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Topical and Internet Discussion ...
1. Learn of Jesus-Yeshua, the promised Messiah ... for the coming Antichrist (counterfeit Messiah) will deceive 'many'
1. The Bible warns during the coming 'Time of Jacob's Trouble' (also called 'The Day of the Lord's Wrath' and the coming Apocalypse) that 2/3 of those in Israel (and even more in the world) will be "cut-off" for their unbelief. If you have been following the news over the past year or so, the following 'numbers' may surprise (or concern) you ...
1. When PM Sharon first asked Israel's 21 member Security Council to vote on whether or not to 'uproot' the Jews from Gaza everybody thought it would be a close vote, by maybe one vote (remember he tried to fire two council members just prior to the vote) but the final vote was 14 in favor of forcibly removing all Jews from Gaza and 7 against ... meaning exactly 2/3 of the Security Council had no faith in God's Word that Gaza is part of Judah, which is part of Israel.
2. When the vote then went to the Israeli Knesset (in a democracy elected officials are a 'mirror' of the people) only 1/3 voted in favor of allowing the Jews to stay in Gaza, Judah (remember an 'abstention' vote in God's eyes shows no faith in His Word.)
3. Later, in a poll by Ha'aretz only 1/3 of the people polled in Israel had enough faith in God's Word to favor keeping their brethren and fellow Jews in Gaza (the land which was given to the tribe of Judah ... see Judges 1:18-20 and Joshua 14:13 - 15:13 - and pull out your map)
It may be a good time for the children of Israel and the whole world to start taking the Bible seriously ...
"And it shall come to pass in all the Land [Israel], says the Lord, That two-thirds of it shall be cut off and die, but one-third shall be left in it: [only one-third in Israel will survive ... even fewer in the world] I will bring the one-third through the fire, will refine them as gold is tested. They will call on my Name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'This is My people'; and each one will say, 'the LORD is my God.'" (Zech 13:8-9)
2. The Bible warns 'at the time of the end' all nations would turn against one nation ... Israel (Zechariah 14:2...Revelation 16:12-16). All nations against one nation sounds absurd ... it is absurd. An engineer I know was the engineering officer and navigator onboard a submarine in the South Pacific during WWII. As with most others in his generation he knew the Bible well enough to know about the legendary Israel. But to him, and many that came before him, Israel was just that, a land from the past that held no meaning to his future. Israel had not been a sovereign nation since the Babylonian captivity some 2,500 years ago. Many churches simply 'allegorized' those prophecies in the Bible that warned God was not through with the nation or children of Israel. Most would have thought back then that if and when nation Israel did once again appear on the map the world would rejoice in awe and wonderment. If somebody had told him during a patrol through the South Pacific during the WWII that he would not only live to see Israel back on the map as a nation after 2,500 years but he would also see all the nations of the world quickly turning against this legendary (and tiny) nation of Israel (the land and the people God chose to bring forth the promised Messiah), he probably would have told them they were crazy. The thought of all nations turning against one nation is absurd ... not all nations turned against Nazi Germany, not all nations turned against Saddam's Iraq, and not all nations have turned against the murderous regimes of Zimbabwe, Sudan, Russia, China, Cuba, or Iran. Yet, this ancient book, the Bible, which was in mass circulation for many, many years before WWII, stated clearly that God would one day bring Israel back into Her Land as a nation and then all the nations of the world would turn against her and try to wipe her off the map. When the US turned against Israel on Gaza, the first stage of this 'absurd' prophecy was fulfilled ... not one nation on Earth supported Israel's right to her land (in Judah - Gaza). Now, for many, the idea that all the nations of the world will one day go to war against this tiny nation of Israel sounds absurd ... or that one day in the future, this tiny nation of Israel will be the sole 'Superpower' that will rule the world under her King and Messiah, who stepped forth 'from old, from everlasting' and was born of a virgin in Bethlehem, the city of King David, exactly as the ancient prophecies said He would (Micah 5:2). This same Jesus-Yeshua, the Messiah, our God who stepped forth 'from old, from everlasting' and put on 'the likeness of Man,' and who freely offers eternal life in His Kingdom of Heaven to all who will believe and trust in Him, warns all men and women of this world, 'You are either with me or against me' ... there is no in between. As a side note, not all great minds of this world would have been taken by surprise by the sudden emergence of Israel onto the world scene. For Sir Isaac Newton wrote the following (after diligently studying the Bible well over 200 years before Israel miraculously appeared as a nation) ...
"About the time of the end, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the prophecies of the Bible and insist on their literal interpretation in the midst of much clamor and opposition." - Sir Isaac Newton - (1643-1727 A.D.)
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"Were your acts of harlotry a small matter, that you have slain My children, [notice that God looks upon these little, slain babies as His!] and offered them up to them [to other gods, idols] by causing them to pass through the fire ..." (Ezekiel 16:20-21)
"By causing them (babies) to pass through the fire ..." Back then, unwanted babies were 'offered' to a false god 'Molech' (a god of lust and pleasure) by placing the baby onto the glowing red-hot arms of a small bronze statue which was placed in the fire. Do a study of Molech (an idol, false god) or passing babies 'through the fire' in the Bible and you will find God will judge a nation (and a world) for the killing of babies for convenience. God says a lot about this killing of unwanted babies ('passing sons and daughters through the fire') in the Bible. The technology we now use to kill these 'unwanted' babies is different, but the intent is exactly the same. Now, instead of calling them 'priests' we call them 'doctors,' and instead of burning the babies alive (passing them 'through the fire'), we cut them into little pieces while they're alive and call it 'abortion.' God sees it and it causes Him to cry out in agony and anger. This is one more reason why the coming Apocalypse is also called 'the Day of God's Wrath' which will come upon 'a morally corrupt and violent' generation. Also, the Bible warns us that 'not only those who do such things, but also all those who approve of those who do such things' will be held just as guilty. Please remember, our God is a forgiving God who is filled with grace and mercy, and even those who have done or approved of such things can still be washed clean and forgiven through the 'blood of the Lamb of God,' our Lord, the only One who can now save us from our sins, Jesus-Yeshua the promised Messiah.
4. TWO Versions ... see below #1 In Zephaniah 2:1-7 (see below), God links the forsaking of Gaza (in Judah, Israel) to the coming 'Time of Jacob's Trouble,' and the coming 'Apocalypse,' which is also called 'The Day of Wrath,' and the 'Day of the Lord,' and the 'Day of the Lord's Anger" (also described in Zephaniah 1:14-18). In the following passages, God wants the children of Israel and all the people on Earth to know these three (3) things:
1. First, God has issued a terrible warning and a 'plea' to both Israel and to all people on Earth ... (Note: The recent 'uprooting' of the Jews from Gaza may be a much more 'significant' event than many realize ...)
"Gather yourselves together, Yes, gather together O undesirable nation (the nation who would willingly try to give God's land to her enemies) Before the decree is issued, Before the day passes like chaff, Before the Lord's fierce anger comes upon you, Before the day of the Lord's anger comes upon you! Seek the Lord, all you meek of the Earth who have upheld His justice (this will be a global judgment) Seek righteousness, Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden In the day of the Lord's anger." (This is another term used in the Bible for the coming 'Apocalypse.')
2. He wants all in Israel and on Earth to know what will help trigger this fierce and righteous anger ... Gaza!!! 'Gaza will be forsaken' ... her inhabitants (the children of Israel) 'uprooted' and 'driven out.'
"For Gaza shall be forsaken, And Ashkelon desolate; They shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, And Ekron shall be uprooted. Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, The nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines (Palestinians): "I [God] will destroy you; So there shall be no inhabitant."
3. God wants all to know there is Hope. He promises hope for all those who will wait in faith and trust in His Messiah, Yeshua-Jesus ... for one-day in the future, after the 'day of God's anger' (the terrible day of wrath ... the coming 'Apocalypse' ... see Zephaniah 1:14-18) a remnant of the tribe of Judah will once again peacefully inhabit and prosper in that precious land God promised and gave to them ... and then, and only then, will there be 'peace on Earth.' For at that time, our Messiah and God will restore all the Earth in peace and beauty ... as promised.
"The seacoast shall be pastures, With shelters for shepherds and folds for flocks. The coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; They (the remnant of the house of Judah) shall feed there flocks there (coastlands of Gaza); In the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening. The the Lord their God will intervene for them, And return their captives." (Zephaniah 2:1-7)
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In Zephaniah 2:1-7 (see below), God links the forsaking of Gaza (in
Judah, Israel) to the coming 'Time of Jacob's Trouble,' and the
coming 'Apocalypse,' which is also called 'The Day of Wrath,' and
the 'Day of the Lord,' and the 'Day of the Lord's Anger" (also
described in Zephaniah 1:14-18). In the following passages, God
wants the children of Israel and all the people on Earth to know
these three (3) things:
5. (PM Sharon was ready to enforce a 'peace plan' upon Israel (called the 'Roadmap' to 'peace')...yet, the Bible warns it will be an 'outsider' (a counterfeit messiah - 'Antichrist' ... who Daniel the prophet calls 'the prince that shall come'), a coming world leader who will enforce a 'peace plan' ('covenant') upon Israel for 'one week' (7 years) - Daniel 9:26-27. According to the Bible, this coming 'Peace Plan' will mark the beginning of the coming 'Apocalypse' (3½ years false 'peace' + 3½ years 'God's Wrath') ... as a note, the book of Revelation details the events which will happen during this coming 1 'week' (of years = 7 year) period of time prophesied in the book of Daniel which is also called the 'Great Tribulation,' the 'Apocalypse', the 'Time of Jacob's Trouble,' the 'Day of the Lord,' the 'Day of Wrath,' the 'Day of God's Fierce Anger' ...
6. The path of the coming Antichrist is now being prepared as the media attacks against Christians continue to accelerate ... 'first ridicule, then 'marginalize', then imprison, then execute' will be the path this generation will follow. The lies and deception of the coming 'DaVinci Code' movie will also hit the faith of 'lukewarm' Christians (see Rev 3:15) hard and will help turn the world further against believing Christians. The Bible says God would be patient while the 'good news' of the Messiah spread around the world to the nations ('goyim') ... but then ... the Bible warns when Israel has been brought back into her Land (in unbelief) and when 'the fullness of the Gentiles is complete' God will judge all those who mock His Holy Name and His Messiah (who was first sent forth to save lost sinners, both Jew and Gentile, as promised to Abraham) ...
"Behold, the Lord [Jesus-Yeshua, the Messiah] comes with ten thousands [millions] of His saints, to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.’" (Jude 1:14-15)
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, disaster shall go forth from nation to nation ... And at that day the slain of the LORD shall be from one end of the Earth even to the other end of the Earth . . ." [Nobody will escape God's wrath after the Rapture] (Jer 25:27-38)
"The Son of Man [Jesus-Yeshua] will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness [sin], and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth." (Matt 13:41-42)
"So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth." (Matt 13:49-50 ... This is Jesus, the Messiah, Himself speaking in these last two verses!!!)
Jesus (Messiah) warns, "You are either with me or against me." [There is no 'in between.'] (Matt 12:30)
7. (It's coming... first ridicule, then 'marginalize'...then imprison, and then 'execute.')
"He [the Messiah] is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief ..." (Isaiah 53:3) ( An Old Testament prophecy of the promised Messiah)
And Jesus-Yeshua, the Messiah, warns His followers it won't be easy to follow Him and not fall away ...
"If the world hates you ... know that it hated Me [Jesus-Yeshua] before it hated you." (John 15:18-19) (The Bible warns this will grow worse...believing Christians will be (and are now being) imprisoned and put to death)
The Bible says Jesus the Christ (Messiah) is God who will one day judge those who reject Him and His love ...
"In the beginning was the Word ... and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us ... He was in the world, the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him . . ." (From the Book of John 1:1-14)
"For unto us a Son is given [the promised Messiah], and His name will be called Mighty God ..." (Isaiah 9:6) (Another Old Testament prophecy of the promised Messiah)
"The Son of Man [Jesus-Yeshua] will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness [sin], and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth." (Matt 13:41-42)
8. Not all concepts will be 'overturned' . . .
Day 1: "In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth" (Genesis 1:1) [Here, the Bible says the Earth was a unique creation ... the Genesis (beginning) of all life]
Day 4: "And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also." (Genesis 1:16) [Here, the Bible says God made the sun, moon, and stars after the Earth]
Today: (God gives a little insight to those who have a hard time getting their minds 'around' these details...) "For [as] the heavens are higher than the Earth, so are My [God's] ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts [higher] than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:9) [Kind of like Einstein would feel trying to explain his mathematics to a sheep or a hamster.]
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'Christmas.' The Bible says Jesus, the Messiah who was born in Bethlehem, is God, who stepped forth from Heaven 'from old, from everlasting' to place His spirit into a Man in order to save those who have sinned ...
"In the beginning was the Word ... and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father . . . full of grace and truth. He was in the world, the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him . . ." (From the Book of John 1:1-14)
"But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." (Micah 5:2) ( An Old Testament prophecy written hundreds of years before the birth of the Messiah)
"For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and His name will be called Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:6) ( An Old Testament prophecy written hundreds of years before the birth of the Messiah)
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son [the word translated 'Son' actually means 'equal in inheritance'] that whoever believes in Him should not perish [in Hell] but have everlasting life [in Heaven] For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned [to Hell]; but he who does not believe is condemned [to Hell] already" (John 3:16-18)
Remembering and celebrating the birth of the promised Messiah and Savior is always a time of thanksgiving and of GOOD NEWS . . .
WHY?! Because . . .
- The Bible tells us no sinner(s) will inherit or will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
- Yet, the Bible tells us we are all sinners and the Bible says if we say we have no sin we are liars and are calling God a liar. The Bible says if we commit one sin we are guilty of all sins (James) ... how many sins does it take to make a sinner? One. How many lies does it take to make a liar? One. So, whether you've committed robbery, murder, sexual immorality, adultery, gossip (and 'back-biting'), or have harbored hate or unforgiveness in your heart, told a lie, or are filled with self-righteousness (looking at the splinter(s) in everybody else's eye (life) while ignoring the log(s) in your own), or are filled with pride (unwilling to submit to authority - "nobody is going to tell me what to do"), or have been 'disobedient to parents', or have received tatoo(s), or drink to 'drunkenness', or use drugs for addiction or pleasure, or have the comforts to 'feel content without God', or have not acknowledged and sincerely thanked Him for His blessings, or are short-tempered and angry (symptoms of pride and fear which we are told are not of the spirit of the Lord), the Bible tells us God can and will forgive us (if we ask) and offers this gift of forgiveness through His Son, the gift He sent forth to us. Through His Messiah God offers us the gift of Grace ... and remember the Bible tells us God's Grace (getting what we don't deserve) abounds even more than our sins abound and His Mercy (not getting what we do deserve) is abundantly offered whenever we confess and turn from our sin. Remember, we are all guilty ... God is looking for a humbled heart willing to turn back to Him and His ways, which are good.
- God's awesome gift to us was born in a little manger in the city of David ... Bethlehem.
- Jesus (Yeshua) the Christ (Messiah) tells us the reason He came to Earth was to save sinners ... not the righteous ... He said His purpose is to save sinners ... lots of them ... all who would receive it. (Thank You, Lord!!!)
- God became a Man (without sin) as the 'son of Man ... the Son of God' in order to lovingly pay the 'ransom' for us and our sins, which releases us and pardons us from Hell. He paid the price and took the punishment for all of our sins on the Cross (which represents the torment of Hell) and shed His innocent and righteous blood so that we might be washed clean of all our filthiness and sin ... the Bible says even though our 'sins are as scarlet' we can be washed 'white as snow.'
- God says His gift to us is the gift of eternal life in His Kingdom of Heaven, and it is freely and lovingly offered to every man and woman on Earth who will simply believe it and receive it in faith. The Bible says nobody can earn it through 'good works' ('lest any man should boast'). God looks for a heart that is filled with thanksgiving and love for what He has done for us by providing us with the gift of eternal life in His Kingdom of Heaven, which is filled with peace and beauty (and will never be boring). He says He has no time (and no place in His Kingdom of Heaven) for the unthankful or ungrateful, or for those who feel they have somehow earned or deserve such a gift, or for those who think "I'm pretty good so I'm sure I'll go to Heaven," or for those who believe "all paths (beliefs and religions) lead to Heaven" (which denies His sacrifice and the ransom payment He paid for us on the Cross). He is looking for those who realize how desperately they need a Savior (to save them from the sins they have committed) and He is looking for those whose hearts are filled with gratitude, love, and thanksgiving when they find that Savior who was born in the most humble of surroundings after He stepped forth from Eternity ... 'from old, from everlasting', and who felt every pain, heartbreak and anguish we will ever feel during this short life, and who lovingly and willingly substituted and sacrificed His life for us so that any and all who will believe and put all of their trust in Him alone will have the hope and the promise of eternal life in His Kingdom of Heaven for ever and ever.
- So perhaps someday you will fall down on your knees and admit to God you have sinned and need a Savior to save you from your sins and from Hell ... and perhaps someday with tears of joy and thanksgiving you will receive the One who was sent (for you and for all on Earth) as your Savior. At that moment in time you will have the assurance of knowing all of your sins are forgiven and you are 'washed white as snow' in God's eyes. With open arms and with tears of joy He will receive you into His Kingdom of Heaven and He will remember your sins no more ...
- This is His Gift to us ... and this is His Promise.
10. Just believing in God won't save anyone from Hell ... for the Bible warns 'even the demons believe in God, and tremble!' It's in believing He stepped forth 'from old, from everlasting' (see Micah 5:2) and placed His spirit into the promised 'Messiah' in order to substitute and sacrifice Himself on the Cross for our sins. The Cross represents the Hell we will all face for our sins if we don't sincerely receive, believe, and graciously accept His offer of forgiveness and eternal life in Heaven ... an offer which was lovingly written in blood on a wooden Cross on a hilltop in Judea overlooking Jerusalem many, many years ago ... and which He now freely extends to every boy, girl, man, and woman on Earth who will simply trust and believe in faith ...
"You believe there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe and tremble!" (James 2:19)
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son [the promised Messiah ... Jesus-Yeshua] that whoever believes in Him should not perish [in Hell] but have everlasting life [in Heaven] For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned [to Hell]; but he who does not believe is condemned [to Hell] already" (John 3:16-18)
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And Jesus/Yeshua the Messiah warns,
"When you see these things, know that it is near - - at the door!"
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"For then there will be great tribulation, (this is where we get the term 'the Great Tribulation') such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be [the coming 'Apocalypse'] And unless those days be shortened, no flesh would be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened." (Matthew 24:21-22)
[Jesus tells us that never in the history of Mankind has there been anything as terrible on Earth as the coming 'Apocalypse,' often called the "Great Tribulation" - only a small remnant of the world will survive.}
And the Bible goes on to prepare us . . .
"Knowing this first, that scoffers shall come in the last days, Saying, 'Where is the promise of His [Messiah's] coming?' But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same Word (which "became flesh ..." See John 1:1) are reserved for fire until the day of judgment of ungodly men and women. (like Sodom ... see below) (Note: 'Men' refers to Mankind = Mr., Mrs., and Ms.) The Lord is not slack concerning his promise [to return] ... but is longsuffering [patient] toward us, not willing that any should perish, and that all should come to repentance. ("For God so loved the world that He gave ... " See John 3:16) But the Day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; (the unbelieving world will be caught by surprise) in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the Earth and also the works that are therein, shall be burned up. Looking for the coming of the Day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ... Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new Earth, wherein righteousness dwells." [The Bible promises we will find our rest and our peace forever and ever in His Kingdom of Heaven] (2 Peter 3:3-13)
12. (Trouble ahead ... The Bible warns a coming peace plan will be enforced by an 'outsider' who will rise over 10 nations which were once part of the Roman Empire. Also, this 'Roadmap' peace plan was prepared by what is being called the 'Quartet' which includes the UN, Russia, the EU, and the US ... which is pretty much everybody in the world except Israel.)
13. This would be like our government ordering 'Plymouth Rock' closed to Americans. Hebron was given to Caleb (a man of faith who was blessed by God) at the time of Joshua (see Joshua 14:13-14 and Judges 1:20) ... Hebron is also where Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are buried ... and where King David ruled before Jerusalem. The Bible has much to say about the terrible time we are now moving into.
14. Islamic 'terror groups' are military wings funded and trained by Iran, Syria, Russia, and China ... and each of these 'terror' groups now has deep roots hidden in the US ... and, as a note, every now and then Russia will stage a terror attack against its own people in order to appear as just another 'victim' of Islamic 'terror.' Yasser Arafat (who was Egyptian) was raised up and trained by the Russian KGB.
15. Trying to be accepted by 'the world' can have serious consequences ...
"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world -- the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life -- is not of the Father, but is of the world." (1 John 2:15-16)
"Do you knot know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God." (James 4:4)
16. Doing that which is right in their own eyes ...
In those days [there was] no king in Israel, [but] every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes. (Judges 17:6)
In those days [there was] no king in Israel: every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes. (Judges 21:25)
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The fuse is now lit ...
The Bible warns after 'the forsaking of Gaza' God's
anger would rise and terrible trouble would soon follow (Zeph
2:1-7). The Bible says much about the those days that now lie ahead
...
18. Sodom and Gomorrah - Ezekiel Through the prophet Ezekiel (a thousand years after they were destroyed), God tells us why He destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah ...
"This was the iniquity [sin] of your sister Sodom: She [Sodom] and her daughter [Gomorrah] had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy, and they were arrogant (haughty) ... Therefore, I [God] took them away as I saw fit." [He utterly destroyed them with fire ...] (Ezekiel 16:49-50)
In these verses, God links open homosexuality in a society to sinful 'pride' and 'arrogance'... the sin of Satan. Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed ('cleansed' with fire) because they were filled with pride and arrogance while flaunting their sexual immorality and their homosexuality openly before God. They mocked God and they had no fear of God. They were also found guilty of having 'fullness of food' without acknowledging God who provided it, and having 'an abundance of idleness' in the land (basically they ate, drank, watched TV, and allowed their 'Gay Pride' parades, while filling the lusts of their eyes and the lusts of their flesh ... the people had become so de-sensitized to sin they even stood by as their 'gays' tried to 'gang-rape' the two men/angels God sent to warn Lot ... and their bars, shopping malls, and pornography web-sites were bustling) ... while their worthless priests, rabbis, ministers, and 'reverends' were assuring the people in the pews that God's Word and God's Law didn't really mean what it said and didn't really apply to them and they could continue to do whatever felt good or right in 'their own eyes,' even when in direct opposition to God's Law. All of this reflected their lack of belief and their arrogant and rebellious attitudes toward God and His Word. Sin meant nothing to them and there was no fear of God. Would these charges indict and convict any people or nation(s) you know today? God's judgment against Sodom was was also given as a warning! The Bible warns the coming 'Apocalypse' will be like the judgment against Sodom (only worse), and this time it will come against the whole world! Our time is short. God is pleading with us to stop (repent of) our sinful ways and return to Him before it's too late. With open arms and with tears of joy He will welcome any and all who willingly return to Him through the One He sent forth to save us sinners ... Yeshua/Jesus ... the promised Messiah. And, as with Lot (and as with Enoch before the Flood), God promises to remove ('Rapture') those who will sincerely return to Him in faith before the coming 'Apocalypse,' which the Bible also calls 'the Great Tribulation,' 'the Time of Jacob's [Israel's] Trouble,' 'the Day of the Lord,' the 'Time of the End,' and the 'Day of God's Wrath' ...
19. Who loves the homosexual more? The Christian ('a follower of the Jewish Messiah of Israel') is commanded to 'love others and treat them as we would want to be treated.' According to the Bible, a person living in homosexual sin "will not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven" and those who "approve of those who do such things" will be held just as guilty. Jesus-Yeshua, the Messiah's first command was to 'repent' (turn away from those things which are in opposition to God's law) and then to trust in Him alone to save us from all our sins. He said He came to 'save sinners' ... lots of them ... both Jew and Gentile ... any who would believe and trust in Him. The Bible warns until we acknowledge we are sinners and that we desperately need a Savior (to save us from our sins ... past, present, and future) we won't be saved from Hell. So, who loves the homosexual more? One who tells them it's okay to continue in a sin the Bible warns will condemn them to an eternity in Hell, or someone who is willing to endure ridicule and hate to warn them and to try to get them into Heaven? In Proverbs 27:6 God says, 'Faithful are the wounds of a friend ... but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.' Jesus-Yeshua said more about Hell than He did about Heaven ... and the true believing Christian will try to get as many boys, girls, men, and women into the Kingdom of Heaven as possible. Jesus-Yeshua, the Messiah, even commands us to 'love our enemies' ... and you can't love someone without warning them when they are in great danger.
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The Bible warns Iran, with Russia ("Magog"), Turkey,
Sudan ("Cush") and allies
will attack and invade Israel. In Ezekiel 38-39 the Bible warns a terrible coming
war between Iran (Persia) and Israel will take sometime after
Israel has been re-gathered as a nation ... this war has
never yet taken place ... the only time in history Persia (Iran) has
gone to war against Israel was to help Israel throw off the yoke of
the Byzantine Empire around 614 AD. The Bible warns
Russia (Magog) will act as a "guard" for Iran (Persia) and allies.
The Bible warns the US will NOT defend Israel. According to the
Bible, Israel must stand alone ... with God. When this coming war does
finally start, the United States (for reasons yet unknown) will be
unable or unwilling to help Israel defend herself.
Sabbath school and Sunday school graduates should be sitting on the
edge of their seats with white knuckles as we watch this terrible
prophecy slowly start to unfold ... Grace and Shalom ...
www.alphanewsdaily.com
21.
The Bible warns during the coming 'Time of Jacob's
Trouble' 2/3 in Israel will be "cut-off" for their unbelief (Zech
13:8-9).
22. 'ON THE AIR' ... One of Satan's titles in the Bible is 'The Prince of The Power of The Air' (see Eph 2:2). The Crucifixion represents the torment of Hell which Jesus-Yeshua the 'KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS (Rev 19:16) stepped forth from eternity (Micah 5:2) to redeem and save us from. To reject, ignore, and mock the only One who can save us from the torment of Hell is pretty stupid ...
23. This same Jimmy Carter gave Iran to the Ayatollah and the Panama Canal to the Chinese ... he also left his church because they would not worship the 'Queendom' of God. He is no friend of Israel ... nor is he a friend of believing Christians.
24.
God's judgment against the US draws near as our government turns its back on God and Israel ... Israel's judgment draws near as its government turns its back on the children of Israel who live in Judah (Gaza, Hebron, and Bethlehem) ... and the world's judgment draws near as it now prepares to come against nation Israel. The Bible warns 'at the time of the end' all nations would turn against one nation ... Israel (Zechariah 14:2...Revelation 16:12-16). All nations against one nation sounds absurd ... it is absurd ... not all nations turned against Nazi Germany, not all nations turned against Saddam's Iraq, and not all nations have turned against the murderous regimes of Zimbabwe, Sudan, Russia, China, Cuba, or Iran. Yet, this ancient book, the Bible, which was in mass circulation for many, many years before 1948 (when Israel once again became a nation) stated clearly that God would one day bring Israel back into Her Land as a nation and then all the nations of the world would turn against her and try to wipe her off the map. When the US turned against Israel on Gaza, the first stage of this 'absurd' prophecy was fulfilled ... not one nation on Earth supported Israel's right to her land (in Judah - Gaza). Now, for many, the idea that all the nations of the world will one day go to war against this tiny nation of Israel sounds absurd ... or that one day in the future, this tiny nation of Israel will be the sole 'Superpower' that will rule the world under her King and Messiah, who stepped forth 'from old, from everlasting' and was born of a virgin in Bethlehem, the city of King David, exactly as the ancient prophecies said He would (Micah 5:2). This same Jesus-Yeshua, the Messiah, our God who stepped forth 'from old, from everlasting' and put on 'the likeness of Man,' and who freely offers eternal life in His Kingdom of Heaven to all who will believe and trust in Him, warns all men and women of this world, 'You are either with me or against me' ... there is no in between ... and if you are against Israel you are against the Messiah of Israel ... and He is our Hope ... our only Hope ... through the coming days.
25.
There are religions today who teach they must convert the world "by the sword," even using terror . . .
The true God of Abraham, never forces Himself on anyone ... and never in the Bible does Jesus Christ (the Greek-English translation of Yeshua Ha'Mashiach) try to force anybody to believe in Him or to attend His church or synagogue. Jesus-Yeshua simply says that He "Stands at the door and knocks." We have to open that door and invite Him in. God tells us that He has given each and every man and woman a free will to decide for themselves whether or not to accept His offer of salvation (life in Heaven) through Jesus-Yeshua, the promised Messiah. God is looking for people to come to Him out of love. But, never does He ask others to force a non-believer to return, or try to force them into believing through threats of injury or death. God shows us the only places we will find these coercive conversion tactics are from those who are driven by a depraved spirit and the dark power of Satan. If you belong to a religion, or church, that follows a prophet or worships a god who is so small and insecure that he would have people threatened with death if they criticize or refuse to join, and will threaten people with death or bodily harm if they decide to leave through their own free will, then flee! God tells us clearly that we are not to judge others, for they will be judged by Him after our earthly bodies die. Only a strange, twisted, paranoid religion, driven by the dark and evil powers of Satan himself would ever rape, torture, kill, imprison, beat, kidnap, behead, bomb, burn alive, or harm people in any way as a means to convert or to force people into joining, or staying, in their religion. The god of that religion is not, and never has been, the God of Abraham. Any religion that would do these things is not lead by the Holy Spirit of God. It is a religion of darkness. It is a religion of evil, twisted, wicked men, directed and lead by the power of Satan.
Many blessings are promised in Heaven to those who withstand such religions and suffer or die in their faith for doing so. Remember, being a Christian (all those who love, trust, and follow the Messiah) is a 'relationship' with God, now made possible by having our sins washed clean ('white as snow') through the precious 'blood of the Lamb'... the promised Messiah ... it is not a 'religion.'
26. "I (God) will bless those who bless you (Israel) and will curse those who curse you" (Gen 12:3)
A true believing Christian (a follower of the Messiah) can never question Israel's right to Her land. One can never be a true believing Christian without a love for the children of Israel and the Land of Israel ... for they brought forth the Messiah who would be 'a light unto the Gentiles.' Jesus-Yeshua warned He would one day judge the nations and people on how they treated 'His brethren' the Jews. We are told that once 'the fullness of the Gentiles' is complete, God will once again bless Israel ... we are told we gentiles are the 'wild vine' which has been grafted onto the 'true vine' Israel and we should be thankful. God will fulfill all of His covenants with the people and the land of Israel.
How can you call yourself a 'Christian' when you are against Israel and for 'Palestine' (Philistine) when 'Palestine' is in the land God gave to the tribe of Judah (see Judges 1:18-20 and Joshua 14:13 - 15:13 - and pull out a map). This is the land which was given to the tribe which brought forth our Lord Jesus-Yeshua, who is also called 'The Lion of the Tribe of Judah' (study the book of Revelation). In other words, the 'Palestinians' are 'guests' (or enemies) in the Land of Israel. According to the Bible, if you are a believing Christian, you are a servant of the Messiah, King, and Lord of Israel ... not Philistine (Palestine).
Jesus-Yeshua warns, 'You are either with me or against me' ... there is no in between ... and you cannot be 'with' the Messiah of Israel, if you are against Israel ... and if you are 'with' the enemies of Israel, you are 'against' the Messiah of Israel who will one day sit on the throne of David. If you don't believe this, please study your Bible, and then if you still don't believe this, please do not call yourself a 'Christian' (a follower of the Messiah).
Jesus warns many who call themselves Christian will not enter into His Kingdom of Heaven ...
"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven ... Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied [taught] in your Name, cast out demons in Your Name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then (at the judgment), I will declare to them 'I never knew you ... depart from Me (departing from Heaven and into Hell) you who practice lawlessness" (The Bible is God's Law. So, this includes all those who 'willingly' do, approve, or say those things that oppose the Bible, such as denying Israel's right to Her land ... study the Bible ... it's theirs!!) (Matt 7:21-23)
"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;" (Isa 5:20) [Note: "Woe" is a terrible curse or torment ...]
Many evil and wicked things have been done to the children of Israel by those who call themselves Christian ... God help us all ... for a believing Christian should only bless Israel and be willing to lay down his life for the children of Israel, the brethren of our Lord.
Grace and Shalom,
www.theprophecies.com
27.
You should go
back and study the prophecies of the Messiah. Here are just a FEW of the
prophecies of the Messiah FROM THE TANACH ... and concerning 'a virgin shall
conceive' see below ...
28. The 'EARTHQUAKE' is Now Coming . . .
The children of Jacob have spoken and have voted overwhelmingly to reject God's Word ...
The darkness of the solar eclipse is no accident as it falls on the day Israel has willingly chosen leaders who will choose 'their own borders' for Israel and Jerusalem and reject God's borders in rebellion, unfaithfulness, and unbelief. It is no accident the solar eclipse happened on the start of this New Year (tonight Israel time). 'Darkness' has fallen on the Land of Israel and the real 'earthquake' will soon begin ...
'Olmert's Plan' for Jerusalem and Israel is in direct opposition to 'God's Plan' as found in the Bible. The Bible warns 'Olmert's Plan' will soon lead Israel and the World into many yet 'unharvested' prophecies found in the Bible where God warns what would happen after the children of Israel were brought back into the Land and would rebel against His Word.
For just a small and bitter taste of what the future now holds for Israel and the World, study the following ...
- Ezekiel 38 (Magog/Russia and Persia/Iran) - Isaiah 5:25-30 - Joel 2:1-10 - Jeremiah 25:15-17, 27-38 - Zechariah 13:8-9 - Zechariah 14:2 - Zechariah 12:2-3 - Revelation 16:12-16
God clearly warned the children of Israel and the World what would happen when 'Gaza would be forsaken' in Zephaniah 2:1-7 ...
Please learn of the Messiah from the Tanakh (Bible) ... He is our Hope ... our only Hope ... and with open arms and with tears of joy He will welcome, shelter, and forgive any and all who will come to Him.
29.
What DOES the
Bible say about homosexuality?
30.
When you read and study the prophets you will find God always leaves a small
remnant of righteous believers ('rightists') in the Land before judgment falls
on the Land ... they are never in the majority.
32. The time draws near ... the Bible warns Russia (Magog) will act as a 'guard' for Iran (Persia) in a coming war against Israel. The Bible warns Iran, with Russia, Turkey and allies will go to war and will attack and invade Israel. In Ezekiel 38-39 the Bible warns a coming war between Iran (Persia) and Israel will take place sometime after Israel has been re-gathered into Her land as a nation ... this war has never yet taken place ... the only time in history Persia (Iran) has ever gone to war against Israel was to help Israel throw off the yoke of the Byzantine Empire around 614 AD. The Bible warns the US will NOT defend Israel. According to the Bible, Israel must stand alone...with God. For when this coming war does finally start, the United States (for reasons yet unknown) will be unable or unwilling to help Israel defend herself. Although the Bible warns the invading armies will be ultimately destroyed by God, it will be a terrible war for both Israel and the whole world. Bible scholars are divided as to whether this coming war is part of the prophetic battle of Armageddon or will just precede the battle of Armageddon in order to prepare the path and the rise of the coming Antichrist (a coming world leader who will be a very popular counterfeit 'Christ'-'Messiah'). Bible students should be sitting on the edge of their seats with white knuckles watching this terrible prophecy slowly start to unfold ... while believing Christians (followers (both Jew and Gentile) of Jesus-Yeshua, the promised Messiah) are told to 'examine' themselves in the Word and in faith to insure they are not just 'almost' or 'lukewarm' Christians (followers of the Messiah) ... and Jesus-Yeshua the Messiah warns to "Watch, therefore, and pray always (not just sometimes), that you will be counted worthy to escape all these things (the terrible events of the coming 'Apocalypse') that will come to pass" ... (Luke 21:36) ... for the Bible promises believing Christians who are alive at the time and have endured in faith are not 'appointed' to this coming time of 'God's wrath' that will be 'poured out' upon the whole world ... there is nothing now left in Bible prophecy that needs to be fulfilled before the coming 'Rapture' of the 'body' of believers ... the door of escape could close at any time ... the Bible warns many will be 'left behind' ...
34.
For the first time since becoming a nation once again in 1948 a
leader of Israel has surrendered under fire ... and he did it on a Sabbath to
minimize the outrage.
Ezekiel 36:16-24
"Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 'Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity. Therefore I poured out My fury on them for the blood they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had defiled it. 19 So I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them according to their ways and their deeds. When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My holy name-- when they said of them, 'These are the people of the Lord, and yet they have gone out of His land.' But I had concern for My Holy Name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went. "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord God: "I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My Holy Name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. And I will sanctify My great Name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord," says the Lord God, "when I am hallowed in you before their eyes. For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land." (Ezekiel 36:16-24)
Leviticus 18:21-22 "And you shall not let any of your descendants pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination." (Leviticus 18:21-22)
39. "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools" (Romans 1:22)
40. Per your comments, please note the
following ... Ezek 3:18-21 "When I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul ..." (Ezekiel 3:18-21)
Jesus-Yeshua, as with Jeremiah, Elijah, Zechariah, Isaiah, and other prophets sent before Him who were imprisoned, beaten, and killed, the political and religious rulers of the day once again treated a prophet of God with arrogance, envy, malice, and evil intent. They had Him tortured, then put to death. Only this time it was different. Not just a prophet, but He Himself who stepped forth from Eternity ("from old, from everlasting" .. see Micah 5:2) to take on the form of man . . . as "the son of Man . . . the Son of God." This time, a living sacrifice for all of mankind, once and for all. Taking upon Himself the punishment and penalty due to each of us for all sin. The only burden He asks us to carry is simply the burden of accepting or rejecting His offer. "The foolishness of the Cross." He hated it and despised the shame. Yet, He endured it as He hung there in pain and agony, nailed to that cross of wood, out of love. His love for you and for me. Just as the prophets had said He would.
RIGHT AFTER the "Triumphal Entry," when Jesus-Yeshua rode into Jerusalem, ("lowly and riding on a donkey" ... see Zechariah 9:9) hundreds of thousands of Jews (who had gathered for the Passover feast) lined the streets and welcomed Jesus-Yeshua singing Psalm 118, Jesus wept over Jerusalem, knowing the people of Israel would ignore the prophecy of Daniel 9:24 (which prophesied the time Messiah would be revealed to the very day and year ... the 'weeks' in the prophecy = weeks of years) and the other prophecies of the Messiah which were so specific that God would hold the children of Israel accountable!
This is why the Temple was destroyed and the Jewish people were scattered and dispersed around the world . . .
Jesus-Yeshua reveals a new prophecy and tells Israel why it would happen - "Now as He [Jesus] drew near, He saw the city [Jerusalem] and wept over it, saying, ‘If you had known, even you [the children of Israel], especially in this your day, [this day Daniel 9:24 prophesied about] the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you [the Temple] one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.’" (Luke 19:41-44)
Thus, within that generation, in 70 A.D., 38 years after Jesus was crucified, Jerusalem was besieged and brutally destroyed when Titus Vespasian, with the Fifth, Tenth, Twelfth, and Fifteenth Roman Legions did build a Roman siege wall around the city, starving and slaughtering over a million Jews, and then tore down the Temple, stone by stone, to retrieve the gold that had melted when Roman soldiers (against orders) set the Temple on fire, thus leaving not one stone upon the other . . . exactly as Jesus had prophesied. The Romans then scattered and dispersed the Jews around the world.
42. What does the Bible
say? 43. Per your comment ... from a Biblical
perspective there are really not that many believing Christians ...
44.
45.
46.
What
DOES Jesus-Yeshua, the promised Messiah, say to all those who call
themselves "Christian" and yet still WILLFULLY sin and practice
"lawlessness" ...
48.
It is important to note that God,
the true God of Abraham, never forces Himself on anyone ... and never in the
Bible does Jesus Christ (the Greek-English translation of Yeshua Ha'Mashiach)
try to force anybody to believe in Him or to attend His church or synagogue.
Jesus-Yeshua simply says that He "Stands at the door and knocks." We have to
open that door and invite Him in. God tells us that He has given each and every
man and woman a free will to decide for themselves whether or not to accept His
offer of salvation (life in Heaven) through Jesus-Yeshua, the promised Messiah.
He clearly outlines the choice, and sincerely warns us of the consequences. It
is a personal decision. God says that He looks into each man and woman’s heart
to see if they are sincere in their belief. God is looking for people to come to
Him out of love. If a man or woman ever decides not to believe in Jesus-Yeshua,
that is their choice. It saddens God for He knows what their destiny will be
after they die. But, never does He ask others to force a non-believer to return,
or try to force them into believing through threats of injury or death. God
shows us the only places we will find these coercive conversion tactics are from
those who are driven by a depraved spirit and the dark power of Satan. God says
the Bible is His Word. The Bible says God cannot lie and God says He will never
change. The Bible has withstood the test of time. God challenges every religious
system to hold the words of their books, their leaders, their founders, their
prophets, and their angels up to the light of truth. God welcomes all to search
His Scriptures and try to find error, contradictions, or lies. He also includes
many, many prophecies to authenticate His Word. If you belong to a religion, or
church, that follows a prophet or worships a god who is so small and insecure
that he would have people threatened with death if they criticize or refuse to
join, and will threaten people with death or bodily harm if they decide to leave
through their own free will, then flee! If you follow a religion or belong to a
church that is afraid to hold the people who founded the religion or the words
they spoke and the books they ask you to believe, up to the light of truth, then
flee! God’s warning to the non-believer is clear. But God also tells us clearly
that we are not to judge others, for they will be judged by Him after our
earthly bodies die. God looks directly into the heart of each man and woman to
see what each truly believes. Only a strange, twisted, paranoid religion, driven
by the dark and evil powers of Satan himself would ever rape, torture, kill,
imprison, beat, kidnap, behead, bomb, burn alive, or harm people in any way as a
means to convert or to force people into joining, or staying, in their religion.
The god of that religion is not, and never has been, the God of Abraham. Any
religion that would do these things is not lead by the Holy Spirit of God. It is
a religion of darkness. It is a religion of evil, twisted, wicked men, directed
and lead by the power of Satan.
50.
51. In those days [there was] no king in Israel, [but] every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes. (Judges 17:6)
52.
53.
"Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, 'Peace, and there was no peace ..." (Ezekiel 13:10)
"For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there IS NO PEACE!" (Jeremiah 8:11)
"For you yourselves know perfectly that the Day of the Lord (the coming 'Apocalypse) so comes as a thief in the night. For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day (the coming 'Apocalypse') should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, (the Greek-English translation of Yeshua Ha'Mashiach) who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him (in Heaven)." (1 Thessalonians 5:2-10)
54.
55.
56. Democrats ... Homosexuality and Abortion and Bestiality Posted on 11/17/2005 8:34:31 AM PST by
Laissez-faire capitalist Democrat Bill Would Soften 'Bestiality' Statute (Introduced by Massachusetts's Democrats) Four state legislators in Massachusetts have introduced a bill that would soften the crime of bestiality, a move pro-family activists say is a natural progression of the state's legalizing same-sex marriage. ...State Sen. Cynthia Creem, Sen. Robert O'Leary, Rep. Michael Festa and Rep. David Linsky have some interesting things in common. "They're all strongly endorsed by the state's three major powerful homosexual lobbying groups...They're all Democrats. They're all vocal supporters of homosexual 'marriage' and whatever else the homosexual lobby bids them to do. "And now all four have introduced Senate Bill 938. Even the left-wing Weekly Dig can't believe that the Massachusetts Legislature is poised to go this far."
Eagleforum.org Excerpts from the Democrat Party 2004 platforms ... To find out what the two major parties stand for, we should be able to compare their Party Platforms adopted by their National Nominating Conventions in the summer of 2004. Unfortunately, the Democratic Platform is not very instructive on most issues. John Kerry's operatives designed a Platform to omit or muffle the Democrats' radical positions on judges' decisions and appointments, the war in Iraq, socialized health care, the Kyoto global warming treaty, capital punishment, Alaska oil drilling, and partial-birth abortion. The Platform was cushioned with soft platitudes such as "the stakes are immeasurably high." Indeed they are. On only two issues did the Democratic Platform speak out loud and clear: Abortion and gay rights (Homosexuality). In obedience to the Democrats' pro-abortion constituency, their Platform advocates "a woman's right to choose, consistent with Roe v. Wade, and regardless of her ability to pay." In obedience to the Democrats' gay (homosexual) constituency, their Platform endorses "equal responsibilities, benefits, and protections" for "gay and lesbian families," and opposes a federal marriage amendment. By contrast, the Republican Platform states that "the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed," and continues with language that is practically identical to the pro-life plank in every Republican National Platform since 1984. The 2004 Platform supports traditional marriage as the "unique and special union of one man and one woman." It endorses a constitutional amendment to protect marriage and the Defense of Marriage Act.
"Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals." And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, (Don't miss this ... he is describing the throne of God) stood a Lamb as though it had been slain ..." (Rev 5:5-6)
58. The 'Face' on Mars ...
If you would like to have some fun with this article (or more specifically the
last photo shown in this article) ... try this ... first, 'click' to enlarge the
last photo in the article ... then, look closely and let your imagination take
over ... the circled 'Face' mountain on the right could look like the face on
the 'Shroud of Turin" ... then, the mountain just to the left of it (as noted on
the photo above) looks a lot like a Skull (Calvary = Golgotha = "The Skull") ...
and then, the very large 'lighted' area (which also includes several mountains)
just to the left of those two smaller mountains could look just like the face of
an angry Lion ... "The Lion of Judah."
Colour image showing an overhead view of the Cydonia area. The
Face is circled; the scale-bar is 10km. (Image: Esa/DLR/FU
Berlin/G.Neukum)
59. Jewish New Year ...
60.
61. "Reconciliation meeting between Halutz, gay reps" Ynet News
62. Ynet News: "EU Body Seeks Closer Ties With Syria
The BIBLE warns China and allies will one day destroy 1/3 of mankind, AND will
invade the Middle East . . .
A coming 'peace plan' for Israel will change the world ... FOREVER!
a covenant [treaty or 'peace plan']
The real 'Nativity Story' . . .
"But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
(The prophets were told Messiah would be born in Bethlehem)
from everlasting."
(Messiah would be eternal ... He would step forth from Eternity!!!)
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, (This is our 'Christmas' gift ... from God) that whoever believes in Him (Jesus Christ ... Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) should not perish (in Hell) but have everlasting life (in Heaven). For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. (from our sins and from Hell) He who believes in Him is not condemned (to Hell); but he who does not believe (that Jesus died on the Cross for all our sins and was resurrected the third day) is already condemned (to Hell)" (John 3:16-18) (A stark warning from God to all on Earth ... the implications are staggering!!!
"For unto us a Child is born,
Everlasting (Eternal) Father, (Jesus is God who stepped forth "in the likeness of Man"... this prophecy was written hundreds of years before Jesus)
"In the beginning was the Word ... and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us ... He was in the world, the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him . . ." (From John 1:1-14)
Jesus said to him, "I am the way (into Heaven), the truth, and the life. No one comes (into Heaven) to the Father except through Me." (John 14:6) (The BIBLE says we can only enter into Heaven through Jesus, who lovingly paid the price for all our sins)
“Enter (into Heaven) by the narrow gate; (through Jesus Christ ... Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) for wide is the gate and broad is the way (for the 'broad-minded'... and for those who believe "all roads (religions) lead to Heaven") that leads to destruction, and there are many ('most' ... 'majority')
who go in (to Hell) by it."
"Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life (in Heaven),
and there are few who find it."
(All who call themselves 'Christian' will have their faith tested in various ways ... we are warned 'most' will fall away)
"And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the Judgment" (There is no reincarnation ... no 'Purgatory'... no 72 virgins) (Hebrews 9:27)
"For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed . . ." (at the coming Judgment) (Luke 9:25-26)
"Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me (Jesus Christ) before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God. But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God." (Luke 12:8-9)
"Blessed (happy) and holy ('separated' ... from 'the world') is he that has part in the first resurrection: (for those will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven) on such the second death (Hell) has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ (Messiah),
and
shall reign with Him a thousand years."
"But the fearful, (fear is the exact opposite of faith ... includes the fear of what 'others' might think of our belief in Jesus) and unbelieving, (who refuse to believe in Jesus Christ who stepped forth to save us from our sins and from Hell) and the abominable, (this covers a lot of sins including sexual immorality, homosexuality, adultery, etc.) and murderers, and whoremongers ('pornos' ... from which we get pornography), and sorcerers ('pharmakeus' ... drugs), and idolaters, (loving "the things of this world" such as money, sports, movies, music, or anything more than God-Jesus) and all liars, (it only takes one lie to make a liar) shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone:
which is
the second death (which we are told is the eternal
darkness, loneliness, and torment of Hell)."
"And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him (Jesus-God) who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell." (The Bible says the only fear we should have is of God) (Matthew 10:28) (The Bible tells us Jesus Christ (Messiah) is the Holy One who will judge all souls ...)
67.
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68.
According to the Bible (Ezekiel 38-39) Iran (Persia), with Russia
('Magog'), and a coalition of allies (including Turkey and Sudan) will attack
and will invade Israel. This war has never yet taken place. The Bible warns
Russia will act as as 'guard' ... they are kind of the grand "chess-master"
lurking in the shadows. So, it is most likely Iran will use their
Russian-designed 'bomb' or Russia's nuclear arsenal to 'neutralize' Israel's
nuclear deterrent while they prepare their 'coalition' for a massive invasion.
By the way ... they lose.
69. (Satan's first title in the Bible was not the 'Serpent' ... it was the 'Shining One'... and from the book of Revelation we know he and many of his angels (1/3 of those in heaven) will be cast to Earth either just before or during the coming 'Apocalypse')
(We know of two other creatures God created ... demons and angels ... from the book of Revelation we know they will both be very active 'in the last days')
As a note I will try to assemble and post a short Bible study on this powerful creature 'Satan' (with verses from both the Old Testament (Tanakh) and the New Testament) sometime soon ...
"And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the Earth, and his angels were cast out with him." (Revelation 12:7-9) (He is also called 'the ruler of this world' ... the 'prince of the power of the air' ... and the 'father of all lies')
"And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. (Also see 'the coming Antichrist') His tail drew a third of the stars (angels) of heaven (we are told 1/3 of the angels in heaven are 'dark or fallen angels' who now follow Satan ... the 'Shining One') and threw them to the earth. (This has either already happened or will happen around the time of the coming 'Apocalypse'.) And the dragon stood before the woman (Israel) who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child (Messiah) as soon as it was born. (... and all the children under two years old around Bethlehem were killed by Herod) She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron (Jesus-Yeshua, the promised Messiah). And her Child was caught up to God and His throne (this happened after His Resurrection). Then the woman (Israel) fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God (we are told elsewhere in the Bible this will take place just prior to Armageddon), that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days" (exactly 3 1/2 prophetic 360 day years ... see the coming 'Apocalypse'). (Revelation 12:4) (Prophecies ... The coming 'Rapture') (Prophecies of Messiah's Return)
70.
A FEW of the prophecies of Messiah's (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) RETURN . . .
Read Here . . .
Who loves the children of Israel more?
The Christian (one who follows and trusts in the JEWISH Messiah... the Messiah of Israel) is commanded to 'love others and treat them as we would want to be treated.' According to the Bible, anyone who does not believe or trust in the JEWISH Messiah as their Savior (to save them from their sins and from Hell) "will not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven" Jesus-Yeshua, the Messiah's first command to the children of Israel was to 'repent' (turn away from those things which are in opposition to God's Law) and then to trust in Him alone to save us from all our sins. He said He came to 'save sinners' ... lots of them ... first the Jew and then the Gentile ... any who would believe and trust in Him. The Bible warns until we acknowledge we are sinners and we desperately need a Savior (to save us from our sins ... past, present, and future) we won't be saved from Hell . . .
So, who loves the children of Israel more? One who tells them it's okay to live in their sin without 'a Sacrifice,' which the Bible warns will condemn us to an eternity in Hell, or someone who is willing to endure the anger, ridicule, and hate to warn them and to try to get them into Heaven as a neighbor? In Proverbs 27:6 God says, 'Faithful are the wounds of a friend ... but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.' Jesus-Yeshua said more about Hell than He did about Heaven ... and the true believing Christian will try to get as many boys, girls, men, and women into the Kingdom of Heaven as possible. If a Christian truly hated Jews (or anyone willfully sinning against God's law) they would simply keep silent and let them suffer in the eternal darkness, loneliness, and torment of Hell. Yet, all believing Christians (followers of the Messiah of Israel) have had to come face-to-face with the fact we are all sinners and desperately need a 'Savior' to save us from our sins and from Hell. Jesus-Yeshua, the Messiah, commands us to even 'love our enemies' ... and you can't love someone without warning them when they are in great and grave danger ...
Is Jesus-Yeshua the Messiah ... here is His genealogy which the political and religious rulers of the day never doubted or attacked because it was kept in the Temple along with all the others as God commanded UNTIL Messiah arrived ...
73.Jesus-Yeshua says to 'learn of Him.' He tells us to search the Tanakh and the
N.T. (New Covenant ... Jeremiah 31:31) and then let people decide for
themselves. Most Christians in Israel who Rabbi Yosef would bind are simply
telling people what the Bible says about Messiah ... on average the children of
Israel are the brightest and best educated in the world and should be left to
make their own decisions based on what the BIBLE says ... is Rabbi Yosef afraid
of having people "search the Scriptures to see if these things are true?" . . . 73.
74.
First, study the Psalms (and Tanakh) and prophecies from the New Covenant (see
Jeremiah 31:31) ... Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring
the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and
set him for their watchman: Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take [any] person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked [man], thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. (Ezekiel 33:1-9)
75.
"For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in ..." (Romans 11:23-25)
"Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not ..." (Jeremiah 5:21)
"Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house." (Ezekiel 12:2)
76.
According to the Bible, AFTER Israel has been re-gathered the SECOND time
(Isaiah 11:11,12 ... the first time was after Babylon) ... Israel will see the
following:
77. You cannot follow both Jesus and Mohammed
A person cannot follow both Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) and Mohammed ... a person cannot be both a Christian and a Muslim (Islamic) ... just read the Bible and then read the Quran ... the following verses are clear ... you have to choose ONE!
1. The Bible: First, the Bible says you cannot go to Heaven if you don't believe Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) is the Son of God (written 600 years before Mohammed) . . .
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him (Jesus-Yeshua) should not perish [in Hell] but have everlasting life (in Heaven). For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved (into Heaven). He who believes in Him is not condemned (to Hell); but he who does not believe (in Jesus-Yeshua) is condemned [to Hell] already" (The implications of this verse are staggering!) (John 3:16-18)
And hundreds of years before Jesus (Yeshua) was born in Bethlehem (and over a thousand years before Mohammed came along) the prophets in the Bible told us (and warned us) a Son of God (who would be God) would be given . . .
"Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel" (Immanuel means "God with us!") (Isaiah 7:14)
"But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." (Eternal ... the Bible warns here Messiah would step forth from Eternity.) (Micah 5:2)
"For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and His name will be called Mighty God, Everlasting (Eternal) Father, Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:6)
2. The Quran: Yet here , the Islamic Quran (Koran) clearly tells followers of Mohammed (Muslims - Islamics) they must believe there is no begotten Son of God . . .
"Say,
'He is Allah, the one;
READ THE VERSES ... YOU CANNOT BELIEVE THE BIBLE AND THE QURAN ... ONE IS TRUE AND ONE IS FALSE.
78. "The Politics of Fear in Global Warming ... or ... the Hope and Comfort in Godly Warnings?"
God warns toward the time of the end of this Age the Earth "will grow old like a garment" ...
"And the Earth will grow old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but My Salvation (His Messiah and life in Heaven) shall be for ever" (Isaiah 51:6) (Prophecies of the Messiah) (Prophecies ... The coming 'Rapture') (Prophecies ... Messiah's return)
And God warns one day (about the time of Armageddon) the Sun will scorch the Earth . . .
"Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the Sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. And men (mankind ... both men and women) were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent (from their sins) and give Him glory." (Revelation 16:8-9) (Bible Study ... 'Heaven or Hell')
All God asks us to do is to turn away ('repent') from our foolish sins and turn back to Him through the One who paid the price for all of our sins on the Cross, for we are told sincere, believing Christians (followers of the Messiah of Israel) will be sheltered and protected during the coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon ...
"And to wait for His Son from Heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus (Yeshua in Hebrew), who delivers us from the wrath to come." (1 Thessalonians 1:10)
"For God did not appoint us (believing Christians) to wrath, (the Apocalypse, Armageddon, and Hell) but to obtain salvation (be saved) through our Lord Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew), who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him (in Heaven). Therefore comfort each other and edify (build up) one another, just as you also are doing." (1 Thessalonians 5:9-11)
"Jesus (Yeshua) said to him, 'I am the way (into Heaven), the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father (into Heaven) except through Me.'" (John 14:6)
“Jesus (Yeshua) said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes (trusts) in Me (to save us from our sins and from Hell), though he (our earthly body) may die, he shall live (forever ... in Heaven). And whoever lives and believes (trusts) in Me shall never die (the second death ... Hell). Do you believe this?’" (This is the question every man and woman must answer) (John 11:25) (We either believe Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) ... or we don't ... there is no 'in between')
79. Russia-Iran Playing "Good Cop ... Bad Cop" With Israel ...
This whole thing is a sham ... at the 'street' level the violence and hatred is
real enough, but the real players are turning this into a 'good cop'/'bad cop'
ruse in order to weaken and destroy Israel ... the hierarchies of both Hamas and
Fatah ultimately lead to Russia ... Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen is his 'war name')
was considered second to Yasser Arafat, was educated at Damascus University in
Syria and received his Ph.D. from Moscow's Oriental College, speaks fluent
Russian, is close to Putin, and is reported to have been responsible for
financing the attack against the Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics ...
Yasser Arafat was an Egyptian recruited and trained by the KGB ... and Hamas is
backed and trained by Iran who is backed and trained by Russia. Deception,
misdirection, and 'false-flag' combatants are Russia's psychological strengths
and weapons ... the serpent is coiling.
80. Christian vs. Islam
READ THIS: A person cannot follow both Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) and Mohammed ... a person cannot be both a Christian and a Muslim (Islamic) ... just read the Bible and then read the Quran ... the following verses are clear ... you have to choose ONE!
1. THE QURAN (KORAN): The Islamic Quran (Koran) clearly tells followers of Mohammed (Muslims - Islamics) they must believe there is NO begotten Son of God . . .
"Say, 'He is
Allah, the one; and
neither is He begotten;"
2. THE BIBLE: The Bible clearly warns you cannot go to Heaven if you don't believe Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) is the Son of God (written 600 years before Mohammed) . . .
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him (Jesus-Yeshua) should not perish [in Hell] but have everlasting life (in Heaven). For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved (into Heaven). He who believes in Him is not condemned (to Hell); but he who does not believe (in Jesus-Yeshua) is condemned [to Hell] already" (The implications of this verse are staggering!) (John 3:16-18)
And hundreds of years before Jesus (Yeshua) was born in Bethlehem (and over a thousand years before Mohammed came along) the prophets in the Bible told us (and warned us) a Son of God (who would be God) would be given . . .
"Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel" (Immanuel means "God with us!") (Isaiah 7:14)
"But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." (Eternal ... the Bible warns here Messiah would step forth from Eternity.) (Micah 5:2)
"For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and His name will be called Mighty God, Everlasting (Eternal) Father, Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:6)
And even King David wrote in the second Psalm ...
"Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, And you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. (Study the prophecies of the 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon) Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him." (Psalm 2:12)
READ THE VERSES ... YOU CANNOT BELIEVE THE BIBLE AND THE QURAN ... ONE IS TRUE AND ONE IS FALSE.
81.
Per your response, please note the following ...
5. "I (God) will bless those who bless you (Israel) and
will curse those who curse you". . . (Genesis 12:3)
82. The Generation of Armageddon
Much information is given in the Bible concerning the 'character' of the
generation who will drag the world into Armageddon. Here, the Bible warns the
generation of the coming "Apocalypse" will be characterized by moral corruption
and violence . . .
85.
Since the Soviet
state-religion was "atheism" (which is now our
state-religion) most of the Russian churches that are (at least for now)
allowed to openly teach the Bible are new and fresh enough that they
still take the Bible (God's Word) seriously. Halloween comes from a
pagan ritual and was never 'celebrated' by Christians or even celebrated in
the US until fairly recent times. Believing Christians should not get
too caught up in the Halloween 'spirit' ... many Christian churches now hold a
fall festival for kids with lots of candy and fun stuff in order to offer an
alternative. If you do a diligent study of Halloween you will find it is
not Christian or "kid-friendly"... but, Madison Avenue has turned it
into a major 'holiday' (actually an unholy day), and many people
who now take their relationship with God and their kids' relationship with God
and God's Word seriously will be pooh-poohed and ridiculed. But, as the
Bible teaches, believing Christians need to keep their eyes focused on "the
prize"... which we are told will be our eternal life in Heaven (and being
"saved" out of the alternative) ... and we are told in the Bible not be
concerned with what the "world" says or thinks when we try our best to do what
the Bible tells us to do, and when we try our best to stay away from those
things the Bible tells us to stay away from ... (Prophecies
... Messiah (Christ in English) and Christians will be hated by the world)
86. Jesus (Yeshua) warns ...
"If a kingdom (nation) is divided against itself, that kingdom (nation) cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand." Mark 3:24-25)
87.
"The Pharisees also came to Him (Jesus-Yeshua), testing Him, and saying to Him, 'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?' And He (Jesus-Yeshua) answered and said to them, 'Have you not read the He (God) who made them at the beginning and made them male and female,'' and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?' "So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate."
They (the Pharisees) said to Him (Jesus-Yeshua), "Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and put her away?" He (Jesus-Yeshua) said to them, "MOSES, BECAUSE OF THE HARDNESS OF YOUR HEARTS, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. And I (Jesus-Yeshua) say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery, and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery ..." (Matthew 19:4-9)
88.
The Jews of the 1st Century were split between two Rabbis ... Rabbi Jochanan
(who rejected Yeshua as Messiah) and Rabbi Shaul (Paul) who accepted
Yeshua as Messiah from the Hebrew Scriptures.
89. Pentecost (Shavout)
The account of Shauvot in Leviticus 23 seems to teach the counting of the seven weeks does NOT begin with the Day of Passover itself, but it counts from the weekly Shabat (Sabbath) that follows the week in which Passover occurs (on the "Feast of Firstfruits"). That means the Day of Shavuot always falls on Sunday! Also, there was no mention concerning the events recorded by Rabbi Shaul in Acts 2 when the "church" was born, comprised of both Jews and Gentiles through their faith in the Jewish Messiah, which was primarily Jewish. 3000 Jews believed the message of Shimon (Peter) that day in the courtyards of the Temple Mount, and over 5000 men a few days later. Flavius Josephus wrote the original Jewish Messianic believers comprised over 100,000 people by the time of the Roman invasion (most were spared because of the prophecies given 38 years earlier by Yeshua) ... www.alphanewsdaily.com
90. Who Loves The Homosexual More? What Does The BIBLE Say About Homosexuality . . . "If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them." (Leviticus 20:13)
"Do you not know that the unrighteous will NOT inherit the Kingdom of God" Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, ... nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, ... will inherit the Kingdom of God. And such were some of you. ('Repent' means 'stop' and return to God and His Word) But you were washed (through the innocent blood of Jesus which was shed for our sins) But you were sanctified (means "set apart" ... all who will believe in Jesus are "set apart") But you were justified (justified means "just as if it had never happened ...") in the Name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God." (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)
And God warns all those who simply "approve of" these things . . .
"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men . . . For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature (lesbianism). Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burning in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful (homosexuality) . . . that those who practice these things are worthy of death (Hell), and not only those who do the same but also those who approve of those who practice them!" (Romans 1:18, 26, 27, 32) (Note: Other offenses were also included which were not listed here.)
Here, God clearly warns all those who simply "tolerate" or "approve of" these things with their great "open-mindedness" will be held just as accountable as those who actually do them.
Who Loves the Homosexual More? The Christian (a follower of Jesus-Yeshua, the Messiah of Israel) is commanded to 'love others and treat them as we would want to be treated.' According to the Bible, a person living in homosexual sin "will not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven" and those who "approve of those who do such things" will be held just as guilty. Jesus-Yeshua, the Messiah's first command was to 'repent' (turn away from those things which are in opposition to God's Law) and then to trust in Him alone to save us from all our sins. He said He came to 'save sinners' ... lots of them ... both Jew and Gentile ... any who would believe and trust in Him. The Bible warns until we acknowledge we are sinners and we desperately need a Savior (to save us from our sins ... past, present, and future) we won't be saved from Hell . . .
So, who loves the homosexual more? One who tells them it's okay to continue in a sin the Bible warns will condemn them to an eternity in Hell, or someone who is willing to endure the anger, ridicule, and hate to warn them and to try to get them into Heaven as a neighbor? In Proverbs 27:6 God says, 'Faithful are the wounds of a friend ... but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.' Jesus-Yeshua said more about Hell than He did about Heaven ... and the true believing Christian will try to get as many boys, girls, men, and women into the Kingdom of Heaven as possible. If a Christian truly hated the homosexual (or anyone willfully sinning against God's law) they would simply keep silent and let them suffer in the eternal darkness, loneliness, and torment of Hell. Yet, all believing Christians have had to come face-to-face with the fact we are all sinners and desperately need a “Savior” to save us from our sins and from Hell. Jesus-Yeshua, the Messiah, commands us to “love our enemies”... and you can't love someone without warning them when they are in great and grave danger ...
Grace and Shalom, www.alphanewsdaily.com
91.
From the Tanakh . . .
"For I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done . . ." (Isaiah 46:9-10)
Bible prophecy allows both the diligent and the skeptical to test God's word. The Bible is God's Word and He proves it by including many, many prophecies which would (and will) happen in the future. Bible prophecy is also God's way of warning those on Earth of the great danger which now lies ahead. The Bible warns a single generation will see the fulfillment of many extraordinary prophecies, beginning with Israel gathered back into her Land as a nation ... and ending with the Rapture, Armageddon, and Messiah's Return. We believe the generation the Bible warns about is alive today. We expect you to challenge this statement. To do so, simply learn what the Bible says, study the news, study your history books (to see if these things have or even could have happened before), pray for wisdom, and then decide. Many prophecies are given so we will return to God and draw close to Him before it's too late ... for God promises to provide hope, comfort, and shelter for all who will receive it through the One He sent forth - Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) - called "Savior" because He willingly and lovingly laid down His life for us as our Sacrifice (once and for all) to save us from our sins and from the darkness, aloneness, and torment of Hell. The message found in the Bible is not trivial ... it is STAGGERING!!!
A short Bible Prophecy “equation” to help show how close we are ...
+ Israel back in her Land again as a nation + Iran and allies threatening war against Israel + Russia rising as a powerful military threat ... and acting as a "guard" for Iran + China and allies armed with weapons capable of quickly destroying 1/3 of mankind + 'Weak mixed with strong' nations of the Roman Empire reuniting and rising in power (Europe?) + Teachings of 'false Prophets' deceiving and leading many + A Generation which is 'marked' by being "morally corrupt" and "filled with violence" (The Bible uses the word 'corrupt' - like smelly, rotting meat) + 'The falling away'... churches and synagogues no longer teaching or "enduring" sound doctrine + Israel and Jerusalem . . . trouble, troubles, and more trouble + All nations turning against nation Israel . . . = The Generation of the Rapture ... the Apocalypse ... Armageddon ... and Messiah's Return.
For the first time in history this prophetic "equation" is nearly complete . . .
And all in THIS generation!!!
"Search from the book of the LORD, and read: not one of these (prophecies) shall fail; not one shall lack her mate. For My mouth has commanded it, and His Spirit has gathered them." (Isaiah 34:16)
Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha'Mashiach in Hebrew) warns never in the history of mankind has there ever been anything as terrible as the coming "Apocalypse"...
"For there WILL be Great Tribulation such has not been since the beginning of the world until this time no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened no flesh (on Earth) would be saved" (Matthew 24:21-22)
"Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that WILL come to pass . . ." (through Jesus Christ's worthiness ... not ours) (Luke 21:36)
Grace and Shalom, www.alphanewsdaily.com
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