The "TRINITY" is not a mystery

The Bible provides overwhelming evidence that there was, is, and will always be only one God… “Jehovah”.  First of all, (1Chronicles 17:20)(Isaiah 44:6) and (Isaiah 45:18 & 22) make it absolutely clear that there is no God except Jehovah alone.  In (Isaiah 43:10) Jehovah says that…“Before me there was no God formed, and after me there continues to be none.”  Jehovah declares in (Deuteronomy 32:39)…“See now that I, I am He and there are no gods (lesser gods) together with me.”   Also (Genesis 2:4)(2Kings 19:15) (Isaiah 45:18) and (Isaiah 48:12-13) make it clear that Jehovah, alone, with his own hand, created the heavens and the earth.

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The Biblical passages in (Deuteronomy 4:39)(Psalms 139:8)(Isaiah 66:1)(Jeremiah 23:24) and in (Acts 17:27) prove beyond any doubt that Jehovah is in the heavens, in the earth, and even in Sheol, all at the same time.  This attribute of God is called “omnipresence”.   The fact that God can be infinitely everywhere, in a specific limited place, and in a particular person, all at the same time is easily proven. 

In (Genesis 18:1-33) Jehovah himself appeared to Abraham in a visible, physical, and human-like body.  Read it for yourself!  The Bible also teaches that the “Son” is the visible image of the invisible and omnipresent God (Colossians 1:15).  Christ Jesus is the incarnation of the eternal “Son” (Hebrews 13:8) and the exact representation of Jehovah’s very being (Hebrews 1:3).  (Colossians 2:8-9) warns us to not be lead astray by those who would deny that the fullness of God dwells in Christ bodily.  (Isaiah 9:6) clearly reveals to us that the child born in Bethlehem was the “Mighty God and Eternal Father”.  Jesus himself said in (John 14:8-9) that …“He that has seen me has seen the Father also.”  Finally, in (Matthew 1:23) we are clearly told exactly who was born to us…“Look!  The virgin will become pregnant and will give birth to a son, and they will call his name Immanuel, which means, when translated, ‘With us is God.’”

The undeniable truth of scripture is that Jehovah exists eternally as the “Father”, as the “Son” who appeared to Abraham, and exists now as our Savior Christ Jesus, and Jehovah also exists as the eternal “Holy Spirit”.  “Now Jehovah is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of Jehovah is, there is freedom.” (2Corinthians 3:17) 

The word “Trinity” is not in the Bible.  However, the fact that Jehovah exists as the “Father”, the “Son”, and the “Holy Spirit”, is irrefutable.  To deny this fact, is to deny Jehovah himself.  That’s exactly why Jesus so clearly instructed his disciples to baptize in the name of the “Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19).  

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In (Isaiah 43:11) and (Isaiah 45:21-22) Jehovah irrefutably declares…”besides me there is no Savior”.  In (John 10:30) Jesus says…”I and the Father are one.”  The “Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world” (John 1:29 & 36) had to be completely spotless, without any blemish of any kind.  And God alone is holy (1Samuel 2:2) and (Isaiah 43:3).  Jesus in (Luke 18:19) makes another irrefutable statement… ”God alone is good”.  Therefore, if Jesus is not God, he cannot be good, and if he is not good, he cannot be sinless, and if he is not sinless, he cannot be the sinless “Lamb of God”.  Jesus said this in (John 8:23-24) to those who did not believe him to be God…“You are from this world, I am not from this world.  Therefore, you will die in your sins.  For if you do not believe that I am He (Jehovah) you will die in your sins.” “See now that I, I am He, and there is no god with me”. (Deuteronomy 32:39)
 

A CHRISTMAS THOUGHT

At this time of year when Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Christ, let us all take time to really think about why our Savior came...

 

 

 

 

 THE ONE MINUTE BIBLE

 

 

In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth.  He imprinted on the DNA molecule His
amazing plan for all living things.  Then, God created all life on this planet after its kind.

  

 

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In the beginning… Adam and Eve were created to live forever on a perfect paradise Earth.

  

 

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In the beginning… There was no “Judgment” or “Demand for Perfection”.  Adam and Eve had a relationship to God based on GRACE and MERCY.  GRACE is receiving the blessings of God that we don’t deserve. 

MERCY is not receiving the judgment of God that we do deserve. 

 

 

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However, filled with pride, and trusting in their own “Human” perfection, Adam and Eve were easily deceived into believing that they also possessed sinless “God-like” perfection.  Despite God’s stern warning
that eating from the tree of judgment would cost them their gift of eternal life, Adam and Eve
slapped away the loving hand of God, and deliberately ate from the tree.  Adam and Eve
failed the test, lost the gift of eternal life, and died.

 

 

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Adam and Eve willfully chose to eat from the tree of God’s judgment.  Therefore, the requirement of sinless “God-like” perfection has fallen to everyone who came after.  In order for this deadly curse
to be lifted, someone born of a woman, had to actually pass this impossible test.

 

 

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This hopeless situation is exactly why our Savior came.  Our Savior became one of us so that He, in our place, could pay the penalty for our sin, and pass the impossible test of sinless perfection.  Therefore, the curse brought by Adam and Eve has been removed.  If we truly admit our helpless situation, and choose
to trust completely in Christ’s atonement and His sinless perfection… we will no longer face
God’s judgment.  Those who truly trust Christ in this way, are covered with the robe of
His sinless perfection, and are protected from God’s judgment…

 

FOREVER!

 

 

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Grace and Mercy, and the free gift of eternal life is now available again to every human being on the planet.  All anyone has to do, is to acknowledge their own obvious imperfection, and cry out to God for mercy. 
This anyone, anywhere in the world can do!

 

 

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Unfortunately, prideful arrogance in the human heart has proven to be a tough nut to crack.  Many of those who claim Christ still choose to revere Him as their example and not as the Savior of sinners, and continue
to take pride in the false hope of their own potential to measure up to Christ.  Therefore, pride-filled
people around the world continue to slap away the loving hand of God, and willfully choose
God’s judgment instead of the gift of... Grace and Mercy, Salvation, and Eternal Life.

 

 

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WHAT WILL YOU CHOOSE ?






 

EXPLAINING "DEATHS" and "RESURRECTIONS"

Despite overwhelming Biblical evidence to the contrary, "Millennialists" are still convinced that the "deaths" and "resurrections" described in chapter twenty of the book of Revelation, give them proof of a literal 1,000 year reign of Christ on this condemned planet.  However, their so-called proof is easily refuted.

"And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the SOULS of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years." (Re 20:4) 

Notice that here within this passage it is the SOULS which live and reign with Christ.  Where do these living souls reign (reside with Christ)?  "When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held.  And they cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"  Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed." (Re 6:9-11)  These martyred souls live and reign with Christ IN HEAVEN!

But, when were these Christians beheaded for their faith?  The answer is quite obvious... SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING!  John the Baptist was "beheaded".  So was Paul, and every martyered Roman citizen who came to faith in Christ.  Even after the so-called conversion of Constantine, Christians continued to be beheaded if they refused to conform to the new Roman version of Christianity.  Then, there was the Mohammedan beheadings that began in the early 600's and continue even to this day.

Where did Paul expect to be after his own death?  "For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.  But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor.  Yet what I shall choose I cannot tell.  For I am hard pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and BE WITH CHRIST, which is far better." (Phil 1:21-23) 

But, how can this soulish life be considered a resurrection?  "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me..." (Ga 2:20)  The "first death" is spiritual, and the "first resurrection" is also spiritual.  Because, Christians don't die!  "But God, who is rich in mercy... made us alive together with Christ, and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus..." (Eph 2:4-6)  "And whoever lives and believes in Me shall NEVER die. Do you believe this?" (Jn 11:26)

Despite what Millennialists would like to believe... there is only ONE physical resurrection.  And that is immediately followed by the eternal judgment and damnation of everyone  who is not found in the Lamb's Book of Life.  "And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire."

Rest completely in Christ... make sure YOU are in the Book.

ONE COMING - ONE ARMAGEDDON

There is NOT going to be a literal 1,000 year reign of Christ on this doomed and dying planet.

"But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.  But don't forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.  The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness, but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, and the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 

Therefore since all these things are thus to be destroyed, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy living and godliness, looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?  But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which dwells righteousness." (2Pet 3:7-13)

Notice that Peter NEVER describes some sort of a millennial reign of Christ on this planet.  Peter clearly says that at Christ's coming, HIS ONE AND ONLY COMING, this earth will be judged and destroyed.

"How can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house." (Mt 12:29)  "Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the Living one, and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I HAVE THE KEYS OF DEATH AND HADES." (Re 1:18) 

"Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.  He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.  And he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while." (Re 20:1-3)  Satan has been bound like a dog on a chain since Christ's atoning death and resurrection.  Satan and his demons can only do what they are allowed to do.  

The "thousand years" is symbolic of the time of Christ's "patience" toward humanity.  Every believer who has died since the repentant thief on the cross, has been symbolically reigning with Christ in heaven.  But Christ's patience is not eternal, he is coming... soon!

The battle of Armegeddon is first described in (Re 19:19-21). This account is from our earthly perspective, where we see the ultimate judgment of  the beast Islamic empire, and its leader, the False Prophet.  The passage below describes the spiritual loosing of Satan that leads to the battle of Armageddon.  

"And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall come forth to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war, the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city (Jerusalem).  And fire came down out of heaven, and devoured them." (Re 20:7-9) 

However, the loosing of Satan described above, actually takes place at the sounding of the 5th Trumpet, which will start Islam's war of nuclear terrorism.  "Then the fifth angel sounded.  And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit.  And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace... And thus I saw the horses in the vision... and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone.  By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed... " (Re 9:1-2 and 17-18)

We must fervently pray for God's people in Israel.  The long feared invasion of Israel by a massive army of fanatical Muslim fighters, will indeed be a horrific nightmare of death and bloodshed.  However, it turns out that the actual battle of Armageddon isn't really much of a battle.  Our Savior, standing on Mount Zion, instantly destroys the massive Islamic army with the sharp sword of his awesome and deafening voice.

"And he who sat upon the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new."  He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming soon."  Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!" (Re 22:20)

FINAL INVASION of ISRAEL

 

The "Arab Spring" revolts have given radical Islamic forces the opportunity to take control.  Make no mistake though... radical Islam is not in control.  It is God who is now setting the stage for the final Middle East conflict.  Christ is returning soon.  Israel, who rejected her own Messiah, is now being prepared for a loving and gracious opportunity to accept her Savior before judgment falls.

 

"And I will bring them against you (Israel) from every side, the Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, and all the Assyrians with them (and Persia)." (Ezk 23:24 and 38:5)  The precise territory held by the countries on the map below, were once controled by these empires. 

"Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, O Gog (Islam’s Leader), I will turn you about and put hooks into yourjaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them splendidly attired, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords, Persia (Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan), Ethiopia (Ethiopia, Sudan) and Put (Libya, Egypt) with them, all of them with shield and helmet; Gomer (Turkey) with all its troops, Beth-togarmah (Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan) from the remote parts of the north with all its troops--many peoples with you." (Eze 38:3-6)

 

With this vastly overwhelming number of troops, Islamic forces will easily sweep through Israel and surround the Old City of Jerusalem.  It is here, on Mount Zion, that Christ Jesus, himself, will stand and defend the faithful of Israel who have turned to him.  "And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty and four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads." (Re 14:1)  These survivors (the 144,000) represent believers in Christ from all of Israel. (Re 7:4-8) 

"For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in, and so all Israel shall be saved.  Even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.  And this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins." (Ro 11:25-27)

Pray that, in these dark days, Israel will indeed turn to her Savior.

BIOFUEL, FOOD RIOTS, and the NEW CALIPHATE

The US and EU continue to push for more and more food to be turned into Ethanol and Biodiesel.  This has led stock market investors to bet heavily on a continual rise in food prices.  The graph above clearly shows that at the exact moment when Biofuel speculators jumped into food commodities, the Food Price Index skyrocketed.  In 2008 and 2011, the results were food riots around the world, especially in the Middle East. The riots in Arab countries today, are much less about freedom, and much more about EMPTY STOMACHS.

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On December 13, 2011, The New England Complex Systems Institute in Cambridge reported that global food prices were about to cross the threshold that they had predicted would spark world-wide riots. A few days later, Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in Tunisia, which did indeed spark the “Arab Spring”.  Today, this violent regime toppling movement continues to spread throughout the Middle East.

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Egypt's choice of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi for president marks the first time a modern Arab nation has elected an Islamic leader. So what does this decision mean to the Brotherhood and the world? Morsi's win rocked the Middle East.  Dori Gold, Israel's former ambassador to the U.N. says that "The victory of Mohammed Morsi in the Egyptian presidential election is really a regional earthquake in the Middle East.  Morsi's victory will be felt far beyond Egypt."

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"The Muslim Brotherhood is going to give a shot of adrenaline to radical Islamic groups across the world, particularly in the Middle East but also in Europe," he said. And Gold says that's why the truth must be told about the group's intentions. "Today, this organization is global and behind terror groups like Hamas, the Palestinian faction controlling the Gaza Strip.

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"The ultimate agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood is pretty clear. They speak about it, although not on American network television. The actual goal of the Muslim Brotherhood is to re-establish the Caliphate... a GLOBAL caliphate," Gold said.
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During one campaign rally, prominent Egyptian cleric Safwat Hagazy claimed the dream of the Islamic Caliphate is being realized by Dr. Muhammad Morsi and his supporters. "Our capital shall not be Cairo, Mecca or Medina. It shall be Jerusalem." 

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The New Islamic Caliphate is coming and, through nuclear terrorism, it will mean Islamic rule throughout the entire world... Impossible you say?  It will happen sooner than you can imagine... just as the Bible predicted!

Pray! 

BIOFUEL - CRIME and PUNISHMENT

Producing biofuels, ethanol (corn) and biodiesel (soybeans), is America’s most outrageous national sin since slavery. Due to the lies of man-made global warming, environmentalists are now cheering the burning of food in order to produce so-called clean energy. While the poor and hungry around the world starve, our nation's fertile plains, that once fed the world, are now growing food so that we can burn it in our cars. America, once generous, once blessed, is now risking God's wrath.
 

Seduced by lucrative subsidies from America and the EU, global corporations are buying up vast amounts of fertile land in South America and Africa. Poor and starving villagers, with empty stomachs, are forced to longingly stare at acres and acres of fenced off food crops destined to be burned in our cars. There is simply no greater sin that this!
 

God clearly promised that those who care for the poor out of their abundance, will be blessed. “He that hath a bounty shall be blessed, because he gives of his bread to the poor” (Prov 22:9) “Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world, for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat, I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink” (Mt 25:34-35)
 

God also warned that those who ignore the plight of the poor and hungry will be punished. “Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom… fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy” (Ezk 16:49) “Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand… Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels, for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat, I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink” (Mt 25:40-42)
 

Robert Zoellick, the head of the World Bank, has recently said… “Ethanol cars run on human misery. Fill up with E85, starve a child.” And… "While many worry about filling their gas tanks, many others around the world are struggling to fill their stomachs."
 

The Los Angeles Times ran this article on 7/17/12… “The drought gripping the Midwest and about 80% of the country is the most widespread since 1956, stoking massive wildfires and decimating the nation's breadbasket crops, according to a report released Monday by the National Drought Mitigation Center. Drought conditions led the Department of Agriculture recently to declare natural disasters in more than 1,000 counties in 26 states.
 

Last year, crop insurers paid record claims of about $11 billion for weather-related losses, including major losses in CORN and SOYBEANS, said David Graves of the Washington-based American Assn. of Crop Insurers. This year's losses could surpass that easily, “given that the drought is developing in CORN GROWING REGIONS, including Illinois and Indiana, he said.”
 

Cheap, clean and renewable energy from Biofuel is a myth. Biofuel requires enormous amounts of energy and vast amouts of precious water to produce. Without budget busting government subsidies, Ethanol and Biodiesel would already be labled as failed technologies. 

Nevertheless, our current president is deliberately crushing proven energy sources like oil, natural gas, and coal, while encouraging and expanding the insanity of producing Biofuels. We, in America, are morally and Constitutionally responsible for our elected leaders.

 

Pray that, in November, we will have a good, decent, and God-fearing Christian man (or woman) to vote for.