Death

Can death be avoided?

If you keep Jesus’ words, you will never see death

Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death.”     John 8:51

But all men die

Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,     Heb 9:27

even followers of Jesus

“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.     Matt 24:9

Enoch did not die

Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.      Gen 5:24

By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.      Heb 11:5

Elijah did not die

As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.      2 Kings 2:11

 Coming of the Kingdom:

You will see great signs and miracles

I will show wonders in the heavens
and on the earth,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
31 The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.       Joel 2:30-31

 “Immediately after the distress of those days

“‘the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’

30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.[c] 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door.      Matt 24:29-33

“But in those days, following that distress,

“‘the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
25 the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’

26 “At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27 And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.

28 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 29 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door.     Mark 13:24-29

You will see nothing: it is within

Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, 21 nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is in your midst.”[    Luke 17:20-21

 Heaven Prepared?

Heaven has always been prepared

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.      Matt 25:34

Jesus is going to prepare it

My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.      John 14:2-3

Who will be judged?

Believers will not be judged

“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.      John 5:24

Everybody will be judged

But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.     Matt 12:36

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”     Matt 12:2

  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.      2 Cor 5:10

Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,      Heb 9:27

Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially,live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.      1 Pet 1:17

Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”     Jude 1:14-15

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life.The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.      Rev 20:12-13

 Who judges?

God judges

Old Testament = Ps 62:12, 82:1, 98:9, Jer 17:10, Joel 3:12,

Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. 3 So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? 4 Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness,forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed.      Rom 2:2-5

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.        Rom 3:19

So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.       Rom 14:12

All this is evidence that God’s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.        2 Thess 1:5

Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially,live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.      1 Pet 1:17

God does NOT judge; JESUS judges

Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,       John 5:22

And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.

28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned. 30 By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.     John 5:27-30

Jesus said,[a] “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”      John 9:39

He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.       Acts 10:42

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.      2 Cor 5:10

God judges through Jesus

For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”       Acts 17:31

Jesus does NOT judge

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.      John 3:17

You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one.     John 8:15

“If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.      John 12:47

Jesus says he CANNOT judge

Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.”      Matt 20:23

Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?”     Luke 12:14

The disciples will judge

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.     Matt 19:28

so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.      Luke 22:30

The saints will judge

Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?     1 Cor 6:2

Ten thousand of the saints will help the Lord judge

Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones      Jude 14

 When is judgement?

In Jesus’ time

Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.     John 12:31

After Jesus’ death

For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”     Acts 17:31

After each person’s death

Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,     Heb 9:27

After the earth is destroyed

By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.[a]

11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.[b] That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.      2 Pet 3:7-12

Original Sin

“Original sin” generally, which means that all humanity is punished for Adam’s sin

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—      Rom 5:12

For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.      Rom 5:19

or as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.     1 Cor 15:22

Jesus' Teachings (???)

JESUS’ TEACHINGS - (Teachings???)

The Lessons of Jesus - (Lessons???)

The teachings of Jesus are so confusing that consensus on their meanings is very rare, and, often in the Christian Word of God describes Jesus’ very own disciples as not understanding his teachings.

No man is without sin … except Christians … they don’t sin

There is none righteous, no, not one. [Rom 3:10]

For there is no man that sins not. [1 Kings 8:46]

Who can say, I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin? [Prov 20:9

For there is not a just man on earth, that does good and sinns not. [Eccl 7:20

CHRISTIANS EXEMPT

Whoever is born of God doth not commit sin; . . . He cannot sin, because he is born of God. . . . Whoever abides in him sins not. He that commits sin is of the devil. [1 John 3:9, 6, 8 ]

All scripture is inspired … but some scripture is not

All scripture is given by inspiration of God. [2 Tim 3:16]

SCRIPTURE NOT

But I speak this by permission and not by commandment. [1 Cor 7:6]

But to the rest speak I, not the Lord. [1 Cor 7:12]

That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord. [2 Cor 11:17]

Only Christians will be on the Earth

There will be no other religious beliefs, only Jesus Christ (the fable)

10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.            Phil 2:10-11

11 It is written:
“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
    every tongue will acknowledge God.’”       Rom 14:11

Do NOT be Hospitable to non-Christians, or You Share his Wickedness

 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them. 11 Anyone who welcomes them shares in their wicked work.         2 John 10-11

Contra: 

44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,          Matt 5:44

11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.        3 John 11

No evil shall happen to the Godly… and … Evil does happen to the Godly

There shall no evil happen to the just. Prov 12:21

Who is he that will harm you, if you be followers of that which is good?    1 Pet 3:13

Compare:

Whom the Lord loves he chaveens, and scourges every son whom he receives.      Heb 12:6

Much Prayers.. you need to …and… you don’t need to

Because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. . . . And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night to him?     Luke 18:5, 7

Because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.    Luke 11:8

Compare:

But when you pray, use not vain repetitions as the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be you not therefore like to them; for your father knows what things you have need of before you ask him.         Matthew 6:7, 8

Serve Masters???

Servants, obey in all things your masters after the flesh. . . . And whatever you do, do it as heartily as to the lord.       Col. 3:22, 23

Be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also, to the froward.     1 Peter 2:18

6 All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their own masters as deserving of the highest respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not be discredited.  2 Moreover, those who have believing masters should be respectful to them, because they are fellow believers.[c] In fact, they must serve them even better, because those who benefit from their service are believers and dear to them. These are the things you must teach and exhort.         1 Tim 6:1-2

9 Slaves are to submit to their masters in everything, aiming to please them and not argue with them 10 or steal from them. Instead, they are to show complete and perfect loyalty, so that in every way they may make the teaching about God our Savior more attractive.           Tit 2:9-10

5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear, trembling, and sincerity, as when you obey[a] the Messiah.            Eph 6:5
 

FORGET ABOUT IT

Be not you the servants of men.     1 Cor 7:23

Neither be you called masters; for one is your master, even Christ.    Matthew 23:10

You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.     Matthew 4:10

Obey your Rulers they are God’s ministers…..wait… strike that

Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God; the powers that be are ordained of God. Whoever, therefore, resists the power, resists the ordinance of God; and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. . . . For this cause pay you tribute; for they are God’s ministers, attending continually on this very thing.         Rom 13:1, 2, 3, 6

The scribes and pharisees sit in Moses’ seat; all, therefore, whatever they bid you observe, that observe and do.       Matthew 23:2, 3

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake; whether it be to the king as supreme, or to the governors as to them that are sent of him for the punishment of evil doers.     1 Peter 2:13, 14

I counsel you to keep the king’s commandment. . . . Whoso keeps the commandment shall feel no evil thing.         Eccl. 8:2, 5

But…what is this???

And the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ. For of a truth, against your holy child Jesus, whom you has anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together.       Acts 4:26, 27

Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the Market places, and the chief seats in the synagogues. . . . These shall receive greater damnation.       Mark 12:38, 39, 40

And Herod with his men of war set him at naught, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. . . . And Pilate gave sentence. . . . And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified him. . . . And the people stood by beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him.       Luke 23:11, 24, 33, 35

Hidden teachings

 
God said - Nothing is hidden

For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.    Mark 4:22

“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus replied. “I always taught in synagogues or at the 
temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.    John 18:20

God said - God conceals

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.    Prov 25:2

The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our  children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.    Deut 29:29

God said - The truth has always been completely evident

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of 
people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness,

19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

20 For since the creation of the world  God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.    Rom 1:18-20

God said - God’s word is in books that are sealed

Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and 
sealed with seven seals.    Rev 5:1

Burdens and troubles

God said in his word - God will relieve our burdens

28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”    Matt 11:28, 30

God said - God will give us troubles and tribulations

because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”Heb 12:6

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have 
trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”    John 16:33

God does both

“See now that I myself am he! 
There is no god besides me.
I put to death and I bring to life,
I have wounded and I will heal,
  and no one can deliver out of my hand.    Deut 32:39

“The Lord brings death and makes alive;
he brings down to the grave and raises up.
7 The Lord sends poverty and wealth;
he humbles and he exalts.    1 Sam 2:6-7

God said - “Bear one another’s burdens”

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.    Gal 6:2

God said - “Every man shall bear his own burden”

for each one should carry their own load.    Gal 6:5

Eat flesh & blood

Jesus commands his followers to be cannibals

53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 

54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.      John 6:53-54

But ...

God will punish wicked by making them drink blood for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.”      Rev 16:6

May Christians eat Food offered to idols    (including Jesus and Mary)

Yes

4 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world” and that “There is no God but one.” 
8 But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. 
1 Cor 8:1-13

No

18 Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? 19 Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.    1 Cor 18-21

29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.     Acts 15:29

20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols      Rev 2:20

Was John the Baptist Elijah???

YES

This is Elijah which was to come.     Matt. 11:14

NO

And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? and he said I am not.     John 1:21

Should We be Afraid of those that wish to Kill Us???

NO.

Be not afraid of them that kill the body.    Luke 12:4

YES.

Yet Christ himself was afraid of those that wished to kill him.

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.    John 7:1

Jesus Forbids Calling Fool

Jesus forbids calling someone a fool 

22 But I say to you, anyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be subject to punishment. And whoever says to his brother ‘Raka!’ will be subject to the Council. And whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to hell fire.         Matt 5:22

Then Jesus the hypocrite does it 

17 You blind fools! What is more important, the gold or the sanctuary that made the gold holy?          Matt 23:17

40 You fools! The one who made the outside made the inside, too, didn’t he?        Luke 11:40

Love or Curse your Enemies

Jesus says to love your enemies, bless them that hate you 

44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,     Matt 5:44

Then he he does the opposite and curses his enemies 

34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
  Matt 12:34

15 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.
16 “Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’ 17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 18 You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.’ 19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?    Matt 23:15-19

27 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
29 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Go ahead, then, and complete what your ancestors started!
33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?    Matt 23:27-33

40 You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?    Luke 11:40

8 All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them.   John 10:8

New Testament has new Divorce rules

Old Testament

But I say to you, that whoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causes her to commit adultery.       Matthew 5:32

New Testament

When a man has taken a wife and married her, and it come to pass that she found no favor in his eyes, . . . Then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.       Deut. 24:1

Miracles, a proof of divine mission ..But not a proof of divine mission

Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said to him, are you he that should come, or do we look for another? Jesus answered and said to them, go and show John again those things which you do hear and see; the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised.      Matt 11:2-5

Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no man can do these miracles that you doest except God be with him.      John 3:2

But

If I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out?       Luke 11:19

Temptation to be desired and not to be desired

My brethren, I count it all joy when you fall into temptation.       James 1:2

Compare:

Lead us not into temptation.        Matt 6:13

Temptation

Does God tempt?

NO

13 When someone is tempted, he should not say, “I am being tempted by God,” because God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone.     James 1:13

YES 

But Gen 22:1, Matt 6:13, Deut 4:34, 8:2, Judg 2:22 (and others) 

God controls the extent of our temptations         

1 Cor 10:13, 2 Pet 2:9, Rev 3:10

Temptation is joy

2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;     James 1:2

A good name a blessing? New Testament says a curse

A good name is better than precious ointment.      Eccl 7:1

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.       Prov 22:1

Compare:

Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you.            Luke 6:26

Poverty is a blessing … and riches woe to you

Blessed be you poor. . . . Woe to you that are rich!          Luke 6:20, 24

Has not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom?      James 2:5

But what???

Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me; lest I be full, and deny you and say, who is the Lord? Or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.         Prov 30:8, 9

The rich man’s wealth is his strong tower, but the destruction of the poor is their poverty.        Prov 10:15

If you return to the almighty then you shall be built up. . . . You shall then lay up gold as dust.        Job 22:23, 24

The fruit of God’s spirit is love and gentleness and vengeance and fury

The fruit of the spirit is love, peace, joy, gentleness, and goodness.        Gal 5:22

Compare:

And the spirit of the Lord came on him and he slew a thousand men.         Judg 15:14

And it came to pass on the morrow that the evil spirit from God came on Saul. . . And there was a javelin in Saul’s hand. And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it.        1 Sam 18:10, 11

The Christian yoke is easy and and not easy

Come to me all you that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke on you. . . . For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.         Matt 11:28, 29, 30

Elsewhere in the New Testament

In the world you shall have tribulation.       John 16:33

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.        2 tim. 3:12

Whom the Lord loves he chaveens, and scourges every son whom he receives . . . . For if you be without chaveisement then are you bastards and not sons.      Heb 12:6, 8

Grass?

All the grass on earth will be burned up

The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and firemixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.      Rev 8:7

and then an army of locusts will be turned loose with instructions not to harm the grass

They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree,but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.    Rev 9:4

Fear or Love God?

 God said in his word - Fear and love cannot coexist

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.  The one who fears is not made perfect in love.    1 John 4:18

God said - Love of God leads us to keep his commandments

This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his  commands.    1 John 5:2

And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the 
beginning, his command is that you walk in love.    2 John 6

God said - We should fear God because he can put us in hell

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.    Matt 10:28

But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has  authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.    Luke 12:5

It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.    Heb 10:31

Go to Hell

Anyone who has never heard of Jesus will go to hell.

18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.     John 3:18

Hidden teachings

Nothing is hidden

(Mark 4:22, John 18:20).

God conceals

(Prov 25:2, Deut 29:29).

The truth has always been completely evident

(Rom 1:18-20).

God’s word is in books that are sealed

(Rev 5:1).

Forgiveness

Will all sins be forgiven to the believer?

YES 

(Acts 13:39, Col 2:13, 1 John 1:9).

NOT all

(Matt 12:31-32, Mark 3:29).

If sin is forgiven, Got forgets it

(Isa 43:25, Jer 31:34, Heb 8:12).

God still remembers it

(Ex 34:7).

Are there any who are righteous?

NO     

(Mark 10:18, Rom 3:10, 23, Ps 14:3, 1 John 1:8-10, 1 Kings 8:46).

NO - Paul says he is the chief sinner

Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.     1 Tim 1:15

YES - But James 5:16 says yes

(also Gen 7:1, Job 1:1, 8, 2:3, Luke 1:5-6, 15:7).

Ezek 18 lists what one must do to be “just” (=righteous?).

God only protects the righteous

(1 Pet 3:12), although Jesus died both for the just and the unjust (3:18).

True Christians do not sin

(1 John 3:6-9).

Noah was perfect

(Gen 6:9).

Burdens and troubles

God will relieve our burdens

(Matt 11:28, 30).

God will give us troubles and tribulations

(Heb 12:6, John 16:33).

God does both relieve and give

(Deut 32:39, 1 Sam 2:6-7).

“Bear one another’s burdens”

(Gal 6:2),

But what about “Every man shall bear his own burden”

(Gal 6:5).

Are We Commanded to Baptize?

YES - Jesus says 

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,     Matt 28:19

NO - Paul says no at

I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,   so no one can say that you were baptized in my name.   1 Cor 1:14-15.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel--not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.    1 Cor 1:17.

Honor Father & Mother?

Jesus said to honor father and mother (Matt 15:4;Matt 19:19, Mark 7:10, 10:19, Luke 18:20),

But he required his disciples to hate father and mother (Luke 14:26), and

Jesus said that he came to turn the children against their parents (Matt 10:35, Luke 12:51-53).

“Call no man your father” (Matt 23:9).

But you should provide for your family (1 Tim 5:8).

What do we reap?

YES  You reap what you sow (2 Cor 9:6, Gal 6:7).

NO  Some reap without sowing (Matt 25:26, Luke 19:22).

Miscellaneous

Was there sin before the Law?

YES 

Paul says yes (Rom 5:13)

NO 

Paul says no (Rom 4:15).

Sex/Marriage

YES 

God’s first words to Adam are the command to multiply (Gen 1:28). It is not not good for the man to be alone (Gen 2:18).

NO 

Paul says to avoid marriage and sex (1 Cor 7:1, 8, 37). But it is better to marry than to burn (v. 9).

Where is Satan?

Chained in hell (2 Pet 2:4, Jude 6).

Walking about in the earth (1 Pet 5:8 and Job 1:6-7; Job also says he occasionally visits heaven).

He is the god or prince of this world (John 12:31, 2 Cor 4:4, Eph 6:12).

He was “cast out” of the world at the time of Jesus (John 12:31).

Devils

Devils cannot tell a truth

(John 8:44).

Devils say that Jesus is the Messiah

(Luke 4:41).

Unbelief

It is caused by the devil

(Luke 8:12).

Sometimes by God

(2 Thess 2:11-12)

Sometimes by Jesus

(Mark 4:11-12).

Whose is the Earth?

Satan’s

(John 12:31, 14:30, 2 Cor 4:4, Eph 6:12).

Jesus’

(1 Cor 10:26, Rev 1:5).

God’s

(Ex 9:29, 19:5, Deut 10:14, Ps 24:1, 50:12, 89:11).

Mankind’s

(Ps 115:16).

Enemies

Jesus says to forgive and bless your enemies (Matt 5:44).

But he will deny his enemies to God (Matt 10:32-33). God does not forgive his enemies, but condemns them.

Jesus says that some of his followers will be put to death (Luke 21:16).

But not a hair of their head will perish (v. 18).

Sabbath: Must we keep it?

YES  

under penalty of death (Ex 20:8, 31:15-17, 35:1-3, Jer 17:21-27, and many other passages).

NO  

(Isa 1:13, Hos 2:11).

Jesus did not keep it (Mark 2:27- 28, John 5:16, Math 12:1-8).

Paul says commandment was not permanent

(Rom 14:5, Col 2:16).

Catholics say they had the authority to change the Sabbath commandment to mean the day Sunday instead.

Original Sin

“Original sin”  means that all humanity is punished for Adam’s sin

(e.g Rom 5:12, 19, 1 Cor 15:22;)

Everyone Wants to Sit Next to Jesus in Heaven

James and John ask Jesus for a favor 

35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”
36 “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.
37 They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.            Mark 10:35-37

Their mother asked for her sons James and John

20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.
21 “What is it you want?” he asked.  She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.”          Matt 20:20-21

This is My Body...

26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.”

27 Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. 28 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29 I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”        Matthew 26:26

22 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.”

23 Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

24 “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,” he said to them. 

25 “Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”       Mark 14:22  

The Roman Catholics state that the Eucharist is the natural body and blood of Christ Jesus verè et realiter.  Protestants agree with the Catholics and state that it is the body of Christ verè et realiter, then add spiritually by grace and efficacy.  ??? What ???

In the following passage Jesus commanded his believers to do a sacrament in rememberance of him: 

19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”   Luke 22:19

20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.      Luke 22:20

This ritual of making bread wafer and wine (consecrated by a priest of course) into the actual body of a god has gone on for hundreds and thousands of years before the Jesus appointed birthdate.  In this manner, they ate their god.  And the Egyptians, who practiced this exact "sacrament" to Osirus possibly as long ago as 3150 years before any A.D. date.  The Worship of Osiris begins in Pre-Dynastic Period of Egypt. c. 3150 BCE - c. 30 BCE.  The bread and wine was brought to the temple by the worshipers.

Cicero, the greatest orator of Rome, and one of the most illustrious of Rome's statesmen, born in the year 106 B. C., mentions it in his writings his wonderings at the strangeness of the bread/wine rite.

"How can a man be so stupid," says he, "as to imagine that which he eats to be a God?"

From the beginings of the mysteries among the Pagans, the Eucharistia is one of the oldest rites of antiquity.

The followers of the Grand Lama in Tibet and Tartary offer to their god a sacrament of bread and wine.

The first Christian missionary that went to tibet, P. Andrada La Crozius, wrote about his findings in Tibet;

"Their Grand Lama celebrates a species of sacrifice with bread and wine, in which, after taking a small quantity himself, he distributes the rest among the Lamas present at this ceremony."

In the Indian and the Parsee religions, the devotees drink the juice of the Soma, or Haoma plant.  They consider it a god.  Mr. Baring Gould wrote:

"Among the ancient Hindoos, Soma was a chief deity; he is called 'the Giver of Life and of health,' the 'Protector,' he who is 'the Guide to Immortality.' He became incarnate among men, was taken by them and slain, and brayed in a mortar. But he rose in flame to heaven, to be the 'Benefactor of the World,' and the 'Mediator between God and Man.' Through communion with him in his sacrifice, man, (who partook of this god), has an assurance of immortality, for by that sacrament he obtains union with his divinity."

Pythagoras, the renown Grecian philosopher, was born about the year 570 B. C.  He performed this ceremony of the bread/wine sacrament he brought back from a visit to Egypt.

The "King of Righteousness," Melchizedek, "a priest of the Most High God," brought out BREAD and WINE as a sign or symbol of worship to experience God's presence.

Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High,    Genesis 14:18

The Rev. Dr. Milner stated;

"It was in offering up a sacrifice of bread and wine, instead of slaughtered animals, that Melchizedek's sacrifice differed from the generality of those in the old law, and that he prefigured the sacrifice which Christ was to institute in the new law from the same elements. No other sense than this can be elicited from the Scripture as to this matter; and accordingly the holy fathers unanimously adhere to this meaning."

This is wishful thinking to justify their pagan beliefs.  This bread and wine sacrament was offered to God and eaten before God by Jethro and the elders of Israel, [Exodus 18:12] and some of the mourning Israelites broke bread and drank "the cup of consolation," in remembrance of the departed, "to comfort them for the dead."   

Persia—the religion of Mithra, the Mediator, the Redeemer and Saviour—that we find the sacrament of the Christians, and from which the Christians evidently borrowed from. Those who were initiated into the mysteries of Mithra, or became members, took the sacrament of bread and wine.

M. Renan, writing of Mithraicism, says:

"It had its mysterious meetings: its chapels, which bore a strong resemblance to little churches. It forged a very lasting bond of brotherhood between its initiates: it had a Eucharist, a Supper so like the Christian Mysteries, that good Justin Martyr, the Apologist, can find only one explanation of the apparent identity, namely, that Satan, in order to deceive the human race, determined to imitate the Christian ceremonies, and so stole them."

St. Justin, writes alluding to the bread wine ceremony:

"The apostles, in the commentaries written by themselves, which we call Gospels, have delivered down to us how that Jesus thus commanded them: He having taken bread, after he had given thanks,  said, Do this in commemoration of me; this is my body. And having taken a cup, and returned thanks, he said: This is my blood, and delivered it to them alone. Which thing indeed the evil spirits have taught to be done out of mimicry in the Mysteries and Initiatory rites of Mithra. "For you either know, or can know, that bread and a cup of water (or wine) are given out, with certain incantations, in the consecration of the person who is being initiated in the Mysteries of Mithra."

The Eucharist of the Lord and Saviour, as the Magi called Mithra, the second person in their Trinity, or their Eucharistic sacrifice, was always made exactly and in every respect the same as that of the orthodox Christians.

The Persian Magi introduced the worship of Mithra into Rome.  These mysteries were solemnized in a cave. In the process of initiation there, candidates were also administered the sacrament of bread and wine, and were marked on the forehead with the sign of the cross. 

The ancient Greeks also had their "Mysteries," wherein they celebrated the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. The Rev. Robert Taylor, speaking of this, says:

"The Eleusinian Mysteries, or, Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, was the most august of all the Pagan ceremonies celebrated, more especially by the Athenians, every fifth year,  in honor of Ceres, the goddess of corn, who, in allegorical language, had given us her flesh to eat; as Bacchus, the god of wine, in like sense, had given us his blood to drink. . . . "From these ceremonies is derived the very name attached to our Christian sacrament of the Lord's Supper,—'those holy Mysteries;'—and not one or two, but absolutely all and every one of the observances used in our Christian solemnity. Very many of our forms of expression in that solemnity are precisely the same as those that appertained to the Pagan rite."

Prodicus (a Greek sophist of the 5th century B. C.) says that, the ancients worshiped bread as Demeter (Ceres) and wine as Dionysos (Bacchus);  therefore, when they ate the bread, and drank the wine, after it had been consecrated, they were doing as the Romanists claim to do at the present day, i. e., eating the flesh and drinking the blood of their god.  Mosheim, the celebrated ecclesiastical historian, acknowledges that:

"The profound respect that was paid to the Greek and Roman Mysteries, and the extraordinary sanctity that was attributed to them, induced the Christians of the second century, to give their religion a mystic air, in order to put it upon an equal footing in point of dignity, with that of the Pagans. For this purpose they gave the name of Mysteries to the institutions of the Gospels, and decorated particularly the 'Holy Sacrament' with that title; they used the very terms employed in the Heathen Mysteries, and adopted some of the rites and ceremonies of which those renowned mysteries consisted. This imitation began in the eastern provinces; but, after the time of Adrian, who first introduced the mysteries among the Latins, it was followed by the Christians who dwelt in the western part of the empire. A great part, therefore, of the service of the Church in this—the second—century, had a certain air of the Heathen Mysteries, and resembled them considerably in many particulars." 

These mysteries were, as we have said, also celebrated in honor of Bacchus as well as Ceres. A consecrated cup of wine was handed around after supper, called the "Cup of the Agathodaemon"—the Good Divinity.  Throughout the whole ceremony, the name of the Lord was many times repeated, and his brightness or glory not only exhibited to the eye by the rays which surrounded his name (or his monogram, I. H. S.), but was made the peculiar theme or subject of their triumphant exultation.  

The mystical wine and bread were used during the Mysteries of Adonis, the Lord and Saviour.  In fact, the communion of bread and wine was used in the worship of nearly every important deity. 

The rites of Bacchus were celebrated in the British Islands in heathen times,  and so were those of Mithra, which were spread over Gaul and Great Britain.  We therefore find that the ancient Druids offered the sacrament of bread and wine, during which ceremony they were dressed in white robes,  just as the Egyptian priests of Isis were in the habit of dressing, and as the priests of many Christian sects dress at the present day.

Among some negro tribes in Africa there is a belief that "on eating and drinking consecrated food they eat and drink the god himself." 

The ancient Mexicans celebrated the mysterious sacrament of the Eucharist, called the "most holy supper," during which they ate the flesh of their god. The bread used at their Eucharist was made of corn meal, which they mixed with blood, instead of wine. This was consecrated by the priest, and given to the people, who ate it with humility and penitence, as the flesh of their god.  Lord Kingsborough, in his "Mexican Antiquities," speaks of the ancient Mexicans as performing this sacrament; when they made a cake, which they called Tzoalia. The high priest blessed it in his manner, after which he broke it into pieces, and put it into certain very clean vessels. He then took a thorn of maguery, which resembles a thick needle, with which he took up with the utmost reverence single morsels, which he put into the mouth of each individual, after the manner of a communion.  The writer of the "Explanation of Plates of the Codex Vaticanus,"—which are copies of Mexican hieroglyphics—says:

"I am disposed to believe that these poor people have had the knowledge of our mode of communion, or of the annunciation of the gospel; or perhaps the devil, most envious of the honor of God, may have led them into this superstition, in order that by this ceremony he might be adored and served as Christ our Lord."  The Rev. Father Acosta says: "That which is most admirable in the hatred and presumption of Satan is, that he hath not only counterfeited in idolatry and sacrifice, but also in certain ceremonies, our Sacraments, which Jesus Christ our Lord hath instituted and the holy Church doth use, having especially pretended to imitate in some sort the Sacrament of the Communion, which is the most high and divine of all others." 

He then relates how the Mexicans and Peruvians, in certain ceremonies, ate the flesh of their god, and called certain morsels of paste, "the flesh and bones of Vitzilipuzlti."

"After putting themselves in order about these morsels and pieces of paste, they used certain ceremonies with singing, by means whereof they (the pieces of paste) were blessed and consecrated for the flesh and bones of this idol."

These facts show that the Eucharist is another piece of Paganism adopted by the Christians. The story of Jesus and his disciples being at supper, where the Master did break bread, may be true, but the statement that he said, "Do this in remembrance of me,"—"this is my body," and "this is my blood," was undoubtedly invented to give authority to the mystic ceremony, which had been borrowed from Paganism.

Why should they do this in remembrance of Jesus? Provided he took this supper with his disciples—which the John narrator denies [According to the "John" narrator, Jesus ate no Paschal meal, but was captured the evening before Passover]—he did not do anything on that occasion new or unusual among Jews. To pronounce the benediction, break the bread, and distribute pieces thereof to the persons at table, was, and is now, a common usage of the Hebrews. Jesus could not have commanded born Jews to do in remembrance of him what they already practiced, and what every religious Jew does to this day. The whole story is evidently a myth, as a perusal of it with the eye of a critic clearly demonstrates.

The Mark narrator informs us that Jesus sent two of his disciples to the city, and told them this:

13 So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. 14 Say to the owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ 15 He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”

16 The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.          Mark 14:13-16

It is interesting to note that a man in Jerusalem should have had an unoccupied and properly furnished room just at that time, when two millions of pilgrims sojourned in and around the city. The man, it appears, was not distinguished either for wealth or piety, for his name is not mentioned; he was not present at the supper, and no further reference is made to him. It appears rather that the Mark narrator imagined an ordinary man who had a furnished room to let for such purposes, and would imply that Jesus knew it prophetically. 

The Matthew narrator's account is free from these embellishments, and simply runs thus: Jesus said to some of his disciples—the number is not given —

18 He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’” 19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.        Matthew 26:18-19

As early as the second century, however, the seeds were planted, when we find Ignatius, Justin Martyr, and Irenæus advancing the opinion, that the mere bread and wine became, in the Eucharist, something higher— something heavenly —without, however, ceasing to be bread and wine.  After the third century the task of presenting the bread and wine came to be confined to the ministers or priests.  As in Christ Jesus two distinct natures, the divine and the human, were wonderfully combined, so in the Eucharist there was a corresponding union of the earthly and the heavenly.

Transubstantiation is the invisible change of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ.  The credulity of the age, with its love for the wonderful and magical, the interest of the priesthood to add lustre, in accordance with the heathens, to a rite which enhanced their own priestly office, resulted in the doctrine of Transubstantiation being declared an article of faith of the Christian Church.  Luther maintained a corporeal, and Calvin a real presence of Christ in the Eucharist; and the opinion of Zuinglius, that it is no more than a spiritual communion, a simple memorial, has slowly prevailed in the reformed churches. 

At the present day, the Greek and Roman Catholics alone hold to the original doctrine of the real presence.  Of all the religious observances among heathens, Jews, or Turks, none has been the cause of more hatred, persecution, outrage, and bloodshed, than the Eucharist. Christians persecuted one another like relentless foes, and thousands of Jews were slaughtered on account of the Eucharist and the Host.

The Name Jesus

Constantine Created the Name "Jesus"

Hail Zeus.  Constantine created the “universal” or “Catholic” religion to stop religious factions from waring against each other.  In doing this he made an amalgamation name from the names from all the religious factions.  That amalgamation name was “Jesus Christ.”

Council of Nicea

The Making of “The Name” at Nicaea

The name Jesus is not a Hebrew name. The name “Jesus Christ” or “Christ Jesus” was a name created at the Council of Nicaea.  The name united two of the major religious factions at that time.  It was an amalgamation of names.

The name “Jesus” was derived from the name Hesus of the Druids, Joshua of the Israelites, Horus / Iusa of the of the Egyptians, IES / Iesios of the Dionysians / Samothracians, Zeus of the Greeks……

…..and the word “Christ” derived from Krishna/Christos of India, the Anointed Jews (Christ means anointed), and KRST of Egypt.

***No "Jesus" Name on Original Manuscripts***

The name “Jesus Christ” did not appear in any Greek or Latin writings before the Council of Nicaea.  They called it a "sacred abbreviation" ... It was two letters of the Greek alphabet .... similarly looking like an "I E" in English.

Later manuscripts had different sacred abbreviations.

IY=man-God OY= God

English Meaning?

Greek Word?

Nominative (Subject)

Genitive (Possessive)

God

Θεός

ΘΣ

ΘΥ

Lord

Κύριος

ΚΣ

ΚΥ

Jesus

Ἰησοῦς

ΙΣ

ΙΥ

Christ/Messiah

Χριστός

ΧΣ

ΧΥ

Son

Υἱός

ΥΣ

ΥΥ

The name Yi-Zeus

Constantine worshiped the Sun. “Yio-Zeus” in Greek means “Dawn of Zeus.” Zeus was the king of the gods. Is this name a close resemblance to the sound of the name “Jesus”? [People don’t like pronouncing double vowels and drop the second vowel].   Coincidence?

Zeus is the Greek form of sanskrit Dyhaus pitar, “Father Heaven.”  The name is linked with Babylonian myths of Zu the storm bird, a thrower of thunderbolts.  The Romans called him Jupiter or Jove;  The European Christians substituted the word Jesus for Zeus.

The name ie-Zeus

It is written that the word ie was a common shout by the people meaning “hail.”  This word would be followed by the emperor’s name, as in ie-Cesar.  In this case it would be “Hail Zeus.”   This is a natural sound of human expression the dictionary defines as; Used as an exclamation of pleasure, approval, elation, or victory; the word “Yay.”

Je-Zeus

Jesus was a Common Greek Name.

The name Jesus appears to have been fairly common at the time of Christ’s life.  (Josephus, “Ant.”, XV, ix, 2; XVII, xiii, 1; XX, ix, 1; “Bel. Jud.”, III, ix, 7; IV, iii, 9; VI, v, 5; “Vit.”, 22)

Was the name Jesus was imposed by God’s express order???

Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,   Philippians 2:9

And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a Son, and shalt call His name Jesus.  Luke 1:31

And she shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21

Hesus, of the Keltic Druids 834 BCE

Hesus is the God of the Druids having been crucified with a lamb on one side and an elephant on the other side. A representation of this can be seen on the fire-tower of Brechin. The symbolism of the Elephant is that it is the largest animal in the world and represents all the sins of the world. The symbolism of the lamb is one of innocence and represents the victim. Christian use this same symbolism by saying “the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.” This infers that Jesus was the victim and takes away the sins of the world. This legend is found among the Canutes of Gaul.

IES / Iesios of the Dionysians/Samothracians

In Greek the name stated to be the translation of Jesus is spelled iesous.  Adding up the gematria assigned to each Greek letter of the name the total comes to 888.

I   E   S   O   U   S

10 + 8 + 200 + 70 + 400 + 200  =  888

Each of the 24 letters of the Greek alphabet when all are added up, the total of their assigned gematria number equivalent totals 888.  888 is considered a luck number.

In Pythagoreans teachings 888 is the string ratio of a whole tone (666 is the string ratio of a perfect fifth). Pythagoras worked out the frequency ratios (or string length ratios with equal tension) and found that they had a particular mathematical relationship.

The octave was found to be a 1:2 ratio and what we today call a fifth to be a 2:3 ratio. Pythagoras concluded that all the notes could be produced by these two ratios as (3/2)*(3/2)*(1/2) gave 9/8 which is a second and so on.

Numerology was very popular during the timeframe assigned to the life of Jesus Christ.

Horus AKA Iusa of the Egyptians

Iusa was represented as both the ass and the ox, or the short horned bullock in the cult of Atum-Ra.  The ox and the ass along with worshipers of an infant child found in the catacombs of Rome are representative of Iusa and not Jesus.

The story of Jesus riding on two asses in one version, and on an ass and the foal of an ass in another version, was in the triumphal procession to Jerusalem.  This is another example of Jesus doing the same thing Iusa did.  Iusa was the Egyptian Jesus story of the Kamite mythos 2500 B.C.  The youthful son-god rode upon an ass as Isua or as “Horus with the royal countenance.”

Krishna AKA Christos of India

Krishna disciples also gave him the title of “Jezeus” or “Jeseus” which means pure essence.  Krsna in Sanskrit.  This god’s worship can be traced back to the 400 B.C.E.

In present day, Krishna is one of the most widely revered and most popular of all Indian divinities.

KRST of Egypt

Horus is read as KRST.

Walk on water? KRST (Horus) did it! Jesus restored sight to the blind?  Horus did that a few thousand years before.  Crucified in a very dramatic trial next to two thieves?  Yes KRST (Horus) did that also.

Christians Say Yashua

Today a large number of Christians admit that the name Jesus is “mis-translation” and the real name is Yashua.  Yashua sounds like a different name.  There is no “eee” sound in the name that so dominates the word Jesus.    The “ah” sound found twice in the name Yashua is non-existent in the name Jesus. The “oo” sound in Yashua is not found in the name Jesus.  The “uh” sound in Jesus is not found in the name Yashua.

Messiah Name

Based on Psalm 72:17 many Jewish sages believe that the actual name of the Messiah will be Ianun.

What does the "Word of God" say his name is?

It's a secret. No one knows his name.

His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.       Revelation 19:12

Jesus

The angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS.       Matthew 1:21

Emmanuel

A virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel. Matthew 1:23

Alpha and Omega

I am Alpha and Omega.       Revelation 1:8

The Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David

Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.      Revelation 5:5

Faithful and True

I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.      Revelation 19:11

The Word of God

He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.     Revelation 19:13

King of Kings and Lord of Lords

He hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.     Revelation 19:16

The bright and morning star

I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.       Revelation 22:16

Since Christians (wrongly) believe that the words of Isaiah 9:6 refer to Jesus, I guess I should add the names in this verse to the list.
[Ever heard anyone (other than the Book of Mormon) call Jesus "the everlasting Father"?]

Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.      Isaiah 9:6

Jesus Messiah?

Jesus MESSIAH REQUIREMENTS???

NOT.  The Christians constantly proclaim that Jesus was the Messiah, and that he fulfilled all the requirements described in the Old Testament. The Torah (Old Testament) describes six criteria which must be fulfilled before a person can be declared the Messiah.

1.  He must be the direct descendant of King David and King Solomon

2.  He must be anointed King of Israel

3.  He must return the Jewish people to Israel

4.  He must rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem

5.  He must bring peace to the world and end all war.

6.  He must bring knowledge of God to the whole world

1  Genealogy

The Messiah must be Jewish and from the Tribe of Judah.  Since Jesus had no birth father he is not from the Tribe of Judah. He must be from the linage of David.   If Jesus was adopted by Joseph then Jesus is not qualified to be the Messiah since adoption does not affiliate one to a Tribe. The Messiah must be from the seed of Solomon.  Luke claimed that Jesus descended from Nathan, David’s other brother.  Thus Luke eliminates Jesus as the Messiah. The genealogies vary as much as 15 generations more from the gospel of Matthew to the gospel of Luke.  And who was the grandfather of Jesus?  Matthew says it was Jacob.  Luke says it was Heli.  Matthew and Luke have totally different people in the linage of Jesus.  And according to Luke, Joseph was 300 years older than Mary (assuming a generation is 20 years times 15 generations).  I think this was the origin of the “May-December relationship” expression.

2  Anointed King

Messiah means anointed with oil.  This is in the context of anointing a King as King Saul and King Solomon were anointed with oil by the prophet Samuel.  Kings were anointed with oil by High Priests and Prophets to give authenticity to the King.

Matthew claimed that John the Baptist was Elijah the prophet (Matthew 11:11-14, 17:12-13).

The Gospel of John claimed that John the Baptist was NOT Elijah (John 1:21).

Jesus claimed he was king of an other worldly kingdom (John 18:36).  When governor Pilate asked Jesus if he was he king of the Jews,  Jesus answered “Yes.”

Jesus was anointed on his head and his feet by two nameless women, and before his burial.  These women were not prophets and there was no indication in the New Testament that these anointings bestowed kingship.

3  Bring the Jewish People Back

Shortly after Jesus’s death the people were expelled from Israel, the opposite of what the Messiah will do.

He will arise a banner for the nations and assemble the cast-aways of Israel; and He will gather in the dispersed ones of Judah from the four corners of the earth.  Isaiah 11:12

It shall be on that day the Hashem will thresh, from the surging [Euphrates] river to the Brook of Egypt, and you [Israel] will be gathered up one by one, O Children of Israel.  It shall be on that day that a great shofar will be blown, and those who are lost in  the  land of Assyria and those cast away in the land of Egypt will come [together], and they will prostrate themselves to Hashem on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.    Isaiah 27:12-13

I will return the captivity of Judah and captivity of Israel, and will rebuild them as at first.   Jeremiah 33:7

4  Rebuild the Temple

The Temple was standing during the life of Jesus.  It was destroyed shortly after his death.  Where is the Temple that Jesus rebuilt?

I will seal a covenant of peace with them: it will be an eternal covenant with them:  and I will emplace them and increase them, and I will place My Sanctuary among them; I will be a God to them and they will be a people to Me.  Then the nations will know that I am Hashem who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary will be among them forever.  Ezekiel 37:26-28

It will be in the end of days that the Mountain of the Temple of Hashem will be firmly established as the most prominent of the mountains, and it will be exalted up about the hills, and peoples will stream to it.   Micah 4:1

It will happen in the end of days; The Mountain of the Temple of Hashem will be firmly established as the head of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills, and all the nations will stream to it.  Many peoples will go and say, ‘Come let us go up to the Mountain of Hashem, to the Temple of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us of His ways and we will walk in His paths.’  Isaiah 2:2-3

5  Bring Peace to the World and End All War

Jesus certainly did not bring peace to the world.  Israel was destroyed shortly after the death of Jesus.  The last 2000 years have been the most violent period in History, much of which the Catholic Church was responsible for.  Since Israel has been established in 1948 it has experienced nothing but wars.

I will seal a covenant of peace with them; it will be an eternal covenant with them; and I will emplace them and increase them, and I will place My Sanctuary among them forever.  Ezekiel 37:26

He will judge between many peoples, and will settle the arguments of mighty nations from far away.  They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning knives; nation will not lift sword against nation, nor will they learn war anymore.  Micah 4:3

He will judge among the nations, and will settle the arguments of many peoples.  They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks;  nation will not lift sword against nation and they will no longer study warfare.  Isaiah 2:4

6  Bring Knowledge of God to the World

Jesus did NOT bring knowledge of God to the world.  Christians admit that their God the Trinity is a “mystery.”  Just the fact the Christians proselytize to make people believe in what God is, is proof that there is no knowledge of God in the world.

They will neither injure nor destroy in all of My sacred mountain; for the earth will be as filled with knowledge of Hashem as water covering the sea bed.  Isaiah 11:9

The glory of Hashem will be revealed, and all flesh together will see that the mouth of Hashem has spoken.   Isaiah 40:5

For then I will change the nations [to speak] a pure language, so that they all will proclaim the Name of Hashem, to worship Him with a united resolve.       Zephaniah 3:9

They will no longer teach – each man his fellow, each man his brother – saying, ‘know Hashem!  for all of them will know Me, from their smallest to their greatest – the word of Hashem – when I will forgive their iniquity and will no longer recall their sin.’   Jeremiah 31:33

He is Coming Again?  What?

And as a final note,there is no mention even remotely of any “second coming” in the Torah.  It is an utter fabrication by the Christians to give credibility to their imaginings.  In the investment world it’s called “pie in the sky” referring to getting some reward in the future, that seems impossible to reasonably believe you would get such a big return.  And in reality, the return never comes.  The reality that comes is the feeling of being a fool.

The Messiah is NOT going to be put to death!!!

From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.   Matthew 16:21

31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.

32 He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.   Mark 8:31-32

Then he [Jesus] took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem and all things that arewritten by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished.  For he will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.  They will scourge him and kill him and the third day he will rise again.”    Luke 18:31-33

Where is this written by the prophets?????????

It isn’t !!!!!!!!!!!  The New Testament is the Word of God???  I don’t think so.

“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”   Mark 8:29

The disciples of Jesus knew the Messiah was not to be killed.

The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.  Luke 18:34

Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!”    Matthew 16:22