JESUS
SAID IN THE BIBLE THAT HE WOULD COME LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT.
My report Part 1 was written with integrity. However, I put one sleeper in
there to show how heresy can get started in Christianity if someone is
dishonest with their Christian scholarship. On Page 7, Dr. Jack Van Impe said
the number to start with was 6 for a, 12 for b, 18 for c, etc. c=18, 0 = 90, m
= 78, p = 96, u = 126, t = 120, e = 30, and r = 108. These numbers add up to
666 as Dr. Jack Van Impe correctly pointed out and this is what computer adds
up to when using this number system. The position of early Christianity with
such a study would be that you were not saved nor lost your salvation by
agreeing with or disagreeing with such a conclusion from Dr. Jack Van Impe.
However, if the conclusion was valid, this might help you serve Jesus Christ better
and also alert you if it is about time for Jesus to return to earth. I started
the suggested numbers with a=1, b=2, etc. in Part 1. This is how heresy gets
started in Christianity if seriously done. If I had not corrected the number
system with the correct numbers this time, then I would be engaged in a
potential conspiracy to start heresy in that case in Christianity.
As early Christianity taught, heresy was teaching religious falsehood as the
truth and if you fell for serious heresy in Christianity, this could likely
damn your soul to hell for all eternity. The New Testament also says to go to
your church (Apostolic Christian church in those days) which was the pillar of
truth then to get the right answer from them. As Bishop Irenaeus commented around
178 A.D., enough writings of early Christianity answering various questions in
Christianity were in existence by then as should answer correctly questions
raised in later Christianity. I judge his position to be valid for Christianity
today and so I go to the early Christian writings to find the solidly ruled
upon decisions of early Christianity by councils of bishops, etc. Also, various
Church Fathers including St. Augustine wrote that in the last days some aspects
of Bible prophecy that could not be correctly understood in depth by
Christianity then could be correctly explained in depth by "interpreting
prophets" in the last days who God would raise up to enlighten the
Christians in that future era. Also, it might be an interesting study game for
some curious to put in Obama In Bible Code Prophecy in a search engine and see
what comes forth!
I was born scientific by nature. Until 10 1/2 years old, I did not believe in
God because science did not show me any reason to believe in God. My religion
was science, not Christianity or any other major religion. I respected the
Christians but that was as far as it went. When in the 4th grade, I
borrowed from the library the books "The Earth For Sam" and "The
Sea For Sam" which were two books on evolution and the claimed scientific
proofs for it. As this was stated to be the position of science, I
automatically accepted it as true as what was claimed in the name of science
must be true I assumed as a small boy. One night I heard a radio program which
caused me to think whether God existed or not. I spent the night in scientific
logic and in the morning I approached my mother and said, "Guess what? I
now believe in God!" From that time on, I was a believer in God but always
I was scientific in my religious conclusions and demanded I find scientific
proof for each next step in my acceptance of God and Christianity. I never
approached belief in God and Christianity from blind faith, but always the
scientific approach and always verification as to whether to accept something
as proof of God or what Christianity really stood for as taught by early
Apostolic Christianity as verified by the massive early Christian writings
still in existence today.
Over many years I would raise up one or several questions concerning the
existence of God or else what were the real stands on major issues by early
Apostolic Christianity. I would research the involved field and then throw
forward a new series of studies to begin. I did not do this just with religion
but also with history, economics, science, engineering, military, and other
fields. In different areas of America, it did not take long and people would
start nicknaming me "the professor" because of the way I talked about
and covered subjects. I also had a private personal life, had career positions,
did things for recreation and entertainment, but always practiced the principle
to not waste time. If I had idle time on my hands, I would find an angle to
expand my knowledge of practical fields. I always aim for the practical and that
includes in religion.
Okay, now back to the position of inventing heresies in Christianity where none
should exist. If I were a plant from the enemies of Christianity
which they have placed plants in Christian scholarship to divide and turn Christians
against each other, (of course I am not one of these plants), then I could
pretend for real that Dr. Jack Van Impe had said start the numbering
system with a=1 instead of 6. If he is not around anymore to defend what
he actually said, I could make him look like an idiot or any other Christian
scholar I wanted to look dumb in the eyes of the public in order to discredit
whatever they said I did not want the Christians to hear or else take
seriously. If I was afraid that if the Christians associated computer with 666
and mark of the beast, by making it look dumb to think that computer might
actually as a word be the identification to identify who the would-be
Antichrist might well be in our nation or time. The prophesied 666
Antichrist would probably love the use of computers to set up a total
electronic police state over the nation. When I studied computer programming
with a business school, I commented to a British computer programmer then
I saw how computers could potentially be used to set up a total police state in
a nation if a government wanted this.
One of the principles of heresy in Christianity is start with a false or lying
basis and use that to smear the real Christians in Christianity. Let's give an
example. Justin Martyr (around 110-165 A.D.) was a super scholar of
Christianity in the Roman Empire then and considered the golden orator of
Christianity then to defend it while it was illegal in the Roman Empire.
"The First Apology of Justin" addressed to the Roman Emperor
Titus Augustus Caesar explains Christianity in detail to the Roman Emperor and
was widely publicized in the Roman Empire then. He among many points mentions
that the Christians have this Holy Communion of bread and wine which they
believe by "transmutation" becomes the actual flesh and blood of
Jesus Christ. He also mentions among these many points that Sunday is the main
worship day of the Christians each week and his explanation implies that the
Apostles of Jesus Christ set up this policy for the Christians. Separately in
"Dialogue Of Justin, Philosopher And Martyr, With Trypho, A Jew",
both scholars are brilliant and attack each other's side with their best
arguments. Among other things, Justin Martyr mentions the main worship day of
the Christians is Sunday. Trypho, a Jew, savagely attacks this as
"heresy" and a false religion to do this. This debate may have
occurred around 130 A.D. and clearly identifies the religious stands
of the Christians and Jews in the Roman Empire maybe around 100 years
or so after Christ died by crucifixion.
These and many other early Christian historical references clearly identifies
as even the Encyclopedia Brittannica long ago confirmed that soon after Christ
died, it was clear that the main worship day of the Christians was now Sunday
to replace the prior Sabbath day of the Jews before Christ came. Now we have
certain Christian denominations that state as historical fact that the Roman
Emperor Constantine the Great around 300 years after Christ changed the main
Christian worship day from Saturday to Sunday and this put the "mark"
of the Antichrist on the Christians now worshipping on Sunday in our day and
time. This is heresy trying to pass itself off as true Christian history and
smearing the Roman Catholic Church, Greek Orthodox Church, and most Protestant
churches as having the "mark of the beast" of 666 for making
their main worship day Sunday instead of the old Sabbath day of Saturday which
the Jews had kept. Heresies are started based upon clever lies which the
public normally will never check out to see if the claims are authentic or not.
Now Justin Martyr was a brilliant Christian scholar in his age and knew his
Scriptures probably much better than most Christian scholars of today. In his
debate with the Jewish scholar Trypho, Justin Martyr mass quoted the prophets
of the Old Testament of the Bible that they mass predicted that God would
cancel His old covenant with the Jews and replace it with a new covenant from
God. So the stated Jewish prophets were predicting the New Covenant of Jesus
Christ to replace the Old Covenant recorded in the Old Testament. Justin Martyr
shows that through the moral law that God placed in the hearts of mankind, the
new Christians would still practice the moral standards represented by
the earlier Ten Commandments, but technically not bound by the Old Covenant
from God, but now bound by the New Covenant from God established by the shed
blood of Jesus Christ to save mankind on earth.
In Romans, Chapter 14 and 15, the Apostle Paul has a compassionate policy for
those bothered by not worshipping on Saturday but rather Sunday which the
Christians now called the 8th day and the day on which Jesus arose from the
grave proving that He was the prophesied Messiah for all mankind on earth. The
Apostle Paul says that they can worship on Saturday if they want instead of
Sunday, be vegetarians instead of meat eaters if they want, and a number of
other things they expect of themselves in religious observances. So long as
they accept the main teachings of Christianity, they can keep many private
religious beliefs of theirs and be allowed in the regular Christian churches. I
suspect the Catholic and Protestant scholars never noticed this policy of love
and toleration for some differences of religious opinions and beliefs so long
as the main fundamental teachings of Christianity are accepted and not
rejected. The same basic message is in Colossians 2:16-17: "Let no man
therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holyday or of the
new moon, or of the Sabbath days: which are a shadow of things to come; but
the body is of Christ."
As
the scientific intellect, I read things for what they say. For those who say
that "Once Saved, Always Saved!," they have problems with this stand.
I will list about 40% of all the New Testament verses that say that you can
lose your salvation after being saved in the Name of Jesus Christ. You can lose
your salvation through "great" sins as Christians labelled it back
then and not repenting of these evils done by one claimed to be a Christian but
not practicing Christianity then. This partial list is Mt 7:21-23; 10:22, 28,
33; 24-12-13; Mk 13:22; Lk 8:13; Jn 12:47-48; 15:6; Acts 13:43-46; 20:29-30;
Rom 2:6; 17:20-22; 1 Cor 4:5; 10:11-12; 15:1-2; 2 Cor 5:20-6:2; 11:3; 12:21-13:5;
Eph 5-5-6; Col. 1:21-23; Thess 4:1-8; 2 Thess 2:13-15; etc. This is maybe about
40% of the listing that contradicts "Once Saved, Always Saved." Also,
several sections of the New Testament give lists of major or great sins
that will block you from ever inheriting the Kingdom of God even if claimed to
be a Christian.
Also, authority to bind or loose sins is listed in such as Matthew 16:19,
18:18, etc. These sins to be bound or loosed are bound or loosed by the Church
of Jesus Christ on earth and refers to those who are Christians who have sinned
after conversion and not referring to the pagans who are already lost and
damned to hell unless they repent and turn to God through Jesus Christ. And
question here. Did Jesus found one Church on earth or thousands of independent
churches all warring against each other and refusing to unite to protect
Christianity from its enemies scheming how to wipe out Christianity once they
are ready through takeover of government, etc.?
And there are religious issues early Christianity taught on and evaded by
churches of today. As a reference on current practices of Christianity back in
his age, I think that St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church who died
around 407-411 A.D, is a good historical reference. I quote from his Sermons
159:1: There is an ecclesiastical discipline, as the faithful know, when the
names of the martyrs are read aloud in that place at the altars of God, where
prayer is not offered for them. Prayer, however, is offered for other dead
who are remembered. It is wrong to pray for a martyr, to whose prayers we ought
ourselves be commended." St. Augustine here shows that Christians then
prayed for the dead but asked the dead martyrs to pray for them on earth.
In studies of the inscriptions left on Christian catacombs at Rome, Fr.
John O'Brien in his study on this remarked that he saw on many inscriptions on
the tombs, sepulchers, and catacombs of the first martyrs and departed faithful
of Christianity dating back to the first century a theme: "In your prayers
remember us who have gone before you." I have studied books on the
Christian catacombs from first Christianity and too many show they want prayer
after they die as they want help from the living if they don't make it promptly
to Paradise.
I
evaluate the word "Purgatory" is a word invented by scholars and
not named in the Bible. However, Christianity did have these teachings in the
early days of you in effect might have to pay a price after death if
you sinned badly and died without repenting in time for your very bad
deeds as a professing Christian. The only Catholic book I saw which seemed to
me to do a good job of quoting early Christian writings on Christians not being
damned to hell but sometimes have to be purged as of fire as they did not get
their sins repented of while alive is "The Biblical Basis For
Purgatory" by John Salza - Saint Benedict Press.com. He has one section of
quotes from early Christian Church Fathers which do not mention the word
Purgatory but sobering if they knew the score what happens to Christians who
die without serious repentance for evil and sins they have done before
dying and while professing Christians. I died once when a young man and saw
death and a place of first judgment but did not see either a Purgatory or
Paradise, but took the matter seriously and bargained my way back to
life. A sobering experience! I soon afterwards met a man who made
predictions which all came true and he said to me that I had a recent brush
with death but the Lord gave me back my life. It was that statement that caught
my attention and the rest is a story I have shared with a few friends but not
the public.
I pulled out some military technology I had not bothered to look at in years.
If Obama tries to engineer a military takeover of America, I will show the
American people how to build a budget ultimate weapon system that can wipe out
all the military forces backing Obama. To give an indication how powerful this
military technology can be if correctly used, maybe as cheap as $2 to $3
million and a population small as Lichtenstein, we could force the
unconditional surrender of all the U.S. military backing Obama. I don't
want to show the world military tricks like this hidden up my sleeves so don't
want to use this midget ultimate weapon system but deadly as can be. Obama
behaves himself and I don't have to show the American people the tactics that
will win for them over all the planned military might Obama has been secretly
organizing for the planned military takeover of America.
Back to Christian issues. The Theory of Evolution was taught long before Christ
by Epicurus of Greece. Early Christianity taught that the Theory of Evolution
by Epicurus was heresy. Karl Marx wrote his doctrinal thesis on this theory of
evolution from ancient Greece and inspired him to found his Communism based
upon this theory of evolution. Early Christianity discredited the theory of
evolution by arguments such as: "Which came first? The chicken or the egg?
The tree or the seed?" Smart questions to show the flaws of this theory.
In modern times, we had some brilliant Christian minds show the massive flaws
to the Theory of Evolution by Charles Darwin which is similar to Epicurus's
version before Christ. Two of the best books which show this theory is not true
science but psuedo-science are "The Evolution Handbook" by Vince
Ferrell, 992 pages of solid scientific disproofs of evolution, evolution-facts.org and
"In The Beginning - Compelling Evidence For Creation And The Flood"
by Walt Brown, Ph.d. - 328 pages. Read either or both of these books and almost
no student in America will believe in evolution after that! I evaluate that the
theory of evolution is the great deception that could deceive even the elect in
the last days as prophesied in the Bible. Hitler mass killed in the name of
evolution, Stalin did, and our evil boys in Wash., D.C. plan to kill off most
of mankind in the name of evolution.
I had not read it before but yesterday I read a section from "Great
Prophecies Of The Bible" by Ralph Woodrow. He had the same theme that I
had last week about the "he who hinders." He showed that the early
Christian writers were very familiar with the prophesied downfall of the Roman
Empire by the Apostle Paul. And he showed an angle I had not seen before how by
use of Latin words that they had said that the Roman Empire authority would
exist for the Last Days and the he who hinders would have the legal right to be
the Caesar of this ancient Roman authority. Ralph Woodrow said that he did not
see how this prophesied event could occur in the Last Days, but early
Christianity taught on this and believed this would happen. This is the span of
time so the Gospel can be effectively spread all over the world as prophesied
in Matthew 24.
We had the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima, Portugal on Oct. 13, 1917
witnessed by maybe up to 90,000 to 100,000 people that day and witnessed for
around a 20-30 mile radius from there. The children said that the Virgin Mary
had told them a great Miracle of God would occur that day, the people
came, and the prophesied giant Miracle of the Sun happened that day. With my
scientific approach, I cover this topic from a different angle than others.
Irrelevant if you judge this incredible giant miracle of the sun was from God
or else from Satan, it is a true scientific fact that it occurred and I read
somewhere that even the New York Times reported on it when it occurred. This is
a supernatural event and shows that God and Satan have been fighting for the
hearts, souls, and minds of mankind on earth. This Miracle of Fatima shows
that God exists for real. The basic message of Fatima was that mankind must
stop sinning before God or else World War II would come. If mankind did not
turn back to God after World War II, then World War III would occur and entire
nations would be annihilated in the process. The entire message of Fatima
can be read by looking it up in search engines on the internet.
In a later reported apparition of the Virgin Mary at Betania, Venezuela, it was
reported that the Virgin Mary was calling for Protestants and Catholics to heal
their differences and reunify for the sake of Christianity and Jesus Christ. I
think my book "The Early Roots Of Apostolic Christianity" by
Erasmus of America takes what is good out of the Catholic Church and the
Protestant churches and reunites based upon common sense and
recognition that good Christians exist in both the Catholic and Protestant
camps. I use the early Apostolic Constitution of Christianity as the basis for
reunification which neither the Catholic Church nor the Protestants really
follow today. Among those features are bishops are elected by the people of the
mother city churches instead of faraway Rome, clergy can be married once
more like even the Apostle Peter was a married man, and we show more
respect for the teachings of early Christianity than either the Catholic or
Protestant side does today. By the way, a historical note here. Ancient
Imperial Rome was built on 7 hills. Constantinople was called
"New Rome" and built on 7 hills. Moscow later also called itself
a new Rome and built on 7 hills. And the original name of Washington, D.C. was
Rome and a branch of the Potomac River was named Tiber creek after the
Tiber River of Rome. Also, Wash., D.C. was built on 7 hills and its first
name was Rome, Maryland. You may read into that whatever you will in prophecy.
By the way, my book for the reunification of Christianity by returning to first
Christianity is "The Early Roots Of Apostolic Christianity" by
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And Upholds Apostolic Christianity As Jesus Asked Of All Of Us In
Revelation 2. The rewards involved are for all eternity and beyond anything you
can ever imagine! I already saw the hereafter many years ago when a young
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