“Three Words”

In Rev 8:13, the angel spoke with a loud voice, saying, “Woe, woe, woe, to the

inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three

angels, which are yet to sound.”

Who are the “inhabiters of the earth?”

The phrase “inhabiters of the earth” is an exact equivalent of the phrase, “dwell

upon (on) the earth” found in Rev. 3:10; 6:10; 11:10; 13:8,12,14; 14:6; and

17:8. Every text cited above refers to the religious leaders of the false church

when it uses the phrase “dwell upon the earth.” Whereas in contrast, we read in

Rev. 13:6 about the beast, “And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,

to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven,”

those who are truly Spirit-begotten, those who were called to be of the Church,

failed in their quest and are yet here in the flesh.

Therefore, the angel in Rev 8:13 is addressing the leaders of the false church

system, and says three times “woe,” and each “woe” is the result of each “of the

other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!”

But why should the angel address these leaders with such a message?

The three woe message follows the message of the fourth angel, and it is spoken

by the same angel. That fourth message gave evidence of a plan of God for the

blessing of all the families of the earth, which blessing is God’s promise to

Abraham fulfilled. God’s real plan for man is so very different than “Believe

today, or fry tomorrow,” which is a succinct summary of what the false Christian

church promulgates. Their message is one that does not provide for the blessing

of all the families of the earth; neither does it portray and glorify the God of

heaven for His righteous and Holy character. For anyone to say that God will

burn everlastingly those who do not accept Jesus in the here and now is to say

that God has less character than that of most fallen men. For in this country,

those who maliciously burn or torment others, even animals, are brought to

justice for their heinous deeds. And then for someone to say that God will do

such? Truly, any doctrines that speak such of a God that has in the past, and

continues in the present, to love mankind so as to provide a righteous means for

them to be recovered out of sin, are blasphemous, and totally false.

If any toes are feeling weight upon them, then it is truth that is applying the

pressure. The reaction of the vast majority of these leaders to the fourth

message (as well as to all of them) is a predictable one of rejection, possibly even

to the point of expressing rage: “How dare you speak such!” However, Satan’s

house will come down and so will all the blasphemous doctrines that he fed to his

children. The false church is the result of a two part process. There would be a

“falling away,” 2 Thes 2:3, and there was a planting of tares in the field that

Jesus sowed good seed in, Mat 13:25. Jesus clearly stated that the enemy who

sowed the tares was Satan, the devil, and that the tares are “the children of the

wicked one,” Mat 13:38,39. Paul referred to the same basics but defined them

differently: (falling away) “Of your own selves shall men arise...to draw away

disciples after them;” and (Satan’s planting) “grievous wolves (shall) enter in,”

Acts 20:29,30. These texts have been in the Bible since the various books were

canonized in centuries past, but the statements of Jesus and of Paul have existed

for nearly two thousand years. The facts are, the false church exists because

some fell away from the truths spoken by Jesus and the twelve Apostles; and

others came in because they were planted by Satan. Is that not plain?

All who hold to any doctrine or set of doctrines that does not recognize and

teach: 1) Adam and his race as each being a soul (not having one), Gen 2:7; 2)

that man is mortal and when he dies, there is nothing left of consciousness, nor

activity, Ecc 9:5,6; 3) that after man dies, he/she does not exist in any state of

being, Job 14:10; 4) that the promise to Abraham by God will contain an earthly

seed as well as a heavenly seed, wherein the heavenly (greater) blesses the

earthly (lesser), Heb 7:7; Gen 22:17,18; 5) that the heavenly seed is not, nor

ever will be filled by the masses who simply profess the name of Jesus, and

thereby “are saved,” Mat 7:21-23; Eph 4:11-14; 6) that instead, the masses of

mankind will constitute the sands upon the seashore here on earth in the

Millennial Kingdom, John 10:16; 7) that the current planet earth will abide for all

eternity, just not the present social order upon it, Eccl 1:4; 8) the resurrection of

Jesus from the grave was not to, or with a physical body, but to a spirit body of

the Divine Nature, Immortality, 1 Cor 15:45; Phil 2:9; 3:21; (and there are many

more points): do not have a correct theological understanding of what Biblical

truth is, nor do they have a correct understanding of God’s righteous character.

So now we ask you, the leaders of Christianity, though false is your claim of being

a Christian, Does what you teach offer any better plan for the masses of

humanity than the fourth trumpeter’s message, Let There Be Light? (Be honest

here! You can not hide from God!) Have your doctrinal understanding and

teachings brought you to a reasonable and an accurate perception of what God’s

promise to Abraham is all about? Is not the fourth angel’s message characteristic

of a God of love and of justice, rather than the prevailing view, “Burn the rascals

in the hottest hell for the longest time just because they have not accepted Jesus

at this time?” Well? Truth is reasonable, and so is God’s truth as was outlined in

the fourth trumpet message. “Hellfire” is most unreasonable, as well as very

unscriptural. In fact, hellfire is a direct affront or assault on God’s holy character.

The Rich Man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31 is a parable for at least two reasons:

1) Mat 13:34,35- “All these (prior) things spake Jesus unto the multitude in

parables; and without a parable spake he not (then or later) unto them;” 2) for it

to not be a parable, the statements must be literal. To apply, “the beggar died,

and was carried away by the angels into Abraham’s bosom,” as literal is to

destroy a plain text of Scripture that declares “all go unto one place,” Ecc 3:20;

and further, to apply the texts (23,24) that declare the rich man as lifting up his

eyes and then speaking to Abraham, is to also negate Job 14:10,12- “But man

dieth, and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost (H1478- to breathe out,

expire) and where is he? So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be

no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep;” as well as Ecc

9:5, “but the dead know not anything.”

Additionally, do not be hasty to say this is literal, for if it were, then a fingertip

dipped in water could “cool my tongue.” Just ask any experienced firefighter how

much cooling a wet finger would provide amongst “this flame,” and they will tell

you, “Not one bit!” Truth is reasonable; so man, be reasonable in how you

interpret it!

So what does the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus mean? The beggar

represents the lower class of Israeli peoples, who had none of the blessings that

the rich man, the leaders of Israel possessed. The beggar had sores representing

his sin. The dogs represent Gentiles in all their sinful condition who expressed a

measure of sympathy for the Israelis who, like themselves, were out of harmony

with God’s arrangements. Though these Israelis were bound to the Law, they

had abandoned keeping it. When the beggar died, it involved a two part process

to his dying to sin (not from or as a result of sin). The first step was towards

reconciliation with God by their baptism of John unto repentance to re-establish

their covenant relationship with God. The next step that enabled them to die

completely to sin and to the Law covenant was by their acceptance of Jesus as

their Messiah and their baptism into Christ, John 1:45; Rom 6:5,11; 7:4; Mat

20:22,23; Acts 2:38.

The leaders of Israel died to their blessings of purple, emblematic of the

tabernacle/temple, wherein purple was used; and fine linen, representing

righteous. Both the purple and the fine linen also denoted an upper class within

Israel. Both temple structure and the sacrifices that brought Israel into a right

standing with God were destroyed in 69,70 A.D. The “place” of the chief priests

and Pharisees was destroyed also, John 11:47,48. Not only that, when Jesus

cast off the house of Israel just before his crucifixion, saying, “Behold, your house

is left unto you desolate,” Mat 23:38, national Israel entered into a period of

disfavor with God, which was as good as being buried. Their disfavor lasted until

1878 A.D. when their double ended, Jer 16:18; Isa 40:2 and Zech 9:12. The

Hebrew word translated double (H4932) means “repetition” or like portion. From

the death of Jacob in 1813 B.C., to 33 A.D., national Israel experienced God’s

favor. Because Israel rejected their king Jesus, a like portion of time was served

unto them by God wherein they experienced His disfavor. Each period was 1845

years in length. This disfavor came upon the nation of Israel as a whole, but unto

the individual believers in Jesus, “to them gave he power to become the sons of

God,” denoting a special position of favor. John 1:11,12.

While in the period of disfavor, symbolically hades, which is the grave, the

leaders of Israel cried out for mercy, being in torments because they no longer

experienced God’s blessings, nor held as chief a prominence among the people as

before.

The great gulf fixed is that of faith. Those who believed in Jesus within the nation

of Israel could not possibly pass over to the condition that the unbelieving leaders

experienced, because their faith in Jesus and in God prevented them from going

into disbelief. Likewise, the unbelieving leaders of Israel could not pass over to

those of faith because their unbelief prevented them.

The request to send the beggar, named Lazarus, to the house of the five brethren

plus the one speaking, made six to whom the beggar should come. The six are

representative of the whole nation, the twelve tribes. When the parable stated

that “Abraham saith unto them, They have Moses and the prophets; let them

hear them,” it was a precise cut by Jesus unto the leaders for: 1) they sat in

Moses seat, Mat 23:2; 2) they trusted in Moses, John 5:45,46; 3) they declared

themselves as Moses’ disciples, John 9:28; and 4) they placed themselves above

the common person, when they emphatically declared, “Thou wast altogether

born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out,” John 9:34.

The protest, “Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead,

they will repent,” may well have been the sentiments of Nicodemus, who as a

secret believer in Jesus, would surely have wished his fellow Pharisee brothers

would come to the same conclusions as he, John 7:47-50. The response, “If they

will not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one

rose from the dead,” was a point that Jesus made to tell the leaders beforehand

that even though Lazarus would rise from the dead in the near future, they would

still not believe that Jesus, as the Messiah, was the One that God sent to deliver

them.

There is no need to wrest the Scriptures to get a literal interpretation when a

symbolical one is what was meant. This concept applies to all of Jesus’ parables.

A main reason for the trinity and hellfire doctrines is to have control over the

people. This control over others is the “doctrine of the Nicolaitans,” which, if it

were a proper doctrine, then why would Jesus say, “Repent” in the next verse?

See Rev 2:15,16.

If you, the leaders, can convince others that God is indeed a mystery, and that

understanding of who God is can only come from those who have gone to the

theological seminaries (cemeteries, by our viewpoint); that they alone can explain

Him, then of course, a following is established, and so is control. Just so with

hellfire. Keep the people coming to keep them out of fire, and all the while they

fill the coffers, from which many of the leaders get paid, and get paid well.

And where did all these false doctrines come from? They came from the

pollutions of the Catholic Church, as she made the nations drunk, in centuries

past down to this day, with the passion of her fornication, Rev 17:2.

Thankfully, the whore’s days are numbered. Thankfully, also, all false doctrines

will crash and burn soon.

Perhaps you think, “When Jesus comes, I’ll be whisked away and I will not be a

part of the trouble.” In fact, you are part of the trouble, because you have

preached erroneous doctrines, and those doctrines have continued to perpetuate

the drunkenness upon the people, just as did your “Mother,” the great whore,

Babylon the Great. You will not escape the wrath that God will pour out undiluted

upon the world. You will be here to reap your just portion based upon what you

have sown.

The proper part for you now is to “fall on your knees, and hear the angel voices,”

which have spoken truth to you and to others, and who will yet speak more truth,

and then to repent of your improper understanding of Scripture and for having

taught outright lies. The real sad thing is, some of you knew these were not

correct doctrines, but alas, if you do not preach them, then you have no place, no

job, no friends, no social standing, and no prestige. Therefore, against your

conscience (which apparently was not very strong for righteousness), some of

you preached these false doctrines. Do you not understand: to whom more is

given, more is required? For those who have been insincere as regards preaching

error when they knew better, the term hypocrite squarely lands on your head.

Consequently, God’s punishment upon hypocrites is very harsh. See Luke

12:47,48 for the principle. Those who knew more truth, yet spoke error for gain,

will reap more judgment upon themselves than those who knew less of truth.

Each man will reap as they have sown, Gal 6:7.

Why are the last three trumpets ones of woe to the inhabiters of the earth, the

leaders of false Christianity?

The last three trumpets are all blown on days relative to feast days in Israel. All

three trumpets sound in connection with truth about the Sin Offering, the

harvesting of Israel’s crops, and dwelling in booths. All three of these events

teach truths about the true Church: 1) what her experience would be here in the

flesh and what/who that experience was for beyond themselves; 2) the

harvesting of the spirit-begotten ones out of the field of the world; and 3) the fact

that the dwelling of the true Church in temporary booths comes to an end. Not

one of these three events and their significance is correctly understood by the

false church. Because the false church has received, believed and spread false

doctrines, the last three trumpets disclose elements of truth that manifest errors

of the false church in addition to what has already been manifested. The last

three trumpets have the effect of woe due to 1) events that follow that trumpet

message, #5, or 2) the effect that the trumpet message causes because of

reaction to it, #6 and #7. Both situations manifest woe to the leaders of the

false church.

We quote from Seven Seals and Revelation 8, “The second message targets those

who were responsible for teaching the Scriptures, the leaders. It will become

obvious, from the fourth’s first message, that the leaders have failed to “rightly

divide the Word of Truth.” Thus, the second proclamation, one of woe,

establishes the fact that these leaders have judgment coming upon their heads

for their misrepresentation of God’s Word. Those who possessed more

understanding of truth will receive greater condemnation than those who

possessed less understanding of truth. To the extent that each violated their

conscience, suppressing truth when they knew better, for the sake of position,

prestige, whatever, to that extent they have been hypocrites, and will receive

even greater punishment. Thus, “Woe, Woe, Woe,” for their judgment/

punishment, individually and collectively, will be great!

On a secondary note, because of our understanding of Rev 10, it is appropriate

here to address the seven utterances of the seven thunders that John sealed,

verses 3,4. The seven thunders are God's voice speaking seven times. See Job

40:9; Ps 77:16-18; 104:1-7. The utterances came from the Old Testament book

of Isaiah, 42:13-17. We read, "The LORD (Jehovah) shall go forth as a mighty

man (the mighty angel that descended on His behalf), he shall stir up jealousy

like a man of war (stir H5782- to wake) (jealousy H7068- jealous or envy): he

shall cry, yea roar; he shall prevail against his enemies (symbolized by our Lord

Jesus, as God's representative, placing his right foot on the sea and his left on the

earth, Rev 10:2). Vs 14- "I have long time holden my peace; I have been still,

and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; 1) I will destroy and

devour at once." Vs 15- 2) I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all

their herbs (the beginning of drought); and 3) I will make the rivers islands, and

4) I will dry up the pools." Vs 16- "And 5) I will bring the blind by a way they

know not; 6) I will lead them in paths they have not known, 7) I will make

darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do

unto them, and not forsake them. They shall be turned back, they shall be

greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images

(money), Ye are our gods." Note that each of the seven utterances are prefaced

by "I will," a promise which God will not break.

The introductory verses of 13 and 14 are identified with God’s Day of Wrath. This

wrath is spoken of in Isa 13:6, 9 and 11 with plainness of speech. “Howl ye; for

the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to

lay the land (of Israel) desolate (of occupying foreigners): and he shall destroy

the sinners (the Arabs) thereof out of it. And I will punish the world for their evil,

and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to

cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.” Therefore, in Isa 42:13,

“The LORD (Jehovah) shall go forth as a mighty man” in His Day of Wrath.

It is imperative that all understand that God has chosen to perform His works

through and by means of the first of all His creative works, the Logos, the Word,

who became Jesus by name upon his birth here on earth, Rev 3:14; John 1:1;

Luke 1:31; Col. 1:14-17. Thus, we also read, “Let us make man in our image,”

Gen 1:26.

Therefore, when God goes forth as a mighty man, it is really our Lord Jesus that

goes forth as His active agent. This we see in Rev 10:1,2: “Another mighty

angel” is our Lord Jesus. Thus also in our parenthetical comments of Isa 42:13

above, we properly inserted our Lord Jesus as God’s agent, His representative.

In conjunction with 42:13, we note Pro 19:12- “The king’s wrath is as the roaring

of a lion.” Is not Jehovah the King of the Universe? Is not also the lion

considered as the king of beasts?

Verse 14, “I have long time holden my peace,” also brings to mind Isa 57:11,

wherein we read, “...have I not held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me

not?” Verse 14 continues, “I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry

(H6463- to scream) like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once

(H3162-unitedly).” I will destroy the works of men and I will devour the wicked

in a united effort, is what we understand from this portion of text of Isa 42:14.

We are reminded of Pauls’ words in 1 Thes 5:2,3, "The day of the Lord (God's

Day of Vengeance) so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say,

Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a

woman with child; and they shall not escape.”

Verse 15 follows by stating, "I will make waste (H2717- to parch, to desolate)

mountains (which is spiritual control over governments, illustrated by Dan 10:13)

and hills (civil governments)…." This will be partially fulfilled by the warfare that

our Lord Jesus will conduct against Islamic control of, and civil power over the

Arabs who are either already in the land of Israel or who will soon invade it. This

invasion is a fulfillment of Joel 2:2- “...as the morning spread(s) upon the

mountains: a great people (the Arabs) and a strong; there hath not been ever the

like,” that come against Israel. That invasion is future, but not far away.

Another element of fulfillment of “I will make waste mountains,” occurs with the

destruction of the beasts of Revelation. Verse 15 continues, “...and dry up all

their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.”

At face value, the drying up of vegetation, rivers of waters, and the pools or

reservoirs, follows later when the last half of the current seven year famine

enters into severe drought. This seven year famine began on Passover 2018 and

continues. We are now in the early stages of the third year. During the first

three and one half years, we expect unseasonable rains, excessive at times,

followed by the last three and one years of the seven with severe drought. This

we see as fulfillment of the latter part of the seven times that Elijah prayed (each

“time” represents one year), 1 Kgs 18:41-46. Elijah prayed for the three and one

half year drought of that era, and he prayed for the three and one half years of

drought that are soon before us, though he knew it not. Elijah also represents

the true Church in the flesh.

Herbs, river and pools are also symbols, and can be associated with finances.

Thus, God will parch or make desolate the mountains and hills, representing

governmental control; their herbs or means of making wealth will be confused or

dried; and their rivers which are channels of distribution will also become

habitable, meaning dried up; and their collection centers of money, pools, will

also dry up. Thus governments will go into financial insolvency, or bankruptcy. If

a government has no financial resources, then it can not function, either to bless

or to terrorize.

What follows verse 15 in context, but not in sequence of fulfillment, is this: the

blind of Israel, those who had not previously seen with their eye of understanding

that their Messiah is Jesus of Nazareth, will be brought to that understanding.

We read, "And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not (the

interpretation of the significance of the Feast of Weeks that Jesus is their Messiah

is new to their thinking); I will lead them in paths they have not known (through

the Scriptures, just as Jesus led the two through the Old Testament prophecies

that related to his suffering, as they walked on their way to Emmaus, Luke

24:27): I will make darkness light before them (the significance of the burnt,

peace, meat and drink offerings; and their feasts), and crooked things straight

(chief of which is, the Old Testament prophecies point to Jesus as their Messiah,

etc.). These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them." "Not forsake

them" would here refer to those who are God's people.

Verse 17 reads, "They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that

trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods." It is

clear from the end of verse 16 and from verse 17 that the world of mankind is not

referred to here in this context. God forsook the world after they forsook Him,

Rom 1:24-32. The world never entered into a covenant with God: Israel did.

"They shall be turned back" clearly refers to Israel who left the proper worship

and doctrine that God gave them through Moses and the Prophets. Note further,

that Israel will "be greatly ashamed who had trusted in graven images, that say

to the molten images, Ye are our gods." Note that the Constitution of the United

States of America was somewhat modeled after the Mosiac Law, thus it is an

"image;" and because the US has poured billions of dollars into Israel, they,

Israel, have relied upon that funding, and as a result of that, have said, "Ye are

our mighty ones, or deliverer, our gods."

These seven utterances have significance today. Had they been identified and

recorded by John in his writing of the Book of Revelation, an important work of

Jehovah at this time would have been impeded. This we note in the Revelation

10 treatise.

All who are ministers within the Church (and all others!) can refer to the Feast of

Weeks declaration, and to the first four messages to see how their doctrinal

positions line up with God’s truths. Assuredly, most all of the ministers will

discount and ignore those presentations, deeming them as untruth, because the

Feast of Weeks message and the four subsequent messages do not align with

what they have been taught by “the learned, the Doctors of Divinity.” Such will

be as they will be. However, we also know from Scripture that there will be a

small handful that will realize that this message stirs their heart, thinking, “Maybe

things are not just as we were taught.” To these, we whole-heartedly urge you

to go to the Scriptures and to re-evaluate your understanding of doctrine. To

these we also declare, more truth will yet come that will deliver you from the

shackles that currently hold you. Error binds, while truth liberates. “Ye shall

know the truth, and the truth shall make you free,” John 8:32.

All five messages, as well as the ones that will follow, can/will be found by

visiting: theclarksvilletimes@blogspot.com .

May your eyes be opened to truth, your ears to its hearing, and your mind to its

reception! To all others, “Woe, Woe, Woe,” to the unrepentant leaders of false

Christianity, “the inhabiters of the earth, by reason of the other voices of the

trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound,” trumpets 5, 6 and 7. Great

will be your judgment and great will be your subsequent punishment.

Copyright © G. Kuehmichel, June 27,30; Sep 3,6,7 2020. All rights reserved.

“Let There Be Light”

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” This is not the

beginning of time but the beginning of God’s creative work after an eternity

before of planning for an eternity thereafter. Thus, because eternity is at both

ends, we are essentially in the middle and at a most exciting time: God’s ability is

on display as manifested, not only by His creation of the universe in which we

exist, but also by the work that He is performing to rectify man’s dilemma of sin.

Because earth is man’s home, the heavenly bodies in close proximity, i.e. the sun

moon and nearby stars, have an impact upon our physical world, and on

ourselves, especially as we behold such marvelous works. The sun provides heat,

light, and her gravitational pull keeps earth within her influence. Heat enables

life on this planet; light which also enables sight and plant growth. The moon

provides light from its illumination by the sun, and has gravitational pull also,

which provides necessary tidal action upon earth’s bodies of water. All this came

from a wise and powerful Creator that we, earth’s highest and most complex of

the earthly creations, may live and enjoy the benefits.

But, are we to be only recipients? Are we to be only sponges that absorb and

hold? Are we to be indifferent to the One who brought all this into being? Nay.

For the benefits provided, there are also responsibilities to be performed in

return.

In Scripture, the sun has significance in several ways. One significance is that

the sun represents God himself: “For the LORD God is a sun and a shield,” Ps

84:11. Because the literal sun is the center of our planetary system, thus our

“world” in the largest sense, so also is God the center of all of our existence; “in

Him we live and move and have our being,” Acts 17:28. Properly performed, we

revolve around Him, and by doing so, we have life in the fullest sense.

As Jacob interpreted Joseph’s dream, “Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren

indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?” he declared the sun

represented himself, the moon as representing Rachel and the eleven stars as

Joseph’s brothers. However, Rachel was already dead. Therefore, for her to bow

to Joseph, who represented Jesus, she would need to be awakened from death.

Thus the dream has fulfillment in the Millennial Kingdom, after Rachel is

awakened.

The sun also represents our Lord Jesus as he arises in the Day of God’s Wrath:

“But unto you (natural Israel) that fear my (Jehovah’s) name shall the Sun of

righteousness arise with deliverance in extremity; and ye shall go forth, and

spread as frisking calves of the stall. And ye (spiritual Israel) shall tread down

the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I

shall do, saith the LORD of hosts.” Mal 4:2,3. There is no corner of the earth

that does not experience deliverance from the darkness of night by the light of

the sun when it has risen. Therefore, when Jesus arises, as God’s right hand

agent, there will be deliverance for those that truly fear the name and authority

of Jehovah. Israel shall be delivered from the powers of darkness, and in

particular, from her Arab enemies. Israel, delivered from such aggression, will

indeed go friskily about as do calves that have been released from their stall.

“And ye (the Body members of Christ) shall tread down the wicked, for they shall

be ashes (the remnant of that which is “burned”) under the soles of your feet in

the day (of God’s Wrath) that I shall do (this),” Mal 4:3. Just as Joshua said to

the captains of the army of Israel, “Come near, put your feet upon the necks of

these kings…for thus shall the LORD do to all your (The Christ, Head and Body’s)

enemies against whom ye fight,” Josh 10:24,25, so shall it be done in the end of

this Gospel Age.

The sun also represents the message of truth that is identified with the Gospel

Age. It is that message of truth that we desire to declare unto you.

During the time from creation of man in the Garden of Eden to the anointing of

Jesus with the Holy Spirit, as represented by a dove, that which was known about

God was mostly limited to His work of Creation, promises that God made, and

justice that God declared as manifested by the Law through Moses. After Jesus

began his ministry, man’s perception of God expanded to one that included love

in addition to the justice and power that was previously known. Love, not like

that between the genders, a personal affection; but a love that excels fleshly

interest; a love which seeks benefit for the other without benefit to self. Thus, a

godlike love is one that seeks the welfare of the other without self interest; a

selfless love towards others for their benefit.

The message of truth that Jesus declared was an element of God’s love for

mankind: “The kingdom of heaven is at hand.” At that time Israel was in

anticipation of a mighty deliverer, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, to take them out

of Roman subjection, and here comes Jesus, the Lamb of God, preaching a

message about the heavenly kingdom. To the people of Israel this was wholly

out of line with their expectational views for the work of a Messiah. Yet, here was

the declaration that there would be an associate class from mankind that would

be a part of the heavenly kingdom authority. These would be joint heirs with

Jesus as he ruled over the rest of mankind upon earth during the Millennial Reign,

though this was not so plainly spoken to them as it is now to you.

That simple sentence, “The kingdom of heaven is at hand,” carried tremendous

weight. The kingdom of heaven class was a most necessary feature in God’s plan

to fulfill His promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob: “In thy seed, shall all the

families of the earth be blessed,” Gen 12:3; 18:18; 22:17,18; 26:2-5; 28:14.

That work of calling, developing and ultimately selecting the Body members was

now at hand, it was time to commence that work. That heavenly seed has as

much significance to the blessing of the families of earth as has the literal sun in

providing the necessary elements for life to exist here upon earth. Thus, the

literal sun equates to the Gospel message, for it was by the Gospel message that

the Church was first called into relationship with God as sons, and then developed

into holiness; thus, fit for use to bless others.

As the literal sun provides light, so the Gospel message of truth provides light of

understanding of what God’s character really is; one of love and graciousness, as

well as one of justice and power. As the literal sun provides heat, so also the

message of truth applies heat: there is only one standard that is acceptable to

God, and that standard is righteousness. All other works will be burned up by the

heat of God’s fierce anger and wrath at God’s appropriate time, His Day of Wrath.

As the literal sun provides gravitational pull to keep earth on course, so the light

of truth, the heat of truth and the body of truth has a force that draws individuals

to God and to His Son that they might first learn the way of righteousness, and

then be kept in that way and not wander off into space of self will which leads to

destruction.

God’s truth, the same that Jesus proclaimed, and the same that others

proclaimed through the Gospel Age, and even that which we attempt to proclaim

here, is consistent, reliable, trustworthy for belief, and never failing. Such is the

literal sun in its course: it is always reliably consistent, arising in the east and

setting in the west. It is trustworthy: never do we have to fear that the sun will

burn out, or wander away. The sun never fails to perform God’s bidding, God’s

purpose for it. Likewise, never will we have to fear that God will fail to perform

all of His works; which includes blessing to the righteous and wrath unto the

wicked.

The moon as a heavenly body has no light of its own, but it becomes luminous

from the light of the sun and then the moon shines. Just so is the Law of God

through Moses. The Law is dark, it has no illumination of itself, but when the

light of the Gospel Age sun shines upon it, the Law becomes luminous, revealing

its features that were before hidden and obscure. The sacrifices of burnt offering

are now seen to primarily represent the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus as a perfect

man. The burnt offering sacrifice also represents the ability of the perfected man

in the Kingdom of God upon earth after he is restored back to the original

perfection that Adam once enjoyed, Lev 1; Psa 51:19. The sacrifice of peace

offerings (Lev 7 and 23) is now understood to be primarily that of the Church,

who offers herself as a voluntary and a vow offering unto Jehovah. The sin

offering of Lev 16 is now understood to mean the offering of both Jesus (the

bullock) and the Church (the Lord’s goat) for the purpose of canceling the sin of

humanity. The Day of Atonement is the day for the annual chief sin offering to be

made, and that day represents now, the Gospel Age, wherein the sin offering of

both Jesus and the Church is made. The meal and drink offerings are now

understood also, representing appreciation and comprehension, and all because

the light of truth from the Gospel Age sun has shone upon the Law and has made

it luminous, though not brightly seen by everyone.

The stars of the heaven, lights themselves, though far away, have intrigued men

for centuries. So also the stars of the Gospel Age, the twelve men whom Jesus

chose after prayer and whom he personally tutored (Paul being the replacement

for Judas Iscariot), have intrigued men for centuries. How could twelve men

leave all that they possessed, walk away from earth’s treasures of position,

wealth, power (Matthew and Paul especially) and then risk their lives to preach

and defend a man’s story, and especially so after their mentor died? These men

had the God given light of truth in themselves, for they not only knew truth, they

lived it! Thus, we have today the same stars above us in their written word to

guide us to an accurate understanding of truth just as the star over Bethlehem

led the wise men to Jesus. Truly, all wise men seek Jesus through these twelve

men, for in so doing wisdom is truly attained.

The Law and the prophets foreshadowed events that would occur during the

Gospel Age. One of those foreshadowed events was the death and resurrection

of Jesus. In Lev 23 the sheaf of the firstfruit came into existence when the

harvest of barley started. That first sheaf of barley was reserved by the land

owner, stored up, transported to the priest on the day after the next seventh day

sabbath, and then the priest waved the sheaf as an offering unto God. Simple, is

it not? Yet how few understood the significance during the many centuries that

followed. That sheaf, harvested out of the field, represents Jesus “cut off” from

the world by death, Isa 53:8. He was laid up, in the grave, and then on the day

after the seventh day sabbath he was raised to life, just as the sheaf was raised,

“waved” by the priest. Jesus did not raise himself, but God did, just as the sheaf

did not wave itself, but the priest did. This is one of many things that come out

of the Old Testament storehouse of truth, some old and some new; some well

known and others, as this one, not well known.

That same chapter of Lev 23 continues to tell the story of the beginning of the

Gospel Age Church by means of symbolism. Seven weeks are counted, beginning

from the day the sheaf was waved, and then the next day, the fiftieth, was the

day wherein two wave loaves made with leaven were to be offered, along with

specific animal sacrifices. The symbolic account was fulfilled in the story of the

Day of Pentecost when the Church received the begetting of the same Holy Spirit

that came upon Jesus, only in a different way. The two wave loaves contained

leaven because they represented the two classes of humanity that came out of

sin that would eventually gain life in the spirit world, The Body of Christ, and the

Great Multitude. Members of both of these classes ran for the same prize to be

joint heirs with Jesus. Some obtained the chief prize, the others did not.

We could continue with explanation (some more, others less) about the temple

that Solomon built and how that temple’s construction foreshadowed the

quarrying and erection of the spiritual temple of Christ; of Elijah who

foreshadowed the true Church during the Gospel Age; of Elisha, who

foreshadowed not only the Little Sister class during the end of this age, but who

also foreshadowed the work of the elders of Hebrews 11, the faith class from an

earlier age; of the judgment of Eli and his sons, how they portrayed the judgment

of the Church; of the first three kings of Israel i.e. Saul, David, Solomon, how

they represented the three classes that result from the Gospel Age call- the

Church, the Great Multitude, and those who go into Second Death. Need we say

more? The Old Testament is loaded with wonderful significance that only the light

of the Gospel Age sun has made luminous.

The next time that you observe the sun rise or the sun set, remember that the

God of all the Universe has used that same heavenly body to illustrate the light of

truth that came forth during the Gospel Age, first through Jesus, and then

through his chosen twelve. Consider also that the moon, when you see its wane

after its fullness, portrays the waning of the nation of Israel after Jesus was

crucified, for they, Israel, had the light of life before them, and they rejected him.

Another element of truth that came with the Gospel Age message is the doctrine

of the ransom. Many speak forth that word without understanding it at all.

Ransom means a price to correspond. It is simple. Use today is common when a

person is kidnapped. The ransom price declared is, in the minds of the

kidnappers, an equivalent value for the life of the person they hold. So much

money equals the captive person’s release. How difficult is it to see that when

Jesus died as a ransom for Adam, that Jesus was no more, neither any less than

what Adam was when he was created? Adam was made flesh, out of the dust of

the ground, and into that lifeless body “God breathed into his nostrils the breathe

of life,” and what happened? Did Adam acquire a soul as a person acquires a

birthday present when it is handed to him? No, not at all. The Divine record

states that Adam became a living soul, a living being, a living entity. Thus the

body of flesh, plus (addition, +) the breath of life, equals (=) the living being, the

living soul. Therefore, Adam did not acquire a soul; he was not given one as if he

had received a gift: he became a living soul. There is a vast difference from

being a pig and having one! Not that Adam was a pig, but the illustration

pointedly brings the lesson home.

(The ransom sacrifice of Jesus releases man from the grave, but it does nothing

to restore him from the sin that caused him to go there. The work of restoring

mankind out of sin, after they have been released from death, is the work of

Jesus and his Body members. This work, called restitution in Scripture, Acts

3:19-21, is made possible because of the sin offering that Jesus and his body

members offered in the Gospel Age. Their voluntary offering of themselves

prepared them to be the world’s Mediator during the Kingdom, while Jesus’ sin

offering also prepared him to be the Church’s Advocate during the Gospel Age.)

This element of doctrine, given in Gen 2, is so important, that without correctly

understanding the nature of man, who he was, and what he was not, the rest of

the testimony of Scriptures can not be correctly understood, “rightly divided.”

Through the years as we held discussion with others on the Scriptures, their

misunderstanding of doctrines later introduced in Scripture always pointed back

to their incorrect understanding of the fact that Adam was a soul, (was, because

he is now dead) and NOT that Adam acquired one! This is Life 101. Without

correctly understanding this fundamental doctrine, Life 201, 301, etc. are all

misconstrued.

Now, with fundamental Life 101 in place, we can continue.

In Life 201, the Divine record states that when various ones died, they slept with

their fathers. This simply means that a person died and rested in oblivion, the

state of death, as was the case of that person’s forefathers who died before they

did. This concept is rendered also as, (Abraham) “was gathered to his people.”

See 1 Kgs 11:43; Gen 25:7,8.

These people are dead, have no thoughts, have no feelings, have no more

anything that a living person has, either of the personal senses nor of personal

wealth. See Eccl 9:5,6; Job 14:21. These dead ones do not exist in any way nor

degree, except, that God has a record of them (Ecc 3:21 the spirit of man going

upward), and that the future resurrection from the dead will bring them forth.

These will not return with the exact same molecular pieces that they once were

(1 Cor 15:35-38), but their new, earthly body will be a re-creation of who they

were (although in a better condition), with all of the thoughts and memories that

were inside their brain before they died. If the memories and experiences of their

former life were not re-established in their new bodies, then what good would all

their prior experiences be to them? Without such, their awakening from death

would be essentially the same as a newborn child, whose mind is relatively blank

of information, but whose “genetic bags” are loaded with the propensities of sin

handed down from previous generations. Of what value to these would be the

permission of sin if they could not remember it?

Therefore, because of the simple truths that mankind are souls, and do not have

one; and that when a person dies, they cease completely from existence with no

further cognizance nor participation in affairs on the earth’s surface, Ecc 9:6; for

them to have any life thereafter requires Divine intervention based upon

righteousness. Because Adam’s penalty was death without any release from it,

for Adam and for any of his offspring, who also share his penalty, to come forth

from death, from the grave, there must be a substitute to take Adam’s place in

that penalty. The reason why all of humanity can be traced to Adam, even Eve,

is so that one redeemer could die for Adam, and those who are under Adam’s

death sentence, even Eve, can come forth from death. This is the wisdom and

economy of God in action. One perfect man plunged the whole race into sin

because of his disobedience, and by God’s arrangement, one man of equal status,

that of perfection, can redeem Adam out of death and thereby release Adam’s

offspring, the race of humanity, from that penalty.

It should be clearly perceived that since Adam was not spirit, neither was his

substitute, Jesus. The doctrine of the ransom clearly establishes the fact that

Jesus is an exact equivalent for Adam, flesh for flesh, perfection in Jesus for the

perfection that Adam once held. Therefore, Jesus was not a “god-man” that died,

but 100% human flesh, though not Adam’s son, but Eve’s son. Did not God say

to the serpent, Satan, “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and

between thy seed and her seed; it (Jesus, as the main character) shall bruise thy

head, and thou shalt bruise his heel,” Gen 3:15? The “Man” Christ Jesus died as

the substitute for Adam; nothing more, nothing less. Life 201 is also

fundamental, but oh so necessary to understand.

Now that Adam is dead and the whole race dead in sin accordingly, Life 301 is

next. God has been working through His plan to righteously bring Adam and all

his race back into harmony with Him, as many as are willing. One of God’s key

features in the creation of man is that he has free choice. He can choose.

However, God has stipulations. If one wants to inhabit eternity with God, then

righteousness is the basis for that existence to continue. If one wants to do their

own thing, they can: God does not stop them from making that decision.

However, because God will only allow righteousness to exist long term, those who

choose to not obey, who choose to not conform willingly, are not permitted to

continue in life. They are cut off in death forever. God has choices also!

Many have been taught that this choice is made in the here and now by

everyone. However, God has much wiser plans than that.

Life 401 is the doctrine of the permission of sin. This doctrine is so foreign to

most, that most have never even heard of it, though they have lived under it all

their life. In brief, man’s best educator is first hand experience. God knew this,

and so God utilized this for everyone’s benefit. By letting sin occur and run its

course, within boundaries set by God, everyone has the opportunity to see first

hand the effects, the sorrow, the pain, the death that sin brought to all. This sin

experience will bring a total collapse to the whole social fabric that man has

woven for his existence, again, within God’s boundaries.

The current attempt of the House of Representatives (who certainly do not

represent our views!), to install gay/lesbian rights and to destroy all effects of

Christianity and Judaism from society, is a near final stage of this sin experience.

Yes, this is wickedness that is perpetrated by wicked people, but God is allowing

it to occur so that all of mankind will learn by experience where disobedience to

God’s righteous Laws will end. Before this order completely passes away, many

of the wicked will come to terms that God exists, will be calling upon Him, will

realize that the house they built failed, and all of the wicked will perish in death

just as did those outside the ark in Noah’s day. Noah told them the flood was

coming. Their response (paraphrased): “Yeah, sure, Noah. You must be eating

some of that loco weed!” But when the flood waters began, who was right? Who

found out that their house was perishing? Who drowned while pleading to God

for mercy? But alas, it was too late! So likewise, the wicked today will not heed

the words of the righteous as they proclaim that God is, that God has rules, that

God requires all men to repent of their wickedness. Those who fail to heed will

perish in death (but will be awakened in the Millennial Kingdom later when it is

their time for probation, John 5:28,29). All of mankind will come to terms that

they can not rule themselves, Jer 10:23, and that they can not enjoy life to the

full having witnessed that everything that they built came to a disastrous end.

Why? Because God was not the focal point, the Sun, in their life. See Deu 8:3;

Mat 4:4.

Will any pass through this Day of Wrath? Yes, a few will live through it, but only

those who have an abiding faith in Jesus, the Ark of God, as did Noah’s family live

as they trusted in that ark from God to deliver them through the flood.

Only after this present order comes to a complete and disastrous end will

mankind be ready for the next phase, a kingdom of righteousness here on earth

that is not administered by fallen men, but by a righteous God through His Son,

our Lord Jesus, along with Jesus’ Bride. See Isa 9:6; Dan 7:13,14; Mat 6:9,10;

Luke 19:11,12,15; Mat 19:28.

Thus, the permission of sin is for a very wise purpose. Mankind will experience

sin first, followed by an experience of learning how to live righteously (in that

Kingdom unrighteous behavior will not be permitted to be expressed) and then

they can make an informed choice. Do I want to live in harmony with God’s

righteous Law and reap the manifold blessings of harmony with God, true life,

true peace, true security, and true harmony with everyone and everything on the

planet; or do I want to continue in my self centered way of me first and to ___

with everyone else!? Only after the bulk of humanity experiences both can they

really make an informed decision. Those who choose the way of righteousness,

and steadfastly abide in it, will have everlasting life here on earth as mortal

beings. Those who choose to not conform willingly to righteousness have made

an informed choice of being punished with a death from which no future recovery

will ever be offered. That everlasting death is termed Second Death in the

Scriptures. Again, death is the cessation of life, wherein no cognizance exists.

We provided a very fundamental sketch of the above; basic, yet correct.

Life 402 is an expansion of the above. While the permission of sin is going on,

God has been working behind the scenes with different groups of people. The

first group are the righteous men of Abel, Enoch, Noah, Shem, Abraham, Isaac

and Jacob, as individuals, along with the descendants of Jacob (Israel) who are

termed “the children of Israel.” This continued group includes Moses, Aaron,

Rahab, Samson, David, etc., down to and including John the Baptist. These are

the ones that Paul wrote about in Hebrews 11, the faith class. These individuals

stood out from the rest of their peers because of their faith in Jehovah, and their

faith in the promises that He made. Of this group, some lived in the first world,

prior to the flood (2 Pet 3:5,6), but most lived after it, in the second world,

termed in Scripture, “this present evil world,” Gal 1:4; 2 Pet 3:7. Most of these

men and women also lived under the Law of Moses, which was God’s Law from Mt

Sinai. John the Baptist is the last one of this class, Mat 11:11.

These men and woman were groomed by God for a work they would perform in

the Millennial Kingdom, the third world arrangement, wherein dwells

righteousness, 2 Pet 3:13. These will be the new heads of State here on earth

that will administer the righteous Law of God as handed down from The Christ,

the spiritual rulers over this Kingdom, Mat 8:11; Psa 45:16. These men and

women were tested for their fidelity to righteousness, often under adverse

circumstances, Heb 11:35-38, and will be actually made perfect when they are

resurrected with perfected bodies, Heb 11:39,40. They already had perfected

intentions. They just awaited their time in death to stand in their “lot” at the end

of the days after their resurrection, Dan 12:13; Psa 45:16.

Life 501 begins a new chapter regarding the work that God is doing behind the

scenes. As the first group came to completion with John the Baptist, the second

group was already underway. This work started with our Lord Jesus that he

might be perfected under adverse experiences, Heb 5:7-9. That work expanded

to include the followers of Jesus, of whom twelve were appointed Apostles, Mark

3:13-19; Luke 6:12-16. This overall group of Jesus’ followers differed from the

first group in several ways. First, they were not groomed directly by Jehovah, but

by Jesus and through the twelve Jesus chose. Secondly, the first group had

promise of an earthly life, whereas the second group was called to be joint heirs

with Jesus with a heavenly inheritance as their reward. The second group would

constitute the stars of heaven class that God promised to Abraham regarding his

seed, Gen 22:17,18. A third distinction between the first group and the second

one is that although various ones of the first group wrote as they were moved by

the Holy Spirit of God, none of the first group were begotten to a spirit life as are

all of the second group. Again, the first group has an earthly inheritance,

whereas the second group was called to a heavenly inheritance.

This second group, begotten of the Holy Spirit of God, are not considered

servants as were the first group, Heb 3:4,5, but rather, are considered as of the

house of Christ Jesus as a son (or daughter), Heb 3:6. As sons, we have honors

that the servant class did not have, such as understanding of important parts of

prophecy that are applicable to the Gospel Age and beyond. Those Old

Testament men who wrote as moved by the Spirit, understood, if at all, only in a

hazy, vague way, whereas we, as sons, have a much, much clearer and focused

view of what was meant, but by no means of all of the Old Testament, but of

certain parts.

Life 502 continues with the true Church of the living God, which is the Body of

Christ. These will have a two part function after their glorification to the Divine

nature. Their first work will be their association with Jesus as the seven last

plagues are poured out (Rev 16), followed by complete destruction of this present

evil world. Their first work continues as joint participators with Jesus as He

administers righteousness in the Millennial Kingdom over all of earth’s

inhabitants. Once that work is finished (1 Cor 15:24-28), and God has tested

humanity one last time by releasing Satan from the abyss (Rev 20:2,3,7,8), the

Ages that follow will be the workshop wherein The Christ, Head and Body, as the

active agent of God, will continue the work of Creation in and among the balance

of the universe. This will be the second function of the Body class, to participate

in all that Jesus performs on behalf of His Father, and as a treasured companion

by The Lamb (Jesus is the Lamb of God, John 1:29) during all of it. To think that

God will not continue Creation, is to think that God has no plans! You may

twiddle your thumbs, but God will not twiddle His.

Life 601 is prophecy which relates to the end of this Gospel Age. God’s Day of

Wrath began when the Feast of Weeks was observed on May 29,30, 2020. As

astounding as that statement may be to some, we have sound Scriptural basis for

that conclusion and subsequent declaration. God’s wrath will affect all of

humanity that are alive now, some more, others less, Isa 13:9-13. Each will reap

as they have sown, Gal 6:7,8. Those who have sown much wickedness (House of

Representatives, Gay/Lesbian Lobbyists, etc.) will reap much in consequence,

whereas others will still have their share to “digest,” only not as much, nor as

distasteful as what others will “eat.” The best advice that we can give you today

is similar to what Daniel said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “Wherefore O King

(person), let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by

righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a

lengthening (mitigating) of thy tranquility (punishment).” See Daniel 4:27 and

context. In other words, “Repent in sincerity followed by appropriate action to

manifest that repentance.” Do not wait!

Life 701 centers around Israel, not only as a people, but also as a nation. The

promises of God to Abraham that through his seed all the families of the earth

would be blessed, center chiefly in Jesus, Gal 3:16, and in the Church, his Body,

Gal 3:29. However, in a secondary application, the earthly descendants of

Abraham through Isaac and Jacob, the twelve tribes of Israel, are also key

elements in the blessing of mankind.

During God’s Day of Wrath, Joel 2:32 tells us (in context of verse 31), “And it

shall come to pass, whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be

delivered: for in mount Zion (Mt Hermon, Deu 4:48) and in Jerusalem shall be

deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant (the Church, the Body of

Christ) whom the LORD shall call.” “Shall call” denotes future from Joel’s day and

such was it fulfilled when the Day of Pentecost, A.D. 33 witnessed the general call

unto Israel to come into the Body of Christ. Thus Israel will perform a vital role

of deliverance of those who have faith in God and in Jesus to deliver them

through God’s Day of Wrath.

After that Day of Wrath is over, “This shall be the covenant that I will make with

the house of Israel; After those days (referring both to the days wherein the

Church was called, developed and chosen as the Bride of Christ; and also the Day

of God’s Wrath), saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inwards parts, and

write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people,” Jer

31:33. This is the New Covenant that Jeremiah wrote about in 31:31-34. To say

that Israel has been sidelined, as the false church has been taught and has

promulgated in her teachings, is to not be able to read!

God speaks thus, “Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great

jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury (the Day of God’s Wrath).

Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of

Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called A city of truth; and the mountain of the

LORD of hosts, The holy mountain,” Zech 8:2,3.

God also stated, “And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up

to the mountain (Mt. Hermon) of the LORD, to the house (temple) of the God of

Jacob; and he (Jacob) will teach us (mankind) of his (God’s) ways, and we will

walk in his (God’s) paths: for out of Zion (representing The Christ, the spiritual

ruler) shall go forth the law (of God), and the word (the explanation and practical

“how to”) of the LORD from Jerusalem,” Isa 2:3. See also Micah 4:2.

God has declared even further, “Thus saith the Lord of hosts; yet that there shall

come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: and the inhabitants of one shall

go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek

the LORD of hosts: I will go also. Yea, many people and strong nations shall

come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. Thus

saith the LORD of hosts; In those days, that ten men shall take hold out of all

languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a

Jehudite (H3064- Jehudite or descendant of Judah), saying, We will go with you:

for we have heard that God is with you,” Zec 8:20-23.

And, “And it shall come to pass every one that is left of all nations which came

against Jerusalem, shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the

LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. And it shall be, whoso will

not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King,

the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain,” Zec 14:16,17.

Therefore, Israel as a nation will perform key roles in the rehabilitation and

blessing of all the families of the earth under 1) the rule of Zion, The Christ, Head

and Body; and under 2) the princes of Hebrews 11, the faithful men and woman

of old. Israel will occupy the third place in dispensing the blessings of God to all

of the willing of mankind.

Life 801 is again prophetic, and again deals with the end of the Gospel Age. This

course, however, has to do with the Book of Revelation and its secrets. At this

time, the secrets of Revelation that are pertinent to the end of the Gospel Age are

known and understood, but they can not be revealed to you at this time, because

the right time has not yet come. What we can say is this: the upcoming

experiences for mankind will differ from what they have thus far experienced, will

be more intense, will be dreadful, and will require steadfast faith in God and in

Jesus to possibly get through that trouble.

Life 802 is not offered as a course, for by the time Life 801 ends, this present evil

order will have been destroyed, and so will most all of the inhabitants upon the

earth. See Luke 19:27 and Isa 24:4-6 if you do not believe the preceding

phrase. Why offer a course when so few will be around to express interest in it?

Life 901 is in a new world. Just as Noah and his family stepped out of the ark

after their former world was destroyed; so will the remaining few of mankind step

out of the ash heap of this present evil order into a new world. This new order

will be the Millennial Kingdom administered by Jesus and his Bride. New rulers,

new laws, new benefits, with no more beastly governments over them, nor any

roaring lion (Satan) seeking whom he may devour, will be the fact of life, Isa

35:9; 1 Pet 5:8. Obedience to The Christ will be the Law, and corrective

punishment for any attempt to do wrong will be swift and expedient. This is

God’s Kingdom, not Satan’s! The dead of mankind will progressively return to

life, having been raised out of death, John 5:28,29. Then their true resurrection

to life, by a process of education, example and corrective punishment, will occur.

Thus the willing, by their co-operative effort and by the leading of The Christ, will

be incrementally brought unto perfection of being, mentally, morally and

physically. At the end of the road of that education, no one will be unclean. For

none can get to the end and still be unclean. Those who persist in their

uncleanness, will be removed from that “highway,” before that highway condition

ends. See Isa 35; 65:20, John 10:16.

We have looked briefly at the doctrine (teaching) of creation. There is the

doctrine of justification (justified: a standing of righteousness, whether actual or

imputed.) Abraham was righteous by his faith, but it was reckoned (imputed) to

him and it was only a justification unto friendship with God, not unto life. See

Gen 15:6; Rom 4:9; 2 Chr 20:6,7; Jas 2:23. The true Christian is justified by

his/her faith in the redemptive sacrifice of Jesus for the sins of the world, yet that

justification is only reckoned or imputed during the Gospel Age. If it were an

actual justification, then these individuals would be perfect. See Rom 5:1,9; 8:1;

John 1:29.

Sanctification (to be set apart for holy purposes), another doctrine, teaches us of

the processes whereby one can be holy. This setting apart is connected with the

begetting of the Spirit. One is begotten to the Divine Nature that they may run

the race (as Paul illustrated it) to be a joint heir with Jesus, 1 Cor 9:24-27; Phil

3:13,14; Rom 8:16,17. That race can only be run by those who qualify as

entrants, and by their participation in the work that Jesus performs upon them.

We encourage all to read the document, What is a Christian? that they may learn

who qualifies as race participants in the High Calling. The cleansing work that

Jesus renders is spoken of in Eph 5:26- “That he (Jesus) might sanctify and

cleanse it (the Church, from the preceding verse) with the washing of water by

the word.” Verse 27 tells us why that washing is necessary- “That he (Jesus)

might present it to himself a glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any

such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.” Thus for one to be

sanctified, means a very thorough and deep cleansing. Not just the outside, but

the heart and the thought patterns as well are cleansed of all unrighteousness.

This doctrine of sanctification relates chiefly to the Gospel Age, wherein fallen,

sinful men and women learn how to become holy that they may be a part of the

Body of Christ. A chief text is 1 Thes 4:3- “For this is the will of God, even your

sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication.” There are many texts in

the New Testament that tell one what to do, and what to not do so that they may

become sanctified, set apart.

Glorification is another doctrine. Psa 82: 6,7 relate here: “I have said, Ye are

gods (mighty ones); and all of you are children of the Most High. (Only Spirit

begotten ones are children of the Most High during the Gospel Age. All others are

Scripturally termed “children of disobedience” from Eph 2:2, and 5:6.) But ye

shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.” These saints, called to be

such during this Age, die as do other men, by old age, by heart attack, stroke,

accidents, etc. They also either die like Adam, who disobeyed, or they die like

Jesus, as a willing sacrifice embodied in the language, “Not my will, but Thine be

done.”

Thus, for these individuals to die like other men, the prevailing view of an

instantaneous whisking away into heaven (called “the rapture,” when “Jesus

comes”) can not be a proper interpretation of Scripture. It is a contortion of the

chariot ride that took Elijah up from earth, which was symbolic of Divine

intervention during the whirlwind of trouble that will occur in God’s Day of Wrath.

Elijah was taken up on a specific day that Elisha also knew about. We read, “And

the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto

him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head

today? And he said, Yea, I know; hold ye your peace,” 2 Kgs 2:3. Thus, Divine

power will be utilized that the very last one(s) of the Body members will die, not

because God kills them, but because God makes sure that others kill them (or

that they die naturally, as did David, who also represents this group, 1 Kgs

2:1,10) on the very day that the seventh and last trumpet sounds. That day, in

Scripture record, is not far away (from today, June 30, 2020), it is portrayed in

Israel’s Feast system, and it will be in harmony with the Divine record given to us

in Revelation. Yes, we have tantalized you. Though you may not now know

when that day is, we know which day it is.

The purpose for and time of the first advent of Jesus, as well as the purpose for

and time of the second advent of Jesus are also doctrines of teaching from the

Scriptures. The first advent was for the purpose of the call and development of

The Christ, Head and Body, for it would take two days, a thousand years for each

day, for the Body to be completed, Lev 7:16-18. The second advent is for the

purpose of finishing the selection process, Luke 19:12-26; 12:37; destroying the

present arrangement, Rev 19:17-21; 2 Pet 3:10; 2 The 1:6-10; (These texts are

all symbolic, and must be properly interpreted) and for instituting the Millennial

reign of Jesus, which is God’s Kingdom here on earth.

Other doctrines are included in the various time frames in which God performs

His phases of His plan. The first time frame was from Adam’s creation unto and

including the flood. This is referred to in Scripture as “whereby the world that

then was, being overflowed with water, perished,” 2 Pet 3:6. After the flood, the

next world arrangement is referred to as, “but the heavens and the earth, which

are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day

of judgment and perdition (destruction) of ungodly men,” 2 Pet 3:7. This

destruction Peter continues to speak about, saying, “looking for and hasting unto

the coming of the day (of wrath) of God, wherein the heavens (religious order)

being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat,” 2

Pet 3:12. The next world, after this present evil world (Gal 1:4) wherein we now

live, will have “new heavens and a new earth (religious and social order), wherein

dwells righteousness,” 2 Pet 3:13.

Thus, the Apostle Peter describes all three major time frames in a very few

sentences. Yet, those three frames are when all Scripture takes place, and when

rightly divided, each text of Scripture has its appropriate place. Some texts have

more than one application of time, such as in Jer 51 when God spoke to Jeremiah

about Babylon. There, at that time, the words had a literal application to literal

Babylon, a country and city of the same name. Those words, not all, but some,

also have application to another entity at this time, which is spoken of in Rev 17

and 18, as Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots. The present day application

of God’s words to Jeremiah in Jer 51 apply to a religious system, which is the

Roman Catholic Church.

Another aspect, which we referred to before, is that of the flood of Noah’s day.

That flood was literal upon the earth at that time. That flood also has prophetic

application to our day, because Jesus said it would: “As it was in the days of

Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man,” Luke 17:26. Many have

tied verse 27 with verse 26, but verse 26 has significance independent of verse

27. Thus, the literal days of the era of the flood, as to when events occurred,

have a corresponding application to our day, though in an expanded time frame.

The doctrine of the resurrection has two parts. The first part applies to those of

the first resurrection to a spirit nature life (the stars of heaven, Gen 22:17),

whereas the second part applies to the vast majority of mankind later when they

are returned from death, awakened, to live here upon earth (the sands upon the

seashore, Gen 22:17; also known as the “other sheep” of John 10:16). After

their awakening, they have a major tutelage program to go through if they want

to live everlastingly here upon earth. God will not tolerate any more disobedience

after this present permission of sin is over. Thus, those who follow Satan’s

prompting, a deception perpetrated through slander, after he is released from the

abyss, Rev 20:7-10, will perish in Second Death as will Satan. There will be no

more blemished characters in all of God’s holy domain!

There are many more doctrinal teachings of Scripture. We have highlighted

several.

Now we return to the third paragraph of this document: “But, are we to be only

recipients? Are we to be only sponges that absorb and hold? Are we to be

indifferent to the One who brought all this into being? Nay. For the benefits

provided, there are also responsibilities to be performed in return.” How would

you answer those questions? We have received bountifully of the God of heaven.

Mankind travels and vacations all over the world to see its beauty. We eat from a

very wide array of culinary dishes that come from the plants and animals that

God created. We breathe the air, walk upon the soil, swim in, and drink of the

waters that He made. What do we have that has not been given unto us by God?

Do you have strength? Today, maybe, but not in the tomorrow of old age! Did

you create the food you eat for strength out of nothing? Do you have great

intellect? Did you select all the factors to bring that together before you were

born? No you did not. Those factors that led to your intellect (if you can really

call it such) were entirely out of your control. In fact those genetic factors came

from your forebears of several generations prior.

Everything that we own, every physical and mental function that we perform,

every object that we behold or handle, etc. all came from God, directly or

indirectly, the Creator of Heaven, of earth and of all therein. Thus, you as well as

ourselves, have no right to boast, have no independence of existence, and have a

responsibility to render thankfulness, gratitude to our Creator.

There is even more. Chief among the responsibilities we are to perform for the

benefits provided, is that of obedience. God’s command to Israel is as applicable

to all Gentiles now as it was to them, when Moses wrote, “Hear O Israel: The

LORD our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine

heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might,” Deu 6:4,5. Jesus added to

this as the second great commandment, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as

thyself,” Mark 12:31. Loving God with our whole being can not be performed

outside of keeping His commandments. Thus, obedience is required.

One might say, “I am not an Israeli, therefore, I do not have to obey God’s

commandments.” We have addressed this line of reasoning in our treatise

entitled, To the Peoples of All Nations Everywhere:, (S1) and therein pointed out

that all of mankind are under God’s Law, because they all came under Adam’s

curse. Furthermore, a vast majority of the population come under the Mosiac

Law simply because they, as males, were circumcised, and as such, their

offspring come under that Law as well.

Our concluding statements are ever so simple: Fellow man, bow down to Jehovah

and worship Him alongside us, with thankfulness and in obedience to His Law, for

we both owe it to our God! Lastly, the greatest amount of blessing comes to

those who revolve around Jehovah as their Light, their Savior in the largest

sense, and as their GOD. If you want true and lasting blessings, then revolve

around Jehovah, God Almighty.

To read the treatises above mentioned, please see:

theclarksvilletimes@blogspot.com .

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