Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Yom Teruah, The Feast of Trumpets, Is The Beginning Of The End???

Did you know that the Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah), in Ancient Times, was understood, as the inauguration of a judgment process that began on that day and comes to completion on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)?  Yom Teruah, the Feast of Trumpets starts tomorrow, at 6pm, on Rosh Hashanah, the new year and runs for three days. 

The Feast of Trumpets / Yom Teruah is a yearly memorial of judgement, repentance and forgiveness through the mercy of Yahweh / Yah Ehyeh, by his son, Jesus /Y'shua. On the final day, a shofar (trumpet) is blown, in a unique way. The purpose of the day of blowing the shofar, is to alert and call one to repentance for past sins before Yom Kippur. 

In times past, the shofar sounding was used to:

- give a signal during time of war (Judges 3:27).
- proclaim the start and end of the Jubilee year (Lev. 25:9).
- anoint a new king during coronation service (1 Kings 1:34).
- regather the outcasts of Israel (Isa. 27:13).
- warn the people of danger (Amos 3:6).
- declare the arrival of the Messiah (Zech. 9:14).

Why is this year any different?

Well, it is interesting to note that within this year, there culminates some notables occurrences.

It's the end of the 70 year generation of the present state of Israel and the Year of Jubilee. It was in 1947, that the UN passed a resolution to grant the land of Israel, to the Jews, as their homeland. According to Torah, God's Law, all possessions should return to it's rightful owner. As a side note, twenty years, after the UN Resolution to grant Israel its land, in 1967, Jerusalem was returned to it's rightful owner, Israel. That, too, was a Year of Jubilee.

On Sept. 23, 2017, for the first time in 2000 years, the astronomical signs of Revelation 12 will occur.
Could the rest of the chapter be too far away?

What does it all mean?

With the last 20 years having been the greatest timespan ever for natural and manmade disasters and wars and rumors of war, one cannot deny the possibilities.

...and that's what you'll learn, When You Search For The Truth.

Shalom

74 comments:

  1. Exciting times we live in my friends but also serious, for when the shofar is blown may we be reminded that we are in a war and it's heating up!

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  2. Exciting, Indeed! This is the beginning of the end. A good end for the Remnant. The good stuff is always better, when heated up, unless it's cold pizza. :-) LOL

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  3. Are you thinking that this year's Feast of Trumpets is the beginning of the fulfillment of the remaining feasts? Do you believe that Sukkoth and Yom Kippur will also be fulfilled this year?

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  4. I know that you don’t like when I bluntly tell you the truth, but I have been blowing the trumpet in Zion for a long time, and you are unwilling to listen and take heed.
    You prefer the trumpet sound in Sinai rather than the trumpet who sounds in Zion.

    Speculating on a mere doctrine does not make the doctrine true, even if that doctrine tickles your ears.

    Well my friends, it seems to me that you are still back in Egypt, in slavery and in bondage to sin, and stumble around in the wilderness and there is nothing you can do about that :-(

    For this reason the Lord Jesus Christ said that a man must be born again.
    And without being born again he cannot enter nor can he see, he always will be in darkness and his roots will always draw him back to Egypt to his sin-master (Exodus 16:3).

    But the good news is; if a man is born again, he now is a NEW creation, old things have passed away and behold ALL things are NEW :-) from now on his roots are in Christ Jesus our Lord and ONLY God (Jude 1:25).
    And he does NOT try to bring converts back to the roots in Egypt or Israel, he now rejoices with all the angels of heaven over every sinner who has been released and freed from his roots to sin, Egypt and Israel.
    And anyone who is looking back is not worthy of God’s Kingdom.
    Remember Lot’s wife !

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  5. Anonymous, I'm sure that the remaining feasts will be fulfilled by key major events, during the end times. I want to be clear that I'm not date setting. However, the Bible is clear that the Remnant will recognize the times. With that said, I believe that a generation is clearly defined as 70 years, in Psalm 90:10. This prophecy was given with Israel as it's point of center. Israel became a nation in 1947, with the UN resolution. With all the things going on this year, I wouldn't be surprised, if this is the beginning.

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  6. Have you ever noticed, there are literally hundreds of books written about end-times and numerous denomination made their end-time predictions and NOTHING ever happened.
    Perhaps that might be the honey to lure them in to join their denomination :-)

    I think that all end-time stuff is to tickle the ears of the ignorant.
    Interesting, they ALL look to Israel and not one of them is looking to the Lord Jesus Christ.
    Obviously they trust Israel and not the Lord Jesus Christ and for that reason their predictions are never true.

    I call them false prophets just as the Bible calls them.

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  7. That's funny, Paul. You sound just like the Jews when Jesus came the first time. They too, said it's nothing but false hoods and speculation. However, in reality, God will continue to fulfill his word, regardless of what naysayers like you say. Prophecy and the Word of God is only for the Remnant, not unbelievers, in order to confirm the remnants relief and desire to know God.

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  8. Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.

    It's a no brainer!

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  9. Paul,

    Thank you seriously for your answer! I in all honesty wanted to hear that. This made me think. I agree with you to a certain point that many people write books and make predictions, but to get money as well. Many out there I cannot listen to because of what they say AND how they say it. Hal Lindsey is one of those people that drives me crazy with their "prophecy". He is not a prophet, he is only a student of prophecy. I wish he would stop his predictions.

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  10. Keith,

    Building on what I said to Paul. I am not saying that all who predict are in the wrong---far from it. So, I am not saying you're wrong or in the wrong. I myself make these predictions...but I truly don't know. I see the generation as 120 years as in the days of Noah, not 70 years.

    Just saying.

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  11. Tim, I think it's important to recognize that the post is not so much prophesying but to recognize possible fulfillment of prophecy already given. Ask for 120 compared to 70 years for a generation, I believe that the Bible is quite clear that the 120 years was given to that certain generation of Noah, as a time until the judgment of the flood. There is no reference of 120 years for a generation or lifespan. However Psalm 90:10 clearly points out that 70 is the lifespans of one's life, a generation. 40 years as a generation was based on speculation of other occurrences within the Bible. As always, it's a great conversation starter. Your thoughts?

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  12. Keith,

    I see when God told Noah your days will be 120 years and Jesus saying that the times would be like Noah, I feel there is more than just a small correlation. Jesus' birth sometimes had less correlation than what I just said. These two posts of mine explain my idea. It's too much to post here.

    End of time

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  13. Keith,

    You said, "I think it's important to recognize that the post is not so much prophesying but to recognize possible fulfillment of prophecy already given."

    That's all we have in this world today. There is no prophecy based on that. All is done already, we're just waiting for the fulfillment. But what we're doing is making predictions.

    There is prophecies today...but not apocalyptic or messianic. All is written.

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  14. Tim, I went to great lengths to make sure that I did not present my beliefs in the post. I believe that is for the comments. As for the books being written, about prophecy, I agree with both you and Paul. However, a lot of them are racked with errors. A student of the Bible could clearly see those.

    As for your 120 year generation, it has validity, but as I have said before, the Bible comes out and says that a lifetime, a generation is 70 or 80 years, in Psalm 90:10 and it requires no speculation. It even uses wording as found in Matthew 24. In Matthew 24, it says that the generation would be cut short. In Psalm 90:10, it states that it would be 80, but if cut short, it would be 70.

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  15. Hi Keith,
    I do believe that we are in the final day of God's mercy through Jesus, and I believe we are being warned of this through prophesied signs that are coming to pass. That is why I believe it is so important for us all to do whatever God has called us to do.

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  16. Keith, you said, “That's funny, Paul. You sound just like the Jews when Jesus came the first time. They too, said it's nothing but false hoods and speculation.”

    Yes, but the Jews did NOT believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, but I do.
    Remember, the Scriptures said, ‘He came to His own (the Jews), but His own received Him NOT ……. etc.’

    The Jews have the same problem just as you have.
    Did they understood the prophecy of the Old Testament ?
    Of course NOT ! otherwise they would have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ.

    If you think that they have errors, what makes you think that you understand the prophecy of the Old and New Testament ?
    If they didn’t believe in Jesus and you don’t believe in the Lord Jesus, then it is reasonable to say that you will not understand the prophetic utterance either.

    And, if prophecy is for the remnant, then WHO is the remnant ? Is it those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, or those who don’t believe in Him but in another god called Yahweh ?



    You said, “Tim, I went to great lengths to make sure that I did not present my beliefs in the post.”

    Well, everything you say is from the premise of what you believe. In fact every comment you make is from the premise of your belief.


    Just now, some kind of a Christian group prophesied that the end of the world and the Lord’s return would be on the 14 September 2017.
    Apparently the planet Nibiru was to collide on the 14 of September with another planet in our solar system in conjunction with the great dragon of Revelation etc.

    Well, now is the 24th and nothing has happened.

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  17. Hey Brenda, I agree. As I said in the post, in the past, the Feast of Trumpets is the inauguration of a judgment process that began on that day and comes to completion on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)? It is my personal belief that this year, according to prophecy, is the beginning of the final days. I do believe you will start seeing events begin to occur, at a increasing rate, in fulfillment to the final day prophecy. We need to be prepare ourselves for a real bumpy ride until the return of our Messiah.

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  18. I have had a 'bumpy ride' for years Keith because I am not on the 'traditional bus':-)

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  19. Keith,

    The world will blame everything on climate change. Now, I believe it is changing, but also prophesied.

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  20. Paul, Once again, you don't know your Bible. The first century church was mostly Jews, who knew their Bible and accepted the Messiah. It was people who put their own beliefs above the scriptures, which included the Jewish hierarchy, that put the Messiah to death, according to prophecy. It is the same today. The "church" heirarchy and the "body" have created their own erroneous doctrines such as the elevating the Messiah above the Father, a god who could sin, a god who can die, worshipping Mary, supplanting the original scriptures for their own erroneous translations, praying people from the grave into salvation, and so on and so on. I could go on.and on. However, regardless of what you say, the Bible says that salvation requires a reliance on and faithful belief in the God supplied sacrifice.

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    1. Keith, I know that you believe that, but that is absolutely NOT true.
      That is the reason why we are in opposition and we can’t see eye to eye.

      I don’t even think that Tim would believe you or any one of the others, appart from Benda.
      That is exactly the reason why you have never answered my questions, nor can you answer them.

      Look Keith, ALL Christianity is built upon the fact that the Lord Jesus Christ is “GOD”.
      But you are saying that Jesus is NOT “GOD”.
      You are saying that Jesus is a god who could commit sin, a god with a little ‘g’.

      I think that we all know that there is only ONE God with a big ‘G’, and only Satan is the god with the little ‘g’, called the god of this world (2 Cor. 4:4).
      It is this “god”, which is the devil of this world that has blinded the eyes of all those who don’t believe in Jesus Christ but believe in another called Yahweh or Jehovah or whatever other name they give to their god who is of this world.

      I think you know what that means, do you ?
      Well, maybe not :-(

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  21. Keith,
    where you say about 'praying people from the grave into salvation', the only thing that comes to mind that not everybody in churches agree with is 'baptism for the dead'. I am not saying that I fully understand this but I do know that concern for my mother not being baptized caused me long ago after reading this to ask a friend who was being baptized to also be baptized for my mother - which she did.

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  22. Brenda, I believe the Scriptures are quite clear that there is only one requirement for salvation and that is trust and belief that the God supplied sacrifice, Y'shua's sacrifice, is sufficient to cover our sins. No other thing is required of you or required of your mother, including baptism. Baptism is your public showing that you are willing to do what baptism symbolizes. Baptism symbolizes the washing in the laver, which is the word of God. Simply put, baptism is your commitment to walking daily with God, within his will, according to his Word, which is to be Christlike, like the Messiah. Just because your mother did not have time to be baptized before her death, does not mean she was not saved.

    As long as your mother believed and trusted in that belief, she was saved. No additional act, no additional belief. Period! I believe, NO!, I know that your mother is within the bosom of Abraham, in the presence of God, as we write these comments.

    Just as the thief on the cross, just as my father-in-law and just as your mother had no time to be baptized, but gave their life to the Messiah, within the last moments of their life. All three are saved.

    It appears that you are or have been torturing yourself over this, either in the past or presently. Don't do that! You know the truth in your heart that you will meet her again at the great family Reunion.

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  23. I had a very vivid dream years ago that I was at the top of a high dome looking down on my mother and my sister who had passed away. They were both looking up at me smiling and looked beautiful. I believe God was comforting me.

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  24. Hey Brenda, I don't care what other people say. I still believe that God speaks to us in our dreams and confirms things the same way. Praise God for your confirmation that your mom and sister is with God. I can't wait to meet them.

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    1. I do too Keith.
      I have had many dreams where God has either comforted me over an issue or warned me of something.
      Regarding my sister, I believe it was the giving of the wrong blood in a transfusion that could have contributed to, if not caused, her death. After she had a blood transfusion her body ended up being covered in bright red dots. She told me that she had heard a nurse saying to another nurse that my sister had been given the wrong type of blood in the transfusion, and she died shortly after.

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    2. That's a shame, for that to happen in today's world.

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    3. She is in a much better place.

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  25. Hey Tim, I believe in climate change and that is a natural cycle. I believe that God set into motion, long ago, the things that we are seeing, including climate change. All things common happening now, have been prophesied in the Bible. Everything! I believe the history of man, to the fullest detail, including the names of those who are saved, the book of life, is in the Bible. As we could walk closer to God, it becomes obvious.

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  26. Paul, Also, I agree that our beliefs could come through our posts. However, the post is a presentation of what the Bible says. You should try reading it sometimes. Also, the post has some interesting points to spark conversation, not necessarily my beliefs.

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  27. The Bible is the only plumb line we can use to check what is truth -

    'These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.'
    Acts ch. 17 v. 11

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  28. Whow, whow my friend, your comment to Brenda would sink the Titanic all over again :-o

    Do you know what the Bible says about false comfort ?

    Have you ever heard someone saying that ALL cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and ALL liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone ?

    Jesus said that in hell the rich man lifted up his eyes. Obviously he never lifted up his eyes to the Lord Jesus Christ and believed in Him while he was alive.

    I know of someone who was a liar and a blasphemer and abominable person all of his life, and at his funeral, the minister said that he went to a better place.

    No wonder why this evil generation has no fear of God.
    They think that God is a pushover and salvation depends on them whether they believe a doctrine or not. Or perhaps they think that they are saved by performing a religious ceremony.


    You said, “Just as the thief on the cross, just as my father-in-law and just as your mother had no time to be baptized, but gave their life to the Messiah, within the last moments of their life. All three are saved.”


    Tell me, what life did they gave to the Messiah ?
    Do you mean that people can burn the candle all their lives to Satan and then on their deathbed blow the smoke of their candle into the face of the Messiah ?

    Surely you do not know the Lord my God Jesus Christ, nor do you understand the Scriptures.

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  29. Ok, Paul, fill us in, on more of your unbiblical and false doctrine. Are you saying that Y'shua/Jesus lied to the thief on the cross? I guess death bed patients, who trust in the Lord, just before death, have to jump out of bed and go get immersed? So foolish is the one who thinks they can add to what Y'shua/Jesus did on the cross. Go back and read your Bible, instead of leading people astray with your Satanic doctrines.

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  30. Keith, you said, “So foolish is the one who thinks they can add to what Y'shua/Jesus did on the cross. Go back and read your Bible, instead of leading people astray with your Satanic doctrines.”


    I have been saying that to you a along time ago.
    It is you who ought to read the Bible and NOT your extra biblical books and texts.

    Yes, I wish that you would believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and NOT in your unbiblical false god called Yahweh who is not even mentioned in the Bible. And don’t say that you believe the Bible when you obviously don’t.

    And why do you add to that which the Lord Jesus Christ did on the cross ?
    Jesus Christ said, “IT IS FINISHED” (John 19:30), then don’t add your religion to it.

    FINISHED means exactly that, FINISHED !
    There is NO need for a sinners prayer to be added or a confession to be added, nor your believe to be added or whatever else.

    It was the WORK of the Lord Jesus Christ and NOT YOUR work.
    His shed blood was the redemption price to buy back His children from the power and domain of Satan (John 10:11-15 and Mark 10:45) and that has NOTHING to do with what they do, whether they believe it or not, whether they confess it or not.
    Again, it was Jesus who shed His blood to gather HIS children from abroad (John 11:51-52), therefore don’t add your church rituals to it.

    It is a fallacy to think that a dead bed patient can ADD something to the cross, like “TRUST” just before death and then pronounce them to be saved.

    There is NO trust required to be added to the cross. The Lord Jesus doesn’t need the trust of Godless people to add to His finished work at the cross.

    If you really would have eyes to see, you could see who is adding to the cross.
    You need to believe what the Bible said and not man made doctrines.

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  31. Paul, God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. Whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. What do you think 'believes' mean?

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  32. Keith, John 3:16 does not speak about the cross.
    It is a statement that whosoever BELIEVES in the Lord Jesus Christ ALONE and in NO other God will not perish, but have eternal life.

    You see, a man is NOT saved unto life (eternal life) by what he does, it is by grace alone appart from works (doing things) lest he may boast.

    A man is saved from perishing by what he does and that is by works, by believing in the Lord Jesus Christ and DOING what He has said.
    Believing only, doesn’t save a man either, since all the demons believe also, and belief without works is dead anyway just as James has said.

    For that reason no man has the right to pronounce a dead bed patient to be saved, it is God who is the saviour and NOT a man.

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  33. Paul, Of course, John 3:16 speaks about the cross. If read in context, the whole chapter speaks of the cross exclusively. Look specifically at John 3:14-16. In the same way that Moses lifted up the serpent, so shall the Son of Man be lifed up. Why? For what reason? Because God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that who so ever believes in him, in the same way as the serpent in the desert, they will be saved. He who puts their trust in the word of God, which says look to the cross for salvation, will be saved.

    Even though I agree with you that Y'shua/Jesus is the only one through which our salvation is obtained, John 3:16 clearly points out that God supplied the sacrifice through which we need to put our trust/believe in for our salvation. Our point was that baptism is not required for salvation, but the first step of obedience. You implied that there was more than what we said, which led me to say that you cannot add to what Jesus did on the cross.

    Finally, where in the world did you get that a man proclaimed our deathbed example to be saved. It was the act of our lord that proclaims them to be saved.

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  34. 'O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless? Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.…'
    James ch. 2 vs. 20-22.

    Believing in Jesus means acting on the Word He speaks to us as individuals, not just hearing it.

    'Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.…'
    James ch. 1 vs. 22-24.

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  35. Brenda, The Scriptures are quite clear that true faith results in obedience and obedience naturally produces works. Faith, without the works, shows lawlessness, therefore not a true faith. Can there be works, without faith and faith without works? Absolutely! But, without true submission and obedience, they are worthless.

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  36. Keith, nowhere did I say or indicated that a man must be baptised in order to be saved. I did not talk about baptism.

    And it was YOU who pronounced the dead bed patient’s to be saved, saying, “just as my father-in-law and just as your mother had no time to be baptized, but gave their life to the Messiah, within the last moments of their life. All three are saved.”

    It was the act of my Lord (with a big ‘L’) who pronounced one of the thieves to be saved and He didn’t mentioned your father-in-law and neither did He mentioned Brenda’s mother.
    You need to believe what the Bible said and not in your own assumptions.

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  37. Brenda, if you say, “Believing in Jesus means acting on the Word He speaks to us as individuals, not just hearing it.”

    Then why don’t you act upon the commandment of the Lord and forsake that false unbiblical god called Yahweh and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ ?
    I mean in the Lord Jesus Christ alone and in NO OTHER God called Yahweh.

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  38. Look back at our comments, Paul. We were discussing people who believe, but we're not able to be baptized before dying. You interrupted by saying we were wrong or don't you think before saying something?

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  39. That is right Keith what you have said to me regarding obedience. I know absolutely that regarding baptism in my journey with the Lord, I was totally convinced that what I did was right and that I was being obedient to what the Holy Spirit was instructing me to do. I believe that we are all spoken to as individuals at appropriate times, and that we are all tested to see if we are obedient to what we are spoken to about. It is only that Word that is the judge of all of us and I have to say that it is a beautiful journey and the further I travel, the more I see that Word proving itself true.
    A verse comes immediately to my mind 'I will love Thee O Lord my strength.

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  40. Keith, you were discussing people of which you think they were saved.
    And it was YOU who pronounced the dead bed patient’s to be saved, saying, “just as my father-in-law and just as your mother had no time to be baptized, but gave their life to the Messiah, within the last moments of their life. All three are saved.”

    Do you think that a person is saved who believes in a god called Yahweh ? or Jehovah ? or what about Allah ?

    Those are your gods and neither of them can save.
    Or do you think, if a person believes YOUR doctrine, that person is saved ?

    Well, I certainly don’t think so.

    And the question is NOT who is right and who is wrong, the question is, who believes in the ONLY ONE TRUE GOD Jesus Christ who ALONE can save.
    Jesus said, “I, even I am the Lord, And there is NO savior besides Me.” (Isaiah 43:11)
    Therefore all the above useless gods can NOT save.

    So then, what do you think, could your father-in-law be saved by believing in a false god called Yahweh ?
    And what about YOU ?

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  41. Actually, Paul, it was the Lord Y'shua/Jesus who proclaimed that they were saved, not me. Y'shua is the Word of God and the Word of God tells us that whoever make a choice to commit their life, to the Lord, they are saved and regardless of what you say, Y'shua/Jesus is not a liar or deceiver. It doesn't matter if that life is two minutes or a thousand years. You cannot change the Word of God. The Word of God is eternally true and it will never forsake us, nor shall we forsake the Word of God. We are eternally faithful to the Word of God. We are the Remnant of God. You have no ability to sway those who are the Remnant of God, especially since we were forewarned about you and your doctrines, almost 2000 years ago.

    We will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.

    The Remnant will not be carried away by your varied and strange teachings, because our hearts are strengthened by the grace of Yah, who is our savior, who redeemed us through the blood of Y'shua/Jesus.

    We were told to be on your guard so that we are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and their false doctrines, nor fall from our own God given steadfastness.

    We were also told to keep our eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which the Spirit teaches through the Word of God, and to turn away from them. For such men, like you, are slaves, not of our Lord Messiah but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

    Finally, if someone, or even an angel from heaven, should preach to us a gospel contrary to what the Word or the Spirit of God has preached to you, he is to be accursed! We know that false prophets will arise among the people and there will also be false teachers among us, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying Yah and his Son Y'shua, who bought us. Swift destruction upon you and others like you, receiving judgment from Yah El Shaddai.

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  42. Keith, show me, where in the Bible does it say, “the Word of God tells us that whoever make a choice to commit their life, to the Lord, they are saved and regardless of what you say,”

    What do you mean by making a ‘choice’ and committing their life to the Lord ?
    Do you mean that when you make a choice, the Lord Jesus is now obligated to save you ?

    And when you change your mind, does He have to unsave you ?

    Do you think that salvation is some kind of a ‘Yo Yo’ experience ? choose to believe, = saved ! choose not to believe, = unsaved ! choose to believe, = saved ! choose not to believe, = unsaved etc. etc.………. :-(

    What about when you choose the wrong Jesus ?
    What about when you choose a man called Y’shua, is the Lord Jesus Christ obliged to save you ? Do you really think that the Lord God Almighty must honour YOUR choice ??
    And WHICH choice ?

    Surely this is an evil and wicked generation who promotes those kind of nonsensical doctrines.

    You said, “The Word of God is eternally true and it will never forsake us, nor shall we forsake the Word of God. We are eternally faithful to the Word of God.”

    You are definitely NOT faithful to the Word of God.
    Neither to the living Word Jesus, nor to the written Word the Bible.
    If you would be faithful to the written Word of God you would be quoting the Bible and NOT other books. And if you would be faithful to the Lord Jesus Christ you would NOT believe in a god called Yahweh, but believe in the Lord Jesus.

    Remember, I am a representative to both, the living Word which is the Lord Jesus Christ and the written Word of God the Bible.

    You said, “You have no ability to sway those who are the Remnant of God,”

    And who has told you of my ability ?
    And who are the Remnant of God ?

    If you look around you, you can see that all religious cults like the Jehovah Witness, Mormons etc. believe in the same god just like you and Brenda. There is NO difference between you and them, you just don’t want to call your god Jehovah because you don’t want to identify with the Jehovah Witnesses, therefore you give your god a different name ‘Yahweh’.

    Whether you call your god Yahweh or Jehovah or Allah or Buddha makes no difference ?

    One thing is sure, you don’t want the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth to be your LORD and your GOD.
    But ALL of us who believe in the Only true God (Jude 1:25 and Jere. 10:10) believe in the Lord Jesus Christ alone and in NO other just as Thomas has said (John 20:28) “My LORD and my GOD”.

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  43. I have been blowing the FIRST trumpet and the LAST trumpet and yet you do NOT believe it’s sound.
    Is it that you can’t hear the sound ? Or is it that you don’t have any ears to hear ? or is it that you are willfully stiffen your necks like Israel did ?

    The FIRST trumpet is the ALPHA and the LAST trumpet is the OMEGA (Revelation 1:8 and 1:17-18) and he who believes in Him shall NOT perish but have everlasting life.
    He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches (Revelation 4:17).
    “To him who overcomes, to him I will give the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but the one who receives it.”

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  44. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son. Whosoever believes in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16

    “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me." Mark 8:34

    "I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me." Rev 3:20

    If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. Romans 10:9-10

    That sounds like a choice to me. A choice to take up his cross and follow him, walk with him. Be Christ-like and as Romans 10:9-10 says, saved...or not and perish.

    Is Jesus obligated to save you? No, but salvation is promised to those who takes up his cross and believes in the heart that he is who he says he is.

    Unsaves us?No. The blood of the Messiah only saves those who choose to believe, place their faith, gives their life, etc. It is a free will choice. If you choose to believe, then Good will keep them safe, within his hands and no man can pluck you out. However, On the other hand, he will not keep you there in his hands, if you choose to leave. I must admit that I know of no one who have truly place their faith in God and left. But, the possibility is there.

    Yo-Yo salvation? Your ridicule of the truth doesn't validate a non-biblical position. You know it doesn't work that way. May I suggest the Ten Virgin Parable. Understanding that parable answers your question.

    In every generation God has a Remnant, a true group of believers, unto himself. A group that believes his Word and follows his will and walks with him. A group that does not deviate one bit from his word, no adding to or taking away. You are not of the Remnant because you are not true to his word. You allow man's doctrine in and defile it. I would say to repent, but you serve another Jesus, a Non-biblical Jesus.

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  45. Paul,
    you have said to Keith:-
    'Do you mean that when you make a choice, the Lord Jesus is now obligated to save you ?'

    The TRUTH is that the scriptures say that we have to work out our own salvation:-

    'and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good pleasure.…' Philippians ch. 2 vs. 11-13.

    Then where you have said:-
    'And when you change your mind, does He have to unsave you ?'

    The scriptures say:-
    'For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.'
    Hebrews ch. 10 vs. 26-31.

    However, you will probably not believe this as you do not believe scripture that does not fit in with your man made doctrine.

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  46. Even though I do not believe in the absoluteness of "once saved always saved", I do believe that once you have been truly saved and tasted life with him, how in the world can you turn away? However, it is possible. Satan and a third of the angels did exactly that.

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  47. Yes Keith, I believe all those passages from the Bible that you have quoted.
    I also believe that a man can choose whatever he likes.
    But it is not your choice that saves you, you might choose the wrong thing and perish with your choice, so then, why do you trust in your choice ?
    You ought to trust in the Lord Jesus Christ and NOT in your choice.
    And Y'shua and Yahweh cannot save you either. You need to believe what the Word of God is saying, (Acts 4:12) is saying that there is NO OTHER NAME given ! that means exactly what it says, NO OTHER NAME than JESUS who is the Christ, and NOT Jesus who is the local baker. And NOT Tom, Dick and Harry and Y’shua, they cannot save.

    You said, “Is Jesus obligated to save you? No, but salvation is promised to those who takes up his cross and believes in the heart that he is who he says he is.”

    Well my friend, that sounds true, but that is a broad statement, especially, “and believes in the heart that he is who he says he is.”

    That is the part which divides people, it divides the sheep from the goats, and those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ from those who believe in someone else.

    The Lord Jesus said, “I and the Father are ONE” (John 10:30).
    Tell me, who are those who believe in the heart that He is who He says He is ?

    Do you believe that Jesus is the Father ? I don’t think so. Even though He plainly tells you that he who has seen Him has seen the Father (John 14:9) and you still don’t believe what He says.

    In contrast to what you believe in your heart, I believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Father just as He has said in John 10:30 and John 14:9 and in lots of other Scriptures. And even better, He is MY Father who is in heaven :-)
    You may ask, how do I know that ? Simple, He has told me so :-)


    You said, “ The blood of the Messiah only saves those who choose to believe,”

    No my friend, that is NOT true.
    If the devil chooses to believe in the blood of the Messiah, does that mean that the Lord Jesus Christ is obliged to save him also ?
    No my friend, the blood of Jesus has nothing to do with the choice of a man.

    You see, the truth is that the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ saves only those who are His children just as I have previously said, (John 10:11 and 15) that the Lord Jesus died for His sheep, and (John 11:51-52) or to gather in the children of God who are scattered abroad.
    The Lord Jesus Christ did not die for Satan's children.

    You said, “I must admit that I know of no one who have truly place their faith in God and left. But, the possibility is there.”
    What does that mean ? placed their faith in which God ?
    ALL Muslims truly place their faith in God.
    Do you really think that a Muslim is saved ?
    What about the Jehovah Witnesses, they also truly place their faith in God, and are they saved ?
    What about those who place their faith in Yahweh, are they saved ?
    Well, I don’t think so, otherwise, what’s the point for me to preach the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ if their faith in their god can save them.

    Yes I like the Parable of the Ten Virgins, and did you noticed, they all truly placed their faith in God and in the blood of the Messiah.
    But Jesus said to the five, ‘Truly I say to you, I do NOT know you’.

    Keith, the Remnant are those who TRULY believe in the Lord Jesus Christ alone and not those who believe in other gods like Yahweh, Jehovah, Allah and whatever name they give to their gods.

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  48. Brenda, you said, “and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

    Yes Brenda, that is what you ought to do !
    So then, tell me, why don’t you do that ?
    And don’t say that you are doing that.
    You are doing exactly the opposite to what that passage is saying.
    Your tongue is NOT confessing the glory of God the Father to Jesus Christ who is LORD of all.
    Your transgression is that you confess and say that the glory of God the Father belongs to ANOTHER god whom you call Yahweh.
    Brenda, your god Yahweh is not even mentioned in the Bible, then why do you believe in an unbiblical god ?
    Do you think that he can save you ? I don’t think so. In fact, what does the Bible say ? Acts 4:12, there is NO OTHER name given apart from JESUS.

    Can you see, all other gods are useless gods ! Jehovah, Allah, Yahweh, Krishna and anyone else, they are NOT in the Bible and all of them are useless gods.

    But do you want me to tell you how great and marvelous my God is the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth ?
    I have a Bible here and I can show you the great and marvellous acts of my God Jesus Christ, the Scriptures is full of His miraculous power and demonstrations to confound the wise.

    As to the rest of your comment, I think that you first need to clearly understand the doctrine of salvation. That is one of the most debated doctrine.

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  49. Anonymous, there is not such a doctrine as ‘once saved always saved’.
    The Arminianists accuse the Calvinists to believe such a doctrine because the Calvinists believe that a man is saved by grace alone apart from works.

    “Once saved always saved’ has a presupposition at the beginning. Which is, that a man is saved by his will and by his choice.
    And in regard to salvation by grace alone that presupposition is excluded. In other words, you do NOT have a choice, it is God’s choice and by grace alone lest any man may boast.

    Now, in contrast, the Arminians believe that a man is saved by his will and by what he does and what he chooses etc. which amounts to (works).
    That debate has been going on for hundreds of years and most of them have never come to fully know the truth.

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  50. Hello anonymous,
    where you have written:-
    ' I do believe that once you have been truly saved and tasted life with him, how in the world can you turn away'
    I found that once I had come to know Jesus I loved the way that God spoke to me through Him so much that I could not imagine being without Him. I knew that I was a sinner and had to change my ways. Jesus is the only mediator between man and God and it is only through Him that we can learn God's ways.
    I have found that is an on-going process of learning as we go from being babes in Christ to maturing in Him. God understands we are flesh, and is very patient and merciful, and just as He does not want us to continue in sin I find that the more I learn His ways neither do I want to continue in sin.
    We can encourage one another through sharing our testimonies and build one another up through what we each learn.
    May God bless you as you, as we all do, grow in Him through His Word.

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  51. Paul, it is true that there isn't a true biblical doctrine, such as once saved always saved, in the same way as your Jesus is the Father false doctrine. But it is a belief system known as church doctrine.

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  52. Anonymous, obviously, if the Lord Jesus Christ is NOT your Father, then your father is the one the Lord Jesus has told you in John 8:44.

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  53. You may think that you have chosen the Lord Jesus Christ, but the fact is that you have chosen ANOTHER Jesus by the name of Y’shua (2 Cor. 11:3-4).

    It is obvious to everyone that you did NOT choose the LORD JESUS Christ, and neither do you believe Him when He has said that YOU have NOT chosen Me, but I have chosen you (John 15:16), and still you claim the opposite to what the Lord Jesus has said.

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  54. You have been running down the Lord Jesus Christ and demoted Him at every given moment and elevated another god by the name of Yahweh in place of the Lord Jesus Christ.

    What do you think that He will do with you on the day of judgement ?
    Will He say to you, ‘Well done My good and faithful servant’ ?
    Or will He say, ‘Depart from Me, I never knew you’ ?

    Remember, I am His ambassador.

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  55. You're not an ambassador Paul. Ambassadors build relations and bring people closer together. You do not do that. All Christians should be ambassadors, but if we do not build relations them we are not doing what we are called to do.

    You tear people down.

    You can call yourself an ambassador all you want. You can also call yourself a shoe but no matter how many times you do, it won't make you a shoe.

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  56. Well, Tim, with your shoe you have a point there, but I think that no American would want you to be their ambassador, and neither would the Lord Jesus Christ.

    People and social workers build relationships and perhaps churches; I’m not saying that that is bad, but that is NOT my job as an ambassador to the Lord Jesus Christ.

    Remember, the great commission is NOT to build relationships, but to preach the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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  57. Oops ! I nearly forget to add to my previous comment, perhaps you don’t even believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the JUDGE of all, do you ?

    Perhaps you believe that the JUDGE of all is your god Jehovah ? or do you think it is Yahweh ?
    The Muslims think it is ‘Allah’, and the Zoroasters think it is Ahura Mazda, and the trinitarians think that it is their three Amigo gods, and the Hare Krishnas think it is their god called Krishna etc. etc.

    Well, here we can see that we live in a evil and wicked world and they just will NOT believe that the JUDGE of all is the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth (Matthew 25:31-46).

    But what about YOU, will you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ ALONE ??

    Yes, the first thing from you required is to REPENT from believing in your false gods, yes publically REPENT, and then you need to turn away from your false gods and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ alone and then you shall be saved, you and your household, believe NOT and you shall be damned.

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  58. Thank you for proving my point.

    Repented.
    Believer.
    Washed in His blood.
    Baptized by faith.
    Righteous by grace.

    All in the name of Jesus.

    Whatever you say can't take that away.

    You're not an ambassador.

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  59. Paul, let me ask you a straight forward question. Is God true doctrine one that is comprised of all applicable biblical verses or just a few select verses?

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  60. Thanks Keith, I like straight forward questions.
    Yes the doctrine of God is comprised of ALL applicable verses from the entire Bible and of NO other books or texts.

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  61. And yet you ignore all applicable verses to identify Jesus and Gods true doctrine. You can start up you mantra, but you know deep down inside that I speak the truth.

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  62. Identify Jesus AND God’s true doctrine ?

    Well my friend, Jesus IS the doctrine of God !
    Just as much as He is the WAY the TRUTH and the LIFE (John 14:6).

    Can you see my friend, there is NO OTHER way.
    Everyone who believes ONLY in the Lord Jesus Christ has come HOME :-)
    They have ceased from searching.
    They have found the TRUE God and eternal life (1 John 5:20).
    They have entered His rest (Hebrews 4:10-11).
    They Love the LORD their God Jesus Christ with all their heart, with all their mind and with all their soul (Mat. 22:37), which is the foremost of ALL the commandments.
    If you err on that, ALL your religion is useless.

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  63. I opened my Bible this morning to read, as I do every morning, and I opened straight to:-
    'After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:-

    'Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.'
    John ch. 17 vs.1-5

    Then I came over to read the blogs. This piece of scripture so obviously contradicts what Paul is repeatedly saying, and proves that his beliefs do not grant him eternal life.

    Allow the Holy Spirit to lead you into all truth Paul before it is too late.

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  64. Here is a tally:
    16 posts about the topic
    20 veered off to baptism, which is at least new and was interesting.
    9 were just lone comments.
    And 26 have been about Paul's rhetoric and circular arguments.

    16 on topic and 26 about Paul. He does this all the time. It's like this is his blog too. Can we please not engage him and encourage his actions when he does this? It takes away the worship I get from hearing more about who God is. His faith tears God down and would depress and turn away anyone who wants to learn. Just let him say his piece and ignore him. It's been over 2 years and it's the same thing. Let him go...

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  65. Matthew 11:25 ‘At that time Jesus said, “I praise You Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants.”

    Matthew 11:27 “All things has been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.”

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