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Why the Gospel really is the "GOOD NEWS" for ALL mankind Christ spoke ONLY in parables when talking with the masses, Matt 13:34 "ALL these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in PARABLES; and without a parable spake He NOT unto them" PARABLES ARE SPIRITUAL A parable is a story that contains in figurative or symbolic language a higher moral or spiritual truth Parables are HIGHER, SPIRITUAL, GLORIOUS teachings of ETERNAL things Literally they are of little consequence; Spiritually they are of enormous consequence But without knowing what the symbols represent in a parable, no one could ever understand the higher meaning Therefore the multitudes of people did not understand the teaching of Jesus Christ, because He did not explain the meaning of the symbols to the masses, only to His disciples in private Some parables require only a little spiritual understanding Example: The Parable of a Beam in One’s Eye There are few believers who would not understand the meaning of this parable, although they might not practice its teaching Others such as The Parable of the Prodigal Son requires much more spiritual understanding, as there are many more spiritual truths within this story Many Christians can only understand parables that require very little spiritual understanding When reading the "deeper" parables, they can not comprehend The higher meaning which is totally missed, and/or not believed A simple example: "Another parable spoke He unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened" Jesus didn’t explain this parable, So what does it mean? Most, ...certainly understand, that leaven (like yeast) put into dough will cause the dough to rise through fermentation But what is the spiritual application of this parable? Paul tells us that, 1Cor5:6 "Know ye not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump" But who believes this parable? According to Jesus, the kingdom of God is like this parable of the leaven and the lump The kingdom of God moves and works throughout the entirety of the universe until the WHOLE of God’s creation is brought under its influence But who believes it? The time comes when Jesus Christ will turn over the kingdom of God to His Father: 1Cor 15:24,28b "Then comes the end, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when He shall have put down all rule and all authority and power … that GOD MAY BE ALL IN ALL" Then the whole lump will be leavened with God!! Everyone—ALL This parable is not literal The kingdom of God is not literally "leaven in a lump of dough!! These teachings are SPIRITUAL!!! They teach GREAT SPIRITUAL TRUTHS!!! Every parable teaches a spiritual truth If you do not understand the parable of the leaven and the dough- you don’t understand the gospel!! Because the leaven in the dough is like the kingdom of God and Jesus came preaching the "GOSPEL" OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD!!! You see... if the leaven does NOT leaven the WHOLE lump, then it is NOT "like the kingdom of God" Anything that does not involve the whole (everyone) cannot be "like" the kingdom of God For anything to be "like" the kingdom of God... it must involve the whole, the all, everyone, all mankind Therefore Jesus said... The kingdom of God is "like" leaven that leavens the WHOLE LUMP!!! NOW THEN... Who will read this and SEE and UUNDERSTAND: To be Saviour of the World...One must SAVE the entire WORLD The FIREMAN... I teach that Yahushuah (Jesus) is the Saviour of the world- and that he can not be SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD- and not SAVE THE ENTIRE WORLD I get replies that Christ can be the Saviour of the world, and yet NOT SAVE THE ENTIRE WORLD They give me this type of proof: When a fireman goes into a burning building to save trapped people, what happens if these trapped people refuse to be saved? Is the fireman not still a fireman simply because some do not wish to be saved? Here we see the foolishness of the carnal mind at work desperately grasping for straws to support an unscriptural theory- that Christ TRIES to save everyone... (just like a fireman tries to save those trapped in a burning building), but is unable to save everyone because many REFUSE to be saved Therefore Christ is STILL the Saviour of the world even if He doesn’t save everyone in the world I have been told by Christians many times that most of humanity will CHOOSE to be burned in the pain of literal hell fire for all ETERNITY, rather than to be saved by Jesus Christ UTTER FOOLISHNESS!! Only an insane person would prefer to be burned in literal torturing flames of fire rather than to be saved by a fireman!! Futhermore, Any fireman worth his salt will save men, women, children, and even cats, dogs, and other pets, WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE SAVED OR NOT Imagine a mother being told by a fireman that he left her little girl back in a burning building because the little girl didn’t want to be rescued by a fireman? Jesus Christ does not suffer the limitations of a fireman! Jesus Christ IS GOD! God does what He WILLS, and God wills to save all humanity (1Tim 2:4 and Isaiah 46:9-11) As always, the God of Perfect Love has a Perfect Plan 2Peter 3:9 The Lord is...not willing that ANY should perish Rom 11:32 For God hath concluded them... ALL ... in UNBELIEF, that he might have mercy upon ALL 1Tim 4:10 because we trust in the living GOD, who is the SAVIOUR of ALL men, specially (but not only) of those that believe 1Tim 2:4 Who will have ALL men to be SAVED and to come unto the knowledge of the truth Luke 3:6 And ALL flesh shall see the salvation of God John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw ALL men unto me 1John 4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be SAVIOUR of the WORLD 2Cor 5:19 To wit, that GOD was in CHRIST, reconciling the WORLD unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation John 1:29 Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the WORLD God sent Yahushuah (Jesus)... to be SAVIOUR of the entire WORLD Rom 5:19 For by one man's disobedience MANY WERE MADE SINNERS (MANY means ALL) so by the obedience of one SHALL MANY BE MADE RIGHTEOUS (MANY means ALL) DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THE BIBLE Do you really, I mean REALLY BELIEVE the first half of 1Cor 15:22 "FOR AS IN ADAM. ..ALL...DIE?" (ALL OR MANY?) Do you really, I mean REALLY BELIEVE the last half, "EVEN SO IN CHRIST SHALL ..ALL.. BE MADE ALIVE?" (ALL or MANY?) Do you believe that Yahushuah (Jesus) only "wants or wishes" to save the world? Do you BELIEVE "our Saviour, God, who wants and wishes for all mankind be saved and come into a knowledge of the truth" is a proper translation of 1Tim 2:4? Do you believe "Who WILLS that ALL MANKIND BE SAVED" is also the proper translation? Do you BELIEVE Isa 46:11? "I have spoken it (as in He has spoken it in 1Tim 2:4 for example) I WILL ALSO BRING IT TO PASS: I have PURPOSED it, I WILL ALSO DO IT" Isa 46:9-10 "I AM GOD, and there is none like me Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My COUNSEL SHALL STAND, and I WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE” YOU CANNOT BELIEVE BOTH; that God "WILLS" to save ALL mankind and that He WILL perform ALL His "PLEASURE" and will bring about ALL that He has "SPOKEN" and then BELIEVE... that He will NOT save ALL mankind and will NOT accomplish ALL His WILL and will NOT do all His PLEASURE and His COUNSEL will NOT stand Can Yahushuah (Jesus) be SAVIOUR of the entire WORLD and NOT SAVE the entire WORLD? Will Yahushuah (Jesus) FAIL the Father and NOT SAVE the entire world? Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment Isaiah 26:9 for when thy judgments are in the earth the inhabitants of the world WILL LEARN RIGHTEOUSNESS 1Cor 3:15 If any man's work shall be burned he shall suffer loss but he himself shall be SAVED yet so as by FIRE ALL things work together for good and Yahushuah (Jesus) will SAVE the entire world The Prize and "High Calling" of God, is to be in the first resurrection and be able to stand before him- and not to go through Purification by Fire Remember, the Bible proclaims: 1Co 12:3 and that no man can say that Yahushuah (Jesus) is the Lord, but BY the Holy Ghost It is this same Holy Spirit which seals us unto the day of redemption Eph 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, Whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption And so shall it be, even with the “unbelievers” when God’s judgments are in the earth the inhabitants will learn righteousness they will receive the Holy Spirit and they will bow and confess Yahushuah (Jesus) is Lord Rom 14:11 For it is written, (in Isaiah 45:23) AS I LIVE, saith the Lord, (does this sound like "maybe" he really means it?) every knee SHALL bow to me, (do you think “shall” means “maybe” or “possibly”?) and every tongue shall confess to God (do you think “every” means just a few?) Isa 45:22, 23 “Look unto me, and be ye SAVED, ALL the ends of the earth; For I am God and there is none else I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, (what part of the word “not” do people not understand?) That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved AND BELIEVE ME... those who have "their part" in the Lake of Fire will be calling upon the Name of the Lord- They will learn righteousness They will bow before him and they will confess him as Lord IS IT SINKING IN... Has the LIGHT BEGUN TO SHINE The Consuming Spiritural FIRE of GOD We are saved by grace through faith (Eph 2:8) However, that does not purge us from all our filthy thoughts and deeds No, there is more There is also a consuming FIRE that God uses on us: "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is JESUS CHRIST Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, WOOD, HAY, STUBBLE; Every man’s work shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed BY FIRE; and the FIRE shall TRY EVERY MAN’S WORK of what sort it is If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward If any man’s work shall be BURNED, he shall SUFFER LOSS; but... [pay close attention to this BIG BUT] BUT HE HIMSELF [the one who had his works burned and consumed in God’s consuming fire] SHALL BE SAVED [What will save him?], yet so AS BY FIRE" (1Cor 3:11-15)!!! Ah dear readers, can we begin to understand the workings of God? God consumes with fire, the wood, hay and stubble in our lives The things that don’t deserve to continue But he REFINES the gold, silver, and precious stones (those doctrines and godly character traits of God’s spirit that abide the fire) It is figurative language, it is an analogy, it is a parable, it is metaphorical (where one thing is called another thing) Our lives have either qualities of character (which are likened to gold and precious stones, things of value to refine and retain), or gross lacks in character (which are likened to wood, hay, and stubble and which are not worthy to retain or preserve) And just as real literal fire is used to refine and purify gold and precious metals, so God’s SPIRITUAL FIRE refines and purifies us from our sinful and carnal nature And likewise, as real literal fire is used to burn up wood and stubble, so God’s all consuming SPIRITUAL FIRE will consume and burn up all the impurities in our life These things MUST DIE This purging is the SECOND DEATH And whether the person God subjects to His consuming fire has many good qualities or none, the person himself shall be purged, purified, and SAVED BY GOD’S ALL-CONSUMING SPIRITUAL FIRE!!! We just read it in God’s Holy Word How can any deny it? Every person who has ever lived will be subjected to the cleaning fire of God’s spirit God is the JUDGE (Rev 20;12) ...NOT Satan This judgment throne is "WHITE" not black! God judges in righteousness "He shall judge the world with RIGHTEOUSNESS" (Psalm 96:13) "Because He [God] hath appointed a day, in which He will judge the world in RIGHTEOUSNESS" (Acts 17:31) Next I present a Scripture that many Christians hate I’ll bet you have never heard a sermon on this verse We read that God has appointed a day (a period of time) in which He will "JUDGE" the whole world Revelation 20:10-15 IS THAT DAY OF JUDGMENT! Now we know that those not found in the book of life will be put into FIRE, and they will be TORMENTED This is certainly part of this judgment But it is not literal fire Literal fire burns up physical things and literal fire cannot harm spiritual things So what does the fire do or accomplish? ...MUCH! This judgment in Revelation 20 IS that worldwide judgment spoken of in many prophecies But is the purpose of this worldwide judgment to torture people by burning their flesh in real fire for all eternity? Is that HOW God judges in "righteousness"? Absolutely not We just read where God burns up our fleshly WORKS, and this is "tormenting" for sure But God does not torture our flesh for all eternity Don’t get me wrong, there will be severe chastisements on those who despise God and His Savior and His Gospel But out of their ashes will come salvation!! Here is another marvelous Scripture which answers what happens to sinning humanity when God JUDGES THE WORLD in righteousness "For he [GOD] bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low, HE LAYETH IT LOW, even to the ground, he bringeth it even to the dust" (Isa 26:5) Make no mistake, God will judge the wicked with great severity However, ALWAYS FOR A BENEVOLENT PURPOSE: "With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when Thy judgments are in the earth, THE INHABITANTS OF THE WORLD WILL LEARN RIGHTEOUSNESS" (Isaiah 26:9)!! There will come a time when those who only knew how to blaspheme the name of God, will come to LEARN RIGHTEOUSNESS They will not just "hear" of righteousness, no, they will actually "LEARN RIGHTEOUSNESS"! The whole book of Isaiah speaks of judgments on Israel and on the nations But the end of all these judgments is SALVATION TO ALL Notice Isa 45:22-23, "Look unto me, and BE YE SAVED, ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH: for I am God, and there is none else I have sworn by Myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness [as in, ‘For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; Who WILL HAVE ALL MEN TO BE SAVED, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth,’ I Tim. 2:3-4] , and shall not return, That unto me EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW, EVERY TONGUE SHALL SWEAR" (See also: Phil 2: 9-11 & 1Cor 12:3) God’s words will NOT return empty or void When God speaks, it will be done When God wills, it will be done When God desires, His desires WILL BE DONE: "Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, MY COUNSEL SHALL STAND, and I WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE ... I have spoken it, I WILL ALSO BRING IT TO PASS; I HAVE PURPOSED IT, I WILL ALSO DO IT" (Isa 46:10-11) Oh the blasphemy of those who teach that God’s most heartfelt desires WILL NOT COME TO PASS, but will utterly fail!!! Jesus Christ is not the "potential" Savior of the world; HE IS THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD!!! HE WILL SAVE THE WORLD!!! How many self-appointed, bible-thumping, doomsday, fire and brimstone, eternal torture in hell preachers believe these verses in Isaiah? Not one that I know of! Most Christians have never been taught the Scriptures that I am giving you These things are despised by many who call themselves "Christian" And yet, God’s Word is FULL of such statements of God’s salvation to all Are you too... worshiping a God of Failure? A God Who always has to go from plan A to plan B A God Who is running a "disaster control operation" from heaven A God Who supposedly created creatures HE CANNOT CONTROL- Creatures that will wreck His original plan And the foolish and unscriptural teaching is that God created a PERFECT archangel who then SINNED AND REBELLED AGAINST God But... BUT..., here is the evil in this teaching: God did not intend, neither did He KNOW that this was ever going to happen!!! Then, supposedly, God created PERFECT MAN and put him in the garden of Eden, and never intended for him to sin or rebel, nor did He know it was going to happen!! FOILED AGAIN!! Then God sent His Son Jesus Christ to BE: "The SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD" (1John 4:15) And now we are taught by most Christians that JESUS CHRIST FAILED!!! He wanted to save the world, He tried to save the world, it was, in fact, His VERY WILL that all mankind be saved (1Tim 2:4 & 4:10), but He COULDN'T DO IT Man's phantom "free will" proved to be FAR TO POWERFUL FOR THE SON OF GOD TO OVERCOME FAILED AGAIN!!! How many times must your God FAIL before you find ANOTHER GOD? WAKE UP PEOPLE.... God created EVIL, not Satan or any other supposed power greater than God (Isa 45:7) God uses evil for good GOD planted the tree of the knowledge of good AND evil in the garden If man wanted to know "good" he had to partake of the tree of EVIL as well BOTH WERE IN THE SAME TREE, IN THE SAME FRUIT!!! Both good and evil experiences are necessary in the building of Godly Character, and so God provides both God knew what He was doing, He knows what He is doing, He will continue doing exactly what He planned FROM THE BEGINNING!!! God is not... operating a "disaster control center" from his throne of the universe He is not trying to "pick up the pieces" of a totally unexpected tragedy that he never saw coming He is not trying to "figure out" a way to somehow to get things back to being as good as they once were He is not trying to "figure out" a way to out smart Satan- and he is not "falling behind" numerically as far as how many will be saved and how many will be lost God has a plan, and he is working out that plan to perfection on a perfect schedule God has a "will" and he has his "intention" There are times, when we will go against his will accorded with his divine plan- but we will never ever go against his intention which is his intended final result Contrary to popular belief; his "will" was that man would sin and indeed be lost for a period of time but his "intention" is for ALL to be saved, and come to a knowledge of the truth- thus becoming Sons and Daughters of the Most High It was God- who planted the tree of the knowledge of good and evil-not Satan It was God who put Satan there to do the tempting It was God who made Adam and Eve Spiritually weak so that they would indeed partake of the tree according to plan Rom 8:20-22 For the creature was made subject to vanity not willingly but by reason of him (Elohim) who hath subjected the same in hope; because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of Elohim. For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain until now Vanity-empty, vain, profitless, depravity (wickedness) Bondage-slavery, subjection Corruption-spoil, ruin, deprave defile decay, destroy, perish Groan-moan, calamity murmur grief anguish Travail-pangs, pain, travail as in birth, Pain-anguish, starving Elohim himself... subjected the whole creation to vanity and it is Elohim himself who will deliver the whole world from the bondage of corruption, pain, and suffering The Lamb of God was "slain from the FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD" The Salvation of Adam and Eve and the entire world was prepared way before they were ever even created Why do you suppose there was but one tree containing both qualities of good and evil? Because you can't separate good from evil You can't appreciate good- if you have never experienced evil You can't appreciate light- if you have never experienced darkness You can't appreciate eating if you have never been hungry You can't become a Son or Daughter of God without knowing good and evil The Father commissioned Yahushuah (Jesus) to be the Saviour of the world Will he fail the Father, and not save the entire world? Read my writing: Most Christians will die in their sins You will then understand why Yahushuah (Jesus) said "few there be" that will find the narrow way and stand before him without sin The majority... will have "their part" in the Lake of fire and as was stated, some will receive few lashes (so to speak) and some will receive many- but you will not come out until you've paid the uttermost farthling How can anyone be a minister of the gospel and doubt the God of Perfect Love saving ALL of His children? 2Peter 3:9 The Lord is...not willing that ANY should perish Rom 11:32 For God hath concluded them... ALL ... in UNBELIEF, that he might have mercy upon ALL 1Tim 4:10 because we trust in the living GOD, who is the SAVIOUR of ALL men, specially (but not only) of those that believe 1Tim 2:4 Who will have ALL men to be SAVED and to come unto the knowledge of the truth Luke 3:6 And ALL flesh shall see the salvation of God John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw ALL men unto me 1John 4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be SAVIOUR of the WORLD 2Cor 5:19 To wit, that GOD was in CHRIST, reconciling the WORLD unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation John 1:29 Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the WORLD God sent Yahushuah (Jesus)... to be SAVIOUR of the entire WORLD Rom 5:19 For by one man's disobedience MANY WERE MADE SINNERS (MANY means ALL) so by the obedience of one SHALL MANY BE MADE RIGHTEOUS (MANY means ALL) DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THE BIBLE Do you really, I mean REALLY BELIEVE the first half of 1Cor 15:22 "FOR AS IN ADAM...ALL...DIE?" (ALL OR MANY?) Do you really, I mean REALLY BELIEVE the last half, "EVEN SO IN CHRIST SHALL ..ALL.. BE MADE ALIVE?" (ALL or MANY?) Do you believe that Yahushuah (Jesus) only "wants or wishes" to save the world? Do you BELIEVE "our Saviour, God, who wants and wishes for all mankind be saved and come into a knowledge of the truth" is a proper translation of 1Tim 2:4? Do you believe "Who WILLS that ALL MANKIND BE SAVED" is also the proper translation? Do you BELIEVE Isa 46:11? "I have spoken it (as in He has spoken it in 1Tim 2:4 for example) I WILL ALSO BRING IT TO PASS: I have PURPOSED it, I WILL ALSO DO IT" Isa 46:9-10 "I AM GOD, and there is none like me Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My COUNSEL SHALL STAND, and I WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE” YOU CANNOT BELIEVE BOTH; that God "WILLS" to save ALL mankind and that He WILL perform ALL His "PLEASURE" and will bring about ALL that He has "SPOKEN" and then BELIEVE... that He will NOT save ALL mankind and will NOT accomplish ALL His WILL and will NOT do all His PLEASURE and His COUNSEL will NOT stand Can Yahushuah (Jesus) be SAVIOUR of the entire WORLD and NOT SAVE the entire WORLD? Will Yahushuah (Jesus) FAIL the Father and NOT SAVE the entire world? Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment Isaiah 26:9 for when thy judgments are in the earth the inhabitants of the world WILL LEARN RIGHTEOUSNESS 1Cor 3:15 If any man's work shall be burned he shall suffer loss but he himself shall be SAVED yet so as by FIRE ALL things work together for good- and Yahushuah (Jesus) will SAVE the entire world The Prize and "High Calling" of God, is to be in the first resurrection and be able to stand before him- and not to go through Purification by Fire Remember, the Bible proclaims: 1Co 12:3 and that no man can say that Yahushuah (Jesus) is the Lord, but BY the Holy Ghost It is this same Holy Spirit which seals us unto the day of redemption Eph 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, Whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption And so shall it be, even with the “unbelievers” when God’s judgments are in the earth the inhabitants will learn righteousness they will receive the Holy Spirit and they will bow and confess Yahushuah (Jesus) is Lord Rom 14:11 For it is written, (in Isaiah 45:23) AS I LIVE, saith the Lord, (does this sound like "maybe" he really means it?) every knee SHALL bow to me, (do you think “shall” means “maybe” or “possibly”?) and every tongue shall confess to God (do you think “every” means just a few?) Isa 45:22, 23 “Look unto me, and be ye SAVED, ALL the ends of the earth; For I am God and there is none else I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, (what part of the word “not” do people not understand?) That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved AND BELIEVE ME... those who have "their part" in the Lake of Fire will be calling upon the Name of the Lord- They will learn righteousness They will bow before him and they will confess him as Lord HOW GOOD OF A POTTER IS GOD? Rom 9:20-21 "Nay but, O man, Who art thou that replies against GOD? Shall the thing formed (that’s us) say to HIM that formed it, (that’s GOD) Why have YOU made me thus? Rom 9:20-21 Has not the Potter (GOD) power over the clay (man), of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto DISHONOUR?" GOD IS THE POTTER AND WE ARE THE POT Could anything be plainer? GOD, the Potter, does not owe an explanation to the pot as to WHY He made the pot the way HE desired!! And God desires to make some pots honorable and some pots DISHONORABLE Why? Because He is a mean and nasty God? NO!!! because HE has a plan, a purpose,and intentions, to save ALL humanity in the end That... IS THE "WILL" OF GOD Isaiah 26:9 for when thy JUDGMENTS are in the earth the inhabitants of the world will LEARN RIGHTEOUSNESS Then what about HELL.... IF YOU DIE...You don't BURN forever If you BURN forever...YOU DON'T DIE From the Old Testament Hebrew Bible; Sheol was translated to hell (a chamber.... cave, tomb, or grave) When the Hebrew Bible was translated to Greek Sheol then became hades (unseen underworld for the dead) The concept of torment was not associated with Sheol by any of the old testament prophets As Christianity was arising The Levitical Priesthood became the privileged "learned" in regard to the letter of the law Therefore, they were respected and feared for they had the power of life and death When Rome under Titus invaded Palestine in AD 70 the temple was destroyed and eventually Rome accepted Christianity As the Popes of Roman Catholic Church began their "holy apostolic succession" They quickly realized that fear and ignorance worked much better than love The everlasting torments of Hell thus made its appearance in conjunction with the opposite alluring rewards of Heaven This brought many people and much money into the church You were not allowed to have a Bible as the church would instruct you in all matters concerning religion But soon, an "enemy" would arise in the form of the Printing Press Ex-communication from the church would be the result if anyone was caught reading or having any portion of the Wycliffe Bible William Tyndale and John Rogers were burned at the stake for being translators Translating from one language to another was not always easy and errors were made One such example, was the translating of Hebrew and Greek words to the English words of eternal, everlasting and for ever and ever The hebrew word OLAM and the greek word AION can be simplified to the english equivalent of EON(age) for this explanation First of all, that which NEVER ceases can only be in the SINGULAR form Therefore, if the hebrew OLAM or greek AION equals the english EON(age) meaning TIME UNENDING (eternity) there could be but ONE such EON (age) One such time unending Yet many times, these words are used as PLURALS in our scriptures So, if there are times when there are more than one EONS (ages) We must conclude that one of these EONS (ages) must of necessity be of A LIMITED DURATION Therefore, if translators rendered certain passages FOR EVER AND EVER this would have to be an error because if FOR EVER means time unending (eternity) It would be incorrect to attach to TIME UNENDING (eternity) another equal period of TIME UNENDING (eternity) by the added words of AND EVER This error results in the "ETERNAL" nature of HELL equaling in the same language our "ETERNAL" reign with Christ So it would appear that our life with Christ is to be ETERNAL and that our suffering in HELL is to be ETERNAL also Yet, what did Paul write about the reign of Christ? 1Cor 15:24,25 Then shall the end come, when he (Christ) hands over the Kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power For he must reign UNTIL he has put all his enemies under his feet The reign of Jesus is to be of a LIMITED duration which will at some point come to a termination Just as the Lake of Fire is to be of a LIMITED duration which will at some point come to a termination after having completed what it was truly designed by God the Father to accomplish The words "everlasting"... "evermore"... "for ever"... "fore ever and ever"... and "eternal"... are no where found.... not even once in any Hebrew or Greek manuscript from which our modern language Bibles are translated!! One of the greatest lies about our loving God has made its way into the church and is being taught as truth Insinuating, that our Father in Heaven is a God of hatred and vengeance And that he is the greatest of all hypocrites in that he teaches us to love our enemies yet he will torture his enemies in fire for all eternity This most evil doctrine was designed to insure that man would hate the loving Creator The truth is God, is not going to and never intended to burn anyone, in the Lake of Fire for all eternity The first time Jesus came, it was NOT to condemn or judge the world but to save the world The next time Jesus comes it will be to judge the world in RIGHTEOUSNESS Those that will be cast into the Lake of Fire, will have their carnal sinful natures burned away!! In the consuming, purifying presence of God they will learn righteousness Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment Isaiah 26:9 for when thy judgments are in the earth the inhabitants of the world will learn RIGHTEOUSNESS 1Cor 3:15 If any man's work shall be burned he shall suffer loss but he himself shall be saved yet so as by FIRE Yes, there will be suffering in this Lake of Fire for those who will be cast therein shall burn in accordance with their sinful carnal natures The fire will not be quenched until all the sinful nature is burned away; resulting in that person learning obedience and being made perfect The wages of sin is death not eternal life in Hell If you die…you don’t burn forever If you burn forever…you don’t die If the wages of sin was to burn eternally in Hell then Jesus,would have had to burn eternally in Hell for taking all sin upon himself The wages of sin is death followed by a resurrection Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power Rev 2:11 He that overcometh shall not be HURT (not killed) of the second death Malachi 3:3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work She didn't mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining silver As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up He explained that in refining silver one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot then she thought again about the verse that says He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver She then asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined The man answered yes he not only had to sit there holding the silver in the fire; but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire If the silver was left a moment too long in the flames it would be destroyed!! The woman was silent for a moment and then asked the silversmith: How do you know when the silver is fully refined? He smiled at her and answered Oh, that's easy- when I see My IMAGE in it!! Is Elohim able to redeem anyone from hell? The Translators of the King James Version translated the HEBREW word "SHEOL" to the ENGLISH word "HELL" thirty times If sheol is indeed hell, is God able to redeem anyone from this "hell"? Psalms 49:15 But God WILL redeem my soul from from the power of the GRAVE: for he shall receive me Selah The word "grave" in this verse is the Hebrew word "sheol" which is translated "hell" in no less than thirty other verses So if "sheol" really is "hell" then there is "REDEMPTION" FROM HELL And in the GREEK: 1Cor 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O GRAVE, where is thy VICTORY? The word "grave" in this verse is the Greek word "hades" which is translated "hell" in no less than ten other verses So if "hades" really is "hell" then there is "VICTORY" OVER HELL But the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death What is Brimstone anyway? Does it make the fire hotter and more painful? Is it caustic to the skin causing greater pain? Brimstone is defined by the dictionary as Sulfur Sulfur, is often called brimstone, burning stone, or ignited sulfur It has been used in religious ceremonies for PURIFYING or fumigating buildings and for bleaching cloth (Encyclopedia Britannica, page 536) Methods of Production: Producers describe their method of obtaining sulfur from the ore as PURIFICATION BY FIRE (Page 537) Interesting thought- Purification by Fire Purification by a Lake of Fire? Physical Properties Sulfur is TASTELESS, ODORLESS, AND OF NO EFFECT ON THE SKIN (page 537) Sulfur is a POOR CONDUCTOR OF HEAT AND ELECTRICITY (page538) Interesting thought- A poor conductor of HEAT An even more interesting thought- So if God were to put enough Brimstone into the Lake of Fire, it would actually have the potential of protecting those in the fire like an asbestos suit!! Am I going to fast for anyone? Do you see where I am going with this line of thinking? Malachi 3:3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver The FIREMAN... I teach that Yahushuah (Jesus) is the Saviour of the world- and that he can not be SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD- and not SAVE THE ENTIRE WORLD I get replies that Christ can be the Saviour of the world, and yet NOT SAVE THE ENTIRE WORLD They give me this type of proof: When a fireman goes into a burning building to save trapped people, what happens if these trapped people refuse to be saved? Is the fireman not still a fireman simply because some do not wish to be saved? Here we see the foolishness of the carnal mind at work desperately grasping for straws to support an unscriptural theory- that Christ TRIES to save everyone... (just like a fireman tries to save those trapped in a burning building), but is unable to save everyone because many REFUSE to be saved Therefore Christ is STILL the Saviour of the world even if He doesn’t save everyone in the world I have been told by Christians many times that most of humanity will CHOOSE to be burned in the pain of literal hell fire for all ETERNITY, rather than to be saved by Jesus Christ UTTER FOOLISHNESS!! Only an insane person would prefer to be burned in literal torturing flames of fire rather than to be saved by a fireman!! Futhermore, Any fireman worth his salt will save men, women, children, and even cats, dogs, and other pets, WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE SAVED OR NOT Imagine a mother being told by a fireman that he left her little girl back in a burning building because the little girl didn’t want to be rescued by a fireman? Jesus Christ does not suffer the limitations of a fireman! Jesus Christ IS GOD! God does what He WILLS, and God wills to save all humanity (1Tim 2:4 and Isaiah 46:9-11) NOW... Who will come and read Why it is: "Most Christians will die in their sins" therefore having to go through the purification by FIRE which is not the eternal burning forever and ever HELL they have been lied to about- for all their lives Preview: I am an Emissary for Yahushuah Messiah proclaiming the Washing of Rebirth and Renewal by the Set-Apart Spirit After very much praying, YAHUSHUAH enlightened me, that the majority of his "CALLED" were living in the SCARLET layer of his Tabernacle I was shown this was not the Correct Faith, and that the "FEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT" would be the "CHOSEN" from this layer; whom would proceed to the final layer of Blue, Purple, Scarlet...Water, Spirit Blood and have the correct faith which would remove the engraved sins and allow them to stand at his coming Satan's greatest deception has to do with the following colors and the results will be that most Christians will FALL at the coming of the Lord and they will DIE in their sins This will be one of his greatest accomplisments and will result in his greatest enjoyment and laughter Read my writing Most Christians will die in their sins and focus in on these pictures which are within it

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