December 2013
Revised for January 2016
EXPLICIT BIBLE TRUTH
JESUS
Who is He
What is He
Why is He
GOD’S SHOW AND TELL:
A friend recently sent me an article on current world affairs, events with a note stating SO, WHATS UP meaning what the HE.., Heck is going on?
The short answer is and has been that EVIL and RIGHTEOUSNESS are butting heads so to speak and everyone is on one side or the other. John 3:18 and many other scriptures tell us that we were born unsaved but with an option to be saved.
The two prominent, main players are Jesus Christ and Satan and both are subordinate to God Almighty. Luke 22:42, Revelation 12:10, Job1:11-12 and 2:6-7.
They each have entirely different plans for administration of planet Earth.
The plan of Jesus Christ is the Salvation of mankind and conformity to righteousness. He won control of planet Earth at Calvary but He has not yet taken possession.
Satan is currently the administrator, 1John 5:19-21 of planet Earth. Satan is appealing his methodology which is fear through intimidation and genocide, etc; before God Almighty by constantly arguing that GRACE IS NOT WORKING. Satan has been the opponent of Grace throughout the ages, Job 1:9-11 and 2:4-5, Zechariah 3:1, Revelation 12:10.
God is NOT trying to convince Satan of misdeeds but He is allowing Evil for the benefit of Mankind as a Show and Tell illustrating the consequences in real time as well as the written word of God and records and histories of the corruption of current and ancient administrations.
The Angels, the host of Heaven were created or made before mankind and they have previously made a choice with 2/3rds opting for righteousness and 1/3 opting for Evil, Revelation 1:20 and 12:9 and 12:3-4.
The learning and practice of righteousness moves us from participants to observers, Revelation 3:7-11, 3John 1:1-4, 1Corinthians 5:5.
We are all born on the wrong side, Romans 11:32-36 so to speak, John 3:17-21 but we are all invited to join the side of righteousness, Acts 17:30-34, Luke 24:45-47.
Many of the uninformed, Hebrews 5:12-14, 1Peter 5:8-10 are unaware that they may be helping Evil causes and promoting Evil agendas because of and by the means of DECEPTION, 2Corinthians 4:3-4, Revelation 12: 9 and 20:7-8, 1Timothy 4:1-5.
Others, those who pay no attention cannot see what is happening and many could care less and they are actually part of the problem.
This is not new meaning it has been going on for more than 6,000 years with Evil having its Day in the Sun so to speak, 1John 5:19.
God has never left himself without a witness, many of whom are named in the Bible including Hebrews chapter11.
Those who elect, choose righteousness are encouraged to see them as examples even though some people require extra convincing as the Apostle Paul did and many others, Acts 9:3-5.
What Happened:
Although Adam and Eve knew what NOT to do and also knew that transgression meant death, they had not experienced death or any of the other consequences of transgression.
Consequence taught them and teaches us the real meaning of Evil and destruction and the extreme necessity of righteousness.
The creation cannot exist under the permanent rule of Evil but would eventually implode when Evil sucks it dry like the bottom of a milk shake.
Evil lives on the assets of the hard working blue and white collar men and women and only produces chaos with war, disease and poverty as we see in many parts of the world including the USA.
Their objective always is to gain control and enslave enough people to produce the items they want and to dispose of unnecessary people.
Was God mad at Adam and Eve? NO, but their sin necessitated moving them to another level in the creation including loss of their home and eventual loss of mortal life.
That move will eventually work to the benefit of the redeemed of mankind becoming an extreme upgrade to Sons of God with authority over the NEW UNIVERSE with no disease, war or poverty for all who have obeyed the Gospel of God and the Word of God, Romans chapter 8.
Adam and Eve were made LIVING SOULS, Genesis 2:7 and after the fall they lost their IMMORTAL LIVING ATTRIBUTE and became MORTAL SOULISH PEOPLE, translated natural people or natural man, 1Corinthians 2:9-16 and 1Corinthians 15:45.
In our time, the 21st century, Evil seems to be gaining the upper hand but Evil is actually entering into its death throes, 1John 2:17-18 and eventually all Evil will be isolated in the Lake of Fire never to emerge again.
After the Church Rapture there will be a 7 year period of time with the last 3.5 years being the Great Tribulation period which is a time of desperation for Satan, Revelation 12:12 and that will be followed by Armageddon, the second coming of Jesus Christ.
He, Christ will take possession of planet Earth which has been His since Calvary and was foretold by the Prophets of God as recorded in the Bible.
At that time Satan will be put in an escape proof prison, Revelation 20:1-3 and will remain there for 1000 years, a period of time called the Kingdom of Heavenâ in which there will be peace, safety, prosperity and longevity by the rule and enforcement of the law of Righteousness, Romans 8:16-23.
Post, after Armageddon Angels will be the Law enforcement and the redeemed and faithful saints of God will sit as civil administrators and judges, Mark 8:38, Revelation 19:11-16 and 20:4, Matthew 13:30and39.
At the end of the 1000 years Satan will be released from prison and will deceive many who have been born in the 1000 year Kingdom of Heaven, Revelation 20:7-8.
Although these people have been restrained by the rule of righteousness, some or many have never accepted righteousness. They will be deceived by Satan through their own lust and strong will wanting to be in authority but the effort will fail and planet Earth will be destroyed at that time by God, by a meteor shower, Revelation 20:9-11, 2Peter 3:7.
Ephesians 2:1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
Ephesians 2:2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the PRINCE of the POWER OF THE AIR, the spirit that is now at work in the SONS OF DISOBEDIENCE
Ephesians 2:3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by NATURE children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
It turns out that Ephesians 2:1-3 is the dividing line with the faithful redeemed and mature, Hebrews 5:14 supporting righteousness and the unredeemed supporting the EVIL ONE, a PRINCE of the power of the AIR who is Satan.
AIR here is aer in the original Greek and means the air that we breath and in this case means the powers of the air which are; hurricanes, cyclones, tornadoes, drought, rain, snow, flooding and lightning.
Satan is also the source of cancers and other malady’s of the human race as in the Book of Job chapters 1&2.
PRINCE as used in the Bible means to have authority over or control of.
SONS OF DISOBEDIENCE are men and women who carry out the wishes and perhaps direct orders of Satan with many prospering in the short term but all losing in the long term.
Many people blame God for the state of the world but it is Satan who is doing these Evil things and God will not respond in kind, will not reply until Revelation 6:9-17. God keeps a leash on Satan which limits but does not stop Satan.
While it is Satan who is the source of these monstrous deeds it is God who allows it for the INSTRUCTION of the human race. This is a very important distinction in the rolls of the Creator and the created.
When God’s Show and Tell is completed Satan will be cast into the “Lake of Fire” and will never reemerge. Satan would be there now but Satan is currently being used by God for Show and Tell.
Lucifer whose name means the Light-bearer chose Evil over Righteousness and became Satan meaning the enemy of God and subsequently the enemy of the human race.
God created or made the Host of Heaven some or all of which are called Angels and at a later date He created, made Mankind. He created, made all of them with intellect and volition as well as some gift in which they excel and not as robots meaning everyone has free will.
Satan deceived the woman Eve and Adam followed in transgression even though he was not deceived but he wanted to stay with the woman even in transgression meaning he died rather than forsake his Bride, 1Timothy 2:14, Colossians 3:19.
The same theme was repeated at Calvary when the second Adam, 1Corinthians 15:45-58 who knew no sin died for His bride, Ephesians 5:25-26 and the sins of the world to the benefit of all mankind.
Adam lived for 930 years learning the consequences of a bad decision. CAIN, the first born of Adam and Eve murdered the second born ABLE causing their parents much grief and on it goes.
As God is omniscient he foresaw the problem and had previously, already made arrangement to REPEAL their conviction and redeem their spirits eventually giving them a new body which is yet future, Romans 8:10.
When God removed the woman from the man he also removed a male seed, Genesis 3:15 placing it in the woman where it migrated through the genealogy of Luke 3:23-38 eventually becoming Jesus, the body of God in the Virgin Mary some 4,000 years later, Hebrews 10:5.
The seed, male and female that remained in Adam was tarnished in that it passed to us the fallen nature of Adam making us born self serving sinners, Ephesians 2:1-3 but God’s way is to Love our Neighbor.
Eve relates the Warning:
Genesis 3:3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden,
1. God hath said, ye shall not eat of it,
2. neither shall ye touch it,
3. lest ye die.
Number 2 was not in the warning of Genesis 2:16-17 or 3:11 and apparently was added by Adam or Eve.
When anyone adds to or takes away from God’s word it changes the meaning. We should use the entire context as well as other scripture to arrive at the correct meaning. Also, the use of multiple translations is very helpful.
Speculation:
In this case Eve probably touched the fruit after Satan had touched it and nothing happened to either one, leading her to take the next big step which was eating of the forbidden fruit.
The Lie:
Genesis 3:4 and the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die:
Satan lied to the woman and his next move was to give her a TRUTH. We know it is true because it came to pass even though Satan used it as part of the deception to help support his lie. Satan used the same tactic with Jesus, Luke 4:3-13. The combination of a lie and the truth is the half truth which serves Satan very well, 1Timothy 4:1-5.
The Truth:
Genesis 3:5 for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, KNOWING good and evil.
The Irony:
The irony here is that God had predetermined verse 3:5 to happen meaning Satan outfoxed himself.
KNOWING here means the gods have intellect and can learn both GOOD and EVIL which Idols cannot, Psalm 115:4-8. So, most likely gods here are ANGELS.
Luke 20:36 for they (the redeemed of mankind) are not able to die anymore as they are EQUAL to ANGELS, and are SONS OF GOD, being sons of the resurrection.
SONS OF GOD is a title for Holy Angels and REDEEMED men and women, Job 1:6 and 2:1, Luke 20:34-36, Galatians 3:25-29.
EQUAL here means we have the same assets, abilities, attributes but we are not Angels,.
GODS and gods:
When the word God is not referring to the ETERNAL GOD the translators use the small “g” as in gods.
Many times god is referring to Angels as in Genesis 3:5 above and some times to men.
Demons may be fallen Angels who are answerable to Beelzebub the PRINCE OF DEMONS who is Satan, Matthew 12:24-28, Revelation 12:3-4 (stars of Heaven).
The term Demon is only used in the 4 Gospels and they are also referred to as Evil spirits in other portions, Luke 8:2. We know that they can indwell people and swine, Matthew 8:2-32.
Satan who is a spiritual being has the ability to indwell serpents, Revelation 20:1-2 and humans like the king of Tyre, Ezekiel 28:12-18 and will eventually take the body of anti-Christ, Revelation 13:3 after anti-Christ is killed as was JFK. Satan also wanted the body of Moses, Jude 1:9.
2Corinthians 4:3 and even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,
2Corinthians 4:4 in whose case the god of this world (Satan) has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Deuteronomy 10:17 for Jehovah your God, He is the GOD OF gods, and the Lord of lords; THE GREAT, THE MIGHTY, THE FEARFUL GOD who does not show partiality or take a bribe.
1Corinthians 8:5 for although there may be so-called gods IN HEAVEN or on earth as indeed there are many gods and many “lords”.
Revelation 18:1 after these things I (the Apostle John) saw another ANGEL coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illumined with his glory.
Revelation 19:10 Then I fell at his (the angels) feet to worship him. But he *said to me, “Do not do that; I am a fellow servant of yours and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
Not too obvious:
God’s weakness:
James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God CANNOT be tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man.
God’s plan for the redeemed and faithful of mankind is to REPLACE 1/3 of the Angelic Host, the Host of Heaven who sided with Satan and rebelled against God who is righteous and the supreme creator who has 100% life and death authority over His creation.
God cannot tempt any man and everything that God creates is absolute perfection. So, God used Satan as deceit by not intervening to give Adam and Eve a push toward reaching God’s objective and subsequently we are exposed to and learning Good and Evil and making a choice for RIGHTEOUSNESS or remaining as we were born which is eternal doom, John 3:17-19.
God sent the Apostles who were verified, identified by the miracles they performed, to preach, broadcast the Gospel of REPENTANCE TOWARD GOD AND FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST as our vicarious, substitute sacrifice by His blood.
For the balance, remainder of the Church age we have the written word of God the Bible and the Source and the Verifier and the Teacher of the Bible who is the Holy Spirit.
Colossians 2:18 Let no one keep DEFRAUDING YOU OF YOUR PRIZE by delighting in self-abasement and the WORSHIP OF THE ANGELS, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,
Jeremiah 7:18 THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN is a false teaching. The redeemed of God who follow false teaching will forfeit rewards.
Salvation is a Gift and NOT a prize, reward. Although we all know that to be true, many continually get them confused.
Ron