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When HIV/AIDS was first discovered and government began to warn us, many people rejected it all together.
They said government was trying to control population and were only using AIDS to frighten them from having intercourse.
Some said it never existed. Some even gave the acronym AIDS another meaning: America Idea of Discouraging Sx. They gave all
sorts of excuse not to believe that AIDS was truly real because they never wanted to change their ways. They wanted to continue visiting prostitutes, sleeping with animals, and all sorts. So the only way to encourage themselves in their immoral behaviours was to discard the existence of AIDS. But when they caught AIDS, their belief system changed but it was too late.

Even you, you can say anything you want to say about HELL. Call it fear gospel, call it anything. Perhaps, the rich man said worse things than you are currently saying until he went there to confirm its reality and was just too late for him.
My own is just to warn you, not to end in hell and pray for you as God permits me. I am not to argue with you nor to force you to believe. REPENT in Christ JESUS and begin to live in holiness and righteousness. Shalom.

shdemidemi: @annyplenty, your perspective of the scripture is wrong. When you have the time we can ponder over some issues as regards the OP

Please answer this question:

Will ALL the PEOPLE who have once confessed JESUS as LORD and SAVIOUR make heaven irrespective of what they do after the confession? If your answer is NO, pls expatiate.

shdemidemi: @annyplenty, your perspective of the scripture is wrong. When you have the time we can ponder over some issues as regards the OP

I will be glad to learn what is wrong but I will not want arguement. Kindly tell me where I am wrong.

Dear Poster,

Please let no one mislead you. you can apply the following tips in getting answers to your question.

1) why do you want to apply make-up? necessity or fashion? if the answer is latter, drop it.
2) will Jesus apply make up? be truthful in answering this question. if answer is no, drop it.
3) will my make up glorify God? if no, drop it.
4) if you are not sure still or dont know what to do yet, hold back on applying make up. pray until God speaks to you about it.

God condemns the painting of face in the book of Jeremiah 4:30. Shalom.
For more information, see my post on WHAT IS SIN? see the url, below.
https://www.nairaland.com/1256318/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-sin

You can still decide for Jesus today. According to the Bible, angels rejoice on two occasions:

1) when a sinner repents and his name is written in the book of life, (luke 15 :10).

2) when the bride of Christ prepares herself ready for rapture, (revelations 19:6-9).

Arouse a celebration in heaven today, let your name be written in the book of life and prepare consciously for rapture. shalom.

TOPIC: THE BOOK WITH 7 SEALS (PART1)

TEXTS: REVELATION 5:1-5, DANIEL 12:1-4

REV 5:1-5 (KJV)

5:1 And I saw in the right hand of HIM that sat on the throne, a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

Dan 12:1-4 (KJV)

12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

INTRODUCTION
In our first text, we read a part of the revelation that JESUS CHRIST gave to Apostle John. Here, Apostle John saw a vision of a BOOK that had 7 SEALS and was placed at the right hand of THE ONE, (GOD) who sits on the throne and a call (challenge) was made by an angel for who could break the SEALS but no one was able to break them except JESUS CHRIST.

What is the book about? What are the SEALS meant to do? Why do the seals need to be broken? Before we answer these questions, let’s see what else the Bible has said about the book and the seals through other prophet. For this purpose, let’s go through our second text.

MORE ABOUT THE SEALED BOOK

Daniel 12:1-9

Daniel, the Prophet, saw the vision of a book that contained the names of those that will be saved at the end of the world. Verse 2, particularly describes a part of the rapture of the saints where the dead in Christ will rise first as articulated by Paul, the Apostle, in 1 Thessalonians 4:16.

In verse 4, Daniel was asked to shut up (SEAL) the further words of vision he saw concerning the book till the time of the end. Verses 5 and 6 described how Daniel saw a; ‘man clothed in linen’ say to him when the prophecy shall be fulfilled.

Notice, that the “man clothed in linen’ stood upon the waters of a river and other man stood at the bank of the river. That perhaps suggests that Daniel received his vision near a river.

In verses 8 and 9, Daniel complained that he did not understand the vision, then, the ‘man in linen’ said to him that the further visions about the book are shut up/concealed from Daniel and the book itself was SEALed up.

3 major things can be deduced about the vision of Daniel as follows.
i. The book contains the names of the REDEEMED of the LORD at the end of the world.

ii. The Seal conceals/hides/prevents from our knowledge what will happen at that time of the end of the world when the people whose names are found in the book will be redeemed.

iii. Further visions about the book may be known if the seals are removed or broken.

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN APOSTLE JOHN’ AND PROPHET DANIEL’ VISIONS

1. Both men saw a book. Rev 5:1, Dan 12:1

2. Some things were written inside the books in both cases Rev 5:1, Dan 12:1

3. Both of them saw a book that was either sealed or sealed later Rev 5:1, Dan 12: 4

4. The ‘Personality’ that showed both of them the vision of the sealed book wore either a garment or fine linen in both cases. Rev 1: 12-13, Daniel 12:6-7

5. Both visions were received near a river Rev 1:9, Dan 12: 6-7

Based on these similarities, we can conclude that the same book shown to Prophet Daniel in his vision as documented in the book of Daniel was the same book shown to Apostle John in his vision as documented in the book of Revelations. To buttress this assertion, we will like to draw your attention to Revelations 13:8

8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Here, we can see that it was revealed to Apostle John that those whose names were not written in the Lamb’s book of life will worship the antichrist. Those whose names are written in the book of life will have been redeemed (delivered) at rapture and will not worship the antichrist during the great tribulation. This was the exact thing Prophet Daniel was trying to say in Daniel 12:1. We can conclusively say that the book that Prophet Daniel first saw when it was not yet sealed, and had to be sealed later, was the same book Apostle John saw when it had been sealed and it is the book of life.

Apart from the similarities in these particular visions had by these two servants of GOD, which we just listed above, there are other similarities in personalities, lifetimes, ministries, attitudes and visions of Prophet Daniel and Apostle John. We shall treat these in great detail as another topic to come out after the second part of this teaching (Part 2) of ‘the book with 7 seals’.

MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JOHN’S AND DANIEL’S VISIONS

While Prophet Daniel saw a book which was opened at the beginning but was later closed/sealed because he could not understand the vision contained in the book, Apostle John saw a book which was closed/sealed at the beginning and he could not understand the vision contained inside because the book was sealed and the seals had to be broken or removed first and this necessitated an angel making a call for who could break the seals so that John could understand the visions inside. Jesus Christ eventually broke the seals and John then understood the visions contained in the book (rev 5:5).
This breaking of the 7 seals in John’s vision will form the second part (Part 2) of this teaching since the seals covering the book had been removed and the visions inside made known to John.

SUMMARY

In summary of this Part 1 of ‘The Book with 7 Seals’ let us look at what Prophet Isaiah said in the book of Isaiah 29: 11-12

Isaiah 29:11-12

11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:

12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

If I were to rephrase verse 11 of Isaiah 29, I would say, supposing a book contained a vision and the book was sealed and the book was given to an educated man to read, the educated man would reply “I cannot read the content of the book because it is sealed’’. This was the exact case of Apostle John. So Isaiah 29:11 perfectly described what happened to Apostle John when He saw the vision of ‘the book with 7 seals’.

If I were to rephrase verse 12 of Isaiah 29, I would say, supposing a book which contained a vision was opened and given to an illiterate to read, the illiterate would simply reply “I cannot read the book because I am not educated” and the owner of the book would just close his book.This was the case of Prophet Daniel. So Isaiah 29:12 perfectly described what happened to Prophet Daniel when He saw an opened book which contained a vision and was asked to close/seal the book because he did not understand the book.

For the riddles of this book to be solved, its 7 seals had to be broken and then the book should be given to a learned man to read.

Now that ‘The Lion of the tribe of Judah’, ‘The Root of David’ ‘The Lamb that was slain from the beginning of the world’ hath prevailed to open the book and to loosen ‘the 7 seals’ of this book, let’s begin to explore the visions of this amazing book that made two great men of GOD to wonder. This exploration will lead us to Part 2 of this teaching. Shalom.

CONCLUSION

The only classification, that matters to God, is whether your name has been written in HIS book of life or not, whether you are on HIS side or on the side of the enemy. There is no sitting on the fence. You cannot be neutral in this case. Even, a decision to be neutral (neither to choose for God nor for satan) is a decision on its own. It is a decision against God.

Has your name been written in this all-important book of life? Do you desire to be delivered (Daniel 12:1) as Prophet Daniel put it? Then seek to write your name inside the book now when you still have the grace to do so.

Do you desire to experience the great tribulation, worship the antichrist (Revelation 13: and end in lake of fire with him (Revelations 14:11)? Then you may seek not to write your name in this book of life, though, I BEG you to act oherwise.

ACTIONS

Are you an elect of Christ? Are you truly saved? Are you on the narrow road? Do you want to make the rapture/heaven? If your answers are yes, then,

• Make all efforts to heed the warnings of Jesus Christ.
• Be watchful. Pay attention to what is happening around the World and see whether they match what the scriptures say.
• Be filled with the Holy Spirit and be in the Spirit all the time.
• Fast, consecrate yourself, run away from sin and worldliness.

If your answers are NO? Why not repent today, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour and forsake sins so that your name can be written in the book of life. Please, say this prayer genuinely.

Lord Jesus, please forgive me all my sins. Watch away my sins with your blood and save my soul. I accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Write my name in the book of life and help me to make rapture and escape the great tribulations. Give me power not to return to sins in Jesus name. Amen

PRAYERS
• Lord Jesus, please rescue me and my family from the coming tribulation.
• O Lord, do not allow me to worship the antichrist.
• Lord Jesus, Let me escape all traps that Satan has set to make me miss the rapture and the kingdom of God.
• Lord Jesus Christ, forgive me all sins that can make me to miss rapture and the kingdom of God.
• Fill me with the grace to watch and pray.
• Remove my name from those that will worship the antichrist or be here when he shall reign and write my name in book of the reedemed.

See our other teachings below.
https://www.nairaland.com/1230707/end-time-bible-teaching-50-signs (50 Signs of Rapture)
https://www.nairaland.com/1241939/end-time-bible-teaching-why-must (Why We Must Watch)
https://www.nairaland.com/1256318/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-sin (Awareness of SIN)
https://www.nairaland.com/1265235/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-false (Awareness of false prophets)
https://www.nairaland.com/1294288/end-time-bible-teaching-jesus-christ (JESUS CHRIST, The Only Way Out)

God has an urgent warning for YOUTH. You can view it below.

https://www.nairaland.com/1319062/gods-warning-youth-hell-heaven

For more information, question or contribution, please send email to us at raptureglorious@gmail.com or jesuscoming@yahoo.com and please tell others to join us. We will like to get as many people as possible ready for rapture. We wish nobody goes through the great tribulation. What are happening now are child’s play. Shalom

WARNING FOR YOUTH

Dear YOUTH and everybody by extension,
On 03/06/2013, GOD asked me to warn youth of both heaven and hell but hell first, then heaven. HE said I should tell you that HELL is a place of weeping, anguish, pain, horror, sorrow and torment for all eternity. He said he has sent a lot pastors to you to warn you about HELL but many did not warn you. If you reject his warning today, HE says your own day of rejection is coming, too. Proverbs 1:23-33

I have once seen the gate of HELL in a vision before. It was more terrible than what you can think and yet people were rushing to enter through it as if they were in a race. I implore you to do everything in your power to escape this place. Give JESUS a chance to save you. Repent of all your sins genuinely and sincerely to Him and do not return to the sins anymore. He will help you if you show genuine readiness.

GOD said I should tell you that HEAVEN is a place of Joy, peace, love, ecstasy and perfect beauty all in the presence of God for all eternity.

As I implore you to escape HELL, I also implore you not to miss this kingdom of God (heaven). Do not trade your eternal glory for worldy vanities. Now I have delivered HIS message to you, too. You may now choose. Please, choose Heaven. Deuteronomy 30:19.

Please, join me to share this message. a soul can still be saved. forward it to any young people you know in your family, in your church, in your place of work. Organise seminars and retreat for youth and warn them about hell.

For more information, bible teachings on end-time/rapture/holiness and breaking news of end-time events happening around the world, please, send email to raptureglorious@gmail.com or jesuscoming@yahoo.com.

See our teachings below.
https://www.nairaland.com/1230707/end-time-bible-teaching-50-signs (50 Signs of Rapture)
https://www.nairaland.com/1241939/end-time-bible-teaching-why-must (Why We Must Watch)
https://www.nairaland.com/1256318/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-sin (Awareness of SIN)
https://www.nairaland.com/1265235/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-false (Awareness of false prophets)
https://www.nairaland.com/1294288/end-time-bible-teaching-jesus-christ (JESUS CHRIST, The Only Way Out)

Thank you. Shalom

SIN is a very terrible and abominable thing before God.

For some teachings i once posted on similar topic, you can see

https://www.nairaland.com/1256318/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-sin

Dear Brethren,

On the early hours of Thursday, 23/05/2013, it was revealed to me in the dream that THE 5TH SEAL HAD BEEN BROKEN. I was told by a voice that the 5th seal had already been broken. As I was told, I understood the meaning. The breaking of the 5th seal means persecution for the church of Christ. Then I saw myself warning believers to be more alert and watchful when they conduct their services to avert persecutions and attacks.

The book of Revelations, chapter 6, talks about the 7 seals of a book that Jesus Christ would have to break prior to His coming at rapture.

Before now, I have already done a teaching titled (the book with the 7 seals, part 1 and 2)to be posted here on this forum. For those that have read about this seals in the bible, they will understand that the breaking of each of these seals will bring a significant effect upon the earth until the breaking of the 6th seal after which rapture happens. The breaking of the 7th seal will usher in the great tribulation.

This is the time to become more steadfast in Christ. Watch and pray and be more security conscious. But more than this,
prepare for the coming of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. If the 5th seal had already been broken, it shows us how close we are to rapture because the bible made us understand that the rapture takes place after the breaking of the 6th seal. (revelations chapters 6 and 7, mathew 24:9, john 16:1-4). Shalom.

See our teachings below.
https://www.nairaland.com/1230707/end-time-bible-teaching-50-signs (50 Signs of Rapture)
https://www.nairaland.com/1241939/end-time-bible-teaching-why-must (Why We Must Watch)
https://www.nairaland.com/1256318/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-sin (Awareness of SIN)
https://www.nairaland.com/1265235/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-false (Awareness of false prophets)
https://www.nairaland.com/1294288/end-time-bible-teaching-jesus-christ (JESUS CHRIST, The Only Way Out)

SOME MORE THINGS HAVE BEEN REVEALED CONCERNING THE PLANS OF SATAN TO MAKE BELIEVERS FALL BEFORE RAPTURE.
They include the followings. We continue the itemization from the first 3 items we mentioned at the beginning of this thread

4. HORROR/SORCERY/MAGICAL MOVIES - to indirectly make believers support sorcery and magic which is abomination unto God. Also some spells might be cast into your rooms through this movies.

5. EVIL PASTORS/UNHOLY CHURCH PROGRAMMES -to make them lead innocent believers to satan and to corrupt many through unholy programmes in the church. there are many of church pastors and programmes all around us now.

6. PERFUMES to arouse believers to lustful thoughts, and possible use of it in seducing them to commit immorality.

7. UNBELIEVING FRIENDS - to manipulate them to influence believers in wrong ways.


As more are revealed, we ll try our best to post them. This is time to be extremely watchful and prayerful as our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, commanded us. JESUS CHRIST is coming very soon. Shalom.

h. It is worth-noting that it is this same call for worship that Satan made to our Lord Jesus Christ
when he tempted Him in the wilderness.

Mathew 4 : 9
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

i. Satan is the source of power behind The Antichrist. What Satan failed to achieve with JESUS, he succeeded with his antichrists. He gave them riches, power and authority (same riches he promised JESUS) and make people worship Him through them (same worship he wanted from JESUS). Revelations 13 : 2

JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY WAY OUT.

In the time of Nebuchadnezzar, three servants of THE MOST HIGH (JEHOVAH) refused to worship the image of Nebuchadnezzar against all persecutions, threats and dangers. Their names were Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. They stood their grounds. They had to make difficult choice to serve God. They knew if they worshipped the image, they would end in hell and if they worshipped not the image, they would be cast into fire alive. They knew Nebuchadnezzar was not joking but they stood for their God. And because they stood for God, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, had to save them from the fire to show superiority to the devil who was working behind Nebuchadnezzar.

As JESUS CHRIST was THE ONLY WAY OUT at the time of the first antichrist, HE is still THE ONLY WAY OUT even now that rapture trumpet is about to sound. He is calling on you to escape with Him by way of rapture. If you missed the rapture, hard choices, the type that Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego faced, await you.

You may have to make a hard choice of not worshipping the image of the Antichrist and get persecuted, and be prevented from buying or selling, and eventually beheaded to make it to Kingdom of God (Revelations 20:4) or you may just bow down to worship the antichrist and his image or receives his mark and have yourself cast to hell for all eternity (Revelations 14: 9-11). Either way, the choices are difficult.

May be you think your courage will support at that time. By the time you have been denied food for weeks, denied access to your bank account, denied access to medical facilities, You may want to deny your God and serve the beast. By the time 10 men are lined up in a row for not serving the antichrist and the first one was beheaded in your presence, will you still hold on to your God? These are hard choices. This is why Jesus Christ is calling on you as you read these texts to come to Him in humble repentance and thencling unto Him to save you from the coming tribulation. HE is THE ONLY WAY OUT. Other choices after rapture are unimaginable.

However, if you missed the rapture by ignorance, disobedience, unbelief, non-watchfulness, sin, lukewarmness, worldliness, or due to any other reason, do not bow to the Antichrist. Reject any mode of worship that involves bowing (falling) down. Do not accept any mark or chip into your hand or your forehead. Do not allow any name to be written on your forehead or hand. Stand with JESUS no matter what they do to you. Let them deny you food or behead you if they want to do that. Even at that, JESUS is still THE ONLY WAY OUT. Choose to die for JESUS and be with HIM in heaven rather than choosing the antichrist system which will lead you to hell.

See our other teachings below.
https://www.nairaland.com/1230707/end-time-bible-teaching-50-signs (50 Signs of Rapture)
https://www.nairaland.com/1241939/end-time-bible-teaching-why-must (Why We Must Watch)
https://www.nairaland.com/1256318/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-sin (Awareness of SIN)
https://www.nairaland.com/1265235/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-false (Awareness of false prophets)

ACTIONS
Are you an elect of Christ? Are you truly saved? Are you on the narrow road? Do you want to make the rapture/heaven? If your answers are yes, then,
• Make all efforts to heed the warnings of Jesus Christ.
• Be watchful. Pay attention to what is happening around the World and see whether they match
what the scriptures say.
• Be filled with the Holy Spirit and be in the Spirit all the time.
• Fast, consecrate yourself, run away from sin and worldliness.
If your answers are NO? Why not repent today, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour and forsake sins so
that you can escape through THE ONLY WAY OUT. Please, say this prayer genuinely. Lord Jesus, please forgive
me all my sins. Watch away my sins with your blood and save my soul. I accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Amen


PRAYERS
• Lord Jesus, please rescue me and my family from the coming tribulation.
• O Lord, do not allow me to worship the enemy.
• Lord Jesus, Let me escape all traps that Satan has set to make me miss the rapture and the kingdom of God.
• Lord Jesus Christ, forgive me all sins that can make me to miss rapture and the kingdom of God.
• Fill me with the grace to watch and pray.
• Remove my name from those that will worship the antichrist or be here when he shall reign.

For more information, question or contribution, please send email to us at raptureglorious@gmail.com and please tell others to join us. We will like to get as many people as possible ready for rapture. We wish nobody goes through the great tribulation. What are happening now are child’s play. Shalom

TOPIC: JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY WAY OUT

TEXT: 1 JOHN 2 : 18-23

18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
20 But ye have unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.

INTRODUCTION
Through many different books and verses of the bible, Christians are constantly and consistently warned in advance that The Antichrist (The Final Antichrist) would come at the end-time. Our text above is one of the numerous scripture verses that pointed to the coming of The Final Antichrist or simply put, The Antichrist. It even indicated to us that even as at the time of the Apostles there had been many antichrists. The question to ask is that ‘if there had been many antichrists, even as far back as over two thousand years ago, what then makes The Final Antichrist (The Antichrist) different from the many antichrists that had come?’
We will answer this question as we continue with this teaching. But before we do that, let us make straight one fact that all antichrists: the ones that had come, the ones that are leaving presently and The Antichrist that bible has been warning us about are modeled after a prototype antichrist or at least have some characters found in the prototype antichrist, who was the first known antichrist (Nebuchadnezzar).
Since God, through the prophecies from His prophets of old, made known His plans to redeem mankind by giving us His Son to die for us and to make Him a model of character for us to lead us into His kingdom, Satan too, had set up a man as a model of wickedness for all wicked people to follow to lead men to serve Satan and end in kingdom of Satan (hell). The first known of such people was Nebuchadnezzar, the former king of Babylon.

THE FINAL ANTICHRIST (TO OPERATE AS ANTICHRIST, AFTER RAPTURE)
Please, let me say here that my intention is not to teach The Antichrist but to present JESUS CHRIST as the ONLY REAL WAY OUT of the system of antichrist. I have to say this little about the Antichrist because it is almost impossible to discuss rapture and what will follow after rapture without mentioning at least a little about the Son of Perdition (The Antichrist).
Let us see from the scripture some of what The Final Antichrist will do that make God warns us so much about Him. Then, later we will compare Him with the First Antichrist or The Prototype Antichrist (Nebuchadnezzar). The emboldened texts from the scriptures below serve as guide.

Revelations 13: 1-18

1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.

10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

NEBUCHADNEZZAR (THE FIRST ‘KNOWN’ ANTICHRIST)

From Daniel 3 : 1-30, Let us read about the First ‘known’ antichrist and see later how the Final Antichrist will be modeled after Him.

1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,

5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:


6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

8 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.

9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.

10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:

11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.

14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

22 Therefore because the king�s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.

25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king�s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.

28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king�s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE ANTICHRIST AND NEBUCHADNEZZAR

a. Like Nebuchadnezzar, The Antichrist will rule the world. Daniel 3:4, Revelations 13:7

b. Like Nebuchadnezzar, The Antichrist will blaspheme God. Daniel 3:4, Revelations 13: 1,5,6

c. Image will be made for the Antichrist as it was made by Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel 1:1, Revelations 13: 14

d. People will be forced to worship the image of The Antichrist as they were forced to worship the image
of Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel 1:5, Revelations 13:15

e. Like Nebuchadnezzar, the Antichrist will persecute those who refuse to worship his image.
Daniel 3: 6, Revelations 13:15

f. In the time of the Antichrist, Christians will also face hard times to serve God.

g. Nebuchadnezzar was judged by God and made to act like a beast for 7 years. The antichrist will operate
as a beast for 7 years and then be judged. Daniel 9:32, Daniel 9:27

h. It is worth-noting that it is this same call for worship that Satan made to our Lord Jesus Christ
when he tempted Him in the wilderness.
Mathew 4 : 9
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
i. Satan is the source of power behind The Antichrist. What Satan failed to achieve with JESUS, he succeeded with his antichrists. He gave them riches, power and authority (same riches he promised JESUS) and make people worship Him through them (same worship he wanted from JESUS). Revelations 13 : 2
JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY WAY OUT.
In the time of Nebuchadnezzar, three servants of THE MOST HIGH (JEHOVAH) refused to worship the image of Nebuchadnezzar against all persecutions, threats and dangers. Their names were Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. They stood their grounds. They had to make difficult choice to serve God. They knew if they worshipped the image, they would end in hell and if they worshipped not the image, they would be cast into fire alive. They knew Nebuchadnezzar was not joking but they stood for their God. And because they stood for God, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, had to save them from the fire to show superiority to the devil who was working behind Nebuchadnezzar.
As JESUS CHRIST was THE ONLY WAY OUT at the time of the first antichrist, HE is still THE ONLY WAY OUT even now that rapture trumpet is about to sound. He is calling on you to escape with Him by way of rapture. If you missed the rapture, hard choices, the type that Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego faced, await you.
You may have to make a hard choice of not worshipping the image of the Antichrist and get persecuted, and be prevented from buying or selling, and eventually beheaded to make it to Kingdom of God (Revelations 20:4) or you may just bow down to worship the antichrist and his image or receives his mark and have yourself cast to hell for all eternity (Revelations 14: 9-11). Either way, the choices are difficult.
May be you think your courage will support at that time. By the time you have been denied food for weeks, denied access to your bank account, denied access to medical facilities, You may want to deny your God and serve the beast. By the time 10 men are lined up in a row for not serving the antichrist and the first one was beheaded in your presence, will you still hold on to your God? These are hard choices. This is why Jesus Christ is calling on you as you read these texts to come to Him in humble repentance and then

Brethren,

Today, friday, 17/05/2013, around 5a.m. I saw the judgement of God descending from the sky upon the earth and was so close to the earth. it was so close like the height of a bird flying in the sky. something appeared to be
pulling it down.

As i was running to quickly warn people, the judgement hit the earth and an earthquake threw me away like a piece of paper and then about 2 more ferocious earthquakes happened in quick succession. It seemed the earthquake covered the whole earth and Nigeria was not spared.

If you can remember, I opened this thread last year warning us to repent and pray because earthquake is
coming to Nigeria. God is passing a message. Lets take heed.

Please REPENT OF ALL SINS IN JESUS CHRIST. FAST. PRAY. DO all restitutions. forgive all people. cover yourself with the blood of JESUS. Be in absolute holiness and righteousness. MESSIAH IS COMING. Shalom.

chuose: YES THERE ARE MANY FALSE TEACHERS, SOME FREEMASON'S

There is this Pastor that has been identified as a Freemason

See proof

http://emperorundertheking..co.uk/2013/04/pastor-of-abounding-love-is-freemason.html

May God help us. there are so many false prophets all around now. the rate at which 'men of God' are falling away is so scaring. we really need to be watchful and in the spirit.

Candour: This is Fear mongering at it's worst.

The bible has told us exactly how to prepare for the Lord's coming.You dont need extra-biblical sources to remind you.Now you want people to run away from packaged foods,vaccines etc Haba!! How are you different from Boko Haram who prevent Northern Nigerian children from getting vaccinated saying it is meant to stop muslims from growing in population?

How have you verified that the brother is not hallucinating?Are you sure of the spirit @ work in him?

What if i told you that my pastor had a vision that every one who posted on Nairaland before 8.00am today(Yes...OP including you) will go to hell because Seun installed a software that initiated them automatically into a blood sucking secret cult? would you believe me?

Pls let us open our bibles to clarify things we are not clear about and stop encouraging weirdos.

''.........take heed that no man deceive you'' Matt 24:4

I never said you should run away from all these things. What I only said was that you should pray before you eat or apply all these things. What do i stand to gain if I said you should pray before you eat food or if you had an evil dream or watch very well before you take vaccine. Glory be to God. I have delivered the message. Shalom.

TOPIC: VISIONS EXPOSING THE PLANS OF THE ENEMY TO HINDER CHRISTIANS FROM RAPTURE

TEXT: ISAIAH 29: 15-16

Isaiah 29:15-16
15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

INTRODUCTION
In our end-time study series that we post on nairaland, we have studied the following topics
1. 50 signs of rapture/end-time ( https://www.nairaland.com/1230707/end-time-bible-teaching-50-signs )
2. Why we must watch ( https://www.nairaland.com/1241939/end-time-bible-teaching-why-must )
3. Awareness of Sin ( https://www.nairaland.com/1256318/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-sin )
4. Awareness of false Prophets. ( https://www.nairaland.com/1265235/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-false )

As the study series continues, very soon, we plan to teach a topic 'Awareness of Forces of Darkness' to enable us understand biblically the plans of satan and its agents in this end-time so that we will know how to prepare ourselves better for rapture and not fall into their traps. we are still preparing towards that. But amazingly to us, God begin to reveal to us some plans of the forces of darkness to win souls (especially those of Christians) for satan and his antichrist.

For some days back now, we (some of us in the prayer team) have been having visions/ messages concerning rapture frequently. Because of the frequent ways these rapture messages/visions are coming these past days and the way God is revealing plans of the enemy to us also, we strongly believe we shouldn’t delay in sharing the Visions. We will not want anyone to fall into the plans of the enemy to cause him to miss the rapture. We may release our teaching on ‘awareness of forces of darkness’ later.

The visions we received recently are given below and they concern the followings.
1. UNHOLY ANOINTING
One of our prayer team members reported that he dreamt and saw a man that is popular for acting as a ritualist/sorcerer in nigerian home movies, among a group of pastors, whom he knew in real life. He said the ritual actor also paraded himself as a genuine pastor among them.
The prayer team member said the man realized that our member had recognized him not to be a genuine pastor and he quickly approached the brother to tell him that he knew him somewhere, probably, to calm the brother down from exposing him as a false pastor. The brother said all of them came to visit me. He said as the pastors were still with me the fake pastor secretly called the prayer team member and me and gave us some oil, which he called anointing oil, to use but we did not use the oil.

About 2 days after our prayer member shared the dream with me, I read the testimony of another brother (I do not know him) who said he dreamt that Jesus showed him how satan and his agents had planned to anoint Christians in their dream with unholy anointing to cause them to become weary, lukewarm, not able to pray again, go into sin, and eventually not qualified for rapture. I was shocked when I read this testimony.

Please be careful with anointing oil, these days. Now, One common trend in churches is anointing service. Please, be careful before you receive one. If you must receive anointing oil, pray very well that JESUS CHRIST should sanctify the oil with his blood and (if you are in an anointing service, you may have to do it secretly so that the congregation or the pastor will not hear and you may be termed as rebellious.)
If you dreamt that your head was anointed by a questionable person or in a questionable setting and condition, when you wake, quickly pray that the Lord Jesus should neutralize any unholy anointing in your life with his blood.

2. PACKAGED FOODS/ CHICKENS
A brother, one of our prayer team shared with me that it was revealed to him how forces of darkness intend to use packaged foods (like food packed in take-away packs) as a weapon against christians especially in the church.
Some few days ago, i had a similar revelation. One of my senior brothers and I were going somewhere and we were hungry. we visited a eatery to eat. We ordered chicken. The attendants, who were relatively young, brought out a single chicken lap. They said that was the only chicken piece left and that we should wait for some minutes to prepare more chicken for us. One of us ate the chicken they brought and we were waiting for more. Soon one of the attendants called me to come and help them kill the chicken, as I entered their kitchen, I saw a shrine at the corner and an effigy was placed on the shrine. On the head of the effigy was written 'esu laalu' (this is Yoruba word for SATAN). The boy asked me to kill the chicken on the effigy in the shrine. I resisted. I asked why he wanted to kill the chicken to be sold for public on a satanic effigy in the shrine. He said they would never sell any chicken in that eatery, unless they first sacrifice it to their idol (satan).

Please, be careful with foods. if you go to any church anniversary and they package food for you. Please, pray on it very well. Sanctify it before you it. Also watch the eatery where you will eat. Pray before you eat anything.
This is time to be alert. Trumpet will soon sound. satan is just looking for ways to disqualify Christians from rapture. Pray on processed foods before you eat them. Pray on milk, tin tomatoes, slice bread and all food stuffs.

3. VACCINES.
In another dream, I saw a lot of people on the street. It was as if something that is likely to affect people's sight had happened. So people of all categories were being given compulsory vaccines to use to prevent eye problem from arising. The vaccine was a liquid contained in one small bottle and it had to be applied into the mouth. People were given to use and also use for everybody in their home. I was also given but I didn’t use it. i was skeptical of the vaccine because of the way the vaccine was being enforced on everybody. Suddenly, it was revealed to me that the vaccine was a gross deception and not really meant to prevent eye problem as the people were told. I was made to understand that the vaccine was like a concoction/spell made to make all people follow the antichrist.

Then, I saw a man (name with-held).With all his strenght, he was grossly blaspheming God Almighty (revelations 13:6). I was shocked.

Brethren, this is the time to be filled with the Holy Ghost. We are almost at the midnight hour. Darkness has covered the whole earth. Behold HE cometh in the cloud very soon. Watch and Pray
We will try to get across as many more things as are revealed.

CONCLUSION
Truly, as Isaiah 29:15-16 puts it, the plans of the enemy cannot be hidden from God. Thank God that He has made open to us what the enemies are trying to conceal from our knowledge. Though, the threats of the enemy are real yet they are empty, if we absolutely trust in God and hearken to HIS words.

ACTIONS
• Begin to watch and pray as He said in Luke 21:36 to be able to escape all the things that will soon happen to earth (great tribulation). What is happening now is child’s play. What will happen to those that miss the rapture will be terrible. We shall look into those things later. Repent of all sins, forgive people, fast, pray, watch, drop all worldliness.

PRAYERS
• Repent of all SINs and pray that He cleanse and sanctify you with His blood. Please do this as many times as possible daily.
• O Lord, Let me escape and let the enemy of my soul fall into the pit he has dug.
• Lord Jesus, give me the grace of watchfulness and readiness for your coming.
• Lord Jesus, give me the grace of the 5 wise virgins.

For more information, question or contribution, please send email to us at raptureglorious@gmail.com and please tell others to join us. We will like to get as many people as possible ready for rapture. We wish nobody goes through the great tribulation. What are happening now are child’s play. Shalom

It is a pity, they are all around us. they have beseiged us like known enemies. The bible talks about them and we should not be ignorant. Knowledge of the word of God can help us to identify them. see my thread below. it may be of help.

https://www.nairaland.com/1265235/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-false

Jesus is coming for a church without wrinkles, without spots, without blemish, without sin, the glorious church. You are invited to be part of that church. flee from all sins and all appearances of sins. wash yourself in the blood of the lamb.

If we still find ourselves struggling with ome sin or the other, let us invite the Spirit of God to help our weakness. We too must be ready to give all it takes to stop the sinful act. we can even fast alongside our prayers. God help us.

shdemidemi: A simple question please

When God plagued Egypt by killing all the firstborn. The children of Israel were instructed to put the blood of a lamb on lintels and door- posts. My question is this, if pharaoh and his family were to be under the blood, could they have been saved saved?

Thank you shdemidemi for youur response.
I can not use my own understanding to answer your question since the bible didnt answer it. God is the righteuos judge and sovereign. However, God could have saved them or not. He has power to do such.

The purpose of my thread and my calling is to call people to repentance in JESUS CHRIST and to sensitize them to prepare
for the return of the messiah. I will not want to violate the purpose as much as i can do. Though, i will be ready to answer questions i am asked according to how God has enabled me in the knowledge of HIS word.

If God has used the thread to bless you in anyway, Glory be to Him. If there is anything you find questionable, pls ask.
If both of us do not agree on our answers, then, lets pray for more understanding of HIS words.

shdemidemi: I am for almost all that was written except the for the part where the gift of grace was demeaned. Can we work our salvation by works?
Please try and understand grace in its fullness. I believe once you are saved you are saved forever.
If you think otherwise, please tell me why through the scriptures. Thank you

It is not I that say we should work out our salvation with fear and trembling. It is the bible that says it and when I quote the scripture,I do not mean to demean the work of the cross. But the fact remains that after you gave your life to Jesus Christ, you must make conscious effort to run away from sin, you must seek to know God better by reading bible, you must fellowship, you must seek to do HIS wills even when you find it difficult. Spirit of God will assist us in these areas if we are ask Him. When you begin to do all these things, you are working the salvation you earn in JESUS Christ out.

Phillipians 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

shdemidemi: I am for almost all that was written except the for the part where the gift of grace was demeaned. Can we work our salvation by works?
Please try and understand grace in its fullness. I believe once you are saved you are saved forever.
If you think otherwise, please tell me why through the scriptures. Thank you

No, we cannot be saved by works. This means that no amount of 'supposed good works outside of JESUS' that i do can save me unless i repent through JESUS CHRIST. However, once we have come to repentance in Christ JESUS, all our past sins will be forgiven by grace, not by merit. After that, we must make conscious effort to run away from sin till we die or till we are raptured. It is when we have achieved either of this two that the salvation plan of God has been concluded. We must maintain the status of being saved till the end.

If a person that has repented and become born-again goes back to sin and dies in sin. He will go to hell. He has lost that salvation. Consider the following verses.

Mathew 24: 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Hebrews 6:4-6
4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

Finally, a once-saved is not always saved. a person can backslide and even goes back to ways of life worse than when he never knew Christ. Shalom

DrummaBoy: The greatest treat to d gospel today is not once saved forever saved but the prosperity gospel.
A gospel of everything goes. Whitefield was calvanist; Wesley was Arminian but btw them thousands came to d saving grace of Jesus. Today, people are not being saved. Rather, we are churning out religious people who mouth God for the things they can get from him. That is the biggest challenge.
Another is the altar call. The false sense of being a Christian all because an individual ans an altar call is making for hundreds of false disciples today. So that Christianity has become popular and has Lost its power.
Those are my grouse with modern gospel and the false prophet today.

Thank you my brother. You have just hit the nail at the head.
WE ARE IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. THE TRUMPET WILL SOON SOUND. LETS US PREPARE AND HELP OTHERS TO PREPARE AS WELL. Thank you.
I hope you have seen our other teachings. More will still come to help prepare as many souls as possible for rapture.

DrummaBoy: If you teach that Christian can loose their salvation, you say the cross of Jesus is not sufficient.
What sort Savior will Jesus be if He cannot save to the uttermost. He has said he would not loose a sheep God has given him.

So while I agree that so called Christians can be lost, the ones Jesus genuinely saved, he would keep to the end. Salvation is first a sovereign work of God; it however shown fort in the good works of the Christian. That is what I mean, sir.

Thank you, for your humble reply. Please know that JESUS CHRIST is not selective in saving people. He is ready to save ALL SOULS 'genuinely' . He was not joking when HE went to the cross. HE desired to save all souls genuinely. However, we, too, have parts to play in our salvation. We have to work it out (phillipians 2:12) and endure it to the end (mathew 24:13).
Salvation through Jesus is free and genuine, Somebody can lose the salvation if he backslided (willingly going back to sin). If once saved means 'always saved', then backsliders will make heaven but we know backslide will not make heaven unless they return and repent. Shalom.

DrummaBoy: Save for the 'Once saved, always saved' doctrine, I agree with most of what you have written

What is it about that one sir?

The FINAL FALSE PROPHET will be ushered in, with the antichrist (Revelations 13:11-18). Their operating system is deception. All the false prophets that are all around now are just to prepare the entry ground for their masters: the antichrist and FINAL FALSE PROPHET. Brethren, WATCH. If you fall to the gimmick of any false prophet now, chances are high that you will fall to the deception of the FINAL FALSE PROPHET and you may just bow down and worship the antichrist or receive his mark.

There a lot of ecumenism activities going on now. Please watch out, even in your local churches.
Dont fall prey to their antics. They are attemting to bring all religions together as one in the name of peace.
Remember, the bible talks about this time.

1 Thessalonians 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

TOPIC: AWARENESS OF FALSE PROPHETS

TEXT: MATHEW 24: 4-5, 11, 24

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man DECEIVE you.

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall DECEIVE many.

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11 And many FALSE PROPHETS shall rise, and shall DECEIVE many.

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24 For there shall arise FALSE CHRISTS, and FALSE PROPHETS, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall DECEIVE the very elect.


INTRODUCTION

If you asked a quite large number of people, this question: ‘between EARTHQUAKE and SPIRITUAL DECEPTION, which do you consider as more grievous? Or between WAR and SPIRITUAL DECEPTION which is more serious? Without hesitation, a greater percentage of them will choose EARTHQUAKE and WAR to be more devastating that SPIRITUAL DECEPTION.

However, Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ did not see it this way. He warned us to dread spiritual deception specially and watch very carefully to avoid it.

In Mathew 24:1-51 (The mount of Olives Prophecies) where Jesus gave the prophecies of rapture and end-time, HE mentioned earthquakes, wars, famine, persecution among other things as the things that would begin to happen as the signs of HIS coming. However serious one may take all these things to be, JESUS neither repeated any one of them nor asked us to take any measure to guide against them. But HE kept repeating that FALSE PROPHETS would be many and would DECEIVE the ELECTS.

Why did JESUS CHRIST keep repeating FALSE PROPHETS/DECEPTIONS but never repeated earthquakes/wars? Let’s seek to analyze/answer this question. In doing so, let’s note that JESUS hinted us that the DECEPTIONS of the FALSE PROPHETS would be targeted at the ELECTS of CHRIST. If an earthquake happens or a war breaks out and an elect dies in the event, the ELECT will still make heaven but if an agent of Satan (False Prophet) paraded himself as a true prophet of God and He succeeded in deceiving an ELECT of CHRIST, that ELECT whom JESUS shed HIS blood for, might just end in hell or miss the rapture and the death of JESUS for that elect would be in vain.

This is why JESUS warned us to watch for deceptions more than disasters. It is in line with this concern that we present this teaching. False prophets are indeed all around us. Many don’t even know or believe they are false prophets. Many were true men of God at the beginning but have become false prophets over time even unknowingly to them. We must spread our spiritual antennas (watch) to discern them and avoid their gambits.

HOW TO RECOGNISE FALSE PROPHETS

Before we begin, let us not think that only those that parade themselves with the title of ‘prophet’ can be false prophet. ANYBODY CAN BE FALSE PROPHET DEPENDING ON WHAT HE DOES. Don’t look at his title. Just examine what he does. Consequently all false teachers, false evangelists, false pastors, false bishops, false prophets and so on (whatever name they call themselves) will all be classified as FALSE PROPHETS for the purpose of this teaching in as much as he fits into the description given in the bible.

a. His words/prophecies do not fulfil (Deuteronomy 18:21-22) Let us quickly states that there may be basically 2 types of Prophecies. These are the absolute Prophecies and The warning Prophecies. The absolute Prophecies do not depend on whether somebody commits a sin or repents. It must be fulfilled. Example is the prophecy that a virgin would give birth to a son, (JESUS) Isaiah 7:14. Example of warning prophecies is the prophecy given by Jonah to the City of Nineveh that Nineveh would be destroyed in 40 days because of its Sins but Nineveh quickly repented and the prophecy was not fulfilled (Jonah 3). That Nineveh was not destroyed did not make Jonah a false prophet because Nineveh heeded the warning. False prophets give absolute type of prophecies and the prophecies do not fulfil.

b. His words are fulfilling but He introduces another God apart from JehovahDeuteronomy 13:1-3) Once He introduced you to another God, watch carefully, He may just be a soothsayer, or a diviner. He may even be prophesying by Baal (Jeremiah 23:13). Quickly disengage yourself.

c. His words are fulfilling but He turns people away from God: (Deuteronomy 13:5). Since man fell through sin in the Garden of Eden, God has been working to restore man back to Himself. All prophets God has been raising from bible’s point of view are for the purpose of returning man back to God. If He is leading people away from God, please, talk to your heels, no matter how much is words are fulfilling.

d.He calls Himself JESUS CHRIST or NEW MESSIAH: (Mathew 24:4-5) Once He calls himself Jesus or new Messiah or even Holy Spirit. Quickly run as fast as your feet can support. Don’t be carried away by the signs and wonders in His gathering.

e. He does miracles but does not preach Salvation in Jesus Christ: (Mathew 24:24) Miracles are not signs that a prophet/pastor is from God. After His miracles, does He lead people to accept Jesus? Does He tell people to go and sin no more like Jesus normally did? Take note, a prophet from satan will never lead people to Jesus/God nor want people to be saved. The false prophet of the antichrist will do a lot of miracles to deceive/lead people to take the mark of the antichrist (Revelations 13: 13-15). The stage is being prepared for him. Watch the message, not the miracles.

f. He commercializes the Gospel: (2 Peter 2:3) Jesus Christ as well as the Apostles never commercialized the Gospel. Please beware. MAJORITY of PROSPERITY PREACHERS are FALSE PROPHETS. They teach you how to make money but not how to make heaven. Avoid them. If you want to learn how to make money, go to business school, not church.

g. He teaches heresies all the time: (2 Peter 2:1) Heresy is a doctrine that is not founded in the bible or contradicts the basic teachings of the bible. A preacher may make mistake at times, that may not classify him as false prophet but a false prophet will preach heresy at all time especially in areas of salvation/holiness standard of God and tries to justify his preachings with human wisdom. Always match every teaching with the bible.

h. He uses feigned/ambiguous words a lot to deceive: (2 Peter 2: 3) If He genuinely wish to lead you to God and interested in your salvation, His words should be simple and not be chosen to confuse you more.

i. He introduces another gospel or perverts the gospel: (Galatians 1:6-9) Call it ‘gospel of propserity’, ‘gospel of once saved, always saved’, gospel of liberty to do what we want’, ‘gospel of God is not concerned with what you do with your body but your heart’, gospel of there is no hell’, ‘gospel of grace covers you no matter what you do’ and so on. Whoever preaches it is accursed. Please, run from them and don’t share in their curses.

j. He does not rebuke SINs nor warns on the dangers of SINs: (Ezekiel 3:18) Sinners are always comfortable to listen to his ministrations. He allows all manners of behaviors and dressing. He won’t just talk about hell nor rebuke sin, not to drive worshipers away. He only preaches palatable messages. It’s on few occasions I have heard preachers on television/radio preach about hell. Yet, I have heard countless numbers preach about love, blessings, solutions, prosperity. I have seen a lot of publications of solution night revivals but yet to see just one repentance revival, here in Nigeria. This is why we see religious activities are increasing but still, SIN and corruption are also increasing (false prophets). This is the design of satan, through his false prophets: increased religious activities, less righteousness/holiness.

k. He denies JESUS CHRIST is the Saviour or only Saviour or acknowledges other means of salvation (2 Peter 2:1) There are increasing denials of Jesus as the only Saviour in recent times by some well known preachers, presenters, religious leaders and so on. Once, they deny JESUS as the only Saviour, just know they have become agents of Satan. Avoid them altogether. Some may even parade religion as means of salvation rather than JESUS. No religion can save, even Christianity. Only Jesus saves.

l. He denies JESUS as THE SON OF GOD: (1 John 2:22-23) The bible defines the antichrist as one who will deny JESUS CHRIST as son of God and also deny God as the Father. But the spirit of this antichrist has long been in existence working through men and women (false prophets of antichrist) to deny Jesus as Son of God. Even today, they still deny Jesus as Son of GOD. Whoever does this is an agent of the antichrist. Whether he realizes or not. Do not be deceived by them. The bible warned of them in advance.

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m. He teaches that all men are serving the same God. This is a blatant lie from the pit of hell. Though, God is one, not all men are serving Him. This statement is aimed at making the elects believe a lie. Quickly dissociate yourself from such people.

n. He tries to bring all religions together as one (ECUMENISM) This agenda has b een on-going. Please, don’t be part of it. The campaigners of such are false prophets.

o. He relegates the message of repentance and holiness Without repentance/holiness in Christ Jesus, no man will enter heaven. If He is not preaching holiness, perhaps he does not want you to enter heaven. Be careful.

p. He rarely quotes from bible (scripture) but loves to quotes the supposed wise sayings of acclaimed great men The bible is there for us to quote when we are ministering, not the sayings of supposed great men most of whom were unbelievers. If you are particularly looking for wise sayings, read the book of proverbs.

q. He is fetish He uses abominable things like charms, incantations, divinations, rituals, magic, sorcery and so on.

CONCLUSION

Now, that we can rightly say that Christendom/Church or better still, the elects, have been invaded and besieged with false prophets of satan to deceive us to loss our salvations and follow satan to hell just as Jesus as told us in advance that they would happen. In Mathew 24: 25, Jesus says 25 Behold, I have told you before. JESUS had told us, before, and now, I have reminded you, perhaps you were ignorant. Now, you may be without excuse. Jesus is truly coming.


See our other teachings below or send email to us at raptureglorious@gmail.com to receive them.

https://www.nairaland.com/1230707/end-time-bible-teaching-50-signs (50 Signs of Rapture)

https://www.nairaland.com/1241939/end-time-bible-teaching-why-must (Why We Must Watch)

https://www.nairaland.com/1256318/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-sin (Awareness of SIN)

ACTIONS

Are you an elect of Christ? Are you truly saved? Are you on the narrow road? Do you want to make the rapture/heaven? If your answers are yes, then,

· make all efforts heed the warnings of Jesus Christ.

· Be watchful. Don’t be in haste to attend any revival just because you see the banners on the road.

· Pay attention to what is happening in your church.

· Guard your salvation jealously that you may make it to the Kingdom of God and that you may also make the rapture.

If your answers are NO? Why not repent today, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour and forsake sins. Please, say this prayer genuinely. Lord Jesus, please forgive me all my sins. Watch away my sins with your blood and save my soul. I accept you as my Lord and Saviour. amen



PRAYERS

· Lord Jesus, anoint my eyes with eye salve that I may see the plans of the enemy.

· O Lord, fill me with the Spirit of discernment

· Lord Jesus, Let me escape all traps that Satan has used its false prophets to set for me.

· Lord Jesus Christ, forgive me all sins that can make me to miss rapture.

· Fill me with the grace to watch and pray.

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I asked the question when I was an unbeliever but now thank God who redeemed me. I was never a smoker. I asked the question at the time as one who was ignorant because I was not saved at the but now I MAKE BOLD TO SAY THAT SMOKING IS A SIN.

It is one of the most worldly habit there is. thank you. I will not argue about my position. My assignment is not to argue but to call people to repentance and preparation for the coming of the Messiah, (Lord, Jesus Christ).

If anybody seeks more information on my standpoint of view as to why cigarette smoking is a sin let me him my thread titled AWARENESS OF SIN https://www.nairaland.com/1256318/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-sin

Shalom.

I asked the question when I was an unbeliever but now thank God who redeemed me. I was never a smoker. I asked the question at the time as one who was ignorant because I was not saved at the but now I MAKE BOLD TO SAY THAT SMOKING IS A SIN.

It is one of the most worldly habit there is. thank you. I will not argue about my position. My assignment is not to argue but to call people to repentance and preparation for the coming of the Messiah, (Lord, Jesus Christ).

If anybody seeks more information on my standpoint of view as to why cigarette smoking is a sin let me him my thread titled AWARENESS OF SIN http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/is-pope-francis-laying-the-groundwork-for-a-one-world-religion/pope-francis

Shalom.