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ARE THE 7 SPIRITS OF GOD WHO STAND BEFORE THE FATHER'S THRONE TO BE WORSHIPED??
Posted : 13 Oct, 2016 03:15 PM
ARE THE 7 SPIRITS OF GOD WHO STAND BEFORE THE FATHER'S THRONE TO BE WORSHIPED???
Are the seven spirits of God who stand before God's throne also called the holy spirit?? The seven spirits of God are mentioned 4 times in Rev 1:4; 3:1; 4:5 & 5:6:
Revelation 1:4: Grace and peace to you from Him who is, and who was, and who was to come, and from the seven spirits **BEFORE HIS THRONE**!!
Revelation 3:1 Jesus says, "These are the words of **HIM WHO HOLDS** the seven spirits of God!"
Compare with Revelation 1:20: Jesus says, "The mystery of the seven stars that you saw **IN MY RIGHT HAND**...is this: The seven stars are the **7 ANGELS** of the seven churches!!" NOTE: "In My right hand", and "Him who holds" mean the SAME!!
Revelation 4:5: **BEFORE THE THRONE**{See Rev 1:4 above}, **SEVEN LAMPS** were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God!
Revelation 5:6: He {Jesus} had **SEVEN HORNS** and **SEVEN EYES**, which are the seven spirits of God **SENT OUT INTO ALL THE EARTH**!
John 16:13: Jesus says, "When he,the spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. **HE WILL NOT SPEAK ON HIS OWN**, he will speak only what he hears and **HE WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS YET TO COME**!"{In the Book of Revelation!!}
By a very interesting coincidence the seven angels who are mentioned 16 times in Revelation and who **ALSO STAND BEFORE GOD** [as per Revelation 8:2] tell us what is yet to come in the book of Revelation!!
Revelation 8:2: And I saw the **SEVEN ANGELS WHO STAND BEFORE GOD**, and to them were given 7 trumpets!!
Revelation 22:16: I, Jesus, have sent **MY ANGEL** to give you this testimony {The Book of Revelation} for the churches.
Revelation 1:1: The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must take place. Jesus made it known by sending **HIS ANGEL** to His servant John.
So in John 16:13 Jesus said that the **HOLY SPIRIT** will tell you what is yet to come and in Revelation 1:1 and Rev 22:16 Jesus says *MY ANGEL** will tell you what is yet to come!!
Revelation 1:20: Jesus said, "The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the **ANGELS OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES**, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. {And then Jesus said seven times to the 7 angels of the seven churches "**WRITE**" in Revelation 2:1; 2:8; 2:12; 2:18; 3:1; 3:7; 3:14!!}
Revelation 8:2: And I saw the seven angels**WHO STAND BEFORE GOD**, and to them were given seven trumpets!
Are the 7 angels who **STAND BEFORE GOD** also the 7 spirits of God **BEFORE HIS THRONE**; both of whom Jesus **HOLDS IN HIS RIGHT HAND**!! As per Rev 1:20 and Revelation 3:1??
Compare with Revelation 1:4 and 4:5:
Revelation 1:4: Grace and peace to you from Him who is, and Who was, and Who is to come, and from the seven spirits before **HIS THRONE**!
Revelation 4:5: **BEFORE THE THRONE** seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God!!
Revelation 15:1: I saw in heaven another great sign seven angels with the seven last plagues--last, because with them God's wrath is completed! Revelation 16:1: Then I heard a loud voice from the Temple saying to the seven angels, "Go pour out the seven bowls of God's wrath on the earth"! Revelation 17:1 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls said to me, "Come, I will show you the punishment!"
Revelation 21:9: One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, "Come,I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb!" The New Jerusalem!
It is also very interesting to note that there will only be **TWO** thrones for Jesus and His Father in the eternal heavenly New Jerusalem: Revelation 22:3: **THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAMB**will be in the City!!! {The New Jerusalem} Why doesn't the holy spirit have a **THRONE**??? Why will there only be **TWO THRONES** in the eternal heavenly New Jerusalem???
Revelation 3:21,22: Jesus says, "To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with Me on **MY THRONE**, just as I overcame and sat down with the Father on **HIS THRONE**! He who has an ear, let him hear what the **SPIRIT** says to the churches!!! the **SPIRIT** mentioned here must be the 7 angels or the 7 spirits of God who stand before God the Father's **THRONE**!!!!!
Revelation 22:16: "I, Jesus, have sent **MY** angel to give you this testimony **FOR THE CHURCHES!!"
COMPARE WITH:
John 16:13: Jesus says, "But when he, the spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own, he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come!!"{In the book of Revelation!!}
So these inspired verses in God's Word show that that Jesus and his Father are God but the holy spirit or seven spirits of God or seven angels who carry out the commands of Jesus and His Father are not God!!
If the 7 spirits of God or holy spirit are one third of a Divine Trinity; then they would be equal to Jesus and His Father and would therefore have their own throne and would be worshiped as Jesus and the Father. And yet there is also not one verse in God's Word showing someone worshipping the holy spirit or the seven spirits who stand **BEFORE THE FATHER'S THRONE**!!
Revelation 22:8,9: I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard or seen them, I fell down to **WORSHIP** at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets and of all who keep the words of this Book. **WORSHIP GOD**!"
ARE THE 7 SPIRITS OF GOD WHO STAND BEFORE THE FATHER'S THRONE TO BE WORSHIPED??
Posted : 5 Nov, 2016 12:41 PM
This will be a very interesting election for Christians since we have the choice of voting for someone like 666 or Satan. Both Hil*LIAR*y Clinton and Donald TRAMP are completely Satanic just like Richard Nixon and Barak Hussein Obama. Remember, voting for 666 or Satan are both probably UNPARDONABLE SINS!!
I Corinthians 6:9-13: Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the **SEXUALLY IMMORAL** nor **ADULTERERS** nor male prostitutes nor **HOMOSEXUAL OFFENDERS** nor **THIEVES** nor the **GREEDY** nor drunkards nor **SLANDERERS** nor **SWINDLERS** will inherit the Kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were **WASHED**, you were **SANCTIFIED**, you were **JUSTIFIED** in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God!!
Many evangelicals feel they are justified in voting for Donald Tramp because Hil*LIAR*y would select 2 or 3 Chief Justice's who would probably justify laws that would glorify Homosexual marriages and enforce laws that would **NOT** allow a church or Pastor to preach against homosexual marriage with the threats of losing their tax-exempt status or being thrown in jail; and would also not allow any State laws that didn't allow abortions on the day before conception. They also feel that Hil*LIAR*y would gradually increase severe socialism ala Venezuela and Cuba and greatly increase persecution on evangelical Christians who would disagree with her Satanic morals and laws.
However, Tramp is also no angel!! In the last year of his first marriage he had an open adulterous arrangement with his future 2nd wife, Marla Maples as well as other immoral adulteries with many other women which allowed him to make the cover of Playboy magazine. His favorite pastor was and is Norman Vincent Peale who is one of the most liberal pastors in history; who made fun of evangelicals that believed in the inspiration of God's Word and the Divinity of Jesus Christ. Tramp has also stated that he has **NEVER** asked forgiveness for any of his actions! Tramp was also an owner of Satanic gambling Casinos that also allowed extreme sexual nudity in their shows. Tramp's language is extremely immoral and it is likely that immorality would greatly increase under his presidency.
It is completely amazing that the **LAST** so-called Christian nation would nominate these two jewels! Could it be that this is a **SIGN** that the coming of 666; who will rule **EVERY** nation in the world; is very close!! So I would suggest that evangelical Christians should write in the name of the **KING** of kings!! And if you do vote for Hil*LIAR*y or TRAMP: God will know, but please don't admit it to anyone else!!
NOTE: 666 is called the **BEAST** 36 or 6X6 times in Revelation and Jesus is called the **LANB** 30 times in Revelation.
Revelation 13:5-10: The beast will exercise his authority for 42 months.... He will be given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he will be given authority over **EVERY** tribe, people, language and **NATION**. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--all whose names have not been written in the Book of Life belonging to the **LAMB** who was slain!...This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints!
Matthew 24:9-13: Jesus says, "Then you will handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by **ALL NATIONS** because of Me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other. And many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved!"
Revelation 17:14: They will make war against the **LAMB**, but the **LAMB** will overcome them because He is **LORD** of Lords and **KING** of kings--and with Him will be His **CALLED**, **CHOSEN** and **FAITHFUL** followers!!
ARE THE 7 SPIRITS OF GOD WHO STAND BEFORE THE FATHER'S THRONE TO BE WORSHIPED??
Posted : 6 Nov, 2016 04:34 PM
NOTE; A BIBLE MONTHS IS ALWAYS 30 DAYS !!
By comparing Rev 12:7b and Rev 12:14b we find that 1260 Days and Time {360 Days} Times {720 Days} and 1/2 a Time {180 Days} are the exact same period of time. Likewise, when we compare Rev 13:5b with Daniel 7:25b we learn that 42 {30-day Bible} MONTHS and Time {12 Months}, Times {24 Months} and 1/2 a Time {6 Months} are also the exact same period of time. And therefore 42 {30-Day Bible Months} and Time, Times and 1/2 a Time are the exact same period of time since 42 X 30 days equal exactly 1260 days. 12 Months = 360 Days = {1 Time} 24 Months = 720 Days = {2 Times} 6 Months = 180 Days = {Half a Time} and 42 Months = 1260 Days = 3 1/2 Times. Whereas, 42 times 29 1/2-day Babylonian moon months only add up to only 1239 days!
A BIBLE MONTH IS ALWAYS 30 DAYS!! The only other text where the Bible specifies the number of days in a month besides Rev 13:5b is Genesis 7:11 & Genesis 8:3,4: Where the 17th day of the 2nd Bible Month {Gen 7:11} to the 17th day of the 7th Bible Month {Gen 8:4} is EXACTLY 150 days which would be exactly five 30-day months {Gen 8:3 & Gen 7:34}. All Bible Years are 12 consecutive 30-day months followed by 5 or 6 days. Pagan Babylonian Moon Months sinfully adopted by Israel during the Babylonian captivity have alternating 29 and 30-day months since there is a New Moon every 29� days. If God was using Babylonian Moon Months in the above passage he would have said that 5 Bible Months were 147 or 148 days and not EXACTLY 150 days!!
If you check your concordances you will find that there are 20 OT passages that are wrongly translated NEW MOON that should be translated NEW MONTH. In each case the INSPIRED Hebrew word for MONTH {CHODESH} is used, whereas the Hebrew word for MOON {YARAYACH} is not present. {See I Sam 20:5,18,24; II Kings 4:23; I Chron 23:31; II Chron 2:4; 8:12; 31:3; Ezra 3:5; Neh 10:33; Ps 81:3; Isa 1:13,14; 66:23 Ezek 45:17; 46:1,3,6; Hosea 2:11 & Amos 8:5}
In the NT Col 2:16 should be translated NEW MONTH instead of NEW MOON since the INSPIRED Greek word for MONTH {MEN} is used, whereas the Greek word for MOON {SELENE} cannot be found. In Col 2:16 the Greek word used is NEOMENIA which should be translated NEW MONTH: For �NEOS� is the Greek word for NEW and �MEN� is the Greek word for MONTH.
Numbers 28:16: �On the 14th day of the 1st month the Lord�s Passover is to be held.� Exodus 12:6,7,12,13: �Take care of them {The Passover Lambs} until the 14th day of the month when all the people of Israel must slaughter them {See Lev 23:5} at Twilight {Just after sundown to nightfall}. Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the doorframes of their houses. On that same night I will strike down the firstborn of the Egyptians� but when I see the blood I will PASS OVER you.� Deut 16:1: �Observe the month of ABIB and celebrate the PASS OVER of the Lord your God, because in the month of ABIB He brought you out of Egypt by night.� Lev 23:6: �On the 15th day of that month the Lord's 7-day Feast of Unleavened Bread begins.�
Luke 22:7,8: Then came the day on which the Passover Lamb �Had� to be sacrificed. Jesus said, �Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.� Christ became our Passover Lamb on Passover Day! 1 Cor 5:7: �For Christ our PASSOVER LAMB has been sacrificed.� Whereas the Jews {who were following the evil Babylonian moon calendar} held their Passover on the 15th of Nisan {Which always occurs on the night of a full moon} and observed the Passover on the WRONG DAY as per John 18:28: �Then the Jews led Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman Governor {Pilate}. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness the Jews did not enter the palace; for they wanted to be able to eat the PASSOVER!!� Which would have been the day �AFTER� Jesus correctly held the Passover on the 14th of ABIB which God had commanded.
So we can assume that the month of ABIB is different from the Babylonian moon month of Nisan and therefore has nothing to do with the moon. When does the first month of the Bible Year called ABIB begin??
Many Bible scholars believe that it may begin of the first day of SPRING or sundown March 20th to sundown March 21st. ABIB is the Hebrew word for SPRING. And so the 14th Day of ABIB can also be translated the 14th day of SPRING!!
In May of AD 325 the Council of Nicea decided that starting in April, AD 326 the Resurrection Day of Jesus should be determined by the Babylonian Moon Calendar instead of April 5th, or the 16th day of first Bible month of Abib {See Ex 23:15 & Deut 16:1} The 1st Day of the 1st Bible month of Abib is always sundown March 20th to sundown March 21st. The Nicean Council decided that our Lord's Resurrection Day should be called EASTER beginning in April, AD 326.
DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF EASTER:
Easter from the old English Eastre, the name of Babylonian Mother Nature goddess: ISHTAR!! The Phoenician name for ISHTAR or EASTER is Ashtoreth or Asherah who was worshipped as a goddess and the female counterpart of the sun god Baal. She was regarded both as the goddess of war and destruction as well as the deity of love and fertility. Her licentious worship was condemned by God {See Deut 7:5;16:21,22; Judges 2:12,13} The KJV uses the word EASTER. However, the inspired Greek Word �PASCHA� should ALWAYS be translated PASSOVER in Acts 12:4?
ARE THE 7 SPIRITS OF GOD WHO STAND BEFORE THE FATHER'S THRONE TO BE WORSHIPED??
Posted : 7 Nov, 2016 07:07 AM
WHAT ARE THE 3 PASSAGES IN GOD'S WORD WHICH SHOW THAT THE GREAT TRIBULATION AND THE REIGN OF 666 WILL LAST EXACTLY 1260 DAYS OR 42 {30-DAY} MONTHS??
*Note by comparing Revelation 12:6 and Revelation 12:14 we can know that time {360 days}, times {720 days}, and 1/2 a time {180 days} and 1260 days are the exact same period of time. 42 {30-day} months and 1260 days or time {12 months}, times {24 months} and 1/2 a time {6 months} are also the exact same period of time.
*{#1}** Daniel 12:1b,2,7b: �There will be a time of distress {The Great Tribulation} such as not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time {The Last Day} your people--*EVERYONE* whose name is found written in the book {Both OT & NT Saints}�will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt�It will be for a time. times and half a time {Which is also 1260 days as per Rev 12:6,14, or 42 {30-day} months as per Rev 13:5} *ALL* these things will be *COMPLETED.
**{#2}** Rev 13:5,7: The beast will be given a mouth to utter blasphemies and to exercise his authority for 42 months �He will be given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. COMPARE WITH:
**{#3}**Dan 7:25: �He will speak against the Most High and oppress His saints. The saints will be handed over to him for time {12 months}, times {24 months} and 1/2 a time {6 months} {Or 42 months}
Events in Revelation that will occur during the 1260-day Tribulation are discussed in Rev 6:1 to 18:24, Events that will occur on the Last Day are recorded in Rev 6:12-17; Rev 11:15-19; Rev 14:14-20; Rev 16:17-21; Rev 19:1-21 & Rev 20:9b-15. There is absolutely no reference to any other resurrection before or during the Tribulation in Revelation chapters 6 through 19.
The Olivet discourse by Jesus about the End-Times are recorded in Matt 24 & 25, Mark 13 and Luke 21. Events that will occur during the 1260-day Tribulation are recorded in Matt 24:9-28; Mark 13:5-23 and Luke 21:8-24.
Events which will occur on the Last Day of the Tribulation including the 2nd Coming of Jesus are recorded in Matt 24:29-31; Matt 25:31-46; Mark 13:24-27, Luke 21:25-28 and 2 Peter 3:10-13. There is absolutely no mention of a rapture or resurrection before or during the Great Tribulation in the Olivet Discourse passages!!
The glorious APPEARING of Jesus and the resurrection of His saints on the Last day of the Tribulation are mentioned in God's Word about 50 other times such as Titus 2:13: �WE wait for the blessed hope�the glorious APPEARING of our Great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,�
For example: If the coming of **666** and the 1260-day Great Tribulation starts on Friday, December 2nd, 2016 {The **6**th day of the Bible week} then the 2nd coming of Jesus would occur exactly 1260 days later on May 15th, 2020.
When the 1260-day Great Tribulation begins God's saints will then know the exact day of the 2nd coming on the Last Day as per: Rev 3:3: Jesus says, �But {*IF*} you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.� I Thess 5:4: Paul said �But YOU BROTHERS {*CHURCH SAINTS*}, are not in darkness so that {*THIS DAY*} should surprise you like a thief.�
�70 7'S OR 490 YEARS ARE DECREED TO ANOINT THE MOST HOLY, TO ATONE FOR WICKEDNESS AND TO BRING IN EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS!!�
Dan 9:24-27: �70 7�s {490 years} are decreed for your people TO ANOINT THE MOST HOLY, TO ATONE FOR WICKEDNESS and TO BRING IN EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNSS.. "Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree {By Cyrus-Isa 44:28 above} to rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the Ruler, comes {Oct 23, AD 29?} there will be 7 plus 62 7's {Which is 69 7's or 483 years}. "After the 62 7's {actually 1260 days after on April 3-5 AD 33} the Anointed One will be cut off. The people {Roman soldiers} of the {Roman} ruler who will come will destroy the city {Jerusalem} and the Sanctuary {Temple-in AD 70}. He {The Anointed One} will confirm a COVENANT with many for one 'seven'. In the middle of the 'seven' {After 1260 days} He {The Anointed One; not 666} will put an END TO SACRIFICES {BY ATONING FOR WICKEDNESS}{And then after a long pause} the abomination of Desolation {666} will come {for the 1260 day Great Tribulation} until the decreed end is poured out on him.� {On the Last day {See 2 Thess 2:8 & Rev 19:20}
And so the first half of the last 7 was already COMPLETED when Jesus put and END to all sacrifices for sin 1260 days after His Anointing which occurred after 69 7's. When the Anointed One came 69 7's or 483 years were 100% completed [See Dan 9:25 above} leaving just one 7 in the future; after the Anointed One comes and then came a 1260-day New Covenant which ended when Jesus put an end to all sacrifices for sin. It is interesting tonote that in Daniel 9:25 it states that 70 7's are decreed *TO ATONE FOR WICKEDNESS* and therefore those who believe in s 7 year future Tribulation do not include Christ's atonement for sin in the 70 7's since the coming of the Anointed on to earth took place on the last day of the 62 7's!!! Those who wrongly believe in a future 7-year Tribulation; must wrongly believe that the ATONEMENT FOR WICKEDNESS by Jesus about 3 1/2 years after His Anointing can not be included in the 70 7's Prophecy.!!!
There are some who claim that the future Great Tribulation will last 7 years and not 1260 days. They also stipulate that the *HE* in Daniel 9:27a will be the anti-christ who make a Covenant and put an end to all sacrifices in the middle of a future 7 year tribulation. It is interesting to note that before the *HE* {the Anointed One 2 times and the Ruler 1 time} is mentioned three times in Daniel 9:25 & 26 and the future anti-christ is not even mentioned once and is only mentioned 2 times *LATER* in Daniel 9:27b!!
However, God's Word clearly states that 70 7's are decreed ...TO ATONE FOR WICKEDNESS which occurred about 3 1/2 years after the end of the 69 7's and therefore the first half of the last 7 has already been completed since there are only 3 1/2 times left in the 70 7's.
And so the Great Tribulation and the rule of 666 will last exactly 1260 days or 42 months or 3 1/2 times which agrees which God's Divine time periods found in Dan 12:1,2,7b; Dan 7:25 & Rev 13:5.
Now many saints believe the reign of 666 and the Great Tribulation are extremely close. I Peter 1:13: �Therefore, prepare your minds for ACTION, and set your hope *FULLY* on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is *REVEALED*!�
Mark 13:20: Jesus says, �If the Lord had not cut short those {Tribulation} days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has shortened them. �The first 69 7's were 365-day years {7 years = 2557 days} but the Last 7 has been shortened to 360-day years and two 1260-day periods or 2520 days. And so God has shortened the last 7 of the 70 7's from 2557 days to two 1260-day periods or 2520 days. And God has shortened the Great Tribulation from 3 1/2 years or 1278 days to 3 1/2 times or 1260 days.
Titus 2:13,14: We wait for the **BLESSED HOPE**--the glorious **APPEARING** of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us!!
ARE THE 7 SPIRITS OF GOD WHO STAND BEFORE THE FATHER'S THRONE TO BE WORSHIPED??
Posted : 8 Nov, 2016 03:23 PM
IS THE FIRST 1,000 YEAR RESURRECTION IN REVELATION 20:4-6 FOR MARTYRS LIKE JESUS AND THE 24 ELDERS ON THRONES WITH AUTHORITY TO JUDGE ONLY??
According to Revelation 20:4-6 there will be *TWO* Resurrections. The 1st continuous 1,000 year Heavenly Resurrection is for the 24 Elders on thrones and *MARTYRS* LIKE JESUS ONLY* and will end at the 2nd coming of Jesus when the 2nd Resurrection will take place for the saints of all ages who are *NOT MARTYRS*!!
In Daniel 12:2 just after the Great Tribulation we read, "Multitudes who SLEEP in the dust of the earth will *AWAKE*, some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.
I Thess 5:10: He {Jesus} died for us so that, whether we are AWAKE {Martyrs} or asleep, we may live together with Him. The martyrs who are *AWAKE* with Jesus will also receive their new heavenly bodies at the 2nd coming of Jesus as per I Corinthians 15:51,52: Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all *SLEEP* but we will all be changed--in a flash, in a twinkling of an eye, at the Last {7TH} Trumpet!!
There are only TWO RESURRECTIONS for all saints mentioned in Rev 20:4-6: The FIRST RESURRECTION is for MARTYRS AND THE 24 ELDERS ONLY and INCLUDES the Tribulation Martyrs. And therefore the SECOND RESURRECTION must come on the Last Day of the Great Tribulation and must include ALL SAINTS {Both OT & NT} who are not martyrs or the 24 Elders on thrones.
The Heavenly rewards for the faithful and courageous *MARTYRS* is one of the most important central themes in the book of Revelation. For they will reign with Jesus in Heaven during the 1,000 years before His 2nd Coming; and according to Revelation 7:14-17: They are before the Throne of God and God will spread His tent over them. They will receive White Robes washed in the blood of the Lamb. Never again will they hunger or thirst and God Himself will wipe every tear from their eyes. Jesus will be their Shepherd and will lead them to springs of Living Water.
FOR EXAMPLE: Let us suppose that the SECOND RESURRECTION takes place on September 17th; 2019 then the continuous 1,000 year FIRST RESURRECTION for MARTYRS AND 24 ELDERS ONLY would take place from September 17th, AD 1019 to September 17th, 2019. The 24 Elders and all of the OT & NT saints martyred before September 17th, 1019 were awakened to reign with Jesus in Heaven and every Martyr martyred after September 17th, 1019 were and will be immediately awakened to reign with Jesus in the continuous 1,000 year FIRST RESURRECTION to be completed on September 17th, 2019 at the SECOND RESURRECTION when "The rest of the dead come to life when the thousand years are ENDED." {Rev 20:5a}
Rev 20:4b �I saw the *SOULS of those who had been martyred because of their testimony for Jesus... they came to life and reigned with Christ for 1,000 years. The Martyrs SOULS will only get their New Heavenly bodies when the 1,000 years are ENDED at the 2nd Coming of Jesus.
This seems to contradict John 6:40: Jesus says, �EVERYONE who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life and I will raise him up at the LAST DAY.� HOWEVER, the LAST DAY RESURRECTION could last 1,000 years for in 2 Pet 3:8 we read: �With the Lord a DAY is like 1,000 years, and 1,000 years are like a DAY!!
We see the martyrs talking in heaven at the beginning of the Great Tribulation in Revelation 6:9-11 and then we see a great multitude of martyrs who have come out of the Great Tribulation from every nation and language awake in heaven just before the first 7 trumpet plagues in Revelation 7:9-17.
And then just before the last 7 bowl plagues we see martyrs in heaven singing the song of the Lamb in Revelation 15:2-4: And then we see 144,000 Jewish martyrs in heaven with Jesus BEFORE Rome or Babylon is destroyed in Rev 14:8 in Revlation 14:1-5:
Revelation 6:9-11: When He {Jesus} opened the 5th seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood? Then each of them were given a WHITE ROBE, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed {Tribulation martyrs} as they had been was completed.
Revelation 7:9,10,13-15,17: After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from EVERY nation, tribe, people and language standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb {Jesus} They were wearing WHITE ROBES and were holding..And they cried out in a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne , and to the Lamb...Then one of the {24} elders asked me, "Those in WHITE ROBES--who are they, and where did they come from?" And he said, "They are they who have come out of the *GREAT TRIBULATION*, they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore, They are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple...The Lamb in the center of the throne will be their Shepherd!"
Revelation 15:2,3: And I saw..those who had been victorious over the Beast {666} and his image and the number of his name {Tribulation Martyrs}. They held harps given them by God and sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: "Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the ages..." Note: Mount Zion is another name for heaven as per Hebrews 12:22}
Revelation 14:1-4: Then I looked, an there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 {See Rev 7:3-8}...And I heard a sound from Heaven...And they sang a new song before the throne. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been REDEEMED from the earth...They follow the Lamb wherever He goes.
The 24 Elders on thrones are mentioned many times in Revelation 4:4,10; 5:5,6,8,11,14; 7:11,13; 11:16-18; 14:3 and 19:4 The 24 Elders on thrones are mentioned many times speaking from heaven during the Great Tribulation and are the only saints mentioned in heaven during the Great Tribulation besides the MARTYRS!!
It is completely obvious that the continuous 1,000 year reign mentioned in Revelation 20:4-6 is for 24 ELDERS on Thrones and MARTYRS ONLY according to God's Word in Revelation 20:4,5: "I saw Thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to JUDGE and I saw the SOULS of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus {NT Martyrs}and because of the word of God {OT Martyrs}. They had not worshiped the beast and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands {Tribulation Martyrs}. They came to life and rigned with Christ a thousand years. The rest of the dead {Saints who were not martyrs or the 24 elders}did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. {At the 2nd coming of Jesus}
ARE THE 7 SPIRITS OF GOD WHO STAND BEFORE THE FATHER'S THRONE TO BE WORSHIPED??
Posted : 9 Nov, 2016 03:55 PM
WHEN WAS SATAN STOPPED FROM DECEIVING THE NATIONS SO THAT THE GOSPEL COULD BE PREACHED TO EVERY NATION IN THE WORLD AS PER MATTHEW 24:14 AND REVELATION..7:9??
FOR EXAMPLE: Let us assume that the Great Tribulation will last 1260 days from December 2nd, 2016 to May 15th, 2020. As you know Satan was successful in stopping the Gospel from spreading past 5% of the earth; or southern Europe and Northern Africa for almost 1000 years. Suddenly the Gospel was being preached throughout the pagan kingdoms of Russia, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden around AD 1016. And in the past 1000 years the Gospel has spread to all of Africa and Asia, North and South America, and all the remote islands of the earth. As you know the gospel must be preached to every nation of the earth before the end can come as per Matthew 24:14 and Revelation 7:9.
And so about 95% of the world�s nations have heard the gospel for the first time during the past 1,000 years. Rev 20:2,3: �He {The angel} seized the dragon, who is the devil or Satan and bound him for 1,000 years {FOR EXAMPLE: December 2nd, AD 1016 to December 2nd, 2016}. He threw him into the Abyss to keep him from deceiving the nations until the 1,000 years were ended {On December 2nd, 2016?}. After that he must be set free for a short time.� For Example: 1260 days from December 2nd, 2016 to May 15th, 2020 during the Great Tribulation when Satan will again deceive ALL the nations for 1260 days until the Last Day.
Rev 3:1,3: Jesus says, �To the angel of the {*CHURCH*} in Sardis write�But *IF you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.� 1 Thess 1:1, 5:4: �To the {*CHURCH*} of the Thessalonians�But you brothers {*CHURCH SAINTS*}, are not in darkness so that *THIS DAY*{Just Mentioned In I Thess 4:16,17} should surprise you like a thief. You are all sons of the light and sons of the DAY.� And so once the 1260-day Tribulation begins all of God�s {*CHURCH*} saints will know the exact day that the Tribulation will end at the Second Coming of their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on the *LAST DAY*.
And so the resurrection day of I Thess 4:16 to I Thess 5:4 will not be a surprise to the saints resurrected in I Thess 4:16,17 just as the resurrection day at the end of the 1260-day Great Tribulation will not be a surprise to *ALL* of God�s saints which proves that the resurrection day mentioned in I Thess 4:16,17 will also come on the LAST DAY of the Great Tribulation!!! Also in the context of I Thess 4:16 to I Thess 5:4 is this interesting statement in I Thess 5:2,3: �You know very well that the day of the Lord {Just mentioned in I Thess 4:16} will come like a thief in the night. {to unbelievers} While people are saying �peace and safety,� DESTRUCTION WILL COME ON THEM SUDDENLY� AND THEY WILL NOT ESCAPE!!� {See 2 Thess 1:6-10 and Matthew 25 :31-33,41-46}
After 6 of the last 7 bowl plagues of the Great Tribulation Jesus will make this statement in Rev 16:15: �Behold, I come like a thief!�{See 2 Pet 3:7,10 & Rev 3:3!!} Christ Himself says that He is coming like a thief to unbelievers at the end of the Great Tribulation just before the battle of Armageddon!! This destruction of the lost in hell will occur on the LAST DAY of the Great Tribulation as shown above in Matt 25:31-33:41-46: John 5:28,29; 12:48; Daniel 12:1,2,7b & 2 Thess 1:6-10, which firmly places the resurrection mentioned in I Thess 4:16 to I Thess 5:4 on the Last day of the 1260-day Great Tribulation and not a *CONCEALED* pre-trib rapture 1260 days or 7 years BEFORE the LAST DAY of the Great Tribulation!!
Revelation 20:7-10: When the 1,000 years are over {For example: Dec 2, 1016 to Dec 2, 2016} Satan will be released from his prison {See Rev 12:7 to Rev 13:8} and will go out to deceive the nations in the 4 corners of the earth {For 1260 days} to gather them for battle {See Rev 16:13,14}. They march across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people, the city He loves {Jerusalem} But fire came down from heaven {For Example: May 15th, 2020} and devoured them. And the devil, who deceived them, will be thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the False Prophet had been thrown.{See Rev 19:19-20} They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever!
ARE THE 7 SPIRITS OF GOD WHO STAND BEFORE THE FATHER'S THRONE TO BE WORSHIPED??
Posted : 10 Nov, 2016 01:51 PM
WHAT CITY BUILT ON 7 HILLS AND GREAT SEA PORT WILL BE THE HEADQUARTERS OF 666 DURING THE 1260-DAY GREAT TRIBULATION??
NOTE: 666 is called the Beast 36 or 6X6 times in the book of Revelation!
Revelation 13:5,7 The Beast {666} will exercise his authority for 42 {30-day} months {or 1260 days}... And he will be given power to make war against the saints and conquer them. {See Dan 7:25}
Rev 17:18: The *WOMAN you saw {In Revelation17:1-18} is the great **CITY** that will rule over the kings of the earth.
Rev 17:3,5,6,8,9,12,13, 18: I saw a WOMAN sitting on a scarlet Beast {666} with 7 heads and 10 horns...The Beast, which you saw, once was {alive}, now is not {Alive in AD 96}, and will come out of the Abyss {Or Hell} and go to his destruction {See Rev 19:19,20} This title was written on her forehead �Mystery: Babylon the Great: Mother of Prostitutes and of the Abominations of the earth.� I saw that the WOMAN was drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus. The Beast {666}, which you saw, once was {alive}, now is not {Alive in AD 96}, and will come up out of the Abyss {Or Hell} and go to his destruction {See Rev 19:19,20} ...This calls for a mind with wisdom. The 7 Heads are SEVEN HILLS {ROME} on which the WOMAN sits {Or reigns}... The 10 horns you saw are 10 kings who will give their authority to the Beast {666}...The WOMAN you saw is the great *CITY that rules over the kings of the earth.
Revelation 18:17-20,24 �Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off. When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, �Was there ever a city like this great city?� They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out: �Woe, Woe, O great *CITY, where all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one hour she has been brought to ruin! Rejoice over her, O heaven! Rejoice saints and apostles and prophets! God has judged her for the way she treated you....In her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been killed on the earth.�
Most Bible scholars believe that the book of First Peter was written shortly after the beginning of Nero�s Roman persecution of Christians in AD 64 because of I Peter 4:12,13 & 5:8,9. We know that Peter and his wife were living in Rome at this time.
Peter was inspired to write in I Peter 5:13: �She {Peter�s wife} who is in *BABYLON* {Nickname for *ROME*!} sends you her greetings, and so does my son Mark.� Apparently some Christians including Peter were inspired to call ROME �BABYLON� after Nero�s terrible persecution of Christians starting in AD 64. This is very interesting since the evil city of the End-Times is called �BABYLON� 6 times in Revelation 14:8; 16:19; 17:5; 18:2,10,21.
All encyclopedias agree that Babylon was completely evacuated in 275 BC and completely destroyed by 141 BC. The Wikipedia encyclopedia states, "By 141 BC, when the Parthian Empire took over the region, Babylon was in complete desolation and obscurity."
The only question that remains is: Was Babylon rebuilt so that there could be people living in Babylon around AD 65 when Peter wrote 1 Peter 5:13??? Which leads us to the promises of God in Jeremiah 50:1-3,13: This is the word the Lord spoke through Jeremiah concerning Babylon.."Babylon will be captured... A nation from the north will attack her and lay waste her land. No one will live in it; both men and animals will flee away!" Also read Jeremiah 52:52:61-64: And God ALWAYS keeps His promises. If you check out the latest Iraqi Tour Guides you will notice the following statement: "Today, BABYLON lies COMPLETELY in ruins. A large and splendidly carved stone lion is all that remains of its former glories."
I was a missionary in Jerusalem and Jerusalem was never known as the city on 7 hills. It has always been known as the city on 6 mountains {Not Hills} as stated in Wikipedia {Under the heading: Jerusalem Mountains} which are {1} Mount Herzl {2} Mount of Olives {3} Mount Zion {4} Mount Scopus {5} temple Mount {6} Har Menuchot.
�Babylon� {Nicknamed Rome by Peter} is a �GREAT SEAPORT� in Rev 18:17-19; JUST LIKE ROME and UNLIKE Babylon whose ruins are NOW 4 miles from the very shallow Euphrates River; and UNLIKE Jerusalem which is 2000 to 3000 feet above sea level and 35 miles from the Mediterranean Sea. Babylon is also completely FLAT whereas the End-Time "Babylon" will be a city built on 7 Hills JUST LIKE ROME!!
Rev 17:18: �The woman you saw {Rev 17:3--Who sits with the Beast with 7 heads} is the great *CITY* {Rome--nicknamed Babylon in I Peter 5:13--See Rev 17:5a} that will rule over the kings of the earth.� The headquarters of 666 will be destroyed about 2 weeks before the Last Day.{See Rev 16:10-16} Rev 18:19: �Woe! Woe, O great *CITY*, where all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one hour she has been brought to ruin! Rejoice, saints and apostles and prophets! God has judged her for the way she treated you...In her was found the blood of prophets and of the saints and of all who have been killed on the earth!�
The mention of �seven hills� in conjunction with the Harlot Woman (Rev. 17:9) is often seen as an allusion to seven hills known to be associated with Rome: The Rome view is also built upon the assumption that the seven hills of Revelation 17:9 identify the topography of the ancient city of Rome. Because literature of the ancient world contains dozens of references to the seven hills of Rome, the ancient city of Rome was universally known as the city of the seven hills. Thus, such a topographical reference would immediately suggest Rome in the minds of John�s original audience. This suggestion is especially true given the fact that the seven hills were the nucleus of the city on the left bank of the Tiber River and given the fact that an unusual festival called the septimontium received its name because of this topographical feature.
Rome has always been known as the CITY built on 7 Hills by Romulus from whom Rome gets its name. The following is a quote from Wikipedia Encyclopedia: The Seven Hills of Rome (Italian: Sette colli di Roma) east of the river Tiber form the geographical heart of Rome, within the walls of the ancient city. The SEVEN HILLS are: Aventine Hill, Caelian Hill, Captoline Hill, Palantine Hill, Quirinal Hill, Esquiline Hill, and Viminal Hill.
According to Wikipedia Rome is in the Lazio region of central Italy on the Tiber river (Italian: Tevere). The original settlement developed on hills that faced onto a ford beside the Tiber Island, the only natural ford of the river in this area. Modern Rome is also crossed by another deep river, the Aniene, which flows into the Tiber north of the historic centre. Although the city centre is about 24 kilometres (15 mi) inland from the Tyrrhenian Sea, the *CITY TERRITORY EXTENDS TO THE SHORE*, where the south-western district of Ostia is located.
In addition, the notion that John�s audience would have understood the imagery of Revelation 17 as referring to the topography of Rome seems strengthened by the discovery of the Dea Roma Coin minted in A.D. 71 in Asia Minor. One side of the coin contains the portrait of the emperor. The reverse side of the coin depicts Rome, a Roman pagan goddess, sitting on seven hills seated by the waters of the Tiber River. There are obvious similarities between the Dea Roma Coin and the imagery of Revelation 17. In both cases, the goddess and the harlot are seated on seven hills and are seated either on or by the waters (Rev. 17:1).
In addition, the name of the goddess was thought by many Romans to be Amor, which is Roma spelled backwards. Amor was the goddess of love and sexuality. Thus, both the woman on the coin and the woman in Revelation 17 represent harlotry (Rev. 17:5). Furthermore, the coin equates Roma with the power of the Roman Empire, which was active in persecuting Christians of John�s day. The placement of Vespasian on one side of the coin and Roma on the other makes this connection. . . . The goddess is also pictured as holding a sword, which may depict Rome�s imperial power. This imagery parallels with the woman in Revelation 17 who is said to be drunk with the blood of the saints in Rev 17:5,9.
NOTE: the Greek word **ANGELOS** can be translated **ANGEL** or **MESSENGER**! For John the Baptist was called an **ANGELOS** in Matthew 11:10; Mark 1:2 and Luke 7:27!
Revelation 18:1-5: I saw another angel {Or Messenger}coming down from heaven, He had great authority and the earth was illuminated by **HIS SLENDOR** {Jesus? See Rev 1:16} With a **MIGHTY VOICE** {See Rev 1:10} He shouted, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great! She has become a home for demons and a haunt for every evil spirit. For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries." Then I heard another angel from heaven say, "**COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE**,{Starting in AD 96 when Revelation was written?} so that you will not share in her sins. For her sins are piled up to heaven and God has remembered her sins!"
And the evil city on 7 hills have committed millions of horrific crimes throughout the centuries both before and after AD 96 when this statement was made! In AD 64 Nero {the 6th Caesar} blamed the Christians for the burning of Rome and killed and tortured 10's of thousands of Christians and ordered the deaths of Paul and Peter in AD 66! In AD 95 and AD 96 Domitian Caesar ordered that everyone must worship statues of former Roman Caesars or be killed or put in prison and caused the Apostle John to be put in prison on the Isle of Patmos where he received the Book of Revelation {See Rev 1:9}. And 90 Popes of Rome have caused the death and torture of millions of Christians during the countless Inquisitions from AD 1100 to AD 1800!!
And so we can understand why an angel of God has commanded God's saints in AD 96 to "**COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE**"!! in Rev 18:4!!
ARE THE 7 SPIRITS OF GOD WHO STAND BEFORE THE FATHER'S THRONE TO BE WORSHIPED??
Posted : 10 Nov, 2016 09:18 PM
**FIX YOUR *THOUGHTS* ON JESUS**!!
Hebrews 3:1: Therefore, holy brothers who share in the heavenly calling, **FIX YOUR THOUGHTS ON JESUS**!!
Hebrews 4:12,13: The Word of God is living and active, sharper than any double edged sword... It judges the **THOUGHTS** and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. **EVERYTHING** is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account!
2 Corinthians 5:9,10: We make it our goal to please Him... For we must all appear before the Judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad!
2 Corinthians 10:5: We take captive **EVERY THOUGHT** and make it obedient to Christ!!
Romans 13:14: Clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and **DO NOT THINK** about how to satisfy the desires of the sinful nature!
Matthew 22:37,38: Jesus says, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with **ALL YOUR MIND**!! This is the first and **GREATEST** commandment!!"
Colossians 3:2: Set your **MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE**, not on earthly things!
Romans 12:2: Be transformed by the **RENEWING OF YOUR MIND**. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--His good, pleasing and perfect will!!
Romans 8:5,6: Those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their **MINDS** set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the **MIND** controlled by the Spirit is life and peace!
Philippians 4:8,9: Finally, brothers, whatever is **TRUE**, whatever is **NOBLE**, whatever is **RIGHT**, whatever is **PURE**, whatever is **LOVELY**, whatever is **ADMIRABLE**,**THINK ABOUT SUCH THINGS**... And the God of peace will be with you!!
ARE THE 7 SPIRITS OF GOD WHO STAND BEFORE THE FATHER'S THRONE TO BE WORSHIPED??
Posted : 11 Nov, 2016 01:29 PM
"**HE**LOVED** US AND SENT HIS SON AS AN ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS**!!"
I John 4:7-12: Dear friends, let us **LOVE** one another, for **LOVE** comes from God. Everyone who **LOVES** has been **BORN OF GOD**. Whoever does not **LOVE**, does not know God, because **GOD IS LOVE**. This is how God showed **HIS LOVE** among us. He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might **LOVE THROUGH HIM**! This is **LOVE**: not that we **LOVED ** God, but that He **LOVED** us and sent His Son as an **ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS** Dear friends, since God so **LOVED** us, we ought to **LOVE** one another. No one has ever seen God, but if we **LOVE** one another, **GOD LIVES IN US AND HIS **LOVE** IS MADE COMPLETE IN US**!!
Titus 3:3,4: At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and **LOVE** of God our Savior appeared , he saved us, **NOT BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUS THINGS WE HAD DONE**, but because of **HIS MERCY**!!
Romans 11:5,6: At the present time there is a remnant **CHOSEN BY GRACE**! And if by grace it is **NO LONGER BY WORKS**; if it were, grace would no longer be grace!!
Romans 4:5-8: To the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, **HIS FAITH** is credited as righteousness. David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness **APART FROM WORKS**: "Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will **NEVER COUNT AGAINST HIM**!!" {Psalm 32:1,2}
Ephesians 1:5-8: In **LOVE** He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will--to the praise of His **GLORIOUS GRACE**, which He has freely given us in the One He loves. In Him we have **REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD**, the **FORGIVENESS OF SINS**, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding!
Ephesians 2:4-10: Because of His great **LOVE** for us, God,, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is **BY GRACE** you have been saved! And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages He might show the incomparable riches of His grace, expressed in His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is **BY GRACE** you have been saved, through faith-- and this **NOT FROM YOURSELVES**, it is the **GIFT** of God--**NOT BY WORKS**, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do!!
John 6:37,39,44,65: Jesus says, "**ALL** that the Father gives Me **WILL** come to Me, and whoever comes to Me I will **NEVER** drive away... And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall **LOSE NONE** of all that He has given Me, but raise them up at the Last Day.... No one can come to Me **UNLESS** the Father who sent Me **DRAWS HIM**, and I will raise him up at the Last Day!!... No one can come to Me **UNLESS** the Father has **ENABLED THEM**!!"
Romans 829-33,35,38,39: For those God foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of His Son...And those He **PREDESTINED**, He also called; those He **CALLED**, He also justified; those He **JUSTIFIED** He also **GLORIFIED**. What shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His Son but gave Him up for us all--how will He not also give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those **WHOM GOD HAS CHOSEN**? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns... Who shall separate us from the **LOVE** of Christ?... For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels or demons, neither the present or the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the **LOVE** of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!!
ARE THE 7 SPIRITS OF GOD WHO STAND BEFORE THE FATHER'S THRONE TO BE WORSHIPED??
Posted : 12 Nov, 2016 01:49 PM
**THE FATHER **LOVES** HIS FAITHFUL SAINTS JUST AS MUCH AS HE **LOVES** JESUS**!!
John 17:23: Jesus says to His Father, "You sent Me and have **LOVED THEM** even as you **LOVED** Me!!"
** JESUS **LOVES** HIS FAITHFUL SAINTS JUST AS MUCH AS THE FATHER **LOVES** HIM**!!
John 15:9,10" Jesus says, "As the Father **LOVED** Me, so I have **LOVED** you!! Now remain in My **LOVE**. **IF** you obey My commands, you will remain in My **LOVE**, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in His **LOVE**!"
John 14:21,23: Jesus says, "Whoever has My commands and obeys them, he is the one who **LOVES** Me! He who loves Me will be **LOVED** by My Father, and I will **LOVE** him....If anyone **LOVES** Me, he will obey My teaching. My Father will **LOVE** him, and we will come to him and make Our home with him!!"
** WHAT'S **LOVE** GOT TO DO WITH IT**??
I Peter 1:22: "Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere **LOVE** for your brothers, **LOVE** one another deeply, from the heart. For you have been born again... through the living and enduring Word of God!
I Corinthians 13:2,4-8: If I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not **LOVE** I am nothing...**LOVE** is patient, **LOVE** is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. **LOVE** does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. **LOVE** never fails!!"
John 13:34: Jesus says, "A NEW command I give you: **LOVE** one another As I have **LOVED** you, so you must **LOVE** one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples." John 15:12,13: Jesus says, "My command is this: **LOVE** each other **AS I HAVE LOVED YOU**. Greater **LOVE** has no one then this: that he **LAY DOWN HIS LIFE** for his friends!!"
Matthew 28:19.20� Jesus commands, �Go and make disciples of all nations... teaching them to *OBEY EVERYTHING* I have commanded you!� {See I John 2:3-5}
EVERYTHING would also include all the other commands in God's inspired Word from Acts to Revelation as per 2 Timothy 3:16: 4:2:
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work...Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction."
If we really **LOVE** our brothers and sister in Christ we will lovingly teach them to obey all the approximately 400 commands of the NT with **LOVE** in the hope of countless eternal rewards when Jesus comes with great power with all His angels.
Matthew 16:27: Jesus says, For the Son of Man is going to come in His **FATHER'S GLORY WITH HIS ANGELS**, and **THEN** He will reward each person according to what he has done."
Ephesians 4:15: "Speaking the Truth in **LOVE**, we will in all things grow up into Him who is the Head, that is, Christ! From Him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in **LOVE**, as each part does its work."
Ephesians 3:17-19: "I pray that you, being rooted and established in **LOVE** may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the **LOVE** of Christ, and to know this **LOVE** that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God!!"
ARE THE 7 SPIRITS OF GOD WHO STAND BEFORE THE FATHER'S THRONE TO BE WORSHIPED??
Posted : 13 Nov, 2016 02:01 PM
There are many who claim that if you accept Jesus as your personal Savior you will be saved and are absolutely guaranteed eternal life in heaven?? And anyone who says differently is a religious **BIGOT**.
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY??**
Matthew 13:19-23: Jesus says, "When anyone hears the message about the Kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one coms and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away. The one who received the word that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful. But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it . He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown!!"
Matthew 7:21-23: Jesus says, "Not everyone who says, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven but only he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven! Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I **NEVER** knew you. Away from Me you evildoers!'
John 12:48: Jesus says, "There is a Judge for the one who does not accept My words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the Last Day!"
**WAS JESUS A **BIGOT** WHEN HE SAID THE FOLLOWING??**
John 14:23,24: Jesus says, "If anyone loves Me he will obey My teaching. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. He who does not love Me will not obey My teaching!"
Matthew 28:18-20: Jesus says, "All authority on heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations.... Teaching them to **OBEY EVERYTHING** I have commanded you!"
I John 2:3-5: We know that we have come to know Him **IF** we obey His commands. The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what He commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone obeys His word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in Him!
Revelation 22:16;18;19: "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony *FOR THE CHURCHES**... I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone **ADDS** anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone **TAKES WORDS AWAY** from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the Tree of Life and in the Holy City, which are described in this book!!"
John 6:44,65: Jesus says, "For no one can come to Me **UNLESS** the Father who sent Me **DRAWS* him, and I will raise him up at the Last Day... No one can come to Me **UNLESS** the Father has **ENABLED** him!"
Revelation 17:14: They will make war against the **LAMB** but the **LAMB** will overcome them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and with Him will be His **CALLED**, **CHOSEN** and **FAITHFUL** followers!!
him, and we will come to him and make Our home with him!!"