Month: October 2023

Blog for Podcast #177 (Why do so Many Fear Their Earthly Death?)

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Intro

This is Dreamwalker1960. As a reminder you can read the transcripts of all my podcasts at dreamwalker1960.com. You can use most podcast platforms if you wish to listen. All you need do is do a search for Dreamwalker1960.

Discussion

2 Corinthians 5:1-9 NKJV – For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.  For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.

I start with these verses for a reason. For this is how all who call themselves “Christian” should think and believe. Yet, how many do? The answer is written in tears. For most shed tears when someone moves on from mortality to life.

Most fear this earthly death. They cower from it. They dread its embrace. Within recent months more and more has been transpiring to show that a line has been drawn. A line that shows the entire world has returned to a mentality that matches how things were when Christ walked in this temporal plain of existence two thousand years ago. A prime example of this was shown in Hawaii where 2000 plus people died in what could be called “a horrible death.”

How many though left this mortality for the true life that is to come? That left this extremely short mortal existence to the beginning of the eternal life that will last billions upon billions of years.

Since none can count upon other humans any longer. They must find another source of comfort. Since Christ left this world, He gave those that followed Him a command.

Matthew 28:18-20 NKJV – And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in My name teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

We are now in “the end of the age.” Death will increase when the Great White Throne Judgement transpires. Suffering will increase. There is only one refuge. That is Christ Jesus.

John 14:6 NKJV – Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

True repentance is required. True commitment to the Word of God is required. True downsizing is required. For the more you depend upon the world the more you will fear leaving this mortality for the True Life that is found in His presence. For those that fear death do so because of who they are enemies with.

James 4:4-8 NKJV – Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”? But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “GOD RESISTS THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.” Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Too many live a life of the double mindedness. Claiming comradery with God through Christ, yet they cling to their earthly rewards and wealth. Christ clearing states where our love is bound to.

Matthew 6:19-21 NKJV – “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

There is one thing people need to come to understand and come to accept. We only have one life. I am not referring just to this temporal existence of around one hundred years. I am referring to all of it. Yes, this corrupted body we live within stops functioning. The heart stops beating. Air no longer enters and exits the lungs. Blood no longer circulates throughout the veins and arteries. This corruption was never meant to continue. It was designed to fail.

This body we now inhabit is a waystation within our true journey. Our souls, our spirit that lodge within this decaying body does not end. This is one thing those that embrace Atheism do not wish to hear. For it would mean they must accept that they could face punishment. Yet this is something they don’t wish to accept for it would mean that our life will continue beyond this body. That is why it is called a “tent.”

This is the truth. It will. It is made clear within the Bible that our lives are to be immortal. Our souls, our spirit is to move on into an immortal body.

1 Corinthians 15:53 NKJV – For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

What I have said so far is borne out in the verses that are before this verse that I just said.

1 Corinthians 15:35-44 NKJV – But someone will say, “How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?” Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies. And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other grain. But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body. All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

“The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

Our spiritual body will be our immortal body. All our body is, is a vessel to contain our souls, our spirit.

It is this misunderstanding that causes so many to fear death. To hang on to this body that was designed to shut down. They wear masks to cover their faces. They cling onto this body, this tent, excuse the cliché, for dear life. Not realizing that they are not only denying but delaying true life.

However, maybe that is the point. They fear leaving this corruption, because deep inside they know their fate.

Revelation 20:11-15 NKJV – Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.

It is this that causes people to hold onto to their corruption and fight tooth and nail to keep within it.

They refuse to do what is required to end their fears.

Why?

Because when they are young, they would rather enjoy the feeling and sensations they relish and cling to. Not understanding that they are lusting after corruption.

They must abandon their earthly for eternal. Their love not for what can be found here, but what can be found when we dawn the immortal. This can only be found one way and in one way alone. Accepting Jesus Christ as our Savior then to learn the Bible and to live by what is taught within it.

John 14:6 NKJV – Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Let us return to some of the verses that started this podcast:

2 Corinthians 5:1-3 NLT – For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long to put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing. For we will put on heavenly bodies; we will not be spirits without bodies.

This means we continue in life. Just in a new form. We do not end. Yet most believe they will end. Why this is, is because those that expect their lives to end have not accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior. Most that profess to being “Christian” fear leaving this corruption as well.

Why?

Because they have turned their backs upon their salvation. They have become adulterers in the sight of God and have become His enemy. As was stated earlier in the verses from the book of James. This is why they fear leaving the corruption of this body they now inhabit. For they know that it will be worse for them because they have tasted true salvation through knowing their Savior, but they have returned to their vomit and mud.

2 Peter 2:20-22 NKJV – For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: “A DOG RETURNS TO HIS OWN VOMIT,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”

The story of the prodigal son is a story for all that have accepted Christ as their Savior and then become adulterers. God will welcome you back. For God’s love will never abandon us. It is us humans that abandon Him to seek after and embrace what is in this earthly life that is nothing but corruption. That will rust and decay as it should.

Repent. Downsize. And if you are holding on to this temporal existence. Just let go and embrace your mansion that is your immortal form that we will dawn when He returns very shortly in the skies above at the second blast of the trumpet.

God Bless

Blog for Podcast #176 (The cycle of destruction)

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Intro

This is Dreamwalker1960. As a reminder you can read the transcripts of all my podcasts at dreamwalker1960.com. You can use most podcast platforms if you wish to listen. All you need do is do a search for Dreamwalker1960.

Discussion

The saddest and most regretful thing that exists. Is the total and complete misunderstanding, of what is involved and required, with the True relationship with our only hope of True and complete salvation, who is Jesus Christ the Son of God. This is shown and is witnessed by those that not only follow and accept Atheism, but in most of those that go to the buildings called “churches.”

It is a circle of rejection that is ongoing and never ending. One feeds off the other. Each attacking and ridiculing the other, and all the time both never truly see or accept the real truth. That they have been lied too. Each offers a way to help their fellow humans and each reject what is truly required to truly help them. We see this cycle repeated in most aspects of human endeavors. In politics, in war, in social programs, even in everyday life down to how we dress or even awaken to a new day in this temporal existence.

It is like this:

I wish to key in on the main element that I just mention. It is seen “in most aspects of human endeavors.”

Human endeavors. This is not what is taught within the Bible by the way. The Old Testament shows us human endeavors as examples of how not to live or behave. The New Testament says plain and simple we are to follow a clear set of rules and laws that are something those that strive to reflect Jesus Christ in their lives they have no problem pursuing. Many in the buildings called “churches” don’t have this deep desire though, which shows they are not living for Christ, but for themselves.

It is this selfishness that those that end up rejecting God upright see and use as their excuse to abandon salvation. For they see the hypocrisy that runs rampant within religion, which is why they embrace Atheism. This allows them to live their lives as they want. It is from these though that come those that commit the most heinous crimes upon humanity. This was witnessed by the French Revolution, and political beliefs like Socialism, which ultimately leads to Communism. It is from these political beliefs which has humans dominating and controlling other humans which led to the destruction first to France then Germany as well as the Soviet Union and also China to some degree.

Now here someone will shout out that Hitler was a Fascist not a Communist. Yet they forget what party he led: the National German SOCAIALIST Party aka the Nazi party. Nuff said upon that.

It is all this desire by humanity to not only control their own lives. However, ultimately control other humans. Forcing them, if need be, as has been shown throughout the centuries from not only those humans controlling religion, but also those seeking to destroy religion. It is this human element that corrupts humanities attempts of self-governance. Again, this is not what is truly taught within the Bible.

When you look at those elements that seek self-control and reliance upon only humanity. We see and find those that perceive and find those that say since there is nothing beyond this temporal existence there are no consequences. It is also evident that this mentality can be found in most that call themselves “Christian” as well.

Now why would I make such a statement?

Those that say they are “Christian,” however they continue to seek after worldly riches and possessions. This shows they do not care about the consequences. In their eyes they are destine for heaven, yet how they live shows they aren’t per the Bible they say they follow. In fact, the Bible clearly shows this makes them enemies of God.

1 John 2:15-16 NLT – Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.

James 4:4 NKJV – Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Jesus Christ Himself said it is required by those that truly follow Him not to seek after worldly possessions:

Matthew 6:19-21 NKJV – “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Most keep their possessions and seek more. Therefore, their heart stays in this temporal existence and so they think nothing of the consequences of eternal life. Be it in damnation or an eternal existence in the service of God. This shows they don’t think of their future life that will last not for around one hundred years which they now have as compared to the billions upon billions upon billions upon billions upon billions upon billions of years that are where our consequences will lead. For all eternity in either of the two places offered. For there are only two options, but only one advocate that will lead to the better of these two destinations.

It is this one way only that causes so much conflict from of both camps. They don’t see that they both are in some sense in objection to this. Those that deny God make it very clear. Those that say there is a God insist all that is required is love and that is all. Just a belief which in turn turns them into hypocrites. This in turn causes those that deny God to in sense be “justified.” Thus, perpetuating the cycle of opposition and disgust. Leading both to damnation.

Those that truly study the Word of God. Not in a way to disagree or destroy it. Not in a way to selectively picking out the things that allows them to live this earthly life in sin. But, in a true in-depth study that causes them to see the reality of God, His Son and that we are to actually live our lives in a moderate way.  A way that allows us to use most of our earthly wealth to help those in need and to spread the True Word of God. For this is what the Bible teaches and commands we do.

1 Timothy 6:6-8 NKJV – Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.

1 Timothy 6:17-19 NKJV – Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share, storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

This is for those that live in both camps. Those that wish to argue and challenge. For those that wish to deny God. I challenge you to pick up the Bible. Not with the intent of destroying what others have come to believe. But to actually look at what is found within it. Many of those teachings that you embraced within Socialism are found within the Bible, where do you think Marx and Lenin got their ideas?

Marx was Jewish who later converted to Christianity via the Evangelical Church of Prussia. So, these ideals were instilled into him. He found the hypocrisy within both religions and then rejected them. Lenin was raised in the Lutheran Church which embarrassed a faith alone belief, but also a very structured religion. This in turn allowed him to look down upon this believe system. Again, due to hypocrisy. What most don’t wish to accept it is humans that cause the hypocrisy not the Word of God.

Christ calls out those that are hypocrites and clearly states they are not welcome in the kingdom of God. For this is how Christ saw those that taught Scriptures and lived in worldly wealth.

 Luke 16:13-15 NKJV – “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they derided Him. And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

For centuries the greatest amount of those that entered into the buildings called “churches” have most likely been seen as an abomination in the sight of God. They don’t wish to hear this. However, it is due to this very fact that caused the creation of those that flee from God and call themselves Atheist. Like I said, a never-ending circle of lies. One lie feeds off the other lie causing most to deny God and His Son.

Christ knew the cause and called out those in His time upon this earth for their sin:

Matthew 23:13 NKJV – “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.”

This is how most that stand upon the dais act and behave. For as long as they seek after the treasures of this temporal reality they never seek to be in the presence of God. The more riches they show and display the further they are from God. For to Him they are an abomination, on par with the antichrist that is yet to be revealed.

Realize this, those of you that deny God and His Son. Just because you turn from the lies found in the buildings called “churches” does not excuse you. You are still required to accept the only way into True eternal life. It is not something that our future offspring will attain. It is something promised to all humanity. The only thing there are two destinations. One the eternal life, the other, the second death of eternal damnation. Both will last for billions of years. Because we will all be a higher lifeform. No longer in corruption but in incorruption and immortal. Just those that deny God will suffer instead of live in joy. Yet those that deny God will then enter into a new level of suffering, which any that truly serve Christ wish none to suffer. For it is worse than any will expect.

But they have been warned by those that wish them no harm. Yet both groups wish those telling the Truth harm. For the Truth exposes the lies they have lived in both groups. The thing is those that show the most hate is not those that outright deny God, but those that say they follow Him when they truly don’t. This is why they have so much hatred for those that show the Truth. It is also due to this behavior that most that deny God come to be. All due to those that say they follow Christ yet that is the furthest thing from the Truth.

It is truly sad.

Time is running out. The first rapture is soon to occur. For you that deny God it will be called a mass alien abduction. But for you that pretend to know God. You will see it for the truth you have denied for so long as you continue to seek after worldly possessions and profess to being “Christian.”

It will be you and those before you that caused so many to turn away from God. It will be you and those before you that causes so many to live in a lie of salvation that will not lead them to service with God, but the second death. For they may have had their name written in the Book of Life, but Christ Himself removed it. Not only to their sorrow but His as well.

God Bless

Blog for Podcast #175 (Conformity)

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Intro

This is Dreamwalker1960. As a reminder you can read the transcripts of all my podcasts at dreamwalker1960.com. You can use most podcast platforms if you wish to listen. All you need do is do a search for Dreamwalker1960.

Discussion

Romans 12:1-2 NKJV – I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

“And do not be conformed to this world.”

This is a powerful statement. This is something most that profess that they are “Christian” refuse to do or accept.

The most obvious example of this is those that pursue money. The big house or houses. The multiple vehicles. The fancy clothes and jewelry. This is the world as shown here:

1 John 2:15-16 NLT – Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.

Another form of conforming is tattoos. 1 in every 5 people throughout the world has a tattoo, which means any that gets these after coming to Christ is living in sin.

This is the greatest challenge and the greatest failure in Christianity. But Jesus knew that this is the way it would be.

Matthew 7:13-14 NKJV – “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

“For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction.”

And yes, those that are living the two examples I just gave are on the road to destruction. However, in their eyes they are not, which again the Holy Spirit knew would occur.

Hebrews 6:4-6 NKJV – For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.

2 Peter 2:20-22 NKJV – For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: “A DOG RETURNS TO HIS OWN VOMIT,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.

“They ‘then reject the command they were given to live a holy life.’”

What constitutes living a truly “holy life?” Well in three different gospels this is clearly spelled out. Here is one of these times:

Mark 10:17-22 NKJV – Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. You know the commandments: ‘DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY,’ ‘DO NOT MURDER,’ ‘DO NOT STEAL,’ ‘DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER.'” And he answered and said to Him, “Teacher, all these things I have kept from my youth.” Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.” But he was sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

Most still frown at this command. Yes command. This is mandatory to be a follower, a disciple of Jesus Christ.

Luke 14:25-27 NKJV – Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

Luke 14:33 NKJV – So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.

Let us look at this from a different angle. Those that will say “Lord, lord:”

Matthew 7:21-27 NKJV – “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”

Every single person who refuses to downsize or place religious tattoos upon their bodies once becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ is building their house of salvation upon the sand. Accordingly, when the time comes and the trials come, which they will and do. Most will falter and fail, and their house will be washed away, which is their salvation through Jesus Christ the Rock. Yet again they don’t wish to hear these truths, but this is what the Bible teaches.

1 Timothy 6:6-10 NKJV – Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

“For which some have strayed from the faith.” Meaning they have abandoned their salvation for the love of worldly possessions and money. All because they wish to conform to the world.

What else is seen as conformity to the world?

That is actually easy to answer. Whatever, the majority is doing is conformity. For those that are not of the world will not reflect the world. As Christians we are called to reflect Christ, thus the name.

If we are not ready to help those in need. If we are not spreading the Word of God. That is conformity. For most only care for their own wellbeing and care nothing for any others. This is exactly how most act, which means it is a world mentality. It is a mentality that has been growing by leaps and bounds since the removal of God from the schools in the 1960s.

Tattoos have increased exponentially. The coloring of one’s hair away from what we were born with, as well as what is the current hairstyle. All points to following the world and not Christ. In fact, we are shown how women should present themselves to the world.

 1 Timothy 2:8-10 NKJV – I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.

One way someone shows they follow God is made clear here at the end of these verses: “with good works.” Later in this first letter to Timothy this is pushed home again for those that pursue earthly wealth.

1 Timothy 6:17-19 NKJV – Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share, storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

Most wish to deny “works,” which again shows a conformity to the world. For Christ makes this very clear in Luke:

Luke 16:13-17 NKJV – “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they derided Him. And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God. “The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it. And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tittle of the law to fail.

“For what is highly esteemed among men.” aka the world. “Is an abomination in the sight of God.”

Conformity is an abomination in the sight of God. Which has I have shown time and again places those that conform on the same level as the antichrist and those that will follow and worship that person.

Is this really how you wish to live? Do you really want to stand before the Great White Thone in judgement and not the Throne of worship?

Time is quickly running out to fix your relationship with your Savior Jesus Christ if you profess to being “Christian.” Very soon the trumpets will blow and upon the second blast those that conform will be left behind. Which is something none should pursue, but most now do.

For Christ made it clear that few walk the narrow path. Why? Because they do not conform and strive to follow the commandments given by Christ. Commandments which shall never end until the end of the thousand-year reign of Jesus Christ.

God Bless

Blog for Podcast #174 ( The difference between the Jewish people and Christian as we come to the soon return of Christ)

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Intro

This is Dreamwalker1960. As a reminder you can read the transcripts of all my podcasts at dreamwalker1960.com. You can use most podcast platforms if you wish to listen. All you need do is do a search for Dreamwalker1960.

Discussion

What many don’t understand these days is there are two different prophecies being pursued and fulfilled as we approach the soon return of Jesus Christ. The one many confuse for themselves, that is Christianity, is truthfully referring to the Jewish nation. This becomes clear if people look at the full context being seen within certain prophecies.

People need to sit back and think. They need to remember God made a promise to Abraham. God never breaks a promise. That is why people need to think when they read certain things from the Bible like what is to follow:

Romans 10:19-11:10 NKJV – But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says: “I WILL PROVOKE YOU TO JEALOUSY BY THOSE WHO ARE NOT A NATION, I WILL MOVE YOU TO ANGER BY A FOOLISH NATION.” But Isaiah is very bold and says: “I WAS FOUND BY THOSE WHO DID NOT SEEK ME; I WAS MADE MANIFEST TO THOSE WHO DID NOT ASK FOR ME.” But to Israel he says: “ALL DAY LONG I HAVE STRETCHED OUT MY HANDS TO A DISOBEDIENT AND CONTRARY PEOPLE.” I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, “LORD, THEY HAVE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS AND TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY SEEK MY LIFE”? But what does the divine response say to him? “I HAVE RESERVED FOR MYSELF SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL.” Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work. What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. Just as it is written: “GOD HAS GIVEN THEM A SPIRIT OF STUPOR, EYES THAT THEY SHOULD NOT SEE AND EARS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HEAR, TO THIS VERY DAY.” And David says: “LET THEIR TABLE BECOME A SNARE AND A TRAP, A STUMBLING BLOCK AND A RECOMPENSE TO THEM. LET THEIR EYES BE DARKENED, SO THAT THEY DO NOT SEE, AND BOW DOWN THEIR BACK ALWAYS.”

One of several key statements is made in these verses, that being:

“I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew.”

They have purposely been blinded to the Truth. This does not mean they have been cut off. Any who says otherwise is a false teacher and should be shunned. God promises Abrahm something special for the people of Israel and He will allow them to fulfill it.

With this in mind. When it comes time to reading future events given to us in the Word of God. We must look at them from this perspective.

There are two things that need to be understood when looking at prophecy given in the Bible. Frist, where does Christianity end on the face of the earth during the tribulation. Second, where does the Jewish people’s greatest trails begin. When people come to understand these points, they awaken to the Truth found within the Bible when it come to the difference between these two groups. What will surprise most is that the answer to this riddle is basically the exact same time.

To be a born-again Christian Jesus Christ says this:

John 3:3-7 NKJV – Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’

To be born-again requires after accepting that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that only through Him can you enter the kingdom of heaven.  First, you must be water baptized in His name. Second, you must be filled with the Holy Spirit.

If there is no Holy Spirit present none can become Christian. Yet, what do we learn from 2 Thessalonians.

 2 Thessalonians 2:6-7 NKJV – And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.

It is the presence of the Holy Spirit on earth that now restrains the antichrist from being fully revealed. Therefore, once the Holy Ghost is removed is when all will know who the antichrist is which will be witnessed by the desolation of the third and last temple. When does this occur? The simple answer is given in the book of Daniel:

Daniel 9:27 NKJV – Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate.”

This leads us to these verses spoken by Jesus Christ:

Matthew 24:15-22 NKJV – “Therefore when you see the ‘ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.

Therefore, those being warned here are not Christians, but Jewish people. This is seen in how He spoke these words and the fact that the antichrist is now fully revealed. Since the antichrist is revealed that means the Holy Spirit has been removed. Any who had been filled with the Holy Ghost had been removed due to His presence within them.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NKJV – Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Knowing these things brings into balance these verses found in the book of Revelation:

Revelation 7:1-14 NKJV – After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed: of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed. After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying: “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, Thanksgiving and honor and power and might, Be to our God forever and ever. Amen.” Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?” And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Before the Holy Spirit is removed from the face of the earth. The 144,000 are sealed and protected from harm by God. These are only Jewish people as shown in these verses that were just read. Then we see the uncountable. The billions that are from every nation and race standing in white before God. These are the last of the temples of the Holy Ghost removed from the face of the earth. The 144,000 stays upon the earth and will witness what is to befall their fellow Israelites. The ones that were warned to flee from Jerusalem when the antichrist is revealed.

Consequently, it is very clear that there are two different prophecies being followed and fulfilled. Each with a purpose. Each with a definitive goal in mind. The salvation of both the Jews and the gentiles.

Why the Jewish nation has to endure through the harshness that is to follow once the antichrist is fully revealed is all due to their rejection of Jesus Christ as the Messiah.

One of the most important aspects that occurred in Jesus Christ’s ministry was the Sermon on the Mount. Here he put forth several of His principles and commands, which a majority rejected outright. It is soon after this point that He started teaching parables. It is the fact that He started teaching in parables that shows that Christ recognizes the fulfillment of prophecy of His rejection by the children of Israel. Which is why they must suffer through nearly the entire tribulation.

It must also be noted the wording of what will become the rapture of the Jewish people. So, let us look to these verses:

Daniel 12:1-3 NKJV – “At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation, Even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever.

“And at that time your people shall be delivered.”

This is why Israel must endure the tribulation. For it will cause them to finally accept the will of God and that the Messiah was and is Jesus of Nazareth.

Therefore, understand these things. There are two groups of events proceeding side by side at this very moment. One is for the gentiles, which have the Christians within them. The other is for Israel to fulfill the promise made to Abraham.

We are now witnessing events that show we are in the last days before the return of Jesus Christ. His first appearance will not be on the face of this earth but in the sky above and will be accompanied by the blast of a trumpet two times. On the second blast millions, not billions will disappear from the face of the earth. Just so you understand the sorrow of this last statement is that there are over 2.5 billion people that profess to being “Christian.” However, only millions will vanish in the twinkling of an eye. What will follow is the mandatory order to take the mark of the beast. This will take the form of a chip implanted in the hand and/or a tattoo. There are even indications that retinal scans may be introduced with something on or in the forehead. It is here that the others that are of the 2.5 billion still left upon this planet must decide. The mark or death. Then at the midpoint of the tribulation the Holy Spirit will be removed including those that are filled with the Holy Ghost. These will be in the billions.

It is at this point that the tribes of Israel will encounter their final trials to redeem themselves in the eyes of God. As witnessed in the wording of the book of Daniel. As the last part of the last three and half years near their end they will receive their rapture as promised to them in the book of Daniel.

It is time to decide your own fates. Time is running out. Do you wish to be in the millions or the billions or the damned? It is all up to you. Decide now. Downsize now and give it to the poor and the needy.

God Bless