Prophet and Prophetess

What is the differences between these two words?

The Webster's dictionary describes a Prophet as a religious leader who is believed to speak for God or a god, as in giving messages or warnings and a person who tells what he thinks will happen. A Prophetess is a female prophet.

There are 8 Prophetess listed in the Bible: Ex. Chapter 15 verse 20, Judges chapter 4 verse 4, S.Kings chapter 22 verse 14, 2 Chr.chapter 34 verse 22,

Neh. Chapter 6 verse 14, Is. Chapter 8 verse 3, Luke chapter 2 verse 36, and Rev. chapter 2 verse 20.

In the Old Testament it is number 5031 in the Strong's Exaustive Concordance of the Bible.

In the New Testament the word Prophetess is number 4398 in the Strong's Exaustive Concordance of the Bible.

 In Numbers chapter 11 verse 29, it reads this way, 'And Moses said unto him [Joshua son of Nun] Enviest thou for my sake? Would God that all the Lords people were Prophets, and that the Lord would put His spirit upon them!'

So, did Paul really write that a woman could not speak for God? No he did not! In fact there were even female deacons in the church in Paul's days! Yup, there sure was!

In Proverbs chapter 6 verses 16 through 19 you will find six things that the Lord doth hate. Yea, seven are an abomination unto Him.[Indicating there were many more things that the Lord hates.]

I heard one Preacher say this was , a proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations , feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false witness that speaketh lies, he that soweth discord amoung breathern and he added one of his own, WOMEN PREACHERS!

FOR AQUINAS IN HIS THINKING, ' A MAN IS A THINKER, AND A WOMAN IS THE CHILD-BARER. A VIEW HELD BY MOST MINISTERS OF TODAY WHO DECLARE THAT ONLY MEN CAN PREACH AND TEACH BECAUSE GOD MADE ROOSTERS TO CROW AND HENS TO LAY EGGS!

THE TEACHINGS OF PAUL

CONCERNING HUSBANDS AND WIVES

AND WOMEN PREACHERS

 

THE WORDS OF THE APPOSTLE PAUL IN 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 7 WERE USED FOR CENTURIES TO DEFEND THE PRACTICE OF REFUSING TO GET MARRIED IN ORDER TO PURSUE HIGHER DEVINE GIFTS. CELIBACY BECAME A MARK OF HOLINESS. DID PAUL PROMOTE CELIBACY AMOUNG CHRISTIANS? A QUICK READING OF THAT PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE WOULD LEAD ONE TO CONCLUDE JUST THAT!

IN THE DAYS OF PAUL MARRIAGE WAS REGUARDED AS MANDATORY AMOUNG THE JEWS.THE RABBI ELEAZER TAUGHT THAT 'A MAN WHO HAS NO WIFE IS NOT EVEN A MAN! ' HIS REASONING WAS THAT GOD CREATED MALE AND FEMALE AND CALLED THEM MAN, MEANING HUMANKIND IN GENERAL.. MANY BELEIVED THAT MARRIAGES WERE ARRANGED BY GOD.

ACCORDING TO THE OLD TESTAMENT LAWS, THE WIFE WAS REGARDED AS HER HUSBANDS PROPERTY, AND IF SHE ALLOWED ANY MAN TO HAVE SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WITH HER, SHE WAS PUT TO DEATH. A MAN, HOWEVER, WHILE FORBIDDEN FROM COMMITING ADULTRY WITH HIS NEIGHBORS WIFE, MIGHT MARRY AS MANY WIVES AS HE WISHED OR HAVE AS MANY CONCUBINES HE WISHED. CONTRARY TO MANY RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF TODAY, HE MIGHT DIVORCE HIS WIFE AND MARRY ANOTHER, WHILE HIS WIFE WAS PROVIDED NO LEGAL MEANS TO OBTAIN A DIVORCE EXCEPT IN EXTREAMLY RARE INSTANCES. THE ONE THING WE MUST REMEMBER IS THAT IT WAS MAN WHO WROTE THE LAWS, SO THEREFORE THE LAWS WERE INTERREPTED FROM MANS POINT OF VIEW. BUT WHAT IF WOMAN HAD WRITTEN THE LAWS? WHAT IF WOMAN HAD A HAND IN INTERRPETING THE BIBLE?

AT THE TIME OF PAUL THIS DOUBLE STANDERED WAS CLEARLY EVIDENT. THE MISHNAH HAS MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO IS SUSPECTED OF COMMITING ADULTRY, BUT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THE MAN WHO HAS DONE THE SAME THING AGAINST HIS WIFE.THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN CHAPTER 8 TELLS OF AN INCIDENT IN WHICH THE PHARISEES ADVOCATED KILLING A WOMAN FOUND COMMITING ADULTRY AS IF SHE HAD DONE THE DEED ALL BY HERSELF!

THE NUMBER OF MEN WHO SENT AWAY THEIR WIVES IN ORDER TO TAKE ANOTHER WIFE WAS SO GREAT THAT MANY JEWISH GIRLS WERE REFUSING TO GET MARRIED! THEY INTERREPTED THE LAW AS THIS; 'WHEN A MAN HAS TAKEN A WIFE IF THEN SHE FINDS NO FAVOR IN HIS EYES BECAUSE HE HAS FOUND SOMETHING ABOUT HER THAT HE DID NOT LIKE, THEN HE COULD SEND HER AWAY OUT OF THE HOUSE.THEY WERE FOCUSING ON THEIR OWN INTERIPTATION OF DEUT. CHAPTER 24, BUT WERE FORGITTING ABOUT THE PART WHERE IT SAYS TO 'WRITE HER A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT AND GIVE IT IN HER HAND' BEFORE TAKING ANOTHER WIFE. THIS WAS WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING IN MATT. CHAPTER 5. MEN WERE SENDING THEIR WIVES AWAY WITHOUT THE BILL OF DIVORCEMENT THEREBY CAUSING THE CONDITION OF ADULTRY. THEY WERE RELEASED FROM THE ADULTRY BY THE BILL OF DIVORCEMENT.

MARRIAGES AMOUNG ROMAN COUPLES WERE USUALLY ARRAINGED BY THE GIRLS FATHER, AND WAS REGUARDED AS A MATTER OF DUTY RATHER THAN LOVE. IF THEY WERE NOT MARRIED BY THE AGE OF NINTEEN THEY WERE REGUARDED AS SPENSTERS. ROMAN MEN EXPECTED THEIR WIVES TO BE FAITHFUL BUT HELD NO SUCH STANDERED FOR THEMSELVES!

A SAYING DEVELOPED AMOUNG THE ROMAN MEN THAT 'MARRIAGE BRINGS ONLY TWO HAPPY DAYS, THE DAY WHEN HE FIRST CLASPS HIS WIFE TO HIS BREAST, AND THE DAY WHEN HE LAYS HER IN THE TOMB.'

PAULS GOAL OF UNIFYING JEWS AND GENTILES IN THE CHURCH COMPELLED HIM TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AMOUNG BOTH CULTURES. HE WAS WELL AWARE OF THE JEWISH EMPHASIS ON SEXUAL PURITY AMOUNG WOMAN AND THE PREASURES UPON SINGLE PEOPLE TO MARRY.HE WAS ALSO WELL AWARE OF THE ABUSE BY THE JEWISH MEN CONCERNING THE DIVORCE LAWS.

WHEN HE WROTE 1 COR. CHAPTER 7 HE CAREFULLY DISTINGUISED BETWEEN THE TEACHING OF THE OLD TESTAMENT AND HIS OWN OPINIONS AND ADVISE.

1 CHORINTHAINS CHAPTER 7 VERSES 1-17, PAUL IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING SEXUAL RELATIONS OUTSIDE MARRIAGE. HE WAS WARNING THE MEN THAT THEY FACED A CONSTANT AND POWERFUL TEMPTATION IN CORINTH WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS THE PROSTITUTION CENTER OF THE WORLD. HE SAYS DON'T BE MESSING AROUND WITH PROSTITUTES. BE FAITHFUL TO YOUR OWN SPOUSE. EVEN THO POLIGAMY WAS LEGAL THERE PAUL WAS TRYING TO CHANGE THINGS BACK TO THE WAY GOD WANTED IT TO BE IN THE BEGINNING, OF ONE AND ONE MAKE 2, AND THE TWO SHALL BE AS ONE. IN IST TIMOTHY, PAUL SAYS THAT A MALE BISHOP OR DEACON HAVE ONLY ONE WIFE AT A TIME.

HE ELIMINATED ANY POSSIBILITY OF A DOUBLE STANDERED FOR SEX WITHIN MARRIAGE. HE SAYS SEXUAL INTIMACY IS RIGHT AND GOOD. HE SAYS THAT THIS HIS OWN OPENION AND NOT A COMMAND. THIS IS JUST PLAIN OLD COMMON SENSE!

PAUL GOES ON TO TELL THEM THAT IT IS NOT MANDATORY FOR MEN TO MARRY AS SOME OF THE JEWISH RABBIS INSISTED.

HE GOES ON TO TELL THE WIDOWS AND UNMARRIED THAT IT IS BETTER TO MARRY THAN TO BURN WITH DESIRE AND PASSION.

GOD DOES NOT LIKE DIVORCE BUT THERE ARE LAWS WHICH DO ALLOW DIVORCE CONTRARY TO THE OPENIONS OF SOME. IN EACH CASE THERE HAS TO BE A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT. WITHOUT THAT BILL OF DIVORCEMENT WE CALL IT BIGAMY TODAY.

PAUL GOES ON TO SAY THAT IN YOUR ATTEMPTS TO WORK OUT YOUR PROBLEMS YOU MAY ALSO BE ABLE TO BRING HIM OR HER TO THE LORD. WE KNOW THAT WE CANNOT SAVE EACH OTHER BUT WE CAN LET THE LORD USE US AS A INSTRUMENT FOR THAT PURPOSE.

THEN PAUL GOES ON INTO A MORE INDEPTH EXPLAINATION OF WHAT HE HAS JUST WRITTEN, WARNING AGAIN THE PROBLEMS THAT THE CHURCHES WERE FACING IN THAT TIME OF PERSICUTION OF THE CHURCH.

NOW PAUL WAS DISCUSSING HUSBANDS AND WIVES SO LET US KEEP THIS IN CONTEXT. IF THERE IS NO BILL OF DIVORCEMENT THEN THEY WERE STILL HUSBAND AND WIFE! HE ALSO STATES ONCE AGAIN THAT THESE ARE HIS OWN OPENIONS. THE NOTIONS THAT A CELIBATE PERSON IS MORE SPIRITUAL DID NOT COME FROM THE TEACHINGS OF PAUL, BUT FROM GREEK PHILSOPHY OF STOICISM. PAULS ERNEST DESIRE FOR THE CHRISTAIN CHURCH WAS THAT THERE BE SEXAUAL EQUALITY AMOUNG THE CHRISTAINS, DECLARING THAT THERE IS NEITHER MALE NOR FEMALE, FOR YOU ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS.

THE TEACHINGS OF ARISTOTLE ASSUMED THAT THE MALE SEED IMPLANTED IN THE FEMALE WILL PRODUCE MALE OFF-SPRING AS A MATTER OF COURSE UNLESS THE SEED IS DEFECTIVE OR IS AFFECTED IN A NEGATIVE WAY BY SOME EXTERNAL INFLUENCE, SUCH AS THE DIRECTION OF A SOUTH WIND WHICH IS MOIST. HE TAUGHT THAT WHILE IT IS TRUE THAT WOMAN IS MIS-BEGOTTON, IT IS GODS INTENTION THAT WOMAN BE INCLUDED IN HUMANITY, IN ORDER THAT SHE MAY BE ADAMS HELPER. HOWEVER, THE ONLY WAY THAT EVE COULD BE A HELPER TO ADAM WAS IN TERMS OF THE WORK OF GENERATIONS, REPRODUCING.THE FEMALES ABILITY TO GIVE BIRTH TO CHILDREN, ACCORDING TO ARISTOTLE.

PAUL SAYS THAT EVE CAME FROM ADAMS RIB AND NOT FROM HIS HEAD. AND NEITHER IS IT RIGHT FOR HER TO BE HIS SERVANT BECAUSE SHE DID NOT COME FROM HIS FEET.

NOW TURNING TO THE PASSAGE IN EPH. CHAPTER 5 VERSES 21-33 WE FIND EVEN IN THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION, THE SCOPE OF THIS PASSAGE IS LIMITED TO THE SUBJECT OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES, EXCEPT THE FIRST SENTENCE WHICH IS DIRECTED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH. THIS SCRIPTURE IS OFTEN LIFTED UP IN REFERENCE TO WOMEN, MORE OF IT IS WRITTEN TO HUSBANDS THAN TO WIVES. IN THE GREEK 47 WORDS ARE DIRECTED AT WIVES WHILE 143 WORDS ARE DIRECTED AT HUSBANDS.

THERE ARE 3 KEY WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE THAT EMBODY THE CONCEPTS WITHIN THE NEW MODEL PAUL PRESENTED FOR CHRISTAIN COUPLES. WORDS THAT ARE EASILY MIS-UNDERSTOOD WHEN TRANSLATING INTO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.REMEMBER, PAUL DID NOT WRITE HIS LETTERS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

THE FIRST KEY WORD IS 'HEAD' WHICH MEANS 'LEADER'. 'THE HUSBAND IS HEAD OF THE WIFE'. PAUL EXPLAINED, 'AS CHRIST IS HEAD [OR LEADER] OF THE CHURCH'. PAUL USED THE WORD 'KEPHALE' WHICH MEANS ONE WHO LEADS BUT NOT IN THE SENSE OF 'BOSS' OR 'DIRECTOR' OR 'RULER'. A KEPHALE WAS ONE WHO WENT BEFORE THE TROOPS, THE FIRST INTO BATTLE.

THE NEXT KEY WORD IS 'BE SUBJECT TO'  PAUL USED THE WORD 'HUPOTASSO' IN THE MIDDLE VOICE. HE WAS REQUESTING THAT WIVES VOLUNTARILY, WILLINGLY, AND ACTIVELY BE SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR HUSBANDS. THAT IS THE WORD 'HUPOTASSOMAI' WHICH MEANS TO 'GIVE ALLEGIANCE TO', OR TEND TO THE NEEDS OF AND BE SUPPORTIVE OF OR BE RESPONSIVE OF ONE ANOTHER.

THE NEXT KEY WORD IS 'LOVE'. THREE TIMES PAUL INSTRUCTED HUSBANDS TO LOVE THEIR WIVES AS IF HE NEEDED TO PRESS THE MATTER. THE ENGLISH WORD 'LOVE' HAS MANY MEANINGS SO THIS LEAVES HIS MEANING RATHER VAUGE. THE WORD PAUL USED HERE IS 'AGAPAO' WHICH IS ALMOST IDENTICAL WITH THE WORD 'HUPOTASSOMAI'. BOTH WORDS INVOLVE GIVING UP ONES SELF-INTREST TO RESPECT AND CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THESE 3 KEY WORDS, THEN PAULS ADVICE IN EPH. CHAPTER 5, VERSES 21-33 ARE TO BE TRANSLATED THIS WAY; BE SUPPORTIVE OF ONE ANOTHER, WIVES BE SUPPORTIVE OF YOUR HUSBANDS, AS OF THELORD. FOR THE HUSBAND IS HEAD OF THE WIFE, THAT IS GOING AHEAD OF HER IN THE SAME WAY AS CHRIST IS HEAD OF THE CHURCH BY BEING SAVIOR OF THE BODY. BUT AS THE CHURCH IS SUPPORTIVE OF CHRIST, SO LET THE WIVES ALSO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR HUSBANDS IN EVERYTHING. HUSBANDS BE RESPONSIVE AND BE SUPPORTIVE TO THE NEEDS OF YOUR WIVES AS CHRIST HAS BEEN TO THE CHURCH AND GAVE HIMSELF UP FOR HER, IN ORDER THAT HE MIGHT MAKE HER HOLY, CLEANSING HER BY THE WASHING OF WATER WITH THE WORD, THAT HE MIGHT PRESENT THE CHURCH TO HIMSELF IN ALL GLORY, WITHOUT SPOT OR WRINKLE OR ANT SUCH THING, THAT SHE SHOULD BE HOLY AND UNBLEMISHED. SO HUSBANDS OUGHT ALSO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THEIR WIVES AS TO THEIR OWN BODIES. HE WHO RESPONDS TO THE NEEDS OF HIS OWN WIFE IS RESPONDING TO HIS OWN NEEDS. FOR NO MAN EVER HATED HIS OWN FLESH BUT NOURISHES AND CHERISHES IT, AS CHRIST DOES THE CHURCH, BECAUSE WE ARE MEMBERS OF HIS BODY. FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE. THIS MYSTERY IS GREAT, BUT I SAY IT IN REFERENCE TO CHRIST AND THE CHURCH. HOWEVER, LET EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF HIS WIFE AS TO HIS OWN NEEDS, AND LET THE WIFE SEE THAT SHE RESPECT AND RESPONDS TO HER HUSBAND.'

PAUL LIFTED UP THE RELATIONSHIP OF CHRIST AND THE CHURCH AS A NEW MODEL FOR CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE. CHRIST IS THE HEAD, 'KEPHALE', OF THE CHURCH, WHICH IS HIS BODY.CHRIST BECAME THE KEPHALE OF THE CHURCH BY GIVING HIMSELF UP FOR THE CHURCH, SUFFERING DEATH ON THE CROSS FOR HIS LOVED ONES.

WHAT ABOUT THE PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE THAT MOST MEN USE AGAINST WOMEN PREACHERS? WHAT WAS PAUL REALLY SAYING IN 1 CORINTHAINS CHAPTER 14 AND ALSO IN 1 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 2? IN THE TIME OF PAULS WRITINGS THE WOMWN WERE SEPERATED FROM THE MEN AND WOULD ENGAGE IN GOSSIP WITH EACH OTHER AND NOT BE QUIET SO OTHERS COULD LISTEN TO THE SERMONS. THE SUBJECT IS NOT WHETHER OR NOT A WOMAN COULD PREACH, OR GIVE A SPEACH ,OR PROPHESY, THE SUBJECT WAS TO LISTEN AND LEARN AND BE QUIET SO ALL COULD HEAR THE SPEAKER. BE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OTHERS. IN 1 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 2 THE SUBJECT WAS LETTING THE WOMEN LEARN. HE IS SAYING, PLEASE DO NOT TALK OR GOSSIP WITH EACH OTHER SO ALL COULD LEARN WITHOUT NOISY COMMOTION AND CONFUSION. MEANING, HUSH UP DURING THE SERVICE SO ALL COULD LISTEN AND LEARN.

 

Do Animals Have A Soul?

I have been asked that question many times in the past and so I am going to go to the Bible to see what the Bible says on the subject.

Let us go the the book of Leviticus to find the answer.

Let us start with the 10th. verse where it reads like this; And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn amoung you, that eateth any manner of blood;I will even set my face against that soul that eateth the blood, and will cut him off from amoung his people. Verse 11; for the life of the flesh is in the blood: I have given it to you upon the alter to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. Verse 12; therefor I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. Verse 13; and whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn amoung you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall pour out the blood thereof, and shall cover it with dust.

Here it the important verse:

Verse 14; For it is the life of all flesh, the blood of it is for the life thereof: Therefor I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eatheth it shall be cut off.

The word 'LIFE' is 'SOUL', NEPHESH.

Do animals go to Heaven?

The 11th. chapter of Isaiah suggest that they do.

I am reminded of the song; "Peace in the Valley".

 

St. John Chapter Three

Born Again

As I go back into the original language of the Bible I want you to open your Bible to St. John chapter 3 and read it along with me. If you still do not understand what I am saying then just put it on a shelf for time being for another time. Someday it may hit you like a ton of bricks and you will say to yourself, "Now why hadn't I thought of that before?"

For those of you have the Book Of Enoch, read the first 15 chapters especially chapter 15 comparing it with St.John chapter 3. I think you WILL understand, especially verse 6-8 of St.John chapter 3.

In St.John chapter 3 verse 1,Jesus is explaining to Nicodemus the plan of salvation, GODS plan for man in the flesh .He says you must have birth from above. That is what ‘Born Again' is in the Greek language. He says your soul must through this earth age of flesh being born through the bag of waters of the womb to be tested in this earth age of whom you will worship as your GOD. He says that if you get here to this earth age any other way it means that you are a fallen angel. What IS a fallen angel? An alien being from another dimension. A fallen angel cannot have eternal life. They have already been condemned to the DEATH of the soul for following after Satan in the first earth age which ended in the great "Katabol", or the "overthrow" in Genesis chapter 1 verse 2. They have been condemned for what they did in the time before the flood of Noah. Coming to this earth and inter-marrying with the Female descendants of Adam. That was a NO-NO for them. THAT was the reason for the flood of Noah as in Genesis chapter 6. GOD will consume them with the ‘CONSUMING' fire when HE returns back to this earth at the end of the Millennium

Now, Jesus repeats the explanation again saying that the moment of conception in your mothers womb your soul is placed in your flesh body. And you have no choice who your parents will be. That is decided by GOD.

Nicodemus still does not understand so Jesus says, don't you understand the plan for salvation? If you do not understand the beginning you will not understand the end. There is only ONE trip through this age of flesh for each soul. THERE IS NO REINCARNATION! One trip is all you get!

He explains that no soul goes to Heaven except fist it must come down from Heaven. And Jesus Himself had already gone back to Heaven at the time of the writing by John.

Then in verse 14, He explains that as the time of Moses, he Moses, lifted up the serpent which was the symbol of Satan for the people must be tempted and tested by evil whether to follow GOD or Satan. This is our testing ground, so to speak.

Jesus Christ Himself was lifted up on the cross of Calvary to take the place of our "sin offering" and believing on Him and His Gospel then you would not experience the death of the soul, to be blotted out of existence and be erased from memory as if you never existed.

Verse 16 says "For God so loved this world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." The word ‘everlasting' is ‘eternal'. There is a difference in the words. The word ‘perish' means to be blotted out of existence as if you never existed.

In verse 17 he says that GOD didn't send His Son here to condemn anyone but that everyone who believes His Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ, His gospel and what Jesus has tried to teach you in His teachings then you might be saved. The word ‘begotten', means to be born in the flesh through the womb and bag of waters. Some Bibles have left out this very important word "BEGOTTEN"! And it says "might" simply because there are some who will not study the Holy Word of GOD and prepare themselves with the Gospel Armor Of GOD and are willing to fly away in fear by listening to the "RAPTURE" theory!

Most people can go through their life not ever understanding what it really means to be ‘born again' but once you fully understand  then I think you will be more able to understand the Bible  scriptures more clearly. They think it is the time when they go down to the alter to confess their sins in front of the church members that is their ‘born again' experience. And that is alright for there is no sin in ignorance. But once you know the truth then it is a sin to go back to the old ways of thinking.

Take a listen to my audio message on this subject sometime when you have the time.

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     Probably one of the best chapters in the Bible for the study of this trip through the flesh age is 1 Corinthians chapter 15 starting with verse 35 where it reads, "But some men will say, how are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?"

     Verse 36: ‘Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die." This is a simple illustration of how a seed that is planted in the soil must ferment in the moisture to make a sprout and spring up a new plant.

     Verse 37: "and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain. It may chance be of wheat or of some other grain." The point being; that seed that once was just a seed has now become a plant.

     Verse 38: "But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body." Genesis chapter 1 says "seed after seed and kind after kind". Each seed or soul has a body to contain it!

    Verse 39: "all flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men [no gender] another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds." Listen up now.

     Verse 40: "There are also celestial bodies [heavenly] and bodies terrestrial [earthy], but the glory [outward appearance] of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another."

     Verse 41: "There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for one star differeth from another star in glory". The glory of the sun is true light. The glory of the moon is fake light or false light.

     Verse 42: "So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption." Remember the question asked originally? What body is raised? Upon death of the corruptible flesh body, you shed your flesh body and lo and behold! There is your spiritual body exposed! It is inside your flesh body. This spiritual body has now entered into another dimension. This spiritual body is called your heavenly mansion or dwelling place not made by human hands as The Apostle Paul explains in 2^nd Corinthians chapter 5, the shortened version of this chapter. At this point, nothing is mentioned about salvation. You are raised in a new spiritual body regardless of whether you are good or bad, lost or saved as Ecclesiastes chapter 9. Final judgment isn't yet.

     Verse 43: "It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory, it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power." It is sown in dishonor or weakness of the flesh. It is raised in power of the Holy Spirit into your spiritual body called your heavenly mansion.

     Verse 44: "It is sown a natural body," flesh is weak, "it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and a spiritual body." How many bodies do we have now? We have two. We are not discussing the soul yet. It is not a body. We know the natural body if flesh made up of minerals from the earth. It is corruptible, will rot, disintegrate. The spiritual body has potential to live forever or at least until the Great White Throne Judgment at the end of the Millennium.

     Verse 45: "And so it is written, the first man Adam [human kind] was made a living soul and the last Adam was made a quickening spirit." Now we have a new word here. He brings in the soul. The last Adam being Jesus Christ giving life to the first Adam through his life giving Spirit. Now salvation inters into the picture.

     Verse 46: "Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural, and afterward that which is spiritual.

     Verse 47: "The first man is of the earth, Earthy, the second man is the Lord from Heaven." The Companion Bible leaves these words out, for it is a bit confusing.

     Verse 48: "As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly." This is not in a religious sense. It just refers to angels. All angels are not necessarily good angels. He is just trying to distinguish between flesh and angels.

     Verse 49: "As we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall bare the image of the heavenly." Yes every last one of us! Good, bad, saint or sinner. The heavenly dimension. Now listen up! We are not going in to the beginning of some secret church rapture here. This same event happens to everybody!

     Verse 50: "Now this I say brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption." He is saying here that you must shed your flesh and blood at your death in order to inter into that heavenly dimension. Yeah I know, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die! But that's just the way it is folks! Romans chapter 8 verse 23 talks about the liberation from your flesh body.

     Verse 51: "Behold, I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed." The Bible is making it very clear. When Jesus Christ returns those who alive still in their flesh bodies will shed their flesh bodies in an instant! Not just a few or some secret church. It plainly says all! This has no reference to whether you are saved or not. Now listen closely to the next verse, for Jesus Christ Himself has told you when this event will take place.

     Verse 52: "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMP, for the trump shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." We must realize there are many things said in this one verse. It is probably the least understood or most misunderstood verse in the entire Bible!

 Let's take a good look at this verse. First, he says in a moment in the twinkling of an eye. Instantly! At the last trump. The 7^th trump.

The last trump is the fartherest one out, last in a series you read about in Revelations chapter 11. It happens when the two witnesses are raised, the spirit of life enters into them after they have been lying dead in the streets for 3 and1/2 days. Immediately after that the 7^th trumpet sounds.

     Verse 53: "For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality." Now we have some new words here and a new condition entering in. What is this word mortal? It means liable to die. And it means your soul is in danger of being blotted out of the book of life! As if you never existed!

     In the book of Matthew chapter 10 Jesus has been giving the disciples their instructions of where to go to spread the Gospel and what to take with them. He tells them on down in verse 28: "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear Him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." Only God can kill your soul.

    Verse 54: "So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal [meaning liable to die] shall have put on immortality [meaning you finally wised up to the teachings of Jesus Christ and the many other writers of the Bible concerning the end time events] then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory." This word ‘Death' is Satan. That is one of his many names.

     Verse 55: "O death where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory?" This word grave is Hades or hell and you will find this also in Revelations chapter 20 where it reads: "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death." Meaning death of the soul, be blotted out of the book of life. Verse 15: "and whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." I don't know, were you born through the womb of woman for the trip through the flesh age? That is what it means!

     Let's do some recapping now: Verse 34 of 1^st Corinthians chapter 15 the Apostle Paul tells us about the resurrection, which sometimes is mistakenly called the rapture. Verse 50 he says that flesh and blood cannot inter into the next dimension called Heaven. Verse 52 tells when all flesh will disappear at the final last trump. That is the 7^th trump when Jesus Christ will return to this earth. We will not fly away to somewhere out there in space. The word "air" in the 1^st book of Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 17 has been mistranslated. The word in the Greek language is number 109 and it is "aer" meaning to breath. In other words the breath of life. When you take your final breath at your death. This event will happen to every flesh body that is alive at that time. If you die before then don't worry about it.

     In 1^st Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 13, Paul is teaching about where the dead are. He says: "I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep [meaning those that have died], that you sorrow not, even as others which have no hope [referring to the Sadducees who do not believe in life after death. That is so sad-u-see.] for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain [if you are still alive at the 7^th trump] unto the coming of the Lord [he returns at the 7^th trump] shall not prevent them which are asleep". This word "prevent" is "precede" or go before. It is not possible to precede them because they are already there with Jesus in that Heavenly dimension. When you die, your soul goes instantly back to the Father who gave it to you. Your Creator.

    What about the "lake of fire in the book of Revelations chapter 20? I bet you thought I forgot didn't you? The lake of fire is Gods all consuming fire, meaning gone forever and ever. Never to be anymore! Yes, I know we have all been taught that hell is the lake of fire that burns forever and ever not being taught the true meaning of Luke chapter 16, which is a parable all about the law. When you do get your Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and look up the word "Hell" taking it all the way back to it's prime, you will know how you have been deceived. What an "eye opening" experience!

 

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THE BIBLE
HOW TO READ THE BIBLE WITH UNDERSTANDING.
So much of the bible is written in symbology, metaphors, and parables and so forth. If you don't get a clear understanding of these things, you will not get a true picture. If you don't understand the beginning you won't understand the end. What I teach is Not your everyday Sunday School teaching. You have to dig deep into the language the bible was origionally written in. It was Not origionally written in English!
Have You Been Deceived?
Friend I tell you today you don't have to be "had" or deceived by anyone or by anything! There are some great study tools available for even the most basic reader. They are not very expensive. I recommend the King James 1611 Bible along with The Exhaustive Strong's Concordance of the Bible by James Strong, LL.D., S.T.D. You can find it in your Bible book store. The Companion Bible Is also very helpful and is the one I use. It has 198 appendixes in the back which covers a wide variety of subjects.
So much of the Bible is written in figures of speech, symbology, metaphors, references to numbers and so forth that if you don't get the true meaning of these figures of speech and such, you will not get a clear understanding of just what the scripture is saying.
For instance; there is a scripture which is a "figure of speech" that says you are to take up the serpent. This is dumb and ridiculous. They simply do not understand the true meaning of the scripture. Who was the Serpent anyway? Remember the Garden of Eden? I really don't think any snakes have read the Bible do you?
Satan just loves that lie about the snake and the apple! He is laughing up his sleeve when he hears someone teach those lies! Taught right there in the pulpit of the churches!
Satan does NOT have 2 horns, dressed in a red suit carrying a pitchfork like I had been taught most of my life while growing up.
I beg of you, please do not be deceived! Study the Bible for yourself. Don't take just anybody's word for it. Not even mine! You will find the Bible come alive for you! After all, it is the Greatest book ever written!

Eighth Day Creation

It has been taught that all human kind came from one man called Adam and his wife Eve. Well are you teaching evolution? For you see that is what that kind of teaching is. That is going against the teaching of God in the bible. In Genesis it reads, "seed after seed, and kind after kind. So make up your mind!
In the book titled the Eighth Day of Creation, it is written that the biologists discovered D.N.A. in 1953.
They were experimenting how to create life forms and trying to show that human D.N.A. was the same as animal D.N.A. In addition, of course they failed. Seed after seed and kind after kind, God said!
In the book titled Evolution and Genetics, the Modern Theory of Evolution, by David Merrill, they tried to prove that all human kind came from or evolved from one specific race of people, but that also failed. They tried to show that adaptation to different climates could change skin color and facial features, but this failed also. They tried to say that if a Caucasian person lived long enough in a very hot climate their skin color would eventually turn black. Well maybe from sunburn, but it would not be permanent. In addition, that would not cause their offspring to be black, only if a black person and a Caucasian were to have offspring together, could that happen. Moreover, if after that it would take 4 generations to clean the bloodline back to the original of one race or the other. That is the true meaning of the word "bastard" in the bible How do I know this? I looked it up! God said seed after seed and kind after kind.
We do know of one person who has tried to change the color of his skin and has done a fairly decent job of it through drugs and so forth, and has had many surgeries to change his appearance but it hasn't changed his D.N.A.
Do you know that the bible tells us about the same types of experiments were being done back before the flood of Noah's time? Even cloning!
In the book of The Spear of Destiny written by Trevor Revencort, there are some chapters that deal with these types of experimentation in the land of Atlantis, trying to create a perfect race. In the book of Enoch, which is a book we will be going to later, these are called the rejected mysteries.
Nobody will ever do it like God did. They will never take the place of God! Read these books have mentioned for in the not too distant past one greatly feared person also tried to create the perfect race. Read it sometime. There is nothing new under the sun!
The biologists of today are experimenting around with cells and D.N.A. from worms and cockroaches trying to discover the fountain of youth.
Will Rogers is quoted as saying, "a scientist is a man who can find out anything, and nobody in the world has anyway of proving whether he found it out or not. And the more things he can think of that nobody can find out about, why the bigger the scientist he is!"