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Friday, March 21, 2014

PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED - 5 MINUTES - BIBLE TRUTHS IN PLAIN WORDS #1

WORLDLINESS

The great danger of this age, and one which brings much unhappiness to individuals and families, is an intense and increasing worldliness. The love and fear of God, reverence for his name, and thoughts of heavenly things, are banished through busy, anxious seeking for the things of the world. God has made his claims known, but men pay no heed to them. Religious principle becomes extinct in the family. Parents do not realize what obedience to God would do for their children, nor that their eternal interests are affected by the habits formed in this life; and they allow the little ones intrusted to their care to grow up without a knowledge of God or of the future life.

GOD'S INSTRUCTION
Notice God's instruction to parents: "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." (Proverbs 22:6)

HOPE
If you woke up today, it's not too late to repent and begin making efforts to save your young or adult children. God loves us and wants our families to have eternal life through Jesus Christ. Accept Him as your personal Lord and Savior today.

Romans 12:2/Ephesians 2:2,12/Colossians 2:8/Titus 2:12/James 4:4/2 Peter 1:4/1 John 2:15,16, 5:4,5

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

#8 - YOUR VERY NEXT EXPERIENCE IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEATH: WHAT REALLY HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER YOU DIE ?

DEATH IS AN ENEMY

Yes, not only does a soul die but it goes into the grave at death. What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death ? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave ? (Psalms 89:48) The grave has robbed many people of their loved ones ever since the first death on earth. This is why death is considered an enemy in the Bible. Yet death itself will not always be able to cause sorrow. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. (1 Corinthians 15:26)

NO MORE DEATH

The Bible predicts the end of death. - And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. (Revelation 21:4) This time is yet future. Those who love GOD and have died are not yet gone to heaven and are not yet praising the LORD. The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. (Psalms 115:17)

CHRISTLIKE CHARACTER MUST BE FORMED BEFORE DEATH

While GOD loves everyone and will forgive anyone HE does not change our character against our will or without our cooperation. In order for a Christ-like character to be developed for heaven it must be developed during an individual’s lifetime and certainly before he or she dies. Character is not changed by death or the resurrection. A Christlike character is the only kind of character that could enjoy heaven and it is the only kind of character that could ever be trusted in heaven.

Many religions teach many different things about life after death but only the Bible teaches what you have just read.

AN APPEAL:

If you haven't truly done so already, believer or unbeliever, please...surrender your heart to God while there is still time; surrender your thoughts and feelings to Jesus Christ the one who loves you and died in order for you and I to be able to obtain victory over all sin and selfishness in our lives...God loves you..God wants you and I to cooperate with Him so that we can be made ready to live eternally in a world of perfect love and peace.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

#7 - YOUR VERY NEXT EXPERIENCE IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEATH: WHAT REALLY HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER YOU DIE ?

THE DEAD WON'T STAY IN THE GRAVE FOREVER

Does a dead person stay in the grave forever ? The grave is not the final destination for human beings according to Jesus. Here is what He says in the Bible - Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in thees grave shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. (John 5:28,29)

TWO RESURRECTIONS ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE

Notice that JESUS speaks about 2 resurrections. Those who have done good to others and to their own bodies and minds will be raised in the first resurrection. Those who have done evil to others and to their own bodies and minds will be raised in the 2nd resurrection. The 2nd resurrection will result in the death of those who have rejected the love of God and His offer to transform their characters in preparation for eternal life in heaven. - Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power (Revelation 20:6) The first resurrection is the hope of every one who loves GOD and the foundation for faith in Jesus Christ.

PAUL EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RESURRECTION

Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead ? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. (1 Corinthians 15:12-19)

Here is something to think about. If the soul really did leave the body at death, then why would there be the need of even one let alone two resurrections ?

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AN APPEAL:

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Monday, March 10, 2014

#6 - YOUR VERY NEXT EXPERIENCE IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEATH: WHAT REALLY HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER YOU DIE ?

CAN SOMEONE COME BACK FROM THE GRAVE ?

Still someone may ask, But where do you go at death ? Don't people come back as spirits and haunt houses after they die ? Does God allow some people to come back from the grave with messages to their loved ones ? Again, we return to the Bible for an answer. - As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. (Job 7:9,10)

ARE ALL MIRACLES FROM GOD ?

What about the apparitions and ghosts or spirits that many people believe they have seen ? First of all, one needs to remember this and never forget it. God can work miracles but not all miracles are from God. It could appear that a person had returned from the grave but would God be the power behind the apparent miracle ?

DEVILS CAN WORK MIRACLES

The word of God informs us that there is another source of miracles; miracles of deception. - For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. (Revelation 16:14) The spirits of devils can work miracles and it is not likely that it would be for the purpose of promoting the truth about death; when people die, they are dead.

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Friday, March 7, 2014

#5 - YOUR VERY NEXT EXPERIENCE IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEATH: WHAT REALLY HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER YOU DIE ?

SOULS CAN DIE

Holy angels are created beings who have everlasting life as they dwell in the very presence of God, who is the Author of life. Human beings are created too and often are referred to as souls but the Bible makes it plain that souls can die. Death and life are not the same thing."The soul that sinneth, it shall die." (EZEKIEL 18:20,4) According to the Bible there is no "spirit" or "immaterial essence" called a soul that leaves our body at death. Nothing separates from the body after death to go to heaven or to hell. The person, the individual, that poor soul, is simply dead; it is not immortal.

HUMAN BEINGS ARE NOT IMMORTAL

If there is any part of any human being that cannot die, then that part of them is immortal. Yet, God has never suggested that we are immortal. Our heavenly FATHER and JESUS "Who only hath immortality... (1 TIMOTHY 6:16) will bestow immortality, as a gift upon those whose characters are like that of JESUS CHRIST when HE returns the second time. Immortality is not promised to those who reject Christ. They will not live forever in heaven and they will not live forever in hell.

DEATH IS CORRUPTION

Because the human body is subject to a decaying process in death, it is referred to as being corruptible but God promises that this will not always be so. "For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. (1 CORINTHIANS 15:53,54)

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AN APPEAL:

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

THIS IS A TEST AND THIS IS YOUR LIFE

At some point in your life you may have heard the words, “this is a test.” If not, you missed a very important piece of information about life.

Monday, January 27, 2014

#4 - YOUR VERY NEXT EXPERIENCE IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEATH: WHAT REALLY HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER YOU DIE ?

What is a soul ? How did it come into existence ? Why not ask God the CREATOR ? Since the Bible is declared to be His word, let us look there for an answer. The word soul or souls is mentioned in the Bible 498 times. The Hebrew word for soul in the Old Testament is Nephesh. It means - a breathing creature. There are 2 exceptions - Job 30:15 and Isaiah 57:16. In Job 30:15, the Hebrew word from which the word soul is derived is Nediybah. It means nobility; as in reputation. In Isaiah 57:16, the word souls is derived from the Hebrew word Neshamah. It means - a puff. Not once does the word soul mean anything that separates from the body at death.

A HUMAN BEING IS A SOUL
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (GENESIS 2:7) Here is the first occurrence of the word soul in the Bible and an explanation of what it is. The breath of life from God plus the dust of the ground equals a living soul. Man does not have a soul, man is a soul. Read it again. Man is a living soul. The breath of life from GOD breathed into man made him alive.

Still don't believe it ?

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul. (1 CORINTHIANS 15:45) In the New Testament the Greek word from which the word soul is derived is Psuche. It means breath. To be continued in the next post of this series.

Friday, January 24, 2014

#3 - YOUR VERY NEXT EXPERIENCE IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEATH: WHAT REALLY HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER YOU DIE ?

There is a very basic but profound principle of truth that is understood by genuine Christians and it is this; whatever contradicts God’s word is a lie. Notice the conversation between the serpent and Eve about God’s word.

TRUSTING LIES OF THE DEVIL
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: (GENESIS 3:2-4)

God had said that Adam and Eve would die if they ate fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil but the serpent had said they would not surely die. God's words indicated that they were mortal and the serpent's words suggested that they were immortal.

The Bible reveals the being who is represented by the serpent and the work that he does in this world. Here are the words of scripture - And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world. (REVELATION 12:9)

Deceiveth the whole world ??? CAN THE DEVIL BE TRUSTED TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT DEATH ? Evidently, many people mistakenly think so. Very many people believe that some part of every one still lives after death. Yes, maybe even you believe in the immortality of the soul.

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If you haven't truly done so already, believer or unbeliever, please...surrender your heart to God while there is still time; surrender your thoughts and feelings to Jesus Christ the one who loves you and died in order for you and I to be able to obtain victory over all sin and selfishness in our lives...God loves you..God wants you to be cooperate with Him to make you ready to live eternally in a world of perfect love and peace.

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

#2 - YOUR VERY NEXT EXPERIENCE IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEATH: WHAT REALLY HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER YOU DIE ?

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NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER DEATH
If you know that God is the Author of life and the Bible is His word then you know that absolutely nothing happens after death. However, if you don't believe that GOD is CREATOR, then you do not know, for sure, what will happen after death. Most every form of religion, not based upon Bible teaching, asserts that a part of every human being continues to live on after death; that we never really die. It is explained that the soul lives on. This in essence is immortality. Are human beings immortal ? Is there something inside human beings that is immortal ?

BELIEVING THE DEVIL'S OPINION ABOUT LIFE AFTER DEATH

Whether you believe in God or not, it may interest you to know that the devil has something to say about death and it is recorded in the Bible. According to him, and he was the first one to say so, you never really die. In the Bible, the first conversation about death was between Eve and the serpent. The serpent was being used as a medium of communication by the devil.

And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: (GENESIS 3:2-4) God had said that Adam and Eve would die if they ate fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil but the serpent had said they would not surely die. God's words indicated that they were mortal and the serpent's words suggested that they were immortal.

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Monday, January 20, 2014

#1 - YOUR VERY NEXT EXPERIENCE IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEATH: WHAT REALLY HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER YOU DIE ?

WHO SHOULD WE BELIEVE ?

It all depends on who you trust for information. If you believe that the first human beings were created by GOD as stated in the Bible, then you know that according to the Bible nothing happens immediately after death. That's right, absolutely nothing. You remain in the grave until either the first or the second resurrection. According to the Bible, when a person dies, the thoughts cease and the breath of life returns to God. (Psalms 146:4)

ARE PEOPLE ALIVE IN HEAVEN OR HELL OR ANYWHERE AFTER THEY DIE ?

Neither heaven nor hell is an immediate experience after death. Even many religious people have not studied the Bible enough on their own to understand this. Would you like to know more ? Stay tuned for the next post in this series to learn the Bible answers to these questions.

If you haven't truly done so already, believer or unbeliever, please...surrender your heart to God while there is still time; surrender your thoughts and feelings to Jesus Christ the one who loves you and died in order for you and I to be able to obtain victory over all sin and selfishness in our lives...God loves you..God wants you...Not just to be forgiven...Not to play church, but to truly become Christ-like before you die so that you can be prepared to enjoy eternity with Him.

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Friday, January 17, 2014

HELL FIRE AND THE CHARACTER OF GOD

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

GUESS WHO'S BURNING IN HELL AT THIS VERY MOMENT RIGHT NOW ------- ABSOLUTELY NO ONE AT ALL !!! - CONCLUSION

What about the rich man in hell ? Do angels really carry beggars into Abraham’s bosom after they die ? Do people who are in heaven really dip the tip of their fingers in water and cool the tongues of people in hell ? Evidently, some people think so. Maybe they think that Jesus was teaching facts about hell when he spoke of Lazarus and the rich man in Luke 16:19-31.

Maybe they are just not familiar with one of the teaching methods that Jesus used.

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: (Matthew 13:34) What is a parable ? A fictitious narrative of common life conveying a moral. It is often an illustration of truth or principles by using events or circumstances that people are familiar with.

The parable of the rich man and Lazarus was the last of 3 parables that are found in Luke 15:11-16:31. All 3 parables were about “a certain” man and all 3 involve principles of stewardship. Unfortunately, many have tried to convert the parable of Lazarus and the rich man into a doctrinal teaching of the Bible.

The lesson of the parable is a lesson for today. “If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.” (Luke 16:31) If a person cannot be persuaded by the evidence of Scripture, nothing else is going to influence him or her to accept truth. No matter what the Bible teaches, there are those who will still choose to cling to the false theory that God will give eternal life to those who reject His love so that they can burn for trillions of centuries. Some misguided souls even insist on making this parable a true representation of how God rewards human beings for their brief span of life on this earth.

No one is burning in hell today. It is not necessary for anyone to experience the lake of fire and the 2nd death. Heaven is another option. A Christlike character is the requirement. It is the only kind of character that could enjoy heaven and the only kind of character that could be trusted in heaven. We are given a lifetime, with the offer of God's grace to develop this character before we die. Many people have different opinions about hell and punishment but only the Bible teaches what you have just read.

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If you've been simply accepting what your pastor or minister or church teaches without searching the Bible for yourself, please stop doing it. Don't reject the truth or the love of God because it contradicts what you've been told or taught. Don't twist Scripture or keep perpetuating lies about God's character. Our heavenly Father wants us not to merely attend church, but to truly become Christ-like before we die so that we can be prepared to enjoy eternity with Him. A Christlike person is the only kind of person that could enjoy heaven and the only kind of person that could be trusted in heaven.

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Monday, January 13, 2014

GUESS WHO'S BURNING IN HELL AT THIS VERY MOMENT RIGHT NOW ------- ABSOLUTELY NO ONE AT ALL !!! - PART 5

God promises that both death and the grave will be destroyed. This is exactly what happens when death and hell are cast into the lake of fire. "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." (1 Corinthians 15:26) The Lord further promises those who love Him - "I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O GRAVE, I WILL BE THY DESTRUCTION." (Hosea 13:14)

Death and the grave have always been enemies to life and they are the appointed lot of human beings. "What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death ? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave ?" (Psalms 89:48) "All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again." (Ecclesiastes 3:20) "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment." (Hebrews 9:27)

According to the Bible, after a person dies, at some later point in time, his or her name will come up in the judgment and the Christlike and un-Christlike works of his or her life are examined. He or she is later raised in the 1st resurrection to receive eternal life and the gift of immortality or raised in the 2nd resurrection to receive the punishment of the 2nd death and be destroyed in the lake of fire.

When a person is in the grave, his or her character cannot be changed. An un-Christlike character will ultimately go on to die the second death in the lake of fire where physical and mental life will be permanently destroyed forever. Now we can understand what the Bible means when we read the following...

"Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power". (Revelation 20:6)

The second death is permanent. There will be no restoration or continuation of life anywhere at all for those who die the 2nd death. The punishment of the 2nd death will last forever. Death is the opposite of life. It is an everlasting punishment. It is not everlasting punishing.

No one will ever be resurrected from the 2nd death. They will never live again; never again experience physical or mental life. They will cease to exist after being destroyed in the lake of fire. In fact, this is what Jesus meant when he said that both soul and body could be destroyed in hell. “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.” (Matthew 10:28)

If something is destroyed, it does not continue to exist. The body and the soul can both be destroyed in the lake of fire. This is what is referred to as the 2nd death. This is the punishment for sin. It is the absence of life not a continuance of it. A man can take away your physical life and put you in the grave but God can take away the physical life and eternal life, soul and body. Jesus died so that no one would have to experience the 2nd death.

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Friday, January 10, 2014

GUESS WHO'S BURNING IN HELL AT THIS VERY MOMENT RIGHT NOW ------- ABSOLUTELY NO ONE AT ALL !!! - PART 4

Jesus Christ was the only person in the New Testament to use the words hell and fire together. "But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the JUDGMENT: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of HELL FIRE." (Matthew 5:22)

This verse teaches us that there will be a judgment and and there will be hell fire. We have already found that the word hell in the Old Testament means grave. How can a grave be on fire ? Where and when would a grave be on fire ? How is the judgment connected to hell fire ? The Bible gives us a glimpse of the scene.

"And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." (Revelation 20:12-15)

Notice what happens to those whose names are not written in the book of life. They are judged according to their un-Christlike works that have been recorded in the books of heaven. They are then resurrected to receive their punishment; the 2nd death in the lake of fire where death and hell will also be destroyed. Read again what happens to the grave or hell as it is called. It is cast into the lake of fire.

HELL CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE = HELL FIRE

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If you haven't truly done so or ready, believer or unbeliever, please...surrender your heart to God while there is still time; surrender your thoughts and feelings to Jesus Christ the one who loves you and died in order for you and I to be able to obtain victory over all sin and selfishness in our lives...God loves you..God wants you...Not just to be forgiven...Not to play church, but to truly become Christ-like before you die so that you can be prepared to enjoy eternity with Him. A Christlike person is the only kind of person that could enjoy heaven and the only kind of person that could be trusted in heaven.

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

GUESS WHO'S BURNING IN HELL AT THIS VERY MOMENT RIGHT NOW ------- ABSOLUTELY NO ONE AT ALL !!! - PART 3

So what about the New Testament ? Doesn’t the New Testament teach that God will give eternal life to the unrighteous so they can live for billions of centuries in a fiery furnace where the devil is in charge ?

Why not ask Jesus Christ ? He seems to be an authority in the New Testament. He often stated that He was the Son of God. Wouldn’t someone who is related to God know about hell ? First let’s see what Jesus taught about death and the grave. His words are recorded in Scripture.

"Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation." (John 5:28,29)

Jesus taught that the dead were in the grave and not immediately rewarded or punished after death. He said that there would be 2 future resurrections - one for those who did good and a separate one for those who did evil. Notice that Jesus said evil people were in the grave and that they would be resurrected to face damnation at some later point in time. Read the verse again.

Just to be sure we don’t misunderstand what Jesus believed about the dead, let's consider another verse where He speaks about the resurrection of those who have done good. "And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection." (Luke 20:34-36)

Jesus taught that dead people were in the grave; not in heaven and not in hell. He said that there would be 2 resurrections and that dead people would be raised in either the 1st or 2nd resurrection. This would depend upon whether they were good or evil people while they were alive. What Jesus taught about death and the grave was in perfect harmony with the teaching in the Old Testament because the New Testament had not been written yet.

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Monday, January 6, 2014

GUESS WHO'S BURNING IN HELL AT THIS VERY MOMENT RIGHT NOW - ABSOLUTELY NO ONE AT ALL !!! - PART 2

The word hell in the Old Testament appears in 31 verses and is derived from the Hebrew word sheol. It is translated as grave, hell or pit throughout these verses. It means - Hades or the world of the dead. Where will you find millions of dead people assembled together in a world all their own ? In graveyards. The grave is the world of the dead. It is not a world of just bad people who are dead. It is not a world of simply good people who are dead. The grave is the world of all dead human beings. Hence, the word hell in the Old Testament means the grave.

Sometimes the word grave is referred to as the “pit”. In Isaiah 14:12-14, the Bible reveals why Lucifer fell from heaven and in Isaiah 14:15, we find out what will ultimately happen to him.

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. (Isaiah 14:15)

Contrary to popular belief, Lucifer (or the devil as he is also known) will not be in charge of hell. He will not even hold one pitchfork. Apparently, Lucifer, himself, will be brought down to the “sides of the pit” or hell as it called. What is really meant by "the sides of the pit" ? The Bible further explains itself...

(Ezekiel 32:22) Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:

(Ezekiel 32:23) - Whose GRAVES ARE SET IN THE SIDES OF THE PIT, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.

Graves are usually set in the sides of a pit so it is easy to see why graves and pit are used to mean the same thing. In the Old Testament, hell or the pit is the same thing as the grave and this is where Lucifer will be brought down to.

The devil will not be in charge of anything; not hell, not the pit and not the grave. The grave is his final destiny; someday he too, will be among the dead.

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If you have not done so already or if you have backslidden toward the world and are now worldly...

please in the name of Jesus awake

and stay alert if you are awake.

Please...surrender your heart to God while there is still time;

Surrender your thoughts and feelings to Jesus Christ the one who

loves you and died in order for you and I to be able to obtain victory

over all sin and selfishness in our lives...God loves you..God wants

you...Not just to be forgiven...Not to play church, but to truly

become Christ-like before you die so that you can be prepared to

enjoy eternity with Him. A Christlike person is the only kind of

person that could enjoy heaven and the only kind of person that

could be trusted in heaven.

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Friday, January 3, 2014

GUESS WHO'S BURNING IN HELL AT THIS VERY MOMENT - ABSOLUTELY NO ONE AT ALL !!! - PART 1

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ?

The King James version of the Bible in Microsoft Word format has about 824,706 words. One of those words is repeated 54 times in 54 verses. That word is hell . Yes, believe it or not, the word hell accounts for only 54 of the 824,706 words in the Bible. How could a word that appears so infrequently in the Bible cause so much trouble ? You would think this would be an easy enough subject to understand and yet so few know the truth about hell.

Many surface readers and even some well-meaning critics of the Bible think that they understand what hell is and have based their conclusions about God on misunderstandings about hell. The diligently, studious Christian, who believes that the Bible is the word of God, understands that not one person is burning in hell today. He or she has learned from the Bible that God will make no one immortal so that they can spend trillions of millenniums in burning flames.

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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

100 PREDICTIONS THAT WILL BE FULFILLED IN THE YEAR 2014

Here we are again at the beginning of a new year and last year's predictions were fulfilled to the very letter. What about this year ? Will the world end this year ? Will the mark of the beast be enforced ? Some sincerely misled individuals believe they know. Many may claim to know what is going to happen in the future and possibly what will happen within the next 12 months but there is only One who can do this with guaranteed certainty. God Himself is all-knowing and can predict the future consistently with 100% accuracy. Those who connect with Him through Jesus Christ by faith are granted the privilege of understanding those things about the future which He reveals in His word. The Bible reveals today's principles that are shaping tomorrow's events. Many of these same principles rule in the lives of human beings and makes us somewhat predictable. Listed below are 100 predictions that will come to pass this year. As these predictions are fulfilled, other things will happen too.

1. Air will still be more important than money. Air will still be needed by the lungs and air will still be taken for granted by most people until they feel they can't breathe.

2. All of us will still be sinners. All of us will still need God’s pardoning grace for the forgiveness of sin and all of us will still need God’s enabling grace to resist sin.

3. Actions will still reveal the true character of a person more than a person’s words.

4. Attitudes will still need to be adjusted.

5. Anxiety will not decrease.

6. Beliefs will still have consequences.

7. Bad things will still happen to both good and bad people.

8. Birth, life and death, literally, physically and spiritually will continue.

9. Borrowers will still be servants to the lenders.

10. Banks will not admit that they have been making bad decisions that have hurt people.

11. Chance circumstances will not create living things

12. Christ-like character development will still be possible through trust in God.

13. Christ’s life, death, resurrection and intercession will still be the only hope for sinners.

14. Cancer will still be profitable for the medical industry.

15. Dead people in the graves will not begin to communicate with living people.

16. Deception about what happens after death will continue.

17. Disasters will continue to increase in intensity.

18. Diseases not helped by “orthodox” cures will still continue to be successfully treated by natural means.

19. Enthusiasm for empty things will continue.

20. Economies will not improve and become prosperous for all.

21. Equality of human beings will continue to be divided by money.

22. Exceptions to the rule will continue to weaken the rules.

23. Faith in human reason and human judgment will continue.

24. Faith in God will shine brighter through real Christians.

25. Families will still be under mental, physical, spiritual, and moral assault.

26. Failures caused by human error and human selfishness will continue.

27. God will still be good.

28. Grace will still be available to those whose earthly probation has not closed.

29. Garbage will still be published, produced, televised, advertised and accepted.

30. Good news will not become the main broadcast feature of ABC, NBC or CBS.

31. Hell will continue to be mistakenly believed to be a place of eternal torment.

32. Health will not be restored by health insurance.

33. Hope will not die.

34. Human beings will not grow more loving and patient.

35. Illness and its causes will still not be understood by many.

36. Intensity of feelings will continue to increase and rule more people.

37. Investments in vanity and vain things will continue.

38. Insight into the sequence of final events for the world will still be available.

39. Junk for the mind and the body will still cost money.

40. Jails will still have less prisoners than sin.

41. Jesus second coming will be nearer.

42. Journeys to nowhere will still be taken.

43. Killers and killing will not cease.

44. Kindness will not dramatically increase throughout the world.

45. Knowledge of God and eternal realities will not explode exponentially.

46. Kingly men with Christlike character qualities will continue to be too few.

47. Love will continue to be easily counterfeited, misunderstood and missing from many hearts.

48. Life will not result from an explosion or an accident or a big bang somewhere.

49. Luxury will still be mistakenly equated with happiness.

50. Luck will still be considered a business principle.

51. Mothers who are real mothers will still be burdened.

52. Men who choose to remain self-centered will increase in blindness.

53. Money will still rule the world behind the scenes.

54. Movies will continue to have power to influence the mind and shape character.

55. Noble thoughts and deeds will be too few.

56. Nuclear war will not destroy the entire world.

57. Nutritional value in corporate mass-produced food products will not increase.

58. Nations will not agree to love and help each other and to go to war no more.

59. Outrageous conduct will continue to be accepted as entertainment.

60. Obscene images will continue to be more and more acceptable to weak minds.

61. Out-of-touch minds will continue to have more and more influence over others.

62. Opposition to pure truth, real goodness and genuine holiness will continue.

63. Pain will increase and continue to be medicated mentally, physically and emotionally.

64. Power will still attract those with the most dangerous character deficits.

65. Promises will continue to be made by those who don’t intend to keep them and promises will be kept by those who have a wealth of personal integrity.

66. Personality will shine brighter than character in the estimation of shallow minds.

67. Questions presented to the government by many engineers, lawyers, scientists, military leaders and architects concerning the government story about September 11th 2001 will not be answered.

68. Quiet places will become more valuable.

69. Queen-like women with Christlike character qualities will continue to be too few.

70. Quantity will continue to be substituted for quality on social, medical, educational, religious and personal levels.

71. Repetition will still be used as an effective way to strengthen lies.

72. Rotting foundations will continue to destroy many of society’s institutions.

73. Rapeseed will continue to deceive people under the name “Canola” oil.

74. Reserve and modesty will not increase.

75. Selfishness will continue to strengthen in many hearts.

76. Supernatural sights and sounds including UFO's will continue to deceive

77. Satellites will still be able to track citizens anywhere on the earth.

78. Strength of character will continue to be measured superficially.

79. Truth will continue to be suppressed by those who control the publishing and media outlets

80. TSA will not abolish itself nor apologize to all airline passengers for violating their rights.

81. Television programs will not improve significantly and begin to make great contributions to moral excellence.

82. Taste will continue to battle for first place above the other senses of hearing, touch and sight.

83. Unity of minds upon platforms of error will still continue to increase.

84. Urgent appeals to the conscience by the Holy Spirit will increase.

85. Unkind words will continue to be spoken in unkind tones.

86. Unusual weather patterns will continue to develop.

87. Victories over self will continue to be obtained.

88. Violations of trust will continue to increase.

89. Values based on material possessions will continue to mislead.

90. Vampires portrayed in movies or on television will not become real.

91. Water will still be needed by the body and mind inwardly, outwardly and spiritually.

92. Wars and rumors of wars will continue.

93. Wealth or lottery tickets still won’t solve the problem of a broken heart.

94. Weeping will still endure for a night.

95. X-rays will still not produce life after causing cells to mutate.

96. Xerox machines will still make copies just like words, thoughts and deeds will continue to be copied on earth and in the record books of heaven as well.

97. Yes there will still be a world to live in.

98. You will still only have today and right now. You will not be promised tomorrow.

99. Zero will still be the tolerance level for what the majority decides is wrong.

100. Zombies will remain in the movies. They won't become real and take over the earth.

These predictions are all established by Bible prophecies and Bible principles. While these predictions may be considered general and easier to make, there are predictions, that could only be foreseen by God, with specific details regarding the United States and the role it will play in last day events. This too, is revealed in the Bible. Would you like to know something more specific about what will happen in America in the last days ? By the grace of God, we will continue the study of America in Bible prophecy in future posts.

REFERENCES: Matthew 24, Luke 21:11/Acts 10:43/Isaiah 41:21-23, 42:9, 44:6-8, 46:9,10, 48:5,6/Jeremiah 17:9/Amos 3:7/Hosea 12:10/2 Peter 1:19/Revelation 1:3, 22:7/Proverbs 22:3, 27:12/John 13:19, 14:29/Luke 21:28/2 Timothy 3:1-5,7,13

Have you been drawing closer to Jesus Christ ? Do you even know Him ? Is He your deeply personal Lord and Savior from the penalty and power of sin ?

If you have not done so already or if you have backslidden toward the world and are now worldly...please in the name of Jesus awake and stay alert if you are awake.

Please...surrender your heart to God while there is still time; surrender your thoughts and feelings to Jesus Christ the one who loves you and died in order for you and I to be able to obtain victory over all sin and selfishness in our lives...God loves you..God wants you...Not just to be forgiven...Not to play church, but to truly become Christ-like before you die so that you can be prepared to enjoy eternity with Him. A Christlike person is the only kind of person that could enjoy heaven and the only kind of person that could be trusted in heaven.

Pray like this - Father in heaven, I am a sinner and I believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay the penalty for my sins. I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior right now and I ask you to give me a new heart. New motives, new desires and new purposes that will be in harmony with your law of 10 commandments. I thank you and praise you for the forgiveness of my sins and for causing me to be born again right now, In Jesus, name, amen.

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