Know the time: Now is the day of salvation...

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The Lord comes to awaken His church with the Word of Truth as spoken in the Spirit of Truth. We are to hear His voice and come forth and do good unto the resurrection of life. He comes to speak to us from Heaven…and we are to take heed on how we hear His voice as He interprets the Scriptures so that we may understand and act accordingly in His full knowledge.

We are to know the time: NOW is the time of our salvation. NOW is the acceptable time. NOW is the day of salvation.

We have been misled to believe that salvation is for after we physically die from this earth.

We are “saved from eternal death” (after we physically die) according to those who don’t understand that the good news (the gospel) is for us today in our mortal bodies being saved as well as our soul and spirit. They do not understand the gospel and are not preaching the true gospel to those who listen to them.

Our salvation is nearer than when we initially believed as we were led astray by false prophets who sought to “change the time” of our salvation.

Romans 13:11 KJV
(11) And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.


Again, we are to “know the time”: NOW is the time of our salvation.

2 Corinthians 6:2 KJV
(2) (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)


We are saved from THE wrath as the wrath of God is currently upon all people of this earth as all are decaying in their mortal bodies toward the grave “under the sun” of His wrath that arises upon us because of sin.

We are saved by the eternal life of Jesus Christ that is to appear in our mortal flesh in this earth if we believe INTO Him. We believe INTO Him as our faith in Him carries us to the end point: the manifestation of His eternal life in our outer mortal flesh. The whole creation awaits for the "manifestation of the sons of God".

Death is then rendered idle in this life as we enter into the rest of God and out from under His wrath where we mortally perish from this earth.

Romans 5:8-10 KJV
(8) But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
(9) Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
(10) For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.


He that believes INTO the Son has everlasting life. Those who do not believe shall not see life but the wrath of God abides upon him.

John 3:36 KJV
(36) He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.


This current world is passing away as we speak. There is nothing it can do to live eternally no matter how hard people try to extend their lifetimes.

This is an ongoing thing (passing away) for all people of the world are perishing away to the grave in their mortal bodies under the sun of His wrath that arises upon all. But he that does the will of God ABIDES here and does not die.

1 John 2:17 KJV
(17) And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.


All flesh is as the grass which in the morning it flourishes but the sun of God’s wrath arises upon all men and we all wither and perish under it. We must strive to enter into His rest.

IF we make the Word flesh by doing His will, then we shall abide here in this earth and not perish under His wrath. We will have then entered into His rest under His shade from the wrath that is currently being revealed from heaven upon all flesh.

1 Peter 1:23-25 KJV
(23) Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
(24) For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
(25) But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.


All have been turned to destruction of the mortal body…the wrath of God abides upon all… so that He may have mercy upon those who change their minds and truly seek Him. His patience with us is our salvation.

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. To “perish” is our mortal body dying as our God is a consuming fire.

Psalms 90: KJV
(3) Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
(4) For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
(5) Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
(6) In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

(7) For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
(8) Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
(9) For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
(10) The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
(11) Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.


We are to keep the “daily sacrifice” of our Lord (ALWAYS bearing about in the mortal body the dying of the Lord Jesus) so that His eternal life in made manifest in our outer mortal flesh in the here and now because NOW is the day of salvation. We always die to the sin. We believe INTO Him as the Just One shall live in our mortal flesh (being made manifest there) by our faith in Him.

2 Corinthians 4:10-11 KJV
(10) Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
(11) For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.


But false prophets do not preach this message as they change the time of salvation until after we mortally perish. They wrest the Scriptures to their own destruction of their mortal bodies.

They preach their “another jesus” via the spirit of the antichrist and another “gospel” or good news and multitudes of people are following them to the grave without the true good news being preached to them.

2 Corinthians 11:4 KJV
(4) For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.


They are not preaching a living hope but a dying one. A person has to “die and go to heaven” according to their preaching when salvation is for us now in this mortal body that is delivered from the death. They do not realize that they are still under His wrath and are perishing away.

Some who will hear this will scoff: “where is the promise of His coming?” Where is His eternal life being made manifest in this earth?

The promise is His eternal life being made manifest in our outer mortal flesh so that death is rendered idle. Where is it in this earth? They will scoff: Billions have died….all things have continued since they have from the beginning.

2 Peter 3:4-18 KJV
(4) And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

They are willing ignorant of His wrath that was upon the old world.

(5) For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
(6) Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:


The heavens and the earth which are NOW are kept in store….reserved NOW with fire…against the day of judgment and DESTRUCTION of ungodly men. This is a here-and-now thing as His wrath IS revealed from heaven upon all. The heavens and the earth are stored with fire for our mortal destruction if we continue to live after the flesh and not after the Spirit.

(7) But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

From Psalms 90:4 -For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. He is patient with us.

(8) But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

He is patient with us as He wants all to change their minds about these things. His patience with us is our salvation . His Spirit will not always strive with us if we continue to live after the flesh (And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh....). If we continue to live after the flesh, we shall mortally die under His revealed wrath. If we shall live after the Spirit, our mortal flesh shall live.

(9) The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

The “day of the Lord” is the day that the Lord comes to take us personally away from this earth in the day of our death.

Why wish for the “day of the Lord”? The sting of our physical death is the sin when we will realize we perished because of the serpent’s bite….the false prophet's “preaching” of misinformation that leads us to not die to the sin as the sin brings the death of our mortal body. The bite shall sting us in the day of our death of what could have been (eternal life) in this earth.

( Amos 5:18-19 KJV
(18) Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
(19) As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.)


The heavens shall pass away…that is, to COME beside us for our departure from this earth. It shall approach us with a “great noise”…with a “whizzing” sound ….with the sound of a great whirlwind.

(10) But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

The heavens shall approach us in the day of our death to take us away with a great sound …a whirring sound….of a whirlwind. It is a dreadful day.

Jeremiah 23:19-20 KJV
(19) Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
(20) The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.


To be continued…
 

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The Lord comes to awaken His church with the Word of Truth as spoken in the Spirit of Truth. We are to hear His voice and come forth and do good unto the resurrection of life. He comes to speak to us from Heaven…and we are to take heed on how we hear His voice as He interprets the Scriptures so that we may understand and act accordingly in His full knowledge.

We are to know the time: NOW is the time of our salvation. NOW is the acceptable time. NOW is the day of salvation.

We have been misled to believe that salvation is for after we physically die from this earth.

We are “saved from eternal death” (after we physically die) according to those who don’t understand that the good news (the gospel) is for us today in our mortal bodies being saved as well as our soul and spirit. They do not understand the gospel and are not preaching the true gospel to those who listen to them.

Our salvation is nearer than when we initially believed as we were led astray by false prophets who sought to “change the time” of our salvation.

Romans 13:11 KJV
(11) And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.


Again, we are to “know the time”: NOW is the time of our salvation.

2 Corinthians 6:2 KJV
(2) (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)


We are saved from THE wrath as the wrath of God is currently upon all people of this earth as all are decaying in their mortal bodies toward the grave “under the sun” of His wrath that arises upon us because of sin.

We are saved by the eternal life of Jesus Christ that is to appear in our mortal flesh in this earth if we believe INTO Him. We believe INTO Him as our faith in Him carries us to the end point: the manifestation of His eternal life in our outer mortal flesh. The whole creation awaits for the "manifestation of the sons of God".

Death is then rendered idle in this life as we enter into the rest of God and out from under His wrath where we mortally perish from this earth.

Romans 5:8-10 KJV
(8) But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
(9) Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
(10) For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.


He that believes INTO the Son has everlasting life. Those who do not believe shall not see life but the wrath of God abides upon him.

John 3:36 KJV
(36) He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.


This current world is passing away as we speak. There is nothing it can do to live eternally no matter how hard people try to extend their lifetimes.

This is an ongoing thing (passing away) for all people of the world are perishing away to the grave in their mortal bodies under the sun of His wrath that arises upon all. But he that does the will of God ABIDES here and does not die.

1 John 2:17 KJV
(17) And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.


All flesh is as the grass which in the morning it flourishes but the sun of God’s wrath arises upon all men and we all wither and perish under it. We must strive to enter into His rest.

IF we make the Word flesh by doing His will, then we shall abide here in this earth and not perish under His wrath. We will have then entered into His rest under His shade from the wrath that is currently being revealed from heaven upon all flesh.

1 Peter 1:23-25 KJV
(23) Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
(24) For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
(25) But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.


All have been turned to destruction of the mortal body…the wrath of God abides upon all… so that He may have mercy upon those who change their minds and truly seek Him. His patience with us is our salvation.

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. To “perish” is our mortal body dying as our God is a consuming fire.

Psalms 90: KJV
(3) Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
(4) For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
(5) Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
(6) In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

(7) For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
(8) Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
(9) For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
(10) The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
(11) Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.


We are to keep the “daily sacrifice” of our Lord (ALWAYS bearing about in the mortal body the dying of the Lord Jesus) so that His eternal life in made manifest in our outer mortal flesh in the here and now because NOW is the day of salvation. We always die to the sin. We believe INTO Him as the Just One shall live in our mortal flesh (being made manifest there) by our faith in Him.

2 Corinthians 4:10-11 KJV
(10) Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
(11) For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.


But false prophets do not preach this message as they change the time of salvation until after we mortally perish. They wrest the Scriptures to their own destruction of their mortal bodies.

They preach their “another jesus” via the spirit of the antichrist and another “gospel” or good news and multitudes of people are following them to the grave without the true good news being preached to them.

2 Corinthians 11:4 KJV
(4) For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.


They are not preaching a living hope but a dying one. A person has to “die and go to heaven” according to their preaching when salvation is for us now in this mortal body that is delivered from the death. They do not realize that they are still under His wrath and are perishing away.

Some who will hear this will scoff: “where is the promise of His coming?” Where is His eternal life being made manifest in this earth?

The promise is His eternal life being made manifest in our outer mortal flesh so that death is rendered idle. Where is it in this earth? They will scoff: Billions have died….all things have continued since they have from the beginning.

2 Peter 3:4-18 KJV
(4) And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

They are willing ignorant of His wrath that was upon the old world.

(5) For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
(6) Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:


The heavens and the earth which are NOW are kept in store….reserved NOW with fire…against the day of judgment and DESTRUCTION of ungodly men. This is a here-and-now thing as His wrath IS revealed from heaven upon all. The heavens and the earth are stored with fire for our mortal destruction if we continue to live after the flesh and not after the Spirit.

(7) But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

From Psalms 90:4 -For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. He is patient with us.

(8) But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

He is patient with us as He wants all to change their minds about these things. His patience with us is our salvation . His Spirit will not always strive with us if we continue to live after the flesh (And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh....). If we continue to live after the flesh, we shall mortally die under His revealed wrath. If we shall live after the Spirit, our mortal flesh shall live.

(9) The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

The “day of the Lord” is the day that the Lord comes to take us personally away from this earth in the day of our death.

Why wish for the “day of the Lord”? The sting of our physical death is the sin when we will realize we perished because of the serpent’s bite….the false prophet's “preaching” of misinformation that leads us to not die to the sin as the sin brings the death of our mortal body. The bite shall sting us in the day of our death of what could have been (eternal life) in this earth.

( Amos 5:18-19 KJV
(18) Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
(19) As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.)


The heavens shall pass away…that is, to COME beside us for our departure from this earth. It shall approach us with a “great noise”…with a “whizzing” sound ….with the sound of a great whirlwind.

(10) But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

The heavens shall approach us in the day of our death to take us away with a great sound …a whirring sound….of a whirlwind. It is a dreadful day.

Jeremiah 23:19-20 KJV
(19) Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
(20) The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.


To be continued…


God exists outside of time.
So for God there is no "Now' and "Later".
 
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The “now” of salvation is for us who are alive today in our mortal bodies. The time of salvation is “now” …and not after we “die and go to heaven” as so widely being “preached” by those who do not truly understand that the good news (the "gospel") is really good news for us in the here-and-now....not in the "here-after".

Their congregations are all perishing which reveals to us that their teachings and church works are being burned up under the wrath of God upon them so we must not sit together with them in their things....or we perish along with the "children of disobedience".

Colossians 3:5-6 KJV
(5) Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
(6) For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:


If we die, it is because of the sin that was still being served in our mortal bodies for the wages of the sin is death….death to our mortal bodies.

We are being deceived by false prophets into continuing to serve the sin (that we were once freed from by the Lord) by being brought back into the bondage of keeping the doctrines and commandments of men (the “elements”) that we use to judge others with supposedly in God’s name/authority. Judging another with the handwriting of church ordinances/dogmas is not having love for another…and so we perish with the keeping of them as we continue to serve the sin (serving the sin in a "religious" setting).

Romans 6:22-23 KJV
(22) But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
(23) For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord
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False prophets are leading many down the broad way to the eventual destruction of the mortal bodies with their preaching of things that they should not be preaching (the doctrines and commandments of men in their handwriting of church ordinances) for money’s sake.

They build upon the foundation “gold, silver, precious stones” that they seek after in their covetousness hidden within their hearts and preach the doctrines and commandments of men (wood, hay, stubble) that readily burn up.

Jeremiah 23:1 KJV
(1) Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.


They are minding earthly things as they preach: what to eat, what to drink, what to wear. They are rejoicing as they are getting their earthly needs met by “preaching”.

Their mantra: “let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die” as they “slay” those they are deceiving as they eliminate the manifestation of the eternal life of Jesus in the mortal flesh of those they deceive. They are not preaching eternal life for us in the here-and –now but instead we have to "die and go to heaven". But their mortal dying is a result of the serving of the sin.

Isaiah 22:12-14 KJV
(12) And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
(13) And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
(14) And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.


Those who have died physically have “suffered loss” of their mortal bodies (the temple of God is the mortal body) and of their souls (their inward religious thoughts and expectations that they had been misled to believe in by false prophets). Yet, their spirit is saved. Jesus is the Lord of living and the dead.

They are saved but only as by “fire”….by the wrath of God ….that burned up all of their works (the keeping of the doctrines and commandments of men…..the “wood, hay, stubble”) and destroyed their mortal bodies…the temple of God where the Spirit of God dwells .

1 Corinthians 3:13-16 KJV
(13) Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
(14) If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
(15) If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
(16) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
(17) If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.


We perish with the using up/consuming of the commandments and doctrines of men.

Why be subject to church ordinances of which have no value whatsoever in preserving the mortal body? The keeping of them neglects the mortal body which then dies without the manifestation of the eternal life of Jesus.

The “rudiments” are the “elements” that burn up. They are the “fundamental principles” that are written down in man’s handwritings that multitudes serve and worship.

They use them to self-govern themselves rather than submitting to the government of God…the kingdom of God. The handwriting of ordinances have become "another god"...a "baal"...that many serve and worship rather than the keeping and doing of the commandments of God.

Colossians 2:20-23 KJV
(20) Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
(21) (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
(22) Which all are to perish with the using) after the commandments and doctrines of men?


The keeping of them does nothing to save the mortal body from decay and death…the “neglecting of the body”. Instead, they “burn” us up with the keeping of them…yet many see themselves as “wise” to go and serve and worship the handwriting of church ordinances.

(23) Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

Many see themselves as “wise” and have to go to bible believing “church” and see it as “wise” to serve their handwritings of ordinances…the “elements” that burn.

Yet, the wise are being taken in their own “craftiness”. We must lose our “lives” of what we think is wise in order to save our lives. We must count our own religious thoughts and ways as a loss in order to gain the knowledge of our Lord.

1 Corinthians 3:18-19 KJV
(18) Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
(19) For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.


The “day of the Lord” here in 2nd Peter 3:11 speaks of the day of our eventual mortal death when He comes to take us away. It comes as a thief in the night for no one knows when we shall depart from this earth.

The heavens approach us (not “pass away”) with a “great noise”….a whirring of a whirlwind to take us away from the earth in the unique day of our death under the wrath of God. The wrath of God is then completed once we mortally perish.

2 Peter 3:9-13 KJV
(9) The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.


The translation should be : The “elements” now burning shall be dissolved….. instead of “and the elements shall melt with fervent heat”.

In the day of our mortal death...the day of our perishing, the keeping of the handwritings of church ordinances (the elements) shall be dissolved as we shall no longer be able to keep them as they did nothing to prevent our mortal death.

The earth also and the works therein shall be burned up. All of our religious works burn up as well as we shall no longer be here in the earth to do them. All of the things we have done here in this earth are burned up as our mortal bodies perish in the fire of God’s wrath so that our spirit only may be saved.

This has nothing to do with the literal heavens passing away nor the earth being literally burned up…it is about how we perish from this earth by the fire of God’s wrath upon us which is not the way you want to go. God is not willing that any should perish that comes in the day of our death....in the day of the Lord.

(10) But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

This is why Peter says that we should be people who should behave in all holy conversation and godliness for the above wrath of God comes upon the “children of disobedience”.

We don’t want to depart from this earth in the above fashion under the wrath of God but instead behave as children of obedience as we look forward to these present things (the heavens and the earth being currently stored with fire for our destruction) to be dissolved and the new things come forth.

The "old things" of the wrath of God shall become new things as we enter into His rest as people being obedient: being people who behave in all holy conversation and godliness.

(11) Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
(12) Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

(13) Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.


The “old things” of the heavens and the earth being stored with fire for our destruction under the wrath of God upon us passes by and behold, all things shall become new for us as we are reconciled to Him ….as we enter into His rest.

We don’t “die and go to heaven” as this coming day of God is for us in this present earth. We are to enter into His rest now…. from being under His wrath previously. We are then reconciled back to God by Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:17-18 KJV
(17) Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
(18) And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;


The old things of death, sorrow, crying, pain shall no longer be upon us as the new shall take hold….no more death for our mortal bodies, neither sorrow, nor crying, nor pain.

Revelation 21:4-5 KJV
(4) And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
(5) And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.




To be continued…
 
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Peace in Christ.

There are two ways to depart from this earth.

One way is under the wrath of God where we are saved but only THROUGH the fire of God’s wrath upon us. We suffer loss through the experiencing of His wrath: the mortal body dies from this earth and then our spirit goes back to God who gave it. This is the hard way to go.

Our mortal bodies perish because of the continued working of the sin for the wages of the sin is the death to the mortal body. The eternal life of Jesus is never made manifest in our mortal bodies…and so our mortal body perishes through the fire of His wrath.

We are being deceived by false prophets into serving the sin.

In the continued practicing of the sin (in a “religious” setting : a “church”), we mortally die from this earth under the wrath of God as false prophets deceive us into serving and worshiping their handwriting of church doctrines whereby we judge others with. Judging others via the handwriting of church ordinances keeps us serving the sin by which we die from.

1 Corinthians 3:15-17 KJV
(15) If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
(16) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
(17) If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.


We may not drink or smoke nor cuss nor do anything else with our mortal bodies that is considered “sinful” by many who are going to “church” ….but yet continue to use our mouths to judge others (who do not keep our handwriting of church ordinances) which is still serving the sin by which we mortally die. We then have not ceased serving the sin in our lives even though we are “religious”. What comes out of our mouth defiles our mortal body.

James 1:26 KJV
(26) If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.


Many speak evil of others as they judge another who do not keep their particular commandments of men that are written down in their handwritings of church ordinances (written by the church scribes).

They do so (judging others) supposedly in God’s name/authority and do not do His will (to have love for another) as a result. They become judge, jury and executioners of others who are “going to hell” for not keep their handwritings even though they know that there is only One Judge and only One Lawgiver who is able to save and to destroy.

Those who are doing such are being actively deceived into continuing to serve the sin and are mortally perishing even though they are “going to church” religiously and keeping the church handwritings without fail.

James 4:11-12 KJV
(11) Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
(12) There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?


They do not receive the love of the Truth as they do not practice love for another as they judge others supposedly in God’s name/authority using the handwritings of the church scribes as a basis for. They take pleasure in unrighteousness.

They are actively perishing…being destroyed in their mortal bodies…as a result and have fallen under the deceptions of the false prophets whose presence here in this world is in accordance with the working of Satan to lead them astray down the broad way to the destruction/death of their mortal bodies so that their spirits may be saved.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 KJV
(9) Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
(10) And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
(11) And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
(12) That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.


If we continue to serve THE sin, our mortal bodies shall die…for the wages of THE sin is the death. Our mortal bodies shall die …. “perish”….from this earth so that our spirits may be saved.

Romans 6:16-23 KJV
(16) Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
(17) But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
(18) Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
(19) I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
(20) For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
(21) What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
(22) But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.


The wages of the sin is the death ….but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. It is His eternal life that is to be made manifest in our mortal bodies when we cease serving the sin and become servants to God having our fruit unto holiness and the “end”…that is, reaching the end goal…everlasting life (in this mortal body).

(23) For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

We will have entered into His rest then….abiding under the shadow of the Almighty…as we shall no longer be under His wrath which rises upon all in this earth. We shall ABIDE under His shadow.

Psalms 91:1-2 KJV
(1) He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
(2) I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.


The decay and perishing of the mortal body (our “dwelling”) shall not come near us then as we witness the wicked perish from this earth until we see this earth become the home of righteousness completely.

Psalms 91:7-10 KJV
(7) A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
(8) Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
(9) Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
(10) There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.


With “long life” shall He satisfy us and show us His salvation as this earth shall become the home of righteousness as the wicked shall eventually perish out of it as their mortal bodies die.

Psalms 91:15-16 KJV
(15) He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
(16) With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.


All flesh is as grass…and the wicked shall soon be cut down like the grass. But those who trust in the LORD and DO GOOD shall dwell in the “land”…that is, the earth.

Psalms 37:1-3 KJV
(1) A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
(2) For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
(3) Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.


The evildoers shall be cut off from this earth while the meek shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while, the wicked shall not be as they will perish in their mortal bodies from this earth leaving the righteous here only.

Psalms 37:9-11 KJV
(9) For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
(10) For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
(11) But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.


The other way to depart from this earth is shown by the example of Enoch. We shall not see death (as Jesus has already died for us in our place) as we are to be “translated”….transferred….over into Heaven after living a long life here in this earth.

Enoch “was not found”....that is, Enoch “vanished” from this earth…. without dying in his mortal body and leaving it behind in a grave in this earth.

Hebrews 11:5 KJV
(5) By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.


Enoch lived to the “vanishing point” without his body perishing and being left behind in this earth. In Hebrew, “forever” (olam = concealed to the vanishing point). The eternal life is lived in this earth unto the "vanishing point" as Enoch was "not found".

Genesis 3:22 KJV
(22) And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:


To be continued….
 
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