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Thursday, November 05, 2009

Christ Is Ready
for the Harvest

harvest 2  

The world is a shambles and getting worse every day.
People all over the world are asking:

Why were our homes destroyed by earthquakes,
fires and flooding?

Why is there so much violence and warfare?
Why is the economy so bad?
Why is my job gone?

What will happen next?

Why is the world a shambles?

Mankind was allowed to run amuck in this world
for many thousands of years. Just look at what
we have accomplished!

What does the world have?

Poverty and famines.
Widespread hatred.
Oppression, wars, pollution, disease, squalor, unrest and despair.

Not only that, but the problems are growing!

Not once have the governmental leaders of this world,
in their wisdom, ever solved any of these problems in
any country.

They never have and never will. Because of widespread
corruption and incompetence, the world’s leaders solely
look out for their own interests and disregard the problems
of the people they supposedly serve.

Who can save the world from certain disaster?

"...for they shall cry unto Jehovah because of oppressors,
and he will send them a saviour, and a defender, and he
will deliver them."
(Isaiah 19:20) (ASV)

"...At the time that God has already decided,
he will send Christ back again."
(1Timothy 6:15) (CEV)

That is wonderful news! Jehovah and His son
are about to do something about the havoc
and chaos in the world soon.

But what must occur first?

A small thing – and yet – a large accomplishment!

Before God’s son takes over, all of his true followers
must stop calling him "Jesus".

Why?

"The Hebrews called their coming Savior, the Messiah,
Jahshuawah (Jehoshua). The disciples of the Savior
accepted Him as such, and to them He was known as
Jahshuwah the Messiah. The Greeks, however, rejected
the Hebrew name, and called Him (IESOUS-Jesus) instead."
- The Origin of Christianity
by A.B. Traina

"It is interesting to note - that throughout his life - the
one now known as Jesus Christ never did hear himself
called by that name."
- "Man’s Great Adventure,"
by Edwin W. Pharlow, professor of history,
Ohio State University.

"It is known that the Greek name endings with sus,
seus and sous were attached by the Greeks to names
and geographical areas as means to give honour to
their supreme deity, Zeus."
-Dictionary of Christian Lore and Legend
Professor J. C. J. Metford

That is why. God’s son is not Jesus! Just as the Bible
translators substituted "GOD" and "LORD" for God’s
actual name, Jehovah, they also painstakingly traded
"Jesus" for "Jehoshua" in place of Christ’s true name.

Has it always been that way?

"In the 1611 KJ New Testatment the name Yahshua
(Yehoshua) appeared originally wherever the Messiah
was spoken of. Yehoshua means Yehovah's (Jehovah's)
Salvation. Later the Messiah's name was replaced with
Iesus (Greek) which later in the 1600's it became Jesus
starting with the new English letter 'J' which was
introduced at that time. Further, the Greek 'Iesus'
comes from the name Zeus, the ruling God in the
Greek pantheon."
-Gospel of The Kingdom
True Names and Title
Dr. Henry Clifford Kinley
1931 - Ohio USA

Instead, true Christians will let go of Christendom’s
three-headed trinity god named Jesus and call our
savior by his correct name.

Jehoshua

Christ's name (Jehoshua) is of Hebrew origin and
is taken from the name Yehoshua, which in English
is often translated as Joshua. Yehoshua, in Hebrew
means "Yehovah Saves".
-Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Jehoshua was the name given to Christ by his
heavenly Father, Jehovah God. Many years
after his death - Rome changed his name to
suit their pagan heritage and to please their
pagan converts. "Ieous" was Greek for "Hail
Zeus", which was translated later into English
as "Jesus". And this error has continued to the
present. "The name Joshua (Jehoshua) derives
its greatest importance and highest sanctity
from the fact that it was sacredly chosen as the
name to be borne by the Messiah. This name was
corrupted and altered in time into the name Jesus."
--Personal Names in the Bible
by Dr. W.F. Wilkinson, M.A.
Joint Editor of Webster and Wilkinson's
Greek Testament: pages 342-343.

"Jesus. That was a name given to him many years after
His death. Rome wanted to remove any Jewishness from
the new church. They eliminated His Jewish name and
blended the name of Zeus in order to make it comfortable
for all those who had previously worshipped the Greek
and Roman gods. Since Zeus was the top god of their
experience, attaching the name Ioesus (hail Zeus) to
Yahshua - gave Him top priority in the worship hierarchy."
-Winds of Praise Broadcasting
Believer or Follower?
The Sound of the Shofar
By Jon Thompson

CHRIST DECLARED :

"I have come in My Father's name and with His power..."
(John 5:43) (AMP)

And as we can plainly see, that name is not "Jesus"!

Christ will not take action on behalf of his true followers
until they give up their "J-zeus" error. Only when Jehovah's
people begin to call upon "Jehoshua" - will they obtain the
Salvation that Jehovah has promised to them.

But some will balk against such a change!

They will resist this request from God's Chosen King.
For whatever reason, there are some that will rather
leave Jehovah's earthly organization rather than
call Christ "Jehoshua".

That would be "the weeds".

"The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't
you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the
weeds come from?' 'An enemy did this,' he replied. "The
servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them
up?' 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the
weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. Let both
grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the
harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles
to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.' "
(Matthew 13:27-30) (NIV)

All over the world weeds have been sown in with the faithful.
They have served Jehovah side by side for some time now
just as Jehoshua Christ said they would. The time has finally
come to sort the weeds from the wheat.

"Be patient like those farmers and don't give up.
The Lord will soon be here!"
(James 5:8) (CEV)

"...I know you can't stomach evil, that you weed
out apostolic pretenders..."
(Revelation 2:2) (MSG)

"...limp souls. Useless as weeds, fragile as grass,
insubstantial as wind-blown chaff."
(2Kings 19:26) (MSG)

"...Soon, oh very soon, her harvest will come
and then the chaff will fly!'"
(Jeremiah 51:29) (MSG)

"I know your deeds... You have kept My word,
and have not denied My name."
(Revelation 3:8) (NASB)

And it was for this very reason that Christ waited so
long to reveal this truth to his followers. The Harvest
wasn't ready and he didn't want to uproot the wheat
with the weeds. But now that will not be a problem
anymore because the Harvest is ready.

The First Command directed to Jehovah's people by
God's chosen King, Jehoshua, is to begin calling
Christ by his rightful name. It is not a difficult thing
to do but it will mean putting God and Christ first
in our lives and it may also mean a loss of favor with
the rest of the Jesus-worshiping world.

A similar but tremendous dividing work happened
when Jehovah God began to take out of the nations
A People For His name. When the International Bible
Students made the decision to become "Jehovah’s
Witnesses" - to fulfil Bible Prophecy and identify
themselves as His people, some fell away - as they
were weed-like and refused to be called by Jehovah's
Divine Name.

This same dividing or separating - is happening again
today - at this time of "The End". But now, instead of
Jehovah’s name separating true followers from the
unfaithful, this time it will be the name of God's Son,
"Jehoshua" Christ that will uproot the weeds that were
sown by Satan.

A choice has to be made. A choice will be made.
One way or the other - each of us will choose the
side on which we will stand. From such a small
change will come a tremendous accomplisment.

THE HARVEST IS ON!

The wheat and weeds are about to be sorted and gathered.

Which side will we choose?
"Jesus" or "Jehoshua"?

"Now what I am commanding you today is not too
difficult for you or beyond your reach. No, the word
is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart
so you may obey it."
(Deuteronomy 30:11,14) (NIV)

"...YOU will by no means see me until YOU say,
‘Blessed is he that comes in Jehovah’s name.’"
(Luke 13:35) (NWT)

"There is salvation in no one else! God has given no
other name under heaven by which we must be saved."
(Acts 4:12) (NLT)

"Blessed is he who is coming In the name of Jehovah..."
(Psalm 118:26) (YLT)

And while we are at it…

ARE YOU SAYING "AMEN" – IN IGNORANCE ?

"By ending our prayers in 'amen'... one could very
well ask, "Have we been misled to invoke the name
of the Egyptian 'Sun-god' at the end of our prayers?"
-United Hebrew Congregation
Charles J. Voss

It is common to end a discourse on spiritual matters,
(or end a prayer) with (the word) "Amen". Few of us
realize that the word 'Amen' is an Egyptian word. It
refers to the Egyptian god of Thebes. The Hebrews
adopted the word and it passed into Christian use as
"Amen". It is a petition for (the god - Amen) to fulfill
our words.
- MYSTIC GIFTS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT
By Dr John Palo ; 1999

The Israelite exiles from Egypt knew that Jehovah was not
the same as the Egyptian god Aten, and so they presumed
he must be the equivalent of the great State God of Egypt.
It was decided, therefore, to add the name of that State-god
of Egypt to all prayers thereafter, and the name of that Egyptian
god was "Amen". To this day, the name of Amen is still recited
at the end of prayers in both Jewish and Christian religions.
- Genesis of the Grail Kings
by Sir Laurence Gardner; pg. 6

Finally, we may note that the word "Amen" occurs in gnostic
spells… especially of Egyptian origin, and a sort of magical
efficacy seems to have been attributed to this word.. The
practice of answering "Amen" at the end of prayers appears
in the Canons of Hippolytus (No. 146) and in the Egyptian
Church Order (p. 101).
- New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia
Thurston, Herbert. "Amen."
The Catholic Encyclopedia.
Vol. 1. New York:
Robert Appleton Company, 1907.

When we did it in ignorance, maybe God looked past that.
But now that you know the truth, what will you do? Will you
continue to use the name of a pagan god to close your prayers?
Is it too hard to change that now? Because you’ve been using
the ‘amen’ tradition for a long time - will you rationalize and
justify why you keep on invoking the name of the Egyptian
god, Amen? Will you find a pastor or teacher to reassure you
that "it’s okay to say ‘amen’ - Or will you give thanks to God for
revealing His truth and stop using the name of a pagan god?"
-And they all Said, "AMEN"
by J.D. Roberts

The true followers of Jehovah and
His son will know what to do.

Bible Gateway 27


Sunday, November 01, 2009

Jehovah Will Prove To Be One!

The Christians of the world are a confused people. It is not possible
today to ask a random Christian what his beliefs are to find out what
all of the Christians believe! The online encyclopedia
Wikipedia lists
300 Christian sects and notes that the list is not complete!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations

None of the sects are in complete agreement with any other. Most
of them do have some beliefs in common. One of the biggest beliefs
shared by these sects is the belief that God is an incomprehensible
Trinity being. This popular and widespread belief is not Biblical. It
is a false belief that was merely borrowed from pagans who have so
many gods that they routinely pick three to worship at a time.

Trinity God 1 Trinity God 2 Trinity God 4

Who borrowed the Trinity belief from the Pagans?

The Catholic Church. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia:

"Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary
that he hold the
Catholic Faith. Which Faith except everyone
do keep whole and undefiled, without
doubt he shall perish
everlastingly. And the
Catholic Faith is this, that we worship
one
God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity."

From: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02033b.htm

This belief is not found anywhere in the Bible and
it was not taught by Jesus and his followers.

How did this belief become a "Christian" tradition?

"The doctrine of the Trinity was NOT a teaching
of the original Christians,  who were either with Jesus
himself or taught directly by the surviving apostles.
This explains why it is not found in the Bible. 
If it was a fundamental, core doctrine of such great
importance, it would have been clearly and unmistakably
stated in scripture.  The fact that the vast majority
of professed Christians and church doctrine today
maintain a belief in the Trinity does not prove it is
correct.  Rather, it suggests that corruption of
Christian doctrinal truths is widespread and deep."
-- Is Jesus God Almighty?
   Is the Trinity Scriptural?
   By Gordon Coulson

Corruption? Who is responsible for that?

"It was Constantine - who by official edict
brought Christianity to believe in the formal
division of the Godhead into two – God the
Father - and - God the Son... It remained the
task of a later generation to bring Christianity
to believe in the Triune God."
- The Doctrine of the Trinity -
Christianity’s Self-Inflicted Wound 1994
Anthony F. Buzzard Charles F. Hunting

Constantine the Great, Emperor of Rome, was a very busy man.

"In order to make the previously despised cult
of the Early Christians acceptable to Constantine,
emperor of Rome - the new (pagan) Church Fathers
had to remove from its teachings certain doctrines
which they knew were objectionable to Constantine.
To accomplish this, certain 'correctors' were
appointed, whose task it was to rewrite the Gospels."
-Apollonius the Nazarene Part 1:
The Historical Apollonius Versus
the Mythical Jesus
By: Dr. R. W. Bernard, Ph.D.

"Learned men, so called Correctores were,
following the church meeting at Nicea 325 AD,
selected by the church authorities to scrutinize
the sacred texts and rewrite them in order to
correct their meaning in accordance with the
views which the church had just sanctioned."
-Prof. Eberhard Nestle
`Introduction to the Textual Criticism
of the Greek Testament,'
Einfhrung in die Textkritik des
griechischen Testaments: Eberhard Nestle

Modern-day Translators have done the same work

"What I discovered in most of the versions of the
Bible produced by trinitarians which I studied - is
irrefutable proof of intentional mistranslation of
words which refer to... God.
  This statement is not
intended as an antagonistic denunciation of those
translators. It is simply a statement of fact, and it is a
fact that no scholar on earth can refute. In the versions
of the holy scriptures which they produce, I learned that
Christian trinitarians
routinely and purposely mistranslate
Greek pronouns,
so as to promote the doctrine of the
holy Trinity."
-The Influence of Trinitarian Doctrine
  on Translations of the Bible
   by John David Clark, Sr.

But how were people coerced into believing these lies?

"The doctrine that Jesus Christ - the Son of God
was "God-the-son" - was decreed by worldly
and ecclesiastical powers. 
Men were forced to
accept it - at the point of the sword or else,
Thus, the error of the trinity was propounded to
the end - that ultimately people believed it to be
the truth.  Thus Christianity became in essence
like Babylonian heathenism, with only a veneer
of Christian names."
--- Forgers of the Word -1983
       Victor Paul Wierwille

"The day was to come when the Nicene party won out
completely and then the emperors
decreed that one
who denied the Trinity should be put to death."
-The Church of our Fathers -
       1950,  pg. 46

The emperors and popes were not gentle in coercing people
into accepting their worthless fabrications. There does not
exist any scripture in the entire Bible where Jesus or Jehovah
ever said, "I am an incomprehensible trinity being. Worship us!"

What is it that God does say over and over
in the Bible?

3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and
unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by
my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
(Exodus 6:3) (King James Version)

8 I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not
give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.
(Isaiah 42:8) (American Standard Version)

10 Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant
whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me,
and understand that I am he: before me there was no God
formed, neither shall there be after me.
11 I, even I, am
Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour.
12 I have
declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there
was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses,
saith Jehovah, and I am God.
(Isaiah 43:10-12) (ASV)

6 Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his
Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and
I am the last;
and besides me there is no God.
(Isaiah 44:6) (ASV)

5 I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me
there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not
known me; 6 that they may know from the rising of
the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides
me: I am Jehovah, and there is none else.
(Isaiah 45:5,6) (ASV)

And what do God's prophets also say?

"Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is
thy Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called."
(Isaiah 54:5) (ASV)

10 But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God,
and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth,
and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not
made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from
the earth, and from under the heavens. 12 He hath made
the earth by his power, he hath established the world by
his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched
out the heavens:
(Jeremiah 10:10-12) (ASV)

"And the word of Jehovah continued to occur to me, saying...
‘An end, the end, has come upon the four extremities of the
land. Now the end is upon you, and I must send my anger
against you, and I will judge you according to your ways
and bring upon you all your detestable things. And my eye
will not feel sorry for you, neither will I feel compassion, for
upon you I shall bring your own ways, and in the midst of
you your own detestable things will come to be; and YOU
people will have to know that I am Jehovah.’ "
(Ezekiel 7:1-4) (New World Translation) www.WatchTower.org

9 And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth: in
that day shall Jehovah be one, and his name one.

(Zecariah 14:9) (ASV) 

The prophecies that Jehovah's prophets make always come true!
We are all going to see these prophecies fulfilled right before our
very eyes soon!

Bible Gateway 27


Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Life On A Paradise Earth

The world, as we know it now, will come abruptly to an end
soon
! The survivors of Armaggedon will survive because Jehovah
will protect them from all harm. There will be no worldly government
officials or governmental structure to be found anywhere on the earth.
All of the kings, presidents, dictators and their cabinets will be deceased.
There will be no crime because all of the criminals will be gone. There
will be no non-believers of the truth because all of the them will be
destroyed. Satan and his demons will be subdued for a thousand years.
This is only the beginning of paradise on earth forever. The ministers
of Christendom teach that all people die and go to Heaven (or Hell),
but that is not what the Bible teaches us:

 

"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."
(Matthew 5:5) (King James Version)

 

How can the “meek inherit the earth” if
everyone who dies goes to Heaven?

Part of living in paradise forever on earth is not having infirmities
or illnesses. Isaiah prophesied about the new world many times
well over three thousand years ago. The promises Jehovah made
are bold and hard to believe, but His faithful never doubt that
Jehovah will do whatever He says He will do.

"And no resident will say, "I am sick"; The people
who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity."
(Isaiah 33:24) (New American Standard Bible)

"Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of
the deaf  shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap
as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the
wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert."
(Isaiah 35:5,6) (American Standard Version)

"He will swallow up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe
away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he
take away from off all the earth, for Jehovah himself has spoken it.”
(Isaiah 25:8) (ASV)


25
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat
straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall
not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.
(Isaiah 65:25) (ASV)

 

Who wouldn't want a world like this to live in?

 

This is our Creator, Jehovah, speaking. He created the universe,
all matter and energy and us all. If Jehovah says death will be
swallowed up forever, it will be swallowed up forever. Also,
everyone who has died will wake up from their sleep and come
back to earthly living, not eternity in heaven.

"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all
who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out."
(John 5:28,29) (NIV)

Notice here that John did not say all who are in Heaven
will come back to life.

After all, if dead people were in a Heavenly paradise now,
would they want to come back to an earthly existence?

But John does not say the dead are in Heaven. That is simply
because he knew they were not. He knew that the people who
died will sleep until this evil, old world is wiped out by Jehovah
when His day comes. These prophesies about a new Heaven and
Earth have been unfulfilled for almost two thousand years:

4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given
authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been
beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of
the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image
and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands.
They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years
were ended.) This is the first resurrection.
(Revelation 20:4-5) (NIV)

1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven
and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any
sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out
of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for
her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
"Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them.
They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be
their God. 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be
no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of
things has passed away."
(Revelation 21:1-4) (NIV)

"For there are new heavens and a new earth that we are awaiting
according to his promise, and in these righteousness is to dwell."
(2Peter 3:13) (NIV)

Some of these unfulfilled prophecies are even older:

"For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former
things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind... And they
shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards,
and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit;
they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall
be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work
of their hands... And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I
will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. The wolf
and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the
ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor
destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah."
(Isaiah 65:17,21,22,24,25) (ASV)

Because these prophecies have been unfulfilled for so long,
most people do not believe that they will ever be fulfilled.
Thus, unsuspecting people will indulge in unacceptable
behavior and evil acts right up to the very end:

 

“On this account YOU too prove yourselves ready, because at
an hour that YOU do not think to be it, the Son of man is coming.”
(Matthew 24:44) (NIV)

 

The very people who reject the prophecies will eliminate
themselves from this prospect of living forever on a paradise
earth, the world as God originally intended it to be.

 

Why do that? Is there anything much about this current
world that is better than paradise? Are we so addicted
to time clocks, deadlines, violence, crime, corruption,
greed, pollution, injustice, sickness and death?

 

This is our way of life now but it is not permanent;
Jehovah’s prophets have said so.


10 I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times,
what is still to come.
I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do
all that I please.
11 From the east I summon a bird of prey; from
a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that
will I bring about; what I have planned, that will I do.
(Isaiah 46:10-11) (New International Version)

 

9 However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no
ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God
has prepared for those who love him"
(1Corinthians 2:9) (NIV)

Bible Gateway 27


Thursday, October 22, 2009

A WARNING MESSAGE

THAT MOST PEOPLE WILL IGNORE

Just Like in Jeremiah's Day

END

Jeremiah was given a commission by Jehovah God,

to warn the people of a coming destruction.  But
Jeremiah was also told in advance that no one
would listen to him! 

"When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you."
(Jeremiah 7:27) (New International Version)

So then - why did Jeremiah have to preach a warning message? 
Why did Jeremiah persist in preaching for fifty years knowing
in advance - that no one would listen to him?

Why ?

Because Jehovah God is just - and will not destroy
anyone without a prior warning.

Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except
he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets. 
(Amos 3:7) (American Standard Version)

And Jehovah's servants spread the important message

"Son of man, I have made you a watchman... so hear
the word I speak and give them warning from me."
(Ezekiel 3:17) (NIV)

So too, today - Jehovah has sent his messengers
to warn mankind of an impending destruction. 
And they too were told by means of the Bible - that
the vast majority of mankind will not listen.

But they did it anyway!

"...so with God and Christ as witnesses, I command
you to preach God's message. Do it willingly, even
if it isn't the popular thing to do
."
(2Timothy 4:1,2) (Contemporary English Version)

"But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or not."
(Ezekiel 2:7) (New American Standard Bible)

So what was the message that most
of the peopleof the world ignored?

"And this Gospel - good news of the Kingdom Reign
shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto
all nations, and then shall  'the end' come."
(Matthew 24:14) (21st Century King James)

This message was NOT popular in Christ's Day
and it is NOT popular now.

"If you think people are so hardened in sin that they will
hate you for preaching the Word, then read JEREMIAH."
-- R. L. Whiteside.

God's faithful messengers have never been popular. People
did not appreciate them or their message. They detested and
persecuted the messenger. Instead of becoming angry with
God who composed the message, they poured out their
wrath upon the faithful servant who delivered it. It has
always been so. Therefore, it should be no surprise today.

14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them,
because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
(John 17:14) (King James Version)

THE MAJORITY WILL NOT LISTEN

Our Messiah, himself, foretold that the vast majority
of mankind would be destroyed when he returns:

"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and
broad is the road that leads to
destruction, and many
enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road
that leads to life, and only a few find it."
(Matthew 7:13,14) (NIV)

What will happen to the ones who do not find it?

A GLOBAL DESTRUCTION

"This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from
heaven in blazing fire
with his powerful angels. He will punish
those who do not know God and do not obey the
gospel of our Lord
Jesus. They will be punished with
everlasting destruction and shut
out from the presence of the Lord
and from the majesty of his power
on the day he comes to be glorified."

(2Thessalonians 1:7-10) (NIV)

"A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right
hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe
with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked."
(Psalms 91:7,8) (NIV) 

"Those slain by Jehovah will certainly come to
be in that day
from one end of the earth clear to the
other end of the earth
. They will not be bewailed, neither
will they be gathered up or be buried. As manure on
the surface of the ground
they will become."
(Jeremiah 25:33) (ASV)

"For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish
the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity."

(Isaiah 26:21) (ASV)

"For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots
shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness,
and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire will Jehovah
execute judgment, and by his sword, upon all flesh; and the
slain of Jehovah shall be many... And they shall go forth,
and look upon the dead bodies of the men that have
transgressed against me."
(Isaiah 66:15,16,24) (ASV)

"...Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver
them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole earth
shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy."
(Zephaniah 1:14-17 (ASV) 

"For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the
whole earth
. Be always on the watch, and pray that you
may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and
that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man."

(Luke 21:25-27,35,36) (NIV)

INSTEAD OF HEEDING THE WARNING
THEY MOSTLY RIDICULED AND LAUGHED

First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers
will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
(2Peter 3:3) (NIV)

"In that day men will ridicule you; they will taunt you."
(Micah 2:4) (NIV)

"But remember... that the apostles of our Master, Jesus Christ,
told us this would happen: ‘In the last days there will be people
who don't take these things seriously anymore. They'll treat
them like a joke. These are the ones who are thinking only of
themselves. There's nothing to them, no sign of the Spirit!’"
(Jude 1:17-19) (Message Bible) 

JUST LIKE NOAH'S DAY - MOST  
IGNORED THE WARNING 

"For just as the days of Noah were, so the presence of the
Son of man will be. For as they were in those days before
the flood, eating and drinking, men marrying and women
being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into
the ark; and they took no note until the flood came and swept
them all away, so the presence of the Son of man will be."
(Matthew 24:37-39) (New World Translation) (
WWW.Watchtower.org)

THE TIME OF IGNORANCE IS OVER

"And the word of Jehovah continued to occur to me, saying...
‘An end, the end, has come upon the four extremities
of the land. Now the end is upon you, and I must send
my anger against you, and I will judge you according
to your ways and bring upon you all your detestable
things. And my eye will not feel sorry for you, neither
will I feel compassion, for upon you I shall bring your
own ways, and in the midst of you your own detestable
things will come to be; and YOU people will have to
know that I am Jehovah.’ "
(Ezekiel 7:1-4) (New World Translation) www.WatchTower.org

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CHRIST HAS ALREADY SHOWN
US WHAT HE PLANS TO DO

By resurrecting the dead back to a restored life here on the
earth, Our Saviour, God's Son, displayed not only his ability
to resurrect the dead - but
also his future intentions.

 18 While he was saying this, a ruler came and knelt
before him and said, "My daughter has just died. But
come and put your hand on her, and she will live."
19 Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.
23 When Jesus entered the ruler's house and saw the
flute players and the noisy crowd, 24 he said, "Go away.
The girl is not dead but asleep." But they laughed at
him. 25 After the crowd had been put outside, he went in
and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. 26 News of
this spread through all that region.
(Matthew 9:18-19,23-26) (New International Version)

The Bible’s prophets wrote about this extraordinary
phenomenon many times thousands of years ago:

"Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake."
(Daniel 12:2) (NIV)

 

"Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will open
your graves, and cause you to come up out of your
graves, O my people; and I will bring you into the land...
And I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I
will place you in your own land: and ye shall know that
I, Jehovah, have spoken it and performed it, saith Jehovah."
(Ezekiel 37:12-14) (American Standard Version) 

 

"Your dead will live; Their corpses will rise. You who lie
in the dust, awake and shout for joy, For your dew is as
the dew of the dawn, And the earth will give birth to the
departed spirits. "
(
Isaiah 26:19) (New American Standard Bible) 

3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live?
And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, thou knowest. 4 Again
he said unto me, Prophesy over these bones, and say unto
them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah. 5 Thus
saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will
cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live. 6 And I
will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you,
and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye
shall live; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah. 7 So I
prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied,
there was a noise, and, behold, an earthquake; and the
bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I beheld,
and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up,
and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in
them. 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind,
prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the
Lord Jehovah: Come from the four winds, O breath, and
breathe upon these slain, that they may live. 10 So I
prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came
into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet,
an exceeding great army.
(Ezekiel 37:3-10) (ASV)

Under the direction of his Father and using the power
that Jehovah will give him Christ will resurrect many
people back to life right here on the earth.

 

"Don't be surprised! The time will come when all
of the dead will hear the voice of the Son of
Man
, and they will come out of their graves."
(John 5:28) (Contemporary English Version) 

 

"...just as I have received authority from my Father."
(Revelation 2:28) (NIV)

 

Even in Christ’s Day - The people recognized
that it was the God of Israel - Jehovah - who
gave His Son His power.


"The people were amazed when they saw the mute
speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking
and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of
Israel
. "
(Matthew 15:31) (NIV)

 

"One night he went to Jesus and said, 'Sir, we know
that God has sent you to teach us.
You could not
work these miracles, unless God were with you.' "
(John 3:2) (CEV)

Did Christ possess this power because he was God?

"Jesus gave them this answer: ' I tell you the truth,
the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only
what he sees his Father doing... For just as the Father
raises the dead
and gives them life, even so the Son
gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. ' "
(John 5:19,21) (NIV)

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