Preserving God's Word - Part 8 (PW92)

        Prelude to World War 3'
 
Jesus the Man
John 1:14    And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
  As predestined before the foundation of the world, men would be adopted as sons of God, the Almighty God must come as a human being. Jesus was the Word made flesh to become a Man. 
 Jesus was born of virgin Mary in a stable amongst the animal as the sacrificial Lamb of God (wrapped in swaddling cloths). He was placed in the manger as folders (Bread of Life) for His sheep.
Luke 2:7    And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Circumcised as a Jew
Luke 2:21   And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.
 By faith Jesus' Jewish parents circumcised Jesus on the eighth day just as by faith we have our children baptized into the body of Christ.
 Jesus had to live the rest of His life keeping the law and the Prophet in order to stay sinless, so that He would be worthy to be the perfect sacrificial Lamb of God for the remission of the sins  of men.

Jesus Preached Repentance
Mat 4:17    From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
 Not only did Jesus submit to the baptism of repentance of John the Baptist, He even preached John's kingdom message. He knew that unless the Jews repent and keep the Mosaic law, they would not believe Him as their Messiah and be cast into damnation.
 God had said that all those Jews who repent and believe Moses will believe Jesus after His resurrection.
John 5:46    For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.

The Sinless Man Jesus
John 8:28    Then Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things."
  All the doctrines and teachings of Jesus are given by God Himself. Jesus did not violate the Law nor the Prophets. He was sinless and the perfect sacrificial Lamb of God which was pleasing to God.
John 7:16    Jesus answered them and said, “My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me."

Jesus Fulfilled the Law
Mat 5:17   “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill."
  Jesus at His death and resurrection fulfilled the Law and the Prophets in all the Feasts, Sabbaths and religious laws, rites, sacrifices, offerings, etc. so that all Jewish converts in Christ Jesus have also fulfilled them.
Luke 24:44   Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”

Immediate Evidence of the Fulfillments of the Law and the Prophets by Jesus

Mat 27:52-53    and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
 Jesus at His death, immediately, became the sacrificial lambs offered by the saints of old, who had kept the Mosaic Law (Moses, Samuel - please read 1 Samuel, Daniel, etc.) and the Prophets (Abel, Enoch, Noah, etc.) so that their sins were also cleansed by Jesus' blood. Only then, they were worthy to be raised from the depths of the earth and follow our resurrected Lord back to heaven. 

Note  Though Israel fell to the Romans in 63 BC, Greek remained the de facto language. All the 27 canonical books in the New Testament were written in Greek. The 4 gospels recording the words spoken by Jesus were also in Greek, so our Lord Jesus must have spoken in Greek otherwise the Bible is just a translation and not the Word of God.

Preserving God's Word - Part 7 (PW91)

        Prelude to World War 3'
 
The Hebrew Bible
 The first five books of the Bible (Old Testament) or Torah were written in Hebrew. Torah is commonly referred to as the Law (or the Pentateuch). These 5 books are traditionally ascribed to Moses (1391–1271 BC), the recipient of the original revelation from God on Mount Sinai.
  Almost the entire Old Testament was written in Hebrew. But a few chapters in Ezra and Daniel and one verse in Jeremiah were written in Aramaic.
  Around the 5th Century BC, the canonisation of the original Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) was ascribed to Ezra and his priests who were full of the Spirit of God.    
These are some of the books written in Hebrew which were rejected as scriptures and were later banned :-
  Book of Enoch
  The Secrets of Enoch
  The Psalms of Solomon
  The Odes of Solomon
  The Letter of Aristeas
  The Story of Ahikar

Dead Sea Scrolls are Erred Texts
  When the scribes erred while copying Scriptural texts, these erred and flawed texts were rejected, burned and destroyed.
 The famous Dead Sea Scrolls including the Hebrew Old Testament discovered in 1947 actually date back to the first century BC but they are not originals.   
  These scrolls were rejected because they have erred with flawed texts in comparison with the original Septuagint. They should have been burnt or destroyed. All bible translations taken from these rejected scrolls will have missing or erred texts.

The Original Septuagint
  According to tradition, Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–247 BC) the Greek Pharaoh of Egypt, sent seventy-two Hebrew translators —six from each of the Twelve Tribes of Israel—from Jerusalem to Alexandria to translate the Tanakh from Biblical Hebrew into Koine Greek, for inclusion in his library. It took possibly a year or two (some suggested 72 days) for the 72 scholars to translate the Tanakh into the Greek Septuagint.
  The Septuagint was popular and was used in synagogues for the common Jews could not understand Hebrew anymore. 
  Meanwhile there were many religious books produced during the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. The common ones were the 'Apocrypha' (or the Deuterocanonical books) all written in Koine Greek.
The Apocrypha are non canonical books. They are mainly of historic nature and do not affect the teachings of the Law.

Luke 4:21    And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” 
  Our Lord Jesus, having read Luke 4:17-20 in the Septuagint, confirmed the Septuagint was Scripture.

Independent Israel
  The Maccabean Revolt, which began in 167 BC, led to the establishment of the Hasmonean dynasty and the rededication of the Jerusalem Temple in 164 BC. Judea had a period of full independence from 104 to 63 BC. 
  The Jews must have hated the Greek regime that they fought for their independence for centuries. 

Why were the Apocrypha not written in Hebrew or Aramaic?
  Don't you find it strange that all the Apocrypha books including the 2 warfare books of Maccabees were written in Greek and not in Hebrew or Aramaic. This is the sure sign that the Jews had forgotten Hebrew their mother tongue and also Aramic which they learned during their captivity.
 The only language they could understand then was Greek.

Jewish Priesthood Rejected the Apocrypha
  The Tanakh was written in Hebrew with a little bit of Aramaic. It was canonized in the 5th Century BC by Ezra. In the 3rd Century BC, it was translated into the Septuagint.
  The Apocrypha was written in the 1st and 2nd Century BC in Greek. It cannot be added to the Hebrew Bible. The Jews had rejected the Apocrypha as Scriptures. 
   Though it was written in Greek, it was not canonized and cannot be added to the Septuagint. Unfortunately, many unlearned Theologians refer to the Apocrypha as part of the Septuagint.
Note  the Septuagint is the Grecian translation of the Tanakh (original Hebrew Bible) and nothing more.

The Protestant Bible consists of only the Septuagint and the New Testament books. Both the Catholic and Orthodox Bibles besides the Septuagint and the New Testament books also include some of the Apocrypha, which they know were not canonized.

Preserving God's Word - Part 6 (PW90)

        Prelude to World War 3
 
Why did the Priesthood reduce the prophetic book of Daniel to 'ketuvim' (saying or history)?

The book of Daniel was assigned to major Prophets in the original Hebrew Bible canonized by Ezra and his priests in the 5th-6th Century BC. 
  Thank God that He preserved His words by getting it translated into Greek.
 During the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–247 BC), the original Hebrew Bible was translated into the Greek Septuagint (meaning seventy) by seventy-two Hebrew translators and completed in seventy-two days. 

The main prophecies of Dan 11 concerning the wars between the king of the North (Seleucid kingdom - Persia) and the king of the South (Ptolemaic kingdom - Egypt) started after the death of Alexander the Great.

Dan 11:7-8    But from a branch of her roots one shall arise in his place, who shall come with an army, enter the fortress of the king of the North, and deal with them and prevail. And he shall also carry their gods captive to Egypt, with their princes and their precious articles of silver and gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the North.
  Below is an example of the fulfillment of Prophecies of Dan 11:7-8
   Ptolemy III Euergetes, ruled Egypt (246-221 BC) in the place of his father. Provoked by the assassination of his sister, Ptolemy III marched against the king of the north, which ignited a war that lasted some five years (246-241 BC). Ptolemy III successfully defeated the king of the North and also led his armies deep into western Asia. From there, he brought back to Egypt the statues of the gods that had been carried off by the Persians.
  In similar accurate fashion, the rest of the prophecies in Dan 11 were fulfilled.
 The fulfillments of the prophecies in the Book of Daniel were so accurate that faithless theologians and historians classified the Book of Daniel as historic and Daniel was only a myth.
Dan 11:27    "Both these kings' hearts shall be bent on evil, and they shall speak lies at the same table; but it shall not prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time."
In 170 BC, when Antiochus IV felt secure about the state of his own kingdom, he decided to take Egypt by force in what came to be known as the Sixth Syrian War (partially fulfilling Dan 11:25).
  As both the kings were fighting and deceiving each other, the next prophecy of Daniel was that the appointed time will be the end time. 

Independent Israel
   The Hasmonean dynasty, founded by the Maccabees, ruled Judea from 167 BC to 37 BC, with a period of full independence from 104 to 63 BC. The Maccabean Revolt, which began in 167 BC, led to the establishment of the Hasmonean dynasty and the rededication of the Jerusalem Temple in 164 BC. 

Future of Jerusalem
Dan 11:31, 41a     And forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the abomination of desolation... He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall be overthrown;
   The Priesthood during this Maccabees Period mistook the Endtime prophecies of Dan 11:28 onwards will affect them.
  They had just taken back Israel from the Greeks and they cannot accept Jerusalem (sanctuary fortress) to fall again and the temple of God to be destroyed again (take away the daily sacrifices). 
  So the Priesthood corrupted the Hebrew Bible by reducing the book of Daniel to writings (history) to prevent Jews from believing the prophecies in the book of Daniel.

Mat 24:15     “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand),
   We thank God that while our Lord Jesus confirmed that Daniel was indeed a prophet of God. We need to understand the prophecies in the book of Daniel to fully comprehend Endtime signs and mysteries (whoever reads the book of Daniel, let him understand).

Preserving God's Word - Part 5 (PW89)

        Prelude to World War 3

The Hebrew Language
  Daniel was a youth when he was taken into slavery after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC. He had to learn Aramaic, the language of his new masters. After the fall of the Babylonian Empire in 539 BC to the Persians, Aramaic continued to be commonly used in the Persian Empire.
  Daniel initially wrote the book of Daniel in Hebrew. In his later years, he used Aramaic to continue his book possibly because most of the younger generation of Jews were not able to comprehend Hebrew. 
  Within half a century or so, many Jews had replaced their mother tongue with Aramaic.
Note many parts of the writings of Ezra were also in Aramaic.
   Except for the religious Jews, who memorised the Torah written in Hebrew when young, the rest of the Jews were not able to understand Hebrew.

Canon Books of the Old Testament
  It seems that the 39 books of the OT were canonised around the 5th Century BC by Ezra and the knowledgeable priesthood.
   The 24 books of the Hebrew Bible are the same as the 39 books of the Protestant Old Testament, only divided and ordered differently: the books of the Minor Prophets in Christian Bibles are twelve different books, but in Hebrew Bibles, one book called "The Twelve". Likewise, Christian Bibles divide the Books of Kingdoms into four books, either 1–2 Samuel and 1–2 Kings or 1–4 Kings: Jewish Bibles divide these into two books. The Jews likewise keep 1–2 Chronicles/Paralipomenon as one book. Ezra and Nehemiah are likewise combined in the Jewish Bible, instead of divided into two books, as per the Catholic and Protestant tradition.

Falsehood of Scribes
Jer 8:8   “How can you say, ‘We are wise, And the law of the Lord is with us’? Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood."
  The Devil used false scribes to corrupt the Torah and Prophets also sent the false pets to confuse them with false writings resulting in the priests becoming lawless. 
   God sent His true prophets to admonish, judge and rectify these corruptions. So the many rejects (false and erred scriptures) were to be burned, destroyed or banned.   
Jer 7:25   Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them. 

Translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek
  After the Greek in 330 BC conquered the Persian Empire, the Jews once again had to learn and speak Greek, the language of their new masters. By the third century BC, the Jewish community had largely lost the ability to speak Hebrew.
  In the Letter of Aristeas to Philocrates, "the laws of the Jews" at the request of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–247 BC) were translated into the Greek Septuagint (meaning seventy) by seventy-two Hebrew translators—six from each of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
  For the sake of the Jews who could not understand Hebrew, the complete 20 canonical books of the Hebrew Bible were finally translated into 39 books of the Greek Old Testament called 'The Septuagint'. 

De facto Language in 1st-3rd century A.D
  The New Testament was written in Koine Greek - the common language of the Eastern Mediterranean then.
  This suggests that our Lord Jesus and Jews all spoke Koine Greek which was the de facto language. 

Hebrew Spoken on the Cross
Mat 27:46   And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"
   When our Lord Jesus cried out in Hebrew at His death, the Jews, who no longer speak Hebrew, mistook Him calling the prophet Elijah to help Him.
Mat 27:47, 49   Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, "This Man is calling for Elijah!"... The rest said, "Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to save Him."

 This Greek translation of the Old Testament, called the Septuagint, was gradually accepted and was even used in many synagogues.

Preserving God's Word - Part 4 (PW88)

        Prelude to World War 3

Ezra 1:2-3    Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel (He is God), which is in Jerusalem.
  The faithfulness of his Jewish ministers (Daniel and the others) had convinced the Babylonian and Persian kings that the God of the Jews had instructed the Jews to serve them faithfully as though they were serving God Himself.
  King Cyrus sent the Jews to go back to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple of God, so that they will continue to serve them faithfully.
 Out of the 42,360 Jews who went back to Israel, 973 were priests besides the thousands of Levites. These priests and Levites are knowledgeable and devout Jews for they have faithfully kept the laws of God during their captivity.
Ezra 2:36, 64    The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three... The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty.

Ezra 6:15-16     Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. Then the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites and the rest of the descendants of the captivity, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.
   After the completion of the temple of God, King Darius sent Ezra to Jerusalem instructing him to teach and purify every Jews according to the laws of God so that they will become faithful citizens.
  He also sent the Israelites to inhibit the nation of Israel and set Ezra the priest and scribe as their leader, knowing that Israel will become a part of the Persian Empire.
  With the hearts of Ezra, the priests and the Jews seeking to please God, they will not tolerate anyone breaking the law.
Ezra 7:25-26     And you, Ezra, according to your God-given wisdom, set magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are in the region beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and teach those who do not know them. Whoever will not observe the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily on him, whether it be death, or banishment, or confiscation of goods, or imprisonment.

Canonization of the Old Testament
Ezra 7:10     For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
 Around the 5th Century BC, the canonisation of the Old Testament was ascribed to the knowledgeable and devout Ezra and his priests who were full of the Spirit of God. 

The Old Testaments
   The first five books of the Bible (Old Testament) or Torah were written in Hebrew. Torah is commonly referred to as the Law (or the Pentateuch). These 5 books are traditionally ascribed to Moses (1391–1271 BC), the recipient of the original revelation from God on Mount Sinai.
  Almost the entire Old Testament was written in Hebrew. But a few chapters in Ezra and Daniel and one verse in Jeremiah were written in Aramaic. This language became very popular in the ancient world and actually displaced many other languages.

Why use Aramaic?
 After the fall of Jerusalem and Judah in 586 BC, the majority of the remnant Jews were taken as slaves to Babylon where they had to learn and speak Aramaic the language of their masters.
   It did not take long before the majority of the Jews lost their use of the Hebrew language. Daniel had to write the latter part of his book in Aramaic so that the Jews could understand. Similarly, the majority of Ezra's writings were in Aramaic.

Preserving God's Word - Part 3 (PW87)

        Prelude to World War 3

Deu 11:18-19    "Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up."
  All Jewish youths were supposed to be educated and knowledgeable in the laws of God for every parent is mandated to teach their children. In fact, Jewish children are supposed to memorise and to understand Moses' laws. 
  Thank God that with King Josiah having purged the land of idolatry and the Levites  and Priesthood empowered with the books of the Law, the people especially the Jewish youth were taught His words.
  Filled with faith, they obeyed God's words and surrendered to their enemies trusting Him to protect them under captivity.
Jer 27:17    Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city be laid waste?

Powerful God's Words
Dan 9:2    in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the LORD through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
  Knowing that it was God's will for them to serve the Babylonians for seventy years, these Jews had decided to live in peace and serve the Babylonians faithfully as though they were serving God.
  God had shown to Daniel and the Israelites the vision that
1. the Babylonians would conquer Jerusalem and burn it to the ground,
2. the Israelites would be taken as captives to Babylon for seventy years,
3. not to listen to false prophets.

and also their missions that
1. they must serve the Babylonians,
2. settle down and bear children,
3. live in peace with all.

With these visions and missions, the Israelites were able to live peacefully in exile while joyfully and faithfully serving the Babylonians.
  Whereas the captives from the other nations will be living in sorrows, pains and hatred for the death of their beloved family members and friends, the destruction of their cities and countries and the present sufferings. They would be planning revenge and rebellion. 
  With the guidance of the word of God (Law), they were faithful to their masters and lived in peace in the land, so they were treated more favourably than those from other nations. The kings trusted them and promoted them to become their ministers and assistants.
Jer 29:6-7    Take wives and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may bear sons and daughters -- that you may be increased there, and not diminished. And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the LORD for it; for in its peace you will have peace." 

Ezra 6:3, 5    In the first year of King Cyrus, King Cyrus issued a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: “Let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offered sacrifices; and let the foundations of it be firmly laid, its height sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits ... Also let the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple which is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and taken back to the temple which is in Jerusalem, each to its place; and deposit them in the house of God”
  King Cyrus sent the Jews back to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple of God along with all the golden utensils.
Note - in the late days, Satan will send the Antichrist to sign a 7 years Peace Treaty with the Jews to allow all Israelites (descendants of Jacob or Israel) to immigrate back to Israel and Jerusalem to help rebuild the Temple of Antichrist (God)  to deceive Christians to worship the Antichrist as God.
Dan 9:27a     Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;

Preserving God's Word - Part 2 (PW86)

        Prelude to World War 3

Manasseh Tried to Destroy Judaism
2 Kings 21:4-6    He (Manasseh) also built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.” And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. Also he made his son pass through the fire, practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft, and consulted spiritists and mediums. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.
  Manasseh was so wicked that he converted the temple of God into the worship of idols.
  Even the idolatrous Priesthood destroyed all the books of the Law, so that no Jew could keep the Law.
  Thank God that before the annihilation of Judah where the Israelites would be condemned to Hades for their idolatry and wickedness, God sent King Josiah to get their repentance.   
2 Kings 21:10-13     And the Lord spoke by His servants the prophets, saying, “Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations (he has acted more wickedly than all the Amorites who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols), therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah... I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

Righteous King Josiah
2 Chr 34:1, 3-6     Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem...For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images... and made dust of them and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them... He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
  When Josiah was 16 years old, he sought God. Without the book of the Law, God sent prophets (including Jeremiah) to guide him to remove all the altars of the idols. At the age of 26 having purged the land of idolatry, he commenced to repair the temple.
 The prophets must have led him to burn the bones of the abominable priests on their idolatrous altars possibly for  preventing the Jews from keeping His words by destroying all books of the Law.
Note  Do not replace God's word (bible) with your denominational doctrines.
  After purging the land and temple, he set out to repair the temple of God.

Book of the Law Found
2 Chr 34:15, 18-19     Then Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan... Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it before the king. Thus it happened, when the king heard the words of the Law, that he tore his clothes.
  After he heard the Law for the first time, as repentance Josiah tore his clothes for his ancestors had broken the Law. After cleansing the temple, he restored the Ark, but God rejected the defiled temple, which was razed to the ground by the Babylonians.
  Since the Priesthood had destroyed all the books of the Law, all those flaws and erred books were destroyed along with all the copies of the Law.
  Thank God for His wisdom in preserving His pure words (book of the Law) for the scribes to make copies. The Priesthood once again were able to minister to the Lord in the temple of God according to His words, and the Levites could teach the people His Law.
  So when the Israelites were taken into captivity by the Babylonians, each of the Priesthood and scribes had a perfect copy of the Law for himself.
2 Chr 35:3    Then he said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to the Lord: “Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built. It shall no longer be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and His people Israel.

Preserving God's Word - Part 1 (PW85)

         Prelude to World War 3

Deception of Eve
Gen 3:2-3   And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”
  When God created Adam and Eve in His image, they only have to obey His words to have eternal life and stay in fellowship with Him. 

Keep My Words and Live 
Prov 7:1-2   My son, keep my words, and treasure my commands within you. Keep my commands and live, and my law as the apple of your eye.
  It is the will of God from the very beginning that men believe and keep His words to be saved and enjoy the abundant life.
  To prevent men from being saved, Satan started to corrupt the word of God starting from within the garden of Eden itself and making the truth in His words ineffective . 

Deceptions of Eve
Gen 3:4-5    Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
 The devil twisted God's command to deceive Eve. With a more logical and beneficial proposal, it changed her attitude of distaste and dislike to that of admiration for the forbidden fruit leading to her downfall. 
Gen 3:6   So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

The Old Testaments
  The first five books of the Bible (Old Testament) or Torah were written in Hebrew. Torah is commonly referred to as the Law (or the Pentateuch, in Christianity). These 5 books are traditionally ascribed to Moses (1391–1271 BC), the recipient of the original revelation from God on Mount Sinai.
  Almost the entire Old Testament was written in Hebrew. But a few chapters in the prophecies of Ezra and Daniel and one verse in Jeremiah were written in a language called Aramaic. This language became very popular in the ancient world and actually displaced many other languages.

Why use Aramaic?
  After the fall of Jerusalem and Judah in 586 BC, the majority of the remnant Jews were taken as slaves to Babylon where they had to learn and speak Aramaic the language of their masters.
  It did not take long before the majority of the Jews lost their use of the Hebrew language. Daniel had to write the latter part of his book in Aramaic so that the Jews could understand. Similarly, the majority of Ezra's writings were in Aramaic.

Falsehood of Scribes
Jer 8:8    “How can you say, ‘We are wise, And the law of the Lord is with us’? Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood."
  The Devil used false scribes to corrupt His words. The Torah and Prophets were often distorted by the devil to deceive the Jews and the Priesthood. All detected flawed copies were burned, destroyed or banned. 
  Satan also sent the false prophets to confuse them and even the priests were lawless. Unfortunately, the Jews loved the lies and deceptions, which is similar to today's carnal and unlearned Christians.
Jer 5:30-31    “An astonishing and horrible thing has been committed in the land: The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own power; and My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?”

Prophets sent by God
Jer 7:25    Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.
 God sent His true prophets to admonish, judge and rectify these corruptions. So the many rejects (false and erred scriptures) were to be burned, destroyed or banned.   
  These are some of the rejected false and demonic Old Testament books.
  Book of Enoch
  The Secrets of Enoch
  The Psalms of Solomon
  The Odes of Solomon
  The Letter of Aristeas
  The Story of Ahikar

Doing God's Work (PW84)

         Prelude to World War 3

Just Believe, That's All
John 6:28-29   Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”
  Our Lord Jesus told His disciples not to labor for their physical food but for the food that leads to everlasting life.
   Brethren, this is the work of God for Christians, that we  believe in :-
1. Jesus was the Word made flesh - He is the Lord God Almighty, our loving Father, our Saviour, Healer, Provider, Refuge, Fortress, etc.
2. When we love Him by keeping His commands - He will give us another Comforter - the Spirit of truth, who will teach and lead us into all truth which will set us free from the wiles of Satan and all bondages.
3. He keeps His Covenant - with His chastisements as refinement, we should be able to judge ourselves of our growth in our walk with Him.
4. His Endtime Prophecies and the 'Start of Last Generation'
Mat 24:32-33    “Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors!
 So when we see Israel (fig tree), while still a young nation (branch tender), shows signs of Unbelief (puts forth leaves) in God  or OT, then we know that the last generation has begun.
Mat 24:34    Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.
https://last-generation-events.blogspot.my/2017/02/the-last-generation-lg02.html?m=1

The Last Generation will witness all the Endtime signs taught by our Lord Jesus. 
1. False christs (Seal 1)
Mat 24:4-5    And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many."
Note  Endtime Christians are covetous, carnal, worldly and wicked (2 Tim 3:1-8)

2. World War 3 (Seal 4) 
Mat 24:6-8    “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.” 

3. Period of Tribulations (Seal 5) 
Mat 24:9    “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake”
  This is the period of the tribulations (Mat 24:9-28) or the wrath of Satan, where Christians are refined before Rapture. 
  Rebuilding of the temple of God (for the Antichrist). Introduction of the mark of the beast 42 months before Rapture.
Mat 24:15    “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand),

4. Great Heavenly Blackout before Rapture (Seal 6)
Mat 24:29-30    "Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory."
   Immediately after the tribulations, the whole heaven will be darkened. As the stars draw nearer and nearer, we can then see our Lord coming with angelic hosts to gather His elect at Rapture.

5. Those Left Behind (Seal 7)
  After the Rapture, where the elect are taken back to heaven, all those left behind will face the wrath of the Lamb (God).

Note - 
Seal 5 is the wrath of Satan, where God protects and leads Christians to overcome Satan's wiles and deceptions.
Seal 7 (after Rapture) is the wrath of God against all those wicked left behind.

Preserving Christianity - Part 4 (PW83)

        Prelude to World War 3

Salvation of Gentiles
   Thank God that before the Gospel reached the Gentiles, God had given His doctrine through the Council of Apostles and Elders in Jerusalem confirming that salvation in Christ Jesus is by grace alone. Christians (both Jews and Gentiles) must not keep any part of the Mosaic Law of the Old Covenant, for it has been made obsolete by the New Covenant of the blood of Jesus.

Salvation of Romans
   As soon as Christianity was legalized in the Roman Empire and before the Gospel reached the Romans, the Council of Bishops in Nicene produced the Nicene Creed (Apostle Creed), which provides a doctrinal statement of the Christian Faith. Christians were converted according to their faith in the Apostle creed. They were then taught and discipled according to His words in the Holy Bible of canonised books.

How can God ensure that the truth of the Gospel and His words is preached during the greatest harvest of souls during World War 3 at the end of the age?

God will harvest the tares first?
Mat 13:30    Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”
    Before the greatest End-time harvest of souls (wheat), God must remove the tares (false prophets, wolves, heretics, covetous and wicked Christian leaders) so that new converts will be taught His truth and His pure words by His faithful servants.

Why are the Tares not removed earlier?
Mat 13:28b-29    The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them.'
    Killing these popular depraved Christian leaders (tares) will destroy the faith of the unlearned, immature and misled congregations, who have been deceived and blinded to love the world and the pleasures therein. They hate truth but love lies and heresies like the Israelites in the days of Jeremiah just before the annihilation of Jerusalem.
Jer 5:31    The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?

Casting Tares into the Eternal Fire
Mat 13:41-42    The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
    God will use World War 3 (4th Seal) to remove the tares (heretic and wicked Christian leaders) from His church during World War 3.
1 Cor 6:9-10    Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

Christian's Faith
1. God is One. He reveals Himself to men as the Triune Godhead or Trinity in - God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
2. The Apostle Creed is the Belief of Christian 
3. The Holy Bible with 39 OT books and 27 NT books is infallible. The Bible is the sole authority for Christians in faith, doctrine (belief) and practice.
4. Rapture and the Second Coming of Jesus.

Shine Forth as the Sun
Mat 13:43   Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
    While the tares are being harvested and thrown into the everlasting fire, God will prepare the faithful disciples to be transformed into the image of our Lord Jesus and shine forth as the sun.  
   Be Jesus' disciple by keeping His words then He will anoint you to overcome the coming World War 3 in glory.

Preserving Christianity - Part 3 (PW82)

        Prelude to World War 3

Mission of Constantine
    The Church generally regarded the definition of doctrine as the responsibility of the bishops; the emperor's role was to enforce doctrine, root out heresy, and uphold ecclesiastical unity. 

Council of Bishops
    Immediately after legalising Christianity, Constantine must have followed Jesus' instruction by inviting the 1,800 faithful, godly and persecuted bishops from around the empire to form the Council of Bishops. Just like the earlier Council of Apostles and Elders in Jerusalem, the Council of Bishops under the guidance of the Holy Spirit rectified the errors and wrong doctrines of the various sects by producing the official doctrine and providing the basis for a unified Church.

Council of Nicaea 325AD, the first Ecumenical Council (unless the Council of Jerusalem is so classified). The Council of Nicaea is the first major attempt by Christians to define orthodoxy for the whole Church.   
   The bishops with the guidance of the Holy Spirit produced the Nicene creed. The purpose of a "creed" is to provide a doctrinal statement of correct belief.
   The Nicene creed summarises the apostles’ preachings and teachings concerning the gospel of Jesus Christ. With the Nicene Creed in place (similar to Apostle Creed), Arianism, which denies the existence of the Triune Godhead or Trinity, and threatened to destabilise the entire empire, was classified as heresy.
    Later Council meetings were held to canonise the various books and to rectify any flaw, dispute and heresy. 

OT Canonical Books
   Evidence suggests that the OT was canonized around 400 BC. For the sake of the majority of the Jews, who no longer understand Hebrew, Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–247 BC) sent 72 Jewish scholars to translate the OT into Greek, which was named the 'Septuagint".  

NT was written in Greek
   The New Testaments were also written in Greek, which was the language used by our Lord Jesus and the other writers. 

Canonical Books of the Bible
The Council of Laodicea 363 AD, concluded that only the Old Testament (along with the Apocrypha) and the twenty-seven books of the New Testament were to be read in the churches.

Christianity the Official Religion
 In 380 AD, Theodosius I made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. By then the councils of bishops had produced the following:
1. the Apostles Creed 
2. the Septuagint, the Greek version of the OT
3. 27 canon books of the New Testament in original Greek.
  Thank God that He has given the Christian creed and His pure word (bible) for Christians to grow in Him..

Translation of Bible
The Bishop of Damascus ordered Jerome to translate the OT and the 27 NT books written in Greek to the Latin Vulgate, so that every Roman can read and understand the Bible.

Most Accurate Bibles
 The Eastern Roman Empire (Greek speaking) adopted the original bible in Greek, but the Western Empire (Latin speaking) adopted the Vulgate Bible - the original Latin Bible.

The World Hates God's Chosen
John 15:19     If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
 Beware of non Christian's (Jewish, pagan, heretic) false and evil historical records concerning our Lord (false gospels) and His chosen servants (e.g Constantine) for they tend to have the Antichrist's spirit to tarnish their reputations.
 Unfortunately, many misled Christians are deceived with the flawed and erred texts, non canon writings, false history and worldly wisdom as truth.

On the advice of the Council, Constantine set aside December 25 for Christians to celebrate the birth of Jesus (Christmas), and Sunday (the Lord's Day in Rev 1:8) for Christians worldwide to worship the Almighty God in unity.

Preserving Christianity - Part 2 (PW81)

        Prelude to World War 3' 
  
Resisting Wrong Doctrines
Gal 5:4   You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
  Before God gave the salvation to the Gentiles, God raised up Apostle Paul, a Pharisee of Pharisees and one who was zealous in pleasing God. Having encountered Jesus personally, saved and taught by Him, he knew that the New Covenant of the blood of Jesus for all mankind has obsoleted the Old Covenant made with the Israelites. As a learned and respected Pharisee, he was able to oppose the mistakes of Jewish disciples, forcing new gentiles converts to be circumcised.

The Council of Jerusalem
Acts 15:24   Since we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, “You must be circumcised and keep the law” —to whom we gave no such commandment—
 The Council of Apostles in Jerusalem guided by the Holy Spirit forbade Christians (both Jews and Gentiles) from keeping any part of the Mosaic Law of the Old Covenant for salvation is by grace alone.
 With the right doctrines based on the words and teachings of Jesus established by the Council of Jerusalem, God then gave them big harvests of both Jews and Gentiles.

Call of Constantine 
 According to the Greek historian Bishop Eusebius, while Constantine was getting ready of a battle he saw the sign of the cross appearing in light over the sun. Then in a dream Christ visits Constantine and gives him a battle strategy that helped him win.

sign of the cross appearing in light over the sun
    For God to hand the enemies over to Constantine (Gideon and his 300) was easy, but to win the whole Roman Empire to Christ, he must be led by Jesus, the Sun of righteousness to be the Light of the World.
Mat 5:16    "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven."

in a dream Christ visits Constantine and gives him a battle strategy that helps him win
  Christ must have taught him how to be the light of the world by walking in humility and love in order to win over the trust of the equally powerful Pagan Emperor Licinius of the Eastern Roman Empire and the hearts of the powerful Pagan Roman Senate. 

Light to the World
 Having defeated the superior forces of his rival Maxentius, he attributed the victory to the God of the Christians.
 With humility and love, it took Constantine six months to convince Emperor Licinus and the powerful Pagan Senate to legalize Christianity in the edict of Milan signed in February, 313 AD. Constantine did not impose Christianity upon his subject. 

More than an Emperor
  The Orthodox Church regards Constantine as Saint Constantine the Great. Constantine built the Church of the Holy Sepulcher at the purported site of Jesus’ tomb, which became the holiest site in Christendom. During his reign, he built many basilicas, repaired churches throughout the empire, relieved clergy of some taxes, supported the Christian church financially and saw that the first day of the week or Sunday (Lord's day in Rev 1:10), was designated as a day of rest for all citizens.
Acts 20:7    Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight.

Roman Empire Embraced Christianity
 The Pagan Roman Senate saw the light of Jesus in Constantine and it was just a matter of time that they would embrace Christianity. At the death of Constantine in 337 AD, there was already a high percentage of Christians in the Roman Empire. 
 With the majority of Romans accepting Christianity, Emperor Theodosius in 380 AD, declared Christianity its official religion.

Preserving Christianity - Part 1 (PW80)

        Prelude to World War 3

Salvation of Gentiles
  Before the Gentiles were brought into His salvation, Jesus ensured that they were taught the truth from His words without any wrong doctrine nor heresy.

Calling of Paul
Acts 9:15    But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he (Paul) is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel." 
   God chose Saul (Paul) a Pharisee of Pharisees, who was godly and zealous to please God by imprisoning Christians who were considered as God's enemies.
   For three years in Arabia, our Lord Jesus personally through revelations taught Paul. After that Paul met up with Peter, who confirmed that his doctrines were the same as those taught to them by our risen Lord before He went back to heaven.
Gal 1:11-12    But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Old Covenant Made Obsolete
Heb 8:13   In that He says, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. 
  At the death of Jesus, the veil of the temple was torn signifying the end of the Old Covenant for God had left the temple of God.

Circumcision Forbidden
Acts 15:1    And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."
  Paul knew that the New Covenant of the blood of Jesus had made the Old Covenant obsolete, so he refused to have the new Gentile converts circumcised. 
 The Council of Jerusalem confirmed Paul's doctrine and forbade new converts from keeping the obsolete Old Covenant. The Law was only made with the Israelites and before the New Covenant was established. 
Acts 15:28-29    For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: that you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality.  If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well.  Farewell.

Gospel of Grace
Luke 24:46-47    Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise  from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
  For anyone to become a Christian, he must believe and understand the Gospel of grace or the message of the cross.

Water Baptism
Mat 28:18-20   And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore  and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
  Before any Christian is baptised, he must believe and understand the Triune Godhead or Trinity:
1. God the Father was the Creator of heavens and earth
2. God the Son was the Word made flesh. He died on the cross for the propitiation of our sin. On the third day He rose from the dead and is now seated at the right hand of God the Father.
3. God the Holy Spirit dwells in every born again Christian. He empowers him with His anointing, gifts, truth and guidance.
  So before the Gentiles were harvested into His kingdom, there was a type of Christian Creed which is similar to today's Apostles Creed.
 Every Christian was also taught to observe all the commands and words of Jesus from the 4 Gospels and the words taught by our risen Lord during the 40 days after His resurrection and before His Ascension.
 Every born again Christian equipped with the Apostles' Creed, Jesus words and the indwelling of Holy Spirit can  mature in Christ and they will be empowered with truth and wisdom to overcome distorted truth, erred scriptures, false gospels, heresies, lies and deceptions of Satan.

Earliest Deceptions of Satan (PW79)

         Prelude to World War 3

Command of Adam and Eve
Gen 3:2-3    And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”
  When God created Adam and Eve in His image, they only have to obey His words to have eternal life and stay in fellowship with Him. 

Keep My Words and Live 
Prov 7:1-2   My son, keep my words, and treasure my commands within you. Keep my commands and live, and my law as the apple of your eye.
  It is the will of God from the very beginning that men believe and keep His words to be saved and enjoy abundant life.
  To prevent men from being saved, Satan started to corrupt the word of God starting from within the garden of Eden itself and making the truth in His words ineffective . 

Deceptions of Eve
Gen 3:4-5    Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
 The devil twisted God's command to deceive Eve. With a more logical and beneficial proposal, it changed her attitude of distaste and dislike to that of admiration for the forbidden fruit leading to her downfall. 
Gen 3:6     So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

Falsehood of Scribes
Jer 8:8    “How can you say, ‘We are wise, And the law of the Lord is with us’? Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood."
  Later, the Devil used false scribes to corrupt His words. The Torah and Prophets were often distorted by the devil to deceive the Jews and the Priesthood. All detected flawed copies were burned, destroyed or banned. 
  Satan also sent the false prophets to confuse them and even the priests were lawless. Unfortunately, the Jews loved the lies and deceptions, which is similar to today's carnal and unlearned Christians.
Jer 5:30-31    “An astonishing and horrible thing has been committed in the land: The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own power; and My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?”

Prophets sent by God
Jer 7:25     Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.
  But God sent His true prophets to admonish, judge and rectify these corruptions, leading to the many rejects (false and erred scriptures) being burned, destroyed or banned. Unfortunately, these rejected erred scriptures are kept as religious relics and later used by depraved and heretic Jews and non Jewish historians (agents of Satan) to corrupt His pure words.

Canonised Books of the Old Testament
  It seems that as far back as Erza and Nehemiah, the 39 books of the OT were being canonised.
  These are some of the rejected false and demonic Old Testament books.
  Book of Enoch
  The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan
  The Secrets of Enoch
  The Psalms of Solomon
  The Odes of Solomon
  The Letter of Aristeas
  The Story of Ahikar

Translation of Old Testament
 God preserved His pure words by getting the Old Testament written in the fading Hebrew language into Greek for common Jews then no longer understood Hebrew.  
   The Greek Pharaoh of Egypt Ptolemy II (264-248 BC) commissioned the translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into Greek. The translation was done by 72 Jewish scholars, and is known as the Septuagint, which is Latin for "seventy". 
  The Septuagint was widely used by Greek-speaking Jews, and also used in synagogues during the days of our Lord Jesus.
  In the 3rd Century, the Septuagint along with the Greek New Testament were translated into the Latin Vulgate used in the Catholic Church.

Satan's Greatest Deceptions (PW78)

         Great Tribulations - Seal 5

Do you think you can overcome Satan's Endtime Deceptions?

1. The Antichrist as the Angel of Light
 With the Antichrist's miraculous restoration of the great destruction of the war and the quick recovery of the economy, all mankind will love and respect him. He will also imitate our Lord Jesus’ healings, provisions, signs and wonders to deceive Christians.

2. One World Order
 The Antichrist having conquered the whole world will form the ‘One World Order’ with 10 demonic kings to assist him. With their demonic powers, they will swiftly deliver food and water to everyone and partially restore the devastation caused by the disastrous World War 3, and the tsunamis ravished lands back to normalcy in an unbelievably short time.  
  Mankind just loves the Antichrist for giving them so much securities and comfort and also in minimizing their pains, sufferings and worries.

3. One World Religion
 To the delight of the people, the Antichrist will form the 'One World Religion' to prevent any future religious warfare. 
  He will sign a decree for all Israelites to migrate to Israel and Jerusalem to help rebuild the temple of God for seven years. 
  The 2nd Beast, who is a highly respectable Christian Leader will head this new Religion, where the divinity of Jesus is compromised.
  Everyone is given the mark of the beast for without which, no one can buy or sell for 42 months.

4. Dedication of Temple
Mat 24:21    “For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.”
 Brethren, what will happen if you were present at the dedication of the Temple of God or seen it on TV or handphone, will you not believe the Antichrist is God when you see similar miracles to that of Solomon?

5. Fire comes down heaven to consume the animal sacrifices of the Antichrist in the temple.
6. At the dedication, cloud and the glory of God filled the Temple that all the priesthoods had to run out.
7. After the cloud has clear, you can clearly see the Antichrist (only God can sit there) seated on the Ark of the Covenant.
8. All the priesthoods will immediately bow down to worship him as god.
9. He will then proclaim himself as the (false) Lord God Almighty, with lightning and thunder surrounding him, and trumpets sounding from heaven.
10. While watching the Antichrist in glory seated on the Ark (on TV, handphone or hologram), he will sow into your mind false visions of:-
a) all those Christians and Jews who bow down to him are rich, comfortable and blessed with happy families.
b) all those who reject him are poor, starving and sickly with their wives and children cursing them for rejecting the Antichrist.
11. After the dedication you can see him on TV, handphone or hologram seated on the mercy seat demanding your worship.
12. The 2nd Beast - the false Prophet Elijah will appear and direct the people to worship the Antichrist seated in the Ark as their Messiah.
13. The 2nd Beast will produce the live image (hologram) of the Antichrist and whoever refuses to worship him will be killed.

Can you trust God to help you overcome Satan's Deceptions?

1 Cor 3:16-17    Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
   The physical body of every born again Christian is the Temple of God. God, who dwells within us, enjoys and treasures our love for Him when we keep His commands and words. 
  So when the crafty Satan rebuilt the temple of God in Jerusalem, which God will not accept, he will take this opportunity to sit there and steal men's worship meant for God.
   Unlearned Christians, who replace the truth of Jesus' words by their denominational doctrines or doctrines of men, will be deceived by Satan and lose their salvation.

Antichrist Proclaiming Himself God (PW77)

        Great Tribulations - Seal 5

2 Chron 7:1-2    When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. And the priests could not enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord’s house.   
    After streams of fire from heaven consumed the countless animal sacrifices offered by the Antichrist (known as the new King Cyrus), they will accept him as the servant of God.
   As the glory of the Lord in the form of clouds, thunder and lightning enters the new temple, all the people bow down and worship the Lord for accepting and dwelling in this new temple.
 
Satan's Lying Wonders
2 Chron 7:3    When all the children of Israel saw how the fire came  down, and the glory of the Lord on the temple, they bowed their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped and praised the Lord, saying: “For He is good, for His mercy endures forever.”
  When the Antichrist sends the priesthood into the temple, they could not enter because of the thick clouds. All these will be seen by all on smart gadget screens worldwide. At the same time, all the cameras inside the temple still show darkness except for the infrequent lightnings. Then the cloud begins to clear in the holy place as the priesthoods enter it. 
  Whenever the lightning flashes in the most holy place, there seems to be someone sitting on the 'mercy seat'. As the priesthood enter the most holy place, suddenly a very bright light proceeds from the Ark that the cloud could not hide. The person on the 'mercy seat' resembles the Antichrist but glowing brightly. Immediately, the priesthood including misled Christian leaders fall to the floor and worship the Antichrist on the Ark as God. Many unlearned Christians who see all these signs and lying wonders and the priesthoods worshipping him, will follow and bow down to him in front of the TV or gadgets.
  The Antichrist seated on the mercy seat will then proclaim himself as the (false) Lord God Almighty - the Creator of heaven and earth.
2 The 2:3-4     Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

Greatest Deceptions ever
2 The 2:9-10     The coming of the lawless one (Antichrist) is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
    When the Antichrist is seated in the temple of God, the minds of all those looking at him on TV, handphone or hologram, will immediately be controlled by him. 

Mat 4:8-9     Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”
  By lying wonders (similar to those used to tempt our lord Jesus) he will show them that without bowing down to the Antichrist as their god, they will be poor, humiliated, tortured sickly just like Job. He will also see his wife and children starving, abused, poor, raped and are slaves. He can hear them cursing him.
  But if he bows down to worship the Antichrist, he will see himself rich, respectable with his family surrounding him with joy, and love.
  It is really difficult for weak Christians to overcome such great temptations.

Rev 13:12     And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
  Besides that, the most respected and godly Christian (2nd. Beast - the false christ) had bowed down to worship him as the coming Messiah.

Like in the Days of Solomon (PW76)

         Great Tribulations - Seal 5

  While the temple of God (Antichrist) is being built, the war phobic public will be persecuting and killing Christians (permitted by God), who use this opportunity to preach the gospel. The 2nd. Beast (likely the new Pope) projecting himself as the false Prophet Elijah fervently preaches that the Messiah (the Antichrist) is coming soon.
Note  our Lord Jesus warned us that Elijah had already come in the person of John the Baptist. Do not be misled by this false prophet.

Abomination Of Desolation 
Mat 24:15-16    “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains,”
Abomination - is Satan, Antichrist and whatever is abominable in the Bible.
Desolation - is the complete destruction of our faith in God, Jesus, His words, promises and teachings. 
   In the last days, the the Abomination of Desolation is the temple of the Antichrist or the Antichrist himself (Satan).

standing in the holy place
  When we see the Head of One World Order (the Antichrist), standing in front of the newly completed temple of the God (Antichrist) (holy place), all in Judea must flee to the mountains for Satan will imitate God’s signs and wonders in the dedication of Solomon’s temple to deceive and if possible even the elects.

Dedication of Solomon's Temple    
2 Chron 5:6    Also King Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel who were assembled with him before the ark, were sacrificing sheep and oxen that could not be counted or numbered for multitude.
   The Antichrist too will invite all religious leaders and heads of the 'One World Order', to the dedication of the temple to God (Antichrist) in Jerusalem. Video cameras will be fixed even in the most holy place so that all mankind can witness God taking His place on the mercy seat.
   Everyone watching on gadgets will see the Antichrist standing in front of the temple of God making sacrifices during the dedication. All those in Judea must flee to the mountains.

Mat 24:17-18    “Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.”
    All those working on the housetop and in the field, when informed by family members of seeing the Antichrist making sacrifices, must immediately flee with their families into the mountains otherwise they will be trapped watching the live broadcast on TV and be deceived.

The Greatest Deceptions Ever
Mat 24:21     For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.
  The Jews in Jerusalem must flee to the mountains so that they will not be deceived when they witness the greatest deceptions ever by Satan.

Lying Wonders of Satan
2 The 2:9-10a     The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of  Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish.
   The Antichrist will use his Satanic power to imitate the signs and wonders during Solomon's dedication. So as he begins to pray, thick clouds with thunder and lightning just like when God was on Mount Sinai suddenly hover over Jerusalem. Since everyone is outside the temple, all in Judea will be amazed and assume that God is now in the clouds.
   Immediately after the prayer of the Antichrist, streams of fire from heaven will consume all the countless sacrifices.
  The deceived Christian leaders, Islamic imams and Jewish priests will immediately bow down to worship God, who has accepted the temple.
  All these miracles can be seen in Judea, and that is why our Lord Jesus told them to flee to the mountains.
2 Chron 7:1     When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

Deceptive Antichrist (PW75)

         Period of Tribulations - Seal 5

1st Beast - the Antichrist
 The 1st. Beast is the incarnate of Satan. With the help of his demons, he will conquer the whole world at unbelievable speed. After the war, the Antichrist masquerading as the angel of light, will win the hearts of the war-torn victims with his righteous acts of rescuing, caring, feeding and nursing them.
 To prevent future political, tribal, racial and national wars, he will form and head the 'One World Order', where every human is a citizen of this earth.
 On top of that he and his 10 ministers (kings) will speedily restore the war ravished countries and provide them houses, jobs and food.
 To prevent future religious war he will form the 'One World Religion' (headed by the 2nd. Beast). The people, who are war-phobias, will love him for his policies are mainly for their peace, safety, benefits and welfare.
  After the removal of the Al Aqsa mosque, he will sign a 7 year treaty to encourage all Israelites (Jews) to migrate back to Israel to rebuild the temple of God (Abomination of Desolation or temple of the Antichrist). 
 Every Israelite (Jew) will be given a properly furnished house. Food, water, gas and electricity will be provided free for the whole tenure of the treaty. The whole building project will be fully under the control of the Jewish Priesthood. All materials needed for the temple are provided by the state. 
 Jews and Christians will acclaim him the new King Cyrus of Persia, who is sent by God to save Israel and the whole world. 

Persecution of Christians
Mat 24:9-13   “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.”
  With the people who are war phobias backing him up to their hilt, Christians who reject and expose him as the Antichrist will be persecuted and killed as 'war lovers,' or 'peace haters'. 
  When a rebellious Christian is brought to the Antichrist and his ministers for punishment, they will act as merciful and caring judges. They will advise the people to forgive him if they can get him to recant. If the Christian refuses to recant after much persuasion, they will hand him over to the people (just like in our Lord Jesus' case) for his execution.
  Thank God that the Spirit of our loving Father living within Christians will lead and help them overcome the deceptions and temptations of Satan and the demands of the people.
Mat 10:18-20   "You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you."

Gospel Preached during Martyrdom
Mat 24:14   And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
 Just like Stephen (Act 7), these faithful martyrs will preach the gospel of grace for all those enjoying the scene of them being martyred. Instead of crying in anguish and begging for mercy, all the onlookers (in front of TV or hand phones) will be amazed to see the faces of these martyrs glow like the rising sun, and on top of that they will be joyfully singing and praising God. This is an impossibility for they were not suffering pain, but instead wholeheartedly pouring out the love of God and joyfully preaching the gospel of Christ, their Saviour.  
 They will then pray and bless everyone and lead them to repent and accept Jesus and the gospel. 

Gospel Preached to All
 These saints offered themselves to be martyred for the very reason of preaching the gospel. It won't take long before the gospel reach all.

Long-suffering God (PW74)

         Prelude to World War 3

Rom 1:18   For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
   Many of today's pastors, televangelists and Christian leaders are actually Satan's servants who teach heresies and demonic doctrines. They are also abominable, idolators, unholy, liars and even homosexuals.
  Their divisive denominational doctrines (or heresies) have replaced the word of God. 
  God's wrath using World War 3 as judgment will start from His house.

Wicked Endtime Christians
Rom 1:26-32   For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them. 
   If World War 3 was to start in 2024, at least 90% (possibly 99%) of Christians and leaders will be killed for approving the above sins and abominations.

US, the most powerful nation welcomes back Jesus
 God loves His children and wants to save them during World War 3. So when US President Trump was elected, he makes the US a Christian nation again by bringing Jesus, prayer and the bible back to the administration and the public schools.
  Christians thank God for the freedom of expressing the faith. Christian's faith have been strengthened and many have repented of their sins and abominable practices. He also removes LGBTQ and the Woke culture from schools and sports. CBN reported that unprecedented thousands of youths in the US have accepted Jesus as their saviour. 
  Thank God that World War 3, did not start before 2025, otherwise millions upon millions of sinful and unrepented Christians would have been killed and sent to damnation.

The Catholic Church
  During the various Inquisitions from the 12th –18th century, the church was defiled mainly by idolatry. 
  The Renaissance period in the 13th century witnessed a dramatic growth of Marian art in Europe. During this period, notable works of Marian art were produced by Boticelli, Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. This was possibly the beginning of the worship of Mary and the saints and idolatry.
  Mary glorified further:
– In 1661, Alexander VII declared that Mary was free from original sin.
– In 1708, Pope Clement XI ordered the feast of the Immaculata for the whole church.
– In 1716, The feast of the Rosary was introduced.

New Pope Leo XIV 
  I believe God has sent Pope Leo XIV (the 267th Pope since Apostle Peter) to cleanse the present Catholic church of heresies and abominable practices, so that Catholics will be holy again as the true disciples of Jesus in the days of the Apostolic Age. I believe he will likely:-
1. forbid homosexuality 
2. forbid same sex marriages 
3. forbid the Woke culture 
4. forbid the worship of Mary and saints
5. condemn idolatry
6. remove the idol from the crucifix
7. remove the Acropha from the bible 
8. condemn the rich West of robbing the poor nation
9. remove mass Praying for for the dead.
10. love and care for the poor and needy.
  I believe millions upon millions of Catholics and other Christians will repent of their heretic and abominable practices and become righteous and holy before World War 3.

Destructive 2nd Beast (PW73)

         After World War 3 - Seal 5

1st Beast - the Antichrist
  After the war, the Antichrist (1st. Beast) masquerading as the angel of light,  will win the hearts of the war-torn victims with his righteous acts of rescuing, caring, feeding and nursing them.
   With the people who love him and backing him up to their hilt, Christians who reject and expose him as the Antichrist will be persecuted and killed as 'war lovers,' or 'peace haters'. 
  When a rebellious Christian is brought to the Antichrist and his ministers for judgement, they will act as merciful and caring judges. They will advise the people to forgive him if they can get him to recant. When the Christian refuses to recant after much persuasion, they will hand him over to the people (just like our Lord Jesus) for execution.

The 2nd. Beast - Christian leader
Rev 13:11   Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.
   If the new Pope (or any Christian denomination leader) is the 2nd. Beast then soon he will masquerade as an angel of light. With these godly actions, he hopes to convince even the most faithful and learned Christians that he is truly a disciple of Jesus.

Mat 28:19-20    Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
  To be a disciple of Jesus, he must obey and teach the words of Jesus, including the Apostles' Epistles. In order to promote the immediate respect for him, I expect him to:-
1. forbid homosexuality,
2. forbid same sex marriages
3. forbid the worship of images (idols) of Jesus, Mary and saints.
4. forbid the Woke culture
5. condemn the rich for robbing the poor and the poor nations 
6. repent for distorting His words
7. remove the Apocrypha books from the Catholic Holy Bible
 With the above actions, Christians world-wide will rejoice and accept him as a true disciple of Jesus; sent by God to remove heresies and abominable practices from the body of Christ before His coming for the elect..

Rev 13:13    He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.
  With Satanic power given to him by the 1st. Beast, he will make fire to burn up all images (esp. crucifixes, idols and images of Mary, Baby Jesus and saints).

'One World Religion' 
 The 2nd. Beast is charged by the Antichrist to head the 'One World Religion' where all founders of religions are only prophets of God thereby denying the divinity of Jesus.
  When Christians refuse to accept the 'One World Religion', which denies the divinity of Jesus, he will mislead them, by reminding them that because Jesus was not God, He was not able to stop him from incinerating the images (idols) of Jesus, Mary and the saints in the churches.   
  By taking scriptures out of context (just as Satan did with Jesus), he will try to prove that Jesus was just a Prophet like Moses.
Note  anyone who denies the divinity of Jesus or the Triune Godhead (Trinity) will lose his salvation.
Deu 18:15    “The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet (Jesus) like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear,"

Rev 13:16-18   He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.
 The mark of the beast or ‘666’ is a financial safety mark or micro biochip. Since it is introduced by the religious 2nd. Beast, then it is of great spiritual significance. Whoever accepts this chip (mark of the beast) on the hand or forehead will be cast into the everlasting fire.