angel of the LORD.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well advanced in years.
So it was, that while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division, according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot fell to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. And the whole multitude of the people was praying outside at the hour of incense. Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Luke 1:5 – 17 (Note: In verse 17 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children' is basically a direct quote of Malachi 4:6 and was equally erroneously interpreted so that the simple, clear and plain message of the verse is being deliberately obfuscated).
The message of the Angel of the LORD was clear and specific that John the Baptist was to fulfilled the role of the Elijah who must come first but without being explicitly clear that there would be two such Elijah Types.
The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 – 12
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
Matthew 12:38 – 39
Then the Pharisees came out and began to dispute with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, testing Him. But He sighed deeply in His spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Assuredly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.”
And He left them, and getting into the boat again, departed to the other side.
Mark 8:11 – 13
Others, testing Him, sought from Him a sign from heaven.
Luke 11:16
Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe.”
John 4:48
For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
Matthew 24:24
Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.
Revelation 13:11 – 14
Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophesying is not for unbelievers but for those who believe.
1 Corinthians 14:22
And typical of the rules-based hairsplitters mindset of the faithless (Matthew 12:38 – 39, 16:4; Luke 11:29), the Jewish religious authorities of those ancient (still totally true of near all of GOD's Elect today and all the rest of humankind including all those who have been reading and following this work) Zacharias asked for a sign and was given one as a rebuke (aka punishment).That was the first (public) sign given to the Jewish people of those times, this is that of Zacharias being unable to speak until the prophecy of his son was born.
And Zacharias said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”
And the angel answered and said to him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and was sent to speak to you and bring you these glad tidings. But behold, you will be mute and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their own time.” And the people waited for Zacharias, and marveled that he lingered so long in the temple. But when he came out, he could not speak to them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple, for he beckoned to them and remained speechless.
Luke 1:21 – 22
The second public signs (which was three different signs, one — the conception and birth of John the Baptist; two — his father naming him John; and three — his father being mute all that time finally being able to speak but only after he obeyed the words spoken by the Angel of the LORD) given to the Jews of those times was in the birth of John the Baptist including the opening of his father being struck mute until after he obeyed the words spoken by the Angel of the LORD, Gabriel, to name his newly born son, John.
Now Elizabeth’s full time came for her to be delivered, and she brought forth a son. When her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had shown great mercy to her, they rejoiced with her.
So it was, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him by the name of his father, Zacharias. His mother answered and said, “No; he shall be called John.”
But they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.” So they made signs to his father—what he would have him called.
And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, “His name is John.” So they all marveled. Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, praising God. Then fear came on all who dwelt around them; and all these sayings were discussed throughout all the hill country of Judea. And all those who heard them kept them in their hearts, saying, “What kind of child will this be?” And the hand of the Lord was with him.
Luke 1:57 – 66
Then there were also the private and personal signs given to both Mary the biological mother of JESUS and Elisabeth, the mother of John the Baptist.
Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”
But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”
Luke 1:26 – 33
Because Mary was concerned that her being unmarried would result in her being accused of whoredom or fornication, the Angel (of the LORD) then told her to go to Elisabeth to receive affirmation (from both Elisabeth and also the unborn John the Baptist) that her conception was from GOD.
Now Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah, and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord.”
Luke 1:39 – 45
It is clearly recorded in the Scriptures foretold hundreds of years before of JESUS CHRIST coming both the First Advent and the Second Advent.
Not only that but even the coming of the (first) messenger coming 'in the spirit and power of Elijah' to announce HIS coming was foretold and fulfilled at the appoint time. And at the appointed time, signs were given to reveal to those who believe (but only to those who would believe, and not those who would not believe because they lusted uncontrollably not to) that this messenger (i.e. John the Baptist) has come.
A good question to ask would be, 'what will the signs be to reveal the second messenger coming 'in the spirit and power of Elijah' to portent the Second Advent?' But a better question would be 'would you be able to recognized 'the signs' or would you refuse to recognize 'the signs' because you lusted uncontrollably to refuse to?'
Then again, what if they will be no signs? Could that happen? The Scriptures on the Prophet coming in the 'spirit and power of Elijah' not even a single verse spoke of any signs at all before the coming of this Prophet coming 'in the spirit and power of the Elijah', but just the work this Prophet would do. Wouldn't the work that this Prophet will do be the definitive signs that he is indeed the one coming in the 'spirit and power of Elijah' before the 'coming of the great and dreadful Day of the LORD'?
If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.”
John 10:37 – 38
For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”
John 5:46 – 47
So a better question to know the answer to would what would the work of the Prophet coming as an advance portend to the Second Coming? The Scriptures were absolutely and explicitly clear as to what the definitive work of this Prophet would be.
But the whole of so called Christianity, particularly the discipleship of the Christmas religion (responsible for nearly all Bible translations) have in deliberated stupidity obfuscated the Scriptures passages on them so their meaning become incoherent if we are not diligent to check back with the original texts.
Considering that it was no easy feat to check back to the original texts until sometime after the huge explosion and exponential growth of the internet around 2000 C.E., we thus would if we will not be deliberately stupidity, understand that the complete true (as opposed to the incomplete and full of errors and lies twisted with spins and inventions added in messages of Gospel which all the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of the religions have pushed to advance themselves such as even the likes of the Apostle Paul and the Messengers to the Church of GOD from the Ephesus era to today) message of these Scriptures were sealed by GOD (Daniel 12:4, 9) so were not meant (i.e. not intended by GOD) to be fully understood until this present time (from the 2000 C.E. onward) just before the end (Matthew 24:!4) will come not far from today.
Let us now address the question as to why did John the Baptist denied that he was the Elijah who 'is coming first'.
Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
And he answered, “No.”
Then they said to him, “Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”
He said: “I am
‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’
as the prophet Isaiah said.”
John 1:19 – 23
John the Baptist denial was specific to the second context, that he was not the Actual (fulfillment but just the Type). This was because that was the question posed to him, as no one in those times, not even him (JESUS of course excluded) understood that the prophecy of the MESSIAH the PRINCE (Daniel 9:25; Malachi 3:1) has two specific fulfillment.
So John's denial was specifically as a reply to the questions posed by those who asked him, and according he replied that he was not the Actual and more literal fulfillment of the 'Elijah who must come first'. Whole the answers of JESUS CHRIST to HIS disciples' questions cover both fulfillment, the Type ('But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him...') of which John was and the Actual who is still to come ('truly Elijah shall come first').
The first fulfillment (of the coming) of the MESSIAH PRINCE in the First Advent was not (yet) to restore the Kingdom, which all those living in those days including John the Baptist, thought it was.
The First Advent of the anointed PRINCE (Daniel 9:25 – 26) was for HIM to die as 'the LAMB of GOD who takes away the sin of the world' through paying for the death penalty (Genesis 2:17; 3:6; 5:5) of all humankind from Adam and Eve, which all have incurred for their sins.
This was so that all those who believe (the Gospel) and repent can be given the second chance to inherit immortality which all (those dead will be raised back, together with those still living being instantly changed, to become HOLY SPIRIT composed personages) who believe and repent will receive at the Second Advent when LORD JESUS will return to destroy the wicked in the Day of the LORD and restore the Kingdom to the Promised Land).
Without the forgiveness make available by and through the First Advent in the New Covenant, the Second Advent would just be towards the total annihilation of all living on planet earth and the destruction of earth itself together with the rest of the universe (Malachi 4:6 last part). Equally true too is the ministry of the Elijah who must come first (the Actual), it would be towards this same reason.
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
And he will turn
The hearts of the fathers to the children,
And the hearts of the children to their fathers,
Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”
Malachi 4:5 –6 (Please note the interpreted rendition of verse is erroneous in most to near all Bible versions. The verse correctly translated would read 'And he will return the Heart of the FATHER to the children and the hearts of the children to the FATHER lest I come and strike the earth with utter destruction').
So then it is explicitly clear that there must be two separate Elijah who 'must come first' exactly as there would be two coming of MESSIAH the PRINCE. One was 'already come' during the Gospel time to prepare for JESUS CHRIST's First Advent and another at the End of the Age aka Time of the End 'who is coming first to restore all things' to prepare for the Second Advent. when JESUS will return as KING of Kings and LORD of Lords to restore the Kingdom (to the Promised Land).
This should not be difficult to understand. There are two separate advents (i.e. coming) of MESSIAH the PRINCE so there must be two separate Elijah to come first to prepare for ('to make ready a people prepared for the LORD') these two separate advents.
The Scriptures had been explicitly clear on this so that no one except those massively into deliberated stupidity would still fail to perceive and understand. The two separate coming (separated by some two thousand years) has been to fulfill two different sets of prophecies about HIM, the first, as the Type, to mediate the New Covenant make in HIS BLOOD shed when HE died to make available the forgiveness for sins for redemption, the second, as the Actual to the main bulk of prophecies on HIM, will be to destroy the wicked as the process to restore the Kingdom to the Promised Land).
As the 'Elijah must come first' prophecy is dual, so too is that of the Prophet Isaiah of 'voice of one crying in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord'.
Only those who are actually totally massively stupid or just deliberated pretending to be totally massively stupid (so that they can totally indulge in to totally express your lust to the maximum) as has been the case of all the lust seeded, fueled and driven prophets of doom from the Apostolic Age or era to this very day, would be going around proclaiming (or believing) that the end of the world is near without any idea of what the Scripture of Truth explicitly and implicitly recorded which revealed the signs and all that must come to pass which would directly lead up to those days.
The question then, which all those looking to the Second Advent and the End of the World, must answer is: 'Has the Actual (the second fulfillment of the) Prophet coming in the spirit and power of Elijah who must come first to return the heart of the FATHER to the children and the hearts of the FATHER' had already come, has come and is already here, or is he to come still?'
Had Elijah Already Came And Already Restored All Things
Among the many things (and there were many, quite a few of them very massively stupid ones too; for the details of some of these please read the post, ‘Ego Gorging Frenzy Proclamations”) the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia proclaimed, he also (additionally) proclaimed himself as the ‘Elijah who must come first to restore all things’ and an Apostle of God (to self elevate himself above all the other Apostles of CHRIST, all the Prophets of GOD and on the same rank as the LORD JESUS CHRIST).
And to substantiate this claim of his, of him being the ‘Elijah who must come first to restore all things’, he listed some eighteen ‘truths’ which he had restored. Though he did not attach any substantiation as to why he is on par in rank (i.e. hierarchical ranking in the Kingdom of GOD) with the LORD JESUS CHRIST (and obviously sitting on the left hand of the FATHER, while CHRIST sits on the right) he very obviously and evidently must be thinking to himself that being so supremely great (Matthew 18:1; Luke 22:24, 9:46) he has to be at the very least the same rank as the LORD JESUS CHRIST.
The proclaimed restored truths of the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia (click on image to enlarge)
But that was not all, just before his death (which was some over thirty years ago from today 2020 C.E.) to justify all these proclamations, he went on to proclaimed himself as having fulfilled aka carried out and completed the prophecy of Matthew 24 verse 14 (which would mean that the end has finally come which of course it didn’t and until this very day, 2020 May 18, still haven’t).
So very, very obviously (meaning only the equally totally lust driven would not have perceived and understood it) upon realizing (obviously because he was not that stupid but just pretended stupidity so he can express his lust to the maximum), that all the numerous times he proclaimed the end was coming but the end didn’t come in anyall of those times he persisted one last time (as he very soon couldn't do it anymore once he died as obviously dead men can't proclaim anything), he proclaimed that effectively the end had already come.
Well because obviously if he had already fulfilled Matthew 24 verse 14 (as he proclaimed he had before he died) it must mean that the end has already come because that is exactly what that verse recorded that the end will come (immediately) on that verse of Scripture being fulfilled.
This unless anyone is either massively stupid or totally pretended to be because they (and there indeed have been many such in the Church of GOD who) lusted uncontrollably too, because the failure of the end to come, very clearly, explicitly and totally invalidating his proclamation that the commission of his Church of GOD was to preach the Gospel to the nations as a witness so that the end would come.
But he had since died for some over thirty years and the end has still not come, would not that alone (because they all failed for one reason only and the reason is because they were not true) invalidate his proclamations and prophecies. Strangely none of those (and they have been many) who bought in all the lies he sold, they all don't seem to think so.
A good question to ask would be, since this supposedly second 'Elijah who must come first' so proclaimed to have restore some eighteen so called truths, how many then did the first 'Elijah who must come first' restored? Did he restore none so that the second can restore all?
How about the very original Prophet Elijah of whom all those coming in the 'spirit and power of Elijah' Types came and shall come, how many truths did he restore during his ministry? Did the Scripture recorded of a long list of truths that was restored, or any all? And if none why not?
Because that was not his assigned work, to so called restore dozens of so called truths. His assigned and ordained work was 'to return the heart of the FATHER to the children'; for the Israelite to stop their idolatry (in the worship of idols, of things especially men, that are gods) and 'to return' to GOD.
And if the original Prophet Elijah's work was not about restoring dozens of so called truths, how then would restoring dozens of so called truths be a proof that he is this Prophet who must come in the 'the spirit and power of Elijah' to 'restore' all things?
Shouldn't the proof be in the type of work the original Elijah actually did? His work was to turn (back) the Elect from their idolatry and worship (i.e. the total unquestioning and obeying proclamations, declarations and decrees) of things including men, women and children who are not gods (the work which also was exactly taught and proclaimed of the Prophet Elijah's definitive work by the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia), so shouldn't the proof be in that rather than restoring so called dozens of so called truths?
And this 'to return' or 'to turn back' (not so much 'to restore' because to restore is about things or stuffs and not about heart which is about emotion and feelings) work of the Elijah who must come first, how is he going to do that? What is the first step to doing this, would be the first thing this Elijah must take to do this? What this first step be about restoring some so called eighteen truths, would this be the compulsory first step to return the heart of the FATHER to the children?
Would restoring some so called eighteen truths 'return the heart of the FATHER to the children'? And if indeed that will do the trick to 'return the heart of the FATHER to the children', then why would CHRIST spewed out all the Elect in 1995 C.E. (Revelation 3:16) and then let the Son of Perdition turned his Church of GOD (the very organization or Church which he personally was led by GOD to establish) apostate in 1999 C.E. (2 Thessalonians 2:3).
Do you know? Do anyall the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of GOD among the Elect know? For the answers read the next installment of this discussion.
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”
Matthew 3:1
Was not that exactly the work of John the Baptist as the one who came first 'in the spirit and power of Elijah' when he proclaimed the Gospel of the Kingdom of GOD and called on all to repent (from their idolatrous worship) and was instrumental 'to make ready a people prepared for the Lord' (Luke 1:17) some (but not many) among those baptized by him (includes the twelve original Apostles though one failed, while the Scriptures have no record if Saul aka Paul was also baptized by John it is possible that he too was baptized by John as many among the Pharisees and Sadducees too went to be baptized by him) were those who later believed in JESUS?'
And would you or any of the Elect especially all those who are the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives know what exactly did John the Baptist do that 'returned the heart of the FATHER to the children' and 'made ready a people prepared for the LORD'?
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 3:7
And did he also warn (Matthew 3:7) them of the Tribulation (as a Type to the Actual Tribulation at the End of the Age) coming upon them (as happened in 70 C.E. when the Romans laid siege on Jerusalem). That tribulation was a Type to the Actual which will come upon all the Elect during the (Actual) great Tribulation leading to (and included) the Day of the LORD of the Second Advent?
It is clear that the definition of 'in the spirit and power of Elijah' was of the exact same Type of work which the Prophet Elijah did during his ministry in the ancient Kingdom of Israel during the time of the Divided Kingdom.
He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the heart of the FATHER to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Luke 1:17 (Note: Here I corrected the erroneous interpreted translation of nearly all Bible versions which had the verse as 'the hearts of the fathers'; see the explanation for this in the earlier part of this post).
Did the original Prophet Elijah of which both the Type (before the First Advent) and Actual fulfillment (before the Second Advent) symbolized restore some (either more or less) so called eighteen truths during his ministry? Was that what his work was, to restore some eighteen truths to ancient Kingdom of Israel? Did the Scriptures recorded that the work of the Prophet Elijah, that he restored some eighteen truths that were lost, back to ancient Kingdom of Israel? If not what then did he restore?
And this was explicitly clear what the Angel of the LORD, Gabriel said that John the Baptist would do when Gabriel appeared to Zacharias the father of the John the Baptist before John was even conceived? And this was that John the Baptist would 'turn the disobedient to the wisdom of the just' and 'to make ready a people prepared for the LORD'.
Was it not clear in all the prophecies on both the Type (before the First Advent) and the Actual (before the Second Advent) was 'to turn the disobedient' back to obedience, to lead them to repent from disobedience back to obedience? So it is clear then that it is all about repentance as the Gospel message explicitly commanded and not about restoring rules-based hairsplitting itemized so called truths.
Here is a reworked extract (added 2020 05 30) from the post 'Honoring And Keeping The New Covenant' in which I discussed about the rewards for those in the Philadelphia era (i.e. of Revelation chapter 3 verses 7 to 13 on the Church of GOD in Philadelphia). If you wish you can read the full discussion in that post or just the full section on this.
We next look at the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia, why the Scriptures seemingly recorded (as he had claimed) of him as among the most faithful (reflected in and implicit in) to then proclaim that his rewards (as well as also all those of era) will be to be 'pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more'.
Let me just make it plain and explicitly clear that to declared that his reward and those of his era is to be 'pillar in the temple of God' is a very deliberated stupidity reading of that verse and the entire passage pertaining to that era.
Deliberated stupidity because he explicitly proclaimed that the rewards of verse 12 was specifically for him and everyone under him but the Scriptures is explicitly clear that is not the case.
To say the rewards applied to that entire era is to deliberately ignore that the crucial failure (Revelation 2:5) of the Ephesus era (Revelation 2:1 –7) resulting in the ending (rejection by GOD and the termination) of that era, did not apply to that whole era but just to the last Messenger of that era.
The Apostle John the Messenger (Revelation 2:2, note: verse 3 was not and was no longer referring to the Apostle John but to the ones (in the leaderships as the Messengers) down the line who succeed him after his death in that era. The Apostle John during the time the revelations were given was the Messenger of the Ephesus era having succeeding the Apostle Peter after his martyrdom, both Apostles did not fail nor was they disqualified and rejected (Revelation 2:5) but the (last) one who took over the reins as Messenger at the time the Ephesus era was ended (by CHRIST).
There were at least four different administration (under at least four different Messenger) to this first era, the Ephesus. Please understand that the mentioning of first, second and third do not necessarily referred to the numerical count of Messengers of each era but as the contextual administration identified by their work (Matthew 7:17) whether of faith or of failure of faith (aka the fruits, good or bad) in honoring the Everlasting Covenant thereof.
The Apostle Peter was the first Messenger of the Ephesus era and the Apostle John the second (Revelation 2:2) and a third (could be more than one) after the Apostle John (Revelation 2:3), before the one who stopped doing the work (Revelation 2:4 – 5). Then one more (Revelation 2:6 – 7) but not, of or for, the era but was raised up preparatory for the next, the Smyrna era). To say that all of these Messengers and their administrations will have the same rewards is nothing less than a very deliberated stupidity.
Even in the Smyrna era, there could have been two plus one more (the last who would not be for that era but the next era, the Pergamos era) who escaped the martyrdom (Revelation 2:10 second sentence) to then begin the next era as the first Messenger.
In the Pergamos era, the very first Messenger was martyred (verse 13), the second was corrupting the faith and doctrines for money aka material wealth (verse 14); the third embracing many of the doctrines of the Nicene Creed of the Christmas religion (verse 15); and again a last one (Revelation 2:16 – 17) not as a Messenger of that era but of the next one, Thyatira.
You get the point (and never mind if you won't because you lusted uncontrollably to refuse to), I shan't go on. But if you can understand it I will just say 'if you are not tested, you are not proven' (Proverbs 24:16; Ezekiel 33:12) that is why in Revelation chapter 2 and 3, the promises and rewards are to those who repent when corrected, who persevere and who overcome (Revelation 2:7, 10 last part, 11, 17, 25, 26; 3:5, 10, 11, 12, 19 – 20, 21).
Twisting the very Word of GOD to advance whatever one wants to advance, has been one of the hallmarks of those overcame by their lust (2 Samuel 11:2 – 5, 14 – 17; 12:7 – 12) who have forgotten GOD and lost the fear of GOD because they are (momentarily to any period of time) in a position of relative safety and security and are thus able to wield some measure of power impunity (2 Samuel 12:7 – 8).That verse referred (i.e. the context) specifically to 'He who overcomes' relating to the two verse preceding it (i.e. verse 11) which is about 'the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth'. It does not refer to him as the one who persevered and was kept from the hour of trial ('Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial') as well as those under his administration who having done the same.
The only explicitly mentioned reward in the Scriptures on him and those under his administration (Revelation 3:8 – 9) was to be kept from 'the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world' (Revelation 3:10). But actually, if you think that this work can be believe (and never mind if you don't), his reward will be much greater (because his ministry and work is not yet ended even though he has since died) which I will discussed in another post in this blog.
The reward of being 'pillars in the temple of My God' referred to the administration which followed his (of the same era) which is the second administration under the second Messenger (Revelation 3:11) but only to those who held fast and over come in the 'hour of trial', not to those who were kept from (as in to put away so that they don't have to go through) the 'hour of trial', nor those who failed in the 'hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world to test' as indeed the second Messenger and nearly all of his administration, of that era failed and thus became the next era, the Laodicea era.
Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.
Revelation 3:11
He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.
Revelation 3:12
And right here (Revelation 3:11) is something else that everyone (the first Messenger to the Philadelphia era especially and particularly because he was the original one to advance this being 'made a pillar' to advance himself) who proclaimed that the reward for him and them (either because they were of the era, or because they are these so called faithful remnants of the Philadelphia era only they are in the Laodicea era) completely in deliberated stupidity, ignored at the end of verse 11 about getting a 'crown' for those who 'hold fast' (Revelation 3:11, and 'over come' (Revelation 3:12) in the 'hour of trial' (which referred to the period immediately following after Revelation 3 verse 10).
So then what does it means to be made 'a pillar in the temple' of GOD and to make sure no take their 'crown's? Read Revelation 3 verse 21 about those (or if we insist to be rules-based hairsplitters, 'he') who 'overcomes'.
Now if you think that this author can be believed (and never mind if you don't), as far as I know (which is not to say anything) to this day, there is and has been only one, of and from the second administration of the Philadelphia era as well as of and from, the first administration of the Laodicea era who had both held fast and over came in the 'the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth'.
And if you on reading this (i.e. all that has been written in this work) still do not know who that is (which is not to say that has been only one but that it is all I know so far), then this is the only thing I can and will say to you, 'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; Keep on seeing, but do not perceive'.
But this second Messenger because he failed when he failed to 'Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown', plus failing to obey the command to overcome (Revelation 3:12) in the 'hour of trial' which was specifically a test, to test the faith or lack thereof so as to earn the declared reward which is (as reward can only be for those who hold fast and over come not for those who weren't tested and there not proven) for those who overcome in the test (Psalm 105:17 – 22) of the 'hour of trial' by holding fast, not the ones who obeyed the 'command to preserve' and thus was kept (i.e. by being spared the test as their main reward) from the 'hour of trial' and thus were not tested therefore not proven.
His failures (as is the pattern with most of the Messengers to the Church of GOD in each era failures ended the era) then ended the Philadelphia era. His failure was because of his lukewarm attitudes (Revelation 3:15) towards all the things from GOD, to then succumb to and to totally bought the doctrines of Antichrists (including The Antichrist prophesied by the Apostle John) of the Christmas religion within the ranks of the membership whom he then promoted to position of leadership).
Being overcame by their doctrines having totally bought them, he then explicitly proclaimed and declared that the Scriptures cannot be relied on, specifically that: (1) no one can really know 'which day was the Sabbath of Genesis whether it is the same day of the same seven day weekly cycle, as that of Exodus or those of the Gospel times; (2) that the Ten Commandments of Love (John 14:15; 1 John 5:2 – 3) is not about love but about prohibition. He in his deliberated massive stupidity thus explicitly proclaimed all the Scriptures as invalid, null and void declaring that GOD in all that HE instituted and commanded (which have been recorded) in the Scriptures as invalid.
He died before he could further proceed to void the New (as latest and last) and Everlasting Covenant, something reserved for his appointed successor, the Man of Sin and Son of Perdition who was his actual mentoring god and master (the one he totally obey and let take away his 'crown') slowly but surely converting (i.e. turning him from GOD to begin subscribing to the doctrines of the Christmas religion) him to the Christmas religion.
This indicates that he had not been lost to perdition but will either inherit the Kingdom in shame (Daniel 12:2; 1 Corinthians 3:15) or be in the (great) Judgment as one who was not actually an Elect of GOD not having received the HOLY SPIRIT after his baptism. GOD is actually very merciful contrary to the portrayal of nearly all the evil religions of this world and also most to nearly all the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives among the Elect.
Understand that he was officially 'anointed' by the first Messenger of the Philadelphia era, to make him the 'anointed' (i.e. personally appointed) successor and thus the second Messenger of the Philadelphia era. But because he rejected the doctrines of the era to which he was officially 'anointed' he therefore failed and that era ended with him when he failed.
But because he was officially anointed (thus until his death he remain a valid Messenger of GOD to the Church of GOD, by being anointed) he carried (or took) the era he rejected into the next era to become the first Messenger of the next era, the Laodicea era.
To understand how (by what mechanism) and why (for what reason) he remained a man of GOD we just need to refer to King Saul who remain King until his death even as David had been anointed to replace him. Another reference in the Scriptures is that of the high priest Eli (whose sins of disdain for GOD will not be forgiven and him destined for perdition) who, despite his unpardonable sins, remained high priest until his death.
With those anointed by GOD to an office, whether high priest, Prophets or kings, generally they retain the office despite failing, until their death (though the have been exceptions) from whatever causes. David knew and understood this which was why he (holding all GOD's institution and ordination, sacred) refused to raise his hand against King Saul.
The second Messenger of the Philadelphia era because he failed to 'Hold fast what you have, that no one may take' his crown in the 'hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world to test' everyone including the Elect, thus (by rejecting all, literally everything, that he had been taught and had learned) he became the first Messenger (Revelation 3:16) of the Laodicea era. This has been the consistent pattern for the Messengers to the Church of GOD that when the last Messenger and administration of an era failed, the era ends.
But the last period is atypical in one (but not only) context from all the earlier previous six preceding eras. Of course there are other areas too which were atypical in some contexts with the general pattern of these seven Church of GOD epochs. There was the Smyrna period which end when the last Messenger and his administration were martyred and the era that followed were basically from those who escaped and survived the murderous persecution. So in this aspect it was atypical.
The Sardis era was another with an atypical context where the era started for all intents and purpose dead (Revelation 3:1) and was told to retain and improve on ('strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die') what little ('Remember therefore how you have received and heard') she had received (i.e. doctrines handed down from the previous era).
The era basically was the iconic embodiment of the one talent man in the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14 – 29). Now if you think this author can be believed the 'being dead' referred to having no work at all. And the work referred to the commission to the Church of GOD (Matthew 28:19 – 20) as was commanded by the LORD JESUS after HIS resurrection before HE returned to the FATHER.
The commission is basically the reason for the Church of GOD to be founded (the basis for her to exist as an instrument of GOD) exactly just as the Apostles were specifically ordained to be first person witnesses to JESUS CHRIST ministry, death and resurrection (John 10:37) as the MESSIAH PRINCE and MEDIATOR of the New Covenant.
If the Church of GOD refuses to do the work of her commission in preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of GOD, she becomes worthless and dead from totally failing the very purpose for which she was established to do. In the same manner, should any of the Apostles of CHRIST refused to be a witness and testify to HIS life as the LAMB of GOD who takes away the sins of the world, HIS ministry or work announcing the Gospel of the Kingdom of GOD and commanding all to repent, HIS death and resurrection to immortality, they would fail their ordination and be disqualified. Of this we have the example of Judas Iscariot.
And no at no time is or will be the commission for the Church of GOD (commanded by the LORD JESUS) ever be about fulfilling prophecies, contrary to evil twist of the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia who proclaimed that it was Matthew 24 verse 14. This he did was so as to support his proclamation of himself as the 'Elijah who must come first to restore all things'. And if you have actually read all that was discussed above, you would (if you believe, not if you refuse to believe) know that that claim is not just erroneous but was totally fraudulent.
Fraudulent because he intentionally in willful deliberated stupidity purposefully twisted (often with inventions and spins added in to the) Scriptures to have the Scriptures communicate what the Scriptures do not communicate, in order to push the agenda that he was this supreme Apostle of God (Hebrews 3:1) and greatest (Matthew 5:19, 11:11) Prophet coming in the 'spirit and power of Elijah' who 'must come first' 'to restore all things' so as 'to make ready a people prepared for the LORD' before the Second Coming.
Many things are plain and clear as day since this self proclaimed Apostle of God and 'Elijah who must come first to restore all things' and to fulfill the prophecies so 'then the end will come' (Matthew 24:14, which of course it has not, otherwise where is it), has died and the organization that he established and founded has since totally rejected him (i.e. his teachings and him in all that he proclaimed himself as).
First and most obviously, the end has not come contrary to his claims, just before he died, that he had already completed his (self proclaimed) commission of Matthew 24 verse 14 and then told his personally handpicked successor to get the Church (of GOD) ready.
The one true Church of GOD of today (i.e. the second administration) has the explicit compulsory requirement (at least that was a main dogma and doctrine when I was kicked out) in 2008 C.E.) that the membership must believe and accept that the first Messenger of the Philadelphia was the person of the 'Elijah who must come first to restore all things' and that he had already 'restored all things'. If anyone won't then the person will be evicted (i.e. be kicked out, disfellowshiped or excommunicated) from the Church.
Two things are very explicitly plain and clear here which the one true Church of GOD of today still totally out of deliberated stupidity refused to comprehend.
One of these two is that the end did not come then in 1986 C.E. (when before he died he had proclaimed that Matthew 24 verse 14 was already fulfilled by him) and still not yet even to today, more than thirty years later.
This can only meant (from this context of Matthew 24 verse 14) one of two things, either he was a total fraud or a total failure, no two ways about it. And if he was either, why is he still being worship in the Church of GOD and also among many of the Elect outside of (the membership of) the Church of GOD, instead and in place of GOD.
Then two, there is work of the Prophet who must come first in the 'spirit and power of Elijah' (which he and the second Laodicea Messenger proclaimed that he was) which essentially was 'to make ready a people prepared for the LORD'.
Question then is, where are all these 'people prepared for the LORD' when the 'Church' which he had established has totally rejected him and all that he proclaimed and taught, and went totally apostate to become just another harlot daughter of the Christmas religion (accepting their the Christmas religion's central and main dogma of the Creed of Nicene).
Is 'to make ready a people prepared for the LORD' all about getting the 'Church' that he established to accept the Nicene Creed and embrace Christmas and Easter as main and central 'Christian' commemoration and celebration? Or it is to cause that organization to splinter and break into over a hundred separate organizations? Are either of this what 'to make ready a people prepared for the LORD' mean? How and by what incredulous twists and spins can it be made to mean that?
Why is the Messenger of the Church of GOD today (the second Laodicea administration) still requiring that his massively ridiculously stupid teachings be believed and obeyed instead of the plain, clear and often times very explicitly records of the Scripture of Truth. Why is he still being worship as the greater than GOD, God, the one whose teachings and proclamations are to be believed and obeyed instead of those which the Word of GOD recorded (all of which I have testified to, and plainly in explicative clarity expounded on, in this discussion and also in the rest of the discussions of this work)?
But of course it is not just the one true Church of GOD of today (all the Elect in her and especially the supreme leader and all his lackeys), many of the Elect outside of the one and only true Church of GOD in Laodicea, whether in the other so called whatever Churches of god whatever or not, many are too are doing the same (all in their own supremely supreme ways).
No doubt many of them are doing so to get the Elect (who worship this man who self proclaimed himself as an Apostle of God and Elijah who must come first to restore all things) to come into their fold so that they can parasite on them (Ezekiel 34:1 – 4, 7 – 8; Zechariah 11:16).
Equally so all the Elect of today (Ezekiel 34:17 – 22; Zechariah 11:4, 7, 9, 16) whether by themselves or in all these organizations (of so called Church of gods, and the one and only true Church) they all seek out men to worship or are worshiping themselves as gods, for which reasons GOD have given them all over to these leaders from the time of the Ephesus era to to this very last era, in these very Last Days.
But there are more, much more. You can read about most of them in the rest of the discussions of this work.
How about the Gospel message, was it all about some eighteen itemized truths or some ethereal grace that does away with (aka deliver us from) the requirement to honor and perform (i.e. obey and live by) the commandments and laws of GOD? Was it about working to fulfilling Scripture prophecies so that the end will come?
Or it is just this one sentence (as was proclaimed by the first Messenger of the Church of GOD in Philadelphia) 'The Gospel of the Kingdom of GOD' and additional (as an elaboration of that) just that 'GOD going to set up HIS Kingdom on earth', and this is the entirety of the Gospel message and that is all there is and nothing more?
Once we done that we can just proclaim our very own personal supreme messages of: GOD choosing not to know in order for us not to be just automation; GOD don't know everything and has been and is still learning (i.e. must totally learn) from HIS creation; GOD needs to have two plans, a Plan A and a Plan B in case Plan A failed which it invariably did in order that GOD can be totally sure (obviously having learned from HIS creatures through the failure of Plan A) that Plan B absolutely cannot fail; GOD is a two persons Gods who both exist eternally; etcetera and etcetera.
Is not the Gospel message specifically about the work and ministry of JESUS CHRIST calling on all to repent from our evil treacherous faithless lust seeded, fueled and driven attitudes to our expression of life because the Kingdom of GOD which demand Holiness and perfection of the Elect is soon (once the Gospel is preached to all the nations as a witness) to be restored and all who won't repent will be destroyed, which the four Gospel accounts of HIS work (including HIS death as the LAMB of GOD to institute with HIS BLOOD the Everlasting Covenant in the Passover) clearly recorded. Isn't that specifically the (summarized) message of the Gospel of the Kingdom of GOD?
and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And you are witnesses of these things.
Luke 24:47 – 48
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Matthew 28:19 – 20
And isn't this message the exact same message as the commission (Matthew 28:19 – 20) to the Church of GOD commanded by the LORD JESUS.
So then it is not explicitly and absolutely clear that the preaching the Gospel message which is also commission for and the very work (John 10:37, 38, 25; Revelation 2:2, 9, 13, 19; 3:1 3, 8) which the Church of GOD must do such that if she refuses to, she ends up as dead (Revelation 3:1, 15) and consequently rejected (Revelation 3:3, 16) that it includes all the four Gospel accounts as part of the testimony (i.e. message)?
But is that all there is and nothing more? Does not the entire record of the Scripture of Truth testify to the same thing just with much more depth and details of how GOD first created the Heavens and the earth then once the time is right creating humankind made in the image and likeness of GOD on it preparatory (as the complete and perfect education and training ground and process which of course included tests and trials, platform) as the process to complete and perfect them.
But not just humankind but also all the Angels, the Spirit composed creature personages (to test their faithfulness and to expose their lusts as a testimony for their education to show that they too can harbor and succumb to lust just as have Satan the Devil the very first of GOD's creature to sin and grow worst from there to insidious, then very soon open rebellion) for us all to have (i.e. to earn) a place in the forever Kingdom of GOD once (but only if we are willing) we are all completed and perfected forever?
So then if you have read the Scripture of Truth entirely from Genesis to Revelation, and upon understanding all (not necessarily absolutely but generally and sufficiently) the things recorded you would (or should anyway) know that these are essentially the same message as the Gospel accounts just expanded on to great details (to provide a more complete information on when, what, which, how and why of and about GOD, all that HE has been doing to complete aka make perfect the creation).
This (about the entire records of the Scripture of Truth as the full message of the Gospel) was among many other of the Truths from GOD which I revealed and disclosed to the Worthless Shepherd, the second Messenger to the Church of GOD in Laodicea in the over three years that I wrote to him before he acted to kicked me out of the Church of GOD. He plagiarized (because he not only did not credit them as from me, but acted to silent me so no one would know that he plagiarized them) these Truths proclaiming them as of his own supreme knowledge (i.e. revealed to him personally and specifically by GOD) to the (membership of) Church of GOD.
But he did not stop there, he also had me kicked out (i.e. effective acting to murder me in the spirit, from the Spirit context) of the Church of GOD in Laodicea, after I showed (i.e. disclosed to) him how that he was recklessly interpreting Scriptures twisting them to preached against the organization (the since defunct Church of GOD in Philadelphia since turned apostate) as being the lukewarm Laodicean Church (of GOD) effectively in total cluelessness preaching against himself. In this he had out done King David who just murdered (in the physical sense as pertaining only to this physical life) the husband of the woman he committed adultery with.
The Work Of The Elijah Who Must Come First According To The Scriptures
Let us just here list out all the Scriptures relating to (the Prophet coming as) the advent in the 'spirit and power of Elijah' 'to make ready a people prepared for the LORD'.
First from the Old Covenant records. Note: except for Isaiah 40 verse 3, the rest focused more on the Actual fulfillment and lesser on the Type:
The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God.
Isaiah 40:3 xref: Matthew 3:1 – 3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4; 1 John 23
“Behold, I send My messenger,
And he will prepare the way before Me.
And the Lord, whom you seek,
Will suddenly come to His temple,
Even the Messenger of the covenant,
In whom you delight.
Behold, He is coming,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
Malachi 3:1
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
And he will turn
The heart of the Father to the children,
And the hearts of the children to their Father,
Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse
Malachi 4:5 – 6 (Note: Correction has been made by this author to this passage erroneously interpreted by the NKJV, see the New Covenant direct quote from the first part of Malachi 4 verse 6, in Luke 1 verse 16) xref: Luke 1:16 ('And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God' compared with the erroneous interpretation in near all Bible of Malachi 4 verse 6 rendition as 'the hearts of the children to their fathers')
Then those (the prophecies) from the New Covenant records (in the Gospel accounts) which of course reference more the Type and less on the Actual fulfillment because that was the context, they were about John the Baptist and his ministry:
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the heart of the Father to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Luke 1:13 – 17
“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest;
For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
To give knowledge of salvation to His people
By the remission of their sins,
Through the tender mercy of our God,
With which the Dayspring from on high has visited us;
To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Luke 1:76 – 79
John the Baptist declared that he fulfilled (as the literal Actual fulfillment) the role prophesied by the Prophet Isaiah, which he literally did exactly as prophesied. John the Baptist was literally alone (for the initial years of his ministry as the 'voice of one crying in the wilderness' in a literal wilderness (i.e. a barren and empty place) probably already some ten years (before JESUS went to him to be baptized) around the time he reached adulthood (i.e. age twenty).
But the Actual symbolism of 'voice of one crying in the wilderness' will be fulfilled by the Prophet coming in 'the spirit and power of Elijah' before the 'great and dreadful Day of the LORD'. The analogical meaning (as of intent of the communication, as opposed to the literal meaning of words used) symbolized by the term 'wilderness' which means an empty wasteland is about begin devoid of both the Truth from GOD and the faithfulness by the Elect, how there is a vast emptiness of these in the world (and especially at the End of the Age).
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying:
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.’ ”
Matthew 3:1 – 3
The first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia also proclaimed that he was the fulfillment of the same, only he declared (i.e. interpreted) that the wilderness referred literally (i.e. literally figuratively because he proclaimed that the Scriptures must be read literally so even if it is in analogy it still must be literal) to the modern day descendants of the lost ten tribes (of the ancient kingdom Israel during the period of the Divided Kingdom whose ancestors were carried away by the Assyrians).
But the work of the Prophet coming in 'the spirit and power of Elijah' was and is to come in advance and before the great and dreadful Day of the LORD so as to 'make ready a people prepared for the LORD', note that the verse said 'a' and not 'the' meaning only some, a small number, and not all.
Another problem is the modern day descendants of the Patriarch Jacob will not repent until well into, but not before the Day of the LORD. So what then does it mean 'to make ready' the modern day descendants of the lost ten tribes) who will not repent (i.e. will totally not be ready) until the vengeance of GOD have come down upon them (i.e. their nations vanquished and them carried off into captivity again) and the whole world.
Behold, the day of the Lord comes,
Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger,
To lay the land desolate;
And He will destroy its sinners from it.
Isaiah 13:9
But the Day of the LORD is officially the day JESUS CHRIST will return to avenge the persecution and martyrdom of the Elect (i.e. all those who have been in the New Covenant). That is the reason (yes there is a reason) the Scriptures called (or termed) it, the Day of the LORD, because it marks officially as the first day and beginning, of the Second Advent while the First Advent was marked not by the conception of JESUS CHRIST by the (then) virgin Mary but by the beginning of JESUS CHRIS three and half years ministry as the SON of man.
Malachi 4:5
The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
Acts 2:20
The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
Joel 2:31
Then of course we have the events of the 'Spewing Out' (Revelation 3:16) of 1995 C.E. and the 'Falling Away' (2 Thessalonians 2:3) of 1999 C.E. of the entire globe spanning that he 'established and lead' until his death (just before which he personally handpicked and appointed his successor).
If you think this work can be believed (and never mind if you don't), not a single one of all these had their minds and focus on GOD which was why not a single one of them understood the significance of this event that it was the 'Spewing Out' of Revelation 3 verse 16. If they had they would all have repented instead of arrogantly thinking that they were faithfully and righteously (Revelation 3:17, 18) zealous.
The second event (2 Thessalonians 2:3:) some four years later saw that entire organization (i.e. all those who remained in it) that he, the self proclaimed 'Apostle of God' and 'Elijah who must come first to restore all things', established and lead abandoned all his teachings to embrace the Nicene Creed as defacto "Christian" central dogma.
Question then is where is the 'a people prepared for the LORD' that should be his main work as (if he indeed was) the 'Elijah who truly come first' to do according to all the Scriptures prophesied of this Prophet coming in the 'spirit and power of Elijah' before 'the great and dreadful Day of the LORD'?
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
And he will turn
The heart of the FATHER to the children,
And the hearts of the children to their FATHER,
Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.
Malachi 4:5 – 6 (Note: correction has been made to this passage from the NKJV, correct 'heart of the fathers' to 'heart of the FATHER' and corresponding the last word of the passage)
Can a Prophet coming in the 'spirit and power of Elijah' not do the number one work which the all Scriptures passages (recorded in prophecies that this Prophet) testified that he must do (Malachi 4:5) and not be a total failure or a total fraud?
Or did he, the self proclaimed 'Elijah who must come first and restored all things' and so called Apostle of God (the Scriptures is clear that there are no such ordained post or position which the Apostle Paul invented because he refused to accept the Apostle Peter as the chief Apostle ordained by LORD JESUS), completely failed so now all that remains is for GOD to strike the earth with a curse (i.e. utter destruction).
No doubt some super genius will assert, 'Well, among those who left during (includes sometime before and after) the "Spewing Out" and the "Falling Away" surely of over a hundred of Churches of God there must be at least one who qualified as 'a people prepared for the LORD'? 'What about this author isn't he one among the "a people prepared for the LORD"?'
There are numerous issues with the first preposition (i.e. postulated question above), the number one of which would be, why then did he not personally handpicked them (i.e. the leader who lead this so called 'people prepared for the LORD') as his successor instead of the one who would reject and overturn all this doctrines and even disavowed (denied) him?
If indeed he (the first Messenger of the Church of GOD in Philadelphia) was as he had proclaimed himself the 'Elijah who must come first to restore all things' and having restored all things before he died, then surely one of most importantly crucial things he restored must be 'a people prepared for the LORD' as this is most critically important work that this Prophet is required (by the Word of prophecy) to get done otherwise GOD will strike the earth with a curse (Malachi 4:6).
This begs the question why he would personally handpick and ordain someone who would undo all the things (i.e. the so called itemized eighteen truths) he had so called restored who then ordained another still who would take the organization that he had lead all his life to abandon the faith and calling to embrace the doctrines of the Christmas religion of which he had proclaimed as the Great Harlot and her harlot daughters?
Bottom line is, one has to deliberately pretend so totally and absolute so that they can become so massively stupid in order to believe all that crap (first assertion above).
As for this author, firstly this author only came into the Church of GOD during the second Philadelphia administration (in 1987 C.E., first contact April, baptized October) which was also first Laodicea administration (which commenced when the Philadelphia era ended when this second Messenger began rejecting the doctrines of his predecessor sometimes beginning from end of 1987 onward), a year after the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia and self proclaimed 'Elijah who must come first to restore all things' had already died (in 1986 C.E.).
Secondly, this author was not called by and through anything any which these two (Messengers to the Church of GOD) taught, but I came in from personally and directly being called by GOD, WHO led to me (in 1984 C.E.) to undertake a search in order to find the (one true) Church of GOD.
GOD directly lead me to HIS Church, not just once by twice, once when I was first called (1984 C.E.) and a second time when the first administration of the Church of GOD in Laodicea turned apostate in 1999 C.E. a few years after the 1995 C.E. 'Spewing Out'.
But these are not even the major proofs let alone biggest most significant ones that the first Philadelphia Messenger did not (succeed) to 'make ready a people prepared for the LORD'. On the contrary his work was actually preparatory (aka laying the foundation) for the 'Spewing Out' and four years later the (great) 'Falling Away'.
And these (biggest most significant proofs) are that the Scripture clearly, often times very plainly and explicitly at that, recorded of the failures of all the Elect including the one true Church of GOD (against which Hades cannot prevail) of the Last Days leading to the End of the Age, as even more unfaithful (that was the reason for the call to repentance by both John the Baptist and JESUS CHRIST) and murderously treacherous (they conspired and had the MESSIAH the PRINCE murdered) than the Type which were the Jews of the Gospel times.
If anyone even remotely understand the concept of dualism of Types and an Actual in the symbolic concepts of the Scripture of Truth, they would (or should anyway) both completely know and understood that the Actual (aka arch type) are the absolute complete fulfillments of which the Types are just similitudes and partial (fulfillments) of. The Types are the similitudes and often times partial fulfillment whereas the Actuals are the full and complete fulfillment which the Scriptures recorded and foretold (i.e. prophesied).
Further, all the records of the Scripture of Truth on the Elect mostly had the greater bulk as unfaithful evil murderous lots with the exceptions of those whom GOD personally directly called to do HIS work or be HIS witnesses or as examples to the entire creation, these are namely the Prophets directly called to testified against HIS unfaithful and often times murderous Elect.
The very first of course was none other than the very first family of humankind, Adan and Eve who chose to distrust their MAKER, PROVIDER, BENEFACTOR, to totally trust and believe a strange talking serpent telling them to be suspicious of GOD and to rob GOD.
After that we have near the entirety of the Antediluvian Age who made used of GOD's name to pursue after their lust for sex with young girls (as opposed to adult women) and to murder anyone who confronted them.
Then there was the Israelite free from their bondage in Egypt after they cried to the GOD of their fathers to free them, who almost immediately after they had entered into the Old Covenant with the LORD GOD, broke it to mold to form a golden calf to worship as their God.
And they did not stop there, throughout the entire history of the United Kingdom of Israel (from the time of King Saul to that of King Solomon) and the Divided Kingdom of Israel and Judah, the Elect generally tended to unfaithfulness outside of the times GOD raised up a faithful leader (whether Judges or Kings) to rule over them.
This continued from after the times when the Jews were allowed to return to the Promised Land from their captivity and bondage in Babylon and Mede Persia, leading to the numerous Prophets sent to rebuke them, some of whom they even murdered just as before their captivity they had done to some during the times of the ancient Kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
By the time of the Gospel years, the Jews had already completely invented their own religion, Judaism, with practices that allowed them to break the commandments of GOD and all the other things instituted and ordained by GOD (Matthew 15:3, 6; Mark 7:8, 9, 13; John 6:4, 7:2) while they made a great pretense of desiring HIM, earnestly seeking the coming of HIS MESSIAH.
Then there was that final murderous act that led to the destruction some forty years later, of that (most of the times just a) vassal nation of the Jews, when they schemed and conspired to have the MESSIAH the PRINCE whom they all pretended to be eagerly waiting for, murdered by the Romans.
And if you think that this author can be believed (and never if you don't), the Church of GOD in Laodicea under the second Messenger did conceptually the exact same thing (in a Type context) when he too rejected the corrections (as all those who are explicitly lust driven would do when they are in a position of some impunity) GOD had sent through this author, to then had this author excommunicated (i.e. kicked out from his Church of GOD effectively murdering this author in his spirit intention).
His lackey acting on this order carried out this evil and vile deed (of contextually, murdering the one GOD sent) has since died for this sin (in 2013 C.E), and this Messenger, that 'Worthless Shepherd of the sheep' prophesied by the Prophet Zechariah, will too. This shall be after he will be punished (Zechariah 11:17) to put the fear of GOD in him so that he could repent (i.e. be granted repentance).
On top of all these we have every account in the Scripture of Truth about (in the time before the direct persecution of the Elect will commence preceding the Tribulation), the people of GOD by the New Covenant being so totally unfaithful to the point such that GOD will strike the entire earth to utterly destroy it (Malachi 4:6 last part of verse) should the Church not repent before the Tribulation and Day of the LORD commences.
Some would say that the first Messenger to the Church of GOD of the Philadelphia era should at lest get credit for being the very first (from the Apostolic Age to his days) to recognized and understand that before the Second Advent, preceded by Tribulation and the Day of the LORD, another Prophet must come first 'in the spirit and power of Elijah' just as John the Baptist had done during the First Advent.
The problem with that is, it is not so much that he recognized and understand, but more of him selectively taking Scriptures then twisting it to use the Scriptures to advance himself as a proclaimed and acclaimed Superlative of GOD for his entire basis to his claims to validity as a most supreme proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives and the greatest Apostle of God (making himself equal to CHRIST, whether he understood that or not because lust driven people are always totally into deliberated stupidity to the point of insanity when it comes to promoting and advancing themselves).
His recognition of another Elijah Type as the Actual to come before the Second Advent was just used by him to allow him to be able to push his agenda that he was the 'Elijah who must come first to restore all things'. This was his entire basis to be 'someone' great, one of the greatest (Mark 9:34; Luke 9:46, 22:24; 1 Corinthians 3:1, 15:9; 2 Corinthians 11:5; Ephesians 3:4; Romans 2:16,16:25; 2 Timothy 2:8). if not actually the greatest, proclaimed and acclaimed Superlative of GOD.
By him (explicitly) having himself as The Elijah who must come first (which he clearly understood because he was not that stupid, but typical of those so drunken with ego gorging lust who no longer are able to comprehend what they are saying) he would then be the greatest Apostle of God (thereby based on Hebrew 3 verse 1, if not equal to CHRIST, at the very least next to CHRIST on the left hand of GOD with CHRIST on the right) Prophet of GOD based on Matthew 11 verse 11 and Malachi 3 verse 1).
Assuredly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 11:11
If there is non greater than John the Baptist (Matthew 11:11), then the Actual of which John was the Type definitely must be greater than John and thus the greatest of all.
Now if indeed he was the the 'Elijah who must come first' then he was just basically telling the truth. So the crucial question that must be answered is, was he indeed the 'Elijah who must come first to restore all things' as he proclaimed. Or was he just another charlatan making use of the Scriptures and the name of (or term) GOD to advance himself so that he can parasite on the gullible?
Here is the plain and simple answer with the appropriate and valid references to Scriptures. Was David the King truly a man after GOD's own heart (1 Samuel 13:14, 16:7 –13) or was he an adulterous (2 Samuel 11:2 – 5) murderer (2 Samuel 11:14, 12:7 – 9)? Was the Apostle Paul an Apostle of CHRIST or just a totally full of himself ego maniac? If you can't answer these (i.e. do not understand the answer) please stop reading and following this work, just go pursue after all that you lusted to believe in with total uncontrolled abundance.
One of the most brazenly advanced lies (which absolutely no Scriptural basis) about the Elect of GOD especially (because the hallmark of those of the Old Covenant period, the ancient Israelites and Jews were basically that of idolatrous unfaithfulness) those of the New Covenant period and especially those who have been ordained to an office, from priests (including all synonyms), teachers (including all synonyms), Scribes, Judges, Prophets, Kings, Apostles, Messengers (aka Angels) and Pastors (aka shepherds) that they are these supremely righteously (aka uprightly) good, sinlessly pure (aka absolutely virtuous) and even infallibly "divinely holy" who can do no wrong and are totally not evil.
The Scripture (talking about all the creatures personages particularly all of humankind regardless Saints or sinners) are explicitly plain and clear that none are righteous, not even one. That all have (in their full lifetime and expression of life and living, the keyword being 'full' or 'totality') turned aside to corrupt themselves with evil (i.e. doing evil).
The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
They have all turned aside,
They have together become corrupt;
There is none who does good,
No, not one.
Psalm 14:2 – 3 (similarly Psalm 53:2 – 3; Romans 3:10 – 12. Note: the context of the verse is absolute in reference to the 'children of men' that all invariably would become evil as 'none who does good, no, not one'. This however do not mean that they cannot be 'turned' by an act of GOD to good through a full and thorough repentance to GOD. But an act of GOD is an act of GOD, the credit goes to GOD not to us which is why the righteous we gain is the righteousness of GOD not our own righteousness. We are turned to repentance by GOD not by our own righteousness. Luke 17 verse 10)
The most iconic example of this was King David who committed adultery and murder and was an outright and brazen hypocrite (2 Samuel 12:5, 7). But he was just one the most iconic examples, there are really no exceptions (yes this include the person of this author). This means that even the three most righteous men (in the Scripture records) too had committed evil at some points during their lifetime (particularly earlier points in their lifetime, from their teens into their adulthoods). But even more especially if there is no real (mitigating) fear of GOD in their hearts to keep them in (self) check.
As this work for fully testified to in all has been disclosed and discussed, evil (creature personages committing evil) is all about firstly unchecked lust and secondly having the opportunity especially in situations of being able to have andor wield some measure of power impunity.
And if you are actually (i.e. effectively) intelligent, from knowing these (whether anyone would do evil or not, is ultimately about opportunity and impunity. Basically this is because of the creatures having needs and wants, lust if not consciously and determinately checked, is an inevitable development) you would (or should anyway) then know why if you are not tested, you are not proven.
The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
They have all turned aside,
They have together become corrupt;
There is none who does good,
No, not one.
Psalm 14:2 – 3 (similarly Psalm 53:2 – 3; Romans 3:10 – 12. And yes I know that I am quoting this twice in a row)
Which is the reason why all the creature personages ultimately will be and thus contextually are evil, unless and until tested and proven (trained, guided and educated to be perfected) by GOD through the process of given the opportunity and the impunity (to be able to do evil).
It is not the one who never does evil who will be saved because then no one will be saved. But it is the one who persevered (in seeking GOD to be sincerely faithful to GOD) who will be saved (i.e. will inherit the Kingdom).
But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
Matthew 24:13 (Note: the term interpreted as 'endures' is at best inaccurate, the correct translation from the original texts [hypomenō G5278] is 'persevere' as in 'to remain' or 'to persist' (without giving up) in the faithful commitment to honor and keep the Everlasting Covenant and all that is entailed or required)
All the above including the answers to the questions posed, I have done all the work, gleaning and collating all that the Scriptures record on the subject, so what do you think?
Was the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia the Elijah who will 'come first'? Did he indeed so called 'restore all things' when he proclaimed that he restored some eighteen truths to the Church of GOD of the Philadelphia era. Was that the definitive proof that he was the Elijah who will 'come first' 'before the coming of the great and dreadful Day of the LORD'? If he was, then where is 'the great and dreadful Day of the LORD', why has it not yet come?
It has been over thirty four years since he proclaimed to his handpicked and appointed successors that 'I have completed the commission of the Church of GOD in Philadelphia, so now you must get the Church ready' (not his exact words but the was the message; for his as quoted by the second Messenger to the Laodicea era, see MM. Page 137 paragraph 1 and Page 133 paragraph 7).
So what happened, why had the end not come yet after over thirty four years, if indeed he had already completed the commission for the Church of GOD in Philadelphia, which he had proclaimed as Matthew chapter 24 verse 14 ('And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come')?
Did the 'great and dreadful Day of the LORD' come and gone without a single soul noticing it? Were we all asleep or in coma when it happened and we just awoke after the event and have no clue what happened?
Whatever you think does not really matter but it is what the Scripture reveals, that is what matters.
Which is what this work does (but you do not have to believe if you lust uncontrollably not to), I collate the Scriptures on each and every truth that the Scriptures recorded and revealed into the proper and correct contexts, then plainly, explicitly and in explicative clarity discuss and expound on them so that the full complete message of each topic and of the entire message communicated by the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation can be understood for that which was actually recorded and communicated.
The Elijah Fulfillment Of The Second Advent
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
Malachi 4:5
Make no mistake a Prophet coming 'in the spirit and power of Elijah' must first come before (because the Scriptures cannot be broken) the Second Advent, before the 'great and dreadful Day of the LORD'.
All the Scriptures (including the very words spoken by JESUS CHRIST) relating to the Prophet who will be coming in 'the spirit and power of Elijah' (Malachi 4:5; Luke 1:17; Matthew 17:11; Mark 9:12; Isaiah 13:9) who 'must come first' before 'the great and dreadful day of the Lord', are explicitly clear on that.
“Behold, I send My messenger,
And he will prepare the way before Me.
And the Lord, whom you seek,
Will suddenly come to His temple,
Even the Messenger of the covenant,
In whom you delight.
Behold, He is coming,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
Malachi 3:1
And when he comes (i.e. if he isn't already come) he will 'turn the heart of the FATHER to the children and the hearts of the children to the FATHER' so as to 'make ready a people prepared for the LORD'. The people he will make ready, referred specifically (though generally it is any of the Elect) to the Elect in the one and only true Church of GOD today (Joel 2:12 – 18; Revelation 12:13 – 16) which is the New Covenant temple (2 Thessalonians 2:4) of GOD aka the body of the LORD (Ephesians 1:22 – 23; 2:19 – 22).
And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Ephesians 1:22 – 23
Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
Ephesians 2:19 – 22
This was just as the original Prophet Elijah of which this symbolism (of coming 'in the spirit and power of Elijah') represented, turned (back) or returned the ancient Israelite of those times from their idolatry and worship of pagan gods to the LORD GOD and their Old Covenant made in Mount Sinai by them and their fathers so as to inherit the Promised Land.
John the Baptist started his work and ministry as 'the voice of one crying in the wilderness' sometime after his twentieth birthday (i.e. when he became an adult). JESUS CHRIST started HIS ministry when HE was around thirty years old, anything from ten or less years after John. John the Baptist was six months older than the SON of Man.
Some forty years later exactly as JESUS foretold, the Romans laid siege to Jerusalem and burned down the Jew's (because the New Covenant has already been instituted, the Old Covenant was no longer in force but had been replaced, the Church of GOD is the new Temple) Temple of Jerusalem.
The key questions that needed be asked on the Prophet as the portent to the Second Advent is, is the first coming of the Prophet coming in the 'spirit and power of Elijah' any guide to the one coming before the Second Advent?
The Scriptures is apparently silent on this (whether there is any difference and if so what are the differences) so basically it is anybody's guess. If that is the case then the important thing which anyone venturing a guess should ask is, 'if the Scripture is silent then is there any other way we can know (as a possibility, probability or certainty)?'
But if you think this work can be believed, then you would (or should anyway) know that the Scriptures is not completely silent on when exactly (down to a year duration) when the end will come (from when the Tribulation will start, when the Day of the LORD marking the Second Advent will commence, and to when all the death in CHRIST will rise and those living instantly changed).
It is a definite certainty that many reading this will proclaim as indeed many of the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of the Christmas religion had done and are still doing, quoting Mark 13 verse 32 that 'of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son' to declare that the timing of the Second Advent is something no one can know not even JESUS himself.
And of these proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives, the whole world overflows with, all reading something, learning one thing than selectively select to proclaimed all they lusted to proclaim instead taking all that is recorded and revealed to, in meticulous and thorough examination try to understand what the Scriptures actually revealed and communicated.
Mark 13 verse 32 was a time and situation sensitive information which means it is only valid within and until a certain time andor while a certain situation is in play (i.e. on going). And the time and situation was while JESUS CHRIST was a SON of man. Once CHRIST was resurrected to immortality and regaining HIS authority (Matthew 28:18) that information of Mark 13 verse 32 no longer applied to HIM.
But there is more, in the revelation which the LORD JESUS sent through the Angel Gabriel to the Apostle John, then recorded by John in the Book of Revelation (aka Book of Apocalypse), the very day and even the very hour too (contextually vis-à-vis the End of the Age) became known to those who believe JESUS CHRIST and the records of the Christian Holy Scriptures.
That has been the reason no one until this work actually understood this very simple thing (and all the other equally simple things recorded in the Scripture of Truth).
But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously practiced sorcery in the city and astonished the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great, to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the great power of God.”
Acts 8:9 – 10
Because no one else today since the Apostolic years, actually believe JESUS CHRIST, everyone among those who say so (with most not even bothering to say so) they do so in order to proclaim themselves (Acts 8:9) as someone great (of God) so that they can get people to believe and totally obey them in all they lusted to proclaim, decree and command to require that all most without question obey them.
For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
Matthew 13:12 (also Luke 8:18; Matthew 25:29, Mark 4:25)
Their inability to note and understand most to nearly all the things disclosed (i.e. revealed, discussed and expounded on in explicative clarity) by this work are the absolute proofs of their disbelief and unbelief. Because of they were mostly to near totally insincere, focusing totally just on advancing themselves as someone great (of God).
That has been the reason they noted little and understood even less of what was so clearly and often times plainly and explicitly recorded. They were just searching for and gleaning for information which they can use, twisted with spins and inventions (i.e. totally fabricated information) added in, to promote and advance themselves so that they can pursue and satiate themselves with all that they lusted after while feeding on and feeding off (i.e. as a parasite on) their massively stupid worshiping minions, to declare themselves the supreme proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of God.
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
John 10:27
And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
John 10:4
And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
John 10:16
John 10:27
And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
John 10:4
And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
John 10:16
When I was first directly called by GOD I went (meaning GOD led me to go) searching for the one true Church of GOD.
Do you know how I found it? I recognized the voice of CHRIST speaking in her (i.e. the message being put out). Now how many of the Elect from the Ephesus era to this day can in all honesty, with crystal clarity and absolute certainty say (as opposed to in self deception so that they in ego supergorging lust proclaim) they heard and actually recognized the voice of CHRIST speaking (as opposed to having the crap frightened out of them by some perplexing signs andor the scary messages someone proclaimed) which was the reason they got baptized to join the Church of GOD of the respective eras of their lifetime?
Now John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 3:4 – 7
And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language. Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born? Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.” So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “Whatever could this mean?”
Others mocking said, “They are full of new wine.”
Acts 2:5 – 13
Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
And he said, “Who are You, Lord?”
Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”
So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?”
Acts 9:1 – 6
Then when the first Administration of the Church of GOD in Laodicea was turned apostate by the Man of Sin and Son of Perdition, I again found the one true the Church of GOD (the second Administration led by the Worthless Shepherd of the sheep) because I recognized the voice of CHRIST in the Church and because I believed the Scriptures that said the gates of Hades (i.e. the grave as an analogy for death or annihilation) cannot prevail against GOD's one true Church.
The testimonies in the Scriptures of Truth have been explicitly clear on all these things which this work is bearing witness (i.e. testifying) to. How could anyone (yes it includes you the readers too) studying the Scriptures have failed to understand? This just totally and absolutely exposes their insincerity and duplicity in that they (most to nearly all) have just been lusting uncontrollably for all that they lusted after.
Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 6:5
And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.
Genesis 8:21
This, this work has thoroughly and conclusively proven absolutely in all that have been disclosed and discussed (i.e. revealed and exposed) and has been calling on all to repent of all such lusting, and turn to begin to be sincere towards GOD in their relationship with HIM, honoring and obeying HIM in all that HE commanded, instituted and ordained.
“The heart is deceitful above all things,
And desperately wicked;
Who can know it?
I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.
Jeremiah 17:10 – 11
That is the reason many to almost all of the Elect have never really (they just out on a show of doing so while totally lying to themselves) pay heed to the Word of GOD (except that they could use it to their advantage to advance themselves and their lust seeded agenda). And with the Elect of these Last Days it is even more so because the knowledge of the truth hidden for ages since the beginning has since been unsealed and available in both the Original Texts and today in the testimonies of the work.
This (the Elect's unfaithfulness and duplicity) was why GOD spewed out all the Elect in 1995 C.E. (and if you lusted to do so you can, as I am sure you will, also declare that this author too was likewise spewed out) and that organization was allowed to be taken over by the Son of Perdition to bring about the Falling Away of 1999 C.E..
There are only two reactions (and the consequential resulting responses of these two different reactions) by anyone who is an Elect of GOD by the Everlasting Covenant (whether those called during the previous era, the Philadelphia era, or those called in the current last era, the Laodicea) on encountering and reading the testimony of this work.
The increase (beginning from when the Great Harlot lost her political and religious clout over the nations) in social security (with the most to nearly all the Elect no longer under threat of being seized and tortured where they live) and they are no longer in constant fear that (evident and obvious) harm will befall them, has firstly led to lukewarm attitude towards obeying GOD and an absence of zeal for the truth of the Gospel message. Any so called zeal they seemingly have is plain and clear obvious and very evidently just pure unadulterated lust particularly ego gorging lust as showcased so completely. totally and absolutely (as this work has fully exposed), in and through all that they proclaimed and decreed.
Without the factor of constant fear of an obvious evident danger of harm from persecution or that of GOD punishing them for their sins, the Elect of today as is true during the Gospel years and the Apostolic Age (before the Roman persecution commenced) are essentially the same as all the rest of humankind, are typical of those who are mostly to solely lust driven.
Unless someone (reading and studying the Scriptures) is really stupid, they would (or should anyway) have noted that the Jewish religious authorities of the Gospel years and Apostolic Age (before their rebellion against Rome) under the social order and security enforced by Imperial Rome enjoyed a great measure of security and with it the greater impunity to do evil. Evil (the carrying out of evil acts and expressions) has always been tied to impunity to be able to get away without or with very little repercussions.
It was not any different today as it was during the Gospel and Apostolic years. And the Elect of GOD of today are exactly the same today as those of then, all pursuing after their lusts from an apparent impunity because of a relatively stable and secure social environment.
Additionally the abundance of material pursuits (of material things to pursue and lust after) have mostly to totally overtaken them.
These two different reactions and corresponding responses were exactly the two different reactions of: the first Messenger (who was also the second Messenger of the Philadelphia era) to the Church of GOD in Laodicea, and the second (and current) Messenger.
The first (which was the reaction of the first Messenger of the Laodicea era) was just to total ignore and disregard the correction (sent by GOD through this author) because he basically was just focus on pushing his evil agenda to declare the Sabbath as null and void, and was not listening and did not care (could not be bordered) to listen to/for anything from anyone (especially from anyone of totally no significance being fully back by all the 'yes men' he has surrounded himself with) who is not totally supporting him and his agenda.
He had basically totally bought the lies of his lieutenant and confidant (his own flesh and blood son, the Son of Perdition) from the moment he took over to helm the Church of GOD after the death of the first Messenger of the Philadelphia era. Having basically no (aka zero) foundation (as was also true with more than fifty percent of the Elect in the era at that point of time) in the truth recorded in Scriptures and was the epitome of those having a lukewarm attitude towards GOD and HIS Holy Word.
This is a common reaction which is to block off and block out anything else other than what we want to hear. This is the typical behavior (commonly also referred in a specific context as a 'closed mind') and is typical all of humankind at all times as is equally true of the greater bulk of the Elect of GOD today. This behavior is one of the expression which this work terms as deliberated stupidity. I certainly hope that this behavior does not typify you when you are reading this.
The second (which was the reaction of the second and current Messenger of the Laodicea era) was the rejection of the message because it would be detrimental to his life status and position (all that he is and has been pursuing) as the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlative of GOD, the so called (self proclaimed) 'the Prophet' (John 1:21), and is typical of those who has not yet been totally consumed by their lusts seeded, fueled and driven pursuit (which was the former case) and they still can recognized truth and (for the Elect of GOD) the voice of CHRIST.
This is a more complex reaction because the hearer (i.e. recipient of the communication both understood and recognized the truth and validity of that which is being communicated) but refuses in deliberated stupidity to acknowledge and accept it as doing so will be (i.e. perceived by them as to be) detrimental to them and whatever they are pursuing (from glory, power, wealth, fame, a comfortable to an opulent lifestyle, position and status in life, etc.), meaning they will suffer some form of material loss. The ego supergorging Apostle Paul is the most iconic example of those such as these, even as it is a very pervasive and endemic behavior of all human beings.
These on the one end, are those (types symbolized by) such as the rich young man (Matthew 19:16 – 22) and the one talent man (Matthew 25:24; Acts 5:1 – 3) of today and on the other extreme end are the (types of) Balaams (Revelation 2:14; Numbers 22:34), Juda Iscariots and King Sauls of today (1 Samuel 15:14 – 15, 19 – 20, 21). I certainly hope that you (the one reading this) are not of these either.
But you be you, the consequences are yours to bear, both in this lifetime and in the Judgement. I am not trying to get you to do anything (or to frighten the crap out of you so that you will believe me) but just sharing the truth of GOD in all that I have blessed and given to know and understand as that is my calling and responsibility.
Scaring or frightening people to get them to believe and obey basically do not actually produce any good fruits.
The testimonies of the Scriptures are clear absolute proof of these be it: the Israelite freed from their Egyptian bondage and literally had their wits frightened out of them in Mount Sinai; the Jews gathered in Jerusalem during the Day of Pentecost (aka Feast of Firstfruits) when the HOLY SPIRIT came (Acts 2:5 – 13) on the some one hundred and twenty who obey the LORD JESUS and were gathered together on that day; the ego supergorging Apostle Paul who literally has both his wit and sight frightened out him (Acts 9:1 – 6); all those who had the crap and wits frightened out of them by the preaching of William Miller of the Baptist denomination or sect of the Christmas religion; or those who similarly were frighten out of their wits by the doctrines of a series of end of the world dates of impending punishment from GOD in the Tribulation and Day of the LORD, preached by the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia.
But all these are irrelevant for you if you (only for those who are the Elect of the New Covenant) are deceitful (i.e. choosing deliberated stupidity so that you can refuse to repent and turn from expression of life that is mostly to totally focus on the pursuit of your lusts) at hearing and recognizing GOD's voice and therefore treacherously, rebellious and unfaithful towards GOD hardening (Psalm 95:8; Hebrews 3:8, 15: Mark 6:52) your hearts (i.e. stubbornly) refusing to heed and repent.
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:
“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,
Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,
And saw My works forty years.
Therefore I was angry with that generation,
And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they have not known My ways.’
So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”
Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, while it is said:
“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
Hebrews 3:7 – 19
This will be through a deliberated stupid either of a pretense at cluelessly not recognizing CHRIST's voice, or that of telling yourself (essentially telling GOD that) you will (only) believe and repent when: you hear Elijah's call; when the fatally wounded Beast is miraculously healed; when the Two Witnesses began prophesying; when the Worthless Shepherd loses his right eye and arm; when the persecution of the Elect commences; when no one can buy or sell unless they have the mark of the Beast; when the Jerusalem is surrounded by the army of the Beast; when the Tribulation starts; or when someone perform awesome or frightening 'miraculous' signs, or the same miracles that JESUS performed during HIS three and a half ministry, then and only then will you believe and repent.
Your end (if your are an Elect of the Everlasting New Covenant) shall either be in a baptism of fire (of sadistic torture and salvage slaughter) or worst in the Lake of Gehenna fire of the Judgment. On the other hand if you are not an Elect, having read this work, hardened your heart to choose not to repent, it is almost a certainty that you will either perish in the Tribulation or the Day of the LORD to then awake some one thousand years later for your just punishment in the Judgement, or (if you repent just before or during the Tribulation and is baptized) you will have the same end as all the Elect who hardened their hearts today which is torture and martyrdom at the hands of those who worship the Beast.
Because the deceitful is abhorred by GOD.
You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; The Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Psalm 5:6
Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord deceitfully,
And cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.
Jeremiah 48:10
But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction;
Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days;
But I will trust in You.
Psalm 55:23
And no, I am not seeking to scare you witless or frightened the crap out of you, but just giving you the knowledge (i.e. sharing what I have been given to know and understand) recorded in the Scriptures for you to make decisions on what course or path to take. Whether you believe them or not, and if you believe what decision you make is still yours. No one can do your thinking for you, no one should anyway.
To be sure deliberated stupidity is the ubiquitous, endemic and pervasive way (behavior and conduct) which all of humankind have been taking since Adam and Eve (something which the Scriptures explicitly and very clearly and plainly recorded), so I do not expect anyall reading this work to not take this very easy and wide road or path of life (i.e. the expression of life and living).
The main and biggest (most important) reasons for the 'Spewing Out' of 1995 C.E. and also the 'Falling Away' of 1999 C.E., was the deceitful pretend faith and zeal for GOD of the first period of the Laodicea era. This was the same exact deceitful pretent faith and zeal of the Gospel times when the religious Jews all in deliberated stupidity pretended to be fervently and eagerly awaiting the arrival of the MESSIAH the PRINCE.
But of course they were not which was why they conspired to have HIM murdered. And that is the exact same today when the second Messenger to the Church of GOD in Laodicea as well as all his lackeys (as his co-conspirators) had this author 'murdered' (i.e. evicted from the Church of GOD) for testifying to the truth (which they all proclaimed that they love), calling for their repentance.
No doubt many in deliberated massive stupidity would dispute the use of the term 'murdered' (Matthew 5:21, 22). But anyone who even remotely understand the doctrines of the Church of GOD especially the last two periods they would (or should anyway) know that eviction (i.e. excommunication) is tantamount to the 'Second Death' (i.e. eternal damnation of forever death) sentence. Everyone murdered in this lifetime still has the chance to (receive on repentance) eternal life in the Judgment, whereas the Second Death (Revelation 20:14) from the context of Scriptural usage of the term is the forever death in the Lake (Gehenna) of Fire (Revelation 20:15; and in YLT: Matthew 5:29,30; 10:28; 18:9).
For indeed I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal those that are broken, nor feed those that still stand. But he will eat the flesh of the fat and tear their hooves in pieces.
Zechariah 11:16
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God to the shepherds: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
Ezekiel 34:2
“As I live,” says the Lord God, “surely because My flock became a prey, and My flock became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did My shepherds search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock”
Ezekiel 34: 8
Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require My flock at their hand; I will cause them to cease feeding the sheep, and the shepherds shall feed themselves no more; for I will deliver My flock from their mouths, that they may no longer be food for them.”
Ezekiel 34:10
Equally, the only reason they did not literally had me murdered (so as to completely silence me from exposing their deceit, treacherous parasitic predation of the Elect, which is what this work has been testifying to since 2009 C.E.) was because they couldn't do so without repercussion to themselves (i.e. be arrested and charged for murder).
No doubt without the power impunity to actually had me murdered and therefore effectively and totally silenced, they did the next best most effective thing. This has been why from since the Philadelphia era to this day, in the one true Church of GOD as well as most of the other so called Churches of gods (i.e. the break-offs, branch-offs and spin-offs) they demand total unquestioning obedience treating the membership as totally stupid (too stupid to know how to think and understand things) and must be micromanaged down to when they can clap their hands and especially how and when they can think.
Instead of educate in the 'feeding the sheep' (Proverbs 15:11, 18:15, 22:6; Ecclesiastes 1:13; Acts 17:111 Peter 1:10, 11) they demand (aka expect) blind unquestioning obedience forbidding the membership from learning through research and critical (analytical) thinking, instead requiring them to totally accept what they teach, advance and proclaim and to without question obey all that they demand, decree and required.
Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for this people, for their good. When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.”
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, the prophets say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’ ”
And the Lord said to me, “The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart. Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, whom I did not send, and who say, ‘Sword and famine shall not be in this land’—‘By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed!
Jeremiah 14:11 – 15
Do you know (all you who were of the Church of GOD during the Philadelphia era as well all of today who have been in anyall of the so called Churches of gods including the one true Church of GOD today) that Prophet Jeremiah recorded as prophecy about the Elect of GOD today in Jeremiah chapter 14 which is fulfilled today beginning from the end of the Philadelphia era (and includes even but just not as bad, during the time of the Philadelphia era).
Do you know the exact meaning of Jeremiah 14 verse 13 and how every single one of the over a hundred (at the time of the 'spewing out', very much fewer now in 2021) so called Churches of Gods as well as the one true Church of GOD, have been saying exactly this very thing (which is that they will all have 'assured peace' that is will be delivered from persecution of the coming Tribulation) to their membership (all those who subscribe to them as the supreme proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of GOD today to unquestioningly obey them).
This is in where they all proclaimed themselves as any, some or all of following: the faithful remnants, the Philadelphia remnants, those full of zeal for GOD, those who love the truth (of GOD), those who are noble Bereans, the Sons of Zadok, etc., so therefore they will be protected by GOD ('I will give you assured peace in this place') so no harm will befall them ('You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine') as long as they remain in unquestioning submissive obedience in all these organizations ('assured peace in this place').
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God to the shepherds: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you slaughter the fatlings, but you do not feed the flock. The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed those who were sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back what was driven away, nor sought what was lost; but with force and cruelty you have ruled them. So they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered. My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill; yes, My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and no one was seeking or searching for them.”
Ezekiel 34:1 – 6
Also the Prophet Ezekiel recorded the same as prophecy in Ezekiel chapter 34 of the Elect of GOD scattered all over the nations of the world as well as all over the numerous Churches of gods (including even in the one and only true Church of GOD in Laodicea) where their leaders are basically parasites feeding on and off them (Ezekiel 34:3).
Both these prophecies (by the Prophet Jeremiah and Ezekiel) are directly and explicitly about all the shepherds (i.e. leadership or the elders of the Elect) both the ones (Pastor Generals and all the rest holding position of authority) in the one and only true Church of GOD in Laodicea (Zechariah 11:16; Jeremiah 14:10 –12; Ezekiel 34:17 – 20), as well as everyall of the over a hundred (which by today are way fewer) so called Churches of gods (resulting from the 'Spewing or Vomiting out' from around 1995 C.E.) which today only some dozens still surviving. And no, this author is not (called to be) a shepherd of the Elect, I am not called to be the shepherd (not yet anyway, if ever) of GOD's Elect but as a Watchman (Ezekiel 3:17, 33:1 –2, 7) and the Messenger to carry out and implement (i.e. put into effect) the counsel of GOD (Isiah 46:10 – 11).
The main focus of those prophecies were of course on the one true Church of GOD (as the Actual aka Archetype fulfillment of these prophecies) of today with the rest as similitudes (i.e. Types).
Thus says the Lord to this people:
“Thus they have loved to wander;
They have not restrained their feet.
Therefore the Lord does not accept them;
He will remember their iniquity now,
And punish their sins.”
Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for this people, for their good. When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.”
Jeremiah 14:10 – 12
And as for you, O My flock, thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and goats. Is it too little for you to have eaten up the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture—and to have drunk of the clear waters, that you must foul the residue with your feet? And as for My flock, they eat what you have trampled with your feet, and they drink what you have fouled with your feet.”
‘Therefore thus says the Lord God to them: “Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat and the lean sheep.
Ezekiel 34:17 – 20
The reason for all these things is specifically because of the treacherous unfaithfulness of most to near all, the Elect of these times and also generally true of all times.
“Now therefore, here is the king whom you have chosen and whom you have desired. And take note, the Lord has set a king over you. If you fear the Lord and serve Him and obey His voice, and do not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then both you and the king who reigns over you will continue following the Lord your God. However, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you, as it was against your fathers.
1 Samuel 12:13 – 15
As the consistent record of the Scripture of Truth (and also as this work has repeatedly highlighted and stressed on), GOD invariable lets HIS unfaithful Elect fall under the power and rule of their enemies (as were in Egypt, after that during the period of the Judges, and when GOD had them carried away as captives and slaves because they and the kings who ruled over them refuses to repent) and evil leaders who lead them (because equally they were were unfaithful) astray from GOD (1 Samuel 12:13 – 15).
And today it is still the same as it has been since the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve chose to believe (and consequently obeyed) a strange talking serpent and decided to distrust then to rob GOD (taking that which GOD had explicitly forbidden them from taking).
If anyone understood the complete message of the Gospel (which is the entirety of the Holy Christian Scriptures), they would (or should anyway) have fully perceived and absolutely understood this was so consistently and often so explicitly too, communicated in the messages from GOD recorded in the Scriptures such that only the adamantly deliberately stupidity could refused to understand it. This one thing alone, absolutely proved without any possibility for doubt, with or without shadow, the concepts coined in this work of deliberated stupidity producing functional insanity as the definitive behavior of humankind because of their uncontrolled lusts.
But in order that HIS purpose shall stand, GOD also in many to most (but not all, because these others was not according to HIS purpose) cases, would raise up a Prophet (or Judge during the era of the Judges before GOD gave the ancient Israelite kings to rule over them because that was what they insisted on) to return (i.e. turn back or restore) them to HIM (commonly for a period of time before HE allowed them to fall back to their lust driven treacheries and unfaithfulness).
During the Old Covenant period from when the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah had kings over them, the first king, King Saul, was the king whom GOD gave them who was after their own deceitful and treacherous unfaithful hearts but afterwards HE raised up the next king, King David, who was after GOD's own heart for them.
This was done to show (as a lesson) to them that they might learn the difference between a good king and an evil one in that if they fail to be faithful in their Covenant with HIM, evil rulers (from all contexts of the exercising of controlling, ruling or governing authority) will rule over them until they, their families, societies andor nations be destroyed (as the ultimate or final end) and those who survived (being reserved) carried off as captives and slaves to the nations.
All these things had happened, first the ancient Kingdom if Israel was carried off by the Assyrians, then Judah too was carried away by Nebuchadnezzar. Though GOD later returned the Jews to the Promised Land, she as a mostly vassal (non fully sovereign) nation. The return of the Jews to the Promised Land was so that JESUS CHRIST could come and institute the New Covenant. After which the vassal nation of the Jews because of their refusal to believe the Gospel and for (rebellion against GOD in) their murdering of the MESSIAH PRINCE, too was destroyed by the Romans.
But the New Covenant period from this context with the era or period of the Judges, was not much different. In the New Covenant period, HE would raise up another Messenger to begin a new era of the Church of GOD, when the previous era began to fail to be faithful.
It should by now be explicitly clear to anyone who reads and studies the Scripture that the unfaithfulness of self expedient deceitfulness is the rule among humankind and includes near all of the Elect (beginning from Adam right up to the Messengers to the Church of GOD of the New Covenant period) in our relationship and covenant commitment and obligation (i.e. required responsibility) with GOD.
So then, anyone sincerely seeking GOD to do HIS will and work (and never mind those who are not), first they need to stop lusting so uncontrollably to become massively stupid andor insanely evil, but instead start to begin to be effectively (as opposed to ego supergorging lust) intelligent.
And if you (the reader) are and have been indeed effectively intelligent, you would (or should anyway) understand all that this work has been discussing and expounding on.
And understanding all these, you would (or should anyway) know all of the steps you first need to take to begin your journey and life, building the trust and love based relationship with GOD and one another, which is the entire purpose of the Gospel message which is the entire record of the Scripture of Truth from Genesis to Revelation (in the original texts, not the heavily interpreted Christian Bible). For the discussion on building the faith that completely and absolutely trust GOD please read the discussions in the blogs 'Living By Every Word' and 'The Relationship Connection' of this work.
For the discussions on the steps to start taking to build a forever relationship (with GOD, JESUS CHRIST and one another) founded on (based on and framed by) on love and grace please read the post 'Honoring And Keeping Our Covenant With GOD' of this blog.
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