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+ | Holy Week (Passover) - Friday April 12, 2019 ---> Easter Sunday April 21, 2019\\ | ||
+ | The Feast of Pentecost (Shavuot) - Sunday June 9, 2019 | ||
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+ | Wed. 17, April 2019 -- The Lord's Passover - 14th day of Nisan - fulfilled (Holy Week) at the Last Supper\\ | ||
+ | Thur. 18, April 2019 -- Unleavened Bread - 15th day of Nisan - fulfilled (Holy Week) on the Cross\\ | ||
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+ | After Resurrection Sunday (the birth of the Christian Church – Feast of Firstfruits – Easter Sunday to us Gentiles) we are going to do another countdown this time to countdown to the yearly Feast of Pentecost [Sunday, June 9, 2019] so people can see that Pentecost (a growth/ | ||
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+ | Revealing that those who are teaching the very **false doctrine** of Justification through Sanctification i.e. the **Progressive Justification of Augustinian and Calvinism doctrines** by wrongly claiming that both the Christian Church (Justification - Salvation 'Born Again' | ||
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+ | Conclusion: any teaching that proclaims that the Christian Church started on Pentecost and ends with the Rapture would then be guilty of proclaiming that the Holy Spirit is not available during the Tribulation period. Either the Born Again Church Age is from 'First Fruits' | ||
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+ | During Pentecost I was doing devotions and reading through some of the famous quotes and prophecies in the Old Testament book of Hosea. | ||
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+ | #1. Pentecost isn't 50 days after Easter it's 50 days (7 weeks + 1 day) after the Passover Sabbath (Saturday the day before the Feast of First Fruits, aka Easter) or 49 days (7 weeks) after Easter (First Fruits) Sunday. | ||
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+ | #2. Pentecost is not the end of or any part of the Easter season. Pentecost is it's own unique Holy Feast day (Deuteronomy 16:16) it is the Middle Feast of the three Leviticus chapter 23 Feast Seasons. Leviticus chapter 23 is comprised of 8 Holy Feasts structured into three Feast Groups; Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles. | ||
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+ | #4. The last and biggest mistake made regarding Pentecost is that Pentecost is absolutely not the start of the Christian Church. The Christian Church started with Jesus and the Apostles on Resurrection Day (Easter) during the first Holy Feast (Passover). The already existing (Passover) Christian Church then became empowered by the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. To say that the Church began on Pentecost is to say that the Church is only Spirit (Holy Spirit) without Christ (Jesus Christ). The Christian Church is comprised of all 3 Holy Feast Seasons; Passover (creation - Jesus Christ), Pentecost (empowerment - Holy Spirit) and the future Tabernacles (reunion and 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ - at the timing and calling of God the Father Re: Matthew 24:36, Mark 13:32). | ||
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+ | //Wolfhart Pannenberg (2 October 1928 – 4 September 2014) was a German theologian. He has made a number of significant contributions to modern theology, including his concept of history as a form of revelation centered on the Resurrection of Christ, which has been widely debated in both Protestant and Catholic theology, as well as by non-Christian thinkers.// - Wikipedia | ||
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+ | I love that! We were made for a whole, complete relationship with God, lacking nothing! So of course our heart aches for more than this fallen world can offer. And we know that God has set eternity in our hearts; he put the desire there so we would long for him and not be satisfied by lesser things. Praise be to God! | ||
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+ | 1. You have asked me to set forth to you the scope and substance of the Epistle to the Ephesians, an Epistle which seems somewhat obscure, unless by analyzing it we can gather what those motives are by which the Apostle would persuade us not to despair of the kingdom of God. | ||
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+ | 2. In the first place then he points out that the hope of reward and the inheritance of those heavenly promises which have been brought within our reach by the Passion and Resurrection of Christ, are wont to be a great encouragement to the good in the pursuit of virtue. | ||
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+ | 3. To this he has added that not only has **a mode of return to Paradise been opened to us by Christ,** but that even the honour of sitting in heavenly places has been imparted to this flesh of our body by its fellowship with the Body of Christ; **so that you need no longer doubt the possibility of your own ascension, | ||
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+ | 4. We ought not therefore to despair of the members adhering to their Head; especially since from the beginning we have been predestinated by Jesus Christ to adoption as children of God in Himself: which predestination He has ratified, instructing us that the prediction made from the first, that a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh, is a sacrament of Christ and the Church. If therefore the union of Adam and Eve is a great sacrament which relates to Christ and the Church, it is certain that as Eve was bone of the bones of her husband, and flesh of his flesh, so we are members of the Body of Christ, bone of His Bones and flesh of His Flesh. | ||
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+ | 5. No other Epistle has pronounced so many blessings over the people of God as this. For herein the pregnant witness of Divine grace has declared that we are blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenlg places, and predestinated unto the adoption of children, richly endowed also with grace in the Son of God, which things have abounded unto the knowledge of the mystery of His eternal will. Especially now, in the fulness of time, when all things are reconciled in Christ, both in heaven and on earth, have we attained an inheritance in Him, to the intent that both what is of the Law and what is of Grace might be fulfilled in us. For even according to the Law we seemed to be elected in that season of youth, by which is signified a holy life, without either the wantonness of childhood or the infirmity of age. We have been taught also how we must vigorously ivage war not only against flesh and blood, but also against spiritual wickedness in high places. | ||
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+ | 6. Wherefore as the possession of lands taken from the enemy fell to their lot, so to us has fallen the lot of grace, that we may become the heritage of God, Who possesses our reins, the seat of chastity and temperance. Do you seek to know this lot? Remember that lot which fell upon Matthias, that he might be chosen into the number of the twelve Apostles. The Prophet David also says, If ye sleep in the midst of the lots, because he who is placed in the middle, between the lot of the Old and New Testament, resting upon both, arrives at the peace of the heavenly kingdom. This lot of their paternal inheritance the daughters of Zelophehad sought for, and their petition was admitted by God's judgment. But they sought for it in the shade, for Zelophehad means 'the shade of the mouth;' | ||
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+ | 7. Let us therefore be the possession of God, and let Him be our portion, for in Him are the riches of His glory and inheritance. For who is rich but God alone, Who created all things? Especially however is He rich in mercy, in that He redeemed all mankind, and, as being the author of nature, changed us, who according to our fleshly nature were the children of wrath, and exposed to trouble, that we might become the children of peace and charity. For who can change nature but He Who created nature? Wherefore He raised the dead, and those that were quickened in Christ He hath made to sit in heavenly places in the Lord Jesus. | ||
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+ | 8. Not that any man has been thought worthy of the privilege of sitting in that seat of God, for to the Son alone hath the Father said, Sit thou on my right hand; but because in that Flesh of Christ the flesh of the whole human race has been honoured, because it partakes of the same nature. For as He was subjected in our flesh by His unity therewith, and by the obedience of the body, wherein He was made obedient even unto death, so we, in His Flesh, are sat down together with Him in heavenly places. We therefore are not set down by ourselves but in the Person of Christ, Who alone, as the Son of man, sitteth at the right Hand of God; as He said Himself, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of God. To this end has His Grace and Goodness been formed upon us in Christ Jesus, that being dead according to works, redeemed through faith and saved by grace, we might receive the gift of this great deliverance. Our very nature, raised, as it were, in Him, has been made partaker of the Grace of a new creation, that being new created in Christ, we, who had before fallen away through the corruption of our guilty lineage, might walk in good works. | ||
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+ | 9. For the strife which before existed in the flesh being removed, an universal peace has been made in heaven; that men might be like Angels upon earth, that the Gentiles and Jews might be made one, that both the new and old man might be united, the middle wall of partition, which, as a hostile barrier, had once divided them, being broken down. For the nature of our flesh having stirred up anger discord and dissension, and the law having bound us with the chains of condemnation, | ||
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+ | 10. For what else did the Lord Jesus effect by His descent but our deliverance from captivity into liberty, and the subjection to Himself of that captivity which the bonds of unbelief had fettered, but which is now restrained by the fetters of wisdom, every wise man putting his feet into its bonds? For it is written that when He had descended He ascended also, that He might fill all things, and that we might all receive of His fulness. | ||
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+ | 12. But who is a perfect man, but he who, being delivered from the weakness of a childish mind, from the unstable and slippery ways of youth, and from the unbridled passions of adult age, has attained to the strength of full manhood, and has grown up unto such maturity of character as not to be easily turned aside by the address of a wily disputer, nor cast, as it were, upon the rocks by the turbid violence of foolish doctrine? Who but he that betakes himself to the remedies of error, who follows truth not only in his words but also in his works, and, takes upon him the edifying of himself in love, that he may be united with others in the unity of faith and knowledge, and, as a member, not fall off from his Head, that is, from Christ, Who is the Head of all, from whom the whole body of the faithful and prudent fitted and compacted and joined together by the rational harmony of the Word by that which every joint supplieth, according to the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying itself in love; that so it may rise as one temple of God in all, and one habitation of the heavenly mansion in the spirit of all. | ||
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+ | 13. Herein I conceive we are to understand that not only holy men but **all believers, and all the heavenly and reasonable hosts and powers are united in faith and spirit;** that by a certain concord of powers and offices one body, composed of all spirits of a reasonable nature, may adhere to Christ their Head, being so united to the framework of the building, that in no single point of juncture the several members may seem to be severed from each other. And to unite each one to Himself according to the due measure of his merits and faith will not be difficult: for the edifice of love closes and blocks up every crevice through which offences may enter. We ought not then to doubt that in the building up of this temple the company of the heavenly hosts will be united with us; for it is unreasonable to suppose that while the Temple of God can be so built up by human love as that we shall become an habitation of God in the Spirit, He should not dwell within the heavenly Host. | ||
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+ | This summary account of the Epistle I offer you as the best which I have in my power to give. | ||
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+ | Answer: ... How can you help your son? The most important step you can take is to turn your own lives over to Jesus Christ, and become His followers. After all, how can you expect God to be important to your son if He isn’t important to you? Begin your journey of faith today by committing your lives to Christ and making Him the center and foundation of your lives.\\ | ||
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+ | A couple of days ago (Friday) I had the pleasure of attending one day of a four day major Christian event held in a stadium in San Diego Ca. The main speaker stepped up to the microphone and proclaimed that "God is the God of Judgment and that one day God is going to judge the world. But that day is not today! Today is another day! Today is another Day of God's Mercy and of God's Grace given to us from God for our Salvation." | ||
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+ | Billy Graham looked and seemed in great shape. Based on current news articles I half expected him to struggle up to the podium in a walker but he was fine, he told a couple of funny stories and gave a Superb message. His message was being broadcast to all of the military troops world wide on ship and on land including Iraq, Afghanistan and Korea so the theme was military oriented and the guest speaker was an Army General. Billy Graham used the current events and interwove it with the Biblical message of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32), he truly does wonderfully preach with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other. His message was one of the best that I have ever heard, the stadium was mostly packed and it was really pleasing to see many young and squirming kids in attendance and it was truly amazing to sit in the crowd and feel the Holy Spirit calm the hearts of everyone around so Billy could give his message. I don't think that I have ever sat in such an amazing event, when Billy Graham began to speak, (after a long applause and standing ovation that he was visibly not happy about receiving), the crowded stadium entered into an incredible silent hush, you could literally hear a pin drop as the message was given and the invitation was enthusiastically met by an emptying of much of the stadium as people filled the field around the stage in an act of acceptance of the message given. Billy Graham showed once again that he truly is America' | ||
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+ | Let us continue in praying for and the building up of one another in the Faith and Love of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior! | ||
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+ | **The Primary Ages of the 7 Church Letters of Revelation from Jesus Christ** | ||
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+ | 3. The Church at Pergamos -- The worldly government Church - Constantine I, Ambrose, Monica, Augustine, etc.<br /> | ||
+ | 4. The Church at Thyatira -- The Roman Catholic Church - Pope Leo I, Francis of Assisi, Thomas Aquinas, Ignatius of Loyola, Queen Mary I of England, etc.<br /> | ||
+ | 5. The Church at Sardis -- The Protestant Church - Anselm of Canterbury, William Tyndale, King James I of England, Charles Spurgeon, etc.<br /> | ||
+ | 6. The Church at Philadelphia -- The friendship (Evangelical) Church - Queen Victoria, George Muller, Edward Backhouse, Oswald Chambers, etc.<br /> | ||
+ | 7. The Church at Laodicea -- The modern comfortable (Emergent) Church | ||
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+ | **Note:** what was important to Justin Martyr was that he had known and was connected to someone who he presumed had known an Apostle. Justin Martyr was witnessed to by a very elderly man who instructed Justin Martyr to start in the faith not by reading the Christian New Testament but by reading the Jewish Old Testament. | ||
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+ | Ambrose Bishop of Milan, Italy "A Father of the Modern (Governmental) Church System" | ||
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+ | Saint Ambrose of Milan was a founder in the 3rd Church era the Church at Pergamos the legal governmental church era. | ||
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+ | Saint Monica the mother of Saint Augustine (baptized by Ambrose) was actually a member of the 2nd Church era Church of Smyrna -- The martyred persecuted Church before joining with Ambrose in Milan. | ||
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+ | **Also Note:** Queen Mary I of England was an exceptional and gifted Catholic leader. The problem was not with her as a leader [as was so often the case especially at certain times during the ancient early Christian era Roman Empire] it was that the Church era [time in general] had shifted an moved on and the Protestant era had begun. | ||
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+ | 3. The Church at Pergamos -- The worldly government Church - Faith in Jesus exhibited by current worldly status< | ||
+ | 4. The Church at Thyatira -- The Roman Catholic Church - Faith in Jesus exhibited by works i.e. Penance, Priests, Saint worship, Purgatory< | ||
+ | 5. The Church at Sardis -- The Protestant Church - Faith in Jesus exhibited by knowledge i.e. creeds, confessions, | ||
+ | 6. The Church at Philadelphia -- The friendship (Evangelical) Church - Faith in Jesus exhibited by a personal relationship with Jesus<br /> | ||
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+ | **Biographical Preface of Edward Backhouse by Dr. Thomas Hodgkin** | ||
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+ | As the following work may come into the hands of some who were not personally acquainted with its Author, it is necessary to devote a few pages to a sketch of his life and character. Those who knew Edward Backhouse of Sunderland, will never forget either the man or that fresh and vigorous Christianity which was the keynote of his life. But for the sake of others an attempt must be made to give an outline, however imperfectly, | ||
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+ | He was the son of Edward and Mary Backhouse, and was born at Darlington in 1808. A resident from early boyhood at Sunderland, of which place he became one of the foremost citizens, he was thoroughly identified in his interests with the busy, stirring life of the North of England. He was not himself, however, actively engaged in commerce. Although a partner in collieries [coal mining], and in the extensive banking business with which the name of his family has been so long connected, he took little, if any share in the practical management of these businesses, having desired from the time of his early manhood to keep his hands free for philanthropic and religious work. | ||
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+ | He was an eager and diligent student of natural history, a frequent traveler, and a landscape painter of considerable merit. Though not cultivating the graces of a professed orator, he could always be relied on to make a plain, vigorous, straightforward speech, with a heartiness which never failed to win the ear of a popular assembly. He was a rather keen, but not bitter politician, on the Liberal side, but never sought a seat in Parliament, whither he could certainly have gone as representative of Sunderland if he had desired to do so. | ||
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+ | His whole life was coloured by his enthusiastic adoption of the principles of that portion of the Christian Church to which his ancestors for many generations had belonged; the Society of Friends. During a considerable part of his life he occupied a conspicuous position as a minister among them. It is generally known that in their body there are no paid religious ministers, but the work of preaching and of pastoral visitation is discharged by such members of the society as may feel themselves commissioned by the Unseen Head of the Church to undertake it. After one of these volunteers has preached in the " | ||
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+ | Edward Backhouse used to refer his own conversion to the thirtieth year of his age. His life had been always pure and unblameable according to man's judgment. After this time it became more conspicuously devoted to the service of Christ; yet it was not till fourteen years after this time that he commenced work as a minister. In the interval his religious labours were chiefly of the kind which Friends call " | ||
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+ | His preaching was very characteristic of the man, with no elaborate oratory, but a fine natural flow of language and a certain character of manly strength and earnestness in every discourse. His favourite topic of exhortation, | ||
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+ | ... It is difficult to describe this part of his character without conveying the impression that his was a self-indulgent life; but this was far from being the case. The sorrows and the sins of great cities, and especially of the great seaport near to which he himself lived, claimed a very large share of his time and thought, and he spent not only money, but health and energy freely in the endeavor to alleviate and reform them. He erected a large mission hall in one of the poorest districts of Sunderland, which became the resort of a large congregation, | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Updates: December 7, 2017 ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | Ambrose Bishop of Milan, Italy " | ||
+ | |||
+ | St Ambrose of Milan was a founder in the 3rd Church era the Church at Pergamos the legal governmental church era. | ||
+ | |||
+ | St Monica the mother of St Augustine (baptized by Ambrose) was actually a member of the 2nd Church era Church of Smyrna -- The martyred persecuted Church before joining with Ambrose in Milan. | ||
+ | |||
+ | When Augustine rejected Christianity in his youth it was the persecuted Church era Christianity of his mother Monica that he was rejecting. The early persecuted Church practiced what today we would call a Pentecostalism mixed with pagan practices. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In Milan the Bishop Ambrose rebuked the practices of (grave vigils - for those martyred) that Monica and her friends were practicing in Milan. Augustine was impressed that Ambrose rebuked the practice and again decided to consider Christianity. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Ambrose and many of his era including Augustine had rejected the Judeo/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Pope Leo I (400-461 AD) is loosely considered to be the first Pope of the 4th Church era the Church at Thyatira -- The Roman Catholic Church. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Judeo/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Note:** the church at Rome " | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | Who was St Ambrose of Milan? [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Augustine (Part 1) [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Augustine (Part 2) [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | The 7 Churches Eras of Christianity [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Updates: December 6, 2017 ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | President Trump' | ||
+ | |||
+ | President Trump: US Recognizes Jerusalem as Israel' | ||
+ | Live Stream TV News [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Trump to Announce Jerusalem as Capital of Israel\\ | ||
+ | The Jerusalem Post [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | US to recognise Jerusalem as Israel' | ||
+ | BBC [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Nettanyahu on Trump' | ||
+ | Haaretz [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Five things to watch in Trump' | ||
+ | Yahoo [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Czech Republic follows Trump' | ||
+ | Business Insider [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Updates: November 24, 2017 ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Ancient Roman world [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Constantine the Great [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Apostolic Fathers [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Christian Apologists and Early Heresies [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Worship in the Didache [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Updates: November 12, 2017 ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | Understanding Christian Church History! | ||
+ | |||
+ | Creeds and Councils: What are they? [[https:// | ||
+ | Council of Constantinople [[https:// | ||
+ | Council of Chalcedon [[https:// | ||
+ | Great Schism of 1054 A.D. [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | **The Protestant Reformation** | ||
+ | |||
+ | Martin Luther and the Heidelberg Disputation [[https:// | ||
+ | Luther' | ||
+ | The Importance of the Reformation [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | **500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation** | ||
+ | |||
+ | Movie: Luther (2003)\\ | ||
+ | During the early 16th Century [Oct. 31, 1517 AD] idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation. Luther 2003 Movie Trailer [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Kennedy Classics - The Reformation: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hundreds expected to attend celebration of 500th anniversary of Protestant Reformation\\ | ||
+ | CJonline.com [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Discovery Institute fellow: The Protestant Reformation, | ||
+ | NewsOK [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | John Wycliffe the Morning Star of the Reformation\\ | ||
+ | ThirdMill [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | FoxNews: The Reformation, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Saint Anselm of Canterbury\\ | ||
+ | Wikipedia [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Note:** Anselm of Canterbury is credited with changing the church focus from a Catholic Works doctrine to a Protestant Knowledge doctrine. | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | 2. The Church at Smyrna -- The martyred persecuted Church - Faith in Jesus exhibited by total commitment even to death<br /> | ||
+ | 3. The Church at Pergamos -- The worldly government Church - Faith in Jesus exhibited by current worldly status< | ||
+ | 4. The Church at Thyatira -- The Roman Catholic Church - Faith in Jesus exhibited by works i.e. Penance, Priests, Saint worship, Purgatory< | ||
+ | 5. The Church at Sardis -- The Protestant Church - Faith in Jesus exhibited by knowledge i.e. creeds, confessions, | ||
+ | 6. The Church at Philadelphia -- The friendship (Evangelical) Church - Faith in Jesus exhibited by a personal relationship with Jesus<br /> | ||
+ | 7. The Church at Laodicea -- The modern comfortable (Emergent) Church | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Updates: October 2, 2017 ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | Approximately the day that Jesus Christ the Savior of the world entered into the world! -- [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Christmas Day is Monday, December 25< | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | Christ The Savior and King -- < | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | Thanksgiving Day is Thursday, November 23< | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | Source: [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Kennedy Classics - Pilgrims Give Thanks [[https:// | ||
+ | Kennedy Classics - The Pilgram Legacy [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | Holy Week (Passover) - Friday March 23< | ||
+ | |||
+ | Pentecost (Shavuot) - May 20< | ||
+ | Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) - Sunset on Sunday, September 9< | ||
+ | Thanksgiving (Feast of Tabernacles) - Thursday, November 22< | ||
+ | Christmas Day ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Note:** Rosh Hashanah the Jewish Feast is observed every year by Judaism. The Christian fulfillment of Rosh Hashanah the Feast of Trumpets happens only once [when God the Father calls the Bride of the Son of God the Christian Church into Heaven]. Likewise there is only one Christian Holy Week (Passover) Feast fulfilled in Jesus Christ and only one Pentecost (Shavuot) fulfilled in the Holy Spirit. ~ David Anson Brown | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | Schedule of The Lord's 8 Holy Feast Days --- Spring Feasts: Holy Week is comprised of the four **Salvation Feasts** {Sabbath (Rest), The Lord's Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits (Easter)} --- Pentecost (Shavuot) [Acts 2:1 - Church Age] is the Middle Feast: The **Sanctification Feast** --- The Fall Feasts: The three **Redemption Feasts** are comprised of {Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) possibly the Rapture dates of the Christian Church, Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), and Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot)} | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Salvation Feasts** (Spring Feasts) - Jesus' First Coming | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Sabbath (Rest) - Saturdays - fulfilled (Holy Week) at the Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. The Lord's Passover - 14th day of Nisan - fulfilled (Holy Week) at the Last Supper | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Unleavened Bread - 15th day of Nisan - fulfilled (Holy Week) on the Cross | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4. Firstfruits [Born Again] (Easter) - first Sunday after the Feast of The Lord's Passover - fulfilled (Holy Week) in the Resurrection | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Sanctification Feast** (Summer Feast or Middle Feast) - The work of the Holy Spirit | ||
+ | |||
+ | 5. Pentecost (Shavuot) Acts 2:1 - 50 Days (7 Sabbaths + 1 day) from the Sabbath Day before the Feast of Firstfruits or the 7th Sunday (49 days) after the Feast of Firstfruits (Easter Sunday) - currently in progress | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Final Redemption Feasts** (Fall Feasts) - Jesus' Second Coming | ||
+ | |||
+ | 6. Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) | ||
+ | |||
+ | 7. Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) | ||
+ | |||
+ | 8. Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | Holy Week (Passover) - Friday March 23, 2018 ---> Easter Sunday April 1, 2018 | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Feast of Pentecost (Shavuot) - Sunday May 20, 2018 | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Fall Feasts (Rosh Hashanah) - Sunday Sept. 9-11, 2018 at sundown in Jerusalem, Israel\\ | ||
+ | Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) - Tuesday Sept. 18-19 at sundown in Jerusalem, Israel | ||
+ | |||
+ | Christmas Day ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Updates: August 19, 2017 ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Rapture [the end of the current Christian Church Age - the Church is called into Heaven] and [on] the Jewish Feast of Trumpets. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Rapture and the Feast of Trumpets | ||
+ | |||
+ | Note: There are actually 8 prescribed Feast Days not 7 in Leviticus Chapter 23. The Feast Day of Sabbath [the Triumphal Entry (Palm Saturday) of Jesus Entering into Jerusalem for our Rest is often omitted by modern teachers]. The 7 Feast days comes from an ancient Alexandria, Egypt spiritualist teaching of the scriptures in equating the Feast Days of Israel with the 7 lamp bulbs of the Temple candlestick and therefore one of the 8 Feast Days had to be subtracted to get to the 7 to match the Temple lampstand. The 7 Feast Days is not a Biblical teaching it is an extra-biblical teaching. The 8 Feast Days is the correct Biblical teaching. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Rosh Hashanah the Jewish Feast is observed every year by Judaism. The Christian fulfillment of Rosh Hashanah the Feast of Trumpets happens only once [when God the Father calls the Bride of the Son of God the Christian Church into Heaven]. Likewise there is only one Christian Holy Week (Passover) Feast fulfilled in Jesus Christ and only one Pentecost (Shavuot) fulfilled in the Holy Spirit. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Countdown: 2017 Feast of Trumpets (Jewish Rosh Hashanah) starts at sundown on Wednesday September 20th until sundown on Friday September 22nd. | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Updates: October 30, 2017 ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Jesus Christ the Lord of the Living** | ||
+ | |||
+ | Shortly before his crucifixion, | ||
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is important to understand what Jesus meant by these profound words "God is not the God of the dead, but of the living." | ||
+ | |||
+ | The point Jesus was making was that although these patriarchs were dead (Heb. 11:13), they will live again in the resurrection, | ||
+ | |||
+ | With this understanding, | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Who is the Lord of the Dead?** | ||
+ | |||
+ | However, among the heathen Druids, Samhain or Saman, is the lord of the dead and that lord is none other than Satan himself! Therefore, when people celebrate the dead, they unknowingly honor the devil! | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Fall/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Best Answer: Every year, millions of children throughout the world celebrate the custom of Halloween. During this celebration, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Today, Halloween is celebrated on the evening of All Hallows or All Saints Day. Because days were customarily reckoned as beginning at sunset, Halloween was celebrated in anticipation of November 1, which was dedicated to the Lord of the Dead. Halloween is founded on a fear of the spirits of the dead possessing those who are alive. This fear is driven by a belief that man has an immortal soul. It is important to understand that the Bible clearly declares that only God has immortality at this time. The apostle Paul, when writing to Timothy about Jesus Christ, said, "Who only hath immortality, | ||
+ | |||
+ | First, understand that although Halloween professes to be a Christian holiday, it is anything but Christian. This custom was celebrated by the pagan world centuries before the New Testament Church was ever founded and it was not introduced into the professing Christian world until centuries after the deaths of the apostles. In fact, if you search the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, you will not find a single line advocating the observance of this holiday or anything like it. On the contrary, God condemns such practices throughout the scriptures. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **A Strange Superstition** | ||
+ | |||
+ | Halloween is one of the strangest holidays mankind celebrates. It is an amazing paradox, an unusual mixture of Christian terms and ancient pagan religious rites. Moreover, despite the technological and intellectual advancements our society has made, it still clings to ignorance of the past. As a result, we celebrate ancient superstitions by partaking in pagan rites, dressing up as witches, goblins, ghosts, skeletons, and demons. | ||
+ | |||
+ | What is this holiday? Where did it come from and why is it celebrated? It certainly did not come from the Bible or the early Christian church raised up by Jesus Christ and the apostles (Mt. 16:13-17). Consider what authorities say regarding the origin and practice of Halloween. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Ralph Linton, on page four of his book, Halloween Through Twenty Centuries, explains the connection between the current practice of Halloween and a pagan rite practiced by the ancient Druids. | ||
+ | |||
+ | "The American celebration rests upon Scottish and Irish folk customs which can be traced in direct line from pre-Christian times. Although Halloween has become a night of rollicking fun, superstitious spells, and eerie games that people take only half seriously, its beginnings were quite otherwise. The earliest Halloween celebrations were held by the Druids in honor of Samhain, Lord of the Dead, whose festival fell on November 1." | ||
+ | |||
+ | Further, the Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition, Volume 12 says: "It was a Druidic belief that on the eve of this festival, Saman, lord of death, called together the wicked souls that within the past 12 months had been condemned to inhabit the bodies of animals..." | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Yearbook of English Festivals by Dorothy Gladys Spicer adds the following: "All Hallows' | ||
+ | |||
+ | "To ancient Druids, the end of October commemorated the festival of the waning year, when the sun began his downward course and ripened grain was garnered from the fields." | ||
+ | |||
+ | "Not until the fourth century did the pagan vigil for the god of light give way to All Hallows, the mass for Christian saints; and not until the tenth, did the Druids' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Far from being Christian, Halloween is an old pagan holiday masquerading as though it were one of the customs of the church. Despite this, professing Christians encourage their children to get into the spirit of this pagan custom! | ||
+ | |||
+ | The celebration of Halloween is clearly a relic of pagan times and superstitious tradition. Notice what the authoritative Encyclopedia Britannica says about this holiday. | ||
+ | |||
+ | "It long antedates Christianity. The two chief characteristics of ancient Halloween were the lighting of bonfires and the belief that this is the one night in the year during which ghosts and witches are most likely to wander about. History shows that the main celebrations of Halloween were purely ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Saman or Samhain was the pagan lord of the dead among the Druids. However, this pagan holiday was not celebrated among the Druids alone. It has been and is currently celebrated around the world in different forms, but always with the same general pattern and meaning. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Halloween was also a [ancient] Roman festival. Consider the words of the Encyclopedia Britannica regarding this celebration. | ||
+ | |||
+ | "On the Druidic ceremonies were grafted some of the characteristics of the Roman festival in honor of Pomona held about November 1, in which nuts and apples, representing the winter store of fruits, played an important part." | ||
+ | |||
+ | Halloween can be identified in various forms all around the world. It is found in both Christian and non-Christian countries. This is because its origins predate Christianity. Marie Trevelyan, in her book Folk Stories of Wales, writes the following. | ||
+ | |||
+ | "In Wales it was firmly believed that on All Hallows' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The practices involved in Halloween are also found in Mexico. In the book Adonis by Frazer, the practice of Halloween is clearly identified, not only by its date, but also by its symbolism and rituals. | ||
+ | |||
+ | "The Miztecs of Mexico believed that the dead came back in the twelfth month of the year, which corresponded to our November. On this day of All Souls the houses were decked out to welcome the spirits. Jars of food and drink were set on a table in the principal room, and the family went out with the torches to meet the ghosts and invite them to enter. Then, returning to the house they knelt around the table, and with their eyes bent on the ground, prayed the souls to accept the offerings." | ||
+ | |||
+ | The elements of this holiday are also found in Cambodia. According to E. Aymonier in the work Notice sur le Cambodge, people would chant, "O all your ancestors, who are departed, deign to come and eat what we have prepared for you, and to bless your posterity and to make it happy." | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is clear that the trappings of Halloween have covered nations around the world. It is equally clear that the practices embraced by this holiday are not Christian at all. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Its Symbols and Superstitions** | ||
+ | |||
+ | Understand the shocking truth from history as to why this holiday was celebrated! Ruth Kelly, a recognized authority on Halloween, wrote that because the Druids believed in the immortality of the soul, they concluded that a persons spirit would pass from them at death and seek out another body in which to reside. | ||
+ | |||
+ | "The pagan Druid priests . . . taught the immortality of the soul, that it passed from one body to another at death . . . They believed that on the last night of the old year the lord of death gathered together the souls of all those who had died in the passing year and had been condemned to live in the bodies of animals, to decree what forms they should inhabit for the next twelve months. He could be coaxed to give the lighter sentence by gifts and prayers." | ||
+ | |||
+ | Many Druids believed that black cats were in fact reincarnated human beings, and that the Priest had the ability to divine the future through them. If any crossed your path, however, it would mean they might posses you, a very bad omen. Halloween was celebrated to preserve in the minds of the people the false doctrine that the soul is immortal and that the dead are not really dead. The Celtic peoples believed that the souls of good men went to paradise while the souls of those who did evil were reincarnated in the form of animals for a year. The only chance these disembodied souls had for a decent afterlife was to return on this day of Samhain, and find a human body to possess. It is important to understand that November was regarded by the Celtic people as the beginning of the New Year. Therefore, it was a perfect time for their priests to remember and celebrate the dead. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Source: Fall/ | ||
+ | Yahoo [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Reformation Day and All Saints Day 2014** | ||
+ | |||
+ | Yeah, everybody knows 31 October is the day Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the church door and started the Reformation. Everybody knows it's Halloween too. What does this mean? | ||
+ | |||
+ | **The Origin of All Saints' | ||
+ | |||
+ | So when did we start having a Feast of All Hallows on 1 November? Well, we started having a Feast of All Hallows, or Saints, before it was on 1 November! In the Eastern Church, all the saints are collectively remembered on the first Sunday after Pentecost. It really got rolling when the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire Leo VI (886-911) built a church in honour of his wife when she died, but as she was not a recognised saint he dedicated the church to all the saints, so that she would be included in a commemoration of all saints whether recognised as such or not. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Source: Reformation Day and All Saints Day\\ | ||
+ | Past Elder [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Halloween, | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you live in the Northern hemisphere, and if you are lucky enough to reside in a place that boasts four seasons, take a look around and you will see the passionate love-making of Lady Death and Laddie Life. If ever their love affair had an anniversary, | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Note:** what this awkward and inaccurate article is really describing is a type of occultism - i.e. Jewish Kabbalah. October 31st during the day is All Saints Day and Protestant Reformation Day however in the Kabbalah Jewish tradition the new day begins in the evening at sundown. Therefore sundown on October 31st is actually November 1st to an occult Kabbalah observer. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Source: Halloween, Scorpio, Reincarnation and the Birth of Astrology\\ | ||
+ | HUFFPOST [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Sundown and Yom Kippur** | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Note:** All Jewish holidays begin at sundown because the Jewish people believe that the day begins in the evening and ends the next evening. Yom Kippur begins at sundown on the day before the date specified on the Jewish calendar for the holiday and ends an hour after sunset on the specified date. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Refrence [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | **The History Behind Samhain** | ||
+ | |||
+ | All Hallow Mass\\ | ||
+ | Around the eighth century or so, the Catholic Church decided to use November 1st as All Saints Day. This was actually a pretty smart move on their part the local pagans were already celebrating that day anyway, so it made sense to use it as a church holiday. | ||
+ | |||
+ | All Saints became the festival to honor any saint who didnt already have a day of his or her own. The mass which was said on All Saints was called Allhallowmas the mass of all those who are hallowed. The night before naturally became known as All Hallows Eve, and eventually morphed into what we call Halloween. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Note:** Samhain would be considered a Kabbalah Occult event. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Also Note:** All Saints Day is observed loosely starting from Oct. 31st until the first Sunday in November and commonly as the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | The History Behind Samhain\\ | ||
+ | ThoughtCo [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | **All Saints' | ||
+ | |||
+ | In the Western Christian practice, the liturgical celebration begins at Vespers [an evening usually midweek church service] on the evening of 31 October, All Hallows' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Wikipedia [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Updates: July 30, 2017 ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | "You can have a personal relationship with God." We like to pull this amazing declaration out of our evangelism toolboxes, to focus on the fact that a relationship with God is actually possible for human beings. This fact is at the wondrous heart of biblical, evangelical Christianity. | ||
+ | |||
+ | "You can have a personal relationship with God." We like to pull this amazing declaration out of our evangelism toolboxes, to focus on the fact that a relationship with God is actually possible for human beings. This fact is at the ... | ||
+ | |||
+ | However, another word from the above statement also deserves our attention: personal. More than just a modifier of " | ||
+ | |||
+ | How does Almighty God pull off being personal? According to theologian Millard Erickson, "The Holy Spirit is the point at which the Trinity becomes personal to the believer." | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. The Spirit is the actual presence of God, active and alive, within Christians. Another theologian wrote, " | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Think about all these ideas regarding God the Holy Spirit: personal, active, alive, experiential, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Another thought about [Holy] spiritual fruit is worth mentioning. These nine elements — multiple parts of a singular fruit, like a cluster of grapes — perfectly describe life in the [Holy] Spirit. W. T. Conner, long-time theologian at Southwestern Seminary, phrased it perfectly in saying that the Spirit-filled life is moral and ethical, not "an emotional orgy. ... Paul was no wild enthusiast. His religion [traditional Christianity] always had at its center the element of rational and moral control. Christian character and conduct were the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit." | ||
+ | |||
+ | Source: [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Updates: July 16, 2017 ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Christian Covenant Zionism is primarily focused on the future Christian Church - Millennial Reign government, administrations, | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Christian Dispensation Zionism is primarily focused on the future Jewish Israel - Millennial Reign Temple, government, administrations, | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | **Zionism: Christian Zionism by David Krusch**\\ | ||
+ | [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | **The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ)**\\ | ||
+ | [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | **Haaretz: Christian Zionism Losing Its Israel Grip on Evangelicals**\\ | ||
+ | [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | **Biblical Christian Zionism (MP3' | ||
+ | [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | Christian Zionists are charged with being politically dangerous, ... They are also said to be theologically heretical for two reasons. | ||
+ | |||
+ | On the one hand, they [Zionists] **teach the very opposite of Replacement theology** (the notion that the church has replaced Israel as Gods people to achieve his purpose) which has been part of Christian tradition for centuries. | ||
+ | |||
+ | On the other hand, the Zionist conviction that God has brought Israel back to her own land in our day has become entangled with Dispensational theology, which is largely discredited in Britain but still widely held in America. | ||
+ | |||
+ | These three [MP3] talks are an integral series, aiming to lay a foundation for Biblical Christian Zionism in the New Testament. They expose the differences between this and both Replacement and Dispensational viewpoints, one too anti-Israel and the other too pro-Israel. Given in March 2007 by David Pawson | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Updates: July 2, 2017 ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | When the Protestant Reformation officially occurred on Oct. 31, 1157 AD with the Catholic Monk Martin Luther posting of his Ninety-Five Theses complaints against various Catholic church practices and some abuses. The Protestant Reformation in splitting from the Catholic church actually split into two Protestant factions the Evangelical faction and the Reformed Calvinism faction. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Evangelical Protestant Christianity** tends to view a fallen mankind as capable of doing good and generally being pleasing to a Good, Loving, Caring, Faithful and approachable Father God. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Calvinism Protestant Christianity** tends to view a fallen mankind as unable to please God and tends to see the Father God in a more stern and unapproachable way. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The word Protestant means Pro "in favor of" and Testament " | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Sola Scripture - the Bible is the only authority for Christian doctrine and the main authority for Christian living. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Sola Fida - meaning that " | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Sola Sacerdos - interaction between God and mankind is via a " | ||
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+ | ==== Updates: June 4, 2017 ==== | ||
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+ | **Video:** Bride will be Raptured during a Feast of Trumpets "Rosh Hashanah" | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Feast of Trumpets (Leviticus 23:24)** | ||
+ | |||
+ | The two-day Jewish Feast of Trumpets is interesting as it is both the next Biblical Feast (Leviticus 23) in order to be prophetically fulfilled in their seasons (Leviticus 23:4) and it is also considered to be the Feast time that provides the possible and even the probable end (i.e. Rapture event) of the current Christian Church Era. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The current New Testament Christian Church started on a Feast Day the (Sunday) Feast of Firstfruits (Easter Sunday). The next Feast the Feast of Trumpets is the start of the Jewish New Year the civil (secular) New Year. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Christian Church would be considered to end sometime on the two-day Jewish New Year (Feast of Trumpets) Festival in that prophetically the prophetic calendar now switches from the Gentile timeline back to the *secular Jewish timeline in order to eventually complete the prophetic 70th Week (Daniel 9:27) of the famous prophecy of Daniels 70 Weeks (Daniel 9:24) prophecy. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *The civil or secular nature of the Jewish New Year is that the New Year in itself does not directly initiate the start of Daniel' | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Updates: April 21, 2017 ==== | ||
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+ | < | ||
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+ | I have recently been studying early-church history including Roman Emperors, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Going to Jerusalem attempting to find traditional Christianity [though they often were looking for an artifacts based Christianity] | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Taking that Jerusalem based original Christianity out into the world | ||
+ | |||
+ | This video is a good summary of where modern Christianity should be though granted there are several nuances where the video is wrong i.e. teaching only 7 Feast Days when in actuality there are the 8 Biblical Leviticus chapter 23 Feast Days starting with the often left out " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Leaving out the unauthenticated artifacts of times past and instead focusing on the correct Acts 2:1 "one accord" | ||
+ | |||
+ | Actually if we neglect the ancient teachings and timelines of the Bible then we are mostly left with modern interpretations of what someone thinks the Bible should say. | ||
+ | |||
+ | One of the safest and best ways to understand the Bible is to do it in the original timeline and context of the ancient Feast Days of Israel. | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | **The Four Dispensations of The Bible' | ||
+ | |||
+ | In the Apostle Paul's trip to Rome [recorded in the Bible' | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Summary**: | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. The Apostles Dispensation (Acts 27:1-5)\\ | ||
+ | 2. The Common Christian Church Age (Acts 27:6-44)\\ | ||
+ | 3. The Martyred Saints of Revelation Tribulation (Acts 28:1-15)\\ | ||
+ | 4. The 1,000 year Millennial Kingdom Reign of Jesus Christ on earth (Acts 28:16-31) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Source: [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Recap:** the slight problem with the teaching in the video is that the teacher Mark Biltz is using the traditions of men to interpret the Bible instead of using the Bible to interpret the Bible. For example it is the tradition of men that there are only seven Feast Days yet the Bible in Leviticus chapter 23 commands eight Feast Days. As Christians it's imperative that we have an accurate Biblical message derived from the Bible (usually the reliable KJV) and not just the constant parroting of slightly inaccurate teachings that the Christian Church has become mired in. | ||
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+ | < | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
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+ | ==== Updates: March 2017 ==== | ||
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+ | < | ||
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+ | < | ||
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+ | I have been watching some YouTube videos about End Time events. Each new year brings the potential of End Time prophetic events and already 2017 as a year of change has the potential to begin a significant new era. I certainly don't think 2017 is the end of anything and more likely it is the beginning of a new season however with so much change happening so fast it will be a good idea to get familiar with some of these current concepts so they don't surprise us and possibly confuse us all the more. If I see anything else interesting or that is helpful I'll also post it. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In the last few years there have been some significant changes in the global society. i.e. Pope Francis (2013), Brexit (2016), Trump (2017). The Bible is mostly centered on Israel and Europe regarding the End Times. | ||
+ | |||
+ | I'm not a fan of 1 person prophecy shows. I think that prophecy should be discussed in a group to help provide a better balance and should maintain traditional Protestant Church traditions and creeds. Also taking care not to place America completely front and center in End Times prophecy as that is difficult to do and maintain a traditional Biblical view since the Bible is mostly centered on Israel and Europe regarding the End Times. | ||
+ | All the best to everyone!\\ | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== 3C Christianity – Evangelical Christianity ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3C Christianity is 3 Confession Christianity i.e. the 3 Confessions or 3 Sacraments of Christianity | ||
+ | |||
+ | === TriUnity (3 in 1) === | ||
+ | Father, Son (Jesus Christ), Holy Spirit ~ 2 Corinthians 13:14 | ||
+ | |||
+ | === 3 Confession (Sacrament) Christianity === | ||
+ | Confession ~ Romans 10:9-10,\\ | ||
+ | Water Baptism ~ Matthew 28:19-20\\ | ||
+ | Communion: Unleavened Bread and Wine (2 parts grape, 1 part water) | ||
+ | |||
+ | See also: Confession ~ John 6:44, Baptism ~ Matthew 3:11-12, Communion ~ 2 Corinthians 13:14 {KJV} | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Our Heavenly Salvation Draws Nearer each Day === | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | and the God of Love and Peace shall be with you. Greet one another with an holy (respect) kiss. All | ||
+ | the saints salute you. The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God (Father), and the | ||
+ | Communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen. ~ 2 Corinthians 13: | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Additional Considerations ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | === The 3 Tenets of the Christian Reformation === | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Faith Alone (Sola Fide) - Justification by faith alone (Acts 14:27)\\ | ||
+ | 2. Scripture Alone (Sola Scriptura) - Sole authority of Scripture (Luke 24:45)\\ | ||
+ | 3. Believers' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Note: the OT Priesthood was the Levitical Priesthood. The Christian NT Priesthood is the Royal Melchizedek [King, Priest, Prophet] Priesthood of Jesus Christ (Hebrews 5:10). | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | === Biblical Interpretation Method === | ||
+ | |||
+ | The **literal, grammatical, | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Ministry follows and instructs in the Historical Biblical Christian pattern [i.e. the literal, grammatical, | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === The 3 Feast Groups of Israel === | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Holy Feast cycle is completed in the Fall with the Redemptive Fall Feasts. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The three Biblical (Leviticus 23) Feast groups are the Spring (Passover) ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Spring Feasts** (Justification/ | ||
+ | **Summer ' | ||
+ | **Fall Feasts** (Redemption): | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Eight Old Testament Holy Feasts of Leviticus Chapter 23 are "Holy Convocations," | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Schedule of The Lord's 8 Holy Feast Days** | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Spring Feasts:** Holy Week is comprised of the four Salvation Feasts {Sabbath-Rest (Triumphal Entry), The Lord’s Passover (Last Supper, Communion, New Covenant), Unleavened Bread (Cross), and Firstfruits (Easter-Resurrection)}.\\ | ||
+ | **Pentecost: | ||
+ | **Fall Feasts:** The three Redemption Feasts are comprised of {Feast of Trumpets [possibly the future Rapture of the Christian Church] (Rosh Hashanah), Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), and Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot)}. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === The Four Dispensations of The Bible' | ||
+ | |||
+ | In the Apostle Paul's trip to Rome [recorded in the Bible' | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Summary: | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. The Apostles Dispensation (Acts 27: | ||
+ | 2. The Common Christian Church Age (Acts 27:6-44)\\ | ||
+ | 3. The Martyred Saints of Revelation Tribulation (Acts 28:1-15)\\ | ||
+ | 4. The 1,000 year Millennial Kingdom Reign of Jesus Christ on earth (Acts 28:16-31) | ||
+ | |||
+ | **1. The Apostles Dispensation (Acts 27:1-5)** | ||
+ | |||
+ | Paul and the other Apostles [eyewitnesses] of Jesus Christ go into the world preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God in Jesus Christ. "Acts 27:3-5 And [representing the Apostolic Missionary Journey Age] the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia." | ||
+ | |||
+ | Note: Luke and the Apostle Paul seem to be recording two primary things. 1. Looking back on all of Paul's Missionary Journeys that Paul felt that they had gone well and that on the whole the Gospel was being well received "him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself" | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | **2. The Common Christian Church Age (Acts 27:6-44)** | ||
+ | |||
+ | Acts 27:6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Note: The ship of the Apostolic Age has ended and the ship of the Common Christian Church Age has launched - carrying the nourishing wheat (Bible) and the four anchors (4 Gospels). The [Christian] ship spends a great deal of time in the port of "Fair Havens" | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | **3. The Martyred Saints of Revelation Tribulation (Acts 28:1-15)** | ||
+ | |||
+ | After the Christian Church Age has come to an end the Revelation Tribulation Age begins. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Note: The Saints of Revelation are washed ashore into a strange society and economy where they are refuges; destitute and in peril. Though working hard and trying to get along they are Bitten by the Beast and transported to fellowship with their fellow Martyrs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | **4. The 1,000 year Millennial Kingdom Reign of Jesus Christ on earth (Acts 27:16-31)** | ||
+ | |||
+ | Having finally arrived in Rome the Throne of the King the Millennial Rein of Jesus Christ is now being depicted. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Note: as a type of a citizen of the Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ, Paul is sent not to jail but to his own house to live [for two years]. Once in his Millennial House the Apostle Paul immediately begins to fellowship with the Jews of the Millennial Age. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Paul's Journey to Rome and the book of Acts concludes "Acts 28:30-31 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, **Preaching the Kingdom of God,** and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him." | ||
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+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | **The 5th Dispensation is the Eternal State** | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===The 8 Realms (Dimensions) of all Existence === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Encompassing all Physical and Spiritual Life | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Length [Day one creation - light separated [Judgment] (length) from darkness]\\ | ||
+ | 2. Height [Day two creation - divided the waters above from the waters below]\\ | ||
+ | 3. Width [Day three creation - dry land and plants]\\ | ||
+ | 4. Time [Day four creation - sun, moon, stars for times and seasons] [**our current fallen human existence**]\\ | ||
+ | 5. Demonic [demons] -- i.e. Nephilm spirits [the realm of Demons]\\ [Day five creation - fish from the waters (realm) below, birds from the waters (realm) above]\\ | ||
+ | 6. Angelic Realm - Holy Angels and also Satan exist in this realm with all of his fallen angels\\ [Day six creation - land animals and humans (pre-fall) humans the highest part of creation created separate and above the animals and equal to the angels but with sin mankind fell from the 6th dimension to the 4th dimension, in fact with the sin of mankind all of creation also fell from its original creation status]\\ | ||
+ | 7. Human Salvation redeemed by the blood, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ\\ [Day seven creation - Rest] [**future Restored-Salvation human existence**]\\ | ||
+ | 8. Unrestricted -- Infinite [outside of creation]\\ The only Unrestricted, | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | **The Second Creation** | ||
+ | |||
+ | The second creation of the new heaven (sky) and new earth will probably be accomplished instantaneously as God miraculously brings forth in an extraordinary way His new creation. | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === The 8 Global Kings over the Earth === | ||
+ | |||
+ | 7 Gentile Kings - 1 Messiah/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Each of the 8 Kingdoms has a defining King who essentially brought the Kingdom into existence and personified it on earth. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **The 8 Conquering Kings** | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Tower of Babel: Nimrod, conquered the world, gained his Kingdom, probably through the Mystery Arts of physical personality and persuasion (Genesis 10:9).\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Egypt: Pharaoh Akhenaten, gained his Kingdom, through the means of finances [financial warfare] (Genesis 47:20).\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Babylon: Nebuchadnezzar, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4. Persia: Cyrus the Great, conquered his global Kingdom primarily through the use of superior technology (Ezra 1:2).\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | 5. Greece: Alexander the Great, conquered his global Kingdom primarily through the use of philosophy, knowledge, formal education and superior tactics (Daniel 11:2-3, Daniel 10:20, Joel 3:6).\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | 6. Rome: Julius Caesar, conquered his global Kingdom primarily through the use of laws, Senete legislation, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 7. The Revised Roman Empire: Antichrist (Satan), is in the process of conquering his global Kingdom primarily through the use of spiritual personality [witchcraft]; | ||
+ | |||
+ | Note: the Throne of the Antichrist [Revised-Rome] is possibly the initiated ancient Throne of Emperor Constantine I. Then apparently the Antichrist will relocate to Jerusalem and attempt to also reclaim the ancient Throne of King Solomon. -- Jesus Christ is not a descendant of King Solomon but a descendant of Nathan an older brother of Solomon. The Antichrist would not be sitting on the Throne of Jesus Christ but on the Throne of Solomon. | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | 8. Millennial Reign: The Messiah, Jesus Christ has conquered the enemy (sin) of mankind for mankind. Jesus has personally conquered human sin and human death on the cross and in His Glorious Resurrection victory He is making available His Kingdom of eternal Life to all of mankind (Romans 8:37, 1 Corinthians 15:26, Hebrews 2:9,14, Hebrews 9:28, Revelation 4:11). | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === The Three Undivided - Israel Kingdom Kings === | ||
+ | |||
+ | **King Saul** (Asked For) - eventually becoming a type of Satan\\ | ||
+ | King Saul - Worldly Knowledge, Worldly Kingdom - attempted to usurp a Levitical Kingdom | ||
+ | |||
+ | **King David** (Beloved) - often a type of the Messiah Jesus Christ\\ | ||
+ | King David - Royal Kingdom, Melchizedek Knowledge (Book of Psalms) [Psalm 110:4, Acts 2:25] | ||
+ | |||
+ | **King Solomon** (Peaceable) - partially a type of the coming Antichrist\\ | ||
+ | King Solomon - Levitical Kingdom, Levitical Knowledge (Book of Proverbs) [1 Kings 3:9] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === The 3 Kingdoms and 3 Thrones of Jesus Christ === | ||
+ | |||
+ | **The 3 Kingdoms of Jesus Christ** | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. The current Kingdom Age i.e. Church Age Kingdom of Jesus Christ.\\ | ||
+ | 2. The 8th Global Kingdom the Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ on earth.\\ | ||
+ | 3. The Eternal Kingdom of Jesus Christ. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **The 3 Thrones of Jesus Christ** | ||
+ | |||
+ | **1. Current Church Age Throne:** in Heaven [alongside the Father' | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Eligibility: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Currently Jesus Christ is seated on His own Throne (co-reigning - interceding) at the right hand of His Father' | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | **2. Future Millennial Kingdom Throne:** in Jerusalem [restoring the Throne of King David] (Acts 15:16; Revelation 22:16). | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Eligibility: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | **3. Eternal Throne:** the Throne of the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit (Revelation 20:4; Revelation 22:3) the Eternal Throne of the New Heaven (sky) and the New Earth. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Eligibility: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === The 3 Global Judgments - The 4 Earths === | ||
+ | |||
+ | **The 4 Earths - Universes, Cosmoses** | ||
+ | |||
+ | Earth 1.0 Adam and Eve (creation earth)\\ | ||
+ | Earth 2.0 The present earth (since the flood of Noah)\\ | ||
+ | Earth 3.0 The coming Millennial Reign (at the 2nd Coming return of Jesus Christ)\\ | ||
+ | Earth 4.0 The New Heavens (sky) and New Earth (unjudged) - The Eternal State | ||
+ | |||
+ | **The 3 Global Judgments** | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | Judgment 1.0 water: flood of Noah\\ | ||
+ | Judgment 2.0 blood: moon, stars, earthquakes\\ | ||
+ | Judgment 3.0 spirit: earth and sky dissolved with fire (2 Peter 3:12-14)\\ | ||
+ | Judgment 4.0 no judgment: eternal earth (Revelation 21:1-4) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Creation Earth 1.0 | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Water Earth:** Original creation earth 1.0 | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | Judgment 1.0 | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | Current Earth 2.0 | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Blood Earth:** Creation of Resurrection (out of the water of Noah's flood) creating earth 2.0 | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | Judgments of Earth 2.0 | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | Millennial Reign Earth 3.0 | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Spirit (Fire) Earth:** Creation of Millennial Reign (restored - modified, shaken) earth 3.0 | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | Judgments of Earth 3.0 | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | **Eternal Earth:** The Everlasting Heaven and Earth 4.0 | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Church Integrity === | ||
+ | |||
+ | **The Christian Church will Remain an Operational Entity** | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Christian Church will prevail while on earth but the coming Martyred Saints of Revelation will not prevail. This is one of the distinctions between the current existing Church Age and the coming Ages of Tribulation and Great Tribulation. | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | Source: [[http:// | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
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+ | [[http:// | ||
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+ | In this brief article I will contend that Hinduism, Racism, and Calvinism have many things in common; too many for Christians not to be alarmed. Such disturbing common denominators should give pause to all Calvinists and any who are entertaining thoughts of embracing the doctrines espoused by Calvinism and Reformed theology. ... God has demonstrated his love for all people many times over. He did so by promising to make Abraham, a.k.a. Abram, from Ur of the Chaldeans (Gen. 11:31), a blessing to all the families of the earth (Gen. 12:1-3). Abraham, placed faith in the biblical God, obeyed God, and became the spiritual father of faith (**Heb. 11:8-19**), blazing the trail for others to follow as he demonstrated what it truly means to place faith in God and live out that faith. | ||
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+ | |||
+ | **Note:** Calvinism is literally the visage of a medieval exploitation system [the ancient Manorial system of serfs (bondage) and peasants]. In order for Calvinism [itself a man-centered (John Calvin) Think-Tank religion] to exist it attempts to inforce Old Testament Theocracy [the church is the state (government)]. In doing so Calvinism misrepresents both God and NT Christianity. Calvinism has wrongly concluded that NT Christianity is the mirror image of the OT with an angry God and a people unable to please God. In short Calvinist are still going to the now empty Mt. Sinai (**Hebrews 12:18-21**) while New Testament Christians (**Hebrews 12:22-29**) are directed to go meet God in the Resurrection Garden of Mt. Zion. Keep in mind that no one in this current physical life is approved of by God (**Hebrews 9:27**) and that conversely Calvinism doesn’t speak for God [only the Bible speaks for God] and in fact modern Calvinism greatly misrepresents the Goodness of the One True, Loving, Living God. ~ David Anson Brown | ||
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+ | --- // |