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The Good News is that the Light of
Truth shall prevail
and empower those who are Thirsty and Hungry!! Are you seeking the riches of Authentic Apostolic Christianity? Are you living in a vacuum, void of the empowerment of signs, wonders and miracles? What you chose to believe will shape your life in physical realm and spiritual realm experiential realities and values that the New Covenant provides! When we guard our faith and do not allow it to be placed in a straight jacket and we do not allow others to influence us into limiting God... We find ourselves seated solidly in Christ Jesus as the Holy Spirit guides and leads us into Truth! Consider the following modes of acceptance of the Word of God... ► A biased rule or application produces a faulty theology and alters the perception of Bible truth. If one approaches the Bible with an anti-supernatural belief system, such will automatically eliminate the supernatural elements of the bible, including prophecy. There are those who carry this approach to 'believing' the Word of God and His recorded miracles are not miracles at all, but, are argued that they are merely symbolic stories. This liberal attitude has claimed many unfortunate disciples today. ► Another approach is used by some evangelical, ostensibly, 'Bible-believing Christians: They freely accept the miracles and spiritual happenings of Bible days but say such events are not meant for today. This approach to truth is still an anti-supernatural mind frame, merely in a different guise. The advocates of this view reject any possibility that the miraculous examples and teachings might find literal application or expression in our day of the 21st century. ►Then there are those who practice 'cessation.' This is the belief that prophecy and other spiritual gifts no longer exist and are no longer needed. This view purports that prophecy and other miraculous gifts ceased functioning once the New Testament was compiled. The demise of prophecy was simply part of the disappearance of all spiritual gifts from the church in the post-apostolic age! The Bible is a Letter of Hope, Faith and Love to reveal the Godhead and God's plan for mankind to have fellowship with Him in the Person's of the Trinity! We see this relationship with mankind as God 'walks' daily in the Garden of Eden and converses with the perfect man and woman Whom the Godhead had formed from the dust and breathed the life of God's Spirit within them. Gen 3:8-13 AMP 8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you? 10 He said, I heard the sound of You [walking] in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself. 11 And He said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? 12 And the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me--she gave me [fruit] from the tree, and I ate. 13 And the Lord God said to the woman, What is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled (cheated, outwitted, and deceived) me, and I ate. The focus of this study is to examine what the TRUTH is about God's Kingdom and what He has provided for the Church. Not everyone will enter into the plan of God which is revealed in God's Literary Letter of the Old and New Testament of 1188 chapters telling us of His will, purposes, ways and actions for all things. God
is in the center of all things!
He
reveals Himself, His omnipresence
(present
everywhere), His
omnipotence
(absolute power and authority) and His omniscience (knowing everything). see web page Blessed Holy Trinity for a full study see: Inner Chambers His Living Letter, the Holy Bible is written as a book of conquest and victory! God by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost upon men, penned His messages to us. For too long, Christians have been characterized by despair, defeat and retreat! For too long, Christians have heeded the false doctrine which teaches that we are doomed to failure. For too long, Christians have been taught that they cannot win... that, until Jesus returns, Christians will steadily lose ground to the Devil. For too long, Christians have been told that the church is sliding into apostasy. For too long, Christian leaders (not all) but "most evangels" sadly inform us that we are living in a "Laodicean age" of the Church spoken of in Revelation 3:14-22 (which is false teaching). For too long, Any new outbreak of war, any rise in crime statistics, any new evidence of the breakdown of family, is oddly often viewed as progress... JESUS IS COMING! is the cry!
For too long, This kind
of interpretation of the Word of God is
Heresy!
For too long, Bad news of physical and social extremes is regarded as a step forward toward the expected goal of a total collapse of civilization. For too long, These teachings and expectations have been a "sign" that Jesus might come in a twinkling of an eye to rescue the poor little weak, beaten down fear-filled church! For too long, Christians have looked on social action projects with skepticism... "Anything that does not fit into the great scheme of being always ready and mindful to be "raptured out," cannot be of God." For too long, The Bible has been taught... that within it lies the escapism of dispensationalism: "Christian's efforts are overall bound to futility." "You don't polish the brass on a sinking ship." "Why payoff your debts." Jesus is Coming!" These kinds of beliefs are exposed within the following premises: 1. The world is nothing more than a "sinking ship." 2. Any organized program of Christian reconstruction is nothing more than "polishing brass." For too long, Evangelism has been considered as an invitation to join the losing side! For too long, The Church has preached and taught the heresies of John Nelson Darby. His work and the work of those who bought into his theology have spread the "virus" of hell very effectually. The fruit of his work can be summarized as such: "A false view of spirituality." "It is a non-biblical idea of "spirituality"... that a truly "spiritual" man is the person who is sort of "non-physical," who doesn't get involved in "earthly" things, who doesn't work very much or very hard except for self-centered goals. One who spends most of his time meditating about how he would rather be in heaven because everyone should understand that he already has his 'ticket" to ride out of the madness of mother earth. And one who thinks that as long as he is on the planet earth, he has one main duty in life: "Get stepped on for Jesus." Doctrines of men have long taught that Bible's core focus should be that Christians are unworthy! Maybe if we are "lucky" we might make it out of this realm and not be thrown into the "lake of fire!" Now, in all fairness, no Christian believes in ultimate defeat. Most Christians know that God will be victorious over the devil at the end of history. Christians will recite that they have "peeked" at the last chapter and "we win." But this is the point I wish to make on behalf of true apostolic doctrine, we must have the Truth about what happens in the end! Popular End-Time Teachers place victory only in the LAST CHAPTER. Until then, in time, in history, on earth, the Christian loses! Their doctrine is thus one one of postponement! Unfortunately, there is something extremely, ironically wrong with this scenario! The unintentional message of the "gospel" is: The Antichrist is coming! There is something terribly lopsided about all this when it is quite clear that the "spirit of antichrist" has been loosed on earth since the day Adam and Eve were deceived. In our future web pages and in our Prophetic Insight documents, we will dive into that which is in right standing with God. He is not the God of defeatism. Father God of the Son, Jesus Christ gives not a spirit of fear but gives a spirit of power, a spirit of love and a sound mind. 1 Timothy 1:7 The Bible teaches that God has given us the Mandate of Dominion and, thus, we have a Mandate of Victory! This is not some kind of "everything will work out somehow theology." It is a solid, confident , Bible Truth of assurance, the Gospel will be victorious throughout the entire world! Consider the following Biblical account of Apostolic Kingdom Teaching. Matthew 13:24-30 AMP 24 Another parable He set forth before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while he was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed also darnel (weeds resembling wheat) among the wheat, and went on his way. 26 So when the plants sprouted and formed grain, the darnel (weeds) appeared also. 27 And the servants of the owner came to him and said, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then how does it have darnel shoots in it? 28 He replied to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Then do you want us to go and weed them out? 29 But he said, No, lest in gathering the wild wheat (weeds resembling wheat), you root up the [true] wheat along with it. 30 Let them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will say to the reapers, Gather the darnel first and bind it in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my granary. May you ask yourself the following questions? Do you see that the unrighteous and the righteous are both in the same field? Do you see that the righteous are not harvested and removed (raptured) from the field for three and a half years and then returned to the field? Do you understand what happens in the growth of different kinds of plants? Their roots are occupying the same earth... however, they individually draw upon different elements for existence. If you remove a plant, you destroy the roots of those around them. They are separate, yet relational. All things are common to each of them such as temperature, water, space, sunshine and darkness. The difference is found in what they feed upon and their nature. Do you "see" this comparison is symbolic to the spiritual growth in lives of humans? Weeds are rampart growers and usually destroy the soil as well as display protrusive structures such as thorns, bristles, ragged edges, poisonous secretions and the like. Good plants produce productive and useful substances. They provide the necessary qualities to sustain life. They bring prosperity in their season and are desirable to harvest. They are positive contributors to life. If a plant is prematurely up rooted in its season, it will not yield fruit for which it was destined to produce. Does this parable of Matthew 13:24-30 support a "double rapture" in the Lord Jesus Christ's teaching? Definitely not! He speaks of only one harvest! He speaks of only a one time removal of the righteous from the unrighteous! God has a positive and everlasting plan for His church! It is one of Victory! Do you find Christ indecisive and without power to sustain his Church in the earth? Matthew 16:18-19 NKJV I will build My church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. 1 Cor 15:22-25 AMP 22 For just as [because of their union of nature] in Adam all people die, so also [by virtue of their union of nature] shall all in Christ be made alive. 23 But each in his own rank and turn: Christ (the Messiah) [is] the firstfruits, then those who are Christ's [own will be resurrected] at His coming. 24 After that comes the end (the completion), when He delivers over the kingdom to God the Father after rendering inoperative and abolishing every [other] rule and every authority and power. 25 For [Christ] must be King and reign until He has put all [His] enemies under His feet. Our King, Jesus, is Lord! He is King Today! He reigns Today! His Kingship has not been postponed nor has His Authority and Power been withheld from Him! He reigns from David's throne! Philippians 2:9-11 NKJV 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. The Good News is that Truth shall prevail and empower those who are teachable, to be loosed! John 8:31-32 NKJV "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." =============================== All Caesars defined themselves as "god." Nero was ESPECIALLY BRUTAL and placed blame for burning Rome upon the Christians who denied him as god and held to their profession... Jesus as their God and King! Nero was born in 37 A.D., as Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, the son of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Agrippina, who was the great- granddaughter of the emperor Augustus. Nero was educated in the classical tradition by the philosopher Seneca and studied Greek, philosophy and rhetoric. After his father, Ahenobarbus died in 48 A.D., Agrippina married her uncle, the emperor Claudius. She persuaded him to name Nero as his successor rather than his own son, Britannicus, and to offer his daughter, Octavia, as Nero’s wife, which he did in 50 A.D. Claudius died in 54 A.D., and it is widely suspected that Agrippina had him poisoned. Nero presented himself to the Senate to deliver an eulogy in Claudius’s honor and was named Emperor of Rome. He took the name Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, and ascended to the throne at the age of 17. Look at the method and purpose by which Nero selected his elitist name. Augustus (Latin: Imperātor Caesar Dīvī Fīlius Augustus; born 23 September 63 BC died 19 August 14 AD) was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD. On 16 January 27 BC the Senate gave Octavian the new titles of Augustus and Princeps. Augustus, from the Latin word Augere (meaning to increase), can be translated as "the illustrious one". It was a title of religious rather than political authority. According to Roman religious beliefs, the title symbolized a stamp of authority over humanity—and in fact nature—that went beyond any constitutional definition of his status. After the harsh methods employed in consolidating his control, the change in name would also serve to demarcate his benign reign as Augustus from his reign of terror as Octavian. Germanicus Julius Caesar (24 May 15 BC – 10 October AD 19), commonly known as Germanicus,was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and a prominent general of the early Roman Empire. He was born in Rome, Italia, and was originally named either Nero Claudius Drusus after his father or Tiberius Claudius Nero after his uncle. He was the grandson-in-law and great-nephew of the Emperor Augustus, nephew and adoptive son of the Emperor Tiberius, father of the Emperor Caligula, brother of the Emperor Claudius, and the maternal grandfather of the Emperor Nero. He received the agnomen Germanicus in 9 BC, when it was posthumously awarded to his father in honour of his victories in Germania. As Roman emperor, Nero spent lavishly and behaved as a DEMONIC TYRANT. He rebuffed his mother’s attempts to control him, and had her killed. Nero is said to have "fiddled while Rome burned." By 64 A.D., the scandalous nature of Nero’s artistic antics may have begun to cause controversy, but the public’s attention was diverted by the Great Fire of Rome. The blaze began in stores at the southeastern end of the Circus Maximus and ravaged Rome for 10 days, decimating 75 percent of the city. Although accidental fires were common at the time, many Romans believed Nero started the fire to make room for his planned villa, the Domus Aurea. Whether or not Nero started the fire, he determined that a guilty party must be found, and he pointed the finger at the Christians, still a new and underground religion. Persecution and torture of the Christians began in Rome in 64 A.D. In the year 66 AD the Jews of Judea rebelled against their Roman masters. In response, the Emperor Nero dispatched an army under the generalship of Vespasian to restore order. By the year 68, resistance in the northern part of the province had been eradicated and the Romans turned their full attention to conquering Jerusalem. That same year, the Emperor Nero died by his own hand, creating a power vacuum in Rome. In the resultant chaos, Vespasian was declared Emperor and returned to the Imperial City. It fell to his son, Titus, to lead the remaining army in the assault on Jerusalem. The Roman legions surrounded the city and began to slowly squeeze the life out of the Jewish stronghold. By the year 70, the attackers had breached Jerusalem's outer walls and began a systematic ransacking of the city. The assault culminated in the burning and destruction of the Temple that served as the center of Judaism. The Romans Destroyed the Temple at Jerusalem, 70 AD. Peter, Paul and John all suffered persecution at nearly the same time under Nero to satisfy his evilly horrific cruelty. Peter was crucified head downward. Paul was beheaded. John was banned to the quarries John was born in 6 A.D. The Book of John is proposed written by 50–55 A.D. and with the Revelation in 65 A.D. due to narrative similarities with Paul. Keeping in mind of Paul and Peter were executed by Nero... Nero's given name was Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. Many scholars It is more likely that John was boiled in oil and banned to the Isle of Patmos “An island off the West coast of Asia Minor . . . an islet in the Mediterranean” In the resultant chaos, Vespasian was declared Emperor and returned to the Imperial City. It fell to his son, Titus, to lead the remaining army in the assault on Jerusalem. The Roman legions surrounded the city and began to slowly squeeze the life out of the Jewish stronghold. By the year AD. 70, the attackers had breached Jerusalem's outer walls and began a systematic ransacking of the city. The assault culminated in the burning and destruction of the Temple that served as the center of Judaism. In victory, the Romans slaughtered thousands. Of those sparred from death: thousands more were enslaved and sent to toil in the mines of Egypt, others were dispersed to arenas throughout the Empire to be butchered for the amusement of the public. The Temple's sacred relics were taken to Rome where they were displayed in celebration of the victory. The rebellion sputtered on for another three years and was finally extinguished in AD. 73 with the fall of the various pockets of resistance including the stronghold at Masada. "...the Jews let out a shout of dismay that matched the tragedy." Our only first-hand account of the Roman assault on the Temple comes from the Jewish historian Josephus Flavius. Josephus was a former leader of the Jewish Revolt who had surrendered to the Romans and had won favor from Vespasian. In gratitude, Josephus took on Vespasian's family name - Flavius - as his own. We join his account as the Romans fight their way into the inner sanctum of the Temple: "...the rebels shortly after attacked the Romans again, and a clash followed between the guards of the sanctuary and the troops who were putting out the fire inside the inner court; the latter routed the Jews and followed in hot pursuit right up to the Temple itself. Then one of the soldiers, without awaiting any orders and with no dread of so momentous a deed, but urged on by some supernatural force, snatched a blazing piece of wood and, climbing on another soldier's back, hurled the flaming brand through a low golden window that gave access, on the north side, to the rooms that surrounded the sanctuary. As the flames shot up, the Jews let out a shout of dismay that matched the tragedy; they flocked to the rescue, with no thought of sparing their lives or husbanding their strength; for the sacred structure that they had constantly guarded with such devotion was vanishing before their very eyes. ...No exhortation or threat could now restrain the impetuosity of the legions; for passion was in supreme command. Crowded together around the entrances, many were trampled down by their companions; others, stumbling on the smoldering and smoked-filled ruins of the porticoes, died as miserably as the defeated. As they drew closer to the Temple, they pretended not even to hear Caesar's orders, but urged the men in front to throw in more firebrands. The rebels were powerless to help; carnage and flight spread throughout. Most of the slain were peaceful citizens, weak and unarmed, and they were butchered where they were caught. The heap of corpses mounted higher and higher about the altar; a stream of blood flowed down the Temple's steps, and the bodies of those slain at the top slipped to the bottom. When Caesar failed to restrain the fury of his frenzied soldiers, and the fire could not be checked, he entered the building with his generals and looked at the holy place of the sanctuary and all its furnishings, which exceeded by far the accounts current in foreign lands and fully justified their splendid repute in our own. As the flames had not yet penetrated to the inner sanctum, but were consuming the chambers that surrounded the sanctuary, Titus assumed correctly that there was still time to save the structure; he ran out and by personal appeals he endeavored to persuade his men to put out the fire, instructing Liberalius, a centurion of his bodyguard of lancers, to club any of the men who disobeyed his orders. But their respect for Caesar and their fear of the centurion's staff who was trying to check them were overpowered by their rage, their detestation of the Jews, and an utterly uncontrolled lust for battle. Most of them were spurred on, moreover, by the expectation of loot, convinced that the interior was full of money and dazzled by observing that everything around them was made of gold. But they were forestalled by one of those who had entered into the building, and who, when Caesar dashed out to restrain the troops, pushed a firebrand, in the darkness, into the hinges of the gate Then, when the flames suddenly shot up from the interior, Caesar and his generals withdrew, and no one was left to prevent those outside from kindling the blaze. Thus, in defiance of Caesar's wishes, the Temple was set on fire. While the Temple was ablaze, the attackers plundered it, and countless people who were caught by them were slaughtered. There was no pity for age and no regard was accorded rank; children and old men, laymen and priests, alike were butchered; every class was pursued and crushed in the grip of war, whether they cried out for mercy or offered resistance. Through the roar of the flames streaming far and wide, the groans of the falling victims were heard; such was the height of the hill and the magnitude of the blazing pile that the entire city seemed to be ablaze; and the noise - nothing more deafening and frightening could be imagined. There were the war cries of the Roman legions as they swept onward en masse, the yells of the rebels encircled by fire and sword, the panic of the people who, cut off above, fled into the arms of the enemy, and their shrieks as they met their fate. The cries on the hill blended with those of the multitudes in the city below; and now many people who were exhausted and tongue-tied as a result of hunger, when they beheld the Temple on fire, found strength once more to lament and wail. Peraea and the surrounding hills, added their echoes to the deafening din. But more horrifying than the din were the sufferings. The Temple Mount, everywhere enveloped in flames, seemed to be boiling over from its base; yet the blood seemed more abundant than the flames and the numbers of the slain greater than those of the slayers. The soldiers climbed over heaps of bodies as they chased the fugitives." References: Josephus' account appears in: Cornfield, Gaalya ed., Josephus, The Jewish War (1982); Duruy, Victor, History of Rome vol. V (1883). “A small, rocky island belonging to the group called “Sporades,” in that part of the Aegean known as the Icarian Sea. On account of its rocky, barren and desolate nature the Roman government used the island as a place of banishment (“banish” means “to expel from a place, especially by an official decree as a punishment. To drive away” for criminals. The prisoners were compelled to work the mines of the island. The Emperor Domitian banished the revelator St. John to this island Crucifixion, beheading, and death aggravated by mockeries, in such a way, Nero's actions were explicit abominable crimes. (We shall study the Abomination of Desolation of which Jesus spoke about to His disciples on Mount of Olives ("the seven woes"). Christians were wrapped in the bloody hides of fresh killed wild beasts, fed to lions, torn to pieces by vicious dogs or dipped in oil and fastened to crosses to be set on fire so that when darkness fell they could be burned to illuminate the night. Nero committed suicide when the empire revolted in 68 A.D. [Also, Daniel, Jesus and John reveal Rome, the "Days of the Abomination of Desolation" imposed by Nero upon wicked, ungodly apostate Israel. See Book of Daniel, Gnostic Gospels Mark, Matthew and Luke and the Book of Revelation.] Revelation Does Not give a time frame or an outline to world history with reference to the 21st century generation! It records past events and Not News paper and TV news reports that are NOT relevant to the Revelation of Christ! John was instructed to write what he was told and saw! "Told" and "saw' are past tense verbs! They are Not future tense!! Never-the-less, men and women calling themselves prophets "package" the Word of God presenting it in a narrative whereby daily worldly events "define" the scriptures. Conversely, Revelation shows Christ is in control of all world history and the purpose of the Revelation of Christ demonstrates to the believer how we are to live, pray and worship! In John's record of His heavenly encounter, he portrays Vivid Powerful Imagery (figurative language). He wrote in the same manner of the Old testament prophets. (note: Research the accounts of John the Beloved, and Flavius Josephus writings. Josephus is a vital source for the history of the Inter-testament period and the Jewish war against Rome... The Jewish War of AD 63 - AD 70 were the 'last days' of the "old order of worship." When Jerusalem fell under the siege of the Roman armies, the Jerusalem Temple we read about existing during the ministry of the Lord and the accounts of the 1st century church. It is a horrendous account as to how Jerusalem was destroyed by fire.... ======================================== Those who will do research will quickly learn that John Nelson Darby is noted in the "theological society" as the father of "dispensationalism.", (Theo = God; Logos= word study) The term "dispensationalism" refers to the theological system employed by Plymouth Brethren founder, John Nelson Darby (Nov. 18, 1800 — April 29, 1882). While historical accounts reveal that John Darby was not the very first person 1. to conceive of the false pre-tribulation rapture doctrine and 2. to promote the false doctrine of "two distinct peoples" (Jews and Gentiles) of whom God deals differently between in His order in the New Creation. Heresy = False Doctrines The first introduction we get to the Lord Jesus"s 2nd Coming, was for a literal millennium to began in the 2nd century... and when this thousand years "officially" and "sub-sequentially" started, He would rule upon the earth. This belief was "near at hand as a belief" of the Montanist Movement which had its beginning in the latter part of the 2nd century! The Movement took its name from its founder, Montanus. This movement took place in an obscure mountainous area of Phrygia in Asia Minor. The towns of Antioch in Pisidia (Acts 13:14), Colosse, Hierapolis, Iconium, and Laodicea were situated in it. It is recorded as a "spirited" movement in that it drew many people in its sincere enthusiasm and claims to the supernatural. By the end of the second century, it had reached Africa. The movement was a reformation movement as well. Montanists were orthodoxy in agreeing to the essential points with the early Catholic Church. However, they were considered primarily as a prophetic movement that raised their voices against the worldly church and unspiritual leadership. Initially, the movement was not a departure from the 'Faith" but stressed emphasis on morality and puritanism. It later became marked by 'the orthodox elite" as (1) excessive supernaturalism, (2) puritanism against Gnostic rationalism and (3) catholic laxity. (note: these 3 dynamics are those of which Montanists were accused... The Gift of the Spirit... Discernment of spirits empowers us to see how the practice of evil is detected. Accusers reveal the heart and mind of their planned actions. That which they accuse are the very components of what they are. In this we see the "orthodox elite leadership" foundations for structuring their religious belief systems and practices. The influential movement eventually spread to all corners of the Greco-Roman world bringing significant pressure on the Catholic Church. Eventually, counter actions of the powerful religious piety of the then highly controlled and institutionalized church brought great persecution against those who participated in the Montanist Movement. NOW, let's study the heresies of John Nelson Darby, also a founder of a 'movement.' The ideology initiated from the John Nelson Darby was the first to indoctrinate fundamentalist churches in the United States with dispensational hermeneutics. The indoctrination was largely accomplished via C. I. Scofield, who incorporated John Darby's doctrines into his selectively footnoted Old Scofield Study Bible— copyright 1909 and 1917. John Nelson Darby marked his bible translation and theological writings with occult or New Age vocabulary and doctrines. Charles Henry Mackintosh, 1820–1896, with his popular expository style also spread Darby's teachings and may be regarded as the journalist of the Brethren Movement. In addition, C.H. Mackintosh popularized Darby's theories and books more than any other Brethren author. (Just do a Google or Yahoo search on John Nelson Darby!) There was no Christian teaching of a “rapture” before Darby began preaching about it in the 1830s, (180 years ago). He is credited with originating the "secret rapture" theory wherein Christ is to suddenly remove His Bride, the Church, from this world before the judgments of the tribulation. Dispensational beliefs about the fate of the Jews and the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Israel put dispensationalists at the forefront of Christian Zionism, because "God is able to graft them in again," and they believe that in His grace He will do so according to their understanding of Old Testament prophecy. 1. They believe that, while the ways of God may change, His purposes to bless Israel will never be forgotten. 2. They also believe that just as God has shown unmerited favor to the Church, He will do so to a "remnant of Israel" to fulfill all the promises made to the genetic seed of Abraham. These premises were refined and propagated by John N. Darby. (They are WRONG! The New Covenant changed 'natural Israel" to "spiritual Israel" of which the grafting is done through and in the Blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the Begotten Son of God.) Consider: 1 Thess. 1:10 King James: "even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come." Christians Who walk after the Spirit (and thus have assurance of security in Christ) are already delivered from the wrath (hell) to come in the eternal after physical death. This scripture does not point to an End of the World Great Tribulation. Darby in his Pre-tribulation premillennial doctrine inserts fear into scripture: He wanted Christians to think the "coming wrath" meant the Tribulation or Great Tribulation. To support his theories (heresies), he perverted the scriptures. He changed them so very slightly. But he changed them! 1. Rapture doctrine is one of the most recent "new doctrines" in the history of the Church. The only doctrine more recent is the invention of the sinner's prayer for salvation by Billy Sunday in 1930. Billy Graham popularized it in 1935. 2. The fact that John Nelson Darby invented the pre-tribulation rapture doctrine around 1830 AD is unquestionably true. All attempts to find evidence of this wild doctrine before 1830 have failed, with a single exception: Morgan Edwards wrote a short essay as a college paper for Bristol Baptist College in Bristol England in 1744 where he confused the second coming with the first resurrection of Revelation 20 and described a "pre-tribulation" rapture. However Edward 's ideas, which he admitted were brand new and never before taught, had no influence in the modern population of the false doctrine. That "prize" goes to Darby. 3. Prior to 1830, no church taught it in their creed, catechism or statement of faith. 4. Darby has had a profound impact on religion today, since Darby's "secret rapture" false doctrine has infected most conservative, evangelical churches. While the official creeds and statements of faith of many churches either reject or are silent about Rapture, neither do they openly condemn this doctrine of a demon from the pulpit. 5. While not all dispensationalists believe in the Rapture. All those who teach the Rapture also believe in premillennialism. Both groups use Israel's modern statehood status of 1948 to be a beginning of a countdown to the end. 6. All premillennialists, rapturists and dispensationalists alive today believe the Bible reveals the general era of when Christ will return. The date setters of the 1800's (Seventh-day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses) based their predictions upon speculative arrangements of numbers and chronologies in the Bible. Today's date setters without exception wrongly believe that Israel gaining state hood in 1948 fulfilled Bible prophecy and that Christ would return within one generation. 7. There are two kinds of premillennialists: Those who are "Date setters" and those who are "Date Teasers". "Date setters", set specific dates which are in fact a countdown clock to the extinction of their own ministries. (William Miller, Charles Russell, Ronald Weinland, Harold Camping, etc.) "Date teasers", share the same rhetoric of urgency that the "end is very soon", but refuse to lock into a specific date. (Jack Van Impe, Hal Lindsay, Tim LaHaye, In general, most Pentecostals, Jesus Only advocates, Baptists, Grant Jefferies, and Christadelphians are 'date teasers'; the persistent cry is "the Lord is Coming." 8. Most of the TV preachers who promote rapture and/or "date set" wrongly believe they are a prophet of God with special illumination. History continues to prove their heresies. Both John Darnby and Charles Darwin were very active in church leadership and activities. They were both well known for their writings in both the secular world and the religious communities. Darby is noted in the theological world as the father of "dispensationalism", later made popular in the United States by Cyrus Scofield's Scofield Reference Bible. Charles Henry Mackintosh, 1820–1896, with his popular style spread Darby's teachings to humbler elements in society and may be regarded as the journalist of the Brethren Movement. Mackintosh popularized Darby, although not his hyperdispensational approach, more than any other Brethren author. In the early twentieth century, the Brethren's teachings, through Margaret E. Barber, influenced the Little Flock of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee. He made at least 5 missionary journeys to North America between 1862 and 1877. He worked mostly in New England, Ontario, and the Great Lakes region, but took one extended journey from Toronto to Sydney by way of San Francisco, Hawaii, and New Zealand. Darby is credited with originating the "rapture" theory wherein Christ will suddenly remove His bride, the Church, from this world before the judgments of the tribulation. Some claim that this "the Rapture of the Saints" [date?] was the origin of the idea of the "rapture." Dispensationalist beliefs about the fate of the Jews and the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Israel put dispensationalists at the forefront of Christian Zionism, because "God is able to graft them in again," and they believe that in His grace he will do so according to their understanding of Old Testament prophecy. They believe that, while the ways of God may change, His purposes to bless Israel will never be forgotten, just as He has shown unmerited favour to the Church, He will do so to a remnant of Israel to fulfill all the promises made to the genetic seed of Abraham. Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle and contemporary of Darby, published criticism of Darby and Brethrenism.[15] His main criticism was that Darby and the Plymouth Brethren rejected the vicarious purpose of Christ's obedience as well as imputed righteousness. He viewed these of such importance and so central to the gospel that it led him to this statement about the rest of their belief. James Grant wrote: "With the deadly heresies entertained and taught by the Plymouth Brethren, in relation to some of the most momentous of all the doctrines of the gospel, and to which I have adverted at some length, I feel assured that my readers will not be surprised at any other views, however unscriptual and pernicious they may be, which the Darbyites have embraced and zealously seek to propagate" Darby Changed the very nature of interpretation of the Truth of the Bible through Dispensation and Futurism preaching, writings with heretical theology and propagation byhis extended journeys to many nations. Charles Darwin dispelled the "Truth of God the Creator" with his "On the Origin of the Species" and propagation of "Evolution." Both Darwin and Darby fully impacted the earth with their Heresies in the same century and same tenure of lifespan. Darby- (18 November 1800 – 29 April 1882) Darwin- (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) Darwin made a creed of the "men from monkeys" idea! The Church of England's response was mixed. Darwin's old Cambridge tutors Sedgwick and Henslow dismissed the ideas, but liberal clergymen interpreted natural selection as an instrument of God's design, with the cleric Charles Kingsley seeing it as "just as noble a conception of Deity".[134] In 1860, the publication of Essays and Reviews by seven liberal Anglican theologians diverted clerical attention from Darwin, with its ideas including higher criticism attacked by church authorities as heresy. In it, Baden Powell argued that miracles broke God's laws, so belief in them was atheistic, and praised "Mr Darwin's masterly volume [supporting] the grand principle of the self-evolving powers of nature". Asa Gray discussed teleology with Darwin, who imported and distributed Gray's pamphlet on theistic evolution, Natural Selection is not inconsistent with natural theology. The most famous confrontation was at the public 1860 Oxford evolution debate during a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, where the Bishop of Oxford Samuel Wilberforce, though not opposed to transmutation of species, argued against Darwin's explanation and human descent from apes. Joseph Hooker argued strongly for Darwin, and Thomas Huxley's legendary retort, that he would rather be descended from an ape than a man who misused his gifts, came to symbolise a triumph of science over religion. The Church of England's response was mixed. Darwin's old Cambridge tutors Sedgwick and Henslow dismissed the ideas, but liberal clergymen interpreted natural selection as an instrument of God's design, with the cleric Charles Kingsley seeing it as "just as noble a conception of Deity". When going to Cambridge to become an Anglican clergyman, he did not doubt the literal truth of the Bible. He learned John Herschel's science which, like William Paley's natural theology, sought explanations in laws of nature rather than miracles and saw adaptation of species as evidence of design. The theodicy of Paley and Thomas Malthus vindicated evils such as starvation as a result of a benevolent creator's laws, which had an overall good effect. To Darwin, natural selection produced the good of adaptation but removed the need for design,and he could not see the work of an omnipotent deity in all the pain and suffering, such as the ichneumon wasp paralysing caterpillars as live food for its eggs.He still viewed organisms as perfectly adapted, and On the Origin of Species reflects theological views. Though he thought of religion as a tribal survival strategy, Darwin was reluctant to give up the idea of God as an ultimate lawgiver. He was increasingly troubled by the problem of evil. Darwin remained close friends with the vicar of Downe, John Brodie Innes, and continued to play a leading part in the parish work of the church, but from around 1849 would go for a walk on Sundays while his family attended church. He considered it "absurd to doubt that a man might be an ardent theist and an evolutionist" and, though reticent about his religious views, in 1879 he wrote that "I have never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God. – I think that generally ... an agnostic would be the most correct description of my state of mind" Today we "recognise" Darwin as a "greeny".... one who worships the creature rather than the Creator! [If these few statements about Darby and Darwin have not awaken you to how heresies have penetrated church doctrine and how they continue to influence thoelogians and teachers of the 21st century, then consider the changes leaders have made in their views and influences touting other heresies in today's churches. Note: the following comments are not written to bash sincere and responsible Christians dedicated to the Light of Truth in Jesus Christ and teachings of the writers of the New Testament. They are written to demonstrate how cunningly satanic demons influence even the most "stalwarts" of religous movements!] Ephesians 5:5Amplified Bible (AMP) For be sure of this: that no person practicing sexual vice or impurity in thought or in life, or one who is covetous [who has lustful desire for the property of others and is greedy for gain]— for he [in effect] is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Keep in mind all are sinners and those who have repented are justified by Faith living in Faith in the Light of Jesus Christ. These are not those who are referenced in the above scripture. False apostles, false prophets and false teachers are sorely warned against by Paul. Galatians 5:9 (AMP) A little leaven (a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers) leavens the whole lump [it perverts the whole conception of faith or misleads the whole church]. John Nelso Darby has most definitely mislead the Church and men like Cyrus Scofield has perpetuated the heresies all over the world through his endorsement of Darby's heresies in designing, printing and distributing the Scofield Reference Bible. Cyrus Ingerson Scofield (August 19, 1843 – July 24, 1921) was an American theologian, minister, and writer whose best-selling annotated Bible popularized futurism and dispensationalism among fundamentalist Christians. Scofield's correspondence Bible study course was the basis for his Reference Bible, an annotated, and widely circulated, study Bible first published in 1909 by Oxford University Press. Scofield's taught futurism and dispensationalism, a theology that was systematized in the early nineteenth century by the Anglo-Irish clergyman John Nelson Darby (who like Scofield had also been trained as a lawyer), Dispensationalism emphasizes the distinctions between the New Testament Church and ancient Israel of the Old Testament. Scofield believed that between creation and the final judgment there are seven distinct eras of God's dealing with man and that these eras are a framework around which the message of the Bible could be explained. It was largely through the influence of Scofield's notes that dispensational premillennialism became influential among fundamentalist Christians in the United States, and his notes became a significant source for popular religious writers such as Hal Lindsey. You have been presented with a brief introduction as to how cunningly men are used to design and to promote false teaching and doctrines. As quoted above, it only takes a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers to pervert the TRUTH and become of a major movement within the universal church. Want to know more about the process and motives of men who perpetuate false teachings? Galatians 4:16-17 (AMP) 16 Have I then become your enemy by telling the truth to you and dealing sincerely with you? 17 These men [the Judaizing teachers] are zealously trying to dazzle you [paying court to you, making much of you], but their purpose is not honorable or worthy or for any good. What they want to do is to isolate you [from us who oppose them], so that they may win you over to their side and get you to court their favor. The scriptures warn of the serverity of perpetuating error and false teaching! James 3:1 (AMP) Not many [of you] should become teachers (self-constituted censors and reprovers of others), my brethren, for you know that we [teachers] will be judged by a higher standard and with greater severity [than other people; thus we assume the greater accountability and the more condemnation]. For those who wish to do a comprehensive study of Darby's life and works: Darby references: The Holy Bible a new translation by J.N. Darby, a parallel edition, Bible Truth Publishers: Addison, Illinois. The Writings of J. N. Darby courtesy of Stem Publishing The Holy Scriptures (A New Translation from the Original Languages by J. N. Darby) courtesy of Stem Publishing A Letter on Free Will by J.N. Darby, Elberfeld, 23 October 1861 The Collected Writings Of J. N. Darby, Ecclesiastical No. 1, Volume 1: The Character Of Office In The Present Dispensation The Watching Servant, Words of Truth: Belfast, Northern Ireland See also[edit] Benjamin Wills Newton, former friend of Darby who clashed with Darby on doctrine and practice, which led to the Exclusive Brethren – Open Brethren division Cyrus I. Scofield Darby Bible Dispensationalism End times Exclusive Brethren Fundamentalist Christianity Keywords: List of people educated at Westminster School Miles J. Stanford Plymouth Brethren Robert Anderson (Scotland Yard) (1841–1918), Dispensational author, lawyer, British intelligence officer and London CID chief, in charge during Jack the Ripper murders. References J. N. Darby. "How the Lost Sheep was Saved". The year in which Darby left the Church of Ireland, a branch of the Anglican Church, is not certain but a consensus of opinion is that it was possibly around 1831. Searches for formal documentation of his resignation have been made in the Church of Ireland archives, but nothing has been found. It is widely believed that Darby and Lady Powerscourt were romantically attached but friends persuaded him that any marriage may prove a distraction. Dictionary of Premillennial Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications. 1996. ISBN 0-8254-2351-1. p. 82 "Apocalypse Now(ish): Irvin Baxter's End Times Empire". Marsden, George M (2006). Fundamentalism and American Culture (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 351. ISBN 0-19-530047-5. p. 46 Goddard, "The Contribution of Darby," p. 86 J. N. Darby, "The Doctrine of the Church of England at the Time of the Reformation" "Thy Precepts (magazine), Jan/Feb 1996, Vol. 11, # 1" (PDF). The Correspondents of John Nelson Darby, with Geographical Index and Chart of Travels. For the three volumes of Letters of J. N. Darby, it gives the page #, the language it was written in, recipient, place written, and date written; also contains a geographical index and a chart of his travels. The Man of Sorrows John Nelson Darby Biography Winston Terrance Sutherland, B.S., Th.M (May 2007). "John Nelson Darby: His Contributions to Contemporary Theological Higher Education (Dissertation Prepared for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy)" (PDF). University of North Texas. pp. 20–21. John Nelson Darby died in Bournemouth, on 29 April 1882 of protracted illness (Pickering, 1986; Turner, 1986). In John Nelson Darby: A Memorial, is outlined the funeral service of the revered theologian. Therein is documented that he “was brought to Bournemouth some weeks before his death, to the house of Mr. Hammond, an exClergyman of the Church of England.” A large following attended the burial, “from eight to ten hundred” participating in prayers, singing hymns (some written by Darby), and reading, with comment, the Scriptures. “There has been a large plain stone to mark the resting place of the richly-gifted servant of the Lord” displaying the caption: JOHN NELSON DARBY “ AS UNKNOWN AND WELL KNOWN.” DEPARTED TO BE WITH CHRIST, 29TH APRIL 1882. AGED 81 2 COR. V. 21. Lord let me wait for thee alone, My life be only this, To serve Thee here on earth unknown, Then share Thy heavenly bliss. J. N. D Charles Henry Mackintosh. "The Assembly of God; or, The All-sufficiency of the Name of Jesus". The termini of the church's earthly history are Pentecost (Acts 2), and the rapture. (1 Thess, 4: 16, 17)] Elmer L. Towns (1 January 2000). "The Ten Greatest Revivals Ever: from Pentecost to the Present". Liberty University. Retrieved 2011-03-13. Years later, Nee To-sheng, better known outside of China as Watchman Nee, was influenced by a single British missionary, Margaret E. Barber. In 1909, Barber had submitted to believer’s baptism and left her Anglican mission to become an independent faith worker. She conducted “breaking of bread” meetings similar to those of the Christian Brethren. Nee To-sheng organized the Little Flock, a Brethren-style indigenous Chinese denomination. The True Jesus Church and Little Flock soon had more adherents than all other mission-sponsored churches combined. Charles Spurgeon (June 1869). "Mr. Grant on "The Darby Brethren"". Sword and Trowel. Retrieved 17 March 2013. Grant, James (1875). The Plymouth Brethren: Their History and Heresies. London: William Macintosh. p. 60. MORE EXPOSE' OF JOHN NELSON DARBY YOU NEED TO KNOW! John Nelson Darby Exposed Darby
is noted in the
theological world as the father of
"dispensationalism", later made
popular in the Charles
Henry
Mackintosh, 1820–1896, with his popular
style spread Darby's teachings to
humbler elements in society and may be
regarded as the journalist of the
Brethren Movement. CHM popularised Darby
more than any other Brethren author. As
there was no
Christian teaching of a “rapture” before
Darby began preaching about it in the
1830s, he is sometimes credited with
originating the "secret rapture"
theory wherein Christ will suddenly
remove His bride, the Church, from this
world
before the judgments of the tribulation.
Dispensationalist beliefs about the
fate of the Jews and the
re-establishment of the Kingdom of
Israel put
dispensationalists at the forefront of
Christian Zionism, because "God is
able to graft them in again," and they
believe that in His grace he will
do so according to their understanding
of Old Testament prophecy. They believe
that, while the ways of God may change,
His purposes to bless Israel will never
be forgotten, just as He has shown
unmerited favor to the Church, He will
do so
to a remnant of Israel to fulfill all
the promises made to the genetic seed of
Abraham. The
John Darby
Version: Dispensationally Manipulated A. The
term "dispensationalism" refers
to the theological system invented by B. John
Nelson Darby's Version: Based on Corrupt
Texts (John Darby was a Forerunner of
the Modern Bible Versions Movement.)
http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/darby_version_corrupt.html
John
Nelson Darby
(November 18, 1800 – April 29, 1882) was
the most influential leader of the
original Page
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John Nelson Darby Exposed In
1867 John Darby
completed a new translation of the New Testament
filled with
texts and footnotes that contradict the
Received Text: "Darby
did not
feel such a need for a new translation
in English, because he considered the
King James Version to be adequate for
most purposes, and he encouraged his
followers to continue to use it. But, he
decided to produce a highly literal
English version of the New Testament for
study purposes. This New Testament was
first issued in parts, beginning with
the Gospel according to Matthew in 1865.
The New Testament was completed in 1867.
The version is exceedingly literal,
based upon modern critical editions of
the Greek text, and abundantly supplied
with text-critical and philological
annotations. The annotations are by far
the
most comprehensive and detailed to be
found in an English version."
[emphasis added.] (1) John
Darby's Bible
was so liberal the modernists who
translated the 1881 English Revised
Version consulted
it: "It
was
consulted by the translators of the
English Revised Version of 1881 (see
F.F.
Bruce, History of the Bible in English,
3rd ed., 1978, p. 132)." (3) John
Darby highly
regarded modernists of his day: In
my first edition
my translation was formed on the
concurrent voice of Griesbach, Lachmann,
Scholz, and Tischendorf: the first of
soberer judgment and critical acumen and
discernment; the next with a narrower
system of taking only the very earliest
MSS, so that sometimes he might have
only one or two; the third excessively
carelessly printed, but taking the mass
of Constantinopolitan MSS as a rule;
[emphasis added] Revised Preface to
second edition of the New Testament
(1871)
(4) "Meanwhile,
since
my first edition, founded on the
concurrent judgment of the four great
modern editors, [he referenced
Griesbach, Lachmann, Scholz, and
Tischendorf]
following the received text unchanged
where the true reading was a disputed
point among them, the Sinaitic MS has
been discovered; the Vatican published;
Porphyry's of Acts and Paul's Epistles
and most of the Catholic Epistles and
the Apocalypse, and others, in the
Monumenta Sacra Inedita of Tischendorf,
as
well as his seventh edition." Revised
Preface to second edition of the New
Testament 1871 [bold emphasis added] (5) Darby
gave honorable
mention to modernists who "enlarged the
field of criticism": "Mill,
Bengel, Wetstein (who greatly enlarged
the field of criticism), then Griesbach,
Matthei (the last giving the Russian
Codices, which are Constantinopolitan so
called), Lachmann, Scholz, Tischendorf,
and quite recently Tregelles. I name
only those of critical celebrity."
[emphasis added] (6) John
Darby's
assertion that the Textus Receptus "had
no real authority"
corresponds with the fact that his
alleged "recovered truths" are not
found in the Authorized Version (KJV).
He stated: Page
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John Nelson Darby Exposed "My
plan was,
where the chief editors agreed, to adopt
their reading, not to attempt to make
a text of my own. My object was a more
correct translation: only there was no
use in translating what all intelligent
critics held to be a mistake in the
copy. For, as is known, the Textus
Receptus had no real authority, nor was
indeed the English Version taken from
it, -- it was an earlier work by some
years." [emphasis added] (7) In
view of the fact
that the bulk of John Darby's "recovered
truths" are prophetic in
nature, it is revealing that he rejected
the manuscripts the King James
translators used for Revelation: "I
have always
stated the Textus Receptus in the margin
where it is departed from, except in
the Revelation, Erasmus having
translated that from one poor and
imperfect MS.,
which being accompanied by a commentary
had to be separated by a transcriber;
and even so Erasmus corrected what he
had from the Vulgate, or guessed what he
had not." [bold emphasis added] (8) C. John
Darby Version: Doctrinal Changes to the
Bible (In view of John Darby's departure
from historic Christian beliefs, let
us examine his bible.) http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/darby_doctrinal_changes.html
Scofield
Study Bibles Marked With Masonic
Symbolism http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/scofield_bible_masonic.html
John
Darby's Christ Compared to Alice
Bailey's
Christ http://libertytothecaptives.net/darbychrist_newage.html John
Darby's Christ
Compared to Alice Bailey's Theosophical
Christ Darby's
Christ
New
Age Christ Teacher
World Teacher The
Coming One
The
Coming One the
One
The One The
Christ
The
Christ
(Head of the Hierarchy) Coming
in flesh (future tense)
Is to come in the flesh (or
reappear)
(future
tense) (invisible)
Imminent Return
Imminent Return (or appearing)
will
cause
the
disappearances
of Christians (John
Darby inserted
the message of imminence into prophetic
passages of his Bible translation.) will
cause the disappearances of Christians
(Cleansing Action) Darby:
His public coming will bring about the
consummation of the age Alice Bailey:
His public coming will bring about the
consummation of the age. Page
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Nelson
Darby Exposed
IMPORTANT:
Cyrus
Scofield, author of the Scofield 1917
Reference Bible, used occult terminology
in reference to the sacrifice of Jesus
Christ on the cross. According to C. I.
Scofield, "It was the cross of Jesus
Christ . . . that made at-one-ment. Notes: (1)
Alice Bailey
wrote: "He [The World Teacher] is that
Great Being whom the Christian
calls the Christ; he is known also in
the Orient as the Bodhisattva, and as
the
Lord Maitreya, and is the one looked for
by the devout Mohammedan, under the
name of the Iman Madhi. He it is who has
presided over the destinies of life
since about 600 B.C. and he it is who
has come out among men before, and who
is
again looked for. He is the great Lord
of Love and of Compassion, just as his
predecessor, the Buddha, was the Lord of
Wisdom." http://www.share-berlin.info/index.htm?bailey.htm
D. John
Nelson
Darby Waited For "the Coming One" http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/darby_coming_one.html John
Nelson Darby,
founder of the The
phrase, "The
coming One" is used by New Agers all
over the world as they seek to invoke
their Christ to return to earth: From
the point of
Love within the Heart of God “Let
love stream
forth into the hearts of men. May
The Coming One
return to Earth.” (Quoted
from the
Great Invocation:1940 and 2000) Below
are selected
citations of John Darby's use of the
Theosophical term, "coming One"
in reference to the Lord Jesus Christ or
Jehovah. Observe that John Darby
marked his Synopsis of the books of the
Bible repeatedly with the term,
"the coming One," thus associating the
title of Antichrist with the
true God of the Holy Bible. (Desk
note:
be careful to see the perversions in the
changed interpretation of KLV "is
to come" to Darby's version "the coming
one." Read
Matt. 4:1-11 and
observe the same wiles of the devil in
action.) Darby:
We at the
close have all the responsibility. The
vision and the blessing was from Him who
is, and who was, and who is to come.
"Who is" is the immutable being
of God. Thus time is brought in in
connection with Him who is eternal - the
coming One - who is, was, and is coming.
(1) Page
5 John
Nelson Darby Exposed True
faith, in the
midst of such a system, never rises so
high as the glory of the coming One, the
true rejected David, but it loves Him
and cleaves to Him. (4) Innocence,
man
without law and lawless, promise coming
in as a thing apart, man under law,
under priesthood, obedient royalty with
law, sovereign unlimited royalty over
the world, prophets to recall to law and
to foretell the coming One and
judgments, and at last the Seed of
promise, grace in the world — this is
history, history as it appears in fact
in scripture, yet principles of dealing
with man which test him morally in every
way, and bring out the whole state in
which he is, in which I am, before God;
yet the connection of one part with
another no one of the writers could have
had in his mind, or does not refer to.
(5) They
celebrate the
Creator-God, the governor of the world,
the God of the Old Testament; what He
is outside Christianity, consequently
for the world, whether the world or
Israel; the Almighty, Jehovah, the
coming One, the God who is coming, as He
is
the God who was. (6) The
character of God
here is Jehovah, the Ancient of days,
who is, and who was, and is the coming
One. (7a) {*The
reading is
this: "I am Alpha and Omega, saith the
Lord God, the One who is, and who
was, and who is the coming One, the
Almighty."} (7b) But
the whole statement
is all a blunder. This age is before
Messiah, "the coming one" when
He is revealed, but two only are
admitted in the passage. (8) He
presents Himself
in Darby:
And this is
one great truth of what I may call the
translation of the name in the
Apocalypse; not "who was, and is, and is
to come," but "who
is" (o on), "who was" the God known of
old, the promiser withal,
and who is the "coming one" o
erchomenos, when He will be Ancient of
days, and Most High, possessor of heaven
and earth, and His name known (even
that Jehovah, and Jehovah alone, is so)
over all the earth. (10) John
Nelson Darby
waited for "the coming One," (who is
also identified as "the
Christ", World Teacher and is coming in
the flesh) and looked forward to
what Theosophists refer to as the
"consummation of the age." Page
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John Nelson Darby Exposed E. John
Darby's Pre-Tribulation Rapture
Alterations to the Bible (John Darby
inserted a message of imminence into
many
prophetic verses of scripture.) http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/darby_pretrib_immediacy.html
KJ = King James
JD
= John Darby 1
Pet. 5:1
KJ
a partaker of the glory that
shall be revealed:
JD
who also [am] partaker of the
glory about to
be revealed: Matt.
16:27
KJ
For the Son of man shall come in
the glory
JD
For the Son of man is about to
come in the
glory 2
Tim. 4:1
KJ
Jesus Christ, who shall judge the
quick and the dead
at his
appearing and his kingdom;
JD
Christ Jesus, who is about to
judge the
living and dead,
and by his
appearing and his kingdom, Acts
24:25
KJ
and judgment to come,
JD
and
the
judgment about to come, Luke
21:36
KJ
all
these things that shall come
to pass,
JD
all these things which are about
to come to
pass, Luke
24:21
KJ
But
we trusted that it had been he which
should have
redeemed
JD
But *we* had hoped that *he* was
the one
who is about
to
redeem Heb.
10:27
KJ
judgment and fiery indignation,
which shall devour the
adversaries.
JD
judgment, and heat of fire about
to devour
the adversaries. 1
Thess. 3:4
KJ
we
told you before that we should suffer
tribulation;
JD we
told
you beforehand we are about to be in
tribulation, Rev.
1:19
KJ
Write the things which thou hast
seen, and the things
which
are, and the things which shall be
hereafter;
JD
Write
therefore
what thou hast seen, and the things that
are,
and
the things that are about to be after
these. Rev.
2:10
KJ Fear
none of those things which thou shalt
suffer: behold,
the
devil
shall cast some of you into prison,
JD
Fear nothing [of] what thou art
about to
suffer. Behold, the
devil
is about to cast of you into prison, Rev.
3:10
KJ I
also
will keep thee from the hour of
temptation, which
shall
come upon all the world,
JD *I*
also will keep thee out of the hour of
trial, which is
About
to come upon the whole habitable world, [John
Darby changed
Jesus Christ's stated promise of keeping
believers who lived in the generation
of Apostle John and who kept the word of
his patience "FROM the hour of
TEMPTATION" to the corrupt Greek text's
false promise: keeping “the
immediate” generational believers "OUT
of the hour of TRIAL." Page
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John Nelson Darby Exposed Darby's
insertion of
the words, "out," "trial," and "about"
promote
the Brethren's innovative, imminent
return of Christ, pre-tribulation
doctrine.] Rev.
3:16
KJ
I will spue thee out of my mouth.
JD
I am about to spue thee out of my
mouth. Rev.
6:11
KJ and
their brethren, that should be killed as
they
were,
should be fulfilled.
JD
and their brethren, who were
about to be
killed as
they,
should be fulfilled. Rev.
8:13
KJ by
reason
of the other voices of the trumpet of
the
three
angels, which are yet to sound!
JD
for the remaining voices of the
trumpet of
the three
angels
who are about to
sound. Rev.
17:8
KJ and
shall
ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go
into
perdition:
(Desk
note:
perdition is defined as eternal
damnation)
JD and
is
about to come up out of the abyss and go
into
destruction:
1
Thess. 1:10
KJ
even Jesus, which delivered us
from the wrath to
come.
[The
KJV says Jesus delivered us from the
wrath to come.]
JD
Jesus, our deliverer from the
coming wrath. [Christians
Who walk after the Spirit (and
thus have assurance of security in
Christ)
are already delivered from the wrath
(hell) to come. Darby
in his
Pre-tribulation premillennial doctrine
inserts fear into scripture: He wanted
Christians to think the "coming wrath"
meant the Tribulation or Great
Tribulation. The Bible clearly
distinguishes between tribulation and
wrath.
Jesus teaches His apostles about it in
Matt. 24:1-33.
Matt 24:34 Verily I say unto you,
This
generation shall not pass, till all
these
things be fulfilled. Matthew
13:39
KJ the
harvest is the end of the world; and the
reapers
are
the angels.
JD
and the harvest is the completion
of the age,
and the
harvestmen
are angels. Darby
altered New
Testament prophetic passages by
replacing the word, "world" with
"age" (period of time) in order to
promote dispensationalist
presuppositions. In these instances, the
substitution of the word,
"age" for "world"
communicates the notion of the
completion or consummation of the age of
a dispensation rather than the end of
the world.] F. Cyrus
I. Scofield taught "The Cross . .
. made AT-ONE-MENT" http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/scofield_at-one-ment.html
Page
8
John Nelson Darby Exposed Cyrus
I. Scofield
associated the Cross of the Lord Jesus
Christ with "at-one-ment,"
an
occult term that is straight out of the
New Age Movement: "It
was the
Cross, not the Levitical sacrifices
which made "at-one-ment." Below
is the complete
footnote in the 1917 Old Scofield Study
Bible (page 148): Le
16:6 1
Atonement Margin:
atonement Atonement.
The
biblical use and meaning of the word
must be sharply distinguished from its
use
in theology. In theology it is a term
which covers the whole sacrificial and
redemptive work of Christ. In the O.T.
atonement is the English word used to
translate the Hebrew words which mean
"cover," "coverings,"
or "to cover." Atonement (at-one-ment)
is, therefore, not a
translation of the hebrew, but a purely
theologic concept. The Levitical
offerings "covered" the sins of It
was the Cross, not the Levitical
sacrifices
which made "at-one-ment." The O.T.
sacrifices enabled God to go on
with a guilty people because they
typified the Cross. To the offerer they
were
the confession of his desert of death,
and the expression of his faith; to God
they were the "shadows" Heb 10:1 of
which Christ was the reality.
[bold emphasis added] Also
see the complete
footnote in the 1917 Old Scofield Study
Bible (page 110): Ex
29:33 1
atonement Heb.
kaphar, "to
cover." The English word "atonement"
(at-one-ment) is not a
translation of the Heb. kaphar, but a
translator's interpretation. According
to
Scripture the legal sacrifice "covered"
the offerer's sin and secured
the divine forgiveness; according to the
translators it made God and the sinner
at-one. But the O.T. sacrifices did not
at-one the sinner and God. "It is
not possible that the blood of bulls and
goats should take away sins." Heb
10:4. The Israelite's offering implied
confession of sin and of its due desert,
death; and God "covered" (passed over,"
Ro 3:25 his sin, in
anticipation of Christ's sacrifice,
which did, finally, "put away"
the sins "done aforetime in the
forbearance of God." Ro 3:25; Heb
9:15. Cmt. on Ro 3:25. The
word
"atonement" does not occur in the N.T.;
Ro 5:11 meaning
reconciliation, and so rendered in the
R.V. See
"Sacrifice," Gen 4.4, and refs. Cmt. on
Gen 4:4 The
Meaning of
At-one-ment Page
9
John Nelson Darby Exposed At-one-ment: "...at-one-ment,
the
term relates primarily to the New Age
idea that complete oneness with God
can be experienced by human beings."
[emphasis added] (Quote
source: http://logosresourcepages.org/Occult/na-dict.htm
) At-one-ment: Term used by
several Mind Science or New Thought
religions
(such as Christian Science) referring to
the supposed metaphysical unity or
“oneness” of human beings and God as
demonstrated by Christ. Contrast the
Christian term “atonement,” which refers
to Christ’s death on the cross as the
means by which he reconciled sinful
human beings toGod. (Quote
source: http://www.watchman.org/cat95.htm) At-one-ment
is New
Age "salvation": At-one-ment,
or
absorption into the One energy that is
God, is a prominently held view of most
New Agers' understanding of salvation.
It is the unfolding of one's
consciousness to the point that the
"True Self," the divine nature,
is realized. As a flower unfolds petal
by petal, so too does spiritual
evolution unfold, revealing the deeper
realms of God-consciousness. (Quote
source:
http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/nachrist.html) The
Meaning of Atonement The
Webster's 1828
Dictionary states the theological
definition of atonement: "In
theology,
the expiation of sin made by the
obedience and personal sufferings of
Christ." The
Free Dictionary's
definition of atonement: "The
reconciliation of God and humans brought
about by the redemptive life and death
of Jesus." The
Webster's 1913
dictionary's definition of atonement: (Literally,
a setting
at one.) Reconciliation; restoration of
friendly relations; agreement; concord.
[Archaic] Atonement
(reconciliation
with God by the sacrifice of Jesus
Christ on the cross) does
not have the same meaning as the
theosophical term, at-one-ment, which
Theosophists define as union with God. Summary Cyrus
Scofield did
not provide the correct meaning of the
word, "at-one-ment" nor did he
warn his reader that this word has a
specific occult connotation. Instead, he
set the stage for the insertion of the
word, "at-one-ment," in place
of the proper word, atonement in a
doctrinal statement about the Cross of
Jesus
Christ. Page
10
John Nelson Darby Exposed He
accomplished this
by first giving the correct theological
definition of atonement. Next, he
placed
"at-one-ment" in
parenthesis next to the word, atonement.
Lastly, he inserted the word,
"at-one-ment" in his statement about the
Cross: "It
was the
Cross, not the Levitical sacrifices
which made "at-one-ment." Scofield's
switch to
New Age terminology linked the work of
the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross with
the work of the New Age "Christ," who
purposes to bring the planet
into what New Agers call at-one-ment:
"absorption into the One energy that
is God." (1) Theosophists
Look for
the "Consummation of the Age" http://libertytothecaptives.net/darby_consummation_age.html
Darby/Scofield's"coming
in
flesh" Christ is Antichrist http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/darby_coming_in_flesh.html
G..The
King James
Bible tells us that "Jesus Christ is
come in the flesh": For
many deceivers
are entered into the world, who confess
not that Jesus Christ is come in the
flesh. This is a deceiver and an
antichrist. 2 John 1:7 The
John Darby
Version says "Jesus Christ coming in
flesh": For
many deceivers
have gone out into the world, they who
do not confess Jesus Christ coming in
flesh--this is the deceiver and the
antichrist. 2 John 1:7 John Darby
Version Cyrus
Scofield's
marginal-note-altered KJV says "Jesus
Christ coming in flesh": For
many deceivers
are hentered into the iworld, who
confess not jthat Jesus Christ is come
in the
flesh. This is ka deceiver and Jesus
Christ of the
King James Bible: is come in the flesh
(present tense) Jesus
Christ of the
John Darby Version: coming in flesh
(future tense) Jesus
Christ of 1917
Scofield Study Bible: coming in flesh
(future tense) The
King James Bible
does not refer to the same "Jesus
Christ" as John Darby and Cyrus
Scofield referred to because the Christ
of the KJV is come in the flesh
(present tense) and Darby and Scofield's
Christ (is) coming in flesh. Take
the
Darby/Scofield Test: Are you the
Deceiver and the Antichrist? According
to the King
James Version, a deceiver and an
antichrist confess not that "Jesus
Christ
is come in the flesh." According
to Cyrus
Scofield's 1917 marginal-note-altered
KJV, a deceiver and an antichrist
confess
not "Jesus Christ coming in flesh." Page
12
John Nelson Darby Exposed According
to the John
Darby Version: the deceiver and the
antichrist do not confess Jesus Christ
coming in flesh. Christians
who
believe the KJV is the word of God in
English fail the test of 2 John 1:7 as
translated by John Darby and Cyrus
Scofield: King
James Version
readers who have not respect of persons
in judgment do not confess Darby and
Scofield's Christ (who is) "coming in
flesh." Rather, we confess that
"Jesus Christ is come in the flesh." The
Darby Version and
Scofield's Study Bible (as well
virtually all modern versions) condemn
as
deceivers and antichrists those who
refuse to confess that Jesus Christ is
yet
to come in the flesh. Indeed, those who
hold fast to Jesus Christ as revealed
in the Authorized Version without
marginal notes that recommend corrupt
text
alterations shall be denounced as
antichrists when the One World
Religion/Government gains full control.
The only confession of
"Christ" that the one world
church/global interfaith movement
approves is the one Darby marked his
Version with—the one who is coming in
the
flesh as a teacher (rather than the
Master) and goes by the New Age title,
"the Christ" rather than Christ. This
"coming in flesh"
Christ is the New Age World Teacher. CLOSING
COMMENTS:
Some may object to my assertion that
Darby and Scofield's (and other modern
versions') "Christ" of 2 John 1:7 is
actually a thinly veiled
reference to Antichrist but sadly, this
is definitely the case. 2 John 1:7
refers to the first advent of Jesus
Christ, not his Second Coming. Jesus
Christ is come
in the flesh and he will come again and
"shall change our vile body, that
it may be fashioned like unto his
glorious body." (See Philippians 3:21) John
Darby's
Doctrinal Changes to Second
Thessalonians Chapter 2 http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/darby_pretrib_2Thess2.html
Occult/New
Age
markings on the John Darby Version http://libertytothecaptives.net/darby_version_occult_markings_index.html
Darby
Version: Title
of New Age World Teacher Replaces Christ http://libertytothecaptives.net/darby_the_christ.html
Scofield:
"in
the midst of" Vs Jesus Christ: "within
you" http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/darby_doctrinal_changes.html
Darby's
and
Scofield's "Habitable Earth/World"
Doctrine http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/darby_habitable_doctrine.html
John
Darby's Version
of Christ rose from "among the dead" http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/darby_among_dead_jesus.html
Page
11
John Nelson Darby Exposed John
Darby Version
Removed "Damned" and "Damnation" (Cyrus
Scofield (via his marginal notes)
replaced "damnation" with words found in
the critical Greek
Text--such as judgment. (John
Darby and
Cyrus Scofield replaced hell (place of
fire and torment) with "hades"
which means the place of the dead.) http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/darby_removed_damned.html
John
Darby Version on
Revelation and the Second Coming of
Christ http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/darby_revelation_second_coming.html John
Darby and Cyrus
Scofield on the "Day of Christ" http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/darby_scofield_day_christ.html
John
Darby Version
Replaced "World" with "Age"
http://libertytothecaptives.net/darby_world_age.html
Occult
Phrase,
"Works of Power" Marks Darby Version www.libertytothecaptives.net/darby_version_occult_markings_works.html
George
Müeller Chose
His Bible Over Darby's Doctrines http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/darby_mueller.html
Darby's
"Intelligence"
Replaced God-given Wisdom &
Understanding http://libertytothecaptives.net/darby_intelligence.html
John
Darby Version:
Doctrinal Changes to the Bible (In view
of John Darby's departure from historic
Christian beliefs, let us examine his
bible.) http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/darby_doctrinal_changes.html
Scofield
Study Bibles
Marked With Masonic Symbolism http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/scofield_bible_masonic.html
John
Darby's Christ
Compared to Alice Bailey's Christ http://libertytothecaptives.net/darbychrist_newage.html
John
Nelson Darby
Waited For "the Coming One" http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/darby_coming_one.html Also
see the related
section about http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/grb_corrupt_index.html
For
further studies::
Scofield's
use of the
Critical Text and the AV http://www.trinitariansociety.org
Analyzing
Scofield http://www.gospeltruth.net/scofield.htm
Dispensationalism
and
the King James Bible http://poweredbychrist.homestead.com/files/articles/dispvskjv1.htm
. The Bible clearly distinguishes between tribulation and wrath. Jesus teaches His apostles about the Great Tribulation in Matt. 24:1-33. He goes into great detail of the coming events. God revealed the Abomination of Desolation upon Jerusalem, the Jewish leadership and the unbelieving Jews to the prophet Daniel. This is past history. The Lord also spoke of the Sign of the Kingdom that would announce His reign and completion of the foundation work of establishing the church in the then known world or nations... in the then known and living souls of the generation to Whom the Lord was speaking! These men were the generation! The generation He referenced was that of His disciples called and ordained to be eye-witness apostles of His life, ministry, death, resurrection and ascension! This is past history. All through Christiandom, men and women are proclaiming "THIS IS THE GENERATION!" Preachers have been proclaiming "THIS IS THE GENERATION" for MANY GENERATIONS! It matters not what number of years one wishes to attribute to the number of "a generation." The Lord Jesus decreed a specific generation... the generation of His eye-witness disciples! Jesus Christ, tells of the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple and the end of the world that the disciples had known as recorded in Matthew 24, Luke 23 and Mark 16.The Temple and its sacrificial worship carried out by priests in the alter slaughter and offerings of the blood of rams, sheep and goats would be destroyed. It would seize! The New Covenant would be fully established and Christ Jesus would be the High Priest of the Church! It would no longer be the Church with its "roots" of the Wilderness" but NOW would be the Church restored by the Eternal Spirit! Its Covenant would no longer be the Law of Sin and Death given to Moses, but the New Covenant...Law of the Spirit and Eternal Life initiated by the work of the Cross of Jesus Christ and the victory over Death in the Resurrection! All the things the Lord prophesied to the disciples on Mount Olive as they looked back at the Temple as the sun was setting causing the gold-laden temple structure to glisten with incomprehensible radiance would be fulfilled ... Matt 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. When you read the passages of Mathew 24, Luke 23 and Mark 16 remember to whom Jesus was talking. Review the world in which they lived. What had they seen Jesus do and what did they hear Him say while in the Temple? What did they see and what might they be remembering as they climbed the Mount of Olives? How many times had they been with Jesus on the Mount? What had they experienced in those gatherings on the Mount? What kind of views could they observe from the Mount? What was going on at the very moment and time that Jesus was speaking on the Mount? What was about to happen to their beloved Lord? What was about to happen in their individual lives? What were their reactions to what Jesus told them in His Olivet Discourse? What was about to happen to them in their world as they were accustomed to living? What would be the things that would immediately impact them? What kind of understanding did they have of the Law of the Spirit? If you study Biblical History written by those who lived during the time of the prophesies of Jesus on the Mount of Olives through the years between around AD 30 and AD 70 such as written by Flavius Josephus in his eye witness accounts of the Jewish Wars, you will see and receive full measure of enlightenment and understanding as to the message the Lord gave to His disciples! The Great Tribulation was a Jewish nation event! This is past history. Jesus did not prophesy it for the whole world that would be on the earth 2000 years forth coming... It was the Days of Vengeance in which Father God fulfilled His decrees of the prophets of old by allowing the promises in the Law of Sin and Death to have its discourse upon the rebellious and apostate Jewish nation. In and through their own defilement the fulfillment of their own decree... God's nation, the Jews, called for the crucifixion of the Son of God, of which Pilate had the wooden-hewed plaque, "the King of the Jews" posted on the tree of crucifixion. Matt 27:24-25 AMP 24 So when Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but rather that a riot was about to break out, he took water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying, I am not guilty of nor responsible for this righteous Man's blood; see to it yourselves. 25 And all the people answered, Let His blood be on us and on our children! We will later study the "apostate nation" and writings of apostle John in the Revelation of Jesus Christ. Please begin to read the Bible in terms of to whom the passages were written. For example, who was John writing to in the Book of Revelation of Jesus Christ? We will recall that John was exiled to the Isle of Pathos. Revelation 1:9-10 AMP 9 I, John, your brother and companion (sharer and participator) with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance [which are] in Jesus Christ, was on the isle called Patmos, [banished] on account of [my witnessing to] the Word of God and the testimony (the proof, the evidence) for Jesus Christ. 10 I was in the Spirit [rapt in His power] on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a great voice like the calling of a war trumpet... Revelation 1:1-2 AMP 1:1[THIS IS] the revelation of Jesus Christ [His unveiling of the divine mysteries]. God gave it to Him to disclose and make known to His bond servants certain things which must shortly and speedily come to pass in their entirety. And He sent and communicated it through His angel (messenger) to His bond servant John, 2 Who has testified to and vouched for all that he saw [in his visions], the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. To whom was the message of John written and when was it ordained to be known? To His bond servant John to make known to His bond servants which must shortly and speedily come to pass in their entirety. Does this scripture record that the message is to the GENERATION of people of the 21st century? NO! Does John clearly define his audience? YES! Does he clearly define the time line and urgency of his message? YES! Does he declare a rapture of the church by Christ is imminent? NO! John is very specific in introducing the experience he had in the very first verse of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. His address is to the "bond servants' (those who have fully dedicated their lives) to the cause of the plan of God for mankind as instructed and demonstrated by the Lord Jesus Christ in His apostolic advent to the earth! What was God doing in that particular time and how would it impact the things He had planned and designed to bring forth the New Covenant and to restore mankind to the Edenic realm of perfection. Search for the 'patterns of the Son.' Ephesians 4:12-15 AMP 12 His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints (His consecrated people), [that they should do] the work of ministering toward building up Christ's body (the church), 13[That it might develop] until we all attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the [full and accurate] knowledge of the Son of God, that [we might arrive] at really mature manhood (the completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ's own perfection), the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ and the completeness found in Him. 14 So then, we may no longer be children, tossed [like ships] to and fro between chance gusts of teaching and wavering with every changing wind of doctrine, [the prey of] the cunning and cleverness of unscrupulous men, [gamblers engaged] in every shifting form of trickery in inventing errors to mislead. 15 Rather, let our lives lovingly express truth [in all things, speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly]. Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every way and in all things into Him Who is the Head, [even] Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed one). Have you personally studied out the scriptures regarding the teaching of a "double rapture"? Where can you show that there is more than one throne prepared for the Lord Jesus? Does your Bible state that the Lord is seated to the right-hand of the Father on the Davidic Throne which is an Eternal Throne? Does your Bible instruct that there is a Last Day of history when the dead in Christ shall rise and those alive shall be changed into an immortal spiritual body? Does your Bible instruct that there is a Day of final judgement! Can you find provision in your Bible that specifically instructs you will be 'raptured' from the earth twice? Do you find provision for being taken from 'the field' (which is the earth) before the day of the Lord's second coming? We are born once to life on earth and once to be absence from the body and in the eternal presence of the Lord... ( this does not limit the spiritual experiences one may have in trances and heavenly visitations.) Does your Bible specifically state a "double rapture" is to occur? What pre-suppositions would you make to enable the Bible to instruct of such? Would you implant a supposition that He would be required to come a third time? Do you find provision for God to recreate what He has closed out through the sacrifice of His only begotten Son? God closed the door on the Law of Sin and Death as the way to cover sin. However, He allows it to be a teacher to bring mankind to the Cross of Christ for the true sacrifice and sin covering. No more is there the earthly blood sacrifice of animals as substitution of individual and corporate sin (rebellion against God of a nation). God is a consuming fire in spiritual and physical realms! He consumed by fire the practice of the administrations of the 'hands of men.' The Jerusalem Temple and the City of the most wicked generation who called for the Death of His Son. They were consumed for their disobedience and a small band of faithful followers waited in unity of spirit. The incarnation of the Lord Jesus was symbolized by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the head of the Lord which we depict in Psalms 133: AMP BEHOLD, HOW good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious ointment poured on the head, that ran down on the beard, even the beard of Aaron [the first high priest], that came down upon the collar and skirts of his garments [consecrating the whole body]. 3 It is like the dew of [lofty] Mount Hermon and the dew that comes on the hills of Zion; for there the Lord has commanded the blessing, even life forevermore [upon the high and the lowly]. God the Father initiated the work of His own Son that all men should be reconciled to Him through the Law of the Spirit! Can you find evidence that God will change His rules and deal with mankind differently than what He has already established through the resurrection and ascension? Did God make different rules for men of later generations to be redeemed? Can you find a specific reference to God establishing an earthly throne which disregards His decrees and declarations through the ages by multiple prophets? Are God's promises not to stand eternally? Absurd! Heresy! False speculations and suppositions! God is true to His Word! He esteems His Word above His Name... His Name represents ALL that He Is... the Great I AM! God is NOT a Liar! May you be blessed in assurance that the scriptures clearly provide and declare the following ... Here are 7 Kingdom Absolutes that the Lord gave to the Apostles. 1. Scripture reveals the Apostles Understanding that the promise to David and the father’s of Israel concerning Messiah’s Kingdom has already been fulfilled in the resurrection of Jesus. 2. Scripture reveals the Apostles Understanding of Kingdom Initiation... The response to the Gospel of the Apostles of the Lamb is >to repent, >be baptized into the death and resurrection of Christ. >receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, (the baptism of the Spirit) >be added to the Lord’s Church… the general assembly of heaven and His appointed placement for you in a fellowship on earth. 3. Scripture reveals the Apostles' Understanding that the New Covenant in the Blood of Jesus Christ Is the Promised Blessing or Mercies of David. 4. Scripture reveals the Apostles' Understanding that the church is Zion, the promised House of David. 5. Scripture reveals the Apostles' Understanding that the Jewish Age is behind the Church, not ahead of the Church. 6. Scripture reveals the Apostles' Understanding of the Apostolic Government (the Apostolate, the Body) is the basis of the church's Unity and the foundation or Key to the Church's Success. 7. Scripture reveals the Apostles' Understanding that the nations are a vital part of the Church's Heritage. These absolutes are wonderfully documented by the writings and actions of the Apostles of the Lamb as well as the actions of Ascension-gift Apostles such as Paul and Barnabas. Paul’s letters detail the apostolic-prophetic foundations for building the church and for expansion of the Kingdom of God in the earth. Scripture foretells of a future, glorious return of Christ that will conclude temporal history and bring to fulfillment all remaining aspects of Biblical prophecy. The Lord Jesus in His resurrection and ascension to the Eternal throne of David fulfilled all things! Our belief is that the Kingdom of God will increase victory after victory until it is fully consummated when the Knowledge of the Glory of God covers the earth as the waters cover the seas. 1 Cor 15:24-25 AMP 24 After that comes the end (the completion), when He delivers over the kingdom to God the Father after rendering inoperative and abolishing every [other] rule and every authority and power. 25 For [Christ] must be King and reign until He has put all [His] enemies under His feet. It is the Church that is the instrumentality of the Kingdom and God works all things in expanding the Kingdom through His Church in the earth. It will be upon the second coming of Christ that signals the work of Church is complete. The Head and the Body shall become ONE in perfect eternal order and given to the Father as the "Perfect Image." The Head and Body is symbolic of the perfect man designed and created in the Garden of Eden before the fall... made in the image of God! All will have been restored to the perfect will, plan and acts of God at Christ's second coming. The Church will have come into power and fullness of grace and perfection Daniel 7:13-14 New American Standard version 3 "I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him. 14 "And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations, and men of every language Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed. 1 Thessalonians 5 AMP Apostle Paul is addressing the Church at Thessalonica in regard to the declaration of the Lord Jesus about the Great Tribulation that would begin in AD 66 and conclude with the great judgment and Desolation of Abomination in AD 70.
1 BUT AS to the suitable times and the
precise seasons and dates, brethren,
you have no necessity for anything being written to you. 2 For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the [return of the] Lord will come [as unexpectedly and suddenly] as a thief in the night. 3 When people are saying, All is well and secure, and, There is peace and safety, then in a moment unforeseen destruction (ruin and death) will come upon them as suddenly as labor pains come upon a woman with child; and they shall by no means escape, for there will be no escape. 4 But you are not in [given up to the power of] darkness, brethren, for that day to overtake you by surprise like a thief. 5 For you are all sons of light and sons of the day; we do not belong either to the night or to darkness. 6 Accordingly then, let us not sleep, as the rest do, but let us keep wide awake (alert, watchful,cautious, and on our guard) and let us be sober (calm, collected, and circumspect). 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But we belong to the day; therefore, let us be sober and put on the breastplate (corslet) of faith and love and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For God has not appointed us to [incur His] wrath [He did not select us to condemn us], but [that we might] obtain [His] salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) 10 Who died for us so that whether we are still alive or are dead [at Christ's appearing], we might live together with Him and share His life. 11 Therefore encourage (admonish, exhort) one another and edify (strengthen and build up) one another, just as you are doing. 12 Now also we beseech you, brethren, get to know those who labor among you [recognize them for what they are, acknowledge and appreciate and respect them all]-- your leaders who are over you in the Lord and those who warn and kindly reprove and exhort you. 13 And hold them in very high and most affectionate esteem in [intelligent and sympathetic] appreciation of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. 14 And we earnestly beseech you, brethren, admonish (warn and seriously advise) those who are out of line [the loafers, the disorderly, and the unruly]; encourage the timid and fainthearted, help and give your support to the weak souls, [and] be very patient with everybody [always keeping your temper]. [Isa 35:4.] 15 See that none of you repays another with evil for evil, but always aim to show kindness and seek to do good to one another and to everybody. 16 Be happy [in your faith] and rejoice and be glad-hearted continually (always); 17 Be unceasing in prayer [praying perseveringly]; 18 Thank [God] in everything [no matter what the circumstances may be, be thankful and give thanks], for this is the will of God for you [who are] in Christ Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that will]. 19 Do not quench (suppress or subdue) the [Holy] Spirit; 20 Do not spurn the gifts and utterances of the prophets [do not depreciate prophetic revelations nor despise inspired instruction or exhortation or warning]. 21 But test and prove all things [until you can recognize] what is good; [to that] hold fast. 22 Abstain from evil [shrink from it and keep aloof from it] in whatever form or whatever kind it may be. 23 And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). 24 Faithful is He Who is calling you [to Himself] and utterly trustworthy, and He will also do it [fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping you]. 25 Brethren, pray for us. 26 Greet all the brethren with a sacred kiss. 27 I solemnly charge you [in the name of] the Lord to have this letter read before all the brethren. 28 The grace (the unmerited favor and blessings) of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) be with you all. Amen, (so be it). The judgment and Desolation of Abomination was sent upon apostate Israel. The study of Matthew chapter 24 is an exciting revealing of the things Jesus told the disciples in regard to what John the Baptist declared in Luke Chapter 3. The Lord Jesus declared that all He was telling would happen within their own generation and that the then known world which was the Roman Empire would have the Gospel preached to it before the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. The end of apostate Israel was the end of the administration of the Law of Moses and blood sacrifices of animals in earthly temple worship. The Old Covenant was officially closed and the New Covenant was fully established. It was the sign that the Kingdom of Christ was now the heavenly order of mankind and that a new heaven and earth was formed. Jesus is now the King of all nations ruling on the eternal throne of David and a new earth of the Spirit realm has been established with the sending of the Holy Ghost to administrate in the midst of the hearts and minds of mankind. No longer the Old, but the New is created... Old Zion of the Law of Moses is no more. The New Zion of the Law of the Spirit now reigns! God is spirit and those who seek Him must do so in spirit and truth. 1 Peter 2:9-10 NKJV But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. Matt 24:14-15 AMP 14 And this good news of the kingdom (the Gospel) will be preached throughout the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then will come the end. 15 So when you see the appalling sacrilege [the abomination that astonishes and makes desolate], spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place-- let the reader take notice and ponder and consider and heed [this]-- SEE [Dan 9:27; 11:31; 12:11. (Matt 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. KJV) The Abomination of Desolation would bring total judgment upon the apostate nation of Israel. It would be the end of an age and make way for the New Creation, Spiritual Israel, where both Jew and Gentile would become One Holy nation, New Jerusalem, the Church age. We need to study the Jewish mission of the Apostles of the Lamb and contrast it with the Gentile mission of the ascension-gift apostles to receive a clear understanding of the fulfillment of the church's role from the period of Christ's ascension up to and including the events of the destruction of Jerusalem. Such study will also bring clarity to the book of Revelation, its purpose, timing and poetic and descriptive language. See More... Study of AD 70 |
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