7/31/2020 This following study, #7190, tells us about the return to earth, of Satan, in person (as The Spurious Messiah) 5 months prior to the, in person, return of Jesus Christ (as King of kings and Lord
of lords) and how it  will play out.  Live Link to> #7190

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Note: To further mark the time of Christ's return to end 
this flesh and blood age and the start of His Millennial
Kingdom, in Hosea 6:2 we read "After two days will He revive
us: in the third day He will raise us up, ..." ???????
What does this mean?     To find out log unto Live
Link to> Pamphlet #4006

 It means Christ is coming soon! But, it 
won't happen until 5 months after Satan, that charismatic 
preacher from the 1st earth age, who tryed to over throw
 God,(the reason God distroyed that 1st earth age) 
appearers here on earth as a test of proclaiming 
Christians, claiming he is God.
 

Proclaiming Christian;Will you worship him OR 
will you wait for the real Jesus Christ to arrive? 

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO TELL THEM APART?
 Will you endure until the end?

Log unto and read Live Link to> #4163 One sure thing must happen yet before Christ returns!

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Unfortunately for most of God's children,it seems, it will not
be until all the sand runs out of hour glass in this flesh
age, and they miss out on being part of the "First 
resurrection into Eternal Life"! And therefore; Salvation 
by The Grace of God! And they will have to earn salvation, 
at the "Second Resurrection to Eternal Life", based on their
 works during "The Millennium"!

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It is the dawn of The Millennium and the prophecies contained in the Word of God are rapidly coming to pass exactly as they are written, exactly as God said they would in both the Old and the New Testaments. You see, there eventually comes a time when the last grains of sand finally run out of the hour glass signaling that "Time's about Up"! We are now down to those last few grains of sand, or as Jesus Christ said in Luke 21:31 "So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand." We now see those things He spoke of coming to pass.

We have been studying the great Book of Hosea, the book written concerning the salvation of the 10 tribes of the house of Israel, which details the adulterous (idolatrous) transgressions of God's children and their ensuing chastisement that they were duly warned would befall them should they choose to break His covenant. In other words, Israel's captivity by the Assyrian and their subsequent scattering among the nations was written and pre-determined to befall them long before they actually took place. AND, they were given sufficient notice and warned by the true prophets of God that unless they repented and turned from their whoredoms and returned to their true Husband, the LORD God who brought them out of the bondage of Egypt with a mighty hand, they would face the swift onslaught of the Assyrian and be taken away captive. However, as it is written, they preferred listening to the soothsaying priests who told them not to worry and that God would protect them from the Assyrian. I guess they were both in error, weren't they? They should have listened to the Word of God instead of heeding the words of men, especially preachers! The rule you should ALWAYS go by is to NEVER let any man, this man or any other, convince you that the Word of God says this or that without any documentation and more importantly, without you first checking it out in His Word.

And it all happened as a example of what we, proclaiming Christians, in this last generation, will face SPIRITUALLY IN THESE LAST DAYS!!!!! 1 Cor. 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

And so it came to pass exactly as it was written, exactly as the prophets of God WARNED them would happen, that the Assyrian did come swiftly against the house of Israel because of their idolatry and took them all away (2 Kings 17:4-6). Let it be known, therefore, to the children of God in these last days, that the prophecy and the history stand written and they combine to confirm that the Word of God is true! Why is that important? Because what happened historically to the House of Israel was a type of that which WILL befall us proclaiming Christians in these last days. Do you remember Paul's words in 1 Cor. 10:11 which we quoted above? "Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come." Don't FORGET IT!!!

Therefore, as it is written, the Assyrian, one of the names given to Satan (Isa. 14:25 ), is about to descend swiftly against the present day house of Israel, who are the Christian nations of this 21st. century, which are located in Western Europe, the Isles of Britain and the Americas, and take them all away into captivity once again. Only this time it will be a spiritual captivity, and effect your SOUL for all ETERNITY, not your Physical body!  

So the question now is, "Are you are a watchman of God?" Do you know the duties of a watchman? Do you know that His watchmen of this final generation are those sons and daughters spoken of by Joel the prophet and quoted by Peter on Pentecost Day in Acts 2, who would understand (See) the visions of the prophets and teach and warn God's children that the Assyrian, the false-christ, is soon coming BEFORE the return of Jesus Christ (2 Thes. 2)?  If you know that and you are one of His watchmen, then this next verse is written to you.

Hosea 8:1
Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

Blow ye the trumpet! Sound the alarm! Warn our people! He, the Assyrian, the spurious messiah, shall come swiftly, as an eagle (or vulture)  descends, against the House of Israel, i.e. the Christian nations of this 21st. century, which are located in Western Europe, the Isles of Britain and the Americas, because they have broken His covenant and played the role of the harlot though their idolatry! Do you think that Hosea is being told to preach some "new" revelation to the House of Israel, something they did not or should not already know?  No, it was already written in God's Word, in the "law"!

Deut. 28:49
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;

That nation is the Kenites.

We are going to take a little side trip here, going to Amos, 1 Chron. and Rev. to learn about this nation of Kenites:

Amos 6:14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.

Hemath has already entered in and has patiently gnawed away like a bunch of locusts until all Four of the Hidden Dynasties are now in control of the enemies of Christianity, the sons of Cain, i.e. the kenites, led by Satan! And it is written that they shall continue to afflict our people until the end of this flesh age. "Unto the river of the wilderness" is an expression that means all the way to the end of the river, or in other words, "until the end of time".

Here is the documentation of who Hemath is:

1 Chron. 2:55
And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

The word "kenite" is a "transliteration", which is simply when you convert the letters of one language into the letters of another. That differs from a "translation" where you convert a word to its meaning. The word "kenite" comes from the Hebrew word "Qayin" or "Kayin" who is known to us English speaking peoples as "Cain". You see, the letter "Koph", ÷, in Hebrew, the first letter in the name Kayin, Qayin, Cain, has the sound of a "K" or a "Q" or a hard "C", just like the letters "K" & "C" in Kathy and Cathy are pronounced exactly the same way in English. A Cainite, or Kenite, is therefore a son of, or descendent of Cain (not to be confused with a Canaanite). Here is Strong's definition:
 ïP÷­ qayin kah'-yin #7014  The same as H7013 (with a play upon the affinity to H7069); Kajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribe:—Cain, Kenite (-s).

The kenites claim to be of the House of Judah and lay claim that they are God's chosen people. (read Rev. 2:9 & 3:9 very carefully) But they are not of Judah as both the churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia in this final generation know full well (Rev. 2:9 and Rev. 3:9).

Read Rev. 2:9 and 3:9 very carefully, for Christ is refering to us 21st century Christians.

Revelation 2:9  I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

Revelation 3:9  Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
You better learn who they are for like locusts they have already consumed the treasuries and most of the "vineyard" of true Israel (think America and Europe!) plus (International Bankers). In chapter 7, Amos will be shown a vision of the locusts and see how "small" Jacob, the natural seed of the House of Israel, has been reduced to when the locusts have finished "eating all the grass". Don't miss it! Live Link to- Locusts, Locusts, Everywhere!
and Live Link to- That Fearsome locusts army


I'll bet you think the president makes all the decisions for our country! Live Link to->>>  Who controls the United States Economy?

Sorry for the long side trip, Now back to our Hosea chapter 8 study:

Have you ever seen an eagle swoop down and take its prey? Then you have a "VISION" in your mind of how the "Assyrian" (Satan, as  the false messiah) shall come "Fast and Furious" against our people in these last days! Plus you have the historical type to serve as an ensample!

So blow ye the trumpet! Sound the alarm, watchman!

Hosea 8:2
Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

Oh yes, it is also written in Eccles. 1:9 "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun." When the sand finally runs out of the hour glass in the final "hour" of this last generation and it is too late to heed the warning of the trumpet, then our people shall cry unto God, as they did in the past, "We know thee, Lord!" Hmmm, this will once again pose a severe credibility problem for them because obviously they did not believe His Word nor heed His warning! If this next statement comes as shock to you, then so be it, unless you are newly converted Christian; But if you have been a Christian for some time now, then to SAY that you KNOW the Lord God, the "Living Word of God", and yet you do not KNOW the "Written Word of God", makes you a liar!"

1 John 2:4
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

His "commandments" are not just the 10 Commandments, as this verse even documents. His commandments are His WORD, the TRUTH, which cannot be IN those who have not studied it or even read it with understanding, can it? John 17:17 "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth." Therefore, you can do all the "things" your church may tell you, will "make you" a good Christian, like going to church every Sunday, and helping with the food drives, and giving money to charities and missionaries and the church, and recruiting members, etc. etc. Certainly we are not condemning doing good and wonderful works. However, is it through all those wonderful works that you can come to KNOW the Lord God or is it through His Word, His Spirit of Truth?

Hear the words of the Lord which will be spoken after the sand runs out of the hour glass:

Matthew 7:22
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

"Israel, i.e. most of the folks who in this 21st century, call themselves Christians,   shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee" (Hosea 8:2).  
Sorry, that is not true!

[23] And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Why doesn't He KNOW them? Because they never took the time to KNOW Him, to keep His Word, to "study to show themselves approved unto God" (1 Tim. 2:15). As James said in James 4:8, "Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded." Their hearts were not right with God. They did not hunger and thirst and seek to consume their "daily bread", i.e. His Word. They were satisfied with milk and crumbs perhaps once a week on Sunday morning! Sure, they were very religious and went to their Beth-Avens (houses of emptiness) regularly and did all sorts of wonderful humanitarian works, etc., but they did not "keep", i.e. hold fast, His Word and they allowed themselves to be led astray into idolatry, to stand before the golden calves, which is to become a spiritual whore as this Book of Hosea so declares! Therefore, they were not sanctified according to John 17:17, were they?

Hosea 8:3
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

It is a fact that "We the People" of The United States of America, the leader of the free Christian nations of the world, have true to prophecy become a nation of Biblical illiterates. The great spiritual "famine" of the end time prophesied by Jesus Christ and recorded in Amos 8:11-13, has come to pass! Yes, the house of Israel has cast off the knowledge of His word, His truth, and today they have gone one step further and even cast off the knowledge of their own heritage.

In other words, the majority of those who are of the House of Israel do not even know who they are, that they are of the house of Israel (not Judah). They believe that they are as the other nations, i.e. that they are gentiles. Well, the sand ran out of the hour glass in the days of Hosea, and we are now running out of the sands of time in this generation of the fig tree! So, Blow ye the Trumpet! For as it is written in Hosea 7:12, "... I will chastise them", saith the LORD God.

Do not be deceived, the "Assyrian"/Satan, will soon be swiftly upon us, in person! Will you recognize him or will you believe he is God, as he'll claim to be?
 

[4] They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

They set up kings, but not by His counsel, i.e. they have set up kings who do not serve God according to His Word. Instead, they have set up civil and religious leaders who do not know His Word and who place idols before the people, thereby cutting them off from His blessings.

Think both Democrats and Republicans and the people we vote for and elect to the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, and as Presidents!

Again, there is nothing new under the sun. Not only do our ministers and preachers set up idols and a false sense of security with their traditions of men and their rapture theories which promise our people they will not face the "Assyrian", (Satan) but our civil leaders today, who seldom even give lip service to God or His Word, set up false security through their entitlement programs and other "systems" while at the same time declaring an era of peace, peace.

[5] Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

You should know the story of the golden calves of Samaria and how Jeroboam set up the altars and the calves so that the people could worship God without going to Jerusalem as God commanded.

Here is the narrative from 1 Kings 12:25-32:

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. [26] And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: [27] If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. [28] Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. [29] And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan. [30] And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. [31] And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. [32] And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

It all looked so religious but it was a bunch of "Bull" and it was sinful indeed as far as the Word of God is concerned.

The lesson to be learned here is that you had better be able to discern what the "golden calves" of modern Christianity, as taught in most all of our 21st century so-called Christian churches, are and not let "idols" of any sort, whether they be money or possessions or the traditions "made by men", cause you to stray from the Word of God and from keeping His commands, i.e. His Word. The question asked in the last half of Hosea 8:5 is, "How long will it take before our people are no longer guilty of such adultery (idolatry)", i.e. until they are innocent?

Unfortunately for most of God's children, it seems, it will not be until all the sand runs out of hour glass in this flesh age, and they miss out on being part of the "First resurrection into Eternal Life"! And therefore; Salvation by The Grace of God! And they will have to earn salvation, at the "Second Resurrection to Eternal Life", based on their works during "The Millennium"!

Hosea 8:6
For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

The golden calves of Samaria, which means "watch mountain" where the watchman are supposed to be on guard, were made by and set up by men CONTRARY to the Word of God, just as the traditions of men have been set up in most of today's So-called Christian churches, the system of worshipping God, set forth in substitute for studying and keeping His Word, are concocted and set up by men in most of our 21st century Christian churches.

 Remember what happened to the calf when Moses returned from the mountain of God in Exodus 32:19-24?
Well, the modern day "calves" of Churchianity SHALL likewise be destroyed at the return of Yeshua.
In summary, "Make sure you seek the Lord and study His Word so that the Truth dwells in you!" Otherwise, as it is written, you are full of "Bull"!

1 John 2:4  He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him

The questions to consider for today are: If you have never read the Personal Letter that your heavenly Father has written to you, then how would you know for sure what it is that pleases or displeases Him? Do you rely on the words of some man (your preacher) who claims to be an official letter reader to tell you what your Father wrote to YOU? Certainly it is a good and wonderful thing to have a knowledgeable and gifted teacher, but is the Word of God just written to ministers and priests to read and understand? 

Some churches claim that is so, but it is NOT SO! In fact, you can read in Acts 17 where the Bereans, after listening to the words of the apostle Paul, the servant of God who wrote the major portion of the New Testament, searched the scriptures "daily" themselves to see if what Paul was telling them aligned with God's Word! 

That's right, they checked him out just as you are commanded to do in    
1 John. 4:1 with what you hear preached or taught! So do you test the words of your preacher or priest or pope or bishop or elder, etc., to see if they align with God's Word? Hopefully you do! Otherwise you are already disobedient to His Word starting with 1 John 4:1 and 2 Tim. 2:15.

Here is the account of the noble Bereans readiness to seek and verify the truth of God's Word:

Acts 17:10
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

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

Why is this so important? Because of deception and because it is written and it is a fact that "whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap". Never forget this because God will not be mocked by man, either on purpose or in ignorance!

Galatians 6:7
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

You see, many Christians in their ignorance, in their blindness to truth caused by listening to the traditions of men, i.e. the doctrines and rituals of churchianity, believe that their "sacrifices" and their "offerings" are pleasing to God.

The question again is, "How would they know? How many Christians do you think have ever read the Book of Hosea (salvation) where God calls His children a bunch of spiritual whores who worship in Beth-avens, houses of emptiness, where rituals and worship abound but the Word is not taught?"
Yes, it is strong language! Certainly we are not condemning churches or judging our good hearted brothers and sisters, but the reality is that even if a person is blind or ignorant he will STILL reap what he sows! Make no mistake about it! "Be not deceived! God is not mocked!"

For example, you may be told by some likeable though misinformed preacher type and you may believe with all your heart that the corn seeds you are planting are watermelon seeds! Do you then think that just because you are expecting watermelons to grow that that is what you will get? Sorry! You plant corn seeds, even if you believe they are watermelon seeds, you get a corn crop! As the teenagers say, "Deal with it!" Seems to me a wise person would what to make certain he (or she) knows what he is planting, especially if his life depends on it!

Then too, we have the historical record of our forefathers who did some sowing of their own! Remember in our last study that they set up kings, but not according to God's counsel, and they worshipped, went to church, where the Golden Calves were set up rather than go down to Jerusalem as commanded by God. 
Hey, they were told it was OK, but not by God! On the contrary, we documented in our last study that they were WARNED against such idolatry! 

Let's continue in the 8th chapter of Hosea and see what our Father has to say about their worship practices and their "own version" of sowing seeds of faith:

Hosea 8:7
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

Even though Christ Himself said that many Christians will be deceived in the last days (Mat. 24, Mk. 24) and they will later come to Him claiming to have worshipped and done wonderful works in His name (Mat. 7), some Christians just do not see how a good church-goer could be said to be doing anything wrong because they are worshipping God and Jesus, are they not?
I guess the question is, "Can you worship God and Jesus in vain, i.e. for nothing?" Well, it doesn't matter what I say, because you will check me out anyway, right?

So let's cut out the middle man and let the Lord Himself answer that question. In Mark 7:5 Jesus had just been asked by the Scribes and Pharisees why His disciples eat bread with unwashen hands:

Mark 7:6
He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

[7] Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Yes, you can worship God in vain by following the doctrines and traditions of men and the church systems they have set up on the hill! You may think that you are sowing good seeds but even in your ignorance if you are in fact sowing to the wind, you will reap a crop of wind, even a whirlwind! And of course without God's blessings, without pleasing Him by listening to Him, even if you did yield a crop of corn, God would chastise you, His child, and see to it that it was consumed by strangers!

And so it came to pass, in the past, even as it has once again come to pass this very day, "that Israel (Today's descendants, being the Christian nations of western Europe, the Isles of Britain, and the Americas) has forgotten his maker (vs. 14)", i.e. left off His Word, and "sowed to the wind" according to the traditions of men, all the while believing he was (and is) doing the right thing and worshiping God. Nevertheless, he did reap what he sowed and he was taken captive by the Assyrian as swiftly as an eagle swoops down and captures its prey and carries it away!

And God scattered us, as punishment for 2520 years and then restored us to our former splender:

  745BC to 1776AD = 2520 years - Check it out! Live Link to>> #1825 Coincidence? Not a chance!  God's plan and His timetable are perfect.  Never, in all history, did anything like it occur.  But why did this unprecedented national wealth and power come to our birthright inheritors beginning about A.D.1800? Learn the ancestery of Great Britian and the United States of America; Read all of our short studies>Start with Live Links to=> The United States Is Manasseh then read Birthright Withheld 2,520 Years
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THE FOLLOWING IS A MUST READ FOR ALL AMERICANS
Live Link to> The Location of the USA in prophecy
Live Link to> The United States Is Manasseh
Live Link to> July 4th 1776

And we didn't even appreciate it! Boy are  we ever blowing it now!!! The Biblically ignorant politicians that we elect are dismantling our constitution!
Have you checked the news lately???  Do you see what this country, God founded, is turning into???

Is this coronavirus something God is using to try and wake us up before His age of grace ends, at Jesus Christ's return, and we miss out on the 1st resurrection to eternal life based solely on His grace as a free gift to us? How soon will it be until He returns? Log unto Live Link to>study #4006

If we miss out on the 1st resurrection to eternal life at Jesus' return; our only chance to be awarded eternal life after His return will then based on our works during the Millennium.

Have you repented of your sins, asking Jesus to forgive them and invited Him (His Holy Spirit) to enter your heart and cleanse it? What are you waiting for? Time is getting short!

Maybe you don't care if your soul comes to an end and you exist no more, even as a memory to your loved ones; but as for me, I'm looking forward to spending eternity with all my saved family and friends, in a new celestial body that never ages or gets sick.

What will that celestial body be like? Open your Bible to the book of John and read John 20:19. Jesus had one when He arose from the dead. He could walk through walls, entering rooms, with the door closed!

[8] Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

Israel was indeed swallowed up and his chastisement came to pass exactly as it was written. Remember 2 Kings 17:6? "In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes." Therefore the once great nation of Israel has become about as pleasing to God as a "broken pot"!

Hosea 8:9
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself...

Like a wild ass wandering astray in the wilderness all alone, so go the children of Israel who have forgotten their God by committing fornication and adultery (idolatry).

Here is how Isaiah describes them:

Isaiah 1:3
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

This is a hard reality check! God says that even a dumb ass knows his master's crib, but Israel is not even that smart! They are dumber than a dumb ass because they do not "consider" as is "discern" and "understand", i.e. they do not use their brains and study His Word!
Why not? Because quite frankly, just as we notice many of our brother's and sister's attitudes when we look around us today, they just don't give two corn cobs.

[4] Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

Will the 10 tribes of the House of Israel (Christians of Western Europe, the Isles of Britain, and from the Americans) get away with turning their backs on the Holy One of Israel? Ha! Can donkeys fly? He said, " Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." You can rest assured and be confident that our Father is completely fair and everyone gets exactly what they have coming to them.

So Israel, represented by the largest tribe of Ephraim, having forsaken God by forgetting God, by not considering His Word, resorted to hiring (buying) friends and allies for protection and security. That's a "Big No No" according to His commands.

Hosea 8:9 (continued...)
Ephraim hath hired lovers.

This practice of buying friends and allies is continued big time by the United States of America as long as I can remember!   And you want to talk about "dumb and dumber"? An harlot usually charges her lovers for her services, right? Not good old Israel (America). She PAYS THEM!
Editor's note written in January of 2017, shortly after Donald Trump took office: Will Donald Trump change that? I hope and pray he does! I believe he intends to, at least until the International Bankers start to threaten him!

Live Link to->>>   Who is really in charge in the United States

Here is how Ezekiel describes her using the same adultery/idolatry terminology as Hosea:

Ezekiel 16:32
But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!

[33]They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.

[34] And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.

She pays them to be her lovers/allies! The word contrary means "reverse" or as we say "bass ackwards"!

Hosea 8:10
Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

What have we learned so far today? "You reap what you sow", right? Therefore, because Ephraim(READ AMERICA because she is the largest of todays 21st century Christian nations and represents Ephraim, which was the largest of our ancestors from the ancient "House of Israel") has forgotten God and acted contrary to His commands, instead of his allies helping him and coming to his aid, God will gather them against him and Ephraim will suffer for a little while under the tribute (burden) paid to the king of princes.

[11] Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

What does it mean that Ephraim, who is representative of the 10 tribes of Israel, has made (multiplied) many altars? It means that there are a multitude of churches in the nation, one on every street corner in some towns, but as we have learned, many are merely Beth-Avens, houses of emptiness, whereas they should be Beth-Els, houses of God. Therefore, Ephraim's religions and his churches are a sin unto him even as the worship services before the golden calves of Samaria were sin unto him.

The sad part of all this is that our people are really without excuse. Unlike those who lived in the Dark Ages where access to the Word of God was prevented and denied by the church*, i.e. the Light of Truth was all but snuffed out (hence the term the Dark Ages), we in this nation do have access to the entire written Word of God. But now, there are many times more Bibles in this land than there are people, but there are few people who have "considered it", i.e. read it with understanding.

* If you have not read "The Letter to the Reader", the rather lengthy preface written to the English reader by the translators of the King James Bible, then log unto this file.

(Live Link) to- Letter To The Reader. 

Chances are that you did not even know this document exists because the Kenite publishers have removed it from the pages of your Bible.

Hosea 8:12
I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

This is our Father speaking! He has now given us the entirety of His WRITTEN WORD! And it is not just the critics and scoffers of today who consider it a strange, foreign, alien thing! Most Christians believe it is a "strange thing", as in hard to read and understand. But it is really not that difficult at all if you use common sense, a good translation, and allow the Holy Spirit to guide and direct you instead of preconceived ideas! As we have learned in this Book of Hosea (vs. 6:6), all our Father wants is for His children to love Him and obey His commands, His Voice, i.e. His Word, the Bible. It is not their "sacrifices" and their "offerings" and the rest of their religious practices and traditions that He seeks.

Here is a second witness to His desires:

Jeremiah 7:21
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

[22] For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

[23] 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.

He wants His children to be well, to be happy and successful and secure.

[24] 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.

You cannot buy happiness. It comes as a result of listening and obeying your Father. You reap what you sow!

[25] Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:

All the words of those prophets are written and recorded for you and me. In other words, those same prophets have been sent to us this very day (they're all recorded in your Bible)! But, Do our people read them, listen to them and hearken unto their voices? NO!!!!

[26] Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

[27] Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.

They could give two corn cobs!

[28] But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

There is a great famine in our land, "not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD" (Amos 8:11).
Question: The truth has been cut off, our people do not know His Word so how could they possibly obey His voice? Answer: They can't and they don't! They worship and serve God after the traditions of man not according to that which is written in His Word! Soooo... they reap what they sow.

Hosea 8:13
They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will He remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

It is so true that our brothers and sisters whom we love very much truly believe that God approves of their sacrifices and offerings. They truly believe that the church they go to is a Beth-el and not a Beth-aven. Remember what we just covered in Jeremiah and in Hosea 6:6 which we covered just a few short studies ago? Our Father wants His children's "love" and He wants them to "know" Him (through His Word) rather than all their burnt offerings (sacrifices). But they are so deceived by the traditions of men perpetuated by the churches and the many ministers who come in the name of Christ, that they believe that what they do is pleasing to our Father! You can be sure most of them have never read the Book of Hosea and you can be sure that they have no idea, no clue, that they are spiritual whores! Again, we not judging nor condemning them. Our Father loves all of His children very dearly and He will see to it that they are chastised and disciplined and that He is brought into their remembrance.

As editors we feel a short note is appropriate here: When Christ returns He will spend the next 1000 years (THE MILLENNIUM) doing just that!!!! But most pro-claiming Christians will have blown their chance of salvation by His grace, during this flesh and blood age, and will miss "The First Resurrection to Eternal Life" at his return!!! They will then have to earn their Eternal Life, based on their works at the close of the Millennium after Satan is again released to test whether they have finally learned to tell the difference between WHAT IN HOLY (JESUS) and WHAT IS PROFANE (SATAN) during those 1000 years of training and discipline overseen  by JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF. If they pass that final test they, too, will be granted Eternal Life "At The Second Resurrection to Eternal Life". If they still, again follow Satan they will die the second death in "The Lake of Fire!!!! AND BE NO MORE, JUST LIKE SATAN.

Here is your documentation about their salvation by WORKS: (This is at the close of the Millennium)
Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 

(The sins of those folks are still covered by the Blood of Christ, but no longer by grace!)

Now back to our study:

But because they have forgotten Him and because they have not "considered" His Word but have become spiritual harlots by allowing themselves to be deceived by the traditions of men, they shall return to Egypt, which is to return to captivity! They shall reap what they have sown! The Assyrian, as antichrist/Satan, shall soon come again and take them captive.

[14] For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

Just as the House of Israel has forgotten who they are, i.e. that they are true Israel, they have also forgotten who their true Maker is because they have not listened to His voice, His Word. But they continue to build one church after another and both Israel and Judah think they can protect themselves with "fortification made by man" instead of relying upon their Maker.

Too bad, for it is written:

Galatians 6:7
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Deception as defined by Webster is "believing something to be true when it really isn't"!

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 Between the 3 solid bars above and 3 like solid bars below we are going to temporally place excerpts from our Haggai and Zechariah studies. Why these two POST EXILIC PROPHETS you ask? The answer is #1 Haggai contains both instruction and admonition for the chosen builders of His (the Lord's) Temple, i.e. the many membered body of Jesus Christ, as we approach the feast of the final harvest in this flesh age, (YES, the harvest of those souls who will receive eternal life at Christ's return!). &  #2 In Zechariah we are going to learn how and why it is that most of our people have already fallen away from or are falling away from the true Messiah, which Paul calls "the great apostasy" in 2 Thes. 2, and will worship the false messiah (Satan) when he comes to earth in person claiming he is God.

  This following excerpt is from Zechariah:

There is a time coming, a day, when many people shall "wake up" to the realization that a great apostasy has taken place and that all the while they have been worshiping the one sitting in the temple (claiming to be God), they have actually been serving and worshiping the false messiah, even Satan, as God. Oh, the shame of it all and the mourning that shall take place in the land on that day when many suddenly realize that they have committed adultery... that they are spiritual whores! That day which we speak of is the day, the soon coming day when Jesus Christ returns! That day is spoken of in Zechariah, whose prophecies, if you recall from our first study, cover a 7 year period, even the last 7 year period of this flesh age.

In  Haggai and Zechariah we are given step by step instructions as to how these end time events will play out!

Haggai prophesied as to how "The Many Membered Body of Jesus Christ" in these last days would be built, is right now being built in preparation for Jesus Christ's return; And Zechariah prophesied that many people shall "wake up" when Christ returns and find they have actually been serving and worshiping the false messiah, Satan, as their God.  And between these two post Exilic prophets, they explain why and how and when it all happens, step by step!
Pro-claiming Christian; are you aware of when and how and why, all these events leading up to the return of Jesus Christ, as "Lord of lords and King of kings" will all happen? If not, log unto and read Haggai and Zechariah in their entirety!
Live Links to each above:

The two books of Haggai and Zechariah together will give you a clear and concise picture of the "work" of God's hands, His elect, in this final generation! The Book of Haggai concerns the completion of the building of the temple, i.e. the many membered body of Jesus Christ in these last days.  The Book of Zechariah tell us of the the events leading up to Jesus Christ's return and how and when each event will happen.

God had it all played out, in type, by and to, the ancient Israelites, and recorded in the Bible for us, upon whom the ends of the world are come!

1 Cor. 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them (the ancient Israelites) for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
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This is what Haggai and Zechariah are all about; planting the seeds of truth in peoples minds; bringing the lost people of the world the knowledge they need so that "The Holy Spirit" can help them back to life (ETERNAL LIFE), if not before Christ's return, then during the Millennium.

Acts 2:16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; [17] And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God,I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

This is happening right now! The sons and daughters of the final generation are prophesying (i.e. teaching, working in the field, planting seeds for the harvest), and they SEE, which means to "Understand" visions. What visions? The visions of the prophets through whom Christ has foretold us all things! The prophet Daniel was told to seal the vision and seal up his book until the time of the end when the wise would understand (SEE) them. They now do!

And they now understand the "visions" Ezekiel saw also, including the highly polished spectrum metal circular whirling vehicle (space ship, i.e. flying saucer) which came out of the north sky, let down its landing gear, and landed right in front of him!

They also understand the dreams of Daniel, etc., even king Nebuchadnezzar's dreams! And the Word of God is being taught chapter by chapter and line by line, by those sons and daughters, the "children of the prophets" (Acts 3:25).

But as we just read, there will come a time when the "WIND" comes rushing from heaven and the Holy Spirit is poured out on HIS servants and HIS handmaidens and they shall prophesy, to that WIND!

Here it is:

Acts 2:18
And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

Peter was documenting that what they were witnessing right then and there was only a sampling of the pouring out of the Holy Spirit in the last days, when this prophecy of Acts 2:18 will be fulfilled. It happened back then for our benefit today, so that we could SEE how Mark 13:11 shall come to pass.
Got the PICTURE?

[19] And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

[20] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

The Holy Spirit shall come and speak through His servants BEFORE the day of the Lord, before the 7th Trump, which means it happens during the 6th Trump, during the tribulation of the reign of the Satan as the spurious messiah.

Log unto and read Ezekiel's Dead Dry Bones" Live Link to> "The Valley of Dry Bones".

Ezekiel 37:1
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,

Here Ezekiel was carried out "in the spirit of the LORD" in the same manner as was the apostle John in Rev. 1:10 (see note in Companion Bible), for what we are about to read is "end time" prophecy. Ezekiel was carried out and then set down (which also means "to dwell") in the midst of the valley which was full of bones. Can you PICTURE this in your mind?

Can you see Ezekiel (picture yourself if you are a watchman) standing in a huge valley (actually it's a "plain" in Hebrew) surrounded by skeletons, "bones"! Ezekiel has got to be thinking, "I don't imagine I'm here for a fun vacation."

Notice that if you are a servant of the LORD, an appointed watchman, and He has a job for you to do, He can easily just take you by the hand and set you to work in the midst of the field! Or He could carry you to your job in the belly of big fish, like Jonah. Attitude can be important, you know.

We are going to be given some more details of this dismal scene, but first let's jump ahead to verse 11 and learn right away what these "bones" symbolize:

Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel:

This is really simple, except for the fact that one must know who the whole house of Israel is, mustn't he? Do you?  

Live Link to- Do you know where to find the "House of Israel" today"?

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 My fellow Christians who have been studying with us here at  The American Wisdom Series for  many years; I recently was reading over some files we had in this center column many years ago

and realized we had some studies on the web site about topics we have been ignoring lately. I've
decided to place some of those studies back on for you to read again. The following link is now live to our center column from October of 2014.  Live Link to> AWS center column Oct. 2014 

<You will find a TOC to other previous Col. 2 versions in "Recently Featured Studies"< In Col. 1

on your left.<<<<

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Note: To further mark the time of Jesus Christ's return to end this flesh and blood age and the start of His Millennial Kingdom, in Hosea 6:2 we read "After two days will He revive us: in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight. "  ?????????       What does this mean?    
To find out  Log unto Live Links to> Pamphlet #4006  And  #7189

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God asks us Christians this question at the end of the Book of Haggai,
 Live Link to> Is the seed still in the Barn?  

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 Note: Your angel is in heaven right now, but it is part of 
God's plan that you not be aware of it, while living here in the flesh, 
unless you  already love the Lord, have been studying your Bible to
 show yourself approved, and the Holy Spirit has already led you to
 Matthew 18:10 and given you understanding.

Matthew 18:10  Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones;
for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the 
face of my Father which is in heaven. 
  
     You can be sure your angel is aware of what and how your
 flesh/human being is coping with life in the flesh; because, your
 flesh and blood human being's soul and your angelic being's soul
 are both the same God created being, i.e. soul.

     You know, or I pray you know, that the decisions you make here, 
while living in the flesh effect your eternal life.
 
      You are a sinner and if you believe in Jesus Christ, and now choose 
to repent of those sins, asking Jesus Christ for forgiveness, and invite Him, 
His Holy Spirit, into your heart to cleanse it, you will be awarded eternal life 
at His return, by His grace; but if you don't; You will be one of what the 
Bible refers to as the walking dead, which means you will also be born back
into your angelic, celestial body at Christ's return but; you will still have a 
mortal, still liable to die and be no more soul, and your only chance to
live forever will be decided at "The  Great White Throne of Judgment" at the
close of the Millennium, based on your works! 
     
     See Matthew 18:10 verse which I mentioned above:
Matthew 18:10  Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones;
for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the 
face of my Father which is in heaven.  
     If  these little children Jesus is referring to have a spirit existence
in heaven even while here on earth, isn't it also true of you and me 
and all of us human, flesh and blood, beings?

And that your angel in heaven is you, but, still in your spiritual
celestial body, and that your angel also, right now, is beholding the face of your Father in heaven, just as stated in Matthew 18:10.

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 Here is the SIGN Christ gave to His disciples to identify the final  generation who will see
 His return at The End of This Earth Age. Mark 13:28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is  near:  Furthermore it is written in Mark 4:13 that if you do not understand the
parable of the sower you will not be able to understand any of Christ's parables!
So before we attempt to learn "The Parable of the Fig Tree" we had better first learn "The Parable of the Sower" and also "The Parable of the Tares" because to understand the "Parable of the Fig Tree" you must know both those parables. (The Sower & The Tares)
 Live Link to> The Parable of the Sower and The Parable of the Tares  both in one file
Live Link to> Now learn "The Parable of the Fig Tree"

Note: To further mark the time of Christ's return to end this flesh and blood age and the start of His Millennial Kingdom, in Hosea 6:2 we read "After two days will He revive us: in the third day He will raise us up, ..." ??????? What does this mean?     To find out log unto Live Link to> Pamphlet #4006

 It means Christ is coming soon! But, it
won't happen until 5 months after Satan, that charismatic preacher from the 1st earth age, who tryed to over throw God, appearers here on earth (as a test of proclaiming Christians) claiming he is God.

Proclaiming Christian;Will you worship him OR 
will you wait for the real Jesus Christ to arrive? 

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO TELL THEM APART?
 Will you endure until the end?

Log unto and read Live Link to> #4163 One sure thing must happen yet before Christ returns!

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Rev. 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the
 Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the
 earth, and his angels were cast out with him.       They're coming soon! 
And guess what? As with the rest of God's Word,
 it doesn't matter whether you believe it not. It will
 happen again, just as Christ said it will.
Are you "covered"? Isn't it amazing how Christianity 
has become so much like "Outcome Based Education".

It seems that it doesn't matter whether or not you understand the Word of God, just so long as you "feel good" about your relationship with Him. And you can get that feeling by attending church once a week, dumping a few bucks in the plate as it's passed before your face in the "sight of men", and by participating in a few fund raising and charity events.The preacher then tells you you're doing "good", and so you feel that way.You trust your preacher, don't you?  Then, to provide you with the "feeling" of security, you are told that you don't have to understand the books of Daniel and Revelation,because you are not going to be here when those events transpire anyway. Why? They say you are going to "fly up into the sky", "up, up and away", raptured out of here by Jesus Christ while the rest of us sinners suffer horrible consequences below.   Sorry!

That's a bunch of "bull" and it is not scriptural.

If that's your Christianity, then Satan and his buddies will have you in the sack with one little sweet whisper in your ear.It is called the "great apostasy".Hello! Time to wake up to reality and stop listening to stories about apples and snakes and fly-away theories!"Feeling good" isn't going to make it in this, the final generation.You better have on the gospel armor of God (Eph 6) and be ready to take a stand, or you'll be unclad, naked, whereby you can be laid down and seduced!

The choice is yours.

Log unto and read our Live Link to> Genesis 1-11 studies
and learn all the things about the beginning that most
of our so-called Christian churches don't teach!

Christians beware; there are many things the Bible makes plain to us,
 we who the Holy Spirit has given "EYES TO SEE", that most so-called Christian 
churches aren't teaching! You can learn of many of them, 
which are found in the first 11 chapters of the Bible, 
by reading our pamphlet #6256.  Live Link to> #6256

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For those that do not repent, their souls will be destroyed in the lake of fire. This is called the "Second death".

Revelation 20:14 "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death." [14] "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." [15]

The first death is the death of these flesh bodies, most die from old age, but many much younger, some by accidents, some by disease and some by murder, some murdered in the womb even prior to their birth.

Editor's Note: The first death is just the "shadow of death" talked about in Psalms 23. The valley of which, we are now walking through, in this flesh life,

But the death of the soul is the second death, and following the second death, there will be no record left that that person even existed in any form, not even in the memory of their loved ones.

Editor's Note: The second death, the death of our soul, That is the death we need  to be concerned about!

We have just recently been studying both Haggai and Zechariah who taught us about how thing will happen in these last days of this flesh and blood earth age prior to Jesus Christ's return; which marks the end of us as flesh and blood human beings.

Having said that; Jesus' spent a lot of time teaching on this same subject when he walked this earth as a flesh and blood man. He taught us that the time of the tribulation, that Daniel told us about, has been shortened from the three and one half years to five months, so that gives God's elect an additional 3 years to plant seeds of Truth about Satan in peoples minds before he (Satan) arrives on this earth, claiming he is God, to test us proclaiming Christians to see if we really do know the difference between what is Holy (Jesus) and what is Profane (Satan).

Jesus taught us through His parables that the church in these later days will forsake His Word and instead teach their own man made traditions, which will mess up your mind by the distortion of true doctrine.

Then after Satan's five months here in person is the end, when the seventh trumpet blows Christ returns to set up His 1000 year Millennial Kingdom, right here on earth.

After the Millennium age, that is the time that Christ's loyal angels  will gather up all the unsaved and cast them into the lake of fire and THEY WILL BE NO MORE.

Not even a memory to their former loved ones.

Luke does a very good job of explaining this all to us, in his book, Luke chapter 13.  It is a must read for everyone of us. Live Link to> Luke chapter 13

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Do you "see" both MIRACLES CHRIST PERFORMED HERE in these verses?! First Miracle in Verse 24 The Second Miracle in Verse 25! Of course it's the First One that is important to your understanding of the Bible!

Mark 8:23  And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when He had spit on His eyes, and put His hands upon him, He asked him if he saw ought. 

[24] And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

[25] After that He put His hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

 Did you "see" both Miracles? If not read and re-read the following pamphlet until you "SEE" !!!!!
 
Live Link to->>> "The Blind Man From Bethsaida" 

Your Eternal Life may well depend on it !!!!

One thing is for sure! You must "see" this to understand what happened in the "Garden of Eden" cause Eve didn't physically eat a APPLE !!!!

Do you know what she did?

See Live Links to> Eve was not just any women, was she? She had a special purpose, as did Adam and The Parable of the Tares
See who planted that bad seed (sperm)! But, It wasn't Adam!

Read what Adam's and Eve's sin was that got them kicked out of the "Garden of Eden"

Live Links to> #6220 Will you believe Christ or hang on to the apple tree teechings?, and #6218 OK, it is now time to "grow-up" and mature in the Word of God., and #7011 Men as Trees Walking  OK, it is now time to "grow-up" and mature in the Word of God,  and #7000 & 7007 "Two Sowers of seed; both the good and the bad"; And  #6228 Plain and simple, like it or not, Cain was Satan's son not Adam's!

The two different trees in the garden!

Remember, aside from the other trees in the garden of Eden, there are two specific trees mentioned there: 1) the tree of life, and 2) the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Do you know what or who they were? (Note: throughout the Bible trees symbolically represent people) Don't forget. the second tree mentioned in the "Garden of Eden" knows both GOOD & EVIL.
There were two trees in the Garden of Eden:---One was "The Tree of Life" (Jesus Christ); His fruit will lead you to ETERNAL LIFE! and the other was "The Tree of the Knowledge of GOOD and EVIL" (Satan); his fruit leads to ETERNAL DEATH!, even though some of it is good. Satan returns to earth, claiming he is God, five months before Christ's return. God is allowing Satan five months on earth as a test for us, to see if we who claim to be Christians really know the difference between What is HOLY and what is PROFANE!--- DON'T FORGET THAT SATAN IS A SUPERNATURAL ARCHANGEL We will be no match for him and his trickery with out "The Seal of God in Our Foreheads". He fooled and seduced Eve in the garden! Don't you be fooled by his good fruit, and worship him as God.--- Watch for the EVIL fruit! Don't have Christ return to find you have already been to bed with Satan! Will you remain spiritually true as a "chaste virgin" and wait for your bridegroom, Jesus Christ, or will you spiritually hop in bed with Satan when he comes to earth performing miracles and claims to be God?  

(Live Link)to-Let's talk about TREES & "tree symbology"
Satan comes first claiming he is God!  Satan was the tree in the garden with the knowledge of both good and evil.   Don't you be fooled by the good he can and will do, to make you believe he is God! Study to show yourself approved; knowing the difference between what is holy (The Real Jesus Christ) and what is profane (The Instead-of-Christ,  Satan, i.e.the anti-christ).;.Also remember,he brings his fallen angels, from the days of Noah, with him and he already has plenty of help here on earth, i.e. Kenites from his encounter with Eve in the garden! (descendants of Cain).

Live Link to- Yes, Satan PLANTED THE TARES
Live Link to- How can you count the number of the beast if you don't know who they are. 666  -  They are descendants of Cain. What shall we do with them after we've counted them? 
Here are Jesus' instructions.

Matthew 13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

Hmmm, it seems the sowing of the tares was the deliberate covert activity of the enemy/Satan.

Should we go round those suckers up?

Matthew 13::29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

Let the tares alone for now! That's an order! [30] Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Matthew 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are the angels.

Please read all of Matthew 13:24-43

So it seems that the reason to count the "Number of the Beast" is to let us know there are MANY LIVING AMONG US.   

Let the reader BEWARE!
Live Link to-> Locusts, Locusts, Everywhere!
Live Link to->  Fearsome Locust Army
JOEL 1:3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation Joel 1:4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten

Live Link to> Hosea chapter 8 This is one of the most important chapters of the Bible, that you need to read; for the sake of your eternal soul! Editor's  note: The complete book of Hosea is important; in it you'll find out why God calls you a SPIRITUAL WHORE! Live Link to=>Hosea all 14 chapters

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Message for all Christians: If the church you regularly attend does not teach the Bible, book by book, chapter by chapter, and verse by verse, rightly dividing "The Word of God"; you need to read our Zechariah chapter 10 & 11 studies. Live Links to> Zechariah chapter 10 & chapter 11.Read them both, and then all of our Zechariah studies! You eternal life is at risk!  Actually you need to read all of the Old Testament prophets to learn what Jesus told us, we need to know; because  He told us ALL THINGS,  especially through the Old Testament Prophets. READ THEM ALL!  
THE PRE-EXILIC PROPHETS
listed in chronological order
Joel 850-700 B.C.
Jonah 800 B.C. 
Amos 780-755 B.C.   
Hosea 760-710 B.C.                
Micah 740 B.C.                          
Isaiah 740-680 B.C.
Nahum 700-615 B.C.  
Zephaniah 630-620 B.C.
Habakkuk 627-586 B.C.           
Jeremiah  626-580 B.C
    Lamentations of Jeremiah   

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THE EXILIC PROPHETS
listed in chronological order
Daniel 604-535 B.C.  
Ezekiel 593-570 B.C.                      
Obadiah 585 B.C.  

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THE POST EXILIC PROPHETS
listed in chronological order
Haggai 520 B.C.                             
Zechariah 520-518 B.C.                   7
Malachi 450-400 B.C.                                    

Understand Zechariah's Visions About These End Times! 

The season is growing long and the hour is late which means very soon the great false shepherd, the son of perdition, will be cast from heaven with his angels and shall come stand in the holy place claiming to be God (2 Thes. 2). However, his reign has been shortened to only a five month period, which is the time of the locusts of Rev. 9:5 & 10, whose season is from May through September. It shall be at the end of this indignation that the Great Day shall come, that day when Jesus Christ shall return and cleanse the temple leaving not one "stone" left standing atop another (Luke 21:6). In that day He shall set up His everlasting kingdom upon Mount Zion and establish that "wall" around Jerusalem and His judgment shall run down as waters and His righteousness, His Holy Word, shall flow as mighty stream (Amos 5:24).

Read all about this time we're living in and what is going to happen shortly in the world.    Live Link TO> Zechariah chapter 13

We live in the most exciting "Bible Times" in the history of mankind, bar none!

We live in the "time of the end" that the prophet Daniel wrote of and spoke of and desired to "see",
a time when "many would run to and fro" and "knowledge would be increased"
and the "seals" of the great book, God's Word, would be opened
and "unveiled" by the Lamb of God (Rev. 6:1) to "the wise",
who are simply those who sincerely study His Word and hear His voice.

Daniel 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Daniel was told the words of his prophecy were to be closed up and sealed until the time of the end.

Daniel 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

Then the wise in "the time of the end", aka "the last days",
would understand what was written concerning the events of the final generation.

We are living in that time now!

So therefore, we can now read and understand.

[10] Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

Consider now the times!
Think about the incredible technological age of increased knowledge
and information and global communications in which we live!

Here are the words of Joel as quoted by the apostle Peter
on that first Pentecost Day following the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

Acts 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

All the events that shall happen in and unto this final generation were prophesied long, long ago,
even as Jesus said in Mark 13:23 "...behold, I have foretold you all things".

The eight visions the Lord gave to Zechariah  in 410 BC, concerning these end times, can now be understood.

Let's go to the book of Zechariah and learn about these eight visions:
        1. The Rider on the Red Horse.
        2. & The Four Horns
        3. The Measuring Line
        4. The Branch
        5. The Golden Lampstand
        6. The Flying Scroll
        7. & The Ephah
        8. The Four Chariots

(live link-) to=>>> The complete Book of ZechariahThe nations shall gather against the King of kings at the battle of Armageddon but they shall be destroyed and their power stripped by Jesus Christ and His saints, i.e. by Him who has all power in both heaven and earth. So you can see, there's just no contest! We have the victory in Him (The Real Jesus Christ)! The sad part is that many of our brothers and sisters will have been seduced by the great false shepherd, Satan, the false messiah, the fake bridegroom, etc., and will have committed spiritual adultery, which is idolatry, and will have stumbled and fallen, because they will worship him (Satan) believing he is Jesus Christ (THEIR CHURCHES AREN'T TEACHING THEM HOW TO TELL THE TWO APART)! They will have missed the opportunity to be part of the first fruits, the first resurrection to eternal life! and now having being declared dead (spiritually) they will have to wait until the end of Millennium to receive life which will be at the second resurrection to eternal life! or the second (and final) death for those who don't make it (the death of their soul; they'll be no more!)

If you love the Lord read all of Zechariah and learn what you can expect to see in these coming days prior to His return!

Live Link to> Zechariah's Visions and all of the Zechariah studies and learn exactly what will surely happen shortly during this earth age!

Learn how to tell the deference between the real Jesus Christ and Satan the FALSE CHRIST who will come to earth first, five months prior to Jesus' return, claiming he is God! You don't want Jesus to return and find you have already been to bed with Satan; DO YOU?

"When shall the end of this earth age be?

And what signs shall there be that we may know that the return of Christ is "nigh at hand, even at the doors"?

Zech. 13:1
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

The word "sin" is translated from the Hebrew "chata" which means "to miss the mark"! It is written that many of our people, in fact the majority, will "miss the mark" and miss out on the first resurrection because they did not know Christ, the Word of God, and were deceived by the false-christ. Oh they say "Lord, Lord" and do many noble works in His name (Mat. 7:22), but because the false shepherds (Christian ministers) have all but starved them to their spiritual death by teaching to them the traditions of men instead of His Word, most of them shall be part of that great falling away, the apostasy! You see, if one does not teach the Word of God but substitutes religious activity in its stead, then that person having forsaken the Word has FORSAKEN GOD! And it is written in this 13th chapter of Zechariah that in that day those prophets (teachers) of men's visions and false doctrines shall be surely ashamed because they have forsaken the fountain of living waters, His Word, and caused their entire congregations to fall away. Jeremiah also documents that those who forsake His Word shall be ashamed:

Jeremiah 17:12
A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.

[13] O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

Jeremiah 2:13
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

Yes, the fountain of Living Water shall be permanently opened to rid the land, our nation, of her two evil sins, "Idolatry" and "Unclean Spirits", i.e. "False prophecy (teachings) put forth by false prophets"! Jesus Christ is returning and in that day He shall rid the land of BOTH!

Zech. 13:2
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

Remember we documented in a prior study from Ezek. 44:23 that the Zadok, the just ones, God's elect, "shall teach my (His) people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean." Idolatry and false teaching simply will not be permitted to flourish and any such attempt to teach false doctrine shall be handled with the rod of iron, according to His Word.

[3] And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

Isaiah 29:13
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 (meaning to revere) toward me is taught by the precept of men:

The good news is that the kingdom of God is soon coming! At that day when Jesus Christ and His saints stand on Mount Zion, that fountain of truth, that fountain of living water, shall flow like a river from beneath the throne of the Lamb! Furthermore, idolatry (false gods) and unclean spirits (false doctrines) will no longer be permitted, which is what the verse we just read in Zech. 13:3 is speaking about! 

The reference is to Deuteronomy 13:6-10, so let's go there and see what additional wisdom we might gain from His Word.

Deut. 13:6
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

[7] Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;

[8] Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

[9] But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

[10] And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

The point is, do not listen (i.e. take heed) to false preachers and false teachers of His Word, even if they are a spouse or relatives or close friends, or any other "tree" who entices you with bad fruit that is not found in the Word of God. ALWAYS test the fruit (1 Jn. 4:1) and then stick to God's Word, so obtaining your fruit directly from Him, the everlasting living Tree of Life. That way you will not produce "bad fruit" yourself by sharing that junk with others, like Eve did with her own husband! 

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Again, why is this so important? Read it for yourself in Matthew 7:19 "Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is  hewn down, and cast into the fire." So always stay in God's Word and eat fruit from the Tree of Life that you yourself might bear good fruit! Did you know that God even likens Himself to a fir, an ever (eternal) green (living) tree, in Hosea 14:8: "Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found."

You see, it is written... even in the next verse... that those preachers, those nice friendly false shepherds who lead their flocks to follow the traditions of men and so set them up for the fall, the great falling away, i.e. the great apostasy when they bow to the false-christ when he appears at the sound of the 6th Trump believing the lie that he is God, are going to be sorely ashamed of what they have taught in that day when the true Messiah appears at the sound of the 7th Trump. Then too, during the Millennium, Jesus Christ and His Zadok are not going to put up with false preachers! There will be No More "playing church" and putting on religious garb to look like a man or woman of God and then teach people to roll Ishtar's eggs or sooth them with visions of "flying away" in some rapture when Satan comes! That's "Bad Fruit"! It does not hold to the test of His Word and if you give it to others you are bearing bad fruit and doing the work of another god... even the great false shepherd! 

Here, read what the false prophets of today will be doing during the Millennium, i.e. in that day!

Zech. 13:4
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:

Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

[16] Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

[17] Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

Zech. 13:5
But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

Genesis 2:16
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

[17] But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Rev. 19:20
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Zech. 13:6
And one shall say unto Him, What are these wounds in Thine hands? Then He shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of My friends.

Zech. 13:7
Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, and against the Man that is my Fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

Matthew 26:31
Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

offended = skandalizo, skan-dal-id'-zo, Greek 4624; ("scandalize"); from Greek 4625 (skandalon); to entrap, i.e. trip up (figurative stumble [transitive] or entice to sin, apostasy or displeasure) :- (make to) offend.

"And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed."

If your "eyes are now open" to purpose of the sword against My Shepherd, you will understand there is a great twofold purpose for the raising up of the false shepherd and the tribulation by "fire" of the great apostasy!

Zech. 13:8
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

As for the elect, the remnant of His people, they shall come through the fire (as did Shadrach and company) and be purified and made white! No, they won't fly away in some rapture to escape the tribulation. And you know what? Neither will they forsake Him this time but they shall "take a stand against the fiery darts" (Eph. 6) and they shall stand firm and unshakable upon the immovable rock*. 

It is written! Will you be among them? I pray that you are!

*Remember Zech. 12:3? Just let someone try to lift it up and remove it!

[9] 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.

We just thank our Father for His Word, that Living Fountain that shall soon be opened and flow as a river forevermore!

*Here is an except on the redemption by the "Redeemer" from our study of John 19. When Jesus Christ was wounded and hung on the cross, the last thing He did before He gave up His life was to redeem His people.

You see, the Roman soldiers have finished casting lots for His coat (Ps. 22) and Jesus now knew that all of the scriptures pertaining to others have now been accomplished, exactly as they are written. So the time has finally come for the scriptures of the 69th Psalm to be fulfilled concerning the "Redeemer", for having now made provision for the woman, the time has now come to "redeem" her.

So just as Jesus quoted and taught the 22nd Psalm beginning with verse 1, "My God, My God, why has Thou forsaken Me.", He now quotes and teaches from the 69th Psalm, the "Psalm of Israel's Redemption", saying "I thirst" 
(Ps. 69:1,21).

You should now pause and turn to the 69th Psalm and read it in its entirety. If you are fortunate to have a Companion Bible you will aided by the structures beginning on page 759. 

Here is a "cut" from the outline:

H | K Psalm 69 - THE KING WAITS FOR DELIVERANCE (v. 14) FROM SUFFERINGS, SHAME, AND SORROW. (THE TRESPASS OFFERING). pg. 759.

K |  vs. 1-21 Prayer
      vs. 22-29 Imprecation
        vs. 30-36 Praise   pg. 784

When you read the final verses of Praise (Ps. 69:30-36) you will find that just like Psalms 22 it ends with a prophecy concerning the "seed", who after having "served Him" in this final generation (Ps. 22) by declaring His Word, they shall inherit the glorious City of God (Ps. 69):

We have come to the last chapter of Zechariah (Remembered of Yah) which brings us to the last day of this flesh age and the dawning of a new day, a day known as the day of the LORD. And what a tremendous view of the events of that day our Father gives us in this 14th chapter. The message is clear and simple because the symbolic imagery is vividly graphic! But it is as with all analogies using symbolism in that symbols can either hide and obscure the meaning of what is being said or they can make "clear as bell" what is meant if one has been privileged, normally by his or her asking to be shown, what the symbols mean. In fact, that is precisely why Jesus Christ spoke to the multitudes in parables, to BOTH hide what was said to the multitudes and to make it clear to His disciples when they later came to Him and asked Him to explain the symbols. Of course, don't take my word for it that that is why Christ spoke in parables unless you first document it. That you can easily do in Mat. 13:

Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came, and said unto Him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

[11] He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

Let us now conclude our study of Zechariah. In this final chapter we are going to see Jesus Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords, come to Jerusalem after the abomination of desolation, Satan, has sat in the midst of the temple and made the whole land spiritually desolate by deceiving the whole world into believing he is God! Then, at the appointed time, the LORD shall come forth and cleanse the temple, pulverizing the "stones" of the temple, and defeating His enemies and the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ, and He shall reign for ever and ever! What a glorious day it shall be when that 7th Trump sounds!

Rev. 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever.

Zech. 14:1
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

[2] For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

Nevertheless, even so, never forget what we learned in this great book that the remnant, God's elect, are protected by the "wall", His wall of fire, and that no harm shall come to them.

[3 ]Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Joshua 10:13-14
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

[14] And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.

[4] And His feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

[5] And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

[6] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:

[7] But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

[8] 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.

[9] And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

Zech. 14:10
All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it [i.e. Jerusalem] shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place [see Zech. 12:6], from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.

Micah 4:1-2
But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.

[2] And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Zech. 14:11
And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

[12] And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

Perhaps though you can "see" that this verse is speaking figuratively, in picturesque format, about the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people who have fought, as in warred, against Jerusalem! It is talking about the pestilence, even their punishment, their "going down in defeat" when "the fire of His wrath" (Ezek. 38:19) is poured out upon them. In other words, they are going to FEEL the HEAT, the FIRE of His WRATH from head to toe! And just as the gods of Egypt were turned against them in the plagues (such as the Frog Goddess they worshipped could not spare them from the plague of frogs) neither shall the gods of this generation, gold and silver, etc., be able to deliver the nations. Zeph. 1:18 "Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land."

Hey, it's going to be a hot time in the old town tonight for the enemies of God. All that is evil in this flesh age is going to be consumed by His fire for as it is written in Heb. 12:29, "Our God is a consuming fire!" Peter also speaks about the coming of that day, the day of God, when all the elements (evil rudiments) shall melt with "fervent heat"! That is HIS HEAT, the fire of His wrath and it will easily consume their tongues, their speech!

2 Peter 3:12
Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements [rudiments] shall melt with fervent heat?

Rev. 14:20
And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

[13] And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.

Haggai 2:21-22
Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;

[22] And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen [nations]; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

Zech. 14:14
And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.

Rev. 18:15-17
The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, [16] And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! [17] For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off...

Zech. 14:15
And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.

So the nations and the peoples of the nations that "missed the mark" in this flesh age better had get busy and do the following, learning and walking in His ways:

[16] 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.

That is why the Feast of Tabernacles is specifically mentioned here, because it is the time of the great harvest of harvests, i.e. the time of the Millennium in which they better keep (live) according to His Word! Will they have free choice to decide not go up to Jerusalem? Yes they will! There shall even be controversy during that time (liberalism doesn't die easily)! Nevertheless, they will be given opportunity in that day to learn and to walk in His ways and if they "miss the mark", if they don't learn to discern between the holy and the profane and walk the walk during that time, they will be sentenced at the great white throne judgment and suffer the second death, the ultimate "plague of fire" by being consumed in the lake of fire along with Satan, the son of perdition. We mentioned Ezek. 44:23-24 earlier so let's read it now to document what shall be taught and also that there will be controversy during the Millennium, which implies free will and freedom of choice.

Ezekiel 44:23-24
And they [the Zadok] shall teach my people the difference between the holy (Christianity, lead by Jesus Christ) and profane (religion, lead by Satan), and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

[24] And in controversy [i.e. when there is controversy] they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

Zech. 14:17
And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.

[18] And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

[19] This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

[20] In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar.

You SEE, this great Book of Zechariah (Remembered of Yahveh) ends in perfect symmetry to its beginning. It began with the four horns, the four horses (those powers of Religion, Economics, Politics, and Education) belonging to and in control of the unrighteous false messiah and his children of disobedience and ends on that day with those horses (powers) having been totally confiscated from the nations, from the New World Order, and from those of Judah (the bad figs, the kenites) who fought against Jerusalem.

In other words, dear Christian, the beautiful truth of the matter is that whenever a "bell" of a horse (power) is rung, it shall ring HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD! Or look at this way: If someone tries to ring a bell on a horse (exercise power and authority) and they do not "ring it" in righteousness, i.e. according to God's Holy Word, then God's elect will come forth and "ring their necks" for them with a rod of iron! To wit, there shall never again be a crack in our Bell of Liberty. Got it? Praise God and may His kingdom come, on earth as it is in heaven... and it SHALL... even sooner than many might think!

And what of these pots in Jerusalem? You should have no trouble whatsoever understanding this after the detailed lessons we learned concerning the false prophets and those "sheeptraffickers"!

[21] Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.

What is the conclusion therefore given in these last two verses? It is very simple! The reason that all Power on Earth shall be executed with JUSTICE, with HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD, and the reason only the TRUTH of HIS WORD shall be taught in all the land, is because the KING OF KINGS and LORD of LORDS doth reign with His Zadok in ALL THE EARTH and His TRUTH and His JUSTICE shall flow like mighty rivers from beneath His throne throughout the whole earth. We so look forward to that day!

"Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints" (Rev. 15:3)!

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