What are we as Christians suposed to do if we think someone has sinned agains us?
If you think someone has sinned against you are you suposed to anounce it to the world and try to make them look like a bad person?
I hearg a message on faith radio one day and it stuck with me it was about forgiving, The preacher talked about the rules of forgiving someone which we are commanded to do and he said there are 3 rules 1 is to never bring it up to that person again 2 never talk about it with anyone else again 3 never bring it up to yourself again as all your doing is dwelling on it and sinning in your heart.
So the only reason you should bring up this sin is if the person aproaches you to apoligize at such a time you tel them they have been forgiven.
When you think someone has commited sin whether its just a sin against God or if they have sinned against you personaly I dont really think its the Christian thing to do if you continualy try to convince others of tis persons sin and try to win them over to your way of thinking. That is jugment and you will be juged by the same measure
Furthermore God comands us to forgive our brothers and sisters no matter what this is not for them this is for ourselfs if we harbor unforgivness in out hearts it poisons us and seperates us from comunion with God
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, falls on October 7-8, 2011.
The Jewish calendar date begins at sundown of the night beforehand. Thus all Yom Kippur observances begin at sundown on the first date listed, and conclude the following day at nightfall. Jews are able to get forgiveness of their sins from God only once a year during the Yom Kippur celebration.
Let me remind you about this day.
The name �Yom Kippur� means �Day of Atonement,� and that pretty much explains what the holiday is. It is a day get atonement of soul for the sins of the past year. God inscribes our names in the Book of Life if we are saved from His coming WRATH against our sins. Jews believe that on Yom Kippur, the judgment entered in this book is sealed. This day is, essentially, for Jews last appeal, last chance to change the judgment, to demonstrate their repentance and make amends. We, Christians, daily pray God and daily are able to get forgiveness of our sins which we could commit. Jesus died on the cross and took the sin of the world (millions our sins and sins of Arabs) that�s why when we daily ask God to forgive our daily sins and repent of these sins, God forgives us. Arab and Muslims are not forgiven by God of all their sins because they do not ask the God of Israel during Yom Kippur to forgive their sins and they do not believe that His Son forgives our sins too. So, Muslims and Arabs from year to year live in sins and hope to get forgiveness of their sins during hajj.
Jews get forgiveness of their sins today and today is the day of salvation for Christians. Muslims should yet to be saved or they will give account to God for every idle word, hatred, sin they have ever committed. They know that and we know that.
Yom Kippur atones only for sins between man and God, not for sins against another person. To atone for sins against another person, you must first seek reconciliation with that person, righting the wrongs you committed against them if possible. That must all be done before Yom Kippur.
Yom Kippur has its own candlelighting blessing. If the holiday coincides with Shabbat, the words in parentheses are added:
Blessed are You, our God, Creator of time and space, who enriches our lives with holiness, commanding us to kindle the Shabbat and Yom Kippur lights.
So, Jews believe in God that He will make them Holy because He commands us to be HOLY like He is HOLY. Christians get righteousness of the Son of God through their Faith in Him because God imputes the righteousness of His Son to every believer in the Son of God. That�s why we are holy as God is holy.
Is Jesus the only begotten son of God?
Yes and we- believers in Him are adopted by God. We are the sons of God! We are heirs. We are God's inheritance.
God forgave us all our sins through FAITH in Ibn Allah!!!
The Son of God is God. But why do we believe that He is God? Let me share with you a conversation with a Muslim, Abubakar Yabo, which I had the other day:
Abubakar Yabo: Bahira, What about Adam according to genesis and David according to the book of Psalm "God said to me You are my son, today l have begotten you"?
My response: They both are creatures of God. God created them. Jesus created them. He is the Creator. God was talking in Psalm 2 and Psalm 110 NOT about David. God said many prophecies through David about Ibn Allah. Look at one of them:
Psalm 110
�A Psalm of David.
1 The LORD said to my Lord,
�Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.�
2 The LORD shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion.
Rule in the midst of Your enemies!
3 Your people shall be volunteers
In the day of Your power;
In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning,
You have the dew of Your youth.
4 The LORD has sworn
And will not relent,
�You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.�
5 The Lord is at Your right hand;
He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath.
6 He shall judge among the nations,
He shall fill the places with dead bodies,
He shall execute the heads of many countries.
7 He shall drink of the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He shall lift up the head.
Psalm 2
The Messiah�s Triumph and Kingdom
1 Why do the nations rage,
And the people plot a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the rulers take counsel together,
Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,
3 �Let us break Their bonds in pieces
And cast away Their cords from us.�
4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh;
The Lord shall hold them in derision.
5 Then He shall speak to them in His wrath,
And distress them in His deep displeasure:
6 �Yet I have set My King
On My holy hill of Zion.�
7 �I will declare the decree:
The LORD has said to Me,
�You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.
8 Ask of Me, and I will give You
The nations for Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron;
You shall dash them to pieces like a potter�s vessel.��
10 Now therefore, be wise, O kings;
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
11 Serve the LORD with fear,
And rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry,
And you perish in the way,
When His wrath is kindled but a little.
Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.
‎ My response: David said: "God said to my God" !!!!!!!
Abubakar Yabo: Do you mean to say, David is the son of Jesus according to the book of Psalm? I'm not asking of Creator, I am asking of this controversy. You said Jesus is the only begotten son God according to the book of John, while l quoted in the book of Psalm that David is also the Begotten son of God. Which one is right and wrong? Just answer my question.
My response: God the Father is talking here in this Psalm to the God the Son/Ibn Allah.
Abubakar Yabo: Bahira, you did not answer my question. In the Book of Psalm the prophesy is talking about David the King, while in the book of John, the scripture is talking about Jesus, l asked you which one is right and wrong, for l know Psalm came first before John (An unknown Author of that Book according to Encyclipedia Britanica).
My response: Listen again: In the Book of Psalm 2 or 110 you can read the prophesies which are talking NOT about David the King, but about Ibn Allah/the Son of God!!!!! In the book of John/Gospel of John, the scripture explains that Psalms are saying about the Son of God!!!!! Psalms existed 2,000 years before the existence of Islam and 1,000 years before the birth of Jesus on earth!!!! They all prove that Jesus is God!!!!! God was speaking through the prophets: David, Moses.....Isaiah....
Abubakar Yabo: Bahira, I am not talking about Jesus as a God, that could be discussed sometimes later. I am talking about John 3:16. You made mention of Jesus being the Only begotten son. I quoted from the book of Psalm 2:7, You said the prophesy is about the Jesus also: Now Let me read from the Book of Exodus: '" And You (MOSES) shall say unto Pharaoh, thus said the Lord, ISRAEL is my son, even my firstborn "( Exodus 4:22) I will also read from the Book of I Chronicles 22:10 or II Samuel 7:13 " He (Solomon) shall build a house for my name, and l will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever, l will be his father and he shall be my first son..." Let me also read another controversial verse in Jeremiah 31:9 "I am the father to Israel (Jacob), and Ephraim is my firstborn" Now what do you need to tell me that the prophesy in the book of Psalm is talking about Jesus who is making mistake is it you or God himself. Look common people are call Sons of God in Deuteronomy 14:1 Roman 8:29. If Ephreim, Jacob are Sons of God and even firstborn, what is Jesus then.
My response: Was Israel (originally known as Jacob), Solomon, Ephrem born before Abraham?
Jesus said that He existed before Abraham!!!!
By saying that Jesus claimed to be God!!!!
He claimed to be God who existed always with His Father!!!!!
Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am." John 8:58
Let's read John 8:48-59:
Before Abraham Was, I AM
Then the Jews answered and said to Him, �Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?�
Jesus answered, �I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.
And I do not seek My own glory; there is One who seeks and judges.
Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death.�
Then the Jews said to Him, �Now we know that You have a demon! Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and You say, �If anyone keeps My word he shall never taste death.� Are You greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Who do You make Yourself out to be?�
Jesus answered, �If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is your God. Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, �I do not know Him,� I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and keep His word. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.�
Then the Jews said to Him, �You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?�
Jesus said to them, �Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.�
Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
If Jesus said that He existed always and even before Abraham, it means He claimed to be God!!!! Look who is Jesus:
Jesus said:
�Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again.
No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself.
I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.
This command I have received from My Father.�
the blind?� John 10: 17-18
�Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.�
Then the Jews said,
�It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?�
But He was speaking of the temple of His body.
Therefore, when He had risen from the dead,
His disciples remembered that He had said this to them;
and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.
John 2: 19-22
Jesus said to her, �I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?�
She said to Him, �Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.� John 11:25-27
John 14
The Way, the Truth, and the Life
1 �Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father�s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.�
5 Thomas said to Him, �Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?�
6 Jesus said to him, �I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
The Father Revealed
7 �If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.�
8 Philip said to Him, �Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.�
9 Jesus said to him, �Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, �Show us the Father�? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.
11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.
7 �If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.�!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, �Show us the Father�?
On this day Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement - the holiest day for every Jew) in 1973, Israel received a terrifying surprise attack from her Arab brothers that nearly destroyed the Jewish State. In 1971, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat raised the possibility of signing an agreement with Israel, provided that all the occupied territories were returned by the Israelis. No progress toward peace was made, however, so, the following year, Sadat said war was inevitable and he was prepared to sacrifice one million soldiers in the showdown with Israel. His threat did not materialize that year. But only on October 6, 1973 �the day of Yom Kippur, the holiest day� Egypt and Syria opened a coordinated surprise attack against Israel.
Israelis vowed never to be caught off guard again. They have taken concrete and expensive steps to improve their security. A new poll just released in Israel suggests those steps are working. Israelis today feel more secure than ever before in their modern history, even as they are fully aware of new threats rising against them that some call a gathering storm.
By being very secure, Israelis know that Muslims will attack them again. But Jews do not stop returning to their HOLY Land given them by the God of Israel. They leave their homes in the USA and they come back to their Holy land where God dwells among people. God dwells among people in Israel because He promised always to protect Israel and be their shelter. That�s why even the name of God is our Shelter/Refuge.
Psalm 46
1 God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though its waters roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah
4 There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God,
The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved;
God shall help her, just at the break of dawn.
6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved;
He uttered His voice, the earth melted.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
8 Come, behold the works of the LORD,
Who has made desolations in the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He burns the chariot in the fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!
11 The LORD of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
The God of Jacob (Israel) is our Refuge and He is with us. He proclaimed the outcome � the complete destruction of the Muslim troops during the Muslim Third World War even 2,000 years before the existence of Islam. Our God told us the end since the beginning. He knows the end from the beginning.
Today the community of Israel is to collectively seek atonement. And they are seeing it. Christians were atoned by the blood of the Son of God shed on the cross instead of them. Jews need the atonement yet that�s why they seek atonement every year during the Yom Kippur.
When Jews were able to come to the Jewish Temple before its destruction, they had the High Priest. The High Priest of Israel implored the Almighty on behalf of the assembly of Jews. His role was that of mediator. The High Priest should enter into the awe-filled Holy of Holies (where was the presence of the God) in the Jewish Temple. His role was prescribed in the Scriptures:
� So he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, for all their sins; and so he shall do for the tabernacle of meeting which remains among them in the midst of their uncleanness.� Leviticus 16:16.
During Yom Kippur Jews say the prayer of confession:
We are guilt-laden: We have been faithless, we have robbed, and we have spoken basely; We have committed iniquity, and caused unrighteousness; we have been presumptuous, done violence, framed falsehood�"
Communal worship and confession require a corporate representative, one who could serve as a mediator between the people and God. In the Scriptures the one chosen to be this representative was selected by the Lord Himself, yet the representative was from the midst of the Jewish people.
Abraham our father mediated for the people of Sodom. Moses served as the mediating representative throughout the wilderness experience. And when a Levitical priesthood was established, the High Priest would stand as the representative for the Jewish nation. On Yom Kippur he would enter the Holy of Holies on behalf of the nation, offering up the special sacrifice.
A mediator is one who stands between two estranged parties and seeks to reconcile them. That�s why on October 22, 1973 the Security Council was a mediator during the Yom Kippur War and it adopted Resolution 338 calling for "all parties to the present fighting to cease all firing and terminate all military activity immediately." The vote came on the day that Israeli forces cut off and isolated the Egyptian Third Army and were in a position to destroy it.
On Yom Kippur all Jews know and understand that we all have offended God and we must get His mercy through atonement of our sins. The offense that exists between people and God is commonly known as sin. A chasm exists between men and God. That distance between Creator and creation needs to be bridged by one who is mutually representative. In Biblical times there were men approved by God to serve him as intercessors�the patriarchs, the priests and the prophets. They were not perfect, and their own sins needed to be atoned for as well. On Yom Kippur there was always the fear that the High Priest's sacrifice would not be accepted and he would be smitten. For that reason he wore a rope around his waist to pull him out of the Holy of Holies, should he die. As we know many priests died immediately when they approached God by being with sins in the place called as the Holy of Holies in the Jewish Temple. In this place was the presence of God Himself. Sinful priests could not stand before the righteous and holy God. That�s why priests could die if they had not properly purified themselves, it would have had catastrophic consequences not only for his life but also for all the people. They could be left with sins unforgiven too. That�s why his dead body was pulled out with a rope fixed around his waist.
The High Priest laid his hands upon the second goat, symbolically transferring to it the sins of the people. Then the goat was driven into the wilderness, thus making clear God's intent to remember no more the sins against His people. This illustrated that renewal, a new beginning, was possible and that the past did not cling to the community or individual forever.
Today, however, our situation doesn't lend itself to these visible means of atonement, and there are no ready mediators. This should pose a deep dilemma for all who seek God. Knowing that the Holy One of Israel/the God of Israel would never abandon or forsake His people implies that there is always some means of atonement available to us. Who can stand for us today? We have an answer to that question. Do you?
So, God gave instructions to Moses concerning atonement. The barrier between myself and God was my sin, and only God could take away that sin. Some would say, "We don't follow this procedure of atonement anymore because we no longer have a Jewish Temple and besides, we need to be concerned with ethics and what is right, not with these ancient rituals instituted by God for Moses and Israel. We could perform hajj and it is enough for God" But here is where we have a major problem. When did God change the concepts/laws of atonement? He said that his law is unchangeable, constant, unmovable!!! Jews believe that through the repentance of our sins, a life of prayer and doing mitzvah (good deeds), we hope to have the atonement for our sins. Christians believe that they were atoned by the death of the Son of God on the cross and now they should repent and live a life of prayer doing mitzvah (good deeds) to be transformed into the glorious Image of the Son of God. And it is reasonable and according to the Holy Scripture.
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"God made him [Jesus as the Lord's sacrifice] who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God" 2 Corinthians 5:21.
It was the Messiah Himself who (1) died as the substitute by taking our sins upon Himself,
(2) in His death gives us a new life if we will receive it
(3) He takes away our sins from us so that we never have to be charged with them again.
That�s why we call our Lord Jesus as Ar-Rahman wa Ar-Rahim! He is God of mercy and grace!
This is an atonement by which we know that our sins have been forgiven. It is a redemption by which we have the assurance that our names are recorded in the Book of Life, not for just one more year like Jews hope for that, but for all eternity. The forgiveness of sins that you had begun to seek as a child will be accomplished only through the Mesisah/Jesus Christ.
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 Jesus appeared, He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of our sins/the rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs and sons of God having the assurance of eternal life already during our earthly lives.
A Jewish man Amy Rabinovitz said:
It was Yom Kippur. I was twenty-five, and I was in Jerusalem. I walked to the Wailing Wall and prayed and fasted. Surrounded by my people who prayed for forgiveness, holiness and mercy, I read the prayers. I understood them now. I knew that sin was more than drinking water, driving a car or having arrogant attitudes. I knew that even if I had been in Israel all my life, I couldn't have become the kind of Jew the prayers spoke about. It took God himself to make me that kind of person.
An hour was left before sunset on my twenty-fifth Yom Kippur. The court outside the Wailing Wall began to fill up. Moments before sunset, when the holy day would end, the court was jammed with people. Not one more could squeeze in, I thought. Suddenly a sound came from outside the court, and hundreds of men, arms linked so they were in a long line made up of three abreast, were winding their way through the crowds. They sang and danced their way into the court, joyfully proclaiming the day when the Messiah would come and the Day of Atonement would be fulfilled.
Up at the Wailing Wall, their fervor caught hold, and soon everyone sensed the joy they would experience in that great day. I wanted to stand on top of the Wall and yell, "He's come. Salvation has come. Forgiveness has come. The final atonement has come." But instead, I turned to the woman next to me. She watched the final rays of sunset fade and turned to walk away. She looked at me and said, "I wonder if God really hears. I wonder if God will forgive me."
The Heavenly Sanctuary
But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. Hebrew 9: 11-15
Are you cleansed of all you sins and iniquities?
Get forgiveness of all your sins today!
Repent of all your sins! Confess your sins! Abandon your sins and lovers!
Get redemption and eternal inheritance from the hands of the Son of God which were pierced instead of you in the holy city Jerusalem!
Be a holy son of God and dwell with Your Father eternally in His presence and with His Son upon His Return to our Holy Land!
God�s forgiveness and service to Him is the greatest honor.
But let me ask you this question:
Would God never send a Christian to hell?
The hell is a place of eternal separation from God. Good people do not go to heaven but forgiven people do! There are thousand choices before death to believe in God Jesus or not. Before the
Great white throne of God will be present everyone who rejected God Jesus or God�s offer of forgiveness through Jesus Christ. It not sin issues why you will go to hell but Son Issue. May be you think if you do enough the good works you will go to heaven. It is not true. No one is good enough. You will be before the throne because you do not believe. The final confrontation of God during the Judgment Day clearly demonstrates why you are condemned. May be sophisticated recording equipment during this day will show what was written: everything is recorded�every idle word�. It is the final court of arbitration.
I have an ability to choose to be in hell or OBEY Him and God will not violate it. Hell is chosen path to follow forever. God gives you a choice and it is up to us what to do with this choice. Jesus said: DEPART FROM ME workers of iniquity.
God Jesus said:
�Not everyone who says to Me, �Lord, Lord,� shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, �Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?� And then I will declare to them, �I never knew you;
depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!�
Matthew 7:21-32
It is not enough to go to church. Jesus will say I never knew you. It is your own choice you are facing. You are outside of the will of God because you are living in sins! You need to TURN from sins. There is hell and if you reject Jesus Christ you will go there. If you reject God Jesus by living a wicked life and life of sins then God will not accept you to His Kingdom! Do not deceive yourself!
If you know that you are going to hell, you better stop doing what God says to STOP doing!
You can appreciate the Good News if you will know the bad news.
So, what is the bad news?
You will go to hell when you will die.
If you will turn from sins and believe in God Jesus then you will change your eternal address to a place called Heaven from the place called hell.
People are literally headed to destruction but why should you be among them?
Look what my brother Ibrahim Rasheed said:
Originally Posted by Ibrahim Rasheed
Bahira, you and your rapist sadistic god can rot in hell. What sort of repentance are you preaching? Sin as much as you like in this world and just say this son god is savior and you end up in heaven?? What sort of nonsense is that? No wonder Christianity breeds sin.
Sin as much as you like in this world and just say this son god is savior and you end up in heaven??
No. God said that NO ONE who is sinner will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. It means if so-called Christians will sleep with lovers they will find themselves soon in hell! If any so-called �Christian� will kill, he will be in hell. If you DO NOT TURN from your sins or do not STOP committing them you are DISBELIEVER who do not TURN from sins to God. Such people will be in hell. That�s why God said that only a SMALL REMNANT of people will be saved!!!!! Majority of people choose HELL, sins, iniquities and lovers! They can NOT enter the Kingdom of Heaven which is the DWELLING PLACE of the HOLY God!
If you Muslims will BELIEVE in God Jesus, OBEY Him, REPENT and TURN from your sins, ABANDONING them, then you will be FORGIVEN. Is it so easy? Is it so easy to be born by God for a new life with Him? Not all people want to ABANDON their sins because they have got used to live in them! But Jesus clearly said that such people will NEVER enter the Kingdom of Heaven. That�s why millions of �so-called� or �in-the-name only Christians� even do NOT know that they will be in hell!!!!!
Why?
Because they do NOT understand the words of God Jesus said here:
21 �Not everyone who says to Me, �Lord, Lord,� shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, �Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?� 23 And then I will declare to them, �I never knew you;
depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!�
Matthew 7.
My brother said:
Originally Posted by Muslim First
So you could be a rapist but believe that Christ is God? and make it to heaven lol great religion�
Yes, you could be a killer, rapist, sinner, drug dealer- i.e. an ex-sinner. God LOVES ALL of us infinitely because His NATURE or ESSENCE is LOVE.
The Kingdom of Heaven is a prepared place for ex-sinners!!! If you will be forgiven by God Jesus of your sins through FAITH and REPENTANCE, then
He will accept you into His Kingdom FREE. Because He paid for your sins on the cross. He accepted all your sins to His body on the cross to suffer instead of you and make you FREE of your sins. Repentance is TURNING from sins to God...abandoning lovers and sins.
Let us see what the Bible has to say about this subject and see if there are Christians in hell.
God Jesus said:
�Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. (Matthew 7:13)
God Jesus said that some people will not inherit the Kingdom of God:
"Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery (Jesus said if you look at a woman with lust, you have committed adultery with her in your heart), fornication (illicit sexual intercourse), uncleanness, lasciviousness (sexually unchaste), idolatry (putting anything or anyone ahead of God), witchcraft (horoscopes, Ouija boards, tarot cards etc.), hatred (the Bible says if you hate your brother you are a murderer), variance (strife), emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God" (Galatians 5:19-21).
Are you a Christian and guilty of any of these sins? Then I encourage you to repent of such things and stop doing them because they will send you to hell. Don't be another one of the millions of �Christians� in hell.
God Jesus said that some of us need the clothes of righteousness and start doing what God says:
�I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Because you say, �I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing��and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked� I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.
(The Book of Revelation 3:15-18).
May be you just put other things ahead of God. May be you do not seek Him diligently. Do not love Him more than anyone or anything. Do not obey His Word. Have little or no desire to know Him intimately. Will you go to hell if you are lukewarm? Yes. What do you think your chances are of entering Heaven if God will no accept you such as you are? Does God need a business man in the Kingdom of God or the one who is faithful and loving son? Does God need terrorists in His Kingdom? To explode some of His planets? No need. He needs sons and His HOLY Inheritance.
Jesus states in Mark 11:26,
"But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses."
If your sins are not forgiven by God, then you will not inherit the Kingdom of God. Forgive and ask God to forgive your sins. What is the greatest sin? Disbelief. If you will not BELIEVE and DO what God said you will be in hell.
So, what does God say: LOVE people and LOVE God!
Desire of God is to SPREAD Good News about Him all over the world! We are doing it with Him too! He appreciates all your WISE words, and MOVEMENT of heart to talk to people to communicate His message of Love! Your MOTIVES will be REWARDED! Not the result is important for Him but YOUR HEART even if you just pray about people. Such prayers will be appreciated by Him the same way as preaching or any other service!
Which words do we need to communicate in our messages to people?
WORDS of God in the Bible.
How? With love.
Only Words? No. But our LOVE packed into our words! We communicate God's LOVE to save them from hell because God's desire is to COMMUNICATE His love to the dieying world to save them from hell.
God's purposes are our purposes.
Where can we do it? Everywhere. In home, family, shops, streets, among friends, drug dealers, in forums, everywhere where are people. How to do it? The same way as God's is doing it! Coming closer to people and telling them the TRUTH about God and His Judgment of justice and righteousness.
Should we all to bring the Gospel? Yes, if we are alive spiritually. God's light will shine in us and there is no way to hide this LIGHT. His LIGHT in us will be shining to everyone. Some of people will become antagonistic because they reject His light and truth. But we need to bring this LIGHT to the darkness of this dieying world to
enlighten the lives of people by His Truth and love for their salvation. It is the purpose of God and our purpose why we are living!
We are living to BRING the GLORY to our Father!
Summary: All believers in God Jesus are made, to our God, kings and priests and always ought to conduct themselves as such! God clothed us with the WHITE garments of salvation. Our self-righteousness was like filthy rags. We are covered with the robe of Christ�s righteousness now. Love God more than anyone or anything. If you do this He will unfold the perfect plan He has for your life which goes beyond anything you could formally think or imagine. God loves you and He wants you to spend eternity with Him in glory and not in destruction. If you are not a Christian yet then receive God's free gift of eternal life through FAITH in Jesus Christ now. Repent of your sins. Confess them in a prayer to God. This prayer is a conversation with God. Tell Him everything. Judge yourself already now to avoid His Judgment Day. Begin fulfilling God's glorious destiny for your life by OBEYING God�s words. By IMPLEMENTING of everything what you will daily read in the Bible. We don't want to be among some of �Christians� and unbelievers in hell. It is OUR DECISION to live with God or against Him will put us to hell. No one enters hell unwillingly or unknowingly it. Why should we continue to live with sins and in sins in our lives? Let�s repent of them. Turn away from them. ABANDON them! Will You be One of the Few who will be saved? Will you be a part of the SMALL REMNANT who will escape the hell fire and the Judgment Day?
Yes, if you BELIEVE in God Jesus and DO/Implement the will of God? What is His will?
I would like to consider today another prophecy related to the end time events which says that the Anti-Christ will establish his reign on earth before the Second Coming of God Jesus and before the Third World War. According to the prophecy, the Anti-Christ should sit in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. But how is it possible if the First and the Second Jewish Temples were destroyed by the ancient Babylonians and the Romans?! Since the destruction of the Second Temple in AD 70, religious Jews have expressed their desire to see the building of a Third Temple on the Temple Mount.
On the place of the Temple is just one Wall- the Wailing Wall and Al Aqsa Mosque which is one of the holies places for the Muslim world.
Will this reconstruction of the Temple wage another Muslim war in Jerusalem?
Let�s consider it today.
I said the other day:
God describes the Third Temple in details and mentions that even priests will eat offerings.
It was said not in vain. I believe that this Temple will be constructed and even re-constructed in future.
Also, I remember I have discussed before with Jewish scholars animal sacrifices in Israel. I asked them: why did you stop bringing these sacrifices after death of Jesus (Orthodox Jews do not believe that Jesus is God and the Messiah. They actually are waiting for the coming of the Messiah according to the prophecies said in the Torah).
Was the only reason that you stopped bringing these sacrifices that the Second Temple was destroyed?
No one knows any reason....they just stopped and they think there is no need for such sacrifices!!!
But why not, if God ordered to do it?!
No one knows the answer...
What is interesting, that even Christians think that there is no need for such sacrifices any more.
I would like to offer you my own theory.
I have meditated the other day on the Scripture and I would like to share with you what I think.
May be I am wrong, who knows, but it is such interesting issue that I would like to discuss it today.
What was the reason for animal sacrifices in Israel?
God commanded to perform them to get forgiveness of our sins and to purify/cleanse people of Israel of sins/iniquities because God separated Jews to be a HOLY people.
God said that He was dwelling among His people Israel.
Jews brought to the Temple animal sacrifices and grain offerings and the Priests should burn them according to the order given by God to Moses.
The majority of Jews in Israel do not believe in God Jesus.
But they believe in God of Israel!!!
They pray Him and respect Him, they worship Him in synagogues and in families.
Their worship of God of Israel is similar to the ritual prayers of Muslims.
We will consider today one of the Jewish prayers.
We, Christians, do not need any animal sacrifices anymore because the Son of God/Ibn Allah took the sin of the world on the cross and saved THOSE who believe in Him.
We are saved through our FAITH in Ibn Allah.
All our sins are forgiven and we can BOLDLY come to the presence of God in our prayers and supplications because God Jesus redeemed us from our sins and God�s Judgment against our sins. Ibn Allah is the High Priest for Christians.
But Jews, like Muslims, are NOT saved by God Jesus from God�s WRATH against their sins. That�s why they will be judged during the Judgement Day.
How Jews are going to get forgiveness of their daily sins they commit?
They TRY to live righteous life!
They TRY to repent not by words but by heart.
That�s all.
Do they pray God to get forgiveness daily as we Christians do it?
NO.
Why?
Jews observe one a year a Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). Just prior to Yom Kippur, Jews will ask forgiveness of those they have wronged during the prior year (if they have not already done so). During Yom Kippur itself, Jews fast and pray for God's forgiveness for the transgressions they have made against God in the prior year. Sincere repentance is required, and God can forgive one for the sins one has committed against God. This is why it is necessary for Jews also to seek the forgiveness of those people who they have wronged.
"It is forbidden to be obdurate and not allow yourself to be appeased. On the contrary, one should be easily pacified and find it difficult to become angry. When asked by an offender for forgiveness, one should forgive with a sincere mind and a willing spirit. . . forgiveness is natural to the seed of Israel." (Mishneh Torah, Teshuvah 2:10)
This means that in Judaism a person cannot obtain forgiveness from God for wrongs the person has done to other people. In Christianity we should be reconciled the same way.
Before the Yom Kippur Jews recite this prayer:
"I know that there is no one so righteous that they have not wronged another, financially or physically, through deed or speech. This pains my heart within me, because wrongs between humans and their fellow are not atoned by Yom Kippur, until the wronged one is appeased. Because of this, my heart breaks within me, and my bones tremble; for even the day of death does not atone for such sins. Therefore I prostrate and beg before You, to have mercy on me, and grant me grace, compassion, and mercy in Your eyes and in the eyes of all people. For behold, I forgive with a final and resolved forgiveness anyone who has wronged me, whether in person or property, even if they slandered me, or spread falsehoods against me. So I release anyone who has injured me either in person or in property, or has committed any manner of sin that one may commit against another [except for legally enforceable business obligations, and except for someone who has deliberately harmed me with the thought �I can harm him because he will forgive me']. Except for these two, I fully and finally forgive everyone; may no one be punished because of me. And just as I forgive everyone, so may You grant me grace in the eyes of others, that they too forgive me absolutely."
A perfect prayer!
All prayers in Israel are perfect because they are offered to God of Israel!
However, Jews in Israel commit sins! Countless number of sins!
These sins should be forgiven.
In the past, Jews brought offerings to God and sacrifices.
Today they do not do it.
How to get forgiveness then if they do not believe that Jesus is God and the Lamb of God killed on the cross instead of people ONCE and FOREVER?!
He set us FREE of our sins and gave us salvation.
Amazing, Jews who believe in God of Israel do not know and recognize God�s Son/the Messiah/Jesus!
Will God reject these TRUE BELIEVERS/Jews and condemn them to death in hell for that?
I do not know the answer to this question!
I think this is the reason why God gave to Jews the prophecies through the prophet Ezekiel about the construction of the Third Temple of God in Jerusalem (Ezekiel 40-47).
I think (but may be I am wrong) that God gives a chance to Jews to be righteous too and be forgiven during the Judgment Day through animal and grain offerings which Jews can offer to God as they did it before. Before the birth of Jesus on earth Jews could be saved from God�s judgment if they would repent and bring to God offerings as a substitution of their sins. Animals of these offerings where killed (symbolic) instead of these sinners. Because one of God�s laws reads, �Punishment for sin is DEATH�. That�s why the Lamb of God/Jesus was killed on the cross instead of us. Orthodox Jews (the true Jewish believers) are NOT redeemed by God Jesus. Because only THROUGH FAITH in Jesus we receive His forgiveness of our sins. Jews do not believe in Him and they still need God�s forgiveness. May be this is the reason why God gave to Jews plans and detailed description of the Third Temple in Jerusalem!
I repeat it is only my theory�my speculation.
So, architectural plans and description of the design for the Third Temple exist in Chapters 40�47 of Ezekiel (Ezekiel's vision pre-dates the Second Temple).
Orthodox Judaism believes in the rebuilding of a Third Temple and the resumption of sacrificial worship, although there is disagreement about how rebuilding should take place. Orthodox scholars and rabbinic authorities generally believe that rebuilding should occur in the era of the Jewish Messiah.
Some 20th and 21st century scholars believe that the Dome of the Rock is not the actual location of the First and Second Temples, and that the Temples were actually located either just north of or just south of the Dome of the Rock. The most recent theory would put the Third Temple in between the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa Mosque. The Third Temple could be built right next to the Dome of the Rock. The Dome of the Rock was built on what the Bible refers to as the Court of the Gentiles. According to Revelation 11:1-2, the rebuilding of the Third Temple was not to include the section of the temple mount known as The Court of the Gentiles. Therefore the Third Temple and the Dome of the Rock could stand side by side without any fights among Arabs and Jews. But note also that God calls Muslims as GENTILES!!! Because He does not accept Islamic worship because Islam was created by jinn/demon!!!
Let�s read about it:
Revelation 11:1-2
Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod.
And the angel stood, saying,
�Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.
But leave out the court which is outside the temple,
and do not measure it,
for it has been given to the Gentiles.
And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.
Brothers, Orthodox Jewish prayers include, in every prayer service, a prayer for the reconstruction of the Temple and resumption of sacrifices. Why do they desire to reconstruct the Temple of God? Because the Third Temple, (or Ezekiel's Temple or the third Beit HaMikdash), is a Temple architecturally described by God in the book of Ezekiel/the Old Testament). It is noted by Ezekiel as an eternal edifice and permanent dwelling place of the God of Israel on the temple mount in Jerusalem.
Prayer for reconstruction of the Temple is a formal part of the Jewish tradition of thrice daily Amidah prayer. Amidah (HaAmidah) means in Hebrew "The Standing Prayer" because Jews pray this prayer standing.
The Amidah is prayed three times, once each during the morning, afternoon, and evening services. The weekday Amidah contains nineteen blessings. Each blessing ends with the signature "Blessed are you, O Lord..." and the opening blessing begins with this signature as well. The first three blessings as a section are known as the shevach ("praise"), and serve to inspire the worshipper and invoke God's mercy. The middle thirteen blessings compose the bakashah ("request"), with six personal requests, six communal requests, and a final request that God accept the prayers. The final three blessings, known as the hoda'ah ("gratitude"), thank God for the opportunity to serve the Lord. The shevach and hoda'ah are standard for every Amidah, with some changes on certain occasions. The Talmud states that one who is riding an animal or sitting in a boat (or by modern extension, flying in an airplane) may recite the Amidah while seated.
How do Jews pray Amidah?
Facing Jerusalem.
Why?
The Amidah is preferably said facing Jerusalem, as the patriarch Jacob proclaimed, "And this [place] is the gateway to Heaven," where prayers may ascend. The Talmud records the following on this topic:
A blind man, or one who cannot orient himself, should direct his heart toward his Father in Heaven, as it is said, "They shall pray to the Lord". One who stands in the diaspora should face the Land of Israel, as it is said, "They shall pray to You by way of their Land" (ibid). One who stands in the Land of Israel should face Jerusalem, as it is said, "They shall pray to the Lord by way of the city" (ibid). One who stands in Jerusalem should face the Temple...One who stands in the Temple should face the Holy of Holies (the holy place where the presence of God inside the Temple)...One who stands in the Holy of Holies should face the Cover of the Ark (where is the presence of God in the same Temple)...It is therefore found that the entire nation of Israel directs their prayers toward a single location (God).
Do you remember we have considered before the Ark of the Covenant and the place called the Holy of Holiest in the Jewish Temple?
God�s presence was in the Ark of the Covenant (there were placed tablets of stone with 10 holy Commandments given to Moses and written by God�) and God was said to have communicated with Moses "from between the two cherubim" on the Ark's cover.
Such ancient communication line with God.
Do you remember I told you how Jewish priests died when they approached the Holy of Holies (the Ark was inside of this place)? Because they went into the presence of God by being not repented of their sins. No sinner can stand in the presence of God!
That�s why in the beginning Arabs prayed as Jews in the direction of Israel.
But Muhammad changed the direction of prayers and even physically Muslims TURNED from God of their fathers, from God of ISRAEL!
Thus, Islamic counterfeit created by demons/jinns deceived Arabs and Muslims!
And Muslims literally TURNED from God of Israel and started worshiping of the false god created by demons/jinns in Islam.
But now at least you know the background and reasons of direction toward God for first prayers of Arabs.
Bowing
The worshipper bows at four points in the Amidah:
At the beginning and end of both the first blessing of Avot and the second to last blessing of Hoda'ah. At the opening words of Avot and at the conclusion of both these blessings, when the one says "Blessed are You, O Lord," one bends one's knees at "Blessed," then bows at "are You," and straightens while saying "O Lord." The reason for this procedure is that the Hebrew word for "blessed" (baruch) is related to "knee" (berech); while the verse in Psalms states, "The Lord straightens the bent." At the beginning of Hoda'ah, one bows while saying the opening words "We are grateful to You" without bending the knees. At each of these bows, one must bend over until the vertebrae protrude from one's back; one physically unable to do so suffices by nodding the head.
During certain parts of the Amidah said on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Ashkenazi Jews traditionally go down to the floor upon their knees and make their upper body bowed over like an arch, similar to Muslims.
Now let�s read what Jews say during their prayer the Amidah:
The Prayer in English THE AMIDAH
1. THE GOD OF HISTORY:
Blessed are you, O Lord our God and God of our fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the great, mighty and revered God, the Most High God who bestows lovingkindnesses, the Creator of all things, who remembers the good deeds of the patriarchs and in love will bring a redeemer to their children's children for his name's sake. O king, helper, Savior and Shield. Blessed are you, O Lord, the Shield of Abraham.
2. THE GOD OF NATURE:
You, O Lord, are mighty forever, you revive the dead, you have the power to save. You sustain the living with lovingkindness, you revive the dead with great mercy, you support the falling, heal the sick, set free the bound and keep faith with those who sleep in the dust. Who is like you, O doer of mighty acts? Who resembles you, a king who puts to death and restores to life, and causes salvation to flourish? And you are certain to revive the dead. Blessed are you, O Lord, who revives the dead.
3. SANCTIFICATION OF GOD:
[Reader] We will sanctify your name in this world just as it is sanctified in the highest heavens, as it is written by your prophet: "And they call out to one another and say: [Cong.] 'Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.'" [Isa. 6:3] [Reader] Those facing them praise God saying: [Cong.] "Blessed be the Presence of the LORD in his place." [Ezek. 3:12] [Reader] And in your Holy Words it is written, saying, [Cong.] "The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, throughout all generations. Hallelujah." [Ps. 146:10] [Reader] Throughout all generations we will declare your greatness, and to all eternity we will proclaim your holiness. Your praise, O our God, shall never depart from our mouth, for you are a great and holy God and King. Blessed are you, O Lord, the holy God. You are holy, and your name is holy, and holy beings praise you daily. (Selah.) Blessed are you, O Lord, the holy God.
4. PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING:
You favor men with knowledge, and teach mortals understanding. O favor us with the knowledge, the understanding and the insight that come from you. Blessed are you, O Lord, the gracious giver of knowledge.
5. FOR REPENTANCE:
Bring us back, O our father, to your Instruction; draw us near, O our King, to your service; and cause us to return to you in perfect repentance. Blessed are you, O Lord, who delights in repentance.
6. FOR FORGIVENESS:
Forgive us, O our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, O our King, for we have transgressed; for you pardon and forgive. Blessed are you, O Lord, who is merciful and always ready to forgive.
7. FOR DELIVERANCE FROM AFFLICTION:
Look upon our affliction and plead our cause, and redeem us speedily for your name's sake, for you are a mighty redeemer. Blessed are you, O Lord, the redeemer of Israel.
8. FOR HEALING:
Heal us, O Lord, and we will be healed; save us and we will be saved, for you are our praise. O grant a perfect healing to all our ailments, for you, almighty King, are a faithful and merciful healer. Blessed are you, O Lord, the healer of the sick of his people Israel.
9. FOR DELIVERANCE FROM WANT:
Bless this year for us, O Lord our God, together with all the varieties of its produce, for our welfare. Bestow (dew and rain for) a blessing upon the face of the earth. O satisfy us with your goodness, and bless our year like the best of years. Blessed are you, O Lord, who blesses the years.
10. FOR GATHERING OF EXILES:
Sound the great shofar for our freedom, raise the ensign to gather our exiles, and gather us from the four corners of the earth. Blessed are you, O Lord, who gathers the dispersed of his people Israel.
11. FOR THE RIGHTEOUS REIGN OF GOD:
Restore our judges as in former times, and our counselors as at the beginning; and remove from us sorrow and sighing. Reign over us, you alone, O Lord, with lovingkindness and compassion, and clear us in judgment. Blessed are you, O Lord, the King who loves righteousness and justice.
12. FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF APOSTATES AND THE ENEMIES OF GOD:
Let there be no hope for slanderers, and let all wickedness perish in an instant. May all your enemies quickly be cut down, and may you soon in our day uproot, crush, cast down and humble the dominion of arrogance. Blessed are you, O Lord, who smashes enemies and humbles the arrogant.
13. FOR THE RIGHTEOUS AND PROSELYTES:
May your compassion be stirred, O Lord our God, towards the righteous, the pious, the elders of your people the house of Israel, the remnant of their scholars, towards proselytes, and towards us also. Grant a good reward to all who truly trust in your name. Set our lot with them forever so that we may never be put to shame, for we have put our trust in you. Blessed are you, O Lord, the support and stay of the righteous.
14. FOR THE REBUILDING OF JERUSALEM:
Return in mercy to Jerusalem your city, and dwell in it as you have promised. Rebuild it soon in our day as an eternal structure, and quickly set up in it the throne of David. Blessed are you, O Lord, who rebuilds Jerusalem.
15. FOR THE MESSIANIC KING:
Speedily cause the offspring of your servant David to flourish, and let him be exalted by your saving power, for we wait all day long for your salvation. Blessed are you, O Lord, who causes salvation to flourish.
16. FOR THE ANSWERING OF PRAYER:
Hear our voice, O Lord our God; spare us and have pity on us. Accept our prayer in mercy and with favor, for you are a God who hears prayers and supplications. O our King, do not turn us away from your presence empty-handed, for you hear the prayers of your people Israel with compassion. Blessed are you, O Lord, who hears prayer.
17. FOR RESTORATION OF TEMPLE SERVICE:
Be pleased, O Lord our God, with your people Israel and with their prayers. Restore the service to the inner sanctuary of your Temple, and receive in love and with favor both the fire-offerings of Israel and their prayers. May the worship of your people Israel always be acceptable to you. And let our eyes behold your return in mercy to Zion. Blessed are you, O Lord, who restores his divine presence to Zion.
18. THANKSGIVING FOR GOD'S UNFAILING MERCIES:
We give thanks to you that you are the Lord our God and the God of our fathers forever and ever. Through every generation you have been the rock of our lives, the shield of our salvation. We will give you thanks and declare your praise for our lives that are committed into your hands, for our souls that are entrusted to you, for your miracles that are daily with us, and for your wonders and your benefits that are with us at all times, evening, morning and noon. O beneficent one, your mercies never fail; O merciful one, your lovingkindnesses never cease. We have always put our hope in you. For all these acts may your name be blessed and exalted continually, O our King, forever and ever. Let every living thing give thanks to you and praise your name in truth, O God, our salvation and our help. (Selah.) Blessed are you, O Lord, whose Name is the Beneficent One, and to whom it is fitting to give thanks.
19. FOR PEACE:
Grant peace, welfare, blessing, grace, lovingkindness and mercy to us and to all Israel your people. Bless us, O our Father, one and all, with the light of your countenance; for by the light of your countenance you have given us, O Lord our God, a Torah of life, lovingkindness and salvation, blessing, mercy, life and peace. May it please you to bless your people Israel at all times and in every hour with your peace. Blessed are you, O Lord, who blesses his people Israel with peace.
Very good prayers.
They pray about the coming Messiah and reconstruction of the Temple.
Amazing.
But the scenario of a rebuilding of the Third Temple also plays a major role with-in some interpretations of Christian Eschatology.
Some Christians think that this Temple described in the Bible is symbolic.
God does not play in games and He does not deceive us!
He described in details what will be this Temple!
If you say that it is a symbol then in some sense you claim that God lies by saying:
And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east.
His voice was like the sound of many waters;
and the earth shone with His glory.
Then I heard Him speaking to me from the temple,
while a man stood beside me.
And He said to me,
�Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet,
where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever.
No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name, they nor their kings, by their harlotry or with the carcasses of their kings on their high places.
This is the law of the temple:
The whole area surrounding the mountaintop is most holy.
Behold, this is the law of the temple.
It shall be that fishermen will stand by it from En Gedi to En Eglaim; they will be places for spreading their nets. Their fish will be of the same kinds as the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly many.
Ezekiel 47, 43
Fishermen are identified as real people and healing of nations by the Trees growing around the River of Life is not a fairy tale too.
Let's look at the facts that this Temple will be NOT in the New Jerusalem (on a new planet created by God for Christians) but on earth!!!!!
In the visions of God
He took me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain;
Ezekiel 40:2
This Temple is in Israel!!!!
More precise: land of Israel!!!!
Why did God give us this description of this Temple if it is not constructed yet?
God said:
And if they are ashamed of all that they have done,
make known to them the design of the temple and its arrangement,
its exits and its entrances, its entire design and all its ordinances, all its forms and all its laws. Write it down in their sight,
so that they may keep its whole design and all its ordinances, and perform them.
Ezekiel 43: 11
The answer to my question is: so that they may keep its whole design and obey God...
Fishermen will fish there.
In the New Jerusalem there is no need for that!
Also En Gedi to En Eglam is clearly not a place in New Jerusalem!
But the river in the prophecy flows into sea!!!!
There is NO SEA in the New Jerusalem (on a new planet)!!!!
It shall be that fishermen will stand by it from En Gedi to En Eglaim; they will be places for spreading their nets. Their fish will be of the same kinds as the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly many. But its swamps and marshes will not be healed; they will be given over to salt. Ezekiel 47:10-12
So, the Temple in Ezekiel 4-48 should be yet constructed on earth because there is no the river of life and trees of life yet. In the New Jerusalem there will be NO SEA!!!!! The trees of life will be planted after the coming of God Jesus during the Muslim Third War.
Look at that:
Zechariah 14:8
And in that day it shall be
That living waters shall flow from Jerusalem,
Half of them toward the eastern sea
And half of them toward the western sea;
In both summer and winter it shall occur.
And the LORD shall be King over all the earth.
In that day it shall be�
� The LORD is one,�
Read the context:
Zechariah 14
The Day of the LORD
1 Behold, the day of the LORD is coming,
And your spoil will be divided in your midst.
For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem;
The city shall be taken,
The houses rifled,
And the women ravished.
Half of the city shall go into captivity,
But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Then the LORD will go forth
And fight against those nations,
As He fights in the day of battle.
And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,
Which faces Jerusalem on the east.
And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two,
From east to west,
Makinga very large valley;
Half of the mountain shall move toward the north
And half of it toward the south.
Then you shall flee through My mountain valley,
For the mountain valley shall reach to Azal.
Yes, you shall flee
As you fled from the earthquake
In the days of Uzziah king of Judah.
Thus the LORD my God will come,
And all the saints with You.
It shall come to pass in that day
That there will be no light;
The lights will diminish.
It shall be one day
Which is known to the LORD�
Neither day nor night.
But at evening time it shall happen
That it will be light.
And in that day it shall be
That living waters shall flow from Jerusalem,
Half of them toward the eastern sea
And half of them toward the western sea;
In both summer and winter it shall occur.
And the LORD shall be King over all the earth.
In that day it shall be�
� The LORD is one,�
And His name one.
All the land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. Jerusalem[c] shall be raised up and inhabited in her place from Benjamin�s Gate to the place of the First Gate and the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king�s winepresses.
The people shall dwell in it;
And no longer shall there be utter destruction,
But Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem:
Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet,
Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets,
And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.
It shall come to pass in that day
That a great panic from the LORD will be among them.
Everyone will seize the hand of his neighbor,
And raise his hand against his neighbor�s hand;
Judah also will fight at Jerusalem.
And the wealth of all the surrounding nations
Shall be gathered together:
Gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.
Such also shall be the plague
On the horse and the mule,
On the camel and the donkey,
And on all the cattle that will be in those camps.
So shall this plague be.
The Nations Worship the King
And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, on them there will be no rain. If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
In that day �HOLINESS TO THE LORD� shall be engraved on the bells of the horses.
The pots in the LORD�s house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holiness to the LORD of hosts.
Everyone who sacrifices shall come and take them and cook in them.
In that day there shall no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
Yes, I admit that it is very strange to make animal sacrifices after death of Jesus!
But I described above a reason for that.
Also the Scripture does not say that the sacrifices will be offered to God after the coming of God Jesus during this war!
What the Scripture says is that:
2 Thessalonians 2
The Great Apostasy
Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Second Coming) and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come.
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
So, who is this man of sin who will sit in the Temple which is even not reconstructed yet?
In this chapter we clearly see that this man is the Anti-Christ!
But I also said before (if you remember another message about the Third Temple of God and Al Aqsa ) about the prince who will sit in the Temple and eat in front of God. In my previous post I said that he was the Anti-Christ and I think that I was wrong. Because there is an explanation that the prince is a title of priest who will be appointed to bring sacrifices to God in the Third Temple too.
Then He (God) brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary
which faces toward the east, but it was shut.
And the LORD said to me,
�This gate shall be shut;
it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter by it,
because the LORD God of Israel has entered by it;
therefore it shall be shut.
As for the prince, because he is the prince, he may sit in it to eat bread before the LORD;
he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way.�
Ezekiel 40:3-4; 43: 2;5-10; 44:1-3
Why we- Christians- don�t need any animal sacrifices anymore?
And why after coming of God Jesus there will be no animal sacrifices in the Temple anymore?
There is no need to shed blood of animals anymore because Ibn Allah shed His holy blood and redeemed us. About it you can read in Arabic and English below.
The Heavenly Sanctuary
But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come,
with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
The Mediator�s Death Necessary
For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
For a testament is in force after men are dead,
since it has no power at all while the testator lives.
Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood.
For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying,
�This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.�
Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
Greatness of Christ�s Sacrifice
Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another� He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
Hebrews 9:11-28
Isaiah 53:5,6: "He (Jesus) was pierced for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him and by His wounds we are healed.
We all like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to His own way,
and the Lord has laid on HIM the iniquity of us all."
Jesus put an end of all sacrifices for sin ONCE and FOR ALL!!
Because He loves us.
Because He is God of LOVE.
Because it was the will of His Loving Father to send His Son to die in our place for salvation of millions of Arabs and Muslims.
Jesus is our High Priest.
And we are now the TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD!
But why does God consider YOU- MUSLIM- as a GENTILE?!
Be reconciled with God and be a son of God adopted by Him and forgiven of all your sins through FAITH in His Son Jesus!
Hebrews 5
Qualifications for High Priesthood
1 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to weakness. 3 Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins. 4 And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.
A Priest Forever
5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him:
� You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.�
6 As He also says in another place:
� You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek�;
7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear, 8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, 10 called by God as High Priest �according to the order of Melchizedek,� 11 of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
Spiritual Immaturity
12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Hebrews 7
The King of Righteousness
1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated �king of righteousness,� and then also king of Salem, meaning �king of peace,� 3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.
4 Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils. 5 And indeed those who are of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to receive tithes from the people according to the law, that is, from their brethren, though they have come from the loins of Abraham; 6 but he whose genealogy is not derived from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. 7 Now beyond all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better. 8 Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives. 9 Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak, 10 for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.
Need for a New Priesthood
11 Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron? 12 For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law. 13 For He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no man has officiated at the altar.
14 For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood. 15 And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest 16 who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life. 17 For He testifies:
� You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.�
18 For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness, 19 for the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is thebringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
Greatness of the New Priest
20 And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath 21 (for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him:
� The LORD has sworn
And will not relent,
� You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek��),
22 by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.
23 Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing. 24 But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. 25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
26 For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who isholy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; 27 who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people�s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.
Hebrews 8
The New Priestly Service
1 Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2 a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.
3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer. 4 For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; 5 who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, �See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.� 6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.
A New Covenant
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. 8 Because finding fault with them, He says: �Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah� 9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the LORD. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 11 None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, �Know the LORD,� for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.�
13 In that He says, �A new covenant, � He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
Hebrews 9
The Earthly Sanctuary
1 Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary. 2 For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary; 3 and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, 4 which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron�s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; 5 and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.
Limitations of the Earthly Service
6 Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. 7 But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people�s sins committed in ignorance; 8 the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing. 9 It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience� 10 concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.
The Heavenly Sanctuary
11 But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. 12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
The Mediator�s Death Necessary
16 For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives. 18 Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood. 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 20 saying, �This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.� 21 Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. 22 And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
Greatness of Christ�s Sacrifice
23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; 25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another� 26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
Today...we Celebrate the Risen Christ Jesus...and today we will Forgive~Forgive~Firgive those that focus and try to in-bound and re-form us back under the Law which only brings Death instead of our New Life in Christ Jesus*...:yay:...Praise you Father...the Most High...THE LORD OF LORDS AND KING OF KINGS...Today we will wait Patiently for His Glorious Return....:bouncy:...xo
