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First let us state that it is impossible for man, with a lifetime of
experiences of beginnings and endings of everything he knows, to fully
comprehend the idea that God has always existed. Yet the Bible says that this
is so. And it also says that Jesus (Yeshua) is the Christ, the Son of God.(1 Timothy 1:17; John 1:1, 14). The authenticity of the Bible is proven through numerous fulfilled prophesies. It would have been totally out of character for the man Jesus, Yeshua, to lie. He confirmed the validity of the Holy scriptures and that He is indeed the Christ, the only means by which man may have his sins forgiven, be reconciled with God the Father and be granted eternal life.
God created the universe and all life everywhere through Jesus Christ (John 1:3). He made the sun the moon and the stars. He created immortal spirit beings also, whom He called angels, and placed over them the mightiest of the angels He created, and whom he called Lucifer. (Psalms 104:4; Ezekiel 28:15). It was millions of years perhaps, that Lucifer and the angels lived in harmonious obedience to the laws of God. Yet somehow, Lucifer eventually allowed his mind to become corrupted, he entertained thoughts of vanity, jealousy, lust and greed, he sinned and managed to persuade a third of the angels to follow him in rebellion against their Creator. He coveted the very throne of God and desired to overthrow God and take over the rule of the universe (Isaiah 14:12-14).
There was war in Heaven, the angels of God fought against Lucifer whose name was now changed to Satan (Adversary, and his angels to demons). Satan and his demons were defeated and cast down to the earth where they are to this day, working as the unseen enemy of God and man, deceiving mankind and leading them on a path of disobedience and disregard for the laws of God, perversion and ultimate destruction (Revelation 12:7-9).
The war between the angels of God and Satan left the earth in a state of destruction and darkness (Genesis 1:2. The original Hebrew says the earth became without form and void). Then God intervened and restored beauty to the earth. (Genesis 1:3). He made the light of the sun to shine through again, He made birds to fly in the air and He made the fish of the sea. He made fish to reproduce after the fish kind, birds after the bird kind and every living creature to reproduce after its own kind. But He made man in the image of God, to reproduce and replenish the earth, (i.e. fill it up again), to grow in righteous character and to eventually become of the God kind (Genesis 1:26; Psalms 17:15; Psalms 82:6; 1 John 3:2; Isaiah 41:23).
God taught man about His way of life, the way of love and of outgoing concern for the welfare of others. The way of unselfishness. But man rejected that way and chose to follow Satan's way of vanity, jealousy, lust and greed. The way of death instead of life.
So God, rejected man and his offspring, and allowed them to develop their own civilizations based on the way of their selfish carnal natures. They formed their own faulty governments, educational systems and their own religions. Mans' ways caused wars, disease, poverty, crime, broken homes, delinquent children and every form of wretchedness imaginable. But throughout every age, God reserved to Himself a comparatively small number of people, whom He selected, in spite of themselves, and taught them His laws and gave them His Holy Spirit, to enable them to obey His laws, without which it is utterly impossible for man to truly love and obey God properly (John 6:44). The scriptures say that carnal nature, of and by itself, is enmity against God, it is not subject to His ways, neither indeed can it be (Romans 8:7).
God had ordained that the penalty of unrepented, unforgiven, transgression of his laws would be eternal death (Romans 6:23). Sin is defined as the transgression of the law of God (1 John 3:4), summed up in the ten commandments (Exodus 20:1-19), spoken by Almighty God in great power from Mount Sinai as follows:
1. You shall have no other Gods before me.
2. You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And showing mercy to thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain.
4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shall you labour, and do all your work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
5. Honour your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God gives you.
6. You shall not kill.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
10. You shall not covet your neighbour's house, you shall not covet your neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is your neighbour's.
All mankind have broken these laws, have sinned and brought on themselves the penalty of eternal death (Romans 6:23). The good news is that God loved the world so much that He sent His only son, Jesus (Yeshua)Christ, into the world, to be born of a virgin, to live a perfect, sinless life, suffer the death penalty in our stead and rise from the dead after three days and three nights, which He did, so that whoever believes in Him, repents of his sins and is baptized, will be forgiven and inherit eternal life at the return of Christ to this earth (John 3:16; Mark 16:15-16).
Millions of Christians throughout the world believe that when they die they will go to heaven. Yet the Bible does not teach that. Christ said, "No man has ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of Man which is in heaven." (John 3:13). When Christ made that statement, Moses, Job, King David and all the prophets were already dead. God's Kingdom will be established on this earth, not up in heaven. God's Word says that at the moment of death, the thoughts perish. (Psalms 146:4). Since there is no dreaming in death, it will seem as if in the very next second of their consciousness, the dead will awaken. The dead in Christ will rise (awake) first, and together with those Christians who were alive at Christ's return, will be changed into immortal spirit beings and taken to Jerusalem, where they will administer God's Government on this earth with Christ. (1 Thes. 4:16-17; Zech. 14:4; Rev. 5:10).
Now, when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat dining. But when his disciples saw it, they became indignant, saying, what is the purpose for this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for a lot, and the money given to the poor. When Jesus understood it, he said to them, why do you trouble the woman? for she has done a good thing to me. For you have the poor with you always; but me you don't have always. For in that she has poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. Truly I tell you, wherever this good news shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman has done, be told for a memorial of her. (Matthew 26 : 6-13).
Millions of professing Christians worldwide have been deceived by false ministers, (who are themselves victims of Satan's deceptions), that the ten commandments as well as God's seven annual holy days or festivals, are "Jewish", old testament laws, no longer binding on new testament Christians (Ezekiel 44:24; Leviticus 23:2 & 4-44). They believe that since Christ died for our sins we no longer have to obey the law, as we are saved by grace. It is true that we are saved by grace, through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, however the scriptures also state: "What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid." (Romans 6:15).
Christ prophesied that a time of great worldwide trouble, would precipitate His return. Ten nations will unite into a powerful force, (the final revival of the Holy Roman Empire) headed by a corrupt, but persuasive, charismatic leader, who would receive his power and ability from Satan the Devil (Daniel 7:24; 8:23-25). He would bring about much persecution for God's people, and no one would be able to buy or sell anything without the special mark of this World Empire (Revelation 13:17). However, those who accept this system, will suffer the punishments of Almighty God (Revelation 14:9-11). Solomon's 3rd Temple will be built, or start to be built, in Jerusalem and sacrifices will be reinstituted there (Daniel 9:25). However, this form of worship will be short-lived. Soon after the daily sacrifices are forbidden and the abomination of desolation spoken of in Daniel 12:11 stands in the Holy Place, three and a half years of Great Tribulation will begin (Daniel 12:11; Mark 13:14-20).
Overpopulation, famine, disease, false religion and a nuclear world war will precipitate the end of this age, yet mankind will not be completely destroyed. A nuclear war will begin and will wreak tremendous destruction worldwide, millions will be killed, but for the sake of God's true followers, He will intervene and prevent the total destruction of this planet and its inhabitants. Christ will return and will establish the Kingdom of God on this earth (Mark 13:26-27). He will rule all nations along with his true followers, those whom He has called and trained throughout the ages, and whom He will raise to immortality at His return, to reign with him forever (Revelation 3:21; 2:26-27; 21:7).
Satan and his demons will be bound and put away from the earth for a thousand years, during which the inhabitants of the earth will enjoy peace, happiness, health and prosperity (Revelation 20:2-4).
At this time it is not given to all people to know and believe the true Gospel of the Kingdom of God. (Matthew 13:10-11; John 6:44). Those to whom it is not given to understand and believe it now, will have their minds opened to believe it in the second resurrection. At the end of the millennial rule of Christ on earth, millions of people throughout the ages who lived and died without ever hearing about Christ, as well as those who may have heard but were not called by God during their lifetime, will be resurrected, physical, and given an opportunity to know, believe and obey the truth (Revelation 20:5-6).
Those who obey will be born into the family of God and granted eternal life, those who reject His way will succumb to deception, as Satan will then be loosed from restraint for a short time and will go out to deceive the nations once again. He will assemble great armies of those who oppose God's Way, in an attempt to overthrow Christ and God's Government, headquartered at Jerusalem. But God will send fire from Heaven and destroy them (Revelation 20:7-10).
God will then administer final judgment. Those who have resisted Satan's way and who obey God, will be granted eternal life in God's Kingdom. Satan and those who have followed him, the incorrigibly wicked, will be cast into what the Bible describes as "a lake of fire". Contrary to popular religious teachings, those among human beings that have become incorrigibly wicked, will not burn forever in hell fire while feeling the agony of being burned for all eternity. Rather, they will be burned-up and destroyed and cease to exist forever. The wages of unrepented, unforgiven sin is eternal death, not eternal life in hell fire.(Romans 6:23; Malachi 4:3).
For those who may be concerned about the erroneous interpretation of scripture which appears to say that the incorrigibly wicked will be sentenced to immortal life in hell fire, just visit here.
With regards to the ultimate fate of Satan and his demons: The book of Revelation seems to indicate to some biblical scholars that they will be tormented forever and ever, whereas other scriptures appear to indicate that they will be utterly destroyed and will cease to exist. Nevertheless, either way, we know that whether they are utterly destroyed, or restricted to a far off corner of the universe, they will not be able to be disruptive or to deceive anyone again forever (Ezekiel 28:16-19).
Afterwards, the heavens and the earth will melt with fervent heat and be destroyed (2 Peter 3:10-13). God will then create new heavens and a new earth (Isaiah 65:17). As mentioned earlier, God made this present physical universe through Jesus Christ (John 1:3). Just look at the background to this web page! That is an actual photograph taken with the Hubble space telescope of just a tiny dot of the INCREDIBLY AWESOME universe!! What has God prepared for those who love and obey Him? What is YOUR INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL? Listen, friends! If you overcome to the end, overcome your carnal ways that are contrary to the ways of God, YOU may actually be used by God to assist in the creation of the NEW HEAVENS AND EARTH!! Can you grasp it!? Your potential and inheritance goes WAY BEYOND anything you have heard before or ever imagined!! (1 Corinthians 2:9).
Following the creation of the new heavens and the new Earth, God the Father Himself will descend from Heaven to the earth (Revelation 21:1-5). He will make the new earth the headquarters of the universe, over which He and His billions of children, now made perfect, will reign in peace, harmony, happiness and thrilling, creativity for ever and ever (Revelation 22:4-5).
There is more to know about this, if you care to learn more about your AWESOME FUTURE as a GOD BEING, write and we will be happy to unveil more of this to you, personally.
Christ instructed His disciples to keep and to teach observance of the ten commandments, listed above, and the seven annual festivals or Holy Days of God, repentance and baptism (complete immersion in water), for the remission of sins, in addition to the message He gave in His Sermon on the Mount, transcribed for your convenience at the link given at the bottom of the main page. And THAT my friends, is only just a tiny glimpse into the UTTERLY AMAZING inheritance awaiting those who overcome and keep the works of Christ unto the end ... which isn't very far off now!
