New Year's Eve Meditation: "Desolate"

As 2009 quickly races toward it's bitter end, I think how nice it would be if 2011 could be the end of time, as predicted by Harold Camping. But then I remember the many biblical warnings against date-setting and following spiritual leaders who promote such anti-biblical practices. I'm not one of the church people the Campingites claim are the naysayers of the FR timeline gospel. I departed out ahead of Camping's church-age teaching and today I openly denounce his false gospel that is based on faith in his timeline. As my thought process continues, I am comforted by knowing that the Lord could still return this year. Or in 2010, much sooner than 2011.

One reason I look forward to Jesus returing "quickly", is because I am desolate. I was thinking about my personal desolation and how closely it relates to the abomination of desolation the believers are to flee from. It seems to me that the saved believers are intimately related, or even interchangeable with the "the land" (also "vineyard", "city", "wilderness", etc.).

After a review of some scriptures, I find that my feeling about desolation is valid. The following verses will show why.

Ps 143:3-4 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

Notice, the Psalmist says that he is "as those that have been long dead". His spirit is overwhelmed within him and his heart is desolate. There are several words that are translated as "desolate", so I will stick with the word translated as "desolate" in Psalm 143:4 (Strong's #08074).

Jer 12:10-12 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. 11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. 12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

Who is the Lord's "pleasant portion" that is made into a desolate wilderness?

Who is "mine house", "mine heritage", "the dearly beloved of my soul" who is forsaken by the Lord?

Jer 12:7 ¶ I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. 8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. 9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.

The saved believers are always the "remnant" of God's house who will endure unto the end and be saved. They are the only ones who are His heritage. They are the only ones who can be dearly beloved by the Lord.

What is not understood by the Campingites is the judgment and mercy the elect of God endure unto the end of time - not the end of 1988 or 1994.

Here is more of the same desolation found in Psalm 143:4:

Le 12:43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. 44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.

There are not two different groups in view here (the churches and the Campingite date-setters). This is the same group of God's elect whose land lies desolate. They accept the punishment of their inquity, even though they despised God's judments. Even though they abhored His statues, God promises to not cast them away, nor abhor them, nor destroy them utterly.

There are two more passages that struck me in this study of the similiarity of the desolation of the elect and the desolation of the land, from Solomon's dediction of the temple.

2 Ch 6:37-42 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly; 38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name: 39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee. 40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. 41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. 42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

What a beautiful description of the mercy of God towards His heritage.

Another passage that caught my eye is Jeremiah 32:42-43. See if you can find both the CORPORATE CHURCH and the ETERNAL, INVISIBLE CHURCH in these verses that show judgment AND mercy (a really good question for the Campingites' or John Rousseau's church-is-hell group):

Jer 32:42-43 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. 43 And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

Hopefully, in 2010, more folks who are stuck in Camping's web or Rousseau's web or Aaaron's web, will start to see themselves where they now can only see others. Those who find it impossible to relate personally to the desolation expresssed in Psalm 143:4 may very well not be beneficiaries of the good promised by the Lord in Jeremiah 32:42. It seems to me that both go hand-in-hand.

Ps 143:3-4 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

Should believers be wishing others a "Happy New Year"? Or a "Desolate New Year"? If our land is made desolate, it means we have sufficiently died to this world.

Joh 12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

The Brethren of 1st Thess. 5

Harold Camping was squirming in his hot seat tonight on his Closed Open Forum, and it was on account of a question from one of his very own Campingites.

The question was: Who is "brethren" referring to in 1st Thessalonians 5:1?

According to Camping, the "brethren" of verse 1 refers to the NT church, which included both wheat and tares who were not supposed to know the day or the hour of the Lord's return.

1Th 5:1 ¶ But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

But hold onto your hats for the big switcheroo. According to Camping, the "brethren" of verse 4, suddenly refers to his end-time followers and the rest of the world who supposedly ARE supposed to know the day and the hour. Let's all fast-forward now, to the post-church age brethren, because Harold Camping tells us to:
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

Those with good hearing could hear Harold sweating as he stammered through his usual cover up of the truth. (What a hefty toll all the many lies must be having on this man.)

Of course the "brethren" of 1st Thessalonians 5:1 and 5:4 are the very same group of true believers. Do you see in verse 3 above that the verse is referring to those who will not escape? That is the reason we read in verse 4: "but ye, brethren...". The brethren are the ones who escape sudden destruction (not overtaken). The brethren in both verse 1 and verse 4 are the very same brethren who know perfectly that the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

The difference between the brethren in both verses and the other group who says "peace and saftey" (much like the Campingites' message) is that the former will not be overtaken by the thief and the latter will not escape the sudden destruction. That one little word "overtake" is a very crucial, but missing ingredient, in Camping's web of deceit and non-stop confusion.

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should OVERTAKE you as a thief.

But ye, brethren, will indeed be overtaken if you are trusting in men and their false gospels.

Is Time Speeding Up?

The Campingites are getting a bit uppity these days, demanding a part in the PR (progressive revelation) which Harold Camping likes to claim as his own. There have not been many new revelations coming forth lately, but there is one now emerging which is perking the Campingites up quite a bit.

It seems that the latest new idea being developed is that time is speeding up, now that we are getting closer to Harold's predicted date. One member of Chris McCann's group explains this feeling of his and cites two verses, as follows:

"Wondering if anyone perception of time has changed. Kathy and I were talking last night and feel time is racing by. Really, not just a quick day or two... We are up at 5:30 am, retire after Open Forum - the days seem to fly by. It's been a few weeks now that we feel this is happening.

Matthew 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

Mark 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

Could it be our LORD is hurrying these last days?"

A few messages of correction came through the group, but even Chris McCann's input couldn't put a stop to the increasing momentum behind this new idea.

Tonight on his Closed Open Forum, Mr. Camping commented that he did not realize that the time had passed so quickly when the show ended, so maybe he will learning something new from his followers in the days ahead.

The Believers' Resurrection

While talking to a friend of mine about resurrection, we eventually reached the usual impasse. I believe that the body and soul of the elect who die remain in the grave; my friend believes (as do many professing believers in Christ) that the body and soul separate when a true believer dies. The traditional belief which my friend retains has the body going into the grave at the moment of death and the soul being resurrected into heaven.

These are a few of the verses that helped me to see the truth, that the body and soul are never separated.

Joh 6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

In John 6:40, which part of a true believer "seeth the Son" and "believeth on him", and has "everlasting life"? Only the body? If the soul also sees the Son, believes on Him and has everlasting life, then the word "him" in "I will raise him up at the last day" must refer to the soul as well as the body.

Joh 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

In John 6:44, which part of a true believer comes to Jesus? Only a mere body? Or, the soul of the true believer? That is part of the whole man who will be raised on the last day.

Joh 6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

In John 6:54, which part of man eats His flesh, drinks His blood and has eternal life? It can't possibly be only the true believer's body. Therefore, both the bodies and souls of the true believers will be raised up on the last day.

Nowhere in these verses does Jesus refer to the "body" of man. I would say that the soul is the essential part of a person which is in view in the above verses. (Who wouldn't?)

Jesus Christ is the "head" of the body which is always one, and therefore His elect - who are the rest of His body - could never be in heaven, separated from Jesus while He lived on the earth. Another ludicrous idea most people refuse to let go of is that the souls of Jesus, and Lazarus whom Jesus raised, went into heaven and then back again. In Jesus' case, He would have returned back to His body three days after He died. Lazarus' soul would have returned to his body four days after he died. As hard as I try, I cannot find a record of this type of movement of the soul going back and forth between heaven and earth anywhere in my Bible!

The easiest way to preserve the traditions we hold is to not think about them too long. The traditional view of the separation of the body and soul is one of the great 'bedtime stories' of the church which most Christians refuse to leave behind.

There is going to be a judgment day for ALL. Those who deny this fact will find it easy to nurture the traditional view of the separation of the body and soul. The fact is, we die and then are raised to stand before the Son of man who will judge the whole earth. It makes no sense at all for elect believers to return from heaven in their soul existence to be reunited with their bodies in order to stand before the Son of man on the last day.

Lu 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

If there was no future Judgment Day in store when the whole world will be judged, then there would be no need for any graves for the elect. The graves would only be needed by the unsaved if a future time of judgment was not reality. The elect of God must stand before the Son of man and be found innocent.

While talking with my friend, I became aware of this verse from Luke 21:

Lu 21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

Do you see the word "unsaved" in Luke 21:35? If so, then you are guilty of adding to God's word. "As a snare" is another way of saying "as a thief in the night". The snare, as well as the thief, will come "ON ALL THEM that dwell on the face of the WHOLE EARTH."

God could not have made it any clearer concerning who the snare and the thief will come upon on the last day. Only those who are His will not be "overtaken". Only those who are His will "escape". They will escape by being judged innocent on account of the blood of Jesus Christ.

The Children of Israel

The verses below give us an idea of who exactly does evil in the sight of the Lord. The first seven are from the book of Judges and refer to the children of Israel who typify all elect believers as the remnant.

Jud 2:11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
Jud 3:7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
Jud 3:12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
Jud 4:1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
Jud 6:1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
Jud 10:6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.
Jud 13:1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

1Ki 11:6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
1Ki 14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
1Ki 15:26 And [Nadab] did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
1Ki 15:34 And [Baasha] did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
1Ki 16:30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.
1Ki 22:52 And [Ahaziah] did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
2Ki 8:18 And [Jehoram] walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

This is the rag-tag group who are guilty of doing evil in the sight of the LORD. There are many more whose names are not listed here, including the name of your's truly. Do you see yourself represented above?

"Israel" always includes the remnant of God's elect, right up to the very end. The "children of Israel" are ALLL-WAAAAAYS "the children of Israel", even in the negative verses from Judges posted above. (Extending "always" in the manner of Harold Camping's dramatic slow-speech sound effects.)

Re 21:9 ¶ And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon,

...which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

Ac 9:13-15 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: 14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

There is ALWAYS "Jerusalem above", as well as "Jerusalem below".

Therefore, we can easily understand the need for a final judgement day for ALL.

Ps 82:8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.

Ps 98:9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

Everyone is free to deny, deny, deny until the cows come home. That won't change what's coming as a thief in the night for ALL.

It's not that the thief does not come for ALL. It's that the elect of God will not be overtaken by the thief.

1Th 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

It's not that the thief does not come for ALL. It's that the elect of God are worthy to escape.

Lu 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Not being overtaken and escaping are a far cry from Harold Camping's rapture-before-judgment scenario.

The elect who are soberly watching Christ instead of Camping's timeline will escape in order to stand before the Son of man (Luke 21:36). Definitely not language describing the rapture.

The warning for all the past and present true children of Israel, as well as the scientific date-predictors:

Lu 12:40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

I would say it's high time the children of Israel break the cycle of doing evil in the sight of the Lord by ceasing from men (Isaiah 2:22).

No More Prophets, Teachers, Pastors

Who are the "prophets" of Jeremiah 23:16 that God's people are warned about?

Jer:23:16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

A brief study of this passage should help us understand their true identity.

Jer 23:9 ¶ Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.

Here, Jeremiah (a type of every believer in our day) is expressing the effects of the "wine of astonishment" of Psalm 60:3 which God's people (His elect) are forced to drink. This is the great tribulation experienced by the entire body of Christ who are killed all the day long.

Ps 60:3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.

Jer 23:10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.

The church is hell believers will insist that "the land" typifies the corporate church. No doubt, there are scores of voluminous word studies that supposely prove this false idea, hence the need for the denunciation in these verses on all the false prophets of God.

"The land" (Strong's 0776) is the earth and the earth is definitely NOT the church:

Ge 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth <0776>.

Jerusalem, Zion, Judah and Israel are types of the corporate church, where the true believers who are the remnant are found. This makes Jerusalem, Zion, Judah and Israel also types of the eternal, invisible church.

That takes care of "the land". Now who are the "adulterers" of the land? Let's think about this for a minute. Can we think of anyone mentioned in the Bible who might be an adulterer?

Jer 5:8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.

Would David be guilty of neighing after his neighbor's wife? What about these verses from Ezekiel 22? Can we connect names to these verses? I can think of a few, such as Lot, Ham, David, Judah and Amnon.

Eze 22:9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness. 10 In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. 11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.

Jer 23:11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.

"Both prophet and priest" are pretty clear. What may not be so clear is the phrase "in my house". This phrase is easy for the church is hell crowd to pass off as the corporate churches.

This is how I understand the phrase "in my house" (Jer. 23:11). Every gathering of professing believers which is hosted and led by a spiritual leader (a/k/a "teacher") who teaches the group what he thinks the Bible means qualifies as the "house" referred to in Jeremiah 23:11. Teachers and their groups who have departed out of the officially named "corporate churches" are mimicking the churches which makes them a carbon copy of the churches. A name change cannot change what something is.

Every congregation of professing believers (in-person or online) that is led by any "teacher" is, in my opinion, a "harlot's house". They are all representative of "Jerusalem below".

Jer 5:7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.

Just because we say that all churches are apostate, it does not mean that our own group is not also a church. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a church. I believe that everyone has either the "sheep gene" or the "shepherd gene". Most people fall into the sheep category, but God has given many others a very strong urge to lead and teach the sheep who are always seeking someone, anyone, to follow. It is the believers' duty to control these genes by keeping under their bodies (1 Cor. 9:27). Churches, as well as pseudo churches called "fellowships" or "study groups" are nothing more than lonely hearts clubs for those who are interested in spiritual matters.

The phrase "in my house" is often translated as "within" and "at home" in Lamentations 1:20. The opposite meaning is "without", or "abroad" in the same verse:

La 1:20 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad <02351> the sword bereaveth, at home <01004> there is as death.

The same problem exists everywhere - within and without.

Eze 7:15 The sword is without <02351>, and the pestilence and the famine within <01004>: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

There is no heavenly group to hide in today.

Am 9:3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

I do not believe that the church's pastors and their flocks are in view in Amos 9:3. The churches are not "hiding" at all. They are very much out in the open, very visible and inviting. Amos 9:3 does not tell me that there are actually those who are hiding in the top of Carmel, either literally or parabolically. It tells me that even if folks did hide there, pretending to be holy, God promises to find them and deal with them accordingly.

Moving forward to Jeremiah 23:16, we find out more information about the prophets who prophesy "peace".

Jer 23:16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

What exactly was the lie told by the prophets?

Jer 27:16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD’S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.

We read of Hananiah, who I believe typifies all of the false teachers in all churches and groups today.

Jer 28:14-15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also. 15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.

Today's message: "Ye Shall Have Peace" is false.

All church congregations and churchy study groups convey the same basic message to their followers: Sign up with us and you will have peace with God. Today, there is no peace with God and all churches and groups that deceive with this false message are in view in all of these passages.

Jer 4:10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.

Jer 23:17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

We can see that the deceivers speak specifically unto those who walk after the imagination of their own hearts. They are the sheep without the true Shepherd. They are the ones who easily fall victim to the deceptions of the false prophets. Camping watchers can easily recognize these lost people who lean on Harold Camping and follow men who follow him, like Chris McCann.

All false teaching prophets have visions of peace for Jerusalem:

Eze 13:16 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.

The false teaching prophets build up walls and daub them with untempered morter. However, God has plans for their walls.

Ez 13:10-12 ¶ Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter: 11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. 12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?

This is how and where the elect are finally saved - when they endure unto the end:

Mic 4:10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

Get out of the city and into the field to dwell in Babylon.

There shalt thou be delivered. There thou shalt be redeemed.

There, God's people will finally "bring forth" and we will be at home with Jesus, our husband.

Ge 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

A Remnant Shall Be Saved

One major ingredient of the gospel of grace completely glossed over by the false teachers running around out there playing church is the matter of the "remnant". Most teachers I know do not understand salvation. Therefore, their false gospels are based on the faulty assumption that anyone who is a believer is already saved. 'Not so', saith the scriptures.

Ro 9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

Salvation, for God's elect, comes at the end. Not in the beginning and not in the middle. Only in the end, after much tribulation and endurance.

Mt 10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

This missing doctrine of the "remnant" is what leaves the followers of men in a constant state of confusion and very busy with their endless word studies. Sadly, they always end up more lost than before they started. I am always reminded of 2nd Timothy 3:7 whenever I visit John Rousseau's ever-learning study group.

2Ti 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Another way to understand the "remnant" is the phrase "all flesh".

First comes judgment on mankind ("all flesh"):

Ge 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Then comes salvation, expressed clearly with a "BUT":

Ge 6:8 ¶ But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Noah was part of "all flesh" who deserved to drown in the flood, BUT he was also one of God's elect. That is the only reason he found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Ge 6:12-13 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13 ¶ And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Noah was part of "all flesh" who are corrupt in the eyes of God. The error of teachers today rely on their followers' tendency to see Noah only as a "preacher of righteousness", rather than the sinner he was. Noah desevered to die in the flood, just as much as the rest of all flesh.

Professing followers of Jesus Christ who are really followers of men are unable to see themselves as the "wicked", preferring to believe that as God's elect, they need no longer need a Savior. Everything in its proper order: First comes sin, then comes judgment, then comes repentance and then finally, in the end, comes salvation. This order never changes.

Jer 25:31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.

Let me ask a question. Who do you see in verses like Proverbs 13:9? Do you only see two separate groups of people - OR - yourself before and after you are saved?

Pr 13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked <07563> shall be put out.

There are many such verses that highlight the striking difference betweent the "righteous" and the "wicked". The second we fall into the trap of believing ourselves perfect, we become easy targets for the false teachers who dream up stories. If we think we are righteous, we are jumping the gun. We may not understand what judgment is as Job did when he said:

Job 9:22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

We are "wicked" and "evil" until we are saved and we are not saved until Jesus returns as the judge of the whole earth. With God, (not Harold Camping) one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. Therefore, our need for salvation is past, present and future.

Ps 10:15 Break thou the arm of the wicked <07563> and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

The elect escape the judgment that comes upon all flesh (mankind). There are those who are now teaching their groups that the elect were judged in the Garden of Eden. They don't understand the scriptures which which clearly show us a future judgment that comes upon both the righteous and the wicked.

Ec 3:17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

The elect of God are not in darkness; therefore they are able to escape. They are not overtaken by the thief.

Lu 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

1Th 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

Judgment: FOR ALL

Ec 9:2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

Lu 13:2-3 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

Do we not all die the same way? Are not all of our graves cold and dark? Except for the "BUT" of God's grace, the elect of God would be destroyed forevermore, rather than just dying to this life.

Ec 2:16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

The Savior is needed just as much this minute as ever before. The greatest event of salvation was not the Lord's incarnation. The greatest event of salvation will be the Lord's coming on the clouds of heaven with His holy angels to judge the quick and the dead. That is the last, great event the elect quietly hope and wait for.

In the meantime, they are the wicked who are slain.

Who is slain? Who is not lamented? Who is not gathered and left unburied? Who is the dung upon the ground?

Je 25:33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.

Dung was part of the sacrifice that was burnt "without the camp", in the same manner as the Lord Jesus Christ:

Ex 29:14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.

So you say you don't wish to be spread upon the ground "as dung"? Then I fear you cannot be "as Christ" who bore reproach "without the camp" as the perfect Sacrifice. "Without the camp", "without the gate", "the streets of the (great) city" are all references to the place Christ was slain.

Heb 13:13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

The unsaved are "hurt". The elect remnant are "slain" in the same manner as their Lord:

Re 19:21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

Where the "one is taken" is where the fowls are assembled:

Lu 17:36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Where is the "one" taken" to? To become Christ's "great sacrifice" upon the mountains of Israel where they have been scattered. Wherever the body is, the eagles will be gathered.

Eze 39:17-20 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. 18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. 19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. 20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.

This is the same event as Rev. 19:21 (above) and also Rev. 11:9:

Re 11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

Folks are somehow able to devise elaborate calculations in their timelines, but they can't see how 1 + 1 = 2 when it comes to judgment.

Who are the dead who are left unburied in Revelation 11:9? Are they not the same group described in Jeremiah 25:33 (above)?

Re 11:3 ¶ And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. 4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. 5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. 6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. 7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. 8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

Either you die to this life "first" with Christ on the mountains of Israel, or you will die later with the rest of all flesh who obey not the gospel of God when Christ returns as the Judge.

1Pe 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

"ALL"

Joh 5:28-29 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

One day. One hour. One event - for "all" who are in the graves.

Pay no attention to that man behind the microphone

If you listen to Harold Camping's nightly call-in radio program these days, just about every caller now addresses Harold as "Brother Camping". The Family Radio technical staff is doing their job well and protecting Camping from his many adversaries. The program has become so boring and predictable, I almost expect old Harold to nod off from the dullness of his adoring fans.

Harold Camping reminds me of the man in the Wizard of Oz who ran the City of Oz from behind a curtain.

This is what the great and powerful Camping will look like after May 21st, 2011 when he is exposed as the fraud he is (if the Lord tarries beyond that date):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWyCCJ6B2WE

Harold has already been exposed as a scam artist for millions of people, saved and unsaved alike. The ever loyal and faithful Campingites are represented in the video by Dorothy, the tin man, the scarecrow and the lion who have followed the yellow brick road (Family Radio) with high hopes all the way to Oz (May 21st, 2011).

Before little Toto opens the curtain, the fake Wizard of Oz sounds uncannily like the fake teacher of the Bible, Harold Camping, whenever he is challenged with a question that clearly opposes his false teaching:

"Do not arouse the wrath of the Great and Powerful Oz!"

"Do you presume to criticize the Great Oz?"

"You ungrateful creatures!"

"The Great Oz has spoken!"

'O My Servant Jacob' Is The Eternal Church

Are we to understand timelines? Or time and judgment?

Does 1st Peter 4:17 teach us that it is the corporate church that comes under judgment first? Or does Peter speak for himself as well as the entire body of Christ, the "house of God" which he defines as "us". Was Peter referring to only himself and his saved contemporaries? That's not how I understand 1st Peter 4:17 when I factor in the teaching of 1st Corinthians 12, which explains how the body of Christ is always "one".

Harold Camping's date-setters and others like John Rousseau and his date-setters believe that the churches today are being judged by God. These people are seriously off the beaten path with this distorted view of the judgment of God. I would like to know who they believe the below verses from Jeremiah 30 are referring to.

Camping teaches that Judah, Jacob, Israel, Zion can be either the dead churches or the eternal, invisible church, depending on the context. That's a convenient gospel as long as a passage is strictly either merciful or judgmental. However, we run into a huge snag in the 'church is hell' doctrine when we come across a passage like Jeremiah 30:10-17, in which the context is both merciful and judgmental at the same time.

Who is being described prophetically in these verses? The apostate church? Or the remnant of the church, which is always "Israel"?

Jer 30:10 ¶ Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.
14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every o
ne of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

Contrary to what so-called teachers like Harold Camping or John Rousseau will tell you, there is only one group of people in view in these verses: The elect remnant of God.

The Lighter Side of Church

Did you hear the one about the church genius who asked another church genius if scripture speaks of an end-time apostasy within professing Christianity prior to the second coming of Christ?

The answer was as follows:

"Yes, I agree totally with the fact that there will be a great falling away from the truth of Christianity as written in the Bible. However, Camping makes the assertion that every church in the world has fallen away and this is not true because there are small assemblies in this world which still preach the truth. Every church has to be visited to see if they are teaching truth or not."

Oh, so according to this joker, the reason I am not able to find a faithful church in three boroughs of New York City and parts of Long Island has nothing to do with the prophesy of 2nd Timothy 2:3-4, but rather, it is because I have not yet visited every church. I figured out that if I put my mind to it, I might possibly be able to visit every church by the time I'm 957 years old. However, I think I will also need a lot more money than I have on hand for all that plane fare. (Hey, if that kind of search is God's will for my life, then who am I to object?) I guess the idea is that when I find that elusive church, I will have to relocate in order to receive communion, you know, whenever the leaders vote and decide I should receive it until Jesus comes.

2 Tim 2:3 ¶ Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

But seriously, the above quote is not a joke, and it shows exactly how church people think.

Church people will remain church people right to the bitter end. However, God's true, invisible church will recognize that God now has His people scattered in the mountains, separated from the unclean corporate church with its unsaved sheep and false, lying shepherds.

The way I see it, if you are in church and like what you are hearing and feel comfortable there, then you are probably not a true believer at all. But look on the bright side. You are probably enjoying some terrific pot luck lunches.

Another funny thing I noticed about these spiritual giants who are out there putting down Harold Camping as they promote the church, is that they never recommend the still-faithful churches they, themselves supposedly have found and attend. I guess they understand that "faithful" is in the eye of the beholder.

Harold Camping's Elect *Miracle* Believers

To "YOU-KNOW-WHO":

Just thought I'd let you know I really appreciate your posts published in the various Family Radio groups wrt Harold Camping and the rapture he has scheduled for May 21st, 2011. Some of the members of these groups are very interesting, but you, Sir, are way beyond interesting.

To borrow a phrase from the world of advertising, "You've Come A Long Way Baby".

Mr 10:27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

The End of FR Fellowships and After

It's clear to many people by now that Family Radio's time is quickly coming to an end. But for the time being, they continue to stand firm as one of the biggest scam organizations in the world. They are a very unfunny joke.

However, it was very funny to hear a recent caller to Harold Camping's Closed Open Forum comparing Harold to Bernie Madoff. And it was even funnier when Harold told the caller he never heard of Bernie Madoff!! Upon hearing that confession, Camping's ardent supporters were surely thinking, 'I wish I never heard of that worldly scam artist Bernie Madoff...This is why I need this holy, God-appointed end-time prophet as my shepherd'.

Family Radio, along with all false religions, reminds me of this verse:

Re 12:12 ... for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

I believe that Harold Camping, Chris McCann, Darrell Lockridge, John McOwen, Tom Holt and every other FR teacher knows they have but a very short time. They know that after May 21st, 2011 (if the Lord tarries) they will slink into underground in Paltalk chat rooms for comfort and refuge. A good name for a post-May 21, 2011 Paltalk room might be something like: "Are We In Heaven?" If the Lord does tarry beyond "the date", the Family Radio supporters will go into hiding, hoping that everyone else thinks they have been raptured. I predict that both Darrell and Chris will take the precautionary step of deleting their groups before May 21, 2011. Taking this action won't be at all necessary, but I predict they will determine that the internet needs to be cleaned up before they are raptured.

I can't imagine what will happen to Family Radio on May 22, 2011 (if the Lord tarries). One thing I do know. It will be very interesting to see how Harold Camping and his associates conduct their respective ministries as we get closer to "the date". Another question I wonder about is, how is "Family Radio" going to look on the resumes of its employees who are much younger than men like Charlie Menut who is now old enough to retire? (If the Lord tarries.)

The Family Radio network of supporters is slowly breaking apart. In the aftermath of the Chris-Darrell feud, the Campingites are in a state of confusion. One regular member of both groups announced that he's leaving town for the holidays and expects to be less involved in the groups in 2010. I saw the end quickening its pace back in February when Chris McCann started his very own Yahoo group for his very own following. It was obvious he was making a big play for the Latter Rainers. Chris is a pastor at heart, and when Darrell Lockridge recently challenged him on the validity of leading fellowship groups, he was repeating history when Camping first shocked Chris with the end of the church age news. Neither Darrell nor Chris ever saw the abomination of desolation for themselves, and Chris departed very reluctantly until Camping convinced him that fellowships could still be formed to mimick the churches very closely. These FR teachers believe that all of Camping's followers would still be members of churches were it not for Camping's guidance because they believe that Camping was sent to them to inform them of what they should "see". In 2001 Chris rushed to the Bible conference in Tuscarora to confront Camping with questions he hoped would end all further talk of the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place and the need to depart out.

The 500+ membership number on the Latter Rain page is a mere illusion. Even I am still listed in the LR membership roster and you can't get more unsupportive of Family Radio than me. After ten full months, Chris' group now consists of 145 members. I would venture to guess that all active Latter Rainers have joined Chris' group now, along with the newbies who are finding the church-like group on their own.

With their new denominations, LR, Alameda, EBF, Delco, etc., the Family Radio supporters prove they are mere clones of the churchites. Today, many FR supporters are faced with this difficult question: Which FR shepherd should I follow? Chris McCann? or Darrell Lockridge? Those who stay with Darrell might be afraid of not being loyal to Chris, and vice-versa. Some may decide to follow both shepherds, but for those who feel they have to take sides, Chris may end up with bigger numbers because, after all, he is the one whose voice is heard over Family Radio's programming.

In between these two men are other FR teachers scattered all over who are leading little flocks on their own. They are never heard from in Darrell's or Chris' groups. But they too, are shepherds who are leading flocks. They keep their congregants coming back for more by presenting the FR timeline, but adding their own helpful correction here and there (very easy to do, by the way).

Darrell disapproves of all organized fellowship groups (except, of course, for the End Time Prophet, Harold Camping's Alameda fellowship group) but I really think that if he lived here in the States, instead of in Germany, he would be happily hosting his own in-person fellowship group and being careful not to mention the fact that all organized gatherings are man-made and extra-biblical.

Chris McCann demands verses from the Bible showing that God forbids fellowships because Chris, just like Harold, will have his church, come hell or high water.

Grouping In The Dark

Gary of the Latter Rain group hit the nail on the head when a typo of his created this very astute, albeit inadvertent, play on words:

"I am sure many know this when we witness to many religious lost people grouping in the dark".

I always enjoy Gary's typos. In this case, he mistakenly typed something we can really learn from. When we're in groups, we never know who we are talking with. We can know them for years and never really know who our fellowship partners or pastors are. This is the reason many believers have departed their congregations and fellowship groups to flee to mountain.

Chris McCann on fellowships:

MCCANN: "FR's conferences and banquets have for years been a great blessing. Despite not having any biblical mandate."

What is an organized congregation without a biblical mandate?

A church.

According to Chris' reasoning, he and the Campingites could decide to celebrate Harold Camping's birthday every year, despite not having any biblical mandate to do so. That would also be a great blessing for those who revere Camping as God's end-time prophet. So, why not make Harold's birthday a fellowship holiday?

I remember when I began noticing the abomination of desolation in the churches with my own eyes - not through Harold Camping's teaching (sorry, Darrell, some of us actually did see the problem for ourselves). In the churches I attended, there were special days set aside for worship that were not mandated in the Bible, such as Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I started sensing there was something very wrong with following such practices that were not biblically mandated. Those special days of worship were red flags warning me that church was not the place for me to be.

The fact is, Delco Fellowship, Ebiblefellowship, Alameda Fellowship and the Latter Rain are all groups that mimick the churches as much as they can. It's very easy to say, "Oh, we are not a church. We have no spiritual leaders and no membership rolls" - and then act like a church in every possible way. Sadly, as long as there are sheep without a true Shepherd, Family Radio fellowship groups will stand firm, right alongside the other fellowships called "churches".

Don't group in the dark. Flee to the safety of the mountains where there is Light from whence cometh our help, far away from all false shepherds in wolves' clothing.

Jer 14:13-14 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them,

Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

Who Resurrected Jesus?

We have several verses we need to compare when seeking the answer to this question.

First, we have John 2:19 which Modalists prefer because the translation suggests that Jesus raised Himself from the dead. However, my concordance shows one Greek word used for the phrase translated as "I will raise".

Joh 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

Another translation of the word used for "I will raise" is "be raised again".

Mt 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again <1453> the third day.

Another translation is "shall arise".

Mt 24:24 For there shall arise <1453> false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders;

Also, "shall rise".

Mr 13:8 For nation shall rise <1453> against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

Yet another translation is "I will rise again".

Mt 27:63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again <1453>.

These verses show the need to compare all scriptures and do some homework on the usage of words and the various ways they are translated from Hebrew and Greek into English. Once we see the danger of hastily interpreting any scripture on face value alone, we go on to see what the rest of the Bible says.

Next, we have Acts 4:10 which uses three different words to indicate "Jesus", "Christ" and also "God".

Ac 4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

Here again, in Acts 3:15, we also see different words used to show "Prince of life" and "God".

Ac 3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

Then, when we compare many other verses that show Jesus praying to His Father and asking His Father why He has forsaken Him, we know that our God is a Tri-Personal God, not a Deity that manifests Himself in different forms.

It's very easy to get stuck on false ideas such as Modalism, and we quickly become heavily invested in them emotionally. There eventually comes a time when we will just not open the door enough to receive the correction we need and we might even seal that door shut for good.

Did Jesus raise Himself from the dead? From my own studies, I see that Jesus, who was dead and then raised in His body that retained the marks of His crucifixion, needed to be raised by the God, the Father.

Memo To Calendar Man Paul Aarons!

Paul!

When your "Bible Calendar" as you call it is complete, please copy ONLY your work that is solely based on scripture - where the evidence is scripture only - and then show the errors in my work that proves solely from scripture that date predicting is an illegal and futile practice!

Thank you!

P.S.! Please begin with these verses which are self-explanatory!

Mt. 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only!

Mr. 13:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father!

Ministry News Update

It looks like Tom Golda has lost another home in the FRL group (Family Radio Lovers/Haters) hosted by Ken Matto.

Tom's replacement appears to be none other than Mr. Paul Aarons, a date-predictor who once received a study I did, assumed it was prepared by a man, and then publicly praised me as "a brother in the Lord" who could "play Aquila to his Apollos" - if only I would contact him.

So Tom is gone from FRL, now allegedly dressing up in a helmet, chest armour and sword on Facebook, while Paul is challenging Ken to try to "de-program" him before his date prediction of May, 2011, by reviewing all of his timelines. The question is, will Ken comply? Or will he simply be best buds with Paul and wait until May 2011 comes and goes before undertaking the gargantuan task of de-programming him?

Paul, the date-predictor and Ken, the anti-date predictor are now united only by their mutual contempt for Tom and also Steve Clark who they accuse of being "double-minded". Ironic, isn't it?

The news about Family Radio and all of its spin-off groups is always interesting. And informative.