Why The Church of England Is A FALSE Church
Many will take offence at what is written here. However, it is with
scriptural authority and prophetic prerogative that I write this
article. May you have eyes to perceive the truth.
Paul adjured those who
are spiritual:
Preach the word!
...Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching (2
Tim 4:2).
For the time will
come when they will not endure sound doctrine... and they will turn
their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables (2 Tim
4:3,4).
As a follower of Jesus
you are also commanded:
Walk as children of
light... finding out what is acceptable to the Lord (Eph 5:8,10).
There are many things
that occur in churches up and down this land which are NOT acceptable to
God! That is why Paul castigated, reproved, corrected and exhorted those
who claimed to be following Jesus but who weren’t. And he exhorts you:
Have no fellowship
with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose [reprove]
them (Eph
5:11).
“Darkness?! Do you mean
to accuse the Church of England of being in darkness?!”
Yes. But I do not say
it on my authority alone. Read on and see where the C of E is out of
step with biblical authority and the faith once delivered to the saints.
A Dream From God
After God indicated to
me that I should write this article, He gave a confirming dream to my
wife. What Helena
received was after I was considering some of the unbiblical practices
the Archbishop of Canterbury has got involved in, or given his tacit
approval of, or condoned by his failure to speak forthrightly about.
Why would God give this
little bit of revelation at that time? The answer is in Mark 16:20 which
says:
They went out and
preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the
word through the accompanying signs (Mrk 16:20).
We have a Dream Diary
containing hundreds of dreams from God, confirming His guidance upon
this ministry, and authenticating / confirming the message.
I realise it’s an
unpalatable message to many, but God does not pander to human whims. He
speaks the truth, unashamedly and forthrightly – something which the
Church of England has rarely done.
God gives a miraculous
sign or revelation just as He has done throughout history since Moses’
time:
Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, make Myself known to
him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream (Num 12:6).
This was the short
dream God gave
Helena:
29th Sept 2008. H. The Archbishop of
Canterbury, Rowan Williams was inside a rubbish bin. His head and torso were above
the lid. He was lonely, rejected and blind.
I felt
sorry for him and asked him if I could touch his hands and comfort
him. He gladly responded.
Meaning:
This is a spiritual allegory. God is not pleased with the leadership
of the C of E. They are blind and – spiritually – consigned to the
rubbish bin.
But it shows that
ultimately we may be able to help him spiritually.
Heresies and deception cut people off from God.
The Midnight Cry
Jesus warned us all
that at this time of the end, shortly before His coming, ALL the
bridesmaids would have fallen asleep, spiritually (Matt 25:5).
Then at midnight – a
very late hour in God’s plan – “a cry was heard” (Matt 25:6). The
prophetic cry is a call to awaken out of spiritual slumber. Slumber is a
metaphor for deception. This cry is customarily a call to repentance and
humbling. See Isaiah 40:3-8.
The prophet is ‘sent’
to awaken the Bride, so she can get ready for Jesus’ coming.
I am under no illusions
about the ‘welcomeness’ of what God assigns to a prophet to say or do.
Jesus lamented bitterly over the failure of humanity – especially of the
ones He has called – to listen and heed (Matt 23:37). Throughout time,
almost without exception, the prophets God used to correct and call for
repentance were persecuted and rejected by the religious powers-that-be
(Matt 23:29-35). They were vilified, and most were killed!
Such is the prophet’s
lot. But it won’t alter his message. That is from God.
Unlike the true
prophets, however, the C of E alters its message, and waters down the
purity of the Word of God in order to placate unconverted people.
It doesn’t preach
unadulterated truth.
It is high time to
repent of this compromise – or be destroyed! (More about the Midnight
Cry is provided in the booklet The Ten Virgins, and the article
The Midnight Cry available from Midnight Ministries.)
Church of England BLASPHEMY No.1
The first blasphemy of
the Church of England is that it claims the monarch is the Head of the
Church. That one fact alone is enough to demonstrate that this human
organisation is NOT God’s Church. For Jesus is the Head of His Church,
not England’s monarch.
Notice it in God’s
Word:
And He [God] put
all things under His [Jesus’] feet, and gave HIM to be head over all
things to the church (Eph 1:22).
And He [Jesus] is
the Head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the
firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the pre-
eminence (Col 1:18).
Jesus should have the
first place, not any man or woman, no matter what church tradition says.
Notice what Jesus said
about religious tradition:
...you also
transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition...
Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:
These people draw
near to Me with their mouth, and honour Me with their lips, but
their heart is far from Me, and in vain they worship Me, teaching as
doctrines the commandments of men (Matt 15:3,7-9).
In what follows later,
you will see why many of the teachings and
practices of the C of E are half truths and error.
Church of England BLASPHEMY No.2
The Lordship of Christ
has been supplanted by men. Instead of Jesus presiding over His Church,
He has been replaced by a human board and a hierarchic head (Archbishop
of Canterbury) who has effectively a papal position.
Henry VIII may have
separated the
English
Church from that of Papal Rome, but the character of that body is not
much different, and the errors in leadership and governance have been
continued to a large extent.
She is adjured in
Revelation to:
Come out of her, My
people, lest you share in her sins, and ... receive of her plagues
(Rev 18:4).
But she hasn’t come
out.
The blasphemous papal
position still continues in the C of E, where a man is elevated to a
higher position than all clergy beneath his hierarchic position, and
over all laity. What is wrong with this from God’s perspective is fully
explained in the book God’s Church – Whose Authority? available
from Midnight Ministries.
More about the
blasphemous nature of the Church of Rome, and what lies ahead, is
provided in MM’s book Understanding The Book of Revelation.
As a Christian, Jesus
should be your Lord, your Master, your Teacher, your Guide, your Head,
not a man. Notice it in inspired Scripture:
I want you to know
that the Head of every man is Christ... (1 Cor 11:3).
Do not be called
Rabbi [a
hierarchic term at that time asserting religious superiority];
for One is your Leader (alternative to Teacher, margin),
the Christ, and you are all brethren (Matt 23:8).
Do not be called
teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ (Matt 23:10).
Jesus warns:
Whoever exalts
himself shall be humbled... (Matt 23:12).
Everything that is high
and lofty will be pulled down by the power of God (Is 2:11; 5:15). This
is part of that correction.
How can Jesus be all of
the above to us?
Teacher? Through His
Word.
Guide? By His Spirit,
individually leading us.
But the C of E doesn’t
teach people how to come out of a corporate human organisation and
follow the lead of the Spirit in small home fellowships, shunning
ecclesiastic pomp and control.
It doesn’t teach people
how Jesus will lead you into all truth via His Spirit (Jn 16:13).
Instead, it asserts its supremacy over you through its hierarchy. The
whole system is wrong, unbiblical, and perverse.
You won’t find all
available truth in the C of E, because of these blasphemies it
perpetrates.
These teachings
substitute Jesus and His Spirit.
Church of England BLASPHEMY No.3
In support of its
heretical elevation of church leaders, the C of E has traditionally
assigned to them titles of veneration.
“Reverend” is a title
that ONLY belongs to God. Humans are not holy. Therefore they are not to
be revered or worshipped. Humans are sinful by nature in this evil world
and need God’s redemption. Humans – including church leaders – need
atonement for their sins, through Christ. So no man is to be revered or
even trusted, so says the Word of God (Jer 17:5; Ps 146:3; Is 2:22).
God is greatly to
be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be held in reverence
by all those around Him (Ps 89:7).
But nowhere does the
Bible say we should give equal reverence to men who claim to represent
Him.
Holy and awesome is
HIS name (Ps 111:9).
More about this is
explained later in the sections entitled What The Bible DOESN’T Say!
Answering Objections
Before I come to some
of the doctrinal positions of the C of E which are heretical according
to the biblical yardstick, many will already have objections.
“Hang on a minute,” you
may say, “what about all the good that the Church of England has done?
Like the thousands who have been spiritually invigorated by New Wine, by
the Renewal Movement, who have received a baptism in the Spirit and
spiritual gifts, and the many who have been brought to Christ through
its auspices?”
“What about the men
like David Pytches who have brought revival or renewal by their
embracing the prophetic, and the miraculous? This isn’t a dead,
Spirit-less, or old-fashioned church. God has done many wonderful things
in the C of E.”
I don’t deny the
working of God in and through the C of E according to His purposes in
bringing some people to salvation through Jesus. BUT, the working of God
via someone, or in a church, is not a sign of His approval of all that
is taught or takes place.
On the Final Day many
will be rejected, despite the fact that He used them for a while in
their earthly ministry:
Not everyone who
says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the Kingdom of heaven, but he
who DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER in heaven.
Many will say to Me
in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast
out demons in Your name, and done many
wonders in Your name?’
And then I will
declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice
lawlessness’ (Matt 7:20-23).
You see, God will grant
His Spirit to work His wonders even though a minister may not be saved
in the end. That minister must himself surrender to God so that he knows
Him, which means he submits to and obeys ALL God says, not just what he
wants to obey.
So, ‘men of God’ (as
perceived by the laity) may speak in tongues, interpret tongues,
prophesy, heal the sick, cast out demons, perform other miraculous
wonders, yet not be saved. Why? Because their hearts were not sold out
to God. They were willing to accept supernatural power and faith from
Him for that purpose yet had a wrong motive all along.
They did what they did
to be seen of men, or to elevate themselves. Jesus granted the
healings and other works of God because of His grace and love for
the people whom they would reach, NOT because of the righteousness or
right standing those ministers had with Him, because of God’s
measureless grace.
False Ministers Are All Over The Place
I’m sure you know of
Paul’s warnings about the ubiquitous presence of false ministers:
For such are false
apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles
of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into
an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers
also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end
will be according to their works (2 Cor 11:13-15).
In Acts 20:27, Paul
stated that he had not shunned to declare to the brethren the whole
counsel of God. False ministers don’t do that. They won’t tell you
everything, even if they knew it; they only tell you part of God’s
truth. And the more false they are, the less truth they tell you. Their
selfish motive is to gain a following for themselves, or to maintain
stability, or to keep you in their church, or to assure themselves of a
salary, or any number of other spurious reasons. Their prime motivation
is NOT to give you “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth.”
Purity of truth is not
to be found in the C of E. More of this later.
Paul called these men
“savage wolves” (Acts 20:29). They don’t look like it. They are wolves
in sheep’s clothing (Matt 7:15). You can’t detect a ‘wolf’ easily. He
looks like a good person. This is not the place to fully explain this
travesty of falsity here. It is adequately covered in MM’s publications
Apostasy In God’s Church! and Testing The Spirits.
One way to expose a
false minister is to present him with purer truth than he already
possesses. He will not accept it. Some will attack you for it, or subtly
exert their influence against you and against the truth.
For example, God gave a
prophecy to Alex Buchanan, in the Church of England, in 1994. This was
reported in Prophecy Today magazine, and I reproduced the
prophetic word in our journal at that time. It was to the effect that
God is restoring the law:
God is looking
over the nation, seeing everything; this is the accusation:
The leaders of
the nation have removed My landmarks – My laws. Therefore judgement
has come to the nation and it will continue to come in greater
severity.
Many leaders in
My own Church have removed My landmarks – My laws. Therefore I am
shaking My church in severe judgement. Remember what I have written:
‘Cursed are those who remove the landmarks.’
Calvary shows the depth of My anger against lawlessness; it was
there that I removed the curse of the law from My people, but did
not remove their obligation to honour the law. I gave My laws to
be safeguards, and a blessing. I look now for those who will
restore the laws to a place of priority in their hearts, their
homes, and their congregations.
I have no objections
about the prophecy or its accuracy. But I soon found Alex Buchanan had
an objection towards me! When I wrote to him, explaining that God meant
him and the entire Church of England to be keeping God’s laws (most of
which are located in the OT), he rudely and arrogantly dismissed me and
what I wrote to him. He was above correction!
This is the lawlessness
of which Jesus warned in Matthew 7:23, and was the reason God gave the
prophecy to him and not to me or someone else who already accepts the
biblical law as our moral standard.
God gives prophetic
gifts to various people for various reasons. One reason is to bring the
recipient under judgement – something very few people realise. Of
course, that’s not the only reason.
An obvious reason is to
shine more light on the truth so that those who are truly God-fearing
can move ahead spiritually (Lk 1:79; 1 Cor 14:3,4).
But one unwelcome
repercussion of such gifts in use in the Church is the downfall of those
who use them to elevate themselves. This unseen purpose is part of the
meaning hidden in Simeon’s prophecy of the coming of Jesus:
This Child is
destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a
sign which will be spoken against (Lk 2:34).
I mentioned the bishop
David Pytches earlier. In Chorleywood he has built a large church
through his progressiveness. At one time he pioneered openness towards
prophets and the prophetic. However, when he found that those prophets
actually threatened his own position of control over the church, he
subtly tried to neutralise their influence and spoke against them. It
was clear to those with discernment that he wanted to maintain
pre-eminence for himself, like the biblical example Diotrephes (3 Jn 9).
Diotrephes even threw out the apostle John in order to consolidate his
power and hold over believers!
Jesus said you would
know a false minister by his spiritual fruits (Matt 7:16). Seeking
power, control, influence, position, or elevation instead of pure truth
are giveaways. More is explained in Apostasy In God’s Church!
When the ‘Toronto
Blessing’ (which is actually a curse in clever disguise) came to town,
David Pytches was quick to try and get on board. And the devil is only
too pleased to grant experience-seekers a ‘thrill’. Animalistic
manifestations ‘graced’ his church, as he spread these demonic
experiences amongst those who did not test him (1 Jn 4:1), but instead
trusted him.
Jesus did warn us:
Many
false prophets will rise up and deceive many (Matt 24:11). For many will come in My name... and will deceive many (Matt 24:5).
But their motives are
far from pure or laudable!
The Archbishop Of York
Look at John Sentamu,
Archbishop of
York.
He may be a colourful character, but personality and being outspoken are
not primary spiritual attributes which God is looking for.
Since his investiture,
he has sought every opportunity to make his position more prominent and
influential. Jesus said:
Take heed that you
do not do your charitable deeds before men to be seen by them.
Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
Therefore, when you
do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the
hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may
have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their
reward.
But when you do a
charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand
is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your
Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly (Matt
6:1-4).
You get the point, I’m
sure:
Don’t try to draw
attention to yourself.
Likewise, Jesus said,
when you pray or fast, don’t make a big to-do about it (Matt 6:5 and
6:16).
But... when you
pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to
your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in
secret will reward you openly (Matt 6:6).
...when you fast...
do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the
secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you
openly (Matt 6:18).
But Bishop Sentamu
prefers the attention of men than of God. When he fasted, he announced
it to the whole world, invited the media to see him camping in a tent
inside ‘his’ Cathedral, and thinks that such an escapade brings the name
of Jesus more prominence!
Can you believe it!? It
brings the bishop more prominence than Jesus! And makes Jesus look
foolish, that He would sanction such behaviour!
The trouble is, Jesus
does not sanction it. He decries it!
Then we have John
Sentamu’s publicity stunt, jumping out of an aeroplane with a Red Devil
on his back at 13,000 feet “to raise money for charity”. An appropriate
height from which to jump with the devil! But not an appropriate thing
to do for money!
What’s wrong with the
man that he thinks such stunts bring Jesus’ name glory?! He’s
unconverted. That’s why he is so misguided.
Is Jesus so incapable
of providing money that He has to have a bishop do what the world does
to get people’s attention? Doesn’t Jesus promise to provide whatever is
needed for HIS Work? Yes, He does. You can read it for yourself in
Matthew 6:33. So believe it.
Sentamu was ostensibly
raising funds for a charity which supports families of paratroopers
killed or wounded in Afghanistan. A laudable cause on the surface,
humanly speaking. But not for a churchman, who is supposed to be walking
by faith, not falling from the sky.
Perhaps that is a
parody of his spiritual course, like the one who preceded all who seek
glory for themselves. You can read who that was in Luke 10:18.
Besides these
travesties, Sentamu has sought to use his elevated position to make
political statements at almost every opportunity. Yet a minister of
Jesus Christ is not to be involved in the affairs of this world (2 Tim
2:4), this present evil world (Gal 1:4). Jesus said of this
satanic order of things:
My kingdom is not
of this world... (Jn 18:36).
So, why does John
Sentamu behave as if he has a right to pronounce politically? For at
least two reasons:
1) he thinks Jesus
needs his help to usher in God’s Kingdom upon earth, and
2) he’s a false
minister – a hypocrite – devoid of the Spirit of God, seeking his own
prominence.
Jesus doesn’t need John
Sentamu’s help to intervene in human affairs on His behalf. No true man
of faith behaves like that. These are the actions and talk of a fake,
not a man of faith.
I sent him a packet of
MM literature many months ago. There was no response at all; not even an
acknowledgement!
He doesn’t champion the
cause of truth before his own cause or that of his church. If there is a
conflict of interests between truth and his church – the Church of
England – the latter takes precedence.
Thus, his aspirations
are human, not divine. He is a poser, a performer; colourful but
deceived.
Always remember what
Jesus said of hypocrites and wolves:
By their fruits you
will know them (Matt 7:20).
You’ve got to test the
spirits, because many false prophets have gone out (1 Jn 4:1). They are
actually part of the spirit of Antichrist (1 Jn 4:3), because their
modus operandi supplants Christ and subtly opposes what God is doing in
restoring His Way and Truth.
Humanism, Not Christianity
The problem with the
Church of England is that it no longer promotes Christianity. Humanism
has taken its place.
Just to cite a mere
handful of examples:
-
Homosexuality is
condoned instead of being condemned as the Bible does (Lev 18:22;
20:13; Rom 1:27; Eph 5:3). We don’t condemn the homosexual, because
he can get help to overcome his deviancy. We condemn the sin, not
the sinner. That is the biblical position, but it is not the
position which the C of E has adopted and over which the church is
being split.
-
On the Church of
England’s website there is an apology to Charles Darwin for
“misunderstanding” him. Apparently, the church now wants to distance
itself from fundamentalists who believe the biblical account, and
prefers to accept a human theory, unproven and untrue.
(Because God’s Word reveals what is true, though many misunderstand
what God means in Genesis, and elsewhere in the Bible. MM’s booklet
Gems From Genesis explains more about the symbols employed in
Genesis.)
-
On Islam, the
church calls “for an alliance between the two faiths for ‘the common
good’.” (Daily Mail, p 10, 16 July 2008.) But the Word of God
states categorically that “there is no other name under heaven given
among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12), other than that of
Jesus, Saviour of the world. All the window-dressing of Islam is a
sham. Islam lacks divine power, and Spirit, and truth of God. It is
merely a human religion, demonically inspired and demonically used
to undermine Christianity. (Spelled out in MM’s booklet Islam,
the Koran, and God.)
-
Ecumenical and
inter-faith movements are supported by the C of E, despite God’s
clear warnings in the Bible to have nothing to do with religious
falsity (Deut 12:30-31). God says, “Whatever I command you, be
careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from
it” (Deut
12:32). This principle is repeated in Revelation 22:18-19 under
threat of forfeiture of eternal life! The C of E cares less about
what God says than making overtures to men, no matter how deceived
they are!
The list could go on and on of instances where men in the Church of
England who claim to represent God and uphold His Word are doing nothing
of the sort!
Either make the
tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its
fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit (Matt 12:33).
The above should be sufficient to show that the C of E tree is bad!
Jesus’ castigation of the religious leaders of His time is as apt in our
day:
Brood of vipers!
How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaks (Matt 12:34).
Holy Trinity, Brompton
“What of Nicky Gumbel’s highly successful and much applauded Alpha
Course? Surely that is a good advert for the Church of England?”
I’m afraid not. In a dream God gave me on
6th April 2001, He
likened the Alpha Course to masturbation. The dream was shocking.
It was meant to appal. (See MM’s write-up titled The Alpha Course.)
God calls people into holy wedlock with Him through Christ. The Church is
supposed to be the Bride of Christ and to enjoy the spiritual
counterpart of marital union (although much higher than the physical
relationship). Marriage is meant to be a giving relationship, in which
sex is enjoyed in its purity by giving to the other partner, not taking
what you want. However, Alpha reverses the motivation and dirties
the product. It appeals to the basic instincts of human nature – to get
for oneself – using Jesus for self.
It is aptly named, for it is only a beginning, by no means the end. Jesus
is both Alpha and Omega, the beginning and
the end, the first and the last. There is much more truth needed,
as MM literature reveals.
God Is Not Found In Men’s Institutions
About a decade ago I was writing to Derek Prince, who had an
international teaching ministry. He had become elevated by the
widespread influence and scope of his work. His enterprise had grown
into an established institution.
As I wrote that letter to Derek Prince, God spoke and said:
I am not found in the institutions of men.
I was somewhat taken aback at first. But Derek Prince, as good as he was,
refused further truth from me, and didn’t move ahead. He retrogressed,
despite how far he had come. Actually, it was because of how far
he had come that he backtracked from then on.
When men get lifted up by success, pride insidiously enters. The bigger
the church, or the more numerous the converts, or the larger the
following, the greater the pull of pride. It’s not seen, but it’s there.
Deception follows in its wake.
That’s why all the big name evangelists have big heresies in their
portfolio. And it shouldn’t surprise you that the highly elevated
Archbishops and Bishops of the C of E are not exempt from gross
deception!
We see much confusion in the Church of England today. Such is the product
of Satan’s work:
For God is not the
author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the
saints (1 Cor 14:33).
Rowan Williams, Archbishop Of Canterbury
Returning to the dream
which God gave
Helena
on 29th September 2008 about Rowan Williams, he was portrayed rejected and in the dustbin.
Here’s why.
God has presently
rejected him. So he is not able to give moral leadership, and it is why
he is so deceived and misguided.
Deception follows in
the wake of being lifted up. Pride automatically leads to a spiritual
fall. Pure truth is the first casualty of elevation of church leaders.
Rowan Williams has
accepted or approved or tolerated, for humanistic reasons, the
following. (The section that follows is excerpted from a web page
entitled First Plumbline Apologetics.)
Most Rev Dr Rowan
Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, Pro-Homosexual, Pro-Freemason
and a Druid...
Dr Rowan
Williams becomes an Eisteddfod 'druid'
The new Archbishop of
Canterbury has been inducted as a druid in a centuries-old Celtic
ceremony.
Dr Williams became a
member of the highest of the three orders of the Gorsedd of Bards – a
1,300-strong circle of Wales' key cultural contributors – in a ceremony
at this year's National Eisteddfod celebration of Welsh culture in St
Davids, Pembrokeshire.
Dr Williams, 52, wore a
long white cloak without any head-dress as he arrived at the back of the
procession.
Rowan Williams
apologises to Freemasons and Endorses Freemasonry.
By Chris Hastings
and Elizabeth Day
The Archbishop of
Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has been forced to apologise to Britain's
330,000 Freemasons after he said that their beliefs were incompatible
with Christianity and that he had rejected them from senior posts in his
diocese.
"The Archbishop
apologises for the ‘distress’ he caused and discloses that his own
father was a member of the Craft."
Freemasons, many of
whom are active members of the Church of England, reacted angrily to his
disclosure that he "had real misgivings about the compatibility of
Masonry and Christian profession".
A spokesman said the
Archbishop was worried about the ritual element of Freemasonry, which
has been seen as "satanically inspired". [It is! – MM.]
"He claims that his
views were never meant to be public and were distorted by the media."
He added: "The quoted
statements about the 'satanic' character of the Masonic ceremonies and
other matters did not come from me and do not represent my judgment.
Since my late father was a member of the Craft for many years, I have
had every opportunity of observing the probity of individual members."
Dr Williams does not,
in his letter, deny that he has misgivings about the role of Freemasons
within the Church.
He wrote: "Where
anxieties exist, however, they are in relation not to Freemasonry but to
Christian ministers subscribing to what could be and often is understood
[or misunderstood] as a private system of profession and initiation,
involving the taking of oaths of loyalty."
Archbishop Rowan
Williams Strongly Pro-Homosexual
The Anglican Archbishop
of Canterbury,
Rowan Williams, is strongly pro-homosexual. But he is equally strongly a
Church conservative in terms of Church order.
He strongly favors the
approval of homosexuality, but equally strongly insists that the
homosexualists must wait until the Church at large approves such a
lifestyle. That puts him in direct conflict with the realities of
Christian faith.
He is going to get shot
at from both sides.
He argues that there is
more to homosexuality than Romans 1, the passage most frequently cited
by evangelicals where
St Paul
attacks the “unseemly” passions of men with men.
Dr Williams goes on to
set out a possible case for active same-sex relationships by arguing
that revisionists who support “sexual expression” for homosexuals may,
like evangelicals, be trying to be faithful to the Bible.
His arguments, couched
in diplomatic theology, make clear his support for committed gay
partnerships and his belief that the Church’s traditional ban on
homosexual activity should not apply to those in faithful gay
relationships.
Dr Williams says that
there are plenty of homosexual Christians who do not recognise
themselves in Romans 1, where St Paul condemns a society where “God gave
them up unto vile affections”, where women turned to lesbian love and
“the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burnt in their lust one
toward another”.
Archbishop
sparks row after holding secret communion for gay clergy
By OLINKA KOSTER
... 31st December 2007
A row erupted yesterday
after it emerged the Archbishop of Canterbury kept the details of a
communion service for gay clergy so secret that he failed to inform the
Bishop of London it was taking place in his diocese.
Dr Rowan Williams
reignited the row that is causing divisions within the Anglican Church
after agreeing to hold a Eucharist for homosexual, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender clergy.
Details of the service,
attended by around 100 people, emerged yesterday, with the Archbishop
said to have spoken openly about the future for gay people in the
church.
...The service was held
at the end of last year (2007) in All Hallows by the Tower, a 7th
Century church in the City of London, after the original venue, the
liberal St Peter's Church in
Belgravia, was "outed" on a hostile website. (End of web page
excerpt.)
The Archbishop, Rowan
Williams is a nice man. But human respectability hides many demons.
Jesus once castigated Peter for his satanic motivation (Matt 16:23).
Equally Jesus reproves churchmen today! Not that they listen.
Rowan Williams is a
man-pleaser, and tries to be a diplomat. You can’t be a diplomat AND
live by the Word of God. The two are incompatible. God says what is
right, just and true. Ours is to obey it, not compromise it! Christians
are to fear and obey God, not man (Acts 5:29).
C of E Door Open, But NOT To Jesus!
The problem with the C
of E, and with most of its churchmen, is that human considerations have
largely replaced biblical precept and moral principle.
The church leaves the
door wide open for anything and everything to enter. This liberalism was
portrayed in this dream from God to Helena:
11th February 2007.
H. The Church of England
I went to visit a
building complex which was spread out with many doors and open-plan
inside. There were many beds near the walls, creating cosy areas for
people to settle down to rest or sleep. Many people came and went.
I was concerned for
the people, because their spiritual safety was in danger, with the
enemy being free to enter at any time. I had the key [the truth of
God which gives people access to God and His heavenly kingdom] to
lock the doors, but with so many doors I didn’t think it would be
feasible. [We cannot reach people inside the C of E. You can.]
Comment:
God gives us the keys to keep the Church safe. God’s truth in His
Word gives us the protection from Satan and
demonic powers. We have that key in publications:
Testing The
Spirits Apostasy In God’s Church! The Controversy Concerning Law and Grace The Faith Once Delivered To The Saints Wielding The Divine Axe,
and many other
publications.
Dream:
When I went outside there were a few people who were friendly. There
were a couple of beautiful birds walking nearby [symbol of spiritual
beauty to God in two people who are a blessing to us; they live
God’s way].
Comment:
The building represents the Church in
England
which is spiritually weak and open to the enemy. The beds symbolise
the spiritually sleepy state inside.
The Church of
England today is more concerned about the repair of buildings, and
the physical preservation of its human structure, than the spiritual
health of the people who are meant to be the building of God (2 Cor
6:16).
Because of this
somnolence, compromise and neglect, God is doing His Work of preparing
His Bride, spiritually beautifying His people OUTSIDE organised
churches, outside the C of E, not inside.
In Revelation, these
large institutionalised churches and denominations are depicted by the
term ‘outer court’. They are not in God’s presence; they are not close
to Him. They shut Him outside.
God is now working with
individuals, NOT corporate entities. His Spirit is drawing people
OUT of churches and into home fellowships, where the full latitude is
given for the Spirit to move, teach and lead. Hence Revelation depicts
in symbol these believers being ‘measured'. The
angel says to John:
...Rise and measure
the temple
of God, the altar, and those who worship there. But leave out the
court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has
been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city
underfoot for 42 months (Rev 11:1,2).
The holy city is not
only Jerusalem,
but that which Jerusalem represents prophetically – the Church.
Most Christians are
blithely unaware that the Church as we know it now is going to be
completely overwhelmed and subjugated by secular powers in the Great
Tribulation that is coming very soon! But most Christians don’t
care to know and don’t believe it, because they have been lulled to
sleep by their mentors, many of whom are false ministers!
God sends warnings
through prophets, but O how few heed! Neither do they want new truth.
If you think that the C
of E is open to further truth from prophets whom God has ‘sent’, try
them out – give or send some MM literature to them, and see how it is
rejected and ignored, except marginally for selfish reasons. (A very few
take information from MM lit, and use it for their own advantage, but
most just ignore it.) This dream reveals:
20th August 2007.
H. Neighbour ignores us
A neighbour was
doing some gardening [depicts some from the C of E]. There was a
fence between us. I was trying to talk to her but she ignored me.
She was too selfish to be bothered. This attitude is reflected in
churches today, Church of England included.
The trouble is, when
Jesus sends a prophet with more truth that believers need to accept,
they have not merely rejected the prophet, they have rejected the One
who sent him (Matt 10:40,41; Luke 10:16). I think you can see now why He
has to allow the Great Tribulation to decimate the Church! They don’t
care for more of Him. They only want what they want, not what HE
wants.
Scripture reveals God’s
austerity, about which they are oblivious:
Because I have
called and you refused, I have stretched out My hand and no one
regarded, ...I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when
your terror comes... Then they will call on Me, but I will not
answer; they will seek Me diligently but will not find Me (Prov
1:24,26,28).
Therefore consider
the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but
toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise,
you also will be cut off (Rom 11:22).
This is one thing you
will not hear preached in your average church. You hear of grace, grace,
grace. But severity...? Tribulation? And GREAT Tribulation...?
It’s in the Word (Matt
24:21,22; Jer 30:7; Dan 12:1). But it’s rarely mentioned in the Church!
Much more information
on the Great Tribulation and events to come is provided in Understanding The Book of Revelation (£7.00 from MM).
God Speaks Through Dreams
The following is a
selection of dreams which God has given us which have relevance to the
Church of England. [H = Helena Heap’s. M = Malcolm Heap’s.]
Hostile And Arrogant C of E Leader
14th January 2006.
H. Arrogant young boy
I was talking to a
young boy but he was arrogant and argumentative. Whatever I said, he
twisted.
Meaning:
That day I
received a response from a C of E leader after receiving our
literature. I thought he would be objective and open-minded but his
response was hostile.
Church Of England Monster
15th September
2007. H. I saw a red square flash before me, giving a warning of
danger. Then a large fish opened its big mouth and the fish then
changed into a monster.
Comment:
This was fulfilled by a news report about the Church of England
speaking out through the Archbishop of Canterbury on moral and
family issues, on our broken society and multiculturalism.
One of the bishops
asked for political intervention in Zimbabwe – John Sentamu, Bishop
of York. Some months previously, I had sent him a packet of MM
literature. There wasn’t even an acknowledgement, let alone a reply
of worth! Why? Because he’s arrogant, proud, and part of that cult.
He would not recognise us because we don’t submit to the C of E, or
come under their ‘umbrella’. He would probably regard me as a false
prophet.
The discussion and
pronouncement might seem good, but in reality, it is totally
inadequate without teaching true moral standards from the Bible.
Instead of speaking up for God, the church has become a powerful
human institution, but which has lost its way spiritually, holding
its members in spiritual poverty and deception.
Heroic Motorbike Ride
25th July 2008. M.
Motorbike power race
A rider was making
a bid to break the world record for a motorbike race. But he was the
only rider.
He swept along the
road at breakneck speed, through all the things that you find in
towns, without hitting anything or anyone. It was amazing!
Then along a broad
stretch of road, a woman was crossing the road with her pushchair.
It was either a pelican crossing or a zebra crossing, but he didn’t
stop or even slow down. In a masterly move, he swept in front of the
woman. His speed must have been about 200 mph! She looked after him,
stunned, as he zoomed past. That scene then ended.
Two other scenes
then followed, one which featured Richard around the corner. Then I
was in a house, hurrying to get my push bike in the hallway out of
the door. Someone else was also accompanying me with their bicycle.
Meaning:
The motorbike is a symbol of the fast moving (incredibly so!)
powerful miracle phase of this ministry, soon to come. MM’s work is
unique (the only one in the race). At first I didn’t think I was the
rider (who is really Jesus), but then I was the hero on the bike
breaking the world record. I felt real elation at having
accomplished the feat! (What all will feel who make it into the
Kingdom.)
Sweeping through
the built up areas is symbolic of how the witness of what is said
and done will pass through. People will hear and know. God will pass
through. (How many will care to stop and take notice, however, is
another matter.)
The woman with
pushchair is most probably a symbol of the Church of England in this
country. C of E members are like small children who are pushed by
their leaders.
The broad road she
was crossing is the world’s way.
The Public Outreach Coming
19th August 2007.
H. Double-decker bus
A double-decker bus
travelled through the town, reaching out to others with MM
literature.
The next time the
same bus travelled through the town, there was a big lamp post in
the middle of the road. The bus ran into this obstacle, which caused
damage to the bus.
Meaning:
The bus represents MM in the next stage of the Work – the public
witness. The obstacle is the established church, probably Church of
England, blocking the next move of God. The church will not accept
new truth, and will argue against it, causing damage to the
restoration and to us.
Silenced By MM Literature
11th January 2006.
H. Elderly man gagged
I saw the face of
an elderly man gagged.
Meaning:
This is a C of
E leader who received some MM literature. The truth and prophecies
explained would have given him a shock, hence the imagery of him
being gagged.
Because of his
elevated position and the sleepy church environment he is used to,
he is unprepared for the events of the last days before Jesus’
return.
Church of England Half Naked
29th September
2005. H. Half-naked woman.
A woman was walking
on the main road. She was half-naked, wearing only a top. She felt
uneasy as a taxi driver showed her attention when she was passing
by.
She passed through
a big gathering with people coming and going [may be a symbol of the
coming publicity]. The queen was nearby with a black hat. The woman
carried on her journey up the stairs. A man pursued her, intending
to assault her. She managed to get a stone and threatened him.
Meaning:
She is a symbol of people in the Church of England. Half naked
spiritually, they are not ready for the return of Jesus Christ. She
is not free to leave as the church leaders don’t let her go. She had
to fight them off with the Word of God (the stone). By living God’s
way, the church will become fully clothed.
The queen’s black
hat depicts the deadness of the church.
Deception In Church Of England
29th March 2006.
H. Vicar and spiritual deception.
As I was walking
down the road, a vicar (minister in the Church of England) was
coming towards me. When he passed [their spiritual direction is not
the same as ours], he looked back and asked, “Is that you?”
I answered, “Yes,
it is me.”
The vicar’s face
was red. [Drunkenness produces a red face. Drunkenness depicts
spiritual deception (Rev 17:2).]
Meaning:
Publicity will make us relatively well known to the organised church
leadership. They will be rather puzzled by us. The church leaders
have failed to prepare the church (the people comprise the church,
not a building, nor the leadership – ‘ecclesiastics’ – nor the
organisation) for Jesus’ return.
Going the opposite
way down the road depicts the fact that they are not in the will of
God any longer.
Christ or Antichrist?
(From MM's
journey Awake! Awake!
September 1999)
The former Archbishop of Canterbury (George Carey), the Church of
England’s most leading figure, said that he could not be sure that Jesus
was resurrected from the dead. He claimed we “cannot know” for sure.
When I read of his
words – in the Daily Mail, August 1st, 1999 – I felt angry. It
sparked a heated response from others, too, who knew he should have
known better.
“If he cannot know for
sure, then what hope have the rest of us got?” is the question that many
ordinary believers raise.
The truth is, we CAN
know for sure! The evidence is there for simple believers to see. It is
in the gospels that have been preserved for us as historical documents.
(If Jesus’ resurrection had been a hoax, we would not have these records
to substantiate that He did resurrect!)
There is also the
evidence in supernatural apparitions. He has appeared to MANY, even many
in our time. There are numerous books containing the personal accounts
of people who have met Him, either in vision, or some other unusual way.
One is I Am With You Always by G Scott Sparrow, Pan Books.
But the Archbishop is
either ignorant of these things, or prefers not to believe them.
And that is the crux of
this issue, because, despite the evidence, it can be disbelieved. Faith is a prerequisite to accepting that Jesus rose from the dead,
precisely as He said He would. And that faith is a God-given gift. That
is why God has arranged things in just such a fashion, why the evidence
for the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus is not brim full and
running over in secular accounts. Satan doesn’t want it to be known, and
God has allowed the world to be blinded and ignorant on spiritual
matters of vital truth.
God is not trying to
get the whole world saved.... right now. He is only saving a few. And
the faith He gives those few is not shared by the majority. So, such
issues remain in relative obscurity to the world of man and to the man
of the world.
The man of the world
doesn’t care to know. He doesn’t care to believe. And the Archbishop
doesn’t care to believe either – which makes him an unbeliever. What
makes a Christian true is explained in MM’s booklet The Mark of a
True Christian.
Paul predicted:
For I know this,
that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not
sparing the flock. Also from among yourselves men will rise up,
speaking perverse things.... (Acts 20:29,30).
For such are false
apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles
of Christ (2 Cor 11:13).
The Archbishop of
Canterbury is not a true Christian. If he were, he would never have cast
doubt on the validity of Jesus’ resurrection – the most central,
fundamental, pivotal, foundational, bedrock truth upon which the true
Church of Jesus is founded! His statement of doubt is a satanic dart,
meant to kill the faith of the gullible and undermine the truth of God’s
Word.
The truth that Jesus is
alive is evidenced in every true Christian believer, whose faith in
Jesus is vibrant, and whose works demonstrate that He lives in them.
THAT is the proof that Jesus was resurrected! But it’s not something the
world cares to see, nor the Archbishop of Canterbury, despite feigned
words he might utter to justify himself.
The truth is, he
represents the growing body of Antichrist. He prefers to be part of the
world in that regard, not part of God’s chosen!
At the end of the first
century, doubts arose as to the validity of Jesus’ claim to be the
Messiah. These doubts arose IN THE CHURCH! The question which gained
prominence then, was not about Jesus’ resurrection, so much as “Did He
come in the flesh?” “Was He a mortal man, or did He somehow come in
another form, and thereby not really die?”
“If He were some sort
of spiritual body, without flesh and blood like us, then He could have
seemed to die, but not die at all.” In other words, Jesus could have
faked His death.
These were the devious
reasonings which undermined the faith of many back then. John labelled
them for what they were – the demented machinations of Antichrist (2 Jn
7). “Who is a liar, but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is
antichrist who denies the Father and the Son” (1 Jn 2:22).
Denial of Jesus is not
necessarily overt. It can be covert, too. People deny Him in word and in
deed. Lifestyle denial may be the biggest enemy within the Church. There
are many false Christians masquerading as true, mouthing words that pay
lip service to Jesus, but whose hearts are far from Him. And there you
will always find a home for doubt.
The Mastermind Behind Antichrist
Satan is the mastermind
behind doubts. He is out to deceive. And his most important target is
the Church. He wants to delude true believers. His technique is clever.
It contains three prongs, like the proverbial devil’s pitch-fork:
1) He first
suggests something to make you question God’s truth.
2) That, in turn,
leads to doubt. And,
3) When doubt has
been implanted in the mind, the person disbelieves.
Everything in the
Christian life hinges upon faith. If Satan can destroy your faith in
some basic way, he is close to destroying you for eternity.
Israel
was destroyed in the wilderness because they did not have the foundation
of faith. Satan subverted it. That led to disobedience. God could not
work with them because they didn’t trust Him; so that generation died
(Num 14:11,22).
Many believers die
today because they don’t trust God. They don’t trust Him for their
healing, or in a number of other ways. Nothing grieves God more than to
see His children lose faith in Him!
Satanic Doctrinal Subterfuge
Lack of faith
accompanies many doctrinal delusions, too. Satan knows how to cast doubt
upon biblical truth. Querying the resurrection of Jesus or questioning
His deity have been two critical ones for centuries. But there are more
subtle pitfalls which have claimed victims throughout most of the modern
Church. Take this one, for instance:
The Bible clearly
denotes that we should obey God (Acts 5:29, 32; 4:19; Mt 19:17). One of
the commandments of God states categorically that we should all rest on
the seventh day of the week (Ex 20:8-11; Deut
5:12-16). Jesus said this command was not just made for the Jew,
but for all mankind (Mark
2:27).
But the majority of the
Church questions this. If you were one of the original disciples who had
been with Jesus, I doubt if it would have ever crossed your mind that
the traditional Sabbath keeping policy of ALL true believers back then
could have come into question! Yet, here we are today with a Church
which is so fundamentally different from the Church Jesus founded! Most
Christians rest on Sunday, not on the Sabbath which Jesus and all true
believers observed! For Peter or Paul, it would have been hard to
believe that such a thing could ever happen!
We can believe it
today, because we see it. But you would not have imagined it developing
if you had never lived in this Babylonish system! (Yes, Sunday
observance is rooted in Babylonian paganism, and Babylonian mysteries
have been adopted by the Catholic Church. Hence God’s condemnation of
Babylon and the Catholic Church in Revelation.)
This transition from
Sabbath to Sunday came about as a result of satanic questioning. Satan
caused some (false) Christian teachers to question original pure truth
and to suggest an alternative. That alternative looked very much more
appealing in times of vicious anti-Semitic persecution under the
Emperors Hadrian and Diocletian.
Most of the so-called
Church Fathers in the 2nd century promoted some form of anti-Sabbath or
anti-Jewish propaganda for various reasons. Some of them may have not
done this out of malicious motive or to be deliberately subversive.
Satan, remember, comes as an angel of light (2 Cor 11:14). He deludes
and deceives. And some of the Church Fathers may have been good men with
bent theology. But the fact remains that the original truths of the
Bible have been very much subverted. Today, we see a Church that has
lost almost all of the correct traditions that Paul admonished they be
careful to retain (2 Thes 2:15).
[A summary of early
Church traditions is provided in MM’s booklet The Faith Once
Delivered to the Saints.]
State persecution and
oppression was the catalyst for these spurious teachings to be adopted
by many. And those who adamantly refused to comply with State
legislation, which came mainly in the 4th century and after, lost their
lives for their faithfulness to God’s Word.
...they did not
love their lives to... death (Rev 12:11).
Possibly, many weak
Christians adopted Sunday instead of the Sabbath in order to distance
themselves from anything which appeared Jewish to the world, and which
would bring them under threat of persecution, confiscation of property,
imprisonment or even death.
However, those who did
this, knowing that God did not approve, had committed the fateful
mistake of all the wicked from time immemorial. They had opted for the
easy way out, willingly taking the Mark of the Beast and being stamped
with his number, 666 (Rev 13:18). They sacrificed true divine tradition for a
man-made substitute. Thus, they worshipped and followed man,
instead of God.
That is the aim of
Antichrist – to subvert true faith. The West’s modern counterpart is
humanism, with its theology of rationalism. Antichrist replaces Christ
with a human substitute of devilish designs. So, beware of counterfeits!
What The Bible
Doesn’t Say
Misconceptions abound – not only in the world, but
also in the Church – about what the Bible really says. In these articles, we take a closer look at the most popular
misconceptions Satan has foisted on God’s people.
1. LEADERSHIP IN THE
CHURCH
One of the last warnings Jesus gave His disciples before His
death concerned deception: “Watch out that no one deceives YOU”
(Matt 24:4).
This alert is directed
to us – Christians, those called of God and bought by the blood
of Christ – those to whom God is revealing Himself.
It may seem incongruous
that we, who are being called out of this world to have our minds opened
to the truths of God’s Word, should still be subject to Satan’s
deceptions. But Rome was not built in a day. How can we expect the city
of God to be completed overnight?
Jesus’ caveat is a
continual reminder to us not to become complacent while we still live in
Satan’s domain. Some Christians have complacently assumed that the
admonition to beware being deceived is not directed to them, but is
advice for those in the world. I have even heard some go so far as to
say that the elect can’t be deceived!
Those with that frame
of mind are the most deceived!
FALSE MESSIAHS
Jesus declared:
For MANY will come
in My name (Matt 24:5).
That is undeniable.
Many have come in His name. But how can we be sure which, of all of
those who have come in His name, are truly His?
You must...
Test the spirits to
see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone
out into the world (1 Jn 4:1, NIV).
There is a direct test:
By their fruits you
will know them (Matt 7:16,20, NIV).
What spirit is
displayed by a religious leader who stockpiles weapons and incendiary
devices to further his aims? What spirit is evidenced by a lifestyle of
sexual debauchery and licentious indulgence which contravenes the right
moral principle protecting the sanctity of marriage? What spirit is it
which causes a church leader to seek power and control over others, to
want pre-eminence? He may ‘preach Christ’. He may have a powerful
personality. He may read the Bible and encourage others to do so, but so
what? Disregard what he says. What do his actions say?
Far too many Christians
are naïvely fooled by deceivers for one reason. They listen to what the
man says without taking notice of the personal fruits of his life. They
agree with his ‘doctrines'. They find a commonality of belief and then
continue to follow everything he says. They accept him as their
leader. They follow him, not Christ. Thus, he becomes their Christ – a
false Messiah.
This is what Jesus was
warning us against. It is possibly the greatest single danger in
Christendom. It is a huge deception. Yet its manifestation can be so
subtle, so hard to detect! It is easy to be deceived.
My wife and I know from
firsthand experience. We were members of a ‘Christian cult’ for about 20
years. We have been through the experience of misplaced loyalties. We
have experienced the subtle deceptions which cause a man to supplant the
position of Christ in our minds.
Jesus called my wife
and me through a cult. He began to draw us to Him through that avenue.
He caused us to be drawn into a cult situation – deliberately. That may
sound strange to others who have not been through a cult experience.
They may think cults serve no constructive purpose. (I don’t disagree
that their philosophies can be highly destructive!) But God allows these
deceptive movements to abound – for a reason. They provide a learning
exercise.
Why did Jesus come to
deliver us from sin and deception and then ‘go away’ and leave us to
Satan’s devices? It is a test: a test of whom we will follow. Will we
follow man, or follow God? That has been the acid test throughout
history. It didn’t change when Jesus came, although He showed us how we
could rely upon His Spirit to guide and lead us through every
difficulty.
We are not to look to
men, but to God.
In one respect,
mainline churches are really no different from the cults. Cults take
some things to extremes, but there is a fundamental principle that is a
weakness of every ‘respectable’ organised church. The cults are not the
only groups who gain control through psychological manipulation. It is
an ever present danger in any humanly organised group.
The biggest cult of all
is the Roman Catholic Church. She is the mother of harlots in the west
(Rev 17:5). Her daughter churches have inherited customs and ways that
are equally promiscuous in God’s sight. I know of churches whose
psychological manipulation of members may not be apparent, but who
nonetheless have a profound effect upon their members.
Peer pressure does not
leave us when we reach our twenties or thirties. It continues on in more
discreet ways, even when we turn our lives over to Christ. In churches
you can be pressured by majority views – without realising it – to deny
new truth and follow the crowd.
You can allow yourself
to become deceived. It is easier to be deceived than to come out of the
ways which the great prostitute in Rome has ‘landed’ on the whole
Christian world.
THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST
The final trial to
envelop the Christian world is one which will centre on the decision we
make whether to follow man, or follow God. 666 is the number of the
Beast, who, through psychological coercion, forces men to accept a mark
(Rev 13:16-18). Its acceptance will cause you to come under God’s
condemnation (Rev 14:9,10). It is that serious!
Taking this mark
involves acceptance of compromise: a decision to accept human leadership
in place of Christ’s. The alternatives are not clear to most. But the
bottom line involves your loyalty. Will you be 100% loyal to God, or
will you water down your obedience to make life easier for yourself when
things get rough?
The mark of the Beast
involves deception – clever, subtle, cunning deception! It revolves
around the establishment of an image of the Beast (Rev 13:15). Do
you know what this implies?
The Beast in question
is the final resurrection of the ‘Holy’ Roman Empire, and the ‘dictator’
or president of that union.
Rome brought all western peoples under its subjugation in
previous reigns. It strengthened its political power by religious
fusion. It gained favour from the prelates of the Roman Catholic Church,
whose psychological manipulation caused many to worship the papacy.
Instead of worshipping and obeying Christ, the citizens worshipped and
obeyed a man who had usurped His office. The combination of, and
co-operation between the secular and religious arms of the Roman
government caused huge peer pressure to be exerted upon those who did
not want to commit such idolatry.
True Christians were
martyred for their refusal to submit to Rome.
The image of the Beast
is that illicit system of rulership in the Church which permits men to
hold sway over the minds of others. We are not to follow church leaders
but to follow our Church Leader, Jesus Christ.
Subservience to man –
to those who lead congregations, churches or organisations – is evident
wherever you care to look. It is not confined to the Church in Rome. The
excesses are more pronounced there, but they are equally present in many
other quarters of Christendom where they are more subtle. Many
Christians are deceived and don’t see these abuses for what they are –
flagrantly idolatrous!
Christians are like
sheep. They follow others. They may follow the crowd, and they may
follow their church leaders. But they should not do so implicitly.
It may come as a shock,
but EVERY organised church comes under Jesus’ condemnation in this
respect: they have established human rule. It is wrong.
In spiritual
administration, churches have a hierarchic system of rulership.
Government is from the top down. That is a throwback to Babylon.
Hierarchic rule was never an administrative option Jesus offered His
Church. Jesus said categorically:
You know that the
rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials
exercise authority OVER them. Not so with you (Matt 20:25,26, NIV).
Yet it IS SO in church
organisations! They have adopted identical systems of ruling to that
which the Roman Beast practised. They have raised up their images to the
Beast!
Through a centralised
structure, church leaders decide on doctrine and then impose it very
subtly upon those whom they teach – errors and all. It is not
intentional, but it occurs because the wrong system of government has
been developed.
Jesus gave no
guidelines for government in the Church, other than one: through the
Holy Spirit. Thus, rule by men goes out the window. Guidance by the
Holy Spirit comes in. God’s love takes over from human (satanic!)
control. And Christ can have His way in the Church.
That is how it ought
to be! But the Church has been deceived. It has been duped into
accepting a counterfeit form, one adopted by Rome from the Babylonian
system which originated with Nimrod, who usurped God’s rightful
leadership role.
We hear a lot in the
Church today about leaders, from leaders! Beware! You have
only one Leader, and He is not visible (Matt 23:9,10).
Don’t be fooled into
accepting a counterfeit. Awake! Come out to meet your Bridegroom
(Matt 25:6). Come out of Babylon (Rev 18:4).
Further
Reading:
A complete exegesis
about the much neglected fourth commandment and its observance
throughout history:
Our Sabbath
Rest
(£3.00).
Where is the true
Church, and what is true authority:
God’s Church
– Whose Authority? (£3.00).
What The Bible Doesn’t Say
Misconceptions abound – not only in the world, but
also in the Church – about what the Bible really says. In these articles, we take a closer look at the most popular
misconceptions Satan has foisted on God’s people.
2. DID JESUS FULFIL THE LAW FOR US?
One of the most popular current teachings is that Jesus fulfilled
and annulled the law of the Old Testament. It is claimed that when Jesus
died, He nailed to the cross all the Old Testament rituals and laws. He
abrogated them and replaced them with another ‘law of love’, doing away
with all the ‘harsh’ legalistic principles that God had given Israel
through Moses.
The only problem with
this very appealing concept is that it is a LIE! A massive lie!
In the first ‘sermon’
Jesus uttered in His ministry, He made it clear that the Old Testament
laws were not being done away. He declared:
DO NOT THINK THAT I
HAVE COME TO ABOLISH THE LAW or the Prophets; I have not come to
abolish them... (Matt 5:17, NIV).
Isn’t it strange that
people don’t believe Jesus, but prefer to believe Satan’s lies through
false teachers?
Jesus continued:
I tell you the
truth... (v 18).
Why would Jesus say
this? Because He foreknew through the Spirit what was to come. He knew
people would not believe the truth. He knew the majority would be
beguiled by Satan to believe a lie – that the foundational law of the
Old Testament has been abolished.
Those people dismiss
these words of their Saviour as fiction!
I tell you the
truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter,
not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the
Law until everything is accomplished (v18 NIV).
That is pretty
conclusive, isn’t it? Not the smallest letter, not the least stroke
of a pen... How can you get more definite than that? NOTHING is to
disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished!!
Has everything been
accomplished, yet?
No! Heaven and earth
are still here. So is the Law!
Jesus has died and
through His death He has bought our salvation. Yes, that is true. But is
that all there is to it? Has His death accomplished everything? NO! Paul
wrote to the Romans that His death accomplished our justification (Rom
5:9); that is our freedom from the curse which the law incurs by our
breaking it (Lev 26:14-45; Deut 28:15-68).
But there is more to it
– to being saved – than His death. Jesus’ death does not accomplish
everything in God’s plan of salvation for us.
We are saved by His
life (Rom 5:10). That does not mean we are saved by our doing nothing
because Jesus has lived for us, in our stead. It means we are to become
like Him by HIM LIVING HIS LIFE IN US.
Read the letters of
Paul and you will see this theme throughout. John also expounded this
spiritual truth in his letters which warned of lawless philosophy
invading the Church back then. That philosophy is antichrist.
Romans chapters 6 to 8
elaborates on the theme that we are released from the captivity of sin
to be able to serve God in newness of life. That new life is a sinless
life in which we can attain a new degree of righteousness because of the
Holy Spirit’s indwelling. This was not possible under the Old Covenant
because the Holy Spirit had not been made generally available.
It was simply not in
people’s hearts – in their inner motivation – to obey the law. It is
easier for a ‘carnal’ person to sin – break the law (1 Jn 3:4) – than to
live righteously. But God made it possible for us to experience His
holiness by His act of grace in putting that motivation within us. That
now occurs in the New Covenant.
Ezekiel prophesied of
this. God said:
I will give you a
new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your
heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My
Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to
keep My laws (Ezek 36:26,27, NIV).
Those who teach that we
are not under an obligation to be keeping God’s law under the New
Covenant are preaching heresy of the first order! God’s words through
Ezekiel make it quite clear that the New Covenant makes God’s Spirit
available to us so that we can obey the Old Testament laws.
We don’t throw up our
hands in defeatism and declare that we cannot keep the law’s righteous
requirements, and look for an excuse for our disobedience! What a
convenient excuse for those who want to be antinomian, by saying that
Jesus has died so we don’t have to keep the law!
If their empty theory
were true – that Jesus has fulfilled the keeping of the law for us –
then He has fulfilled everything for us. We don’t have to do anything
ourselves. It’s the biggest spiritual cop-out going!
If the Old Testament
laws had been abrogated by something better, then why did Jesus expect
us to keep them? Why did the early Church keep them? Why did this
current lawless teaching only come into vogue after the death of the
original apostles? It was promulgated by those who wanted popular
support and used as a means to lure the masses into the ‘Christian’
Church.
Investigation into the
history of how antinomian philosophy took root in the Church reveals a
cleverly orchestrated conspiracy. It was a satanic conspiracy that
deceived gullible Christians. The majority fell for it, just as Paul had
prophesied. He wrote to the Thessalonians about a massive falling away
to occur in Christendom (2 Thes 2:3). It happened then and it is
continuing now in duplicate.
Lawlessness through
Gnostic philosophy (meaning ‘new understanding or revelation’) has been
one of Satan’s biggest weapons of deception. People are easily fooled by
the subtle, devious arguments that sound like the law has been dispensed
with by Jesus.
However, these are
doctrines of demons (1 Tim 4:1). What is the Bible all about if not
about attaining holiness – a state of sinlessness – so we can become
like God? How foolish to think that Jesus has done everything for us, so
we are without obligation! If that were the case, there would be no need
for this present life and learning experience.
Paul was under no
illusion. He knew he was under an obligation, having been released from
sin’s power through the death of Christ.
Therefore,
brothers, we have an obligation – but it is not to the sinful
nature, to live according to it, for if you live according to the
sinful nature
[which does not
want to obey God’s law], you will die; but if by the Spirit you
put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those
who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God (Rom 8:12-14, NIV).
Jesus’ death paid the
price of our past sins, so we can begin to walk sinlessly. He didn’t pay
that huge price so we can walk lawlessly. The law defines sin.
What shall we say,
then? Shall we go on sinning, so that grace may increase? By no
means! We died to sin [NOT TO THE LAW]; how can we live in
it any longer? (Rom 6:1,2.)
The advocates that we
are free from the law because Christ died are teaching lies of the
devil.
The law was given to
outline sin – which is to be avoided at all costs (Matt 5:29,30). Those
who deliberately sin – break God’s law – are heading for oblivion in
hell fire (v 30). These are not empty prognostications. They are the
words and warnings of Jesus. But you can choose what you like, of
course. He will not force you to accept the truth. If you prefer to
believe the lie, He lets you. It is your choice, although He is saddened
when people choose the lie.
WHAT DID JESUS MEAN BY
‘THE LAW’?
Let us return for a
minute to where we started: Jesus’ statements about the law.
Do not think that I
have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets... (Matt 5:17, NIV).
Some might argue that
Jesus was not referring to the law as outlined in the 10 commandments,
but that He meant the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible.
While His words certainly include that meaning, that their words would
not pass away until the earth is dissolved, what follows makes it amply
clear that He meant more than that. He meant the laws and principles
which those books contained.
He continued:
Anyone who breaks
one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the
same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever
practises and teaches these commands will be called great in the
kingdom of heaven (v 19, NIV).
The Pharisees kept the
law in a humanistic, legalistic way. That form of ‘righteousness’ was
totally lacking. Yet, Jesus did not say we didn’t have to do that much.
He said we should do that (Matt 23:3,23), but that we should do much
more than obey the mere letter. We should live by the spirit of the law
as well (Matt
5:20-48). We are to aim for spiritual perfection, like our Father
in heaven (v 48).
How can you do that if
you think the law is abolished? You then have no accurate code to live
by to define what is right and what is wrong.
That is why the Old
Covenant system of law was instituted in Israel – to illustrate how
sinful we all are as humans. Humanly, none of us is any different from
Israel.
If Jesus did away with
the law, why did He tell us to beware committing adultery even in our
thoughts? (Matt 5:28.) Why did He tell us to go above and beyond the
level of righteousness physically outlined by the law? The law dictated
that we should love our neighbour as ourselves (Lev 19:18). Jesus
expanded that to include loving our enemies equally genuinely. How can
we do that when we don’t even attempt to keep the law?
The notion that the law
of the Old Testament (O.T.) was a harsh law that is abolished in Christ
is a twisted, perverse false teaching that is as heinous as the nature
of its architect, Satan! When Jesus gave us His ‘new law of love’, that
was erected upon the bedrock of the Old Testament law of love. It was
not separate at all. It was an adjunct to it. It was because Jesus kept
His Father’s commandments that He was able to dwell in His love (Jn
15:10).
LAW IS NOT ‘BONDAGE’!
Paul described the O.
T. law as “holy", “righteous” and “good” (Rom 7:12; 1 Tim 1:8). James
called it the “royal law” (Jas 2:8). He said we should keep the whole
law, not just part of it (Jas
2:10). He wrote by the Holy Spirit that the law of the O. T. is
the law which “brings freedom", the “law of liberty” (1:25;
2:12).
Deceived antinomians
would have you believe that the law of the O. T. brings bondage. Nothing
could be further from the truth! Jesus would not die to eradicate sin if
sin was what He wanted you to have. (Remember, sin is the antithesis of
the law.) If He wanted you to have the freedom to break the law why did
He institute the law in the first place? Antinomians are implying that
God made a mistake in the Old Covenant. God didn’t make any mistake;
deceived deceivers are making that mistake!
Why pay such a huge
price for something which we can now [supposedly] take lightly?! Think
about it! Jesus, the very Son of God, the only One whose death was
capable of paying the price of the sins of humanity, willingly gave
Himself in excruciating torture for hour after hour in humiliating
agony, with thorns piercing his skull, His skin torn off by the strips
of metal on the torturer’s scourge, His wrists and ankles nailed with
huge six-inch cut-nails to a rough wooden stake, so that we can glibly
say, “Oh, that’s all right; we can do what we like; we don’t have to
keep the law.”
Oh, yes?! That is a
monumental insult!! If the law was that unimportant why did Jesus need
to die for our infractions of its holiness? The logic of those who claim
you don’t have to keep the law because Jesus has done it for you, is
crazy!
Why are we supposed to
be following in Jesus’ footsteps if the law is done away? He fulfilled
the law of the ten commandments alright! Jesus assured us:
I have not come to
abolish them but to fulfil them (Matt 5:17, NIV).
Or, as Charles B.
Williams accurately translates those words in his rendering of the New
Testament:
I have not come to
set them aside but to fill them up to the brim.
Jesus magnified
the law and made it honourable in fulfilment of Isaiah 42:21. He
expounded its complete spirituality in His ‘sermon’ on the Mount (Matt
5-7). He didn’t annul or water down our need for obedience to the ten
commandments (Ex 20:1-17), He magnified their full intent. His teaching
in the New Testament actually adds to that law!
While Jesus came to add
to the Old Covenant law, puny men are busy watering down and eroding
Jesus’ authority. They are denying the Christ who bought them (2 Pet
2:1). They are false teachers who are secretly [the evil nature of their
teachings is not perceived by the majority] bringing in destructive
heresies, “even DENYING THE LORD WHO BOUGHT THEM – bringing swift
destruction upon themselves” (2 Pet 2:1).
The tragedy is that
MANY follow them and bring the way of truth into disrepute (v 2).
Prophecy is being
fulfilled! We are living in the last days! The great apostasy is
occurring right before our eyes, but so few perceive it. They have
fallen asleep, as the parable of the ten virgins predicted (Matt 25:5).
Will you wake up to
what is taking place, or will you be lulled to sleep by false teachers,
preaching what is appealing to the carnal mind? The majority of
Christian teachers preach this heresy in one shade or another and their
audience likes it. That was foretold.
For the time will
come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead,
to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great
number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to
myths (2 Tim 4:3,4, NIV).
It is always the
majority, it seems, who go wrong. The minority accept what is right.
Jesus has allowed false
teachers in the Church to corrupt His teachings. Why? It is a test. God
is testing you through it. Will you follow their pernicious ways?
Or will you remain faithful to the words of your Saviour who wants you
to be part of His pure Bride whom He will marry at His coming?
Where do you stand?
Does He consider you pure, washed by His blood, or still tarnished by
the ways of this evil world which will not submit to Him nor to His law
of love?
Do You Love God?
If you obey
My commands you will remain in My love, just as I have obeyed My
Father’s commands and remain in His love (Jn 15:10).
God’s love does not
encourage disobedience to any of His commands. They are all good!
For if a law
had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would
certainly have come by the law (Gal 3:21).
Indeed, the apostle
Paul declared that:
...the law
is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good (Rom
7:12).
Yet some have let
Satan steal the place reserved for Christ in their minds by the lie
that God’s law is obsolete now that we live in a spiritual
dispensation.
God’s Word is
unyielding on that point. It is not obsolete at all (Matt 5:17-20).
With Christ living in us, we can go above and beyond what was
expected of mere mortals without spiritual help. That was the whole
point of the long discourse Jesus gave His disciples on the Mount of
Olives (Matt 5,6,7).
If you want
to enter life, obey the [ten] commandments (Matt 19:17).
If you don’t obey
God implicitly, whatever the command, you don’t really love Him.
What The Bible Doesn’t Say
Misconceptions abound – not only in the world, but
also in the Church – about what the Bible really says. In these articles, we take a closer look at the most popular
misconceptions Satan has foisted on God’s people.
3. HIERARCHIC CHURCH GOVERNMENT
Satan is in the Church!
That statement, to many
people, will come as a big shock! To other Christians, however, it will
be no surprise.
But for those who are
aware of the reality of the devil’s presence inside the Church, few of
them are aware of how he has neatly ensconced himself within.
One Church tradition,
more than any other, has been responsible for his protection within the
Church – hierarchic Church government!
More than any other
custom, the acceptance of this Babylonian concept into church structures
has permitted Satan and his demonic forces to hold immense power and do
incalculable damage. It is hard to assess just how much injury he has
been able to inflict on God’s people, because the harm is mostly
spiritual and therefore not readily perceptible.
There can be no doubt
that much harm has been done! And all in the name of Christ!
IN THE NAME OF CHRIST!
It is far easier to see
the destruction wrought upon the Church in the Middle Ages when a
corrupt hierarchic Church leadership used their illicit powers to
subjugate people in the Inquisitions. Horrendous tortures were inflicted
upon those who refused to bow to papal pressure. Multiple thousands, if
not millions, were martyred, all in the name of Christ, under the banner
of His ‘authority’.
“The Inquisition,
called the ‘holy office’, was instituted by Pope Innocent III, and
perfected under the second following pope, Gregory IX. It was the Church
Court for detection and punishment of heretics. Under it, everyone was
required to inform against heretics. Anyone suspected was liable to
torture, without knowing the name of his accuser. The proceedings were
secret. The Inquisitor pronounced sentence, and the victim was turned
over to the civil authorities to be imprisoned for life, or to be
burned. The victim’s property was confiscated, and divided between the
Church and the State.
“In the period
immediately following Pope Innocent III the Inquisition did its most
deadly work against the Albigenses, but also claimed vast multitudes of
victims in Spain, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands.
“Later on the
Inquisition was the main agency in the papacy’s effort to crush the
Reformation. It is stated that in the 30 years between 1540 and 1570 no
fewer than 900,000 Protestants were put to death in the pope’s war for
the extermination of the Waldenses.
“Think of monks and
priests, in holy garments, directing, with heartless cruelty and inhuman
brutality, the work of torturing and burning alive innocent men and
women, and doing it in the name of Christ, by the direct order of the
‘Vicar of Christ’.
“The Inquisition was
the most infamous and devilish thing in human history. It was devised by
popes, and used by them for 500 years, to maintain their power. For its
record none of the subsequent line of ‘holy’ and ‘infallible’ popes have
ever apologized.” (Halley’s Bible Handbook, pp. 776,777).
That inhumanity was an
outgrowth of hierarchic rule in the Church. It is satanic!
HIERARCHY SUPPLANTS
CHRIST’S RULE
Of course, people will
say, “Yes, but that was during uncivilized times. We are civilized
today. We don’t allow such brutality to be inflicted now in the name of
Christ.”
Oh no? If you think
that, you are naïve or ignorant, or both! The devil is just as active
today as he has been throughout the history of the Church. But he has
got more cunning. His activities are more discreet. They go unnoticed by
the majority of Christians. His infiltration into the Church, and his
subsequent controls are more sly than ever.
Satan’s influence in
the Church, through subtle controls forced on God’s people, inflict
untold spiritual damage on them today. These controls, however, are
mainly psychological. They are not always overt.
Evil
Church
authorities used physical torture to impose doctrinal uniformity in the
past. Today, it is mainly psychological pressure which is brought to
bear on church members to make them comply with the wishes or teachings
of the leadership. Both are equally wrong. We are not to obey men. We
should obey God (Acts 5:29). Obedience is an aspect of worship. We are
not to be subservient to the whims of men, but to the rule of God (Rom
6:16).
Hierarchic human
authority was the form of rule adopted by Babylon and every subsequent
world ruling power. It began with Nimrod, founder of Babel, which became
a model for all conquering Gentile kingdoms.
And it was hierarchic
Church authority which was adopted by the false ecclesiastical Church
(called ‘Babylon’
in Rev 17) which enabled it to subjugate those under its jurisdiction.
This ‘Church’ worked in co-operation with the State to pursue its evil
ends.
The Church today is
unaware that in many parts it is under similar human domination and is
not exercising its full freedoms in Christ. This was prophesied. Zion,
the Church in prophecy, is told to shake herself loose from her captors
(Is 52:1,2 – see later). Jeremiah lamented:
The prophets
prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and
My people love it this way. But what will you do in the end? (Jer
5:31 NIV.)
Indeed, what will you do in the end? The result is idolatry. A man – your church
leader – assumes the position of God in your mind. It is all very
subtle; all very clever. It is designed by Satan to draw you away from
Christ and lay you open to Satan’s delusions.
What was wrong with
Nimrod’s rule was that Nimrod took God’s place in the eyes of the
people. He became “a mighty hunter before the Lord” (Gen 10:9) i.e. in
place of God. He usurped God’s position to the people. He gained
their attention, subservience and loyalty. People followed Nimrod,
instead of God. Nimrod had taken God’s place.
The same thing is
widespread in the Church. People are idolising their leaders – not
knowingly, mind you! Most are unaware of their sin. But misplaced
loyalties are highly damaging!
Hierarchic
Church
rule is furtively satanic.
Oh, it works. It works
well. Everything is well organised and things run smoothly when rule
from the top down is established. And when the righteous hold such
positions, blessings result and no-one seems to get hurt. But when false
ministers get in and gain control (2 Cor 11:13-15) Satan surreptitiously
finds a foothold in the Church and disaster strikes.
When that occurs,
apostasy advances like the relentless tide. It is plain to see in the C
of E.
God says to the few who
are true in her today:
Awake! Awake! Put
on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O
Jerusalem, the holy city! ...Shake yourself from the dust
[of false teachings and wrong practice], arise; sit down, O
Jerusalem! Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive
daughter of Zion! (Is 52:1,2.)
In 1991, God revealed
to me what is wrong with hierarchic church government. He took me
through a complete tour of it in His Word. What He showed me, I wrote
down in God’s Church – Whose Authority? That truth projected us
into this prophetic ministry.
What The Bible Doesn’t Say
Misconceptions abound – not only in the world, but
also in the Church – about what the Bible really says. In these articles, we take a closer look at the most popular
misconceptions Satan has foisted on God’s people.
4. LEADERSHIP TITLES IN THE CHURCH
Have you ever stopped to think seriously about Church customs? If
you haven’t, you should.
In Revelation 13:18,
the number 666 appears. This number depicts the totality of evil in
human worship – the corruption which Satan has managed to cause within
human society. The Church is not exempt. Christians are his chief
target!
The number 666 is found in various places in the Bible. Most of them are
concealed in the text. By that, I mean that they are not readily
apparent to the reader because they are numeric values of the words used
in the language of the original text. All Hebrew (OT) and Greek (NT)
letters convey a number (explained in the booklet God’s Great Genius).
Thus, every word conveys a numeric value. The value of the word tradition
in Greek is 666!
Jesus condemns traditions of human society that have undermined the
purity of the faith. He corrected the Scribes and Pharisees for the way
they replaced God’s truth with their tradition. Adding to, or
subtracting from the Word of God for the sake of adhering to human
tradition is a facet inherent in the mark of the ‘Beast'. It is
identified by the number 666.
It is no light matter!
The Word of God is inviolable. It must not be tampered with by human
agencies. To do so, brands the recipient with the digits 666, the number
of the mark of the ‘Beast'. Any who knowingly accept traditions which
are not Christian in place of true Christian customs are worshipping the
Beast and his image.
If anyone worships
the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on
the hand, he, too, will drink of the wine of God’s fury, which has
been poured
[out] full
strength... (Rev 14:9,10, NIV).
This is a side of God’s nature many Christians don’t consider – His
vehement anger at sin. In this case, the sin is blatant idolatry.
We have explained previously that Church leaders have supplanted Christ’s
leadership through the Spirit in far too many instances. They have also
taken to themselves titles which are not fitting for humans. They have
assumed divine prerogatives and divine designates.
In the Roman Catholic Church, the pope is called, not just ‘Father’ – in
a spiritual context this is a designate which belongs to God (Matt 23:9)
– but he also assumes the title Vicarius Filii Dei, ‘Vicar of the
Son of God’.
In Latin, this title adds up to 666:
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I |
C |
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= 666 |
Vicar of the Son of God is a subtly blasphemous title. It means in place
of the Son of God. The origin of the title vicar is not as
innocent as most assume!
The pope is hailed as if he were God Himself. The present pope’s name is
John Paul. [When this was written in 1995.] In Latin, his name and title
supplanting God, also adds up to 666:
J |
U |
A |
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Few people stop to consider also that when a man takes to himself (or is
given by a theological institution) the title ‘Reverend’, that he is
also perpetuating the same blasphemy, only in a different form.
Jesus said:
Don’t set
yourselves up as anything special. Don’t give yourselves titles
‘Master’, ‘Teacher’, ‘Reverend’, ‘Father’, ‘Lord’, etc., because you
are all brothers. Don’t elevate yourselves. Don’t establish a system
which exalts your position. Humble yourselves. Be servants (Matt
23:8-10, paraphrased).
The Church has done the opposite! It has established an authority
structure based upon rank. It has glorified the man in the ‘top’
position more than the humble lay-member.
In the Church of England – as in most so-called ‘church’ organisations,
ministers work their way up, instead of down – the antithesis of what
Jesus said! They assume titles of divinity – ‘Reverend’, ‘Right
Reverend’, ‘Very Reverend’, ‘Most Reverend’. They have made themselves
so holy, they are holier than God, who only is ‘Reverend’!!
What humbug! What blasphemy! What presumptuousness! What vile corruption!
And it is all done in the name of respectability!
Jesus does not want any man setting himself up in a superior spiritual
capacity over you. That concept is not godly, but Babylonian. It goes
all the way back to the corrupt system of rulership Nimrod promoted. His
human despotism imposed illicit rule over others by force. He was the
founder of Babel, the forerunner of Babylon and of Babylonian society today (Rev
17).
The same corrupt practices have been subtly passed on to the Church,
through the society which has bred us. The Church, for the most part,
still has not come out of the wrong ways of
Babylon as Jesus
commands (Rev 18:4).
As I write, this world is feverishly preparing to enjoy itself at
Christmas, celebrated ostensibly to honour Christ. It does nothing of
the sort! Instead of honouring the Son of God, it honours the Sun god,
which became reborn at the time of the winter solstice. It was a
Babylonian tradition that goes all the way back to Chaldean mythology.
If you don’t believe me, pick up any good Encyclopaedia and look it up!
Jesus gave no instructions to celebrate the day of His birth, and anyway,
He wasn’t born anywhere near December 25th! An entry in the diary of the
Rabbi of the synagogue in
Bethlehem records that
Jesus was born on 4th October. This discovery was made by Sir William
Flinders Petrie and revealed by Dr J O Kinnaman, editor of The Bible
Archaeological Digest.
Leadership Titles Are élitist
Not only has the Church as a whole got its traditions wrong concerning
Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Halloween, All Saints and other
derivatives of paganism, but it has got its structure wrong too.
No man has any spiritual authority over you as a child of God. If you
didn’t catch that, let me repeat it. NO MAN HAS ANY SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY
OVER YOU!!
As a child of God, you have the Holy Spirit living within you. You have
God’s authority through His Spirit to contest demonic forces. That is
your authority – to preach the gospel, heal the sick, cast out demons
and raise the dead (Lk 9:1,2;
10:19; Matt 10:1,8). But you have no authority over other persons.
The only authority you have is to love others as Christ commanded.
Likewise, others in organised bodies of believers, misnamed ‘churches’
(they are actually more appropriately designated as synagogues [meaning
together led] in NT terminology because everyone comes together
to be led by a man in a position of leadership), have no authority over
you to dictate your spiritual direction or behaviour. You are the
one who must decide that.
Any man who thinks he has power over you as a result of his title is
sorely deluded. If he is led by the Holy Spirit, he has authority – but
only as Luke 9:1,2 describes. He can teach, instruct, advise, exhort,
even correct (if it is through the Spirit’s guidance) but the moment he
dictates outside the realm of the Spirit is the moment he is out of
order. He is not a spiritual overlord. He is your equal before God. And
he should be your servant, spiritually feeding you.
Of course, once he does that, the onus is on you to reciprocate,
spiritually and physically (if he has given you real spiritual
food – so many ministers can’t feed a horse, let alone a flock of
people!). So, don’t think that it’s a one-way-street where he must
provide for you and serve you and you have no obligation to care for
him! Far from it! If you neglect to provide for the ones God uses to
care for the flock, you neglect God. Not that he is God. I’m not
suggesting that. But he, if he speaks or writes under the inspiration of
the Holy Spirit, is God’s instrument.
Many of those acting as ministers today are asserting their own
authority, lording it over ‘their’ flocks. This may be done overtly or
subtly – more often the latter.
One subtle means by which church leaders subjugate their flocks is by
using the title ‘Reverend’. It causes their ‘subjects’ to think of
themselves in that way – as subjects – and their mentors as one rung
above them on the spiritual ladder.
That is a totally erroneous concept.
Reverend means ‘venerated’, ‘deserving of reverence’. Humans are not deserving of
reverence. God alone is to be revered (Ps 111:9; Ps 89:7).
The most highly organised ‘church’ structures such as the Roman Catholic
Church and some others of long standing have a system of man-worship
(reverencing men), which replaces God-worship. It is an idolatrous human
system which has its roots in
Babylon,
passed on down through Rome.
It makes little difference what title is used; whether father, holy
father, reverend, or even Mr (which is derived from one who
is your master!). They should never be utilised to imply spiritual
superiority in the Church of Jesus Christ!
Jesus specifically mentioned in Matthew 23 (vs 9-12) that we should
humble ourselves, not seek exaltation. Such titles are due only to God,
not man.
A minister could be called ‘pastor’ if need be. But why not just use his
name, without embellishments? Let Jesus embellish us, not men.
Of course, there is no condemnation to those who use such titles in
ignorance. So I am not passing judgment, merely doing my job of pointing
out what I have been commissioned to do. What others do with this
information is entirely up to them. God is the judge.
Many will be rejected by Jesus on the Final Day because they elevated
themselves.
For whoever exalts
himself will be put down, and he who humbles himself will be exalted
(Lk 14:11).
What The Bible Doesn’t Say
Misconceptions abound – not only in the world, but
also in the Church – about what the Bible really says. In these articles, we take a closer look at the most popular
misconceptions Satan has foisted on God’s people.
5. ABOUT EASTER
Did you know that there is only one place where the word
Easter occurs in the New Testament? That is in Acts 12:4, in the Old
King James or Authorised Version of the Bible (of 1611). It is not found
in most other versions – for good reason!
The word in Greek
rendered Easter has nothing to do with Easter! It is pascha,
which is more correctly rendered Passover.
The misrendering is an
example of the bias of the ‘translators’, who could not accept that
Passover was a genuine observance relevant to the Church after Jesus’
death and resurrection. The official Church in England at that time
accepted Easter, not Passover. Why? Where did they get it from? Is it
biblical?
The answer to those
questions is, in reverse order:
1) No. Easter has no
biblical foundation whatsoever!
2) The Church of
England got it through Rome.
3) The English Church
continued to keep these customs of the High Church of Rome. Despite the
other rigorous reforms of the Protestants, it seems they didn’t see what
was wrong with this tradition. It awaited a later time of reformation,
which is now here.
ORIGIN OF EASTER
Easter is ostensibly
celebrated today in the ‘Christian’ Church – which actually is more
pagan in its customs than Christian – to commemorate the resurrection of
Christ. Its “name being derived from Eostre, goddess of Spring” (Pears
Cyclopaedia, 89th Ed.)
This spring festival
goes back thousands of years into heathen antiquity. It was the time of
year when there was a sudden spurt of new growth and reproduction in
nature. This was attributed to the powers of the fertility goddess of
nature or the goddess of spring.
Pagans celebrated it
with a time of festivity and giving of fertility symbols such as eggs,
rabbits or similar emblems, and also with ritual fornication with temple
prostitutes.
INTEGRATION OF EASTER
When the Roman Empire
was falling apart, Constantine and others saw in Christianity a useful
political crutch. Christians had made considerable imp- act in the
Empire, as had the commercially orientated Jews. Attempts to eradicate
the Christian religion had failed. Many Christians had been martyred,
along with Jews in the anti-Semitic purges, particularly of Hadrian. But
persecution didn’t seem to stop Christianity’s progress. It only
appeared to spread it!
“The Roman government
began to see the uselessness of persecuting the Christians. The struggle
to suppress them was one which decidedly weakened the Roman state at a
time when the long disorders of the century of revolution made the
emperors feel their weakness. After the retirement of Diocletian his
‘Caesar’ Galerius, feeling very probably the dangers threatening Rome
from without and the uselessness of the struggle against the
Christians within, issued a decree, in AD 311, by which
Christianity was legally recognized” (J H Breasted, Ancient Times, A
History of the Early World, p 763).
“Throughout the great
Roman world men were longing for some assurance regarding the life
beyond the grave, and in the midst of the trials and burdens of this
life they wistfully sought the support and strength of a divine
protector. Little wonder that the multitudes were irresistibly attracted
by the comforting assurances of these Oriental faiths and the blessed
future insured by their ‘mysteries'! At the same time it was believed
possible to learn the future of every individual by the use of
Babylonian astrology... The orientals who practiced it were called
Chaldeans, or Magi (whence our words ‘magic’ and ‘magician’); and
everyone consulted them” (Ibid. p 737).
Constantine
‘grasped the nettle’ and saw that there was mileage to be made out of
Christianizing these Babylonian ‘mysteries'. He looked to the pagan
customs of the east as the ‘cement’ to bind his empire in the west.
Easter was only one of several customs he, and others, pushed as a new
‘Christian’ observance.
It was adopted by the
Roman state Church in AD 325 at the Council of Nicaea.
The problem is, it is
nowhere commanded in Scripture, and therefore the Church has no divine
authority for observing it. Christians are not instructed by Jesus to
celebrate His resurrection at this time. However, we are told to
commemorate His death:
This is My body,
which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me (1 Cor 11:24, NIV).
We are also told to
observe the Passover:
For Christ our
Passover lamb has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the
festival (1 Cor 5:7,8, NIV).
What festival? Easter?
NO! Passover, and the Days of Unleavened Bread which the Bible
reveals follow it.
TRUE CHARACTER
OF EASTER
The true character of
the idolatrous celebration of Easter is revealed by the noted historian
and clergyman, Alexander Hislop. He wrote: “Easter is nothing else than
Astarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven, whose name,
as pronounced by the people of Nineveh, was evidently identical with
that now in common use in this country [i.e. ‘Easter']. That name, as
found by Layard on the Assyrian monuments is Ishtar. The worship of Bel
and Astarte was very early introduced into
Britain,
along with the Druids, ‘the priests of the groves’...
“[Bel’s] consort
Astarte was also adored by our ancestors... whose name in Nineveh was
Ishtar, the religious solemnities of April, as now practised, are called
by the name of Easter – that month, among our pagan ancestors, having
been called Easter-monath. The Festival, of which we read in Church
history, under the name of Easter, in the third or fourth centuries, was
quite a different festival from that now observed in the Romish Church,
and at that time was not known by any such name as Easter. It was
called Pasch, or the Passover” (Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons,
pp 103,104).
“That beautiful but
abandoned queen of Babylon [Semiramis, synonymous with Ishtar] was not
only herself a paragon of unbridled lust and licentiousness, but in the
[Babylonian] Mysteries which she had a chief hand in forming, she was
worshipped as Rhea, the great ‘Mother’ of the gods [precursor of
Catholic Mary worship], with such atrocious rites as identified her with
Venus, the Mother of all impurity... of idolatry and consecrated
prostitution” (Ibid. p 5).
Is it fitting that such
a depraved idolatrous festival should be adopted and associated with the
wonderful act of redemption of our Saviour? Hardly!
But the Church did not
stop there. It adopted other pagan trappings to add to the insult.
Hislop records: “That
festival [the scriptural Passover] was not idolatrous, and it was
preceded by no Lent... The forty days’ abstinence of Lent was directly
borrowed from the worshippers of the Babylonian goddess. Such a Lent of
40 days, ‘in the spring of the year’, is still observed by the Yezidis
or pagan devil-worshippers of Koordistan, who have inherited it from
their early masters, the Babylonians. Such a lent of 40 days was held in
spring by the pagan Mexicans, for thus we read in Humboldt, where he
gives account of Mexican observances: ‘...fast of 40 days in honour of
the sun’. Such a lent of 40 days was observed in
Egypt...
was held expressly in commemoration of Adonis or Osiris, the great
mediatorial god” (Ibid., pp 104,105).
Today, we have Shrove
Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, which precede this period of 40 days leading
up to Easter Sunday with its worship of the sun-god, Osiris (incestuous
lover and son of Isis). Prior to this lenten fast, eggs and flour were
used up by making pancakes, hence this peculiar Shrove Tuesday custom.
(Shrove is the past participle of the verb ‘shrive’, which is a Roman
Catholic term referring to the priest’s assigning of penance and hearing
of confession.)
Paul condemned these
superstitious rituals as worthless in Colossians 2:18-23 and Galatians
4:3, 8-10.
But “to conciliate
the pagans to nominal Christianity,
Rome, pursuing its
usual policy, took measures to get the Christian and pagan festivals
amalgamated”
(Ibid., p 105).
There you have it; the
truth about Easter.
It is not scriptural in
origin, not commanded in the New Testament, and should not be observed
by the modern Church. Those who do keep it, unwittingly pay homage to
the idolatrous Romish Church, who has perpetuated this myth in
Christendom.
Those who observe
Easter – instead of Passover as we are instructed by God, and reminded
by Paul – are following traditions instituted by men, outside the
authority of the Word of God.
As a child of God, you
are commanded to come out of the ways of modern Babylon, the mother of
‘Christian’ harlotry (Rev 18:4).
666 & the Dreaded Mark
What is the Mark of the Beast and how will it affect you?
He [the lamb-like beast] was given power to give breath to the image
of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused
to worship the image to be killed. He also forced everyone, small
and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his
right hand or on his forehead, so that no-one could buy or sell
unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast, or the
number of his name.
This calls for
wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the
beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666 (Revelation
13:15-18).
When
Jesus spoke to John in vision and gave him the prophecies of Revelation,
John was on Patmos, the convicts' isle. He had lost his freedom for the
gospel's sake (Rev 1:9). Christian evangelists were considered a threat
to Rome's hegemony.
Any who were found
evangelising were imprisoned or killed. Tradition has it that they tried
to kill John, but couldn't. He was thrown into a vat of boiling oil, but
remained unscathed. So, in his old age, John was banished to this
isolated rocky island in the
Aegean Sea, left to die of hunger and exposure to the elements.
Throughout the
'Christian era', those who have refused to worship any other god but the
one God of the Bible have been persecuted. Countless thousands lost
their lives. The intensity of this attack was so great that for 1260
years truth fled to the wilderness. Any who upheld truth that did not
have State approval were killed. This 1260 year dearth continued until
fresh rains came in the Protestant Reformation of the Middle Ages.
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Revelation depicts another severe persecution
and martyrdom of Christians in this end time. Those who
refuse to worship the image of the beast of Roman rule will
suffer discrimination. |
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Revelation depicts
another severe persecution and martyrdom of true Christians in this end
time. They uphold truth (Rev 14:12) which defies the lordship of the
State. Anyone who refuses to worship the image of the beast of Roman
rule will suffer terrible discrimination (Rev 13:15).
What is this truth that
will be considered 'heretical' by the Roman state? We shall see.
The Romans prided
themselves on being 'broad- minded'. They worshipped many gods and
tolerated a wide range of beliefs. The empire would not have survived
for so long had they not done so. But what they couldn't tolerate was
'intolerance'. They could not accept the Christian view that there is
only one God, and one way to live. It was diametrically contrary to
their pantheism.
Today, such satanic
'broad-mindedness' has a different guise. It may not present itself as
overt pantheism. But it is not much different, really.
It has been given the
respectable title of humanism. But its root is essentially the same – a
resentment of absolute truth and that humanity needs to forsake its own
ways. It resists accepting the one creed God gives us in the Bible.
Humanism says “I’ll do things my way”.
Humanism’s Ugly Hidden Face
Humanism is “a belief
or outlook emphasising common human needs and seeking solely rational
ways of solving human problems, and concerned with mankind as
responsible and progressive intellectual beings” (The Concise Oxford
Dictionary).
It sounds good, but
it’s not. Humanism is a false religion because it is based on wrong
foundations. Its basis is shifting sand.
Firstly, mankind is not
essentially good, nor responsible in spiritual terms. God defines
morality in His Word, but mankind has persistently refused to tow the
line to that moral code.
Furthermore, we might
like to pride ourselves on our human achievements and think that
civilised society is progressive. But it’s not. It is very much
retrogressive in aspects that matter most – spiritual values. It’s
obvious to any objective person that the landslide into immorality has
increased exponentially in recent years. That’s because God’s law has
been thrown out of the window by man. It’s also why there is little time
left for our sodomistic society. The handwriting is already on the wall,
awaiting final fulfilment of God’s judgement upon those who defy God.
Human society takes no
notice of God, of His morality or standards, of His purposes or desires.
Society doesn’t care. All it cares about is the satiation of its own
lusts. And those lusts can be satisfied by physical provision. So that’s
the only language it understands – one that is based upon economic,
material and rational considerations.
To hell with moral
considerations, if those moral considerations don’t aid a faltering
economic situation. To hell with decency or human rights, if those human
rights get in the way of State ‘security’. And to hell with everything
else that God might say in His Word about human conduct that flies in
the face of secular ‘advancement’. That is the unspoken language of
modern humanism. That is its ugly side.
It has its brighter
side, too. Satan instigates things that look good, in order to deceive.
Rome’s Intolerance of Truth
To a humanistic
government, seeking to establish an 'equitable' framework for
multicultural co-existence, tolerance of every religion seems right.
It may even establish laws to protect all ideologies – so long as those
ideologies support the government. Thus, the government becomes the supreme legislature. In the
Roman empire, the emperor was the supreme legislator. In effect, he was
as God to the people.
The laws he approved
were to be obeyed by all. Any who did not comply were punished by the
State. And if those laws happened to clash with the Supreme laws of God,
well that was tough for Christians; the State came first!
In the second and third
centuries, Christians were persecuted because they refused to worship
the Roman emperor. He sat in the place of God before the people as their
Deliverer, Law-Giver, and Figurehead, so his very position was untenable
to true Christians. They could survive as long as they were not brought
into direct conflict with upholding his position. But if circumstances
developed which pushed them into a position where they had to openly
contest the Emperor’s sovereignty over their spiritual affairs – or
disobey God – that made them targets for State persecution and
execution.
The irony was that this
inhumane intolerance was perpetrated in the name of ‘tolerance’. True
Christians were regarded as ‘intolerant’ because they insisted that only
their God was worthy of worship and obedience.
Many early Christians
died in the Roman arenas of cruelty and barbarism, torn apart by lions
or executed in humiliation by wild men – gladiators. These faithful
‘little’ ones did not love their lives to the death. They put God first.
They would not compromise their trust in God, and their obedience to
Him.
A Return to Dark Days Ahead
Likewise, the impending
mass martyrdom of saints in our time will be as a result of Christians'
refusal to give total allegiance to the human ruler in Europe. He will
insist on mandatory obedience to his government and its laws, even if
those laws defy those of God! That is why this mark or number is called
the number of man, as opposed to God.
This European system
will revive that which oppressed Christians in the 'holy' Roman empire.
It will impose a symbolic mark upon its subjects, depicting their
subservience to man instead of to God.
A man will rule in
place of God, just as the Roman Emperor did. He is Antichrist. He will
demand obedience to his 'charitable' edicts which will contravene those
of God. The transference of loyalties may not be blatant, but subtle.
Humanly, there will be ‘good’ reasons to comply – just as there were
‘good’ reasons why the first disciples should not have gone against the
Sanhedrin's commands. But obedience to God is always more important
(Acts 5:29).
The days ahead will be
dark and sombre times. The emerging colossus in Europe will again have
the backing of the Catholic Church behind it. She will give her approval
to oppression against true saints:
I saw that the woman
was drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of those who bore
testimony to Jesus. When I saw her I was greatly astonished [horrified!]
(Rev 17:6, NIV).
The Number of Denial
One of the names of
Jesus is Faithful. This word in Greek, pistos, carries the
number 666. (Greek letters have numeric values. The sum of those in pistos
add up to 666.)
We are called to be
faithful to Jesus. Whenever we backslide – in whatever way – we are
being faithful to another. We deny our Saviour, who paid with His
lifeblood for us.
I know of church
members who are faithful to their church. Some are so faithful to the
human leadership or the structure of their church that they will deny
truth in order to maintain the status quo. It is easy for Satan to
delude such people. They haven’t put Jesus first. They think they have,
but they are deceived. Their church, or its human leaders have usurped
Jesus’ place of primacy in their spiritual lives.
They don’t know it, but
they are tainted by the mark of the beast, and they carry his number,
666.
In the context in which
Jesus speaks of 666 in Revelation 13 verse 18, 666 denotes a loyalty
to man instead of to God.
It’s no coincidence
that the word tradition in Greek conveys the
number 666. Church members who reject the truth of God in order to
wilfully or knowingly replace it with their church’s tradition are
denying Christ.
666
denotes a
loyalty to man
instead of to God. |
It’s no coincidence
also that the Greek word for wealth carries the numerics 666.
Just look at the Catholic Church’s huge wealth. They have managed to
exert great power and influence over people’s lives. Lots of church
organisations and ministries fall into a pit of denying Christ when they
put the acquisition of wealth for their projects ahead of faith in God
to provide.
The Church of England,
likewise, has great wealth – about £5 billion in assets! [Revised
figure, Oct 2008.]
It’s no coincidence
that when church folks are faithful to their structure, their
heritage, their tradition, or depend on their wealth or
other facet of human reliance, that they are tainted by
the humanism the Bible condemns. They don’t take any thought that they
are being unfaithful to God, and subtly replacing that obedience with
one that is loyal to man.
Whenever you compromise
with truth from God to give your loyalty to man, you are figuratively
accepting a mark in your mind (forehead) and showing by your actions to
whom you are loyal (on your right hand). Jesus wants us to be totally
faithful to Him, as He was to the Father.
The Last Restoration In This Age
before
Jesus comes, very soon now, Maranatha.
In this our day, God is fulfilling the prophecy He gave to Malachi about
‘Elijah’ to come (Mal 4:4-6). This is expounded fully in Who Is The
End-Time Elijah and More Than A Prophet. So I will not repeat
here what those two publications contain.
Kassahun Ayele,
a prophet in
Ethiopia, was
given dreams about me (MBH) and about what God is doing through this
ministry. They are verification to you from God, of this Work for Him.
Just one example:
5th June 2001. K. Malcolm Clothed in White
I saw Malcolm in the
house. He was clothed with gabbi. (Traditional garment of Ethiopia. It
is very white. People dress in it in winter to be warm.)
He was writing something
very powerful which revolutionised the whole world. I was very
encouraged by his commitment.
David Isaac Ohuoba,
an evangelist in
Nigeria,
through whom God has brought several people back from the dead, etc.,
was given this vision / dream:
7th August 2008. D.
New Heaven and New Earth
In my dream I saw a new
heaven and a new earth coming down out of heaven from God. It was
prepared and ready like a bride dressed to meet her husband. A very
beautiful mansion. The beautiful house was ready. [Compare with Rev 21.]
After that the clouds
were full of fighter and bomber planes. They started firing. [Warfare in
the Great Tribulation.] People were running to escape into the house.
When they arrived, the door could not open for them. [cf Matt 25:11.]
I saw Malcolm and many
people running to the door. It opened for them and a big room was given
to them and keys were given to Malcolm Heap in His hand. [cf Rev 3:7;
Matt 16:19.] A man in a white garment told Malcolm: “You have the truth,
and God's priority of purpose hinges upon His Truths, that God requires
purity – purity in actions and purity in motive. MM has prepared the
way. Take away the stumblingblock out the way of my people's
deliverance.” [See Isaiah 57:14 and the article Heap It Up! Heap It
Up! in Newsletter 34, April 2006. The stumblingblocks are false
concepts, errors, heresies, etc. The greatest stumbling- block to
God’s people is church government.]
The aeroplane fighters
and bombers were firing. Many people were crying, running here and
there. Still no hope. While we all are in the room singing and praising
God, Vivian and I were blowing the Trumpet; Helena and others were
dancing, praising God. We all became white. [Spiritually pure.]
As I woke up it was
around 3 a.m. [3 depicts finality.]
God has given MANY
other confirmations to others about this ministry, and about my
function. Not that I expect the majority to believe. Most won’t.
Wielding The Divine Axe
and Imbibing The Truth provide a summary of what God has
restored. Finally here is a dream for the near future for Rowan
Williams:
Archbishop Of
Canterbury Has
A Vision Of Christ
21st April 2003. M. Archbishop of C , Rowan Williams.
My letter to him of
21st April 2003:
“Last night God gave me
a dream about you. It was very simple, but conveys a meaning and portent
for you.
“You had written an
article which appeared in a major national newspaper. In it, you
mentioned a deeply significant spiritual experience which you had. Jesus
had appeared to you in shining glory and, in the midst of this article,
more as a part of what you wrote rather than the main subject, you
described it.
“It rather surprised
me, because, as you will see from an article in the enclosed Articles
of Faith Vol 2 on page 89, your predecessor was not truly a
God-fearing man. I believe God is saying something different about you,
despite your unwelcome position.
“I don’t believe the
dream has literally been fulfilled yet. I believe it is futuristic, and
has symbolic implications that are very significant to the nation as a
whole.
“You may not understand
where we are in the panorama of Bible prophecy. (Matthew 24:8-22 is very
close to being fulfilled, and this country will be caught up in the
middle of it.) So I have enclosed a couple of other booklets which
provide more information about this..
“Thanks for your time.
I hope you find this contact useful.”
Meaning:
I believe the dream is symbolic. The vision may not be literal, but
probably depicts the fact that he will see Jesus much more clearly as
events unfold. He will see Jesus' glorious power in the raising of the
dead and other stupendous miracles which God will perform to accompany
the giving of His truth to people.
But Rowan Williams will
not consider all this as important as what he is engaged in, to do with
his job as an illicit hierarchic Archbishop of an anachronistic
institution called the Church of England. It's not the Church of Jesus
Christ, that's for sure!
As for the Archbishop
understanding the deeper things of the Spirit that are contained in the
publications we sent him, that is doubtful. (See Psalm 25:14.)
Malcolm B Heap, Oct
2008 |