GOD'S DESIRED INTENT, Part Two

GOD'S DESIRED INTENT

Part Two

TONY TAKES ON THE E.T.P.Ts.

I want to do this in stages as there is a LOT to chew.

TODAY in particular, I'm talking about THE KINGDOM

OF JESUS CHRIST

*AND*

His Return

OBOY

"WATCH OUT!*

It ain't what you expect!!

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OK, all you "End Time Prophecy Teacher Guys"

I want to take you to task

about this ONE THING:

(well, really 2 things)

1. WHY do you believe that Jesus is going

to set up His Kingdom in Jerusalem?

You know, the Zealots, a band of religious

and zealous dudes wanted their Messiah to come

in and smash all Roman rule ... so that Israel could

be "on top" again, and not be oppressed and

suppressed by Gentile rulers. My, how they

were disappointed when Jesus didn't just come

in and blow them all up with a bloody coup,

and take control, and get crowned king right there and then!

This all was in Judas' heart and mind, before he hung

himself. He was one disillusioned man.

Jesus response to all of this craziness?

“My kingdom is not of this world.

If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight,

so that I should not be delivered to the Jews;

but now My kingdom is not from here.” (John 18:36)

Whoa-ho! And you said whaaaaat?  That His kingdom is coming

in the far-off future when He comes to SPLIT THE MT. OF OLIVES?

Do you really believe that God is into "splitting mountains" or

could that possibly be imagery, or shall I say "coded" language

to mean something else??

IF you had an enemy, and you were at war,

wouldn't you do everything you could to keep the

enemy in the dark about YOUR strategies,

and never let him figure it all out?

Kinda like the Navajo Code=Talkers, eh?

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Jesus taught all over the place about His kingdom,

how it was "at hand" or "near" or "within you".

And He meant it! He did not nor ever imply

that His kingdom was gonna come

in the future, someday, sometime,

somewhere over the rainbow.

YOU HAVE AND ARE IN THE KINGDOM NOW

IT IS IN YOU!

IF Jesus Christ is your Lord.

HE IS THE KING!

RIGHT NOW.

Now, you all sing about it,

you have read other's books about it,

but you really don't believe it, do you?

Jesus had things to say about that.

Please don't be guilty of this:

" But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites,

because you shut off the kingdom of heaven

from people; for you do not enter in yourselves,

nor do you allow those who are entering to go in."

(Matt. 23:13)

NOW

2. WHY do you teach that Jesus is coming back twice??

This one is truly baffling.

And it is amazing how it gets by so many unsuspecting believers.

Believers, mind you, who are simply searching for the truth.

Believers who really, really do love the Lord!

Well ... many of 'em do.

SO ... you believe and teach that Jesus is coming

back the second time, to come and "get His Bride"

but THEN

you also teach He comes back a THIRD TIME,

with His saints in tow,

all riding on white horses

(does God have a humongous horse stable or what???)

*AND*

Then Jesus comes to pour out His wrath

on all the rest of humanity

because

GOD IS STILL PISSED OFF

at all of the rest of humanity

for not "accepting" His Son

into their hearts & lives!

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LET ME ASK YOU THIS:

Do you really, really, really believe

that this concept lines up with any other scriptures

that define the true character of The Almighty,

like say:

*HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER*

*HIS ANGER LASTS FOR A MOMENT*

*HE WILL NOT ALWAYS CHIDE US*

*HE IS MINDFUL WE ARE BUT DUST*

*HE HAS NOT REWARDED US ACCORDING TO OUR INIQUITIES*

(And this all comes from PSALM 103!)

That is not all!

I could go on

with many, many more

verses that prove

that God has already poured out his wrath

has judged SIN

has bought salvation for one & all

even for the whole world!!

DO YOU THINK FOR ONE MINUTE

that God would allow satan to have victory

over one soul

to lose that one soul

to perishing here on earth

or going to "HELL"???

(Remember? That's God's Flaming Eternal Torture Chamber!)

IF YOU, the "End-Times" guys

BELIEVE ANY OF THIS,

then you need to go back

and read the parable of the Lost Coin

and the Lost Sheep.

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I close with this following post

that I wrote on another site:

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Well it's Sunday, folks ... and although John The Beloved said once, "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day", he really didn't mean a particular day of the week (remember, he was writing in 'prophetic' language), but rather THE DAY, The Day of Christ, The Day appointed by Christ, The D-Day of Revelation and Judgment, the day that Christ decided to set aside to reveal Himself to His Body, and rid them of all their enemies!  This HE DID, in 70 A.D. when Jerusalem was judged, the old standing temple was destroyed, and the sacrifices CEASED,  and the priesthood was ended. Everything was replaced by A NEW TESTAMENT, New Covenant, A NEW ORDER!  A "new heaven and new earth" with a brand new HIGH PRIEST: JESUS!!  Jesus is "appearing" in His People Today ... revealing more of His Glory, and more of His Presence! Just look around: you'll see the effects of the cross, resurrection and Jesus' sprinkling of His Blood over all the heavenly tabernacle!
The curse has been broken ... sin has been given a "death blow", and the Holy Spirit is covering the earth! Do NOT believe the Lies of satan, he is still trying to blind folks to this
awesome truth. IT IS TRULY FINISHED, THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE! Jesus came to
destroy the works of the evil one, and he didn't do a "half-ass"  job!! IT IS COMPLETE!
So, let's get the "mind of the Spirit", and get back "in the Spirit" like John did ... get your focus off disasters, calamities, wars, 'antichrist', etc. GET YOUR FOCUS BACK ON THE CHRIST! 

He's the ONE that's left when all the smoke clears!
AMEN!

UNTIL NEXT TIME:

I REMAIN

YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD

TONY

TONY TAKES ON THE "E.T.P.T." DUDES!

(End Time Prophecy Teachers)

GOD'S DESIRED INTENT

When I think of The Beginning, "In Beginning, God" as it is
correctly translated in the Hebrew OT, I can meditate upon
the awesome and infinite. The FACT that God is perfect, that
He does not nor can He make a mistake. We, as human beings,
have a hard time grasping this, so we "anthropomorphize" God
as much as we can, so that we can relate. We try with our finite
brains to understand the Infinite Mind, that is God's.
Genesis, of course, moves on from there, to begin to describe
and line out God's Creation. 

He created "the heavens, and the earth". 

He also created Mankind . . . male and female
He did create them to be.
He ALSO created ... A Garden!
A Perfect Garden -- EDEN, where Mankind could dwell, 

be nourished, grow, develop relationships, 

have all his needs met, know the Creator, and
BE AT PEACE.
All the very cool things that happen in -- a garden.
Man fell, God knew this would happen. He was not caught
off-guard. He was prepared. And then later, it is written
that the state of men's lives was more wicked than
imaginable. He had to cleanse the earth with a FLOOD.
BUT... God also vowed to never do it again.

TODAY we have many teachers in the world. Many famous
teachers in the world. Teachers are good. Many of them are.
I've known several, personally, over time, who were excellent.
I fancy myself a teacher as well.
I have taught and functioned in that gift.
But ... in this piece, I speak of "The End-Times Prophecy Teachers" who have seemingly brought a lot of confusion into the body of Christ, perhaps into the whole world. These are the ones who suggest that either God, or Man, shall wreck the planet
someday, and maybe even blow it up!
Shades of 2012, I'd say.

And although man was indeed driven from the garden,
God's desired intent is for man to "get back to the garden".
Not trekking back to Eden. No. But in our heart, in our spirit-man,
returning to a state of fellowship and glory with God, perhaps
greater than Adam -- since Christ, The Last Adam, He has paved
the way of Glory for us that far exceeds anything before it!
And so, with these things in mind, I would like to propose
some questions, put them out there to those "E.T.P.Ts",
as if they're right here listening, and we will see (hopefully)
how they answer. You, the reader may join along.


OPEN QUESTIONS TO THE END TIMES PROPHECY TEACHERS

1. Why do you teach that the "world is coming to an end"
when the Bible clearly states that it will not end?
(Eccl. 1:4; Ps. 78:69. Forever=age enduring)

2. Why do you teach that "time shall be no more" when
the NT says "time of the end", or 'end of the age',
not the end of time?
(Matt. 24:3; Mk. 13:3)

3. And why do you teach that the temple will be rebuilt
AGAIN? Jesus declared the future state of and detailed the
destruction of said temple and Jerusalem, which occurred
in 70 A.D. At such a time (read Josephus), the temple sacrifices
CEASED and the Levitical priesthood came to an end.
Even previously, at the crucifixion of Jesus, 

the veil of the temple was ripped in two, signifying the end of the Old Way!
Then, according to the author of Hebrews, God ushered
in a "better covenant" through Jesus Christ, the Perfect
and Complete Priest!

4. Why do you teach that the gospel "still has to be preached" in the whole world, when the Apostle Paul clearly states
that this goal was accomplished?
(Col. 1:23)

5. You who teach about "great tribulation", how is it that you
don't see that this has already happened? The majority of
people do not live on housetops, nor do they dwell in Judea
and have to flee to the mountains!
(Matt. 24:15-28)

6. And why do some of you teachers predict dates or years
of the "coming of the Lord"? Jesus said that His coming
would be like a "thief in the night" (unexpected and with stealth),
and furthermore He said NOT to set dates.
(Read Acts 1:6,7)

7. Do you know that prophetic writings are coded? I.E.,
they are not to be taken literally, and must be understood
along the lines of correct hermeneutics and other apocalyptic
scriptures. You believe that the "fig tree" is a parable; why
do you not believe in "figures of speech" and idioms and
other parable-like sayings when it comes to prophecy?
(Matt. 24:32)

8. Why do you make the events of the book of Revelation, which is "The Revelation of Jesus Christ" (not "anti-christ"), somewhere in the far-off future? John writes: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place."
(Revelation 1:1)

9. Why do so many of you preach and teach that when Jesus
returns, God will pour out His wrath on the whole
human race, except for those who are "saved"?
Many of you KNOW that God poured out all His
wrath on the cross, and He has soundly dealt
with the SIN issue.
"And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins,
and not for ours only but also for the whole world."
(I John 2:2)

10. And why, oh why do you teach people
that the "prophetic clock stopped" regarding
the 70 weeks? And that the "prince who is to come"
is the ANTI-CHRIST? Do you realize how these
teachings are a violation of sound hermeneutics
and lack proper deciphering of prophetic code?
We know that the chapter, Daniel 9 speaks
of "Messiah The Prince", i.e. Yeshua or Jesus.
The "prince to come" was Titus, with the
Roman army, who brought that abomination
into the temple! And the one who makes a
covenant is JESUS, not the Anti-Christ!
*Daniel 9*
READ IT IN CONTEXT!!!

More to come . . .
TONY