Q. Why do you teach that the Book of Galatians is a spurious book? |
There is something very strange about this letter to the Galatians. The central theme of it seems to be to abolish the Laws of God and promote the Gentiles over the Jews. It�s said to be written by Paul of Tarsus, called the apostle to the Gentiles. Well Paul was a man of God and a hand-picked apostle of Jesus Christ (called to duty on the road to Damascus), so some of the things mentioned in this letter to the Galatians couldn�t possibly be written by such a man. A careful study of this letter would indicate that it was written by Gentiles, and not very smart ones at that!
The idea was to promote Paul over the 12 Apostles since he was the apostle to the Gentiles, and by so doing, would promote Gentiles over the Tribes of Israel, and particularly the Jews. So with this in mind, these Gentile scribes wrote into their script a confrontation between the Apostle Peter and Paul, supposedly over eating with Gentiles in a clandestine manner.
The supposed confrontation between Peter and Paul never happened, and if it had, then Paul would have been the one at fault. Peter was specifically placed in charge of the overall administration of the Church and over all the House of Israel. It�s unthinkable that Paul would have accused him of hypocrisy as the book of Galatians suggests. When we see that the foundations of the New Jerusalem City will be engraved with the names of the 12 Apostles, we realize just how great these men are.
Rev 21:12 "It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. 13 There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb." Paul, of course, is not one of the 12 Apostles, and his name is not written on the foundations of the New Jerusalem City. Peter�s name is though, and any suggestion that Paul had a showdown with Peter because he was allegedly being hypocritical about eating with Gentiles is absolutely, outrageously untrue! It never happened. Peter, in fact, was the first of the Apostles to recognize that God was calling Gentiles into the Church. And you can read the account of Cornelius the Gentile Italian for yourselves in the Book of Acts (10:1-31).And notice one other thing in the quotation from
Rev 21:12 above; it tells us that the Twelve Gates of the City are called by the names of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. And this is like red rag to a bull among some Gentile converts who insisted that God had rejected His people Israel. God has not rejected His people Israel and He never will. Some people have confused the fact that God has purged the House of Israel of the rebels from time to time, and will again. But the remnant will be rescued and brought back to the Promised Land, where the House of Israel will live forever � the very territory that God gave to Abraham. This will be the headquarters of the universe.It would have been most improper for Paul to be finding any fault with the Apostles of God for any reason whatsoever, and certainly not because Peter ate with Gentiles, and as was suggested, withdrew from them when there were Jews around. True servants of God don�t care what others think of them, they only care about having a clear conscience before God. In fact, this type of duplicity is a sure sign that someone is not a servant of God.
Whoever wrote the book of Galatians seems unaware that Peter received a vision from God long before this (in fact, 14 years according to the book of Galatians � Gal 2:1-2, when it claims that Paul had a �revelation� concerning Gentiles), which showed him that he must not consider the Gentiles unclean provided they want to become Christians. In other words, they must not be segregated in the Church, but must receive full and proper membership if they serve God in the prescribed manner. So the Gentile fabrication about Paul having this �revelation� 14 years later shows how stupid and contradictory they are. Accepting Gentiles as Christians was already established by Peter�s vision, not through any vision or revelation that Paul supposedly had.
And yet other matter that drew attention in the early days of the Church was the question of circumcision. Paul actually traveled to Jerusalem to seek the council of the Apostles on the matter of circumcision for Gentile converts. (See Gal 5:2).
To the uninitiated, it might have gone unnoticed how satanic forces operate to discredit God�s Truth. These evil creatures infiltrate everywhere, and their sole purpose is to advocate for the devil. If someone is just emerging from the error of former days, then these evil creatures are right there discouraging them. They have negative views about everything, and see their role as supporting anything that discredits God. Such evil creatures are cunning, crafty and manipulative, and they seek above all else to seem intelligent and virtuous to others, but their deception is merely a thin veneer that is quickly exposed under scrutiny. In Paul�s time these satanic creatures were masquerading as Jews who were concerned with the only thing they could think of that would be an impediment to Gentiles becoming Christians, and this was circumcision. Anyone who wanted to be a Christian would have to be circumcised, they stated, and there were no exceptions. Well that tended to put the mocker on the enthusiasm of the Gentiles.
Under the Greek influence of the period, the trend was to show that one was not a Jew by publicly showing his genitals in the manner that Greek statues tend to do. Greeks and Romans of the period were pagans and worshiped all sorts of pagan gods. The Jews were the only ones who didn�t, and then along came the Christians who didn�t worship pagan gods either. So it seemed to the Jews at the time that Gentile Christians should also be circumcised as Jewish Christians were. There should only be two classes of people � circumcised and uncircumcised. After all, this is a Biblical example for the division of humanity, and it remains so until God says otherwise. Well, God has said otherwise, and has removed the requirement for mature Gentiles to be circumcised, which is sure to give relief to a lot of anxious men.
Oddly enough, this didn�t totally satisfy the Gentiles who concocted the book of Galatians. They wanted circumcision abolished for all males, and made reference to the �mutilators of the flesh�, meaning the Jews who practice circumcision in accordance with the Laws of God. Just remember that Jesus was circumcised. All male children dedicated to God should be circumcised on the eighth day of their lives. So the term �mutilators of the flesh� is a direct challenge to God�s authority. It�s unthinkable that Paul would even suggest such a thing or be critical of any instruction of God. It was still practiced by the Apostles, and is still a requirement today � for eight day old baby boys � not for older boys or men. (I left out the adjective �Gentile� there, but we�ll deal with this at some time in the future.)
The Gentiles who wrote this book wanted Paul to be seen as totally independent of the Apostles and against the Laws of God. In fact, they try to make Paul look like the only true Apostle, and the arch-enemy of the circumcision (Jews and Jewish converts). As evident of the stupid fabrication of this book, they inserted this wild statement: Gal 5:1-3 "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. 2 Mark my words! I, PAUL, TELL YOU THAT IF YOU LET YOURSELVES BE CIRCUMCISED, CHRIST WILL BE OF NO VALUE TO YOU AT ALL. 3 Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole Law." The statement, �do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery� is a clear indication that they were proposing �freedom� from God�s Law, after all, you can�t be circumcised �again�.
So �I, Paul� is supposedly saying that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised then you are of no value to Christ. Leaving aside the fact that Christ Himself was circumcised, we find that Timothy was also. And who circumcised Timothy, and presumably made him of no value to Christ? It was �I, Paul� himself!
Acts 16:1 "He came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was a Jewess and a believer, but whose father was a Greek. 2 The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. 3 Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, SO HE CIRCUMCISED HIM because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. 4 As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the Apostles and Elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey. 5 So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers." So these muddle-brained Gentiles who fabricated this book didn�t even get that right! Paul was never against circumcision! What is more, he even delivered decisions reached by the Apostles and Elders for the people to obey. This clearly shows that the Apostles and Elders in Jerusalem were the ones making decisions of doctrine. One of these was a decision that Gentiles were no longer required to be circumcised in order to be Christians � specifically those who were adults. But Jewish Christians and Gentiles who chose to do so, were not alienated from Christ as the writer of this spurious book suggests.Paul actually circumcised Timothy because of what the Jews thought about someone with a Gentile background coming into the Temple. If you read what Galatians says about circumcision � that if you undergo it, then you might as well go ahead and castrate yourself � then you have to wonder who the hypocrite is if these were Paul�s words. But they weren�t Paul�s words, but the words of unknown Gentile converts to a pseudo form of Christianity and who had their own agendas. That agenda was to control all of Christianity and to dictate doctrine. Gal 5:11 "Brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished. (What?) 12 As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves! (What?)"
This quotation gives some idea just how wacky this book is. I wonder what these demonic creatures mean by �the offense of the cross�? It seems to have something to do with circumcision, but I won�t even attempt to explain their mad reasoning. They must have been totally mad! And about as mad as those muddle-brained dreamers who use circular and contradictory reasoning in an effort to explain it all without suffering dementia! Logic has never been the forte of the Gentile mind.
Much later the rumours began to fly once more. Someone began to circulate rumours that Paul had abandoned the teachings of Moses. When Paul arrived in Jerusalem to report to the Apostles and Elders about the large number of Gentiles who had believed the message of Jesus, they were very pleased. They then recounted to Paul that thousands of Jews had also believed and then raised the point of the rumour that had been circulating. This rumour had its origins among Gentiles who wanted to distance themselves from anything �Jewish�.
Acts 21:20-21
"When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: "You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the Law. 21 They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs. 22 What shall we do?" Thousands of Jewish converts to Christianity who were zealous for the Law had been hearing rumours about Paul from lying trouble-makers. They had heard that Paul was advising that children should not be circumcised according to the customs of the Law. And the other rumour was that Paul was teaching the Jews who lived among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses.As we can see, this was patently untrue, and the Apostles, with Paul�s cooperation, devised a plan to discredit these lying rumours and set the record straight. So it�s obvious that it wasn�t only the Truth these rumour-mongers were trying to discredit; they were also trying to discredit Paul! All the Jews and the Gentiles whom Paul taught knew these rumours were baseless, but those who didn�t accept the Christian teachings decided to discredit Paul with lying innuendo. In so doing, they merely discredited themselves, because the Apostles at Jerusalem as well as Paul decided to resolve the matter once and for all.
So it�s obvious that Paul did not teach either Jews or Gentiles to turn away from the Law of Moses as lying Christians suggest today. And neither did Paul ever suggest that children should not be circumcised on the eighth day. Instead he taught that they should � just as the Apostles did!
So continuing in
Acts 21:22 "What shall we do? They will certainly hear that you have come, 23 so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow. 24 Take these men, join in their purification rites and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved. then everybody will know there is NO TRUTH in these reports about you, but that you yourself are LIVING IN OBEDIENCE TO THE LAW." So contrary to what mainstream Christianity says today, Paul was living in obedience to the Laws of God just as all the Apostles were � as well as the thousands of Jewish converts to Christianity, and the Gentiles whom Paul had taught. There were no real Christians living in disobedience to the Law at that time; they were all zealous for the Law. It wasn�t faithful Jewish converts who were against obedience to the Law; it was certain Gentiles who wanted to hijack Christianity from the House of Israel and remake it for their own purposes, including adding certain pagan traditions that appealed to the masses. By the time Roman Emperor Constantine of Turkey came along in the fourth century and proclaimed Christianity the official religion, the Italian Gentiles were already fiercely opposing the eastern sector of the Roman Empire as Judaisers.The book of Galatians was written by pseudo-Christians of Gentile origins, who were hostile to the Law of Moses and hostile to anything to do with the House of Israel. Exactly when this letter was written is uncertain, but it could have been written in the first, second, or even the third century of this present era. It can be assumed that it was written after Paul�s death, because he most certainly would have exposed it as a fake had he been alive. But those who authored this letter certainly capitalized on the rumours that were flowing about Paul in his day. They may have even gotten hold of a genuine letter Paul wrote to the Galatians and doctored it. But the present version is definitely one that was written by Gentiles and is not only spurious but a cunning attempt to hijack Christianity from the teachings of the Apostles and the Jewish people who took the message into the world.
The Apostle John, in the latter part of his life, was already speaking of the antichrist and identifying, in the first of his three later pastoral letters, those who had the antichrist mentality. An antichrist is anyone who is opposed to Christ. Most importantly, an antichrist is anyone who doesn�t believe that Jesus is the promised Messiah � the Mighty Warrior, the Conqueror, and the King of Kings. Most people want to relegate the Mighty One to that of a weakling who is totally incapable of delivering justice against the enemies of the Father:
1John 2:22 "Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist � he denies the Father and the Son. 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also." Liars are treacherous people because they lack the conscience of normal people, and you can never really trust them in anything. And when you think about it, all liars have an agenda that is opposed to the truth.If He is not the Mighty Messiah, how then is He to fulfill this:
1Cor 15:24 "Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet." This is the purpose behind everything the Christ set out to accomplish. All His enemies must be reduced to ashes. God�s enemies are the wicked and the lawless that are destined to be ashes under the feet of the righteous: Mal 4:1 "Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire," says the LORD Almighty. "Not a root or a branch will be left to them. 2 But for you who revere my Name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall. 3 Then you will trample down the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I do these things," says the LORD Almighty." These verses should be elementary to those who are not antichrists. If you know who and what the Christ is, then you will know what He plans to do. The vast majority of mainstream Christians today however, don�t believe a word of His stated plans.An antichrist can take many forms, including claiming outwardly to be a Christian while denying the power of the Christ. This type of antichrist is, in many ways, worse than those who make no pretense at obedience to Christ or to the Scripture that He used. Other antichrists are the hordes that surround the Holy Land; those who are determined to stop the Kingdom of God from being established and who are also determined to wipe out the Jewish people. In all, it�s all those who are not the children of God � but the children of the devil (
1John 3:10). And believe me, there is a huge difference! 2John 1:7 "Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist. 8 Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully. 9 Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take him into your house or welcome him. 11 Anyone who welcomes him shares in his wicked work." Many deceivers have arisen who teach that the Law that God gave to His servant Moses at Mount Sinai is done away, abrogated, extirpated, eradicated and deleted. They want none of it! It�s the same problem that Paul faced with lying deceivers in all his bona fide writings. Yet God Himself tells us to remember it (Mal 4:4). The Gentiles today get around this by saying that the Law is only for Israel, and they themselves have a license to be lawless and disobedient. And this is the very lie that the Apostles and Elders and Paul himself set out to discredit.John adds more:
1John 3:7 "Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as He is righteous. 8 He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work. 9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God�s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10 This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother." And just a few clarifications about these verses: Doing what is right is what righteousness means. God tells us what is right and what is wrong, and this is summarized in the Ten Commandments. Anyone who doesn�t keep the Commandments is not righteous, and neither are they the children of God. This much is very clear from what John wrote!Then we have the part about God�s Seed remaining in the righteous and being born of God. Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary (who later had more sons and daughters), and Mary was impregnated with God�s Seed � the Holy Spirit � which resulted in the birth of Jesus. In order to be a son of God we must be born again, not of flesh but of Spirit � the Holy Spirit of God. Those who have the Spirit of God are the sons of God. In other words they are reborn to a pregnant mother � a mother impregnated with God�s Holy Spirit. And God tells us who that mother is, and actually speaks about her sons � they were all taught by God.
I know how popular it is today for lawless Christians to be claiming they�ve been born again, but if they don�t obey God�s Commandments, then they have not received God�s Holy Spirit. God gives His Spirit only to those who obey Him:
Acts 5:32 "We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him." If they don�t believe Peter, the shepherd appointed by Christ, then who are they going to believe?So who are those to whom the Apostle John is referring concerning being born again? Is there a spiritual birth about to take place similar to the impregnation of Mary, the mother of Jesus? Suitably placed at the end of a long line of prophecy by one of great prophets of God is a revelation for our time. In these times of severe turmoil with imminent death and destruction everywhere, God gives His people Israel hope for the future by announcing His sons who will be born of the same Spirit that gave birth to Jesus through His mother Mary.
Isa 66:5-11
"Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at His Word: "Your brothers who hate you, and exclude you because of my Name (which is the Mighty Christ), have said, �Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy!� Yet they will be put to shame. 6 Hear that uproar from the city, hear that noise from the temple [mount]! It is the sound of the LORD repaying his enemies all they deserve." (Note: You�ll recall that in relation to the clearing of the Temple Mount in preparation for the building of the Temple, God said �Not by might or power, but by my Holy Spirit� (Zech 4:7) the Capstone will be brought out � into the open. And I think everyone now knows what is now covering that Capstone or Cornerstone that represents the Christ. It�s a synagogue of Satan � a Mosque! The prince of Judah will be present at that time � a man like Zerrubbabel. And shortly thereafter, God�s Temple will be built to house the Holy of Holies Rock (Zech 6:15).Continuing in Isaiah:
V7 "Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son. 8 Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion (Jerusalem) in labor than she gives birth to her children. 9 Do I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?" says the LORD. "Do I close up the womb when I bring to delivery?" says your God. 10 "Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her. 11 For you will nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you will drink deeply and delight in her overflowing abundance." So this speaks of a new birth or re-birth of the children of Zion (Jerusalem). And in that day a country and a nation will be born! Those who search the Scriptures with all their hearts will understand these things clearly � and more! Suffice it to say, mainstream Christianity has understood nothing because they refused to obey God. Yet all these things relating to the immediate future have no meaning to them. Most of them already believe they are born again! Believe me, they are not!But what about the Churches of God, or for that matter, the whole House of Israel? They too, have understood nothing, and what is more, they continue to thrive on lies and propaganda and refuse to understand Christ�s purpose, and how He plans to establish His Kingdom. The country and nation that will be born will be God�s Kingdom � from the River of Egypt (the Nile) to the River of Babylon (the Euphrates). Incredibly, the Churches of God still don�t know where Babylon is! To this very day they continue to contradict God and claim that it�s Rome! I can tell you this: they didn�t get this from the Bible, but from the doctrine of demons. And truth be told, it was plagiarized from a demon called Ellen G. White. She was the mentor and �prophetess� of the Seventh Day Adventists.
Why then should it surprise anyone that God has called forth his messengers who have been re-born to be the Sons of Jerusalem, and through whom a whole nation and country will be born? And their message is? It�s a message of repentance and the establishment of the Kingdom of God. And first cab off the rank are the Churches of God who have much to be repentant about and God will hold them accountable for what they do from now on!
God intends to reward everyone that helps to accomplish these goals. The reason the Christ came was to destroy the devil�s work and we of this Brotherhood are here to help with this process.
It�s those who were once true, law-abiding Christians who honoured God but then turned away that are the worst of all. These people must die twice (
Jude 1:12). These received God�s Holy Spirit under false pretences since they wouldn�t remain faithful. And because they once had the down-payment of the Holy Spirit they must give an account of their treachery at the judgment. It�s all very clear in the Bible as to their fate, so they are without excuse: Heb 6:4-5 "It is IMPOSSIBLE for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 who have tasted the goodness of the Word of God and the powers of the coming age, 6 if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace." And just to be sure that the penalty for such actions is understood, the Book of Hebrews makes certain: Heb 10:26-27 "If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God." The raging fire is to be prepared for the devil and his angels (Matt 25:41), so those who are thrown into it will be in the company of those whose ways they craved while living. Any those who are not the sons of God are the sons of the devil. And only the sons of God have the Spirit of God: Rom 8:13-14 "For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, 14 because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God."Those in the Churches of God who taught the worthless prophecy of the worthless shepherd (
Zech 11:17) should know by now that they were not being led by the Spirit of God. Such lying nonsense is alien to the Spirit of God. So repentance is called for, and fast! Time is running out.
Are they serious? Where did Jesus ever suggest such bizarre behaviour for Christians? |
Up until now it has been open slather in the thousands of Christian churches who masquerade as the Church that Christ built. The leaders of all these churches developed their own style of deluding their followers with feigned righteousness. Some suited up in silly robes and wore stupid hats, while others perfected the pained-expression-on-the-face syndrome that left people teary-eyed and losing emotional control. The carefully-timed collection plate would arrive around this time. Regardless of the sort of ridiculous pantomime that was enacted, the overall purpose was to delude people into believing that this was the kind of worshipper that God favoured.
Instead of people acknowledging the Great Creator God and giving thanks for experiencing life and being given the chance to exist for a lifetime, not as the animals live, but as thinking, reasoning creators in their own right, people neither acknowledge their Creator God nor are they thankful. And it all seems so very strange. Today we even have Christians believing in evolution and this is even stranger. As Christians, what could they possibly hope to gain by discrediting God and refusing to believe Him in something as fundamental as His explanation of how He created this present world?
What is so humorous about these people is that they crave to be considered intelligent and to be admired by others. For many years some of those in the Churches of God thought they were experts in Bible knowledge. When none of their predictions concerning Bible prophecy came true, they became destabilized and tried to blame others. It became a free-for-all as shock after shock showed what fools they had been. Stripped of their arrogance and humiliated, they tried to claw back their self-respect by playing the blame game. Desperate for recognition and to reclaim their damaged egos, some went completely off the track of sanity. I recall one dope, who works as a lowly data-entry operator for the Worldwide Church of God, who thinks he�s a scientist. This man has no knowledge base about anything, and particularly any of the sciences, but in his deranged state believes himself to be a scientist. He spends most of his time on a newsgroup attacking women posters. He�s joined a whole horde of degenerates who see their only role in order to regain their self-respect is to advocate for the devil. They are soon to learn they made a very bad choice, and now there is no way back.
How well God knows the human mind and the devices of men. He predicted that certain people would become the slaves of demons and respond to their inane mutterings. He also predicted long ago what their end would be:
Isa 8:18 "Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me. We (the prophets and the children of God) are signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion. 19 When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20 To the Law and to the Testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. 21 Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God. 22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness." It�s hardly surprising that the people advocate for the doctrine of demons, and that they are marked for a horrific end. And of course, in their minds it�s all God�s fault! Never their own!Paul himself was an example of how people can be deceived when they prejudge a situation. Paul learned the error of his ways on the road to Damascus. As a member of the Sanhedrin, Saul (whose name was later changed to Paul) saw it as his duty to round up Christians and kill them. It�s strange that in a world that was nearly one hundred percent pagan, Saul thought that Christians were worthy of death above all others. And he conducted his activities with great enthusiasm. He planned to rid the world of Christians once and for all � and he believed he was serving God in doing so.
After Paul�s conversion on the road to Damascus, he went to Jerusalem where he presented himself to Peter and the other Apostles. There are two contradictory accounts of this, and one of them is a pack of lies. It�s found in the book of Galatians: Gal 1:15 "But when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace, was pleased 16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man, 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went immediately into Arabia and later returned to Damascus. 18 Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Peter and stayed with him fifteen days. 19 I saw none of the other Apostles � only James, the Lord�s brother. 20 I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie."
No lie? It says that he did not consult any man. What about Ananias who healed his blindness, and the fact that he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus? Not only was he healed of the blindness but he was also baptized and received the Holy Spirit. These things are revealed in
Acts 9:17-19 "Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit." 18 Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized, 19 and after taking some food, he regained his strength. Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus." So what�s all this madness we find in the book of Galatians? Whenever a Gentile says he�s not lying, you can be sure they are lying. Whoever wrote this book of Galatians was certainly a Gentile and it was certainly not written by Paul.The fact is that Paul did go to Jerusalem within days after his road to Damascus conversion, and this is mentioned in
Acts 9:26, and this was at a time when his unsavory reputation as a proctor for the Sanhedrin was still alive and well: Acts 9:26 "When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the Apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus. 28 So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. 29 He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him. 30 When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus." So the suggestion in Galatians that Paul went immediately to Arabia after he was blinded and later returned to Damascus is a lie. Did he have a seeing-eye dog to guide him? He was still blind until he went into Damascus and was healed through Ananias!Because of his miraculous vision and his equally miraculous conversion, Paul saw it as his duty to get out in the streets and tell all. This had the effect of starting a mini-civil war as the Jews were outraged that Paul had switched camps and was now in what they perceived to be the enemy camp. The Apostles saw what was developing and shipped Paul back to Tarsus in Asia Minor (Turkey) on the border of Galatia. He remained there for some time until the Apostles send a Levite named Barnabus to get him and to instruct him on proper Christian conduct (
Acts 11:25), and to lose the emotional rhetoric. Barnabus then took him on an evangelistic tour to meet people who were interested or at least curious about this new faith that was now sweeping the region. Naturally, people were anxious to hear about this remarkable man Jesus, who claimed to be the Son of God and did many miracles. However, this is what the rulers of the heavenly realms (Eph 6:12) didn�t want people to hear, and they advised their agents accordingly, which happened to be at that time, the Jewish religious leaders.It seemed perfectly obvious to the Jewish religious leaders that they had history on their side, and the Book of the Law was entrusted to them (which is acknowledged by Paul in
Rom 3:1-2). So why should they believe that authority had passed from them to the new upstart Christian movement? It made no sense to them!Something is wrong here, the Jews thought. For centuries they had taken the heat as a minority in a world of pagans; they had kept the Law and served God. Now along comes a new religion that seemed to be saying, �You�re out and we�re in�. What is more, the disciples of Jesus were already speaking of the establishment of the Kingdom of God with similarities to the kingdom of David, and they already have their Messiah. Their champion is Jesus of Nazareth, and they say, He�s coming back soon. In view of the many unexplainable phenomena associated with this new group from Nazareth (later called Christianity), it didn�t seem beyond the realm of possibility for it to happen just as the followers of Jesus of Nazareth are saying. Tradition! They�re making a mockery of it! It was time to act! These Nazarenes had to be rounded up and examined before the Sanhedrin to see if they had done anything worthy of death.
Well, you know how these committees work. Like the looney-left Democrats in the U.S. Senate committees, they were bound to find something worthy of death even in the most innocent of circumstances. Both the Sanhedrin and the Democrats have certain characteristics in common � believe it or not! Leaving this aside, the Jewish leaders actively sought out the Nazarenes �just to ask them a few questions�.
But Jesus� disciples were not fooled and stayed out of their way, but they remained in Jerusalem just as they were told to do. With the Feast of Pentecost coming up, they had arranged to set up in a room and were all together, huddled for fear of the Jews. When you�ve got people trying to kill you, it�s not unusual to be elusive. It�s something that even Jesus practiced while on earth.
Jesus had told them to wait in Jerusalem and He would come to them. He came back to them three times in the first 40 days (
Acts 1:3) after His resurrection. During this time He confirmed that He was sending the gift promised by the Father: Luke 24:49-53 "I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high." 50 When He had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them. 51 While He was blessing them, He left them and was taken up into heaven. 52 Then they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. 53 And they stayed continually at the Temple, praising God."It�s funny how the writers of the book of Galatians had such a fetish about referring to God�s Law as �the beggarly elements� in the KJV. And that it�s a curse! It�s ridiculous to suggest that anyone who keeps the Law of God is under a curse. And what a Scripture they point to in order to support their crazy conclusions! Gal 3:10 "All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law." 11 Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by faith."12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, "The man who does these things will live by them." 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree." 14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit." Yeah, right! So we�re all under a curse if we observe the Law of God! We�ve already seen that Paul taught obedience to all the Laws of God, including the circumcision of baby boys on the eighth day (
Acts 21:20-22), so the Lord Christ is certainly not the �curse� that freed us of this obligation as these Gentiles suggest.Then we have their quotation from
Deut 27:26 (see the footnote in the NIV) about being cursed if one doesn�t continue to do everything that is written in the Book of the Law � which they quote and then utterly refute! If you read what is written in Deut 27, you will understand why these slavering animals don�t want to obey it. They want to be free to perform all these disgusting acts, including bestiality (V21), without any retribution from God. The Laws recounted here also mention paganism (V15), so according to their reasoning, this is perfectly acceptable too.The further you get away from the Judea-Christian environment, and into the realm of paganism � the worshipping practice of most of the world � then the general populous requires far less active influence to remain focused on their form of worship. The gods (demons) love to be worshipped and pagans delight in worshipping them in all their forms. In fact, pagans love to be superstitious, and believe in all sorts of mysterious phenomena. The more mysterious the better! It seems perfectly natural for them to be able to rely on an object for good fortune that they�ve manufactured themselves, and which has become their idol. They are never too certain just what it is that gives their idol its power, but they are sure that it possesses this power. What is more, it gives them a certain sense of satisfaction that they can see and interact with their god, even though it�s a one-sided communication. From the point of view of logic though, it makes no sense to be worshipping something that has no life in it. What power could a carved image have? What power could any inanimate object have? Obviously, the answer is none!
So why then are there so many pagans in the world? The reason is because there are so many gods (demons) in the world. In fact there are millions of them, but the Bible refers to them as rulers of the heavenly realms. The innate desire of human beings to worship something greater than themselves, and this is satisfied through the worship of angels � howbeit, angels who have fallen from God�s grace. Angels were made a little higher than human beings, and they don�t want humans to forget it! In fact they crave respect, honour and even worship � just as their leader does. And their leader is the arch-rebel of the universe. Satan wants every living creature to worship him, and to the exclusion of God the Father. The vast majority of human beings have been indoctrinated to do just that.
Satan doesn�t like to be reminded that he is a created being, and neither does he like to be reminded that God is his Creator and the Creator of all that exists. The concept of a Creator God is absent from paganism. The worship of the sun is however, the focal point of paganism as devised by Satan himself. And there is good reason for this. In the halcyon days of Satan�s rule of the original creation he was called Light-bringer, which is the function of the sun. The sun brings light and warmth and stimulates growth in all living things. Satan was purpose built and created, and was designed to function as an overseer to the earthly world God had created for this purpose. In every way, the Light-bringer was perfect for the task, and seemed to conduct himself with the wisdom that was built into him.
But the day came when he decided that he had sufficient wisdom and didn�t need God to tell him what to do. This is the day that iniquity was found in him, and it all began with the manifestation of personal arrogance and self-admiration. In a word � vanity! From the point of view of human existence, there is no quality more detestable than vanity! And Almighty God concurs with this. Vanity has many forms and none of them are pleasant except to those who indulge themselves to elevate themselves over others.
Let�s suppose for arguments sake that we were thinking of converting to Christianity; we�ve never been particularly religious and know nothing about it. So we go to the source book � the Bible � and start reading it to find out the circumstances of the conversion of others. Before long, we come across the activities of Saul of Tarsus who experiences a very famous conversion on the way to Damascus. Saul was a Jew (and actually from the Tribe of Benjamin), he was a highly qualified teacher of the Law of God and a member of the Sanhedrin. He was a clear and persuasive thinker and speaker. On the particular day in question, Saul of Tarsus was given warrants authorizing him to arrest fellow Jews and bring them back to Jerusalem in chains to stand trial. The charges were for heresy � they were followers of Jesus of Nazareth � and this was a stoning offence by the Jewish religious hierarchy. Saul was already guilty of the murder of Stephen, a very devout follower of Jesus. So on this particular day he was on the way to Damascus to arrest some more to face death by stoning. It was permissible to follow virtually anybody in that day and age � except Jesus of Nazareth!
Then a blinding light interrupted his journey and he heard a voice speaking to him. It was Jesus of Nazareth asking Saul why he was persecuting Him. Saul was blinded by the light and had to be led by his companions to Damascus, where he was confronted by one of those he was to arrest and bring back in chains. Saul (later called Paul) was met by Ananias, a devout observer of the Law and highly respected by all the Jews living in Damascus. Paul gives this account in
Acts 22:8 "�Who are you, Lord?� I asked. "�I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,� he replied. 9 My companions saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who was speaking to me. �What shall I do, Lord?� I asked. �Get up,� the Lord said, �and go into Damascus. There you will be told all that you have been assigned to do.� 11 My companions led me by the hand into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had blinded me. A man named Ananias came to see me. HE WAS A DEVOUT OBSERVER OF THE LAW and highly respected by all the Jews living there. 13 He stood beside me and said, �Brother Saul, receive your sight!� And at that very moment I was able to see him. "Then he said: �The God of our fathers has chosen you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from His mouth. 15 You will be His witness to all men of what you have seen and heard. 16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on His Name.�"So where do people get the idea that Christian converts were not required to obey the Law? Does it look as if Ananias was �cursed� because he observed the Laws of God with great devotion? This is what the spurious book of Galatians implies. If Christians were under a curse for keeping the Laws of God, then why would God choose a man who was devout in observing the Law to instruct Saul in what he had been assigned to do? Ananias had God�s Holy Spirit and knew in advance to expect Saul�s arrival. And he also knew that God would immediately heal Saul at Ananias� word.
So Paul was converted by a man who was a devout observer of the Law, and, believe it or not, highly respected by all the Jews living there. Long after Jesus� death and resurrection, His followers were still obeying the Laws of God according to God�s instruction. And they were doing it so perfectly that they were highly respected by all the Jews living there.
Christians should remember what Christ said concerning the Law:
Matt 5:18-19 "I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but WHOEVER PRACTICES AND TEACHES THESE COMMANDS will be called GREAT in the kingdom of heaven."As a point of interest, there was a time when Jesus Himself was highly respected by the Jewish religious hierarchy. He was only 12 years old at the time. He dazzled the teachers of the Law with His knowledge and understanding of the Law! It doesn�t sound much like Jesus was planning to abolish the Law, now does it? He wouldn�t have kept these Jewish leaders so enthralled for three days if He had proposed the abolition of the Law. At no time did Jesus ever suggest abolishing the Laws of God. At every opportunity He advocated obedience to God and the Law. But most people know this anyway; they are well aware what lawlessness leads to. It�s only the Christian leadership today that seems to believe that lawlessness has merit. Yet they speak of the judgment, and they speak of God as the Great Judge but seem unable to understand that judges must judge according to law. Without law there can be no offence, because sin is the transgression of the Law, and therefore lawlessness. Now if sin is lawlessness (
1John 3:4), then those who don�t obey the Law are lawless sinners.So why did the authors of the book of Galatians decide that anyone who kept the Laws of God were under a curse? They actually cited a verse in the Scriptures to reinforce their suggested curse, but gave a diametrically opposite opinion! They twisted this particular verse 180 degrees from its true meaning � a complete reversal and a complete contradiction of the Scriptures Christ used. Unless you are severely brain-damaged and in a vegetative state, the following words are very clear.
Gal 3:10-14 "All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: "CURSED is everyone who does NOT continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law." Surely even a mental retard could recognize such an obvious contradition! Yet the Gentiles who wrote this book state that you are under a curse if you observe the Law. They then quote
Deut 27:26 which directly contradicts them, and which says you are cursed if you don�t do everything written in the Book of the Law. Paul was a very smart man even before he received God�s Holy Spirit, and it�s totally inconceivable that he would have written two consecutive sentences like this that are totally contradictory. In fact, only a stupid Gentile could write such rubbish and think it makes sense. Superstitious Gentiles would believe anything because they are not logical. So two contradictory statements seem perfectly logical to them and they detect no error, and assume no-one else will either.So you have to wonder why they should be teaching that you are under a curse if you obey God�s Law. What is it about the Laws that they don�t want to obey? When we look closely at
Deut 27 which they quoted from, we see a number of things that might appeal to Gentile men living in close quarters in monastic settings in rural conditions. And their resistance to God�s Law would have been tempered by their unwillingness to comply with sexual morality. Their personal choices would have been best served by a total abolition of all sexual restrictions. Hence, God�s Law was not welcome! And to reinforce this, they needed a major, successful challenge to the Commandments of God. And by the time most of the Books of the New Testament were canonized, some two hundred years after Paul died, a bitter struggle was developing between the Greek and the Roman world, between Italy and Asia Minor over which day of the week to observe as God�s appointed day of rest and the correct date for keeping the Passover. Those in Asia Minor, that is, the seven Churches to whom God wrote the Book of Revelation, held firmly for the seventh day � the Sabbath � but the Italians to the west wanted the first day of the week. By rejecting the Sabbath, they set the example for rejecting any other laws they didn�t like, and claimed the infallible right to do it.There was fierce rivalry between these two factions, and the Churches in Asia and anyone else who kept the Sabbath Day holy were considered to be Judaisers. They were contemptuously considered too �Jewish� to be acceptable to Gentiles. You can argue all you like about time-frames and topics regarding what the Gentiles objected to, and what they called Judaising, but history has solved the problem. It was the Sabbath which they refuse to observe today, substituting Sunday as the official day of worship. And it�s also the Holy Days of the Sacred Calendar, most notably the date of the Passover which was ignored in favour of their pagan �Good Friday� and the Easter Festival.
Now let�s discuss some of the broader questions and leave aside the petty criticisms and the straining over elementary issues. There is obviously something seriously wrong with a manuscript that contradicts what God has said in the Scriptures that the Lord Christ used. The O.T. was the only Scriptures in existence at the time of Christ, and it was from these that He extensively quoted. So those who resist or refuse to use them as a source of their doctrine are not very Christ-like, are they. It was nearly 70 years before the first Book of the NT was authenticated � and by God Himself. This was the Book of Revelation. Prior to this, there were many letters written by Peter, Paul, Luke, John, Matthew and others. These were canonized much later and became a part of the NT that we are familiar with. There was quite a bit of in-fighting by both Jews and Gentiles over which letters should be included. Unfortunately, the Gentiles prevailed with their inclusion of the �letter to the Galatians�. Since the Jews are the ones entrusted with the very Word of God, it�s unlikely that they would have permitted it. This so-called �letter� is a direct rebuttal of the teachings from the Scriptures that the Lord Christ used. It�s also a thinly disguised castigation of the Jews and the teachings of Moses.
What had led to Paul�s recounting of his road to Damascus conversion was that, on the advice of the Apostles, Paul was asked to undergo purification rites in the Temple for seven days and afterwards to offer the appropriate sacrificial gifts on the altar (
Acts 21:20-24). The purpose of this purification was to show the Jews in Jerusalem that he was not teaching disobedience to the Law. And neither was he denying Temple procedure through the priesthood. On the contrary, he was upholding these things! Jews and Christians alike believed in the sanctity of the Temple in Jerusalem, and were familiar with prophecies concerning purification ceremonies during the millennial reign of the King of Kings, and detailed in Zech 14:20-21. All who come to SACRIFICE in Jerusalem (V21) with avail themselves of the specially engraved cooking utensils � supplied for this very purpose! And in passing, I might add that the last verse says there will no longer be a Canaanite in the House of God Almighty. They will be banned forever! And you do remember where the Canaanites lived, don�t you? They are typified as the people who live on God�s Holy Land even though they have no right to be there. Well, they will be unceremoniously driven out or dispatched to oblivion. Either way, they will be excluded from Jerusalem and Judah.This chapter of Zechariah also speaks of the nations going up to Jerusalem to observe the Feast of Tabernacles. It will be mandatory for the survivors of all the nations (
V16) or any of the people of the earth for that matter (V17) to go up to Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Tabernacles and to worship the King, the LORD Almighty. And here again the errors of mainstream Christianity are exposed � because they steadfastly refuse to observe the Annual High-Day Sabbaths of which the Feast of Tabernacles is a part. They will observe any holiday as long as it is not one of God�s Holy Days. But in view of their slovenly attitude to God�s requirements, why should we expect anything else from them? But since they refuse to honour God�s requirements, God won�t honour theirs! And before they can enter the Holy Land and the Kingdom of God, their chief requirement will be just to survive! And this will require them to be one of the survivors of all the nations. After the Holy Land is purged and cleansed, the disobedient will find no rest in the Kingdom of God! I would also point out that surviving and being �saved� mean basically the same thing!We have a vast sea of people today who support the �Canaanites� who claim the rights to the Holy Land. And this vast sea is Islam. Figuratively speaking, the Canaanites are the low-life scum that call themselves �Palestinians�. Lying, deceitful people who fully compliment Satan�s way of life! Wretched, evil creatures that produce nothing and do nothing, and are worthless for any purpose! What is more, God has delineated between those who support such people and those who don�t. Obviously, anyone who favours such slimy snakes as the Palestinians should expect no support from God or His servants. And God�s servants will be playing an ever increasing role in who gets saved in the coming holocaust that is about to engulf the world. Traitors who favour God�s enemies will not even be considered for rescue. What is more, they need to know that being rescued will be their primary consideration in the near future. And they don�t even need to believe me, because they will soon have the opportunity to find out the hard way.
But leaving aside the deceitful nature of people dedicated to their own interests instead of God�s, there are others who feel the same way but approach it differently. This class of people likes to emulate God�s requirements in a counterfeit way. Instead of keeping the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem, they hold their own special function called the Haj in Mecca (Makkah). It seems a little odd that they do this, but the idea originally came from emulating the Jewish people and the Jewish devotion to Jerusalem. Jerusalem was always the site of the Feast of Tabernacles down through all ages, and nothing or nobody could ever dissuade the Jews from this observance. Because the Jews were a scattered people, a remnant of survivors throughout the ages, it was not always possible to observe the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem, but wherever they were, they always declared, �Next year in Jerusalem!�
Now the craftsman of deceit is Satan the devil, and he decided to craft a festival that would outdo that which was dedicated to God. What is more, he would make it impossible for the Jewish people to observe the Feasts of God in Jerusalem by hijacking the Temple Mount and making it out of bounds to true worshippers � particularly the Jews. You might be surprised to know that Satan doesn�t consider mainstream Christians, who don�t observe God�s Holy Days, to be true worshippers, but as �infidels� according to Satan�s satanic religion, they can expect the worse possible treatment at the hands of his brood. Remember how Jesus told the Samaritan woman that true worshippers worship God in Spirit and in Truth, and that Jerusalem is the City where men must worship God?
John 4:19-24 "Sir," the woman said, "I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem." 21 Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and Truth, FOR THEY ARE THE KIND OF WORSHIPERS THE FATHER SEEKS. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in Spirit and in Truth."Did you notice these words: �for salvation is FROM the Jews�? FROM the Jews! This ministry has been proclaiming for years that you will need to be rescued if you are to survive. And from where will you need to be rescued? Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Spirit when he prophesied about this (
Luke 1:67). Luke 1:69 "He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David 70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago), 71 SALVATION FROM OUR ENEMIES and from the hand of all who hate us � 72 to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His Holy Covenant, 73 the oath he swore to our father Abraham: 74 TO RESCUE US FROM THE HAND OF OUR ENEMIES, and to enable us to serve him without fear 75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days." Do you believe God yet as to the meaning of �salvation�? Whatever you thought, or perhaps even hoped it meant, the reality is a little different to what most people think. In the past it didn�t seem to matter very much because people were not expecting any sort of global turmoil, and most Westerners were not expecting any confrontation with an enemy capable of mass murder on the scale spoken of in the Bible. So no-one really expected to need �rescuing from the hand of their enemies�. In fact, �salvation� was supposed to be some undefined state-of-being which somehow granted favour with God. According to the popular myth, it only needed for a person to say a few �magic� words and bingo! Home and hosed! Eternal life � as simple as that!Speaking of the Muslim hordes, let�s consider for a moment just how satanic the inferences are in the book of Galatians. Gal 4:24 "These things may be taken figuratively, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar (Hagar is the mother of Ishmael, the father of the Arabs). 25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children." What outrageous nonsense! Where in all the Bible does Hagar stand for Mount Sinai? This is the type of nonsense only Satan the devil could write, and it�s certain that his Arab brood agree with it, particularly the bit about Hagar�s assumed domain corresponding with Jerusalem. Mad Muslims today have certainly seized on this spurious nonsense and claimed rights to everything that God promised His people Israel. You may think the next few verses clarify this crazy, stated position, but Gal 5:1 exposes the agenda, which we will see in a moment. V26 "But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written: "Be glad, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have no labor pains; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband." This is quoted from
Isa 54:1, and it has absolutely nothing to do with Hagar or her Arab descendants. In fact, they are not even mentioned.In the interests of clarity, I�ll tell you what
Isaiah 54:1 is all about. As a matter of fact, Jesus quoted from this chapter in John 6:45 "It is written in the Prophets: �They will all be taught by God. Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.�" These are the ones who have a Husband; and they also have a Father, and the Almighty God is their God. If you link this quote from Isa 54:13 with V11-12, you will find that all God�s sons who are taught by Him are the Sons of Jerusalem. These are the sons that God has taught.So who is it that doesn�t have a husband? They had a Husband once, but they suffered widowhood when that Husband died on the cross, and they�ve had no husband since. (Christ of course is the Logos of the Old Testament). This is the meaning of the verse in
Isa 54:4 about widowhood. They�ve never really honoured their Husband as the Mighty Christ; but rather have made Him look like a fool. Anciently, they abandoned God�s City Jerusalem and went their own way, repudiating God�s City and His Law. When they did this, God divorced them and was no longer a husband to them. But Christ is to be their Husband in the future, and the House of Israel � 144,000 of them to be exact, will be the Bride of Christ. And this number begins with the Sons of Jerusalem, the �woman�, all of whom have been taught by God. And believe it or not, these are the mother of the Churches of God, and the Churches are their offspring � but only those who keep the Commandments of God and hold to the Testimony of Jesus (Rev 12:17). But they have been very naughty children with all the lies they�ve been spreading through their false prophecies! These children in the Churches of God need to get their act together, and start setting an example to the rest of the House of Israel, whom they must accompany in the great tribulation. It�s time to start earning your rewards. The gift of eternal life is presently looking very shaky for all of you! But the big test is coming soon, so prepare yourselves.And just to conclude this nonsense passage from Galatians: Gal 4:28 "Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. 29 At that time the son born in the ordinary way persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now. 30 But what does the Scripture say? "Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman's son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman's son." 31 Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman. Gal 5:1 "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." Okay, so their quote has nothing to do with Hagar at all, and they have misquoted Scripture. So why did they do it? The last verse tells all. The whole thing is a ploy to embrace �freedom� by repudiating the Laws of God! And Satan�s fingerprints are all over it. Christ has set you free, they whine, and never be burdened by a yoke of slavery again. God�s Laws to them are slavery.
But there is a prophecy about Hagar, and it deals with the time of the end:
Psalm 83:1 "O God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God, be not still. 2 See how your enemies are astir, how your foes rear their heads. 3 With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish. 4 "Come," they say, "let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more." 5 With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you � 6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab AND THE DESCENDANTS OF HAGAR, 7 Gebal, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre." How accurate was God when He predicted long ago who would be His enemies and the enemies of Israel, and who would want to destroy them as a nation so they would be remembered no more! Sure enough it�s all the surrounding nations and peoples that encircle the Holy Land. So now you know who God�s enemies are, I hope they are yours too! You want to be on God�s side, don�t you?Well, your local preacher needs to clear up some of the �white lies� he�s been telling you. And truth be told, he deserves a public flogging for telling his lies. But if he is one of these dopes that regale themselves in flowing robes and silly hats, then the enemy will have a real penchant for making sport of them. And the enemy is coming � believe me! But that�s another story.
I�m afraid that most people don�t measure up to �the kind of worshiper the Father seeks� as Jesus put it. Most people flat-out don�t want to worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth. When they attend church services, they expect to get an emotional lift and some reassurance that there are some rewards awaiting them when they die. Rewards are usually given for services rendered beyond the call of duty or extraneous to the normal. Rewards are something that must be earned, and are only given to those proven worthy. So it naturally follows that not everyone has been marked for reward, but don�t try telling this to the Pope! He�ll never believe you! As a matter of fact, they have yet to decide whether the previous Pope Paul was a saint. A saint is someone who has God�s Holy Spirit, so this doesn�t say much for the line of popes.
All human beings are dust, and to dust they will return. Because human beings have the power to reason, and also dream and imagine, they have developed expectations concerning an afterlife that has no support in the Bible. To be clear on this, God has certainly made provision for some human beings to live forever, and this is certain! Leaving aside the qualities of the kind of worshiper the Father seeks, let�s examine the type of person that the Father is not seeking! And this is not too hard to determine.
First of all, we can eliminate all those to whom the Lord Jesus said, "I never knew you, depart from me, you evildoers." You will notice that these were pseudo-Christians who were professional hucksters who never missed an opportunity to promote their own interests. We know this because of the elaborate claims they made in their own defense in this quotation.
Matt 7:21-23 "Not everyone who says to me, �Lord, Lord,� will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 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?� 23 Then I will tell them plainly, �I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!�" Not a word from them about serving God in obedience to His Law and being led by God�s Holy Spirit! No, they were busy �prophesying in Christ�s Name� and pretending to drive out demons. They weren�t seeking Truth, they were seeking glory. They wanted fame, recognition and the admiration of others. When people go down this route, they soon discover the futility of it all. As a point of interest, the Catholic cardinals are presently investigating a �miracle� by the deceased pope. They need a �miracle� in order to confirm sainthood on him. They have a candidate for this �miracle�, but unfortunately he�s dead. He died of heart failure a week after the pope �healed him of cancer� (Or maybe it was months later, but he didn�t die of cancer and this makes it a �miracle�. Honest.) But it might be enough to get the dead pope over the line provided no-one accuses them of dishonesty. Since there are no witnesses to this �miraculous� event, you�ll just have to trust them in what they claim. It�s a bit like the medical profession, �The operation was a success, but the patient died of something else as he was wheeled out of the operating theatre�. �Died of complications� is the catchphrase, but don�t bother asking for an explanation of that. You hear a lot about medical �miracles� and people give praise to God for them. But when the �miracle� ends in death, apparently it�s not a miracle from God. I wonder what the official explanation for this is? Perhaps these �miracles� are sometimes botched by God � can this be the explanation? It doesn�t sound much like the miracles that Jesus performed, does it? So perhaps those to whom Christ said, �Away from me, you evildoers� were claiming credit for miracles that were frequently not miracles � especially when the patient died.There is a perception today that the majority rules in matters of correctness. This is generally true in relation to observation of the laws of the land, where the lawmakers define the law, and the people obey it. A harmonious state-of-being exists when this is so. Obedience to the laws of the land produces this sense of well-being to the citizens who enjoy the freedom to conduct their lives without intervention provided they obey those laws. In every society there are those who refuse to obey these laws, and there are penalties for the lawless. Thankfully, these are usually in the minority.
Then we have the question of religious beliefs, where the majority is generally wrong, and the reason is that they reject the Laws that God gave for their well-being as well as freedom from tyranny. God Himself designed a harmonious style of living that carries blessings for the obedient, and curses for the lawless. But it�s in regard to God�s Law that the majority are wrong. The majority refuse to obey God�s Law and are unable to see the consequences of their actions. To such people, it seems inconceivable that so great a majority could be wrong. Christianity in general believes that God should accept them just as they are, and allow them to decide how they will worship. In their foggy reasoning, they think God would be better respected by everyone if He made no demands on them. Many more people are prepared to worship God with elaborate lip-service as long as He doesn�t try to regulate their lives. Secure in the belief that if the majority reject obedience to God�s Law, then God will have no option other than to accept them just as they are. A fatal mistake!
Satan, on the other hand, has built his religion based on law. It�s a religious law called Sha�riah law, and the purpose of this law is to inflict it on God�s people (infidels they call them), and subject them to its penalties. These penalties prescribe death for virtually every transgression of it. And Satan�s religion just happens to be the largest, most influential, and fastest growing religion on earth. It�s beginning to dominate every political system and every government. The largest Christian religion on earth, the Roman Catholic Church, is battered and on the ropes, and the Pope has become a mendicant and an apologist for them. He�s just had to apologize for quoting an historical figure of 500 years ago, that suggested that Mohammed was an evil creature as well as his religious followers. The Pope obviously agreed with what he quoted concerning Islam, but was too cowardly to stand by his convictions. In some ways it�s understandable because he may become the target of assassination, but this is unlikely, considering that Islam is making inroads into the Catholic religion at an alarming rate. In South America, conversion to Islam has become a firestorm. This is largely because people like Ahmadinejab of Iran has been visiting there and befriending radical nations in the region. To the indigenous Indians of South America, Catholicism was a means to an end, to stay with the strength of the majority. They�ve just seen their pontiff humiliated by an even more powerful religion, and many of them see the futility of backing the wrong side. These feelings are historical as in the days of their forebears when human sacrifice, torture and cannibalism accompanied their way of life. It was the fear of the Spanish and their religion that caused them to swap sides then, and its Islam that is now causing the abandonment of Catholicism.
It�s logical to assume that it would be a bad move to assassinate the Pope, considering that Islam has now succeeded in humiliating him, and showing him to be very fallible rather than infallible as Popes like to claim. Assassination could potentially alienate many Catholics against Islam. On the other hand, and considering the total lack of logic in the Muslim mind, their dominance would be greatly enhanced against their �infallible� foe if he were blown to bits. There is growing anxiety among advisors to the Pope about traveling to any Islamic country now � including Turkey, which is already scheduled. On the other hand, what a wonderful example of martyrdom for Christ it would be � but they don�t even want to go there! No Pope has ever been in any hurry to �be with Christ� as they like to say at funerals. No doubt Satan and the rulers of the heavenly realms are considering all their options.
The assassination of the Pope would possibly destabilize all the Catholics of South America, who have never been stable to begin with. We all know about the drug lords and the civil wars where killing their own people means nothing to them. Broadly speaking, their loyalties are to the highest bidder and it�s always been this way. Sure there�s been some distinguished Latinos in America who have aspired to high callings even in government, and these are honourable and decent citizens, but the vast majority are not. And the crime rate among them has gone off the scale in some U.S. States. In Arizona, about 80% of the crime is committed by Latino migrants and aliens according to figures released recently.
Satan and his rulers and rallying their troops for a slaughter unequalled since the world began. All of Islam knows their role and are actively engaged. Satan knows he must rally his murderous hordes from South America to supplement his proposed slaughter. Already he has succeeded, through the efforts of the looney Democrats, in making it dead easy to enter the U.S. from the south. Border patrols cannot use force, and all they can do is take them back over the border for release. Democrats are actively lobbying in support of Latino immigration without restriction, but Republican resistance is holding so far against the storm from the south. Against massive resistance from the Democrats, a wall is proposed for keeping them out. What a laugh! You could drive a car through the wall they�re building. They couldn�t bring themselves to build a concrete wall like the Israelis built, because people would remember the fierce opposition the Israelis faced from the White House when this was proposed and the term �hypocrite� might come up.
So there are some lessons to be learned! Tough lessons, which one might call �tough love� � to use the vernacular! It�s not all God�s doing, but rather the natural consequences for the stupidity of His people Israel who like to plot their own destiny and the destiny of others � especially God�s enemies. The House of Israel doesn�t like God�s rules, so neither does God like their rules. The fact is that God has now given them over to their own depraved minds to devise their own rules based on a form of madness called �political correctness� and �multiculturalism�. Both of which are designed to favour Gentiles and to discredit God�s people Israel. And they did it to themselves!
And now they�ve carried this false idealism into war, and they can�t win! Instead, they have escalated the wars into civil wars and massive slaughter on a daily basis. Only the blind could fail to see that the mighty Ephraim has exported the type of insanity that breeds hatred. It�s called �political correctness�! The funny thing about political correctness is that it only applies in the West. Other nations laugh to scorn this very concept!
The rights of the enemy always supercede that of America�s own soldiers. While sitting in their armchairs in Washington, lawmakers determine rules of engagement when soldiers confront danger. They must not fire unless fired upon (which is often too late for some!) And the enemy when captured must be treated with dignity and respect � especially if a soldier�s buddies have all been blown to bits by a concealed roadside bomb planted by civilians. In such a case, a U.S. or British soldier should not take revenge unless authorized by some dope half a world away, who is in charge of the fighting. Otherwise, the soldier in question is likely to be charged with murder.
Abu Ghraib prison! You all saw the furor over this. Obviously staged naked Iraqis in all types of poses, and thoroughly enjoying themselves. Well it was all staged we now learn, so that a pictorial record of it all could be used as a disincentive for those who were fighting against the Coalition forces. The self-righteous SOB�s in Washington were like lunatics calling for the blood of the perpetrators of these staged acts.
Well, there is some good news. Feel free to send a copy of this news item to your sniveling local Congressman or Senator. Abu Ghraib prison has been handed back to the Iraqis, so that the joyous atmosphere of tolerance can now prevail. Read now the joyous tidings of happy, smiling Iraqi prisoners under the comforting guidance of members of their own religion:
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[Some of the small number of prisoners who remained in the jail after the Americans left said they had pleaded to go with their departing captors, rather than be left in the hands of Iraqi guards.
"The Americans were better than the Iraqis. They treated us better," said Khalid Alaani, who was held on suspicion of involvement in Sunni terrorism.]
[The witness said that even in the thieves' section prisoners were being treated badly. "Someone was shouting 'Please help us, we want the human rights officers, we want the Americans to come back'," he said.]
[And Khalid Alaani, who was also picked up in Ramadi suspected of involvement in Sunni terrorism, said: "We preferred the Americans. We asked to move with them to Baghdad airport because we knew the treatment would be changed because we know what the Iraqis are. When the Americans left everything changed."
Staff at the jail said that the prisoners were allowed out from their cells for only 15 to 20 minutes a day because of the danger from the regular mortar attacks. They are no longer allowed access to the main hall where the Americans had allowed them to watch television and the room is now reserved for the use of officers and guards. Staff explained that the air conditioning in the cell blocks had broken, although it was working in their quarters.]
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Makes you fell all warm and fuzzy inside, doesn�t it? Just seeing the first batch of those prisoners released early in nice new body-bags would be a sight to behold. All 27 of them were given neckties as a parting gift. How thoughtful! Perhaps beheading is too messy or too quick. Perhaps we should ask them! Saddam doesn�t like it either; he�s requested a firing squad if he gets the death penalty.
It really is hilarious that certain U.S. Congressmen and Senators howled and raged over the �torture� in Abu Ghraib prison during the U.S. tenancy there. The prisoners were dining a la carte on sumptuous fare, were given clean clothes and had regular exercise, television, and all this in a carnival atmosphere. Things are a little different now with the prisoners getting only rice and water (if they�re lucky) � click on the second link above. The prisoners are confined to their cells for almost 24 hours a day, with only 15-20 mins allowed for ablutions.
Haven�t we, in this Brotherhood, always said that you are dealing with wild, untamable animals when you deal with Muslims? How much more evidence do you need? The handing over of Abu Ghraib prison was to be a big event and a demonstration of how America�s policies were supposed to be working. Abu Ghraib was to be the showpiece of social principles of the West and America in particular. The speechwriters were preparing to write this event into the President�s speeches and this was designed to show that good ol� American know-how can solve all problems at all levels. Now Abu Ghraib prison is like a poison chalice in the U.S. Administration, and no one wants anything to do with it. Both sides of the aisle are avoiding the topic like the plague. The Democrats, because they made fools of themselves with their definitions of torture occurring there, and the Republicans because they thought they had �won the hearts and minds� of those to whom they handed control.
It�s a pity that America has about 20,000 statutes on their law books for regulating human behavior, none of them of any interest to the rest of the world. Islam recognizes none of them � they are only interested in Sha�riah law. They dream of the day when it will be applied against the American people. One popular example of Sha�riah law is public beheadings. It would be nice if America cooperated with Islam in this regard and applied Sha�riah law to Muslim offenders. They could empty Guantanamo detention center with a morning�s work. The eye for an eye principle would bring some justice to Daniel Pearl, who was beheaded on camera for the whole world to see, and the many others who�ve been beheaded by treacherous Islam.
There�ll be no pussy-footing around when God�s Law is applied, and justice will be swift. Islam is the enemy just as this Brotherhood was saying years ago when no-one believed. The West was convinced it was all a passing phase and that Democracy would deliver the goods. The Churches of God and all of Christianity for that matter were living in cloud-cuckoo land and seeing nothing. Religious spokespeople were actively debating such things as how many angels can stand on the head of a pin, and other elementary nonsense that made no sense. And they continue to do it!
Today, the Churches of God, that were founded by the foolish shepherd, are beginning to wonder about the source of the prophetic beliefs. They fell like ninepins leaving them naked of plausible beliefs. Yet another dope has just made a last ditch stand to entice followers by claiming that all we are seeing today is merely a false start, and goes on to confirm that Babylon is really Rome (in total contradiction of God) and that Europe and the United States of America are really the terrible duo. Amid the confusion of his darkened mind, he seemed to forget that these are the House of Israel. His scenario is that they are going to attack themselves and take themselves captive. In the meantime, his church is going to flee � to an as-yet-undefined �place of safety� as a reward for believing Herbert Armstrong�s many failed prophecies. Destiny calling, "It�s time to read HWA�s �1975 in Prophecy�; it�s all going to come true" � just as soon as he figures a way to turn the clock back 30 years or so.
The man must be getting desperate. Just a few weeks ago he was proclaiming great revelations from his efforts at playing the Da Vinci Code game, but apparently got no takers. Throughout this man�s entire confused monologue, guess how many quotations he gave from the Bible in support of his nonsense? Not one! None! Zilch! Well, I�ll quote one on behalf of him and all who believe him:
Matt 7:23 "Away from me, you evil doers!" In the language of KJV, Jude called such people filthy dreamers, and even likens them to Cain, Balaam and Korah in Jude 1:11. They will do anything to deceive you and to leave you vulnerable and unprepared for what you must now face. Such people are evil personified, but be sure that they will try to appear as angels of light!The world has become a very dangerous place, and is set to become magnitudes more dangerous. Jesus warned of these days long ago in
Matt 10:32-42 "Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. 33 But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven. "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE, BUT A SWORD. 35 For I have come to turn �a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law � a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.� "Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38 and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 40 He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives the One who sent me. 41 Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet�s reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward."Jesus is speaking of the time when rewards will be handed out. He is also quoting from the Nevi�im � the prophets; in this case, the Prophet Micah:
Mic 7:1-9 "What misery is mine! I am like one who gathers summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard [�the vineyard� is prophetic speak for the House of Israel � Isa 5:7); there is no cluster of grapes to eat, none of the early figs that I crave. 2 The godly have been swept from the land; not one upright man remains. All men lie in wait to shed blood; each hunts his brother with a net. 3 Both hands are skilled in doing evil; the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, the powerful dictate what they desire � they all conspire together. 4 The best of them is like a brier, the most upright worse than a thorn hedge. THE DAY OF YOUR WATCHMEN HAS COME, the day God visits you. Now is the time of their confusion. 5 Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Even with her who lies in your embrace be careful of your words. 6 For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law � a man's enemies are the members of his own household. 7 But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. 8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light. 9 Because I have sinned against Him, I will bear the LORD�s wrath, until He pleads my case and establishes my right (see Dan 7:21-22). He will bring me out into the light (the new dawn spoken of by Peter � 2Pet 1:19); I will see His righteousness." So this is what Jesus was referring to when He quoted these verses.In case you didn�t bother to look up the passage from Isaiah quoted above, here it is:
Isa 5:7 "The VINEYARD of the LORD Almighty is the HOUSE OF ISRAEL, and the men of Judah are the garden of his delight. And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of distress."In Ephraim�s book, the Book of Hosea which speaks almost exclusively about Ephraim, God also mentions the dawning of a new day:
Hos 10:13-15 "But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped evil, you have EATEN THE FRUIT OF DECEPTION. Because you have DEPENDED ON YOUR OWN STRENGTH AND ON YOUR MANY WARRIORS, 14 the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be devastated � as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children. 15 Thus will it happen to you, O Bethel, because your wickedness is great. When that day dawns, the king [sovereignty] of Israel will be completely destroyed." Bethel is prophetic speak for the rebellious Ten Tribes of Israel.Bethel is the city of the rebellion against God and His City Jerusalem in the days of Solomon�s son Rehoboam. The Assyrian ruler, Shalman�s (Shalmanezar) destruction of Beth Arbel is mentioned here as an example, and the image is not pretty, with mothers and children being dashed to the ground. It indicates murderous and ruthless oppressors. Who do we know that loves to blow woman and children to pieces and behead innocent people who have done them no harm? Who danced in the streets at the deaths of thousands of Americans on 9/11? It�s getting rather obvious now, isn�t it?
The Book of Hosea is a message to Ephraim, the mightiest power on earth at the present moment, and they�ve been getting very cosy with sheer evil � Islam! So which nation has depended on their great strength and many warriors, and who�ve tried to convert the world to their own way of life, but have only succeeded in planting wickedness? And what did they get in return? Evil! And what a harvest of evil they�ve had! You reap what you sow, you know. And how America has eaten the fruit of deception! The American people are a great people, and God knows this and loves this nation, largely because it was founded on the excellent principles of the founding fathers, but they certainly haven�t been listening to God. It�s time for retribution; it�s time for punishment, and the watchman is already here. But America will have to blow their own trumpet, because they would never hear God�s Trumpet � until it�s too late!
The die is already cast, and what you are now, is what you will be in the coming holocaust. Some thought it beneficial to them to wait and see if what the watchman says will come true. It�s a pity really, because it has now cost them their lives.
Those who believe that the Book of Galatians is genuine need to examine their motives and decide whether or not they are really zealous for God�s Word. Galatia was the territory in Turkey controlled by ancient Celts who dominated all of Europe. The Celts were in fact the Tribe of Levi. The Celts are not the Danite Irish, though the Irish like to think they are. The Celts were all but slaughtered to extinction in the British Isles and parts of Europe. In Britain the remnant of them live in Wales and parts of Scotland predominantly, although today they too, have become homogenous with the population in general. For centuries they were marginalized by the Angles and Saxons. From the name �Angles� came the name England. Just as the city of Los Angeles means the �City of Angels�, it�s possible that the Angles thought they were the angels of God when they sought to displace the Celts and take over Britain.
The Celts, long before Christ appeared, were the dominant tribe throughout Europe and were the original British (which means �Covenant men� after the Hebrew word for Covenant �Berith�). In the 3rd and 4th centuries BC, they had already colonized all the way from Britain to Turkey and were the original Galatians. No wonder Gentiles tried to discredit the Galatians by calling them �foolish� in the so-called book of Galatians, and endeavouring to induce them to abandon God�s Law. The term �La Tene� (seen in the above map) is where the description �Latin� comes from. You�ll notice that Spain was then called Celtiberians. All of Europe were ruled by the original British � the Levitical Celts. Not all of Europe were Celts of course; just the ruling Tribe of the House of Israel. Credit: The Penguin Atlas of World History, Vol 1, page 76. |
So it becomes obvious why the Gentiles hated the Galatians and wanted to reeducate them to their myopic views on Christianity. By that time the Celts were hated by the whole world because of their former power and influence. And as a point of interest, this is why America is hated today by the Gentiles � because of their wealth and power, but there are also demonic and sinister forces at work fomenting this hatred. Britain suffered the same fate a few decades ago when their British Empire crumbled. But for all the hype, Britain was never as great as America is, and today they are forced to acknowledge this. They know that it�s the might and power of America that stands between them and oblivion from the satanic hordes that want to rule the world. Britain has been great; there is no doubt about it, but never as great as the younger brother Ephraim. In both population and wealth, Britain has been dwarfed by the mighty United States of America. No other nation on earth can match America for power and prestige, but it seems they can no longer win a war. It�s war that will determine the fate of whole nations and continents as Satan ramps up the stakes in his determination to wipe out all of the House of Israel. And wars are prophesied to continue to the end.
The false prophets would have you believe differently. They�ll soothe you will lying propaganda in their own interests, and try to induce you to believe their false prophecies. Be aware that all the leaders of the Churches of God have agendas to deceive you and make you vulnerable to the reality of Bible Prophecy that is now unfolding. By now, you should know who the enemy is! It�s not America, and it�s not Britain or Europe! It�s Islam!
An interesting observation about the war against the Babylonians � in the very heartland of the ancient Babylonian Empire: Who was it that took up the gauntlet to fight this war? Only the Tribe of Joseph � the Americans, Brits and Australians! No-one else had the guts! It�s true that there was brief and spasmodic cooperation from a couple of other countries like Poland and Spain. Spain turned tail and ran at the first sign of danger to their country and have been singing lullabies every since. Sssh, don�t wake them up.
In view of all that has happened, only a fool would fail to see the emerging dangers building around the world. But it takes and even greater fool to be trying to resurrect the failed prophecies of �the worthless shepherd�. Unfortunately, many of these fools are controlling the Churches of God, and the Churches of God are the very ones who have a very important mission to perform. They must do as Jesus did after He was arrested. And you know that He was the Lamb led to the slaughter! You must follow Jesus and endure to the end.
Rev 2:26-29 "To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations �He will rule them with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like pottery� � just as I have received authority from my Father. 28 I will also give him the morning star. 29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches." You must overcome and do God�s will to the end, and God�s will is that you follow Jesus as sheep to the slaughter. Too many of the Churches have joined the nations in blaming America for everything, and have sided with the enemy. Some have even believed that a unified Europe is to be the beast power. Now they�re not so sure, and they have a lot of repenting to do. And unless they do repent, they are going to do it the hard way. If they are ever to be given an iron scepter to dash the nations to pieces like pottery, then first they need to acknowledge who the enemy is! The conduct of the Churches of God has been appalling, and they need to acknowledge this in deep repentance.But there is some good news. This Brotherhood has been appointed by God to do His will to the end, and God has separated them for this very purpose. Their role is different to the Churches of God, and the Brotherhood will precede you and establish the Kingdom of God as they are appointed to do, and prepare the way for you. All the Brotherhood have repented of the madness that still pervades the Churches of God and have turned to God in deep repentance and determination to carry out His instructions. The Brotherhood will certainly dash the nations to pieces like pottery, and rejoice to do it. God�s enemies are their enemies, and there will be no compromise.
As Jesus has said to the Churches of God, the door is still accessible for a short time to those who repent:
Rev 3:19-22 "Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent. 20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. 21 To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." You can�t be fairer than that! If you hear Christ�s voice � His Testimony � and don�t open the door, then you only have yourself to blame.The Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy (
Rev 19:10) and the Churches of God don�t have it � yet! In fact, they�ve never had it in this era, and this is supported by the fact of the many failed prophecies they�ve clung to. They thought it was prophesy at the time, even though there was no Scriptural support for it. What is most noticeable is that they don�t seem to be very repentant over it. They don�t seem to understand that they�ve been teaching lies in God�s Name, which they proclaimed as Bible prophecy. This is one of the reasons for Jesus words, "Depart from me, you evil doers!" Aren�t they ashamed of themselves? Don�t they realize that these dreadful sins must be repented of?True repentance will save you a lot of pain and heartache, and to what degree the human mind is barely able to comprehend! But by now you should have some idea of what God�s ancient enemies are capable of.
God has said that disaster will come like a flood in much the same manner as the great flood in the days of Noah. Wave after wave until nothing is left, and all hope is gone.
There will be hope, but typically, it will be repulsed as the work of transgressors, armed and dangerous insurgents who are slaughtering God�s enemies. Satan�s agents will ensure that people, who don�t know their God, will see them this way. It won�t dawn on them that these are the Armies of the Living God � who are appointed to clear the Holy Land in preparation for God�s Kingdom. And once the Holy Land is cleared and prepared with the necessary infrastructure, houses, etc, then the House of Israel will know that there salvation is near. Their rescue will be mounted.
The men of the Kingdom of God will slaughter Muslim hordes by the millions, but these all die just once � never to live again! Naturally enough, God never promised a resurrection for his enemies. The only thing He promised is that they will be ashes under the feet of the righteous. If Muslims are considered vermin in need of extermination, then why would God want them alive again?
These satanic creatures want the Holy Land of God, to control it and expel God�s people Israel, preventing the Kingdom of God from being established. They want to wipe the House of Israel off the map and kill them all. This, they have openly stated! In this they will have limited success, but with one exception � they will fail miserably in the Holy Land. But it will take a severe setback by marauding hordes of Muslims for this prophecy to be fulfilled:
Zech 12:1-5 "This is the word of the LORD concerning Israel. The LORD, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the spirit of man within him, declares: 2 "I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. 3 On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves. 4 On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness," declares the LORD. "I will keep a watchful eye over the house of Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations. 5 Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts, �The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the LORD Almighty is their God.�"The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the LORD Almighty is their God, and the leaders of Judah will understand this clearly. The Israelis know what strength means, because they shown almost supernatural strength in combating the surrounding peoples in the past. But against the great hordes that are positioning themselves for Israel�s destruction, they are going to need some real help! That help will come from the sons of God, called the Sons of Jerusalem. The force used by the Sons of Jerusalem will be disproportionate to anything the surrounding nations could ever imagine, and they will be sent reeling. If these surrounding nations think they�ve been humiliated by war in the past, then they�ve seen nothing yet. When they face the weapons of God they�ll wish they had never been born! The gloves will be off and there will be no Geneva Convention to protect them! They�ll soon realize they are fighting the Army of the Living God!
Satan has targeted Europe and the American continent for extermination, and he wants every last one of them dead. The Jews have already been through it in the holocaust and now it�s the turn of the rest of the Tribes of Israel � �the lost sheep of Israel� as Jesus described them. And they will be even more deserving of their fate when they turn against the Israelis. Right now, support for little Israel is becoming threadbare, with both Europe and America blaming the Israelis for the Islamic insurgency. Had Europe and America launched a real crusade like the Crusades of old, then the Islamic problem would not exist. They could have knocked the Islamic nations down like dominoes and spared themselves much heartache. But no, they had to �convert� them and prosper them, making them even more menacing. What is more, they consider Americans to be complete fools for even believing that they could ever �win their hearts and minds�. They howl with laughter at even the suggestion! Win the hearts and minds of Islam? Are they mad? It�s taken the American people a while to wake up, but Islam hates them � and nothing will win them over!
Not surprisingly, God has no desire for Islam to be won over or to capture their hearts and minds. God wants them wiped off the face of the earth! Satan of course, wants the complete opposite! And because the House of Israel has defied God and favoured His enemies, the House of Israel will be handed over to Satan�s armies and there will be a slaughter unprecedented in human history, and don�t be na�ve enough to think that the Geneva Convention will be respected. The Geneva Convention just happens to be the subject of the debate on both sides of the aisle in Washington at the present time. Cowardly, sniveling forces have combined to prevent any form of coercion of captured Islamic terrorists. These cowardly elements want Islamic terrorists protected and insulated from divulging information on any planned attacks. These cowards will rue the day they refused to protect the American people out of sympathy of God�s enemies!
God has made provision for those who have really repented of these satanic lies, and really want to know the Truth. Such people want to hear the voice of Jesus � the Testimony of Jesus � and they want to participate in the fulfillment of prophecy and the establishment of the Kingdom of God. Such people want to be attuned to God and they believe that God�s Way is right. But such people are the extreme minority throughout the House of Israel. Things, however, will change, but only after the House of Israel learns some severe lessons. In the Levite Book, the Book of the Messenger � the Book of Malachi, God details how they may return to Him (
Mal 3:7-10). God has no interest in their lip-service or their whining and complaining about their present circumstances, or their circumstances in the coming holocaust! Anyone who doesn�t support the Kingdom of God will have no part of it. The coming holocaust is retribution for failing to believe God in the first place, and now God has made the stipulation concerning returning to Him. It applies to all the House of Israel and anyone who hopes to be a part of the Kingdom of God. This is God�s test, and this is the entrance fee � and it�s God�s condition of entry. Anyone who doesn�t comply with God�s conditions for returning to Him will not be rescued!This Brotherhood is made up of people who have divested themselves of the lies and deceit of the former teachings and have returned to God and His righteousness; what is more, they believe Him! If any reader feels he is in this category of believers, then now is the time to act. Time is rapidly running out, and the door is about to slam shut. If you write to me, then please give your real name (not your Internet handle) and what country or state you live in, otherwise I won�t even bother to answer you. You should also give a few more details, like your age, married or single, or if you have children and anything else you would like to tell us. These things are important if we are to make provision for you in the Brotherhood when the time comes to fulfill our mission. As I�ve said many times before, this Brotherhood (which incidentally includes women) is not for the faint-hearted, but neither is the alternative.
And just one final thing. The Laws of the Levitical Priesthood will be vigorously applied in the Kingdom of God:
Mal 4:4 "Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel." God knows which of His Laws the House of Israel doesn�t like. God knows it�s basically all of them, because they don�t want to obey Him. The majority will obey any law that Congress decrees, but they are determined that they won�t obey any Law decreed by God. As long as God doesn�t make any demands then they will tolerate Him, and even pay lip-service, but God�s Law is totally unacceptable to them. They want them removed from courthouses, schools and any public places and wherever they might appear. In the past their presence was tolerated as long as no-one was silly enough to advocate obedience to them. Well, there has been a change of fortunes in the House of Israel, and the outlook is not bright! Instead of enlightenment, darkness and terror is decreed, and lawlessness will prevail in ways that are unimaginable. In regard to God�s Law, He has said this through Moses: Deut 30:19 "This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20 and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to His voice, and hold fast to Him. For the LORD is your life, and He will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."I know it�s not palatable to some who are expecting great rewards, like eternal life, but those who have never distinguished themselves according to God�s Law and His instructions should expect no such thing. God has made it clear to the whole House of Israel that their reward will be long life in the Kingdom of God:
Isa 65:20-23 "Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; he who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth; he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed. They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the works of their hands. 23 They will not toil in vain or bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them." They will live long lives and they will have children, and they will see many generations of their descendants � but they will die eventually.Eternal life, on the other hand, is for those who have thoroughly distinguished themselves in God�s service just as Jesus did. Eternal life is the gift that God will give to those who faithfully serve Him and rescue His people Israel and establish them in the Land that God gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and their offspring forever. Those who are alive, and are planted in the Holy Land will have God�s Holy Spirit poured out on them, and through this Spirit they will have hope for eternal life, but they will be dead for many generations before this judging occurs. There is a judgment for all who received God�s Holy Spirit during their lifetimes, for some it means eternal life, but for others it means eternal death. And as an incentive to choose between life and death, the departure to eternal death will not be pleasant. No one enjoys being burned alive! Obviously, God wants you to treat this seriously. Though such things may seem surreal to some at this moment in time, the outcome is certain. You owe it to yourselves to take your Creator God seriously � and obey Him!
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