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| The Power of Prayer Most of the people in this world follow a religion
and in many religions is a provision for communicating
with a deity. Christendom, especially Catholicism,
promotes the idea that mindless repetition of the
Lord’s Prayer is the accepted way to pray to their
nameless lord and that is exactly what they do. A lot!
This is not really what Jehovah, the true God, wants
from us. To worship Jehovah properly we need to
pray to our Heavenly Father, but not repetitiously.
After all, how would we like it if people came up to
us and muttered the same phrases to us over and over? People would not conceive of talking to other people like a
"broken record", so why do people treat The God who created
the universe as if He would like to hear monotonous repetition? Jehovah’s Son never taught that: "But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:
for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking."
(Matthew 6:7) (King James Version)
People around the world love to pray repetitiously to their false
gods, so we should want to avoid being like them. When Christ
gave us the "Lord’s prayer", he made it plain that it was a guide
to go by: "Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth
what things ye have need of, before ye ask him."
(Matthew 6:8) (King James Version) What else do we need to know? A lot more than the bumbling preachers of Christendom teach!
Prayer should only be directed to Jehovah – as He requires –
not His Son or anybody else! 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am Jehovah thy God,
who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
(Exodus 20:1-3) (ASV) Proper prayer to Jehovah is a serious business. If we want Jehovah
to listen to our prayers, we must do it the way He requires. Jehovah
has strict requirements but He doesn’t really ask for much! Most people know to pray to Jehovah in His Son’s name.
This is why: 6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me."
(John 14:6) (NIV) But more importantly,
"If you ask anything in my name, I will do it."
(John 14:14) (New Living Translation) Most Christians are more than happy to pray to God in Jesus’ name.
About two billion Christians around the world pray to God in Jesus’
name every day. Their first mistake is praying to God without specifying
which God. Consequently, Jehovah may disregard their prayers. What is the second mistake? Oddly enough, it is praying in Jesus’ name! And why is that? Jehovah’s Son is not named Jesus! According to the
Catholic Encyclopedia: http://www.catholicity.com/encyclopedia/ JESUS The word Jesus is the Latin form of the Greek Iesous,
which in turn is the transliteration of the Hebrew Jeshua,
or Joshua, or again Jehoshua, meaning "Jehovah is salvation." From: http://www.catholicity.com/encyclopedia/j/jesus_christ,origin_of_name_of.html This is a widespread and popular belief. Many people are
already aware that the Son of God’s name in Hebrew is
Yeshua or Jeshua. That is True enough. What else is true? "Joshua" or "Jehoshua" translates
as "The Salvation of Jehovah". "(Joshua) Yahshua/Yahushua/Yahoshua, is the
correct Name for the Savior. In all spellings and
pronunciation, the Name is rendered to mean
"salvation of YAH" or "YAH'S salvation/ (His)
Savior." The Name (Joshua) in its fullest translation
means, "He (YAH) shall save His people. (Yah or
Jah - is an abbreviation for Jehovah) (Just as Yeshua
(Joshua) is an abbreviation for Yehoshuah or Jehoshuah) -
(meaning - The Salvation of Jehovah - or Jehovah's Savior)."
-COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE,
by C. J. KosterWe can see that Jehoshuah means "Jehovah's Savior" "The name "Jehoshua" means the same as Joshua."
-Hitchcocks’s Dictionary of Bible NamesSince "Jehoshua" or "Joshua" literally means "the
Salvation of Jehovah" - we can see why people said
that he came in his Father's Name. 9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed,
cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is
he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna
in the highest.
(Matthew 21:9) (NIV) We can also see why Jehovah chose this name for his Son -
because "Joshua" is to be the means by which Jehovah
would provide salvation to Mankind. This is in total
agreement with the prophet Joel, who said that only those
calling upon the name of "Jehovah" would be saved. "And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call
on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered..."
(Joel 2:32) (ASV) So what is wrong with calling our Savior "Jesus"?
"It is known that the Greek name endings with sus,
seus, and sous were attached by the Greeks to names
and geographical areas as means to give honour to
their supreme deity, Zeus."
-Dictionary of Christian Lore and Legend
Professor J. C. J. Metford So what does the name, "Jesus" Mean, in Greek? "Some authorities, who have spent their entire
lives studying the origins of names believe
that "Jesus" actually means - "Hail Zeus!"
For Iesous in Greek IS "Hail Zeus."
"Ie" translates as "Hail" and "sous"
or "sus" translates as Zeus. The English
name "Jesus", therefore, stems etymologically
from "Jupiter-Zeus" the chief god of the
ancient Greek Olympus."
-"Yeshua" or "Jesus" -- Which?
Biblical Research Institute; 1996
by Les Aron Gosling From: http://www.meguiar.addr.com/End_Times_Table_of_Contents.htm How did "Jehoshua" mutate into "Jesus"? "And so it is throughout Christendom. The name of
Jahwah is ignored by the apostate religion. When
the Savior was born into the world his mother was
a Hebrew maid of the tribe of Judah; but His Father
was the Almighty whose name alone is Jahwah, or Jah. Strong's, Hebrew # 3050; Jah; the sacred name. As
He was the Son of Jahwah, it was evident that He
would carry His Father's name, and He plainly states
saying, " I am come in My Father's Name." John 5; 43. Our translated scripture says that Jahwah's Son's name
is Jesus, a compound word of Ie and Zeus. But remember
the heavenly messenger spoke unto a Hebrew, and
declared His name in the Hebrew, which the writer
explained to mean, "Jah is Salvation." This name, Jahshuwah, being Hebrew, was objectionable
to the Greeks and Romans, who hated the Judeans, and
so it was deleted from the records, and a new name inserted. Jahshuwah was thus replaced by Ie-Sous, now known to
us as Jesus. The new religion was known as Christianity, because the
supreme deity of it was called Christos, and so we ask,
whence came Christos ? The Hebrews called their coming Savior the Messiah.
The disciples of the Savior accepted Him as such, and
to them He was known as Jahshuwah the Messiah.
The Greeks, however, rejected the Hebrew name, and
called Him Christos, similar to Chrisna ( Krisna ), name
of the deity-savior of the East. Among the people of the East, a sun-god savior was
worshipped by the name of Krisna, and so among the
Greeks of the new religion the Savior was known as
Kristos, or Christos. Thus the Sanskrit name was of
the Indian messiah became the name of the messiah
of the new religion, and it was known as the new Christian
( Krisna ) faith. They had worshipped Zeus, or Jupiter, as the supreme
deity, so now they were told the new name was Theos,
or Dios, or God. Their savior was Zeus, so now they
were to accept Jesus ( Iesous, or Zeus ). He came in His Father's Name and by that we must
adore Him. Away with the pagan name Christ, heathen
name Jesus, and exalt the Savior, Jahshuwah, the Son
of Jahwah, by His own name."
THE ORIGIN OF CHRISTIANITY: by A.B. Traina From: http://www.meguiar.addr.com/origin_of_christianity.htm Other Scholars agree. "Many people think that we are just trying to be different
and make another cult, but let us examine the facts. It is
admitted that the Saviour never heard himself addressed
as Jesus Christ, not even when Greeks went to Philip and
said, "We would see Yahushua" (John 12:20-21). The
Greek proselytes knew him as Yahushua, and as the
Messiah, for there is no other NAME under heaven, given
unto men, whereby we must be saved. The name "Jesus"
was never applied to the Saviour during His lifetime, nor
for nearly 300 years after His death and resurrection." From: http://yahushua.net/nicolaitan.htm "Jesus. That was a name given to him
by the early church many years after
His death. They wanted to remove any
Jewishness from the new church.
They eliminated His Jewish name and
blended the name of Zeus into the
Christian church to make it comfortable
for all those who previously worshipped
the Greek and Roman gods. It made it
easier for the pagans to become Christians.
Since Zeus was the top god of their experience,
attaching the name Ioesus to Yahshua gave
Him top priority in the worship hierarchy."
-Winds of Praise Broadcasting
Believer or Follower?
The Sound of the Shofar
By Jon Thompson So we can plainly see that the name, "Jesus" is the opposite
of the name, "Jehoshua". Now that we understand that, we
now know better than to pray to a nameless lord in Jesus’
name. Now that "The End" of this world is so near, people
have an extra incentive to pray to Jehovah in His Son’s actual
name as Bible prophecy requires. "Hail Zeus" or "Salvation of Jehovah"? ...this is what was said through the prophet Joel,
"And in the last days," God says... everyone who
calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved."
(Acts 2:16,17,21) (NWT) www.watchtower.org "For the Scripture says... 'everyone who calls on the name
of Jehovah will be saved.'"
(Romans 10:11,13) (NWT) www.watchtower.org
Lastly, we have a quaint way of ending our prayers
that has got to stop. Now is a good time! Amen According to the online Encyclopedia Wikipedia: "Amun (also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and
rarely Imen, Greek Ἄμμων Ammon, and Ἅμμων
Hammon, reconstructed Egyptian Yamānu) was
the name of a deity, in Egyptian mythology, who
gradually rose to become one of the most important
deities in Ancient Egypt, before fading into obscurity."From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun We have all been tricked into ending our
prayers with the name of an Egyptian god! We can be sure that Jehovah does not want to hear that!
We can be equally sure that Jehovah does not want to
hear "Hail Zeus" either. Our Saviour already knew
well in advance and warned us all that many devout
followers would make grave mistakes based upon
their faulty knowledge. 22 On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord!
We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your
name and performed many miracles in your name.’
23 But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from
me, you who break God’s laws.’
(Matthew 7:22-23) (NLT) Now is the time to discard utterly worthless beliefs and
put true and accurate beliefs to work for us. Successful
communication with the true God, our Father, Jehovah,
depends on it! 4 But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book,
until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and
knowledge shall increase."
(Daniel 12:4) (ESV) That time is right now! 
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| INFLUENCED BY "UNCLEAN SPIRITS" 
If there ever was an “unclean spirit", the world is currently
possessed by it. The epidemic of terror, hate, violence and
evil that has possessed our world is the very essence of
unclean. The moral decay of the world is testimony to the
“unclean spirits” that are pervading every aspect of humanity.
”For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and
blood, but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen
world, against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this
world, and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms.”
(Ephesians 6:12) (New Living Translation)
Criminals in all countries are killing, torturing and/or
sexually molesting their victims in a way that is appalling
to even consider. Even Catholic priests are now infamous
for sexually molesting children. It appears that the governments, religious elements and
everybody else besides are being overcome by "unclean
spirits" just as the Bible foretold! Yes, Biblical prophecy
foretold that in the "Last Days", unclean spirits would
influence many situations on the world scene. Unclean
demonic spirits have overtaken the world situation. The
world has indeed become possessed!
"And I saw come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out
of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false
prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs -- for they are
spirits of demons, doing signs -- which go forth unto the
kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to bring them
together to the battle of that great day of God the
Almighty; -- and they did bring them together to the
place that is called in Hebrew Armageddon."
(Revelation 16:13,14,16) (Young’s Literal Translation)
The evil spirits intend to lead us and the world leaders
to destruction. This will occur exactly as it was foretold
thousands of years ago: "Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain
thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, And
the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah,
and against his anointed messiah."
(Psalm 2:1,2) (American Standard Version)
"The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather
together against the Lord and against his Anointed One."
(Acts 4:26) (New International Version)
16 Then they gathered the kings together to the place
that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
(Revelation 16:16) (NIV) "...Then I saw... the kings of the earth and their armies
gathered together to make war against the rider on the
horse and his army."
(Revelation 19:19) (NIV)
Where is Armageddon? " 'Armageddon': Hebrew 'Har Megiddo'
and means literally "the mount of Megiddo."
- Eric H. Cline; Assistant Professor
of Archaeology and Ancient History
Dept. of Classical and Semitic Languages;
The George Washington University "Megiddo... lies at a strategic junction of roads running north-
south and east-west. Located in Mesopotamia (modern Iran/
Iraq). Virtually every invading army that came through this
region during the past 4000 years fought battles for control
of Megiddo and the Jezreel Valley."
- Eric H. Cline; Assistant Professor
of Archaeology and Ancient History
Dept. of Classical and Semitic Languages;
The George Washington University
Is it merely a coincidence that many UN military forces
are stationed now in Baghdad, Iraq just 300 miles away?
Is it a coincidence that Iran, Iraq and many other Arab
states are in turmoil right now? Is it merely coincidence
that the UN has armies from many nations stationed in
Lebanon just outside of the Jezreel Valley? What do secular sources say? "The Apocalypse - Judgment Day - The End of Times -
Armageddon. Students of the Bible know it as the place
where the cataclysmic battle will unfold. Many believe that
this battle will take place in the very near future, but few
know that Armageddon is a real place - one that has seen
more fighting and bloodshed than any other spot on earth."
- Eric H. Cline; Assistant Professor
of Archaeology and Ancient History
Dept. of Classical and Semitic Languages;
The George Washington University The unclean tactics of the world's leaders and their
armies leads us to believe that indeed - "The Unclean
Spirits" of Revelation are gathering the kings of the
Earth and their armies to the Great Day of God - The
Almighty Jehovah. The fact that they have been gathered
to within 300 miles of the area may very well indicate
that we are watching Bible Prophecy that was written
thousands of years ago being fulfilled, right now, before
our very eyes! What can we do about this? How can we protect
ourselves from this overwhelmingly powerful evil?
13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God,
that you may be able to withstand in the evil day,
and having done all, to stand firm.
(Ephesians 6:13) (NLT) 13 but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.
(Matthew 24:13) (NIV) How do we acquire God’s armor?
Where can we find that? 10 So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you; I will
uphold you with my righteous right hand.
(Isaiah 41:10) (ASV)
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| How Much Does
Jesus Love Us? 
All Christians, no matter what denomination, love Jesus.
All Catholics and Protestants love Jesus sometimes even
more than God! But it isn’t hard to figure out why: For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance:
that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
1Corinthians 15:3) (New International Version) All of Christendom’s ministers claim to represent God but they
seldom bring up the fact that God has a name. We can study the
Bible with them for years and they will refuse to acknowledge
the existence of Jehovah mostly because they consider Jehovah
to be the Jewish God and Jesus, the Christian god.
But what does the Bible say about Jehovah? 29 Is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the
God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
(Romans 3:29) (NIV)
Which God?5 I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no
God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me; 6 that they
may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there
is none besides me: I am Jehovah, and there is none else.
(Isaiah 45:5,6) (American Standard Version) Yes, that is from the American Standard Bible. Most ministers
refuse to use that Bible version because Jehovah’s name is
restored to where it originally appeared in 6,000 places. But
the popular King James Bible also has Jehovah’s name in it:
3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name
of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
(Exodus 6:3) (King James Version)
18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH,
art the most high over all the earth.
(Psalms 83:18) (KJV)
So, should the ministers talk about God’s name to their congregations?
1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. 2 If ye will not
hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith
Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your
blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
(Malachi 2:1-2) (ASV) Christ is very important to us as God's Son, but Jehovah’s
Witnesses also believe that it is vital for us to know God,
Himself, and God’s name because He promises to save us
if we call upon Him and Him only. 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on
the name of Jehovah shall be delivered;
(Joel 2:32) (ASV) Most people don’t care about Jehovah's Witnesses' beliefs and cling to
the ones they like. People say things like, "I want to worship God my
way!" and "Jesus is my God and I will worship him if I want to!" That doesn’t bother them. Noah truthfully told his people that the Ark
was the only safe place to be when the rains came, but they scoffed at
him too. In the end, they all drowned. This world, as we now know it,
is also going to end soon but there won’t be an ark to save us this
time. Faith in Jehovah is what it will take: 2 I will say to Jehovah: "[You are] my refuge and my stronghold,
My God, in whom I will trust." 5 You will not be afraid of anything
dreadful by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, 7 A thousand
will fall at your very side And ten thousand at your right
hand; To you it will not come near. 8 Only with your eyes will you
look on And see the retribution itself of the wicked ones.
(Psalms 91:2, 5, 7-8) New World TranslationTens of thousands will die? How bad will it get? "And those slain by Jehovah will certainly come to be in that day
from one end of the earth clear to the other end of the earth. They
will not be bewailed, neither will they be gathered up or be buried.
As manure on the surface of the ground they will become."
(Jeremiah 25:33) (Young's Literal Translation) Most people say, "But Jesus loves us! He will protect us!"
The ministers of Christendom have been putting those
words in Christ's mouth for centuries now. But what does our Savior actually say? "...but the world must learn that I love the Father and that
I do exactly what my Father has commanded me."
(John 14:31) (NIV) And what is God's plan? "But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people
who push the truth away from themselves. So God let them go ahead
and do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did
vile and degrading things with each other's bodies. That is why God abandoned
them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way
to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead
of having normal sexual relationships with women, burned with lust for each
other. Men did shameful things with other men and, as a result, suffered within
themselves the penalty they so richly deserved. Their lives became full of every
kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, fighting, deception, malicious
behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and
boastful. They are forever inventing new ways of sinning and are disobedient to
their parents. They refuse to understand, break their promises, and are heartless
and unforgiving. They are fully aware of God's death penalty for those
who do these things, yet they go right ahead and do them anyway. And,
worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too."
(Romans 1:18,24,26,27,29-32) (NLT) What Death Penalty?
9 Don't you know that those who do wrong will have no share in the
Kingdom of God? Don't fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual
sin, who are idol worshipers, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals,
10 thieves, greedy people, drunkards, abusers, and swindlers--none of
these will have a share in the Kingdom of God.
(1Corinthians 6:9-10) (NIV) Will these "good Christians" really be destroyed?
Why won’t Jesus save them? For one thing, Our Lord and Savior's
name is not Jesus! "Some authorities, who have spent their entire
lives studying the origins of names believe
that "Jesus" actually means - "Hail Zeus!"
For Iesous in Greek IS "Hail Zeus."
"Ie" translates as "Hail" and "sous"
or "sus" translates as Zeus. The English
name "Jesus", therefore, stems etymologically
from "Jupiter-Zeus" the chief god of the
ancient Greek Olympus."
-"Yeshua" or "Jesus" -- Which?
Biblical Research Institute; 1996
by Les Aron Gosling Calling "Hail Zeus" for protection is not going to work! What else? "Not everyone who calls me their Lord will get into the
kingdom of heaven. Only the ones who obey my
Father in heaven will get in."
(Matthew 7:21) (Contemporary English Version) And what does his Father require? ²³ "Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord
Jehovah; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?"
(Ezekiel 18:23) (ASV) 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the
Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves [around], and live.
(Ezekiel 18:32) (ASV) Jehovah's Witnesses have warned people that their beliefs are wrong
so that they got a fair chance to correct them. Most people don’t like
their beliefs and refused to change. That is their decision. Jehovah's
people do not make people change; they are just the messengers.
They do not tell people what they want to hear; they told them what
they needed to know. "But always, first of all, I warn you through
my servants the prophets. I, the Sovereign
LORD, have now done this."
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| Will Judgment
Lead to Peace? 
Many people believe that the world is in turmoil now
because we are living at “the time of The End”.
What people think so?
"God will shortly intervene in history, destroy the
wicked, and initiate his own kingdom on earth."
-The Way the World Ends
Newsweek, November 1, 1999
By Kenneth L. Woodward "John's vision of the endtimes includes an apocalyptic
nightmare of natural disasters, famine, terror and war -
a literal hell on earth. But it also promises a thousand
years of a peaceable kingdom ruled by Jesus and, after
the final judgment of the living and dead, a new heaven
and earth for the just."
-The Way the World Ends
Newsweek, November 1, 1999
By Kenneth L. Woodward "Passages predicting an imminent apocalypse occur in the New
Testament, both in the Synoptic Gospels and in the Epistles of
Paul. The New Testament then concludes with the most spectacular
and intricately ordered of all apocalyptic prophecies, the Book of
Revelation. A series of seven symbolic events signalize the conflict
between the forces of Christ and of Antichrist, culminating in a
prodigious violence in which the stars fall like ripe figs and the
harvest of the earth is cast "into the great winepress of the wrath
of God." (6.13). This fierce destruction, however, is a cleansing
one, preparatory to the inauguration of the Kingdom of Christ on
earth, which will last one thousand years - - a blissful earthly
condition at the end of history."
-The Norton Anthology of English Literature
The Romantic Period
Apocalyptic Expectations - An Overview
"Jesus himself was a Jewish prophet who taught and
expected the end of the world as he knew it...' "
- Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium.
by; New Testament scholar - Bart D. Ehrman "...the first generation of Romantic poets incorporated in
their poems a vision of... the abrupt culmination of
history, in which there will emerge a new humanity on
a new earth that is equivalent to a restored paradise...
a vision of a "blest age" in the future when, in a violent
spasm... humanity shall 'burst his fetters', and 'Earth
shall once again be a Paradise'."
-The Norton Anthology of English Literature
The Romantic Period
Apocalyptic Expectations - An Overview "...a world made new : These concepts are obviously
theological. They originate in the apocalyptic and millennial
passages of the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures."
-The Norton Anthology of English Literature
The Romantic Period
Apocalyptic Expectations - An Overview "The term apocalypse... God's providential design for the end
of human history... the imminent events that will abruptly
end the existing world order and replace it with a new and
perfected condition both of humanity and of the world."
-The Norton Anthology of English Literature
The Romantic Period
Apocalyptic Expectations - An Overview
"The root elements of apocalypse are the concern of the Hebrew
prophets with the catastrophic punishments... in "the latter
end of the days," as well as with the expectation of a Messiah,
a deliverer from suffering in this disaster-ridden world. These
elements are collected in the writings attributed to the prophet
Isaiah, which foretell, after God has vented His wrath,
the advent of a renovated world of ease, joy, and peace.
"For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth," in which
"the wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall
eat straw like the bullock" (Isaiah 65:17-25)
-The Norton Anthology of English Literature
The Romantic Period
Apocalyptic Expectations - An Overview
"Two things should be noted concerning the nature of the
future theocratic kingdom of God. First, it will be an
earthly kingdom. Second, it will be a political kingdom."
--Why Future Events ; Part 12; by Dr. Renald Showers
Ankerberg Theological Research Institute "All such things refer not to heavenly matters, but
to the times of the kingdom, when the earth has
been restored by Christ"
--Against the Heresies;
translated by F.R. Montgomery Hitchcock,
book 5, chapters 28, 35
Irenaeus, the bishop of Lyons in France; 2nd Century
Early Christians - "They were millenarians expecting the
imminent coming of Jesus to rule the earth."
- The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001.
"The Kingdom of God: Christ's mediatorial authority,
or his rule on the earth"
-Bible Encyclopedia; WebBible Online
"Jesus will rule the earth... His Kingdom will be
worldwide... There will be peace... There will be
a healing of infirmities and a freedom from disease"
- Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy, pg. 656-658;
J. Barton Payne
"The future theocratic kingdom of God will be an earthly
kingdom involving the administration of God's rule
over everything on this present earth. ...the future
theocratic kingdom will involve the administration of
God's rule by His future representative... Jesus
Christ, over this same earthly province."
--Why Future Events; Part 12; by Dr. Renald Showers
Ankerberg Theological Research Institute
All of this secular information implies that God is
taking over the rulership of the earth. Will that be with the present governments still in charge?
What does the Bible say?
19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their
armies gathered together to make war against the rider on the
horse and his army. 20 But the beast was captured, and with him
the false prophet who had performed the miraculous signs on his
behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received
the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. The two of them
were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. 21 The rest
of them were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of
the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.
(Revelation 19:19-21) (NIV)
No, the current world governments will not be ruling
alongside God in His kingdom.
44 "In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up
a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to
another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and
bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.
(Daniel 2:44) (NIV)
"Come and set up your kingdom, so that everyone on
earth will obey you, as you are obeyed in heaven."
(Matthew 6:10) (Contemporary English Version) "...And you will destroy all who have caused
destruction on the earth."
(Revelation 11:18) (New International Version) God does not want two sets of laws for us to obey. His laws alone
will be sufficient. That means there will be no need for our present
world governments or any politicians in the near future. "For the upright shall dwell in the earth, And the righteous
shall remain in it. But the wicked shall be cut off from
the earth, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it."
(Proverbs 2:21,22) (NIV)
"What will be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?"
(Matthew 24:3) (CEV)
"...For the outward form of this world ; the present world order
is passing away."
(1Corinthians 7:31) (Amplified Bible) Instead we will be governed by rulers appointed by God:
"I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been
given authority to judge... They came to life and reigned
with Christ for a thousand years."
(Revelation 20:4) (New International Version)
"...with Your blood You purchased men unto God from
every tribe and language and people and nation. And
You have made them a kingdom -royal race- and priests
to our God, and they shall reign as kings over the earth !"
(Revelation 5:9,10) (AMP)
"But God has promised us a new heaven and a new earth,
where justice will rule. We are really looking forward to that!"
(2Peter 3:13) (CEV)
The expectation of the Millennium, a divine political
kingdom on earth - to last for a thousand years, was
the corner stone of the first-century faith.
"There would be a certain millenium after the resurrection,
and that there would be a corporeal reign of Christ
on this very earth."
-(Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius,
translated by Isaac Boyle, book 3, chapter 39)
Papias of Hierapolis; 2nd Century "... the expectation of the New Testament is still that of a return of
Christ to the earth, a heavenly kingdom to come on earth..."
- Bishop Gore, ('Belief in Christ') The Old Testament predicted that a “future representative” will appear:
"Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen,
in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon
him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles...
He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set
justice in the earth… Thus saith God Jehovah..."
(Isaiah 42:1-3) (American Standard Version) Who is the “servant” mentioned here? We find out later in the New Testament: 13 The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our
fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him
over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though
he had decided to let him go.
(Acts 3:13) (NIV) "Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love,
in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will
proclaim justice to the nations."
(Matthew 12:18) (NIV)
"...but the world must learn that I love the Father and that I do
exactly what my Father has commanded me."
(John 14:31) (NIV)
27 And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.
(John 5:27) (NIV) How will judgment be dispensed? 11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated
on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was
no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small,
standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another
book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were
judged according to what they had done as recorded in the
books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death
and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each
person was judged according to what he had done. 14 Then
death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake
of fire is the second death. 15 If anyone's name was not found
written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
(Revelation 20:11-16) (NIV)
And then peace?
"For as the new heavens and the new earth,
which I will make, shall remain before me, saith
Jehovah, so shall your seed and your name remain.
And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon
to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall
all flesh come to worship before me, saith Jehovah.
And they shall go forth, and look upon the dead bodies
of the men that have transgressed against me..."
(Isaiah 66:22-24) (ASV) "THEN I saw a new heaven and a new earth...
Then I heard a mighty voice from the throne...
saying, See! The abode of God is with men,
and He will live among them; and they shall be
His people, and God shall personally be with them
and be their God. God will wipe away every tear
from their eyes; and death shall be no more,
neither shall there be anguish nor grief nor pain
any more, for the old conditions and the former
order of things have passed away.
(Revelation 21:1,3,4) (AMP)
"For yet a little while, and the evildoers will be
no more;
though you look with care where they
used to be, they will not be found. But the meek
shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves
in the abundance of peace."
(Psalm 37:10,11) (AMP)
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Many Lords The pious people of Christendom are generally satisfied
that they are serving the God of the Bible. They flock to
churches plastered with crosses, celebrate Christmas,
Easter, Valentine’s day and pray to their trinity god, Jesus.
What they don’t realize is that they are actually serving
a multitude of gods who oppose the God of the Bible. 5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven
or on earth (as indeed there are many "gods" and many
"lords"), 6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father,
from whom all things came and for whom we live; and
there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all
things came and through whom we live.
(1Corinthians 8:5-6) (NIV) And who is the True God? 8 I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not
give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.
(Isaiah 42:8) (American Standard Version)Who is the trinity god? Is Jehovah a trinity God? 9 And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth: in that day
shall Jehovah be one, and his name one.
(Zecariah 14:9) (ASV) The Bible says No, He is NOT! "The Church of Rome borrowed her doctrine
of the Divinity of Christ from the pagans
and the way they worshipped their pagan gods,
as half human and half god. Their adoration
of Jesus as a man-god was almost identical
to their devotions to the ancient pagan gods."
-Pagan Origin of Partialist Doctrines
By John Claudius Pitrat
Published 1871 "The cult that arose in Babylon and spread its cult
tentacles throughout the world was trinitarian
(Two Babylons, by Alexander Hislop). At first,
this doctrine was merely humanism, man making
himself god. The first humanism trinity of record to
be setup and worshiped as gods, was that of Nimrod,
Simeramus, and Tammuz. These are in the Old
Testament in the Canaanite language identified as
Baal, Ashtoreth, and Tammuz. At the dispersion of
the people at the Tower of Babel, this trinity doctrine
of humanism was spread all over the world. Each
religion of all the pagan religions held two common
traits: 1.) A trinity of gods and; 2.) These were in a
form of human gods."
-Jesus Messieh Fellowship
The Trinity Doctrine Is Pagan
By Cohen G. Reckart, Pastor Why did pagan beliefs become incorporated
into the beliefs God’s son brought us? 1 Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times
some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow
deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons.
2 These people are hypocrites and liars, and their consciences
are dead.
(1Timothy 4:1-2) (New Living Translation) Who is Jesus? This seems like a silly question since most people,
even non-Christians will identify "Jesus" as the son
of God. Oddly enough, that is not the name of
God’s son! It is fairly common knowledge that
Christ's name in the Hebrew texts of the Bible is
"Yeshua". Whenever the name "Yeshua" is enountered
it is supposed to be translated to "Joshua". This is
as it should be. "Jesus - In Hebrew it is the same as Joshua.
In two places [Acts 7:45 and Hebrews 4:8] in
the New Testament it is used where is means
Joshua, the leader of the Jews into Canaan,
and in our translation the name Joshua should
have been retained."
-Albert Barnes' -
Notes on the New Testament
Notes on Matthew 1:21 "Joshua" or "Jehoshua" translates
as "The Salvation of Jehovah". "(Joshua) Yahshua/Yahushua/Yahoshua, is the
correct Name for the Savior. In all spellings and
pronunciation, the Name is rendered to mean
"salvation of YAH" or "YAH'S salvation/ (His)
Savior." The Name (Joshua) in its fullest translation
means, "He (YAH) shall save His people. (Yah or
Jah - is an abbreviation for Jehovah) (Just as Yeshua
(Joshua) is an abbreviation for Yehoshuah or Jehoshuah) -
(meaning - The Salvation of Jehovah - or Jehovah's Savior)."
-COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE,
by C. J. Koster"The name "Jehoshua" means the same as Joshua."
-Hitchcocks’s Dictionary of Bible NamesSince "Yehoshua" or "Jehoshua" literally means "the
Salvation of Jehovah" - we can see why people said
that he came in his Father's Name. 9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed,
cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is
he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in
the highest.
(Matthew 21:9) (NIV) We can also see why Jehovah chose this name for his son -
because "Jehoshua" is to be the means by which Jehovah
would provide Salvation to Mankind. This is in total agreement
with the prophet Joel, who said that only those calling upon the
name of "Jehovah" would be saved. "And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call
on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered..."
(Joel 2:32) (ASV) So how did Jehoshua Christ become known as "Jesus"?
"It is known that the Greek name endings with sus,
seus, and sous were attached by the Greeks to names
and geographical areas as means to give honour to
their supreme deity, Zeus."
-Dictionary of Christian Lore and Legend
Professor J. C. J. Metford So what does the name, "Jesus" Mean, in Greek? "Some authorities, who have spent their entire
lives studying the origins of names believe
that "Jesus" actually means - "Hail Zeus!"
For Iesous in Greek IS "Hail Zeus."
"Ie" translates as "Hail" and "sous"
or "sus" translates as Zeus. The English
name "Jesus", therefore, stems etymologically
from "Jupiter-Zeus" the chief god of the
ancient Greek Olympus."
-"Yeshua" or "Jesus" -- Which?
Biblical Research Institute; 1996
by Les Aron Gosling How Insulting! Of all the insulting and barabaric beliefs incorporated
into modern Christianity, it is difficult to find a more
egregious and slanderous defamation.  How can it get worse?
Who does the cross really belong to? "It was not until Christianity began to be PAGANIZED that
the cross came to be thought of as a Christian symbol."
- Babylon Mystery Religion; Ralph Woodrow (pg 50) 'That which is now called the Christian cross was originally
no Christian emblem at all, but was the mystic Tau of the
Chaldeans (Babylonians) and the Egyptians."
- Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons, 2nd American edition.
(Neptune, New Jersey, U.S.A: Loizeaux Brothers, 1959;
(originally written in 1862), pp. 197-205. 'There is hardly a Pagan tribe where the cross has not been
found. The cross was worshipped by the Pagan Celts
long before the incarnation and death of Christ.'(10)
- 10. Ibid. p. 199. 'Crabb's Mythology, p. 163.' "Various objects, dating from periods long anterior to the
Christian era, have been found, marked with crosses of
different designs, in almost every part of the old world.
India, Syria, Persia and Egypt have all yielded numberless
examples... The use of the cross as a religious symbol in
pre-Christian times and among non-Christian peoples may
probably be regarded as almost universal, and in very many
cases it was connected with some form of nature worship."
—Encyclopædia Britannica (1946), Vol. 6, p. 753. "Cross" Christians know this commandment: 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
(Exodus 20:3) (ASV) But most nominal Christians eagerly serve many
false gods on their sacred days willingly. What other gods do nominal Christians worship? Most people are at least vaguely aware that God's son,
our messiah was not born on December 25th. Who was born on that day? "December 25th - not only was Mithra, the sun-god of
Mithraism, said to be born at this time of the year, but
Osiris, Horus, Hercules, Bacchus, Adonis, Jupiter,
Tammuz, and other sun-gods were also supposedly
born at what is today called the "Christmas" season,
the winter solstice!"
- Doane, p.474;
- "The Two Babylons; Alexander Hislop, p.93. "The winter solstice (December) was the time at which
all the sun-gods from Osiris to Jupiter and Mithra had
celebrated their (birthdays) - the celebration being
adorned with the pine tree of Adonis, the holly of Saturn,
and the mistletoe (of the pagan Druids)... tapers(candles)
represented the kindling of the newborn sun-god's fire..."
-Man and His Gods, p. 201. And more gods... "Easter is a heathen term, derived from the Saxon
goddess Eastre, the same as Astarte, the Syrian Venus,
called Ashtoreth in the Old Testament."
- The Companion Bible, King James Version
(Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel Publications,
1990), p.1607.) The history of Valentine's Day is obscure, and further
clouded by various fanciful legends. The holiday's roots
are in the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, a fertility
celebration commemorated annually on February 15.
Pope Gelasius I recast this pagan festival as a Christian
feast day circa 496, declaring February 14 to be St.
Valentine's Day. From: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/valentinesdayhistory.html How do Christians end their prayers to their God? Amen According to the online Encyclopedia Wikipedia: Amun (also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and
rarely Imen, Greek Ἄμμων Ammon, and Ἅμμων
Hammon, reconstructed Egyptian Yamānu) was
the name of a deity, in Egyptian mythology, who
gradually rose to become one of the most important
deities in Ancient Egypt, before fading into obscurity. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun What do the multi-god worshiping nominal Christians look forward to? "On that day of judgment," says the LORD, "I will
punish the leaders... and all those following pagan
customs."
(Zephaniah 1:8) (New Living Translation) 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained
down from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 "It will
be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
(Luke 17:29-30) (NIV) What day? 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the
coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before
the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying
and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered
the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would
happen until the flood came and took them all away.
That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
(Matthew 24:37-39) (NIV)What is a much better idea? This is what Jehovah's people, would suggest: "Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the
chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you,
before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you. Seek
ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his
ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be
ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger."
(Zephaniah 2:2,3) (ASV)9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
(Romans 12:9) (NIV)
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