The Church World is ripe for judgment. An evil and blasphemous secular world is certainly headed to judgment, but it’s the Church that will be judged first. I believe that the present state of the Church demands that the Heavenly Father act to preserve His Holy Name. Church music is no longer Christ-honoring, but man-honoring. I am preparing an article showing the “contest between music styles and lyrics.” Gospel music is exclusively Bible-filled, while contemporary music is almost totally humanistic. The Holy Ghost will absence Himself from a church where the music does not utterly honor our Lord Jesus Christ. When a minister will brag about his sins, while the congregation applauds him, it’s over for that church if someone does not repent. The whorish system of the Catholic Church is quickly drawing the once Bible-believing churches into her fold. Church leaders are blaspheming the great church fathers that died at the stake, were drowned, or brutally murdered by this Babylonian church. (Read Revelation 17.) Great signs and wonders are prophesied to be manifest before the end. “And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come” (Acts 2:19-20). With a Church World so utterly forsaking the absolute truths of the Bible, we best be watching for His action. Our Father has never allowed truth to be destroyed without His response. Order the free CD or Cassette of Benny Hinn entitled, “Benny Hinn: Possessed by Devils”? You can also purchase our DVD on the same subject for $10, plus s&h!
Archive for July, 2010
Watching For Heavenly Signs And Wonders
Saturday, July 31st, 2010Scented Saints
Friday, July 30th, 2010
Incense has always played a part in all religions. Visit the religious shrines of the world and you will usually find many candles burning in different shapes and configurations. The demon gods demand that their worshippers offer perfumed honor in their behalf. The idea of incense as found in these religions is not only wrong, it is terribly distorted.
The Holy Bible has much to say about incense, but so different from the showy world of false religions. Biblical incense is a life lived in the graces of Jesus Christ and the perfume is Holiness — His Holiness — not candles of various smells. We are to be unto our God a sweet savor of Christ. Our Heavenly Father revels in a life so pure and full of grace that the aroma of Jesus Christ spreads out into our world. This aroma is a savor (perfume) of life unto life to the believers and, also, a savor of death unto death to the spiritually dead.
Listen as Apostle Paul shares His revelation of the incense. “Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor (aroma) of his knowledge by us in every place. For we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: To the one we are the savor of death unto death; and to the other the savor of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?” (II Corinthians 2:14-16). The depth of this truth has little interest in our worldly churches. The perfume of His presence cannot be lit like a candle. The whole idea of worshipping with scented lights is pagan and blasphemous. The Holiness of His redemptive graces and life imparted to us is the only perfume that can waft its way into His presence.
Our God is exalted by saints that dwell long and patiently in His Son’s presence. As we revel in His Holy revelations and by faith allow His blood to sanctify and purify body, soul, and spirit (I Thessalonians 5:23), we indeed can offer incense (a sweet savor) unto our Father. This sweet savor is the making of revival and spiritual awakening. Conviction of the Holy Ghost will follow “Scented Saints.” Our lives will bless the church and the world. Sinners of our day have heard so much from and about religious people that show no “graces of righteousness” that religion has become a fluke. The world is plainly rejecting the false pretense that goes for Christianity today.
“Scented Saints” is the heart’s cry of Biblical truth. Soft words by “Scented Saints” will break hard hearts. Biblical Holiness is not hard, demanding, nor is it condemning. Biblical Holiness is a work of such power and beauty that it melts the arrogance of our enemies. It is His nature, the same nature that wicked men could not resist when He walked this earth. One police officer sent to arrest Him returned to those in authority without Him proclaiming, “Never man spake like this man” (John 7:46). A hard Roman soldier beneath His cross finally said, “Truly this man was the Son of God” (Mark 15:39).
“Forgive me, God, for trying to light a candle that I might shine. I surrender before such grace as is revealed in your cross. In your presence, teach me to let your aroma fill every part of my being until my Father makes me a blessing to saints and sinners alike. I surrender to be a Scented Saint in a sick and repulsive world. Amen!”
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A Massive Temple, But A Crippled Man
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010This story in Acts chapter three is a perfect picture of most of our church world. This man had apparently lain at the gate for many years. The beautifully robed priests had walked by often. Anyone that was religious in all Israel had either seen him or been seen by him. He could not go inside because a crippled person was not allowed inside the Temple. There was nothing wrong about this beautiful Temple because God Himself had given King David the design. It was worth millions, but it was now out of business. The great veil that opened into the Holy of Holies had been supernaturally divided when the Son of God died and rose from the dead. Even before Christ’s deat, the Jewish system had developed into an empty religion and Jesus Christ had sharply rebuked them, calling them “dead men’s bones” “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness” (Matthew 23:27). This was a beautiful and religious Temple, but the people were helpless before the human tragedies that lay at their very gate. But two men from the Upper Room where the Holy Ghost had been poured out, came to pray and everything changed. These men understood why Jesus Christ had come. It was not to institute another empty religion, but to meet human needs. The world is waiting at the gates of churches all over the world but are mainly getting nothing but head theology. What they need is to see the power of God again. The Church of Jesus Christ has the responsibility of turning truth into transforming oracles. The Bible is not a dead book, but a supernatural revelation. This crippled man was perfectly healed and went into the Temple, “Walking, and leaping and praising God” (Acts 2-8). This kind of miracle would leave any church a different place. Please invite the Lord to do it in your church.
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The Contest Of Personalities Over The Holy Spirit
Saturday, July 24th, 2010Personality preachers are dominating the doctrinal thinking of our Church world. In this broadcast I played John MacArthur saying that no person can hear or know the voice of God. He said he had never heard anything from God but what he reads in the Bible. Well, every Word of the Bible is true but God gave us the Holy Spirit to inspire and teach us those truths. The Son of God made several great statements that settle this false accusation against our Loving Father. “And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.” (John 10:4) The Son of God made it plain that the sending of the Holy Ghost was to be our teacher. “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” (John 14:26) The church world that has departed from the truth must keep you from an experience with God, because that’s where they lose you. The “Born Again” experience is the single way to know you are saved. It is the Work of the Spirit and you will know it when it happens in your life. If you do not know you are saved its foolish to think you might be. The entire purpose of this broadcast is to call you back to the Word of God and the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Pure Christianity is a perfect balance of the Word and the Spirit. “And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.” ( I John 5:8) To speak of a Christianity void of the power and witness of the Holy Ghost is empty religion just exactly like we see in the Apostate churches. Quickly the entire denominational churches are becoming the WHORE of Revelation seventeen. Come out of HER before it is too late!
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The “Watered Garden” of Our Lord
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
The Church of Jesus Christ has been identified in Scripture, “A garden enclosed is …my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed” (Song of Solomon 4:12). Only the Holy Spirit could speak with such authority and grandeur. The world disclaims the church because it only sees the exterior of religious organizations. The Triune God looks inside and sees the Saints shut up in His cocoon of grace as beautiful as a cultivated garden. Christ’s true church has never been a mixed multitude but a Hidden Remnant.
The Bridegroom Himself declares our unseen beauty, “And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, the kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! Or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:20-21). Our incredible beauty will not be seen until we arise to ascend the steepes of the sky. The Rapture will expose His grand and spotless jewels that are decked with grace, borne out of His mutilated flesh. Her beauty is not — now or then — of the tinsel from a dime store or the creation of lustful flesh.
The Psalmist got a glimmer of this company and was smitten with her aroma of beauty, “All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. Kings’ daughters were among thy honorable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir” (Psalm 45:8-9). These ointments are the other worldly ones and the “gold of Ophir” is priceless in its purity. The aroma and matchless beauty of the raptured spouse will precede her into the nuptial chamber of Heavenly Jerusalem, where the Bridegroom awaits her arrival. He could be standing in the foyer, even as we anticipate our leaving.
His Garden is enclosed. Let the church world brag about her right to live in their sins, but this Garden is not just one of the fields where many things grow. Malachi described this Garden as the Saints written in a Book of Remembrance. They had a beautiful reputation, “Then they that feared the LORD Spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name” (Malachi 3:16). The promise to them is one of the First Testament’s greatest mention of the Rapture, “And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him” (Malachi 3:17).
If you dare to doubt that this Garden of our Lord is only filled with plants of rare redeemed beauty, let the Holy Spirit speak to you, “Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon” (Song of Solomon 4:13-15). The Grace of Christ is not cheap. Its action is to beautify the ugly, to cleanse the defiled, and to redeem the lost and broken. His plants will not need the cheap work of religious psychologists. “For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation” (Psalm 149:4).
The Son of God spoke of this River of Living Waters, “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water” (John 7:38). This reference from the Lord leaves no doubt that Solomon spoke of the Bridegroom and His Bride. Remember, Christ said, “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you” (John 15:16). A large multitude claims faith in Christ but know nothing of the transformed life. If anyone is not transformed, they are certainly not in His Watered Garden.
Life within this Garden is ultimate life right here on God’s earth, but the best is yet to come. This Garden is the Bridegroom’s espoused Bride. We are His charming lovers that await the finishing touches on our wedding garments. These garments are woven by the needlework of a divine seamstress. Saved by Grace — intricately seamed by the daily cleansing of Holy Scripture — the Holy Spirit draws us to Christ and loads us with His benefits.
The eyes of those that grow in this Watered Garden are trained on the sky. It’s impossible to live for the here and now when the garden we are planted in is but a foretaste of our future home. The world has lost its charm to the Saints living so close to eternity. The water in Christ’s Garden is divine life by the Holy Spirit. Every time we pray through it’s like drinking from the River of Life flowing out of God’s throne, “And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not” (Isaiah 58:11). The Garden of our Lord is a Garden enclosed, watered, and visited by the Garden Keeper.
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The Greatest Power In Human Experience
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010We live in a church period that decries all spiritual experiences. The apostate church knows that when a person has a valid encounter with Jesus Christ, they lose their hold. Calvinism is growing by appealing to the pride of human knowledge. They reject the “Born Again” life because there is no room in their twisted theology for experience. Most Calvinists will say that they do not know if they are saved. Their “god” has decided that a few are chosen and the rest are lost, and you cannot change that. You have no appeal regardless of how pure your heart might be towards God. I aired a minister’s voice on our OBD broadcast last Saturday (July 17,2010) as he attacked altar services in the great days of a Pentecostal church. He said they were praying them through and added, “There is no such thing in the Bible.” That’s a Calvinistic idea and it is absolutely false. The death of the Son of God was to redeem every living soul that will come to Him. The Holy Spirit said, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (II Corinthians 5:17). It would be impossible to make that transformation anything but an experience. Take the man at the gate called “Beautiful.” He was saved and healed when he encountered two men right out of the Upper Room. “And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God” (Acts 3:8-9). Now, lets try to tell him to be quiet. “Come on young man, you know you did not have an experience.” His answer would be something like this, “Are you crazy? I have never walked in my life. I was never allowed to enter the Temple, because I was crippled. Now I’m saved and healed perfectly and you tell me I have not had an experience.” My friends, nothing is more anti-Biblical than to deny “praying through.” The greatest power in human experience is not your dark times, but when He invades your life. Why don’t you let Him come in?????
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The Whore & Her Children
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
In 1963 Pope John Paul I proclaimed, “The smoke of Satan has entered the Sanctuary.” He was dead shortly after that statement. His death was considered mysterious and is believed by many as being an inside job. A well-known writer and renowned Jesuit priest, Malachi Martin, wrote in his Vatican novel, Windswept House, “Suddenly it became unarguable that now during this papacy, the Roman Catholic organization carried a permanent presence of clerics who worshipped Satan and liked it; of bishops and priests who sodomized boys and each other; of nuns who performed the ‘Black Rites’ of Wicca, and who lived in lesbian relationships . . . every day, including Sundays and Holy Days, acts of heresy and blasphemy and outrage and indifference were committed and permitted at holy Altars by men who had been called to be priests. Sacrilegious actions and rites were not only performed on Christ’s Altars, but had the connivance or at least the tacit permission of certain Cardinals, archbishops, and bishops . . .” (Windswept House, Malachi Martin, 1996, p. 492.)
The Roman Catholic system is a pagan religious system. The newspapers of our American press continue to provide us with the news that the Catholic priests are absolutely not going to end the filth of homosexuality and pedophilia within their system. Recently, the Charlotte Observer stated in their secondary headlines, “Offenders would be kept from kids, but not those ousted from priesthood.” There was an immediate cry from those men who were abused as young boys in Catholic ministries. How does any religious institution put a man back in ministry at any ordained level that has stooped to the acts of homosexuality or the molestation of young people or children? That defies reason or Biblical responsibility.
But this article is not mainly about the Roman Catholic system, but about the once great Bible-believing churches and ministries that have decided to give support and acceptance to this dark religious world. The Catholics boast of over one billion adherents and of their worldwide political influence and incalculable riches. This system is extremely rich and millions of its members are perfectly willing to fund with liberal donations any Protestant ministry that will bridge the differences between the two. Many formerly separated ministers and their leaders have decided that the money is worth the compromise.
The Catholic Church Is Aggressive
While churches that were formerly Bible-believing are speaking kindly of the Catholic Church, the Catholics are aggressively reaching for the world. No one can doubt that they want and intend to be the spokesman for Christianity. I just received a copy of a multi-million mailing by Karl Keating, president of Catholic Answers. This mailing was a fundraiser and was premised on the “2002 World Youth Day.” It blasted a tract showing a man in hell that had been deceived by the Catholic religion, the Virgin Mary and other unbiblical teachings. A copy of that tract was reproduced and the receiver was asked to immediately destroy it with a warning of how dangerous it was if it fell into the hands of the wrong persons.
Of course, if we write a similar letter from our position, we are blasted for being judgmental and uncaring. Every time I do a broadcast showing the false, unbiblical teachings of this system, I get ugly, vicious calls, letters and e-mails. They can be aggressive, but most Bible believers are being intimidated not to be aggressive. Our position and approach should never be to attack persons or to demean anyone, but rather to speak the truth in tender love. Our message must be clear and absolute truth about the only plan of salvation.
In this large Catholic mailer, there was a very slick looking booklet, entitled Pillar of Fire, Pillar of Truth. It looked like a good Bible booklet and was very colorful. Here are the inviting words from the back cover, “The Catholic Church: Your Guide to the Truth” “Jesus established the Catholic Church especially for you. He set it up as your spiritual home, he provided it with everything you need, and he wants you in it. The Catholic Church guides you as the pillar of fire guided the Israelites when they escaped from bondage. They had a guide they could trust, and now so do you. Your guide is trustworthy because it teaches as Jesus taught. This is why the Bible calls the Catholic Church the ‘pillar and foundation of truth.’ Jesus has a special plan for you, one He wants you to perform through His Church. This booklet explains Jesus’ plan and how you can know the Catholic Church is where you belong.” (Pillar of Fire, Pillar of Truth, 1997. Published by Catholic Answers, San Diego, CA.)
This booklet left no room for the Bible believing churches to claim anything. The Bible quotes were from a strange translation. It speaks a lot of our language, but full of their twist. For instance, look at this invitation to be saved. Here is their question just like we would ask it and then their answer.
QUESTION: “What you must do to be saved?”
ANSWER: “Best of all, the promise of eternal life is a gift, freely offered to us by God [Catechism of the Catholic Church (Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1994, p. 1727.)]. Our initial forgiveness and justification are not things we ‘earn’ (Ibid., 2010). Jesus is the mediator who bridged the gap of sin that separates us from God (I Timothy 2:5); he bridged it by dying for us. He has chosen to make us partners in the plan of salvation (I Corinthians 3:9). “The Catholic Church teaches what the apostles taught and what the Bible teaches: We are saved by grace alone, but not by faith alone (which is what ‘Bible Christians’ teach; see James 2:24). “When we come to God and are justified (that is, enter a right relationship with God), nothing preceding justification, whether faith or good works, earns grace. But then God plants His love in our hearts, and we should live out our faith by doing acts of love (Galatians 6:2).” (Pillar of Fire, Pillar of Truth, 1997. Published by Catholic Answers, San Diego, CA, pp. 22-23.)
The Christian Church world is being deceived and outflanked. Our national and best-known leaders have foolishly denied the truth and taken allegiance to this harlot system. I must share the truth with you at any cost. Let’s look at some of the better know men and ministries. They are becoming the children of the Mother of Harlots.
Charismatics & Catholicism
The Charismatic religion has been Catholic in nature since its beginning. As a Classical Pentecostal I have watched the whole life of the Charismatic renewal. It was first named Neo-Pentecostal and was totally rejected by the Classical Pentecostal even as they rejected us because of our fundamentalism. I visited many of their events throughout the years and never found one thing I could Biblically connect. When I call this movement “Charismatic Catholicism,” I do not suggest a structural connection. There may have been, but I do not have any proof of such connections. The connection was in the spiritual realm. The Charismatic movement never had any solid Biblical roots. It was a smorgasbord of many different doctrines loosely connected to esoteric experiences. Speaking in tongues and other so-called gifts was the glue that held it together.
As you research this movement from its beginning, the experiences of tongues and the gifts were always subject to the individual. The entire manifestation of gifts was at the control of these promoters and the crowds. I can honestly say that during all my experiences among Charismatic people, I have never seen one person that appeared to have a genuine Book of Acts experience. Being a Classical Pentecostal, we recognize the Book of Acts and the Pentecostal experience, but firmly believe that the Holy Spirit alone is sovereign. Any manifestation of the Holy Ghost cannot be subject to the whims of the individual.
We have witnessed numerous cases where individuals seeking to be filled with the Spirit were told to say whatever came to their mind, funny sounds, incoherent symbols, etc. and that it would evolve into a language the Bible calls “speaking in tongues.” Classical Pentecostals have always called such action heresy and dangerous. The Charismatics actually teach that all the gifts can be manifest at will. When you want to pray in tongues, you just start making sounds. This is called a “prayer language” to be used when it suits you. I have been in several meetings where the crowd was told to pray in tongues and the entire place would erupt into a guru-sounding roar.
How does such a diverse gathering bring glory to the Lord? When you put together the Catholic doctrine of the mass with the doctrine of the Jesus Only (They deny the Trinity.) and then add the Born-Again Jesus that accomplished nothing of salvation on the cross (Jesus was born again in hell.) of the Copelands, you have a pot of poison.
In our last edition of this publication, we printed an article entitled, “Marriage From Hell.” This article listed numerous quotes from leading Charismatics and Evangelicals endorsing the Catholic system as Orthodox Christianity. Men like W.A. Criswell, Paul Crouch, Chuck Colson, etc. were mentioned. I sit at my desk as I write this article trying to speak to all of this as kind as I know how. If such distortion does not make one angry, then something is wrong. I am determined to speak evil of no man, but I must warn everyone possible of the “Mother of Harlots and Her Children.”
Conclusion
This mother of religious whoredom is spreading her powers and embracing every aspect of religions regardless of its origin. The Writer warned in Holy Scripture, “And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.” (Revelation 17:5).
The only religions the Whore of Rome hates are Orthodox Jews and fundamental Christians. Everyone else is playing her game, but these two groups. The Bible plainly warns us that she will be covered with the blood of those she has slain. We still have protection from her murderous hands in America, but history is replete with her past deeds. She is still murdering or attacking saints in countries when government provides her protection and cover. The priests have destroyed a multitude of her altar boys to satisfy their insane lust.
When the Bible prophesied the term “harlot,” it certainly knew what was going to occur. She is called a “whore” and that is her character. “And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters.” (Revelation 17:1) Be strong in your defense of truth and do not fear those who can destroy your body. Reserve your fear for the one that destroys the soul.
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The Contest Around God’s Altar
Saturday, July 17th, 2010The “Whore” Church has stripped God of His glory and robbed many saints of their wedding garment. The international voice of the Church of God (Cleveland, TN) suggested (clips included) that smoking, drinking, and cursing would not send you to Hell if you were covered by grace. This minister made a great mockery of the old-fashioned altar calls and said that praying people through was not Biblical. A church altar is where souls surrender the flesh and its vileness and exchange it for God’s grace and His righteousness. When the church altar does not produce holiness, it has become an unclean place. When the ministry promotes unclean living among those that are supposed to be “Born Again,” they has crossed the line to blasphemy. Here, we are right at the door of the Rapture and the darkness of the Great Tribulation and our theme should be absolute purity and Godliness. Instead, we see the Church moving right into the “Whore” of Revelation chapter seventeen. Listen and answer these questions:
!. Does this sound like the Whore Church to you?
2. Of all times, why is this happening when the Rapture is at the door?
3. While Washington is going to Hell, shouldn’t the church altar be on fire with the Holy Ghost?
4. Is it blasphemy to trash what has happened around the altar in God’s house?
5. Would you rather have a dead church altar or a place where someone just saved gets a bit over emotional?
6. Do you believe that our Sovereign God is watching and in the midst of this compromise may be about to send His Latter Rain?
Listen carefully and pray with passion for Revival in the remnant churches.
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The Great White Throne
Friday, July 16th, 2010
As the final moment arrives to complete the judgment of sinners, we can expect that arrogance and rebellion have finally finished their course. The Bible is filled with godless men that were always ready to laugh in the face of God. The nature of sin, which started in Heaven among the angels and invaded the garden of perfect beauty to defile the human family, was never a light thing. Some men restrain themselves lest they show the full potential of their evil possibility, but the ultimate powers are never far below the surface. Sin is deeply rooted and blatantly destructive. When sin is unrestrained, it is as dark as midnight. Even when it is restrained, it is still nothing but naked death.
The result of sin was clearly visible when Lucifer chose a creature to hide within and stole his way into the first garden. That creature walked into the presence of Adam; but because of the weight of sin’s consequence, he had to crawl out. This has been the perfect result of sin for six thousand years. Sin never leaves with the same beauty with which it enters. Sin is totally incapable of maintaining the joy of its own action. By sin’s own nature, it is not capable of one act without leaving a dark mark on its victim.
If the human family could simply gather up the fragments left of anyone overcome by sin and look at it without the facade that Satan has produced, we would hate its every expression. We see only the obscure lines of age, disease, exhaustion, and brokenness and forget that all of this is the remnant of the fallen nature. With our naked eyes, we have never seen a man or woman that hasn’t been touched by sin; so, we do not know for what to look. Sin works deeply, often slowly, but it holds firmly. When it is finished, nothing is left. The Bible never covers over this story, but “we see through a glass darkly” (I Corinthians 13:12).
All of this is about to change. The greatest glimpse of sin man has ever witnessed was on the cross when God in the flesh died. He was a perfect picture of a sinless man. His very presence was awesome because He walked in perfection. When He spoke, men of authority, trained to be unbending, sent to arrest Him said, “Never man spake like this man” (John 7:46). When He died, the universe shook so violently that it was called an earthquake. The sun went out, the rocks were rent like a garment, and the Son of God cried out, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46).
The Book of Revelation is the picture of the horrors of sin meeting the master of sin. While we know that, because of our redemption, sin met its Master in the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, the world does not know that yet. The world will know, and the signs suggest, that it will be very soon. The Great Tribulation of seven years will purge this earth of every effect that sin has had on our environment. The War in Heaven, led by angels, will strip Satan of his obscure and safe staging area and cast him down to the earth. The seals, trumpets, thunders, plagues, and vials of wrath will together repay Satan and all that share his nature of every evil act. When the One World Religion and the One World Government of Revelation chapters seventeen and eighteen are finished, the only judgment left will be for God to resurrect the wicked dead and open the books of human deeds. This is what the Bible calls the White Throne Judgment.
After the entire cosmos has been purified to a spotless perfection, death and hell, the sea and the grave, and the lowest regions of the earth will give up the soul of every wicked person to face God in a perfectly sinless courtroom at the White Throne Judgment. In such an atmosphere the least of sins will rip the soul of every guilty individual. Before the Great Judge has even spoken, the wails and screams of the wicked will be unbearable. When the wicked are finally judged and they have passed into this Lake of Fire, “For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea” (Habakkuk 2:14). This earth is soon to be a garden and the happiness of His family will fill the earth.
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God’s Watered Garden
Thursday, July 15th, 2010This is one of the most beautiful subjects in Holy Scripture. Solomon prophesied of Jesus Christ and His Bride, the Church. “A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed” (Song of Solomon 4:12). A metaphor is a word picture of something that is real. It is a way to understand a truth that is too deep to grasp without explanation. The Bride of Christ must spend a lifetime right here on earth preparing for our future with Him. It’s tough to endure the hard places, temptations, and often great criticism. But, this picture of every true saint living in a garden of GRACE, even while the world occupies the fields that are everywhere about us, is all we need to be happy and safe. He watches over His garden, the Holy Spirit teaches and anoints those planted, and His Angels encamp about us to come quickly to our rescue. Throughout the Bible a garden was always a special place. God created Adam and Eve and placed them in a spectacular garden. God Himself would come down out of His Temple and walk with this first couple in fellowship. The Bible will end with another garden and the Godly will spend eternity with our Heavenly Father, His Son, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and all the host of angels and saints. This earthly company is a chosen generation, a peculiar people, a family of saints that have been transformed and sanctified. The Whore Church is determined to seduce the righteous into living after the flesh. Sinners are being deceived into believing that being saved is only different in destination, not in lifestyle. They are harlots in the spiritual sense and will bring you into the same bondage by which they are captured. The idea of living in His garden settles this matter. Not only is this an enclosed place, it is a watered place. “A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon” (Song of Solomon 4:15). The Son of God quoted from this prophecy, “He that believeth on Me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water” (John 7:38). If you are His, then this garden is your dwelling place. The Church and His garden are one even when they are separated by many miles. Our buildings are our meeting places and they should be treated with respect, but the saints are His body and garden.
