IS JC
GOD, THE SON OF GOD, A PROPHET,
OR
DID HE
EVER EVEN REALLY EXIST?
"Assemble yourselves and come; draw near
together,
ye that are escaped of the nations:
they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their
graven image,
and pray unto a god that cannot save.
Tell ye, and bring them
near; yea, let them take counsel together:
who hath declared
this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time?
have not I the LORD?
and there is
no God else beside me;
a just God and a
Saviour;
there
is none
beside me.
Look unto me, and
be ye saved, all the ends of
the earth:
for I am
God, and there is none else."
Isaiah 45:20 – 22
"In the LORD
shall all the seed of Israel be justified,
and shall
glory."
Isaiah 45:25
November 9, 2008
With the world in deep peril and much sorrow,
most people ask themselves, "Where is GOD?" And, "Why has HE allowed all this
turmoil and calamity to befall HIS Earth?" There is a reason, many, as a
matter of fact, and they all justify GOD's Acts to call attention to HIMSELF. Of a Truth, GOD creates good and
evil. That's what makes HIM GOD!
We live in a world of exploits, crime, fraud,
abuse, drugs and alcohol, as well where if anything can go wrong it will. We live in surroundings throughout the world
where the mainstream is sadness, mourning, sickness, and savage unhappiness,
and this misery crosses all economic barriers. We live in households of endless
cyclical problems and infinite stress – a world made by the hands of the
heathen and the mega wicked, with no signs of relief in sight, not for the rich
and certainly not for the poor. GOD
has enabled the imaginations of men's hearts to rule, all because mankind has
rejected HIS Ways of Righteousness – HIS Paths to walk that result in
GOD's Peace and happiness. Sadly,
people reject what THUS SAITH THE LORD for the inspirations of men –
religious writings not endorsed by the True and Living CREATOR GOD.
A billion people believe in this JC man-god, and
he is but a character in books, the "New Testament" for he certainly
has not proven himself to be anybody's "saviour" as he is
called. No one is neither saved out
of this present world-wide economic crisis that now painfully grips the nations
nor the ubiquitous problems that plague the peoples of this planet, even while
Missionaries run wild converting people to worship this man, JC. Haven't 2,000 years been long enough a
period for this JC man-god or Son of God or prophet or king, as he is called,
to bring a divine change to this Earth, since he is supposed to be the
"Saviour of the World"?
Actually, how long should people give this JC,
Roman Era deity, the opportunity to prove himself? I recall how the Prophet Elijah gave the
prophets of Baal all day long to prove whether their god was truly god or
whether the True and Living GOD is the GOD. The prophets of Baal failed miserably,
after calling upon their idol from morning to evening, leaping upon its altar,
crying aloud unto it, and cutting themselves with knives and lancets until
their blood gushed out, but to no avail, for their was no response.
Then, at the time of the evening sacrifice the
Prophet Elijah took charge to call upon the Holy Name of his GOD, the GOD of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
"And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto
him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down. And
Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of
Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made
a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. And
he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on
the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the
burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. And he said, Do it the second
time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the
third time. And they did it the third time. And the water ran round
about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. And it came
to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice,
that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and
of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that
I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy
word. Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art
the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. Then the
fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the
stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said,
The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God." I Kings 18:30 – 39
It did not take the True
and Living GOD of Israel any time at all to prove HIMSELF. All that was necessary was for the
Prophet Elijah to call upon HIM to cause people to know the Truth. In a sense, this Message is much like
the Elijah Test, as it will prove that the GOD of Abraham and Moses is the
CREATOR GOD, is the True and Living GOD!
More importantly, this Message will prove that Christians are barking up
the wrong tree and are worshipping a god as impotent and useless as is Baal
– a god that cannot save.
GIVE ME A CHANCE TO SHED LIGHT ON GOD'S WORD
AND PROVE
THAT THERE IS NO TRUTH TO THE ROMAN ERA
CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
BUT
TRUTH, ANSWERS, AND REDEMPTION ONLY
IN SEEKING THE MOST HIGH GOD OF THE "OLD
TESTAMENT"
THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB!
"…God said
moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD
God of your fathers,
the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
hath sent me unto
you: this is my name for ever,
and this
is my memorial unto all generations."
Exodus
3:15
I have heard countless people say that JC is
GOD, and that they believe in the so-called "Trinity". I have also heard countless people say
that they believe in GOD and in JC, but that JC is not GOD. Yet, at every turn I hear both groups
calling on JC for help and giving thanks to him and neglecting to make mention
of the CREATOR GOD, at all. Is not
this confusion? Is not this what
makes Christian a "mystery religion"?
In truth, I don't think these people know
anything at all about the foundation and history of Christianity and what it
entails, or even understand what they are told to believe. If Christians were truly cognizant of
their religion and what THUS SAITH THE LORD, they would want to know how the
"New Testament" could be so far removed from the Ways of the CREATOR
GOD. And more
importantly, they would want to know why Praise is not given only to the
CREATOR instead of to a man called JC who had nothing whatsoever to do with
CREATION of all these Wonders in the Heavens and on the Earth. And that would include the CREATORS Ways
of Righteousness.
"I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands,
have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded." Isaiah 45:12
"I, even I, am he that comforteth you:
who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall
die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched
forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared
continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready
to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?" Isaiah 51:12,13
"All the commandments which I command thee this day
shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess
the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers. And thou shalt remember all
the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to
humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart,
whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger,
and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know;
that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by
every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live." Deuteronomy 8:1 – 3
King
David never once was remiss about Magnifying and Exalting the Most High GOD of
Israel - Blessing HIM and speaking continuously of HIS Greatness and HIS LAW
and praying that his son, Solomon, would be given a perfect heart to keep HIS
LAW, as well.
"Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the
congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our
father, for ever and ever. Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and
the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is
in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O
LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come
of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and
might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto
all. Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious
name.
"And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep
thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these
things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made
provision." I Chronicles 29:10 – 13,19
Since GOD said that David
was a man after HIS own heart, it stands to reason that JC was not. King David spoke only of following the
LAWS GOD gave to HIS Servant Moses to teach to the Children of Israel and that
his son would do likewise. JC, on
the other hand, according to the writers of the "New Testament", came
with his own agenda; speaking of the Law but magnifying himself in order that
he would be worshipped.
"For
Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that
believeth." Romans 10:4
"But
now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that
we should serve in newness of spirit, and not inthe oldness of the
letter." Romans 7:6
"But
now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of
Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the
middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity,
even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of
twain one new man, so making peace;" Ephesians 2:13 – 15
Without a doubt, the
writers of the "New Testament" had JC to adorn this "New"
Gentile religion called Christianity and to distinguish it from the LAW that
GOD established and Commanded should be lived "for ever".
"When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt
bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. Beware that
thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his
judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:" Deuteronomy 8:10,11
Sadly, and most
unfortunately, people want to live as they choose and call upon GOD as the
"need" requires – but not to serve and not to worship ONLY HIM,
according to HIS Ways – but to "use" HIM for their own gain.
"Blessed be the
name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. From the rising of the
sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised.
"Who is like
unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,"
Psalm 113:2,3,5
"Praise ye the
LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that
delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth:
the generation of the upright shall be blessed." 112:1,2
Instead, Christians perpetuate an unfounded belief
in a man called JC that is handed down by grandparents and parents and without
progeny doing the necessary research that would give credibility and worthiness
to their Christian religion. These
believers do not concern themselves with the controversy surrounding the
Christian theology – the plethora of questions that render this Roman
Era Christianity suspect. Let
us not be numbered among those who can easily be deceived into believing just
anything. Let us seek Truth that
is verifiable and that, first and foremost, is derived from the WORD of the
CREATOR GOD and not from man.
***
"Marcion seems to have made the first closed collection of
Christian writings. He was a Gnostic who rejected the Old Testament and
everything "Jewish" and put in place of the Old Testament "the
Gospel" (an abridged edition of the Gospel of Luke) and "the
Apostle" (ten edited letters of Paul). How much influence this
"heretic" had in causing the church finally to draw up an approved
list of books is not known.
Mar cion ism (mar n iz m) n. [[after Marcion, Christian Gnostic of the 2d c. A.D.]]
the doctrines of a Gnostic sect of the 2d & 3d cent. that rejected the
Old Testament and much of the New Testament Mar cion ite (-nit ) n.
Paul's letters were recognized by many of their first readers as
divinely inspired. This is
evident from the fact that these letters were preserved and that the churches
addressed continued for the most part in the directions Paul pointed out.
The heretic Marcion published his own edition of Paul's letters about
A.D. 140. This shows that the collected letters of Paul were well known in the
church of Marcion's day.
The New Testament
writers at times use the phrase "the word of God" for the revelation
preserved in the Old Testament. Beyond that, they identify the message of the
gospel as the true meaning of that former Testament. What they had to declare
was, then, no less authentically the word of God. When the first Christian
believers accepted certain newer writings as Scripture (II Pet. 3:16), it was
with the sureness that here too God was speaking.
The word scripture in
its derivation means something that is written. Scripture is God's word
written. The Bible is eloquent with the speech of God in written form.
Inspiration is the term
used for God's direct action on the biblical writers. While the individuality
of each was preserved, they were at the same time moved, guided, and guarded by
the Holy Spirit so that what they wrote constitutes for humankind the one all-sufficient
Word of God.
As that statement makes clear, the Bible is both a human and a divine
product. We see something of its human author--his outlook, style, temperament,
and the like. But it everywhere carries the stamp of the divine impulse to indicate
that behind and within the work of the human author is God himself. Thus God,
by the process of inspiration, is the direct author of Scripture."
PC/CD ROM MULTIMEDIA BIBLE.
The writers above, as well
as the writers of the "New Testament", went to extremes in their
efforts to give credence to the making of the "New Testament". People can suggest and contrive all the
philosophy imaginable, but if there is no valid WORD of GOD, that information
is merely contrived and at best suspect.
The making of the "New Testament" is the work of men - an
effort to ignite a "New" religion that fosters belief in a "Son
of God" and that ultimately changed GOD's Ordinances to a Christian
doctrine that is totally different than what the CREATOR designed (even in the
BEGINNING) for all peoples of the world to live and do. Nevertheless, can we completely abandon
what the CREATOR initially established, for the likes of "the wickedness
of man" whose "every imagination was evil continually" (Genesis
6:5)?
In the "Old Testament"
we are Commanded to love GOD with our whole heart and soul and to have no other
gods before HIM, as well, we are informed that HIS LAW is "Perfect",
that all HIS Commandments are sure" and "stand fast for ever and ever",
and that HIS Righteousness endureth for ever. Thus, from this information, we should
realize that there is no place for JC or the "New Testament"
teachings in GOD's Plan. In the
Psalms, King David takes great pleasure in Praising the GOD of Israel and in
Magnifying HIS Great WORKS. This
very much devoted King, the man after GOD's "own heart" has said and
indicated countless times that his heart is fixed singing and praising GOD with
harp and Glory.
"I will love thee,
O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my
deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn
of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the LORD, who is
worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
"In my distress I
called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his
temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears."
Psalm 18:1 – 3,6
"The fear of the
LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that
do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever."
Psalm 111:10
Therefore, let us be like
King David. Let us give THUS SAITH
THE LORD the benefit of the doubt.
Let's give GOD's WORD a chance to be our Judge and our Guide, just as it
was in the Wilderness with HIS Covenant People, the Children of Israel. Without the WORD of GOD, we can imagine
ourselves to be inspired about believing anything, even diverse Christian
denominations available for all to pick and choose, which ever one suits their
attitude while criticizing the ones not chosen.
Even consider Oprah. (GOD love her!) She has all kinds of inspired folks on
her show, selling their wares, CD's, and books, and I'll never forget about
that woman with her spiel about some "Secret" that's suppose to
better marriages and change the world using the various techniques outlined on
the CD. I tell you, things got
progressively worse in the world after two shows on that topic. And then there's this new kind of
religion she started, well, I won't even get into that. In any case, not one of the inspired
authors went to her show with the WORD of GOD, and that's the problem! You see, people can say they are
inspired, but does that mean it's the Truth?
Yes, I know well that a
billion people observe Christianity, and I also know that all these people
believe blindly. It is my hope that
they will question the validity of Christianity and my prayer that they will
read the questions and responses in this Message and see if they are worshipping
a man or the CREATOR GOD. After
all, if there is any truth to this Christian religion, surely there cannot be
anything illogical and bogus about it.
But in fact, when we analyze the forthcoming questions, we will see that
there is more myth involving Christianity than anything.
If people will put their
heart and soul into their religion and die for it, as well as have clergymen
read them their Christian last rights, doesn't it make sense to know and fully
understand everything about this religion?
Also, I hate to say it, but one is truly naïve and foolish to adopt
a religion just because that religion has been in the family for
generations. Countless times I have
attempted to shed light on the facts about Christianity, but in most cases, it
is to no avail.
During the election
campaign, both (now) President-Elect and Senator McCain mentioned that they are
Christians and both believe that JC died for their sins. This brings to mind the obvious
question, which is whether or not people can sin continuously after JC
supposedly died for their sins?
That is, if JC has died for your sins, can you still commit adultery,
lie, murder, and commit all manner of crimes and still be so-called
"saved"? If nothing else,
I wish that the Christians who read this Message will at least do their own
research on "The Formation of the New Testament Canon", as the
information they will find that assumes to make Christianity a valid religion
is astounding.
What the world must come to
terms with is that after the Most High GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
established HIS "Perfect LAW" and Way of Life, HE added a stipulation
that we cannot add to nor diminish from HIS Laws, Statutes, and Judgments. Yet, what the writers of the "New
Testament" did was completely disregard this Commandment and wrote
whatever they imagined:
"Ye shall not add
unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from
it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command
you." Deuteronomy 4:2
"Ye shall observe to
do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside
to the right hand or to the left." Deuteronomy 5:32
"What thing soever
I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from
it." Deuteronomy 12:32
I cannot stress enough just
how much the "New Testament" has completely changed GOD's intended
Ways of Righteousness that HE established to be kept forever!
Read this Message and use
GOD's WORD and wisdom to determine if the CREATOR gave this so-called "Son
of God" the power and authority to teach people to observe everything he
(JC) commanded…
***
"And Jesus came and
spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto
the end of the world."
Matthew 28:18 – 20
GIVEN WHAT THE CREATOR GOD
SAID, AND GIVEN WHAT JC SAID, WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AND DISCERN WHAT IS
TRUTH. Both the "Old and the
"New Testaments" cannot be the GOD's TRUTH! By definition, the fact that the
"New Testament" teaches a "New" direction is reason for
concern, especially since the CREATOR GOD Commanded us not to add to or
diminish from HIS LAW. Thus it
behooves us to find as much information as possible of what THUS SAITH THE LORD
to see if HE made any changes in Scripture that would give JC authority to
teach differently than what HE Commanded Moses to teach to the Children of
Israel.
So, now, let us analyze GOD's WORD carefully to see if HE gave HIS
Angels, HIS Prophets, the Kings of Israel, or anyone the authority to change,
to minimize, and/or to teach another Way of Life different than what HE gave to
HIS Prophet Moses to teach to the Children of Israel, HIS Covenant People, and
to the Stranger joined unto them.
It is important to first understand that the GOD of Moses said that HIS
LAW must be kept "FOR EVER", even to a thousand generations.
"Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the
faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep
his commandments to a thousand generations;"
Deuteronomy 7:9
"Let all the earth
fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For he
spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. The LORD
bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the
people of none effect. The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts
of his heart to all generations." Psalm 33:8 - 11
Therefore, let us deal wisely and cautiously with the issues and be
circumspect and true to ourselves and give the WORD of GOD priority when faced
with contrived situations, i.e., matters that cannot be supported by the WORD
of the True and Living GOD. Nevertheless, it is my hope
that believers in JC will consider the facts provided and will lean toward what
THUS SAITH THE LORD, for there is not the likes of it in the "New Testament". I might add that it makes no sense to
pick and choose or even invent a religion that suits our cause. But it is wisdom to choose what the
CREATOR GOD has already designed for our Righteous Paths of Life and follow it.
The questions that follow denote the major
issues that believers in JC must address if they really want to feel confident
and secure in accepting him as their "Lord and Saviour" or if they
want to seek the True and Living GOD. Many of the questions require only
GOD's WORD, and in Truth, that should suffice:
1. Why aren't any of the writers of the
"New Testament" Prophets?
It is common knowledge that the founding fathers
of Christianity wrote from the inspirations of their heart, which is not the same
as writing from what THUS SAITH THE LORD.
At the time of the advent of the Christian theology, GOD had long
since ceased to send visions to HIS Prophets. Reason being, the GOD of Israel had
scattered the Children of Israel throughout the world hundreds of years before
the Roman Empire for forsaking HIM and for turning to other gods to worship
them. Thus, the writings of the
"New Testament" are not by GOD's Prophets.
"Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD
done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of
their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the
land of Egypt: For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods
whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: And the anger
of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that
are written in this book: And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger,
and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it
is this day." Deuteronomy 29:24 – 28
"For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of
deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers
hath he covered. And the vision of
all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men
deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I
cannot; for it is sealed: And the book is delivered to him that
is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with
their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far
from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: Therefore,
behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a
marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall
perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid." Isaiah 29:10 - 14
"And many nations shall pass by this city, and they
shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto
this great city? Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the
covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them." Jeremiah 22:8,9
"Her
gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king
and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more;
her prophets also find no vision from the LORD." Lamentations 2:9
If GOD gave HIS People into the hands of the
heathen, then, of course, it would make sense that neither the law nor the
Prophets are no more!
"They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD;
but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them." Hosea 5:6
"Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye
shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not
divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark
over them. Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded:
yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God." Micah 3:6,7
So, if "there is no
answer of God", then, from where did the "New Testament" writers
get their answers, or rather inspiration to write this Roman Era Book?
"The
children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the
Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border." Joel 3:6
2. Did GOD revoke HIS Laws, Statutes, and
Judgments – HIS "Perfect Book of the LAW"?
Staying in the Land of Israel is contingent on
living according to GOD's Book of the Law, or, as the GOD of Israel warned the
Children of Israel, if they didn't, then they would be spued from the
Land. And as it is written, the
Israelites rejected the GOD of Israel and knowledge and were punished.
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:
because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt
be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also
forget thy children. As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore
will I change their glory into shame."
Hosea 4:6,7
"Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them:
that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out." Leviticus 20:22
The GOD of Israel never said that HE would
revoke HIS LAW. HE said that HE
would remove the Israelites from HIS Holy Land for rejecting and for NOT
observing it.
"For he remembered his holy promise, and
Abraham his servant. And he brought forth his people with joy, and
his chosen with gladness: And gave them the lands of the heathen: and
they inherited the labour of the people; That they might observe his statutes,
and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD."
Psalm 105:42 – 45
"And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your
brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your
tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of
the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan. But take diligent heed to do the
commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to
love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his
commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and
with all your soul." Joshua 22:4,5
"Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing
shall offend them." Psalm 119:165
For this reason, not under any circumstances did
the GOD of Israel annul or invalidate HIS Righteous Book of the Law that HE
gave to the Children of Israel to live and do forever throughout their
generations. And as a matter of fact, the Holy ONE of
Israel said HIMSELF that HE will put HIS LAW in our inward parts upon causing
our return to the Land HE gave to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel.
"Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments,
even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither
ye go to possess it. Keep therefore and do them; for this is your
wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely
this great nation is a wise and understanding people. For what
nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them,
as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so
righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? Only take heed
to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which
thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy
life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;" Deuteronomy 4:5 - 9
"The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things
which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that
we may do all the words of
this law." Deuteronomy 29:29
"Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful
God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments
to a thousand generations;"
Deuteronomy 7:9
"Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of
Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in
the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of
Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith
the LORD: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with
the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in
their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and
they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his
neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all
know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for
I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more." Jeremiah 31:31 – 34
GOD's Paths of Righteousness are so Divine, that
even HIS Prophets spoke of them hundreds of years later, making their words
valid even unto this day.
"Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is
none else; I am God, and there is none like me," Isaiah 46:9
"Thus
saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths,
where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your
souls. But they said, We will not walk therein." Jeremiah 6:16
"Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to
stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in
paths, in a way not cast up;"
Jeremiah
18:15
The teachings of the "New Testament"
are indeed at fault in causing people to stumble from GOD's Ways of Righteousness
that HE made lawful and right.
"… The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth
from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right
hand went a fiery law for them." Deuteronomy 33:2
"Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy
pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way
wherein they should go. Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and
spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws,
good statutes and commandments: And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath,
and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy
servant:" Nehemiah 9:12 - 14
We have no choice but to return to the Ways and
Paths of Righteousness that the CREATOR GOD set forth even in the
BEGINNING.
"Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy
righteous judgments endureth for ever." Psalm 119:160
Noah would not have been spared had he not been
a "just man and perfect in
his generations". There is but one way to be
"perfect:" in your generations, and that is to be obedient and right
with the CREATOR GOD. Noah knew
what to do and what not to do, and he found "grace in the eyes of the LORD", Therefore, he was spared from
GOD's Wrath – the Flood of forty days and forty nights. Those of us living today also have an
opportunity to be spared from the Judgment that is to befall the wicked, and
that is by observing GOD's Righteous Laws, Statutes, and Judgments –
HIS "Perfect" Book of the LAW.
3. Given the First Commandment,
would GOD allow the worship of a god other than HIMSELF and change HIS
"Perfect LAW" for a New religion that would endorse having people
believe in a man instead of HIMSELF?
"And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be
there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which
I have written; that thou mayest teach them." Exodus 24:12
"I call heaven and earth to record this day against
you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing:
therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou
mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and
that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of
thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy
fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them." Deuteronomy 30:19,20
"So the LORD alone did
lead him, and there was no strange god with him." Deuteronomy 32:12
"And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the
words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children
to observe to do, all the words of this law. For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your
life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land,
whither ye go over Jordan to possess it."
Deuteronomy 32:46,47
"Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments,
even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither
ye go to possess it. Keep therefore and do them; for this is
your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall
hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and
understanding people. For what nation is there so great, who hath
God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things
that we call upon him for? And what nation is there so
great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law,
which I set before you this day? Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul
diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest
they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons,
and thy sons' sons;" Deuteronomy 4:5 – 9
"When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy
God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all
Israel in their hearing. Gather the people together, men, and women, and
children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear,
and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the
words of this law:" Deuteronomy 31:11,12
"Then
hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people
Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and
give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an
inheritance." I Kings 8:36
"But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of
Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him
shall ye worship, and to him shall
ye do sacrifice. And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law,
and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for
evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods." II Kings 17:36,37
"The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the
testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple." Psalm 19:7
4. If GOD revoked HIS LAWS, why
would HE curse HIS Covenant People for not keeping them?
It is important to understand that the GOD of
Israel did not revoke HIS Righteous LAWS.
Think about it. To do so
would make no sense at all. GOD's
LAWS are the "Good Way" – a Way of Life – a direction and
Path that enables us to be Righteous.
Not only that, but in keeping of these LAWS, there is great reward.
"The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing
the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the
LORD are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than
gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and
in keeping of them there is great reward." Psalm 19:8 - 11
"…be thou strong and very courageous, that thou
mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded
thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that
thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. This book of the law shall not
depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that
thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then
thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success." Joshua 1:7,8
The GOD of Israel even
Commanded that the kings of Israel must read in HIS LAW all the days of their
life.
"And it shall be, when
he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of
this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that
he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and
these statutes, to do them: That his heart be not lifted up above his
brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right
hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in
his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel." Deuteronomy 17:14,15,18 – 20
"When thou art come
unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and
shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the
nations that are about me; Thou shalt in any wise set him king
over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy
brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over
thee, which is not thy brother." Deuteronomy 17:14,15
JC could never be king over
the Nation of Israel, and the reason is that he is not of their
"brethren"! The tale
states that he is of a "virgin" birth, absurd though that may be,
making him not of any seed of the brethren of Israel. Hence, he could not be a King over the
Kingdom of GOD.
"…I will give
them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of
them, and of their children after them:" Jeremiah 32:39
ONE HEART and ONE WAY is a
reference to GOD's Book of the Law – HIS Laws, Statutes, and Judgments
– HIS Ways of Righteousness.
For GOD to curse the
Israelites into exile into the hands of the "worst of the heathen"
and then revoke HIS LAW for a totally different spirituality is nothing more
than confusion. The CREATOR GOD has
already said to observe HIS LAW "for ever", thus, it would make no
sense to revolutionize HIS "Perfect LAW" – HIS Ways of
Righteousness. More importantly, we
must remember that, as it is written, EVERYTHING GOD Created "It was
good", so change it?
5. Do GOD's Prophets speak of JC and of
exalting him?
GOD's Righteous Prophets feared the CREATOR GOD and
spoke only of Magnifying HIM. As a
matter of fact, not even the false prophets spoke of the likes of worshipping
JC. Much of the abominable acts
committed by people of the "Old Testament" entailed the worship of
idols and the Heavenly bodies.
Therefore, I have to believe that they knew better than to make flesh
and blood a God. Strange enough,
they were well aware of the evils of mortal man, and they chose not to worship
in this fashion.
Actually, Christians will say that the "Old
Testament" speaks of the "Coming of JC", but one is hard pressed
to find even a suggestion for such a confirmation. The CREATOR GOD is never so vague in HIS
WORD that HE wants realized and understood. JC is neither mentioned by name nor are
his adverse teachings found in GOD's Book of the Law. The baptisms of the "New
Testament" are even foreign to the LAWS GOD gave to HIS Servant Moses to
teach to the Children of Israel, and not one person was so-called "baptized"
in the Wilderness. And just for the
record, it is the GOD of Israel that is to be Exalted above all gods –
not HIS Angels, not HIS Righteous Servants, and not HIS Prophets.
"Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song
unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath
triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The LORD is my strength and song,
and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an
habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him." Exodus 15:1,2
"The LORD liveth;
and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my
salvation.
"Therefore I will
give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto
thy name. He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth
mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore." II Samuel 22:47,50,51
"…thou, LORD, art high above all the
earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
"Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the
remembrance of his holiness." Psalm
97:9,12
"I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I
will sing praises unto thee among the nations. For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and
thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. Be thou exalted, O God, above the
heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;" Psalm 108:3 - 5
"But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get
wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it
is this day. And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD
thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify
against you this day that ye shall surely perish." Deuteronomy 8:18,19
Be
JC a God, a prophet, or the so-called "Son of God", he should not be
worshipped! (Matthew 28:9; Mark
5:6) ONLY the CREATOR GOD is worthy of
worship!
"And it shall come to
pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be
established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills;
and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come
ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of
Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out
of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And
he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall
beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation
shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any
more." Isaiah 2:2
– 4
"The
lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed
down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day."
Isaiah 2:11
6. If GOD sent Moses and JC to the Lost
Sheep of the House of Israel, why is it that only Moses was successful in going
to the Israelites and bringing them out of bondage?
"My
sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my
flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or
seek after them." Ezekiel 34:6
"The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and
blindness, and astonishment of heart: And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the
blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou
shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee." Deuteronomy 28:28,29
The reason that JC was not even successful in
going to the "Lost Sheep of the House of Israel" is because they were
"LOST" in every sense of the word. The Israelites were not there! Hence, JC LIED! GOD did not send him to the Lost
Sheep of the House of Israel!
"James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the
twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting." James 1:1
The Ten Tribes had been taken into captivity by
the Assyrians hundreds of years before the so-called "Coming of
JC". And the Remnants of the
Tribes of Judah and some of the other Tribes were under the control of Gentile
kings who had already carried them out of the Land to fulfill the curses GOD
put upon them in Leviticus 26th and Deuteronomy 28th
Chapters for forsaking HIM and for rejecting HIS Book of the Law. Under these circumstances, there was no
way that GOD sent JC to the "Lost Sheep of the House of Israel". That's why JC did not go to them to
bring them out of their bondage. I
might add, that the Most High GOD of Israel is yet to Redeem HIS Covenant
People from the hands of their enemies.
"…if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto
me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
"And if ye walk
contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more
plagues upon you according to your sins.
"And if ye will not be
reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; Then will I
also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my
covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send
the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy." Leviticus 26:18,21,23 - 25
"And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and
they that hated them ruled over them. Their enemies also oppressed them,
and they were brought into subjection under their hand." Psalm 106:41,42
Yet, it is the Holy ONE of Israel that promises
to SAVE the Lost Tribes – not JC!
"And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a
curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I
save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands
be strong. For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when
your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:
So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the
house of Judah: fear ye not."
Zechariah 8:13 - 15
7. By GOD's own admission, HE is a Jealous
GOD, so, that being a given, why would HE be pleased with people praying to,
believing in, and worshipping JC?
After all, the major reason the Israelites were scattered into the four
corners of the Earth was because of their forsaking the GOD of Israel and
worshipping strange gods.
Countless times throughout the "Old
Testament", the GOD of Israel begged HIS rebellious, Covenant People,
Israel, to return to HIM, to "Call" on HIM, and to pray to HIM, but
to no avail. They wanted their gods
- gods of many different similitudes.
"They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten
image. Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth
grass. They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;" Psalm 106:19 – 21
"Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against
his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. And he
gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over
them." Psalm 106:40,41
How utterly insane and abominable it was for the
Israelites in the Wilderness to immediately forget the Miracles and Acts of the
GOD of Israel, especially after HE had just safely brought them out of Egypt. They completely dismissed the GOD
that proved HIMSELF to be their All-Mighty SAVIOR, and replaced HIM with the
likes of an animal. So, what's the
difference in replacing GOD with this so-called "man" called JC? Isn't it the same sin? Both are dead wrong to do!
"O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. Sing
unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. Glory
ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. Seek
the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. Remember his marvellous
works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;" Psalm 105:1 - 5
"Who
can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his
praise?" Psalm 106:2
"Let
the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let
him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for
he will abundantly pardon."
Isaiah
55:7
"And
I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she
returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it." Jeremiah 3:7
"If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of
my sight, then shalt thou not remove."
Jeremiah 4:1
"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,
saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected
end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will
hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall
search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the LORD:
and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the
nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and
I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away
captive." Jeremiah 29:11 – 14
"Call unto me,
and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou
knowest not." Jeremiah 33:3
"And
I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is
refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and
I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The
LORD is my God." Zechariah 13:9
"And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and
while they are yet speaking, I will hear." Isaiah
65:24
"Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my
refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall
thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his
angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways." Psalm 91:9 – 11
Consider
this verse and give it much thought.
GOD said HE would give HIS Angels (plural) charge to keep us safe
because we made HIM Our Refuge. HE
made no mention of a "New Testament" "Son of God"!
Neither a jealous husband nor a Jealous GOD
wants his beloved devoted to someone else.
The sad thing about this is that the CREATOR GOD has not yet been
availed of a dedicated and loyal people serving and worshipping HIM. But we can change all that by calling
upon HIM, praying to HIM, and asking HIM to open our eyes to HIS Truth that HE
wants us to follow.
If we stop and give this matter some really
serious thought, I believe that we can understand the ramifications of this
word "Jealous", in the way it pertains to worship of the Most High
GOD, for then it truly speaks volumes!
Exalt ye the LORD our
God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
"Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD
our God is holy." Psalm 99:5,9
8. Does it make any sense for GOD to change
HIS Righteous and Perfect Way of Life, HIS "GOOD Way" for a Christian
religion formulated by imaginations of men – the writers of the "New
Testament"?
Mere man has proven himself to be evil, wicked,
deceptive, and most destructive.
And the imaginations of his heart have been evil continually.
"And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,
and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only
evil continually." Genesis 6:5
"Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me
from the violent man; Which imagine mischiefs in their heart;
continually are they gathered together for war. They have sharpened
their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah." Psalm 140:1 – 3
"But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my
voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all
the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. But they hearkened not, nor inclined
their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their
evil heart, and went backward, and not forward." Jeremiah 7:23,24
"For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the
day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto
this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. Yet they obeyed
not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their
evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant,
which I commanded them to do; but they did them not." Jeremiah 11:7,8
"This evil people, which refuse to hear my words,
which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to
serve them, and to worship them…And I will dash them one against another,
even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor
spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them."
Jeremiah 13:10,14
So, does it make any sense for GOD to change HIS
Righteous and Perfect Way of Life for the imaginations of men? NOT AT ALL!!! GOD's LAW is "for ever", and
we are compelled to live by "every word that proceedeth out of the mouth
of the LORD" without altering it.
"All the commandments which I command thee this day
shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess
the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers. And thou shalt remember all
the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to
humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart,
whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. And he humbled thee, and
suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not,
neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not
live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth
of the LORD doth man live."
Deuteronomy 8:1 - 3
9. Did GOD send JC to die for people's
sins?
Throughout the "Old Testament" the GOD
of Israel stresses living Righteously.
However, the Scripture that puts this ridiculous notion, that JC died
for people's sins, to rest (demise) is the dialogue between the GOD of Israel
and HIS Servant Moses:
"And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this
people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet
now, if thou wilt forgive their sin; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of
thy book which thou hast written. And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever
hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book." Exodus 32:31 - 33
"Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should
die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways,
and live? But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness,
and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations
that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness
that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath
trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. Yet
ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not
my way equal? are not your ways unequal? When a righteous man turneth
away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for
his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. Again, when the wicked man
turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which
is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive." Ezekiel 18:23 – 27
"Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every
one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your
transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. Cast away from you
all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart
and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have
no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves,
and live ye." Ezekiel 18:30 - 32
The "New Testament" writer who
invented the idea to let JC die for people's sins evidently did not do his homework
concerning GOD's WORD written in the "Old Testament". There is absolutely nothing in GOD's
Book of the Law or in the writings of HIS Prophets to support such a
concept. The CREATOR GOD has
always talked of using Righteous Judgments in an effort to eliminate
wickedness.
"Blessed are
the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. Blessed are they
that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
"Thou hast
commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
"Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?" Psalm 119:1,2,4,9
HOWEVER, after the Remnant of Israel makes the
decision to return back to the GOD of Israel and to live and do HIS Laws,
Statutes, and Judgments in Truth and in Righteousness (Deu. 30:1-4), HIS WORD
is that HE will pardon our iniquity because HE delights in Mercy. And do note, there is nothing whatsoever
that even suggests someone dying for our sins:
"Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth
iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he
retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He
will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our
iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Thou wilt perform the truth to
Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers
from the days of old." Micah 7:18 - 20
10. Do we really need JC?
To say that we need JC is to say that the GOD of
Israel is not capable of saving the Children of Israel as HE had said. But we know this is not the
case. It was the GOD of Israel
ALONE that saved the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage and settled them in the
Land of Canaan, a Land flowing with Milk and Honey, the Land HE named the Land
of Israel. HE kept HIS Promise
to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give their SEED this Holy Land, and now,
written in the words of HIS Prophets, GOD promises to cause the exiled
Israelites to return and will blot out our transgressions. The GOD of Israel is Israel's
REDEEMER, not JC.
"Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of
Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of
Israel.
"Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind
shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory
in the Holy One of Israel."
Isaiah 41:14,16
"And it shall come to pass, that whosoever
shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be
deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall
call." Joel 2:32
“I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy
transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins:
return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.”
Isaiah 44:22
I cannot stress enough that Israelites do not
need JC, and
nowhere in GOD's WORD is there written where Israelites or even Gentiles must
revere him, either. The JEALOUS GOD
of Israel wants all the attention, or people will pay the consequences, as did
the rebellious Israelites and the world!
"In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your
own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion." Jeremiah 2:30
"O
LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but
they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused
to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have
refused to return." Jeremiah 5:3
"…Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt
not turn away from me."
Jeremiah 3:19
The people Created must have loyalty only to the
Most High GOD of Abraham and Moses.
There were Angels and Righteous Prophets and Priests during the days of
Kings David and Solomon, but they were well aware who deserved ALL THE
GLORY. They knew of all these men
of GOD, and they also knew to give THANKS and PRAISE to the ONE GOD of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, whose name was changed to Israel because of his twelve sons,
the Twelve Tribes of Jacob!
"But
if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not
keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go
and serve other gods, and worship them: Then will I cut off Israel out of the
land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my
name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword
among all people:" I Kings 9:6
If
the GOD of Israel did not want the Israelites worshipping other gods, then HE
did not want them worshipping JC either.
"But
now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O
Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy
name; thou art mine."
Isaiah 43:1
"Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which
will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob,
my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen." Isaiah 44:22
"Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we
come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God. Truly in vain is
salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of
mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel." Jeremiah 3:22,23
"Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the
earth: for I am God, and there is none else." Isaiah 45:22
"For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD
of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst
thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: But they
shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto
them. Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD;
neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy
seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in
rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid." Jeremiah 30:8 – 10
"And it shall come to pass, when all these things are
come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and
thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy
God hath driven thee, And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt
obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy
children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; That then the
LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will
return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath
scattered thee." Deuteronomy 30:1 – 3
For what reason do we need JC when we have the
CREATOR GOD of Israel? All we need
do is resign ourselves to obedience and return to HIM in righteousness, and
then HE promises to save us out of all our troubles.
11. As we know, the "New
Testament" teaches that Christians must pray to JC.
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the
truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." John 14:6
Nothing could be further from the GOD's
Truth. From what's written in the
WORD of GOD/in the Hebrew Scriptures where is it even suggested that we must
pray to anyone or anything but the CREATOR GOD, that Created the Heavens and
the Earth and all things therein?
Nowhere! JC has not proven himself to be any more
than a fabricated tale, so why should people jeopardize their relationship with
the CREATOR GOD for the likes of a man who did not know that GOD's Kingdom was
not nigh and who has not saved anyone out of the Hell upon this Earth.
No, pray to that which we know is real and able
to hear our cries for help, and that can only be the True and Living CREATOR
GOD of Israel!
"My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I
direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up." Psalm 5:3
"… the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. The
LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer." Psalm 6:8,9
12. Should the peoples of the world
be waiting on the CREATOR GOD of Israel or the so-called "Coming of
JC"?
Let the Hebrew Scriptures speak the Truth:
"And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of
Jacob, and I will look for him."
Isaiah 8:17
"Give us help from trouble: for vain is the
help of man. Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is thatshall
tread down our enemies. " Psalm 108:12,13
"Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we
waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to
the remembrance of thee. With my
soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I
seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the
inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness." Isaiah 26:8,9
People who seek the
whole Truth must give credence to what THUS SAITH THE LORD concerning HIS Holy
Name.
"And God said moreover
unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of
your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath
sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my
memorial unto all generations."
Exodus 3:15
King Solomon built a most
magnificent and Divine Temple, strictly for the Glory and Praise of GOD's
Holy Name. No one can change
that – not the likes of JC or any other god! Likewise, the CREATOR GOD of Israel
chose for HIMSELF the City Jerusalem.
"For thy Maker is
thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole
earth shall he be called."
Isaiah 54:5
"I will praise
thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the
nations. For thy mercy is
great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. Be
thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the
earth;" Psalm 108:3
– 5
Tithes also were paid
for Glory to the Most High GOD of Israel for Blessing the Israelites IN THE
LAND. Tithes were not to be given
to JC and certainly not to be given to any church:
(Leviticus 27:28 – 30; Numbers 18:24 – 32; Deuteronomy 12:6
– 7).
13. When did the CREATOR GOD give
authority to change HIS Hallowed Sabbath Day of Complete REST to
"Sunday", and was this change justified?
The CREATOR GOD never gave anyone the authority
to change HIS Holy Seventh Day of Complete REST to "Sunday".
People fail to realize that GOD's Sabbath Day is
the weekly Anniversary of the Creation of Heaven and Earth.
"Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all
the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had
made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And
God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had
rested from all his work which God created and made." Genesis 2:1 – 3
I would be remiss if I did
not also include the consequences for NOT keeping GOD's Seventh Day at REST and
HOLY:
"And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying, Speak thou also
unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is
a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know
that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. Ye shall keep the
sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it
shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that
soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days may work be done; but
in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth
any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore
the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath
throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign
between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was
refreshed." Exodus 31:12 - 17
The CREATOR GOD established this Holy Seventh
Day with love and compassion for those of us who toil six days every week, so
that we can rest and be refreshed.
Would we change our birth dates or our wedding anniversaries? Of course not, and these dates are not
at all as important and sacred as is GOD's Holy Seventh Day Sabbath! One of the Ten Commandments is to "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it
holy". Therefore,
how can anyone justify changing GOD's Law of the Holy Sabbath Day to
"Sunday"?
14. Why does the GOD of Israel
speak of the "Day of the LORD" but nothing is said of the so-called
"Coming of JC"?
The Truth of the matter is that there is no
connection with the so-called Coming of JC written in the "New
Testament" and GOD's Plans prophesied in the "Old Testament" to
Judge this wicked Earth and establish HIS Divine Peace upon it for the
"Meek" who are to inherit this wondrous planet.
"The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall
stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall
prevail against his enemies. I have long time holden my peace; I have been
still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing
woman; I will destroy and devour at once."
Isaiah 42:13,14
"Blow ye the trumpet
in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of
the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at
hand; A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick
darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a
strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even
to the years of many generations.
"The earth shall
quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be
dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: And the LORD shall utter his
voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is
strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and
very terrible; and who can abide it?" Joel 2:1,2,10,11
"I have commanded
my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even
them that rejoice in my highness. The
noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous
noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth
the host of the battle. They come from a far country, from the end of
heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy
the whole land. Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it
shall come as a destruction from the Almighty." Isaiah 13:3 – 6
"Behold, the day of
the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land
desolate: and he shall destroy the
sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of heaven and the
constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in
his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. And I
will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity;
and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the
haughtiness of the terrible.
"Therefore I will
shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of
the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep
that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee
every one into his own land."
Isaiah 13:9 – 11,13,14
"The
LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice;
let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. Clouds and darkness are
round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his
throne. A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round
about." Psalm 97 1 - 3
"The LORD hath made
known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of
the heathen.
"Before the LORD; for
he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and
the people with equity." Psalm 98:2,9
It was the CREATOR GOD that
started CREATION, and it will be the CREATOR GOD that will bring this Universe
to the moment of Righteousness with the exclusion of wickedness and all other
forms of false worship. PRAISE
the Holy ONE for giving us reason to hope for genuine Righteousness, peace, and
true happiness on this Earth.
We do not
need JC!
15. Elijah proved that the GOD of
Israel is GOD, so for what reason do we need something else to believe in since
we know that GOD is a "JEALOUS GOD" and wants no other god worshipped
before HIM?
Some people require a god that they can
see. Therefore, they are happy with
a dead god on a cross around their necks or in a picture on their walls. But, as we know, the GOD of Israel
never showed HIMSELF to anyone but to HIS Servant Moses. HE never appeared in any similitude
before the Children of Israel. And
the First Commandment makes it clear that the people who worship JC, or any
other god, are in gross err.
"And God spake all these words, saying, I am
the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the
house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make
unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is
in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in
the water under the earth:"
Exodus 20:1 – 4
"And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the
fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard
a voice.
"Take ye therefore
good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that
the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye
corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any
figure, the likeness of male or female,
"Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD
your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the
likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee." Deuteronomy 4:12,15,16,23
"Unto this day they do after the former manners: they
fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their
ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the
children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; With whom the LORD had made a
covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow
yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:" II Kings 17:34,35
"Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know
that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart
back again. Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice,
and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was
in the trench. And when all the people saw it, they fell on their
faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is
the God." I Kings 18:37 – 39
PRAISE GOD for leaving with
us the story of Elijah's Test that proves the GOD of Israel ALONE to be the
True and Living GOD!
16. Why can't we just believe in
and worship the ONE GOD that Created the Heavens and the Earth?
We will, but first the CREATOR GOD must reveal
HIMSELF to the World again in order that the peoples and nations on this Earth
will learn to Fear HIM and understand that HE will no longer tolerate these
present transgressions and false worship that engulf HIS planet Earth. The CREATOR formed the Heavens, the
Earth, and all things therein for HIS Glory – not for mankind to worship
JC or any other false god.
17. The GOD of Israel, unbeknownst
to many, is the CREATOR GOD. HE
says that HE kills and makes alive.
HE manifests peace and unrest.
HE established the Land of Israel and chose Jerusalem for HIS Holy City
for the Children of Israel, HIS Covenant People, and for all nations and
peoples to gather to worship HIM.
HE once brought peace to HIS Holy City, and HE promises to do so again. Therefore, why not Fear this GOD that
has demonstrated HIS Powers and proven HIS ability to save and to produce
without fail? Why not worship this
Great GOD according to HIS Ways?
When people realize that with the keeping of
GOD's LAWS, there is peace and prosperity, then they will happily worship this
Great and Awesome GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
"Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves
to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his
servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold
of my covenant; Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them
joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall
be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer
for all people. The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet
will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him." Isaiah 56:6 – 8
"… I know
their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations
and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory." Isaiah 66:18
"Look
unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there
is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my
mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee
shall bow, every tongue shall swear." Isaiah 45:22,23
Without question, yes
indeed, we must look to the CREATOR, the GOD that Created all things. HE confirmed this worthiness, and so
also did HIS Prophets, those who Feared and believed in HIM, and Kings David
and Solomon. We live in a Universe
and world replete with GOD's Wondrous Works that no one but HIM can take credit
for establishing. Therefore, to HIM
must go all the Glory, and the Exaltation.
"Exalt
ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is
holy.
"Exalt
the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is
holy." Psalm 99:5,9
"Make a joyful
noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made
us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his
pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts
with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the LORD is
good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all
generations." Psalm 100
"The LORD is
good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in
him." Nahum 1:7
At the time of the writings
of the Hebrew Scriptures, the "Old Testament", the Israelites never
spoke of JC, because the GOD of Israel was always reinforcing worship of
HIMSELF and observance of HIS Laws, Statutes, and Judgments, a fact well known
among GOD's Righteous Prophets and Kings David and Solomon.
"Sanctify yourselves
therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. And ye shall
keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you." Leviticus 20:7,8
"And what nation is
there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all
this law, which I set before you this day?"
Deuteronomy 4:8
"And keep the
charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments,
and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses,
that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest
thyself:" I Kings 2:3
If JC were at all a
figment of the "Old Testament" writings, there were too many devout
Israelites who would have questioned even the mention of such a man as he.
The GOD of Israel said to Moses, "And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus
saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn." (Exodus 4:22 – so much for JC
being the so-called "Son of God") The Prophet Jeremiah also wrote about
GOD's beloved People Israel.
"Turn, O
backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a
family, and I will bring you to Zion:" Jeremiah 3:14
The GOD of Israel used many
metaphors to demonstrate HIS love for HIS Covenant People, and though HE has
punished us severely, HE has never stopped loving us, as HIS Hand is
stretched out still.
"Therefore the Lord
shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their
fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer,
and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away,
but his hand is stretched out still." Isaiah 9:17
"Woe unto them that
decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have
prescribed; To turn aside the needy
from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that
widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
"Without me they shall
bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this
his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out
still." Isaiah
10:1,2,4
18. Why does the CREATOR GOD seem
to support the worship of all these false gods, even of JC given the fact that
HE caused HIS Covenant People's captivity for their worship of false gods?
The Holy ONE of Israel did everything right to
try to get HIS Covenant People to see and understand that they had to live by
HIS Righteous Book of the Law and worship ONLY HIM, if they were to stay in the
Land. They did not listen, so the GOD of
Israel caused their enemies to rule over them in their own Land. Countless times HE Delivered them out
of the hands of their enemies, but they still returned to their false
gods. Finally, the GOD of Israel
was fed up, and when the Israelites prayed to HIM to save them from their
enemies, HE told them to call upon their gods for help because HE was finished
with them. And eventually HE
scattered them completely from HIS Land.
"And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of
the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which
neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone." Deuteronomy 28:64
That would include the inspired theology known
as Christianity, and have we ever been deceived – all because of the
great transgressions of GOD's Chosen People, the Children of Israel!
"So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou
subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest
them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they
might do with them as they would. And they took strong cities, and a fat
land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and
oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and
became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. Nevertheless
they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their
backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them
to thee, and they wrought great provocations. Therefore thou deliveredst them
into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their
trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and
according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out
of the hand of their enemies. But after they had rest, they did evil again
before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies,
so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto
thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver
them according to thy mercies; And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest
bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not
unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do,
he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck,
and would not hear. Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and
testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not
give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands." Nehemiah 9:24 – 30
"Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to
a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back
unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will
say, Arise, and save us. But where are thy gods that thou hast made
thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble:
for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah." Jeremiah 2:27,28
"Hear, O earth:
behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts,
because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected
it." Jeremiah 6:19
"Because Ephraim
hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin."
Hosea 8:11
The CREATOR GOD did right to
tell HIS People to call upon the gods they believed in and worshipped to help
them. HE made HIS Point, and
hopefully, those who will learn about GOD's WORD concerning this matter will
come to terms with the Truth and turn to the True and Living GOD, the ONLY GOD
able to save us out of all our troubles.
19. Would the CREATOR GOD wait
until the Roman Era to give the world a "New" Righteous Path to
follow?
No, it would make no sense for the CREATOR in
HIS infinite Wisdom to present a new doctrine to the world AFTER HE has
scattered HIS Covenant People into the "four corners of the
Earth". Keep in mind
that the GOD of Israel has stipulated in Deuteronomy 30:1 – 5 that to
return to the Land, we must return to HIS LAW. And this is proof positive that the
Roman Era's "New Testament"-Christian theology is not the work of the
CREATOR GOD's Ways of Righteousness.
The CREATOR GOD in all HIS Wisdom Created
mankind and gave them all that they would need to survive on HIS Earth. HE also gave them a Righteous Way of
Life to follow at the very same time that HE placed them on this planet. No one can invent a better Way of
Righteousness than the CREATOR – not the peoples of the Roman Era and not
anyone born after that time. GOD's
Righteousness is "FOR EVER"!
20. What does the CREATOR GOD
require, and what has HE Commanded since the BEGINNING of time?
O' that we all, Gentile and Stranger, would do
what the CREATOR GOD of Israel requires of us.
"And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require
of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love
him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, To
keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this
day for thy good?
"For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a
great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh
reward:" Deuteronomy 10:12,13,17
"For he established a testimony in Jacob, and
appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should
make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them,
even the children which should be born; who should arise and
declare them to their children: That they might set their hope in God,
and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:" Psalm 78:5 - 7
21. What is proof that will assure
all peoples that there is but ONE GOD, and that HE ALONE is the ONLY SAVIOR?
People fail to read the "Old
Testament", so they are ignorant of the fact that the GOD of Israel only
showed HIS Covenant People, the Children of Israel, HIS Miracles. Also, HE lived among them sending them
HIS WORD daily at the mouth of HIS Prophets concerning what they should and
should not do.
"For the
LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his
inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste
howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the
apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her
young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: So
the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him." Deuteronomy 32:9 - 12
"He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel." Psalm 103:7
"Thou whom I have taken
from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and
said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast
thee away." Isaiah 41:9
"We
are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy
name." Isaiah 63:19
"Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you,
O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land
of Egypt, saying, You only have I known of all the families of the earth:
therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities." Amos 3:1,2
"And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that
I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be
ashamed." Joel 2:27
"Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the
people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former
things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or
let them hear, and say, It is truth. Ye are my witnesses, saith
the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me,
and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither
shall there be after me. I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there
is no saviour. I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there
was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses,
saith the LORD, that I am God." Isaiah 43:9 - 12
"Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his
redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last;
and beside me there is no God. And who, as I, shall call, and shall
declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people?
and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. Fear
ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have
declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me?
yea, there is no God; I know not any." Isaiah 44:6 – 8
"And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and
will be their God. And they shall know that I am the LORD their God,
that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them:
I am the LORD their God."
Exodus 29:45,46
You can't make this stuff up! It's in Scripture in black and white for
all to know and see! It should also
be known that even though the GOD of Israel has a Chosen People, HE accepts all
who will turn to HIM and will live by HIS Ways of Righteousness (Isaiah 56:6
– 8).
22. Since the Christian doctrine
has not provided any sense of gratification, i.e., reward, serenity, good
health, tranquility, happiness, sense of calmness from wars and rumors of wars,
why not give the CREATOR GOD an opportunity to prove HIMSELF and SAVE us all
from this Hell that has engulfed this Earth?
Actually, we have no choice but to give the
CREATOR GOD an opportunity to bring peace to this Earth and peace of mind to
all of us who sorrow from the many distresses that plague us. As we can all see, no one or anything
but the CREATOR is able to improve the conditions and end the crises that
instigate all the Hell that plagues this Earth.
23. So, JC has done nothing to make
this world better, but then the CREATOR GOD hasn't either. WHY?
This once magnificent Earth has become Hell on
Earth, with no peace for no one – not the poor and not the rich. When it rains, everybody gets wet. When the air and water are polluted, the
carcinogens do not pick and choose who will become diseased. And when there is an economic crisis,
every pocket feels the crunch. The
ills of this world can truly be attributed to the Children of Israel. When the Israelites rejected the GOD
of Israel and refused to live by HIS Righteous LAW, just as HE said, HE
scattered them into the hands of the heathen to serve them and to suffer. Well, we have suffered horribly, and if
anyone thinks not, then he/she should read a history book on the enslavement of
Blacks out of "Africa".
Not only that, but if you can imagine what being thrown into a pit of
snakes is like, or being cast among the worst of the heathen to serve them is
like, then you can see the Hell these present world systems, cultures, and
societies have brought to fruition.
And it is nothing to brag about!
People have become cutthroat and greedy without any compassion for the
less fortunate. The GOD of Israel has
made us subjects of people who think that because they live in the so-called
"Greatest Country in the World" that they are gods.
"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of
the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the
nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into
heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the
mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the
heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt
be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee
shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this
the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That
made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that
opened not the house of his prisoners?"
Isaiah 14:12 - 17
And in the process of the Gentiles taking over
GOD's Earth, the Children of Israel have not only lost their identity, but they
have become the tail and not the head, without their captors experiencing even
the slightest hint of guilt – a word rarely mentioned by those who
forcibly migrated us to their lands and caused our ethnic cleansing, much less
reparations for The Slave Trade of human beings - this heinous crime against
Black humanity.
"I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine
inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy;
upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke." Isaiah 47:6
It's hard to believe, but belief in the
"Old Testament" GOD that SAVED HIS People countless times is the only
thing that makes any sense and is the only thing the World has for HOPE. Nevertheless, whether the world
turns to the CREATOR GOD of Israel or not, as we can clearly see, HE is taking
back HIS Universe! And whether the
world realizes it or not, HE is also making an Everlasting Name for HIMSELF in
the process!
"And it shall be in that day, that living
waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and
half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. And
the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD,
and his name one." Zechariah 14:8,9
"Then he remembered
the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is
he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is
he that put his holy Spirit within him? That led them by the right
hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make
himself an everlasting name? That led them through the deep, as an horse in
the wilderness, that they should not stumble? As a beast goeth
down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou
lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
"Doubtless thou art
our father…and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our
father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting."
Isaiah 63:11 – 14,16
24. What makes GOD, GOD?
I
could cite a plethora of passages in the "Old Testament" that make
GOD, GOD, but the fact that you are numbered among living creatures and are
reading this Message should be evidence enough that a Supreme Being manifest
all this Greatness. But the Hebrew
Scriptures do tell it best.
"Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou
hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and
all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is
therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee." Nehemiah 9:6
"Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: Sing
forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious. Say unto God, How
terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall
thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. All the earth shall worship thee,
and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah." Psalm 66:1 – 4
"Of old hast thou
laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy
hands. They shall perish, but thou
shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt
thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same,
and thy years shall have no end." Psalm 102:25 – 27
"Bless the LORD, O
my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and
majesty.
"Who maketh his
angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: Who laid the foundations
of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
"O LORD, how manifold
are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy
riches.
"My meditation of
him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD."
Psalm 104:1,4,5,24,34
"Thus saith the
LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD
that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that
spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;"
Isaiah 44:24
"Thine, O LORD, is
the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty:
for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is
the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of
thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might;
and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto
all." I Chronicles 29:11,12
"Thus saith the
LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come
concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. I have
made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have
stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded."
Isaiah 45:11,12
"…the LORD is
the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his
wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his
indignation. Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the
heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from
under these heavens."
Jeremiah 10:10,11
THANKS BE TO THE CREATOR
GOD OF ISRAEL, for, as it is written, HE will put an end to all false gods, and
that means HE will finally put JC to rest with all other false worship, as
well. PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME! And then HE ALONE will be worshipped,
and the people who will remain on the Earth will be able to enjoy the worship
of ONE GOD, ONE WAY, and HIS GOOD LIFE!
HALLELUYAH!!!
"Yet I am
the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for
there is no saviour beside me.
"O Israel, thou
hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help."
Hosea 13:4,9
"The LORD of hosts hath…made the earth by his power, he hath
established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his
understanding." Jeremiah 51:14,15
"O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD,
all the earth. Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation
from day to day. Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all
people. For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is
to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols:
but the LORD made the heavens. Honour and majesty are before him:
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. Give unto the LORD, O ye
kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength. Give unto the LORD
the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his
courts. O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the
earth." Psalm 96:1 – 9
The CREATOR GOD seems to
be oblivious to this "man" JC, or it is a fact that there is no truth
to him, or for sure, GOD wants all the "Glory" for HIMSELF!
Sometimes we have to not
only stop and smell the roses, but also look into the Heavens and know that
THERE IS A GOD! When we awake in
the morning and see the sunlight, when we see the phases of the moon, when we
notice the star formations, when we marvel at the clouds and at storms, when we
see HIS Rainbow, when we observe river sources with wonderment, and when we
witness the birth of a newborn, we have to know that there is a GOD of gods! More
importantly, we have to understand that this is the GOD that wants and deserves
to be worshipped! And if we seek
HIM with our whole heart, we shall find HIM.
Yes, we, the SEED of
Jacob are scattered for the sins of our forefathers, but HE awaits us to return
to HIM, so that HE can Bless us greatly, as HE has never done before.
"For since the
beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear,
neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for
him that waiteth for him." Isaiah 64:4
Yes, the Israelites have
been cursed and scattered and have suffered sevenfold. But Our GOD of Israel in all HIS
Manifold Mercy has promised to cause our return if we will return to HIM ad to
HIS LAW.
"But if from thence
thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him
with all thy heart and with all thy soul."
Deuteronomy 4:29
"And therefore will
the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be
exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of
judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him."
Isaiah 30:18
"O
Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
"I will ransom them
from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be
thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes." Hosea 9,14
25. What evidence is there in GOD's
WORD to support the Christian theology that believers in JC die and go to
heaven? And is there life after
death?
If believers in JC die and go to heaven, no one
has come back to talk about it. And if there is life after death, GOD's Prophets have
said nothing to suggest that there is.
On the contrary, there are passages that speak to everything but dying
and going to Heaven. GOD said that
King David was a man after HIS own heart.
That being a given, he certainly should have known if there was any
remembrance of GOD after death.
However, he emphatically declared in the Psalms that there isn't.
"Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy
mercies' sake. For in death there is no remembrance of thee:
in the grave who shall give thee thanks?" Psalm 6:4,5
"What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?
Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?" Psalm 30:9
"Thou
hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die,
and return to their dust."
Psalm
104:29
"The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence." Psalm 115:17
"Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son
of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth
to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish." Psalm 146:3,4
"In
the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground;
for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt
thou return." Genesis 3:19
People must come to terms with the fact that the
CREATOR GOD gave "Earth" to mankind – not HIS Divine and
Righteous Heavens!
"The heaven, even the heavens, are the
LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men." Psalm 115:16
Another instance I would like to cite to prove
that people do not die and go to GOD's Heaven is the time King Saul used a
witch to bring back Samuel from the dead.
As we should all know, Samuel was a Righteous man, and GOD let not his
words fall to the ground (I Samuel 3:19).
But even he did not go to Heaven after his death. When Samuel came back from the grave, he
told the unrighteous King Saul that "the
LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to
morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me…" Samuel was for sure not in Heaven,
and King Saul certainly did not go there, either. Several times Saul angered the Holy ONE of
Israel, including the time he sought the witch, and under these circumstances,
he would not go to Heaven. But
given what Samuel told him, neither Samuel nor Saul went to GOD's Heaven.
Surely, people must realize that Christianity
touts "going to heaven" because this belief brings people into the
church. And once people become
Christians they are satisfied believing that when they die, they will go to
heaven, whether they are living according to GOD's Ways or not. But no one is breaking his/her neck
to get there!
26. Is "SALVATION" of the
GOD of Israel or of JC?
Let GOD's Prophets determine this response:
"And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy might."
Deuteronomy 6:5
"Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou
serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. He is thy
praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and
terrible things, which thine eyes have seen." Deuteronomy 10:20,21
"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for
the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my
salvation." Isaiah 12:2
"And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have
waited for him, and he will save us: this isthe LORD; we have waited for
him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation." Isaiah 25:9
"But Israel
shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be
ashamed nor confounded world without end. For thus saith the LORD that
created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath
established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am
the LORD; and there is none else. I have not spoken in secret, in a
dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain:
I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right." Isaiah 45:17 – 19
"Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from
the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation
of Israel." Jeremiah 3:23
"Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God
of my salvation. The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and
he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my
stringed instruments." Habakkuk
3:18,19
27. If the son of King David, King
Solomon, the Royal Seed, built a Temple to the Holy Name of the CREATOR GOD of Israel,
and the Holy ONE responded favorably for this great recognition, isn't this
magnificent structure sufficient evidence to prove that this Kingdom of David
was formed in order that the world would know, believe in, and worship the
CREATOR GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob?
King Solomon not only built GOD's Holy Temple
for "the Name of the LORD GOD of Israel", but he also prayed the most
beautiful prayer ever presented before the Most High GOD of Israel. King Solomon prayed for those living in
his day, and for those of us alive today.
"Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant,
and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the
prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:That thine eyes may be open
toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou
hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer
which thy servant shall make toward this place. And hearken thou to the
supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray
toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou
hearest, forgive.
If any man trespass
against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and
the oath come before thine altar in this house: Then hear thou in heaven, and
do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his
head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
When thy people Israel
be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and
shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication
unto thee in this house: Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy
people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their
fathers.
When heaven is shut up,
and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray
toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou
afflictest them: Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants,
and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should
walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an
inheritance.
If there be in the land
famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be
caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities;
whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be; What prayer and
supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people
Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread
forth his hands toward this house: Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place,
and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart
thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the
children of men;) That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the
land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
Moreover concerning a
stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far
country for thy name's sake; (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy
strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward
this house; Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all
that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know
thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know
that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
If thy people go out to
battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray
unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the
house that I have built for thy name: Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and
their supplication, and maintain their cause. If they sin against thee, (for there
is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them
to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy,
far or near; Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither
they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the
land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done
perversely, we have committed wickedness; And so return unto thee with
all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which
led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest
unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have
built for thy name: Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in
heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, And forgive thy people
that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have
transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them
captive, that they may have compassion on them: For they be thy people,
and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst
of the furnace of iron: That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of
thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto
them in all that they call for unto thee." I
Kings 8th Chapter
The so-called "Lord's
Prayer" pales in comparison to King Solomon's prayer to the GOD of Israel.
"And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the
nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to
worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles." Zechariah 14:16
PRAISE THE CREATOR GOD for leaving with us all
that we should know and believe for making us the wiser!
28. If there is any truth to JC,
why is there no specific passage in the "Old Testament" concerning
him in the WORD of GOD, as there is about Moses, Joshua, Samuel, Elijah,
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the other Prophets with whom the CREATOR GOD
showed his visions? And why didn't
GOD demonstrate some interaction with JC, in order to give credence to him, as
HE did with true men of GOD throughout the "Old Testament"?
"And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the
son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and
give him a charge in their sight. And thou shalt put some of
thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may
be obedient." Numbers 27:18 – 20
"And
Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall
to the ground." I Samuel 3:19
"And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud,
and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam:
and they both came forth. And he said, Hear now my words: If there be
a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a
vision, and will speak unto him in a dream." Numbers 12:5,6
It should strike people as being very suspect
that these things never happened to JC.
29. Will the GOD of Israel cause
HIS Chosen/Covenant People to return to the Land HE promised to Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob/Israel?
The CREATOR GOD does not lie.
"God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man,
that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he
spoken, and shall he not make it good?"
Numbers 23:19
"He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which
he commanded to a thousand generations. Which covenant he made with
Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for
an everlasting covenant:"
Psalm 105:8 - 10
The GOD of Israel has promised in countless
passages to cause the Children of Israel to return to the Land that HE gave to
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Land of Israel does
not stand witness to this Divine Name for naught. Not only will the GOD of Israel bring
back the SEED of Jacob, but afterwards HIS WORD is to "cleanse" the
Children of Israel from all their filthiness.
"And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set
his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt,
and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from
Hamath, and from the islands of the sea."
Isaiah 11:11
"Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD,
that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of
Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the
children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither
he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave
unto their fathers." Jeremiah 16:14,15
"Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not
according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that
I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my
covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: But
this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel;
After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and
write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his
brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of
them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their
iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more." Jeremiah 31:31 – 34
"For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even
I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his
flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will
I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have
been scattered in the cloudy and dark day."
Ezekiel 34:11,12
"And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and
the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and
shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke,
and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them. And
they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the
land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them
afraid. And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall
be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the
heathen any more. Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am
with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my
people, saith the Lord GOD. And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are
men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD." Ezekiel 34:27 – 31
As you can see, there is
no mention of JC. THE CREATOR GOD IS THE SAVIOR!
"For I will take you from among the heathen, and
gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. Then
will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your
filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you." Ezekiel 36:24,25
"Neither shall they defile themselves any more with
their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their
transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein
they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will
be their God. And David my servant shall
be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also
walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them." Ezekiel 37:23,24
"And they shall dwell in the land that I have given
unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell
therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children
for ever: and my servant David shall
be their prince for ever. Moreover I will make a covenant of peace
with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place
them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for
evermore. My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their
God, and they shall be my people. And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do
sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore." Ezekiel 37:25 - 28
This
is prophecy we can look forward to, but it is not found in the teachings of the
"New Testament".
30. Is JC of the Seed of King
David?
The writers of the "New Testament"
claim that JC is of the Seed of King David. But how can that be if they also say
that he was born of a virgin? They
can't have it both ways. However,
if he is of David's Seed, who is his daddy? That
is, who slept with Mary and impregnated her? Another thing one can read about is
that he is of David's Seed by way of Ruth.
Well, I don't see how that is possible either, as Ruth was a
Moabite. And we do realize that the
Books of the Chronicles of Israel prove that we must recognize the seed of the
male Israelites and not that of females.
I could write volumes on this topic, but the entire matter is so absurd
that I won't waste my time. GOD
fathered no children, and women don't have babies unless they slept with a man,
period.
31. Does the world need the likes
of the "New Testament" JC, - a second "Lord and Saviour"?
The JEALOUS GOD of Israel will not stand for the
likes of another "Lord and Saviour"? HE IS A JEALOUS GOD, WHOSE HOLY NAME IS
JEALOUS!
"At
that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant
of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in
his name, unto this day."
Deuteronomy
10:8
"His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as
the sun: and men shall be
blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed." Psalm 72:17
Now, people should understand that the CREATOR
GOD ALONE is GOD, otherwise, why else would HE want HIS Holy Name
"continued as long as the sun"? HE
knows that if we call on another god that HE and HIS Holy Name will be
forgotten, just as has happened from people calling upon JC and worshipping
him.
"Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not
keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command
thee this day: Lest when thou
hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy
gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; Then thine
heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth
out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;" Deuteronomy 8:11 - 14
"Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast
forgotten God that formed thee."
Deuteronomy 32:18
"And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them
into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the
Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against
them. And they cried unto the LORD,
and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served
Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we
will serve thee." I Samuel 12:9,10
"The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all
the nations that forget God."
Psalm 9:17
"If we have forgotten the name of our God, or
stretched out our hands to a strange god; Shall not God search this out? for he
knoweth the secrets of the heart."
Psalm 44:20,21
"Because
thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the
rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set
it with strange slips:"
Isaiah 17:10
"A
voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the
children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have
forgotten the LORD their God."
Jeremiah 3:21
"Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and
cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy
whoredoms." Ezekiel 23:35
The GOD of the "Old Testament", the
GOD of Israel, does not want to be forgotten, yet, today clergymen of all
Christian religions hail and magnify JC and forget the CREATOR GOD that
established this Universe and HIS Righteousness. People go to church from one Sunday
to the next and even throughout the week for decades and learn nothing about
the GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – the ONE and ONLY GOD that proved
HIMSELF by HIS WORKS to be worthy of being called GOD.
GOD's WORD is not hidden, but rather available
to us, if we will only seek the CREATOR GOD for it. Stop depending on others to teach you
GOD's Ways.
"…ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall
search for me with all your heart."
Jeremiah 29:13
"Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be
strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even
God with a recompence; he will come and save you. Then the eyes of the
blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
"And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with
songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away."
Isaiah 35:4,5,10
If only the world of peoples and nations will
wake up to the Truth and seek to know the True and Living GOD and HIS Ways to
do them in Righteousness. If
only; then the CREATOR GOD will hear the prayers of all who turn to HIM for
help and will change the evil times that plague us all.
32. Can we believe in the
prophecies in the "Old Testament" that are awaiting to be fulfilled?
We have to believe in these prophecies, as we
have nothing else that is reliable and unfailing. We can only put credence in GOD's WORD,
as HE is the ONLY GOD that established a Holy Land and Redeemed a People out of
bondage by way of HIS Servant Moses and then established them in the Land of
Canaan, now called the Land of Israel, exactly as HE Promised HE would do.
"For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a
remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with
righteousness." Isaiah 10:22
"I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation
shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory." Isaiah 46:13
"For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for
my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
"For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it:
for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto
another." Isaiah 48:9,11
"Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the
captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwelling places; and the city
shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the
manner thereof. And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of
them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I
will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. Their children also shall
be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I
will punish all that oppress them. And their nobles shall be of themselves, and
their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to
draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged
his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. And ye shall be my people, and I
will be your God. Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a
continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. The
fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and
until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall
consider it." Jeremiah 30:18 - 24
33. Why did GOD let JC's words fall
to the ground but bring to fruition the words of Samuel?
The reason that JC's words fell to the ground is
because there is no Truth to him.
The CREATOR GOD neither sent him any visions nor sent him to the Lost
Sheep of the House of Israel. The
GOD of Israel had one purpose for the likes of JC, and one purpose alone, which
was to fulfill the curse that the Holy ONE of Israel put upon HIS People for
seeking after false gods.
Therefore, JC is just one of the many pagan gods that the Israelites now
worship.
"And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of
the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which
neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone." Deuteronomy 28:64
"And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this
people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD
pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or
what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? Then
shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the
LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have
worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; And ye have
done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the
imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: Therefore
will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye
nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I
will not shew you favour." Jeremiah
16:10 - 13
JC told the congregation of his day to
"Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Few people will admit that JC lied, and that if
he is all that he is believed to be, he should have known that GOD's Kingdom
was NOT AT HAND. How important is it to us
to know GOD's WORD concerning the false prophecies of those who think they are
all that and a bag of chips:
"But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word
in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the
name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the
word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name
of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the
thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it
presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him." Deuteronomy 18:20 - 22
"Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when
the Lord commandeth it not?"
Lamentations 3:37
"Because with lies ye have made the heart of the
righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the
wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will
deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the
LORD." Ezekiel 13:22,23
"And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD
have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will
destroy him from the midst of my people Israel." Ezekiel 14:9
Come on, folks, if there were any truth at all
to JC, wouldn't he have at least held a press conference by now?!
"…the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house
of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of
Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to
make me king over all Israel: And of all my sons, (for the LORD
hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne
of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. And he said unto me, Solomon
thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be
my son, and I will be his father. Moreover I will establish his kingdom for
ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in
the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD
your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an
inheritance for your children after you for ever." I Chronicles 28:4 – 8
It's no wonder that GOD's Kingdom was not
nigh. The "New Testament"
was promoting a "New" religion rather than "Seek" for
"ALL" GOD's Commandments, as GOD had warned since the BEGINNING of
time. Also, this "New
Testament" totally disregards the fact that the Israelites were not in the
Land (James 1:1). Could that be the
reason why Paul devoted so much time and energy in teaching Gentiles his
Christian dogma? And then, too, I'm
puzzled at Paul's attention to the Gentiles, when JC supposed told his
disciples to go to the "Lost Sheep" before he left. These people of the Roman Era confuse
themselves and believers in JC by writing a "New Testament" Book
inspired by men and Paul's letters, called epistles. They should have followed the Laws,
Statutes, and Judgments that GOD set up in the BEGINNING and again in the
Wilderness for HIS Covenant People.
But, as we know, because of Israel's sins, the punish was that Israel
would be scattered throughout the world to serve the false gods of the
heathens, and they have been fulfilling this prophecy since after the days of
Ezra and Nehemiah.
34. Given the fact that the
"New Testament" is a "New" theology, based on the
"inspirations" of men who purposely teach contrary to GOD's Book of
the Law, wouldn't it be foolish to disregard and dismiss GOD's WORDS?
The "New Testament" writers use the
"Old Testament" which is supported by the CREATOR GOD as a foundation
to the Christian theology. But then
they dismissed it once their "new" religion became acceptable to the
masses.
Not under any circumstances can we be remiss and
reject any of GOD's WORD. We must
seek GOD's WORD and embrace it with our whole heart and soul.
"And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I
the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak
unto him in a dream." Numbers 12:6
"Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go
well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that
which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God." Deuteronomy 12:28
"Gather the people together, men, and women, and
children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear,
and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the
words of this law: And that their children, which have not known any
thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in
the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it." Deuteronomy 31:12,13
"And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the
words of the LORD your God."
Joshua 3:9
"Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and
say thou unto them that prophesy
out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;" Ezekiel 13:2
"Hear
the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy
with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor
mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land."
Hosea 4:1
"And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying,
Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his
place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:" Zechariah 6:12
"Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in
these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the
day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that
the temple might be built."
Zechariah 8:9
35. Why is it a sin to put an idol,
a person, or any false god before the CREATOR GOD and worship it?
It is not just the CREATOR GOD that is Jealous,
but HIS Holy Name is Jealous, as well.
And HE wrote the First Commandment for us in order that we will fully
understand that we must accept HIM ALONE as the CREATOR GOD and worship and
serve ONLY HIM according to HIS Ways of Righteousness. Otherwise, we sin if we worship anyone
or anything other than the CREATOR.
"And God spake all these words, saying, I am
the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the
house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or
any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is
in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou
shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am
a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto
the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;" Exodus 20:1 - 5
"…thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose
name is Jealous, is a jealous God:" Exodus 34:14
"Jeshurun [the Children of Israel] waxed fat, and
kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with
fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly
esteemed the Rock of his salvation. They provoked him to jealousy with
strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom
they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared
not." Deuteronomy 32:15 – 17
(Brackets are mine.)
The
CREATOR GOD wants all the attention, every whit.
36. What evidence is there to
satisfy all doubts about the assumed status of JC?
Plain and simple, there are none!
37. What wonders did JC originate
that are distinctly evident with us today that can be compared with the
Wondrous Works of the Most High GOD of Israel?
People should know that JC and no one else have
manifest any wonders that could compare with those of the Great CREATOR GOD of
Israel. There have always been magicians, with
their illusions, to make some people believers, but then, they were all tricks
or rather false impressions, which were very common during the times of the
Ancient Egyptians and during the Christian Era – levitation for one.
The Most High GOD Created the Heavens and the
Earth, designed a Righteous Way of Life, and chose a place to set HIS Holy
Name, produced, publicized, and celebrated HIS Holy City for HIS Praise and Glory,
as well as fulfilled every promise to establish the SEED of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob to give them a land flowing with Milk and Honey, and there was nothing
bogus about it.
"Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause
rain? or can the heavens give showers? Art not thou he, O LORD our God?
therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things." Jeremiah 14:22
"Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his
salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders
among all people. For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is
to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols:
but the LORD made the heavens."
Psalm 96:2 – 5
"And they that know thy name will put their trust in
thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
"That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter
of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation."
Psalm 9:10,14
"See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god
with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out
of my hand." Deuteronomy 32:39
Even today there are some so-called
spiritualists, who claim to bring back the dead, and heal the sick, but they, just
like JC, cannot bring peace and happiness to this Earth. ONLY the CREATOR GOD has that in HIS
Power to do, but only for the Righteous!
"Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD;
that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt
thou be, and it shall be well with thee. Thy wife shall be
as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants
round about thy table. Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth
the LORD. The LORD shall bless thee
out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel." Psalm 128:1 - 6
38. Can JC be compared with the
CREATOR GOD, i.e., can he really make up what Christians call a
"Trinity"?
No one that is Created or any image or idol made
by man can be compared to the True and Living CREATOR GOD! And it is absurd to even think that
there is a POWER past or present to compare with the ALL-MIGHTY GOD.
"For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among
the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?" Psalm 89:6
"To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will
ye compare unto him?
"To whom then will
ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
"Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the
everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not,
neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding." Isaiah 40:18,25,28
"Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the
remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly,
which are carried from the womb: And even to your old age I am
he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I
will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. To whom will ye
liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?" Isaiah 46:3 – 5
"Be still, and know that I am God: I will be
exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob
is our refuge. Selah." Psalm 46:10,11
"Give unto
the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the LORD
in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. Say among the
heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that
it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously." Psalm 96:8 - 10
"I
have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness,
and shall not return, That
unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear." Isaiah 45:23
39. The "New Testament"
teaches, "Judge not, that ye be not judged."
This "New Testament" instruction could
not be more detrimental to living righteously and more critical of GOD's Way of
Life. This "Judge
Not" concept of sinners only gives more sanction to commit wrong. Therefore, if JC died for people's sins
and no one judges the wicked, we can certainly understand how corruption and
abominations flourish throughout the Church and this world. We must tell people when they are doing
wrong. We don't wait until our
children are grown before teaching them what's right from wrong, so why not
judge in an effort to correct?
"Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the
small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the
judgment is God's..."
Deuteronomy 1:17
"Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth
thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just
judgment. Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons,
neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert
the words of the righteous." Deuteronomy
16:18,19
"And he set judges in the land throughout all the
fenced cities of Judah, city by city, And said to the judges, Take heed what ye
do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the
judgment. Wherefore now let the fear
of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no
iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts." II Chronicles 19:5 – 7
"The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the
wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah." Psalm 9:16
"Blessed are
they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all
times." Psalm 106:3
"Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn
righteousness: in the land of
uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD." Isaiah 26:10
"Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a
trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their
sins." Isaiah 58:1
"For I the LORD love judgment,
I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I
will make an everlasting covenant with them." Isaiah 61:8
"But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and
knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise loving kindness, judgment,
and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith
the LORD." Jeremiah 9:24
"Wilt
thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know
the abominations of their fathers:"
Ezekiel 20:4
"But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment,
and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin." Micah 3:8
How say people they are "saved" when
they live in sin?
"If thy people go out to battle against their enemy,
whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the
city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for
thy name: Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication,
and maintain their cause. If they sin against thee, (for there is
no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to
the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy,
far or near; Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land
whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee
in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and
have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; And so return unto
thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their
enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land,
which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the
house which I have built for thy name: Then hear thou their prayer and their
supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause," I Kings 8:44 – 49
We
must demonstrate a contrite spirit and resign ourselves to end our sins, for
the CREATOR GOD knows when we are playing games with HIM.
40. Would the CREATOR GOD endorse
worship and Praise of HIMSELF and of HIS Works, praying to and
calling upon ONLY HIM, and exalting HIS Salvation and Glory, as well as
approve magnifying JC to the confusion of all peoples?
Absolutely not! The CREATOR GOD wants all the GLORY, all
the PRAISE, and all the PRAYERS!
I have been to many an awards ceremony, and all
the people receiving commendations just beam all over. And why shouldn't they if they have
accomplished something worthy of accolades. Well, the CREATOR GOD is not only
responsible for our existence, the air we breathe, the healthy herbs HE Created
for our consumption, water, fire, the sun and moon, and countless other
wonders. The CREATOR GOD
deserves all the Praise and Glory we can muster up and every single day for HIS
Greatness, Power, and Majesty! Why
give HIS Glory to another? HE
certainly won't!
"I am the LORD: that is my name: and my
glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new
things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them." Isaiah 42:8,9
"The glory of the
LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works."
Psalm 104:31
"Trust ye in the
LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:"
Isaiah 26:4
"And therefore will
the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be
exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of
judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou
shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry;
when he shall hear it, he will answer thee." Isaiah 30:18,19
"O give thanks unto
the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
"Then they cried
unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their
distresses.
"Oh that men
would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men!
"Let them exalt him
also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the
elders." Psalm 107:1,6,8,32
The CREATOR GOD saved
the Israelites for HIS Holy Name's Sake, for HIS Glory, and for HIS Praise, so
that the Children of Israel will trust, hope, and believe in ONLY HIM –
not so that HIS Covenant People or any peoples HE Created would turn to a
"man" called JC, this elusive character found only in the pen of the
"New Testament" writers. How much sense does it make to Praise
the CREATOR GOD for HIS GOODNESS and declare HIS Works and HIS Holy Name, and
then worship JC or some other deity begging for attention?
"Of
the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that
formed thee." Deuteronomy 32:18
"…ascribe ye
greatness unto our God. He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for
all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and
right is he." Deuteronomy 32:3,4
"For who is
God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
"The LORD liveth;
and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
"Therefore will I
give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy
name." Psalm 18:31,46,49
"Oh that men
would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men! And
let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with
rejoicing." Psalm
107:21,22
"Whoso is
wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the
lovingkindness of the LORD." Psalm 107:43
41. What does it mean to be Created
in GOD's Image?
Before GOD Created man, HE exuded ONLY
Righteousness, as there was no reason for HIM to do otherwise. However, sadly, after HE Created man, HE
was compelled to develop evil. The
wickedness of man necessitated the CREATOR's punitive and grim Judgments.
Nonetheless,
being in GOD's Image has to do with the Righteousness that HE exudes and
conveys. Man, being Created in
GOD's Image, has nothing whatsoever to do with being in GOD's
"appearance". And if it
did, the CREATOR GOD would have shown HIMSELF to the Children of Israel in the
Wilderness when HE spoke to them in Horeb.
However, as the Scripture reads, "And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the
voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a
voice…Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no
manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb
out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a
graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, The
likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged
fowl that flieth in the air, The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the
ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the
earth: And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the
sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest
be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath
divided unto all nations under the whole heaven." Deuteronomy 4:12,15 - 19
Therefore, it stands to
reason why the CREATOR is a JEALOUS GOD, why HE does not reveal HIS appearance
to others, why HE will not be compared with anyone or anything, and why JC is
neither GOD nor associated with HIM!
THEREFORE…
If JC were
GOD, he was nowhere to be found in The BEGINNING when the CREATOR formed the
Heavens and the Earth "All by Myself". If JC were a Prophet, he was lousy at
this practice, as GOD's Kingdom was not at hand, as he had said. If JC were the "Son of God",
he was most certainly kept out of the loop. His so-called "Coming", which
was supposedly for the "Lost Sheep of the House of Israel" (Matt.
15:24), was poor timing. The
Israelites were not there (James 1:1), and his error, whether people will admit
it or not, made him a hopeless, bungling, and incompetent liar for sure. GOD had already cast the Israelites from
the Land to serve their enemies for forsaking HIM and HIS LAW.
"For what nation is
there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD
our God is in all things that we call upon him for? And
what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so
righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?" Deuteronomy 4:7,8
"For the righteous
LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright."
Psalm 11:7
"LORD, who shall
abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh
uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his
heart." Psalm 15:1,2
"And the heavens
shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself…"
Psalm 50:6
"Deliver me from
blood guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall
sing aloud of thy righteousness." Psalm 51:14
"Clouds and
darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the
habitation of his throne." Psalm 97:2
"Blessed are
they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all
times." Psalm 106:3
"Seek ye the LORD,
all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness,
seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger."
Zephaniah 2:3
In all the books in the "Old
Testament" wherein there is written THUS SAITH THE LORD, the ONE GOD of
Israel is Exalted and Magnified as the True and Living GOD. How then can the "New Testament"
be permitted to distort the GOD's Truth and change HIS Everlasting LAWS and
Ordinances for the sake of justifying this new religion called Christianity? The fact remains that if JC is to be
believed, then the CREATOR GOD would have introduced him and his supposedly
"Good News" "Gospel" to HIS Covenant People, but as we now
know from all the above passages, it never happened! This "Good News" is no more
GOD's Way than is a book on witchcraft.
"Good news." Our word gospel comes from two Old English words.
There is no good news like the good news that God sent his Son to die on a
cross to get rid of our sins. I Corinthians 15:1-11 summarizes the good news,
or gospel, that the apostle Paul preached. The term emphasizes the truth that
salvation is entirely of grace. From its use for the central Christian message,
the word came to be used as the title of each of the four books (Matthew, Mark,
Luke, John) that tell the story of Jesus' life and atoning death." PC/CD
ROM MULTIMEDIA BIBLE.
You see, GOD established HIS Way of Life to be kept to a thousand
generations, and that speaks volumes!
"Give ear, O ye
heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My
doctrine shall drop as the rain… Because I will publish the name of the
LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God."
Deuteronomy 32:1 – 3
THUS…
The "New Testament" theology has completely
changed GOD's LAWS, which are HIS Righteous Way of Life. The "New Testament" writers
incriminated themselves, as GOD's Commandment is clear, that we can neither add
to nor diminish from HIS LAW (Deu. 12:32) and for obvious reasons. GOD never endorsed Christianity or any
one of these religions that came about after CREATION, and more importantly, HE
said HIS LAW should be kept to a thousand generations.
"Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful
God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his
commandments to a thousand generations;" Deuteronomy 7:9
And let us never forget that the CREATOR GOD of Israel is consistent
with HIS Laws, Statutes, and Judgments.
Moses taught and reinforced the keeping of GOD's Law and so also did the
other Prophets of GOD, many hundreds of years later.
"To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there is no light in them."
Isaiah 8:20
"Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for
a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of
the people." Isaiah 51:4
And I cannot stress enough that GOD will again put HIS LAW in the hearts
of HIS People so that we will never again turn to false gods and forsake HIS
Paths of Righteousness.
"Behold, the days
come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel,
and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with
their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out
of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband
unto them, saith the LORD: But this shall be the covenant that I will
make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my
law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God,
and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his
neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all
know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for
I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."
Jeremiah 31:31 - 34
"… When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and
hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
"… if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath
committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he
shall surely live, he shall not die." Ezekiel 18:19,21
GOD's Prophet Malachi strengthened and
encouraged us all to seek not only GOD's Book of the Law (Genesis –
Deuteronomy) but more importantly to seek after this Great and Awesome GOD of
Israel, as well.
"… the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they
should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of
hosts." Malachi 2:7
"Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before
me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the
messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the
LORD of hosts." Malachi 3:1
"For
I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not
consumed…. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of
hosts…" Malachi 3:6,7
"Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to
another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance
was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his
name. And they shall be mine, saith
the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them,
as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return, and
discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and
him that serveth him not." Malachi 3:16 -
18
"Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I
commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and
judgments. Behold, I will send you
Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: " Malachi 4:4,5
The "coming of the great and dreadful day
of the LORD" appears to be upon us, but yet GOD speaks of sending Elijah,
the Prophet who proved that GOD is GOD.
It seems the CREATOR knows nothing about this man-god, JC, invented and
fabricated by the writers of the "New Testament".
"Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye
that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of
their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save." Isaiah 45:20
Thus, GOD's Truth is not about believing in
JC. We must believe in the GOD that
Created us and in HIS WORD. Don't
wait until the prophecy of a famine of hearing the WORDS of the LORD. Turn to the ONLY GOD able to help
us. Turn to the CREATOR GOD of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I
will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the LORD: And they shall wander from sea to sea,
and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word
of the LORD, and shall not find it."
Amos 8:11,12
SEEK THE TRUE AND
LIVING GOD…
Seek the
True and Living GOD and HIS Righteous Way of Life, for HE is in the process of Judging
the evil and wicked again, just as HE did during the days of Noah, and
HE is taking back HIS Universe.
"Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is
near:" Isaiah 55:6
Seek the WORD of GOD; seek Truth and pursue
it! Seek the CREATOR GOD, and call
upon HIS Holy Name before it is too late. We
are living in the "Latter Days", and unless the Most High GOD hides
us from the Wrath HE is bringing upon this Earth, we and our children will be
lost forever!
"The LORD is
good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him."
Lamentations 3:25
"Seek ye the
LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek
righteousness, seek meekness:
it may be ye
shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger."
Zephaniah 2:3
"Mine eyes
shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me:
he that walketh
in a perfect way, he shall serve me."
Psalm 101:6