Get Rid of The Sinner Mentality

GET RID OF THE "SINNER" MENTALITY!

I'M STARTING A LIST

of topics that I think should be addressed

before the Body of Christ

Some subjects that others seem "afraid" to deal with . . .

and there are a few, a "handful" really

that would say, "Just who gave you authorization to do this?"

Just like the Pharisees & Sadducees did to Jesus when

they asked Him "By what authority have you done this?"

... the apostles were quizzed similarly.

Religious folks have such a hang-up with "ordination"

and where/who you were ordained by and etc, etc,  
ad infinitum, ad nauseam.

I was ordained first by God, as many of you were

and I also have ordination papers from at least

two church orgs (somewhere) . . . but THAT is NOT the point!

THE POINT IS will any of us OBEY God and launch out and

do what He tells us to do, regardless??

All we need is a "word from God" to step out of our boxes

and out of the shadows to go forth and accomplish 
great things for God!

*Public Service Announcement,

brought to you by my sponsor,

The Holy Spirit!*

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I recently visited a Thanksgiving service @ a local  
Lutheran church.

It was an invitation by an old friend, so we all went, 
the whole Fam.

Food was superb, music & praise band also. Songs were

awesome, very uplifting, overcoming tunes, and 
scripturally accurate.

And the message was good, Jesus calming the storm.

BUT

The communion service was . . . shall we say, ummm,

"disappointing". Sorry, I love communion and all that,

have experienced some powerful communion services 
in the past,

but that one I just could not get into.

(My 8 year old was leaning on me anyway, I wasn't moving).

I don't feel condemned for not partaking. I'm ok. I'm free.

So why, what da prob?

Uh, their confession.

They all spoke in unison some profession of faith

"off the wall" that declared that 'we're all just a bunch

of crummy ol' sinners, and we humbly come to you

begging you God to forgive us for all our stupidity

and bumbling etc. etc. etc.'

I couldn't stomach it, and didn't want to throw up

my delicious pumpkin pie.

I do have some scriptures for you to meditate on.

We're not just a bunch of crummy sinners.

IF we have entered into the kingdom of God

through covenant with Jesus Christ, especially.

"He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf,

so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." 
(2 Cor. 5:21 NASB)

I KNOW we all want to be relatable to folks when we share 
the gospel,

especially when accused of "Holy Joe" or "holier than thou".

We say "No, we are ALL sinners" blah, blah, blah.

Well, that is NOT the truth.

You cannot be a 'sinner' AND 'the righteousness of God' 
at the same time.

That would make us have a "split personality" I'm sure!

Some folks argue, "well, I still sin, I still make mistakes, Paul

in Romans 7 said ..." Oboy, we can go there! We can preach 
on that brotha!

But just wait, we will go there!

"Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in  
newness of life.

 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;

 for he who has died is freed from sin." (Rom. 6:4-7)

Apostle Paul lines out in 2 Corinthians that we are  
new creations! New heart, new mind, new nature, 
 newness of life! Our old self, we ain't draggin' around on our horse, smellin' up the house and everybody! 
Our "body of sin" is done

away with, and we are FREED FROM SIN!!

Awww, ya'all don't believe me yet!

Let me drive this home from good ol' Apostle John 
"The Beloved":

First John 3:9

(Are you sure you're ready???)

"No one who is born of God practices sin,

because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because 
he is born of God."

Now, whoa. Wait a minute. What about the 1st chapter,

where John says, "If we say that we have no sin,

we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us." 
(verse 8)

CONTEXT, FOLKS!!  Ya got to pay attention to the context!

"If we say that we have fellowship with Him and

yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth" (verse 6).

Everything, then, in that chapter, must be 
interpreted and understood

by that premise. I have studied 1st John for many years, 
and have come to the conclusion that it is the

Grand Lighthouse of the New Testament.

OKAY. It's like this.

We have a new nature. We don't want to sin.

We don't practice sin. We practice godlinesss, etc.

We are overcomers. We are more than conquerors.

If you don't believe this, you have been LIED TO,

and need deliverance. Plain and simple.

Most deliverance that comes to us "after Christ"

is due to LIES in our mind, our soul, our being.

That's why I said that.

I know I've gone Loooooooooong again

but I have to leave you with this to chew on:

" . . . and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins;

and not for ours only, but also for those of  the whole world."

(I John 2:2)

JESUS CHRIST completed the JOB.

IT IS FINISHED!

He fully dealt with SIN.

Sin is dead.

DEATH=SIN

SIN=DEATH

in New Testament=speak.

He came to take away "The Sins of the World"

THE WHOLE WORLD.

The whole wad, the whole kit'n'kaboodle!!

So . . .

That means God Almighty ain't pissed off

and is reserving judgment for some future time

in some undisclosed place . . .

(Jesus stated that 'judgment has come' before his crucifixion)

IF SIN IS FINISHED, THEN IT IS DEALT WITH, IT'S OVER, IT'S DONE!

Kinda like Frodo when he finally got rid of the "one ring"

in the Fires of Mordor.

Paul was enslaved to the LAW in Romans 7 ...

in Romans 8 The Spirit has come, and he is FREE.

We have to be freed from our "sin mentality"

and see ourselves as God sees us.

BE FREE THEN!!!

PEACE TO YOU ALL

TONY ;)

A Thanksgiving Blog

CAN'T REIGN IF YOU COMPLAIN
(All The Time!)
The local classic rock station has been
running a "campaign" of sorts, to preserve
Thanksgiving as a very cool holiday, to
push it up front, to the forefront that is . . .
and 'please hold off' all the "Christmas Music"
until at least the day after
(meaning Friday and beyond).
Why? Because "Christmas" junk --
the commercialness -- seems to
eclipse a very pure concept: Gratitude! That
just doesn't fit the madness of the season.
To tell you the truth, I found
all that quite refreshing, to the extent
that I started to wonder if this dude=announcer
was a believer! Anyway, refreshing to hear
it on any rock station, especially my fave
(I'm usually tuned to it 100%).

{Kinda got burned out on the 'christian music station'
and I like to hear "good music" ok? Cool. LOL}

Of course, I want to bounce off that as
a "meditation" for this Thanksgiving.
This is a very way cool Holiday!
People of all walks, creeds, religions,
nationalities seem to be celebrating it.
Even folks who "don't know WHO to Thank"
are celebrating it. Perhaps it's all the great food!
Anyways ...

It has been my custom for years,
since Jesus first "saved" me
to write down a LIST of things
that I was thankful for.
Usually the list was 4 pages long.

Unfortunately, we have a host
of complainers walking around
always finding something to gripe about
and if you're not careful
you'll find yourself captivated
by their negativity, maybe even
fall into it yourself and talk like them.
Makes it kinda hard to "be thankful"
after you spent most of the week bitchin'
about stuff.
"You have made them to be a kingdom and priests
 to our God; and they will reign upon the earth."
(Revelation 5:10)

A picture of God's people "ruling and reigning"
in and thru life, here on earth
in such a way that we overcome.
Ahhh. The number one thing we "rule" over
should be our tongue!
That is something to be mastered, isn't it?
James said, "And if anyone does not offend in speech
[never says the wrong things],
he is a fully developed character and a perfect man,
able to control his whole body and to curb his entire nature."(James 3:2 AMP)
OK.Try this one on for size!
"But the human tongue can be tamed by no man.
It is a restless (undisciplined, irreconcilable) evil, full of deadly poison.

    With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it

we curse men who were made in God's likeness!

    Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing.

These things, my brethren, ought not to be so.

    Does a fountain send forth [simultaneously]

from the same opening fresh water and bitter?

    Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine figs?

Neither can a salt spring furnish fresh water."

(James 3:8-12 AMP)

Speaking of "AMP", that was really amplified

was it not? Yes. And yet, that's how many

of us have been trained to act.

"Blessing & cursing" coming out of the same mouth!

Time to give it a rest, eh?

Let God tame the tongue! ~

Let's be people of thanksgiving and praise,

alright?

I mean you can't REIGN if you COMPLAIN

{not that there's never something legit

to complain about, like the TSA or something}

but we can choose to make thanksgiving

a lifestyle.

Believe you me

It looks a whole lot better on ya.

---

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

  TONY 

 

 

TAKE IT FROM KAL=EL

TAKE IT FROM KAL-EL

Well, don't know if you're a big Smallville

fan (like me), but season 10 -- the final season

has started, and we are already headed to

episode 6.

What I wanted to touch on is episode 4.

"Homecoming"

*****

Clark, the reluctant hero, who always seemed

to struggle with his real identity and true

calling/destiny in life, has finally embraced

his Kryptonian heritage and destiny.

But, Jor-El (his bio-father)

told Kal-El (Clark's Kryptonian name) that

he would "never be earth's savior", due

to the darkness that was in his heart.

After all my 'saves'?

Darkness? Me, Clark? Yep. "Pride, vanity",

to name a few things. Anger, to the point

that he almost killed a man.

So, our Clark has been mystified for many days.

He knows he's not perfect.

He knows he has made many mistakes.

Too many for a superhero for sure.

What's a superman to do?

Well ... we see little hints of things here and there.

Like Jor-El sticking Kal-El's super suit

in a block of ice. AS IF  he has to earn it.

But AHHH . . . maybe he hasn't given up on

his son after all. Jor-El seems to constantly

test his son. This is probably another "test".

Enter BRAINIAC 5.

We have seen this guy,

in other episodes before,

in not-so-friendly renditions

of himself. This time he's

a member of the future "Legionaires"

and is even sporting "the ring".

He tells Clark that he, Clark, cured him.

He is no longer evil.

In the 31st century, he's a good guy, too.

So, what's he doing here,

at Clark's Smallville High School Reunion?

I LOVE THIS.

They have pulled off a nostalgic

Scrooge-like scene of redemption.

Brainiac takes Clark to 3 places back in time,

unseen by others (of course), to show

him just where the darkness in his heart began.

The first place is his earthly father's

(Jonathan Kent) burial.

He then is transported to the scene where

Jonathan goes all postal on Lionel Luther with

his fists. Jonathan's heart gave out. He died.

Clark is absolved from his guilt.

Clark thought he had caused Jonathan's death.

The next scene is at Oliver's (Green Arrow) office.

He had just told the world his true identity.

Brainiac shows Clark how much Oliver needs

his support.

And then, he is transported back to the present,

to the homecoming. Brainiac shows how that,

even though Clark does indeed loves and protects Lois Lane,

he somehow distances himself from her.

And then, before they (Clark & Brainiac)

could go the final place together,

the future, Clark reacts to the sight of a former menace he took down, 

touches the ring on Brainiac's finger, and propels himself

into the future.

ALONE.

SEVEN YEARS AHEAD.

There he meets the Lois of the future,

at the Daily Planet,

who knows that he is Superman.

And she knows the entire secret, not

just the super-powers part. The "alien" part.

He then  meets his future self and says

"How did I get so uptight and nerdy?"

He ends up helping Superman, er himself,

by staying on the roof and saving Lois,

while Superman saves the day across town.

Through all of this journey of redemption,

Clark realizes that the "darkness" inside him

is guilt over past mistakes,

fear of the future, and how

it affects him and everybody around him.

I LOVE BRAINIAC'S LINE RIGHT HERE:

"Heroes are made in the moment, not from questioning 

the past or fearing what's to come."

From there, we see confidence returning to Clark ...

pride going ... and a renewed love for Lois,

his biggest fan & supporter.

KAL-EL GOT IT.

He got the message.

It is totally vain and useless

and even destructive to

continue to kick yourself over

the mistakes of the past,

holding that guilt even over others,

and fearing what the future will bring.

Kal-El found out that his future would

turn out just fine.

He would be just fine as a real Superman.

Moral of story?

What are you holding on to that's hindering

YOU from being a hero . . .

that's hindering you from reaching

your full potential . . .

from discovering your true calling and destiny

in God?

Hopefully you can find out this week.

And then, the Legion won't have to send

in Brainiac 5, freeze time and take you

on a similar journey.

SMILE A WHILE

IT REALLY CAN'T HURT.

Until next blog,

I remain

TONY
 ***
{Photo courtesy of The CW Network}

Preachers Denying The Divinity of Christ

WE INTERRUPT THIS BROADCAST . . .
We were going to continue our
subject,  Re: Jesus' Coming, etc.
But The Holy Spirit quickened me
to post this.

PREACHERS DENYING
THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST!

I will NOT mention any names (as of yet)
but many, and I say again, MANY well-known
preachers and teachers of Christ
once were powerful and forthright
in their defense of The Gospel
Many of these have been strong pillars
and strong influences in the church
and the world . . .
You will hear some of them cast doubt
on Jesus' divinity --
by mistaking his humanity as lack of divinity,
by comparing Him in His Humanity
to the Father that He willingly submitted
to, of whom He said,
"Is greater than I" ...
fail to realize that He came as
THE SON OF MAN.
Many of these preachers
(some you know or have heard of)
are referring to Jesus
as a "Mystic"
and have actually  casted doubt
upon His Sacrificial Death,
His Resurrection,
and have nearly denied Him as God!
+___________________________+

BELOVED
I WANT YOU TO HEAR ME
and Hear Me Clearly
THIS IS ONE PREACHER
who will not deny the divinity of Jesus!!!
JESUS IS LORD!
HE IS THE SON OF GOD
HE CAME AS GOD IN THE FLESH
He said, "I AM The Way, the Truth,
and The Life ... NO ONE
comes to the Father
except by ME."
(John 14:6)

Now
We may very well indeed
throw away
traditions of men
"myths" of the church
renounce the doctrine of hell
embrace the concept that God has reconciled 

ALL MEN . . .
. . . BUT
to water down the gospel
by forsaking the sound doctrines
of the identity/nature  of The Messiah
IS JUST PLAIN SAD
And IS also surely
ERROR!!!
***
IF you are a praying person,
and God lays it upon your
heart to pray for these,
then pray that God
snatches them out of the Lies
before they join the ranks
of "the great falling away."

God can restore them.
Perhaps some of them
are simply searching.
But I have read that some
are filled with "the love of money"
and turning to homosexual tendencies.
This brings me much sadness.
I do NOT condemn them.
I am not their judge.
I only come to you so that you
will not be caught up in this error,
because, believe it or not,
it comes in quite by stealth
and sneakily.

UNTIL NEXT TIME:
GRACE & PEACE
BE WITH YOU,
GOD'S BELOVED.

TONY

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PART 3 (Final): TONY TAKES ON THE E.T.P.T. DUDES!

YOU TEACHERS of the End-Times: 

You tell people, with great certainty

that Jesus is coming to earth

to set up "His Earthly Kingdom"

You tell people with great certainty

that Jesus is COMING in the CLOUDS

to "take His people home".

Let me discuss the fallacies I have

found in your doctrine:

1.  Jesus NEVER came to "set up

an earthly kingdom". That was

never His intention. His Kingdom

is God's Kingdom ... God's rule

and reign in the HEARTS of men.

It really has always been that way,

and it is even now. The kingdom HAS COME!

By not teaching the "nowness" of the

kingdom, you really block folks from

reaping the benefits from it in its entirety.

Revelations are greater than facts.

They are manifested to the heart

and realized in the natural.

Need scriptural proof?

OK.

But I will make you dig up the addresses.

"MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD"

NOT of this world-ly system,

or not of this KOSMOS.

Words of Jesus above there in quotes.

Not mine.

2.  You have just spent vast time in sermons

and in BOOKS telling people that ISRAEL

is God's People.

What does that make the Church?

An after=thought of God?

A bump in the Prophetic "timeline"?

NOPE.

Sorry.

You better read it again.

God said this about the Church:

"The FULLNESS OF HIM who fills ALL in All"

{Ephesians 1:23}

You are confusing the people of God

by telling them one day that the Church

is God's people,

but the next Israel is God's people.

THERE IS ONLY ONE PEOPLE OF GOD!

Go back & read all of Paul's letters.

[Give ya a hint:

It's a spiritual concept.]

You'll find the answer there!

3.  Again, you tell people with

great certainty that if they belong

to Christ, that they will be raptured out.

That the "one who hinders" mentioned

in 2 Thessalonians is the Holy Spirit.

IF you remove the Church then,

you remove the Holy Spirit, too, right?

THEN TELL ME

How do you expect people to "get saved"

during a "tribulation"

without the Holy Spirit,

the very one who was sent

to the earth so that people

might become "born again"

or 'saved'?

I prefer to say

"receive the promised Holy Spirit,

forgiveness of sins,

salvation and deliverance

to experience the righteousness of God

which is a gift, that Christ died for--

reconciling the WHOLE WORLD to God!"

What do you think people are getting

saved from?

Hell?

Poured-out Wrath?

Or rather a downward spiral of sin

and misery without knowing

the righteousness of God within?

Do you really preach The Gospel?

Do you KNOW what The Gospel says???

FINALLY

4. You preach & teach & tell people

emphatically that Jesus is coming

back, so that He can remove

the Church (because they are in the way),

He's coming back a THIRD TIME

to set up an "earthly rule"

and then vengeance & wrath will

be poured out upon the remainder

of inhabitants on earth ...

who did not "accept Christ as Savior"

wrath upon all the Jews

who did not "accept their Messiah"

WHILE IN FACT

you miss whole passages

STATEMENTS OF JESUS

who answered His Disciples' 2 questions:

a. When will these things be *and*

b. What will be the sign of your coming.

JESUS ANSWERED THEM.

He gave direct information

regarding the destruction of Jerusalem

and The Temple,

and HOW WE WAS COMING BACK.

YES, I said HOW.

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What you have done O Teachers

is YOU have presented a hodge-podge

of scriptures, from several sources

tried to make them all agree

and say the same thing

added many words & phrases

that sound good

sound "churchy"

or "christianesey"

When in fact many of the concepts

you put out are NOT in the Bible AT ALL,

and most of it is based upon a vision

from a little girl long ago,

who also dabbled in the occult!

Placing most of the emphasis upon a

future time, giving false hope to people

especially the elderly --

creating sensational scenarios,

weaving fantastic interpretations

of prophesies, which in some

cases have already been fulfilled.

And you have not divided the word accurately yourselves.

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I CAN, BY THE SCRIPTURES SHOW

that Jesus DID in fact return

Just as He said

In The Mode of Judgment

He foretold.

But some of you may not agree

Some of you may be offended

Some of you may think

'he's gone off the deep end'.

But before you "write me off"

Remember in the gospel of John

Jesus told his disciples that

He would return to them . . .

BUT  He was talking about

through the manifestation

of The Holy Spirit!

*Study John, chapters 13-17*

You will see.

Of course, you must free yourself

from the confines of the KJV.

Not the most accurate version of the Bible.

WORDS MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

ESPECIALLY IN TRANSLATION.

<<< The Body of Christ must turn from

fables and myths and read the Scriptures

for themselves, in entirety

interpreting according to the sane laws

of logic, hermeneutics and Holy Spirit

GUIDANCE. >>>

Now, regarding Jesus' Second Coming:

That will have to be the very next blog!!

*SORRY!*

but . . . PLEASE stick with me.

I promise that you will have

plenty to chew on

by the time I'm done.

************************************

LOVE AND PEACE AND GRACE TO ALL GOD'S BELOVED!!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME

TONY

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!!

____________________________________

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?

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

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!

--------------------

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.

********

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